DIARY DATES

NUMBER 3 – 13 February 2014

Thur 13 Feb Yr 4 BBQ at Roy Dore Reserve

Yr 6 Family Life incursion

Mon 17 Feb Yr 2 incursion - Speaker from the Chelsea

Historical Society Visit

Tues 18 Feb Curriculum Free Day. No students at

school today.

Meet The Teacher Interviews 12pm-7pm

School Council Meeting 7.30pm

Wed 19 Feb Yr 1 and 2 Footsteps incursion

Thur 20 Feb Yr 6 Family Life incursion

Fri 21 Feb Junior School Assembly 2.50pm

Mon 24 Feb Whole School Assembly 9.10am

Wed 26 Feb Yr 1 and 2 Footsteps incursion

Thur 27 Feb Yr 6 Family Life incursion

Fri 28 Feb District Swimming Carnival (selected Yr

3-6 students only).

E.M.A. forms to be returned to school

Mon 3 Feb Senior School Assembly 9.10am

Mon 3 - 7 Mar Yr 6 Camp to Coonawarra. Departs

9.00am and returns approx 3.00pm

Wed 5 Mar Yr 3 Excursion to Scienceworks

Yr 1 and 2 Footsteps incursion

Mon 10 Mar Pubic Holiday - Labour Day

Tues 11 Mar Maths Whole School Incursion

Wed 12 Mar World Maths Day

Maths Whole School Incursion

Yr 1 and 2 Footsteps incursion

Thur 13 Mar E.F.A. Yrs 3 - 4

Fri 14 Mar Junior School Assembly 2.50pm

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PRESENTATIONS

School leadership badges were presented to School Captains, Junior School Councillors and House Captains at last Monday’s Senior School Assembly. Congratulations to all students in their leadership roles throughout 2014.

SCHOOL CAPTAINS

JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCILLORS

HOUSE CAPTAINS

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

SCHOOL COUNCIL NEWS

Nomination forms will be available from the school office next Friday 21 February for 4 parent vacancies. Parents may self nominate or be nominated by parents of the school community.

HOUSE SWIMMING CARNIVAL

The school wishes to thank parent volunteers and staff who made this year’s House Swimming Sports a huge success. In particular, l wish to acknowledge the huge workload undertaken by Michelle Conway and Kelly Laughlin to ensure a successful day.

JUSTIN HULLAND The school expresses its deepest sympathy to the Hulland family upon the tragic death of their son Justin [Graduating Class of 2009] last week. PAST STUDENTS DO WELL Over the summer holidays Ege Girgin, Class of 2011, competed at the Australian Chess Championships and came first in his age group. He was ranked 42nd out of 96 competitors and finished 12th overall. Well done Ege.

RUNNERS CLUB

Over 60 students attended the first Runners Club for 2014. Well done to all runners.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who won our ‘Student of the Week’ awards for Week 2 of this term. Prep, Yr1 and Yr 2 students will receive their certificates at their next assembly. Keep up the terrific work everyone!

Prep A – Harry W for being a happy and helpful member of our class and always working hard on all tasks.

Prep B – Sosemans A for making a fantastic start in Prep by being a great helper in class, a good friend to his classmates and trying his best in his work.

Prep C – Dominick P for listening so well and following instructions beautifully.

Prep D – Ryder T for starting school with a smile every day and being such a friendly and helpful member of Prep D.

Prep E – Mason S for making such an amazing effort with his handwriting this week.

1A – Jesse H for settling into his new school well.

1B – Alanah S for having an awesome attitude to school.

1C – Madison M for settling in so well to Year 1 and always bringing a smile to class every day.

1D – Diana F for showing Team One D that learning can be really great fun.

1E – Ethan J for settling in so well at Patterson Lakes and having a fantastic start to the year.

2A – Darius R for working hard to complete tasks in class.

2B – Max S for being a kind and caring friend to a classmate when they were feeling sad.

2C – Isaiah B for making a positive start to his learning and embracing his new class with enthusiasm.

2D – Cody W for a fantastic independent start to the year.

2E – Luke M for having a fantastic start to the year and being voted Class Captain.

3A – Jack B for settling well into the school year, especially with your broken arm.

3B – Camdyn H for being an excellent listener and fantastic role model to his peers.

3C – Jessica V for impressing your classmates so much in your first week at our school that they voted you Class Captain.

3D – Isaac G for thinking of others in the playground and showing care for his peers. I am proud of you for including others in your games.

4A – Charlotte F for her energy and enthusiasm in all activities.

4B – Fletcher M for an excellent start to Year 4 with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.

4C – Maddison B for a wonderful first week of term and for overcoming her fears and attending the swimming sports carnival.

4D – Kasey S for making a fantastic start at Patto.

5A – Jack B for making positive contributions to class discussions and making an excellent start to 2014.

5B – Charlotte T for making a terrific start to the year in Grade 5.

5C – Alicia G for always smiling, showing manners and being very nice to her teachers and peers.

5D – Zoe S for a fantastic week at PLPS and for being voted Class Captain.

6A – Bianca C for settling into Year 6 and consistently contributing to a positive learning environment.

6B – Luca J for being a helpful and responsible Class Captain.

6C – Mitchell W for a great start to the year and being a wonderful helper in the class.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S REPORT SPORTS NEWS

PATTO’S FIRST SWIMMING CARNIVAL

The sun was out and ready for our first annual Swimming

Carnival. What a fantastic day we had! Students in Years 3-6

had the opportunity to compete in 5 different events for the

day.

Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and the noodle

race. The day gave all students the chance to experience a

Swimming Carnival no matter what swimming ability they were.

Teachers were very keen to be a part of the day, jumping in

the water for the long awaited noodle race.

A big thanks must go to those parents who volunteered their

time on the day and to any parents who came along and

supported our students.

The official results showed that the winning house for 2014

was “THOMPSON”. GO THOMPSON! Congratulations and

good luck to those students who are selected to represent

Patto at the Swimming Districts on Friday 28th February at the

Pines Pool.

SPECIALIST CLASS AWARDS for last week were: P.E – 4A, Spanish – 5B and Computers – 5D. Congratulations to these classes on their super efforts with our specialist teachers.

‘YOU CAN DO IT’ AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who won our You Can Do It awards for last week: Brodie W (6C) for Getting Along and Anthony S (6C) for Confidence.

INFORMATION PACKAGE

The Information Package was distributed to families of Years 1-6 students on Wednesday and Preps today. It included: Student Code of Conduct, Acceptable Use of Information Communications Technology (ICT) Policy, Head Lice Inspections, Anti Bullying Policy, Homework Policy and Consent/Agreement Forms.

There is one package per family which was sent home with the youngest member of each family. The school asks you to read these policies with your child(ren). This year the signing and returning of the agreement/permission forms to the school will only need to be completed for Prep students and those students who are new to the school. This should be done by Friday 21st February. Those students who attended our school in 2013 have signed until the end of Year 6. The forms for Preps and new students can be returned to class teachers or be placed in the ‘Drop Box’ at the Office. The school distributed a Bicycle Code of Practice and consent form to students intending to ride their bikes to school on Monday.

MEET THE TEACHER’ PARENT TEACHER MEETINGS -

Tuesday 18 February

Parent Teacher Meetings will be held on Tuesday, 18th February from 12:00p.m. – 7:00p.m. Bookings for these meetings can be made on the school’s website with your login name (surname) and pin number which was sent home with the youngest member of the family on Monday. All students were provided with a 2014 ‘MEET THE TEACHER’ - PARENT/GUARDIAN INFORMATION sheet. It would be greatly appreciated if this could be returned to your child’s class teacher by tomorrow if you haven’t already done so. If you have not received or misplaced your login pin number, please contact the office to have it re-issued. There is the flexibility for parents to change times if required. This can be done by simply logging back in and changing your booking if there is a more suitable time that has been made available through a cancellation or if another parent has changed to a more suitable time.

WEARING OF SUNGLASSES AT SCHOOL

Students are encouraged to wear sunglasses at school as part of our Sunsmart Policy. Wearing sunglasses at morning recess, lunch play and during outdoor school activities such as P.E helps to protect the eyes from the harmful U.V rays. It has been great to see a couple of students wearing their sunglasses at school this week and we hope to see a lot more doing so in the future.

We are looking for a couple of keen parent helpers for

assistance in coaching/refereeing Yr 5/6 Summer

Inter-school Sport. Parent helpers MUST have a Working

with Children's Check registered at the school and be

available every Friday between 9.00am - 11.00am in Term 1.

If there are any parents with a background and interest in

Kanga Cricket, Basketball, Walla Rugby or Volleyball please

contact Miss Conway (conway.michelle.l@edumail.com) with

the sport you are interested in assisting, your background in

the sport and contact details.

Regards Michelle Conway.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

NAME BIRTHDAY

Maddison D 13 February

Hayden D 14 February

Marcus C 15 February

Elishka C 16 February

Zoe M 16 February

Koe M 16 February

Darcy L 17 February

Rylee S 17 February

Jessica B 17 February

Isabelle E 17 February

Molly M 17 February

Diing D 18 February

Shayna B 18 February

Carl O 18 February

Hayley R 19 February

Alex A 19 February

DISTRICT TEAM FOR SWIMMING

Trials will be held for Year 5 & 6 students for either AFL ,

Netball, Basketball Girls and Boys, and Soccer Girls and

Boys.

These trials are the first step for your child to possibly

represent the State team at their chosen sport.

Trials will be held over the nbext couple of week during lunch

times. We will notify students via the classroom on the day of

the trials.

Parents / Guardians will be notified if their child(ren) has been

selected.

Kye M 6C

Brodie C 6B

William A 6A

Max L 6A

Nikolaj D 6A

Lucy R 6C

Jasmine R 6A

Maddy N 6C

Hailey H 6C

Lucy A 6B

Colby N 5A

Jaxon P 5D

Aden S 6B

Aden G 5C

Mackie E 5D

Tiffany P 5C

Jerzie V 5A

Madison E 5D

Natalie M 5D

Jocelyn R 5D

Kobe M 4A

Joshua K 4C

Jackson M 4B

Shaun N 4D

Charlie A 5C

Abbey T 4C

Kasey S 4D

Sapphire H 4B

Emma H 4D

Kristy R 4D

Trent M 6B

Madeleine M 6B

Molly K 5A

Dillon H 5B

Holly P 4B

Tarrant S 5D

Ethan L 5D

Madison S 3D

Daniel C 5B

Nathan A 4B

Chelsea M 6C

Liam D 5B

Kai K 5B

PATTO’S SWIMMING SQUAD 2014

YEAR 5 /6 SPORTS TRIALS

Happy Birthday to the following students who are celebrating

their birthday this week. We hope you have a lovely day.

FUNDRAISING

SAVE THE DATE ……….

SATURDAY 29TH MARCH 2014

PLPS will be holding a Trivia Night on Saturday 29th March

2014 at 7.30pm in the school hall. Please feel free to

organise a table of 10 with your family and friends. The

cost is $180 per table. BYO nibbles and drinks and make a

night of it. Come on guys, let’s all get on board and make

this a night to remember.

WORLD’S GREATEST SHAVE

Thomas S of 6B is raising money for the Leukaemia

Foundation by shaving his head on March 15th 2014. So

let’s all get behind Thomas as he continues his fundraising

by donating on www.worldsgreatestshave.com.au and

searching for his name.

ICT NEWS

Great news! Our school website has been upgraded to the new Mobile Friendly Template. Our site now optimizes itself for better viewing on mobile devices such as phones and tablets.

What was once hard to use and navigate on your phone, becomes much easier to read.

You can save the icon as an app on your phone. For more info visit view http://vimeo.com/78140760

BOOK CLUB

BOOK CLUB

Book Club Orders are due

TOMORROW

5c FRIDAY

THE WINNER OF 5c FRIDAY

FOR LAST WEEK WAS

5D

SPECIAL LUNCH USING PRODUCE FROM OUR VEGE GARDEN

Next Wednesday we will be selling home made Zucchini

Slice and Zucchini Chocolate Muffins using produce from

our school vegetable garden. The cost will be $1.00 for a

Zucchini slice or a Zucchini Chocolate Muffin. Please note

that students will still be required to bring lunch with them

on the day as availability is limited and some children may

miss out.

We are looking for parent helpers who can offer time to

assist with the cooking, which will need to be done at

home. We will supply you with a recipe and full

ingredients on the Tuesday prior.

Please contact Melissa Shipham via email

shipham.melissa.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

Forms available from the

school office.

Don’t be late, applications

close 28th February 2014

COMMUNITY NEWS COMMUNITY NEWS

DTA AUSTRALIA—JOB OFFER

Casual Job – Reception duties at DTA Australia in Chelsea Heights. During school hours – work around school times.

Call Dee Salt on 9781 9777.

Seaford Junior Football Club

Registration Day Sunday 16th February from 9am to 12pm at

the Belvedere Clubrooms. Come along and register for this

year. New players please bring your birth certificate along for

proof of registration. For more details please contact

Grainne Battams on 0415 168 286.

Seaford Junior Football Club - Seeking Girl Players

The Seaford Junior Football Club are seeking expressions of interest in fielding a girls only football team in season 2014

If interested please email club President Mark Davenport at

devofamily@optusnet.com.au stating name & DOB.

For more details please contact Mark on 0435 900 674

Carrum Patterson Lakes Junior Football Club

Registration day: Wednesday 26th February 4.30pm – 6.30pm

Venue: Roy Dore Reserve (off Graham Street) Carrum

All age groups welcome – under 9s to under 16s

Call Steve for more information 0417 375 815

Tennis Victoria—Mum’s Program

A program designed to give Mums in the area an opportunity to get active and meet and socialise with other mums.

A tennis club in your area will be running a 5 week subsidised Mums Tennis Program beginning Monday 24 February – Friday 28 March 2014 . Call Tennis Victoria on (03)8420 8429 for more information .

Seaford United Soccer Club

Junior Registration Day Sunday 2nd March, 2014 from

1.00pm to 4.00pm in our Club Rooms Seaford North Reserve, Railway Parade Seaford Girls and Boys aged 5 and over

Email enquiries through our website

Kilbreda College

Friday 28th February 2014 is the closing date for Year 7/2015 enrolments at Kilbreda College. Families who wish to tour the College can make an appointment by calling the college on 9584 7766.

HEAD LICE - LET’S FIGHT THEM TOGETHER ….. If you find lice, do not worry or be embarrassed. Head lice are a normal part of childhood - nearly 1 in 10 primary school children could have head lice at any one time. Most of us know what a hassle it is to treat head lice and just how frustrating it can be when your child comes home scratching their head yet again. But parents can fight the spread of head lice by working together: Check your family's hair for lice regularly - once a week is ideal!

COMMUNITY NEWS COMMUNITY NEWS

HEADLICE