FAMILY NEWSLETTER - Issue 39 - 6th December 2018

Address : 37 Cook Street Email : fyans.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Newtown VIC 3220 Website : www.fyansparkps.vic.edu.au Telephone : 03 5221 3772

OSHC - CAMP AUSTRALIA

Telephone : 0452 247 130

Hours : 6.45 am - 8.45 am

3.30 pm - 6.00 pm

Fri 7th Gr 5/6 Preparation for Puberty - Boys Mon 10th School Council Dinner Gr 5/6S & G - BioLab Tue 11th Parents Association Special Food Day Final day for 2019 school banking Fri 14th Gr P-2 Sports Day Gr 5/6 Preparation for Puberty - Girls Mon 17th Gr 6 Graduation Tue 18th Step Up Day - Gr P to 5 2019 classes Wed 19th Gr P - 2 Christmas Lunch Gr 3/4 Celebration Day Gr 5 Leadership Day Gr 6 Big Day Out Thu 20th Last day for students Assembly 3pm Fri 21st Curriculum Day

Jan 30th First day Term 1 for students

Wed 6th Preps at home Wed 13th Preps at home Mon 18th School Council Wed 20th Preps at home Gr 5/6 Urban Camp - until Friday Mon 25th School Family Picnic 5.30-7.00pm Wed 27th Preps at home

Wed 6th School Photographs Mon 11th Labour Day public holiday Fri 15th Gr 3-6 House Athletics

NOTES HOME THIS WEEK Bank Books

Receipts

2019 Gr 1-6 Parent Contributions form

2018 CALENDAR DATES A BIG WARM THANK YOU TO OUR FYANS PARK COMMUNITY -

WHAT AN AMAZING XMAS FAIR!! Congratulations to everyone who came along and support-ed our major fundraiser for 2018. The weather was on our side and the crowds flocked to Fyans Park Primary School to be entertained with rides, showbags, animals, music and of course Santa in the amazing Santa’s Wonderland. The Great Cake Bake Off was a highlight with so many amaz-ing entries but a special congratulations to Evie H in Prep who was the Peoples Choice award.

We have received very positive feedback from our local community and to the organising committee and helpers we say a huge thank you. To our key organisers Jodie Warrick, Sally Beck and their team who coordinated and managed such a highlight on our school calendar - thank you. We look to have made approx. $28,000-$32,000 for the school which is a fantastic effort and this will go to support our students and the educational opportunities that they have at Fyans Park Primary School.

We say a big thank you to our sponsors -

AXIES Financial Services, Specsavers Optometrists, Rendine Construc-tions, KCL Law, Idyll Wine Co, Lyons Con-struction, Buxton Real Estate, Aviva Dental, Barwon Security, Camp Australia, The Gee-long College, Rixons 343, Wilsons Real Es-tate, Eyewear on Pako, VFA Learning, Enzo at Penny’s, Pro-Body Physiotherapy, Anther Distillers, Cole’s Coaches, WXT Landscapes, Giant Office Furniture, Physioroom Geelong, Bowens, Coffee Raiz, Arthur Reed Photos, Calco Timber, SC Technology Group, Geelong Mobile ATM’s, Geelong Amusement Hire & Barwon Water.

We ask all families to please support those who support us.

Money raised will go to school projects directly to sup-port students including classroom based equipment, litera-cy and numeracy resources and landscaping and mainte-nance in our yard. Thank you Fyans Park Community.

December

January

February

March

ASTHMA / ALLERGY / ANAPHYLAXIS ACTION PLANS

If you indicated on your child’s enrolment form that they experience asthma, allergic reaction or anaphylaxis, or they

have been diagnosed since then, government legislation requires you to provide us with a current Action Plan (see

examples below). Please visit your medical practitioner for an up to date Action Plan and return in

prior to the start of Term 1 2019.

https://www.asthmaaustralia.org.au/vic/about-asthma/resources/victorian-action-plans/victorian-

asthma-action-plans

http://www.allergy.org.au/health-professionals/ascia-plans-action-and-treatment

Please ensure your child has their medication and any other device (eg. spacer) with them to better manage their

symptoms. If your medical practitioner has informed you that your child has grown out of their

condition, they will need to provide a letter, on the Medical Practice letterhead, to the school stating

such.

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2019 PARENT CONTRIBUTIONS

Today, we are distributing the Parent Contributions form for 2019. Each year, we rely on the

contributions of parents to ensure we are able to maintain quality education programs and

facilities for our students. We would like to thank our school community for their ongoing sup-

port.

Voluntary contributions: - we invite parents/carers to make a donation to these worthy funds:

Library Fund (tax deductible) money to support cohort based libraries to bring enhanced

reading opportunities to our students which may include:

books and collections;

bookshelves;

computer software and hardware

Building Fund (tax deductible)

painting and general maintenance of school buildings;

expenditure on school buildings

School Grounds – to support the maintenance and continued improvement of the school

grounds.

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Come one and all to see our future sporting stars in action at our 2018 P-2 Sports Day.

When: Friday 14th December

Where: Fyans Park School Oval

All of our Prep-2 students will be involved on the day and it is important that your child brings the following: water bottle, hat and sunscreen.

Below is a timetable to help with organisation for parents who might want to come along for the morning. Please be advised that we may need to alter the time table or events based on weather conditions. We will notify families closer to the event date if required.

P-2 Sports Day Time Table

Rotations

Rotation 1 Rotation 2 Rotation 3 Rotation 4 Rotation 5 Rotation 6 Rotation 7

Prep M Sprints Egg & Spoon

Long Jump Discus Shot Put Chicken Throw

Hurdles

Prep R Hurdles Sprints Egg & Spoon

Long Jump Discus Shot Put Chicken Throw

1/2 Hadley Chicken Throw

Hurdles Sprints Egg & Spoon

Long Jump Discus Shot Put

1/2 Hayes Shot Put Chicken Throw

Hurdles Sprints Egg & Spoon

Long Jump Discus

1/2 Nawrocki Discus Shot Put Chicken Throw

Hurdles Sprints Egg & Spoon

Long Jump

1/2 Vincent Long Jump Discus Shot Put Chicken Throw

Hurdles Sprints Egg & Spoon

Break Egg & Spoon

Long Jump Discus Shot Put Chicken Throw

Hurdles Sprints

9:30 – 9:50 Rotation 1

9:50 – 10:10 Rotation 2

10:10 – 10:30 Rotation 3

10:30 – 10.50 Rotation 4

11:00 – 11:30 RECESS

11:40 – 12:00 Rotation 5

12:00 – 12:20 Rotation 6

12:20 – 1:00 Rotation 7

1:00 – 1:30 Relay Challenge, Teachers & Parents Race, Pack Up, Finish

1:30 – 1:45 Lunch

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What a fantastic night for our school community, last Friday. It was certainly a great reflection of our school community and how supportive we all are. Thank you to everyone who came and to the Fair committee for all of their amazing work.

Just a reminder that next Tuesday, 11th December, the PA will be providing for the students a free sausage sizzle lunch -

One sausage

One treat, and

One Zooper Dooper

will be given to the students at lunchtime.

All complimentary, as our way of saying thanks to everyone for their support this year. No order forms are need-ed and if your child doesn’t want to participate in the sausage sizzle lunch, please send lunch from home for them. If you do have any questions please speak to one of our PA members.

PA has set their fundraising goals for next year, which all looks exciting for the school community and our school next year.

Thank you, PA Team

LIBRARY BOOKS Please return all books back to

Department libraries by

Friday 14th December

FOR SPECIAL FOOD DAY Many hands make light work - if you can spare an hour or two next Tuesday 11th, please put your name on

the roster in the Office. Times we need help are:

9.00-10.00 Set up (3 people)

11.30-1.15 Cooking sausages, organising treats on trays (5 people)

1.00 -1.30 Food and Zooper Dooper distribution (6-8 people)

1.30-2.45 Clean up (5 people)

What a night! We hope you and your family and friends had a wonderful night at the Fair. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. We can’t thank enough, all of you who volunteered to help set up during the day, run the stalls and pack up at the end of the night. Thank you to our amazing teaching and administration staff for your support organizing our student activities, helping with the set up and run the Fair on the night.

The Fair is an important fundraiser and great night for the school community to celebrate the end of anoth-er busy year and welcome in Christmas. The money we raise makes a significant contribution to all the building and learning projects underway in recent years. This includes contributing to the fit-out of the new 3/4 building, perimeter fences, resurfacing of the school oval, new classroom readers, fans and blinds for the Multi-Purpose Room and upgrading playground equipment, plus much needed literacy and IT resources.

The Great Cake Bake Off We were overwhelmed with the quality and enthusiasm of all our cake bakers this year. Our judges had such a hard time assessing over 100 cakes. Congratulations to everyone who entered.

The winners were:

Thank you to our sponsors Thank you to our school families and businesses for your generosity and continued support of our Christmas Fair. You provide the financial base to kick-start the event and we greatly appreciate your vote of confi-dence in the event and commitment to Fyans Park.

Passing the baton Thanks to all our new committee members this year who got involved. We are looking for a small team of 2-3 people to take on the coordinating role for the Fair. There is a lot of support and many systems and pro-cesses in place and there is a great team to work with. If you are interested please talk to Jan in the Office.

GRADE PREP - 2 GRADE 3/4 GRADE 5/6 OPEN

TASTE “Monkey Business”

by Felix S

“Raspberry Cake”

by Jass & Meg

“Swaggy Christmas”

by Oska R

“Classic Flourless”

by Melinda H

DECORATION “Aussie Cake”

by Tate H

“Half Pipe Crash”

by Archer W

“Harvest”

by Erminie H

PEOPLE’S CHOICE “Fyans Park Zoo” by Evie H

Sally Beck Sarah Gofton Lilian Lee

Jodie Warrick Michelle Harding Belinda Milverton

Jan Smart Kath Healy Noreen O'Meara

Nicola Anderson Vic Hope Frances Postgate

Jules Broad Justine Huby Mel Savage

Carley Chamberlain Jane Hutchinson Mel Waters

Kerri Cuttler Emma Jarman Belinda Wright

Wendy Fyfe

FOUND AT THE FAIR

We have had several pairs of sunglasses (including a

prescription pair) and a small silver ring handed in to

the office.

And the winners are The winners of our Mega Raffle are listed below. If you haven’t already collected your prize, please con-tact the office. Thank you everyone for your donations.

Levi B, Shashi V, Peter V, Helen B, Desi T, Lyla C, Teasdale Family, Brooke A, Joshua H, Sam K, Jim H, Mag-gie H, Jacob W, Wendy F, Joan W, Hope Family, Nina H, Shields Family, Ged L, Charlotte B, Mark W, McIn-tyre Family, Max T, Dave R, Dot A, Melinda B, Oli F, Jo S, Liam K, Alex Z, Eliza H and Ben S.

Final farewell and thank you from the committee

SPONSORS Once again, we are fortunate to have the support of our wonderful sponsors, many who are Fyans Park families or have a close connection to the school.

PLATINUM

GOLD

Specsavers Westfield Geelong Specsavers Geelong Ryrie St

SILVER

SPONSORS Once again, we are fortunate to have the support of our wonderful sponsors, many who are Fyans Park families or have a close connection to the school.

BRONZE

SUPPORTERS

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Hi Families,

WOW! Where has the time gone? It's not long now til the end of the year, when we'll say a fond farewell to our fabulous grade 6 students and an exciting hello to our new preps! As the year comes to an end I would like to remind all parents to please check your accounts and please ensure that everything is up to date, I will be having a week or 2 where I will be having an enrolment drive within the service to assist anyone with enrolment to the service and to update your accounts. I look forward to catching up with you all over the coming weeks. To assist with this feel free to call me on 0452 247 130 to book a time that best suits you.

These past couple of weeks have been busy in OSHC as we have been getting ready for Christmas and end of year celebrations. The preps are all excited to be moving up to the 1-2 department with the chil-dren all speculating as to who their teachers will be for next year, there has been a lot of conversation also about which teachers will be in each department with some interesting changes in the mix. The chil-dren have been quite busy making Christmas decorations and presents for their friends and family as well.

We endeavour to ensure that all the information that you have provided us with in your enrolment is true and correct, if there have been any changes, address, contact phone numbers or people that you allow to pick up your children, it would be great if you could let us know ASAP. These are crucial details that we need to ensure that your child/ren's emergency contact details are up to date, if any of these changes have occurred recently, please jump online and amend the details and please also let me know so that the details I have are correct as well.

If you know that your child will NOT be attending a session they have been booked into PLEASE ensure you give me a call to let me know, so that I am not chasing up children that are safely with their care-giver.

I encourage you all to enrol your child/ren with us in case of emergencies that are beyond your control to ensure that I have access to your child’s details if needed. To enrol your child/ren go to www.campaustralia.com.au.

Cheers & Keep Smiling

Jodie & Dawn