Portland Primary

Pulse PO Box 494 Portland 3305 Phone: 5523 1911

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

Web Site: www.portlandps.vic.edu.au

Facebook: www.facebook.com/portlandprimaryschool

Issue 1 – Wednesday February 5th, 2014

You Can Do It! Great Students The following students will receive their awards at assembly this Friday in the MP Room at 3pm.

Everyone is welcome. This week’s students are from F/1 Halliwell.

Welcome Back:

I would like to welcome all of our families, students and staff back to another school year. I hope that

everyone enjoyed their break. To all of our new families, I would like to welcome you to the Portland Primary

community, and wish you and your children a wonderful educational journey. I would also like to welcome

Mrs Vicki Wakely to our staff; she will be working in the Foundation/1 room this year.

It has been fantastic to see everyone in uniform and wearing their school hats for the start of the year. I

have been visiting classrooms throughout the past week, and I have been very impressed with the level of

enthusiasm that students have been displaying. The first week is our Learning How to Learn program. Classes

Diesel is a great

student because he

demonstrates many of

our school values,

such as cooperating

with others during

group work and

always participating in

all activities. He also

shows respect for

others by listening and

not interrupting. Diesel

has shown good

leadership skills by

setting good

examples for the new

grade preps and by

being prepared to

help the grade preps

when they are unsure

or confused about

something.

Well done Diesel,

great start to the year.

Kady is a great student this week. She has

settled into school really well and is showing our

school values. She participates in all activities. She

shows respect by taking turns and sharing our

equipment.

Great start to your first year at school Kady.

Molly is a great

student this week.

She has settled

into her first year at

school really well

and is

demonstrating our

school values. She

shows respect by

taking turns,

listening and

sharing our

equipment. She

participates in all

activities and

takes pride in what

she does.

Great start to your

first year at school

Molly.

are setting their expectations for the year, discussing why we come to school, how we best set ourselves up

for success and much more.

School Fees:

Our school fees for 2014 will remain at $180 per student. This is payable now. Invoices will go home to

families over the next few days. Your child’s fees are important, as they cover the costs associated with

providing the best education for our children. They cover costs such as books, classroom supplies, resources

and much more. Please pay your fees at your earliest convenience. You can pay by cash at the office or

by internet banking:

Education Maintenance Allowance:

Anyone holding a Health Care Card is still entitled to Education Maintenance Allowance.

Forms are at the Office to be filled in. You can still sign them over to the school to pay for your fees. It is a

different process now where if you don’t tick to have it signed over to the school the school doesn’t receive

any of this payment which means you will have to come in and pay fees.

Staffing 2014:

Principal Stephanie Carter

Business Manager Wendy Looker

Wellbeing Officer Colleen Brown

Foundation/1 Mrs Halliwell

1/2/3 Ms Oborne

3/4 Ms Scott

5/6 Mr Hamilton & Mr Keem

PE & Health Mr Keem

Art Mrs Carter

Classroom Support Jayne Puche’

Classroom Support Coralie Joseph

Classroom Support Vicki Wakely

Reading Recovery Karen Oborne

Wannik Tutor Ivan Boyer

Koori Education

Support Officer

Di Bell

School Council 2014:

We will have a school council meeting on Tuesday February 11th (next week). We will then have our AGM to

welcome new school council members on Tuesday March 18th.

Art News:

Each week on a

Wednesday Mrs Carter

will have a puzzle or

question written on her

board outside the art

room. Children are

encouraged to place

their responses or

answers in the box at

the office. Mrs Carter will

have awards for

children who have the

winning entries each

week, and they will be

awarded at assembly

on Friday afternoons.

Nominations for School Council are currently open.

The timeline for the School Council Election Process is as follows;

Friday 7th February Call for nominations (available from Wendy at the office)

Friday 14th February Nominations close

On or before Friday 21st February

Should nominations exceed the number of vacancies a ballot will take place.

Ballot papers distributed.

Thursday 6th March Close of ballot

Friday 7th March Count of votes and declaration of the poll

Tuesday March 18th School Council AGM

If you have any questions about this process please ring me or come in to see me.

Learning How to Learn Family BBQ:

This year we will be holding our annual LHTL Family BBQ on Wednesday February 12th. We will be having

open classrooms from 6pm to 6:30, followed by a BBQ tea. Children will be able to take their

parents/families through their classrooms, where there will be displays and work samples from our LHTL

program. The evening is also a wonderful opportunity for families to get to know one another. We hope to

see all of our school community here to celebrate the start of another school year.

Subway Lunch Day:

Coming up on Friday February 14th, we will be having our first ‘special lunch day’ of the year. We will be

having a Subway Day. The order form is attached to today’s newsletter, and must be returned no later than

Thursday February 13th.

Assemblies 2014:

Assembly will again be held on a Friday afternoon at 3pm. Assemblies are run by our Student Leaders and

are held in the MP room. Parents and families are encouraged to attend assemblies throughout the year.

You Can Do It awards, Great Students awards and Fitness Track awards are all presented at assembly.

Pow Wow!

Every Tuesday our Grade F/1, 1/2/3 & 3/4 will be spending time together to do activities based around

language development, music, dance, drama and vocabulary building. They will meet for an hour a week

to participate in a range of fun activities building on their language & movement & social skills.

PORTLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL:

Parents, Teachers, Students and the Community Working Together for

Educational Excellence

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

Tuesday Feb 11th --- School Council Meeting 7pm

Friday Feb 14th --- Special SUBWAY lunch day

Tuesday March 18th --- School Council AGM

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS We would like to wish the following children a very happy birthday and we hope that they enjoy their

day.

Cheap Advertising for your Business: We are seeking sponsorship/advertising for our newsletter for 2014. If you or a

business you know are interested in advertising in our school newsletter,

please contact Wendy for details or call us on 5523 1911. Your business logo

or details will be printed on the back of our weekly newsletter in full colour, for

every school week throughout the year.

This week the Prickly Jack award goes to the

office where Wendy, Colleen and Mrs. Carter

have been busily saving their 5 cent coins to

the grand total of $6.55 Prickly Jack is

perched on the pirates head in Wendy’s office

for the week. Bring your 5 cent coins along to

your classroom and the class with the most 5

cent coins will have Prickly Jack in their room

for the week

All money raised goes towards maintaining our

kitchen garden!

Wanted: LEGO Do you or someone you

know have any unwanted

LEGO? We are looking for

donations for our F/1 class.

If you can help us out,

please pop in and see Mrs

Halliwell or Jayne in the F/1

room. Thanks!

Oooh look what arrived today… Our

Woolworths Earn & Learn goodies have been delivered today! I

can’t wait to open them up and deliver

all of our new resources to classrooms! I

Just a reminder to families… If you have an

email address that you

check regularly, we can

email you the newsletter. It

will save paper, save on

printing costs and help the

environment. Please give

your email details to Wendy

in the office if you wish to be

added to our mailing list.

POW WOW TIME Grade P/1, 1/2/3 and 3/ 4 got together on Friday for a pow-wow. The session was based around

the book ‘More Pants’. Not only did we read the pictures and laugh at the pictures, we danced

to the text that was presented in rap style, reggae style, folk style, disco and rock.

After reading and dancing, the children got together in groups to decorate and describe their

own pants.

‘More Pants’ is a great

story about all sorts of

pants – red pants,

green pants, yellow

submarine pants!!! All the groups worked really hard on

decorating their pants and coming up

with fantastic describing words to

match!!

All the children are thinking

mime ‘hilarious’! James

Heaney defined ‘hilarious’

as very, very funny!

Toby and Tadgh are

enjoying the story.

Montannah, Amber, Riley, Sam and

Shontae are working on their pants.

Don’t they look colourful!

Great pants Montannah!!

Lewwis, Maddison, Tadgh, James

Jaiden and Noah have done a great

job on their pants. Now they have to

describe them.

This group is hard at work

decorating their pants.

Violet, Freya, Madeleine and

Tahlia are working together.

Uniform Price List 2014:

School Polo - $15

School Backpack - $40

Rugby Top - $49

Winter Jacket - $40

*School Bucket Hat - $7.50

*Reader Satchel - $10

Library Bag - $5

*Children will be supplied with a hat & reader satchel when

they commence school. You will only have to purchase

replacement items.

We also have a large range of second hand uniforms

available from $5 to $10.

School dresses, shorts, pants, polar fleece vests and

windcheaters are available from Squiddlydids for Kids in

Percy St or any large retail outlet, such as Target or Big W.

For queries, call the school on: 55231911

PORTLAND BMX CLUB When: 23rd of February

Event: free national sign on day (Come and Try Day) at our local BMX track.

For more info contact

portlandbmxclub@gmail.com

Media Coordinator:

Maddie

Jasper

Ph: 0409618405

BAYVIEW SCHOLARSHIPS 2015

Bayview is offering scholarships to students with ability and promise. Intellectual,

cultural and social diversity is enhanced by our Scholarship program providing

for a more stimulating environment for all students. Scholarships are awarded to

students, regardless of the financial circumstances of their parents, who have an

ability to make a significant contribution in a variety of areas to the school

community.

Scholarships open Monday 3 February and close 4.00pm Friday 21 March .

Applications available on our website or through the School Registrar,

Jill Goldsworthy.

Scholarship information evening held at 7.00-7.30pm on Wednesday 19 February

2014

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admin@bayview.vic.edu.au W: bayview.vic.edu.au

Monday afternoon Junior Golf Clinics at Portland Golf Club Where:Portland Golf Club

When:Every Monday afternoon 4:00 pm – 5:45 pm

Date:Recommencing for 2014 Monday 3rd

February

Open to:All Junior golfers (members or non-members) ages 7-14

Cost: $5 for non-members and $4 for members including 3-4 holes individual or Ambrose, with

all monies to be redistributed as prizes and refreshments.

Additional information:

This initiative is to be run and supported by the members of the Portland Golf Club, if you have any

queries, would like to be involved in supporting this program, or would like additional information

please contact Clint Foster in person (4-6 pm Mondays).

Membership to Portland Golf Club is also available with Cadet Membership (under 14 years of

age) $10 per year and Junior Student Membership (14-21 years of age) $100 per year. Members

will pay a reduced fee for Junior Clinics ($4).

No golf equipment is required initially, provided by Portland Golf Club.

Portland Soccer Club: Western Border Soccer Association – WBSA training begins Tuesday February 4 with training to

follow every Tuesday & Thursday nights for all age groups. The Women’s team will train on Mondays

& Wednesdays beginning Feb 3. See you at the Portland Soccer Oval.

Contact David Stafford: 0409 419 813.

Orchard Rise Creative Arts Studio resumes the week of February 10.

Check out facebook & website for the 2014 timetable as you consider sessions in Drama,

Music, Art & Dance for your child.

Contact Margot Bail 0411 105 949.

Portland Soccer Club Twilight Competition – Twilight begins February 6 to March 20, on Thursdays from 5-6.30pm. Registration fee of $25 applies & a $2 per week playing fee. All girls & boys from the age

of 5 to 13 years are welcome to come down to the soccer oval and be part of U9 & U13 teams. They will

undertake skills training & game sessions as part of the competition.

Contact Les Horivitz on 0414 559 106.

ARE YOU READY FOR THE TYRENDARRA SHOW ON 8 FEBRUARY?

There will be lots of attractions for the kids at the forthcoming Tyrendarra Show. Bring

the kids to see the First Light Entertainers – they will be roving around the show on stilts

but will also do a workshop around 12.15 teaching poi twirling, hoola hoop, juggling, plate

spinning and rhythm stick. These entertainers will also do balloon modeling while roving

around the Showground. Kids will love Jamie & Kim’s mobile zoo, the animal nursery, pet

competition (enter on day), art competiton, cookery, craft, floral art, lego, cut flowers,

photography or the junior show kids. The scarecrow competiton is very popular. There are

free rides on the stagecoach and displays of dog obedience and karate.

Look at the website for full schedule of events:

www.tyrendarraagriculturalshow.com.au

or ring Robyn Nunn, Show Secretary on 55295271. Hope to see you there!!

PORTLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL BANK DETAILS Parents can now pay directly into the school bank for items such as school fees, camps, swimming,

i-pad payments and new uniforms. Make sure that you identify what you are paying for in the

description area so that we know who and where the payment should be allocated.