IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP

March 26th-29th – Gr 5-6 Canberra Camp April Friday 5th – Last day Term 1; Ride to school morning & pancake breakfast; Drawing of Easter Raffle; Bulb Orders Close; Dismissal 2.30pm Tuesday 23rd – 1st day Term 2 Thursday 25th – Anzac Day

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Community Garden Fundraiser –Friday, April 5th at Fowles As mentioned in previous newsletters, our school is working in tandem with the Avenel Action Group to establish a community garden. The Fowles organisation, in an act of great community support, are holding a fundraising event on Friday April 5 th to raise funds for our garden project. Fowles will be opening their new event venue to the Avenel community on from 5pm to 6.30pm on Friday, April 5th. Food and drinks will be provided free of charge – the only tariff is a donation to our community garden fund. I would like to thank Fowles Wine for their support of our garden project and I look forward to seeing a great turn out on the evening in support of this project. Annual Report In the coming weeks we will be publishing our Annual Report for 2018. Every school in Victoria publishes an Annual Report as part of its accountability framework and the report provides a very concise summary of a school’s performance in the preceding year. In 2018, we continued to be a high performing school. In six out of the eight student outcomes categories measured by the report, we achieved a “higher” result than schools which are considered our statistically similar schools. We also exceeded all of the state benchmarks for “high learning gain” as measured by the growth in students NAPLAN results from Grades 3 to Grade 5. I would like to recognise the focused and committed teaching and learning culture which we have at Avenel Primary School and also recognise the culture of continual improvement which all of our staff members exhibit. Grade 5/6 Canberra Camp: Yesterday, our Grade 5/6 students headed off to Canberra for four days of educational experiences. Over the course of four days, they will experience some great educational activities including visiting the Australian War Memorial, Parliament House and the Australian Electoral Office. Other great experiences include visits to the Australian Institute of Sport and Questacon. Speaking to the teachers last night, the first day of the camp has gone very well and our students have been loving all of the experiences to this point. Many thanks to Mrs Malone, Ms Cotter and Fiona Allen for the work they have put into organising and staffing this camp. Ride to School Morning Yesterday, students received information on our Ride to School event which will be taking place on the last day of term. For the past seven years, this event has been a huge success with participation growing each year. One of the highlights of the event is the ceremonial lap of our school oval which we conduct with all of our riders when they arrive at school. Last year, we had close to one hundred students and parents on bikes and it would be wonderful to see us repeat this result. Our staff will also be cooking pancakes so it is sure to make for an exciting start to the last day of term. All the best, Neil

OTHER THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ….

EASTER RAFFLE: Thank you to those families who have donated an Easter item for our Easter raffle which will be drawn at our final assembly on Friday 5h April at 2:00pm. Donations can be left at the office up until the last day of school for the term. Don’t forget to sell your raffle tickets, if you require more raffle books they are available from the office. Tickets are $1 per ticket. Please be generous to this great cause.

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN IS BACK - We are participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. This program gives us the opportunity to get new educational resources for our school. All we need you to do is collect your sticker if you spend $10 or more when shop for your groceries at Woolworths. Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or at your local Woolworths. At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. Anyone from the community – staff, parents, grandparents, neighbours and friends - can collect stickers for our school. If our community sticks together we can earn our choice of

educational equipment & resources. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. If you’d like to know more visit woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn.

PARENTS & FRIENDS NEWS Bulb Fund Raiser! Hopefully you have received a catalogue for our 1st fund raising effort for the year. Orders are due in by Friday 5th April (last day of term 1 as their sales deadline for bulbs is April 12, 2019. Spring bulbs are a great choice for new gardeners and an easy one for the pros! They are a terrific way to get

the kids outdoors and attuned with nature and provide a fun and easy activity for you to do together. May is perfect time for planting, and whether you are a passionate gardener or someone just discovering the joy of plants, you will love the exciting selection. Free growing instructions and advice is given with every order, so you are assured of sensational results, it is so simple, all you have to do is place your order!!!

AROUND THE ROOMS

To –Koen Mulraney, Willow Harper, Zac Anderson and Ben Davies

STUDENT OF THE WEEK – Rayden Hannigan - For using a checklist to work independently during digital technology. Lukas Hilbig - for the effort and perseverance he is showing towards his narrative writing piece. Star Knight -for the dedication he is showing towards practicing his reading and his bank of high frequency words. Griffin Boote -– for being an excellent team member during group tasks. Mac Malone – for his precise definitions of unfamiliar vocabulary in an exposition text. Isobel Elston- for being a supportive and encouraging friend when working with a partner. Oisin O’Sullivan - for using the revising process to improve his word choice in his narrative. Angus Nash - for his accurate and concise mathematical investigations report. Lindsay Smith - for seeking feedback to improve his writing.

For maths investigation over the last few weeks we looked at how much it would cost for Mr O to

buy all the students in the school a choc chip cookie. We had to research where to buy them from, how much they would cost and how many students in the school.

Once all our information was gathered, we submitted our report to Mr O. He must have liked our report as he purchased the cookies for us to hand out to all the students. Thanks Mr O! Indiana, Oisin and Jonty.

The Preps have started learning about

Recount Writing. On Tuesday, we read

The Little Red Hen and then we went to the staffroom to make some bread! We needed to use new vocabulary to describe our role in the bread making process.

Abby – I poured the flour into the bowl. Kevin – I poured the milk into the bowl. Ella – I mixed the flour and the milk with a knife. Austin – I poured the water into the bowl. Charlie – I tipped the salt into the bowl. Hugh – I mixed the flour and the salt with the spoon. Hudson- I poured the flour into the bowl. Ruby - I poured the salt into the bowl. Nate – I made the well in the mixture with the spoon. Tllly - I poured the flour into the bowl. Rayden – I mixed the salt and the flour with the spoon.

AVENEL PRIMARY SCHOOL - CALENDAR OF EVENTS

MONTH

DATE

EVENT March 26th – 29th Gr 5-6 Canberra Camp

April Friday 5th Last day Term 1 – Drawing of Easter Raffle – 2.00pm Last day to order bulbs in P&F’s bulb find raiser

Tuesday 23rd First day Term 2

Wednesday 24th School Library Bus

Thursday 25th Anzac Day

30th – 3rd May Book Fair

May Wednesday 8th School Library Bus

Friday 10th Avenel Cross Country

14th – 16th NAPLAN Testing Gr 3 and 5

Tuesday 21st District Cross Country

Wednesday 22nd School Library Bus

Thursday 30th Division Cross Country

June Wednesday 5th School Library Bus

Monday 10th Queen’s Birthday

Wednesday 19th School Library Bus

Friday 28th Last day Term 2

July Monday 15th 1st day Term 3

Wednesday 17th School Library Bus

Wednesday 31st School Library Bus

August Wednesday 14th School Library Bus

Monday 19th – Friday 23rd Science & Book Week

Wednesday 28th School Library Bus

September Wednesday 4th Avenel Athletics

Tuesday 10th Kids Teaching Kids

Wednesday 11th School Library Bus District Aths

Friday 20th Last day Term 3

October Monday 7th 1st day Term 4

Wednesday 9th School Library Bus

Thursday 10th Division Athletics

Wednesday 23rd School Library Bus

November Tuesday 5th Melbourne Cub Public Holiday

Wednesday 6th School Library Bus

Saturday 9th Set up for Avenel Fete & Clearing Sale

Sunday 10th Avenel Fete & Clearing Sale

18th – 22nd Gr 3-4 Camp

21st – 23rd Energy Breakthrough

Wednesday 20th School Library Bus

December Wednesday 4th School Library Bus – returns only

Wednesday 18th School Library Bus – returns only

Friday 20th Last day Term 4

COMMUNITY CORNER

NOW SHOWING @ EUROA CINEMA 23rd/24th – Ben’s back 30th – The Mule 5th – Loro 6th – 4.00pm & 10th – 2.00pm – How to train your Dragon – The Hidden World 6th/7th – On the basis of sex 13th – 4.00pm & 17th – 2.00pm – Ralph breaks the Internet 13th/14th – If Beale Street could talk

Tickets $10 – Preschool children free. Ice-creams, popcorn etc available from the Kiosk. Screening times: 8.00pm Friday; 8.00pm Saturday and 4.00pm Sunday. JUNIOR NETBALL PROGRAM The Avenel Under 12 Netball program is due to start in Term 2. The program is aimed at students from Grade 3 – 6. If you are interested in your child participating in the program, please call (or text your child’s details) to Mel Harper 0435 899 805. Thank you.

Avenel Golf Club’s winter season is fast approaching with our Opening Day being Saturday April 6

th. (See

flyer later in newsletter). In order to get the course up to scratch, we have scheduled a working bee for Saturday the 30

th March,

commencing at approximately 9.30 am. The club will provide a sausage sizzle lunch. If you are unable to attend the working bees, please drop by the course when it’s convenient to you and do what you can to assist with the clean-up. We welcome new members and beginners to our Club. Competition days are Tuesday – mixed – names to be in by 9.45am with play commencing at 10.00am. On Saturday we hold our Men’s and Ladies competition with names to be entered by 11.45am and competition commencing at 12.00 noon. Please feel free to come and join us on these days.

Let’s give head lice the flick. Make Sunday night,

hair checking night.

For more information regarding

head lice and how to treat please visit:

https://www2.health.vic.gov.au/

public- health/infectious-diseases/head-lice