Hi everyone,

Last Week of Canteen

Friday will be the last day of our school canteen. On behalf of

the school community, I would like to acknowledge and thank

Helen Williams for her incredible contributions to the canteen.

This includes 11 years as a paid employee and 7 years of

voluntary service prior to this!

I would also like to acknowledge Sam Franklin, who has been

working as a paid employee in the canteen for a short period.

The decision to outsource the canteen was made at the

February school council meeting. The school is collecting

lunch options from local businesses and a decision will be

made at the next school council meeting (March 16th) about the

successful provider. This will mean that there will be no orders

other than Subway on a Thursday for a few weeks. Once a

provider is selected, all lunch orders will be via QkR. More

information about this will follow.

Prep Grandparents & Special Friends Morning

On Tuesday 10th March (day after Labour Day Public

holiday), the Prep team will be holding their annual

Grandparents Special Friends from 9.00-11.00am. The Prep

students will be writing and sending out personal invitations

next week. The morning will involve reading, singing, craft &

dance and promises to be a lot of fun. We always get a pleasing

turnout on this day and are confident the same will occur this

year. We will also have some guests from BUPA aged care

attend this activity.

Smile Squad Dental Service

The school dental program initiative ‘Smile Squad’ provides

free oral health examinations and follow up treatment to all

Victorian government primary, secondary and special school

students over the next four years. This includes:

•free annual check-ups

•teeth cleaning

•fluoride applications

•fillings

•other non-cosmetic, follow-up treatments to make sure our

kids have healthy teeth.

The initiative is led by the Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS) and Dental Health Services Victoria

(DHSV). The Department of Education and Training is

providing input into the program to ensure it works within a

school context.

Smile Squad was piloted in Term 3, 2019 across four areas. As

part of the launch of this initiative, the school will be visited

by the Deputy Premier and Minister of Education, James

Merlino on Friday and Jacinta Allan will also be present for

the official launch.

Uniform Shop

Due to the impact of the Coronavirus in China, we are waiting

on back orders of size 8 uniform items. Once they arrive the

school will let families know.

Breaky Club

Parents please note that Breaky Club will continue during

building works, it will be held in the BER building as of next

Wednesday.

White Hills Primary School No 1916 Week 6, Term 1 Thursday 5th March 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 1 2020: Tuesday 28 January – Friday 27 March

Week 6 Friday 6 March Last day of Canteen due to school works

This Way North payment due 4pm

Breaky Club

Week 7 Monday 9 March Labour Day Holiday

Tuesday 10 March Prep Grandparents Day

G4 Bike Education

2020 G6 Tops 2nd order due 4pm

Wed 11 – Fri 13 March This Way North – Music Workshops

Wednesday 11 March Building works start today

Breaky Club in BER as of today First Wednesday for Preps

G4 Bike Education Thursday 12 March Division Volleyball

Friday 13 March Last day Dental Screening

Ride2School Day Week 8 Tues 17 – Thurs 19 March This Way North – Music Workshops

Tuesday 17 March G4 Bike Education

Wednesday 18 March G4 Bike Education

G3-6 Swimming Payment due 4pm

Hot Cross Bun orders due 4pm

Raffle books/money due 4pm

Open Cinema Tickets due 4pm

Colouring Competition closes 4pm

Friday 20 March Easter Raffle drawn at assembly today

Open Air Cinema – Spies in Disguise

Competition announced tonight!

Week 9

Mon 23 – Fri 27 March G 3-6 Swimming

Thursday 26 March Hot Cross Bun Day 2pm

Friday 27 March Last Day Term 1 – 2.30pm Dismissal

Friday 10 April Good Friday

Monday 13 April Easter Monday

Term 2 2020: Tuesday 14 April – Friday 26 June Week 1

Wednesday 15 April PFG Meeting 9.15am

Thursday 16 April G3-6 Athletics

Week 2

Friday 24 April G4 Camp Deposit due 4pm

Saturday 25 April Anzac Day

Thursday 30 April District Athletics

Monday 4 May Head lice checks

Wednesday 6 May Division Cross Country

Building Refurbishment update Searle Brothers have erected their temporary fencing around the

school building included in Stage 1 (Eastern end of the building). A

construction work enclosure has begun at the front of the school on

the grassed area to the East of the entrance. This means that parents

and students will no longer be able to access classrooms via the

marked walkway along the staff carpark. If students and families are

entering the school from Plumridge Street they will now need to use

the main entrance (near the crossing) or the bike entrance closer to the

bridge. The building works will not affect families using the back

entrance to the school (Bosquet Street).

Parents & Friends AGM

Congratulations to the following parents who were elected to hold office bearer positions for 2020 at the Annual General Meeting

earlier this week: President: Sam Lempio-Franklin, Vice President: Sally Richardson, Secretary: Kate Duncan, Assistant

Secretary: Unfilled

Thank you to all who nominated for positions. A special thanks also to the outgoing office bearers (Sally Richardson, Kim Engi,

Kathy Jordan, Kate Duncan and Kelly Adcock), whose commitment over the last 12 months contributed greatly to the ongoing

support of WHPS events and the school community.

All parents of students at WHPS are eligible to become members of PFG at any time of the year.

Schools Clean Up Australia Day Friday 28th February

Last Friday, all the students, staff and some parents took part in a clean up of our local community. Al up, over 15kgs of rubbish was

collected! Sad that there is that much rubbish in or local community but fantastic that the school was able to contribute and assist to

clean up the neighbourhood.

REPEAT MESSAGES

Term Planners Parents can access classroom and specialist term planners on the school website under the Curriculum tab or by clicking on the

following link: https://www.whitehillsps.vic.edu.au/page/58/Curriculum

Coronavirus Update

For the latest and most up to date information in regard to the Coronavirus go to:

https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/information-public-novel-coronavirus

Please let us know if there’s anything further that we can do to support you here at WHPS.

Andrew Schaeche, Principal

PFG News Easter Raffle

The Easter raffle this year will be drawn at our final term assembly on Friday 20th March. Raffles books have been distributed and

will need to be returned by 4pm on Wednesday 18th March. You are welcome to take another book of

tickets once your first book and money has been returned to the office.

Open Air Cinema event

Our ‘Open Air Cinema’ will be held on Friday 20th March, featuring the movie “Spies in Disguise”.

Thank you to our major sponsor – The Shed Guys Bendigo for again supporting this event, and our other

significant sponsors: Hunky Dory, Bendigo Dyno Tuning, and The Bramble Farm. Please support those

businesses that support our school events.

“Spies in Disguise” Colouring Competition

In conjunction with our Open Air Cinema screening of “Spies in Disguise”, we are having a colouring

competition. A prize will be awarded to a winner in each of these 4 categories: Prep, grade 1 & 2, grade 3 &

4, and grade 5 & 6. Student leaders will visit classrooms to sell sheets, or alternatively you can purchase from

the school office. Cost is $1.00 per sheet. The Art teachers will be choosing our winners! Competition closes

Wednesday 18th March at 4.00pm. The winners will be announced at the Open Air Cinema evening.

AGM

See Principal News…

Next Meeting

The next general meeting of the PFG will be held on Wednesday 15th April at approximately 9.15am 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.

Mother’s Day/Special Person Stall

Our stall will be held on Friday 8th May, early in Term 2. As always, we request that all students donate a gift to the

value of $2.00 – new, unopened gifts only please. Over the holidays is a good time to have a look around and pick up

a bargain. We ask that everyone please provide one gift per student to enable every student to purchase a gift at the

stall. Please leave your donations at the office by Monday 4th May. Thank you for your support.

Thank you from PFG members

Students of the Week – Week 5 Term 1

CLASS NAME AWARDED FOR…. CLASS NAME AWARDED FOR

PF 4B Matilda Aspiring to be her best and producing some great and imaginative writing pieces

PS 4E Kenlee Being a great ‘risk taker’ during Platoon by having a go!

PR 4CN Georgie Being kind, caring and always looking out for her peers in the yard and the room

PM 4R

1BW Smith Being a responsible student this week 5B Loeiza Being a resilient learner, by not letting setbacks hold her back

1F Willow Her terrific thinking and sharing during maths tasks

5L Ayman Aspiring to be the best learner he can be

1T Violet Aspiring to do her best during writing time 5S Deon This ruthless pursuit of mathematical excellence

1H Patrick Aspiring to do his best writing during class 5M Caitlin Her thoughtful contributions to class discussions

2AK Arlow Aspiring to be his best by working hard independently

6W Dylan Demonstrating resilience during his post maths test

2P Ethan His persistence to become an active reader 6D Amy Aspiring to achieve her best writing recount and being brave to try new ideas

2Y Eliza Aspiring to do her best by following the structure of a procedural text when writing

6P Liam Being respectful and aspiring to be a great group member during the Grade 6 Shark Tank Experiment

2M Pania Consistently trying her best with all set tasks 6MW Dakoda Aspiring to be her best during recount writing

3M

Petra Consistently trying her best with all set tasks

3MB

K-Pru Being a kind, thoughtful student to everyone Music 4E An outstanding effort from every student in 4E for staying on task all lesson and achieving ALL their own personal goals on the ukulele, guitar, keyboard, drums and bass

3G Lachlan Being a great role model to his peers Sport

3J Chinese

3D Abby Always aspiring to be her best by approaching tasks with a positive attitude

Community News

WEEKLY ROSTERS

Canteen Fri 6 March Jessica Spence

Kelly Shaw

Due to the school building works there will be no

Canteen until further notice

Sickbay Fri 6 March Kate Nichols

Fri 13 March Christine Connaughton

Please collect from the office at the end of the day

Newsletter Thurs 12 March Christine Fuller

Thurs 19 March Chantal Jolley

Please collect from the office 2.30pm

Take the fun of OSHC back home with

one of our very own recipes!

Camp Australia’s Healthy Eating Program operates in

every service every day, including Holiday Clubs. To

support this program, we developed our very own Camp

Australia Cookbook which contains over 80 delicious,

and easy to prepare, savory, sweet and no bake recipes

from around the world which the children can cook in the

service and enjoy them! Here’s one that you can cook

with your children at home:

Bliss Balls (Serves 10)

Ingredients:

1 banana (mashed) • 3 tbsp sultanas

½ cup dried apricot (chopped finely)

⅓ cup rice bubbles • 1 tbsp cooking oats

¼ cup coconut

Method:

1. Mash banana and add dried fruit and

combine in a mixing bowl

2. Mix in rice bubbles and then cooking oats

(allow to thicken for 5 mins)

3. Place coconut in a bowl, roll the mixture into

balls and toss in coconut. Refrigerate

Join us for more cooking adventures, It’s FREE to

Register.

Register at pp.campaustralia.com.au/account/login.

Once registered, it’s easy to make and manage your

bookings online via our Parent Portal.

You may be eligible to claim subsidies on your care

usage!

If eligible, to help you with the cost of childcare, you may

be entitled to receive the Australian Government Child

Care Subsidy. Visit my.gov.au to find out more.

For more information on our service and fees, visit our

website www.campaustralia.com.au. Alternatively, come

and meet the team in the OSHC room. We’d love to

meet you, and you can find out more about OSHC from

our friendly, qualified Educators.

EPSOM SOCCER CLUB

The Epsom Football Club have just opened our registrations!

PLAY FOR EPSOM IN 2020

Whether you are a new or a returning player, a junior or a

senior player, come and play your soccer with the Epsom

Football Club in 2020 for a whirlwind of fun, excitement and

joy!!

Our registrations are now open for the 2020 BASL season, so sign up to play with us using the link below! www.playfootball.com.au

Go to the ‘Registration’ tab on our website for instructions on

how to register if you’re having trouble, or contact the club for

further assistance.

www.epsomfc.com.au

*REGISTRATIONS WILL CLOSE ON MARCH 20TH*

Become a Scorpion and Sting Em in 2020!!