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Issue No 6 06/03/2019

ELLY NEWS

In this issue:

Principal’s Report

Student Awards

Parents & Friends Info

Kana Information

Book Club School Diary

March 11th—Labour Day Holiday

March 14th & 15th— Cooriemungle Camp Years 3 & 4

March 16th—Kana Parade

March 25th—School Photos

2019 Term Dates Term 1: 29/01-5/04 Term 2: 23/04-28/06 Term 3: 15/07-20/09 Term 4: 07/10-20/12

www.ellliminyt.vic.edu.au 135 Slater Street, Elliminyt Vic 3250 PO BOX 359 Colac 3250 Phone: 5231 5208 Fax: 52321943 ellliminyt.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Parent Teacher Introductory Interviews Thank you to those parents who so diligently booked and attended their Parent Teacher Intro-ductory interview last week. At this time of year, it’s really about sharing knowledge and in-formation around our kids so we can establish the home-school connection that is so vital to student success. Family Fun Night Despite the heat we had a great night at the Colac Indoor Sports Centre last Friday! Thanks to the P&F group for their organisation of the event and to those who made the effort to come along and mingle! Our kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was great to see parents sit-ting together and enjoying a chat! Thanks to Paul & Adele Johnson from Colac Indoor Sports Centre for their support of our school. School Review Thank you to the parents who volunteered to assist with our ‘Parent Focus Group’ as part of the 4 year School Review we’re currently running. This group will convene THIS FRIDAY, 8th of March in the Library at 9am. If you have not responded and are interested in/able to attend, please contact me at the office. Vision Screening As there were a large number of children screened last year, the session on the 18th of March is not yet full. If your child was NOT screened last year and you would like them to partici-pate, please grab a consent form from the office and return it before Friday 15th March. This is a free service, that also includes free glasses should they be deemed appropriate for your child.

3/4 Camp Next week our Year 3/4 students head off to Cooriemungle for their camp. This can be a challenging time for Year 3s who have just transitioned from the Junior school into the Senior school. If this is a concern for your child, we ask that you speak very positively about the ex-perience and encourage your child to see all the benefits of the camp. If things are proving very difficult, please consult with the classroom teacher. Camp is an expected component of the school curriculum. If you are having any problems meeting the costs of this camp, please speak to Lorraine at the office to discuss your options. School fees This month statements will be sent out regarding the 2019 Essential Education Items for stu-dents. The fees are set at $150 per child this year, the same as in 2018. If you foresee prob-lems in meeting this payment, we ask that you speak with Lorraine Cole, Business Manager, to make payment arrangements to ensure fees are met by Term 4. We are more than happy to accommodate your needs. Angela Hall

A case of

Chicken Pox has

been reported

to the school.

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CORRESPONDENCE REMINDERS

Easter Raffle Tickets—Eldest students. Canteen— Friday 8th March, 2019

Morning Supervisor:

Deb Reynolds

9:00am: Kirsty Oborne, Zoe Beckett,

Alisha Bergman

Afternoon Supervisor 11.30am:

Lisa Hanson

12:30pm: Adele Johnson, Emma Menzies

KANA Kana is fast approaching and students are busy making decorations for our 'Around the World' float. The parade begins at 1:00 pm on Saturday 16th from behind McDonalds in Grant Street. We won't know our exact position in the parade until the week before. Have you got your 'Around the World' costumes sort-ed? Please indicate whether your child/ren will be participating in the Kana procession on the day and return the slip to school just so I can have some idea of how many children will be involved.

Thanks, Caroline McCallum. -------------------------------------------------

My child/ren ______________________________________ ______________________________________

will / will not be participating in the Kana Parade on Saturday 16th March.

INDO CORNER:

Welcome to INDO CORNER – a small

section of the newsletter devoted to our

teaching of Indonesian. During the year

the children will learn about the

language and culture of Indonesian – our largest, closest neighbour.

I thought it would be a good idea if the school community also had

a ‘crash course’ in Indonesian, via the newsletter. Today we are

looking at NUMBERS.

0 – NOL 1 – SATU 2 – DUA 3 – TIGA

4 – EMPAT 5 – LIMA 6 – ENAM 7 – TUJUH

8 – DELAPAN 9 – SEMBILAN 10 – SEPULUH 11 – SEBELAS

12 – DUABELAS

Pak Gray (Indonesian teacher)

STOMACH FLU

General Recommendations for how long to stay

home

In general, you need to stay home or keep your kids home for 24 hours after the symptoms of the illness subside. This includes vomiting and diarrhoea, and don't forget the fever.

If your child is running a fever, he/she is contagious and is more likely to spread germs to everyone they come into contact with. Even without a fever, stomach viruses are highly con-tagious and spread easily from person to person when you have symptoms.

It can be tempting to send your child to school if they went all night without vomiting or having diarrhoea, but waiting a full 24 hours after the last episode occurred is important because the symptoms could return. If you make it a full day and night with no symptoms, it is unlikely that they will reappear after that. www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au

www.verywellhealth.com/how-long-should-you-stay-home-with-the-stomach-flu-770285

PARENTS & FRIENDS NEWS The Parents and Friends are running their annual Easter Raffle again this year. We are seeking dona-tions of eggs, baskets, choco-late, movie tickets, a book or anything you can think of. All donations can be dropped off to the office and will be made up into hampers.

BOOKCLUB Book club order forms were sent home this week. Orders can be placed in the box in the office. If you are pay-ing by cheque please make it payable to ‘Scholastic’. If you wish to order books without your child’s knowledge please mark this request very clearly on the order form. You will be personally contacted when the orders arrive so that you can collect the books from the office. Orders for this issue are due back on Tuesday 19th March. Also remember to mention Elliminyt Primary School if you shop at Cowlick Books Colac as they donate 10% of your sale to our account for us to purchase books for the school. Thanks, Marg Phillips

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Room 1 Tate M for working really well in independent task time and for actively contributing to class discussions. Well done Tate! Room 2 Ryleigh S for his great concentration during task work and trying his Personal Best when writing his letters. Congratulations! Room 3 Parker T for being a kind and helpful classmate., Room 4 Sophia O for her improved focus during instructions and willingness to contribute to class discussions. Room 5 Tyler S for his improved focus during instruction time and staying on task. Room 6 Reegan W for his high level of interest and participation in class! Room 7 Natalie L for her ability to apply feedback to improve her work and her vivid description when writing. Room 8 Jed W for always giving his absolute best and never giving up! Room 9 Anastasia C for stepping outside her comfort zone when sharing her learning with others. Room 10 Tilly F for always being a positive, reliable and hardworking member of our team! Great effort Tilly! Art Isabelle P for displaying grit and determination. Indonesian Connie F for her great work this week in Indonesian.

This week Principal’s Award goes to Hayden S for taking a more mature approach to his learning and for being a responsibility role model in the school yard.

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Classroom Connection

Week 6 already! Our Grade 6 students received their Year 6 jumpers and t-shirts this

week and they were extremely excited to show them off. This week the Year 5 & 6 co-

hort attended a camp meeting in preparation for the Melbourne Camp later in the year.

Numeracy Intervention has begun this week which has been very enjoyable to be part of.

Garden group members have been toiling away on planting new vegetables, sunflowers,

weeding and setting up a new fish pond. Taking care of the 3 chooks and a rooster named

‘Big Red’ has also been on the agenda.

Preps Representing numbers 0-10 has continued to be a key focus in Numeracy sessions for

our little maths whizzes. Students have been learning about the sound ‘d’ and ‘f ’ make and

enjoying nursery rhymes. During Reading, pointing to a word and saying it has been ea-

gerly practised. Well done to our little ones on a fantastic first Athletics Day in Week 4!

Keep up the great work little champs!

Years 1 & 2 Students have been learning and further developing their addition and subtraction skills

and knowledge. I have been fortunate enough to work with some of the Year 1 & 2 stu-

dents and I’ve been so impressed with their desire to learn and effort. Point of need

teaching is clearly evident through streamed maths lessons to ensure all students are

progressing at their level. Writing creatively through narrative writing and focusing on the

use of nouns and adjectives has allowed students to enrich their writing pieces.

Years 3 & 4 The week started with a BANG with the bookshelf collapsing in the BER! Talking about

books, understanding sequence is the reading strategy students have been learning about.

Multiplication and elements of division have been the maths focus. Students have been

drafting and writing information reports, ensuring they have the key fundamentals in their

reports. They have enjoyed researching and learning about celebrations that occur

around the world during Integrated Studies.

Years 5 & 6 Poem writing is coming to a conclusion and narrative writing is next in line. During

Maths, Year 5 students have been looking at 12 and 24 hour time and linking their learn-

ing to real life situations. Year 6 students have continued their work on prime and compo-

site numbers. They are working extremely hard on improving their accuracy and rapid re-

call of multiplication facts to become a member of the ‘90 Second Club’ in Mr Hollick’s

room. Recalling facts and details and interpreting figurative language have been the focus

during Reading.

Thankyou,

Jarrad Cook

Leading Teacher

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Our Age Group Champions with their medals.

Back Row: Josh S, Alisha B, Sienna M, Gavin, R, Front Row:Mondana T, Mathilde D, Jed W and

Maddox H

Our Grevillea House Captains with the Ath-

letic House Sports trophy.

Arabella M and Isabella K

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