THOMAS MITCHELL WEEKLY Web Site: http://www.tmps.vic.edu.au/

THOMAS MITCHELL DRIVE, ENDEAVOUR HILLS. PH. 9706 2254 Issue No. 23 August 3rd 2017

Friday 4/8 Year 6 Interschool Sport – TMPS Gold V TMPS Blue Home Year 5 & 6 Assembly – 2.40pm in Gym

Issue 5 Book Club Money and Orders due back at school Monday 7/8 Year 3 Excursion – Moonlit Sanctuary Thursday 10/8 Year 3 Activity – Cooking ‘Chocolate Balls’ Friday 11/8 Year Prep, 1 & 2 Assembly – 2.40pm in Gym Monday 14/8 Year 2 Excursion – Melbourne Museum & IMAX

Tuesday 15/8 ICAS Maths Competition

Year 1 Activity – Wild Action ‘Insect-A-Mania and Minibeasts’ at TMPS

School Council Meeting – 7.30pm in Staffroom / Finance Meeting 7.00pm

Tues-Fri 15-18/8 Year 6 Camp – Coonawarra Farm Resort

Regional Soccer Finals

Thursday 17/8 Year 3 Singing Concert – 6.30pm at Rivergum Performing Arts Centre

Year 5 Singing Concert – 7.45pm at Rivergum Performing Arts Centre

Friday 18/8 Year 3 & 4 Assembly – 2.40pm in Gym

Monday 21/8 District Athletics Carnival – Knox Athletics Track

Friday 25/8 Year 5 & 6 Assembly – 2.40pm in Gym

Book Week Celebration – Dress Up Day

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Working With Children Check (WWC)

This is a reminder to all parents that Government regulations require all adults who work with children in any way

including helping in classrooms, excursions, school camps, require a current Working with Children Check.

We ask all helpers to sign in at the office before going to help in the classroom, and for parents to provide the office

with a copy of their Working with Children Check documentation (this only needs to be done once).

Council of International Schools Visit

Parents would be aware that Thomas Mitchell is an accredited member of Council of International Schools (CIS). As

part of the Accreditation process, our school is reviewed by a team of International Educators from around the

world. In late October we will be visited by a team of 8 members for a week.

I will provide you with more information closer to the time.

2018 Enrolments

Parents are advised that we are now taking enrolments for 2018. If you have a child who will be starting school next

year, please visit the school to organise enrolment.

Parent Opinion Survey

As indicated last week, a random selection of about 30% of families will be contacted, either by email or by letter, to

complete our 2017 Parent Opinion Survey. The survey will be completed online. If you are contacted to do the

survey, we encourage you to complete the survey, as it provides us with important information. Contact will be

made with the random selection of parents next week.

John Hurley, Principal

Welcome to Riley Bernard (1JX) and Connor Bernard (1SB) who commenced at

Thomas Mitchell this week.

NOTICES SENT HOME THIS WEEK Year 3 Singing Concert

Year 5 Singing Concert

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CHECK – HAVE YOU APPLIED? All parents volunteering in classrooms, activities, excursions and camps will now be required to

provide us with a Working With Children Check PRIOR to assisting.

Have you applied for yours yet?

Have you named Thomas Mitchell Primary School as the

‘host’ organization in your application?

PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR WWC TO THE OFFICE SO WE

CAN REGISTER YOU ON OUR VOLUNTEER DATABASE.

We appreciate every offer of assistance in classroom activities and very much value the work

parents do with our students during school hours. Please see the office if you require assistance

with your Check – we are here to help.

Book Club Brochures for Issue 5 were sent home last week. All orders are due back at school by tomorrow,

Friday 4th August.

The completed order forms and payment (correct money only), or cheque, should be placed in an

envelope and returned to the classroom teacher.

Credit card payments are made directly to Scholastic via the online ordering system LOOP. Go to the Scholastic

website to do this. (www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP). No order forms need to be filled out for this.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept late orders.

Book Club Co-ordinators

ICAS Science 2017 Our Science ICAS results for 2017 have arrived. In the competition we had 72 students participating and they

received 1 High Distinction, 16 Distinctions, 19 Credits, 12 Merits and 24 Participation certificates. We’d like to give a

special mention to Carmen who received a High Distinction and placed in the 99th percentile of Australian students

who participated in the competition.

Our results were above national averages across all five year levels. We would particularly like to recognise the

following achievements:

Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6

High Distinction:

Carmen

Distinction:

Chenuki

Alex J

Distinction:

Tanen

Lucki

Hasi

Abigail

Prisha

Bawin

Distinction:

Keyshan

Abhi

Distinction:

Teodora

Visal

Jody

Distinction:

Dulana

Eric

Hayden

Credit:

Alex L

Luckshya

Thanushi

Credit:

Lesandu

Harshini

Lohit

Ishika

Sanithu

Credit:

Kishon

Savi

Meruna

Kevin

Gunaa

Senula

Credit:

Sai Srijan

Ellen

Credit:

Anushayan

Sasha

We would like to congratulate all of the students who participated in this competition and we are extremely proud of

how well everyone performed.

Mark Reid (Assistant Principal) and Joe Rasasane (Year 6 Teacher)

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN 2017

We are excited to be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program again this year! The program runs from 26 July until 19 September 2017. For every $10 spent at Woolworths the school earns one sticker. Stickers can be dropped into the collection box located at the school office or alternatively you can drop them into the Thomas Mitchell PS collection box at Safeway Endeavour Hills. Blank sticker sheets are available at the office if you would like to collect your own stickers. Completed sheets can then be dropped into the collection box at the office.

Completed sticker books are collected by the School and are used to purchase resources that support School programs. We are thankful in advance for any support you can provide in collecting and submitting these stickers.

Nude Food @ TMPS

Nude food winners for Week 2:

Junior School: 1AW with 37 nude lunches for the week Middle School: 3AS with 42 nude lunches for the week Upper School: 5JC with 33 nude lunches for the week

To see some simple recipes use this QR reader or visit the TMPS Nude Food blog at

http://tmpsnudefood.blogspot.com.au/. If you have a “nude” recipe to share please hand it

to Mrs A and it could be featured in a newsletter and on the TMPS Nude Food blog.

What is a “Nude” lunch box?

A “nude” lunch box is one that has no plastic wrappers or rubbish that goes to landfill. Use re-

useable containers to build a healthy and rubbish free lunch box. Remember, fruit scraps are

not included as rubbish!

Every day we count how many students in each class bring “nude” lunch boxes (including snack and lunch). The

winning class for the junior, middle and senior school will receive a certificate and the overall winner for the term

will receive a special treat.

For more information, contact Rose Arbuthnot.

During Term 2, we surveyed all the students on

how they get to and from school each day. Our

results showed that most of the students go to

and from school by car. It also showed us that

more students are walking to school since last

year and less are going by car. This is great to see.

Walking or riding to school:

*gives us quality time with our family and/or

friends

*helps us to save money on petrol and cars

* keeps us fit

* puts less pollution into the environment

Remember to always keep safe and obey the road

rules and where a helmet when riding.

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Children’s Book Week August 19th – 26th

The Children’s Book Council of Australia runs Children’s Book Week, which is the longest running children’s festival in

Australia. A panel of judges looks at books submitted by publishers written or illustrated by Australian authors and

illustrators. They read all the books and then select those that are to be short-listed. The judges look mainly for

literary quality and then decide on the winners. Book Week celebrates and highlights the importance of reading. It is

a fantastic opportunity to encourage children to read. Thomas Mitchell will be involved in a range of activities during

Book Week.

The theme for this year is “Escape to Everywhere”. Children are able to look at and read the books during their

library lesson, during lunchtime or before and after school. All children will vote for their favourite book and the

winning book will be announced during the Book Week assembly on 25th August. Parents are very welcome to come

in and look at the book display.

COMPETITIONS Book Week Dress Up Day

On Friday 25th August, TMPS will hold their Book Week Dress Up Day. Students are invited to dress as their favourite

character from a book or as their favourite author. Prizes will be given to both the most creative and the best

dressed students in each year level.

Poster Competition

Students in all year levels are also invited to create a poster to share their interpretation of this year’s theme,

‘Escape to Everywhere’. The judges are looking for the most creative entries. Entries must be submitted by

Friday 18th August, to Room 7 (2DF). The winners will be announced at assembly.

If any parents have child-friendly magazines or catalogues they wish to donate for craft activities relating to book

week, could you please give them to your child’s classroom teacher, thank you!

The Book Week Committee

"There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all."

— Jacqueline Kennedy

The school runs a Playgroup for 0-5 year olds each Thursday morning from 9:15am – 10:30am during the school term in the Early Learning Centre. We ask for a gold coin donation to participate and for parents to please bring a nut free snack for their child/ren. It is a great opportunity to meet other parents of children attending our school or local families and for your younger children to meet other children who may be joining the school in the future. Please feel free to bring a friend along, or if you know someone with younger children who would like to join this group, please let them know. Fun activities include: playdough, painting, pasting, stories, music, singing and games. We look forward to seeing you.

Parent Direct Toy Fundraiser With our school newsletter today, we are distributing a ‘Parent Direct Toy Fundraiser’

catalogue to Year 5 & 6 students. Prep to Year 4 students received a catalogue last

week. Families are under no obligation to purchase toys from this catalogue, however if you

wish to do so the school will receive up to 25cents of every dollar you spend. (Red items

reward us with .25c per dollar, Orange items with .20c per dollar and Green items with .10c

per dollar.)

Please note: Only Years Prep to Year 4 are receiving catalogues this week. Years 5 & 6 will

receive theirs next week with the newsletter.

Ordering is easy:

To order online go to www.parentdirect.com.au

1. Browse and add the toys you want to buy to your ‘cart’ 2. Nominate Thomas Mitchell Primary School for the fundraising voucher 3. Finalise payment and your goods will be delivered direct to your home address. Orders above $150 have

no delivery fees added and will be delivered within 10 days.

If you wish to place a paper order, go to page 65 of the catalogue

1. Complete: Customer Details (your own information) School Details – Thomas Mitchell Primary School, Thomas Mitchell Dve., Endeavour Hills VIC 3802 Phone 03 9706 2254 Delivery option - please select Option 2 and complete your home address for delivery

Payment details 2. Return your completed form to the school office anytime up to FRIDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2017 (orders

will be placed on a weekly basis and delivery will occur within 10 days from the end of the week you submit your order) OR

3. Post your completed form to Parent Direct Pty Ltd, PO Box 6453 Frenchs Forest NSW 2086 at any time up to MONDAY 11th DECEMBER 2017 (orders received in the mail after 18th December will not be processed).

Please remember to nominate Thomas Mitchell Primary School so that we may receive credits to purchase

educational resources for use at school. Every dollar will be used to benefit our students!

Thank you for supporting our fundraiser.

UNIFORM SHOP OPEN TIMES – TERM 3 2017

Every Friday morning 8.30am to 9.30am

4th, 11th, 18th & 25th August

1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd September

Every Tuesday afternoon 3.00pm – 4.00pm

8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th August

5th, 12th & 19th September

Health Centre News

Always alert the school if your child requires medication at school as specific medication

authorisation forms are required. Promoting health and reducing health risks are important to

everyone at our school, particularly vulnerable classmates with chronic medical conditions.

We appreciate your support and cooperation. Please contact me if you have any questions.

School Nurse Felicity

If your child is unwell before school, please do not send them to school, as rest at home is often the

best remedy. Be aware that some conditions do have mandatory exclusion periods and medical advice

from your family doctor is best practice in supporting your child’s health care needs.

SPORT NEWS

Year 6 Soccer Team – Winners Congratulations to our Year 6 Soccer Team who have progressed to the

Regional Soccer Finals after winning the Divisional Round Robin last

Friday. The competition will take place at Casey Comets FC on Tuesday

15th August.

Year 6 Interschool Sport

The second round of Interschool Sport will be held tomorrow, Friday 4th August. Please see below for details:

Thomas Mitchell (Blue) vs Thomas Mitchell (Gold) Home

District Athletics Team

Congratulations to the students below who have qualified for the District Athletics Carnival.

The carnival will be held at Knox Athletics Track on Monday 21st August.

Year 4 Students Year 5 Students Year 6 Students

Heval Jody Dalia

Isabella Bella Jyothika

Emma Ceyda Nikolina

Nevayah Luka Cathy

Madi Taelyn Hana

Eda Ana-Maria Anush

Henah Nargess Jarell

Ashlee Olivia Eren

Shaylee Jennifer Ashleigh

Shanice Emre Tracy

Mia Shamone Mitsuki

Jishan Mohamed Claudia

Stefan Tristyn Jasmine

Vlad Jelena

Abhi Aleksia

Sasha Athena

Micah Hannah

Joy

Ryan

Natan

Fraidoon

Oliver

Nazif

Jensen

Billy

Mujtaba

Maksim

Lukas

District Athletics Training Timetable

Students wanting to train for the upcoming District Athletics Carnival, please see below for training dates and times.

Training will start next week on Monday 7th August.

Week 4 Timetable

Monday

7th August

Tuesday

8th August

Wednesday

9th August

Thursday

10th August

Friday

11th August

Morning 8:30am –

Sprints/Middle Distance

Morning 8:30am –

Long jump & Triple

jump

Morning 8:30am-

Hurdles

Morning 8:30am-

Shot Put & Discus

Lunchtime-

Relays

Lunchtime-

High jump

Lunchtime-

Relays

House Points Total House Point Results for 2017:

Have a great week!

Olivia Goder

Physical Education Teacher

Student Banking – Wednesday each week

This week we had a total of 74 deposits.

Two new bankers signed with Thomas Mitchell Banking also. Thanks to all the regular bankers

and it is always great to see more signing on.

Student banking is a great way to encourage your child to save money and at the same time

raise funds for the school. The Commonwealth Bank also has a fun rewards program, where

the students can redeem 10 silver tokens that they receive with every deposit made through

the school.

If you are interested in signing up your child with the program, you can do so online via the web address below, or by

visiting a commonwealth bank branch.

www.commbank.com.au/personal/students

REWARDS available:

Term 1 & 2 rewards: colour changing markers, blue and yellow (Cyber) handball, tablet case and 3D chalk. (Limited

stock of the blue and yellow -Cyber- hand ball)

Term 3: smiley key ring and black and yellow (Volt) handball.

When banking next, place a note for your reward choice and 10 tokens, or 1 gold token, to redeem these rewards.

Thomas Mitchell Banking Team

1st Freeman 5,070

2nd Bradman 4,090

3rd Perkins 4,080

4th Fraser 3,50