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Experiences of Parenting survey

Are You A Parent of a Child Aged 2 to 12?

The Parenting and Family Support Centre at the University of

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Mothers/Special Person Day Breakfast

It was so exciting to see so many mums, grandmothers, special

friends and children at the breakfast this morning enjoying a

wide array of options that included toast, cereal, yoghurt, fruit,

noodles, fried rice, spring rolls and of course tea and coffee.

Firstly, thank you to the families who were able to join us for

this special breakfast. On behalf of the school community, I

would sincerely like to acknowledge the efforts of our

wellbeing team - Ricky Cawley, Jo Wedgewood and Adrian

McErvale for organising and coordinating this event. I would

also like to thank Htoo Bo and our Karen families for preparing

some delicious food that reflects their cultural heritage and

background. These were certainly very popular among the

patrons! I would also like to recognize and thank the staff from

our school who assisted with the serving. I was very proud to

see so many staff volunteers demonstrating their undeniable

commitment to our school and contributing to the development

of a positive school community culture. Pictures at back page

Uniform Reminder

Last week at assembly, I reminded students that as it gets

colder it is acceptable to wear a jacket to and from school to

stay warm but when school starts, they must have a school

jumper. This ensures they can keep warm during breaks and

outdoor activities such as physical education while at school,

as they are not able to wear their jackets (unless it is a school

uniform item) during school hours.

National Walk Safely To School Day

On FRIDAY 17th MAY children throughout Australia are

being asked to walk to school with their parents/carers while

learning to be safe, active and healthy. If you cannot walk all

the way, combine a walk with public transport. If you must use

a car, try leaving it a good distance from the school and walk

the rest of the way. This is an annual campaign when all

primary school children, their parents and carers are

encouraged to walk and commute regularly and safely to

school. This community event promotes Road Safety, Health,

Public Transport and the Environment. Australian children are

becoming less active. One substantial contributor is the decline

in walking and/or taking public transport to school. Children

who are often physically active are healthier, perform better

academically and less likely to be obese or overweight, which

can lead to the long-term and costly risks of heart disease and

diabetes etc. Walking regularly is the best exercise because

you can build it in to a daily routine.

White Hills Primary School No 1916 Week 3, Term 2 Thursday 9th May Ph 54430799 F 54437222

white.hills.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

At White Hills Primary School we provide students with skills to be

lifelong learners. We are a community which caters for academic,

physical, social and emotional needs, preparing our students to

contribute productively to an increasingly globalised world.

Term 2 2019: Tuesday 23 April – Friday 28 June Week 3

Thurs 9 & Fri 10 May Scholastic Book Fair Friday 10 May Mother’s Day/Special Person Stall

Week 4

Monday 13 May Follow up Head lice Check

Tues 14 – Thurs 16 May Gr 3 & Gr 5 NAPLAN

Friday 17 May Walk to school day

Sunday 19 May Turtle Pond Working Bee 10.30-12 Week 5

Mon 20 – Fri 24 May Education Week Tuesday 21 May 2020 Prep info sessions

9.30–10.45am & 7.00–8.15pm

District Athletics

Thursday 23 May Grandparents Day 9.00-11.00am (Preps)

Gr 4 Excursion payments due 4pm

Friday 24 May Gr 3 Camp deposits due 4pm

Open Day

Multi Age Day Week 6

Mon 27 May-Sat 2 Jun China Experience

Tuesday 28 May Gr 4 Excursion – Scienceworks

Depart 7.00am – Return 5.00pm

Thursday 30 May Gr 1 Excursion Payment due 4pm

Friday 31 May Bendigo Choir Competition - Ulumbarra

Week 7

Tuesday 4 June Gr 1 Twisted Science Excursion 9-3.15pm

Friday 7 June Staff Literacy PD - Pupil Free Day

Week 8

Monday 10 June Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Week 9

Wednesday 19 June Chocolates go home today

Tuesday 25 June Student Led Conferences – No classes

Friday 28 June Last Day Term 2, 2.30pm Dismissal

Out of Uniform Day (Gold Coin Donation,

money going to State Schools Relief)

Term 3 2019: Monday 15 July – Friday 20 September

Wednesday 17 July Division Netball

Monday 22 July Gr 3GJ Bike Ed

Tuesday 23 July Gr 3CMB Bike Ed

Thursday 25 July Music is Fun Performance

Monday 29 July Head lice Check

Gr 3GJ Bike Ed Tuesday 30 July Gr 3CMB Bike Ed

Monday 5 August Staff Maths PD – Pupil Free Day

Tuesday 6 August Gr 3GJ Bike Ed & Gr 3CMB Bike Ed

Mother’s Day Stall The Parent’s & Friends Group Mother’s Day stall will be held on

Friday 10th May.

Students are asked to bring along $2 to buy a gift from the stall.

Thanks to all the families who have provided one or more items to

be resold at the Mother’s Day stall, your support is greatly

appreciated.

Wishing all our Mum’s and Special people a wonderful day on

Sunday.

Team China Ready for An Exciting Adventure Students and teachers from 14 primary schools across Bendigo who are lucky enough to be going to China on 22nd May met on

Tuesday at Golden Square PS for their second pre-departure activity day. The City of Greater Bendigo Councillor, Rod Fyffe attended

the session yesterday to chat with the students about their upcoming trip.

REPEAT MESSAGES

Education Week: 20 – 24 May

The school will be conducting an Open Day and Information sessions at White Hills Primary School during Education Week. Open

Day for all families will be on Friday 24th May from 9.00am – 2.30pm. During this time, the school will be holding a cultural multi-

age day (mixed age groups participating in a variety of activities focussed on the various cultures associated with the school (Chinese,

Karen, Aboriginal etc.) This is an opportunity for parents, grandparents and friends to visit their child’s class.

This will be an ‘out of uniform day’ where students are encouraged to come dressed in clothing associated with their name’s

heritage or country of origin or any other country of interest.

2020 Foundation (Prep) Information Sessions will be held on

Tuesday 21st May 9.30-10.45am

Tuesday 21st May 7.00-8.15pm. These information sessions are intended for 2020 Prep parents interested in learning more about

White Hills Primary School. Childcare is available at both these sessions.

The Foundation (Prep) Grandparents day will be conducted on Thursday 23rd May 9.00-11.00am.

Chinese Immersion Program 2019 We have had three families express interest in hosting a Chinese student later this year. We are seeking additional families who are

interested. If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Schaeche.andrew.a@edumail.vic.gov.au

Canteen Update

The school canteen lunch ordering system has changed to allow parents and carers more time to have their child’s lunch order in–

this only applies to Qkr orders - not cash orders in a bag.

Qkr orders can now be made up until 7am the morning of a lunch order day. You now have the opportunity to order the evening

before or first thing in the morning by 7am. Ordering cannot be made any later as time is needed to process orders, pick-up fresh

bread, deli goods, vegetables and order hot food made by our local bakery. We do hope this later Qkr order time will be helpful to

you and your family.

Lunch Order Days

Tuesday Wednesday Friday

Cash Orders in by Monday 4pm Cash Orders in by Tuesday 4pm Cash Orders in by Thursday 4pm

Qkr Orders in by Tuesday 7am Qkr Orders in by Wednesday 7am Qkr Orders in by Friday 7am

Please let us know if there is anything that we can do to support you.

Andrew Schaeche,

Principal

Students of the Week – Week 2 Term 2

CLASS NAME AWARDED FOR…. CLASS NAME AWARDED FOR….

2AK Alex Working hard on her handwriting this week 3C Joseph His very clever thinking in maths when solving subtraction problems

2P Holly Completing her information about our Science Day, as extra work at home!

3MB Emily Showing dedication towards her reading practice

2H Lachlan His excellent home reading! 3J

Rylah Being a responsible and thoughtful student

2M Katara Trying her best with all set tasks and having a wonderful attitude to learning

3G Ella Striving to complete her narrative to a very high standard

2T Ellen Taking pride in the presentation of her work 40 Sienna Always being a responsible and helpful class member

2F Audrey Always completing her home reading and using different strategies to decode challenging words

4B Lilly Demonstrating persistence to complete the cross country run

1D Carter Always aspiring to be his best 4CP Ryder Always being responsible and leading by example

1M Zayne Working hard in class and never giving up. Well done Zayne!

4M Jordan Striving to achieve the 50 nights reading milestone and always asking questions to help his understanding

1EW Mackenzie Thinking about our maths learning even during reading time and finding time words in her readers!

5SH Ruby Aspiring to be her best by making a flying start to term 2

1S Hunter A confident start to reading this term 5B Daniel Aspiring to do his best in the cross country

PR Xavier An outstanding effort with his home reading 5S Nicole Her diligence during all learning activities

PW Lila When her teacher was busy with other students during reading groups, Lila was able to help her classmates with the work; Lila was a great helper!

5D Jack Aspiring to achieve the best result possible in cross country

PF Levi Being a focused worker on all class activities and always trying his best

6W Poppi &

Shanara Showing great leadership and organizing the lunchtime netball competition

PJ Aubree &

Kendall Being such wonderful friends and helpers in Prep J! Good luck in your new school in South, we will miss you both

6V Jasmine

& Rylee Showing great leadership and organizing the lunchtime netball competition

Chinese Georgia

C Demonstrating excellent active listening skill and responding to instructions fast. Good job!

6D Xavier Demonstrating persistence when adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators

Sports Brodi D Effort he put into the cross country training & race 6P Emerson Consistent results during spelling time

Music Lilly K Lilly showed wonderful effort and concentration with every song during choir practice and followed all of Lou’s advice, great work before our big competition

PFG News Mother’s Day/Special Person Stall

The stall is tomorrow! Please ensure you send your child/children with $2 each to purchase a gift for their mother/special person

and provide a bag for them to bring their gift home in … they will likely want to keep the gift a surprise until Sunday! We hope

you all have a wonderful day and enjoy your gift.

Thank-you to everyone who donated … your contributions and generosity is sincerely appreciated.

Thank-you to the PFG members who have given their time and effort leading up to this event.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be held on Monday the 3rd June at approximately 9:05am in the staffroom. All newcomers are welcome to

attend any meeting! You may bring along younger siblings to our meetings as well. Come and have morning tea with us, a chat

and a laugh, and find out what we do around the school.

Thank you from PFG members

Congratulations to our Music Leaders: Pictured below

Grade 1 News Reminders

Morning reading 8.30am – 8.50am in Library;

Please label students’ clothes in case they get lost;

Please return Learning Portfolios to classroom teacher ASAP.

Grade 3 News Home Reading

Please continue to support your child at home with reminders about our whole school approach to reading, ‘Every child, Every night’.

Students are expected to read at home every night as homework. We have noticed many students are not filling in their journal.

Please check in with your child this week to ensure they are completing their reading each night.

Pink Camp Notes & Deposit this Friday

Please return pink camp notes to school as soon as possible. We will be finalising numbers and making further plans for this during

the coming weeks. The camp deposit is due this Friday 10th by 4.00pm. Please contact the school to organise a payment plan if

this is required.

Congratulations to our Cross Country runners

Students are to be congratulated on the excellent effort they put

into our district cross country. It was great to see so many

students participating in this event.

Before School Reading

This is a great opportunity for students to catch up on any missed

home reading. It is also a great opportunity to ask questions and

discuss books and stories in a supported setting. Pleas ensure

your child is reading every night and completes their journal.

Grade 4 News Reading

Congratulations to the students receiving 50 and 75 night

awards. We have some students reaching the 100 nights already!

Congratulations to all of our award recipients this week!

Science Works Excursion

Today a note went home about our upcoming major excursion to

Science works Melbourne. The excursion is closely linked with

our Science inquiry, with the students involved in many exciting

ad hands on workshops. Not to mention time to visit the exhibits.

When- Tuesday 28th May

Time of departure- 7.00am

Time of return- 5.00pm

If families could return notes as soon as possible to finalise

numbers. If you have any questions please see your classroom

teacher.

Mother’s Day Breaky

WEEKLY ROSTERS

Canteen Friday 10 May Kate Jongebloed

Kelly Adock

Tuesday 14 May Rachel Gray

Wednesday 15 May Rebecca Adams

Friday 17 May Kim Dean

Sherridan Rose

Jayne Norton

Helpers to arrive at 10.00am

All orders must be in the day before Orders are to be written on a large paper lunch bag unless

ordered through Qkr, (NO ENVELOPES), one per child.

Lunch bags are available for 10 for 60c or 10c each, with lunch

orders and will be sent home.

Urgent Reminder: If you are unable to assist with canteen

duty, please arrange a swap or inform the office so that a

replacement helper can be arranged. Mrs Helen Williams, Canteen Manager

Uniform Shop Friday 10 May Kelly Adcock

Tuesday 14 May Samantha Griffin

Friday 17 May Jayde Proctor

Opening Times 2019

Tuesday 3.30pm – 4.00pm and Friday 3.30pm-4.00pm Mrs Kim Engi, Uniform Shop Coordinator

Newsletter Thursday 16 May Helper needed

Thursday 23 May Kate Nichols

Please collect from the office 2.30pm

Sickbay Friday 10 May Tahlia Harris

Friday 17 May Rebecca Kempster

Please collect from the office at the end of the day

Community News

PARENTS WANTED FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

RESEARCH Are you a parent of a child with disability in a Victorian mainstream

school?

We are seeking participants for this research about designing

reasonable adjustments to improve the learning and social

experiences of students with disability.

Your participation will help evaluate a brief e-Learning package to

assist professionals and parents supporting primary school students

to participate in the learning curriculum and social activities of the

school.

Participation in the research means

· Reading 2-3 short cases of students with disability in mainstream

schools

· Suggesting ways to support these students, and

· Possibly completing an on on-line training package (about 2 hours)

Timing of participation is flexible

Your time will be reimbursed

For more information Contact Prof. Teresa Iacono by email

t.iacono@latrobe.edu.au or phone 5448-9110.

Lost Fluffy Brown Bear, very special to Isla Nankervis –

named on label.

Please return to the school office