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Issue: 7/2018

3rd May, 2018

MAY 4th: 2nd Instalment due for Canberra Camp 8th & 9th: Mother’s Day Stall 10th: Mother’s Day High Tea 11th: District Cross Country 11th: School Assembly (1 / 2L presenting) 11th: 1/2S & 1/2B—Werribee Mansion 14th: 1/2D, 1/2J, 1/2L—Werribee Mansion 15—17th: NAPLAN Grades 3 & 5 17th: School Council 21/22: Musica Viva Incursion 22nd: Year 5/6 Open Morning 25th: School Assembly (4S presenting)

JUNE

7th: Collingwood Children's Farm—Prep 8th: School Assembly (Prep A presenting) 21st: Prep Open Afternoon 22nd: School Assembly (5P presenting) 25th: Book Fair 26 & 27th: Student Led Conferences

Calendar A message from Lisa

2018 Term Dates Term 1

31st January — 29th March Term 2

16th April—29th June Term 3

16th July—21st September Term 4

8th October—21st December

MOTHER’S DAY HIGH TEA Our parents and friends group have been working very hard to put together a wonderful morning for the mothers and special people in our families. Please join us (and bring along relatives or friends) for a lovely morning tea. There will be guest performances by some of our students and art work on display. Throughout the morning we will have games and prizes. The morning tea will conclude with the drawing of the raffle. Please make sure you pre purchase your tickets. We would love to have lots of door prizes to give away so if you have anything that is brand new that you would like to donate please hand it in at the office.

NAPLAN NAPLAN for our grade 3 and 5 students will be 15th, 16th and 17th May. As always, please make sure your children arrive at school on time, well rested and having had a healthy breakfast. Any children in those grades who arrive after NAPLAN has started will need to go to another grade until the completion of the tests.

OPEN DAYS Thank you to all of the parents who came along to open days last term. Open days give parents an opportunity to see what’s happening in their child’s classroom. This term’s open days will be as follows: Prep – Thursday 21st June 2:30pm – 3:00pm Grades 1/2 – Wednesday 9th May 2:30pm – 3:10pm Grades 3 and 4 – Week 11 time and date TBC Grades 5 and 6 – Tuesday 22nd May 9am – 10am

STAFFING This week we welcomed Teagan Lane to our school. Teagan is a very experienced teacher and she will be working with the 1/2 and grade 4 team. We would like to wish Michelle and Hayley all the best as they will be both be leaving us to have their second babies. Michelle’s last day is Wednesday 9th May and Hayley’s will be Friday 18th May. We are currently in the process of advertising for a replacement teacher for Indonesian.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING Next week (Monday and Tuesday) our school improvement team, consisting of myself, Rochelle, David, Vicki, Suada, Simon and Pennie will be completing two days of professional learning. We will be joining other leadership teams from the South Western Victoria area. This work is part of our Strategic Plan. We are also very excited to have been selected to have two of our staff (Suada

and Simon) trained to become Mathematics Specialists. This will be extremely

beneficial for our school as Mathematics is one of our priority areas this year.

Lisa Conibeer

We are always eager to hear any suggestions/feedback you might have. Suggestions/feedback can be emailed to: altona.green.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who received their Achievement Award last week.

Prep A Felix

Prep B Connor

Prep F James

Prep V Alysssa

1 / 2B Perryn

1 / 2D Ann

1 / 2J Baylee

1 / 2L Madeline

3A Esha

3B Ainslie

3N Liila

4C Phoenix

4S Mila

5N Amelia

5P Joanne

6E Ellie

6S Abi

Indonesian Adele

Indonesian Alyssa

Physical Education Chloe 1/2J

Physical Education Jade 1/2L

Physical Education Cooper 4C

Physical Education Theodore 5N

Physical Education Eliott 1/2D

Physical Education Sofia 4C

Physical Education Aidan 4C

Visual Arts Cristina 6E

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UNIFORM SHOP The uniform shop is situated in the Kanandah Building (Where the Preps and Grade 5s are this year). The opening hours are:

Tuesday 8:30 am—9:00am and Thursday 3:00—3:30pm

If you are unable to attend during these times, you can complete an order form (a copy is available on our website) and send correct money or credit card details and your order will be processed and delivered to your child’s classroom).

COMPASS When putting absences on Compass please do not change the times, they need to remain at 8:00am starting time and 5:00pm finishing time. Thank you to all the parents who have already put their child’s absence on Compass this year. If you still don’t have access to Compass please see Jenny in the office asap as notes are no longer sent home and all school notices, school reports and notifications are placed on this app.

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KITCHEN 12—1:30pm

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GARDEN 12:45—1:30pm

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ALTONA SPORTS CLUB Whether it’s Friday night football in the Sports Bar or Live Music Entertainment —You’re always welcome at the Altona Sports Club. Visit casually or become a member. Being a member offers you a range of exclusive benefits including discounts on bar and bistro purchases, eligibility to join our many sporting clubs, discounts on special event tickets and much more. Join us for a meal at the Bayview Bistro, Seaview Lounge or a drink and snacks at our Sports Bar and Beer Garden. We provide a Courtesy Bus for our guests to travel to and from the Club, seven nights a week. We have several Function Rooms available for hire with professional catering and service staff.

Mothers Day—Sunday 13th May Book your table early to avoid disappointment. Complimentary glass of bubbly for all Mums on

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MOUNT ST. JOSEPH GIRLS’ COLLEGE OPEN DAY—SUNDAY 20TH MAY

10:00am —1:00pm

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Principal’s address 10:30am, 11:30am & 12:30pm

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ENTERTAINMENT BOOK “Every Membership sold contributes 20% to our school” Once again we are selling the Entertainment Book at a cost of $70 each. They are available in either a book form or digital (on your phone so you always have it with you!). The Entertainment Book includes 2 for 1 offers and up to 50% off offers for many of the best restaurants, arts, attractions, hotels, travel, shopping and much, much more. There are discounts at Bakers Delight, McDonalds, KFC, Pancake Parlour, Schnitz, AMF Bowling, Bounce, Legoland, AFL, Hoyts & Village just to name a few! A sample book is available at the office for you to look at.