AXEDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

“Excellence Through Endeavour”

High Street, Axedale 3551

Ph. (03) 5439 7232 Fax. (03) 5439 7575

Principal – Lex Johnstone

Email: axedale.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

NEWSLETTER No. 36 November 8th 2018

Important dates:

Nov 9th School Remembrance Day

Ceremony

9th Prep-2 Hot Lunch Order Day

11th Axedale Remembrance Day

Ceremony- Axedale Park 10.45am

11th Blues and Roots Festival –School

Rock Band 12.30

Nov 13-19th Book Fair Buy 1 Get 1 Free

16th Gr 3-6 Hot Lunch Order Day

22nd Kinder Transition 2.15pm

28th Parent Teacher Interviews

30th Gr. 4/5/6 Bike Hike

SCHOOL VALUES AWARDS

Max – For always very helpful in the classroom

and the yard. Max is a very co-operative and well-

mannered student.

Lachie – For being a fantastic role model for his

peers by displaying the school values and being a

kind and caring member of the class.

Riley – For being an excellent friend and helping

a new students settle into the school.

Chelsea - for doing her personal best in her

writing of an explanation text about our chocolate

experiment.

Travis – For showing a determined attitude and

giving his personal best in writing activities.

Thomas – for showing respect and pride for our school by volunteering time to clean the

deck.

CLASSROOM ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Clementine – For working hard to improve her writing formation and neatness.

Clementine is learning to always do her personal best.

Campbell – For showing excellent skills when completing division equations.

Molly Av. – For showing enthusiasm and

extending her skills when learning about

multiplication and division in Maths.

Will B – For catching up quickly on work

missed while on holidays and for completing

his homework.

Abi – For her tremendous listening skills

and always looking to improve herself in all

curriculum areas.

Bella – For her ability to write thought

provoking quatrain poems using the themes

within the class text.

HOUSE TROPHY

Our House Point Trophy this week went to

Campaspe.

GOLDEN BRUSH

Well done to our Gr. 5/6 grade.

READING AWARDS

Well done to our P/1/2/3 students who have

achieved another level of word recognition this

week. Great work!

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

CUP DAY HAT PARADE

Despite some unpredictable weather, we had a great turn out for our Melbourne

Cup Hat Parade and afternoon of activities. Well done to the students and Miss

Mannes for their work in putting together some creatively personalised hats. The

students have really enjoyed working on them and our

older students have been very supportive in helping

younger students complete their hats.

SCHOOL REVIEW

Yesterday we started our School Review process. The day was spent looking back over four years of student

achievement data, NAPLAN data, Parent/Student and Staff Opinion data and drawing conclusions about the

data. Classroom visits also took place and the Review Panel met with two groups of Gr. 3-6 students to gain

a perspective of school from a student angle.

We have two further days of the School Review to work through on November 19th & 20th.

PARENT FORUM

As part of the School Review, parents are invited to an Open Forum on Monday 19th from 2.50 – 3.25.

Michael Cain, our School Reviewer, will raise a number of topics that he wishes to gain a parent perspective

from. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions and raise points of interest.

Everybody is welcome.

PREP KINDER PICNIC

Today we met our Kinder friends in the park for our Cup Week get together. We paraded our colourful

decorated hats, had lunch, a chat and a play on the equipment. The preps students presented the kinder folk

with a set of shakers they had made for the students to use in their music program. We had a great day and

love spending time with our friends.

REMEMBRANCE DAY

Tomorrow, Angus, Katya, Zane, Nadia and Thomas will be

conducting a short Remembrance Day Ceremony at school.

Our School Captains Angus and Katya will be laying a wreath on

behalf of the school at the Axedale Ceremony on Sunday.

BLUES AND ROOTS FESTIVAL

Good luck to our School Rock Band members on Sunday. They are performing

at the Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival on the lawns outside the capitol

Theatre on Sunday from 12.30. They have been practising hard at school and

we wish them all the best in their first public ‘gig’.

MICHELLE CALDWELL

Tomorrow is Michelle’s last day at school before taking Family Leave. On behalf of the school, I would like

to wish Michelle and Caleb all the best on the birth of their first child. We look forward to a visit to school

from Michelle and bub. We will be holding an assembly at the end of the day tomorrow at 3.15pm to say

farewell.

NEW TEACHER

We have appointed Rylie Gloury as the new teacher for the Grade 1 classroom. Rylie is a Graduate Teacher

who has just completed her studies and has been working at both Maiden Gully and Spring Gully schools as

a classroom support person.

We are awaiting final endorsement from the Victorian Institute of Teaching for Rylie to be able to be

employed permanently.

AARON TAYLOR

Aaron has been with us for five weeks as part of the Unlocking Principal Potential Program. I would like to

thank Aaron for his work here at the school and the projects that he has taken on in the school. During the five

weeks, Aaron has experienced a wide range of aspects of the work of leadership in a small school and all that

it involves. We would like to wish Aaron all the best in his future endeavours.

2019 PARENT PAYMENT INFORMATION

An envelope with information regarding our 2019 Parent Payment Charges has been sent home today.

Please take the time to look through this information and fill out your preferred payment option and return to

school by Friday 7th December.

The Book Pack collection day will be Friday 25th January 2019 from 9.30am-2pm.

GRADE 6 GRADUATION DINNER

All Grade 6 families will have received an invitation to the Graduation Dinner. A reminder to families to

please drop into the office to organise the purchase of your tickets for the night.

There is a limit of 4 tickets per family (plus the graduate). Once initial numbers are confirmed there might

be the opportunity for families to purchase extra tickets.

Thank you for your prompt payment of tickets which will allow us to organise seating arrangements and our

caterer.

CLEARING SALE -THANK YOU

On Saturday a number of parents were involved with catering at a local clearing sale to raise funds for the

school. A big thanks to Julie and Sam for co-ordinating the catering and to all those that helped out. They

were able to raise $334 for the school. Thank you

BACK FENCE – THANK YOU

A big thanks to Andy & Tanya Czuczman and Tim Harrington who spent time last Friday and Saturday

completing our timber fence along the Raglan St. boundary. It completes the timber fencing on our northern

and southern boundaries and looks fantastic.

A big thank you also to Karina Pickrill who spent most of Monday painting and putting the finishing touches

to the fence. Great work.

SCHOOL COUNCIL

Our next School Council Meeting is on next Tuesday from 6.30pm. Your parent Representatives on School

Council are Cameron Wright, Lara Bathurst, Neil Aursich, Anna Johnson, Lisa Evans, Kristen Harrison and

Helen Lennon. Please contact them if there are matters you wish to have raised.

HOT LUNCHES

Tomorrow is hot lunches day for Prep – 2 students. Friday 16th November is hot lunch day fro all Gr. 3-6’s.

BANDANNA DAY & ALOPECIA AWARENESS

Thank you to students and families for supporting our Bandanna Day last week. We were able to raise some

funds for CanTeen and also $300 for the local Alopecia Awareness group. Thanks for your support. In

December, Shae from the Australian Alopecia Areata Foundation will be coming to Axedale so we can present

her with our funds raised.

DRUM LESSONS

Next Monday 12th November David Dewar (Drum Teacher) will be absent. There will be no drum lessons

on this day.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Parent Teacher Interviews will take place on Wednesday 28th November. A note with time options and

further details will be sent home next week.

T20 CRICKET CARNIVAL

The T20 Cricket carnival planned for last Monday was postponed due to weather. We are unable to compete

at the re-scheduled event due to other school commitments.

LIBRARY BOOKS

We have a lot of books from the library which are missing. Can parents please check at

home and return any books ASAP for our library audit. Thanks for your help with this.

GRADE 4/5/6 BIKE RIDE

Our Grade 4/5/6 one day Bike Hike will take place on Friday 30th November. Axedale

Primary School will be the start and finish point of the ride. We will be using the Bendigo Heathcote Rail

Trail and riding to Knowsley and return.

Parents are welcome to join the ride with the students.

Thank you to the parents who have offered to help out with support vehicles. Please ensure your forms

indicating bike availability and student skill level have been returned.

PREP PLANTS

Our Preps and Grade 1’s have been very busy planting and raising vegetable seeds. Their seedlings are now

growing and healthy and are for sale on our front verandah. Contact Ms. Saunders or Mrs. Tenace if

interested.

TERM DATES 2019

Term 1: 29th January (Teachers resume)

30th January (Students) to 5th April

Term 2: 23rd April (Tuesday) to 28th June

Term 3: 15th July to 20th September

Term 4: 7th October to 20th December

FRESH FRUIT FRIDAY

Thank you to our volunteers for cutting up fruit each Friday.

Friday 9th November – Samantha Condon & Jodie Black

Friday 16th November – Tara Coffin & Hannelie Schutte

BREAKFAST CLUB

Thank you to our volunteers.

Tuesday 13th November – Sam G

Thursday 15th November – Samantha C

Tuesday 20th November – Hannelie

Thursday 22nd – Liz H

MICHAEL GROSS PARENTING RESOURCES

Our school is a member of Parenting Ideas. Visit www.parentingideas.com.au

This week’s attached article is “Why developing empathy in your child matters”

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

JOKE OF THE WEEK

One for Mrs. Caldwell

Q: What is a cat’s favourite colour?

A: Puuurrrrple!!

Lex Johnstone

Principal

FORMS TO BE RETURNED OR ORGANISED AT SCHOOL

PREPARATION FOR PUBERTY – Return permission form ASAP

GRADE 4/5/6 BIKE HIKE – Return initial bike hike form ASAP

COMMUNITY NEWS

KINDER ENROLMENT FORMS

We have enrolment forms for 2019 Kinder and Pre-Kinder available at the school office.

Zodiacs Netball Club tryout dates for Season 2019 The Zodiacs Netball Club affiliated with the Bendigo Strathdale Netball Association (BSNA) will hold their

annual tryouts for Season 2019 teams for Grade 6 (2019) and 13/Under (Year 7 in 2019) on the following

dates:

Sunday November 11th

Grade 6: Registrations from 9:45am

Tryouts 10am to 11am

13/Under: Registrations from 10:45am

Tryouts 11am-12:15pm

Monday November 12th

Grade 6: Registrations from 5pm

Tryouts 5:15pm to 6:15pm

13/Under: Registrations from 5:45pm

Tryouts 6pm to 7pm

Attendance at both sessions is preferred for best chance of selection.

Tryouts will take place at our courts located at Strathdale Park, Cnr Reservoir Rd & McIvor Hwy. Please

bring along a drink bottle & be sun smart.

For Further information please email zodiacbgo@yahoo.com.au or contact club mobile 0466 710 559

Thank you in anticipation.

Kind Regards

Jane Bakes

Asst Director of Coaching

0407 357 797

Zodiacs Netball Club

PO Box 579

Bendigo Central 3552

www.zodiacsbendigo.com