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Principal’s Report Amanda Williams

Welcome BBQ and Meet the Teacher- Tonight 3.45-6pm This afternoon we are looking forward to meeting many of our families at the Meet the Teacher and Welcome BBQ. A huge acknowledgement of the Hub for organising the BBQ. Teacher and students have spent the beginning of term setting up their Learning to Learn environments and agreements to support strong learning. The students and teachers have worked collaboratively to create their environments and learning cultures and should be proud of the positive and focused learning that is now in place. Teachers are also on a learning trajectory with a FPS Coaching program started by Learning Specialist Chris Mizis and Assistant Principal Kevin Chigwidden plus a Mentoring program to support new and existing staff members to be coordinated by Trist Jones our year 1 teacher and University of Melbourne Teaching Fellow.

Classroom helpers Monday morning I had the pleasure of outlining for some parents and volunteers the FPS Classroom Helpers and Volunteers program. We encourage parents, carers and grandparents to help in the classroom and this session outlined support strategies, role clarity and protocols. An Induction booklet has also been developed containing the material covered in the presentation for helpers and volunteers that join classroom helpers during the year. This allows a consistency of the delivery of the processes and protocols to guide our helpers and volunteers. If you are interested in being a classroom helper please let your child’s teacher know.

School Council School Council will be meeting next Monday 26th 7-9pm in the Staff Room. Any parents intending to visit, please register with our administrative staff prior to the meeting. Welcome to the 2018 nominees for School Council. Amelia Moore, Ayan Mohamed, Bruce Moonie and Sophia Karanatsios. Thank you to these parents for nominating. The DET nominees are Kevin Chigwidden with a DET vacancy existing. The 2018 School Council will consist of Amelia Moore, Ayan Mohamed, Bruce Moonie, Sophia Karanatsios. Peter Hormann, Kathy Bocquet, Bart Sbeghan, Sarah Strapps, Amanda Williams, Kevin Chigwidden and Agata Puglia.

2018 Student Representative Council The School Representative Council elections are currently being held as part of Flemington Primary School’s commitment to Student Voice with some important and exciting changes to be made this year. Previously there was a separation between Student Leaders and the SRC. Leaders were responsible for specific tasks such as running Assemblies delivering Sports Reports, whereas the SRC raised student issues at meetings and addressed them with the support of a teacher. This year the teachers will be taking a step backwards and in their place the Student Leaders will assist the SRC in exploring their ideas and support them with the delivery of their responsibilities. This will provide the SRC and Student Leaders with experience in authentic leadership. A second important change is the removal of the requirement to elect one male and one female student. Each class will continue to have two representatives but their selection will not be based on their gender. These initiatives are part of an ongoing commitment to help build student connection to school and community. We are very excited to see how our students respond to their new opportunities. This year we are fortunate to have a team of two teachers to facilitate the Student Representative Council- Erica Pearson and Sucharita Nadiger. Happy Learning!

Flemington Primary School, Corner Mt Alexander Road & Flemington St , Flemington 3031

P.O. Box 7 , Flemington. 3031 Te l: 9376 7137

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Mission: We will provide learning opportunities in supportive and collaborative learning environments.

Vision: Students will realise their full potential, contributing to our school, our community and our world.

CALENDAR

MON, 26 FEBRUARY Parent Helper Program begins School Council Meeting 7pm WED, 28 FEBRUARY No Preps attending school FRI, 2 MARCH District Swimming WED, 7 MARCH No Preps attending school MON, 12 MARCH Labour Day Holiday – no school WED, 14 MARCH Preps to attend school MON TO THUR, 19 – 22 MARCH Grade 3 & 4 Swimming TUE, 20 MARCH Division Swimming SAT, 24 MARCH Harmony Fair – School Fete MON TO THUR, 26 – 29 MARCH Grade 3 & 4 Swimming MON, 26 MARCH SRC Leader Conference School Council Meeting 7pm TUE, 27 MARCH Region Swimming WED, 28 MARCH AOK & Secret Spy celebrations THUR, 29 MARCH Last day term 1 – school finishes at 1.30pm MON, 16 APRIL Curriculum Day – no school TUE, 17 APRIL Start Term 2 WED, 18 APRIL State Swimming WED, 18 APRIL ANZAC Day – No school FRI, 27 APRIL District Cross Country MON, 5 NOVEMBER Curriculum Day – No School TUE, 6 NOVEMBER Melbourne Cup Day – No School

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Pupil of the Week Week beginning 19 February 2018

Grade Student Reason

Prep A Annabel M Being a kind friend with anyone she sits next to and plays with.

Prep B Louis R Using his growth mindset and trying hard at all times. Magnificent job Louis!

Prep C April T

April, you are always enthusiastic about your learning and try your hardest. Keep up the good work.

1A Elodie M Always including others inside and outside the classroom. Keep it up Elodie!

1B Toby M Being helpful and kind to his peers and the teacher

2A Wellington A Challenging himself during maths problem solving

2B Alessio C Providing positive feedback to SRC speeches.

3A Saoirse C Working hard at all tasks and for her consistent effort.

3B Oscar B Always helping others in the classroom! Keep up the great work!

3C Dante D

Staying focused during maths lessons and trying his best to improve. Keep up the great work Dante!

4A Arnav M Transitioning wonderfully into a new school, classroom and friends. Well done!

4B Mathew W

Using his growth mindset and his character strength of curiosity to learn new things and achieve personal goals.

4C Lucas T

Participating in class discussions, contributing his ideas and wonderings. Great effort Lucas!

5A William I

Showing excellent growth mindset and challenging and extending himself while completing tasks. Well done!

5B Madeleine B

Volunteering to monitor the classroom libraries, and arranging them to provide excellent organisation and access.

5C Tilly M

Showing incredible persistence and growth mindset in the maths proficiency challenge, never giving up when it got hard!

6A Samira J

Giving kind and genuine feedback to students in other groups when we created our Effort and Achievement rubrics!

6B Lucy W Being courteous and using manners.

Office News Office Hours, 8.30am – 4.00pm Monday to Friday

CSEF changes for 2018

Any parent/carer that applied for the CSEF at Flemington Primary School in 2017, now DO NOT need to complete an application form in 2018 unless there has been a change in your family circumstances, for example:

1. Change of custody 2. Change of name 3. Change in concession card number 4. A new sibling has commenced at Flemington Primary School in 2018

If you have a concession card and your child/ren commenced in 2018 or your child/ren have changed schools during 2017, parents/carers are required to submit an application form and provide a copy of their concession card. Please see the attached CSEF form later in the newsletter. A hard copy will also be available from the office and if needed the office staff can assist with form completion and taking copies of your concession card.

COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS PROGRAM 7 February to 3rd April

Vouchers are available in all Coles stores. Please bring vouchers to the office at your earliest convenience. Enjoy collecting. It would be appreciated if vouchers could be folded and counted with total amount written and circled on docket. ONLY VOUCHERS, NOT RECEIPTS ARE ACCEPTED.

ALL VOUCHERS ARE TO BE RETURNED TO THE OFFICE BY FRIDAY 11TH MAY. NO LATE VOUCHERS CAN BE ACCEPTED Current Total is 1246 points

OSHC Program Camp Australia manages the Before & After School Care program. All bookings, absences and payments need to be made through the Camp Australia website.

Do not leave messages on the school answering machine.

Customer Service

8.00am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday

1300 105 343

Website www.campaustralia.com.au

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PE News Alex Klewer

Swimming Trials/District Swimming:

Congratulations to all of the Grade 3-6 students who tried out for the FPS Swim Team. Students who made the team will now compete in the District Swimming Carnival at Queens Park Pool on Friday 2nd March. Swimming Lessons:

All students at FPS will participate in a 2 Week intensive swimming program run by Elite Swimming in Travancore. Rotating through the year, classes will walk to the pool and participate in the lessons. Coming up:

Grade 3/4 Week 1: Mar 19th to Mar 22nd

Week 2: Mar 26th to Mar 29th Melbourne Victory Soccer Clinics:

We have been lucky enough to secure some Melbourne Victory Soccer Clinics for the Grade 5’s this Term. These will run during Friday morning sport sessions and some lunchtimes over the coming weeks. Interschool Sport (ISS) Fixture: Round 3: 23/02/18 – Moonee Ponds West (Blue) (AWAY) Round 4: 09/03/18 – North Melbourne (Blue) (HOME) Round 5: 16/03/18 – North Melbourne (White) (HOME) Round 6: 23/03/18 – Holy Rosary (HOME)

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FPS Parent & Carer’s Committee (HUB) Garth Hardiman, Danielle Cobb, Ellen Connor, Janine

Donohue, Lucy Shaw E: flemingtonps.hub@gmail.com

WELCOME BBQ – Thursday 22nd Feb

The HUB are coordinating a free BBQ consisting of HALAL sausages, vegetarian sausages, fruit drinks and icypoles. We aim to start serving at 3.45 and finish about 5.30ish Thanks to everyone who has volunteered – this couldn’t happen without you. 2.30 – 3.30

set up 3.30 – 4.30 serve

4.30 – 5.30 serve/packup

BBQ Janine Steve Garth

BBQ Lisa P Melissa Gavin (5pm onwards

Serving BBQ Mary K Jane Lily N

Serving BBQ Steve Fiona (4pm onwards)

Fiona (till 5)

Preparation Janine Janine (leave at 4)

Geoff

Preparation Kim Maria Scott

Serve drinks Janine Scott (4pm onwards)

Steve

Serve drinks Lisa P

CANTEEN desperately seeking helpers Thank you to all the volunteers – your help is very much appreciated. If you would like to help out, please contact Lisa via flemingtonps.hub@gmail.com FETE – MARCH 24TH 2018 The biennial FPS fete is coming up very soon – get excited! It’s Saturday 24th of March between 11am and 4pm. Make sure you have put it in your calendar.

It’s going to be a fun day. There will be great selection of food, treats, market stalls, rides and entertainment.

We are collecting donations of the following to sell at stalls on the day. - Second hand books - Second hand toys - Second hand clothes (kids and adults) PLEASE NOTE: COLLECTION STATION NOW LOCATED IN GRADE 6/PREP FOYER

We are also looking for businesses to donate goods and services to our silent auction. If you own or work for a business that would be interested, please get in touch via the HUB email.

We will also need lots of volunteers on the day so let us know if you can spare an hour or more to help out with a shift at a stall.

Cake stall – just planting the seed that I will be sending a note home seeking contributions to the cake stall – in case you would like to get planning. Thanks, (again) Janine.

Hopefully you received the flyer last week with information about the HUB, with a permission form to join the email list. Thank you to everyone who has responded, your name has been added to the list – we look forward to keeping in touch.

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