Website: www.portlandsthps.vic.edu.au Email: portland.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Issue No: 9—27th March 2019

Phone : (03) 5523 2911 PO Box 758, PORTLAND, VIC 3305

Portland South Primary School “Reaching for the Stars to Achieve SUCCESS”

Important Dates Friday 29th March Hot Cross Bun Orders Due Back.

Tuesday 2nd April Autism Acceptance Day! - Wear a hoodie— Gold Coin Donation

Wednesday 3rd April Parent Teacher Interviews—11.30am-5.30pm

Friday 5th April Last day of Term 1—2.30pm Finish —Raffle drawn 9am

Tuesday 23rd April First day of Term 2

Thursday 25th April ANZAC Day– ANZAC Parade

Monday 6th May Curriculum Day– No School

Tuesday 21st May Netball Clinic—Grades 3/4/5/6

Awards will be presented at Friday’s assembly at 3pm

Oliver Gadsden We have noticed that you like a challenge with your work.

We Challenge is one of our school values and you demonstrate

this on a regular basis. You are willing to have-a-go and to persist

at a task until you nut it out. If needed, you ask questions to help

with your thinking. Well done Ollie!

Judd Egan You should be very proud of yourself for your determination to

complete all of your learning tasks to a high standard. You are

very attentive during our class mini lessons and discussions, which

is evident in your quality of work. Well done Judd!

Our School now has the Skoolbag App to

help us communicate more effectively

with our Parent/Student community. We

are asking parents to install our Skoolbag

School App. To install it, just search for

Skoolbag in either the Apple App Store or

Google Play Store, install the Skoolbag

app, then tap the select your school

search and type in Portland South PS. If

you would like help with installing the app

come and see Mrs Barbary in the office. Please note that the Newsletter can be

accessed through this app.

We Respect, We Challenge, We Achieve, We Believe

From the Principal

Dear Parents/Carers,

It is hard to believe there is only one week of this term to go until holidays. It seems to have gone so fast. This term teachers and students have been busy establishing their routines, building relationships and focusing on their learning. We have had a wonderful start to the year!

PORTLAND SOUTH PS EASTER RAFFLE DONATIONS Our ‘Easter Raffle’ is shaping up to be one of our best ever! Thank you very much to those families that have already donated prizes. I am also very humbled by the generosity of many local businesses that have donated prizes. We have a huge selection of gifts to raffle. If you would still like to donate, it is not too late. Don’t forget to sell your tickets and drop them back into the of-fice. We will be drawing the raffle at our end of term assembly on Friday April, 5th at 9am.

REGIONAL ATHLETICS - Combined Warrnambool Portland & Hamilton Athletics Carnival on Friday 3rd May Congratulations to all children who represented Portland South last week in the District Athletics Carnival. Thank you to Mrs. Menzel, Mr Stannard, Anitra and all of our wonderful volunteers. We couldn’t do it without you. Congratulations also to Taylah Convy, Andrae McTackett and Erin McPhee who have qualified for the next stage. The Regional Athletics will be held next term on May 3rd.

AUTISM ACCEPTANCE DAY- April 2nd Our SRC (Student Representative Council) are running their first community fundraiser for the year on Tuesday, April 2nd, for Autism Acceptance Day. Children are asked to wear a ‘hoodie’ on this day. We are asking participants to bring a gold coin donation.

KINDNESS WEEK NEXT WEEK AT PORTLAND SOUTH Next week we will be celebrating the importance of being kind to each other with ‘Kindness Week’ at Portland South. Throughout the week students will be involved in a selection of kindness activities with the aim of uniting people within our school and community through kindness. This week long celebration demonstrates that kindness is contagious. It all starts with one act – one smile, one kind word, one favour for a friend. It’s an opportunity for all our students, staff and community to leave the world better than they found it, and inspire others to do the same.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS- NEXT WEDNESDAY, 3rd of April Please ensure that all Parent Teacher Interview notes are returned to school as soon as possible. Parent Teacher Interviews will be held next Wednesday, 3rd April. Please note that if this date does not suit, please see your child’s teacher to organize other arrangements.

LAST DAY OF TERM—FRIDAY 5th APRIL Friday week, April 5th will be the last day of term. School will finish at 2.30pm. Don’t forget a special assembly will be held at 9am on that morning, so we can draw the Easter Raffles!

Have a wonderful week,

Vicki

FRIDAYS LUNCH TIME—TERM ONE

Quelch Frozen Fruit Sticks— 50 cents

Bulla Frozen Yoghurt Icy Poles—$1.50

Paddle Pops (Chocolate or Banana)—$2.00

Magnum/Gaytime/Splice—$2.50

Monday 1st of April This Monday at 9am there

will be a Parents’ Club

meeting in the Library.

All Welcome!

We were lucky enough to have Josh here yesterday teaching our students some tennis skills. These sessions were part of a sporting schools grant organised by Mrs Menzel. Josh will be back next week for another session. The children had a ball! Literally!

with the support of presents their

Hot Cross bun drive! Got a busy schedule? Tick this one off your list by ordering your hot cross buns through

school to be collected with your child on the last day of term.

Enjoy yummy hot cross buns over the holidays and why not pop a pack in the

freezer to enjoy Easter weekend!

Orders due back to the office by Friday 29th

March.

All money raised will assist the parents club to reach their fundraising

goal to update the playground.

Childs Name:_________________________________________ Class:_____________________

Item Quantity Total

6 pack Traditional Hot Cross Buns - $7.50.

6 pack Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Chip Hot Cross Buns - $7.50

6 pack Apple & Cinnamon Hot Cross Buns - $7.50

TOTAL $_____________________

Congratulations to Patricia Clarke and

Steven on the arrival of a beautiful baby girl

“ Peighton Rayne”, a little sister for

Bryce O’Sullivan.

Our Easter Raffle is a major fundraiser for our school.

This year the Parents’ Club are asking for any

donations of either an item in the ‘Holiday Activities

Theme’ or a monetary donation (can be any amount

$2, $5, $10 or $20 etc.) to go towards local shopping

vouchers.

Any donations would be greatly appreciated.

Items in the holiday activities theme might be beach gear, board games, fishing gear, books, DVDs, art/craft, colouring item or sports items.

BEESWAX WRAPS, POUCHES & MORE CAN BE ORDERED THROUGH OUR

SCHOOL FUNDRAISER COMING SOON...WATCH THIS SPACE!

with the support of Presents the nude food and sustainable living fundraiser

We have been lucky enough to team up with a local small business called ‘Sustainably Yours’ for this exciting fundraiser.

We want to help families source some sustainable alternatives to our everyday, and at times, wasteful ways that we package our

lunchbox goodies and disposable essential home items.

What is Nude Food? Nude food is food without excess packaging. This reduces the amount of ‘stuff’ that needs to go in

bins to be sent to landfill. 'Sustainably Yours' has a variety of beeswax wraps and pouches that are reusable and

environmentally friendly, providing long-term cost savings and environmental benefits.

BEESWAX WRAPS, POUCHES & MORE CAN BE

ORDERED THROUGH OUR SCHOOL FUNDRAISER COMING SOON...WATCH THIS SPACE !

Thanks to everyone that has donated raffle

prizes already. We have had some

wonderful donations from businesses and

families. It’s going to be an awesome raffle!

The YMCA Ballarat OSHC team are excited to be offering engaging programs on site at All Saints Parish Primary School. The program supports each student’s needs and interests and through the information provided from families on enrolment. Educators begin planning from your child’s first day of attendance. ‘My Time, Our Place’ Framework for School Age Care in Australia is the curriculum we implement- targeting five developmental outcomes; identity, community, wellbeing, learning and communication. Our programs utilise indoor and outdoor spaces, along with a combination of flexible and structured components. Children are encouraged to make choices and decisions, approach new experiences with confidence while collaborating with peers and educators. Programs currently offered at All Saints Parish Primary School Site: After School Care Hours 3:15pm – 6:00pm Vacation Care Hours 8.30am – 5.30pm Fees are $20 per day for a permanent booking and $23 per day for a casual booking. But please be aware this is BEFORE Child Care Subsidy (CCS) is applied, depending on your percentage it can decrease your fees dramatically. For further information please refer to the CCS information sheet or contact Elvie Jenkins, Program Director on 0408 531 795 or elvie.jenkins@ymca.org.au

This year’s Portland event will be held at Fawthrop Lagoon

starting at 10am. Come along and join in all the

festivities of the day. To register for the event please

follow the below link: https://

www.millionpawswalk.com.au For further information

please contact your local RSPCA.

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