3 5 S y m o n d s S t r e e t Y a r r a G l e n V I C 3 7 7 5 P h o n e : ( 0 3 ) 9 7 3 0 1 2 5 4 y a r r a. g l e n. p s @ e d u m a i l. v i c. g o v. a u Term 2, 2018 Week 8 of 11 Weeks Newsletter: June 7th, 2018 Dear Families of Yarra Glen PS, Welcome to this week s newsletter. On Monday and Tuesday this week I attended the Regional Leadership Conference at The Melbourne Convention Centre. The conference was attended by nearly 900 principal and school leaders from the North Eastern Region with the aim to continually improving the literacy and numeracy outcomes for our students. At the conference the new Literacy and Numeracy strategy was released with the aim to achieving excellence and equity in literacy and numeracy. Our school has Ms Pitt as our dedicated Numeracy Leader and Ms Owen as our Literacy Leader and their role is to continually develop their area of expertise to enhance the results for our students. 150 th Celebration Pavers This week we sent home order forms for 150 th year celebration pavers. These are open to families of the school as well as the wider community. Please complete the order form if you are interested and return it to the school. The order form will also be available on the school website and 150 th Facebook page. This is a really good way to have your family name etched into Yarra Glen Primary School s history. Persistence Encouragement Resilience Respect Inclusiveness Uniform Policy School Council is currently updating the school s uniform policy and we invite your input into its creation. Please find inside this weeks newsletter a copy of the current policy for your reference. School council is currently exploring the inclusion of a sports top and adding this to the policy. Any suggestions can be emailed to myself or the Yarra Glen school email address. Parent Teacher Interviews Bookings for parent teacher interviews can now be made via your Sentral Portal. Please login to Sentral using a web browser like Safari, Chrome or Internet Explorer to be able to make a booking to see your child's teacher. Regards, Michael Acting Principal Our vision is to prepare young people to become active, engaged and responsible citizens of the local and global community. It aims to prepare students to contend with a very dynamic 21st century in which creativity, cooperative work, connectedness to the world and adaptability are key features. The school aspires to provide a contemporary approach to teaching and learning in its purposeful learning environment. PERRI Persistence, Encouragement, Respect, Resilience, Inclusion
UNIFORM POLICY Statement of Purpose To instil in students a feeling of comradeship and pride in their school. To minimise outward signs of differences in background To educate students in the wearing of appropriate sun smart clothing. Provide a safe standard of dress in the school environment. Equally provide for the needs of boys and girls in accordance with Equal Opportunity Policy and Guidelines. Guidelines Teachers to request notes from out-of-uniform students at the beginning of the day. A note to be sent home indicating child is out of uniform. After 3 notes being sent home, Principal to contact parents. The students may participate in out of uniform days and these may be held at least once a term and may be organised by the Student Representative Council. Students are not to wear make up except for special events eg. Plays, production. For safety reasons students to wear jewellery to a minimum eg. Studs or sleepers / no dangly ear rings. Appropriate footwear must be worn- no boots or sandals or open toe footwear. No sporting club apparel to be worn. FOR EG; no footy shorts, jumpers or basketball tops/shorts. Implementation Students are to be positively recognised for wearing the school uniform appropriately. A co-operative effort on the part of students, parents and staff will ensure that standards of dress are maintained. Parents and students are made aware of the Students Dress Code prior to enrolment and beginning of each year. Parents who experience financial difficulty regarding provision of uniform are invited to contact the Principal. Where these requirements are not met there will be a range of graded consequences provided. Students will be required to remove inappropriate jewellery/ make up and may be sent home. Resources Uniform will be ordered via our website/online and deliveries will be made to the school or directly to your home for a small additional cost. Part of our Prep transition program will allow for APLUS Schoolwear to attend our school. Using this process, children can be measured accordingly for their uniform and have a successful start to the school year.
COMPULSORY UNIFORM ALL STUDENTS: black (or sneakers, or neat casual footwear acceptable within safety require- bomber jacket windcheater polo shirt footwear ments) red and black/black with white stripe (Grade 6 only) red or black with logo (two styles) red/black collar and logo red with black/red collar and logo red and logo white and logo BOYS: pants shorts socks black (no brand names or jeans) black plain black or white GIRLS: summer dress winter skirts pants shorts culottes socks bike shorts red and white gingham red or black black (no brand names or jeans) black black plain black or white black (to be worn under dresses/skirts) PHYSICAL EDUCATION: P.E T shirt white-polo with logo Shorts black Sun smart hats broadbrim (red/black) Date of Adoption: 2010 Date of Review: 20151119
CALENDAR 2018 Term 1 Dates PMP Sessions (Foundation students) Wednesdays 13th, 20th & 27th June Special Assembly (150th Celebrations) Bookings for three-way conferences (via Sentral Parent Portal) Interschool Sports at Home (Grade 5 & 6) Public Holiday no students at school Divisional Cross Country (selected students only) State School Spectacular Practice Life Ed Van Interschool Sports at Wandin Yallock (Grade 5 & 6) Three-way conferences End of Term 2 2:30pm pickup Fridays 8th, 15th & 22nd June NOW OPEN Closes Friday 15th June at 5pm Fridays 15th & 29th June Monday 11th June Tuesday 12th June Monday 18th June Tuesday 26th to Thursday 28th June Friday 22nd June Monday 25th to Wednesday 27th June Friday 29th June NOTICES AND FORMS - Have You Seen These Notices? Notices are available on our website (Downloads Notices & Forms) TERM 1 Divisional Cross Country Form (selected students only) Life Education 150th Celebration YGPS Paver Fundraiser Due Date OVERDUE Tuesday 12th June Friday 27th July calendar dates can be found on our Sentral Parent Portal https://sentral.ygps.vic.edu.au/portal/login don t forget that notices on blue paper that go home require payment of an event/activity check our YGPS website at least weekly http://ygps.vic.edu.au all notices (unless an emergency) will go home on Thursdays when the newsletter is emailed/check your email on Thursdays; notices will be clipped to your child s diary when going home by your child all notices are posted on the school s Official YGPS Website under the Downloads tab/ Notices and Forms. http://ygps.vic.edu.au the Yarra Glen Primary School website is the home of all official Yarra Glen Primary School notices and newsletters containing the official school logo and school information and events. These can also be found on our Sentral Parent Portal https://sentral.ygps.vic.edu.au/portal/login a copy of the notices will also be in the glass display cabinet outside the front door of our administration building (near the Before and After School Care Sign) ENROLMENTS NOW OPEN Enrolments for 2019 are now open. Enrolment forms can be found on our website (http://ygps.vic.edu.au/downloads/enrolment-forms/) or you can call the office on 9730 1254 to have an enrolment pack sent to you. If you would like to arrange a school tour, please contact the office. We look forward to seeing your family in 2019!
Three-Way Conferences Registrations for three-way conferencing are NOW OPEN. They will be open until 5pm June 15th via the Sentral Parent Portal. If you have any issues with registering, please do not hesitate to contact the front office. Thanks! Students of the Week Congratulations to last week s winners of the Yarra Glen Primary PERRI Awards! These students have all been recognised by their teachers last week for an achievement related to one of our five school PERRI values. Persistence Encouragement Resilience Respect Inclusiveness YGPS 150th Celebration MEET AND GREET SPECIAL ASSEMBLY PAST STUDENTS The first 2 special assemblies will be held on Friday, 8th June and Friday, 15th June @ 2:30pm. If you are a past student of YGPS and are interested in attending for a Q & A session with the students, please contact Helen Ryan or the school office ASAP. You can also check out our Facebook page Yarra Glen Primary School 150th birthday celebration. If you can t make any of these dates, further special assemblies will be arranged for next term, pending interest. We hope to see you there to help us celebrate 150 years! State Schools Spectacular rehearsals will be held on the following dates: Monday 18th June Monday 13th August Please be at school by 8:30am on these dates. Both sessions have an earlier finish time of 12:30pm.
Ritchie s Donation The donation from Ritchie s to Yarra Glen Primary for the month of May is $279.29 Thank you for shopping at our local IGA. Your donations are helping much needed funding for our school. Thank you! Important Notice There is no interschool sport this Friday due to inclement weather. The next interschool sports day will be at Home on Friday 15th June. Please note the change of dates & places in the calendar. SCHOOL BANKING EVERY THURSDAY School Banking occurs every Thursday. Please bring in your bank books every Thursday and put in the banking satchel in your classroom tub. Fundraising News Trivia Night Saturday 8th September 2018 Tickets available soon Scholastic Book Club Scholastic Book Club orders for Issue 4 are due by Wednesday 13th June. Please order via the Scholastic LOOP app (download from the Apple app store or Google Play) or visit scholastic.com.au/loop. Special Lunch Orders Lunch orders will be Friday, fortnightly. Orders are due the Wednesday prior to special lunch day. When ordering special lunch orders, please complete the following: Name, class, lunch order items and total cost clearly written on a brown paper bag. Exact money (no change will be given) included in a sealed envelope/snap lock bag inside the brown paper bag. Order to be handed in to the classroom teacher each Wednesday fortnight (before 3pm) No late orders will be accepted. Due dates for orders: Term 2 June 20th Please do not take any special lunch orders directly to the bakery. All lunch orders are to be sent to school by the due date and time. ALL FOOD IS SUPPLIED BY YARRA GLEN BAKEHOUSE VOLUNTEERS WILL COLLECT THE ORDERS AND DISTRIUTE TO THE STUDENTS
If your child is sick or absent, you are required to notify their school as soon as possible on the day of absence using one of the following methods: 1. Online: log the absence directly using your school s IT platform. 2. Telephone: the school office and let the staff know your child s name, class, date of absences and reason. Email: the school and provide the staff with your child s name, class, date of absences and reason. Notifying the school of your child s absence either prior to, or on the day that they will be away, helps ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and will fulfil your legal responsibility. Why do I need to notify the school if my child is absent? Schools need to know when and why a child is absent and you need to know if your child isn t at school. From the end of Term 2 2018, all Victorian government schools are required to contact parents/carers as soon as practicable on the same day of an unexplained student absence. If your child is absent on a particular day and you have not contacted the school to explain why, the absence will be marked as unexplained. This system also promotes daily school attendance. Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child s education, they learn new things every day missing school puts them behind. What is your responsibility? let the school know in advance of any upcoming absences or let them know in the morning if your child won t be at school. In order for schools to implement the same day notification requirement, it s essential that you provide the school with your most up-to-date contact details. Generally one notification will be sent per family. Should there be circumstances that require both parents and carers to be notified, please contact the school to make the necessary arrangements. What is the school s responsibility? The school must notify you of an unexplained absence in relation to your child as soon as practicable on the same day. Schools will let you know either by your school s online communications app, SMS, phone call or email. Ask your school for a copy of the Attendance Policy which outlines the school s processes and procedures for monitoring, recording and following-up of student absences. The Yarra Glen Primary School Attendance Policy as well as this fact sheet can be found on our website: http://ygps.vic.edu.au/parent-info/attendance/