DECEMBER 10th

TRANSITION DAY TODAY

On Tuesday our Year 6 students attended their new Secondary Schools

as part of the State wide Government School Secondary Transition

Day. All the students came back with many exciting stories

about how much they’re looking forward to next year and the next chap-

ter of their lives. At the same time we welcomed our new Preps for

next year who attended school for their third transition day spending

time in their new classes, in the correct room and with their classroom

teacher for next year. That evening we held a 2016 Prep Parent session

at school with many attending to listen to the Julie Shepherd who spoke

about the importance of reading.

REPORTS & GRADE PLACEMENTS will be sent HOME NEXT

WEDNESDAY

Next Wednesday the children’s reports and their grade placement and

teacher details will be sent home to families. After reading all the re-

ports I have to congratulate ALL students for their wonderful attitude

to learning with many achieving wonderful ‘learning growth’ in different

areas of their schooling. Placements into classes for the new year are

always a challenging task undertaken by staff that is informed by both

parent and student feedback and we have ensured that every child will

have every opportunity for success and is in the environment that will

promote it. Thank you to our teaching staff for their many hours spent

formulating our new classes.

2016 STAFFING

After completing the recent appointments and discussions with each

staff member I can now confirm our staffing profile for 2016. We wel-

come a number of new staff as we continue to grow in size and they

come with experience and expertise that will benefit our school, commu-

nity and most importantly students.

December

10th Carols Night

14th 5/6C & 6H

Melbourne Goal

15th 5S & 5/6R

Melbourne Goal

16th Grade 6 Lunch

Grade 6 Graduation

Class Parties

17th 5/6 Amazing Race

18th Last Day of Term

1.30pm dismissal

TERM DATES FOR 2015

TERM 4

5th Oct—18th December

TERM DATES FOR 2016

TERM 1

27th Jan - 24th March

TERM 2

11th April - 24th June

TERM 3

11th July - 16th Sept

TERM 4

3rd Oct - 20th Dec

PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

2016 SPECIALIST PROGRAMS

It is with excitement I announce the addition of Science to our highly successful specialist programs

next year. We needed a teacher, experienced in getting a program off the ground and one who can

successfully embed it into our schools teaching and learning program. I am delighted to announce

Greg Oswald will be our specialist Science teacher in 2016 and the program he will be using is

‘Primary Connections’. Science is a key initiative in the State Governments new Education State pro-

gram.

Colin Hartley will take over the Music Performing Arts program. Lauren Wite will continue teaching

Art to Grades 3-6 while Jen Smith will teach Art to all Prep to Grade 2 classes. Lauren White will

continue to coordinate our successful Reading Lab which operates across all grade levels. Cornelia

Tyrrell will teach German. PE will be predominately taught by Dale Goldsmith with both Greg Oswald

and Colin Hartley assisting with some classes.

2016 SCHOOL CAPTAINS

At last Fridays assembly I had the pleasure of announcing our 2016 School Captains – congratulations

to Chelsea Hillier and Zephyr Mitchell who were the successful candidates. I would like to

acknowledge all 24 x Grade 5 students who initially nominated for the Captain positions before the

shortlisting process. The quality of speeches made by prospective leaders was outstanding and

demonstrated how articulate the students are about behaviour and role modelling.

CAROLS NIGHT

A reminder to parents about our Carols event tonight - please bring picnic blankets and chairs as the

grass coverage at the end of the oval is not great! The children will be required to remain seated

with their grade for the duration of the event and we’d like parents to assist in that regard. Previ-

ously some children had left the assembly area after their Carol leaving a smaller crowd to appreci-

ate the efforts of the children singing towards the end of the night. Thankyou for your assistance!

2016 TEACHING & SUPPORT STAFF

PREP GRADE 1 GRADE 3

Jill Horton Jen Wiersema Amy Hillier

Elyce Boyd Kristin MacDonald Andrew Weekes

Kirsty Walsh Kristen Conrau GRADE 3/4

Sarah Wootton GRADE 2 Marie-Claire Poulsen

Liana Ellis/Emma Winsall Jill Stock GRADE 4

Chris Donaldson Brittany Davidson

Jacki Whiteside Andrew Caulfield

GRADE 5 GRADE 5/6 GRADE 6

Nicki Smith Melissa Richardson Claire Gooch

Leigh Murphy

SPECIALISTS EDUCATION SUPPORT (INTEGRATION)

Dale Goldsmith – PE & Sport Jenny Beale Wendy Hollonds

Lauren Wite - Visual Arts Di Coghill Sarah Smyth

Music Performing Arts – Colin Hartley Kylie Cribb Nerissa Turner

German – Cornelia Tyrrell Karyn Mitchell John Mallon

Science – Greg Oswald

OFFICE

Sarah Wallace – Business Manager

Cath Hansen - Admin

LAST DAY OF TERM

A reminder to parents that the last school day for students is Friday 18th December and the dis-

missal time will be 1:30pm following a final assembly for the year which will commence at 12:50pm.

Could I ask parents to collect their children from inside the school grounds on this day rather than

meeting them at the car – given the early finish! School staff will be manning the two crossings

closet to the school to ensure people get across the road safely.

IMPORTANT DATES AHEAD

Thank you to all our staff for all their work at this busy time of the year.

Graeme Russell

DATE EVENT

Thursday 10th December Carols Night - 6:00pm

Wednesday 16th December Grade 6 Graduation

Wednesday 16th December 2016 Grade & teacher details + reports sent home +

Grade Class parties

Thursday 17th December Meet new teacher 10.00 -11.00 am

Friday 18th December Last day of term – children dismissed 1:30pm

2016

Wednesday 27th January 2016 First day for Teachers

Thursday 28th January 2016 First day for Students

Friday18th

March 2016 First Curriculum Day – George Booker – Maths

The Wednesday morning Cuppa Group

would like to say a big thank you to the

ladies who worked so hard at the recent

Como Garden’s Open Day. Part of their

fundraising has provided our New Coffee

Machine. It was a Big Hit today at Cuppa

Group! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!

Just a reminder to bring a plate of

Christmas Goodies to share to Cuppa

Group next Wednesday morning at 9am for

our last gathering for 2015.

INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL MUSIC

2016

The Basin Primary School offers classes in

several instruments and voice.

If you are considering enrolling your child

in lessons for next year, please contact

the relevant teacher.

Keyboard: David 0400 065 788

Guitar: Noice Works 9737 1170

Drums: Aaron 0478 173 554

December

7th Hayden Neil

8th Ruby Telford

9th Skylar Hazeldine

Lexie Allen

Robbie Chettle

10th Isobel Cochrane

Blake Nicholson

11th Isabella Stewart

12th Jake Stephens

The Basin Carols by Candlelight.

This is a reminder to all students who are

performing at The Basin Carols by Candle-

light this coming Saturday night. This an-

nual event will take place at The Basin

Triangle. All students are to remain with

their families until called to the stage

where they will be met by Mr Ossie.

School uniform is NOT required for this

event. All students are encouraged to

dress in the Christmas spirit.

Regards,

Greg Oswald