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DATES TO REMEMBER:

2016

Tuesday November 15th Wednesday November 16th Book Fair- Open Times: 8:30am-9:15am 3:00pm-3:45pm

Thursday November 17th Book Fair- Open Times: 8:30am-9:15am 1:45– 3:45– VIP Visit with Students

Thursday November 17th VIP AFTERNOON 1:45pm—3:45pm

Friday November 18th Report Writing / Curriculum Day. Student Free Day

Friday November 25th 2017 Prep Orientation 2:15pm—3:15pm

Friday December 2nd 2017 Prep Orientation 2:15pm—3:15pm

Monday 5th December 2017 Book Sales

Tuesday December 6th 2017 Prep Orientation 9:15am—10:45am

2017 Book Sales

Wednesday December 7th Drouin Secondary College's Primary School Music Tour—To be confirmed Thursday December 15th Christmas Concert Friday December 16th Junior School Christmas Fair More details to follow

Student of the Week No. 35 November 11th, 2016 www.drouinsouth.vic.edu.au

Congratulations to:

Bradley, Ryan, Archie, Thomas, Dekota, Rory, Larissa, Ryan and Jay.

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To Santa’s Magical Kingdom Cut out this coupon and return it to the office by 9.00am Thursday

17th November to be in the running. More info inside this

newsletter.

Child/ren’s Name/s: ______________________

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WIN TICKETS

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Principal’s Report Dear Parents and Community,

Book Fair

The Book Fair has returned to Drouin South Primary School and will operate in the spare room next to the

Library from Tuesday through to Thursday. Thursday afternoon from 1:45pm will be a V.I.P. afternoon

where students can invite someone special to attend the Book Fair with them. This may be a Grandparent,

parent, relative or family friend. Parents / guardians and students are reminded that students MUST have a

signed note if they bring more than $20 to school.

Pupil Free Day

Parents are reminded that we have a Pupil Free Day on Friday 18th November. Teachers have been allocated

this day to assist with report writing.

Kanga Cricket T20

Congratulations to our teams who played in the competition at Buln Buln last week. Our Boys A Team

managed to win their section on the day and are now participating in the Regional T20 Championships to be

held at Traralgon next Tuesday.

Competition—Santa’s Magical Kingdom Tickets

We have been fortunate to be given 4 complimentary general admission tickets to “Santa’s Magical Kingdom”

at Caulfield Racecourse for 6pm Friday 2nd December. It would be suitable for a family of four. If you think

you would use these tickets and would like to win them, please complete the coupon on the front page of this

newsletter and return to the office by 9.00am Thursday 17th November. The winner will be announce at

assembly next Thursday.

Class Groupings 2017

This is the time of year when schools are busy starting to plan for the following school year. I will be working

with teachers over the coming weeks to look at the most appropriate grade structures and sizes for our

anticipated enrolments and predicted staffing budget for 2017.

When students are allocated to classes, teachers will take into consideration a number of factors including

academic progress, strengths and needs, social and emotional factors, prior teachers, siblings and class

groupings. All decisions will be made with the best possible interests of each student. Whilst I will not fulfil

direct request for parents wanting particular teachers, I will be asking that if you have any educational, social

or emotional considerations that you would like considered when placing students in a class group, that you

please complete the reply slip on the back page of this newsletter and return it to the school office by Friday

25th November.

Tennis

I wish to thank Chris Millidonis for providing a fantastic Tennis program to students from P-6 throughout the

past few weeks. Funding through the Sporting Schools initiative made it possible to book Chris for 27

sessions (3 sessions for each class). Chris did an amazing job in teaching the skills through a variety of

engaging games and activities. The school also has some new Tennis “Hot Shots” equipment, also purchased

through the Sporting Schools grant, that will enable classes to continue to deliver more tennis activities

throughout their PE programs at different times of the year.

Thank You.

Michael Smith—Principal

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Congratulations to: Harrison and Calvin who received special awards for displaying respectful behaviour on the bus and showing a willingness to help.

Our Christmas Book Fair is a reading event that brings to school the books kids want to read. It’s a

wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. Please make plans to visit our

Book Fair and be involved in shaping your child’s reading habits.

Book Fair dates: 15th, 16th, 17th November 2016

Shopping hours: 8:30am to 9:15 each day,

on 15th and 16th November 3:00pm to 3:45pm,

on Thursday 17th November from 1:45pm to 3:45pm

Special Activities: VIP afternoon Thursday 17th November 2016. Our students would love to see their

special guests visit their classroom for an open session. Our book fair will be open from 1:45pm to 3:45pm

and students and their special visitors will be welcome to visit the Book Fair from 2:15pm.

Remember: Students are required to have a note if they bring more than $20 to school to spend at the Book Fair.

CHRISTMAS BOOK FAIR

Junior School Council students have worked extremely hard this year

fundraising for new sports tops. They have arrived and we now have enough for

a large team of 65 students. We think they look great! Thank you Junior School

Council for your great work.

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Step back in time with 1/2A

This term we have been learning about the past. We have compared old and new

technology, learnt about entertainment and communications in the ‘olden days’ and

cooked some yummy old fashioned food! Last Friday we went to Coal Creek His-

torical Park and had a great day experiencing bush cooking, school in 1901 and

a trip to the General Store.

The produce from the General

Store was a hit!

My favourite part of the excursion to

Coal Creek was the general store

which was also called a lolly shop. I

also have another favourite part

which is when we with Mrs Phillips

climbed up the steep hill and we did

bush cooking. First we washed our

then we made scones but I didn't like

them. I also had another favourite

part which was when we had to put

our bags on the train because the

train looked like a Harry Potter

train.. By Caine

School discipline 1901 style!

Reciting the Oath of

Allegiance before school

Mmmm, Yummy!

Now that’s a lollypop

Cooking scones over an

open fire.

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Friday was the greatest day of my

life. The bank was my favourite but

it might not have been yours.

The old books might be fun. I would

like to live in the olden days. I liked

looking in the mines. It was lots of

fun at Coal Creek. I would like to go

to Coal Creek again. By Lachie

On the cool, amazing. Exciting awe-

some Friday we wnet to Coal Creek.

When we got there we put white sun-

screen on. We first went to the wood-

en train carriages then we went to an

old lady who was making soft wool

into hard wool. We spilt up into two

groups and I went to the shop and

bought a wooden train whistle. We

went to the first house that was built

there and made scones. I did not like

them… By Mitchell

On Friday we had the best excursion ever. We went to Coal Creek. It was

awesome!

Firstly we got on the gigantic bus. On the way we saw lots of hills. By

the way, I sat next to Amy. It was a long drive to Coal Creek.

When we got there we put our bags on the old train then we went fore a

little walk. After our walk we went to school. Mr Dickens taught us how

they wrote in the olden days. It was hard.

At the general store we were allowed to buy stuff. I bought a big lollypop,

a little loolypop and a jar of loolies. The jar of lollys was calles tiny tots.

After we went to the general storewe wnt to bush cooking. At bush cook-

ing we made damper scones. They were scrumptious. Do you want to

know how to make damper scones? It’s just water and flour.

I think all excursions should be as that amazing excursion. I loved it!

By Kira

The Coal Mine was

really interesting. We

could feel the cold air

coming from it!

School

fashion has

changed a

bit!

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On Monday the 9th of November, 24

students from Drouin South Primary School

entered in the T20 Blast School Cup at Buln

Buln. We entered a girls team and two boys

teams who represented our school with

pride and dignity on the day.

The girls team demonstrated excellent

manners, respect and inclusiveness for the

entire day and Belinda King was incredibly

impressed with the attitude of this team.

The player we borrowed from another team

was made to feel most welcome at all times.

The girls won one match, lost two and drew

one match. Similar comments were made by

Glenys Pentland who supervised one of the

boy’s team. William Comber and Jackson Williames did an excellent job with

organising this team on the day, making sure all was in order! They were

competitive in all four matches, breaking through for a well-deserved win

against Drouin in a close contest.

The Drouin South A team were victorious in all of their three scheduled

matches and more importantly displayed excellent sportsmanship throughout

the day. One particular moment really stands out in my mind when two Drouin

South students offered to field for the opposition without any prompting. In

the final we came up against the rampaging Longwarry who had also been on the

favourable side of three one sided matches.

Christopher Diston (Drouin South captain) won the toss and sent Longwarry in to bat. We were very

measly in the field and backed up by some very tidy bowling, restricted Longwarry to 111. Drouin

South never really looked in danger with the bat and coasted over the line with 180 runs.

All three teams can be proud of their efforts on the day and the manner in which they conducted

themselves. A big thank you to Belinda King (transport and scorer), Jenny Eacott (transport) Glenys

Pentland (scorer) and Marisa Brown

(photographer, running errands and support).

Drouin South A have progressed to the Regional

level and will compete at Traralgon West

Sporting Complex next Tuesday (15th of Novem-

ber).

Denby Moore

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OSHC NEW MOBILE NUMBER

0490657852

OSHC NEW MOBILE NUMBER

Outside School Hours Care now has a new mobile number. Telstra will be turning off 2G

services as of December 1st which the OSHC is currently on. Due to this, plus also our

handset being extremely outdated we have updated which means we now have a new

number.

Please use the new number for all bookings and enquiries. The new number is:

0490 657 852

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ICY TREATS FOR SALE Crunchas and Zoopa Doopas will again be on sale during Term 4. They will be sold in the 5/6B room at 1:40pm each

day. Crunchas are $1.20 and Zoopa Doopas are 50c.

Class Groupings 2017 (Please return to the office by Friday 25th November 2016)

Child’s Name (s) : ______________________________________________ Could the following please be considered when class groupings are determined for 2017.

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Parents Name: ________________________ Signed: ______________________