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NEWSLETTER No. 35 – 16th November, 2017
If you need to contact the school or want an email forwarded on to a teacher, please email it to [email protected]
Important School Diary Dates - 2017
Nov 17 Fri Gr 3/4 Incursion – Jelly Beans Music Whole School Performance DVD Orders close Whole School Photo Orders close 20 Mon Education Sub-Committee Meeting 21 Tue Italian Day!!!!! Environmental Sub-Committee Meeting – 7.00 p.m. Staffroom 22 Wed District Triathlon Dec 12 Tues Grade 6 Transition to Secondary Schools Day Grade 6 Graduation Night In-house Transition to 2018 Classes No. 1 18 Mon End of Year Picnic (6.15 p.m. – 7.30 p.m.) 19 Tues End of Year Picnic (back up day) 20 Wed In-house Transition to 2018 Classes No. 2 21 Thurs Gr 5/6 End of Year Incursion 22 Fri Last day of School – 1.30 p.m. finish
Icy poles will be on sale after school this Friday from the Canteen area (outside the Library). Icy poles will cost $1.00 each.
Closing dates:
Friday 17th November – Whole School Performance DVD Orders due
– Whole School Photo Orders due
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Pupil of the Week
(Assembly Item by Grade 3/4)
Greetings … 2018 Class Structure Thank you to the parents who sent in their feedback on 2018 class model in the newsletter a couple of weeks ago. I appreciate your thoughts and feedback. Responses were considered with positives and concerns discussed. Please see the 2018 Class model as below. 2018 class organisation – 17 home groups
Class 1 Prep x 1 19
Class 2 Prep x 2 19
Class 3 Prep x 3 18 56
Class 4 Year 1/2 x 1 23
Class 5 Year 1/2 x 2 23
Class 6 Year 1/2 x 3 24
Class 7 Year 1/2 x 4 24
Class 8 Year 1/2 x 5 24 118
Class 9 3/ 4 x 1 23
Class 10 3/ 4 x 2 23
Class 11 3/ 4 x 3 23
Class 12 3/ 4 X 4 23
Class 13 3/ 4 X 5 24 116
Class 14 5/6 x 1 25
Class 15 5/6 x 2 25
Class 16 5/6 x 3 25
Class 17 5/6 x 4 26 101
TOTAL: 390
00J Lexi H 12B Leon D 34H Chloe F 56E Dean P
00L Milton A 12G Callum O 34J Tye W 56N Francis C
00W Eleanor C 12NK Annabelle L 34K Dylan D B 56P May L
12S Zani A F 34L Juniper K 56S Otteo P C
12T Sofia S 56T Maya S, Polly P, Naoise M M & Lailah I H
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Ready, Set, Go! And finished!
We have concluded our Prep orientation program for the 2018 Preppies and parents. Feedback
received from parents in the program (even our experienced parents), reported that it was very
worthwhile.
Our goal for the Ready-Set-Go! Program is to provide orientation experiences that support a seamless transition from Kinder to Prep for all children and for our new parents to welcome them into our community. From our observations of the 2018 Prep group, they will be a great group, and already very settled! Thank you to: Linda Batten (Prep Team Leader and program co-ordinator); Laura Wandke and Lucy Jones, the 2017 Prep Teachers, for their work in the program; to all staff, parents and students who contributed to the program and were such a great help across all 3 sessions. It was wonderful to see our soon to be new preppies, so excited and confident by the end of the program. We had a different speaker this year, Michael Grose who is an author of 10 parenting books. Michael did a presentation on ‘How to raise independent children’ and parent feedback was positive around the strategies and information Michael gave in relation to how to raise confident, resilient, independent kids who will be ready to launch.
Don’t forget to put our end of year Picnic Tea date and time into your e-calenders! Look forward to
seeing you there.
Kerrie Williams, Principal
Lost Property
Please check lost property for any of your child/ren’s missing items by Tuesday the 19th of December.
Lost property can be found in the entrance way to the hall.
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The Countdown To Our Italian Day Begins!
THE DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY competition news: We had many students enter the annual junior poster competition with the topic being ‘Hot Air Balloons’. This year we received one state wide winner! Congratulations to Eva in Prep who received Third Placing for Prep in the state!! On Sunday Eva was formally presented with her Trophy with her name engraved on it and a book prize at The University of Melbourne. Her photo was taken for the Italian newspaper, Il Globo! Eva represented our school extremely well. Both Elena and I attended the special afternoon with Eva and her family. Ottimo lavoro Eva!! We are both extremely proud of you, especially Elena! Congratulations and well done to all our students who entered this year’s competition. Foundation: Merit=William, Tahlia, Eleanor, Oscar, Matthew, Elizabeth, Olive, Eva and Miette. Year 1: Honorable Mention = Jemimah, Alice and Grace Merit = April, Abigal, Ari, Isla, Camryn, Aida and Kathleen Year 2: Merit = Zani, Saskia, Holly, Hamish, Sonny, Grace, Nelly, Kate, Keeva, Rafael, and Bridget. Year 3: High Distinction = Liana and Vanessa Excellence = Lucinda Honorable Mention = Vicky and Amelie Merit = Niamh Year 4: Merit= Mikayla, Charlie, Archie, Jorja, Rosie, Alannah and Tommy. Year 5: High Distinction= Minke Honorable Mention= Israa, Hannah, May and Julia Merit= Angus, Tas, Elvie, Makari, Kai, Willow and Peta. Participation= Lexie and Annabelle Year 6: Honorable Mention= Bella, Linh and Isobel Merit= Kate, Alyssa, Aimee, Harvey and Mona. Participation= Christian and Remi All student posters and certificates will be distributed in following weeks after our Italian Day. Multimedia State wide Competition: Congratulations to Besinda and to Kate both in Year 6. This is a significant indicator of the calibre of our Italian program and of our students here at our school. Both girls will be formally presented with their prize money by the Vice President of The Dante Alighieri Society Melbourne on the morning of our Italian Day at 9:15a.m. next Tuesday the 21st of November! AUGURONE to both students and to all students who entered this year! I am SO PROUD to announce that Northcote Primary School was the only school in the state to have achieved a first place position. We were able to achieve TWO first placings for two of our students – an extremely rare and notable achievement. Italian Day: Next Tuesday the 21st of November!! It will be a day where the students will be immersed in the Italian language through a variety of cultural activities. Some of the activities students can look forward to are: Soccer drills, Bocce with Adeglia and her team from The Furlan Club, Roberto the ‘Connie’ from Yarra Trams for history, Puppet Making, Michelangelo’s Artists, Waiter’s Race and much more as well as a special pizza lunch and gelato treat!
ITALIAN UPDATE
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The theme for our day will be: 'Bella Italia!’ The children are required to come to school dressed in a character or famous Italian. Ideas to consider could include: Pinocchio, La Befana, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, soccer players etc. If this is too difficult, children may dress in neat casual attire representing the colours of the Italian flag which are: VERDE- Green BIANCO- White Rosso-Red. We will begin with an official opening of the day with the Vice President of The Dante Alighieri Society Melbourne at 9:10 a.m. on the ABC Turf. The Vice President will be presenting our two Multimedia winners, Besinda and Kate with their prize and then our activities will begin!! PLEASE DO NOT HIRE ANY COSTUMES. THIS IS NOT NECESSARY! All children will need to wear comfortable shoes on our Italian Day. Shoes suitable for lots of
movement. No soccer boots please. Please remember to wear your hat for all outdoor activities. Please keep the weather in mind for your costume and please do not allow your child to bring
expensive/precious items to school. Students will need to bring their own playlunch for Recess or some extra snacks if they feel lunch will
not be enough. Don’t forget the drink bottle!! If your child does not have the pizza lunch, they will need to bring their own lunch on the day. Students in the junior school will need to bring either a plastic/canvas shopping bag to carry home any
thing that they make during the day. The Italian Newspaper ‘Il Globo’ has been invited to our day as well as other media- So smile
everyone!! Special Hamper Raffle: A family has generously donated mini hampers filled with Italian goodies. On Italian Day each student will have an opportunity to be part of this special raffle by receiving a ticket for their participation, collaboration, encouragement, resilience etc for each session that they take part in. Teachers will look for these qualities during the activities and all tickets will go into the draw for the raffle. We sincerely appreciate all of the work that has gone into the hampers and the generosity from this family. Superbo! PLEASE NOTE: The pasta making and eating activity has been cancelled. Thank you to those parents who had volunteered to run this activity and to those parents who offered their pasta machine to be used. We can perhaps run this activity early next year as part of a theme in Italian classes. A BIG GRAZIE to those parents who have volunteered their time for Italian Day especially at this busy time of year. We could not have this event without your generous help and continued support. It is very much appreciated and I will be emailing you further details shortly. **PARENT HELPERS: For pizza distribution and gelato distribution from the canteen area: Pizza delivery will be in three stages beginning at 12:30 until 1:30. Gelato distribution will take place from 2:20. All food will need to be delivered to the classrooms. Until next week, buon divertimento on Italian Day!! Saluti (cheers), Signorina Rosa Italian Coordinator and Teacher (Year 3 to 6)
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Important Medication Information A reminder to parents: Medication cannot be sent to school with your child for them to take. All medications need to be handed in to the office (in the original packaging or bottle) and a signed Medication Request Authority form completed. These forms are also available on our website (Medication Request Authority Form). Please note: We cannot give children over the counter medication such as Panadol, Nurofen, Zyrtec, etc. unless we have a signed letter or allergy form from the child’s doctor. Thank you.
Before & After School Care NOOSHC After School and Holiday Care PARENT SURVEY The Northcote Primary School - School Council is committed to ensuring that our children experience quality care at all times. In a bid to proactively manage the delivery of our after school care program, we would appreciate your completion of the survey below by 24 November 2017. It should only take you a few minutes. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5G7CSRS . Of course if you have any concerns you would like to communicate with us now or any other time, please email Kerrie (Principal) on [email protected]
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
We still need coordinators for the following areas if they are to be offered at the 2018 Fete. Please email
Pauline at [email protected] if you can help.
PLANT STALL
Grab some friends and start sourcing plant donations from the community & local businesses and help
setup the stall on the day. The previous coordinator is still available to provide tips and tricks. So you
won’t be alone! This could be a very popular stall next year, so we don’t want to miss out!
KIDS ENTERTAINMENT STAGE
This stage is always packed with excited kids who love to sing, dance and so much more! You would
be responsible for booking the karaoke machine and other entertainment (contact details provided from
prior year, which will be a big help). On the day, you would help setup and work with other volunteers to
ensure all activities run to schedule.
Leading up to the end of Term 4, please keep in mind the items we are seeking for donations: bottles
for mystery bottle stall; Helens Harvest jams/chutneys; Tea cups/saucers; craft donations; second hand
goods; hamper items; auction items (especially if you have a holiday house you’d like to donate for a
weekend getaway!).
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Playground Ideas and the Year of Awesome
Let’s Change the World! Starting NOW! Playground Ideas is a Melbourne based non-profit that allows anyone, anywhere to create their own play space for children using locally sourced and recycled materials. To date, they have supported over 1,800 play projects in over 140 countries. This year Northcote Primary School has the chance to partner with the team at Playground Ideas for its inaugural Year of Awesome campaign to help the school raise funds. At the same time, Playground Ideas are also raising critical funds to help kids around the world get a chance to play, break the cycle of poverty, and thrive!
So, what’s it all about? Playground Ideas is fundraising through a fabulous raffle, with over $17,000 worth of prizes. Tickets cost just $5. We have partnered with Northcote Primary School so that any tickets bought through the special link below will support both Northcote Primary School and the Year of Awesome campaign to support kids around the world to have access to creative, stimulating play spaces: half of the ticket price will go to each. We need your help to sell tickets. And it’s easy. Just share the link below via email or through your social networks. You don’t even need to leave the house, or your couch for that matter. 1. Share the link below 2. Buy tickets and share the link to get more tickets – for free! https://playgroundideas.org/year-of-awesome/northcote-primary-school/ Up to 50,000 tickets will be sold and ticket sales end on the 6th of December, 2017. Here’s a sneak-peek of 3 of the 15 AWESOME prizes on offer: 1. 9 day Intrepid Travel Family Adventure to Vietnam, valued at $10,441.00 2. 3 day Intrepid Travel Family Victorian Adventure Loop, via the Great Ocean Road and the
Grampians, valued at $2,176.00 3. Lakeshore House, Daylesford. A luxury lakeside weekend for 8 people valued at $1,700.00 CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL LIST OF PRIZES Click here for terms and conditions
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FOSTER CARERS needed!
Can you offer a home for a vulnerable child? Become Foster a Carer. Carers are couples, singles, from
different cultural backgrounds, with or without their own children. They are people who have the
desire to give a child a safe and welcoming place to stay.
Next information session will be held at Anglicare Preston, 42 Mary St on Tuesday the 28th of
November from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
For further information please call Maria Mayors on 93015200 or email [email protected]
You will make all the difference!!!
Darebin Safe Travel to School Survey - How do you get to school?
Darebin City Council is investigating what works well to make school journeys easier and safer for everyone.
Changes to roads and paths have been made around your school, but that is only part of the picture and they
need your help. As the person who makes the school run twice a day, come rain or shine, it is you and your
children that know the journey inside out. They want to know about your experience.
Please help Darebin as they try to improve the school journey by completing this short parent/guardian survey
and the even shorter student survey by Friday 15 December. It takes less than ten minutes. Participants enter a
prize draw and can win a $50 gift voucher – just in time for Christmas!
Parent/guardian Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZF5X67V
Student survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZBGYRV8