Irymple South Primary School Newsletter - Issue 5, Week 5, Term 1, 2021

Office: 50245345

Postal Address: P.O. Box 716, Irymple South 3498

Email: irymple.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Web: www.irymplesouthps.vic.edu.au

January 30th, 2015

Be Your Best

Prep Students

The Preps first full week of school will commence next Monday, 1st March. We are looking forward to

having them at school full time.

Learning Conferences

Our first conferences about your child’s learning will take place on Monday 15th March. Students are not

required to attend school on this day but are to attend the conference. Bookings will be available via Xuno

from today. Go to the ‘School’ tab and click on ‘Parent Teacher Interviews’. Please contact your child’s

teacher about whether you would like an online Zoom meeting (link will be provided) or an onsite face to

face meeting.

CURIOSITY INCLUSION OWNERSHIP PASSION

February 26th, 2021

Issue 5, Week 5, Term 1

School Council Elections

The School Council election process has now

commenced for 2021. Nominations are called for

parent and staff positions for the 2021 school year.

We have 5 parent positions and 2 staff positions to

be filled. Self nomination forms are available from

me, Robyn. Nominations will close on Friday 12th

March. Please consider the opportunity to be

involved in our school community in a significant

role.

Thanks to our 2020 School Council members;

Travis Boulton, Jason Bruhn, Selina Carmichael,

Janet Droffelaar, Linc Howard, Sherrin Madden,

Stacey Solomon, Nicole Shaw, Nick Sheahan, Geri

Thwaites, Sebastian Tobacco, Jarrod Wilkie, Robyn

Brooks, Shannon Allen, Emma Lord, Nadine

McWilliams, Ben Milsom and Jamie Russell.

The following member are up for re-election

Parent Members

Jason Bruhn

Janet Droffelaar

Linc Howard

Sherrin Madden

Sebastian Tabacco

Staff Members

Emma Lord

Jamie Russell

School Council Meeting

The next meeting of the School Council will be held

on Wednesday 24th March at 6:00pm in the

Staffroom.

Sunraysia Division Tennis On Tuesday, Chase Russell, Paddy Connelly, Mason Pinnington and Eadie

Neagle competed in the Sunraysia district tennis competition at the Mildura

Lawn Courts.

The format for the day was a round robin draw. The boys had four pools and

the girls had only one pool.

Chase and Paddy were competitive in their pool games with Paddy

finishing 3rd in his pool and Chase finishing 5th in his pool. As there was only

one pool for the girls Eadie finished 3rd for the girls only just missing out on

going through to Swan Hill. Mason finished the top of his pool winning

all 3 of his round robin games. He then qualified for the semifinals but

unluckily came up against the strongest player in the competition and

eventual winner. Mason finished 3rd for the boys overall. Well done to

all the boys and girl who played to their very best and showed good

sportsmanship throughout the day.

Mrs Branson

Irymple South Primary School Newsletter - Issue 5, Week 5, Term 1, 2021

Camps Sports & Excursions Fund (CSEF) 2021

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and

sporting activities.

If you have a valid means-tested concession card, such as a Veterans Affairs Gold Card, Centrelink

Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible.

Payment amounts this year are $125 for eligible primary school students. Payments are made direct to the

school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions and sporting activities for the benefit of your

child.

If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form

this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.

If you would like to apply for the first time, please come in to the school office and ask for an application

form.

You can also download the form, and find out more about the program and eligibility, on the

Department of Education and Training’s Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund web page.

Check with the school office if you are unsure, and please return completed forms to the school office by

the end of Term 1, Thursday 1st April.

Parent Payment 2021

School Council determines the school fees each year and

approves the Parent Payment Policy as outlined by the

Department of Education. At our recent School Council

meeting it was determined that the parent payment cost for

2021 will be $150.

This cost covers all essential student learning items (for

example: pens, pencils, iPad apps).

Any extra non curriculum based programs (eg interschool

sport) will incur a cost at the time of the event.

Payment plans are available by direct depositing money into

the following account with your child’s name as the

reference;

BSB: 063 520

Acc: 10104523

UNIFORM

School Council has made the decision to

include additional items in the Irymple

South uniform. This includes a hooded

jumper and plain black bottoms

(leggings, shorts and skorts)

Hooded Jumper

The Uniform

Student Voice

Team worked

with Laser Signs

and Print to

design a

hooded jumper.

The jumpers will be available to order

online as of Monday 15th February. The

cost of the jumper is $55.00. Orders

submitted prior to Monday March 1st will

be ready for collection during the Easter

holidays.

House Sports Shirts

If you would like to order a House Shirt for

this year, now is the time to do it!

Please note these can not be bought off

the shelf in the store, they are purely an

online order. Orders can be placed until

Friday March 5th. Once again, please be

aware that these are online orders only

and are the same sizing as the school

polo shirts.

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Program at ISPS

At Irymple South we have implemented a 1:1 learning

program where each students will have access to a

digital device to complete learning tasks. The preferred

model at Irymple South is based on Bring Your Own

Device (BYOD) where students bring their own iPads

which are either purchased or leased directly by

families.

The following forms which can be found in the ‘Events’ tab on

XUNO need to be read and approved by Friday 26th

February.

1. BYOD Standards for Personal iPad Care – this needs to be

approved if your child is bringing their own iPad. As in

previous years, students without their own device will

have access to school owned

devices, however they will

remain at school.

2. Acceptable User Agreement – this

needs to be approved by all

parents as it is a commitment

to using all technology at

school in a safe and

responsible way.

Irymple South Primary School Newsletter - Issue 5, Week 5, Term 1, 2021

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Prep G

Vada Stephens Prep S

Johnny Panuccio Prep M

Totti Romeo 1C

Lario-Milan PIscioneri 1M

Orlando Memery 2W

Rhianna Whitworth 2S

Will Tynan 2B

Tilly PItt

3V

Jeffery Sae-Yang 3P

Iglesias Miki 3T

Isis Simpson 4R

Jorja Englefield 4C

Macey Currie 5A

Massey Keens 5C

Charlotte Hocking 6S

Zoe Aldamiz

6H

Nathaniel Kuchel Art

Riley McDermott Music

Ollie Richardson Science

Hayden Ralph Principal

Lilly Harmer

Orlando Costantino

Science

We had two visitors this week in Science, both are from the Mildura Rural City Council. Emily

works in the Waste Education field and Nardia works in the Environmental Sustainability field. All

students this week had to conduct their very own waste audit with rubbish from their own

classroom to see how they have been going with putting their waste into the correct bins. It was

fantastic to see students taking ownership over what they have been learning in Science, which

is also helping our environment. Who knew that sorting and talking about rubbish can be so

much fun!

Mr Douglas

Irymple South Primary School Newsletter - Issue 5, Week 5, Term 1, 2021

Happy Birthday

FEBRUARY

Frankie Scarfo (22nd)

Abbey Carpenter (23rd)

Austin Phillips-Savage (24th)

Ariella Pardo (25th)

Giordano Panuccio (25th)

Tammy Warn (25th)

Violet Madden (27th)

Jeffery Sae-Yang (27th)

Dall Blundy (27th)

Eva Puleio (27th)

Harper Scott (28th)

Amelia Kimerlis (28th)

Eliza Sheahan (28th)

We

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MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN

MA

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6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

7

8 Labour Day

Public

Holiday

9 10 11 12 School

Council

nominations

close

13 14

8 15 Learning

Conferences

16 17 18 19 20 21

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22 23 24 School

Council

Meeting

25 26 27 28

10 29 30 31 1 End of

Term 1

2 Good Friday 3 4 Easter

Sunday

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

AP

RIL

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

1

19 Term 1

commences

20 21 22 Cross

Country

23 ANZAC

Day

Ceremony

24 25 ANZAC

Day

CALENDAR 2021, Term 1

2021 DATES

Term Dates 2021

Term 1 28th Jan - 1st April

Term 2 19th Apr - 25th June

Term 3 12th July - 17th Sept

Term 4 4th Oct - 17th Dec

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2021

Labour Day - Monday 8th March

Good Friday - Friday April 2nd

Easter Monday - Monday April 5th

Anzac Day - Sunday 25th April

Queen’s Birthday - Monday 14th June

Cup Day - Tuesday 2nd November

School Cross Country

Thursday 23rd April

ANZAC Day Ceremony

Friday 24th April