Gisborne Primary School

7th September 2017 Issue 28

CHALK TALK Diary Dates

Fri 8th Sept Music Recital Evening

Tue 12th Sept

Book Fair commences in the Library 4pm-4:30pm

2018 BYOD Parent Information Session 6pm

Wed 13th Sept

Division Athletics

Book Fair

Thu 14th Sept Book Fair

Fri 15th Sept Student Disco P-2 5pm to 5:45pm 3-6 6pm to 7pm

Mon 18th Sept Book Fair concludes

Tue 19th Sept Parent/Teacher Interviews

Fri 22nd Sep Last Day Term 3 —Early dismissal 2:30pm

Mon 9th Oct Term 4 Commences

Mon 6th Nov Curriculum Day—Student Free Day

Tues 7th Nov Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

Wed 8th Nov Gr5 Western Water Incursion

Wed 29th Nov Grade 6s depart for Camp

Fri 1st Dec Grade 6s return from Camp .

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Dear families,

Out of Hours School Care We are aware that this is a high need area and that one of the long day care centres is reducing this service for school aged children. A provider presented information to school council regarding the possibility of starting OHSC at Gisborne PS next year. We will provide you with further information as we work through this process being mindful that parents will need this information soon to make arrangements for next year. Yoga Next term we will be offering a five week yoga program in the BER during a lunch time. Please see the flyer in this newsletter and contact Kerri Aitken if you have any questions. Kerri is a qualified yoga instructor and Justine Elliott has kindly offered to supervise the classes. Raising Concerns. The School Council Education Sub-Committee has been working on two flyers that outline the procedures that parents can follow to raise concerns they may have and to work with the school to support their children when they have conflict with peers. This will strengthen our home/school partnership and general understanding of the school values and programs that underpin our social and emotional learning curriculum. School Council is very committed to ensuring we are all working towards the best outcomes for your children and modelling respectful communications and interactions. We need to be mindful of the time commitments of parents, as well as teachers who are supporting over 20 students and their families in their classes. The ‘Raising Concerns’ flyer is attached to this newsletter. Bully Stopper Protocols The BullyStopper protocols have been discussed at our School Council Education and Policy sub-committee and will be made available soon. These outline our classroom learning about Respectful Relationships and protocols expected of students, staff and families in relation to incidents of bullying. Car Parking After discussions regarding parking on the corner of Brantome and Howey streets, I would like to confirm that parking on the nature strips in that area, which has been common practice over previous years is still allowed, to ensure the school buses can exit safely without cars being in the way. Police and council have generally not been concerned about this practice during school pick up and drop off hours as long as the driver remains in the car, that cars move on in a timely manner and are mindful of damage done to nature strips so as not to inconvenience the local residents. Because of the nature in which a builder has approached our parents, we request that no one parks on the vacant block on the corner of Brantome and Howey Streets. I have been consulting with police and local council to follow up parking issues around the school vicinity and will clarify further recommendations as they are made.

Enjoy the sunshine this weekend.

Julie Soutter

Any families with students intending to leave GPS at the end of the year are reminded to please let our office staff know as soon as possible. Early knowledge of departures assists us with enrolment intake and future planning.

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Dear Families, It has been a busy week full of buzz and excitement around the school.

We have had Art incursions with the year 5 and 6 students participating in a Drumming session. This links in with the music program where the students will use this information and new knowledge in their music program at school.

The year 3 and 4 students were lucky to have a session with an expert where she showed them how to model and create animals and figurines using clay. The students enjoyed manipulating the clay to make their creations.

It was a buzz of excitement in the Prep area with a Special Person afternoon. The students served afternoon tea for their special visitor. Adults and students participated in games and activities together.

Bully Zero came to our school and delivered an informative session on Bullying. They discussed what bullying is, what bullying is not, what to do if they are a bystander and provided the students with strategies of what they can do if they feel they are bullied. Today the choir went to Kyneton to participate in the Beat Concert, reports suggest it was a fun and exciting experience for the students.

At our recent Education Sub-committee we discussed the Raising Concerns Procedure document that is an appendix to the Concerns and Complaints Policy. The purpose of this document is that if you have a concern, it is easy to read with steps and procedures to follow. Please find this attached to the current newsletter.

After surveying our parents, teachers and students, we have chosen our school values. These are:

Over the next term, the students will be investigating these and looking into what they mean to develop an understanding

of the expected behaviours and values at Gisborne Primary School. Thank you for your contribution into choosing our

values.

Regards, Lisa Maxwell

Caring Respect Resilience Responsibility Personal Best

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR

Commencing Tuesday 12th September, we will be holding a Scholastic Book

Fair to raise money to purchase new books for the school library.

The Fair will operate from Tuesday 12th September to Monday 18th September

in the school library. It will be open for parents to purchase books from 4pm—

4:30pm on Tuesday 12th, and then before school from 8:30am-9:00am and

after school from 3:30pm to 4:15pm from Wednesday 13th to Monday 18th

September.

Students will be given the opportunity to peruse the selection of books

available and compile a ’wish list’ to take home. Parents can complete their

credit card details on the ‘wish list’ and return them to school or payments

can be made in cash or via EFTPOS. We look forward to seeing you there!

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PARENT/TEACHER INTERVIEWS Interview bookings are now open on the Sentral Parent Portal for Parent/Teacher Interviews to be held on Tuesday 19th September. (Bookings close at 12pm on Tuesday 19th September). Please do not book consecutive appointments, leave at least a 10 minute gap between interviews if you are seeing more than one teacher.

Also, please bear in mind that these are strictly 10 minute timeslots. Should you wish to discuss other matters with your child’s teacher or you feel that your conversation will require a longer time, alternate arrangements will need to be made. As we have a busy schedule, please note that arriving late may result in having a shortened time or the meeting may need to be rescheduled. If you are new to the school, you should have received a letter with details on how to register for the Sentral Parent Portal. Please do not hesitate to contact the school office if you have any problems with the registration process.

PAYMENTS & FORMS DUE

AMOUNT DATE DUE

Division Athletics Permission &

Payment of $12.00 Friday 8th September

2018 Yr 5 Bring Your Own Device Parent Info Session

RSVP Friday 8th September

Prep Gelati Day Permission &

Payment of $2.00 Wednesday 13th

September

Subject Contributions & Class Materials (Fees)

$210.00 per student 2017

PARENT PORTAL ONLINE PERMISSION Permission for activities can be granted via the Sentral Parent Portal, and payments can be made via Qkr!, Bpay, or CSEF. Permission for each activity need only be given once; should you complete permission online (this is

our preference), there is no need to return the hard copy form. Hard copy notes will continue to be provided this term until parents get used to completing the online permission. In Term 4, permissions will be online only.

ABSENCE NOTIFICATIONS The Sentral Parent Portal ‘Messages’ tab can be used to notify the school of student absences (this is now our preferred method). Families are able to explain a prior absence or advise of an upcoming absence. You can even advise of a late arrival, early departure, or a timed absence during the day. Simply select the date/s of the absence and advise us of times and the reason in the comments section. Once your notification has been sent, the absence will be processed by the school, usually within 48 hours.

Sentral Parent Portal link: https://sentral.gisborneps.vic.edu.au/portal2/#!/login Please do not hesitate to contact the school office should you have any queries.

GPS Music Recital

Our Music Recital will be held tomorrow night, Friday, 8 September 2017 from 6:00pm at The Barcham

Theatre, Gisborne Secondary College.

Entry for audience members will be $5.00 for adults and accompanying children, free.

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Please note change of day !!

Premiers'

Reading

Challenge

Afternoon Tea

Help Wanted!

At 2:30pm on Wednesday 20th

September, the PFA will be holding an

afternoon tea for all students who have

completed the Premiers’ Reading

Challenge. The afternoon tea will be held

in the gym to celebrate great reading!

A form will be sent home shortly for

parents to advise of any special dietary

requirements.

If you would like to volunteer to help by

cooking or bringing in some food for this

event please contact Sandra Bullen at

gisborneprimarypfa@gmail.com by next

Friday September 15.

Father’s Day Stall Thank You!! We hope all our fathers had a wonderful Father’s Day on Sunday & enjoyed their special gifts . A very special thank you to Katie Duoba who is stepping down after 2 years in the role as Mother’s/Father’s Day stall coordinator, and to Kate Bradbury, for the time and effort put into sourcing a great selection of affordable gifts for the children to purchase. Thanks also to Vanessa Bourke and Susan Spaltman for wrapping the gifts and to the wonderful parent helpers who assisted with setting up and helping on the stall and arranging the classes, we couldn’t have done it without your assistance!

The PFA Student Disco will be

held on

FRIDAY 15th September

in the school gym

$2.00 per student

The disco will be divided into two sessions:

Grade Prep to Grade 2 from 5:00pm – 5:45pm

Grade 3 to Grade 6 from 6:00pm – 7:00pm

We would love parents to stay and help, especially for

the Prep – Grade 2 session.

(Water will be provided, however, snacks will not

be provided this year)

If you are able to help out, please contact the PFA on

gisborneprimarypfa@gmail.com

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GISBORNE PRIMARY

SCHOOL

SHOPPING TOUR!!

Book Now!

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DRUMMING WORKSHOP On Monday the 4th of September, the grade 5 & 6 students enjoyed a drumming workshop with Simone Lang of Drummergirl. We learnt how to play the Djembe drums. The Djembe drums come from West Africa. We also played some games like ‘Simone says’ and learnt a little song. We all had so much fun and would love to do it again. We would like to thank Simone for coming and Mrs Kuyateh for organising it. By Immy S & Sapphy M—5A

ART INCURSION

Wednesday at Gisborne Primary School we all made adorable animal heads representing our family’s personalities. We all thought it was interesting, fantastic and awesome. We all made these totems with a block of terracotta clay. It was like play dough but hard and wet. We all used a pencil and an icy-pole stick to shape the clay into animal heads. It was quite easy for some grade 4s but hard for others. We had a look at other totems for an idea. After shaping and crafting we let them set to dry. By William P On the 6th of September Grade 4B had an art incursion in the art room. Our teacher was Chris. She taught us to make clay totems. Next we got on to making the clay totems and some people had a lot of trouble and some did not. The clay was terracotta. It was soft and hard at the same time. But overall the clay was fun to play with and everybody had lots of fun. By Jett A and Daniel B Art Incursion On the 6th of September Grade 4B went on an art incursion. We were making totems that represent our family out of clay. Chris was our instructor. She told us how to roll, make and shape the clay. After it was our turn we had to get a piece of paper, icypole stick, and some clay. Then we started. At first we had to put the clay on our thumb and mould it to the shape of our animal that we chose. The terracotta clay felt wet, squishy and weird but it was easy to handle. By Lataysha R

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Happy Birthday!! to the following students who celebrate their birthdays this week, 3rd September—9th September:

Spensa M—1B Bella L—3A Noah G—5B Isla H—PB Blake H—2B Cameron C—6C Jakayla H—3B Ali K—5C Anika W—6A

Solutions for last week’s problems:

Canteen Roster

FRIDAY

8th SEPT FRIDAY

15th SEPT

FRIDAY 22nd SEPT—Last Day of

Term 3

9AM - 11:30AM Jayne Giuffre

Jayne Giuffre

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9AM - 11:30AM Liesl Court

HELP NEEDED

9AM—10:00AM URGENT

HELP NEEDED HELP

NEEDED

12:30PM - 2:30PM Dee Kelly

Trish Sullivan

12:30PM - 2:30PM Nicole McKibbin Jayne Giuffre

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Canteen News Please be advised that the canteen will be CLOSED for lunch orders and over the counter sales on the last

day of term, Friday 22nd September. Unfortunately, cheese & bacon rolls are no longer available and have been removed from the menu. We

apologise for any inconvenience.

Should you have any problems with your Qkr! account, please see the school office, click on the following FAQ guide https://qkr.mastercard.com/au/faq/ or contact the help desk for password problems on 1800 689 562

**Please note: should we not have enough helpers on canteen day, we will be unable to provide over the counter sales at recess and lunchtime.

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Kerri Aitken Kids Yoga Teacher / Certified Clinical Nutritionist / Food Coach Ph: 0423 974 925 nutsaboutfood@hotmail.com facebook.com/kerriaitkennutrition

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Congratulations to this week’s winner of the individual prize:

Chloe F—6B

Caring

Order Uniform ONLINE through Beleza

Click here

Or visit 42C Aitken Street Gisborne

2017 TERM DATES

Term 3: 17 Jul—22 Sep Term 4: 9 Oct—22 Dec

Gisborne Primary School 35 Fisher Street Gisborne Vic 3437 PH: 03 5428 2022 FX: 03 5428 4280 Email: gisborne.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Web: www.gisborneps.vic.edu.au

2017 Curriculum Days

Monday 6th November

Bell Times

8:50am Warning Bell

8:55am Class Bell

10:55 - 11.25am Recess

1:25pm Eat lunch inside

1:40-2:25pm Lunch

3:25pm Dismissal

Congratulations to our ‘Student of the Week’ award winners!

Amelia L—PA Aarati B—1A Finn B—1C Ashlie S—2B

Veronica R—2C Bella L—3A Issy R—3B Chelsea T—5A

Hugo O—5B Emily V—5C Joshua D—6A Olivia M—6C

CARING RESPONSIBILITY HELPFULNESS COOPERATION

Pepper O—4B Luke B—PA

Harley B—PA Ryder M—PA

Mackenzie A—1B

Blake B—5A Chloe F—6B Angus P—3A

Max B—1A

Congratulations to the following students who were observed displaying positive behaviours includ-

ing our school values, over the last week:

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