PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Academic Awards During the year our student have the opportunity to participate in the ICAS (International Competi-tions and Assessments for Schools) testing pro-gram that is run by the University of NSW. These assessments are quite difficult with some of the questions being really tricky for students. Our students who volunteered were presented with certificates for Mathematics at Monday’s assem-bly and all of our students who sat the test should be congratulated for their efforts, in par-ticular, I would like to congratulate Noah Hutchins (Year 5) and Rasna Preman (Year 6) who were both awarded distinctions. Noah scored in the top 2% of all students in Australia and Rasna in the top 3%. Kevin Binu (Year 5) was awarded a High Distinction and scored in the top 1% of all students in Australia; what a fantastic effort! Thanks to Mrs Wiseman also for doing all the organisation in facilitating this pro-gram for our students. Aerobics Success Congratulations to our two Aerobics teams who are taking part in the School Aerobics competi-tion last Saturday in Geelong. Our senior more experienced team came away with the gold med-al after performing an almost flawless routine. In effect this makes our girls State Champions. These girls have been working hard all year and under the guidance of Mel McGeoch and Bec Wilson they have attained the highest accolades. Our new team also performed remarkably well, considering they had been training for less than eight weeks to master their routine. This team places seventh in the same section. Well done girls, I know that both Mrs McGeogh and Mrs Wilson are looking forward to working with you in 2017 as you improve and perfect your routine. Halloween Disco The note for our Halloween Disco went out yes-terday and we would hope that most of our stu-dents will attend what should be a fun night. Students are encouraged to dress up in keeping with Halloween but if you don’t have anything suitable, it’s OK to just come in disco clothes and have a great time. The Junior Disco (Prep – Year 2) will be from 5:00pm – 6:00pm and the senior disco (Year 3 – Year 6) will be from 6:15 – 7:15pm. Tickets will be presold and are $5 each.

Friday 21st October 2016

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MONTH OF OCTOBER Prep Transition Program

Tuesday 25th October 2:30pm

Rescheduled Event due to weather Mini Olympics - Prep—2

Friday 28th October

Halloween Disco Friday 28th October

Years P— 2 5:00—6:00pm Years 3—6 6:15—7:15pm

MONTH OF NOVEMBER

School Council Wednesday 2nd November 7:00pm

Prep Orientation Morning Tuesday 8th November

9:30 12:30 pm

Prep—2 Swimming Program 15th, 17th, 22nd, 24th, 29th

November and 1st Dec

RACV Energy Breakthrough Wednesday 16th—Saturday 19th

November

CONGRATULATIONS TO

GRADE 5/6F Keep up the great job kids!

LAST WEEK’S WINNERS OF OUR

“EVERY DAY COUNTS” AWARD

FRI 28TH OCT ‘Halloween Disco’ FRI 28TH OCT “Prep to Year 2 5:00pm — 6:00pm” “Year 3 to Year 6 6:15pm —7:15pm”

Newsletter Friends Learning Together

Prep 2017 Enrolments We still have room for a few more Prep enrol-ments for next year. Our 2017 Prep Transition Program continued last Tuesday and we had an-other fantastic turnout with lots of smiling faces. Our 2017 preps went with Mrs Doyle to the library and enjoyed the story and the art activity that fol-lowed. The transition program will continue next week and concludes with an orientation morning on Tuesday 8th November where our new students will be introduced to their buddies. We are also taking enrolments at other levels of the school so if you know of any new families that have moved into your street or neighbourhood please let them know about our school. Human Powered Vehicle Design We would like to thank all of our students who took part in the HPV competition for this year’s Human Powered Vehicle design. Congratulations to Hatim in Year 4, whose design was selected to be used for the trike and the team t-shirts. Hatim’s design had hot rod flames with bands of fluoro colours embedded within the flames. The t-shirts have been ordered and we are looking forward to receiving these in the near future. Busy End of Year At school many of us would like to think that we wind down towards the end of the year, but in fact we actually wind up. We have a very busy sched-ule ahead which includes the following events. The HPV team participating in the RACV Energy Breakthrough in Maryborough in Mid November Year 3/4 camp at the end of November Junior School (Prep – Year 2) swimming in November / December Year 6 Orientation Day December 6th

Prep Zoo Excursion December 9th The Whole School Christmas Concert Dec 8th And Year 6 Graduation on the 15th Dec

PLUS End of Year Reports go home for all students We will also have our 2017 booklists going home next week and ask that all parents make sure these are returned to the school by the due date. Have a great weekend and enjoy the sunshine.

Morry Rubinstein (Principal)

Frankston Primary School

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FRI 28TH OCT ‘Halloween Disco’ FRI 28TH OCT “Prep to Year 2 5:00pm — 6:00pm”

“Year 3 to Year 6 6:15pm — 7:15pm”

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS

CELEBRATING THEIR BIRTHDAY

THIS WEEK

Tara Suhan

Laneesha Grace

Harshu

May the year ahead be a great one!

NOTE: If you are planning to provide a class treat for your child’s birthday please check with your child’s teacher first to arrange a

suitable time and to check on numbers of students in the class.

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS CLASS AWARDS - THIS WEEK

PREP R Harrison PREP L Angel GR 1/2G Grace GR 1/2M Taylor GR 1/2H Marko GR 3/4W Lennox GR 3/4H Lochie GR 3/4N Riya GR 3/4M Jasmine GR 5/6M Mack GR 5/6S Rhynona GR 5/6F Myah

SPECIALIST AWARDS PHYS ED with Mrs Kylie Crebbin

Bridie M3/4H VISUAL ARTS with Mrs Janelle Doyle

Lochie 3/4H PERFORMING ARTS with Mrs Sally Grage-Moore

Justin 3/4H CULTURAL STUDIES with Mrs Sally Grage-Moore

Luisa PL

SMOOTHIE CLUB AWARDS

The following children were commended for excellent behaviour and attitude OR for achieving personal goals set for them. These students joined in celebrations at Frankston Primary School’s Smoothie Club as part of the ‘YOU CAN DO IT’ program.

Commendable Behaviour Awards Sonia Tyson Bella Skye Cruz Lennox Rex Jai Imogen Bella Honeyfaye Sylvia

Personal Goal Awards - Congratulations kids keep up the great effort!

CANTEEN TREATS NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAY Chicken Strip $2:00 Wrapped in Lettuce/Sweet Chilli Sauce

THURSDAY Hawaiian Pizzas $2:50ea Ham, cheese, pineapple,spinach,muffins

ICE CREAM FRIDAY Ice cream cones on sale every Friday at lunchtime.

$2:00 each

FRANKSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL’S ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM-MOSAIC TOMATO POTS

Our ‘Smiley Hour’ Engagement Program continues to excite and motivate our students to try new things. We

were very lucky to have the support of Lynne and Leanne from Bunnings who helped our students design and

make their own Mosaic Tomato Pots. The children were very creative and enjoyed potting their tomato

seedlings into their mosaic pots……………...let’s hope they enjoy eating a tomato or two!!!!

HEAD LICE

We have had a few parents inform us that their children have been treated for head lice and we are reminding all parents to please ensure you check your

child’s hair regularly and treat if necessary. The school prefers all students with long hair to tie their hair back to reduce the risk of head lice. Unfortunately this is an ongoing issue in all schools and we are appealing to parents to be vigilant with regular hair inspections at

home in order to reduce the spread of head lice.

LOST PROPERTY We are currently getting an enormous amount of LOSTproperty handed in to the office. Due to the change in weather we have an excess numbers of jumpers and coats and many of them do not have names on them and therefore we are unable to return them to their rightful owners. We often have a large number of expensive toys, lunch boxes and drink bottles gathering at the office that no one seems to own!!!! If you could ensure that anything your child brings to school is clearly labelled so that we are able to quickly identify it if it is lost.

EMERGENCY CONTACT DETAILS We are urging all parents to ensure that they have updated the school office with any changes to emergency contact details as too often we are having difficulty contacting parents.

This would include: new mobile phone numbers

new landline numbers changes of address

Changes to any emergency contact person(s) As soon as parents inform the office that there has been a change to contact details these are immediately amended on our Department CASES system. Too often parents are failing to inform us of these changes and in the case of a sudden medical emergency this is very concerning. If you are unsure of whether or not you have informed us of any changes then please just contact the office and we will confirm the details we currently have on record.

We thank you for your support in this important matter.