Thomastown Primary School Read the newsletter on-line at - www.thomastownps.vic.edu.au

ISSUE NO. 12 23rd July 2018

Timeline

2018

Wed July 25th

School Council Meeting

5.15pm

Mon Aug 20th -

Fri Aug 24th

BOOK WEEK

Thurs Aug 23rd

BOOK WEEK

PARADE - children come to school dressed as their favourite book

character

Mon 3rd Sep to

Wed 5th Sep

Year 5/6 school camp at

DOXA

Co-operation Excellence Honesty Respect Responsibility

Dear Parents & Guardians,

BLANKETS FOR THE HOMELESS COLLECTION A very big thank you from TPS and the African

Sisterhood to the families who supported the blanket

collection by donating new or used blankets. Over 60

blankets were collected that will be donated to the

‘300 Blankets’ charity for distribution to homeless

people.

PARENT OPINION SURVEYS

Many of our families will receive a letter this week that asks parents to complete an online survey on the education provided for our students at Thomastown Primary School. Parent Opinion Surveys are completed each year by parents in government schools across Victoria. The surveys are completed anonymously and all responses are completely confidential. It is important to the school that you complete the survey as honestly as possible. The information is used by the Department of Education and Training (DET) and by the school to identify areas of success and areas that are in need of improvement. Parents who receive the survey are selected by a computer program that randomly generates a selection of 70 families. The use of a random computer generated selection means that some parents who completed the survey last year may also receive a survey this year.

The survey takes 10-15 minutes to complete and can be accessed at any time on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The online survey will be available in a range of languages other than English. These include: Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (hakha), Hindi, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, Punjabi and Greek. If you do not have access to a computer, we are happy to arrange for you to use one of the

computers at the school so you can complete the survey.

Thank you to all our parents for the continued support you provide for our school.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS

Thank you to all the families who attended the interviews during the second last week of term. It

was great for students and their families to be able to celebrate the learning which has been

happening so far this year and also for discussions to be had relating to areas for improvement.

Please contact your child’s teacher if you still need to make an appointment for an interview or if

you have not yet collected your child’s half year written report.

NAIDOC WEEK

In honour of NAIDOC Week, all classes last week focussed on elements of the history of our First

Nation Peoples. The theme of this year’s NAIDOC Week was , “Because of her we can”.

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Honesty Acknowledgement

Honesty is one of our school values.

We would like to acknowledge and thank the following children

who found money in the playground and handed it in to the

office:

Ansh 1/2D

Ilham 3/4M

Arshia 5/6T

Ahmed 5/6

P V - P 1/C - Kohinoor 1/2B - Lilly, Mekayla

& Ishaaq

1/2D - 3/4C - Jasjit 3/4G - Aayan

3/4M - hammad 5/6C - Samar 5/6T - Braedyn

Library - Language School - PE -

Value Stars for week ending : 23rd July 2018

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Younger students were read Dreamtime stories while older students researched the contributions to Australian society of

females from the Aboriginal community.

Amanda Henning

Principal

ZOO

EXCURSION

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2018 Term Dates

Term 3: 16 July - 21 September

Term 4: 8 October - 21 December

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EARLY ARRIVALS/ LATE COLLECTION OF CHILDREN I remind parents that supervision of the school yard does not commence until 8.45am. I have

noticed some children standing alone in the school yard as early as 8.15am. Parents who

need to drop their child at school early in the morning should consider using the

Before School Care program.

Teachers hours for supervision of children are 8:45am—3:45pm.

We understand that parents will occasionally be held up in traffic or have appointments that

run late. However, children who are regularly left in the school yard or at the office after

school will be placed into after school care at 3:45pm at the expense of the parent.

P.E. Report Monday 23rd July

Dates for T3 Round Robin Sport Year 5/6 indoor basketball Girls / Boys: Friday 10th Aug (Lisa & Suzie) Year 3/4 indoor basketball Girls / Boys: Friday 17th Aug (Lisa & Suzie) Year 5/6 indoor soccer Girls / Boys: Friday 31st Aug (Diana & Suzie) Year 3/4 indoor soccer Girls / Boys: Friday 07th Sept (Diana & Suzie) Also, there will be AFL clinics for all grades this term starting Monday, 23rd July. These will be held over the next four weeks.

Value Stars for week ending : 20th June 2018

P V - Iqra P 1/C - Genna 1/2B - Taaz

1/2D - Cooper 3/4C - Nishit, Viti & Cheyanne 3/4G - Sumayya

3/4M - Kaylan 5/6C - Mia 5/6T - Reemah

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