TOOTGAROOK TELEGRAPH Weekly newsletter of TOOTGAROOK PRIMARY
SCHOOL Website: www.tootps.vic.edu.auTelephone:5985 2864 Email
Address:[email protected] Issue 24 14th August, 2015
CALENDARTuesday 18th August-Tootgarook PS House Athletics
DayThursday 20th August- 9.00am P-6 Whole School Musical
PerformanceSaturday 22nd August -Tootgarook Community Market
Wednesday 9th September - District Athletics Saturday 12th
September -State Schools Spectacular CAMPS SPORTS EXCURSIONS FUND
(CSEF) For parents with Health Care Cards applications close 15th
September. Our staff is continuing to further embed our schools
professional learning journey during 2015. The central practices
underpinning this journey include an intense focus on targeted
learning, collaboration amongst teachers at each level, as well as
the close tracking of students to ensure their successful
progression. Our school operates with professional learning teams,
whose planning meetings now exclusively focus on four critical
questions: What is it we expect our students to learn?How will we
know when they have learned it?How will we respond when they dont
learn?How will we respond when they already know it? This year we
are exploring approaches in the areas of Mathematics, Personalised
Learning, Inquiry Based Learning and consolidating our Oral
Language Continuum. We will have four trained staff in the Nadia
Walker approach to teaching Mathematics by the end of term 3. Our
focus is transforming many of our practices across the school, and
this year will provide us with valuable time to continue this
important work.
OurwholeschoolwillbeattendingamusicalperformanceShinea Light on
Thursday 20th August. Please note that the performance starts
at9:00somakesureyourehereontime.Atthemomentsomeofthe
songsfromthemusicalarebeingplayedbeforethebellandarebeing enjoyed
by all. Also some of the books focused on in the performance are
being experienced in the classrooms. Sporting Schools Lawn Bowls-
Wednesday mornings 8-8.45Still positions available in Lawn bowls
Forms at office Justine Beagley Sporting Schools Co-ordinator
Prep B - Mrs Bos Emily Walker for her amazing recall of number
factsPrep R - Mrs. Read Abby Dickson for her fabulous work during
skip counting lessons. Well done Abby.1H - Mrs Hughes- Harley
Hanson For trying so hard to stay focussed during classroom
activities. Its lovely to see your smiling face and positive
attitude. 1P - Miss Perkins Layla White for always being a happy
and friendly member of the grade. Thank you for always doing your
best.2B Mrs Baird Ike Taylor for his improved listening skills and
his attention to completing Maths work with accuracy. 2J Mrs
Johnstone Shelby McCormack for all the connections she shares with
the topics we are discussing. We have loved her narratives as
well!3A Miss Arnold Chloe Pearce for finally believing in herself,
which has showed with the improvement in the multiplication
challenge. Keep up the great work!3W Miss Kain Brooklyn Liewellyn
for quietly getting along with your work and always trying your
best. Great job Brooklyn!4S Miss Staley + Miss McGhee Hayley May-
Well done Hayley for your outstanding mark on girls football day.
You gave every game your best effort and kept up the team spirit.
Go girl! 5Q Miss Quintin Well done at the girls football Payton
Woodford. You played an excellent game and took your time to kick
the ball straight when you were given a free Kick. Cant wait to see
you perform next year to win the tournament!6W - Miss Withers
Kasadee Johnson For his involvement in the boys netball. Well done
Kasadee, you played hard and represented Tootgarook Primary School
with pride . Art / Craft Music - Mrs Young Matthew Hopcroft 3A You
always come to music lessons ready to listen and learn. You are a
pleasure to teach and always put in your best effort.Phys Ed Mr
KitchinIndonesian Prep Gr 3 Miss Lee Makayla Oliver -3W For her
positive attitude and industrious approach to all she does in
Indonesian. Makayla you try your hardest every week. Well done!
Indonesian Gr 4-5-6 Mrs Clements - First Aid Room Wish List Girls
and boys long pants sizes 6-12 Girls underpants sizes 4-10 If your
child has required a change of clothes please wash them and return
to the office. Thank you The dinosaurs and the fire Long ago in the
past there were some dinosaurs. They were very peaceful in their
land. Suddenly a bad wizard came and he had a pet dragon! The pet
dragon caused a fire. The fire spread! The dinosaurs ran away from
the fire. The baby dinosaurs tried to run as fast as they could.
Suddenly a log fell down off the hill! The baby dinosaurs could not
run any further. Luckily their mum and dad saw them trapped against
the log. The babies could not move forwards because they were
stuck. Luckily their mum and dad got their just in time! By
Makenzie Cooke1H Time travelling dinosaurs Once upon a time there
was an Allosaurus who set out on the very first day of summer. He
met a Tyrannosaurus Rex! This isnt right a Tyrannosaurus Res in the
Jurassic Period? How could that happen? Hey mate said the
Allosaurus. How are you going? Good thanks said the Tyrannosaurus
Rex. The next night the Allosaurus went into an unusual place. In
that place he found a time machine. It looked weird. Very weird! He
tried it out and he tries to take the Tyrannosaurus Rex back to the
Jurassic period. It worked! They all lived happily ever after.
Tarkyn Silvester 1H Preps have enjoyed participating in the Year
1/2 Moomba meeting today. At the meeting Mrs Baird issued a
clean-up kit so that each group can help make our school a cleaner
place.Year 1 and 2 meet every Friday morning to celebrate our
achievements and learning and to have fun! P-2 Team teachers On
Wednesday the12th ofAugust the boys netball team were walking to
Truemans Road oval.The A team drew their first game while the B
team lost their first game. After another 5 rounds of netball came
finals.The top six teams from each league played finals. The A team
came 6th and played finals but sadly lost [3-10] while B team came
8th and just didnt play finals. After hearing the results we left
but we all had an amazing time. Thank you to Miss Quintin, Louise
& Mr Kitchin On Wednesday the 12th of August 4, 5 & 6 girls
played football at Boneo Primary School. With confidence and
strength we played against Rosebud Sharks, all of the girls played
tough and went on strong and even though we lost we were proud. Our
next game against Fatima was tough and we lost but made new friends
along the way. Next we played Sorrento, at half time we swapped
positions, playing tough and kicking goals, we were in the lead but
at full time Sorrento had two more goals than we did. Our last
match was against St Josephs, tackling their way to victory. St
Josephs ended up winning the day. Even though we lost all of our
games we ended up leaving with smiles on our faces.Thank you to
Miss Withers and Mr King and to all of the parents who stayed to
watch our games. Biancah Hopcroft 6W Boys Netball Girls
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