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HEATHCOTE PRIMARY SCHOOL 31 Herriot St, Heathcote. Vic. 3523 Telephone: (03) 5433 3090 Fax: (03) 5433 3091 Email: [email protected]
Website: www.heathcoteps.vic.edu.au
At Heathcote PS we value... Respect Learning Teamwork Responsibility
Issue No. 27 28th August
Thursday, 4th September Fathers Day Stall
Friday 5th September Combined Athletic Sports with Holy Rosary PS at Bendigo Athletic Complex
Monday, 8th September 2015 Prep Transition session 2.00pm—3.00pm
Saturday, 13 September SCHOOL FAIR Please invite your family, friends and neighbours to come along!
Wednesday 17th September CURRICULUM DAY - No students required at school on this day
Wednesday 17th September Finance Meeting 5pm, School Council meeting 5.30pm
Friday, 19th September Last day of Term 3 (Early dismissal at 2.15pm)
Monday 6th October Commencement of Term 4
Thursday 9th October ‘Alpha Productions ‘Hercules’ Whole School Performance Cost $8.00 per child
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
Dear Parents and Friends, Welcome to another week of news from Heathcote PS!
In the last few weeks of Term 3 and at the end of Term 4, we will be conducting our 2015 Transition Program, which will include our the first transition session for the preschool children as well as an information session for parents of preschool children on Monday 8th Sept from 2.00pm - 3.00pm. There will also be another four transition sessions before the end of the year. Our current Grade 2 students will take part in their own Transition Sessions as they will be joining the Senior Unit when the Preschool students are at school, so that they can get to know the teachers and also develop an understanding of the type of work they will be required to do as Grade 3 students next year.
Kind regards,
Cindi Bruechert
TRANSITION SESSIONS BOOK WEEK ACTIVITIES
Lauren Martin and I would like to thank all the families who were able to complete the survey during or after our Student Learning Interviews. The survey’s provided us with a variety of information about our families and how we may be able to provide more opportunities for whole family learning. There was an overwhelming response around the possibility of the school providing adult education sessions for parents. We now need to take the next step in establishing what type of learning parents may be interested in. We are also after some volunteers to form an ‘Action Group’ consisting of parents, a staff and external partners where appropriate. Please contact Lauren Martin or myself, if you would like to be involved in the Action Group to get these sessions this up and running as soon as possible.
We will be sending home some flyers in the next
week to ask you what type of sessions that you
may be interested in. Please feel free to come in
and discuss any ideas that you may have.
Congratulations to our Civics and Citizenship Award winners from last week:
Miss O'Neill's Grade Erica Mitchell
Riley Hall Mrs. Parry’s Grade
Josh Comer Noah Willoughby
Miss Somerville’s Grade Belinda Temby Kody Johnson
Mr. Clayton’s Grade Ben Mitchell
Cody Sauvarin
CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP AWARDS
School Fair The Senior Unit will hold the following stalls at the fair: Lucky jars Loom band sales Guess the length of sausage dog Hand print canvases Artistic Heathcote soap Pot pourri & Craft
We are needing donations of assorted items for our lucky jars stall. Some ideas for con-tents: lollies, stationery items, hair ties, matchbox cars, small toys, etc
SENIOR UNIT NEWS
ATHLETIC SPORTS
Friday, 5th September
Bendigo Athletics Complex, Flora Hill
Please complete the Permission form for
the “Athletics Sports” and return to the
office as soon as possible. If your child is
going by bus the cost is $7.50.
Students will need to wear a
plain coloured t-shirt in their
house colour on the day of the
Athletic Sports.
JUNIOR UNIT NEWS
School Fair The Junior Unit is running the following activities at the School Fair: Treasure Map Popcorn Name the Teddy Show Bags We are looking for donations of unpopped popcorn kernels, bags of wrapped chocolates/lollies, eg. Freddos, Smarties, Mini Tim Tams, etc. and pencils, pens, sharpeners, rulers, colouring sheets, etc. We will need helpers to man stalls on the day. Please let the Junior Unit teachers know if you are available for a short time on the day.
FAMILY STATEMENTS
Family statements were sent home this week to all families with outstanding amounts still owing after the second EMA instalment. If you have any queries about your statement please see Kerry or Susy in the office. The school has eftpos facilities available. If you would like to arrange a payment plan please contact the school office.
FAIR NEWS
School Fair Plant Stall Please start thinking about potting up some cuttings or suitable plants for our Plant Stall at the Fair. All donations very welcome. Michele
PARENTS’ CLUB
School Fair Second Hand Book Stall If you have any spare books at home that would be appropriate to donate to the school for our second hand book stall please bring them in. Thank you, Lauren Martin
FAIR—HELPERS NEEDED
Thank you to those parents who have added
their name to our roster of helpers. We still have
many time slots to be filled so please see Kerry
of Susy in the office or your child’s classroom
teacher if you are able to help out on the day of
the Fair.
LIBRARY NEWS
Bookweek
What a great week that we had during Book Week. A huge thank you to students, parents and staff in your contributions to such a suc-cessful day on Friday. The mixed ability rotation proved a huge success as did our Book Fair with nearly $1,800 worth of books sold. We will keep you updated on how our credit or cash rewards will be put back into teaching and learning in the school.
Thank you, Lauren Martin
UNIFORMS
We will be placing another Uniform order to our supplier before the end of term, ready for the start of Term 4. If you would like to place an order please pick up an order form from the office and hand in before Monday, 14 September. Prices:
Navy Beanies $7.00 Navy Hats $10.00 Navy Trackpants: $15.00 Red or navy polo shirts (short sleeve) $14.00 Navy 1/2 zip fleecy pullover $20.00 Navy full zip fleecy hoodie $23.00
Reminder: In Term 4 and Term 1 all children must wear a school hat while they are outside. We have all sizes available at the school at any time .
Don’t forget to like our Heathcote Facebook page to keep updated on all the exciting youth events happening in Heathcote! Link is here…
https://www.facebook.com/heathcoteyoungsters?ref=hl
Next Meeting: Monday, 8th September at 9.20am,
after assembly. All welcome.
We will be holding a Father’s Day stall on Thursday 4th September. There
will be a range of gifts from $1 to $5.
Book Week
On Friday it was Book Week. I dressed up as Sleeping Beauty and Payton dressed up as Jasmine. I got a prize out of the office. It was a Barbie diary. Mum and Dad came as well. It was really, really fun. Erica M
On Friday I got into a costume and I had Nutri Grain for breakfast. Then I packed my lunch and I got in the car. Then we had fun. I had a green lantern suit. Brodie O
Book Week Dress up Day
On Friday at HPS we dressed up as Characters from
books. I dressed up as Mr Chicken. I looked funny.
My sister dressed up as a vet from the same book.
Norah dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood. Cody
dressed up as Steve from Minecraft. It was fun. We
had a parade and I went in Mrs Parry’s group after it.
We did knitting and made pom poms. Mrs Parry read
a story after that. Sam C
On Friday at school everyone dressed up for Book Week. Some dressed up as Mr Chicken, Erica dressed up as Sleeping Beauty, Harrison dressed up as Hulk and Payton dressed up as Jasmine and I dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood and Ashton dressed up as the Joker from Batman. Hayley was the red queen from Alice in Wonderland and Harry dressed up as Optomus Prime. I had a lot of fun. Norah P
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