Lost Property Notice

Dear Parents and Carers,

As you will know, the Leadership Team (in consultation with staff and in line with the school Sustainability Policy) have agreed that the unclaimed lost property can be collected and donated to the Asylum Seeker centre.

The next clearance will be on Friday 30th August (in the morning), and from then on, it will be every second Friday so if your child has lost any UN-NAMED items, please ensure you check the lost property bin over in the foyer of the gym.

As has always been the practice prior to the lost property being donated (it used to be to Diabetes Australia), any NAMED clothing will be returned to the office and sent back to the child via the classroom teacher.

If families could please NAME THEIR CHILDREN’S CLOTHING, we will be able to return it.

Cheers

Julie-anne Effemey
Administration Manager

Library volunteers

The Junior School requires regular parent/community helpers for 10-15 min each morning and evening to help Issue books to children and to scan the returns.

To find out more about the role please talk with a Prep, 1 or 2 Neighbourhood teacher.

Swimming!

We had our first of six days of swimming sessions today and all went well. We think the children will sleep very well tonight - and so will the teachers! One reminder to try and ensure that your child wears their swimming gear underneath their clothes to school (Monday, Wed and Fri) and if you can also pack a plastic bag for them to put their wet swimmers in.

Thank you also to our wonderful parent helpers who made sure the changing was efficient.

The year one team

Book Week Next Week 2013

The theme for Book Week this year is ‘Read across the Universe’. Book Week takes places between the 17th – 23rd August (Week 6). To celebrate the Prep-2 Neighbourhoods will be attending the performance Space Jump at school on Thursday 15th August and having a Book Week Parade and Book Sharing Day on Thursday 22nd August.

Book Week Parade and Sharing Day
Children are invited to dress up (next Thursday 22nd) as their favourite book character for the parade and to bring the book to share with other children in the junior school. Parents are welcome to come and watch the parade and join in with the shared reading. After lunch the children will be placed in mixed aged groups and take part in two workshops related to this year’s Short Listed Books for the Book of the Year.

Music Residency!

On Thursday 22nd August at 11.10, students are invited to join Nicola and Deb for a 4 week lunchtime Music Residency. Students will have the opportunity to develop a repertoire of songs over four Thursday lunch times and then perform these as a part of a choir at the final Assembly of the term. If you have students/children who are in interested in joining this choir, and that are prepared to commit to four Thursday lunch times from 11.10- 11.50, can you please remind them next Thursday to come to the stage in the gym for the first rehearsal and get together? This Music Residency is open to all students at all year levels at the school. If you have any queries, please feel free to contact Julie or Hannah.

Parent reflections from our film festival

Dear parents,
We are putting up a cardboard wall outside our neighbourhood and we want to fill it with parent feedback to the students about their film. We invite you to use the paper post-its when you pick your child up or send a reflection to school with your child and we will display it for you. This will help the students feel pride in what they have achieved and see visibly the impact that they have had.

Thank you,
The year one neighbourhood.

FILM FESTIVAL PHOTOS!!

Thursday night last week, the year ones had a film festival which showcased three films they had made based on their three different experiences last term. The night was wonderful. All parents, students and teachers gathered together to celebrate the learning and hard work the students had achieved. Every one dressed up and made our premiere even more exciting and glamorous. A big thank you again to all the parents who helped in the process. We are planning on selling a DVD shortly which includes behind the scenes footage and photos from the night. In this slide show you will see us starting to prepare for that this week.

Swimming helpers

Hello Parents,
We are calling for more parent helpers to join us for our swimming sessions at the pool. The sessions start next week and run on Monday, Wednesday and Friday (last day is the 30th).  The year ones are split into two sessions on those days (sessions 3 and 4).

Below are the times for each session.

Sess.  Leave School          Arrive back at School

3          11.15                             13.20 

4          12.10                             14.15

Can you please let one of the year one teachers know if you can attend a session mentioned above - to find out which session your child is attending you can check the note that went home or ask a year one teacher.


We will be going by bus to the Klim Swim centre at Richmond Football club and you are welcome to meet us at the pool if you can't come on the bus at school.

Thank you, your support is appreciated.

The year one team

SPACE JUMP PERFORMANCE THURSDAY

Here is a little bit about the space jump play. It is on between 2:30-3:30 on Thursday in the Gym.

Celebrate the 2013 CBC theme READ ACROSS THE UNIVERSE!

What is going on with Claire and why is she acting so spaced out?! Everything she has been saying and doing since the day began just doesn’t add up. To make matters worse there are times when Jonno feels like everything that is going on has all happened before! How can it be that two friends who have known each other for so long suddenly feel like they’re worlds apart?

Our brand new musical for Book Week 2013 and its theme "Read Across The Universe" is an adventure of galactic proportions! Join Claire and Jonno as they discover that looking for things we have in common with others, rather than the differences, can create all kinds of opportunities and lead us towards new and exciting destinations! SPACE JUMP features a selection of the 2013 CBC Shortlisted books and engages students in the understanding that interacting with books and the products of our imagination offers limitless possibilities for expanding our horizons.

FILM FESTIVAL NOTICE

Dear Parents,
We are gearing up for our fabulous film festival night on Thursday night. We have to coffee cart for hot chocolates before the doors open at 6pm so you can buy a hot drink and view our displays. Also - the important matter of dress code...the whole year one neighbourhood is dressing formally for our movie premiere so we hope all parents will dress formally as well. A final reminder that there will only be light snacks before the film which a group of students have been making.

Look forward to seeing you all on the night!