HEATHCOTE PRIMARY SCHOOL 31 Herriot St, Heathcote. Vic. 3523 Telephone: (03) 5433 3090 Fax: (03) 5433 3091 Email: heathcote.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.heathcoteps.vic.edu.au Issue No. 39 4th December 2014 At Heathcote PS we value... Respect Learning Teamwork Responsibility Tuesday 9th December Wednesday 10th December Thursday, 11th December Thursday, 11th December Friday 12th December Thursday 18th December Friday 19th December PRINCIPAL S REPORT Orientation Day - Grade 6 students all day; Other students from 9.00am 12.45pm School Council End of Year Dinner 5.30pm-7.00pm Senior Unit Excursion to Funfields Helpers Morning Tea (10.30am 11.30am) Grade Six Graduation 5.30pm-7.00pm End of Year Concert and Family Basket Tea 5.30pm-7.00pm Last Day of school for 2014 - Early Dismissal 1.15pm Dear Parents and Friends, Welcome to another week of news from Heathcote PS! SAKGP COOK BOOK LAUNCH Next Wednesday, we will be having a special morning tea to celebrate the compilation of our SAKGP Recipe Book. Brent Owens, winner of MasterChef 2014, will be our special guest and he will be running a mini masterclass with a few of our students, using a recipe from his newly released cookbook, Dig In. If you would like to come along, please let Cindi know. Also if you are able to help out with a Kitchen Cleanup on Tuesday, your assistance would be very much appreciated. ORIENTATION DAY Next Tuesday 9th December is Orientation Day which will be our last Transition Session for the year. The Grade 6 students will be attending their 2015 Secondary Colleges for the whole day and our other students, including our 2015 Preps, will be transitioning to the new year levels from 9.00am - 12.45pm. CHRISTMAS ADVENT PAGEANT Last Friday, many of our students participated in the Journey to Bethlehem Christmas Advent Pageant with students from Pyalong PS, Tooborac PS and Holy Rosary PS. I would like to thank our students for the respectful and caring way they participated in this community event and I would also like to say a special thankyou to our hard working CRE teachers and the Fusion volunteers for helping to make this day a great success. Its always pleasing to hear comments back from members of the local community on how well behaved our students were and how well they all sang together. Well done everyone! 2015 ENROLMENTS If you know of any children who need to be enrolled for the 2015 school year or any children who are leaving the school, could you please let the office staff know as soon as possible. Kind regards, Cindi Bruechert bruechert.cindi.l@edumail.vic.gov.au
CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP AWARDS Congratulations to our Civics and Citizenship Award winners from last week: Miss O'Neill's Grade Antz Willoughby Nitika Delmo Mrs. Parry s Grade Emily Mitchell Zieke Brown Miss Somerville s Grade Jarrad Kirkpatrick Kody Johnson Mr. Clayton s Grade Chayce Alexander April Taylor SCHOOL UNIFORMS 2015 BOOKLISTS The 2015 booklists have been sent home this week. Parents will be required to supply all items on the booklist. If you choose to order through Education Plus, our preferred supplier, please return the completed booklist order form to school by Wednesday, 17th December. Payment will be required when you collect items. Collection day is Wednesday, 28th January at 10am 12pm. Christmas Raffle Reminder: Please bring in your donations to our Christmas Raffle hamper, located in the school foyer. We hope to have several prizes available. Raffle tickets are $1.00 each. Shop Surplus Stock On Tuesday 9th December, after the transition sessions, Parent Club have some new uniform items (Shop surplus stock) for sale in the Gallery. Welcome pack: Hat, shirt, shorts, $25 There are mainly size 4 and 6 with some larger sizes too, at reduced prices. Library Bags will also be available to buy for $5.00 Hats: If your child does not have a hat with them at school they will be required to stay under the covered area and they will not be permitted to play outdoors. Hats are available from the office for $10.00 each.
The Golden Square Cricket Club will be conducting a Milo in 2 Cricket program, introducing boys and girls aged between 5-8yo to the great game of cricket. The program is run on a Sunday morning starting at 10am at MyJet Oval (Wade Street Oval - Golden Square) and will kick off this weekend; Sunday 23rd November. Registrations are now open and you can register by visiting www.goldensquarecc.com and following the Milo in2cricket links. If you require any further details please contact Aaron Bentley on 0418 954 562 or by emailing the club at goldensquare@club.cricketvictoria.com.au.
HOME LEARNING BOX It s great to see families adding to our HOME LEARNING EXPERIENCES display in the front office. The Close family have displayed some great information about their budgie, Billy. Please take the time to come in to the office and look at their display. We would love to display some of the activities that your families engage in at home. It is so interesting and fun learning about what other families do outside of school and may even give us some ideas for after school, weekend and school holiday fun. We aim to have one display per week. Please start thinking of some possibilities of what you could display. Some examples include instructions on cooking a particular meal, a display about a camping trip or time away, gardening work or information on family heritage. We could even run a film of your experience on the screen in the office! Please take the time to think of some ideas and check out the displays in the coming weeks. Thank you, PARENTS CLUB NEWS Icy Poles: Icy poles will be on sale each Friday lunch time until the end of Term 4. Icy poles are 50 cents each. Donations of Zooper Dooper icy poles, or a similar brand, would be greatly appreciated. Lunch Orders: Every second Friday, the Parent's Club will be selling Steamed Dim Sims, Hot Dogs, Party Pies and Party Sausage Rolls at lunch time. Orders will need to be placed in advance and must be prepaid at the time of placing the order. The next date for lunch orders is Friday 12th Dec. Second Hand Items: The Parents Club will be having a market stall at the Bush Market in December and we are requesting any second hand items to sell to raise funds for Sun shade sails. If you have any unwanted items, please donate them. We are also requesting any donations of second hand uniforms to be put towards a second hand uniform sale. This will be held every Friday lunchtime in the Conference room. Christmas raffle: We will be holding a Christmas Raffle again this year and are asking all families to donate goods to our hamper over the next few weeks. Wendy Cahill Parents Club President
Summer Photography Project Heathcote Through Young Eyes - a photo doc @ The Heathcote CommHouse with Mari B 'Heathcote Through Young Eyes' is a photo documentation of the day to day activities, adventures and interests captured through the eyes of young people in the Heathcote community. Project suits persons under 25 years of age. Expression of interest and information nights Wed 10th and Wed 17th December 2014 3.30-6.30pm At Heathcote Community House 55 Hospital St, Heathcote. Come along to either of the nights anytime between 3.30-6.30pm to discuss the project and what is involved. (parents welcomed) March 6th 2015 - March 16th Exhibition opened to the public at Dudley House View St, Bendigo Contact details: Mari Basile Mb: 0411177646 or email: mari_bonellis@hotmail.com Vicki Forde Ph: 03 54310930 Project supported by the COGB and The Heathcote Community House The Junior Unit had a great day at the Melbourne Zoo yesterday. Keep your eye out for some great writing from our students in next week s newsletter.