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. 37 November 15th 2018

Important dates:

Nov 13-19th Book Fair Buy 1 Get 1 Free

16th Gr 3-6 Hot Lunch Order Day

22nd Kinder Transition 2.15pm

23rd Preparation For Puberty Gr 5 & 6

28th Parent Teacher Interviews

29th Kinder Transition 2.15pm

30th Gr. 4/5/6 Bike Hike

Dec 5th Music Night

6th Kinder Transition 2.15pm

7th Thank You Helpers -Morning Tea

9th Axedale Community Carols

11th Orientation Day

18th Graduation Dinner

19th School Christmas Concert

20th Last day of school -1.30 dismissal

SCHOOL VALUES AWARDS

Drew – For being caring towards others and

working very co-operatively with her fellow

students when doing group work.

Nash – for always looking out for his peers and

making sure the classroom is a friendly and

happy place.

Ada – For showing persistence and

determination when learning to tell the time to

the quarter hour.

Grace – For consistently displaying the school

values in the classroom and the school yard.

Deakin – For showing fantastic cooperation

skills when painting the rebound wall last week.

Anthony – For being a positive leader when helping others practice and refine their cricket skills during

break times.

CLASSROOM ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Cale – For writing an interesting recount of our Cup Day activities and being able to spell most of the words

correctly.

Eliza – For working hard in every lesson to

achieve her personal best.

Matilda – For creating a very entertaining

and humorous comic based on the book

‘Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive the Bus.’

Sam D – For working hard to develop his

understanding of division.

Sam L – For using her punctuation when

writing her narrative piece “The Day I Saved

Bendigo’s Energy Crisis”

Zane, Thomas, Nadia Angus & Katya –

For working co-operatively in a team to

confidently deliver a respectful

Remembrance Day Service.

HOUSE TROPHY

Our House Point Trophy this week went to McIvor.

GOLDEN BRUSH

Well done to our Prep grade.

READING AWARDS

Well done to Ben and Sadie who have earnt their 25 nights

Reading Certificates.

MUSICIAN OF THE MONTH

Well done to Callum who has been chosen as the ‘Musician of the Month’ for

October.

BEES

Yesterday we were lucky enough to have Liam and Ashleigh Drake come in

and show us their bees and talk to our Prep/1 students about how their bees

make honey. Isabella was able to add lots of information to her mum and dads

descriptions. All of the students learnt a lot about bees and loved tasting the

fresh honey.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

SCHOOL REVIEW - PARENT FORUM

As part of the ongoing School Review, parents are invited to an Open Forum on Monday 19th from

2.50 – 3.25. The Forum will be held in the Grade 2/3 classroom.

Michael Cain, our School Reviewer, will conduct the forum and will raise a number of topics that he wishes

to gain a parent perspective from. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions and raise points of

interest. Everybody is welcome.

REMEMBRANCE DAY

Well done to Angus, Katya, Zane, Nadia

and Thomas who conducted a

Remembrance Day Ceremony at school

last Friday. They put together a very

respectful ceremony that was well

understood by all Prep- 6 students.

Our School

Captains

Angus and

Katya laid a wreath on behalf of the school

at the Axedale Ceremony on Sunday.

BLUES AND ROOTS FESTIVAL

Our School Rock Band members performed

wonderfully well at the Bendigo Blues and

Roots Festival on Sunday. Congratulations to

Alex, Callum, Macy, Lainey, Amelia, Mia,

Lottie, Zane, Leila-Jean, Sadie, Emily J &

Evie on their focus, confidence, team work

and adaptability.

Thanks to the parents for their support on the

day and leading up to the performance.

A big thanks to Mr. Marsh for providing

Axedale students with such an amazing

opportunity. To start with nothing and build

up to a four song performance in just three terms has been amazing. Looking forward to next year to see

what can be achieved!!

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 students with a range of awards.

PARENTS, VOLUNTEERS AND FRIENDS

Following our PVF Meeting on Tuesday morning, the committee would like the following items noted:-

PVF is planning to conduct a Car Rally in late Term 1 next year. Before too much time is invested in

organising the event, PVF is asking families to indicate if they would be a likely participant in such

an event or are interested in being on the organising committee. Please complete the slip at the end of

the Newsletter and return it to school by Friday 23rd November.

As is customary, there will be a BBQ lunch on Orientation Day – December 11th. From 12.30pm

students will be able to have a sausage in bread. Families may wish to send other food on the day.

Parents of 2019 Prep students are encouraged to come along and meet with staff and parents in

attendance. PVF is looking of a couple of volunteers to help with cooking the BBQ. Help is required

from approx. 11.30 – 1.00pm.

There will be a Family BBQ/Picnic Night to farewell Mr. J on Thursday 13th December from

6.30pm. The BBQ will be available for use (BYO meat) or families can choose to bring along their

own tea. Games and equipment will be out for the children and parents to use if they would like.

Each year PVF provide an Afternoon Tea for Staff as a way of acknowledging the work put in

throughout the year. If you are able to assist with a small donation of food, it would be much

appreciated. Please contact Kellie Gwin/Tanya Czuczman by Friday December 7th.

A Family Picnic Night to get to know new and existing school families is planned for February 21st

next year.

PVF are co-ordinating an Engraved Brick Fundraiser. Bricks will be

for sale for $25, with $5 a brick going to the school. The bricks will

be placed at the front entrance of the school as part

of our welcoming entrance. Paperwork for

ordering bricks will be distributed to families next

week.

Christmas Raffle – we will again be conducting a

Christmas Raffle – to be drawn at the end of year

concert on Wednesday 19th December. Families are asked to donate an item to go towards a number

of hampers that will be made up. Raffle tickets for hampers will be sent home with the Newsletter on

November 29th. Tickets and Hamper items are required by Thursday December 14th.

The result of the Golf Day was an amazing overall profit of $20,400, which will be shared with the

Axedale Pre-School. Once again, a big thanks to our wonderful committee – Liz Harrington, Tara

Coffin-Harrold, Kat Simon, Tanya Czuczman, Chloe Cavill, Ange Fiske-Kealy and Trudi Jackson

(Fosterville Mine) and to all of our families who donated goods, food items or time to help make the

day a success.

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

by Friday 7th December.

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

THANK YOU & FAREWELL DINNER FOR MR J.

The School Council and school community are organising an evening to say thank you and farewell to Mr J

on Saturday the 8th of December at thr Axedale Tavern. People are welcome to book a table and enjoy a

meal on the evening. The formal proceeding of the night will begin at 8pm and will be quite short (Mr J’s

request!) Further information will be provided in the next week. As there is a Family BBQ/Picnic night

planned for students and Mr J on Thursday 13th December, it is hoped that the evening at the Tavern is for

adults only.

GRADE 6 GRADUATION DINNER

All Grade 6 families will have received an invitation to the Graduation Dinner. A reminder to families to

please drop into the office to organise the purchase of your tickets for the night.

There is a limit of 4 tickets per family (plus the graduate). Once initial numbers are confirmed there might

be the opportunity for families to purchase extra tickets.

Thank you for your prompt payment of tickets which will allow us to organise seating arrangements and our

caterer.

GRADE 4/5/6 BIKE RIDE

Our Grade 4/5/6 one day Bike Hike will take place on Friday 30th November. Axedale Primary School will

be the start and finish point of the ride. We will be using the Bendigo Heathcote Rail Trail and riding to

Knowsley and return.

Parents are welcome to join the ride with the students.

Thank you to the parents who have offered to help out with support vehicles. Please ensure your forms

indicating bike availability and student skill level have been returned.

An information note for students and parents will be sent home next week.

HOT LUNCHES

Tomorrow is hot lunch order day for Grade 3-6’s.

STARTING SCHOOL

On Orientation Day, our Student Well-Being Worker Ricky

Cawley is hosting a ‘Starting School’ session for parents of

incoming Prep students. The session, to be held at the Tavern

from 9.15am – 11.15am, will be run by CentaCare Family

Services and will focus on feelings around the transition to

school, common concerns parents have about their child

starting school and practical ideas for how to make the

transition easier.

Following the session, parents are encouraged to attend the

2019 Prep Information session at the school from 11.30 -

12.30pm, followed by a BBQ lunch.

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.

PREP PLANTS

Our Preps and Grade 1’s have been very busy planting and

raising vegetable seeds. Their seedlings are now growing

and healthy and are for sale on our front verandah. Contact

Ms. Saunders or Mrs. Tenace if interested.

TERM DATES 2019

Term 1: 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 16th November – Tara Coffin & Hannelie Schutte

Friday 23rd November – Susie McGrath & Samantha Condon

BREAKFAST CLUB

Thank you to our volunteers.

Tuesday 20th November – Hannelie

Thursday 22nd November – Liz H

Tuesday 27th November – Samantha C

Thursday 29th November – Liz H & Hannelie

MICHAEL GROSS PARENTING RESOURCES

Our school is a member of Parenting Ideas. Visit www.parentingideas.com.au

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

You don’t need to be perfect, just better than you were yesterday.

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Q: Where do fish put their money?

A: In the River Bank!! Haha

Thanks Rowan – 10/10

Lex Johnstone

Principal

FORMS TO BE RETURNED OR ORGANISED AT SCHOOL

PREPARATION FOR PUBERTY – Return permission form ASAP

GRADE 4/5/6 BIKE HIKE – Return initial bike hike form ASAP

2019 PARENT PAYMENT FORMS – Return forms by 7th December

COMMUNITY NEWS

KINDER ENROLMENT FORMS

We have enrolment forms for 2019 Kinder and

Pre-Kinder available at the school office.

AXEDALE DISCO

The Axedale Disco is on Thursday December

13th at the Axedale Hall.

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PVF – CAR RALLY

FAMILY NAME: ____________________________________

Our family would be interested in participating in the car rally.

I would be interested in being on the organising committee for the car rally

NAME:________________________________

OUR REBOUND WALL IS CHANGING! Many of our students have been working with Shannon Leed over

recent weeks to change to face of our new rebound wall. The back of

the wall will be completed this week and the ground markings will

then be completed next week.

The students are loving being involved,

choosing a friend to work with and have

enjoyed showing off their artwork to other

students at recess and lunchtimes.