AXEDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

“Excellence Through Endeavour”

High Street, Axedale 3551

Ph. (03) 5439 7232 Fax. (03) 5439 7575

Principal – Lex Johnstone

Email: axedale.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

NEWSLETTER No. 41 December 13th 2018

Important dates:

Dec 13th Axedale Disco

13th Student Farewell BBQ with Mr J

6.30pm CANCELLED

14th Student Reports are sent home

16th School Choir – Bendigo Carols

18th Gr 6 Graduation Dinner

Dec

2019

Jan

19th School Christmas Concert 6.45pm

20th Last day of school – Out of uniform

day 12.45pm Assembly 1.30pm finish

21st Staff 2019 Planning Day – Student

Free Day

25th Book Pack Collection Day

9.30am-2pm

SCHOOL VALUES AWARDS

Baxter – For working hard to write more during

writing time and making his sentences interesting for

others to read.

Tilly – For working hard in our unit on Chance in

Maths to prove that Miss Fleay does not have

magical powers.

Sadie – For giving 100% and achieving excellent

results across all curriculum areas.

Hugh – For working hard developing his

understanding of the relationship between

multiplication and division.

Della – For working hard at home and at school to

improve her spelling – fantastic effort.

Kurtis – For his hardworking approach and focus

when completing his Passion Project about Polar

Bears.

CLASSROOM ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Paddy – For being very helpful in the classroom and

the school yard and being a friend to everyone.

Campbell – For continually showing respect to

peers and being a supportive friend. Great work

Campbell.

Charlie – For demonstrating the school values in

everything he does. Great work Charlie.

Mahli – For settling well into school life at Axedale and making friends with the students in the school.

Leila-Jean – For co-operating and showing respect to those around her.

Matthew – For his outstanding cooperation skills and being a friendly classmate to all.

Isabella – For being a responsible and co-operative student who uses her initiative when assisting others.

HOUSE TROPHY Our House Point Trophy this week went to Campaspe.

GOLDEN BRUSH

Well done to our Grade Prep for their tidy efforts last

week.

READING AWARDS

Well done to our students who have earnt their 25 nights Reading Certificate, and also our P/1/2/3 students

who have achieved another level of word recognition this week. Great work!

TAVERN PERFORMANCE

Some plans had been put in place for our school band the Axedale Rock-a-Roos, to perform at the Axedale

Tavern on December 16th as part of their Community Christmas event. A clash of dates with the Bendigo

Carols where our Choir is performing means the Tavern Performance is now not possible, due to our

ongoing annual commitment to the Bendigo Carols.

The School Choir are required to meet Mrs. Caldwell at the Rosalind Park Rotunda at 7.30pm.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

PRINCIPAL POSITION

As per the note attached to grade lists on Monday, Corrina Hartland has been appointed as the Acting

Principal from January 1st and for Term One next year.

The Principal position will be advertised during Term One to start Term Two.

The process for advertising and filling Corrina’s Grade 2/3 position for Term One has begun.

WELL BEING

My apologies to Ricky whose name I left off the note that came out on Monday outlining the school

structure for 2019. Ricky will be continuing in his current role in 2019.

STUDENT REPORTS

Student Reports will be sent home tomorrow.

Also coming home will be Learning Journals for younger students and Digital portfolios for older students.

While we know it is a very busy time of the year, we encourage parents to take some time with their children

to sit down and discuss the information shared and student work samples.

While we know the students tend to focus on ‘the dots’, when looking through your children’s reports, we

encourage you to discuss the comments, the areas for improvement and also take note of the progress of ‘the

dot’ over the last twelve months.

END OF YEAR ASSEMBLY

We will be holding our end of year assembly next Thursday 20th December @ 1.45pm. We will farewell Mr

J as part of this due to the family picnic being cancelled tonight.

ORIENTATION DAY

Our new Preps settled in really well on Tuesday and made a cheerful and busy start. Well done to our current

Preps who were outstanding as Gr. 1 leaders on Tuesday.

All students across all of their 2019 grade groups appeared to settle in well with their new classmates and have

made a positive start for their 2019 year ahead.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT

We will again be holding our Christmas Concert in the Axedale Hall. This year the concert will be on

Wednesday 19th December, will begin at 6.45pm and will run for approximately one hour. Our grades will

perform a number of Christmas items and we will also present a number of end of year awards. We are

hoping a special visitor arrives after the concert. Fingers crossed.

Students do not need to wear school uniform to the concert. ‘Christmassy’ clothes would be ideal.

ART SHOW

Lots of Artwork is up on display in our Assembly area. All students will have a number of items on display

so please take some time to have a look with your child and discuss their work.

LIBRARY BOOKS

We have a lot of books from the library which are missing. Can parents please check at home and return any

books ASAP for our library audit. Thanks for your help with this.

UNIFORMS FOR EMBROIDERY

Over the holidays, we are again offering families the opportunity to have new or old

uniforms embroidered with your family’s surname for $2.50 per garment. Thanks to

Sharon Hipwell who is co-ordinating this opportunity.

As the last day of school this year is an out of uniform day, uniform items for embroidery can brought along

in a bag, with surname clearly written on the bag or a tag, and left at the Office.

Contact Katrina or Sharon for further information.

MARC VAN BOOKS

Can all MARC van books please be returned to the office ASAP so Mrs Gentry can complete her stocktake

of books. Thanks for your assistance.

2019 PARENT PAYMENT INFORMATION

An envelope with information regarding our 2019 Parent Payment Charges was sent home last week. Please

take the time to look through this information and fill out your preferred payment option and return to school

ASAP.

The Book Pack collection day will be Friday 25th January 2019 from 9.30am-2pm.

ENGRAVED BRICK FUNDRAISER

Information regarding the opportunity for families to order an Engraved Brick is attached to the Newsletter

today. Families or students can elect to purchase an engraved brick to be laid as part of our entrance area on

Raglan St.

Bricks can be computer engraved with names or can have a copy of a hand drawn picture by students.

Cost of a brick is $25 with $5 going to the school for each brick ordered.

Payment can be made through the Office before

the end of the year, or can be added to your

family account to be paid for in 2019.

Please contact the school if you need more than

one order form if you are planning to order more

than one brick.

Monday 17th is the last day for orders to be dropped in to the Office.

PARENTS, VOLUNTEERS AND FRIENDS

Tomorrow is the last day for Christmas Raffle items to be brought to the school.

Thanks to the many families who have donated so far.

TERM DATES 2019

Term 1: 25th Book Pack pick up day

29th January (Teachers resume)

30th January (Students) to 5th April

Term 2: 23rd April (Tuesday) to 28th June

Term 3: 15th July to 20th September

Term 4: 7th October to 20th December

FRESH FRUIT FRIDAY

Thank you to our volunteers for cutting up fruit each Friday.

Friday 14th December – Samantha Condon & Jodie Black

These dates will finalise Fresh Fruit Friday for the year.

Thank you to all the parents who have helped out during the year by cutting up the fruit and helping to

ensure our students are trying new fruits and enjoying eating healthy food.

BREAKFAST CLUB

Thank you to all the parents who have helped out during the year by supporting our Breakfast Club.

MICHAEL GROSS PARENTING RESOURCES

Our school is a member of Parenting Ideas. Visit

www.parentingideas.com.au

This week’s attached article is “Making a smooth transition to

secondary school”

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Thanks for this week’s joke from

Daniel White.

What do you get when you cross a

turtle and a porcupine?

A slowpoke.

THANK YOU

I would like to say thank you to those who came along on

Saturday night and to the many who donated to my gift, it is

much appreciated and far beyond what was required. It will

provide us with a chance to plan a very enjoyable travel journey.

Lex Johnstone

Acting Principal

FORMS TO BE RETURNED OR ORGANISED AT SCHOOL

2019 PARENT PAYMENT FORMS – Return forms ASAP

ENGRAVED BRICK ORDER FORM – Forms due by Tuesday 18th December

CLASSROOMS

VICTORY CHURCH CHRISTMAS HAMPERS

Today the grade 6 students assisted Victory Church pack 1000

Christmas hampers. Here are some of the statements from

students that attended.

Nadia P – It was nice to pack hampers for people in need.

Luke P – I’m thankful for having the opportunity to help pack

hampers.

Jaeyln K – it was nice to know that we will put smiles on

people faces.

Tahlia K - I know these hampers with go to someone in need.

Piper W – I enjoyed being part of helping others.

PREP DINNER

There was a Prep dinner on Friday. We ate zooper doopers, we played crab soccer. On the night we played

dance games too. With our dinner we had rolls for tea and we had ice cream and jelly for dessert.

By Paddy – Prep

EARTH SCIENCE

Earth Science presents and making beetroot dip using veggies from our garden.

COMMUNITY NEWS

KINDER ENROLMENT FORMS

We have enrolment forms for 2019 Kinder and Pre-Kinder available at the school office.