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SCHOOL COUNCILLORS: President: Matt Lucas, Richelle Warton, Danielle Veitch, Barbara Beck, Natasha Thompson, Susan Hampshire, Natasha Williamson, Jemma Harper, Shelby Papadopoulos, Julie Menzies, Jill Newcombe. Jess Wood, Karisa Walker.

PRINCIPAL: Shelby Papadopoulos Mob: 0407 041 133 (Emergency Only)

Dear Parents, Staff & Students,

Child Safety: Police Community Liaison Officer Terry Woodcroft will be joining us for assembly tomorrow at 2.30pm. Terry will be presenting to our students about safe and protective behaviours. Parents are most welcome to come along and hear Terry’s session.

ANZAC Day: Thank you to Lilli Day and Emme Elborough who represented our school at last week’s Anzac service and march to Memorial Square. The girls did a great job and were proud ambassadors of Colac Primary School. A special thank you also to Mrs Jean Newcombe who made our remembrance wreath that was laid to commemorate our service personnel. Sporting Opportunity: Today Colac Primary School welcomed Stuart Canavan who is the Director of the Regional Institute of Sport. Stuart is an experienced physiotherapist and high performance director. Stuart has a passion for

improving the health and athletic qualities of children and youth. He has over 25 years of experience and is the founder of what is now one of the largest school based sports academies in Australia, home to over 700 athletes. He has also assisted numerous elite athletes across a variety of sports as a physiotherapist and performance director. He is bringing his experience and expertise to Colac and the Western District and is working alongside the Colac Secondary College to develop a world class school based holistic sports academy based here in Colac. Stuart has taken our Grade 6 students through a session today that will assist them to improve their athletic qualities such as speed, agility, mobility and strength. Across the Western world declining rates of play and activity are having a big impact on the health, wellbeing and athletic capabilities of children and youth. The Regional Institute of Sport is working to address this issue and we are lucky to have had Stuart visit with us. Parent Teacher Interviews: These are scheduled for Monday and Wednesday next week. We look forward to seeing as many families as possible and understand that times may not be suitable for all. If you cannot make it during the designated times please phone your child’s teacher to make an alternative appointment.

NEWSLETTER No. 12 ~ 02/05/2019

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Cross Country: Our Cross Country event begins at 11.30am tomorrow here at school. Families and friends are most welcome to come along and cheer the children! Students are encouraged to wear their house colours for the event. See newsletter insert for Mr Tillack’s cross country timetable. Kind Regards, Shelby Papadopoulos Principal

UNCLAIMED BICYCLE

This bicycle is still in the stadium from Bike Ed last term. Can the owner please see Mr Tillack before taking it home.

PARENTS CLUB NEWS Color Explosion The overwhelming response from the school community for our Color Explosion was amazing! Total sponsorship came in at a whisker under $11,000!! This is well beyond our projections and we want to thank everyone who door knocked, asked family and friends and shared on social media! A big shout out to our number one fundraiser - Imogen Barker!! A phenomenal effort! The day was loved by all involved, there are some photos at the end of the newsletter of the day. We would like to send a massive thanks to Woolworths Colac for once again supporting our day by donating all of the BBQ supplies. Prizes were expected in this week, but the centre closed over Easter; so we are expecting to have the prizes out as soon as they get here! Easter Raffle Thank you to all the families that took the time to donate with many prizes going out across the school.

We would like to extend a big Thankyou to Tanya from Cheap as Chips for donating all of our first prize packs! Mothers Day Stall On Friday May 10th, we will be holding our Mothers Day Stall. Beautiful gifts have been handpicked this year, they are $5 each. No donations are required for this event. Children will be supplied with a paper bag to take the gift home. Mothers Day Raffle Our annual raffle is on again this year. Miss Shelby’s mum has once again hand made a lovely warm crochet blanket. Tickets will be sold in classrooms for 50c each and will be drawn at assembly on Friday 10th May.

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN The Woolworths Earn & Learn Program is back for 2019! Sticker sheets were included in last week’s newsletter. Start collecting as many stickers as you can between May 1st & June 25th. Last year we collected over 18000 stickers. Let’s aim for 20,000 this year.

DO IT FOR DOLLY

Friday May 10th will be a casual day with a Gold Coin donation for ‘Dolly’s Dream’. Amy ‘Dolly’ Everett was a victim of bullying. Dolly’s Dream was started to help spread the message and raise awareness about bullying. Wear something blue and make a Gold Coin donation which will be sent to the Dolly’s Dream Foundation.

CANTEEN DUTY TOMORROW Friday 3rd May

11am-12.30pm 12.30pm-2pm Teghan Fraser Debbie Bell Andrea Ivermee Anne Murnane

CALENDAR May 3rd Whole school cross country-

wear house colours-11.30am May 3rd Year 6 hoodie orders due May 6th Parent Teacher Interviews- Years Prep/2 May 8th Parent Teacher Interviews- Years 3/6 May 10th Mothers Day stall May 10th ‘Do It for Dolly’ Wear Blue

Day-Gold Coin Donation May 14th NAPLAN May 20th 2020 Prep Open Morning

2019 YEAR 6 HOODIES

A second order will be placed for grade 6 hoodies. If you would like to order another hoodie please return the order form sent home recently. $45 payment and form due tomorrow.

VALUE FOR THIS WEEK IS

RESPECT

You show respect by being

reliable. This means you really care about making sure you do what you said you would.

LOST PROPERTY

Once again the lost property box has un-named items, including jumpers and hats. Everything will be sent to the Salvos tomorrow. Please feel free to come in and search for missing clothing or collect an extra jumper as a spare.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK ROOM 1 MIA ROOM 2 JORDAN ROOM 4 BROCK ROOM 6 NAYTE ROOM 7 CHLOE ROOM 8 JAYME ROOM 9 ROOM 9 ROOM 10 PATRICK ROOM 11 HUGH PE SOPHIE, TANEISHA, IMOGEN Library HUGH & HANNAH

CANTEEN DUTY NEXT WEEK Friday 10th May

11am-12.30pm 12.30pm-2pm Gary Wright Kerrin Coutts Amanda Cook Belinda Lucas

SPORTS UPDATE WITH MR TILLACK

Junior Basketball/Netball Rings

During the holidays, we had our new junior

rings installed and they look great! These rings

are not the standard 10 feet in height but a

lowered 8 feet and can be turned around

depending on what the students want to

practise. These rings have been put up for the

grade P-2 students and even the older students

who need to focus on their ‘shooting’ technique

at a ring of a lowered height, working their way

up to the standard rings. We would like to thank

Adam Harris and his team for the concreting

and the installation of the rings, it is very much

appreciated!

Whole School Cross Country

Tomorrow we have our Cross Country which will be held here at school. It would be great to see all students dressed in their house colours (Kangaroos, Koalas, Dingoes) on the day. Below is the timetable for the day. Fingers crossed it is nice weather. Colac Primary Schools Golf Tournament

On Monday we have Takira, Danika, Darcy, Ricky, Oliver, Seth, Ella C, Sienna, Georgia, Lara and Ella L representing the school in the Colac Primary Schools Golf Tournament up at the Colac Golf Club. They will play on a modified 9 hole course whereby they will have the challenge of playing on real greens and trying to hit real balls (not the plastic ones we use at school) straight, a task that many golfers find very hard. All students have been selected after showing a considerable amount of skill on Monday when we had Chris Crabbe from Golf Australia in for a clinic. Good luck!

COMMUNITY NEWS

FREE KIDS DISCO Fri 3rd May at Colac Sth West PS

6pm-9pm, Wilson St Run by Colac Otway Residents Action Group

Inc. Enq: Charlie 0418 374 839