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Welcome back to everyone for Term 3. Many students have told me about their holiday activities and are
refreshed and ready to enjoy all of the challenges planned for this semester.
It has been a very busy week with the Wakakirri and Snow Camp. Congratulations to everyone involved in
Tuesday night’s Wakakirri performance at the Frankston Cultural Centre. The judging panel deemed that the
FHPS team would receive the ‘Best School in Public’ award - this means that our students’ attitude, manners
and behaviour throughout the rehearsals and evening were terrific! A BIG thank you to Mrs Oke, Mrs
Theodore, Mrs Green, Miss Scott and Mrs Rolfe for all of their hard work leading up to the event and on the
night. So much goes on ’behind the scenes’ which should not be taken for granted, including the flexibility of
all staff with timetable changes, etc. Thank you also to all of the parents and teachers who were part of the
enthusiastic audience!
Our ‘Snow Campers’ will return tomorrow afternoon - many thanks to Mr Marsden for his commitment and
efforts.
Monday afternoon also saw a number of parents keen to be part of the RACV Challenge, which will take
place during Term 4. Thank you to those who will be helping with the training at this stage.
Tomorrow is National Schools’ Tree Day — with fingers crossed for good weather! Mr Matthews has
organised for the students in years Prep to 4 to participate in some tree planting at Wallace Reserve. We’re
also hoping that the Mayor of Frankston will visit one of the groups during the morning.
Approximately 40 families will be randomly selected to complete the 2014 Parent Opinion Survey next week.
The survey will be sent home on Monday and we would appreciate it if all forms could be completed and
returned to the school office by Friday 1st August.
Godetevi la settimana! Gill Higgins Acting Principal
Friday, 25th July National School’s Tree Day
Monday, 28th Finance Meeting 6:30pm
School Council Meeting 7:00pm
Friday, 1st August Ready, Set, Prep—Session 1
(8:30—10:00am)
Saturday, 16th Trivia Night
Monday, 18th Curriculum Day
(Pupil free)
IMPORTANT DATES
EDUCATION MAINTENANCE
ALLOWANCE
WILL END IN 2014. EMA WILL NO
LONGER BE AVAILABLE IN 2015. If you
hold a Pension Card/Health Care Card valid as at
14th July and you did NOT receive EMA in term
1 (at our school), you may be eligible to apply for
EMA for the 2nd instalment of 2014. If you are
unsure, please contact Maria for further details.
HEIGHTS HYPE
July 24th 2014 Newsletter 10
JULY
Kate L
Sarayah A
Jordan G
Anastasia P
Jocelyn W
Layla G
Harry L
Elodie R
Summah G
Rein F
Kodie H
Timmy Y
Sienna G
Tayah B
Brooke W
Tea G
Oskar H
Nash McI-VG
Alexis C
Aidan A
Caitlin R
Alexander N-K
Corbin C
Welcome back to term three everyone !!! It’s another busy and eventful term ahead for all of us. Hats off and congratulations to our wonderful Wakakirri troupe and all the staff and parents who assisted. Ably led by Mrs. Oke and Mrs. Theodore our students were awarded one of only three awards on the night , that being “ Best School in Public” - what an achievement !!! We are very proud of you all and are all eagerly awaiting the final results to see which schools progress to the next stage of Wakakirri. This Friday our school will be celebrating National Tree Day with a variety of school based activities including
our annual walk to Wallace Reserve for Prep to Year 4 students. At Wallace Reserve we will work, in conjunction with the Friends of Wallace Reserve committee to undertake further plantings—something that the school has now been associated with over a number of years. Parents are more than welcome to join our students on the walk to Wallace Reserve. Don’t forget that students may come out of uniform, wearing clothes appropriate for gardening and if possible in natural colours such as green or brown.
Don’t forget that our Ready, Set, Prep sessions begin next Friday 1st August from 8.30a.m. —10.00a.m. We are currently accepting enrolments for next year at all levels so if you have not enrolled your child for 2015 please make enquiries at the office. It has been brought to my attention that we have a number of students who are being dropped at school very early in the mornings. Please remember that staff are not on duty until 8.45 and so your children are unsupervised if at school at these early hours. Our school offers before and after school care via Camp Australia. If you require further information please contact our office staff for a brochure. A reminder to all parents that our car park cannot cater for “drop off or pick up “ before and after school. Parking is for staff only unless prior arrangement has been sought .
We have heard from our Mt. Buller snow camp staff and all are having a fantastic time. It was a very early start on Wednesday but I know this is all forgotten when they hit the slopes. More photos and stories in upcoming newsletters. Have a wonderful weekend everyone and hug a tree for National Tree Day!!!
Carole Gagiero - Assistant Principal
Please note new price
of special lunch.
Thank you :)
Orders due
Wednesday 30th
July.
CANTEEN NEWS: Friday 1st August Special Lunch:
Chow Mein With Noodles
& Cookie
& Nudie Juice
(apple, tropical or apple & blackcurrant)
$6.50
Thank you for your support, Linda Eames Canteen Manager
CITIZENSHIP AWARDS:
Congratulations to the following students who received a Success Award for the weeks:
13th JUNE 20th JUNE 27th JUNE
PB: Bella TW PB: Olivia D PB: Wynter B
PS: Anthony T PS: Hayley W PS: Harper R
1/2G: Christopher P 1/2G: Taylah M 1/2G: Sienna D
1/2H: Ceyda C 1/2H: Kaitlyn S 1/2H: Ryen C
1/2P: Monica N 1/2P: Ruby C 1/2P: Ruby C
1/2T: N/A 1/2T: Alex D 1/2T: Joshua M
3/4M: N/A 3/4M: N/A 3/4M: Steph B
3/4R: N/A 3/4R: Kian S 3/4R: Teysha O-R
3/4S: N/A 3/4S: Alan J 3/4S: Tyler P
5/6B: Olivia P 5/6B: Sam M 5/6B: Brooke W
5/6K: Brielle S 5/6K: Dane E 5/6K: Andrew P
SCIENCE: 1/2G SCIENCE: 5/6B SCIENCE: PS
ENVIRONMENT AWARD
Congratulations to Anthony H, Harlan P and Ash W who received the award for “Being terrific, happy and friendly”,
“Keeping the yard clean” and “Caring for others” !
SCHOOL NEWS:
RITCHIES COMMUNITY BENEFITS. Our school received $124.17 from the Ritchies IGA Community Benefits program in
July. Thank you to our supporters of this program. If you would like a card which benefits our school please see Krystal in the
office.
CHOCOLATES—we have some extra chocolate boxes at the office. If you would like one to sell please see Krystal or Nicole in the
office.
Students in the Junior Homestead have been making their
own clocks as part of our numeracy curriculum. Students
were able to design any shaped clocked and decorate using
any colour scheme. As you can see there were some very
imaginative students. The clocks have and are being used as
resources in the classroom. Teachers have been using them
to teach analogue and digital time.
What’s the Time?What’s the Time?What’s the Time?
The Junior Homestead has moved on from poetry and into
comic strip writing. Students have been reading some
examples from the internet and in the library to help them
design their own stories. There has been a big focus on using
different types of punctuation and also the font of their
writing. Students have been designing their own characters
and speech bubbles.
This is the daily Garfield comic available at www.garfield.com/comic
Creative Comic StripsCreative Comic StripsCreative Comic Strips
Cancer Council Australia has been leading the fight against cancer for 75 years. As a non-profit organisation, they rely on people’s generosity to help raise funds for world-class cancer
research, prevention programs and support services. Breakthroughs in research lead to new and better ways to
prevent cancer, detect it earlier and treat it more effectively. Our school would like to help raise money for this important
cause by holding a Purple Day on
FRIDAY, 8th AUGUST Wear something purple (Purple is the colour of Relay For Life to show support for the Cancer Council and people affected
by cancer). Please bring a gold coin donation if you wear purple to
school. All money raised will be given to the Cancer Council.
Thank you, we hope you will support this important cause.
I can’t catch my breath. It’s hard to breathe. My breathing may sound funny, it may be a bit noisy (wheezing)
or it may sound like a whistle. Sometimes it may feel like someone is squeezing my chest really
tightly. I may cough a lot. Sometimes more at night or after sport. My throat may feel itchy.
My Blue puffer. This is also called a reliever. The medicine in my
reliever quickly makes it easier for me to breathe. I use my puffer with a Spacer. It helps to get more medicine into
my lungs.
Kids with
Asthma
A new speech pathology private practice specialising in paediatric/adolescent language, speech,
fluency (stuttering) and pragmatics (social skills).
Clinic, home and school visits available.
For further information please contact Roula on 0430220067
or via email [email protected]