Toora Primary School Newsletter Supplement No: 9 - 18/06/2015

Grade 5/6 CLASS NEWS The Grade 5/6 students are writing non-fiction stories about their families so will be asking their parents to talk with them, to share a story from when they were young. These stories can be funny or serious or even a little sad. Our students will then write these as informative recounts at school. Stories shape who we are and even if we don’t think our lives are important – believe me, they are. Our stories shape who we are and, in turn, help shape who our children become. So please take the time to talk and share.

Last Friday the Year 6 students visited South Gippsland Secondary College for transition day. Our six students plus Josh and Kiara from Welshpool Primary School had a great day. We went on the bus, which was exciting. In the first class we met the year 7 ambassadors and had a tour of the school. Then we had PE with Mr Hawking. After recess we had cooking, we made pizzas, then Science with Mr Callcott where we looked at experiments with Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Astronomy. Mrs Janssen got excited being in the science lab. Today was . . . Lachlan - awesome, I want to come here every day. Riley - fun, joyful. Kaleb - good

2, 3, 4 CLASS NEWS

— The Spirit of Polynesia Performance, Tuesday 16th June

Scarlet: We came to the Foster War Memorial Centre to watch The Spirit of Polynesia by a man by Bernard. We watched him do six dances, Hawaiian, Hakka, hip-hop, animal, hoop dance and the poi dance. The hoop dance was 7 small hoops that make living things eagle, horse, bee, flower, cat, snake, butterfly and a cactus. The hoops were all challenges that he had accomplished. He told stories about when he went around Australia with his three children Samuel Cooper and Thomas. Two of his stories where… We went swimming with wale sharks and you had to stay way away from them. He told a story of a man who almost got killed in a fight and escaped, now he in a metaphor to all Polynesia people. Bernard told us to always believe in yourself and others. I got to do the poi dance with Holley and Jaden plus other kid from Welshpool, Foster and Toora. After the show Bernard came and asked me why I was so good and I said I use the poi. We got on the bus and went back to Toora and then we had recess.

Mackenzie: At the Foster performance I learnt that there are a sometimes lots of languages in the one

country. Bernard, the man that thought us everything, did a dance that used seven hula hoops, he made an

eagle, a snake, a bee, a horse, a butterfly, a flower, a cactus and Mickey Mouse. There was an Hawaiian

dance, and a New Zealand dance which is called the

Haka. This performance was amazing and I wish I could

see it again.

Holley: Bernard went swimming with 5 whale sharks and a mantra ray with his 3 sons. He needed 10 volunteers for his show and Scarlet , Jayden and I were 3 of them!

Tyler K: He taught us to believe in ourselves through all

his stories he told. Now I know to believe in myself and I

want to explore the world and go to different

counters to learn other languages.

PRINCIPAL: David Tyler Phone: 56862 283 Fax: 5686 2451 Email: toora.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: tooraps.vic.edu.au

COMING UP: JUNE 24th School Reports going home 24th Canteen - Sausage Sizzle 26th PFA Meeting 9:00am 26th Last Day Term 2 Early dismissal 2:20pm JULY 13th First Day Term 3 TO BE RETURNED TO SCHOOL: Completed CSEF forms by 26th June School Fees ($150 per student)

PFA NEWS Next Meeting: Friday the 26th June at 9:00am. IVANS PIE Deliveries are due to arrive at school Wednesday 24th June.

CANTEEN - for the last Wednesday of the Term Canteen are running a

Sausage Sizzle instead of the regular Canteen Menu Wednesday 24th

June. Sausage in bread $1.50 each

Prep /1 CLASS NEWS

Our sound focus for this week has been ‘Ll’: lizards like lollipops, l, l, l. We will continue to write letters to others using the correct structure. We are currently waiting on a reply to our letters to Mr Tyler. Our show and tell topic for this week has been ‘your favourite place to go’. So far we have had the chocolate factory, the aquarium and the zoo. In Maths we have been working on money and general number facts, particularly friends of 10 (two numbers that add up to 10). On Tuesday the students really enjoyed the performance on the Spirit of Polynesia. If you would like to visit the website with your child the address is: www.manaspiritof.com Keep up the good work with spelling words, reading and learning the magic words. - Miss Williams

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Toora Primary School is proud to be an integral part of the Toora Community working with local organisations

and businesses to achieve the very best for our students and their education.

This week we received $500 from Anish Singla of Toora Foodworks - such a generous donation! Thank you Anish.

To our school community - please support our local supermarket.

We also send out a special Thank you to Barb & John English of "Barbs Place" cafe - they have donated icey-poles

to our school. We can assure you that these will be very much appreciated by all of our students.

LOCAL RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES IN NEED Winter is upon us, the days are darker and the heating bills are increasing. The cost of raising children just continues to climb higher. Help is available within our community to assist local families. The Department of Education provides assistance with the introduction of the Camps,Sport, Excursion funding available to Health Card holders (forms were posted out with Family statements this week) The Foster Community House has a Centrelink and Medicare Agency open Tuesdays and Thursdays 10.00– 3.00pm. The phone number is: 5682 1324. If you are tired of trying to phone Centrelink the computer at Foster Community House is available along with one on one support if needed. Food vouchers are available on Tuesdays from 10-3pm for those families with a Health care card. The Salvation Army food bank is available during office hours: Monday – Thursday 10.00 – 3.00 – including milk, dried goods, pasta, rice, noodles, canned soups and baked beans (availability is dependent on stock levels) - Phone:56624538 There is a huge range of medical services also available through Foster Health Centre. Some of the programs that you may be familiar with are: Well Women’s Clinic, Dietician Clinic, Youth Assist Clinic, Diabetes Clinic, Counselling/Family Therapy Clinic, McGrath Breast Care clinic, Foot Care clinic, Good Health Clinic. The programs are usually very economical so it is well worth a phone call to find out the services that can be accessed by families. The staff at the Foster Community Health Centre are all very approachable. Ph: 03 5683 9780

SAUSAGE SIZZLE LUNCH

Wednesday 24th June 2015

NAME: _________________________ CLASS: _______

I would like to order _____ sausages in bread at $1:50 each

Please find enclosed $________

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