TOOTGAROOK TELEGRAPH

TOOTGAROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Website: www.tootps.vic.edu.au Telephone: 5985 2864

Weekly newsletter of

Email Address: tootgarook.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Issue 38 28th November, 2013

CALENDAR
Monday 2nd- Friday 13th December - Grade P-2 Swimming Thursday 28th November - Grade 2 Sleepover Friday 29th November - Cheeseburger Lunch Day Friday 6th December Out of Uniform Day please bring a Xmas Hamper donation Thursday 12th December - Family Christmas Celebration (see flyer sent home today) Friday 20th December Last Day Term 4

PLEASE RETURN THE CONCERT DVD TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE AS THERE SEEMS TO BE A FAULTUPON RETURN YOU WILL BE GIVEN ANOTHER COPY THANK YOU!!!

Information re Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) 2014 and booklist ordering School Council has agreed to keep the 2014 booklists at $170 per student for 2014. If you are a holder of a Health Care Card or Pension Card you will need to fill in an EMA form for next year. These forms are available at the office and will need to be filled in and returned by the end of term (20 th Dec). Forms returned before end of school year help procedures on day book selling (Tuesday 28th January 2014) to run smoothly without any major holdups due to the filling in of forms. If you choose option 1 on the form (money into your own bank account) you will have to pay the full $170 per child on book pickup day. (Please be aware that the EMA does not appear in your bank account until after book selling day). The Government is giving the option of having your EMA put directly into the school bank (option 2which is the preferred method) or directly into your own bank account (option 1 see above) or (option 3) sent as a cheque in your name that you can pick up from the school. It is highly recommended that you choose option 2 on the form. If you choose to take this option and your child/ren are in grades 1 6 you will have to pay $65 per child on book selling day - which will be on Tuesday 28th January 2014. If you have a Prep child the EMA payment is slightly higher and you will only have to pay $30 for books. As is normal practice the school office orders a booklist package for every child in the school.

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A HUGE THANKYOU to our wonderful helpers at last Saturdays market. With some of our regulars at Maryborough the school community rose to the occasion and there were lots of willing helpers: Michelle George, Darren Walker, Deb + Nikki Heylbut, Samantha Brasier, Janine, Andrew, Sarah + Jack Wallace, Prue Williams, Amber Haynes, Grant Wilson, Ruth Underwood, Ken, Carol + Alicia Perkins, Steven Ray, Cindy + Nash Penzo, Lisa Bateman, Warren Peterson, Rachel + Keely Nevinson, Tania Stanbury, Chris Gaskin, Sophie + Justine Beagley, Christina Young, Cheryl + Jeff Hughes

Out of Uniform Day FRIDAY 6th DECEMBER Children will be asked to bring along a Xmas item for the raffle. Please make sure items sent are within a use by date. Raffle books will be sent home soon and need to be returned by Thursday 19th December.

Prep-2 Swimming commences on Mon. 2nd December. Parents will receive information tomorrow re. their childs group and the session times for each day. Please check these times each day as they vary. Contact your childs teacher if you have not received this information. Some Reminders: lunches should not be ordered from the shop on swimming days name all clothing including towels and goggles sandals or thongs should not be worn if wearing bathers under school clothes remember to bring underwear and towel in a named bag

In push carts there were 2 teams, Tootgarook Jets and Flaming Frogs. There was a small team and a tall team. We had sprint, obstacle and the endurance race. We all did fantastic and practiced hard. By Eva.

On Wednesday the Gr 6 students from Tootgarook P.S. participated in the annual R.A.C.V. Energy Break-Through Challenge along with 90 other schools. The competition consisted of the events, Human Powered Vehicles, pushcarts as well as many other energy-based events. The two H.P.V teams participated in an 18 hour race on a 1 km track. Frogs finished 20 th overall and Taipan finished 26th overall. Well done to both teams.

Prep B - Mrs Bos Amelia Reeve for the excellent work she did in addition and counting on. Prep P - Mrs Prossor Connor Hojby for his mastering of counting on to help him solve addition problems. 1/2B - Mrs Baird- Ingka Mears for her attention to producing a persuasive text according to the correct structure for her beautifully presented book work. 1/2H Mrs Hughes Sophie Papadopoulos for being so helpful at the sleepover and providing her teacher with a nice comfortable bed. Thanks! 1/2P - Miss Perkins Hailey May - you are a friendly and helpful member of 1/2P, who cares for others and shows Integrity in all areas of your learning. The improvement youve made with your money skills over the past few weeks is amazing. Well done Hailey! 3/4T Miss Withers Obelia Wycisk for her fantastic presentation on Australian Aboriginals. You spoke clearly and with confidence. Well done Obelia! 3/4W - Ms. Walton LRoy Bunker for the effort he puts into his handwriting and the presentation of all work. 5/6B - Mrs. Bruin Charlotte Weston for her fantastic effort in Pushcarts at Maryborough. You were a positive team member who gave your absolute best effort at all times. Well done! 5/6Q - Miss Quintin You've been working very hard on your Famous Australian project Cody Kupsch. I can see that you're learning many interesting facts about Saint Mary Mckillop. The class and I are excited to see you present it this week. Keep Smiling Cody! Art / Craft Gr 3 -6 (Ms Lee) Miah Taylor and Emily Inglis a fantastic job at decorating the Xmas Charity boxes for Food For All. Music (Mrs Young) Mikayla Davies 5/6B playing the bongos as part of the grade six graduation performance, you are doing a fantastic job keeping all the grade sixes on the correct track. Well done! P.E. / Sport BERNIE WALSH ART AWARD 3/4W for doing a fabulous job of decorating the Xmas Charity Boxes for Southern Peninsula Food For All.

Thank-you!!!
Scholastic Book Fair was a huge success, through commission and rewards we received 65 books to add to our library collection. These books were a mixture of fiction and picture story books. Winners of the Book Fair raffle were Niall Harbour, Tamaya Kupsch and Marco De Mille. These lucky students each received a book of their choice. Our next Book Fair will be held in May 2014 and Bookclub will continue in term one next year. Could students and parents please look at home for library books and take home readers that need to be returned in preparation for next year. Thank you for your continued support of our school library. Regards Jackie Waycott

For Sale Baby Giant New Zealand Rabbits $30 each please contact Craig 0439849926

Every week the students from grade 1-6 do a Big Write. The students set a new writing goal each week which may be to use more punctuation, vocabulary, connectives and openers. This week the 3/4s focussed on the Dreamtime. How the Shark Got Its Fins In 1985, in the gross ocean, there lived a shark named Ruf. He couldnt turn. He swam but he couldnt change direction. He couldnt play with his friends. One day, the shark laid on the magic rock. He started getting fins. His friends told him, You are growing fins! Then he started to play. The End By Jyden The Zebras and The Rainbow Once upon a time in the dream time, there were some zebras. One day a rainbow came out and said, Ha ha ha! You are grey and Im rainbow. After a while there was a big storm, lightning struck and the thunder went bang! bang! bang! It was dark, the zebras were still out, the lightning hit them, they were white then the thunder hit them, they were black with white stripes. They are still there today. That is how the zebras got their stripes. By Miah