TOOTGAROOK TELEGRAPH Weekly newsletter of

TOOTGAROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL Website: www.tootps.vic.edu.au

Telephone: 5985 2864

Email Address: tootgarook.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Issue 14 21st May, 2015

CALENDAR Friday 22nd May - CELEBRATION OPEN DAY (see below)

- JACKET POTATO DAY POSTPONED TO FRIDAY 29TH Wednesday 27th May - District Cross Country Friday 5th June - Report Writing Day students not required at school Monday 8th June - Queens Birthday Public Holiday no students at school

Friday 22nd May - CELEBRATION OPEN DAY

9am - Parents, friends and grandparents are

welcome to visit Learning Areas

Autumn Theme Day Grade One + Two

12.45- Prep Information and Tour

1.30 Invitation to BBQ Lunch for School Community

DISCO

Prep - 2 2.30 - 3pm

Year 3 - 6 3 - 3.45pm

Parking changes in Wilkinson Street Stop & Chat Zone Attached is an Aerial View Parking Map for Tootgarook PS and proposed parking sign changes in Wilkinson Street to the Stop & Chat Zone directly outside the school building. The signage contractor has advised me that the parking signs should be ready next week sometime. The School Council has been collaborating with the Shire to rectify the dangerous situation of cars parking up against the building wall forcing staff, students and parents to walk behind parked cars. Approximately 12 parking spaces will be reduced to 6 as they will be parallel in configuration and 15 minutes time duration. The aerial map displays other available parking around the school for parents to utilise. Mr King and Mr Whitworth will assist with the parking when the new signs are installed.

UPDATING YOUR CONTACT DETAILS All students will be bringing home an envelope today with a copy of all of your current contact details on our system. We ask that you take a couple of minutes to check this information to ensure that we have your most up to date contact details. As you can appreciate, this information is very important, particularly if we need to contact you urgently. We would appreciate it if all families could return this information as soon as practicable, even if no changes are required. Thank you in anticipation of your support on this important matter.

Student of the Week Students will be presented with certificates at Monday morning assembly.

Prep B Mrs Bos Bethany Greenstreet for her ability to concentrate and ignore distractions. Prep R Mrs Read - Scarlett Anthony for her enthusiasm towards all classroom activities, she is always ready to give it a go. Well done Scarlett! 1H Mrs Hughes 1P Miss Perkins Jaimy Holden - For his improved decision making and learning in the classroom. This week, Jaimy has enthusiastically joined in on whole class discussions about Wetlands and followed instructions well. Great Job Jaimy! 2B Mrs Baird Jade Santamaria for her great Integrity in Literacy. Jade has been completing lots of extra tasks at home of her own accord and is making great improvements. 2J - Mrs Johnstone Charli Vis for being a positive student at all times who always demonstrates Integrity as a learner. Well done! 3A Miss Arnold Jack Wallace for contributing and sharing your knowledge during integrated studies. Jack is always trying his hardest during literacy and maths. Great job Jack! 3W Ms Walton - McKenzie Inglis for being such a fantastic class member who always looks after her classmates and teachers. You are a very thoughtful and caring student who demonstrates the R.I.C.H. Values. 4S Miss Staley + Miss McGhee Amity Bickley - For her outstanding effort at the school cross country. You ran your little heart out and even managed to encourage others along the way. What great sportsmanship! Congratulations Amity. 5Q Miss Quintin Well Done Lilly Gorton. You tried your absolute best at our school cross-country. You crossed the finish line with a big smile and had a terrific attitude to the entire event. Keep it up- I'm very proud!

6W Miss Withers - Max Royle - Congratulations on your effort at the cross country. You tried your hardest and you made it to district. Good luck next week, I know that you will do a great job representing Tootgarook PS.

Art / Craft Miss Davey Shelby Legh - 4s - For experimenting with new watercolour techniques to create the best effects to suit her underwater sea creature. Well done Shelby, keep up the great work! P.E Mr Kitchen Tristan Symons for his great work in PE this semester. Youre throwing and catching has improved so much. Keep up the great work Tristan. Music - Mrs Young Hazel Read + Joshua Alesci-Bateman 2J this term you have put your hand up to be the Recorder Monitors. You have carried out your job always remembering what you need to do! You are very reliable and helpful. Thank You!

JACKET POTATO LUNCH DAY

HAS BEEN POSTPONED TILL FRIDAY 29TH May,

ORDERS CAN BE ACCEPTED UP TO WEDNESDAY 27TH MAY.

THIS FRIDAY 22ND MAY CHILDREN ARE WELCOME TO HAVE A FREE

SAUSAGE IN BREAD PRIOR TO THE DISCO (see note earlier in this newsletter)

BOOKFAIR Congratulations to Zoe Shevlin, Abigail Hee, Tori Lobo and Jordan Walker.

These students were the lucky prize winners of our raffle;

each student won a book of their choice, a stationary item

and a poster. This Book Fair was the biggest we have

ever had; the Fairs started at our school in 1987 and have

continued to provide good quality books and fun for our

students and staff.

Thank you for your continued support, this huge fundraiser

enables the library to stock up on even more exciting books.

The next Book Fair will be held in November with many new titles and

Christmas specials on sale.

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Term Two in the Grade One Classroom This Term Children will continue to experience literacy sessions in point of need groups with a focus

on understanding what we read or Reading is Thinking. We are concentrating on

asking and answering questions, predicting and making connections, by using our

prior knowledge. Our home reading program is going strong with the

majority of children reading nightly and receiving milestone

certificates for their effort, so thank you to parents for their

support with this, as well as the practising of our weekly spelling

lists. Our writing is improving with our V.C.O.P program and our weekly Big Write

sessions. Some of the childrens writing has been published in the newsletter and

on the school website so make sure you have a look. This term we are covering a

wide range of Numeracy topics including, Addition, Multiplication, Location, Chance and Shape. Im

sure your child would be happy to show you what they have learnt in these topic

areas. For the past two weeks we have had a special focus on the changing

Weather, creating a daily weather diary. Unfortunately the weather has played a

huge part in the cancellation of our Seawinds excursion, which

was planned to enhance our learning of the environment, in

particular State Parks, Gardens and Wetlands, however we did

managed to visit the foreshore briefly. Our exploration has led

us to learn about living and non- living things as well as classifying plants and

animals and investigating insects. We have studied the life cycles of many living

things and our mini garden project will assist students in observing these changes

in a plant. They will then present their gardens to classmates as an oral presentation to continue to

develop speaking and listening skills. Thank you once again to our classroom helpers!

Fri 22nd May