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Monday March 21th Harmony Day– Gold Coin Donation Tuesday 22nd March Wednesday 23rd March Parent-Teacher Discussions Thursday 24th March PFF Sausage Sizzle Last Day Term 1—

2.15pm Finish (Buses run an hour earlier for this day) Friday 25th March Good Friday– Public Holiday Thursday 7th April Friday 8th April Saturday 9th April Sunday 10th April Farm World Monday April 11th Term 2 commences Wednesday April 13th Tarago District Athletics Thursday April 21st Mother’s Day Stall

Friday May 6th School Photos

Student of the Week Back Row: Olivia, Emma, Kyle and Hayden.

Front Row: Georgina, Hudson, Jake, Braiden and Brayden

Principal’s Report Parent Teacher Discussions

We look forward to our first Parent-Teacher Discussions that are taking place next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 3.30pm-7.30pm. Many parents have already logged onto Sentral to make appointments . You are still able to make appointments on Sentral until 5pm Monday. You can also telephone the school office to book your time if you are unable to do this through the online Sentral portal.

No. 8 March 18th, 2016 www.drouinsouth.vic.edu.au

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School Photos Postponed

Due to a number of staff and students being unavailable for our original school photo date, school

photos have been postponed to Friday May 6th. Please change this date in your diaries.

Tarago Athletics Carnival

The new date for the Tarago Athletics Carnival has been set for Wednesday 13th April.

Last Day of Term

The last day of Term 1 is Thursday 24th April. School will finish at 2.15pm. All buses will run an hour earlier on Thursday afternoon to coincide with the earlier finish time for schools.

Harmony Day

A reminder that on Monday March 21st, JSC are running a ‘Harmony Day Fundraiser’. Students are invited to wear multicultural clothes or orange in support of Harmony Day. Harmony day celebrates Australia’s cultural diversity. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone. It’s a day for Australians to embrace diversity and to share what we have in common. A gold coin donation is required to dress up and there will be a whole school picnic on the oval at lunch time. Students are reminded to be sun smart wearing clothes covering the shoulders, and no thongs are to be worn.

Farm World Reminder

If you haven’t put your name down to assist at Farm World (held during the last 4 days of the school holidays), please consider doing so. It is a fantastic fundraiser for the school and we need as many volunteers as possible to make it a success. Please read the information on the back of this newsletter.

School Emergency Management Arrangements

The recent events in schools that have been publicised in the media have highlighted the need to ensure all schools are ready to handle an emergency situation should one arise. At Drouin South PS we have a comprehensive emergency management plan that allows for a range of different scenarios. We have regular practise with evacuation and lock-down situations throughout the year so that all staff and students are aware of the procedures. These plans are approved by the Department of Education and relevant emergency services to ensure that the safety of our students, staff and parents is our main priority.

Last Newsletter for the Term

As this is our last newsletter for Term 1 I would like to wish all families a safe and happy Easter break. I wish to thank students, staff and parents for a great start to the year and for making me feel a part of the Drouin South Primary School community. I look forward to seeing everyone for the start of Term 2 on Monday 11th April.

Michael Smith—Principal

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Next Thursday, the last day of Term 1, PFF will be holding a sausage sizzle. Please make sure all order forms are returned by Tuesday, March 22nd. Any

late orders will not be accepted.

MOTHERS DAY STALL WHEN: Wednesday 21st April

PFF are again running a Mother’s Day Stall. This year the stall will be on

Wednesday 21st April and there will be a variety of items for sale. Further

information will come home with the first newsletter next term.

PE REPORT Regional Swimming: Yesterday three students from Drouin South Primary School

competed in the Regional Swimming Carnival. Below are the results:

Hailey– 5th out of 17: Backstroke

Lauren- 6th out of 17: Butterfly

William- 5th out of 17: Butterfly.

A big congratulations to each of these students for making it to this level!

State Cricket: A huge congratulations to Christopher who has qualified to try out for

the State Victorian U12s Cricket Team. All the best!

Tarago District Athletics: Due to the weather, the date of the District Aths has been

moved to Wednesday, 13th April (1st week back, Term 2).

Lawrence Phillips– P.E. Coordinator

Kids at home for the school holidays but, you still want to help with Farm World? Well here's how…

We’re looking for donations of delicious, homemade slices and biscuits for our hard-working volunteers to enjoy while at Farm World! If you can help, please contact either Susie

Williames (0487 456 596) or Belinda King (0427 822 871) to arrange a convenient drop-off time and place for your baked goods.

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When

We Grow Up As part of our ’Marvellous Me’ unit, students discussed and

completed activities centred around their dreams of what they would like to be when they grew up!

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1/2A Goal Setters This term we set goals focused around what we wanted

to achieve in our learning. We recorded them on balloons

to remind us to set our sights high and soar!

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1/2A Maths Investigations We enjoy our ‘Maths Investigations’ sessions on Friday.

It allows the students to put into practice a wide range

of skills and strategies they have been learning… and its

great fun! Luke and Tyler are using their

problem solving strategies to work

out how many dogs and people would

be in a backyard if there were 30

legs altogether.

Harper, Bradley and Amy are

working out different scores for

a round of darts if you had 4

darts and possible scores each

throw were 7, 5,3 and 1.

Mitchell and Lucinda are determining

different 2D shape combinations

that might be in a bag if there were

14 sides altogether.

Caine and Dakota are making

hexagons and octagons out of

Pikininny Shape Blocks.

Thomas and Dane are using Tangrams

to make pictures. Tangrams are an

ancient Chinese Puzzle and can be

very challenging!

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Thank you again to the families who have returned their volunteer forms for

our Delivery Service at Farm World 2016. We have received more forms this

week, but so far we have still only received volunteer commitments from 25

families out of a total 140 families at our school and together with our staff

volunteers, have a total of around 45 volunteers. This is only half of the

number that we need - it is a disappointing result for the organising

committee who each year put in an enormous effort to make this event a

success for the benefit of all children at our school.

If you have indicated to the organisers that you are willing to help, but have not

put your form in yet, please do so by Monday at the latest. While we need

more volunteers for each day, we have a particular need for more

volunteers for the Thursday and the Sunday. We appreciate that with Farm

World being on the last weekend of the school holidays it will be challenging for

many families to volunteer their time while meeting family commitments. The

families who have already volunteered one or two family members or friends to

help, have got together with their own families and friends to work around this

either by family members volunteering on different days or friends or family

stepping up to help with child care. Our school has a unique opportunity to raise

$10,000 from this event and we are simply asking each of our 140 families to

consider if they can put forward either a parent, relative, older sibling or

friend to come and help with this very important fundraiser. Please remember,

it is our children who will benefit from our efforts - imagine how hot our kids

would have been in the last week or so if we hadn't raised enough money

through past Farm Worlds to pay for air conditioning for our school buildings!

While Farm World is not until 7-10th April we need to have your volunteer

forms by Monday 21 March so that all the tickets and information packs can

be sent home to our volunteer families before the end of term. We will of

course continue to gather volunteers after this time if needed, but our

organisers have a lot of work to do to prepare and we would appreciate your

support.

If you have any questions about this event please contact Denise Palmer on

0419 120 891.