Principal’s Prattle

Anzac Day

On Tuesday, we had a large representation from South St Primary School march at the Anzac day parade in Moe.

This is a very important day in the history of Australia when we remember all the service men and woman who have sacrificed their lives and

service to make Australia the great country it is today.

Thank you to the large number of children that

participated in the parade and did our school very proud. Thank you to our school captains who laid a wreath on behalf of South St Primary

School. Thank you to Mrs Wiggins, Mrs Cranston and the parents that attended to support our children.

School Closure Thursday 25th May

We will be having a school Closure on Thursday 25 th May. On this

day no children are required at school. The staff will be learning

about the Big Ideas and common misunderstandings in

Mathematics.

Moe South Street Primary School

Volume 17 Issue 10 27th April, 2017

DATES FOR THE DIARY

11th May—Mothers’ Day stall 12th May—34A excursion to Robotics and Makey Makey at Quantum 15th May—45A excursion to Makey Makey at Quantum 16th May—School Council 7.00pm 19th May—Kidz Rock 25th May—Curriculum Day— student free day

P.A.R.T. Positive Accountability Respect Teamwork

2017

TERM DATES

Term 1 : 30 Jan—31

Mar

Term 2 : 18 Apr—30

Jun

Term 3 : 17 Jul—22

Sept

Term 4 : 9th Oct—22

Dec

Mother’s Day

Our mother’s day stall will be held on Thursday the 11th of May. Children will have the opportunity to purchase gifts between $1 and $10. They can pur-chase 2 items when they come with their class in the morning and are welcome to come back to the stall at the start of lunchtime to buy more.

Mother’s day raffle books will be sent home today.

Each family will receive a book of 5 tickets.

Tickets are $1 each. More raffle books will be available at the office.

1st Prize Indulge Yourself beauty therapy voucher

2nd Prize Lauren Wilson massage therapy voucher

3rd Prize Mother’s day hamper

All prizes have been donated. Thank you to Ebony Sherman, Indulge Yourself beauty therapy and Lauren Wilson, Massage Therapist.

For the Mother’s day stall to be successful, helpers are required. If you could help with stall setup on Wednesday the 10th May from 1.30 until 3.00pm or to help at the stall on Thursday the 11th of May from 8.45am until 1.45pm. Please leave details at the office or call Kate on 0408 058 029.

NAPLAN

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual national assessment for all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Students participate in tests in reading, writ-ing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.

This Year the test will be held on Tuesday May 9th – Thursday 11th May.

NAPLAN provides important information for students, parents and schools and participation should be encouraged in all school communities.

Principals are reminded that final decisions regarding participation in the NAPLAN rest with par-ents/carers. If you would like to discuss NAPLAN testing and whether you would like you child to participate, please see you child’s classroom teacher, Miss Di-Nuzzo or Mr. Tactor. If Parents do not wish your child to participate in NAPLAN you will need to complete an exempt form.

Office News

Financial Assistance in the form of CSEF (Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund) is available again in 2017. Parents who hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent may be eligible.

Applications close end of term - 30th June.

The annual amount is $125 per student.

Application forms are available from the

notice board in the office foyer or download from www.education.vic.gov.au/csef.

TOYS NEEDED!!!

If you have any of the following toys in good condition that your children are no longer playing with the SRC

would love to take them off your hands!

-Barbie Dolls and Clothes

-Toy Tea Sets

-Pretend Food

-Board Games

-Playdough Equipment

-Toy Cars, Trucks & Trains.

-Jewellery Making Equipment.

Please drop them off to the Art Room anytime.

Thanks, South Street SRC.

10th Annual Pyjama Drive 2017

How it works:

For the last 9 years Andrea Cobb at the Housing Call Centre has conducted an annual pyjama drive and arranged distribution of PJ’s to kids in foster care.

In 2016 Andrea received amazing support from work colleagues, family, friends, community groups including local schools, church groups and Facebook friends that they were able to do-nate 1350 new pairs of PJ’s to kids in care.

To date, with your help, Andrea has been able to distribute over 3500 pairs of PJ’s to local kids.

How you can help:

All you need to do is purchase a new pair of kid’s pyjamas for winter or summer. We need PJ’s for children starting at size 000, right up to a large in adults for both male and female. This ac-commodates all children and teenagers in foster care, however any sizes will be greatly appreci-ated. Andrea will then organise a collection/distribution date and all the new PJ’s will be issued to children throughout the State via Child Protection and Foster Care Agencies.

Get Involved:

Please, feel free to get your family and friends involved, the more the merrier.

Return date for the PJ’s will be Friday 26th May, drop off point being South St P.S Office.

SCHOOL BANKING

School banking day is Wednesday