Issue No: 23 13th August 2015

THE DORSET EDITION INSPIRE ACHIEVE SUCCEED

From the Principal’s Desk Rescorla Avenue, Croydon 3136 phone: 9725 5038 www.dorsetps.vic.edu.au dorset.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Diary Dates Aug

4th - 14th Stage 1 - tickets on sale

12th - 19th Book Fair Week in the LRC

Fri 14th Book Parade in the Hall

17th - 28th Stage 2 - tickets on sale

Tue 18th Prep Transition begins

Thu 20th Grade 1/2 Drama Incursion

Mon 24th Myke Mollard Raffle Drawn

Wed 26th Prep Botanical Gardens Excursion

6.45 - 7.30pm Governance and Community & Development Meeting

7.30pm School Council Meeting

Thu 27th 3.45pm Maroondah Magic Prep - Grade 4 Come and Try Clinic

Fri 28th Grade 5/6 Market Day

Mon 31st Final round offer - tickets on sale

Sept

Fri 4th Father’s Day Stall

Wed 9th School Production

Thu 10th School Production

Mon 14th Footy Day

Fri 18th End of Term Early Dismissal - 2.30 pm

Oct

Mon 5th Start of Term 4

Book Parade This Friday will be our annual book parade. Children and teachers are excited and discussing their costumes. The parade will commence at 9am in the hall. The parade every year produces some exciting and creative costumes and from the chats I’ve heard it’s going to be amazing. Looking forward to it!

Lock Down As part of our Emergency Management procedures the children will be experiencing a lock down drill. I know some children maybe frightened by this but it is necessary to ensure our children are prepared in case a situation arises. After the drill teachers will be discussing it with their classes so as children understand the procedure and the necessity to take such precautions.

Book Fair The LRC looks amazing! The book fair books are on display and there are some amazing books. Please take the time to browse and if possible support the book fair. All proceeds from the fair will be used to buy more books or resources for our wonderful LRC.

Production The costumes are well on the way! Every Wednesday afternoon Braid is running a craft club to help make the costumes. Last week I helped sew some of the costumes and really enjoyed it. The atmosphere was energetic, pleasant and creative. Please come along and help if you can. Lots of work and rehearsal has been going on and it’s shaping up to be a great performance. Braid has worked really hard to put this production together. Looking forward to a spectacular night!

Tips to help children with reading (early years ) Give your child lots of opportunities to read aloud. Inspire your young reader to practise every day! The tips below offer some fun ways you can help your child become a happy and confident reader. Try a new tip each week. See what works best for your child.

■ Don’t leave home without it. Bring along a book or magazine any time your child has to wait, such as at a doctor's office. Always try to fit in reading!

■ Once is not enough. Encourage your child to re-read favorite books and poems. Re-reading helps kids read more quickly and accurately.

■ Dig deeper into the story. Ask your child questions about the story you've just read. Say something like, “Why do you think Clifford did that?”

■ Take control of the television. It's difficult for reading to compete with TV and video games. Encourage reading as a free-time activity.

■ Be patient. When your child is trying to sound out an unfamiliar word, give him or her time to do so. Remind to child to look closely at the first letter or letters of the word.

■ Pick books that are at the right level. Help your child pick books that are not too difficult. The aim is to give your child lots of successful reading experiences.

■ Play word games. Have your child sound out the word as you change it from mat to fat to sat; from sat to sag to sap; and from sap to sip.

■ I read to you, you read to me. Take turns reading aloud at bedtime. Kids enjoy this special time with their parents

■ Gently correct your young reader. When your child makes a mistake, gently point out the letters he or she overlooked or read incorrectly. Many beginning readers will guess wildly at a word based on its first letter.

■ Talk, talk, talk! Talk with your child every day about school and things going on around the house. Sprinkle some interesting words into the conversation, and build on words you’ve talked about in the past.

■ Write, write, write! Ask your child to help you write out the grocery list, a thank you note to Grandma, or to keep a journal of special things that happen at home. When writing, encourage your child to use the letter and sound patterns he is learning at school. Regards, Palma Coppa Principal

Book Parade

Tomorrow

9am in Hall

Stephanie Alexander

Kitchen Menu

Pasta with Warrigal Greens Pesto

Potato & Kale Salad

Pancakes with Lemon Curd

Chocolate Drive Don’t forget, if you have finished selling your chocolates, could you please return the money to the office. A big thank you to all the families that have sold chocolates for our major fundraiser this year! We still have plenty more chocolates to sell if you would like another box. Please come and see Cynthia or Nicole in the office.

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Garden News

The school community is welcome to walk through the gardens at any time. Bulbs are flowering such as those from the Daffodil family and Ranunculus. We are eagerly awaiting warmer weather so we can enjoy more vigorous and larger variety of plant growth. Students will be preparing

father's day gifts ready for the stall in early September. There will be seeds, garden labels and seedlings for purchasing. It would be wonderful if all students could be growing something edible at home this spring if not now. All students should be able to use their compost knowledge in order to create nutritious soil at home. Photos of home gardens are encouraged to display on school notice boards. Anna Clarkson

Can you help with our wonderful Breakfast Club Program? If you are able to help on Thursday & Friday mornings for the month of September with making toast and a milk drink for 20 or so students from 8.45am your help would be much appreciated. Please see the office. We also need helpers in the Canteen on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Please see Robyn in the Canteen if you can help!

Dear all students starting school in 2016, Our ‘Step into School’ transition program starts next

Tuesday, at 2:20! It is going to be a fun afternoon and we

will be reading one of our favorite stories about a special

elephant called Elmer. We are really looking forward to

seeing you there! Six sleeps to go!

The Foundation team.

Chaplain’s Chat with Dave

The Little Things

When Sully left home the morning of January 15, 2009 he had no idea he would be a hero by the end of the day. To him, as a pilot flying from one US city to another, he was just going to another day at work. When a flock of geese flew into the engines – both engines – of his Airbus A320, there was no choice but to crash land. He could choose where, but the plane was coming down – and quickly. Would he choose an airport a few miles away? No, too far. Would he choose the freeway and hope not to hit too many cars? No, too dangerous. Sully steered the giant plane toward the Hudson River and planned his descent. The damaged engines would need to get the plane to the right speed and then be turned off. Then he would need to glide it in, powerless, and hit the water just right so the plane didn’t flip end over end or tear apart wing from wing. He needed to skim the plane across the river’s surface like a boy skipping a rock on a pond. Before that, he had to bank into a long left turn lining up the river in the direction it was flowing, the auto pilot had to be turned off, the plane had to be levelled perfectly, the nose lifted just right, the vents and valves had to be sealed to stop water coming in – all with only emergency generator power and battery operated systems. As a pilot and gliding instructor, Sully flew planes and taught others to do so every day. Today, there was no room for even the slightest mistake. A few tense minutes later, Sully slid down the emergency slide to join the crew and passengers in one of the lifeboats. The landing went perfectly, everyone survived – with an amazing story to tell. Could you have done that? Yes, if you had the thousands and thousands of hours of training, practice and experience – and the calm confidence those hours brought Sully. The greatest things in life are accomplished through the virtue

and character developed by little things done over and over when

they don’t seem to matter. One day, piled on top of each other,

those little things create a mountain of potential that can do the

impossible!

Canteen Canteen Hours for 2015 are: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9.00 - 11.30am & 1.00 - 2.30pm

Soup is also available every Tuesday!

Uniform Shop School uniforms can be purchased from our PSW Uniform Shop located near the Prep rooms. It is open: Every Wednesday from 2.45pm to 3.45pm Order forms are available at the office if you can’t make it on Wednesday.

Birthdays

Milan Narayn Cameron Whitehead Ruby Easton Brayden Franken Harrison Postill Bailey Hargraves Elley Steenhuizen Grace Roberts Tyler Bowden Hamza Padrawala James Bielenberg Taj Hurrell Oliver Phillips Matthew Geddes

Kailey Roach Xinyue Liang Vienna Varon Remi Gillespie Kate Kirwan Emily Kirwan Brendan Ford Declan Campbell Nadia Kaivan Corey Rennison

Tori Du Buisson-Perrine Tully Smith Ella McNicol Graeme Goodman Mackinley Bruce Abby Holness Ray Alkemade-Schwab Isabella Vosmansky Mitchell Hollingsworth 1/2D

Students of the Week

Ethan Del Monaco Isabella Shubart Cameron McMillan Fraser Newman Tessa Findlay Mason Roberts-Clark Rhubee-Mae Spataro Hannah McKeown Michael Killin

Sam Westmoreland Jacobi Swannell Ebi Rowe Lara Dibble Hayley Jacquet Anya Cheng Noah West Nina Bielenberg Mitchell Sanders Leila Ludekens Ady Varon Laura Allen Dylan Riley Tyrone Trapani

Production Costume Information

Dear Parents All students in grade’s prep-4 will be required to wear a plain black pair of pants or leggings and a tight fitting plain white top (no colours or logos) under their costume top. Also, please ensure your child is wearing their plain black school shoes. Please name your child’s pants and top and give it to their classroom teacher before August 21st ready for dress rehearsal. All other costuming will be provided. Thanks Braid Matthews

Dorset Primary School’s

Wednesday 12th - Wednesday 19th August in the Literacy Resource Centre

Open from: 8.30am to 9.00am

and 3.45pm to 4.30pm

Dorset Primary School does not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. No responsibility is accepted by the School for accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them. All advertisers must supply a WWC with their advertisement.

Apple Man The apple man will be delivering apples to the school on:

Friday 31st July

He only has available at this early stage:

Granny Smiths $10.00

Pink Lady $10.00

Fuji $10.00

Please place orders with Cynthia in the office by Thursday!

Camp Australia

Dorset OSHC Phone: 0417 604 663 Customer Service: 1300 105 343 www.campaustralia.com.au Dorset P.S. Camp Australia hours: Before School Hours: Mon - Fri 7:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. After School Hours: Mon – Fri: 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Camp Australia Staff.

Woolworths Earn & Learn Start collecting your earn & learn stickers from Woolworths today and help our school.

Stickers and sticker sheets can be brought to the office. Box located in the front foyer.