DIARY DATES

NUMBER 23 – 2 August 2018

Thursday 2 August Yr 4 Camp Information Session in the

Yr 6 rooms (Room 10) at 3.40pm

Friday 3 August Yr 6 Interschool Sport 9am

Sunday 5th August Working Bee 10.30am - 12.30pm

Monday 6 August Whole School Incursion - NED Show

(details attached)

Junior School Assembly 2.50pm

Wed 7 August Foundation Transition “A Morning In

Foundation” 9.30am - 10.30am

Yr 1 Excursion to the Patterson Lakes

Library

Thursday 9 August Yr 6 Excursion to the Immigration

Museum 9am

Friday 10 August Last day for collection of the non perish-

able goods to be dropped off at school

(see attached article)

Yr 6 Interschool Sport 9am

Monday 13 August

Yr 2 Butterflies Incursion

STEAM NIGHT 4pm - 6.30pm (see the

attached flyers for details)

Collection of donations for the school

fete start today (see attached for details)

Wed 15 August Foundation Transition “A Morning In

Foundation” 9.30am - 10.30am

Friday 17 August Yr 6 Interschool Sport 9am

Monday 20 August Whole School Assembly 2.50pm

Tuesday 21 August Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (Picnic Lunch)

and Book Fair (see attached flyer)

Wed 22 August Foundation Transition “A Morning In

Foundation” 9.30am - 10.30am

Friday 24 August Yr 6 Interschool Sport 9am

Yr 3C Woolworths Fresh Food Kids

Discovery Tour 10am

Yr 3D Woolworths Fresh Food Kids

Discovery Tour 1pm

Monday 27 August Senior School Assembly 2.50pm

Tuesday 28 August Fathers Day Stall during the morning

sessions

3A Woolworths Fresh Food Kids

Discovery Tour 10am

3B Woolworth Fresh Food Kids

Discovery Tour 1pm

PATTERSON LAKES PRIMARY SCHOOL No. 5190

Gladesville Boulevard Patterson Lakes 3197 P.O. Box 330, Patterson Lakes, 3197

Phone 9772 4011 Fax 9776 0421 Principal: Carole Mayes

Email: patterson.lakes.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: http://www.patterson-lakes-ps.vic.edu.au

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

WORKING BEE

This Sunday, 5th August, a working bee will be taking place

from 10:30am-12:30pm with free sausages and soft drinks/

water afterwards. Thanks to those families who have already

returned forms to indicate that they will be helping out. If you

are able to assist please return the form attached to the

newsletter or alternatively send me an email at

clohesy.paul.d@edumail.vic.gov.au.

We will be meeting at the undercover area outside the Staff

and Science Rooms at 10:30am. Please ensure that you sign

in when you arrive.

NATIONAL TREE PLANTING DAY

To celebrate National Tree Planting Day which was held on Sunday, 29th July our Year 2 students were involved in planting over 650 plants and trees on Wednesday, 1st August. Some plants were donated by Mark Dreyfus (Federal MP) and the Kingston Council. Most were planted at the back of the school oval. Thanks to the teachers and Peter Nash and his staff from Ecoregen for their help and organisation of the day. Each year Peter donates his time for the day to do the planting with our students. Thanks again Peter!

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrating

their birthday during the next week. We hope you have a

lovely day.

NAME BIRTHDAY

Flynn P 2 August

Ranudha G 4 August

Charlette P 4 August

Will Jessop 4 August

Toby E 5 August

Jackson B 6 August

Emily T 6 August

Tommy H 8 August

Andras S 8 August

Alexander B 8 August

CLASS CAPTAINS & WASTE WARRIORS

Congratulations to the following Year 3 - 6 students for being appointed as either a Class Captain or Waste Warrior for this semester. Foundation students are rotated daily, and Year 1 and 2 students are rotated each week.

WORK EXPERIENCE

We have a large number of students from Patterson River

Secondary College who are involved in a work experience

program at our school this week. Welcome to Yasmin Bashir,

Ellie Spasevski, Steffanie Cheung-Chin, Charli Hubbard, Dylan

Lyons, Jack Bulstrode and Matt Cook. All attended PLPS in

Year 6 in 2014. Thanks to our teachers who are hosting these

students in various classrooms and specialist areas throughout

the school.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who won our ‘Student of the Week’ awards for Week 3 of this term. Students will receive their certificates at their next assembly. Keep up the super work everyone!

Foundation A – Koby B for always showing such great enthusiasm towards his learning.

Foundation B – Sienna H for always working hard during our writing sessions. Keep up the great work, Sienna!

Foundation C – Charlisse S for being so happy and enthusiastic with everything about school. Keep up your super effort, Miss Scott!

Foundation D – Zoe F for working hard towards her writing goal. I loved reading your sentences during our writing lesson!

1A – Aaron K for writing an interesting and informative recount about our excursion to the Museum. Keep up the great work, Aaron!

1D – Nolwenn C for working very hard at improving her writing, making it more interesting by adding more detail and using describing words. Well done, Nolwenn. Keep up the fantastic work!

2B – Kale L for wonderful writing about the life cycle of a butterfly.

Class Class Captain Waste Warrior

3A Guy M Cody H

3B Poppy L Spencer M

3C Jett B Charlotte C

3D Tahlia G Sophia Q

4A Harry B Ryder T

4B Will K Nastasia T

4C Hannah W Eve E

4D Hayley T Ella W

5A Olivia S Declan M

5B Cohen L Will M

5C Nelly H Matilda F

5D Erin P Alanah S

6A Ayla S Brayden Z

6B Shayna B Lincoln B

6C Luke M Reid M

6D Brooke W Roisin D

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS cont.

2D – Stephanie Q for displaying excellent manners and respect in class. Well done!

3A – Sahara J for her excellent inferring skills during our Independent Reading lessons this week. Keep up the amazing work, Sahara!

3B – Lachlan D for great inferring in Pigeon Impossible.

3D – Brodie P for sharing his carpentry knowledge with the class and being a wonderful assistant during the Powercraft Incursion.

4B – Kaidan T for the Bravery Award. Well done, Kaidan for walking on your own!

4C – Hannah W for being an amazing Class Captain already. Well done, Hannah!

4D – Shae M for her insightful contributions to class discussions.

5A – Tam K for beautiful behaviour and excellent effort and attitude towards school. Great effort, Tam!

5C – Celestine D for her consistent work and magnificent presentation!

5D – Alanah S for her continued positive attitude and enthusiasm to all class activities.

6C – Heidi C for being a vibrant, enthusiastic and dedicated learner and leader. Keep up the great work, Heidi.

SPECIALIST CLASS AWARDS for last week were: Art – 4C, P.E – 3A & 5A, Music – 6B and Spanish – 3C. Congratulations to these classes on their super efforts with our specialist teachers.

Many of the opportunities we provide our students at PLPS

could not go ahead without the wonderful help from parents.

We often require parent helpers for school sporting events,

excursions, fundraising events and classroom programs. If

you wish to help out at PLPS you will be required to register

your Working with Children Check (WWCC) at the School

Office.

Please note there are no fees for a Volunteer WWCC.

For more information visit:

www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECKS

JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL NEWS

Foundation 2019 Transition at Patterson

Lakes Primary School

If you have a child due to start Foundation in 2019, it’s

time to enrol them!

Enrolments are to be finalised by early August 2018.

Forms are available on the school website, or upon

request at the office.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

OFFICE NEWS - FAMILY ACCOUNTS

Family School Accounts

For those families on a Payment Plan, 3rd and

final instalments were due last Friday 27th

July 2018.

Family statements were sent home in the last

week of last term. If you did not receive your

family statement, please contact the office.

Pantry 5000 Winter Appeal

As part of a Junior School Council initiative for Homelessness

Week (August 6th to 10th), we are asking families to donate

non-perishable items to the office to support people struggling

in our local area. Pantry 5000 provides emergency and

ongoing food relief for people in the Southern Kingston and

Northern Frankston municipalities.

All of our goods will then be transported along with those from

other schools to the offices of our local MP, Sonya

Kilkenny, who has been a driver in getting our kids

and community involved in this very worthwhile project.

Thanking you for your support in advance.

Mark Koppens on behalf of the Junior School Council

FOUNDATION STUDENTS 2019

School Fundraising – Fete News!

The School Fete is drawing near, Sunday 21st October 2018, and it is time to get

organised!

Below is a list of the class stalls for this year. Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to help out as class conveners or in any other capacity.

STALL Class Teacher

Hot Chips 5A Shaun Lakeland

Hot Dogs 6B Patty Lamaro

Cakes 3C Sandra Murphy

BBQ (6 classes)

0A, OC, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C

Emma Theodore, Shauna Davies, Chris Walsh/Sarah Taylor, Kim Morgan, Phyllis Fernandez, Mary Phillips

Lamb on Spit 5D Pam Macaulay, Luke Milgate

Cafe 1A Megan Sinclair

Cold Drinks x 1 stall 6A Mark Koppens

Show Bags 3B Belinda Canavan

Fairy Floss 4C Naomi Wiseman

Chocolate Toss 1D Rene Buckett, Sarah Taylor

Soft Drink Toss 6C Jason Zarb

Dunking Machine 5C Brad Canavan

Lolly Shop 1C Mel Bowly

Mystery Bags 3D Poppy Morris

Groceries (2 classes) OB, 3A Sarah Ashburn, Kelly Roberts

Raffle 4B Jeanette Taylor

Lucky Dip & Prize Stall 2D Steph Bensted

Fishing for prize 4A Deidre Carmona

Toilet paper Toss 4D Melissa Shipham

Fish Cup Game 0D Katrina Bound

Ball Toss 5B Lindy Cross

Silent Auction 6D Kristin Dyer

Ticket Sales Booth ES Staff

School Fundraising – Fete News!

Help Needed:

The following stalls still need a fete convener: 0A, 2D, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4A, 4B, 4C, 5B, 5C,

6A, 6D. The role of the Fete convener is to arrange a roster for the stall for the day. We

provide a template. Conveners do not have to be linked to your child’s grade. If anyone is

able to help out please contact Michael Wilkinson from the FFFA as soon as possible on

0403 593 772 or via email mich.wilk72@gmail.com

Any parents who would like to contribute in any other capacity, such as pre-fete

organisation, donations for the silent auction or raffle, are encouraged to contact Michael

as well.

We also have an odd request for any parents who may have contacts with a supplier in the

building industry. We will for the first time have a Toilet Paper Toss stall, which is sure to be

a lot of fun for the students. However we are in need of a new toilet which could be loaned

to us for the day. Anyone who is able to assist should please call Michael Wilkinson on the

number above as soon as possible.

Donations:

We will officially begin collecting donations of items for the Fete on Monday 13th of August.

Items we are collecting include:

Chocolate blocks, soft drink cans, soft drink bottles

(1.25l), tomato and BBQ sauces, mustard, serviettes

and non perishable grocery items.

These will be collected from classes every week and a tally kept. The class with the most

donations will win a Hot Chip Lunch!

We are looking forward to a fantastic day for the school and community! Thank you for your

continued support!

The Family, Friends and Fundraising Association

Don't be late for this very important date!

The Queen of Hearts hereby

summons your presence at the

Mad Hatter's Tea Party

to celebrate

Book Week

Follow the White Rabbit to

The PLPS Oval/Hall

(depending on the weather)

On

Tuesday 21st August

The time, the time, who’s got the time!

2:40pm - 3:30pm

Please bring a plate of Tea Party Food to eat (NO NUTS)

Dress up in your Tea Party Best.

All parents are invited to attend this

auspicious occasion.

26th July, 2018

Dear Parents/Carers,

The date set for our schools’ second working bee this year is for Sunday, 5th August, 2018.

The final Working Bee date for 2018 is: Sunday, 18th November.

We are looking forward to having as many families involved as possible to help with a tidy up of the school.

The working bee will commence at 10:30am and conclude with a sausage sizzle at 12:30pm. The school will provide sausages, soft drinks and water at no cost to helpers. We will be meeting at the undercover area outside the Staff & Science Rooms.

The Buildings and Grounds committee have identified a number of items that need attention around the school that we are hoping to achieve. These include:

Weeding of garden beds and around the edges of paths and buildings.

Trimming back of trees overhanging paths & seating areas.

Cleaning of drainage pits.

Redistribution of softfall (mulch) in the adventure playgrounds.

Sweeping dust & cobwebs from portable classroom walls & walkways.

Pressure cleaning of the outside walls & steps of some portable classrooms (Rooms 1-11)

To complete the tasks we are hoping that families may be able to supply some tools, i.e. pruning shears, bow saws, secateurs, yard brooms, rakes, spades/shovels, wheelbarrows, pressure cleaners.

If you are able to assist with the working bee, even for a small amount of time, could you please indicate on the re-turn slip below or email me at clohesy.paul.d@edumail.vic.gov.au by Friday, 3rd August, 2018.

Regards,

Paul Clohesy

Assistant Principal (on behalf of the Buildings & Grounds Committee)

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WORKING BEE – SUNDAY 5th AUGUST 2018

NAME(S): ……………………………………………………….................................................................................................................

CHILD’S/CHILDREN’S CLASSES: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

I CAN SUPPLY THE FOLLOWING TOOLS: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

PLEASE RETURN BY FRIDAY, 3RD AUGUST 2018

PATTERSON LAKES PRIMARY SCHOOL No. 5190

Gladesville Boulevard Patterson Lakes 3197 P.O. Box 330, Patterson Lakes, 3197

Phone 9772 4011 Fax 9776 0421 Principal: Carole Mayes

Email: patterson.lakes.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: http://www.patterson-lakes-ps.vic.edu.au

Student Name: __________________________________________________________ Student Class: _________________

Total Cash Enclosed $_________________________ Parent Signature: ___________________________________________

COMMUNITY NEWS LUNCH ORDERS

Lunch Orders are available online on Monday, Thursday and

Friday.

How do I set up an account to order online:

Go to: www.munchmonitor.com

Click LOGIN then REGISTER

Enter School Id: plps and Password: munch3197

Then follow the 4 easy steps to create your account:

STEP 1: Create a Parent Profile by entering information

about yourself.

STEP 2: Add your Students to your account.

STEP 3: Transfer money to your account by clicking the

Account Top-up button

STEP 4: Click MY ORDERS and you ’re ready to Order

lunches!

Orders can be cancelled on the day as late as 8.30am and

should you have any concerns with your lunch order, please

call Bellbrook Catering direct on 0488 052 522.

John Paul College - Year 7 Enrolments

Enrol Now: Limited vacancies still exist for Year 7, 2019. Enrolments for Year 7 2020 close on August 17th, 2018. To make a booking for a school tour, contact 9784 0200

Chelsea Community Support Services Inc

Local Emergency Relief Services. Located at the back of the Chelsea Library opposite the carpark. 1A Chelsea Road, Chelsea. Open Mon - Fri, 9.30am - 3.30pm. Ph 9772 8939 for further details or visit www.chelsea.org.au