AXEDALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

“Excellence Through Endeavour”

High Street, Axedale 3551

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

Principal – Corrina Hartland

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

RESPECT, PERSONAL BEST, RESILIENCE, COOPERATION

NEWSLETTER No. 36 November 7th 2019

Important dates:

Nov 8th Colour Fun Run Day (Postponed)

8th Hot Lunch Orders (Gr P/1/2)

11-15th Book Fair (Buy 1/Get 1 Free)

12th MARC Van

13th Colour Fun Run Day

Nov 15th Hot Lunch Orders (Gr 3/4/5/6)

19th School Council Meeting

20th CURRICULUM DAY (No students)

21st Kinder Transition 2.15-3.25pm

25-26th Dental Visit

SCHOOL VALUES AWARDS

Abbie – For always being polite and using her very

best manners. Abbie listens carefully and willingly

accepts direction and advice.

Paddy S – For demonstrating a positive attitude

towards his school work and friendships. Paddy has

worked diligently to be considerate of others, show

respect and do his personal best.

Ada – For giving her personal best with the

presentation of her work and for the high standard

of quality work that she produces. Keep it up, Ada!

Lottie

Rhianna – For giving her personal best when

completing homework.

Lainey – For showing respect towards and taking

pride in the presentation of our learning environment. She uses her initiative and is quick

to help others.

CLASSROOM ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Taylah – For showing interest and enjoyment in

her reading and spending her time reading, doing

her words and reading with others during

independent reading time in the mornings.

Liam – For showing great enthusiasm in Integrated

Studies by contributing and presenting information

about Mini Beasts and their characteristics.

Darby – For reading and working solidly all week

and for having a go at everything! Keep this up for

the rest of the term, Darby!

Belle

Emily J - For making an excellent draft on her

Colombia Brochure when studying South America.

Kristah – For her ability to describe pro babilities

as fractions, decimals and percentages when conducting chance

experiments.

HOUSE TROPHY

Congratulations to Campaspe, winners of this week’s House Award.

GOLDEN BRUSH

Congratulations to Grade 5/6 on winning the Golden Brush awarded for

this week.

MAGIC WORDS

Congratulations to our students who have achieved a Magic Word Reading Certificate this week.

PEN LICENCE

Congratulations to Anabelle, Emily B, Mia and Brianne who all received their Pen Licence at assembly on

Monday.

BLUES & ROOTS FESTIVAL

On Sunday our school band will be playing at the Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival. Our band will be

playing at 1pm, just behind the British tram in Rosalind Park. If in the area on Sunday, feel free to drop by

and listen to them perform.

Band members need to meet Mr Marsh at 12.30. Enjoy!

FAREWELL TO THE PRENDERGAST FAMILY

Next Tuesday will be the last day at Axedale Primary School for Kristah, Leah and Bella. We wish them and

Laura and Matthew all the best on their return to Broome.

Corrina Hartland

Principal

A reminder to parents please do not park in the driveway of houses around our school. We have been

contacted by residents who are looking at taking further action if parents continue to park in their driveways.

2020 PREP ENROLMENTS & FAMILY INTENTIONS

If you know of any families who are yet to enrol their child for Prep in 2020 can you please encourage them

to return their forms ASAP. We are also asking current families who know they won’t be attending Axedale

PS next year to let Katrina know ASAP for planning purposes.

CURRICULUM DAY – Wednesday 20th November

As proposed there will be a Curriculum Day (student free day) for staff professional development on

Wednesday 20th November. This date has now been approved by School Council. The focus for the day will

be Literacy across the whole school.

MELBOURNE CUP DAY

On Tuesday we held our Melbourne Cup Activity Afternoon. Congratulations to Ms Bingham’s class for their

enthusiasm and effort in organising and running the activities. Students across the school enjoyed participating

in the wide variety of activities and working with students from different year levels. Thanks also to Mr C and

Ms Bingham for helping the senior students prepare, set up and run the afternoon. Thank you to those parents

who were able to join us for a picnic lunch.

DENTAL CHECKS

The dental checks which were postponed earlier in the year have been rescheduled. This is a follow up to

visits last year and will check on fluoride treatment received at that time. The visit will occur on Monday 25th

and Tuesday 26th November. A permission form was sent home last week.

SCHOOL COLOUR FUN RUN

Unfortunately, due to the weather, we had to cancel our Colour Fun Run last week. We were hoping to do the

Colour Run tomorrow, but we will need to postpone again due to the forecast of cold weather, wind and

possible rain. The new date for our Colour Fun Run will be next Wednesday 13th November, third time lucky!

Can we ask in the meantime that students who have collected cash donations bring these into school. This way

we will be as organised as we can be to start ordering any prizes, we are unable to start this process until all

cash money is accounted for.

On the day students need a plain white t-shirt to wear. Please see the map below which details where the run

will be taking place.

Students will need to bring a hat and drink bottle with them for the run.

We have until Thursday 14th November for money to be bought into school. If you are not wanting to receive

any prizes then please bring your money raised into school and let Katrina or Rylie know. We will add the

entire amount to our total.

Student prizes won’t be available for ordering online until all money has been collected.

We have a goal to raise $9,000 to go towards the roof over our basketball court. We are asking families to

create an online account. Even if you are only collecting cash donations the online account can be used to

track these and will be added to our ongoing tally and then when it comes time to redeem awards this is also

the site where this is completed. Thanks for your support. If families need help setting up an online account

please see Miss Gloury.

We are also approaching businesses for sponsorship support. A flyer is available from the office if you know

of a business who might like to be involved.

So far our online fundraising totals are:

Prep $ 845.87

Gr 1/2 $1,302.96

Gr 2/3 $1,659.27

Gr 3/4 $ 717.60

Gr 4/5 $2,309.95

Gr 5/6 $ 253.45

TOTAL $7,089.10

NETSET NETBALL

Thank you to those students who have shown interest in being involved in NetSet netball. Unfortunately we

have run out of time to do the formal NetSetGo program. We are looking to run our own netball skills sessions

over the next few weeks. Stay tuned for more information.

CWA YOUTH AWARD

Win $500 to use for your main interest, hobby or sports.

To enter: Tell us in a paragraph why you should win and how you would use the money to aid your interest.

All entries to be handed into the school office by Tuesday 25th November, 2019.

The lucky winner will be presented with the award on Australia Day 2020 on the Axedale Village Green.

Contact Jane Logan on 0438 035 643 for any further details.

STUDENT BANKING

Our school banking day is Tuesday. Interested students can apply online, at any Commonwealth Bank branch,

over the phone, or via a paper-based application available from the office.

SCHOOL APP

The majority of our families have now signed up for our school app and are finding it is a

great way of staying in touch with easy access to newsletters, receiving calendar updates

direct to your phone and entering absence notes. It is also the way we send our alerts and

reminders.

To download the app just visit the App Store for iPhones or Google Play for Android’s.

Search for Updat-ed and from the menu select our school. We’ll receive your registration

request and will need to approve you before your app is up and running.

FRUIT DUTY

Fruit will be provided during lunch and afternoon recess each Friday. Thanks to our volunteers for preparing

the fruit.

Friday 8th November – Jodie Black

Friday 15th November – Lizz Shelton & Melissa McKean

BREAKFAST CLUB

Breakfast Club is run on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. All students are welcome to come along and

share breakfast with some of their school mates from 8.30-8.50am.

Our Student Well Being Worker Ricky Cawley runs this most beneficial program.

Tuesday 12th November – Samantha C

Thursday 14th November – Liz H

Tuesday 19th November – Hannelie

Thursday 21st November – Samantha C

MICHAEL GROSS PARENTING RESOURCES

Our school is a member of Parenting Ideas. Visit

www.parentingideas.com.au

Please make use of this voucher so you can view a

Parenting Ideas Webinar for FREE. The webinar is on

Preparing for High School.

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Q: What did baby corn say to Mummy corn?

A: Where is Pop corn?

Thanks to Rachel for this week’s joke.

CLASSROOMS

PREP/1 MELBOURNE CUP DAY

On Tuesday the Prep/1 held their annual Axedale Cup. We have

some very speedy students. Peyton was the fastest girl. Hudson

and Baxter the fastest boys by a photo finish and Hudson was the

supreme champ. We had a great day.

BUDDIES

On Monday the Prep/1 and 5/6 Buddies met to play board games.

The 5/6 students outlined the rules and the aim of the game

before playing with the younger students. Next time we meet we

are going to make our own games with a mini-beast theme.

ONE DAY IN 5: JOIN THE RIDE

Grade 3/4 and 4/5 students are currently participating in a 4-week project

about riding and walking to school called One Day in 5 – Join the Ride.

During the project, students will explore the pros and cons of driving vs

riding or walking to school – from both a practical and sustainability

perspective. They will discuss barriers to active travel and how they

could overcome some of these, learn about safe travel behaviour,

identify appropriate walking and cycling routes, go on an excursion to

trial the identified routes, and give a presentation about the project at

assembly on Monday 18th November.

Families of these students have also been invited to complete a survey and have input into identifying the best

ways for students to ride or walk to school, including the best drop-off points so that students who live too far

away can also have a chance to walk or ride part way to school. Families with students in other grades are

welcome to have input as well: please send comments or queries to nicolaw@bigpond.com.

Axedale Primary is one of three Bendigo primary schools selected to participate in the project, which is funded

by the TAC Towards Zero Community Grants Program and delivered by active travel expert Nicola

Dunnicliff-Wells for the City of Greater Bendigo. Please contact Nicola with any questions or comments about

the project: nicolaw@bigpond.com.

Here’s a snippet of student responses to why we might ride to school: “you get fitter and stronger, you see

things you miss in a car - like nature, you feel more alive, your car lasts longer, it’s good for the environment,

cars and buses burn fossil fuels,” and of course, “It’s fun!”

ENVISION HELPING HANDS PROJECT

Thank you to everyone for your support with collecting bottle caps. We had a total of 5,652 bottle caps.

Envision hands takes recycled milk bottle caps and turns them into plastic filament to be 3D Printed into

prosthetic hands for children all over the world who can’t afford or don’t have access to them. There is a

link down the bottom that you can use to visit the website and learn more about this amazing project.

Thank you all ☺️

www.envision.org.au/envision-hands

By Eve Aurisch-McGrath

MOBILE PHONE RECYCLING

Axedale Primary School is a keen supporter of Zoos Victoria mobile phone recycling complain.

They're calling you aims to raise awareness of the threats gorillas face from mining while raising money to

support primate conservation and divert phones from landfill.

All smart phones, mobile phones, tablets and accessories such as chargers in ANY condition are accepted.

To protect data, it is recommended to conduct a factory reset before donating your phone.

Let's support endangered species programs and donate any phones that are hanging around your house.....they

are full of heavy metals that can be recycled!! The phone collection tub is located across from the school office

on the sports memorabilia display area.

Thanks

Lydia Fehring, Environmental Science Teacher

PARENTS, VOLUNTEERS & FRIENDS

FAMILY ROAST NIGHT

Thank you to all the families who came along to our family roast night on Saturday night. We all enjoyed a

great night, with good company, delicious food and fun and games. Thanks to Melissa Doak, Sonya Browne

and their team for their organisation.

COMMUNITY