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FROM OUR PRINCIPAL

It was wonderful to see our Year 3-6 students trying hard and participating in the Cross Country, last Thursday. Well done to Curlewis House, who were the overall winners on the day! It was nice to have lots of parents come along and cheer on their children and assist with the event. We thank Max Carroll for all of his organisation and encouragement.

Many Mum’s and significant others, braved the wet and wintery conditions, on Friday, for our Mother’s Day Lunch – thanks for coming along.

We continue to receive reports about parents breaking the road rules when dropping their students off at school and collecting them at the end of the day. We remind our community not to double park in the Yana Street Car Park, as this can be dangerous for children entering and exiting vehicles, as well as causing congestion. We plead with parents to be patient and consider dropping your children a block away from the school, to relieve the congestion and encourage your children to develop independence, utilising the school crossings.

Hayley Doyle PRINCIPAL

Term 2, Week 4— Wednesday 15 May, 2019

What’s Coming up at Swan Hill Primary?

MAY

Thu 16 Final day of NAPLAN (Years 3 & 5)

Fri 17 Yr 3 Pioneer Settlement Excursion

Tue 21 Mallee Division Cross Country (Riverside Park) 2B & 2J SES Excursion (11:30am-1pm)

Wed 22 Yr 5 Swimming Yr 6 Swan Hill College Transition Day

Thu 23- Fri 24

Peer Mediation Training

Fri 24 Dress in Blue for MND Fundraiser (gold coin donation)

Wed 29 Yr 4 Swimming Senior Choir Logan Lodge Performance

Fri 31 Yr 1 Halls Gap Excursion

JUNE

Mon 3 Junior Cross Country (Years Prep-2)

Wed 5 Year 4 Swimming

Mon 10 Queens Birthday Public Holiday (No School)

Wed 12 Year 4 Swimming

Fri 14 Student-led Conferences (Student-free Day)

123 Gray Street / PO Box 798 Swan Hill VIC 3585 Ph: 03 5032 1336 F: 03 5032 4437 E: swan.hill.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.swanhillps.vic.edu.au

School Office Hours 8:30am—4:30pm Mon-Fri

The entire School is invited to WEAR THE COLOR BLUE and

provide a GOLD COIN DONATION in support of the

Motor-Neuron Disease Foundation.

‘WEAR THE WIG’ All next week, Junior School Council will run “Wear the Wig”. Students can pay 20 cents to vote which teacher should wear a hilarious blue wig ALL DAY on Friday 24th May. Votes can be placed during recess and lunch, in front of the library.

Above: Mums and Special Friends

warmed up with hot coffee from

the ‘Bean n Gone’ Coffee Van and

delicious food from ‘Hold My Buns’

Food Van.

Left: Blade from 1M enjoyed having his Mum and sister

join him in class and for Lunch.

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STUDENTS OF THE WEEK This term we arre focussing on the school value:

BELONGING Well done to the following students, who were awarded ‘Student of the Week’ for displaying this value last week.

Prep B Aliesha Boath

Prep C Gemma Curtis

Prep N Tykel Walsh

1B Darcee Dunster-Jones

1G Summa Sanders

1M Blade Skelsey

1W Hannah Liu

2B Archie Currie

2J Ritvik Minhas

2R Tomeka Irvin

2S Imogen Futter

3B Raymond Kepa

3K Zaidon Key

3O Hannah Downs

4C Chloe Everitt

4L Caleb Wiseman

4S Victor Lazarou

5B Dallas Credlin

5M Poppy Kreuger

5S Wade Hamilton

6B Sophia Dang

6H Josh Oakley

6K Cheyenne Shell

Music Nikyrah Bamblett

Computers Amity Scott

PE Clover Barry

Science Luke Hall

Indonesian Saina Zaman

Our Grade 5 & 6 ‘Student of the Week’ recipients.

L-R: Dallas, Josh, Cheyenne, Poppy, Wade, Sophia.

PE REPORT

Swimming

Senior Cross Country

We were fortunate to have our Senior Cross Country on a

beautiful autumn day last Thursday.

A big thank you to all the parents who

came to cheer on the children.

Well done to those students who

qualified for the Mallee Division Cross Country, to be held

at Riverside Park next Tuesday 21 May.

House Results

Junior Cross Country Junior Cross County for Years Prep-2 will be held on

Monday 3 June at the Ken Harrison Sporting Complex. The

day begins at 11.40am and concludes around 1pm.

House Position Score

Curlewis 1st 16.91

Beveridge 2nd 17.79

Mitchell 3rd 17.87

Eyre 4th 18.17

Date 11am 11.55am

Wed 22/5 5M & 5S 5B

Wed 29/5 4C 4L & 4S

Wed 5/6 4L & 4S 4C

Wed 12/6 4C 4L & 4S

Wed 19/6 4L & 4S 4C

Age Boys Girls

8/9 yrs 1st Flynn Barnes

2nd Oscar Kingwill

3rd Jake Steer

1st Ruby Ryan

2nd Kieley Styles

3rd Hope Tonkin

10 yrs 1st Max Thompson

2nd Kye Fleming

3rd Reef Mulligan

1st Sunny Barry

2nd Elsie Russell

3rd Clancy Devlin

11 yrs 1st Joe Russell

2nd Hunter Wells

3rd Joel Blume

1st Milla Stewart

2nd Sam Laughlin

3rd Milly Derbas

12/13 yrs 1st Rylan Barnes

2nd William Tanner

3rd Charlie Kingwell

1st Alana Gracia

2nd Jessika Blume

3rd Deja Stacey

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WOOLWORTHS 'EARN AND LEARN'

REMEMBER TO KEEP COLLECTING STICKERS!! The more points we earn, the more we can redeem from a choice of over 10,000 educational resources We are grateful for your support and look forward to a successful program.

One sponsor of our Fete was missed from the list in last weeks’ Newsletter;

Thank you to ‘Innocence & Attitude’. We sincerely apologise for the mistake and

greatly appreciate your support.

SHOWBAGS FOR SALE

@ the Office

Excess stock from the Fete

Discounted: was $7, now $5!!

LUCKY LENI Leni, from 1M, entered a competition running in the

‘Just Kidding’ magazine, and was 1 of 30 lucky kids to

win $250 worth of Beanie Boo’s for her and her class.

Congratulations Leni.

NAPLAN TESTING The National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests for years 3 and 5 students began yesterday and continues today and tomorrow, Thursday May 16.

NAPLAN tests assess student knowledge and skills in writing, reading, language conventions and numeracy. The results of the tests provide information for students, parents, teachers and principals which can be used to improve student achievement.

Later in the year you will receive your child’s personal NAPLAN results in a report.

ATTITUDE TO SCHOOL SURVEY We are conducting a survey to find out what your child

thinks of our school. The Attitudes to School Survey is

offered by the Department of Education and Training

to assist schools in gaining an understanding of

students' perceptions and experience of school. Our

school will use the results to plan programs and

activities to improve your child's schooling experience.

Students in Year 4, 5 and 6 will participate in the

survey during school hours in week 5, 6, and 7.

All responses are kept anonymous and personal data

will not be recorded. Your child has the right to refuse

or withdraw at any point.

For more information, please speak to Miss Skinner or

visit: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/

teachers/management/improvement/Pages/

NEW ONLINE MATHEMATICS SYSTEM This year our teachers have started using a new on-line assessment system, Essential Assessment. This will provide accurate information about how well each student is performing in Mathematics. A clear strength of Swan Hill Primary School is knowing and using the detailed information we have about student’s academic development.

Teachers are able to assign students a pre-assessment prior to beginning a unit of work. This pre-assessment identifies each student’s Victorian Curriculum level, by identifying the particular areas a student understands and areas students need to consolidate. Essential Assessment allows teachers to cater for the individual needs of students providing opportunities for students to reflect and create their own personal Maths goals. After the unit of work, students undertake a post-assessment which enables teachers to track the individual progress of each student.

Each student at Swan Hill Primary School has a subscription to Essential Assessment, allowing students to consolidate their learning both in class and at home. ** It is really important that students complete tasks by themselves so teachers can see where mistakes have been made and support the students in class with misunderstandings. It is not compulsory for students to finish all activities.

**Students should only do My Numeracy Activities and Sunset Maths. Please don’t complete any Pre / Post tests as this is for classroom only. All students will bring an Essential Assessment username & password home next Monday 20 May. If you have any questions please phone Janene Thompson.

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CANTEEN ROSTER Week 4—May Week 5—May

Mon 13 Mon 20

Tue 14 Tue 21

Wed 15 Wed 22

Thu 16 Tamika Skelsey Thu 23 Carol Fitzpatrick

Fri 17 Sharyn McCann Fri 24 Yolande Logan

Week 6—May Week 7-June

Mon 27 Mon 3

Tue 28 Tue 4

Wed 29 Di Steer Wed 5

Thu 30 Greta Benfield Thu 6 Kerri Curran

Fri 31 Sharryn McCann Fri 8 Yolande Logan

WALK OR RIDE ON WEDNESDAY

Todays ‘Walk on Wednesday’ winners are Ruby from PC and Hunter from 5S. They said it was very chilly to walking and riding to school this morning.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

This week marks the beginning of National Families

Week (15th May – 21st May). A good reason to spend

some time with your family doing the things you all

enjoy. This week is a time to celebrate with family,

make contact with extended family and friends, and

share in the enjoyment of family activities within the

wider community. Let each family member choose an

activity for a week packed full of fun!

MOTHERS DAY STALL THANK YOU FROM PARENTS CLUB

Thank you for supporting the Parents Club Mother’s Day Stall this year. We would like to thank the following people who donated items to our stall to help make it the success it was.

Sherelle Martin, Helen Smith, Narelle Williams, Jenny Dunn.

Thank you also, to the following people who gave up their time to help the children pick something for their mothers and the special people in their lives. We appreciate the support that these women give to the school to support our children and our school community.

A big thank you to Trish Uhlhorn and Marilyn Lockhart for organizing the stall this year.

We would also like to acknowledge the Grade 6 students who helped out on the door, they were invaluable; Charlotte Logan, Ella Uhlhorn, Cooper Comitti, Hudson Garner and Riley Cahill.

Sara Alexander Karla Partington Jess Pickering Wendy Hughes Julie McClelland Carol Fitzpatrick

Skye Lepoidevin Shelley Clarke Sharyn McCann Jayne Shell Courtney Tepper Amali Rajaguru