DATES TO REMEMBER

2018

Wed 23rd May School Photos

National Simultaneous Story time 11.00 am

Playgroup starts 9.00 – 11.00 am

25th May Final pre – prep Cooking Program 9.00 -11.00 am

Mon 28th May – Thurs 31st May

Swimming program

Fri 1st June Grade 1-6 Vic Opera Excursion 1- City (Train)

Wed 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th June

Grade 5/6 Archery

Thurs 7th June Grade 1-6 Vic Opera Excursion 2- City (Bus)

Mon 11th June Queen’s birthday holiday

Tues 19th June Canteen

Mon 25th June Reports and Portfolios sent home

Wed 27th June 3 Way Conferences

3.00 pm start

MOTHER’S DAY STALL Thank you to Tina McAllister and Anita Tirchett for organising the Mother’s Day stall last week.

PRE PREP COOKING CLASSES Ms. Girschik and Anita have been working with Dane, Hudson, Sullivan, Chelsea and Brody. They have been playing with drums,

Cooking and orienteering amongst other things. Next week I believe they’ve scheduled sail boats

down at the frog bog.

PLAYGROUP Don’t forget playgroup starts next Wednesday 23rd May from 9.00 – 11.00 am AWARDS

REPORTS/PORTFOLIOS/ 3 WAY

CONFERENCES

Mid-year reports and portfolios will be sent

home on Monday 25th June, followed by our

3 Way Conferences on Wednesday 27th

June.

Parents are reminded to bring their child’s

portfolio to the 3 Way Conferences. Notices

will come home on Monday 18th June

Silvan Primary School

School No. 1801 Main Rd, Silvan, Victoria 3795

Telephone: (03) 9737 9258 Fax (03) 9737 9815 Email: silvan.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.silvanps.vic.edu.au

NEWSLETTER NO. 07 May 18 2018

VCAL COMMUNITY PROJECT Mikayla and Kira cooking with students in our cooking centre as part of their community project here at Silvan Primary

SWIMMING PROGRAM Please not that our annual swimming program will commence on Monday 28th May and run for four consecutive days until Thursday 31st May.

Mon 28th Tues 29th Wed 30th Thurs 31st 12.15 – 1.15 (1 hr)

12.15 – 1.15 (1 hr)

12.15 – 1.15 (1 hr)

11.15 – 1.15 (2 hrs)

We had to re-arrange the last session on Friday 1st June as a double session on Thursday 31st May, so that we did not have a clash with the Vic Opera excursion on Friday 1st June.

SCHOOL PHOTOS School photos will be on Wednesday 23rd May. Please ensure your child is in full school uniform and in attendance on the day.

COMMUNITY RAFFLE TICKETS

Our community raffle tickets were sent home

this week. Remember that all proceeds from the

tickets sales go to the school.

The prizes for 2018 are:

1st Prize: Holden Equinox LS - $29,990 Drive

Away

2nd Prize: $1000 Westfield Gift Card

3rd Prize: $500 Westfield Gift Card

Sales start from 1st May, 2018 until the 31st July,

2018.

The raffle will be drawn at Ferntree Gully

Holden, 980 Burwood Highway, Ferntree Gully,

on Monday the 20th August, 2018 at 6.00pm,

interested parties are welcome to attend.

The presentation of prizes will be at a special

function at Ferntree Gully Holden, 980 Burwood

Highway, Ferntree Gully at 6.00pm on Tuesday

28th August, 2018.

Hughes News Digital Technologies Level 4/5/6 continued with their surveys. They collected, sorted, represented and analysed their data in Excel. All students were introduced to Edison the robot. They programmed the robot using barcodes. Below is a photo of Edison line tracking.

German The junior students followed written German instructions to create a house using shapes and lines in Word. The senior class completed their houses. Both classes were introduced to the poem Hänsel and Gretel and learnt some German grammar. Students tasted authentic ‘Pfefferkuchen.’ Grade 1-3 students created an edelweiss hat.

Literacy Circles This week students responded to the books they read. One group baked two cakes and then the class voted for the one they liked the best. The other group created a cybersafety movie, cybersafety poster and comic strip.

Mrs. H’s Awards Working collaboratively- Hamish, Cooper Persistence- Harriet, Madison, Kai

Lemon Cake created by Alexander and Hannah which won with 20 votes. Abbey, Danielle and Tara’s Chocolate Cake received 18 votes. A very close competition. Ben, Justin and Adam created a Cybersafety video.

Nick created a comic strip about Cybersafety.

NAPLAN 2018 Well done to all our grade3 and 5 students for completing their National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy tesing last week.