Principal’s Message

Across the school this week we have been managing the school with a large number of staff absences due to illness. Can I ask that you please do not send your child to school if they are sick. The school environment is also not the best place for your child to recover and get better, so you may choose to keep them home that extra day. The cold and flu season has appeared to ‘hit’ us earlier than normal this year so by working together we can work to fight the germs!

Staff spent last Friday writing reports. I enjoy reading the reports and getting a further understanding of the students and where their learning is at. Parent/Teacher Interviews will again be held during the last week of term, and more information will be sent out about these shortly.

Our students in Years 4-6 have participated in the Department’s Attitudes to School Survey online this week. I will receive the results in Term 3 and these will be shared with staff, students and our school community. The information received provides feedback about what our students think about their teacher, their learning and our school as a whole.

Thank you to everyone who has supported the Sport’s Club Movie Night Fundraiser next Thursday night. It is set to be a great night. Thank you to everyone involved in making this event happen.

We are making progress with our courtyard area. We are now searching for some volunteers who could paint the fruit bins for us. Please see the front office if you can help out. The courtyard is going to look great when it is completed!

The Parents’ Club have also purchased a cubby house through their fundraising for our school yard. This will be delivered to the school during the holidays, ready for the students to use when they return. As a school we are continuing to look for ways to improve our facilities and this was the result of an idea presented by students. I value the input of our students and I will be meeting with the Junior School Council next week to talk to them more about the cubby and how it will be used.

Have a great Friday and enjoy the long weekend. See you all back on Tuesday!

Simone Higgins ~ Principal

GRAHAMVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Quality Education for All Principal - Simone Higgins

Assistant Principal - Peter Frizzell

08/06/2017

Respect Personal Best Teamwork Community

THE WEEK AHEAD

Monday June 12th

Queen’s Birthday Holiday - NO SCHOOL TODAY

Tuesday June 13th

School Council Meeting in the Staffroom @

7:30pm

ICAS Writing

Wednesday June 14th

ICAS Spelling

2017 STUDENT AWARDS

PRINCIPAL AWARD Congratulations to Bruce from Year

4 Sibley on receiving the Principal

Award. Bruce has worked extremely hard

this year. Bruce is Mr Sibley’s right hand

man, without him Mr Sibley and the grade

would be lost. He is a very helpful person

who is always looking for jobs to do for

other people. Sometimes he gets frustrated when he is unable to

do something but has learnt this is okay and quickly gets back on

task. He is a great self reflector and is always thinking of ways to

improve himself. Bruce enjoys working with a range of different

people and is often seen helping out the younger students

especially the Foundation students. Bruce has great resilience,

this was seen recently on camp when he attempted all activities

even when he wasn’t so comfortable. We all have great

admiration for the truly great person that Bruce is. Well done

Bruce!

ACADEMIC AWARD

Congratulations to Cody from

Foundation Shannon on receiving

the Academic Award. Cody is a very

bright and focused student, the kind any

teacher is very lucky to have in their

classroom. He is always committed to

achieving his personal best and takes

the time to ensure that the quality of his

work presentation always matches its content. Cody likes to be

challenged and often finds ways to go above and beyond what a

task asks of him to extend himself further. Cody’s reading is

wonderful to listen to, it shows great fluency and he is even able to

respond to the punctuation to add expression. He often finds the

time in the classroom to choose a picture story book from our class

library and is able to read these independently. Cody shows a

great interest in maths and often shares with me addition and

subtraction facts and strategies that he has picked up from his big

brothers. He then brings this learning back into the classroom and

finds ways to apply it to our number tasks. I love your commitment

and enthusiasm for learning Cody, keep it up!

00A Natasha 12A Riya 34A Holly 56B Josh

00B Vitus 12B Lincoln 34B Vienna

01A Aabhav 12C Jason 34C Jess

12D Ali 34D Aston

34E Zaina

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

PUPIL FREE DAYS

Pupil Free Day on

Wednesday 16th August.

Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9

June

12

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY

13

ICAS Writing

School Council Meeting

14

ICAS Spelling

15

Movie Night Fundraiser

16

*18/6 = Bunnings BBQ

10

June

19

20

House Lunch

21

Division Cross Country

22

Alpha Show – Whole School

23

Reports to go home

11

June

26 27

Student Lunch

Parent/Teacher Interviews

28

Chocolate Drive sent home

29

Parent/Teacher Interviews

30

LAST DAY OF TERM

TERM 2 — CALENDAR OF EVENTS

HOUSE SPORTS

House Sports Day will be held

on Friday 1st September.

WANTED

Our class is collecting old games of

Scrabble and Upwords so that we can use

the letter tiles for labels in our veggie

garden. If you have any that are ready for

recycling, please send

them to room 17.

Thank you from Year 3/4

Wangeman.

FRIDAY PIE DAY

Lunch Pack Special

Aussie Beef Pie or 2 Beef Party Pies with Sauce PLUS

Choc H/Hog or Muffin or Popcorn +

Choc Milk or A/J or O/J or Plain Water

Friday 9th June ONLY Sorry Family Discount Not Available

Second Hand Uniform

A second hand uniform stall

will be held Monday 19th

June at assembly. Items will

be available for purchase

before, during and after

assembly. There will be a

large number of house

t-shirts for sale for only

$1.50, so get in quickly

before House Lunch day!

CyberSafety Tip of the Week:

Stay calm and open (this means no big reactions!)

Think about how you usually react when your kid comes with a problem. Can you feel the frown

or the stress setting in? Here’s where you have to stop and reset your reaction. You want your

child to feel that if they tell you about the situation, that you’re not immediately going to get really

upset or angry or anxious. You want them to know you’re going to stay level-headed and able to

have a good, helpful chat. The best way to do this is to make sure you have an open dialogue

from the beginning. If you don’t already have this sort of relationship, trying it. Talk to them

without being judgemental or angry, and make them feel like they can come to you with anything,

without fear of being reprimanded.

To find out more go to: https://www.esafety.gov.au/complaints-and

-reporting/cyberbullying-complaints/rewrite-your-story/rosie-writes/

rosies-top-tips-for-parents

Veggies and Dip

Vegetables contain vitamins, minerals and fibres essential for a healthy diet. It’s

recommended children and youth get 3 to 5 servings of vegetables every day,

depending on their age. When your kids are in school all day, it’s important to

make sure they get their vegetables. Unfortunately, a lot of kids are picky eaters

and averse to veggies, especially at school. And for many kids, veggies and dip

are a lunch box favourite because of the tasty dip that gets them to eat it. But

dips can be quite fattening and contain a lot of unwanted preservatives. As an

alternative, make a low-fat yogurt-based dip to cut the calories and fat.

House Lunch On Tuesday 20th June all students are invited to wear their house

colour t-shirts to school. At lunchtime House Teams will come together

to eat their lunch and sing their house song. This is also a rubbish free

lunch and it will be announced which house as the least amount of

rubbish.

T-shirts can be purchased from the front office at a cost of $6. We will be having a house

lunch once per term to continue to build on our schools of value of teamwork and

community.

RESULTS:

SOCCER AWARDS

Sonics Jake, Tanner & Ali

Heart lost 7-0 Nate, Kaiden & Jai

NETBALL AWARDS

Opals won 32-11 Biunca

Rubies won 17-9 Sophie

Quartz lost 1-6 Maddi

MAJOR FUNDRAISER - MOVIE NIGHT/RAFFLE:

Thursday 15th June 7pm @ Village Cinemas Shepparton

“Despicable Me 3” All tickets $15

Hudsons will be open, selling regular coffee/hot chocolate at the reduced price of $4 prior to the movie. Tickets for this event are selling out fast—get in quick to avoid disappointment!

REMINDER: Please return raffle tickets to the Sports Club letterbox (inside double red doors) by Tuesday June 13th.

Your support of these fundraising events is greatly appreciated. Funds raised will be used to purchase uniforms and equipment for our Saturday netball and soccer teams, helping us to keep the registration fees as low as possible.

Thank you for your generosity,

Grahamvale Sports Club Committee

Grahamvale Sports Club now have a

mailbox located inside the double

doors near the shade

sail area. Please post

any forms, raffle tickets

etc in here!

Grahamvale

Sports Club

Thursday June 15th

7pm

Village Cinemas

$15

We welcome you to help out in any way you can. In order

to be successful we need your help as volunteers. If you

would like to share any ideas but are unable to attend

the meeting or would like to find out more please email

kylielp@gmail.com or text 0429867313.

Parents’ Club Meetings –

Our meeting was held on Monday night and we are pleased to announce we will be running the Student Disco again this year with the proposed date in late October (Term 4) however this date is yet to be confirmed. More information will be available next term. We discussed our upcoming Bunnings BBQ, Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser, Father’s Day Stall, Student Disco and another fun fundraiser also in Term 4 so stay tuned………..

It will be exciting to see some new developments in the yard very, very soon which is a result of raising these funds at our much needed fundraisers. Thanks to all the amazing families that put their hands up to help out whether its once, twice or a dozen times, your help is greatly appreciated. We are so lucky being part of such a wonderful school community at Grahamvale!!

Friends of Parents’ Club – If you would like to find out about any volunteer opportunities or share any ideas but are unable to attend the meeting or would like to find out more please email kylielp@gmail.com or text 0429867313. Thank you, Kylie Pritchard Parents’ Club President

Save the Date:

Sunday June 18th—Bunnings BBQ

Fundraiser

Grahamvale Primary School Parents’ Club News

June 8th, 2017

Bunnings BBQ

Our Bunnings BBQ which will be held on

Sunday 18th June. It’s a great opportunity for our school to make some money by simply selling sausages. The BBQ runs from 8am-4pm. Thank you so much to the families that have volunteered to help out on the day. We really appreciate your time. Notes will be sent home at the beginning of next week to remind families of their nominated time slots. With next Friday being the Grand Opening, that weekend is sure to be a busy one. If you can spare time on Sunday 18th June please pop out to the new Bunnings and buy a sausage to support our school, as the money raised will be going towards more exciting developments in the school grounds. Please contact Kylie on 0429867313 or email kylielp@gmail.com ASAP if you can help out with this event, or put your name down on the updated roster at the office. The money raised from the Bunnings BBQ will be going towards a very exciting area in the yard for the children. Thank you for your support.

YOUR GUIDE TO THE SCHOOL DENTAL PROGRAM AT

GOULBURN VALLEY DENTAL SERVICE

WHO CAN USE THE SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE (SDS)?

All primary school children in Foundation to Year six

All children enrolled in Special or Special Development Schools

Children in Years seven to twelve whose parents hold a current Concession or Health Care Card

All children 2-17 years of age eligible for the Child Dental Benefit Schedule (Funded by Medicare)

WHAT TYPE OF CARE IS OFFERED?

Examinations (check ups)

Treatment, including:

Dental sealants to prevent decay

Application of fluoride

Fillings

X-rays

Extractions

WHO PROVIDES THE TREATMENT?

All general treatment is provided by Dental Therapists

More complex care is performed by Dentists

HOW OFTEN CAN I USE THE SDS?

Once enrolled, your child will receive a notice of offer every 12 or 24

months according to their identified risk status.

Low Risk:

Children at low-risk of dental disease will be contacted every 24 months

High Risk:

Children at high-risk will be contacted every 12 months

WHAT DOES IT COST?

The service is free as well as Medicare Bulk Billing

HOW TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOUR CHILD?

Please have your P.C.C/H.C.C (if applicable) and your Medicare card available and contact Goulburn Valley Dental Service on telephone 58 323 006 between 8:30am and 5:00pm, Monday to Friday.

Your child will not be placed on a waiting list for dental care.