wallington primary school 29th june 2017 · jill murray and jack stevens ran the session. sushi ......
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608-610 Wallington Road Wallington 3222 Ph: 5250 1841 Fax: 5250 1459
Email: [email protected] Website: www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au
Grade 5/6 Camp The Grades 5 and 6 are off to Urban camp on the 16th – 18th August. This will be at the Urban camp in Parkville. Notes will start going out next term.
Strawberry Fair The first meeting of the 2018 strawberry fair is to be held on Wednesday 26th July at 7pm in the staffroom. As Glen has never organised this fair before he will need support from parents to get the job done. I encourage as many people as possible to attend to share the load. Never been involved before? Come along and see how it is run. The Strawberry Fair Meetings are a great way to get involved and have a say in the decision making process.
WALLINGTON Primary School NEWSLETTER
Principal: Leigh McLaren School Council President: James Watson
Good Bye and Thank You This is my final newsletter and I want to thank everyone for their best wishes and kind words. The decision to finish has not been an easy one. I will be on leave for the rest of the year and then retire at Christmas time.
Over the seven years that I have been here, it has been a privilege to work closely with so many great people. I have enjoyed my time here. I want to say that Wallington is fortunate to have a great staff who are dedicated to, and passionate about education. It has been an honour to have worked with them all.
Finally to the parents and students, I wish you well for the future and thank you for supporting the school and me. I leave with the knowledge that the school will grow from strength to strength and this is due to everyone having that “sense of community’”. Mr Glen Lauder – current Principal of Oberon South Primary School will be taking over. Please extend to him a warm welcome as he settles in next term.
End of term arrangements The students will be dismissed at 2:30 pm 1:30 pm Lunch 2:00pm Bell to come inside 2:10pm Assembly 2:30 pm Dismissal Parents are asked to ensure that arrangements are made to have the students picked up at 2:30 pm.
Curriculum Day Last Thursday, teachers spent the day discussing assessment and in particular the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmarking. The day incorpo-rated giving teachers further experiences with the operation of the bench marking and the use of running records. Jill Murray and Jack Stevens ran the session.
Sushi Sushi can be ordered in week one next term. Please remember that orders need to be in no later than 12:00 on the Wednesday for delivery on Thursday.
PRINCIPAL NEWS
CALENDAR DATES
Fri 30th Jun Last Day of Term Dismissal 2.30 pm
Mon 17th Jul Start of Term 3
Thu 20th Jul Parents & Friends Meeting 9am
Wed 26th Jul Strawberry Fair Meeting
Sat 5th Aug Walk for Homelessness
Wed-Fri Gr 5/6
16th-18 Aug Urban Camp
Future event dates are regularly posted on the school website. Go to: http://www.wallington-ps.vic.edu.au/mevents
29th June 2017
Lost Property
Please check lost property. We have a collection of purses, sun- glasses and other personal items as well as a mountain of unclaimed uniforms. Any unclaimed items at the end of term will be donated, recycled through the 2nd had uniform or discarded.
Get important alerts and information. For full instructions, go to:
http://www.skoolbag.com.au/forparents.php
Thank you to all parent helpers in Grades 3-4 this past half year....but due to a busy and over
crowded timetable in Term 3, please can we ask that we
don't require parent helpers in classrooms during this Term. If the need arises we will advertise accordingly. Thanking you in anticipation.....
Grade 3-4 Teachers
PARENTS & FRIENDS SCHOOL & COMMUNITY NEWS
Host Families and Exchange Students A number of Exchange Students from Italy, France Germany, Japan, Austria, Norway, Sweden and Finland are hoping to come here this July and August because they wish to study here for a term, a semes-ter or even two (which would mean they would be with the family who chooses them over Christmas and the summer holidays) with a family that would like to experience the differences and similarities of having an extra boy or girl aged 15-17 stay with them while they enjoy the experience and feel it is worthwhile. I’m hoping that’s you and your family, so if you’d like to give it a try for a length of time, can afford an extra member of your family at mealtimes and have a spare bed, share room or own, please call Klaus Schumann on 0472 771 785. (There is no payment involved as these are exchange students). Look for-ward to hearing from you or receiving an email or text.
Parents Social Horseriding Group There are 2 riding spots left on our ride on Saturday 29
th July to the Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie. If you are interested in coming along con-tact [email protected] or visit our facebook group “Wallington Social Horseriding Group”
Next Meeting The next P&F meeting will be held during the first week of term 3 on Thursday 20
th July 9am in the School Hall. Our guest speaker for health and wellbeing is Rebecca Orifici – Counsellor.
All very welcome. You can stay up to date with Parents and Friends news and upcoming events by following us in our facebook group: “Wallington PS Parents and Friends”
Kids Yoga Wednesdays 4.00 - 4.45 pm Recommended for ages 6-9 $15/casual $60/5 class pack
Active Balance Pilates and Yoga 15 Ferguson Road, Leopold
Book in via MindBody app or ring 52505902
New delivery of schoolbags
are available at the office for purchase at $40 each.
Sushi orders will resume first week
back in term 3.