IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP

August 27th – 31st – Gr 3-4 15 Mile Creek Camp September 5th – Avenel Athletics Carnival 7th- Gr 1-2 excursion to Echuca and Sleepover 11th – Kids Teaching Kids 12th – School Library Bus, Transition 9.30-10.30am, School Council Meeting – 6.00pm

14th – Walk-A-Thon - Drought Relief fundraiser

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Community Design Challenge Our school was abuzz last Thursday morning as parents and grandparents assisted students to design and build a newspaper table that could support 1 kilogram. The engineering skills of our teams greatly surpassed the design brief and by the end of the challenge, we had 14 teams who succeeded in designing tables which supported 9 kilograms. I would like to extend a warm thank you to all of our community members who participated in the challenge; the atmosphere was charged with excitement, industry and engagement as teams worked towards achieving their goal. This is the second year that we have run a community design challenge and it will certainly become a feature of future school years. Upon announcing our 14 winning teams, I set them the challenge of experimenting with how much weight their bridges could hold. At this point, we have had a number of bridges that have supported family members – a great design effort!

Learning Expo: Last Wednesday’s Learning Expo was also a great success and I would like to thank all of our students and teachers for the effort they put into the event. It was great to see our students have an audience for their work and for our parents to see the work being produced by other year level. We received lots of great feedback on the event and we will certainly look to repeat the event at a future time.

Athletics Carnival We are now just a week away from our Athletics Carnival which is always one of the highlights on our sporting calendar. Staging our athletics carnival requires an enormous amount of parent support and over the years we have been very well supported by our parent community. At this point in proceedings, we still require a significant amount of parent helpers. If you can help out on the day, please complete the reply slip in this week’s newsletter. Many thanks to the parents who have already volunteered their time. Head Lice Check Head lice are a perennial issue in all schools and as part of our control efforts we will be holding a head lice check next week. Over the coming days, could parents please inspect their children for the presence of head lice and treat the lice if detected. I will confirm the exact date of the check early next week via email. Grade 3/4 Camp Our Grade 3/4 students have settled in well to their camp at 15 Mile Creek Outdoor School and Mrs Evans and Mrs Tobin have informed me that all of our students have been having a wonderful time. Tomorrow I will join the group for the last two days of the camp and I am looking forward immensely to hearing all of the excited recounts of the camp highlights. Students will return at approximately 2pm on Friday, no doubt with tired but happy faces! NAPLAN Student Results On Monday, we will be sending home the NAPLAN reports for our Grade 3 and Grade 5 students. While NAPLAN always generates a significant amount of public debate, and this year has been no exception, it provides a very useful “point in time” picture of a student’s achievement. In addition to NAPLAN data, our school hold a comprehensive data profile for every child and we are always happy to discuss your child’s learning with you if you wish to place the NAPLAN report in a broader context. Avenel Heritage History Project One of our local community members, Jen Arnold, is currently co-ordinating a local history project which aims to record the history of Avenel on a number of storyboards to be placed around our community. Later in the year, our school will be supporting Jen with this exciting project. If you have a story to share or would like to assist in any way, Jen’s details can be found elsewhere in the newsletter. All the best, Neil

OTHER THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW …… TRANSITION DATES FOR 2019 PREP INTAKE – The following transition dates have been organised for Foundation students attending Avenel Primary School in 2019

Wednesday 12th September 9.30-10.30 (Week 9, Term 3)

Wednesday 24th October 9.30-10.30 (Week 3, Term 4)

Thursday 8th November 9.30-11.30 (Week 5, Term 4)

Wednesday 21st November 9.30-11.30 (Week 7, Term 4 – Lunch at school)

Parent Information Session – Week of Dec 3rd –7th Dec – TBC Date and Time

Tuesday 11th December (Term 4, Week 10) – ALL DAY – Statewide Transition Day

KEYBROAD WANTED - Our school instrumental lessons are going well! We can look forward to some fabulous end of year performances. Does anyone have (or know of someone with) an 88 key (that includes black and white keys) keyboard which we could use for lessons at the school? If so please contact Fleur (0412 210 017) or Phil (0437 320 932).

PARENTS AND FRIENDS UPDATE

The 1st prize for the Fete raffle is an igloo esky valued at $400 plus a $100 Avenel Meats voucher, bottle of wine and a Wanderer sun shade. We are looking for donations from the community for our Fete Raffle Prizes - This year we have 3

hampers. Suggestions on what could be donated are as follows: Gardening Hamper – This could include hand tools, seeds, gardeners hand cream, gloves (adults and kids), small bags of potting mix, fertiliser, sunscreen, garden hats Kitchen/Grocery Hamper – Oven mits, tea towels, baking ware, cutting boards, tea/coffee accessories, canisters and jars, microwave cookware, mortar/pestles, non-perishable food items Leisure Hamper – games, sports/fishing equipment, towels, picnic items, sunscreen, mozzie spray, camping, bbq and swimming items, books. Remember your imagination is the only limitation when it comes to thinking of what you can donate.

AROUND THE ROOMS

To – Jasper Elston, Mylee Bankier and Jack Toy. STUDENT OF THE WEEK – Congratulations to

Max Harding – for his confidence when sharing stories and facts about his holidays. Ryder Ginn – for the kindness ace cares he displays to everyone. Campbell Smith – for applying his knowledge of technology to create a data graph in mathematics. Lucy Steers – for working well in small group activities. Brendan Hurlock – having a positive attitude towards his maths learning. Heath Lane- for being responsive to teacher feedback to improve his skills and understandings. James Wall - for identifying his individual learning needs and making choices which align with these.

Darcy Turner - For his focus and perseverance when working on his fluency tasks. Minseo Bae - For displaying greater organisation in her learning. Daniel Friedrich - For showing the qualities of "being a mate". Ely Reid - For being responsive to suggestions to improve his capacity to be successful in completing tasks.

AVENEL PRIMARY SCHOOL – CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MONTH

DATE

EVENT August Monday 27th – Friday 31st Gr 3-4 15 Mile Creek Camp

September Wednesday 5th Avenel Athletics

Friday 7th Excursion to Echuca and Sleepover for Gr 1-2

Tuesday 11th Kids Teaching Kids

Wednesday 12th School Library Bus, District Aths, School Council Meeting – 6.00pm Transition 9.30-10.30

Friday 14th 2.00-3.00pm walk-a-thon – It Just Takes One

Friday 21st Last day Term 3

October Monday 8th 1st day Term 4

Wednesday 10th School Library Bus

Thursday 11th Division Athletics

Wednesday 17th – Friday 19th 3 day bike hike

Wednesday 24th School Library Bus, School Council Meeting – 600pm Transition 9.30-10.30

November Monday 5th Curriculum Day – Pupil Free

Tuesday 6th Melbourne Cub Public Holiday

Wednesday 7th School Library Bus

Thursday 8th Transition 9.30-11.30

Saturday 10th Set up for Avenel Fete & Clearing Sale

Sunday 11th Avenel Fete & Clearing Sale

Wednesday 14th School Council Meeting – 6.00pm

Wednesday 21st School Library Bus Transition 9.30-11.30

Thursday 22nd – Saturday 24th Energy Breakthrough – Maryborough

Saturday 24th State Elections

December Wednesday 5th School Library Bus – returns only

Tuesday 11th State Wide Transition Day

Wednesday 12th School Council Meeting – 6.00pm

Wednesday 19th School Library Bus – returns only

Friday 21st Last day Term 4

COMMUNITY CORNER

Avenel has been fortunate that its’ application to be considered for funding to complete Stage 2 of our Skatepark (Avenel Multi use Youth Activity Precinct) has been successful. For our project to receive the funding it needs – Avenel residents 16 + YO and anyone living within 50 kms of Avenel can vote for our project.

If each eligible Avenel resident gets 4 others to vote - this will go a long way towards getting sufficient votes for our project to be funded. To vote you need to do the following - Register at the pickmyproject.vic.gov.au website - Complete the required questions – should take 2-3 mins - Projects in our region will be displayed - Choose the Avenel Multi Use Youth Activity Precinct and 2 others from our region (Goulburn) – you have to list 3. (We suggest Nagambie Toddlers “Build it and they will come again and again” as number 2 and one other of your choosing.) - Submit your vote when asked to do so. Thank you for helping to see a project for our young ones come to fruition if we are successful in gaining funding Avenel Action Group

NOW SHOWING @ EUROA CINEMA 1st/2nd – Brothers Nest 7th/8th – Summer 1993 8th/9th – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society 14th – 1.30pm – Red Cross Fundraiser – Tea with Dames 15th/16th – The Wife 22nd/23rd - Beirut

Tickets $10 – Preschool children free. Ice-creams, popcorn etc available from the Kiosk. Screening times: 8.00pm Friday; 8.00pm Saturday and 4.00pm Sunday

Proudly supporting the Kids teaching Kids Program.

AVENEL TENNIS CLUB - A few reminders -

a working bee will be held on Sunday 9th September commencing at 9.00am to carry out court and clubhouse maintenance. This will be followed by a fun hit to get the swing happening again and the tennis brain working. All members of the community are most welcome to come along and join in. This is the same day as the Avenel Make it, Bake it Market so you can bag a bargain as well as flex the muscles and grab a bite to eat from the BBQ to replenish the energy levels afterwards.

Those who wish to play junior or senior competition tennis need to let either Stephen Garner 5796 2547 or 0419 870 207 or Dee Wright 5796 2309 know by Sunday 9th.

Training nights will commence on Thursday 13th September with junior training commencing at 4.00pm followed by seniors from 5.30pm.

Social membership $25 singles and $50 families available

Coaching with Keith Turner on a Tuesday night during the school term

ANNUAL FETE & CLEARING SALE - TURN YOUR TRASH INTO TREASURE ….

Got some spare time on your hands? Why not why not take the opportunity to do a ‘spring clean’ of your cupboards and the shed(s) and put aside of all your ‘unwanted items’ ready to book them into our Annual

Clearing Sale on Sunday 11th November.

Avenel Primary School Cook Book - $30.00. Filled with lots of scrumptious recipe favourites from our school and

local community. Ideal for a gift.

For those who haven’t got one yet, why not grab a copy now.

Sacrament at St. Joseph’s

Dear families, If you have any children who would like to make the Sacrament of Confirmation, then the following will apply to you. This is for children who have been baptized and who have previously received the Sacrament of Reconciliation (or this can be done with your children before the Sacrament). On Wednesday the 5th September - we will hold our ‘Parent Faith Formation and Information Night’ for the children preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation. This meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the F/1/2 room, at St. Joseph’s, Nagambie. Then on Sunday the 9th September - we will have our ‘Rite of Enrolment’ Mass for these children preparing for the Sacrament of Confirmation. This Mass will be held in St. Malachy’s Church at 10:00 a.m. This Mass is where the children and families commit to their involvement in the Sacramental Program. If you have any queries, please contact Liz Tang at St. Joseph’s, on 57942608.