7th September 2017 - Issue 18

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

YEAR 5/6 CAMP Yesterday, I spent the day visiting our Year 5/6 students and teachers at Camp Weekaway in Benloch. They were actively involved in hut making all morning, carting and carrying branches, sticks, foliage and bark pieces to secure a shelter in the bush. The test came once finished, when the group sheltered in their hut and teachers tipped water over the roof to check for weather proofing. All huts were well constructed, however, not waterproof. Just as well they had rain jackets on and warm camp fires nearby. After the hut building exercise, the group cooked their own lunch: BBQ sausages in bread and home-made damper with jam. This was a most enjoyable activity spent on the creek bed beside the warm fires that had been prepared in the morning. Once all were well fed, the group retired back to camp for a break before heading outside to play a survival game. The children are having a terrific time, enjoying the socialisation, team work, the amazing activities from flying fox, canoeing, mountain bike riding, finding their way in and out of the maze and hut building. The weather is fresh, with it snowing at the campsite on Monday, which was really exciting to witness. All children are warmly dressed for the cooler weather and with the activities each day, are running around and participating in full. The campers are due home around 3pm on Friday and I predict all will sleep very well after their big week of fresh air and exercise. All have healthy appetites and are being well cared for by the camp and teaching staff. Enjoy the photos with this newsletter. YR 3/4 CAMP OASIS NEXT WEEK: WEDNESDAY 13– FRIDAY 15 SEPTEMBER I’m sure the Yr 3/4 children will be starting to get excited about attending their camp next week, from Wednesday to Friday at Camp Oasis. It will be a wonderful experience for all to spend time away from home, being challenged by some of the activities and socialising with their peers. I look forward to visiting the group mid week while the children are on camp. Thank you to all our Yr 3-6 teachers, camp staff and parent attendees, for the wonderful camp memories for our children over the next 2 weeks. BUNNINGS BBQ– SUNDAY 17 SEPTEMBER Next Sunday 17 September our school will be hosting our annual sausage sizzle at Bunnings Frankston. Sincere thanks to all parents who will be assisting on the day. If you are in the vicinity, please call in and buy a sausage to help with our local fundraising efforts. Have a wonderful weekend. Regards Mrs Clark—Principal

Mon 11th Sept

Prep Dinosaur Incursion

Wed 13th Sept-Fri 15th Sept

3/4 Oasis Camp

Thurs 14th Sept

Prep Responsible Pet Owner Program

Sun 17th Sept

BUNNINGS BBQ

Mon 18th Sept

1/2 Aus Animal Expo 2.40-3.30pm

Tues 19th Sept

3/4 Inquiry Project Display 3.30-3.30pm

Fri 22nd Sept

FOOTY DAY & LAST DAY TERM 3

2.30PM DISMISSAL

IMPORTANT DATES

TERM 4 CALENDAR PAGE 2

End of Term 3- Early Finish at 2.30pm Our final day of term 3 will be FRIDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER, all children

will finish school early, at 2.30pm. Please make arrangements to pick up your child at 2.30pm or utilise the After School Care service. Any children not collected by

2.30pm will be taken to the OSHC program, where a fee will apply.

Mon 9th Oct

Term 4 Commences

Wed 11th Oct

Division Athletics

Fri 13th Oct

Friends of Heights Meeting 9am

Tues 17th Oct

2018 Prep Parents Night

7.00pm-8.00pm

Wed 18th Oct

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Mon 23rd Oct

SCHOOL PRODUCTION

Fri 3rd Nov

Walk-A-Thon

Tues 7th Nov

MELBOURNE CUP HOLIDAY

Thurs 9th Nov

Digi Tech Conference

Fri 10th Nov

5/6 Cricket Round Robin

Tues 14th Nov

2018 Ready Set Prep Session 1

Wed 15th Nov

STUDENT FREE DAY

Tues 12th Dec

UPDAY— 2018 Transition Day

Thurs 14th Dec

CAROLS NIGHT

Tues 19th Dec

Year 6 Graduation Night

Wed 20th Dec

Year 6 Luna Park & Prep-Year 5 End of

Year Parties

Fri 22nd Dec

LAST DAY TERM 4— 1.30PM FINISH

TERM 4—IMPORTANT DATES

A message from the

Assistant Principal.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ON A SUCCESSFUL TRIVIA NIGHT!

A BIG thank you to everyone who came to our Trivia Night. We raised just over $6000. This will go towards our bike shed and new play ground equipment. STRATEGIES TO ENCOURGE GROWTH MINDSET

IN YOUR CHILDREN. GROWTH MINDSET PRAISE

TYPE 1: EFFORT PRAISE– embracing challenges with hard work and effort is a hallmark of a growth mindset. When children are praised for effort, it is likely that they will learn a key life lesson that almost everything worth having in life comes from hard work. TYPE 2: STRATEGY PRAISE- allows us to combine the “feel good” quality of praise with the specificity that adds value to feedback. In strategy praise, we point out to the child that using particular skills and prior knowledge go a long way toward meeting success. Type 3: PERSISTANCE PRAISE– when we praise children for pushing through the frustration, we help them to recognise that sometimes tasks require us to put forth effort over a long period of time. Helping children to understand that the struggles we experience when we are learning new and challenging things are normal and are actually a sign of our neural connections in our brain strengthening. This is a powerful way to transform their attitude and their perspective. Don’t forget our school values: RESPECT, RESILIENCE and RESPONSIBILTY. We encourage you to use this language at home to reinforce these values in everyday life at home, at school and in the community. Building RESPECTFUL RELATONSHIPS. Enjoy your weekend! Jodi Craig Assistant Principal

Please return your order to the office

by:

Wednesday 13th

September

CANTEEN NEWS:

FRIDAY 15th SEPTEMBER Special Lunch:

Hot Dog

Plus Flavoured Milk

$5.00

25th August

PH: Dylan C

PS: Connor D

1/2H: Ruby L & Whole Class

1/2M: Paige G

1/2R: Ladanian T

3/4D: Cale R

3/4J: Olivia D

3/4O: Lachlan T

3/4R: Sam P

5/6D: Alex D

5/6L: Marissa D

5/6M: N/A

Science: Tyler R

SEPTEMBER Adam C Kohen M

Jazmine JN Philippos D Sakura HT

Lilli O Anthony H

Ella P Ceyda C

Mitchell L

Cooper L Hunter R Harvey P Aasha S Ethan D Vikram P Tyler A Alesha P Mya P

Anthony T Shaye D

1st Sept

PH: Ronin D

PS: Annabell H

1/2H: Alex S

1/2M: Lochlan S

1/2R: Blake M

3/4D: N/A

3/4J: Daisy F

3/4O: Ry B

3/4R: Layla G

5/6D: Alesha P

5/6L: Cain A

5/6M: Blade K

Mathletics: Adam P, Ashanti B & Maryjo V

RITCHIES COMMUNITY BENEFITS Our school received $102.49 in August from the Ritchies Community Benefits program. Thank you to all our supporters.

5/6 WEEKAWAY CAMP

Junior Homestead

The fabulous student’s of the Junior Homestead have been working hard this term researching two inquiry topics,

‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ and ‘Claws, Paws and all Fours!’ Students are currently creating and developing their new

species’ of Australian animals. They are having a blast! In Numeracy, students have been working hard on their

addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills and are now learning about fractions and transformations in the

real world!

In Literacy, we have seen some extraordinary writing pieces informing readers about things the Juniors are experts at. Students are currently working on procedural writing and

have written pieces such as ‘How to make Fairy Bread’ and ‘How to make Oobleck.’

We are all so proud of the work each and every student has

been doing. Keep it up 1/2's!

Miss McIntosh, Miss Kealy and Mr Herley

WRITING AT FRANKSTON HEIGHTS PS

Students at Frankston Heights Primary love to write! To encourage students to keep up their incredible writing, we have introduced ’The Writing Box’.

Each fortnight students can submit their incredible writing pieces to the box in the office. Three pieces will be chosen and published in our fortnightly newsletter.

Here are the first three!

Acrostic Poems—by Brayden 3/4J

FRANKSTON HEIGHTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTION 2017

Monday 23rd October Frankston Arts Centre

Dear Parents/Guardians, This year our whole school production ‘The Tale of Muchuri the Meerkat’ will be held on Monday 23rd October at the Frankston Arts Centre. This is a compulsory school event and every student will be involved in the performance. Students have already been busy rehearsing with their classes for the show. This year, parents will not be required to provide any costuming items for their

child(ren), however there will be a $20 cost per child that will go towards

costume hire, props and travel. Payments are due by Monday 18th September. If you have any questions regarding the performance, please speak to your child’s classroom teacher as soon as possible. Heather Oke and Lorraine Theodore Production Coordinators

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FRANKSTON HEIGHTS PRIMARY SCHOOL PRODUCTION – Monday 23rd October 2017

Please find enclosed $20 for my child __________________ from grade____________ for costume hire, props and travel for the upcoming production. Signed___________________________ Date________________

Adults: $25 Concession: $20 Children U/16: $15 Family $65 2 Adults + 2 Children

Tickets available direct from Frankston Arts Centre

97841060 or via www.thefac.com.au.

Tickets on sale 9.00am Thursday 21st September.

Frankston Heights Primary School presents:

‘The Tale of

Muchuri the Meerkat’ The Tale of Muchuri the Meerkat is based loosely on an African fable about a hare that dreams

about being King of the Jungle. With his sidekick, Kuruka the Fly, Muchuri seeks help from the

many animals of the jungle in his quest to be King. He soon learns that you need to work hard for

your dreams to come true, and must prove himself to be a worthy leader. Will Muchuri’s dream of

being King come true?

Monday, 23rd

October 7.30pm

at

Frankston Arts

Centre

Our annual Footy Day will be held on the final day of Term 3; Friday 22nd September. As this is the final day of term 3, school will be dismissed at 2.30pm. This will be a free dress day with students encouraged to come dressed in their team colours! The day will begin with our final assembly for Term 3 which will include a parade for each AFL Team. We will also hold our annual ‘teachers vs students’ match, ’Ninja Warrior’ finals and a footy themed disco during the day! The cost per child for the day is $5.00.

On the day, we will also hold a Special Lunch of a Meat Pie OR Sausage Roll & Nudie Juice for an additional $5.00. This lunch will be pre-order only.

Please return one of the slips below, including money to the school office by:

Wednesday 20th September at 10:00AM

(NO LATE LUNCH ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED). Please Note: our canteen will be CLOSED this day. NO over the counter sales or

other lunch orders will be accepted.

Frankston Heights Primary School FOOTY DAY ACTIVITIES ONLY

Please find enclosed $5.00 for my child___________________________________ in Grade _________ for Footy Day activities only. Signed___________________

Frankston Heights Primary School FOOTY DAY ACTIVITIES & SPECIAL LUNCH

Please find enclosed $10.00 for my child_________________________________ in Grade _________ for Footy Day activities and Special Lunch Order.

Signed___________________ SPECIAL LUNCH ORDER

Meat Pie OR Sausage Roll

Plus

Nudie Juice