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Heyfield

St. Michael’s Primary School

PO Box 93, Davis Street, HEYFIELD VIC 3858 Phone: (03) 5148 2514 Fax: (03) 5148 3078 principal@stmheyfield.catholic.edu.au

ABN 32 427 767 599

PRINCIPALS PEN

Jo Osler from CEOSale helped our school develop a whole

school language for effective learners in the 21st century

at our Professional Learning Day on Tuesday. We value

learners who use different learning tools, are risk takers,

collaborate, make decisions about how they learn and

have effective problem solving skills. This initiative is part

of our Annual School Improvement Plan and we intend to

use this language throughout the whole school. We aim to

have students, teachers and

families talking about their learning

every day!

SRC WALKATHON

The Walk-A-thon is next Thursday!

Please support the SRC with their

goal to raise funds to install the

new reversible netball/ basketball

rings and paint new lines on the

court.

The Student Representative

Council have chosen this as their

big project for 2015 so please help

make it a big success. Thursday

June 18- Walk-A-Thon at Apex Park

(Back up day Friday 19th June.)

12.30pm-Walk-A-thon! This is also

a Lunch Order Day; Sausage Sizzle

and Fruit Box for $4.00!

PREP INTERVIEWS

If your child is going into Prep in 2016 and you were unable to attend the Prep Expo please book a Prep Interview with Damien Forrester. Please return enrolment forms, immunisation forms and baptism certificate (if your child is baptised) by Monday 22nd June. Thanks to those families who have already returned their forms!

MATHS AND FOOTY IN YEAR 3/4

Students in Grade 3/4 have been working on graphs and what could be closer to everyone’s heart in footy season but to find out who barracks for which team. Students made a class graph as well as individual graphs and then they organised themselves into a human graph!

Once they had made their graph, they posed questions about it; this meant they were using higher order thinking skills as they had to look for connections and patterns in the graph and then come up with good questions.

PRAYER CORNER Sacred Heart of Jesus Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, I love You so much and I give You my heart. Help me to love God, to love my neighbor and to love myself. Amen

TERM 2 WEEK 9

NEWSLETTER

Dates for the Diary

Monday 15th June 3-4.15pm After School Sports Care Jnr Bluearth

Tuesday 16th June 3.20 Staff Meeting

Wednesday 17th June Jnr Swimming 3-6 Tennis 3-4pm Boost Club

Thursday 18th June LAPATHON / LUNCH ORDER DAY fundraiser for new basketball/netball rings at Apex Park followed by Sau-sage Sizzle Lunch & Play 9-11am Heyfield and District Playgroup

Friday 19th June 8.45am Assembly

Thursday 25th June Last day of Term 2 for students

Friday 26th June SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY Staff Planning- Jnr Learning Hub Opening

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FANTASTIC FRACTIONS IN 5/6

Students in 5-6 were asked to investigate:

‘Can you add fractions like this? 2/4 + 1/4 = 3/8 because

you add the top numbers and the bottom numbers.

Why / why not? ’ After some collaboration, decision

making and problem solving students changed their

thinking. Here is why:

CRAFTY AND CARING

Lilla helped knit a scarf for her friend kara. It is great to see

our students trying new things like knitting. The scarf has

come in handy for Cara on the frosty cold winter

mornings.

CHURCH CLEANING ROSTER

Remember the church key is always available from Timberline so you can clean the church and support our parish at a time convenient to you

Cooper Family 12th June

Thind Family 19th June

Wheeler Family 26th June

VICE CAPTAINS’ MES-SAGE FROM BEN & ELLA

Coming up in Term 3: Gippsland Region Winter Sport is on the Thursday July 23rd for the com-bined Heyfield Primary / St Michael’s footy team only. Hoop Time is on August 4th for Grade 5-6 Boys Allstars and 3-4 Boys Allstars on the 17th August at the Gipplsand Regional Basketball Centre in Sale. The cost is $10 per student. Keep training and good luck next term!

BIRTHDAYS Happy Birthday to the following people: Lachlan Wardle 12th June Liam Heasley 13th June Harry Richardson 14th June