Newsletter 12th December, 2019

Mon 16 Dec

2020 Class Visits 9.30am-11.00am

Semester 2 Student Reports available to parents on Compass after 11.00am

Tue 17 Dec

Grade 6 Graduation 6.45pm

Thu 19 Dec

Grade 6 Big Day Out

End of year Class Parties 12.30pm

Fri 20 Dec

Last Day School 2019 Students Dismissed 1.30pm

Last Assembly 1.15pm

Wed 29 Jan

2020 Book Pack Day 10.00am-3.00pm

Thu 30 Jan

Students First Day School 2020

Dates to Remember

40-50 Loddon Drive, Taylors Hill Telephone 9361 4900

PO Box 3665 Caroline Springs 3023 taylors.hill.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

visit our website at : www.taylorshillps.vic.edu.au

Learning, Integrity, Honesty, Personal Best, Positive Relationships

What’s Due ?

− End of Year

Class Parties

Consent Due ~ Wed 18 Dec

Dear Taylors Hill Community,

Thank you

This will be our final newsletter for the year, therefore I would like to take the opportunity to say thank you to the many parents who volunteer their time to help out in a myriad of ways including classroom programs, excursions, in the Learning Centre, as School Council members and at special events. A special thank you to the Parent and Friends members, who successfully organised various fundraising events throughout the year including our Movie night, Mothers and Father’s Day stalls, Easter and Christmas raffles and School Banking for our students.

A big thank you must also go to our staff, teaching and non-teaching. They are a dedicated and professional team who are extremely supportive of each other and are committed to ensuring the educational needs and well-being of every child in the school are catered for. I would also like to thank the students for the manner in which they approach all aspects of their school life, as well as the way they endeavour to display our school values on a daily basis. In particular I would like to thank our School Captains, Zoe and Isaac, for the outstanding role models and leaders they have been for our school. We can all be justifiably proud of our school and its community!

Finally, to all our Grade 6 students who will complete their primary schooling on Friday 20th of December. Congratulations on your personal best achievements and we wish you all the best as you commence the next exciting stage in your education journey. I am looking forward to celebrating with them at their Graduation Ceremony next Tuesday evening.

2020 Staff

In 2020 we have some new staff joining us next year to add to our already dynamic and committed team. I have placed our teachers carefully to ensure we meet the learning needs of all of our students as well as giving our staff the opportunity to consolidate and develop their skills. The 2020 THPS Staff list is below:

Principal Danielle Stella

Curriculum Director Trudy Smith

Assistant Principal (4-6/Specialist) Bernie Pizaro

Assistant Principal (P-3) Jill Benham

Business Manager Tania Egan

Leading Teacher- Teaching & Learning Coach (Wed)

Krystal Vanstan

Leading Teacher- Teaching & Learning Coach (Returning in Term 2)

Erin Holland

Leading Teacher- Teaching & Learning Coach (Wed)

Kate Knight

Leading Teacher- Teaching & Learning Coach

Louise Spalliera

Leading Teacher- Teaching & Learning Coach

Meg McCubbin

Leading Teacher- Teaching & Learning Coach

Caitlin Gillias

Prep A Alice Grant

Prep B Michelle Inness

Prep C Gemma Farrugia

Prep D Adam Pawlikowski

1A Jessica Blair

1B Lauren Allen

1C Jayden Papatua

1D Taylah Grambau

1E Joanna Kosmas

2A Laura Nield

2B Amanda Cowan

2C Sheralle Farrugia

2D Nicky Doxas (M,W,Th,F)

Kate Knight (Tu)

2E Michelle Parsons

3A Nancy Lazar

3B Amy Hocking

3C Emma Gordon

3D Annie Hodgett

3E Scott Lindsay

4A Jamie Castellas

4B Zoe Lourey

4C Assunta Manago

4D Momoko Iwata

5A Glenda Bofill

5B Krystal Vanstan (Tu,Th) Claire Brady (M,W,F)

5C Rebecca Rowbotham

5D Tracey Dimech

6A Sarah Cummaudo (M,Tu,W)

Hayley Richards (Th,F)

6B Trent Cropley

6C Hardeep Pangly

6D Ursula Trower

6E Michelle Jones

Science Janet Martin

Laura Luzar

Anna Baccay

Phys Ed Rachel Middlin

Chris Pirotta

The Arts Laura Luzar

Anna Baccay

Italian Hayley Reynolds (M,Tu,W,Th)

We also have a number of staff leaving us at the end of 2019 including; Rochelle McPhee, Marjorie Kellock, Melissa Gigliuto, Sandra Tiricola, Olivia DaSilva, James Reitmaier, Gloria Amici, Kathy Guarino and Mark Cunningham. I would like to sincerely thank all of these staff members for the positive contribution they have made to our school during their time as members of our team.

Students in Grades 1-6 will be given the opportunity to meet their new teacher and classmates on Monday 16th of December between 9.30-11am. New prep students have already met their teacher last Tuesday during their final transition session.

On behalf of the staff, I wish all families a safe and happy festive season and I look forward to all students returning to school on Thursday 30th January 2020.

Danielle Stella

2020 Student Leadership Team

Developing the qualities of leadership and responsibility is an important element of the curriculum at Taylors Hill Primary School. We aim to provide students with a range of opportunities to grow in self-confidence and take on increasing responsibilities.

Leadership requires enthusiasm, passion and a positive attitude for what it is you want to

complete or change. Leadership is also about working with and trusting others to achieve a

common vision. We have many examples of strong student leaders in our school and it was

pleasing to have so many high quality candidates to choose our School and House Captains,

Enviro team leaders and eSmart leaders from and we are looking forward to working closely

with them to build their leadership capacity.

School Captain Tarmz S

Ahnali R

Angus M (Vice Captain)

Sabra S (Vice Captain)

Calder House Captains Marshall F

Jenica Q

Roman M (Vice Captain) Cameron V (Vice Captain)

Watervale House Captains Sarah W

Annabel S

Anvesha K (Vice Captain) Tanya W (Vice Captain)

Loddon House Captains Buthmini R-A

Harrith N

Abbas A (Vice Captain) Belinda C (Vice Captain)

Park House Captains Jemma F

Sophia M

Nehmat D (Vice Captain) Alexandra K (Vice Captain)

eSmart Leader Sia K

Kayden Y

Danielle Stella

Parents and Friends Association 2019 This year, the PFA have been an amazing team of parents who volunteer their time for the benefit of all students at THPS. Looking back at the events and fundraisers they have led, we hope they are proud of their achievements because we certainly are. This year the PFA have:

Facilitated an amazing Market and Movie Night Organised a delicious Easter Raffle Set up a special shop for both the Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Stalls Sold the Entertainment Books and Memberships Hosted a wonderful Student Disco Organised the sponsorship fundraising and prizes for the House Walkathon Put on an amazing Carols Night Raffle Volunteered to process the School Banking every Tuesday morning Hosted Parent Morning and Afternoon Teas Sold and organised Second Hand Uniform Sales

Along with these events, a core group of parents met each month to plan, organise, make suggestions, volunteer their time, make donations and support each other and the school. We would like to thank this group who have been consistent contributors to monthly meetings and events - Leanne Sparrow, Lucia Portelli, Lisa Imsic, Mandy Stegehuis, Rosanne Waring, Kathleen Bajada, Katherine Nitsios, Janine Morgan, Cathy Liberatore, Melanie Mills and Suzi Opasinova. We also know that there are oth-er parents who have contributed at some events and working behind the scenes, so our thanks also goes to those people. Together with the support of our school com-munity, the PFA raised $24 000 which is a fantastic result for 2019. From this fund-raising you will see more books in Classroom Libraries and more games and equip-ment in our yard. Thank you! We are looking forward to another great year with the PFA in 2020 and hopefully we can encourage more people to join this very amazing group!

SAVE THE DATE

2020 Family Movie Night –

Friday 13th March

Bring your whole family for a night of fun with the THPS community

Gates open at 6pm and the movie begins at about 8pm

BYO Chair or Blanket and settle in on the oval at our very own outdoor Cinema, Jumping Castles, Activities, Demonstra-tions, Food Trucks, Face Painting and

more!

Semester Two, 2019 Student Reports

Teachers at Taylors Hill Primary School have almost finished writing accurate and

informative Student Reports explaining the learning and progress your child has made throughout the year. There will be NO PRINTED STUDENT REPORTS SENT HOME, however, you will be able to

access your child’s report through Compass via https://taylorshillps.vic.jdlf.com.au/login.aspx on Monday 16th

December, from 11:00am.

Your child will be assessed against each learning area that is appropriate for their grade level.

Student achievement is assessed against the Victorian Curriculum F-10 achievement standards or the Level A to D continuum to show student progress towards achieving the pre foundation standards.

Each learning area will have an A to E rating. The reporting scale has the following meaning:

~ A - well above the expected standard at this time of year

~ B - above the standard expected at this time of year

* C - at the standard expected at this time of year

~ D - below the standard expected at this time of year

~ E - well below the standard expected at this time of year

Along with this is a chart showing your child’s level of effort and class behaviour.

Classroom teachers have also written comments about your child’s achievement and skill development in English and Mathematics. These comments will assist you to understand the rating they have been given in these areas. You will also read comments about your child’s personal and social learning

habits. This area of the report will enable you to gain an understanding of how your child relates to others at school and how they are managing their learning within the classroom.

There will also be comments outlining the future learning goals your child will be working towards in order to enhance their development. A student self-assessment will also be sent home this week that has been completed by your child, evaluating their own learning.

SPECIALIST CLASSES

Your child will receive a rating and comments from each of the specialist teachers that have taught your child for The Arts, Physical Education and Science and comments for Italian.

Please read through the report with your child and discuss the information included. We need to involve the students in this process so that they are fully aware of their achievements and what they need to work on in 2020.

We know you will find these reports informative and useful. If you have any questions regarding the reports, please do not hesitate to ask your child’s class teacher.

Jill Benham

Assistant Principal

Taylors Hill Primary School

Messages from the School Office 2020 Book Pack Payment Day -

Wednesday 29 January from 10.00am -3.00pm

Parents can use CompassPay for online payments during the holiday period

Message from Sick Bay

Medications must be collected by parents on the last day of school.

If the medications are required again next year, we ask that you check the expiry dates over the holidays, replace out of date items, and return the medications and other items on the first day of school in 2020.

Also could families please return Medical Action Plans to school at their earliest convenience.

Thank you.

Congratulations to our Students of the WeekCongratulations to our Students of the WeekCongratulations to our Students of the WeekCongratulations to our Students of the Week

Prep A Lana

Prep B Elisha

Prep C Gabriel

Prep D Milana

Prep E Amber

1A Abi

1B Zachary

1C Tianyi

1D Dean

1E Charlotte

2A Annabelle T

2B Leanna

2C Lucas A

2D Teah

2E Sheetal

3A Tristyn

3B Alexis

3C Julian

3D Stephanie

3E Chloe

4A Emily

4B Isaac

4C Julian

4D Supriya

5A Audrey

5B Harrith

5C Audrey

5D Kirily

5E Tahlia

6A Isabella

6B Daniel

6C Savanaah

6D Billy

6E Manharsh

Science P-2 Madeline Prep E

Science 3-6 Asraa 3A

The Arts P-2 Siddhi 1B

The Arts 3-6 Amber 4A

PE Prep-2 Poppy 1A

PE 3-6 Nevin 6E

Italian P-2 Aiden 2A

Italian 3-6 Adrian 4B

Term 4, Week 8 Term 4, Week 9

Prep A Kiara

Prep B Aarav

Prep C Gurvansh

Prep E Julian

Prep E Benjamin

1A Jasmine

1B Chloe

1D Taj

1E Jake

2A Tisha

2B Maya

2C Mikaylie

2D Makayla

2E Alannah

3A Ethan

3B Aiya

3C Isaak

3D Ghazall

3E Oliver

4A Alesha

4B Katelyn

4C Alicia

4D Andre

5A Jesse

5B Jackson

5C Chelsea

5D Deacon

5E Lachlan

6A Savannah

6B Amy

6C Isabella

6D Shreya

6E Ardita

Science P-2 Nikolce Prep C

Science 3-6 Rashed 5D

The Arts P-2 Mason 1E

The Arts 3-6 Alexandra 5C

PE Prep-2 Stella Prep D

PE 3-6 Giuliano 6C

Italian P-2 Audrey Prep A

Italian 3-6 Selena 5A