608-610 Wallington Road Wallington 3222 Ph: 5250 1841 Fax: 5250 1459

Email: wallington.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au

Landcare Our local Landcare Group will be holding a working bee at the school on Sunday 23rd April. The working bee will be assisting in rabbit controls around the school such as repairing holes in the rabbit proof fence and some weed control. This event is open to the entire community and will commence at 10am on Sunday. If you are free, please come along and support our local Landcare Group. If you can help, please

RSVP to rabbit-blitz@bellarinelandcare.org.au.

SunSmart Wallington is a SunSmart School - Hats are still required to be worn at school. Hats are now available for purchase at the office for $10.

Assembly There will be no Assembly this week due to the to the grade 5 and 6 students being out of the school at the GRIP leader-ship course. The first assembly for the term will be on Friday 28th April.

Grip Leadership Conference Our grade 5 and 6 students will be attending the GRIP LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE in Geelong tomorrow. This is a great opportunity for them to not only hear about what lead-ership is, but to participate in workshops and activities that will assist them at school and in later life.

Bunyip Camp The Bunyip Camp is on next week on 27th and 28th April. This is a very exciting time for the grades Prep – 2. I hope that the weather will be kind and the Bunyip can be encouraged to come out of the lake.

Being Positive with our Children We are consistently being bombarded by “Bad News”. It comes to us via social media, newsfeeds, TV, Radio, and the printed media. With this bombardment comes the perception that we live in such a bad world; sur-rounded by bad people who commit bad acts all the time and we are not safe. It is not until we sit and reflect upon what is happening around us that we realise that bad things are not happen-ing all the time and that for most of the time, good things are having a positive impact upon us. It is easy to focus on the bad things rather than celebrating the positive things.

We need to be acutely aware of dangers, and problems that we all face, but we, as adults, should not forget to look for the positives and bring our children a more balanced view of the world – their world. “LOOK FOR SOMETHING POSITIVE IN EACH DAY, EVEN IF SOME DAYS YOU HAVE TO LOOK A LITTLE HARDER.” There is a huge difference between asking your child: “What went wrong today?” and “What went well today?” For some reason we find it easier focus on the negative before the positive. This is unfortunate as it gives the perception that everything is wrong and very little is right.

Talk to your child about their day. · What were three good things about the day? · Who did they play with? · What did they do during the day? · Did anything happen that you would like to change?

WALLINGTON Primary School NEWSLETTER

Principal: Leigh McLaren School Council President: James Watson

Welcome back to school after our 2 week break. It is a busy term with camps , NAPLAN, and Report writing.

SCHOOL ANZAC Ceremony Our school will be holding its own ANZAC Day Service in the Hall on Monday 24th April. Our very capable student leaders will run this. Parents are welcome to attend. The ceremony will commence at 3:00 pm in the Hall. Please also see back of newsletter about the ‘Soldier On’ activity planed for Monday.

Book Fair Our bi-annual Book Fair is on this year. It will be held in the Library and you are invited to come along. The fair will be held on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday next week from 3:30 - 4:15 pm on these days.

ANZAC DAY Tuesday, 25th April This is a public holiday so there will be no school. Students in Grade 4 - 6 are invited to march in the Bar-won Heads ANZAC March starting at 8:45 am. We will be meeting at the Hitchcock Ave roundabout at 8:30am. I

will be there on the day. The student leaders will also be partici-pating in the actual Service. Parents are responsible for getting the students there and home again. A note was sent home yesterday about this.

PRINCIPAL NEWS

CALENDAR DATES

Fri 21st Apr Yr 5/6 GRIP Leadership Conference

Sun 23rd Apr Landcare Group Working Bee

Mon 24th Apr ANZAC Service Book Fair

Tue 25th Apr ANZAC Day Holiday

Thu 27th Apr District Cross Country

P-2 Bunyip Camp

Fri 28th Apr P-2 Bunyip Camp Assembly

Mon 1st May School Photos

Tues-Thu NAPLAN 9th-11th May

Tue 16th May Lightning Premiership

Wed 17th May School Council Meeting

Thu 18th May BioLab

Mon-Fri Artist in Residence 22nd-26th May

Wed 24th May Open Day 9.30 - 11 am

Tue 30th May District Cross Country

Wed-Fri Yr 3/4 Camp Burnside 7th-9th Jun

Mon 12th Jun Queens Birthday Public Holiday

Wed 21st Jun School Council Meeting

Future event dates are regularly posted on the school website. Go to: http://www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au/mevents

20th April 2017

PARENTS & FRIENDS

SCHOOL & COMMUNITY NEWS

Social Trivia Night Flyers have gone home today for the social trivia night which will be on Friday 2nd June in the hall. Tables are strictly limited, so get your team together and put your form and payment in the drawer opposite the office no later than Thursday 25th May. Tables will be allocated as pay-ment and forms are received. Payments can be made via QKR as well as cash, eftpos. Please note this is a strictly over 18’s event.

2nd Hand Uniforms Racks are always open for browsing in the kitchen area of the hall. Gold coin donation per item (honesty box). Donations of clean resalable items are always accepted with thanks.

Stay up to date You can stay up to date with all Parents and Friends news by joining our facebook page “Wallington PS Parents and Friends” or to join the mailing list to receive meeting minutes email breeschammer@bigpond.com

School Photos will be taken on Monday, 1st May in the morning. Envelopes will sent home shortly. Prices range from $14 to $51 with various options eg, individual, class and family photos (siblings). There is no obligation to purchase.

The Entertainment book is available for sale now. Hard copies are available at the office for $60 or go online for a digital membership. http://www.entertainmentbook. c o m. au / ab ou t / C hoo s e -y ou r -Membership

School ANZAC Service:

Monday 24th April

As part of the

commemoration, our school will acknowledge

and support the work of ‘Soldier On’.

This organisation supports those who have

served by focusing on their physical and men-

tal health, their family, their community and

their future.

This is an opportunity for school students to

make a connection with veterans. To assist

with this valuable work, we invite all students

to bring coins of 10 cents and above for a

fundraising effort.

On Monday, we will try to make the longest

line possible of coins in the Hall. This will

then be donated to ‘Soldier On’.

Judie Macmillan

Yr 5/6 Students - reminder that the

bus for the GRIP Leadership

Conference tomorrow leaves

at 8.30 am sharp.

Please ensure you are

at school early.

Wallington Parents & Friends

TRIVIA NIGHT