From the Principal

Principal: Christine Owen

Phone: 5857 2514 Mobile: 0419 548 318

stanhope.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

www.facebook.com/stanhopeps

https://stanhopeps.wordpress.com

Friday 2nd March Schools Clean Up Day from

9.15am onwards

Thursday 8th March ART

Monday 12th March Labour Day Public Holiday

Wednesday 14th of March Bring a T-Shirt for Tie-dyeing

DATES TO REMEMBER

Stanhope Primary School

Inspiring Lifelong Learning

From the Principal Swimming

By now, and most of you know the outcome of the swimming carnival last Friday. One point is all it took for Winter House to take out the flag! Thank you to those who helped out with the many jobs such as keeping score, and handing out tokens to the place-getters and a dozen other things. A huge thank you to the terrific instructors who ran the events on the day and the daily lessons over the two weeks. The schedule allowed for the smooth running of each event. Students were ready and prepared. Now that our swimming program is over, and we have been able to get back into a regular routine! Early Years Testing

Students in years Prep to Two have been involved in the annual English Online Interview. This provides important information about each student so that teachers can plan programs that cater for individual needs of students. Teacher Learning

Mrs Sheedy is at a Literacy PD today, continuing to improve her professional development and skills so that students continue to receive high quality literacy teaching. Yesterday I attended the regional principal forum and was able to speak to our regional director about the unique challenges of small schools. This is a first and a very ex-citing opportunity for our small schools to highlight the special nature and importance of small schools.

Learning

Success

Respect

Citizenship

ISSUE 5: MARCH 1st 2018

Please make sure you read through ALL of the newsletter and any

attachments each week. This is where important information and details will be the vast majority of

the time and where permission forms will be attached.

BYOD

Thank you to everyone who has returned forms. I and the teachers will be helping students set up their devices over the next few days and weeks as we all learn the ropes on what and how this new system works. Thank you for your patience. This is definitely a marathon, not a sprint! Census

The annual census has now been completed and the information forwarded to the Department.

FROM THE

Business

Manager

Families have been invoiced for School Fees . Mica is happy to help families with payment options for school fees. For any queries, please contact the school on 5857 2514.

Mica will be in the office on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

WITH ELLIE

Did you know:

There is a volcano in Indonesia called Mount Merapi which is still active!

Word of the week: Siapa nama kamu? = What is your name? Nama saya Bu Lukies.

Try at home: Have a go at counting a group of your toys at home, in Indonesian! Satu, dua, tiga, empat, lima, enam, tujuh, delapan, sembilan, sepuluh!

Returning Forms

Please remember to return all forms that are sent home promptly. Some of our families have not returned forms for students. With-out these permissions in place, students will not :

be able to access the full range of pro-grams that are computer-based.

Not have their photo in the newsletter or uploaded to the school website.

KYABRAM NETBALL ASSOCIATION WINTER COMPETITION

The 2018 KNA season is almost upon us, please see below for grading, registration and dates

for the season.

Grading nights at the Northern Oval on 7th, 14th & 21st March

- Under 9’s & 11’s - 4.00 - 5.00pm (arrive @ 3.45pm)

- Under 13’s & 15’s - 5.00 - 6.00pm (arrive @ 4.45pm)

Teams will be emailed following the final grading night, please note these teams may change early

in the season to ensure that all teams are graded evenly

Competition dates

Commences Wednesday 18th April

Under 9’s & 11’s - Train 4.00 - 5.00pm Play - 5.00 - 6.00pm

Under 13’s - Train 5.00 - 6.00pm

Play - 6.00 - 7.00pm

Under 15’s - Train 5.30 - 6.15pm

Play - 6.15 - 7.00pm

Under 9’s - 18th April - 29th June

Under 11’s - 18th April - 1st August (no play during school holidays)

Under 13’s - 18th April - 1st August (no play during school holidays) Finals will be played for 2 weeks

Under 15’s - 18th April (6 week competition)

To assist with grading could you please complete registration using the link below

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6KXPN7F

If you have any questions please contact the Winter Committee

Sherry Atkins - 0408521810 Fleur Nurse - 0432379509

Tracey Trezise - 0438350695 Trudi Millar - 0427366429

Mrs D & Mrs Foley

by Shaun

Purple day

On Friday the 16th of March it will be Purple Day again! The Junior School Council have decided to participate again this year. We will raise money for ‘The Gift’ who supports local people and families affected by cancer. We will have gold coin donation for people to dress in purple. On Wednesday 14th of March if you bring in a white T-shirt we will be tie-dying them purple for Friday. If your child wants to participate – a white ‘named’ t-shirt needs to be brought to school on the day.

This week I am going to share my persuasive

letter. I hope you like it.

Dear Miss Owen

I strongly believe kids should be able to build

stationary forts on their tables.

Firstly, I think kids like to make stationary structures.

And forts are cool, I think they should be allowed to

be built because they don’t take much more space

than a work book.

Secondly, I believe that forts should only be allowed

to be built before 9:10am. They don’t take long to

build and they don’t make a mess.

Finally, I surveyed 19 people and 7 people said no

and 12 people said yes. Most people said yes

because everything is right in front of you.

This is why I think we should be allowed to build

stationary forts – they are fun to build, don’t take

long and most people voted yes.

(Ms Owen is in the process of responding!)

by Bill

In the 3-6 room we have been learning about the features of Persuasive Texts.

Our newsletter is published each Thursday and will generally have any permission forms and information sheets attached. Families can also request to have this sent via email. Finally, a reminder to keep an eye on our Facebook & Twitter page, for updates and interesting events. Twitter: @StanhopePSVIC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stanhopeps/

Café Lunch Orders

This year we will be having Café Lunch Orders on the THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH. This will hopefully avoid most of the term breaks, public holidays & pupil-free days! (Please mark the dates in your diary for the rest of the year.)

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