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From the Principal…

Dear Families,

Although we enjoy a strong focus on numeracy and literacy every week, this week we

have been particularly focused on aspects of literacy as we have celebrated ‘Literacy

Week’. Activities have included target word competitions, cross age and buddy reading,

book dress up day, wear a ‘wow’ word to school day, show and share book reviews and

literacy board games. The culmination of our activities and celebrations on Friday will

be wearing ‘a touch of red’ to demonstrate that we are ‘well read’!! Thank you to

library technician, Tina and our literacy team, Sue, Jenny, Shelley and Lee for

promoting this week and providing such a variety of activities.

Unfortunately due to the bad weather the District Athletics scheduled for last Friday was

cancelled but will be held on Friday of this week, weather permitting! We wish our

large squad of 50 competitors well and hope they have an enjoyable and successful day.

Please remember our Parents’ Association is organising a Fathers’ Day Stall for Friday

this week. Children are invited to bring along $5.00 for the purchase of a special gift for

Fathers’ Day. Thank you to our Parents’ Association for again organising this annual

event. It is always well received and supported by the children. Choose something

great for dad!!

Missing a bomber jacket? Missing a windcheater? Missing a shirt? Missing underwear??

The lost property box is overflowing with articles of clothing, many of which are

UNNAMED. Large amounts of clothing are collected from the yard after school each day

and placed in the lost property box outside Room 6 (6U). Please check the box for lost

property, make sure all articles of clothing are named, and ENCOURAGE children to be

responsible for their own belongings.

Yard Duty Supervision

A reminder to all families that teachers are on yard duty from 8.45am each morning

before school and until 3.45pm each afternoon after school. Children should not be

dropped off or left unsupervised in the school yard before or after these times. We

appreciate your support in this supervision and safety of our children. Please reinforce

with your child (particularly some of our older children) that under no circumstances

should they arrive at school and then leave the school grounds to visit the shop. It is

also important that children are aware of their attendance at the Out Of School Hours

Care Program. We can pass on messages which have been phoned through to the office

only if absolutely necessary. It is important to remind some children of their attendance

at the program as they leave home each day!

School Planning / Enrolments 2016

I know it is VERY EARLY but nevertheless planning for 2016 is now well underway. It is

essential that the school is notified of any student in Foundation – Grade 5 who is not

intending to return to Deepdene Primary School in 2016.

If your son or daughter will NOT be returning to the school next year please complete

the attached notice and return to the school office as soon as possible.

Prep / Foundation 2016 Enrolment

If you are currently a member of the school community and have a child ready to

commence school next year please call into the office to book a Foundation enrolment

meeting time if you have not already.

958a Burke Rd, Balwyn 3103

Phone 9817 1917

Facsimile 9817 3697

deepdene.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Newsletter 3rd September 2015

No. 27

Calendar for Term 3

SEPTEMBER

Fri 4 Sep

Fathers’ Day Stall - $5

Sun 6 Sep

Jazz Group-Uniting Church

Centenary Concert-1.45pm

Mon 7 Sep - Fri 11 Sep

Planning Week

Numeracy Week

Celebrations

Wed 9 Sep

Chess Club - L1 & L2

Techkids Club

Thur 10 Sep

Footy Pie Day

Fri 11 Sep

PA Meeting

2nd-Hand Uniform Shop

Wed 16 Sep

Tabloid Sports Day -

Foundation, L1 & L2

Chess Club - L1 & L2

Techkids Club

Fri 18 Sep

Last Day of Term 3

- 2.30 Finish

Calendar for Term 4

OCTOBER

Wed 7 Oct

Chess Club - L1 & L2

Fri 9 Oct

Bike Education - L5

Wed 14 Oct

Chess Club - L1 & L2

Thur 15 Oct

Kidproof Program

Fri 16 Oct

Bike Education - L5

PA Meeting

Wed 21 Oct

Chess Club - L1 & L2

Fri 23 Oct

Bike Education - L5 continued on page 3…

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SCHOOL NEWS

Weekly Target Word

How many words can you make? What is the 9 letter word? Family projects

Take the opportunity to involve the whole family in

reading and writing.

Some family projects could include:

From the ‘2011 Learn Maths through Footy - Primary Workbook’ with 2015 edits.

Come up with three different aspects of AFL football that you could design a survey around - for example: favourite

team, favourite player, favourite venue, favourite football food, favourite coach……

Complete the surveys.

Try to use a different audience for each survey - for example: your classmates, your teachers, your family members.

Display your survey results in two different ways, choosing from the list below:

Column graph

Bar Graph

Pie chart

Two-way table

Writing plays and performing them for

family and friends.

E M R

D A I

T A S

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SCHOOL NEWS

Wed 28 Oct

Chess Club - L1 & L2

Thur 29 Oct

Music- Count Us In

Fri 30 Oct

Bike Education - L5

L6 Assembly

NOVEMBER

Tue 3 Nov

Melbourne Cup Day

Wed 4 Nov - Thur 5 Nov

Foundation 2016

Transition Sessions

Wed 4 Nov

Chess Club - L1 & L2

Fri 6 Nov

Bike Education - L5

Mon 9 Nov - Tue 10 Nov

Level 3 Camp

- Campaspe Downs

Fri 13 Nov

Club 6 - L6

L6 Graduation Dance

PA Meeting

Dance Club - L3 & L4/5/6

Fri 20 Nov

Ladies Lunch

Club 6 - L6

L6 Graduation Dance

Dance Club - L3 & L4/5/6

Wed 25 Nov - Fri 27 Nov

Level 4 Camp

- Camp Rumbug

Fri 27 Nov

Club 6 - L6

L6 Graduation Dance

Dance Club - L3 & L4/5/6

DECEMBER

Thur 3 Dec

Cabaret Evening - All

Ensembles & Festival

Singers

Fri 4 Dec

Interschool Debating

Stephen Rees Principal

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Staffing News

I wish to acknowledge the outstanding work of Christine Purton in all that she does in

her many roles as Business Manager. Chris has retired from her full time Business

Manager position and is on leave for the remainder of the term. From the beginning of

Term 4 she will continue at the school in a part time administrative capacity. She is

wonderfully supported by the highly valued and skilled Kim Hastings who has taken on

the role of Business Manager and Maureen McInnes (Administration and Personnel). The

highly effective office team contributes significantly to the substantial school

improvements we continue to make and to the everyday running of the school.

I will also be on leave from the end of next week for the remainder of the term and will

return at the beginning of Term 4.

Fathers’ Day Stall

Friday 4th September

All gifts $5

For children competing in District Athletics,

the stall will be open

Thursday afternoon, 3rd September.

GRADE 5 PARENTS’

COFFEE CATCH UP

FRIDAY , SEPTEMBER 4TH

9.00 AM onwards

@TOWN & COUNTRY GARDEN CENTRE CAFE 24 Whitehorse road , Deepdene

Final opening for

Term 3

Second-Hand Uniform Shop 2.45 pm — 3.15 pm

In Multi-purpose Room

Next open Friday 11th Sep

Only a few more weeks to

participate in the

earn & learn sticker program.

We have put a box to collect all your

stickers at the office.

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A Seminar for all parents from Foundation to Level 6

_____________________________________________________________________________

Kidproof Parent Information Session – Thursday 15th October 6:30pm

Parent Name/s: _______________________________________________________________________

Student Name/s: ____________________________________________ Class: ____________________

I will / will not (please circle) attend the Kidproof Parent Session on Thursday 15th October at 6:30pm

in the school gym.

Date: Thursday 15thOctober, 2015

Time: 6:30pm

Venue: Deepdene Primary School - Gym

Cost : $10 per family (pay on the night)

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SCHOOL NEWS

FOOTY PIE DAY Dress in your Team Colours Thursday 10th September

The Deepdene P.A. is offering a special FOOTY LUNCH

Meat Pies, Sausage Rolls and Pasties

Order forms will be sent home – please return with correct money to your classroom teacher by Wednesday 2nd September

As an anaphylaxis alert, the manufacturer has advised that some of these foods contain milk and milk solids, soy, wheat and sulfites. Please direct any ingredient queries to Routleys on 03 5278 9299.

Coordinator: Jasie Zelazny

Staff: Leanne, Carina, Siân, Helen,

Gianna and Cameron

Program Phone: 0432 161 565

OSHClub: 8564 9000

Admin: admin@oshclub.com.au

Website: www.oshclub.com.au

September Holiday Program

Holiday Program

We are so excited for the upcoming holiday program and hope that you have booked your children in as places are filling up quickly! If you like footy fever, building robots, camping and barnyard games then you are sure to LOVE our holiday program!

Last day of Term 3

To accommodate for the early finish for Deepdene Primary School and Our Lady of Good Counsel OSHClub will commence earlier on Friday the 18

th of September.

For Our Lady of Good Counsel we will pick the children up at1:00 pm when they finish and OSHClub will open for Deepdene at 2:30 pm

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SCHOOL NEWS

Bell Shakespeare Performance On Monday 31

st August 2015, the Grade 3 to 6 students enjoyed a performance of Andy Griffith’s

book, “Just Macbeth” by actors from Bell Shakespeare. It was certainly very entertaining and a

perfect introduction to Shakespeare for primary students.

Book Week Parade Both Literacy Week and Book Week were also celebrated with a Book Character Dress-Up Day

and Parade on Wednesday 2nd

September 2015. It was certainly wonderful to see both familiar

and not so familiar book characters wondering around the school all day. A huge thank you to

Nanette, Harry and the library monitors, Max and Quinn for hosting the event and to all the

teachers and students who dressed up.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

www.deepdenebears.com

Junior Cricket 2015/6 Deepdene Bears Cricket Club Under 10 (boys/girls) players wanted

Saturday match day Train at Deepdene Park, play at Leigh Park

Contact: Phil Dunmill 0412 048 936.

Koonung Comets - Summer 2015/2016 Season

Koonung Comets Junior Basketball Club are seeking boys and girls from 5 to 20 yrs.

“Shooting Stars” is a Koonung Comets Junior Basketball Club program designed to

introduce girls and boys between the ages of 5 to 9 to basketball during term 4 as follows:

Girls: Mondays from 4.00-5.00pm – Monday 5 Oct to Monday 7 Dec

Boys: Tuesdays from 4.00-5.00pm – Tuesday 6 Oct to Tuesday 8 Dec

Cost: $55 (incl GST) per term Koonung Secondary College, 615 Elgar Road (entry off Cairo Rd), Mont Albert North

All enquiries can be addressed to koonung@hotmail.com

Registration Forms are available at www.kcbc.asn.au