Newsletter No. 15 21st May, 2019

In This Issue: Thank You Education Week Traffic Around School

The Lion King Reminders Notices Recently Sent Home

Dear Parents, The start of this term has certainly been very busy and productive. I am continually impressed with our children and their willingness to participate so enthusiastically in every school activity. On Friday, in beautiful sunshine, I watched the Prep to Year 6 students run, jog, walk and really enjoy their circuit around the school as they completed the Lap a Thon. It was wonderful to listen to the encouragement and support they gave to each other. We were treated to another beautiful day of weather on Saturday, which led to our Election Day BBQ and Cake Stall being an overwhelming success. Many thanks to Chris Howell and Lauren Reitz who coordinated these events. We have raised approximately $2,450 in fundraising, which is an excellent achievement. Thank you to everyone who supported us with cooking, baking, selling and helping out on the day. It was fabulous. Yesterday morning during assembly, we were able to use the new Audio Visual System in the gym. We have installed a ‘stadium grade’ projector, screen and sound system in protective casing – costing approximately $34,000. Being able to install such a worthwhile sound system is a direct reflection of fundraising at Hartwell. It will be invaluable for parent and student presentations, information sessions, productions and performances. As you can see, a system such as this is costly and we really appreciate all our fundraising support, as without this we would not be able to provide such excellent resources for the teaching and learning programs at school. Thank you to Adrian O’Connor for his organization of our new A.V. system. EDUCATION WEEK

This week across Victoria we celebrate ‘education’. The focus for this year is ‘CAREERS’. This focus acknowledges people’s

careers, pathways, and finding that dream job!

Dates to Remember

Term 2

May

Tuesday 21 2020 Prep

Information Evening

Saturday 25 2020 Prep tour

Monday 27/5-6/6 Year 4 Swimming

June

Monday 10 Queen’s Birthday –

Public Holiday

Wednesday 12 Rehearsal at Venue

School Production 1

Thursday 13 School Production 2

Friday 28 End of Term 2-

2.30pm finish Term 3

July

Monday 15 Term 3 commences

15-26 Year 1 Swimming

Monday 22 Curriculum Day –

no students

required at school

Monday 29- 8/8 Prep Swimming

August

Thursday 8 – 10 Hart Art Show

Friday 9 Official Art Show

Opening Night 7-

11pm

Monday 12 - 23 Year 3 Swimming

Thursday 22 HPS Athletics (3-6)

September

Thursday 12 Open Night

Thursday 19 Year 2 Sleepover

Friday 20 End of Term 3 –

2.30pm finish

October

Monday 7 Term 4 commences

Newsletter Milverton Street, Camberwell 3124

STRIVE FOR THE HIGHEST Telephone (03) 9889 4012

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

Website: www.hartwellps.vic.edu.au

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During the week, the students’ will talk about a variety of careers and their own aspirations for the future. This would be a very interesting ‘dinner table’ discussion. As mentioned last week, we have several activities scheduled to showcase our school in the community. They include: School Tours – On Saturday morning, Pip, Adrian and I will conduct a tour of the school for prospective parents. We have held one this morning as we usually do on Tuesdays. All parents with Preps for next year are invited to a school information session tonight (Tuesday 21 May) at 7.30pm in the Prep Learning Community. We look forward to sharing the wonderful

teaching and learning program at Hartwell. TRAFFIC AROUND THE SCHOOL Please can I ask again for families to become familiar with the traffic system that is in place before school and after school and the 40km rule during school times. Milverton Street and Merton Street at this point are not ‘one way streets’, the ‘no entry’ signs are in place to assist with the flow of traffic. We are a large school and when driving to pick up your children I would ask you to be patient with other drivers and pedestrians. Particularly with winter approaching and wetter weather the traffic tends to increase. Boroondara Council have put in place some road rules, which they believe to support the flow of traffic. Please remember not to park over our neighbour’s driveways. We do have a group on School Council who regularly look at traffic issues and work together to try and maintain safety for our community. If you have any feedback or ideas for this committee please contact me. The traffic map is attached to this newsletter. Thank you for your assistance with this matter. THE LION KING With only four weeks to go we are getting excited! The students and teachers continue to rehearse their lines, songs and dances. It is a wonderful event and we can’t wait to share the children’s performances with our families. This week two notices will come home; one for bus permission and one for ticket ordering. This year we will be using ‘TryBooking’ for ticket ordering. There is a limit of four tickets per family and we will create a waiting list at the school office if more tickets become available. Please read the notice carefully as we will be asking you to use ‘TryBooking’ to purchase your tickets. The booking system will be activated midday this Sunday 26th May. Please note that there will be NO ASSEMBLY next Monday 27 May as we will have a day of full rehearsals (no costumes are required on this day).

REMINDERS:

LAP A THON: Please collect and send in your sponsorship money by Monday 3rd June. We have collected some fantastic prizes and this will enable us to present these to the students and acknowledge their wonderful efforts.

School Tours and Enrolment: If you have a

child who is beginning school next year and

have not yet enrolled please can I ask you take

the time to complete this as soon as possible

this term, thank you.The Department has

released a new website that helps parents

identify their local public school online.

www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au

Cake Packs: Please return all unused cake

packs to the school office by the end of this

week. Thank you for your co-operation.

Notices Recently Sent Home

School Production rehearsal notice

School Production bus notice & payment

Hart Art – Gala Night (Newsletter no. 2)

Year 1 Incursion – Richard Galbraith Cartoon Workshop

Lisa Banks Principal PE UPDATE JUNIOR CROSS COUNTRY It was certainly worth the wait! Our Prep, Yr. 1 and Yr. 2 students provided us with a fantastic display of running last Wednesday at Lynden Park, in glorious weather. Congratulations to everyone who participated with great determination and infectious enthusiasm, showing their Hartwell ‘have a go’ attitude. It was wonderful to see so many parents, siblings and grandparents cheering on the runners. Thanks to our wonderfully supportive teachers for their flexibility and support of the event – some impressive running performances amongst the P-2 teaching staff! Thank you also to all of the parents who assisted with walking the students to and from the park safely. Our House Captains played an important role in supporting the junior runners and ensuring the atmosphere was buzzing, with the best house chants we have had in a long time. With the Junior event now completed, I was able to announce the results at Monday’s assembly

and present a slide show of both the junior and senior event. A special thank you to Nancy Seibel (Owen and Claire’s mother), Kirsten Myers (Toby and Tessa’s mother) and to Ray Wong (Chandler and Morris’ grandfather) for taking such beautiful photos of the events. The final results were:

1st Place: HIGHFIELD HOUSE 6950 pts

2nd Place: OBERWYL HOUSE 6770 pts

3RD Place: MILVERTON HOUSE 6670 pts

4th Place: MERTON HOUSE 5950 pts

Congratulations to Highfield Captains Ed, Neva, Oscar and Chloe on leading their house to victory! Congratulations to Year 6 students Oscar S. and Emma W. who are our 2019 Cross Country Captains. Oscar and Emma will lead our team at the District event. LAP-A-THON The entire school was back in action on Friday for our bi-annual Lap-a-thon. Again, the level of commitment, determination and enthusiasm by every year level was outstanding. We had so much assistance from our wonderful parents, too many to name, but a sincere thank you to all. There was an atmosphere filled with excitement, fun, laughter, colour and much pride swirling around our school. Many parents re-lived memories of yester-year as we boogied to some 80s and 90s tunes late in the afternoon! A great day that highlighted what a wonderful school community we are. VICTORIAN INTERSCHOOL SNOWSPORTS Each year HPS sends a contingent of snow skiers to Mt. Buller to compete in the Victorian Interschools Snowsports. Although I do not attend the event, I do all of the online entries and ticketing for this event. Therefore, parent supervision throughout the entire event is required. We also need to supply parent volunteers. Entries do not close until August, however I have been fielding some questions from interested parents. Parents do need to book all accommodation, so I appreciate details are required sooner rather than later. If you are interested in your child participating, I would ask you to send me an email. Details of the event can be found at http://www.vicinterschools.com.au/ The site is simple to navigate and you can access information on dates, divisions, events, costs etc. Events include Snowboard Giant Slalom, Snowboard Cross, Ski Cross, Moguls and Alpine Giant Slalom. Division 4, 5 & 6 events (which covers all Primary levels) are on Monday 19th, Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st August. When making bookings, please keep in mind our HPS Athletics Carnival is on Thursday 22nd August! Please contact me with any questions or your expression of interest.

YEAR 6 INTERSCHOOL SPORT The Year 6 Sport teams had a highly effective training session last Thursday in brilliant sunshine, honing skills and developing match day strategies. This week we play host to St. Michael’s. Netball is at HPS, Football at Lynden Park and Soccer and Softball is at Hartwell Sports Ground. Go Hartwell! MELBOURNE REBELS VS WARATAHS: FRI MAY 31ST @ AAMI STADIUM Ever supportive and very generous Hartwell parent Chris Howell has offered tickets to Hartwell families for the Melbourne Rebels versus Waratahs match on Friday 31st May. Chris has given me twenty adult/kids tickets to give away. Chris tells me this is the final game and it may well determine which team makes the finals – he promises it will be a cracker! It is first in best dressed, so please email me if you are interested in free rugby union tickets. And of course, thank you to Chris Howell.

Enjoy the weather and have a great week.

Jo Bayes PE & Sport Co-ordinator bayes.joanne.l@edumail.vic.gov.au

The Hartwell Canteen How to Order – for existing QKR users, you do not need to set up a new account -just be sure to select The Hartwell Canteen logo to access the menu. For new QKR users – you will need to set up an account by following the instructions on the school’s website. Ordering snacks, lunches and take home meals You can order lunches and take home meals up to two weeks in advance through the app. Take home meals can be collected from the canteen window between 8am and 4pm. All snacks, drinks and frozen items can be bought over the counter at recess, lunch times and before and after school. Any queries should be directed to hartwellcanteen@outlook.com Sick Bay Washing Roster Thank you for volunteering to go on the sickbay washing roster. The roster for the current term is below. If you are unable to do the week you were allocated, please swap with someone else on the roster. Please collect the sheets on Friday and return them some time during the following week. If you require any assistance, please see the office staff. Term 2 2019

24th May Janet H Rebecca 5

31st May Amy K Charlie 4

7th June Emma M Olivia 5

14th June Bronte K William 2

21st June Victoria F Henry 6

28th June Sophia X Alfred 1

Hartwell Uniform Shop Online ordering at the Uniform Shop - Parents please note that you are now able to order uniforms online via the Qkr App. This is in addition to the payment methods already available. For parents already using the app for The Hartwell Canteen please select the Uniform Shop menu. For new users you will need to download the app. Instructions on how to download the app and set up your child’s profile are available on our website. Please visit our website www.hartwellps.vic.edu.au and follow the step by step instructions. You are also able to order through Qkr on your computer. The Uniform Shop will be open from 8.45 to 9.00am every Tuesday. All orders must be processed in the school office first. If you need to place an order, please pick up an order form from the office or download one from the school’s website and place the order through the office. There will be approximately a two-three week wait on all orders as we are unable to store large quantities of stock. Hats and folios are available to purchase from the office. Alison Watson Claire Lugger watson.ali@icloud.com dm.cl@hotmail.com

Support Services, Rosters, Community & Social Events

2019/2020 Entertainment Book Click on the link below to pre-order your book / digital membership now. http://www.entbook.com.au/187n484

Books are available to pick up from the school office duringTerm 2.

Word of the Week at Hartwell!

‘Word of the Week’ is running extremely successfully across the school. Each week, the

students will have a particular word that is unique to their year level that they have to try

and use during the week in their speaking and writing.

Each week, there will be a list of all the ‘Words of the Week’ across the school in this

newsletter. It would be great to discuss the ‘Word of the Week’ with your child at home

and possibly use it in conversation or a piece of writing.

Prep grouchy

Year One unexpectedly

Year Two shemozzle

Year Three jostle

Year Four simultaneously

Year Five travesty (continued)

Year Six monotonous

Louise Gardiner

Literacy Learning Specialist

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