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TOOTGAROOK TELEGRAPHWeekly newsletter of
TOOTGAROOK PRIMARY SCHOOLWebsite: www.tootps.vic.edu.au
Telephone: 5985 2864
Email Address: [email protected] Issue 25 15thAugust, 2013
CALENDAR
Monday 19th
August - School Council - 6pm
Wednesday 28th
August - Book Week Incursion
Wednesday 11th
September - District Athletics
Thursday 12th
September - 5/6 Melbourne Excursion
Tuesday 17th
September - Art + Music Festival
Our staff is continuing to further embed our schools Professional Learning journey during 2013. The central
practices underpinning this journey include an intense focus on very targeted learning, heightened
collaboration amongst teachers at each level, as well as the close tracking of students to ensure their successful
progression. Our school operates with professional learning teams, whose planning meetings now exclusively
focus on four critical questions:
What is it we expect our students to learn?
How will we know when they have learned it?
How will we respond when they dont learn?
How will we respond when they already know it?
This year we have trialled new approaches for providing intervention and extension opportunities for our
students as a key component of our journey. We now have four trained teachers who are facilitating VCOPacross the school to ensure that all students achieve valued added performance in writing. Our focus is
transforming many of our practices across the school, and this year will provide us with valuable time to
continue this important work.
Congratulations to the following students who have received a Scholarship from Dromana
Secondary College.
James Read - Laptop Scholarship Caylem Gaskin - Laptop Scholarship Liam Porter - General Excellence Scholarship
This is a terrific achievement for the students and our school. Well done!!
Next week three staff members will be taking Long Service Leave
Mr Wayne Whitworth will be skiing the slopes at Mt Buller for 4 days assisting Toorak
College with the Interschool Snow Sports
Mrs Fran Parsons will be enjoying the warm weather in Cairns for two weeks
- Mrs Cheryl Hughes will be sightseeing across Australia until the end of Term . Mr Paul
King will be acting Principal, Mrs Fiona Scott will be taking 1/2H and Miss Merryn Staleywill taking the Phys Ed lessons.
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Fathers Day Stall
Friday 30th
August
Gifts from $1.00-$5.00.
Last week Grade 1/2 s had
a visit from the dental nurse who taught us about whyit is important to
look after our teeth and how to do it properly.
On Thursday 1/2s had a science theme day, we experimented in the
kitchen making pumpkin scones and learning about heat, chemical
reactions, liquids, solids and fractions.
We learnt about colour by making
coloured lens glasses and using them to
look at different things around the
classroom and we used food colouring to
change the colour of flowers and
experimented with colouring
and milk.
Friday 23rd
August
Pumpkin Soup Day -
$3.50orders returned by
Wednesday 21st
August.
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Prep B - Mrs BosPrep P- Mrs. Prossor Matilda Livesley for her excellent listening and great answers to tricky questions.
1/2B-Mrs Baird- Deegan Thompsonfor making such a fantastic effort to improve his literacy skills and for
his enthusiasm in his literacy groups.
1/2H-Mrs. Hughes Tristan Symonsfor the great attitude and effort he is putting into all of his learning.
Well done and keep it up Tristan!
1/2P-Miss Perkins Scott Wilsonfor his incredible outlook on his learning and participation within the
classroom. Scott reflects on his learning well and often has interesting things to share with the class.
3/4T- Miss Withers Grant Wison for being honest at all times and knowing right from wrong. Keep up the
great work. 3/4W-Ms. Walton Keala Jacobsen for her co-operative attitude to all tasks. She is a reliable and
responsible member of our grade.5/6B-Mrs. Bruin Ricky McLeod for your outstanding contribution to the boys netball team. Your defence
was the key to the teams success. Well done.
5/6Q-Miss Quintin You were a little super star at the Boys Netball on WednesdayBilly Gowans! You had apositive attitude, cheering on the team and always offering to sub whenever needed. I wouldn't ever want to play
Centre against you, you certainly can jump high and run very fast! Well Done!
Art / Craft Gr 3-6 Miss Lee Kira Swaby 5/6B her softie is amazing. Kiras sewing skills are recise and
creative. Well done!
Music (Mrs Young) Hazel Read Prep B WOW! Your practise at home, in the yard, anywhere really -
getting ready for our concert is admirable. You know every single word for every song you need to learn. Well
done!P.E. / Sport Mr King Ella Flynnfor your total commitment to the football team and your performance
under pressure. You played like a champion all day.BERNIE WALSH ART AWARD 5/6BTheir softies for the Art Show are looking fabulous. Keep up the good
work.
We are pleased to announce that the Pelican Learning Centre is entering the
HINTERLAND SCARECROW FESTIVAL this year. We will be making two scarecrows
representing our P-2 gardeners; many P-2s attend Garden Club each fortnight. The
scarecrows will be displayed at a hinterland business during the festival. We will announce
the business name and location next week.
In order to complete these scarecrows we need some help to make them and the following
CHILD SIZED materials:
Garden overalls Gumboots Long sleeved school top Small wheelbarrow, preferably wooden
Please see Mrs Baird if you can help.
P.S. If your child brought home a tomato plant this week you would be advised to keep it in a warm,sunny spot.
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Theres a new fundraiser starting and the money will be going
towards Tootstars. Its as easy as guessing the amount of jelly-
beans in a jar.
Every lunch time meet Aviaja and Leah at the front of the 5/6
pod.
Every guess is worth 20c and you can have as many guesss as
you want.The winner will get called out at the end of term 3 and will
receive all the jelly-beans in that jar!
So if youre interested, meet Aviaja and Leah at the pod and
dont forget your money!!!!====================================================
On Wednesday the girls footballteam played 5 teams from all overthe Peninsula. We had been trainingreally hard and this showed as wewon every game. Our strongestpoints throughout the games wereour tackling, goal kicking andsportsmanship. We got to the grand
final and we won against Rosebud.We will now be able to competeagainst the big schools.
The grade 5/6 Boys Netball on Wednesday
was a fantastic!Our A team played so well but
unfortunately they didn't make the final.
Our B team were undefeated, winning the
grand final by only one goal!
Congratulations to all the boys that
competed!
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HPV vehicle training has begun..
PARENTS ASSOCIATION LUNCH ORDER DAYFRIDAY 23
RDAUGUST
PUMPKIN SOUP
$3.50
Served with a bread roll
Name: ___________________________________________________
Grade: _________________________________
All orders must be returned by Wednesday 21st
August
SORRY NOT LATE ORDERS ACCEPTED.
*one order form per child please.
