IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP

June 7th – Raffle tickets for trailer load of wood drawn at Avenel Market to be returned. 9th – P&F BBQ – Avenel Market – helpers required 10th – Queens Birthday – Public Holiday 14th – Bookclub orders close – Gr 5/6 Melbourne Excursion 19th – School Library Bus 25th – School Dental Van forms to be returned 28th - Last day Term 2 **** Note – Pie Warmer Days - Grade 3/4 -5/6 - Tuesdays & Thursday, Prep and Gr 1/2 - Wednesday &Friday.

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Grade 5/6 Arts Excursion Next Friday, our Grade 5/6 students will be heading off to Melbourne to view the Victorian Opera perform “Alice Through the Looking Glass.” This experience is part of their preparation for the staging of the Grade 5/6 Production, “Alice – The Musical.” Our Grade 5/6 students are currently going through the audition process and excitement is building as they begin the fabulous dramatic journey that our Grade 5/6 Production provides. Positive Education Conference: As I mentioned in last week’s newsletter, Mrs Malone and I recently attended the Positive Education conference in Melbourne. The Positive Education approach seeks to develop student’s wellbeing skills in order to improve their academic motivation and achievement. At our school, this approach forms a cornerstone of our school vision, philosophy and the “Avenel way” of doing things. Throughout the rest of the year, we will use key ideas and strategies from the conference to promote student engagement and achievement at our school. Division Cross Country Success Last Friday, eight of our students competed at the Division Cross Country competition at Yea. On a challenging course and with even more challenging temperatures, our students put in magnificent performances and continued the great tradition of endurance running that we have developed at Avenel Primary School. We have five runners progressing to the Regional Cross Country event which is a magnificent outcome given the size of our student population. Congratulations and best of luck to Wynter Morgan Eeles, Lucy Steers, Willow Harper, Will Nash and Lindsay Smith with their next level of challenge. Community Garden On Tuesday, Mrs Ivey, our Grade 1/2 students and I spent an industrious morning in our community garden. Our task was to fill our wicking beds with scoria and soil so that we can plant them out in the coming weeks. Our Grade 1/2 “bucket brigade” were mightily engaged in the task and we were very impressed by the knowledge they gained about volcanic rocks, the design of wicking beds and their general enthusiasm about our garden project. As you will see from the photos, there were lots of smiles throughout the morning.

Student Action Groups Yesterday, Mrs Malone and I met with our Grade 5/6 students as a follow up to their recent letters regarding improvements to our school. As a school, we view student voice as following three guiding principles:

1. It is sharing thoughts, ideas and opinions that are genuine in an environment of trust and respect.

2. It is offering realistic suggestions and expectations for the good of the whole school.

3. It is accepting responsibility for not only what you say but also for what needs to be done.

Over the course of the remainder of the year, we will working closely with our Grade 5/6 students to help them lead changes that they believe will improve our school. Some of these student led action projects include: multi-age activities, interschool sports, student led investigations and arts projects. Our Grade 5/6 students are excited, though nervous, at the thought of leading these projects and Mrs Malone and I are really looking forward to assisting them to deliver their upon their ideas. All the best, Neil

OTHER THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW …. SUBJECT CONTRIBUTION PAYMENTS – Thank you to those parents who have already paid their 2019 parent contribution or paying them off by installment. The subject contribution payment covers the cost of subject expenses and class materials which have been purchased by the school and distributed to students throughout the year. This contribution can be paid either by cash or direct deposit to the school account BSB 063 545 Account No 10076513. Please insert ‘sub cont’ and family name in the reference field. REMINDER - Deakin University Study – Parents with students in Yr 2,4 & 6 who do not want their child to participate in the study need to return the opt out form by Friday 7th. BOOKCLUB - Orders for the current Bookclub are due back by 14th June Friday. PIE WARMER – Heating of lunches in the pie warmer commenced this week. Due to the increase in students making use of this service we have schedule days for each grade. Grade 3/4 -5/6 are on Tuesdays and Thursday, Prep and Gr 1/2 on Wednesday

and Friday. - A mobile phone has been found in front of the school in Livingstone Street. It can be claimed from the office.

HOT LUNCH MONDAY - Thank you to all who took advantage of our fried rice fundraiser. Through your support we raised $156.00. Thank you Avenel Post Office & Newsagency for supplying the ingredients.

DENTAL HEALTH VAN VISIT: Monday 29th July – Friday 2nd August. Consent Forms to be return by 25th June for those parents wishing their child to be seen by the School Dentist Van while it is here. Forms will be collected from school on the 26th June.

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Grade 1/2W has been working on persuasive advertisement as part of their writing. They created an advertisement to persuade their audience to either do something, buy something or think something.

PARENTS & FRIENDS NEWS Avenel Market BBQ – We have been asked to man the BBQ at the Avenel Market on Sunday 9th June. If you are available to assist, even for just a short time, we would greatly appreciate your help. Please put your name down on the roster below and return to the office. Thank you.

Market BBQ Sunday 9th June Time Name Name Name

8am – 9am Rachel Smith Kate Steers

9am – 10am Rachel Smith Kate Steers

10am – 11am Kristy Harding Steve Harding

11am – 12pm Kristy Harding Steve Harding

12pm – 1pm

WOOD RAFFLE – Raffle tickets for our wood raffle, which is to be drawn at the Avenel Market on

Sunday, are to be returned to school by tomorrow – 7th June or to the market on Sunday. Thank you for your support of our fundraising effort.

AROUND THE ROOMS To – Audrey Rankin, Abigail Rankin and Fergus steers

STUDENT OF THE WEEK – Audrey Ranken – For developing her ability to independently sequence the events of texts. Casper Leunig – for his ability to identify point of view in a persuasive text and develop logical arguments reflecting different points of view. Henry Nash –for the passion he showed when writing about the MCG in his persuasive writing. Alex Bull – for the consistent effort he puts into his independent learning tasks. Oliver Davies – for his accuracy when applying mental strategies to solve multiplication. Ripley Reid – for delivering a concise and accurate summary of the information he has acquired during our Inquiry learning. Eliza Schneider – for her increased confidence in contributing to small group and class discussions. Natalie Lynch – for her engagement, persistence and collaborative skills during Mathematics Investigations.

Enhancing our knowledge of micro-organisms

What is kombucha? Kombucha is a fermented drink made from sweetened tea and a specific culture known as a scoby. Scoby stands for ‘symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts’. The bacteria and yeasts convert the sugar into ethanol and acetic acid. The acetic acid is what gives kombucha its distinctive sour taste. How do you make kombucha? Kombucha is usually made using: Sugar, cold filtered water, black/green tea (bags or loose leaf)

and Scoby – purchased online, or from an existing batch of kombucha. To make kombucha, the tea and sugar is steeped in boiled water and left to cool before adding the scoby. This is covered and left to ferment for up to a week. The mixture is then poured into an airtight container with some extra sugar and left for a few more days – the longer it is left, the fizzier it will become. At this point, flavourings such as spices or fruit can be added.

AVENEL PRIMARY SCHOOL – CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MONTH

DATE

EVENT June Sunday 9th Avenel Market BBQ – helpers required

Monday 10th Queen’s Birthday

Friday 14th Bookclub orders close & Gr 5/6 Melbourne Excursion

Wednesday 19th School Library Bus

Tuesday 25th School Dental Van forms to be returned

Friday 28th Last day Term 2

July Monday 15th 1st day Term 3

Wednesday 17th School Library Bus

Monday 29th – Friday 2nd School Dental Van visit

Wednesday 31st School Library Bus

August Wednesday 14th School Library Bus

Monday 19th – Friday 23rd Science & Book Week

Wednesday 28th School Library Bus

September Wednesday 4th Avenel Athletics

Tuesday 10th Kids Teaching Kids

Wednesday 11th School Library Bus District Aths

Thursday 19th Gr 5-6 Production

Friday 20th Last day Term 3

October Monday 7th 1st day Term 4

Wednesday 9th School Library Bus

Thursday 10th Division Athletics

Wednesday 23rd School Library Bus

November Tuesday 5th Melbourne Cub Public Holiday

Wednesday 6th School Library Bus

Saturday 9th Set up for Avenel Fete & Clearing Sale

Sunday 10th Avenel Fete & Clearing Sale

18th – 22nd Gr 3-4 Camp

21st – 23rd Energy Breakthrough

Wednesday 20th School Library Bus

December Wednesday 4th School Library Bus – returns only

Wednesday 18th School Library Bus – returns only

Friday 20th Last day Term 4

COMMUNITY CORNER

NOW SHOWING @ EUROA CINEMA 8th/9th – Top End Wedding 15th/16th – Poms 22nd/23rd – The Hustle

Tickets $10 – Preschool children free. Ice-creams,

popcorn etc available from the Kiosk. Screening times: 8.00pm Friday; 8.00pm Saturday and 4.00pm Sunday.

Let’s give head lice the flick.

Make Sunday night,

hair checking night.

For more information regarding

head lice and how to treat please visit:

https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/

public- health/infectious-diseases/head-lice

Parliament Prize Competition now open.