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SCHOOL COUNCIL

Principal Cindi Bruechert

President Darren Flett

Vice President Janelle Kelly

Finance Committee Convenor Tim Murphy

Minute Secretary Deb Burke

Members Verona Beasley Kerry Eldridge Kylie Morrison Anne Olsen Sarah Vanis Nic Hargreaves Julie Ladd Christina Spence

Community Members Deminda McMaster Brian King

9 Uxbridge Street, Strathfieldsaye, 3551 Phone : (03) 5439 5207 Email : [email protected] Website : www.strathps.vic.edu.au

Principal’s Report Junior Sports Day - On Friday 15th Nov, our Foundation, Gr 1 and Gr 2 students had a great time participating in the Junior Sports Day. The students took part in lots of exciting activities, with the focus on developing team work, practicing gross motor skills and having lots of fun. I would like to thank all our Grade 5 students for their efforts in coordinating the activities, the BSE students for their support and Mr Curnow for investing many hours over the last few weeks to help our Grade 5 students plan the day. I would also like to thank all our families who came along to support their little ones on the day. Student Leaders Celebration Night - Last Wednesday, our student leaders had the opportunity to present a report about all the great things they achieved over this last year to their friends and family members at our Student Leaders Celebration Night. Mrs Penno, Mrs Ladd and I had the honour of presenting our student leaders with a certificate to thank them ffor their wonderful work this year. 2020 Teaching Teams - Next year we’ll say ‘farewell and best wishes’ to Colleen Gibson, Nick Reid and Chelsea Goulden and we will be welcoming two new teachers - Ryan Hon and Ashley Ryan. Our Teaching Teams for 2020 will be… Foundation Team – Dani Nixon (PLC Leader), Erin Michel, Lucy Lang and Jen Rogers Grade 1 Team – Jen Dunstan and Lisa Brown (PLC Leaders), Gemma Wood, Jess West and Cheryl Fitzpatrick Grade 2 Team – Emma Wishart (PLC Leader), Shane Cowling, Cheryl Sumner, Lachie Worn and Krystal Harte Grade 3 Team – Georgina Freeland (PLC Leader), Ashley Ryan and Christina Spence Grade 4 Team – Nic Hargreaves (PLC Leader), Bec Lancaster, Joy Montgomery and Cheryl Fitzpatrick Grade 5 Team – Brooke Boswell and Amy Cunniff (PLC Leaders), Brittany Shannon and Lachie Worn Grade 6 Team – Dee Hocking (PLC Leader), Ryan Hon, Dave Stevens and Deb Burke Specialist Team - Michelle Di Camillo (PLC Leader), Bryce Curnow, Melinda West, Cheryl Fitzpatrick and Eric Gong 2020 Curriculum Days - At our School Council Meeting last week, the dates for our four 2020 Curriculum Days were approved and they are as follows... 1st Curriculum Day Tuesday 28th January – Start of Year Preparation and Planning 2nd Curriculum Day Friday 24th April - Vision Setting and Wellbeing Focus 3rd Curriculum Day Monday 7th September – Inquiry and Learning Maps Focus 4th Curriculum Day Friday 11th December – 2021 Curriculum Planning Session 2020 Student Learning Interview Days - Our Student Learning Interview Days were also approved last week and they will follow the same format as this year.... 1st Interview Day Wednesday 12th February - Meet and Greet Interviews 2nd Interview Day Wednesday 22nd July - Student Learning Interviews Grade 6 Graduation and Grade 5/6 Social - Our Grade 6 Team are busy organising the Graduation ceremony and it certainly looks like it will be a memorable couple of nights for our students and their families. This year the official Grade 6 Graduation Ceremony will be held on Tuesday 17th December at St Francis of the Fields Primary School Hall. On Thursday 12th December, our Grade 6 students will be invited to share in a celebratory dinner at the Strathfieldsaye Community Centre and then they will be joined by their Grade 5 peers at the Gr 5-6 Social. These two special events will be a great way for our students celebrate their last year at primary school. School Review Community Feedback Survey - Every four years, all Government schools go through a school review process to evaluate how effective they have been in achieving the goals set out in their Strategic Plan. The next school review process for Strathfieldsaye PS will take place in Term 1, 2020. In preparation for our review, we are seeking feedback from our school community and we would love your help! We are looking for feedback on our achievements over the last four years and ideas about we can continue to improve in four key areas - Excellence in Teaching and Learning; Professional Leadership; Positive Climate for Learning; and Community Engagement in Learning. If you would like to share your thoughts, click on the link and complete the School Review Community Feedback Survey before it closes next Friday 29th November. Kind Regards, Cindi Bruechert, Principal [email protected]

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS - TERM 4

Week 8 November 27th Guitar Concert for Jo Woodwood’s Students 7pm

November 28th Foundation Mandurang Excursion

November 28th Grade 2 Pizza & Movie Night

Week 9 December 2nd-9th Foundation—Grade 2 Swimming Program

Week 10 December 9th-15th Grade 3-6 Swimming Program

December 10th State Wide Transition Day for 2020

December 11th Strathfieldsaye Community Carols - Undercover Basketball Area

December 12th Grade 6 Graduation Student Dinner and Gr 5-6 Social

December 13th Curriculum Day-2020 Curriculum Planning No students at school today

Week 11 December 17th Grade 6 Graduation Ceremony

December 20th End of Term 4 Early Dismissal 1:30pm

Term 4 2019 Monday, 7th October 2019 Friday, 20th December 2019

School Holidays Saturday, 21st December 2019 Tuesday, 28th January 2020

Term 1 2020 Wednesday 29th January 2020 Friday 27th March 2020

School Holidays Saturday 28th March 2020 Monday 13th April 2020

2019 / 2020 Victorian School Term Dates

ACTIVITY DAY

School Banking Tuesday 9am

Fresh Fruit Days Thursday or Friday

Breakfast Club Friday 8:30am

Special Religious Instruction Lunch Time Club - permission form required Friday 11:15am

Important Payment Reminders

2019/2020 Payment Summaries Thank you to all families who have finalised their 2019 payment summaries and to those families who have promptly paid their 2020 fees. For those families wishing to select payment plan options for 2020, please return the Payment Summary form to the office by Friday December 6th.

EVENT AMOUNT DATE DUE

Swimming program for all Grades $22.50 22/11

Foundation Mandurang Excursion $4.50 27/11

Grade 2 Pizza Night $4.00 25/11

Grade 6 Graduation Dinner $30.00 2/12

Grade 5/6 Social $10.00 29/11

Following some valuable discussion at this weeks School Council meeting we have decided to include the article titled “Insight into why validation is the best parenting skill of all” from Parenting Ideas

This is attached as a PDF to the newsletter . For further information please visit https://www.parentingideas.com.au/schools/

Guitar Concert Join us to celebrate the music

achievements and performances of

Jo Woodwoods’ students Wednesday November 27th 7-8pm

Grade 5/6 Building

https://www.parentingideas.com.au/schools/

Prep – Grade 2 Swimming Schedule 2019 Class Groups Monday 2nd De-

cember Tuesday 3rd De-

cember Thursday 5th De-

cember Friday 6th December

Monday 9th December

Group A 39 Students

Room 2 (Prep) Room 7 (Gr1)

Leave School: 9:55am

Arrive School: 11:15am


Arrive School: 12:45pm






Arrive School: 11:15am :

Group B 42 Students












Group C 44 Students


Leave School: 12:10pm










Group D 39 Students

Room 5 (Gr1) Room 6 (Gr1)






Arrive School: 10:30am :





Group E 51 Students












Group L 27 Students

Room 26 (Gr6) Leave School: 12:55pm










Grade 3 – Grade 6 Swimming Schedule 2019 Class Groups Wednesday 11th

December Thursday 12th

December Monday 16th December

Tuesday 17th December

Wednesday 18th December

Group F 52 Students












Group G 50 Students












Group H 49 Students












Group I 52 Students












Group J 48 Students












Group K 51 Students












“Life on the Land - Our Farming Heroes” Thank you to all those students and parents that attended Terry Jarvis’ Exhibition over the weekend and helped to raise funds for drought relief .Congratulations to those students whose work was exhibited and thankyou to Fletch Watchman for representing our school and presenting a wonderful , thoughtful speech. We also managed to raise just over $440 on our “Dress like a Farmer Day” . This money will be distributed to farming families via the Rotary Club of Bendigo .Also all monies raised through the sale of artwork will also be distributed to this fund. Thank you to Terry Jarvis for inviting us to participate in such a worthy cause. A special thankyou to Ryley (foundation student) for going along to the Town Hall and donating some of his birthday money to the farmers. Terry was so impressed with his generous donation and his art work, that he painted a picture for him! Well Done Ryley!

An update from Mrs Fitz All library books must be returned by the end

of November. No borrowing will be allowed during the last

week of November Accounts will be issued for unaccounted and

lost books. We appreciate your cooperation in returning all books to assist us in preparing the library for the commencement of 2020

This year the Strathfieldsaye Community Carols are being held the undercover basket-ball court at Strathfieldsaye Primary School on Wednesday 11th December between 7pm and 8pm. Strathfieldsaye Primary Students will be singing two songs at the carols and Michelle will be meeting with interested students to practice the songs on Wednesday’s at Recess time for the next few weeks.

Junior Sports Day On Friday 15th of November students from the Junior Department were exposed to some Athletic and Sporting based activities that were ran by the Grade 5 students. Throughout the day the students undertook 15 different stations were they were taught the fundamentals skills of these activities. Overall, the day was a huge success with great reports coming from both staff and the students. A special thanks to the Grade 5 students, volunteers and the BSE future house captains for their help at the event. Regional Cricket Finals On Wednesday 20th of November the Senior Boys Cricket team braved the heat to play in the Regional Finals of the Cricket Master Blaster Cup. After making it through the Division Cricket the boys put in a mountain of work training for the tournament which was played in Rochester. The boys won three of their four games for the day, the only loss was to rivals Spring Gully by 12 runs. The boys were then to miss a spot in the Grand Final by 1 run on overall tournament aggregate, 513 runs Strathfieldsaye to 514 runs Tongala, the eventual winners. The boys were shattered with this result but should be proud of the way they played. The event organiser congratulated the team and said that we were 3rd in this region, which holds up to 183 primary schools.

VOLUNTEER CANTEEN ROSTER TERM 4 DAY & DATE 9.00-11:30m

Thu Nov 21st Sarah Thomson

Fri Nov 22nd Michelle McAuley

Wed Nov 27th HELP NEEDED URGENTLY

Thu Nov 28th Kat Cook

Fri Nov 29th Jodie McCooke, Bri Giddings ADDITIONAL HELP NEEDED

Wed Dec 4th Meredith Lauder, Kate Hietbrink

Thu Dec 5th Danyelle Hunter

Fri Dec 6th SPECIAL LUNC DAY - Jo Bell, Alex Leech, Bec Phillips

The school Canteen operates from Wednesday to Friday between 11-12pm and 2-2:30pm. Lunch wallets are available from the school office for $8. Volunteers are always welcome to help collate the orders and prepare the lunches. If you are willing to assist

between 9-11:30am on either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, please contact Marcella on 0409795170.

Compass Canteen Ordering and Payment Option

Canteen orders and payments, by credit card, can now be made through the Compass portal. The Canteen link is accessi-ble under the ‘Community’ icon (the 2 people) on your Compass home page.

To place an order, click on the Canteen link and follow the steps. All orders must be received before 8.30am on the day the order is required. If you would like to alter a menu item which you are ordering, for example ‘no mayonnaise’, there is a ‘special instructions’ box once you click ‘proceed to review order’. You can add your omissions or additions to your child’s lunch order here.

You can pay each time you order, or there is the option of uploading an amount into your Compass wallet, to use for canteen orders. This saves time in having to enter your credit card details each time for each order.

If you wish to have a credit amount available to use, you can add this to your wallet by clicking on the ‘Tools’ icon (the cog, next to your name, on the top right hand side of your Compass home page) and follow the steps. Compass wallet shows a transaction history of your credit amounts and payments.. Please note that there is a $0.35 fee charged per transaction

Special Lunch Day - Friday Dec 6th Hotdogs $3.50

Chicken Nuggets 5 for $3 Drinks - $2.00

(Apple, Apple & Blackcurrant, Orange Juice Chocolate, Strawberry, Honeycomb Milk)

Orders must be received by 8:15am on Thursday Dec 5th Orders can also be processed online via Compass Canteen

NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. ON THIS DAY ONLY SNACKS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT LUNCH TIME AND RECESS

Recess and Lunchtime Snacks Not to be included on lunch orders

Available for purchase from the canteen

Canteen Menu

These class awards are to recognise students who are demonstrating skills based on our School Values or our Learner Profile and will be presented at the school assembly on Friday November 22nd at 2:35pm

Class Student Reason

2 Koby R Aurie B

For writing independently and sounding out tricky words. For working hard to improve her handwriting.

3 Finn L Sonny L

For staying focussed for longer periods of time and developing his writing stamina during our VCOP Cold Writes. For staying focussed for longer periods of time and developing his writing stamina during our VCOP Cold Writes.

4 Marley K Ryley O

For showing persistence in her reading and comprehension of harder text levels. Fantastic reading this Marley, keep up the awesome reading. For consistently trying his very best across all curriculum areas. Ryley has had a fantastic prep year.

5 Olivia P Callum M

For showing great resilience and working hard on her narrative. For showing great optimism at school this term.

6 Siera K Hayley B

For maintaining a dedicated approach to reading and being a home reading super star this year. For confidently sharing her ideas with the class during discussions and being a respectful class member.

7 Emma H Georgia H

For being a home reader superstar, filling in her diary every week and bringing it in to be checked. For being a home reader superstar, filling in her diary every week and bringing it in to be checked.

8 Heath V Harper M

For making very large improvements in his reading. Fora fantastic writing piece about a lost cat.

9 Lila K Xavier H

For showing more confidence in herself and her work. For showing more confidence in himself when reading.

10 Thomas O Jasper D

For descriptive language used in his writing. For explaining inferences found while reading.

11 Kyden G Annabelle T

For making great progress in his Maths. For being a caring student who willingly supports others in the classroom.

13 Amelie P Marli R

For displaying a positive attitude at all times! For always being positive in the yard and in the classroom!

14 Solomon T Emme P

For his outstanding enthusiasm and application towards mathematics. For her excellent attitude and application towards the achievement of her writing goals.

15 Charlie C Mannus C

For applying himself to all classroom tasks with a positive attitude and excellent focus. For consistently demonstrating excellent stamina through all Daily 5 sessions.

16 Jayda H Grace L

For being a fantastic and positive class member. For brilliant class work, attitude and behaviour.

17 Charlie D Campbell R

For making great progress with his writing goals. For making great progress with his writing goals.

18 Ethan G Tyler C

For working hard to improve maths results. For working hard to improve maths results.

22 Nish G Tilly M Ashlyn W Laura M

For contributing to the Be You CORE values day. For contributing to the Be You CORE values day. For contributing to the Be You CORE values day. For contributing to the Be You CORE values day.

23 Archie L Max L

For working hard during Daily 5 to create a fantastic and convincing debate speech. For working hard during Daily 5 to create a fantastic and convincing debate speech.

24 Axon G Lincoln R

For working really hard to complete his recent autobiography. Great effort Axon. For showing good determination when completing his recent maths Essential Assessment. Keep it up Linc.

25 Aaron B Jorja B

For his fine leadership throughout our CORE Values Day. For her wonderfully engaging Inquiry presentation about human migration.

26 Summer R Ella L

For a humorous, engaging and educational migration report. For a humorous, engaging and educational migration report.

27 Zoe DC Olivia P

For writing and delivering a very persuasive debate. For writing and delivering a very persuasive debate.

28 Jefferson P Darnel M

For being a good team player and co-operating with his Inquiry 'Creature Adaptations' group. For working hard on his reading this Term, and for being an optimistic and reliable friend to his mates.

Art Heather B For always exploring interesting and creative ideas in Art.

Library Alice B For always doing her best in library, listens attentively and completes all tasks to a high standard.

Music Alex Murphy For always trying his best in drama and working well with others.

Physical Education

Taylah H For being a great House Captain and always offering to help out.

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