THOMAS MITCHELL WEEKLY Web Site: http://www.tmps.vic.edu.au/ THOMAS MITCHELL DRIVE, ENDEAVOUR HILLS. PH. 9706 2254 Issue No. 16 June 1 st 2017 Tues-Fri 30/5-2/6 Year 5 Camp Ballarat Sovereign Hill Camp at Log Cabin, Creswick Year 6 Interschool Sport TMPS Gold V TMPS Blue Home Friday 2/6 Whole School Assembly 2.40pm in Gym Tuesday 6/6 6TG Exc Immigration Museum / Melbourne Star Observation Wheel Wednesday 7/6 Year 3 Excursion Frog Hollow Reserve (Rescheduled) Friday 9/6 Curriculum Day Students do not attend school Monday 12/6 Queen s Birthday Public Holiday Students do not attend school Tuesday 13/6 Canteen Special Pizza Day Lunch No other lunch orders on this day ICAS Writing Competition Wednesday 14/6 ICAS Spelling Competition Friday 16/6 Year Prep, 1 & 2 Assembly 2.40pm in Gym Monday 19/6 Regional Cross Country Carnival Ballam Park, Frankston Tuesday 20/6 School Council Meeting 7.30 in Staffroom / Finance 7.00pm Friday 23/6 Year 3 & 4 Assembly 2.40pm in Gym Tuesday 27/6 Creative Music Concert 4.00pm to 5.00pm in Room 3 Thursday 29/6 Creative Music Concert 4.00pm to 5.30pm in Room 3 Reports sent home Friday 30/6 Whole School Assembly 9.00am in Gym Last Day of Term 2 School finishes at 2.30pm Monday 17/7 First Day of Term 3 School resumes at 9.00am FROM THE PRINCIPAL Thank You to Nurse Anthea As I indicated in last week s newsletter Nurse Anthea is leaving us to further her career. Tomorrow will be her last day with us. On behalf of the whole school community, I thank her for the wonderful job she has done in her 6 years at Thomas Mitchell. Her concern for the wellbeing of all students, their families, and staff members has been exemplary. We will all miss her! We have advertised the position in the local papers, our website and recruitment online. Names on School Uniform Items Almost every day we have items of school uniform found and handed in to the office. It is easy to pass the items back to the students if their name is on the item. However, many items are not named. Please be sure to put your child s name on all items of clothing. Curriculum Day Friday 9 th June Friday 9 th June (the day before the Queen s Birthday long weekend) will be a Curriculum Day. Children do not attend school on this day. Monday 12 th June is also a holiday. Whole School Assembly Friday 2 nd June at 2.40pm Parents are welcome to attend this whole school assembly in the Gym at 2.40pm. John Hurley Principal
NOTICES SENT HOME THIS WEEK Year 3 Excursion Frog Hollow Reserve (Rescheduled) Year 6 Camp Coonawarra Farm Resort Tuesday 15 th to Friday 18 th August Payment Plan Year 4 Camp Phillip Island Adventure Resort Wednesday 8 th to Friday 10 th November Expression of Interest Working With Children Check Have you applied? From July 2017 we require all parents volunteering in classrooms, activities, excursions and camps to provide us with a Working With Children Check. Have you applied for yours yet? Please see the office if you require assistance. Health Centre News After six wonderful years, my time at Thomas Mitchell Primary School has come to an end. I have helped with so many tears, blood noses, wet bottoms, scratches, scrapes, bumps, breaks, sore tummies and illness; and the list goes on for miles. I had no idea that my care has touched so many hearts. I will truly miss everyone. I d like to thank all the staff and all the Thomas Mitchell families for making my time at the school such an enjoyable one. Anthea Cupido School Nurse
Nude Food @ TMPS Nude food winners for Week 6, Term 2: Junior School: 1SB Middle School: 3AY Upper School: 5SP and 5JC Spotlight on Lunch boxes To see a range of lunch boxes that can help you create easy nude lunches use this QR reader or visit the TMPS Nude Food blog at http://tmpsnudefood.blogspot.com.au/ Below are some great Nude lunchboxes from 1AL this week As you can see, there are a lot of different ways we can bring nude food. Teveen Tammiane Sofia What is a Nude lunch box? A nude lunch box is one that has no plastic wrappers or rubbish that goes to landfill. Use re-useable containers to build a healthy and rubbish free lunch box. And remember, fruit scraps are not included as rubbish! Every day we count how many students in each class bring nude lunch boxes (including snack and lunch). The winning class for the junior, middle and senior school will receive a certificate and the overall winner for the term will receive a special treat. For more information, contact Rose Arbuthnot. UNIFORM SHOP OPEN TIMES TERM 2 2017 Every Friday morning 8.30am to 9.30am 2 nd, 16 th, 23 rd & 30 th June Every Tuesday afternoon 3.00pm 4.00pm 6 th, 13 th, 20 th & 27 th June
SPORT NEWS Divisional Cross Country Carnival Congratulations to all students who competed at the Divisional Cross Country Carnival last Monday. We had 22 students represent Thomas Mitchell, which was fantastic. All students ran extremely well, against some extremely tough competition. Well done to Mitsuki who placed 2 nd in the 12/13 Girls race, Claudia who finished in 4 th place and Mohsen who placed 10 th in the 11 boy s race. All three students have progressed to the Regional Cross Country Carnival on Monday 19 th June at Ballam Park in Frankston Mitsuki 12/13 Girls 2 nd Place Swimming News A huge congratulations to Joy in year 6, who has been selected to represent Victoria in the Swimming Team, at the Pacific School Games in Adelaide. The games will be held in December and show case the best swimmers in the country and around the Pacific. Well done Joy and good luck with your training and preparation. Year 6 Interschool Sport Round 6 of Interschool Sport will commence this Friday 2 nd June. Please see below for fixture details: Thomas Mitchell (Gold) Vs. Thomas Mitchell (Blue) Home House Points Weekly House Points Results Total House Points Results for 2017 1 st Freeman 5,030 2 nd Bradman 3,970 3 rd Perkins 3,880 4 th Fraser 2,950 *Stay tuned for Athletics Carnival results! Have a great week! Olivia Goder, Physical Education Teacher
Canteen Special Pizza Day Lunch The canteen Special Pizza Day Lunch is on Tuesday 13 th June. Orders have now closed. Please remember no other lunch orders will be available on this day. The school runs a Playgroup for 0-5 year olds each Thursday morning from 9:15am 10:30am during the school term, this year in the Early Learning Centre. We ask for a gold coin donation to participate and for parents to please bring a nut free snack for their child/ren. It is a great opportunity to meet other parents of children attending our school or local families and for your younger children to meet other children who may be joining the school in the future. Please feel free to bring a friend along, or if you know someone with younger children who would like to join this group, please let them know. Fun activities include: playdough, painting, pasting, stories, music, singing and games. Look forward to seeing you at Playgroup. Parents Club School Banking WEDNESDAY each week This week we had a total of 70 deposits, with 1 new banker being added to the Thomas Mitchell data base. Student banking is a great way to encourage your child to save money and at the same time raise funds. The Commonwealth Bank also has a fun rewards program, where the students can redeem 10 tokens that they receive with every deposit made through the school. If you are interested in signing up your child with the program, you can do so online via the web address below, or by visiting a branch. www.commbank.com.au/personal/students REWARDS available: 2017 Term 1 & 2 rewards: colour changing markers, blue and yellow handball, tablet case and 3D. When banking next, place a note and 10 tokens, or 1 gold token, to redeem these rewards. Rewards that will be available soon: Term 3: smiley key ring and black and yellow handball. Term 4: pencil case and ear phones.
Community News The Big Freeze Family Festival The Big Freeze Family Festival aims to keep kids active, creative and using their imagination as well as provide a snow experience close to home. The festival returns to Fountain Gate these school holidays under the big top tents! Thomas Mitchell OSHC 1 st June 2017 OSHC Telephone Number - 0415 326 328 Children did different craft activities with great interest this week. Paper roll rockets, button creation, foam cups octopus and discussion with younger children about living and non-living activities based on this topic. We made a cocoa-vanilla cake this week. Children also made different disability posters. We also played different board games, plastic construction blocks, mobile blocks, chess in OSHC hall and physical activities/ games dodge ball, 2- squares in Gym. Just a friendly reminder to parents, please ensure your information and bookings have been updated via the parent portal. Please contact us if your child will not be attending the After School Care session you have booked them in for, so we are aware that they have been safely collected from school. Next Friday, 9 th June is a Curriculum Day. There will be a Holiday Program on this day if we receive more than 18 bookings for the day. If you require care on this day, please contact the program immediately. Please note: The Program will only be held if we receive bookings for more than 18 children. Holiday Club bookings for the school holidays are now open. To make a booking log onto your parent portal. To see our Holiday Club Program please follow the link https://jobs.campaustralia.com.au/parents/holiday-programs/program.aspx?hpid=19209& The Camp Australia OSHC team!