Dolphin Echo Principal’s Report

Thank you to everyone involved with sports, creativity, debating, surfing and all the myriad school activities over the past fortnight. Alongside all this we have been testing, planning new discovery learning units and have even begun our end of year plays. We were excited to hear of the debating success at Hamlyn Banks and to see the cup in pride of place in the Year 5/6 space. We have been busily completing assessment tasks across the school this past week and teacher conversations have focused on gains made by students in so many areas both in curriculum and their social/emotional learning. I have been working in the Early Years space and enjoying working alongside the team and experiencing first hand the breadth of learning gains made this year. It is always a great privilege when children are excited to share stories, their wonderings and cleverness with us. Make time this week to ask your child to share a new learning with you. You may be amazed by the depth of their thinkings. Don’t forget Monday 17th November is Report Writing Day. Students are not required at school on this day.

Fay Agterhuis

Appreciations -

To Borough of Queenscliff for donation of digital cameras to record sights seen on our way to school

School leaders for their attendance at the Remembrance Day service in Queenscliff yesterday

Parents who assisted at Sunday’s Market

Emily, Skye and team for organising our Christmas Shopping fundraiser

Rotary Club of Queenscliff and Ocean Grove Mens Shed who will be making new playground tables and seating for us in the future

Friends of Marine Discovery Centre for Elaine Tingay Award and 5/6 Snorkelling Program

To our debaters and Mrs Hill on their win on Wednesday. Their topic was, “That schools should provide free and nutritious meals ” and they were allocated the affirmative position

To every one who donated for Crazy Hair Day. Ms Fewkes was very impressed!

Congratulations to Harriet Vuillermin for runner up Elaine Tingay award and best wishes to Lilly Tierney as she competes in the next level of the schools golfing competition next week.

Mrs A is holding the fort in her absence.

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Wednesday 12 November 2014

Issue 18

Fortnightly Publication

Dates/Reminders

2013 & 2014 overdue accounts - failure of parents to pay accounts severely limits our ability to continue to provide the educational programs you have come to expect for your children. Did you realise delivery of quality programs is reliant on accounts being paid in a timely manner? Please pay now.

NOVEMBER

Mon 17 Curriculum Day

Thu 20 Prep Transition 9.00-12.30

Tue 25 Student Market 12 noon

Fri 28 Qlf Music Festival $2.50

DECEMBER

Wed 3 “House Plays”

Sat 6 Lighting of Christmas Tree

Tue 9 Prep Orientation Day

Year 6 Orientation Day

Year 6 Dinner

Sun 12 MARKET

Fri 19 Assembly at 1.30

End Term 4 2.30 Finish

Change of Venue UNIFORM SHOP

PSW has moved to: 164 Malop St, Geelong

Ph: 52242229 Opening hrs: Mon-Fri 8:30-5pm Sat 9-1pm

Paper Free Newsletter Initiative Congratulations, 90% of families now receive news-

letters via email. Newsletters are available via email: point.lonsdale.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

or on our website: www.ptlonsdaleps.vic.edu.au If you still require a paper copy please inform the office.

Point Lonsdale Prep Transition dates Thursday 20th November 9-12.30

Prep Orientation Day 9th December 9-3.30

MARKET ROSTER

Sunday 14 December

Set-up Friday 3.30

Sollars Summerfield Taylor

Sunday 7am Site Direction & Set up

Tierney Topolcsanyi Whittakers

Sunday 2.30pm Pack Up

Zillwood-Young Vuillermin Williams

Contact before Market Day:

0400 083 719

Market Day: please meet at school front

door

Important - Parent EFT Transactions If you choose to pay accounts via EFT transactions could you please send the relevant envelope to the School Office for processing (particularly multiple transactions).

Newsletter now moving to

Wednesdays

C omm u n i t y N o t i c e s

Sushi orders Thursday 9am sharp

3-6 Team

Debating: Harriet, Sam, Harry Edwards and Geordie were our debating team this year, coached by a very skilled and helpful Mrs Hill. In total, our team competed in 7 debates, 5 of which were unseen. An unseen debate is when the two competing teams are given a topic half an hour before the debate takes place, which is all the time they have to prepare 3 speeches arguing either for or against the topic. Harriet had the role of 1st speaker, meaning she had to define the topic, explain what the team would be talking about, rebut 1st speaker arguments, then give her own two arguments. Geordie was the 2nd speaker and his role was to rebut opposing arguments before giving his own three arguments. Sam was the final speaker and his role was to rebut all arguments, before summarising our team’s case. Harry had the role of assisting with writing the speeches as well as to try and predict opposition arguments and also to either be timekeeper or chairperson for the debate. Twenty schools and thirty two teams set out to take on the debating challenge this year and six months later at the conclusion of the competition, our team managed to win all our debates and take out the title of Barwon Junior Debater’s Association Grand Final Debate Winners for 2014. Geordie and Harriet also were awarded outstanding speaker awards for the entire series.

Student Market: The next student market will be on Tuesday 25th November, from 12 noon to 12:30. Students in Grades 3 to 6 have some excellent ideas for food and craft items, with prices ranging from 50 cents to $2 and with proceeds going towards the Queenscliff Library and their fund raising efforts to install a bust of Governor Latrobe. All children in the school are invited to bring money to spend at the market and parents, friends and grandparents are invited to attend.

Junior School Council Crazy Hair Day: On Monday 3rd November we had school sports and this year we had another special event on that day, “Crazy Hair and or Hat Day”, which was a fantastic fundraiser to raise money for Ms Fewkes for her 60km, 2 day walk on the “Weekend Walk to End Women’s Cancers”, benefitting the Peter Mac clinic. Everyone came along with great hairstyles and hats and we managed to raise an amazing $259.30. Ms Fewkes would like to thank everyone for participating and helping her to raise money for such an important cause.

Did you know that Aussie Farmers Direct delivers to the Point Lonsdale area. They have a fundraising arm and our school is registered as a recipient.

Continuation of support requires 3 new customers to

sign up by year’s end.

For further information logon to :

AussieFarmers.com.au

Buy your Christmas Tree and

support Ocean Grove Scouts! Sun 30 Nov to Sat 6 Dec 9-4pm

Ocean Grove Park bet Presidents Ave & Hodgson St

2014 Debating Team

Presentation of Elaine Tingay runner up award