The Connection Coldstream Primary School 15th October, 2019

Leap into Learning by Showing Respect, Responsibility & Teamwork

Diary Dates

16th October

School Council – 6:00pm

21st Oct. – 1st Nov

Swimming Program

22nd October

Hot dog orders due

24th October

Hot Dog Lunch

29th October

STEM Transition 12:30 –

1:15pm

31st October

Sausage Sizzle – 1/2 to

supply treats

5th November

Melbourne Cup Holiday

8th November

SEDA Inflatables

Incursion

PLEASE NOTE:

ALL SWIMMING MONEY WAS

DUE BACK YESTERDAY 14TH

OCTOBER.

From the Principal’s Desk

TERM 4

Welcome to Term 4…this is a busy one with Swimming, Graduation,

Reports, First LEGO League, Community Carols…and the list goes on.

But our priority is always the learning. Did you know that a wide

vocabulary is an indicator of later success in life? I urge you to discuss

words, synonyms in your conversations with the children. Model using

complex words and discuss their meanings and origins as much as you

can. Ask children for other words that might mean the same or similar.

HOMEWORK

I have been asked a few times about homework lately…and while I

know some families do not like the idea, in order for your child to be

the best they can be, the expectation is that ALL children will be

reading every night with AT LEAST 3 minutes of that reading being

done aloud within earshot. Minutes to be read scales up towards

Grades 5/6 where children should be reading 30-50 minutes each

night.

From Grade 3 children should be starting to learn their tables and

ideally children should have these learnt with automaticity by the end

of Grade 4.

Every grade’s teacher allocates tasks each week on Literacy Planet and

Mathletics (which you have already paid for). These are not just games

but are reinforcing the learning being done at school. Indeed, in

discussion about why our Maths results are comparatively better than

other schools in the region and in the state, Mathletics was one of the

factors we have attributed towards that happy fact. In addition families

may wish to log into 25 minutes of free Studyladder time at home.

Over and above this, there are other assigned tasks to extend students,

to consolidate their learning and to support them. I urge you to speak

to your child’s teacher because each child has different needs.

REMEMBER, THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN YOUR CHILD’S

SUCCESS IS YOU. We are always happy to meet with you to tailor your

child’s learning and we encourage children to set goals, to reflect on

their learning and to have a strong voice in all aspects of their learning.

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT CONT.

First LEGO League

We barely have a month to go before the First LEGO League competitions. Students have designed their

robots and are now designing the attachments and programming in order that their robots can run missions

to get points. There are advanced skills of design, programming needed as well as teamwork and

collaboration. The 10 children who have hung in should be proud of their ability to persevere. As we near

the competition, the children will be required more and also have to keep their classroom work up to date.

In addition, with the theme being around Design and Planning, the teams will have to:

Identify a problem with a building or public space in their community.

Design a solution

Share the Solution with others and then

Refine it.

We urge parents of the LEGO team to discuss this prior to us beginning work later this week.

SCHOOL COUNCIL SUPPORTING the DROP OFF/PICK UP ZONE

Thank to families who are enforcing this process. It seems to be running smoothly and we have had no near

misses since the processes began….PHEW!!!!

PARENT CLUB

AGAIN I urge new families to become involved in this SO IMPORTANT part of the school – especially since the

folk who have been flying the flag…and some have been doing that for 10 years and over….are stepping back

as their children move towards secondary school. They will mentor for the next year but then will be gone.

Please discuss this amongst yourselves as we REALLY need a Parent Club as part of a school’s operations.

CAROLS

We met last night with Coldstream Voice and will proceed to take a leading role in the community carols

again this year. It was suggested that families MAY wish to stick around after the carols and make use of

BBQ facilities. In order that we have the equipment set up for you please let us know on the slip attached.

This will again be an alcohol free event to send the correct message to our children who work hard to get

the carols ready with very little time allocated to it.

CALENDAR

Many families have appreciated the calendar with reminders about key events and school routines listed.

However many families ordered and did not collect them last year, so this year payment will need to be

made before we go to print. Ask to look at one if you don’t have one…it has the key dates and events for

2020 and is a great support to families. There is also BOUND to be a photo of your child in it somewhere and

as such also makes a great Christmas gift for family and priced at only $12.

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SCHOOL CAPTAIN’S REPORT Hi Coldstream, We hope you had a wonderful holiday and have come back to school all ready to learn. Last Tuesday Taylah Mae, Shane, Katie, Lachlan and I went to Division Athletics where we went if we came first or second in the District Athletics. It was very cold and the rain had made big puddles. There were people trying to clear our run up with a leaf blower and brooms. When we were ready to go the rain stopped. I jumped 1 m 20cm Taylah Mae jumped 1 metre 15cm in high jump. Shane competed in discus. He got 16m and Katie (who also did discus) got 16 m. Lachlan did discus as well and he got 15m. Katie came 3rd and Taylah Mae came 3rd, but only by one knockdown. Thank you for reading our report

Tyler and Taylah Mae

PARENT CLUB NEWS

Term 4 already!

Firstly, I would like to thank those who helped out with our Pie day Lunch. Kylie, Mitchel, Julene and Alison. It was a large task cooking so many pies, sausage rolls and pasties for the whole school but we got there. We had lots of positive feedback from both students and staff and we had many students approach us and thank us for their yummy lunch.

We have our final Special lunch for the year coming up on Thurs 24th Oct - Hot Dogs! Please have your orders in by Tues 22nd.

Our biggest fundraiser for the year is next month. Bunnings Sausage Sizzle. Please remember the date Sunday November 17th! Just an hour or 2 of your time is a huge help.

Thank you all for your ongoing support - Emily

SCHOOL COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Welcome back to term 4. What a busy last term we all have. Before we know it, we will be

at Graduation and end of year activities.

Our next School Council meeting is on Wednesday 16th October - Kelly

JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL REPORT

On the last day of Term 3 we had Footy Pie Day. Most of us dressed up in the colours of the footy team we barrack for and made a gold coin donation. The proceeds went to Fight MND (Motor Neuron Disease). We raised just over $67 for Fight MND Alasdair and Nathan M

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Attendance Champions

P1 III

1/2 IIIII I

3/4 IIIII IIIII IIIII III

5/6 IIII

Notes you may have missed

SEDA Inflatable Incursion

Scholastic Catalogues

Calendar Expression of Interest

Hot Dog Lunch Order Form

Library Tales

Remember to return or re-borrow by the

due date. Overdue books stop you

borrowing and non returns mean payment

of books before borrowing resumes.

Please take care of our wonderful books.

VACATION CARE SURVEY

We are asking all families to please complete this quick 2 minute survey for

our Vacation Care program as to what dates students will need care over the

end of 2019 and the start of 2020. It would be greatly appreciated so that the

OSHC/Vacation Care team can work out what dates to be open and closed

over the Christmas School Holidays.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XTKVWFP

Congratulations to 1/2 on winning

the Attendance Award for the last

week of Term 3 the first week of

Term 4.

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ASSEMBLY AWARDS

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE

SUPERSTAR STUDENTS ON RECEIVING

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS AND

MATHLETIC AWARDS IN THE LAST WEEK.

CONGRATULATIONS TO COOPER C FOR

WINNING THE NUDE FOOD AWARD AND

NIKITA FOR EXCELLENCE IN PICKING UP

RUBBISH.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BLUE HOUSE

FOR WINNING THE HOUSE POINTS

AWARD LAST WEEK

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DIVISION ATHLETICS

Congratulations to the 5 students who not only represented our school, but also the

Wandin District Schools at the Division Athletics at Burwood on Tuesday the 8th October.

Despite the inclement weather our competitors all returned with favourable words about

their achievements and experiences. Tyler jumped 1.20 in his high jump, Taylah Mae

cleared 1.15, placing 3rd, Shane threw 16 metres in discus, Katie threw the discus 16.28

metres achieving a 5th and put the shot 5.69 metres for 3rd. Lachlan threw the discus

about 14 metres. We are very proud of these students and thank them for their excellent

representation of our school.

TENNIS COMPETITIONS During the school holidays, I participated in three tennis tournaments that were being held in Dromana, Frankston and Mornington. I was still able to play in the 10 and under singles, but I decided to play in the 12 and under singles, so I could see what the competition was like. In the first tournament, I made it to the round 16 so as a reward, I received 0.30 points in my Australian Women’s Ranking which went up to 2006. I then played my first consolation match in which I was beaten by the 8th seed, which meant I was knocked out. In the second tournament, I got knocked out in the first round in my main draw and consolation matches in both singles and doubles. In the last tournament, I won my way through to the grand final of the consolation, but unfortunately, I lost in a match tiebreak but I was still really happy because I had won myself a medal. Once I had returned home, I was so exhausted that I just fell fast asleep. - Katie

DIVISIONAL SPORTS Yesterday the 8th of October we did athletics the Second Division, I made it in for discus. The top 2 throws made it into regionals. We all had a practice go and three real throws. In my practice go I did really well, unfortunately it was a practice throw. But then my first actual go wasn't bad I got 15 metres. I thought it was really good, it was good enough for me to be in second place but then the second round happened. Somebody got 19 metres the pressure was on! In my next turn I did really badly and I only got 13 metres! In my last turn, there was so much pressure on me to get second or first place I was really nervous but also really excited I took three swings and I did it. It was a really good throw I got 18 metres, that would have been enough for second place but I got a foul which means I put my foot over a line so it didn't count. Unfortunately I came 5th but despite coming 5th it was an amazing experience and

hopefully I will be lucky enough to go next year. -Shane

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THE JUNIOR BROWNLOW

On the first day of holidays I was invited to a formal dinner for the under 12s best and fairest for the league. I was dressed up in a suit and tie with special shoes and pants. It was the first time I had ever wore a suit and it was an amazing night. I came second in the entire league. I received a glass trophy with my name engraved into the base. I play in the Yarra Valley League. Only the top five in each age group in the league got invited to the dinner. The league has two divisions A and B, I play in the B division, the age groups went from under 11 boys to under 18 boys and under 13 to under 16 girls. - Jace

MY CALISTHENICS CV COMPETITION

On the holidays I had a competition. The competition was organised by Calisthenics Victoria and if you win at CV level

you get a medal. The competition was at Karralyka Theatre and the stage was excellent. We did all of our

items well. It was really fun! At the end of CV we get to go on stage to hear the results! When we were sitting on the

stage we heard that in aesthetics we came 1st, for revue we got 2nd and reserve aggregate and aggregate (2nd and

1st) Our team Heathergene came 1st! We were thrilled. My team and I went to the edge of the stage and received our

medals. After we went to McDonalds to celebrate.

- Kaiyah

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FOREST LODGE CAMP

At Forest Lodge Farm Camp we had a night walk. We didn’t see any animals except for some calves. I was walking next to Mackenzie. At one time there were heaps of puddles. I nearly fell into one because Mackenzie nearly pushed me in it. When we saw the cattle John had to call his neighbour to collect them. Then we had to go on another walking track instead. It was very cold so most people had beanies and jumpers on. It was also very dark so everybody their torches.

The Disco On the Wednesday night we had Red Faces, it was really good. We held the disco on Thursday night after playing the chocolate game. We had to get changed and then it started. When we had the disco people that danced well got lollies and I got one. There were heaps of songs and it was really fun. Then it was time for bed. -Kaiyah

The Disco On camp we had a disco on Thursday. We played the chocolate game it was really fun. If you’re wondering what the chocolate game is, it's a game where you have a die and if you roll a six you go in the middle of the circle and dress yourself with little costumes and start cutting chocolate. Meanwhile everyone else is trying to roll a six to get the chocolate. The actual disco started, it was fun but I was a little tired. We listened to lots of music like The Git Up, Y M C A and Quire and a lot of other songs.

The Night Walk On Tuesday we did the night walk. We saw half a herd of cows that escaped from their paddock. The camp owner John rang the farmer. But we had to go the other way. We ended up doing a loop and came back to camp through the bush.

- Shane

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My favourite activity on camp was the giant swing.

It was 20 metres and I went about 10 metres. It was SUPER fun!

I was really nervous at first but Michael convinced me to go. On my second go I wasn’t at all nervous at all. The best thing about camp was how many activities there were. We were always busy on zip lines or jumping on the hay bales. On the hay bales we played games like tiggy and musical statues. After a while Mrs Morrow and Mrs Thurgood jumped on the hay bales with us.

Mrs Thurgood was really scared but eventually got to the end. If we weren’t outside or finishing our activity books we were eating the delicious food the chefs made for us.

My favourite dinners were the fish and chips and roast beef with wedges.

- Darby

Forest lodge farm camp was one of the best camps I've ever been on. My favourite activity was the flying fox. At the start, it was scary but when you were going down it was really fun. We got two turns.

I had two best parts about camp. A: The food was delicious B: Wilsons promontory was so

cool. We went to squeaky beach. The sand was actually squeaky. We had a sand castle

competition. I didn’t win but it was still fun. I will miss forest lodge camp but it will be in a

place in my heart. -Taj

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VACATION CARE SEPTEMBER HOLIDAYS

My favourite day was AFL day because we got to wear our footy gear and to a sports clinic. I also loved making more sensory bottles. I liked the movies and eating popcorn and skittles. – Gemma

My favourite day was swimming because every Monday I do swimming. My other favourite day was the movies because Abominable was so cute. – Tiarni

My favourite day was Heroes and villains because it was a fun day dressing up and playing Heroes vs Villains. – Mia

My favourite day was Heroes VS Villains because it was really fun. Multimedia day was quite cool too. - Ryan

My Favourite day was the Playground Hop, I liked the 2nd playground more because there was more slides. - Lucas

My Favourite day was going to the movies because the movie was awesome. - Adrian

My favourite day was multi media day because I got to play Minecraft and also going down to the skate park because I got to go down steep ramps. - Zoe

My favourite day was swimming because I liked swimming in the warm pool. - Chelsea

My favourite day was AFL Day because I’m really sporty and swimming because of the waterslides. - Gavin

My favourite day was Heroes vs Villains because we got to dress up and have fun and all the outside activities. – Evan

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P-2 playing a game of

UNO. Practising their

skills in taking turns,

following the rules

playing cooperatively.

Responsible Pet Ownership

Coral taught us how to

be responsible pet

owners and how to be

safe around dogs. She

brought her gorgeous

dog Morgan.

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Parents and caregivers of children aged 0-12 are invited to share their views and experiences in Council’s annual survey. Combined responses are used to better understand the services, programs and activities that families in Yarra Ranges need or would like to see. Complete the survey for a chance to win a Healesville Sanctuary family pass. Survey closes November 10th and can be found on the Council website

at https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Council/Engage-Yarra-Ranges/Parent-and-Caregiver-Survey

2019 Yarra Ranges Parent and

Caregiver Survey