20th JULY 2017PRINCIPAL’S REPORTWelcome back to term 3, which marks the halfway point of the school

year. Over the school holidays, the veggie garden had some work completed, along with our new Mindfulness Garden. Thank you to all our parents who helped here. Check out the Kitchen Garden Program Facebook page for pictures and updates.

This term we have a number of programs planned for students. Staff as always are looking for new ways to engage our students in different and fun learning experiences. Our Aladdin excursion, Swimming and Speech program are happening this term. The Kitchen Garden Program starts again in week 5. Parents wanting to get involved and help with the Kitchen Garden Program this term can leave their names with Suzi.

With the current wet and slippery conditions, please take care and remind students about the need to be careful at bus stops and school drop off and pickup times. All students should be supervised when crossing roads and walk at all times.

Enrolment for 2018 Prep students is happening now. If you know of any families interested in visiting our school, wanting to enrol students, or would like information please encourage them to contact the school for an enrolment pack. Please note that Friday July 28th is the due date for Enrolment Applications.

Learning Snapshot Term 3

⎫ Aladdin – The Musical whole school excursion - August 23rd ⎫ Hoop Time Basketball years 3-6 ⎫ Kitchen Garden program starts week 5 ⎫ Student Leaders Congress Night of Celebration - August 9th ⎫ Swimming Program - September 11th - 23rd

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JULY MON 24th - FRI 28th Enrolment Week TUE 24th School Council

AUGUST FRI 4th Hoop Time 3/4 WED 9th Brauer Netball Day Student Leaders Congress Night of Celebration TUE 15th KGP Grade 5/6 FRI 18th Hoop Time 5/6 TUE 22nd School Council KGP Grade 3/4 WED 23rd Aladdin TUE 29th KGP Grade 1/2

SEPTEMBER FRI 1st Fathers Day Breakfast TUE 5th KGP Grade Prep/1 MON 11th - THU 21st Swimming Program FRI 22nd Last Day of Term 3

R E S P E C T E X C E L L E N C E T E A M W O R KC A R E

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

CAMP PROGRAMS TERM 4 In order for parents to budget and plan, below are estimated costings for all our camps this year in term 4. As in past years, we are happy for parents to start making small payments each week and set up a payment plan with Suzi. We have found this makes things much easier for everyone when camp time arrives.

FLEXIBUZZ (Formerly Tiqbiz) ALL parents need to have the Flexibuzz App set up on their phones/iPads/computers for, access to our newsletter, notes, messages and important information/updates and emergency reasons. Paper

notices will be on very rare occasions. You can lodge students Absences via Flexibuzz, which is quick and easy to do.

ABSENCE If your child is, ABSENT from school you are required by Law to give a reason in writing to the child’s teacher, dated and signed, notes are filed for audit purposes, you can lodge students Absences via Flexibuzz which is quick and easy to do.

NEWSLETTER Can I please remind all parents of the importance of reading the school newsletter. Our newsletter is a key way of communicating with families and the wider community.

Mr Perry Principal

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R E S P E C T E X C E L L E N C E T E A M W O R K C A R E

Grade 4/5/6 Roses Gap Camp November 15, 16, 17 This is a bush adventure camp with lots of great activities and fun educational experiences for the students. This year the estimated camp cost per student is $295.00. This covers 2 nights’ accommodation, bus, all meals and adventure activities for the 3 days.

Grade 2/3 overnight camp Port Fairy December 6, 7 The cost for this camp will be about $100.00 per student, which includes bus, accommodation, all activities and meals.

Grade Prep/1 sleepover Term 4 The sleepover is at school with a dinner, activities and a movie night, cost per student is $15.00.

friendlyREMINDERS

This term we are adding this little section to the newsletter. We’ll include all sorts of information

about day to day school information.

Bookclub Orders Issue #5

Orders are due back at school next Friday, 28th July.

The catalogue will come home today.

Bringing Toys To School The students occasionally bring along something special to share with their class during Show and

Tell. Toys, sports equipment and games

are not needed for entertainment at recess and lunchtime. There is

plenty of sports equipment and sand pit toys to make their time outside

fun.

WANTED Mr Boyd is looking to graft some Cherry Trees. If anyone has any

suitable plants for cuttings, particularly a

Weeping Cherry he would love to hear

from you!

STUDENT ACCIDENT INSURANCEParents are reminded that the Department does not provide personal accident insurance for students. Parents and guardians are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including any transport costs. Student accident insurance policies are available from some commercial insurers. These cover a range of medical expenses not covered by Medicare or private health insurance. Ambulance cover is something that needs to be considered. Our policy is that an ambulance will be called when injury is deemed serious.

CHILD SAFE STANDARDS Over the last 12 months, all schools have implemented the new Child Safe standards, which have resulted in a new Child Safe policy and codes of conduct adopted by school council. Part of this involves the adoption of a public Child Safe statement by the school. Below is our school statement of our commitment:

Child Safety Commitment Statement

Woolsthorpe Primary School is committed to child safety.

• Woolsthorpe Primary School is committed to promoting a safe, supportive and happy environment where we empower and respect all children.

• Woolsthorpe Primary School is committed to providing children and young people with positive and nurturing experiences.

• Woolsthorpe Primary School is committed to teaching children and young people the necessary skills and knowledge to understand and maintain their personal safety and wellbeing.

• Woolsthorpe Primary School has zero tolerance of child abuse and neglect.

• Woolsthorpe Primary School is committed to maintaining staff training to prevent child abuse by identifying risk factors.

• Woolsthorpe Primary School is committed to addressing all allegations and safety concerns consistent with our Child Protection Reporting Obligations and Child Safe Policy, in a prompt manner.

• Woolsthorpe Primary School is committed to ensuring principal, all staff, volunteers and school council adhere to their relevant Child Safety Code of Conduct.

• Woolsthorpe Primary School is committed to ensuring the safety of our most vulnerable children, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, and children with disability.

• Woolsthorpe Primary School is committed to inducting all relevant personnel on the current policy and procedures

Greta Turner - 13th Lachie Van Oosten - 18th

Jett Stuart - 19th Emily Spooner - 23rd Olivia Cuzens - 25th

Hameish O’Connor - 27th Taylah Mcrae - 31st

JulyInformationImportant

HEAT UPSHuge thanks to Shia’s grandmother, Maxine for volunteering to supervise

our Heat Up Program this term.

Lots of happy kids today with a warm lunch on such a cold day!

Without help from volunteers like Maxine we are unable to run Heat Ups so please

remember to send along your child’s lunch ready to Heat Up.

• All items for the PIE HEATER need to be wrapped securely in foil with name and grade clearly marked.

• Toasted Sandwiches need be be clearly labelled “PLEASE TOAST” along with name and grade.

• Food to be MICROWAVED must be in a suitable container with heating instructions clearly labelled.

• i.e. Please heat for 1 minute on HIGH

Hello Families,

Stress Down Day is a fun and easy way to reduce stress and raise important funds for

Come to school dressed in

comfortable clothes relaxing clothes

or something to make us laugh! It’s your choice!

oice.it’ your choice.

We will be having a laugh, playing some fun games and relaxing through mindfulness and yoga.

Please bring a GOLD COIN DONATION to raise money for

Brought to you by

Hayley, Phoebe, Khem & Tadhg

Friday 28th July

HEALTH&Wellbeing

Recommendations for screen time:Children under 2 years. Very little time watching TV or using a computer Preschoolers. Up to an hour a day of programs made

for preschool children with little or no computer time.Children 5 to 8 years. An hour of screen time (in whatever guise you choose) a day is plenty. Children over 8 years. An hour and

a half-hour to two hours a day.

REMEMBER!While there’s no denying that there are many entertaining

experiences for your child to have through TV, video games and computers, s/he also needs time to build strong relationships with the people in his or her life. S/he should have more time in his or her day for being active through physical play and learning through ‘hands-on’ activities than

for the more passive experiences to be had during screen time.

This article was written by Ella Walsh for Kidspot. Sources include Victorian Parenting Centre and SA Government’s Parenting and Child Health.

TIMEScreen

How much screen time is OK for my kids?

Kids are spending more time with screen media -- and at younger

ages -- than ever before. But there really is no magic number

that's "just right." What's more important is the quality of kids'

media, how it fits into your family's lifestyle, and how you engage your

kids with it.

TERM 3Wednesday 23rd August

Mark this date on your calendar - the students from Woolsthorpe will have the opportunity to travel to Melbourne to enjoy Aladdin - The Musical.

Huge thanks to the School for another magical experience that the kids will remember!

A C H I E M E N T SV Estudent

We love seeing photos of our students success outside the school - please send details in and we’ll pop them in this space!

Emily ColemanCongratulations

Over the weekend Emily joined other volunteers who came out in force to help pack presents for Samaritan’s Purse’s

Operation Christmas Child.People packed shoeboxes full of toys, clothes, school supplies and hygiene items to be shipped to children

growing up in poverty overseas.Emily was in the Warrnambool Standard on Tuesday

HERITAGE

APPLE TREES FRESHLY GRAFTED IN AUGUST

$15 EACH OR $14 FOR MULTIPLE ORDERS. $1 DISCOUNT FOR ORDERS PRIOR TO APRIL 26TH

WOOLSTHORPE PRIMARY SCHOOL 12 MANIFOLD ST, WOOLSTHORPE VIC 3276

For the last 10 years as a fundraiser for our Ground Force Team and Kitchen Garden Program, we have sold over 500 heritage apple trees to satisfied customers. Trees are grafted onto MM111-a drought and wooly aphid resistant rootstock- that in good conditions grows to be 3-4 metres tall. (By summer pruning you can produce a much smaller tree with the same characteristics.) To help with planning, early orders are appreciated as we have to place our order in early April to guarantee rootstock supply.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: ANTON BOYD @ 55692241 OR

wpsboyd@gmail.com

$15.00 EACH OR $14 FOR MULTIPLE ORDERS. MORE STOCK AVAILABLE AT OUR FETE IN OCTOBER.

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JUNIOR SQUASH Monday nights

5pm till 7pm

“OUR FOCUS IS ON FUN, MATESHIP AND CO OPERATIVE PLAY”

New juniors aged between 8 and 16

are most welcome.

Skill sessions and coaching is

provided. We offer a modified

competition that is flexible and ability based

Equipment supplied

$5.00 per week plus $15.00 registration

Sausage sizzle provided for

dinner!!

WARRNAMBOOL ACTION SQUASH

CLUB 305 Timor St

Warrnambool

For enquiries please phone Kerri on 0428 1401 74

KOROIT & DISTRICT BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Koroit Hoop Time

Teaching The Fundamentals Of Basketball

Vic Park Basketball Stadium

TUESDAY 25th July 2017

Koroit Hoops (Beginners): 4.30pm - 5.15pm - $55

Koroit Advanced Hoops (2nd Stage) 5.15pm - 6.00pm - $60

Runs for 10 weeks

Ideal for grades Prep - 4

Contact: Carly Pulling 0419 375 194

Belinda Lilley 0401 461 550 Head Lice Hub

Private head lice removal and treatment salon