Saturday 25th April ANZAC DAY

‘LEST WE FORGET’

Monday 27th April to Thursday 30th April

Year 5/6 Camp “Echuca”

Wednesday 3rd June School Photo’s (More information to fol-

low)

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

GETTING ALONG Bani Pech JSC Trasin Sovansam SSA CONFIDENCE David Hen JSB Danica Taing JSB Thomas Jon JSB Kemin Liyanage JSB Andy Le MSC PERSISTENCE Armaan Singh MSA ORGANISATION Panha Sok SSC TRUST Krystina Tusivili SSC RESILIENCE Choir Members who attended Castlemaine. DOING YOUR BEST Tommie Tusivili MSA Dakshvir Grewal JSC Phillip Truong SSC James Danh SSB Ovin Herath SSA Ekteena Islam MSA Kavya Khatri SSD

Congratulations to the children who have received Awards.

Week ending 27/03/2015

Week ending 17/4/2015

GETTING ALONG Jasleen Chauhan SSA CONFIDENCE Prachi Angrish SSD Nainu Momia JSA Tim Nguyen JSA Halima Khatttak JSC Senula Wijesekara MSC Victoria Taing JSB Viruja Kalalpitiye Gedara MSB Simran Mallhi SSB ORGANISATION Sebin Paul MSC Isha Bal SSA RESPECT William Pen MSC Viet Ngo MSB RESILIENCE Brandon Leang MSC DOING YOUR BEST Myra Van Der Wiel MSB Markas Tiatoa JSC Baijh Karauna-Housham MSB Garry Dhaliwal JSB Nainu Momia JSA Stuart Christie SSA Charlotte Collins JSB Tamanna Saini MSA Hassan Uddin JSB Arial Dang SSA Kismatnoor Kaur JSA

SCHOOL NEWS

Sunsmart School Policy

HATS OFF!

Friday May 1st until Monday 31st August

Hats are back on Tuesday September 1st

Every Day Counts

2,4,6,8 Come to School

Don’t be late

Because

Every Day Counts

Don’t forget we have Polar Fleece Bean-

ie’s for winter. Printed with the school

name and this is priced at $10.00 and they

look fantastic.

We also have navy blue leggings to be worn with

the girl’s dress or skort/shorts and these are priced at

$18.00. The only colour leggings that the girls

should be wearing is navy blue.

UNIFORM

Issue: 5

HEATHERHILL PRIMARY SCHOOL

959 Heatherton Road, Springvale, Vic 3171 Telephone: 03 9546 7562 Website: www.heatherhillps.vic.edu.au

23rd April, 2015

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From the Principal’s Desk Dear Parents and Carers

Welcome back for Term 2 – this is another busy term, with many exciting learning opportunities for students. ANZAC Day Wednesday Heatherhill Primary School commemorat-ed ANZAC Day in a very moving and special ceremony. The significance of ANZAC Day has evolved over time, from its creation in 1916 to mark the anniversary of the battle of Gallipoli, to its more modern understand-ing as a day of national remembrance. We set aside this day to remember not only those who fell at Gallip-oli, but every man and woman who has fought and served to protect Australia. In a very moving ceremony the students and staff marked ANZAC Day. We had special guest speakers, Ms Barbara Richards and Ms Julie Vaughan, repre-senting Springvale RSL, who spoke about the purpose of our ceremony, the meaning of ANZAC and the story of “Simpson and his Donkey”. Caszius and Dara (School Captains) spoke about the symbols of ANZAC. Jordan, (School Vice- Captain) led the “Ode of Remembrance”. Miss Stephens explained the purpose of the Poppy Wall and thanked everyone for making poppies that made up the wall. The whole school listened to “The Last Post”, a minute’s silence and “The Rouse”. Teuila and Hannah sang the New Zealand National Anthem, “God Bless New Zealand” and Memphis and Trish led the school in singing Australia’s National Anthem, “Advance Australia Fair”. I was very proud of the way our school community participated and engaged in our ceremony, with re-spect and reverence. Heatherhill is a school that has a very diverse popula-

tion, with many staff, students and families with con-

nections to other countries where war and violence

have been present. We are very fortunate in Australia

to be spared the horrors of war in our country.

Springvale RSL ANZAC Commemoration – Sunday 19th April. Two students, Caszius and Jordan and their families along

with three staff – Gillian Harris, Bin Ng and Mary Verwey

represented the school. This was an emotional service,

commemprating the one hundredth anniversary of the

ANZAC landing at Gallipoli. Our students presented a

wreath and Caszius read part of the Simpson and His Don-

key story to the large audience.

Senior School Camp Next week 30 students in the Senior School will be going

to Echuca for a 3-night -4-day camp. Many educational,

interesting, informative and exciting activities have been

planned for the students. Mrs Townsend, Miss Fran, Miss

Dare and Miss Spence have an excellent Camp program

planned for the students.

Sunsmart FROM MAY PUT SUNHATS AWAY

Autumn leaves are falling and so are Victoria’s ultraviolet (UV) levels - so it’s time to start thinking about your sun exposure and vitamin D over winter. The sun’s UV is the best natural source of vitamin D. When UV levels fall during Victoria’s winter months, sun protection is generally not required. In fact, it’s a good time of year to make an effort to get some midday winter sun exposure to help your body make vitamin D. There are some exceptions where sun protection is still required including if you are near highly reflective surfaces such as snow, outside for extended periods or in a location where the UV level reaches 3 and above. How much sun is enough for vitamin D? During the winter months, most Victorians need 2-3 hours of midday winter sun exposure to the face, arms and hands (or equivalent area of skin) spread over the week. Adults and children with naturally very dark skin (skin that rarely or never burns) may need three to six times this amount. Daily exercise will also assist your body with pro-duction of vitamin D so encourage plenty of active out-door play! Students do not wear hats until 1st September. Festival of Thought – follow up Michelle and David from the Philosophy Club have written a wonderful article about the Festival of Thought on their website. They were thrilled with the Festival of Thought which came about from their “Big Questions” program in 2014. At Heatherhill, we were motivated by the philo-sophical discussion and thinking to create learning oppor-tunities for our students, which culminated in The Festival of Thought. Please have a look (link below) – I am sure you will feel very proud of our school! http://thephilosophyclub.com.au/2015/04/14/we-lit-a-fire/ Best wishes, Mary Verwey

SCHOOL BANKING

2015

For those students who have a bank book make sure you

bring your bank book to school on Mondays. If you are in-

terested in opening a Dollarmite School Bank Account for

your child, please come and see me at the office.

Happy Saving!

SCHOOL NEWS

PREP ENROLMENTS 2016

It is that time of the year again

when the school is taking enrol-

ments for 2016 prep students. So if

you have a child or know of a child

who will be turning 5 by 30th April 2016 you

need to enrol them to start school at the beginning

of 2016.

All you need to do is bring a birth certificate or

passport and immunisation details to the office.

If you require any further information, please do

not hesitate to contact the school or come to the

school office.

VICTORIAN PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE 2015

Explore New Lands Discover exciting stories

Be Part of the FUN Go on an adventure

Join today Sign the Premiers’ Reading Challenge form and re-turn to the school. Here are some interesting facts for you. Students who read:- Less then 1 minute a day read 8000 words a

year 4-6 minutes a day read 282,000 words a year 20 minutes a day read 1.8 million words a year

So keep READING!!

From the Assistant Principal’s Desk

Gillian Harris