Newsletter Edition 14 Wednesday September 4

th, 2013

Working Bee

Principal’s Report School Concert

A notice went home this week

informing the community of our

upcoming School Concert.

Students will be performing

their item on stage twice during

the evening. Tickets have gone on sale today via

the Kingston Art Centre venue

www.kingstonarts.com.au/ . All seating is

allocated and tickets have been selling fast.

District Athletics

We wish the Year 3 – 6

children who have been

selected to represent

Parktone at the Mordialloc

District Athletics Day the

best of luck. The athletics will be held at

Dolamore Reserve on Friday 13th.

Prep Transition

The last open session for our Prep Transition will

take place this Thursday from 9:30 – 10:15am.

After this time, all

future transition

sessions will be

for students who

have enrolled for

Prep in 2014.

We have already held 3 sessions to date with

nothing but positive feedback from both

prospective parents and staff. We look forward to

many of these new families joining our wonderful

community.

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Whole School Photo

Our whole school photo will be taken by

Advancedlife Photography on Monday 16th

September at 11:10am.

We look forward to them capturing a memorable

image of our fabulous children and staff.

Spring Fever Lunch

Order

Don’t forget to get your end

of term Spring Fever lunch

orders in so you can feast

on a Mexican or Hawaiian

wrap, snack and drink. The

cut-off date for returning your form is Friday 13th

September. No late orders will be accepted and

spare forms can be picked up from the office. Our

canteen will be running as normal on this day as

well.

The canteen wish to express their gratitude for

everyone’s support for the Father’s Day Breakfast.

They appreciated your patience and have put

strategies in place so future events run a lot

smoother.

End of Term

The last day of Term 3 is

fast approaching. Just a

reminder that on Friday

the 20th September school

will be finishing at 2:30pm. Term 4 resumes on

Monday 7th October. The last day of term is also a

free dress day with a footy theme with a footy team

parade. Please remember your gold coin donation.

Quote of the week

“Don’t expect anything original from an echo”

Dune Muncy

Heidi Bampfield

Leading Teacher

IMPORTANT

DATES 2013

SEPTEMBER

5

th

K-P Transition 9.30-10.30

10th

Finance 6.30pm School Council 7.00pm

13

th

District Athletics Day

16th Whole School

Photo 11.10am

17th

Buildings & Grounds 7.30pm

18th

School Concert

5.00pm – 6.30pm

& 7.00pm – 8.30pm

20th

Last day Term

3 Early finish

2.30pm

Free Dress Footy Day

Parade

SLOD

OCTOBER

7th

First Day

Term 4

BASKETBALL DAYS

All of the Grade 3’s and 4’s hopped on a bus last week the

Southern Basketball Stadium in Cheltenham to play

basketball all day, in the McDonalds Hoop Time 3/4

competition! A great day was had by all, there were some

outstanding results amongst the Rookies teams, and our 2

Future Stars teams represented Parktone beautifully, with 1

narrowly missing out on the play-offs! A special thank-you

to the parents who came with us, Sam Jones, Lisa

Morrison, Justine Clarke and Shane Wallis.

The 5/6’s had their District basketball day at Parkdale

Secondary College last week also. We could take 1 boys

and 1 girls team only, so we held tryouts during PE classes,

the 8 spots for each team were hotly contested, so we

continued tryouts for 3 weeks before finally choosing the

teams. There were quite a few who narrowly missed out,

credit to all of the students though, as good sportsmanship

was shown across the board both by the students who

made the teams and also by the ones who did not. The

boys team won 3 games on the day and just missed on

winning a 4th which would have seen them make the play-

offs. The girls team (only 4 of which have ever played

basketball) competed well and almost drew one of their

games. Both of our teams displayed excellent

sportsmanship in both victory and defeat and I was

extremely proud of both their effort and behaviour on the

day

Again, if your child would like to join basketball there are a

few options. For the 5 – 8 year olds, their best bet is to do at

least 1 term of the ‘Intro to basketball’ sessions, there is a

new Saturday morning format beginning on Saturday 14th

September at Parkdale SC, There is also a Tuesday

afternoon session called ‘Dribblers’. If you child is older than

8, or has already completed a term or 2 of Intro to

basketball/Aussie Hoops/Dribblers/BeeBall, then you could

contact one of our local clubs Mordialloc Flyers

www.mordialloccommunitycentre.org.au, or Parkdale

Pacers at http://parkdalepacers.org/ and say that your child

would like to join a team, both train out of PSC.

DISTRICT ATHLETICS

The Mordialloc District athletics day will be at Dolamore

Reserve on Friday, September 13th. We are only able to put

1 student in each race in each age group, with 2 in the

1500m and 2 in the 800m. As a result of this many students

will have missed out on a place in the squad, who would

have performed well at the House sports day and would

dearly love to be there, in particular the Grade 3’s. The age

groups are 9/10 year olds, 11 year olds, and 12/13 year

olds, so the 9 your olds have to be stronger, faster and/or

fitter than the 10 year olds in order to gain a place on the

squad. In selecting the squad, we have taken into

consideration the House Sports results, plus the fitness

testing results, which are conducted at the beginning of

each term, plus our knowledge of the individual children.

If your child missed out on a spot and they are

disappointed, please help them by enacting Habits 5 (Seek

first to understand, then be understood), Habit 1 (Be

Proactive) and Habit 7 (Sharpen the Saw). They need to

understand that there are a limited amount of spots, and

that there are students who are better than them in

athletics. They can be proactive by investigating ways that

they can improve at athletics, perhaps by joining the

Mentone Little Athletics Club:

http://mentonelittleathletics.com.au, registration day is on

September 14. Or they can add skipping, walking the dog,

etc into their daily routine as a way of Sharpening the saw,

and improving their overall fitness.

THE DISTRICT ATHLETICS SQUAD IS:

9/10 GIRLS: Lily W, Emily, Zoe L, Erin, Marnie, Holly, Zoe

B, Jade, and Stephanie

9/10 BOYS: Mitch, Aaron, Max, Callan, Hemi, Mason,

Charlie, Tom P, Jack C, Paul, and Jude

11 GIRLS: Rachael, Lily M, Chloe, Ashlea, Trinity, Kira, and

Elly

11 BOYS: Dylan, Harvey, Oliver, Brad, Reuben, and Nick J

12/13 GIRLS: Paige, Grace, Freya, Hayley, and Melissa

12/13 BOYS: Jacob, Jackson, Ewan, Andrew, Ned, and

Colin

Parktone Community Group A big hello to all, the children had a wonderful day for Book Week dressing up as their favourite characters, and the PCG are happy to announce that we were able make a wonderful profit of just over $260 from the book stall and the afternoon tea. Great job everyone and thank you to all the children and parents who donated the wonderful books, and the food for the afternoon tea. We hope that all the dad’s out there had a fantastic Father’s Day. The children were all able to purchase some wonderful goodies from the Father’s Day stall that was held on the 29

th August. Thank you to the parents that helped with the

organising, wrapping, setting up and selling. The stall made over $900, what a sensational effort. You may be aware that the PCG sent out an expression of interest notice, thank you to the wonderful parents that have handed these back. If you are interested in joining the team, please feel free to pop into one of our meetings. The meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm in the staffroom. DON’T FORGET: DATES TO REMEMEBER:

Trivia Night (23rd November) - Circle it in your

diary. This is the PCG’s major fundraiser and social

event for the year. Heaps of fun, more details to

follow.

If you would like to be part of the Parktone Community Group [PCG] and are not sure what it involves, or if you could help, please feel free to call me on 0423 095 677 (Peta). Regards from the PCG team.

Proactive Parktone Parents

We are interested to see how Parktone students use the 7 Habits and the Leader In Me outside of school. On a regular basis students display their growing understanding of the habits in school. We would like to hear about how our students are using their knowledge in everyday life. We are asking for positive examples of the leadership initiative and its impact on your child’s life. Please email your child’s classroom teacher (or write the example in your child’s diary) anytime you notice your child using the habits. Our aim is to collect and display these positive stories to share with the children and our community. Thank you for your assistance,

Charlene Macklin and Emily Commins.

KNITTERS still NEEDED

for

YARN BOMBING The Art room is desperately looking for any parents/grandparents/friends who would be interested in knitting 160 cm X 20cm lengths of wool for an upcoming yarn bombing project for art. Wool can be provided by the school or if you have any unwanted wool at home this would also be greatly appreciated. A box outside the art room will be left for potential knitters to grab a ball of wool. Lisa Poulter Visual Arts Teacher

MLAC Registration 14th September 2013 Season commences 5th October 2013

City of Kingston Vacation Care Program

Program Dates: Monday 23 Sep – Fri 4 Oct 2013

We are excited to bring to you the Brochure and Enrolment form for the Sep/ Oct 2013 Vacation Care program. This program has been developed through consultation with

children, families and educators during the April vacation care program. It is a fun filled program giving children

opportunities to follow their interests, have new experiences, make new friends, explore, learn, discover

and experience success through play. Enrolments Start:

Monday 26th Aug and Close:

Friday 13 Sep, 2013. It is requested children who require support for inclusion in a program, submit enrolment and payment forms as early

as possible to allow time to apply for funding. Don’t miss out on your children’s spot at one of our fantastic

programs to find out more visits Kingston’s website www.kingston.vic.gov.au. For enquiries please call the

Vacation Care Team on (03) 9581 4846 or (03) 9581 4875.

TAKE HOME A BIG BROTHER OR BIG SISTER

Give your children the wonderful opportunity to have an international big brother or big sister by hosting one of our exceptional international students arriving in Australia in February 2014 for their 3, 5 or 10 month programs. Our international students from France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the U.S.A, South America and Japan will live as a local, attend a local secondary school, arrive with their own spending money and comprehensive insurance cover – all arranged by Southern Cross Cultural Exchange. Visit us at www.scce.com.au, email scceaust@scce.com.au or call us toll free on 1800 500 501, request our international student profiles, and capture the spirit of family and friendship! Thanks and kind regards,

Robert Lindsay

Inbound Program Manager SOUTHERN CROSS CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Tel: +61 (0)3 9775 4711

Fax: +61 (0)3 9775 4971

Toll Free: 1800 500 501

Post: Locked Bag 1200, Mt Eliza , Victoria , 3930

Web: www.scce.com.au

email: robert.l@scce.com.au

MORDIALLOC NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE

OCCASIONAL CHILD CARE:

Short term care for children enabling parents to

attend appointments, shopping, study etc or

simply to take a break.

We offer casual places, Monday – Friday.

Bookings essential.

Please contact the office for further details and

bookings.

Phone: 9587 4534

BELLY DANCING:

Belly Dancing for beginners is a low impact gentle workout that is great for you and a lot of fun.

TUESDAY: 7.30-8.30pm Please contact the office for further details and

bookings. Phone: 9587 4534

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