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DATES TO

REMEMBER:

2016

Thursday 19th May Prospective Prep Tour 9.30-10.30am Open Classroom for Current Families 2.15-3.15pm Drouin South's Got Talent Grade 5 and 6 Monday 16th – Friday 20th May Education Week Monday 23rd May PFF Meeting 9.00am Thursday 26th May Division Cross Country Wednesday 15th June Drouin South Primary School Information Night at 7.30pm Attachments:

Student of the Week

No. 13 May 13th, 2016 www.drouinsouth.vic.edu.au

Congratulations to: Dane: For Fantastic and Informative Writing about Strange Ani-mals! Teagan: For Confidently Answering Questions and being organ-ised. Your Smile makes our classroom a Happy Place! Class Members of 2/3a: For their focus, persistence and Flexibility during NAPLAN. Archie: For working extra hard to use punctuation and capital letters in all of his writing. Ella: For her willingness to help others with their learning and consistently applying herself to all tasks Tarsha Parnes: For the improvement in the quality of her arguments for Persuasive Writing Hailey: For showing very good application of mathematical processes. Gabby: For her fantastic effort when reading. Jamie: For Helping other Students in the Classroom.

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Principal’s Report Dear Parents

EDUCATION WEEK

Next week we celebrate Education Week across Victoria. At Drouin South we

pride ourselves on being a school with a strong focus on our community. We

are fortunate to have such great support from parents and family members to ensure we can provide a nurturing learning environment for each of our

students. We have a great team of teaching and support staff who work

diligently to meet the needs of all students in their care and to engage them in learning tasks at their point of growth to help them learn not only the knowledge

and skills required but also to grow as life-long learners.

Technology, in particular digital technology is becoming a key tool for learning.

There is no escaping that digital technology is in every industry and plays a

major role in our everyday lives. At Drouin South Primary School we use a range of programs on laptop and desktop computers, interactive whiteboards and Apps

on iPads. We aim to continually increase the access to technology throughout

the school to ensure our students are “technology literate” citizens. The use of ICT in classrooms does not exist as a separate learning area and is integrated

throughout the curriculum.

OPEN CLASSROOMS - V.I.P.s

We welcome parents to come along and participate in classroom activities with

your child(ren) during Education Week. This opportunity will be next Thursday

19th May from 2.15pm. We will finish the day with a school assembly to

celebrate the great learning that has happened throughout the week. We look

forward to seeing parents, grandparents or Very Important Persons in your

child’s life during this session.

PREP INFORMATION NIGHT

We will be holding our information night soon for parents of prospective Prep

enrolments for 2017. This night will take place in the BER building commencing

at 7.30pm on Wednesday 15th June. If you know of anyone who has a Prep for

next year could you please pass on this information.

Michael Smith—Principal

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The children in 2/3A have been having a wonderful time developing their cooking skills this year. They have been working cooperatively with their

peers to follow recipes carefully and the end result is always delicious! It is great to see such enthusiasm during our cooking sessions — even when

we are cleaning up! Keep up the good work 2/3A

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PFF Meeting A PFF (Parents for Fundraising) Meeting will be held on

Monday 23rd May 2016at 9.00am in the Staff Room.

Anyone interested in joining the group is welcome (younger

children also welcome).

New members are encouraged to come along and hopefully,

bring some new ideas with them.

If you have any queries please contact feel free to contact

Leanne Price (0428536137) or Delma Marriott

(0417253221).

Drouin South’s Got

Talent Well Done to all those students who have performed in

Drouin South’s Got Talent. Yesterday we enjoyed

seeing the talents of the Grade 3 and 4.

Congratulations to Skye-Lee, Lela, Olivia and Tarsha

who are going through to the final in two weeks.

Next Week is the last semi-final for Grade 5 and 6.

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Come along to a ministry run by

Drouin Presbyterian Church for

Primary School Children, Friday

nights 5.00-7.00pm.

Lots of exciting Activities

including games, cooking, crafts,

scavenger hunts and much more

as well as learning a little bit

more about Jesus.

$4 per Child including Dinner.

Term 2 Dates:

May 20th

June 3rd and 17th

For More information contact

Jamie on 0477834236 or

Michaela on 0466500949.

Drouin Auskick The 2016 Auskick Program is being co-ordinated by the Drouin Junior Football Club. The Auskick Program is for boys and Girls aged 5-12 and will be held each Friday night at Bellbird Park in Drouin from 5.00-6.30pm. It will run each Friday excluding holidays until the 22nd of July. The program costs $80 which includes a 12 week program and an AFL Auskick pack. To register for the program go to aflauskick.com.au and put in the Drouin Postcode to locate the Program.

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