TATURA PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

Phone: 5824 1684 Fax: 5824 1898 Before/After School Care: 9758 6744 (After the Bell)

Email: tatura.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.taturaps.vic.edu.au

September 13th 2017 Week 9 Term 3

PRINCIPAL’S PAGE

Important reminders:

Students from Mooroopna Secondary College have been meeting with me to arrange a special fundraiser for us on Monday lunchtime. They have offered to cook sausages on the BBQ for a low $1 each. Please have your order and money into the office by 4pm to-morrow. All orders will be complemented by a free drink.

Everyone is invited to our School Band Concert in C-Block at 6:30 on Monday 18 Sept. You will be amazed at the skill and professionalism of our wonderful musi-cians.

Parent teacher interviews are on next week. All fami-lies will receive their allocated time(s) today. Remem-ber that the interviews are ten minutes long and we ask you to stick to the starting and finishing times please.

The Parents and Friends Pie Drive is on too. Please have orders in by the end of this week. Deliveries will be on Thursday 21 Sept.

Jump Rope for Heart takes place on Thursday next week. Parents are welcome to come along and watch our whole skip in unison. We remind you that we ask for a donation of about $5 per child to support this event and the Heart Foundation.

Another good cause is the Please open your heart to support cancer research as Portia has her beautiful plait cut off on the last day of term.

You can also help the cause when you donate a gold coin on Out of Uniform, ‘Footy Colours’ day on the last day of term.

School Council is on next week (Wed 20 Sept) and par-ents are invited to a special 30 minute meeting at 7pm to discuss exciting plans for Fete One-Eight. Please feel free to come along!

Netball

We are proud of all our students who play for their sporting team out of school hours. I am happy to report that two of our girls were in the Under-13 Div 3 Tatura Blue Netball team that narrowly beat the Tatura Red team by two points! Congratulations to Hannah Newman and Olivia Ste-vens (Blue) and Chloe Newman (Red).

Parent opinion Survey

Thank you to the families who completed the survey in recent weeks. We look forward to analysing the results in Term 4 to see what our strengths are and the areas for development.

Pupil Free Days

Next term we plan to have our fourth and final pupil free day to further the professional development of our staff. School Council will set the date and we will publish it as soon as pos-sible.

Shepparton Education Plan

For the current report to the community and information about the next phase of consultation, please refer to https://engage.vic.gov.au/SheppartonEducationPlan

Playgroup

Watch this space! Next term we will be introducing a play-group with a focus on music and fun. To be run by our music teacher, Nicole Thorne, we are excited about inviting Mums, dads and their young ones to join in.

Construction Zone

During the holidays we will be having some major building and maintenance work done at school and I remind everyone that the school grounds (apart from the undercover play-ground) are out of bounds out of school hours. The works are very exciting. In a nutshell, we will have new flooring laid in the toilets and breezeway area; new whiteboards in 7 rooms; roofing replaced; new wall in the before and after school care room; new carpet in the library and music room, and more…… We are also looking forward to further develop-ments in the sensory playground.

Tatura Junior Cricket

Tatura Cricket Club will again be fielding teams for boys and girls of all age groups this summer. The season kicks off in the second week of October with training starting next week (Wed 20 Sept).

The club has some keen girls and hopes to have many more join up for this season. The club is also seeking a coordinator for the Milo In2Cricket program. The progam runs for just 10 weeks and can be run at a time that suits the coordinators. If you are interested, please contact Rohan Forster on 0427 443 400. More information available at the school office.

Susanne Gill, Principal

SICKBAY DUTY

This Week: Amanda Ross Next Week: Kath Curtis Please collect laundry from the office on Friday afternoon

FRIDAY FRUIT ROSTER Sponsored by Tatura Medical Centre

This Week Friday 15th September

Alana Cope & Mel Wright

Next Week Friday 22nd September

Emily Downie, Tracey Garry &

Jacqui Attoni

IF UNABLE TO ATTEND PLEASE LET THE OFFICE

STAFF KNOW SO THAT WE CAN ORGANISE A

REPLACEMENT HELPER.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK FA Phoebe Hall For always trying your best in all areas of learning & for being a caring member of our class. 1/2A Molly Stevens For being a keen reader, demonstrating excellent reading behaviours at home & at school. 1/2A Mia Murphy Always showing enthusiasm towards her learning & contributing to class discussions. 1/2B Ned For working hard to improve Shepperbottom his reading and asking lots of questions about the characters. ART Alex Downie Congratulations on doing such a wonderful job in the Art Room. You have shown patience and persistence, as well as attention to detail. Well done on trying new techniques in Art!

Things to tick off next week:

Music concert Monday night at 6:30

Parent teacher interviews Wed and Thurs

School Council Fete-One–Eight meeting at 7pm

Jump Rope for Heart on Thursday

Pie drive orders to be collected on Thursday

Portia’s haircut for cancer research on Friday

Out of Uniform day on Friday

2:30pm finish on Friday

The Envirokids are working hard to reduce waste at school so as of next term…

All students and staff will

take their recess/ lunch

rubbish home with them!!!

Any wrappers or packaging that is not recyclable will come home in lunchboxes for disposal. Students will eat both their recess and lunch inside, in an effort to reduce what our whole school sends to landfill each week.

Of course the Envirokids strongly encourage all students and staff use reusable named containers.

Don’t panic, as this is a great opportunity to get organised during the holidays and save some money at the same time! Instead of

buying individually packaged foods, buy in bulk and share into containers! Get out the recipe books to make some treats and freeze, have a washable sandwich container instead of using costly cling wrap!

Each class has a 3 bin system: waste, compost and recycling. Next term the Envirokids will be replacing each classroom’s waste bin with a smaller one.

Thanks for your support of this Envirokids’

initiative, in working towards reducing waste at TPS.

Sustainability/

Envirokids’ News

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

This Term, our school is participating in the Jump Rope for Heart program. During PE as well as at recess and lunch times, students have been jumping individually, with partners and in groups; improving their cardiovascular fitness, coordination and having a great deal of fun in the process.

In return for the resources and equipment the Heart Foundation provide our school in order to undertake this program, we are asked to fundraise towards The Heart Foundation’s valuable research into heart disease (which affects 2 out of every 3 families)

Our School’s goal is to raise $1000 for the Heart Foundation: just $5 per student will help us achieve.

They now offer registration for fundraising online - It’s easy, safe and secure. Simply visit www.jumprope.org.au , select ‘Kids’ and follow the prompts to register your child through the Everyday Hero process that is linked to Tatura Primary School’s fundraising page. This page also allows you to email family and friends if they would like to contribute and no cash-handling is required.

Paper fundraising forms are also available if required.

Help your child to have fun, gain new skills and support the Heart Foundation at the same time. Let’s see how many tricks we can master and how much we can raise!

Join us on Thursday 21st of September for a whole school Jump Off to showcase our skipping skills and celebrate our achievements.

Tatura Primary School

MUSIC CONCERT

Come along to hear the

wonderful new concert band

perform, also featuring vocalists and smaller ensembles.

6.30pm

C Block

Monday 18 September

Fifty two grade 3/4 students headed off recently to Campaspe Downs Kyneton for a two

night adventure camp. After morning tea in Bendigo and lunch at a park in Kyneton, we

ventured to the camp, one which was new to TPS. After settling into our dorms with our

room mates we met the camp manager Nic and headed off for our first activities.

Over the three days the children participated in a range of outdoor adventure activities

including: raft building, orienteering, mud run, bushcraft, archery and aero ball. They also

got to swim in the indoor heated pool. For most activities we were guided by qualified in-

structors.

The food was sensational and fuelled us for some very busy days. Over the two evenings

the children joined in on the fun of Wacky Races and toasted marshmallows and sang

songs around the campfire.

We really thank Mrs Meka and our parent helpers Scott Field and Andrew Wills for coming

along and making our camp so successful, to Miss Evans for all of the organisation in-

volved behind the scenes to make it all work and to Miss Miller and Mrs Crosbie for their

support. We also congratulate the 3/4 children for being terrific campers, well done!

3/4 Campaspe Downs Camp

5/6’S CAMP ADVENTURE!

Well, 5/6 are back from their adventure to Log Cabin Camp in Creswick. It was an adven-

ture and a half !

Early Wednesday morning all the 5/6’s turned up with their mountain of clothes to trav-

el to Bendigo for morning tea and a tour of the old Central Deborah mine. When we got

off the bus excitement was in the air! After a brief break and talk by the guides we went

down the mines with our safety helmets on. A caged elevator greeted us and we made our

descent down. After 90 minutes of exploring the old mine we returned to the surface so

we could keep going to Log Cabin Camp, Creswick.

Around 4 o’clock we finally got to Log Cabin Camp. After becoming acquainted with our

cabin mates we headed off for activities. One rather popular activity was the giant swing.

It was a great challenge for some to conquer these great heights but most did! This was

showing great courage. Well done to all who did the giant swing. After activities we head-

ed off to dinner then a movie before a well-earned sleep!

Thursday was our main day. After a hearty breakfast the group set off to Sovereign Hill

for the day. A highlight for many was the lolly shop! The two groups also completed an

education session which gave an entertaining and factual insight into the life of the people

during the 1850’s. At 3 o’clock we set off back to camp to get prepared for the sound and

light show.

The sound and light show was a masterpiece of cleverly timed dialogue and narrations

which gave an almost eye witness account of the Eureka Stockade. It was a perfect way to

showcase this horrible tragedy which gave birth to Australian democracy. After the show

we again departed for camp and a sleep.

Friday was our final day of this amazing camp. After waking up and having breakfast we

packed our stuff and had two activities. These were really great activities which would

make even adults squeal with laughter. At noon we departed for home which was 4 hours

away! After returning home we all got our possessions and left for our beds and the televi-

sion. On behalf of the students I would like to thank the teachers and also the team at

Log Cabin Camp for this terrific camp which will be in our minds for years to come. Benjamin Andonoudis

TATURA BLUELIGHT DISCO

15 SEPTEMBER…...SPORTS THEME

10 NOVEMBER

ALL parents staying must have a current Working With

Children’s card and police check.

Calling all Junior Tennis Players for the coming Summer Tennis season

TATURA LAWN TENNIS Club is holding its Junior Registration Day on Thursday 7th September at 5.00 pm at the Clubrooms. Turn up with your parents and register to play in the Saturday morning Shepparton District Junior Tennis Association. All players under 18 are welcome.

All players who register at the club on the date above will go in the draw to win a bag of tennis goodies. The prize winner will be drawn on the first Saturday of competition.

Juniors will get to play on the beautiful lawn courts at Tatura, and have the opportunity to play in club tournaments over the summer. The club will also soon be offering night and twilight tennis after the new lights are installed in the coming weeks.

All enquiries to Damian Smith Junior Coordinator Ph: 0438 097 076

Play Commences Saturday 14th October 2017 and runs until 24th February 2018

Junior soccer talent invited to trial for GV Suns Junior Squads and Skill Acquisition

Programs

From Monday the 16th of October the GV Suns soccer club will hold trials for its 2018 U 12 junior squads and Skills Acquisition Program (SAP) U8, 9, 10, and 11 age groups. The trials will run on the 16th and 18th of October 2017 at the new playing fields at the rear of John McEwen Reserve, Brauman St, Shepparton. Girls and boys are encouraged to attend trials.

The GV Suns provide local youth talent the opportunity to train locally under experienced and qualified coaches and a highly qualified Technical Director and then test their development each weekend by playing the best in the state as part of the National Premier League (NPL).

More home games

In 2018 GV Suns junior teams will travel to Melbourne for only nine of the 27 rounds. The other 18 rounds will be played at home at the Shepparton Sports Precinct.

Modified competition for Under 12s

The FFV will continue its 9v9 competition on a smaller size pitch for National Premier Leagues under 12 age groups. NPL clubs including the GV Suns will enter two 12-member squads in this age group. Players born in 2006 and 2007 can trial for the Under 12 squads.

Skill Acquisition Program to fast track skill development

The Under 12 squad is the most junior of the GV Suns teams. Younger players (born in 2008 or later) can build on their skills and knowledge through the SAP while also continuing to play their school based or team based

soccer Dates and times

Under 12 and SAP trials

Dates: 16th and 18th October

Time: Registration from 5:30 pm, trials from 6 – 7pm Please wear a white t-shirt, football boots and shin guards and bring a water bottle.

For more information contact Technical Director Shaban Mehmet on 0401 843 372 or techdir@gvsuns.com.au .

You can register online here.

https://form.jotform.co/gvsuns/gv-suns-2018-trial-registrations

Hilltop junior lessons, co-ordinated by Elaine Dunk, on

the following date:

SUN 15th OCT 10.30am

(More dates to follow.)

$5 fee per child. Children to bring their own clubs if they have them.

Lessons will commence 10.30 sharp – 11.30.

For further information: Junior Co-ordinator - Elaine Dunk: 0402 607760

WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

9 11 12 13 14 15 Junior Activity Day

10 18 Music Concert 6.30pm in C Block

19 20 Parent/Teacher

interviews

21 Parent/Teacher interviews ‘Jump Off’ 2.40pm

22 Footy Colours Day Portia’s haircut at lunchtime

Last day of term—2.30pm dismissal

TERM THREE 2017

WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1 9 OCTOBER School returns

10 11 12 13

2 16 17 18 Foundation

excursion to

Emerald Bank

19 20

3 23 Book Fair

24 Book Fair

25 Book Fair

26 Book Fair

27 Book Fair Book Dress up Day

4 30 31 1 Grades 1 & 2 Excursion to Echuca

2 3

5 6 7 8 9 Tatura Water Treatment Plant—grades 3 & 4

10 2018 Foundation transition 9.30-10.30am

6 13 14 15 16 17 2018 Foundation transition 9.30-10.30am

TERM FOUR 2017