IMPORTANT DATES

2013

NOVEMBER 13th

Village Cinemas Movie Night 2

14th Village Cinemas

Movie Night 3

15th Melbourne Heart

Soccer Clinics

18th K-P Transition 9.30-10.30am Bike Education

20th -22nd G.A.T.E.WAYS

23rd Trivia Night

25th Bike Education K-P Transition

9.30-12.30 New Parents

Inform. Evening 6.30-8.15pm

26th B&G 7.30pm

27th Leadership Mrng

December 2nd to 10th

Life Ed Van

2nd Christmas Service St Aidans Church

2pm

3rd Finance 6.40pm

School Council 7.00pm

11th Big Day Out

12th Christmas Stall

Carols Night 6pm to 8pm

17th Wizard Of Oz

18th Grade 6 Grad.

19th Term 4 Ends

1.30pm

Principal’s Report

Our Vision There is a prosperous path for every child. Each journey is theirs to lead. There is a place in which every child can shine.

Our Mission Identify the talent, develop the confidence and create the leader.

1st

Big Announcement It is with much excitement that Miss Voss would like to announce that she and her partner Dan are expecting their first child together. Everyone at Parktone is so incredibly happy for them and wish them all the best as they begin this new phase in their lives. We can’t wait to have cuddles!

2nd Big Announcement It is with great sadness we have to announce Miss O’Donoghue is leaving us at the end of the year. She and her partner Jarod have been given a wonderful opportunity to work and live in their home town of Albury N.S.W. We wish them well as they embark on a new chapter in their lives and look forward to visiting famer Jac!

3rd

Big Announcement Our amazing P.E. teacher Mrs Mitchell has decided to take time off over the coming year in order to spend more quality time at home with her young family. Kerryn has been amazing in implementing such a worthwhile P.E. program at Parktone that we know will continue into the future.

Camp Last week Miss O’Donoghue, Miss Callanan, Ms Ziogos, Mr McGettigan, Mr White, Mrs Edwards, Miss Wapling, Miss Berriman, Miss Macklin, Mr Armitage and I had the pleasure of taking the Year 3 – 6 children to Coonawarra

Farm Resort in Gippsland. The sun shone down on us during our stay and the children were superbly behaved. The staff at Coonawarra, were very complimentary towards our school and it was wonderful to hear such positive feedback from both children and parents on our return.

Whilst on camp the children put the 7 Habits to good use by enjoying a range of activities. They Synergised to assist their peers when climbing the rock wall or being hoisted up on the giant swing and completing the high ropes course. They had to Begin with the End in Mind to create a liveable wooden hut or build a raft that would carry everyone across the dam without sinking (this was amusing to watch)! Canoeing groups would try to splash the children zooming overhead on the flying fox and finally the Year 5/6 horse riders ambled their way through a glorious bush track. Everyone Sharpened the Saw by devouring the delicious healthy food on offer at the end of an exhausting day.

We can’t wait to do it all again at Phillip Island Adventure Resort next year

Mr Danson’s Return Mr Danson returns from his long service leave this coming Monday. We look forward to hearing about his adventures abroad.

Movie Night The first of our Movie nights were held last night. Thank you to everyone who turned up to enjoy this important event on our school calendar. Tickets are still available for tonight and tomorrow, just visit www.trybooking.com to

make your purchase.

Prep Transition The first of our 2014 Prep transitions was held on Monday. During this first session our “almost preppies” looked at the numbers from 1 to 10. They completed a fun activity which saw them focus on the shape of the numbers 1, 2 and 3. Quote: “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde Heidi Bampfield Acting Principal

Newsletter

Edition 18 Wednesday November 13th, 2013

PARKTONE COMMUNITY GROUP

The PCG have been super busy organising for the Trivia Night. It is a sell out! Please make sure if you have not paid for your ticket you see Nadine in the office. Your ticket may be offered to another person on the waiting list if it is not paid for.

Trivia night will be held on Saturday 23rd

November. It will be held at the Walter Galt Pavilion, Walter Galt Reserve, Cnr Davey and Victoria St, Parkdale. 6.30pm for a 7pm sharp start. Heaps of fun and a great social catch up.

********If you own a business or know someone who owns a business, and you think you may be able to donate to our Trivia Night, please feel free to leave the donation at the office or contact Peta on

0423 095 677********

The PCG meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm in the staffroom (our next meeting is Tuesday 12th November, due to Melbourne cup day). Come along, get involved, and help make this school even better than it already is!

Regards from the PCG Team

INVITATION TO ATTEND

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

All Parktone parents and families are kindly invited to attend the annual Christmas Celebration to be held this year at St Aidan’s Church on Monday

2nd

December, 2013 at 2.00pm.

As in past years, we invite children to kindly bring along gifts (either pre-loved or new) to place under the Christmas tree. These gifts will be delivered to a suitable organisation for distribution to underprivileged children. The giving is voluntary. If you agree, please wrap the gifts securely as they will be handled a fair amount and please label them clearly with age and gender (eg. Boy or girl and age).

It is a pleasure and privilege to teach your children. Thank you for entrusting this task to us. Our prayer is that they enjoy and benefit from R.E.

We wish Mr George Danson and all the staff and families of Parktone, a blessed and happy Christmas and New Year.

God bless Mrs Ruki Joseph Mrs Alison McFadden Mrs June Bryant

WIZARD OF OZ

We are seeking your help!

We are in need of wireless microphones for our production of the Wizard of Oz on Tuesday 17

th December.

If you are able to help out or know of anyone who could help us please contact Marianne Daly on 0424 934 699

Regards Teri Milner

CHILDREN WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES – Are You Challenged by Your Child’s Diabetes?

Research into parenting children with type 1 diabetes The University of Queensland is conducting research into parenting children with type 1 diabetes. Parenting a child with diabetes presents many challenges (everything from the regular blood glucose monitoring and insulin intake, to more general parenting tasks). The aim of this study is to understand the factors that make the management of childhood diabetes particularly difficult, and to use this information to develop strategies that might assist par-ents in managing their child’s diabetes.

If you are a parent of a 2 to 10-year-old child with type 1 diabetes, we would love to hear from you!

By sharing your experiences (confidentially), you will be making a valuable contribution to the development of much-needed childhood diabetes management strate-gies for parents.

To complete the online survey, please log on to: https://exp.psy.uq.edu.au/type1diabetes

For further information about the project or to request a survey to be posted to you, please email Aditi Lohan (aditi.lohan@uqconnect.edu.au) or call (07 3365 7689) at the Parenting and Family Support Centre in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072 (Fax: 07 3365 6724).

Thank you for your time and participation.

Aditi Lohan, Alina Morawska, and Amy Mitchell UQ Parenting and Family Support Centre

Do you live, work or play in Kingston?

Council needs your ideas to help shape our plan for an Age Friendly community

There are many ways to have your say!

1. Come along to a community forum in your local area, enjoy some light refreshments and talk about age friendly projects from around the world:

Moorabbin - Tuesday 12 November 6 – 8pm

Kingston Arts Centre, Cnr Nepean Highway and South Road

Parkdale – Tuesday 12 November 1-3pm

St David’s Uniting Church, Parkers Rd, Parkdale

Chelsea – Wednesday 13 November 10am – 12pm

Chelsea Activity Hub, 3 Showers Avenue

Clarinda – Wednesday 13 November 1.30 – 3.30pm

Clarinda Community Centre, 58 Viney Street

2. Complete an online survey at Kingston.vic.gov.au

3. Pick up a survey from your local library

4. Contact Yvonne to have a survey sent to you:

9581 4646 or Yvonne.honey@kingston.vic.gov.au

5. Contact Jenny to discuss your ideas:

0417 543 344 or jenny.branton@brantonconsulting.com.au

The past few weeks we have been having fun with wool, the children have been making wooly dolls, sheep, bracelet and anklets. It has been really amazing watching the children come up with different ways to create with the wool. We have also been concentrating on creating a book about Australia and what kind of things we can do here like football, cricket and different animals we have, once it is finished we will be sending to Ethiopia for them to use as a learning tool. We are always on the lookout for information that parents and families might want to contribute towards the book. We are also trying to gather some wool for the children to create some wonderful masterpieces, so if you have any wool laying around that you no longer need please feel free to drop it by the OSHC room. Our room is always open for families to come and see what we do, we help them with their homework and reading in a safe environment, and give them the opportunity to build on their existing skills.

Parktone Primary ph. 0422 008 223| Co-ordinator Annette Davis 12th November 2013