July 24th 2015 Haddon Primary School Making a difference Principal: Maryanne Moody Phone: 5342 4487 Website www.haddonps.vic.edu.au Education is important, “It’s not ok to be away”, or to be late!! Please phone student absences in by 9am 5342 4487 Calendar July 27th School Council 7pm 28th Rookeepers Wildlife Incursion P-2 30th Book Club issue 5 due back August 5th Hot lunch day 7th Jeans for Genes day 7th Shop lunch orders not available 10th Earth Education 3/4H 12th 5/6 Camp deposit due 12th Earth Education 3/4N & 4F 18th Grade 6 IT transition Phoenix College 19th Hot Lunch Day 31st School Council September 2nd Hot Lunch Day 7th-14th Bike Education 3-6 9th Science Works 3-4 9th Basketball Tournament 11th Llanberris Division Athletics 15th 5-6 Ride to Smythesdale 16th Hot Lunch Day 16th Fishing Grade 5 17th Fishing Grade 5 18th Last Day Term 3 18th Footy Day All students have seled well into the term rounes and learning is well under way. One of the key components to learning relates to the orderly environments of our classrooms and the capacity for teacher to teach and students to learn. Each year the Department of Educaon hosts a survey of senior students across the state to gauge their percepons on a raſt of areas relang to school life. These areas cover: Relaonships, Wellbeing and Teaching and Learning. Haddon boasts high levels of achievement in all these areas with a strong endorsement from our greatest crics, the students. In relaon to student safety and smulang learning, our students exceed both regional and state benchmarks. Our students are fully aware that fights and bullying do occur, however they feel safe as they know someone will listen and support them. They are connected to their peers and connue to gain confidence as learners. Schools are measured by these indicators and I need to acknowledge the efforts of our staff to see that we maintain this excellent level of performance. We are extremely fortunate at Haddon to have such dedicated and movated staff. A reminder to all parents that if you do have concerns we can help. Please contact Gaye or myself if there are concerns which you need addressed or even some reassurance. Our grounds are starng to take shape. Shane, our new grounds person, is making inroads with the jungle around the ELC and winning the fight with leaves and broken branches. Closer to spring we will commence some planng under the guidance of Sara Stevens who has kindly volunteered her horcultural wisdom and support. Hot lunches are extremely popular with students and we must take me to thank the small band of helpers that make this happen. We do not want to have disappointed children so please make sure your orders are in on me, phoning through can be an opon of you are running close to the cut off. Late orders will be returned to children as the ordering is quite tricky for our helpers. I hope you can assist. Our Art Show is just around the corner if you have any me to assist please phone Gaye Carrigan and she will no doubt give you a job! Principal’s Report 2015 Term Dates Term 3: 13 July to 18 September Term 4: 5 October to 18 December
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July 24th 2015
Haddon Primary School Making a
difference
Principal: Maryanne Moody
Phone: 5342 4487 Website
www.haddonps.vic.edu.au
Education is important, “It’s not ok to be away”, or to be late!!
Please phone student absences in by 9am 5342 4487
Calendar
July
27th School Council 7pm
28th Rookeepers Wildlife Incursion P-2
30th Book Club issue 5 due back
August
5th Hot lunch day
7th Jeans for Genes day
7th Shop lunch orders not available
10th Earth Education 3/4H
12th 5/6 Camp deposit due
12th Earth Education 3/4N & 4F
18th Grade 6 IT transition Phoenix College
19th Hot Lunch Day
31st School Council
September
2nd Hot Lunch Day
7th-14th Bike Education 3-6
9th Science Works 3-4
9th Basketball Tournament
11th Llanberris Division Athletics
15th 5-6 Ride to Smythesdale
16th Hot Lunch Day
16th Fishing Grade 5
17th Fishing Grade 5
18th Last Day Term 3
18th Footy Day
All students have settled well into the term routines and learning is well under way.
One of the key components to learning relates to the orderly environments of our
classrooms and the capacity for teacher to teach and students to learn.
Each year the Department of Education hosts a survey of senior students across the
state to gauge their perceptions on a raft of areas relating to school life. These areas
cover: Relationships, Wellbeing and Teaching and Learning. Haddon boasts high levels
of achievement in all these areas with a strong endorsement from our greatest critics,
the students. In relation to student safety and stimulating learning, our students
exceed both regional and state benchmarks. Our students are fully aware that fights
and bullying do occur, however they feel safe as they know someone will listen and
support them. They are connected to their peers and continue to gain confidence as
learners. Schools are measured by these indicators and I need to acknowledge the
efforts of our staff to see that we maintain this excellent level of performance. We are
extremely fortunate at Haddon to have such dedicated and motivated staff. A
reminder to all parents that if you do have concerns we can help. Please contact Gaye
or myself if there are concerns which you need addressed or even some reassurance.
Our grounds are starting to take shape. Shane, our new grounds person, is making
inroads with the jungle around the ELC and winning the fight with leaves and broken
branches. Closer to spring we will commence some planting under the guidance of Sara
Stevens who has kindly volunteered her horticultural wisdom and support.
Hot lunches are extremely popular with students and we must take time to thank the
small band of helpers that make this happen. We do not want to have disappointed
children so please make sure your orders are in on time, phoning through can be an
option of you are running close to the cut off. Late orders will be returned to children
as the ordering is quite tricky for our helpers. I hope you can assist.
Our Art Show is just around the corner if you have any time to assist please phone
Gaye Carrigan and she will no doubt give you a job!
Each student will have at least six pieces of art work on display. Bring along your family and friends and celebrate
your child’s creative achievements.
Local Art and Craft Stalls
(If you are interested in holding a stall please contact Lisa at school)
Hot food available
Admission: FREE
More information Phone Lisa at HPS: 53 424487
FINE A FASHION CRIME!
Haddon Primary School students will endeavor to raise money for genetic research on the 7th of August, 2015.
Students will be encouraged to dress in as much denim as they possibly can! We want to see double denim, triple or even quadruple denim!
This is considered a 'fashion crime,' therefore we will be asking students make a gold coin donation on the day, in support of genetic research.
We will also encourage students to participate in other fashion crimes (especially those that don't currently own a pair of jeans) such as socks with sandals, a clash of colours, runners with jeans or wearing hats backwards!
Parents and students are encouraged to check out our Haddon Primary School page and click ‘Updates’ for further information:
All parents are invited to attend a coffee afternoon in the carpet area of the hall on Wednesday July 29. This is a social event to meet new parents and to catch up with other parents in the school. Discussion and information exchange will take place regarding some activities which have been planned for the remainder of the school year.
WANTED FOR ART SHOW Please collect all plastic lids from milk, juice cordial bottles. Plastic lids from jars all shapes , colours and sizes. We need hundreds of lids to create a brightly coloured mural for our garden area. Collection boxes will be placed in the ELC and In the Art room. Please wash all lids thoroughly before sending to school.
