Our School Values: RESPECT, RESILIENCE, TEAMWORK & COLLABORATION and COMMUNITY DIARY DATES TERM 2 2017 Wednesday 19th April Final Payment due for Grade 5/6 Camp - $80.00 Thursday 20th April Parents Group Meeting 9.00am in OSHC room Thursday 20th April Parent Forum re proposed changes to the Student Engagement Policy - 2.45pm in the library. Monday 24th April Curriculum Day - Student s are not required to attend school on this day. Tuesday 25th April ANZAC DAY - public holiday, school closed. Huntly Memorial Service (see newsletter article) All students welcome to participate. Meet at the front of school at 8.45am in full school uniform. Wednesday 26th April Junior School Gymnastics Program Thursday 27th April Annual Report Presentation 7.00pm in library. Wed to Fri 26th to 28th April Grade 5/6 Urban Camp - Melbourne Mon to Wed 1st to 3rd May Book Fair - see newsletter article Wednesday 3rd May Junior School Gymnastics Program Friday 5th May School Cross Country 2.00pm at school - whole school Monday 8th May School Council Meeting 7.30pm in the School Library Tues to Thurs 9th to 11th May NAPLAN Testing - Grades 3 and 5 Thursday 11st May Community Group Meeting 2.30pm Friday 12th May Division Cross Country - senior school Friday 12th May Mothers Day Stall - see newsletter article Wednesday 17th May Junior School Gymnastics Program - last day Friday 19th May Grade 3/4 Camp Deposit Due - see attached notice Mon to Fri 22nd to 26th May Education Week Monday 12th June Queen s Birthday Public Holiday - school closed Wednesday 21st June School Photos Friday 30th June End of Term 2. Students dismissed at 2.30pm 19TH APRIL, 2017. Please note dates may be subject to change. 101 BRUNEL STREET HUNTLY VIC 3551 PHONE (03) 5448 8866 Email: huntly.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au PRINCIPAL MR CRAIG BURNETT
Dear Parents, Welcome back to Term 2, families are reminded that this term Sun Smart hats are still required until the 30th April when students are playing outdoors, even when the weather is overcast. HUNTLY PS ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Parents and Carers are invited to a presentation of the school s 2016 Annual Report next Thursday 27th April in the school library at 7.00pm. PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT POLICY Parents are reminded that there will be a parent forum, tomorrow at 2.45pm in the library to discuss the proposed changes to our Engagement Policy. The School Council is proposing these changes to ensure that every student at Huntly Primary School receives a safe and positive learning experience. Details of this were sent home to all families late last term and a copy is available on the school website or hard copy from the school office. Please note your written responses can still be left at the school office but must be returned by this Friday, 21st April. SCHOOL GARDENS Wonderful to see the great work that has been done in our school gardens over the holidays. Trevor Strauch our maintenance person has cleaned up, weeded, mulched, pruned and beautified the yard. You will also notice we have a new grass area installed in front of the current Grade 5/6 rooms. This has been in preparation for a proposed community planting day during Education Week, 21st to 26th May. More details in coming newsletters. CURRICULUM DAY - MONDAY 24TH APRIL School Council has declared a student free Curriculum Day on Monday 24th April, 2017. Students are not required to attend school on this day. ANZAC DAY MEMORIAL SERVICE The school will again be involved in the Anzac Day Ceremony at Huntly Memorial Hall on Tuesday 25th April. All of our students are invited to attend the ceremony. We will meet at the school at 8.45am and move over to the hall to commence the Anzac Ceremony at 9.00am sharp. All students must be in full school uniform. THE 2017 ATTITUDES TO SCHOOLS SURVEY We want our student to tell us what they think Our school is conducting a survey to find out what your child thinks of our school. The Attitudes to School survey is an annual student survey offered by the Department of Education and Training. The survey assists schools in gaining an understanding of students' perceptions and experience of school. Our school will use the survey results to plan programs and activities to improve your child's schooling experience. This year the Attitudes to School survey will be conducted at our school between Monday 22 May to Friday 23 June. The survey only takes 20-30 minutes to complete and occurs during your child's class time. Students from Year 5 and 6 at our school will participate in the survey. Your child will complete the survey online during school hours using a purpose built secure online survey tool. The survey results will be reported back to the school in Term 3 and will be reported to the community at that time. Last year we used the survey results to plan teaching and learning programs as well as social and emotional learning programs such as circle time. The Department has updated the survey for 2017 to include important new measures that are known to influence student engagement and performance. Students privacy is our priority - Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey. The student login is an assigned identifier that may be used by the Department to combine data for research purposes only. Your child s privacy and the confidentiality of your child s survey responses will be protected at all times. No identifiable personal data is included in the survey response file. This survey is not a test and your child has the right to refuse or withdraw from the survey at any point before, during, or after completion. Want to know more? Please speak to the Principal if you would like more information or search the departments website for Attitudes to Schools Survey. At the start of each term we send home a hard copy of our Diary Dates with students. But please note this is not the complete newsletter. For the full copy of today s newsletter please go to our website (www.huntly-ps.vic.edu.au) or collect a hard copy from the school office. Craig Burnett, PRINCIPAL
SPORTS NEWS GYMNASTICS PROGRAM - GRADES PREP TO 2 The Junior School (Grades Prep to 2) will begin their Gymnastics Program at Jets Gym today and continue for four weeks. We look forward to seeing some photos. Cost is $32.00 per student. SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY - Friday 5th May We will be holding our School Cross Country event on Friday 5th May at the school. The whole school participates in this extra curricula activity with the first race starting at 2.00pm. All families are welcome to come along and support the runners. Further information is coming weeks. Mr Lehane, Sport Co-ordinator. PARENTS GROUP NEWS NEXT MEETING - Will be held Thursday, 20th April from 9.00am at the school in the OSHC room. Everybody is most welcome to attend. MOTHERS DAY STALL - Friday 12th May Children are asked to bring a bag to take their gifts home in. Gifts will range in price from $1.00 to $5.00, please send money to school in a envelope clearly marked with child s name and what money is for. This helps prevent children from losing their stall money. BOOK FAIR The excitement is building with the first Scholastic Book Fair for 2017 to begin in Week 3! All children will have an opportunity to view and make wish lists on Friday 28 th April. The Book Fair opens for selling on Monday 1 st May. Selling Times: Monday 1 st May 8:30am-9:00am and 3:30pm-4:00pm Tuesday 2 nd May 8:30am-9:00am and 3:30pm-4:00pm Wednesday 3 rd May 8:30am-9:00am only. STUDY CLUB Students are offered the opportunity to attend Study Club where they are supported with extra time to complete work from the classroom. Study Club is held every Tuesday from 11.10am to 11.40am. Attendance is voluntary. GRADE 5/6 URBAN CAMP Final payments for the Grade 5/6 Urban Camp ($80.00 if you are following the payment plan) must be paid by today, Wednesday 19th April. Nihao, everyone! I am here to share with you some exciting news that happened during the school holidays. Three students (Blodan A, Nikita P and Joel P) from Huntly Primary School participated in the Easter Day Parade on Sunday 16 th April. There were students from different primary schools in Bendigo forming into a big team. All the students first put on colourful costumes and had some finger food. After a short break and performance practice, all the students headed down to the venue together. The whole team sang two traditional Chinese songs Two Tigers and Gong Xi Gong Xi (Congratulations in Chinese) and did a fabulous dance of the Chinese version of the Chicken Dance, as this year is the Year of the Rooster. All the three students showed great manners throughout the whole parade and received so much praise from teachers and parents. I am excited to show you some of the photos taken.
ANZAC DAY MEMORIAL SERVICE On Tuesday, the 25th April, there will be an Anzac Day Ceremony held at the Huntly Memorial Hall and Garden of Remembrance next to the Huntly Hall. It is a tradition for Huntly Primary School to attend as a group so we would love to have as many kids as we can to represent our school. We will meet out the front of the school at 8.45am sharp wearing school uniform, we will then walk down to the ceremony as a group with the march. Huntly is fortunate to have this as one of their community traditions. It is a wonderful way of showing some of our school values with respect for those who have gone before us and our appreciation for our community and all that we now have. ANZAC DAY APPEAL House Captains will be selling ANZAC Day Appeal Items the first week of Term 2, prices range from 50c to $5 each until sold out. A representative will come to your child s classroom. HPS IS ON FACEBOOK! Huntly Primary School has an official Facebook page. The page will be able to be found at https:// www.facebook.com/huntlyprimaryschool/ or you could simply search for Huntly Primary School. Please Like the page to keep up to date with events and announcements from the school. The use of this social media is to enhance the communication between home and school. Feel free to like and comment on all aspects of the page, but remember to be respectful and courteous at all times. THANK YOU TO OUR MOVIE NIGHT SPONSORS 03 54488922 CHILD CARE AND KINDERGARTEN 321 Midland Hwy, Epsom Email:info@countrybuddiesbendigo.com.au www.countrybuddies.com