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HEATHMONT EAST PRIMARY SCHOOL
NEWSLETTER
HEATHMONT EAST PRIMARY SCHOOL, LOUIS STREET HEATHMONT
Telephone 9729 5439 Fax 9720 4187 Email [email protected]
Web: www.heathmonteastps.vic.edu.au
LOOKING AHEAD
Saturday August 30th
Trivia Night
SEPTEMBER
Monday September 1st
Grade 2 Media Kids Activity
Tuesday September 2nd
2015 Preps Music Madness 2.30 – 3.15pm Grade 3 & 4 Excursion to Ceres
Wednesday September 3rd
School Pix – Groups Fathers’ Day Stall
Thursday September 4th
Literacy Day Grade 6 Production
Friday September 5th
Grade 6 Production Grandparents Old Toys Day
Tuesday September 9th
Senior Hoop time –Grade 5 & 6
Wednesday September 10th
Prep A & D – Lego Centre excursion 2015 Prep Story time in the Library 11.30am– 12.30am
Thursday September 11th
Prep B & C – Lego Centre excursion
Friday September 12th
Footy Walk-a-thon Special Footy Walk-a-thon Lunch order day
Monday September 15th
Junior Hoop time Grade 3&4
Thursday September 18th
Prep toy making day
Friday September 19th
End of Term three – 2.30pm dismissal
Dear parents,
EXCITING WEEK AHEAD AT HEPS
Two successful Sleepovers, one grade 4 camp behind us, and still to follow:
Thursday: District Athletics Carnival
Saturday: HEPS Trivia Night
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Issue 14 Fortnight ending August 29th , 2014
Monday: Grade 1 Incursion
Tuesday: Kinder Music experience
Tuesday: Grades 3 & 4 to CERES
Wednesday: Preps, some 3 & 4 students planting trees
Thursday: Literacy and Numeracy Day
Thursday evening: Grade 6 Production
Friday evening: Grade 6 Production, and
then there’s only a fortnight left and it’s the end of term three! Who ever said that Term Three was the ‘slow’
term?
I would like to express a huge ‘thank you’ to our staff who are prepared to spend time outside of school hours to
provide our students so many extracurricular experiences. It can only happen with their commitment and
enthusiasm.
GRADE 4 CAMP Although our grade 4 students left for the Mt Evelyn Camp on Monday under wet and
grey skies the weather soon cleared up to perfect conditions. I had the pleasure of visiting
our grade 4 students yesterday and their smiling faces and happy stories informed me that
they are making the most of the wonderful activities provided. We look forward to their
safe return today.
EDUCATION CONFERENCE
I will be attending a two day conference on Thursday 27th and Friday 28
th August in Melbourne. The focus of the
conference is, ‘Leading Learning Together’….identifying what works!’ Speakers include Hon. Martin Dixon,
Minister of Education, Professor Charles Ungerleider, Professor of Sociology of Education, Simon Breakspear,
Educational Innovator and Global Researcher, Dr Pak Tee Ng, Head of Policy and Leadership Studies, Nanyang
Technical University, Dr Adam Fraser, Leading Educator and Richard Bolt, Secretary of Department of Education
and Early Childhood Education. I will certainly share with you some of the outcomes of this conference.
GROWTH COACHING
I have been offered the opportunity to participate in a Growth Coaching program held by the department at the
Bastow Institute in North Melbourne commencing Thursday 4th and Friday 5
th September. This program will
enhance the skills required to coach new principals. I welcome this opportunity as it should also benefit our own
staff as I train up individuals to support each other with positive coaching to complement their own professional
development.
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Currently the role of Assistant Principal has been advertised; we hope to announce the successful applicant by the
end of Term Three so that we can commence Term Four with a substantive Assistant Principal.
LOTE – JAPANESE
Ms Janine Sutton will continue teaching LOTE for the remainder of the year to ensure that our
students have consistency in Japanese and that she is able to provide the students a progressive result
on their December reports. She will also support our Japanese intern program which commences next
term.
FOOTY WALKATHON
Just a reminder that sponsor sheets will be handed out on Monday 1st September so that the
children can start collecting sponsors. A special lunch will also be available including foods that
complement the spirit of the day. Badges representing footy of all varieties eg. Soccer, AFL, Rugby and local
teams will be available to purchase at $2.00; orders will be collected prior to the walkathon so that students can
wear them on the day, Friday 12th September. This event is always a lot of fun with students and staff walking
around the school to the songs of footy teams. Those students who don’t follow a team may dress in gear that
represents the sports or teams they favour.
OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS CARE – CAMP AUSTRALIA
We welcome Jade Cadzow as the new Before and After School Care Coordinator. Jade has
experience working in long day care prior to joining Camp Australia. She has taken on the
challenges of coordinating the service at HEPS and is enjoying the experience. She speaks
highly of our students and is already putting her own personal touch to the program.
CONGRATULATIONS PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS Thank you to the Deakin pre-service teachers who have been working with our teachers and students over the last
fortnight: Sarah Mitchell with Natalie Blenheim and Lauren Cameron with Melissa Frigo; they finish with us on
Friday. Our two RMIT pre-service teachers, Cameron Shaw with Megan Urban and Lauren Creed with Laura
Barker continue with us for another three weeks.
We welcome three 1st Year students from Deakin on Monday for a 5 day observation round. Thank you to our staff
who so readily mentor these students, supporting these newbies as they become the future of education!
END OF TERM
The end of term is Friday 19th September and the children will be dismissed at 2.30pm to commence their fortnight
break. Please check out the Lost Property; there’s enough clothing there for us to start our own shop. It would be
good if items of clothing could be re owned, washed and ready for wear in term four.
Kind regards,
Kitty Allard.
Principal.
School Website Update
The new school website is up and running. It is now mobile friendly and very user-friendly too! Under the
‘Parents’ page, there are testimonials. If you would like to contribute to this page, please email
LIBRARY NEWS – August 2014 PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE The Premiers’ Reading Challenge is coming to a close! Everyone who has registered for the Challenge should now be putting their books onto their online record. Keep reading and entering your books on the PRC website. You only have until WEDNESDAY 10th of September to put your books onto the system.
Our students have so far read nearly 5,000 books! What a fabulous effort! Don’t forget to get your username and password from your teacher, and to mark your books as “finished” when you have put them onto your page on the website. Our aim is to have all students who registered for the Challenge, complete the Challenge. Let’s all AIM HIGH and complete the Challenge. Congratulations to Prep B who have all completed the Challenge! Well done! HEPS WRITE YOUR OWN BOOK COMPETITION Don’t forget we still have our annual Write Your Own Book competition. This year our story will be called “My Magical Adventure.” All students are invited to participate. Books must be picture story books including pictures and text and be no more than 10 pages long. Prizes will be awarded to the winners of each grade level. Entries must include your name, grade and year level. All entries must be submitted to Mrs Austin in the Library no later than Monday 15 September. I look forward to being overwhelmed with entries in this exciting competition. Prizes will be awarded to the winners at assembly during Term 4. LITERACY/NUMERACY DAY We are very excited because on Thursday the 4th of September it is Literacy/Numeracy day and we will be celebrating by having a whole school activity day and a guest speaker. Our guest speaker for the day will be Terry Denton, the popular children’s author and illustrator. If you haven’t already paid the $5.00 to cover costs for the day in your Term 3 fees, please see the office as soon as possible. A big thank you too, to all those parents who have offered their help on the day. Notes have already gone home to let you know what grade you will be assisting. Sue Austin Library
LIBRARY NEWS
“Better than I used to be” In a world where there is often enormous pressure to “succeed” at so many levels; in the workforce, in our personal relationships and in our place in our community, I thought I would share with you another section of Tim Costello’s book, “Hope”. (Tim is currently the CEO of World Vision Australia). He writes, “…..when I first heard the Blind Boys of Alabama perform live in Melbourne, the song that touched me was called, ”I’m getting better all the time.” There is a line in the chorus: “I am not what I oughta be, but I am better than I used to be.” Why did it move me? Maybe it was because I have been born into a family tradition with a strong streak of perfectionism…..Truthfully to be this way is crippling because the bar is way too high. I have learnt that expectations in life are important because if they are too low we do not strive to do better. It they are too high, we feel crushed and give up. Managing expectations appropriately seem to be the great trick in getting life right. To hear The Blind Boys catch in one musical refrain both a realistic and for me a perfect pitch of expectations was wonderful. It acknowledges the need to keep trying but also to accept failures. This was soul soothing………..so I can go on knowing I am certainly not what I ought to be, but still I am better than I used to be. And that is enough for the moment. Libby Chaplain
CHAPLAIN REPORT
COMMONWEALTH BANK
In Term 3 we are thrilled to make the swimming bag and moneybox
available for order.
For any enquiries please contact your School Banking Specialist or call
the School Banking Helpdesk on 1800 674 496.
DID YOU KNOW?.........Attendance
For those families going on holidays please collect application form from the office which must be
competed and returned for Principal approval, PRIOR to your holiday, in accordance with the
Department’s requirements for attendance records. New notes for student absences available on Tiqbiz, in this newsletter or can be collected from the office.
To Principal: Miss Kitty Allard,
I wish to request approval for our holiday, (please supply details)
from ___________________________ to __________________________ inclusive for my
child/children
Name Grade
____________________________________ __________________
Parent’s signature Date
This note must be returned to the office as parent notification for permanent school records.
ATTENDANCE
OUR SCHOOL RAFFLE 2014 Be in it to win it!
Please remember to return all unsold tickets,
stubs and money promptly.
THE BUSY GARDENERS OF PREP B For your enthusiasm and excitement…..and fantastic digging, collecting and “buzzing” at CERES.
PREP C For your wonderful behaviour and positive attitude during our excursion to CERES. I hope you enjoyed the day!
CAMERON 4C For working really hard to complete your transport poster on the helicopter. What fabulous teamwork skills and interesting facts you found!
AMELIA PREP D For being a very active listener and participant in the bee room, at the worm farm and at the pond on our excursion to CERES on Wednesday.
JOSH 1B For being an excellent role model in our class. You are such a responsible and positive student.
THE WONDERFUL LILY 4A For your impressive determination and concentration when solving multiplication problems this week! Well done!
RYLEY 2D For your huge effort in learning multiplication strategies. You are a star!
ELLA 3B For remaining focussed during your World In Which We Live activities.
HUDSON 3B For being such a thoughtful friend. It’s so nice to see students helping each other out like that!
MILLA 2A For presenting your work with more care. Your writing is looking amazing! Keep the great effort up darling!
JASMIN 5B For her eager and enthusiastic participation in our muscle workout sessions. What a super star!
THOMAS 2B Being an extremely clever student in all areas. Your maths is brilliant, your writing is amazing and your reading is excellent.
NIAMH 1A For being a leader in our classroom. You are a really special person.
GEORGIA 3C For always making 3C laugh. I love your positive attitude and constant smile!
EH K’LU SOE 1D For great effort and sportsmanship in 1D’s Commonwealth Games. You tried your very best and cheered on all your classmates!
WILLIAM 2C For a wonderful working week. Keep up the positive, hard working attitude. Great effort.
2C It was wonderful to watch you harvest, wash, prepare, cook and enjoy eating a basketful of greens from our kitchen garden. What an amazing grade. Well done!
BRADLEY PREP B Your awesome writing in science this week. You wrote so much detail about your growing plant.
HARRY PREP B For the funny and very entertaining way you read your book to us. You used so much expression for the different characters.
JESSICA 3C For your amazing attitude and the effort you put into all your work!
MAX PREP C For working hard to start your writing straight away. I am very proud of your amazing effort!
ALLY PREP C For reading with greater confidence when we share our books with the class each day.
AMEENAH 4A For working with care and determination in your handwriting this week. Keep up the effort to earn your pen licence!
BEN 2A For always working hard in the classroom and being a wonderful role model. Well done darling.
JOSEPH 1A For amazing work in all areas of the curriculum. You are such an enthusiastic learner!
HAILEY 3B For such a big improvement in her multiplication results. You’ve worked so hard!
AMBER 3B For the effort you put into learning new skills when solving multiplication problems. You have improved so much super star!
CAITLIN 2D For being such a fabulous friend. You have such a beautiful heart Caitlin.
ALPER 2D For always producing neat work. It’s great to see you take pride in presenting your maths problems.
BRILLIANT 1B For your outstanding behaviour on our excursion. You were all amazing and I am super proud of you!
SATRIA 3A Demonstrating such enthusiasm and effort at the athletics carnival. You are an inspiration to 3A!
STEPHANIE 5B For working to the best of your ability in all tasks this week. Everything you have done was of an exceptionally high standard. Keep it up!
MOLLY 2B Amazing efforts in the classroom. Your writing is beautiful, your maths has improved wonderfully and your reading is excellent!!
KIRA 1D For great teamwork on our Werribee zoo excursion! You worked hard to make a great toy for the Meerkats.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK
MEG 4C For designing and creating an amazing 3D transport poster on the automobile. What a realistic car!
HAYLEY PREP B Thank you for always being such a terrific member of our class. You are responsible, reliable and totally AWESOME!
BILLY PREP B For your fantastic help when your friends are on the computers. You are becoming a real computer expert!
ADAM 6A Thank you Adam for the responsible way you helped your little buddy with our shared writing activity. You were so patient and really encouraging.
KAYLA PREP C For coming to school with such a positive attitude towards learning. Well done!
DANIEL 3C For completing his homework to an exceptional standard each week!
LILY 1A For her positive approach to learning in the classroom at all times.
CHARLIE 3B For the extra effort you put into your homework each week. You are wonderful!
OSCAR 3B For being such a great ‘date and timetable’ monitor this week. Excellent work!
EMMA 4A For your brilliant effort in all maths tasks this week. You have demonstrated an excellent ability to classify angles! Fantastic job!!
EVIE 1B For always being such a hardworking student. You are a delight Evie and this award is well deserved.
ELIZA 2A For wonderful improvements in her writing. You have some amazing ideas. Keep up the great work darling!
AMY 2B Being a very clever young lady. You read and write beautifully. Excellent work!!
DECLAN 1D For excellent writing about the occupation you want to be when you grow up. A stunt plane driver sounds like a very exciting career!
ZACH 4C For working really hard on your ‘my magical adventure narrative’. You should be congratulated for self correcting your work and using quotation marks accurately.
OLLIE 5B For continuously demonstrating outstanding dedication towards your learning. What an amazing role model!
CAELEY 2D For showing great independence by setting up her own bed at Grade 2 sleepover. You’re a star!
SOPHIA 4B Your brilliant work during our multiplication activities. Fantastic effort Sophia!
OSCAR 2C For an excellent piece of persuasive writing this week and using emotive language. Great effort Oscar.
BRAYDEN 2B For being a wonderful helper when packing up after the sleepover by giving assistance to others. Thank you Brayden.
For your convenience we would like to remind you that payments for excursions, swimming and other school activities can be made directly via the school’s bank account. ACCOUNT NAME: Heathmont East Primary School Official Account BSB: 063 – 191 ACCOUNT NO: 1003 9330 Please ensure the family name and excursion details are noted on the payment.
Canteen Roster
Monday September 1st
Andrea Smith
Wednesday September 3rd
Becky Hayes
Friday September 5
th
Nicky Marran Sue Tilbrook
Monday September 8th
Kerryn Hughes
Wednesday September 10h Michele Chamberlain
Friday September 12
th
Merryn Brien Tracey Lawrence
Monday September 15th
Andrea Smith
Wednesday September 17th
Anna Kramarev
Friday September 19
th
Nicky Marran Martha Ingham
Canteen Manager Vicki Allan
CANTEEN
AVAILABLE FROM CANTEEN FOR A LIMITED TIME
Homemade choc chip muffin 45g $1.00 Fruit Straps $ .70
Raspberry muffin 45g $1.00 Sweet & Sour chicken with fried rice $ 3.00
EXCITING NEWS FOR HEPS : JAPANESE INTERN!!!!!! We are excited to announce that HEPS has secured the services of a Japanese Intern to assist our LOTE program from October 2014 to April 2015. An Intern is an invaluable resource as they can bring language learning alive for students. Children can relate to a native Japanese speaker, learn about current Japanese lifestyle and culture and, of course, practise their language skills in an authentic situation. Introducing Ms Nami Naoshima Nami joined the International Internship Program because she wants to learn more about overseas education systems and share different ideas about culture and education through this exchange. She has been working as a school nurse at Chisetsu Public Elementary School, Ota, Tokyo for seven years. She wants to present information about modern Japanese lifestyles, schools and student life as well as sharing many aspects of traditional Japanese culture such as calligraphy, cuisine, origami and games. Nami majored in sports science at university and especially enjoys tennis, badminton and volleyball. Host families required We need host families for Nami during her stay at HEPS. She will need her own bedroom and whilst she is independent and may wish to make her own arrangements for visiting friends and travel at times, it is expected that she will participate in family activities with her hosts. A small fee is paid to host families to cover some costs associated with hosting. The usual hosting period is one month but this is negotiable. If your family is interested in hosting Nami, further information about this wonderful opportunity for your family is available. Please complete the following reply slip and return it to the office. ………………………………………………………………………………………… Yes! My family is interested in hosting a Japanese Intern and we would like further information. Family contact name and phone number………………................................................. Student name and Grade: …………………………………….........................................
JAPANESE INTERN
TRIVIA NIGHT UPDATE
Name: Contact Number:
Student: Class:
Ticket Type HEPS Price RRP QTY Amount $
All sessions (excludes after 5pm Saturdays) Adult $13.00 $19.50
All sessions (excludes after 5pm Saturdays) Child $12.00 $14.50
Candy Bar Combo (medium drink & popcorn) $12.00 $19.90
Total $
SAVE! SAVE! SAVE!
REMEMBER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ARE JUST AROUND THE
CORNER
Ticket orders must be placed by 3.30pm every Monday and will be available for
collection at the office from Wednesday of the same week.
All tickets must be paid by cash at time of ordering.
Please place your order form and cash in a clearly named envelope, separate to
any other notices or payments, and send via your childs class.
Session RRPs are correct as at 18th May 2014. Prices may vary at each Cinema.
‘Child’ tickets are valid for Children 15 years and under.
Hoyts will be increasing these prices as at 27 June 2014. Don’t Miss Out!!!
OFFICE USE ONLY
DISCOUNTED MOVIE TICKETS & CANDY BAR PRICES
Heathmont East Primary School
School Council
Discount Movie Ticket Order Form
MOVIE TICKET OFFER
THANK-YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
When you purchase any goods at The Good Guys in Bayswater, please ask for a reward voucher so
that HEPS can redeem Bayswater Bucks. Please remember to forward to the school office.
For every $25 spent HEPS receives a
$1 Bayswater Buck
Disclaimer: Heathmont East Primary School does not necessarily endorse the products in this newsletter and parents are at liberty to make their own choices.
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