NEWSLETTER No th August, 2018

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1 NEWSLETTER No th August, 2018 If you have information or ads for the newsletter, need to contact the school or want an forwarded on to a teacher, please it to northcote.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Important School Diary Dates 2018 Aug 31 Fri Prep visit from Batman Park Kinder Sep 4 Tue Posters due for the Dante Alighieri Society junior poster competition 5 Wed Prep excursion to Earth s prehistoric aquarium 6 Thu Grade 1/2 excursion to Earth s prehistoric aquarium Footy Colours dress up day! Gold coin donation 12 Wed School Council meeting 11 Tue Grade 3/4 swimming starts (Tuesday 11 th Sept till Friday 21 st Sept) Prep visit from Annie Dennis Kinder 13 Thu Prep visit from Annie Dennis Kinder 21 Fri 5/6 Science fair am and pm Family and friends welcome! END TERM PM FINISH Oct 8 Mon Term 4 commences 9 Tue Division Athletics Wed-Fri Grade 1/2 Camp Wed-Fri Grade 3/4 Camp Greetings, Student Achievement Our courageous skiiers Four of our students in years 5 and 6, represented our school in the Victorian Annual School Ski races a couple of weeks ago. As you will see from Arno s report below, it was pretty intimidating with many schools fielding large teams but they did their best and had a great day. Well done Arno B, year 6; Cassius McD, year 6; Ned V.D.H, year 6 and Eliza B, year 5. You are invited to an afternoon of celebration and information Are you up for an afternoon glass of bubbly champagne or water and a peak at what our school may look like by the end of 2019? Come and see where we are up to with the latest Schematic Designs for our school. School Council invites parents and carers to an afternoon of celebration and information on Thursday, 6 th September, starting at 2.30pm. Celebrate the hard work our community undertook in 2017 (and the many years previously!) to attract additional funding to develop a master plan and repair our beautiful heritage school. Come into the Hall, enjoy a glass of champagne on arrival and we will have the latest design concepts and associated works on display for you to see. Meet up with other parents and wander along and discuss how the plans will improve our school into the future. The architects from ClarkeHopkinsClarke, will be there to answer your questions and discuss the design concepts and ideas to date. 1 P a g e

2 At 3.00pm, the architects will give a brief presentation for 10 minutes and open up for a general Q&A. Our School Council President will also be in attendance to discuss the Council s perspectives on where we are at as well. At 3.30pm, time to pick up the children and you are welcome to hang around to continue your discussions or head off home. We are keen to share with you where we are at so have scheduled this for the afternoon as we appreciate that it is difficult to get out to an evening meeting. Please join us in the afternoon, I look forward to seeing you there. Warm Regards, Kerrie PUPIL OF THE WEEK! 5/6J Ollie P 1/2H Rosie E 5/6T Charlie M 1/2L April E 5/6N Ned P 1/2S Olive P-S 5/6P Ava Smith 1/2A Lily W 3/4K Rosie C 1/2N Gemma F 3/4H Lucinda C 00B Edward McD 3/4M Kate M 00L Leo S-H 3/4B Angus I 00P Manon K-Q 3/4S Keeva M Victorian Interschool Skiing On Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st August NPS entered a team of 4 in the Victorian Interschool ski races. The competitors were Eliza Burge (girls slalom), Ned Van der Hoeven, Cassius McDermott and Arno Barton (boys slalom). The conditions were pretty gnarly with near gale force winds, freezing temperatures, face piercing hail and large groups of private schools prowling the course (we were wondering where the northcote primary school flag was?). Each race had over 200 entrants which made it chaotic and stressful, but we all agreed it was a rewarding challenge, and in the end was a lot more fun than the alternative. Arno Barton 2 P a g e

3 Footy Colours Day Thursday 6th September Please wear your footy colours, bring a gold coin donation to help support children with cancer. Italian Update Ciao a tutti! (Hello everyone!) NOTE CHANGE OF DUE DATE: Both competitions due Tuesday the 11th of September For further information on the poster competition, please see previous newsletters. Signorina Rosa - Italian Teacher Years 3-6 and Language Coordinator (Mon/Tue) Lost Property While washing the lost property at home before donating it to St Kilda Mums, one of our wonderful mothers found this soft jacket. We wanted to give the owner one last opportunity to claim it back. If this gorgeous jacket is your child s please contact the school office. It will be donated to St Kilda Mums otherwise. Preserving for Fete! Let s get jamming! Yes we know the NPS Annual Fete is months away (3 rd March 2019), but we need to start thinking about our wonderful stall, Helen s Harvest! We are having a jamming day on Wednesday September 19 th. We would love any produce if people have fruit (citrus trees) that have extra fruit. Please bring to school on Monday 17 th and Tuesday 18 th September for us to use. Canned tomatoes for chutney or bags of onions would also be appreciated! If you are handy I the kitchen and want to help on that day, please contact Kim Henderson (Zac and Isabella, 5/6 and Isla and Lexi 1/2) , or Sophie Smibert (Rosie 3/4 and George prep) Happy jamming! From your Northcote Primary School Community Sub-Committee 3 P a g e

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