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Thursday, 26th April, 2012 PRINCIPALS REPORT Issue 10

DIARY DATES:

April
27th Victorian Space & Science Centre (MS)

May
2nd - 4th - OE Mt Arapiles Excursion (MS) 2nd SC Finance Meeting 7:00pm 2nd - School Council 7:30pm 15th Tertiary Information Service Exc.(MS) 15th & 16th - VCAL Personal Development Melbourne (MS) 16th - Jewish Holocaust Centre (MS) 16th - 18th - OE Otways National Park & Queenscliff (MS) 21st Swan Hill Performance (MS) 21st- 22nd Unit1 Geography - Otways National Park (MS) 23rd VCE English Excursion Athenaeum Theatre (MS)

School Review Mr. Michael Rowland will conduct an extensive review of the Boort District P-12 School over the next few weeks. Mr. Rowland has had over 15 years experience as a school reviewer and I look forward to assisting Mr. Rowland with this important educational process. As part of this review, Mr. Rowland has indicated that he is willing to meet with a small number of parents to discuss their thoughts about the school and to help determine a direction for the future. If you are willing to meet with Mr. Rowland for either an individual or small group session could you please give me a call. Mr. Rowland will be at Boort on Wednesday 2nd May, Friday 4th May, Monday 7th May, Tuesday 8th May and Friday 10th May. Ultranet at King Street The Ultranet program at our King Street campus will be getting a real boost this term with Mrs. Holland being employed for an additional day. Her work will assist staff and students with the Ultranet particularly focussing on the development of online learning tasks. Anzac Services Thank you to students who participated in the services at Malone Street and King Street. Student involvement in these services is always a highlight and I thank the students who participated in such a respectful and confident manner. I would like to thank Mr. Alan Streader for playing the bugle at both venues. We are

fortunate to have Mr. Streader in our community.

Parent/Teacher Interviews Malone Street campus I would like to thank the many parents who took the opportunity to discuss their childs progress with teachers. The partnership between parents, staff and students is vitally important to long term success. Processes like Parent/Teacher interviews are so important in developing and sustaining a positive relationship. If for any reason you were unable to attend, teachers are more than willing to make alternative times.

Parents Victoria Online Conference 2012 6am Sunday 20 May to midnight Saturday 26 May (Australian time)
* Principals, headmasters and teachers are invited to inform parents of this no-cost opportunity for discussion and debate. PARENTS of primary and secondary students, in all states, territories and countries, are warmly invited to take part in this years online conference, to be held next month by Parents Victoria, in Australia. The conference will be held nonstop on the internet from 6am Sunday 20 May to midnight Saturday 26 May. No special software is needed, other than an internet-connected computer and a browser (speakers are an advantage but are optional). The online discussions will be very easy to join in, online resources will be provided, and guidelines about how to participate will be available. *You dont need to be a member of Parents Victoria to take part. Join in for all days, just some days, or even a few hours, depending on your lifestyle and other commitments. Topics The exact day-to-day conference program will be emailed to those who register shortly before the conference begins. Topics include Celebrating Public Education, Bullying, Multiculturalism, Languages Other Than English (LOTE), Mental Health, Travel to School and School Payments. Register online at no cost The Parents Victoria Online Conference 2012 website will open at exactly 6am on Sunday 20 May at: http://www.cybertext.net.au/pv/ *Please note: The placeholder page that is currently visible at this website address will automatically redirect to the live conference homepage, at precisely 6am on Sunday 20 May. Please register yourself online, at this website address, before you participate in the online conference. The conference will feature six live daily online discussions, each of them hosted, for several hours each day, by a member of Parents Victoria or expert commentators from a number of different associations. Each 24-hour period will focus on a different topic that is currently of concern to parents. The seventh day will provide an extra opportunity to have your say on all of the topics discussed earlier in the week. There will also be one continuous online discussion that will last all week.

Andrew Whatley Principal MALONE STREET CAMPUS

Grade 5/6 Science Project We have been working on a project called Mission to Mars. Over the past week and before the holidays we began this task in preparation to go to the Victorian Space Science Centre at Strathmore Secondary College on Friday 27 th April. We have been working through a series of tasks including researching different planets, comparing surfaces and presenting this in a folder involving many paper folding activities. We are looking forward to working at the space centre on Friday and reporting back our findings.

YEAR 5-12 HOMEWORK, ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT Unit Name Year 5,6 and 7 Literacy Year 5,6 and 7 Literacy Year 5,6 and 7 Numeracy Year 8 and 9 English Year 12 English Year 12 English A2.3/3.3 Drama Description Of Task Required Reading logs and activities 10 Spelling words test Maths Mates Spelling Test Complete practice Language Analysis Work on persuasive oral presentation. Weekly Journal covering class activities. Due Date Each Wednesday Each Tuesday Each Thursday Each Friday Monday 30th April Week 3 Each Thursday

Ultranet Parent Survey - Could parent please return the Ultranet Survey ASAP Ultranet Parent Information Sessions Wednesday 2nd May 3.45pm and 6.00pm King St campus Library RSVP Monday 30th May King St Campus Parent Information Sessions will be held to assist parents to register on the Ultranet. These sessions will be conducted at the King St campus Library as they have access to desk top computers for parents to complete the registration process. Jarrod Robinson & Emily Holland Ultranet Lead Users

KING STREET CAMPUS

ANZAC Service On Tuesday, the Grade 4 students presented a very informative ANZAC service. It was pleasing to witness the reverence with which the students remember the ANZACS. The students are to be congratulated on the way they conducted the service. Thank you to Megan Turnbull for helping the students organise the service and to Ros Lanyon for helping the students with the wreath. We are grateful to Mr Alan Streader for playing the bugle at the service. Mr Streader has willingly given up his time for a number of years to participate in the King Street ANZAC service. A big thank you to the students that helped sweep, shift chairs and set up for the service when it started to rain. Cultural Performance On Tuesday 1st May the Cultural Performance A Slice of Vaudeville, will be performing at King Street. The students are looking forward to the performance. It is a wonderful opportunity for the students. The performance payment is part of the compulsory fee, paid by parents. Student Emergency Information- It is imperative that all student information is kept up to date. Please remember to ensure contact people and phone numbers (including mobiles) are still current.

Head Lice There have been incidents of head lice reported to the school, since the holidays. Could all parents please be vigilant about checking hair on a weekly basis? Using conditioner and a fine tooth comb will allow the live lice and nits to be removed. Thank you to the parents who are vigilant about checking their childs hair weekly; however we need commitment from all parents to complete a checking and treatment process. Please contact me if you require any help or information. Fun Run On Wednesday, 9th May, King Street students will be participating in a Fun Run, in conjunction with Malone Street students, beginning at 12 oclock. The actual run will start and finish at the King St basketball court, run along the dirt road bordering the cow patch, coming up King Street (near the fire station). King Street students will not be seeking sponsorship for this activity. All students will be participating in training sessions during the next few weeks in preparation for the event. Students are advised to wear sneakers for the next 2 weeks rather than their black school shoes. Please ensure you send your children to school with a drinker each day. Prep & Grade 1: Will be required to run/walk - 1 km Grade 2,3,&4: Will be required to run/walk - 2 kms Free Fruit Thursday Aprils Best Vegetables asian greens, avocado, beans, beetroot, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, capsicum, carrot, celery, chilli, cucumber, eggplant, fennel, garlic, leek, lettuce, mushrooms, olive, parsnip, potato, pumpkin, shallot, silverbeet, spinach, squash, swede, tomato, turnip, zucchini. Fruit apples, banana, cumquat, custard apple, fig, grapes, guava, kiwifruit, lemon, mandarin(imperial), nashi, nuts, orange(Valencia), passionfruit, pears, persimmon, plum, pomegranate, quince, rhubarb. Roster This week Naomi Malone Next week (May 26th) Kate Perrymans group Monday Lunches Rostered families for the 30th April are Katrina Lanyon and Sandy Freiberg. Please be at the MP room at 12pm. If you are unable to attend on your rostered day please arrange a swap or contact Kerry Baker (54552630). Could lunch orders please be in by 2pm Thursday 26th April, thanks for your co operation with this. Kerry Baker Monday Lunch Co-ordinator.

Marg Byrne Head of Campus

Students of the Week

Hird for being a good listener. Liam Baker for wanting to complete his writing activity before going to recess. Grade 2/3 Toby Poxon - for working well in group maths this week. Syd Edwards - for excellent breaking of words in literacy this week. Great work
Syd. Prep Jett

Evie Velleley - for working extra hard in maths this week. Great work Evie. Serah Toby - for working well in maths groups and taking a special interest in
books at home.

Ella Lanyon - for taking initiative in the library corridor. (Term 1) Grade 3/4 Angus Harrington - for being helpful to a new student in our class. Gus Gould - for bringing in a very interesting invention to share with the class. Chloe Baker - for reading with fluency.

Room 3 Congratulations!!
Grade Five and Six Journals On the 19th of April the grade 5/6 came up to King Street to read their journals. Mr Bleicher and Mrs Featherby walked up with the 5/6s. The best explaining people who I went with were Tim and Jordan. Zac Poxon On the 19/4/12 the grade five and six came back to King Street campus, to read out their Journals to the grade 3/4. It was awesome to have the grade 5/6s back! They said some pretty good things about their first two weeks at the new school in Malone Street campus. My favourite pairs who read to me were Oscar and Fiona. Their Journals were nice and long. They came at about 12:00. Ava Lanyon Today the grade 5/6 came to share their journals. I went with Mitchell, Archie, Molly and Austin. They came at 11.45am. They had the best journals ever because they had made it very interesting. Angus Potter Today at Boort District School King Street campus we had the fabulous grade 5/6 come to our school to read their journals to us. There were lots of people reading their journals to us it sounds great at the new school!! Chloe Baker Today at Boort District School the 5/6 came to our school to read out their journals. Also Mrs Featherby and Mr Bleicher came from Malone Street. I first listened to Shane Bowerman and Justus Field. They read about all their periods and their teachers. Then I listened to Finn Poxon and Rory Grogan. Finally I listened to Oscar Harrington and Fiona Ray. They read about their teachers and periods and what they do at play time. Bella Grogan and Acacia Vernon did a speech. That was nice. All the grade 5/6 journals were really good. Emma Anderson Today (19th April) the grade 5/6s came and read their first three week journal to the grade 3/4 class. They did a really good job reading them. Good work 5/6!!! Lance Malone Today the grade 5-6 came to read their journal to us. It was fun to listen to them. My favourite one was Shayne and Justus. It took a long time, but it was so fun that I wanted to listen to them again. Tarnesha Jenkins

CLEANERS AWARD

COMMUNITY NEWS
Boort Badminton The Senior Badminton competition is starting up again with a tournament on 26th of April, at 7:30pm. Anyone interested (Year 7 and above) is welcome to come along and have a hit. Net Set Go The Net Set Go program will run again this year on a Thursday night from 3:45-4:45 in the Community Centre, starting on the 31st May 2012. The cost for the program is $65.00 which includes 10 sessions, Net Set Go pack (Sports bag, Netball, lunchbox, snack pod, drink bottle, activity book & Melbourne Vixen name tag) and cost of Community Centre hire. If interested please contact Deb Maxted (0407583769) or Kristen Gooding (0407857894) before the 8 th May, so that the packs can be ordered and delivered by the 1st week.