PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

22nd August 2019 - Issue 13

IMPORTANT DATES

Thurs 29th August

Fathers Day Stall

Fri 30th August

5/6 BBall Day

Fri 30th August

ICAS Science

Mon 2nd—Fri 6th September

5/6 Camp

Mon 9th September

Prep Dino Excursion

Wed 11th—Fri 13th

September

3/4 Camp

Tues 17th September

ICAS English

Tues 17th September

Cyber Safety Parent Night 6.30-7.30pm

Thurs 19th September

ICAS Maths

Fri 20th September

Footy Day

Friday 20th September

End Term 3—2.30PM Finish

Monday 7th October

Term 4 Begins

Term 3 Ends:

Friday 20th September. 2.30pm.

Footy Day

Assembly held 9.00am

Dear Parents and Friends, Student Survey Results Our Year 4-6 students all completed a DET annual survey earlier in May this year and our results are outstanding. Over the years, the results have continued to steadily improve with our school goals being met for 2019. Our commitment to supporting and developing students’ social and emotional wellbeing is paramount and we highly value the social capabilities domain in which we educate our youngsters at school. Please see the included graphs which highlight our excellent data this year.

Sunsmart– Hats On from 1 September From the 1st September, it’s ‘hats weather’. In accordance with our Sun Smart policy, hats must be worn to and from school, including recess and lunchtimes from 1 September. Please ensure you locate your child’s hat in readiness for the next 9 months of protection from the harmful UV rays as we head into spring and summer. Hats are available for purchase for $10 from the office. CONTINUED PAGE 2...

Father’s Day Stall Our Father’s Day Stall will be held

Thursday 29th August. All students will be given the opportunity to purchase gifts for their dad,

grandpa or special person with prices ranging from $2 to $10. We ask that all children bring to school a reusable or plastic bag for their gift to

be placed in and each child brings their own money in a purse/wallet or

envelope. Grades buy at different times during the day and items for sale are evenly distributed between

grades.

SUNSMART—Hats On from 1st September

A reminder our school is a SUNSMART School.

From September 1st all students are required to wear a wide brimmed school

hat when outside at school.

Hats can be purchased from the school office for $10.

Orders for the next issue of Book Club are due:

Friday 6th September.

To order simply go to

https://mybookclubs.scholastic.com.au.

Or bring your order with correct cash enclosed to the school office.

Once ordered your books will be delivered to the school and distributed to your child.

Thank you to families who ordered from the previous issue. Each item purchased through Book Club earns valuable

reward dollars for our school.

Grazie for Italian Day Congratulazioni to our school community for the fantastic celebration of all things Italian yesterday; Arts & Crafts, Cooking, Bocce, Games, Italian Performance and a special lunch of pizza and gelato. Senior Fabio was overwhelmed by the joy of the students in the yard, their smiles and their positive feedback, with some of the preps calling this ‘the best day of their life’. I thank Senor Fabio for his thorough planning of our Italian Day, ensuring it was an incredible team effort of fun, learning and engagement for all. Grazie and Congratulazioni to all involved. I hope all families have a wonderful weekend. Kind Regards, Mrs Clark Principal Frankston Heights Primary School

Frankston Heights Spelling Championship

Our annual spelling bee is about to begin! Every year students practise their spelling skills which culminate with a ‘Spell Off’ to decide each class champions. The class champions then go on to a whole school Spell Off to find

our school champion. Students will be tested at appropriate levels for both the classroom and whole school challenges. A copy of the Spelling Champions Booklet is available on the school website:

www.frankstonhts-ps.vic.edu.au under the ‘Students/Student Resource’ tab

If you have any questions please see your class teacher.

Cyber Safety Information Evening Parents and teachers need to work together to support FHPS children to navigate the online world in a safe and

responsible manner. Come along to our Cyber Safety parent information evening to stay informed about the latest

online safety news, tips and strategies.

Parents who have attended these sessions in the past have said …

“So many good ideas about online safety that I wouldn’t have known about if I hadn’t attended the parent

evening.”

“It was a very informative session, I learnt so much.”

“The last Cyber Safety parent information session opened my eyes and my mind to Internet safety and what I can

do to keep my child SAFE.”

“The digital world is constantly changing, it is important as parents that we are well informed about the online

world.”

“I learnt a lot at the last information evening and will be attending the parent session this term to keep up to date

with new information.”

Date: Tuesday September 17 Time: 6:30-7:30pm Venue- FHPS library

Our annual Footy Day will be held on the final day of Term 3; Friday 20th September. As this is the final day of term 3, school will be dismissed at 2.30pm.

This will be a free dress day with students encouraged to come dressed in their team colours—No Gold Coin needed! The day will begin with our final assembly for Term 3 at 9.00am which will include a parade for each AFL Team. Following assembly we will also hold our annual ‘teachers vs students’ match, and some footy themed activities in the classroom!

On the day, we will also hold a Special Lunch of a Meat Pie OR Vegetable Pastie OR Sausage Roll, Nudie Juice And Berri Fruit Icy pole for $5.00. This lunch will be pre-order only.

Please return the slips below, including money to the school office by:

TUESDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER at 10:00AM

(NO LATE LUNCH ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED).

Frankston Heights Primary School

FOOTY DAY FREE DRESS & SPECIAL LUNCH

Please find enclosed $5 for my child_________________________________

in Grade _________ for Footy Day activities and Special Lunch Order.

Signed___________________

SPECIAL LUNCH ORDER

Meat Pie OR Vegetable Pastie OR Sausage Roll

Plus Nudie Juice Plus Berry Fruit Stick Icy Pole

Multicultural Children Floor Mat - 150cm Anatomy Human Torso - 50cm - 11 Pieces

Early Recycling Sorting Game Multicultural Music Set - 23 Pieces

Green Earth Discovery Books - Set of 9 Training 2s - Touch N Feel Shapes

Cleaning up the Earth - Green Earth Book

Coding Games Pack

Helping Habitats - Green Earth Book ThinkFun - Code Master Programming Logic Game

Water World - Green Earth Book ThinkFun - CODE: Rover Control Game

What does Green Mean - Green Earth Book

ThinkFun - CODE: On the Brink Game

Growing up Green Book 24 Pages ThinkFun - CODE: Robot Repair Game

My Green Lunch Book 24 Pages ThinkFun - Robot Turtles Game

Clean and Green Energy Book 24 Pages Large Ferrite Block Magnet

Filling The Earth with Trash Book 24 Pages

Playball Ultrasoft 10cm

Trees: Earth's Lungs Book 24 Pages Jump Over Dexterity Ball

Motorised Solar System Marbles Assorted

Upright Weather Station Dice: Emotions 18mm

Thank you to all of our wonderful families who helped earn Woolworths

Earn and Learn stickers for our school. We raised an

amazing amount of points and were able to purchase lots of exciting things for

our school. See the list below.

Paid & Community Advertisements. Frankston Heights Primary School does not accept any responsibility for, nor does it endorse any advertising material published in FHPS News.

Top 10 cyber safety tips

1. Care about the Share Social media wants you to share as much as you can bear! But the share should be rare. NEVER share:

passwords, private/personal information, your location.

2. Privacy Matters If you care about the share, you’ll protect your privacy, no matter what. Regularly check your privacy settings on

social media, and always think before you post. It’s amazing where data ends up – usually all over the internet.

3. Respect the Privacy of Others Treat others’ privacy as you would your own. Ask for your friends’ permission before uploading

photos and videos of them. It’s not all about you, amiright?

4. Keep Everything Updated Any idea what causes the most security breaches on the internet? Software that isn ’t up-to-date.

Seems crazy simple, but it’s true! Be vigilant about updating software, including apps, anti-virus and even the humble browser.

5. Spam, Spam, Spam, Spammidy-spam Even with the best anti-spam and malware software – that’s up-to-date – spam is the

modern version of junk mail. It’s everywhere! Learn how to tell the difference between real emails and messages, and dodgy things with dodgy links. Sometimes they don’t look so dodgy...always be suspicious of hyperlinks in emails.

6. Control the Troll Within There be trolls out there – beware! Don’t feed them, don’t give them what they want: an angry

response. Block/Report the trolls. But also: resist the inner troll. If you’re not adding something to the debate online, don’t bother. Don’t be part of the problem.

7. Cyberbullying and Harassment If you’re being targeted by this kind of behaviour, know what you can do, and where you can get

help. Visit the National Centre Against Bullying website and the Office of the eSafety Commissioner's website.

8. Keep Your Friends Close and Strangers at Arm’s Length Do you know how many true friends most people have? Three. Yup,

those four thousand and fifty-two Facebook ‘friends’ are a combination of acquaintances, people-you-met-once, people-you-can’t-remember-meeting-once, and probably, some ‘randoms’. They don’t need to know what you had for breakfast, or what concert you went to last night, do they?

9. Feel the Flow – Keep Your Life in Balance Technology is incredible. Gaming, networking, apps…online shopping! But make sure

you take time out and find the right balance for you. Too long on tech can put the world out of whack.

10. Have Fun, Friend Always remember to chill out and keep things in perspective. There’s too much information online to take it all

in! Focus on each moment, and enjoy.