1 June 2018

Dear Parents, Winter is now officially here. As the colder weather hits us we ask that parents

check that the children have warm school uniform, including a coat for those cold days. On

days when it is raining we supervise the children inside at lunch and recess times, but we do

encourage them to be active outside when it isn’t raining. Just a reminder that Term 2 finish-

es on Friday June 29, with a 2.30 finish.

Coughs and colds. Over the last couple of weeks we have had a number of staff absent with

colds etc.. Our policy is the same with the staff as it is with the children. If you are sick you

should stay home. Coming to school when you are sick means you are highly likely to make

others sick and so we really do ask that parents keep children at home if they are not well.

New Office/administration building. The school begins the first phase of our building pro-

gram in Term 3, with building works to replace our office and administration area and a few

other maintenance issues beginning early in the term. The new building will be located be-

tween our school Library and the BER building. Hopefully by the end of the year it will be

completed. This will be the new front entry of the school, the general office and offices for

Principal, Assistant Principal etc.

During this construction phase there will be areas of the school fenced off, changes to some

access points to the school, temporary fences put in place and there will be changes to how

some of the grades enter the buildings etc.

Future funding. Our second phase is to seek approximately $5.5 million dollars from the

Government to replace our current main building where the younger grades currently are.

The Master Plan is to demolish the old building and replace it with a new building that will be

connected to the new administration building and will link in with the new portable building

where the two Grade 5/6 grades currently are. To get this amount of money will not be easy

as the Government is putting lots of money into new areas of Melbourne that obviously need

new schools and into other areas of Melbourne where the community voice has been strong.

In the coming months the school may ask parents to support the school’s drive to show our

politicians that the children of Fawkner are just as important as the children in other parts of

Melbourne.

Reports and Parent Teacher interviews. Teachers are busy writing reports for all children

which will go home with the children on Friday June 22. Parent Teacher interviews will be

sent home shortly so parents can book times for the interviews on Thursday June 28.

What’s coming up?

Queens Birthday Public Holiday. All schools are closed on this day.

School terms 2018

Term 2: April 16 – June 29 (2.30 finish)

Term 3: July 16 – September 21 (2.30 finish)

Term 4: October 8 – December 20 (1.30 finish)

Fawkner News

Telephone: 03 9357 3579

Email: fawkner.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.fawknerps.vic.edu.au

Principal: Roger Pell

Assistant Principal: Maria Weston

Important Dates

June 2018 11—Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

NO SCHOOL 13—Local Excursion St Basil’s 34G 22—School Reports Issued 28—Parent Teacher Interviews 29—Last Day of Term 2, 2.30pm finish

July 2018 16—Start of Term 3

TERM DATES 2018 Term 2: 16 April—29 June Term 3: 16 July—21 September Term 4: 8 October—21 December

Cross Country News

Congratulations and well done to all the twenty students who attended and represented Fawkner Primary School at the Glenroy District Cross Country event on Thursday 24th May at Boeing Reserve, Strathmore. Our school competed with 11 other schools on the day.

Students who participated in this event were:

During the event many of our students ran massive personal bests over a tough course. It was pleasing to see that most of our students stuck to our race plan of cruising out strongly during the first half and running faster in the sec-ond half.

The bravery award this year goes to Adam, Mahmoud and Nasser for running courageously while they were all fasting. It was a happy ending to see all the students able to complete the 2 km course and run past the finish line.

A big thank you to Rob and Frances who attended and helped out during the day.

Ayhan Akin

Sports Coordinator

Oscar Evans Mahmoud Abdullah Portia Greenacre

Aniqa Hassen Mohammed Ali Syed Hussain Abdulrahman Alsuliamani

Diyaa Rizki Talha Mohammed Kaif Ali Khan

Nasser Khoder Peyton Harrison Salam Abboud

Syd Greenacre Adam Zaidan Hamza Suileman

Yusha Koko Miriam Taleb Fatima Syed

Ali Mohammed Noah Kid