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PRINCIPAL REPORT

Dear Parents,

THANK YOU

Thank you to the families who have been helping to get

the Kitchen Garden organised. David Paton has been

helping with the watering of the plants in this hot weather

and installing a watering system. This will make our job so

much easier. Over the weekend Brett Sawyer kindly

moved some concrete planters into the garden for us.

Kate and the children are keen to do some more planting.

Thank you also to Michael and Jackie Evans who came to

our rescue last night to help us get the long jump pits

ready for students to train.

STORY WRITING

Students in Foundation were very excited to share their

story writing with me yesterday. They thought of some

very creative ways to go “to town.”

LABOUR DAY

Due to the Labour Day Holiday there will be no school on

Monday the 13th March

HOCKEY AUSTRALIA

Students from Grade 1-4 participated in a hockey clinic

today organized by Hockey Australia. Students from Miss

Larcombe’s’ class certainly enjoyed the opportunity to try

out their skills under some expert guidance.

2/03/2017 Term 1 Week 5

Toolamba PS “Striving for Excellence”

Ph 58265212

toolambaps@edumail.vic.gov.au

15/04/2010

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CANBERRA CAMP

Reports from the camp have been very positive this week.

Students and staff are thoroughly enjoying seeing the

sights of Canberra. I am sure they will all be looking

forward to seeing their family when they return on Friday

night. At this stage we expect them back at about 6pm.

Have a lovely weekend,

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

All staff were very inspired by the session with Di Snowball

last week. One of the key messages of the day was that

“Kids need to read a lot if they are to become good

readers. The evidence is overwhelming.”

Both teachers and parents play an important role in this.

At school teachers are committed to the following

strategies:

modelling what readers do when they read

giving students opportunity to do sustained

reading every day

Building students world knowledge by reading

them a nonfiction text every day.

Reading quality literature to the children every

day

Introducing three new words a week to build their

vocabulary.

Parents at home it would really benefit your children if

they:

Read every night.

Had stories read and reread to them

Built their world knowledge by watching

educational programs, family outings such as

museums, post office, supermarket, the park etc.

These little excursions are really wonderful ways

for your child to learn about the world around

them. Just talking about what they’re seeing and

doing can help your child make connections, build

vocabulary, and understand their world. All of this

information will be useful when they encounter

those ideas or vocabulary in books later’

Reading factual texts.

Had real purposes for writing e.g. shopping lists,

recipes, letters, messages.

Below is a list of suggested books for young children. I

know many of these books are favorite’s in my daughter’s

home.

Have a lovely weekend,

Regards Heather

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DIANE SNOWBALL’S SUGGESTED BOOKLIST FOR

READING TO PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TO PREP

CHILDREN

Some of the major authors and their titles are listed first

and titles with a * are the most suitable from the time a

baby is born.

This list is also very suitable for the first year at school for

children's read aloud and then independent reading,

particularly if the children have not been read to with this

type of literature. They should be read aloud many times

just as children will request them at home. Soon children

will be reading them independently even if it is just

because they remember the words. These provide much

richer reading than 8 page books without much of a

storyline and less interesting illustrations and they are not

more expensive.

Eric Carle:

The Very Busy Spider

The Very Quiet Cricket

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Rooster’s off to See the World

Do You Want to be my Friend?

The Tiny Seed

(Other books by Eric Carle are very suitable for

independent reading when children are first starting to

read by themselves because they have even simpler

language and with repetitive phrases and sentences.

These include titles such as Have You Seen my Cat? Do

You Want to be my Friend?; Today is Monday)

Mem Fox:

Hello Baby!

*Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

*Where Is The Green Sheep?

Sleepy Bears

Boo to a Goose

*Time for Bed

Night Noises

*Goodnight Sleep Tight

Hattie and the Fox

Harriet, You'll Drive me Wild

*Boo to a Goose

*Zoo-looking

*Nellie Belle

Pamela Allen:

(Children will love the rhythm of the language in Pamela

Allen’s books)

*Bertie and the Bear

Shhh! Little Mouse

*Who Sank the Boat?

A Lion in the Night (some very young children are

frightened by the lion so think about whether this one suits

your child)

Waddle Giggle Gargle

Mr Magee Goes to Sea (It’s fabulous when children can

meet the same character in lots of books, like they can

with Mr McGee)

Mr McGee and the Blackberry Jam

Mr McGee and the Biting Flea

Mr McGee and the Big Bag of Bread

Mr McGee and the Perfect Nest

Fancy That

I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit

Mr Archimedes’ Bath (this one is not as suitable for pre-

school children)

There are many other titles and they are all excellent so

when children start school they will love all of them.

Eric Hill:

*Where's Spot? (There are many other titles about Spot

the Dog and it develops a sense of character in stories

when children meet the same character in several books.)

Alison Lester:

(There are many other great titles suitable for 4-8 year-

olds so it is important to introduce children to this prolific

and popular Australian author/illustrator and Australian

Children’s Laureate.)

*Kissed by the Moon

Roar

Noni the Pony

There are also four other board books for babies -

Crashing and Splashing, Happy and Sad, Bumping and

Bouncing, Bibs and Boots.

(Alison has written many other excellent books for children

to enjoy when they are reading or are ready for read aloud

with more details. These include titles such as Clive Eats

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Alligators; Rosie Sips Spiders; Tessa Snaps Snakes;

Ernie Dances to the Didgeridoo; Magic Beach; My Farm;

Imagine; Are We There Yet? Her illustrations have so

much detail that children continue to notice items each

time the books are read to them.)

Janet and Allan Ahlberg:

*Each Peach Pear Plum

Peepo!

Peek-a-Boo!

(When children start school they will also love other titles

such as The Jolly Postman and The Jolly Christmas

Postman which both have pockets containing letters and

cards as part of the stories. Burglar Bill, Funnybones and

The Happy Family series are all great books for grades 1

and 2.)

John Burningham:

(John Burningham’s books have a ‘softer” feel about them,

particularly because of the style of his illustrations. After

meeting these titles pre-school they will love reading many

of his other titles later, such as Cannonball Simp;

Edwardo; The Magic Bed. The Shopping Basket is a great

title for the first year at school. His books encourage

imagination.)

*Mt. Gumpy’s Outing

*Mr. Gumpy’s Motor Car

Avocado Baby

The Way to the Zoo

Oi, Get off our Train

Would you Rather ....

Lynley Dodd:

*Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy (The repetitive and

rhyming language in this title makes it a very popular book

with very young children. There are many other great titles

about the dog Hairy Maclary and his animal friends which

children can then enjoy when they are ready for longer

stories: Hairy Maclary’s Bone, Hairy Maclary and Zachary

Quack, Hairy Maclary Scattercat, Hairy Maclary Hide and

Seek, Hairy Maclary’s Rumpus at the Vet, Hairy Maclary’s

Show Business, Hairy Maclary’s Hat Tricks, Hairy

Maclary’s Catawaul Caper, Hairy Maclary’s Bone, Slinky

Malinky Early Bird, Slinky Malinky, Catflaps, and Scarface

Claw)

Hairy Maclary at Donaldson's Dairy is also available as an

interactive Q book from the App Store.

Bill Martin Jnr :

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? (with Eric

Carle)

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you See? (with Eric

Carle)

*Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What do you See? (with Eric

Carle)

Michael Rosen:

We’re Going on Bear Hunt

(This is a fabulous story to act out and will introduce

children to an author whose other stories and poetry they

will love when they are older.)

Dr. Seuss:

The Cat in the Hat

Green Eggs and Ham

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

Hop on Pop

Fox in Sox

(The fun with sounds of language makes these titles

popular with young children, but they are longer stories

than most other picture books for this age group. So

introduce them when children are used to being read to for

longer periods of time. There are many other titles suitable

for years 4-8 approx.

Note: All of Dr. Seuss books are available as animated

movies on Youtube, with the words from the books being

read with great expression.)

Mike Brownlow:

Ten Little Pirates

Ten Little Dinosaurs

Ten Little Princesses

Julie Donaldson:

Toddle Waddle (This book is available on YouTube)

The Gruffalo (There are other titles about Gruffalo and it is

a satisfying book experience to find a known character in a

new book.

Snail and the Whale

Room on a Broom ( This book has more text but it's lots of

fun. This author has written a large number of books

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young children enjoy when they are reading

independently.)

Other books and authors:

*Goodnight Moon - Margaret Wise Brown

Runaway Bunny - Margaret Wise Brown

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed - Eileen Christelow

Dear Zoo - Rod Campbell

*I Went Walking - Sue Williams

*This Little Piggy Went Dancing - Margaret Wild

Guess How Much I Love You - Sam McBratney

Sheep in a Jeep - Nancy Shaw

Are You my Mother? - P.D. Eastman

Harry the Dirty Dog – Gene Zion (There are many other

titles about Harry, another opportunity to meet a character

in many books.)

Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak (be sure

your children won't be frightened by the 'monsters')

My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes - Eve Sutton

The Wrong Book – Nick Bland (Also available on YouTube

and as award winning interactive app)

The Lion in the Meadow - Margaret Mahy (a fabulous

author of books for all ages)

The Tiger who Came to Tea - Judith Kerr

One is a Snail and Ten is a Crab (a brilliant book about

numbers) – April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre

Also go to the website of Trevor Cairney

www.Trevorcairney.com which will keep you up-to-date

with books as well as articles about reading, writing,

literacy etc. Trevor’s blog is one of the best for parents

and he is Australian!

Books available on a computer or iPad

There are many stories available on the computer or iPad,

as Apps or on Youtube. This experience with books is not

as valuable as the experience of a person reading to and

interacting with a child who can see and touch the book,

request favourites to be read over and over, join in as they

remember parts of the story and then also enjoy the book

many times by themselves. However, when books are not

available the digital versions are a great substitute. At

least children hear the language of books and become

familiar with a range of great titles and authors. Digital

versions can also help parents to find out about children’s

favourites that may lead to the purchase of the printed

book. Some of the stories on Youtube, such as The Cat in

the Hat titles are also available as a lengthy movie that

has more than the story from the book.

Some books are available online on various sites, such as

the following:

Storytime Anytime is available on Youtube. In this series

the librarian from the Wodonga Library (VIC) reads a

picture book. The titles include Hairy Maclary and books

by Pamela Allen.

www.StorylineOnline.net On this website actors read

popular children’s books, suitable for a variety of age

groups.

Nursery Rhymes and Songs

It is also essential that children hear many nursery rhymes

and songs that they will eventually join in with after

hearing them several times. There are many free websites

where you can find these:

www.kidspot.com.au This site has the words for the most

popular nursery rhymes. Go to kidspot >activity

corner>nursery rhymes

bussongs.com/ this site has the words and the music for

over 2000 children’s songs and nursery rhymes and you

can download both and print the words.

www.mothergooseclub.com This site has nursery rhymes

(the rhymes being shown on the screen and a voiceover

reading them), video clips of nursery rhymes being sung

and acted out and children’s songs being sung. Adobe

Flash is required so you cannot view this on an iPad.

www.songsforteaching.com This site has the lyrics plus

someone singing the rhymes.

On Youtube there are several suitable sites for nursery

rhymes, finger plays and songs. These include:

Muffin Songs

Super Simple Songs

CVS 3D Rhymes

MagicboxEngRhy

Childrenrhymes.

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DO YOU RECOGNISE THESE ITEMS

These items were mistakenly left in Bruce Ferguson’s

(tennis coach) car on Tuesday 28th February during tennis

coaching lessons. If they belong to you, please collect

from the office.

KITCHEN GARDEN

What a wonderful week we have had in our garden. We

have planted out carrot, beetroot, beans and lettuce seeds

to transplant into our garden in a few months. We have

added rhubarb, pumpkin, lettuce, marigold, calendula,

snow pea, zucchini and eggplant seedlings and plants to

our garden. The children have been busy watering and

tending to our garden. The worm bin is in action and has

been moved into full shade and watered and fed…looking

forward to worm tea soon for the garden!

We made seriously delicious zucchini muffins in the

kitchen with our donated eggs and zucchinis – what a

treat! The children once again concentrated on their

cutting skills and started to learn about grating safely. The

children also learnt all about zucchinis – their parts, how to

draw them, care for them and how to prepare and eat

them. I was so proud of the amount of children who

enjoyed trying zucchini raw!!

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6 TIPS TO HELP KIDS AVOID ANXIETY, DEVELOP

POSITIVE SELF-ESTEEM AND NOT BE SCARED OF

MAKING MISTAKES.

BY MICHAEL GROSE

When parents solve all children’s problems we not only

increase their dependency on adults but we teach kids to

be afraid of making mistakes and to blame themselves for

not being good enough. That’s fertile ground for anxiety

and depressive illness.

So, how can we raise kids to be courageous problem-

solvers rather than self-critical scaredy cats? Here are six

practical ideas to get you started.

1. Turn requests into problems for kids to solve

Kids get used to bringing their problems to parents to

solve. If you keep solving them, they’ll keep bringing them.

‘Mum, my sister is annoying me!’ ‘Dad, can you ask my

teacher to pick me for the team?’ ‘Hey, I can’t find my

socks!’ It’s tempting if you are in a time-poor family to

simply jump in and help kids out. Alternatively, you can

take a problem-solving approach, cuing them to resolve

their own problems and take responsibility for their

concerns. ‘What can you do to make her stop annoying

you?’ ‘What’s the best approach to take with your

teacher?’ ‘Socks, smocks! Where might they be?’

2. Ask good questions to prompt problem-solving

A problem-solving approach relies on asking good

questions, which can be challenging if you are used to

solving your child’s problems. The first question when a

child brings you a problem should be: ‘Can you handle this

on your own?’ Next should be, ‘What do you want me to

do to help you solve the problem?’ These questions are

not meant to deter children from coming to you; rather, to

encourage and teach them to start working through their

own concerns themselves.

3. Coach them through problems and concerns

So, your child feels she was unfairly left out of a school

sports team by a teacher and asks you get involved. The

easiest solution may be to meet with the teacher and find

out what’s going on. You may or not resolve the problem

but in doing so you are teaching a child to become

dependent on you. Alternatively, you could coach your

child to speak to the teacher herself and find out why she

was left out. Obviously, there are times when children

need their parents to be advocates for them such as when

they are being bullied, but we need to make the most of

the opportunities for children to speak for themselves.

Better to help your child find the right words to use and

discuss the best way to approach another person when

they have problems. These are great skills to take into

adulthood.

4. Prepare kids for problems and contingencies

You may coach your child to be independent – walk to

school, spend some time alone at home (when old

enough), catch a train with friends – but does he know

what to do in an emergency? What happens if he comes

home after school and the house is locked? Who should

he go to? Discuss different scenarios with children

whenever they enter new or potentially risky situations so

that they won’t fall apart when things don’t go their way.

Remember the Boy Scouts motto – be prepared!

5. Show a little faith

Sometimes you’ve got to show faith in children. We can

easily trip them up with our negative expectations, such as

by saying ‘Don’t spill it!’ to a child who is carrying a glass

filled with water. Of course, your child doesn’t want to spill

it but you’ve just conveyed your expectations with that

statement. We need to be careful that we don’t sabotage

children’s efforts to be independent problem-solvers with

comments such as, ‘Now don’t stuff it up!’ ‘You’ll be okay

… won’t you?’ ‘You’re not very good at looking after

yourself!’

6. Applaud mistakes and stuff-ups

Would a child who accidentally breaks a plate in your

family while emptying the dishwasher be met with a ‘That’s

really annoying, you can be clumsy sometimes’ response

or an ‘It doesn’t matter, thanks for your help’ type of

response? Hopefully it won’t be the first response,

because nothing shuts a child’s natural tendencies to

extend themselves down quicker than an adult who can’t

abide mistakes. If you have a low-risk-taking, perfectionist,

consider throwing a little party rather than making a fuss

when they make errors so they can learn that mistakes

don’t reflect on them personally, and that the sun will still

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shine even if they break a plate, tell a joke that falls flat or

don’t get a perfect examination score.

This is an extract from Michael Grose’s new book

Spoonfed Generation: How to raise independent kids

that’s been released nationally by Penguin Random

House. You can get your copy now at

parentingideas.com.au.

CAMPS, SPORTS AND EXCURSION FUND. (CSEF)

Financial assistance is available for parents/carers who

hold a valid means tested concession card. The card must

be valid at 30/01/17. The allowance is paid to the school to

use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or

sporting activities for the benefit of your child. Please

complete and return the application form attached to this

newsletter to the office before 24th March 2017.

The allowance is $125 per child.

Please contact the office or visit the web site

www.education.vic.gov.au/csef for further information.

BOOK CLUB

Book Club catalogues were sent home with your child

today.

Orders are due back by 9am by Tuesday 14th March.

Payment can be made in the following ways;

Online at parentpayments, scholastic.com .au

Via the LOOP app on your tablet or smart phone

Cheque made out to Toolamba Primary School

We will no longer be accepting cash as payment.

All club purchases earn 20% back in rewards for our

school!

Thank you

Emily.

FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER. Term1 week 5 2017

Dear Parents.

Welcome to Week 5...already! This week the

Foundation students will begin coming to school all week.

Tiredness will be greatly noticed with this process so

please ensure early nights and consistent routines. The

hot weather will also make this challenging. We are so

lucky with the school’s air conditioning as our classroom is

always cool inside.

We have been working hard to establish our Morning

Reading routine, change of take-home books and setting

up of book boxes. Soon we will invite you in to assist with

hearing children read aloud as well as read picture story

books to them. During this time it is important to keep

clear and consistent expectations. These are;

· Remain at the learning table,

· Change take-home books from your child’s book box,

· Read sight words as well weekly rhymes,

· Enjoy picture story books and non-fiction books from

your child’s book box.

We began our Words Their Way picture concept card sort

last week. These are the square pieces of paper in a little

zip lock bag which are to remain in their blue school

plastic pocket. This week we are looking at sorting

shapes. Enjoy sorting these at home as they can generate

wonderful discussions.

Our Show and Tell has proven to be interesting and we

have enjoyed such things as a butterfly collection, lizards,

photo albums, x-rays and pet turtles. Thank you Lilly for

your amazing poster your family made on your pet dog’s

Tilly and Darcy. It is displayed in our classroom window for

all to enjoy!

Remember lunch orders can now be delivered to school

on Wednesdays. Orders must be in by Monday morning

as they are picked up later that day. They are very strict

on this and will not take any late requests.

To support our Literacy learning we have a strong focus

on learning names, sounds and letter formation of each

letter, upper and lower case of the alphabet. We also list

names of objects for these letters.

So far we have focussed on;

· Ss - snake, sausage, sink, scissors, sink

· Tt — turtle, tap, torch, tomato, tractor

· Ii— igloo, ink, insect

· Ww— water, wood, wolf, watch, wombat

Most weeks we try to make something regarding the letter

that we have focussed on. For example a Letter S Bag, a

paper turtle, an Ii tiny book and a W poster. A great idea

is to place them in a special box (An Alphabet Box), and

revisit them regularly in order for retention to take place.

In Numeracy we have focussed on 1:1 matching of

10

quantities, number recognition to 10, as well as number

pictures with the use of dice and dominoes. They have

also been exposed to Friends of 10 on an I-pad. Visual

Imagery is such an important aspect of Foundation

Mathematics. We have also had small focussed groups

learning the correct formation of each numeral. This will

be a consistent fluency task that will be practised

regularly.

Please remember our Crazy Hair Day 14th March and be

mindful of hair spray, gel, clips, ties and tight hair do’s that

could be uncomfortable by morning recess.

Foundation would like to thank the Hann Family for

lending their collection of Paul Jennings books about the

dragon Little Rascal. We are loving these stories and the

situations this little dragon, as well as his friends find

themselves in.

Kate and I are totally enjoying our start to the school year

and building relationships with your child. We are so

proud of how far they have come in one short month of

school. And well done to you to for giving us the space to

do this. We look forward to the next 5 weeks before

Easter.

Any concerns, queries, uncertainties...our door is always

open after 3.15 each day.

Kind Regards,

Jenny and Kate.

TIMELINE FOR SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2017

Thurs 9th Mar Ballot Papers Distributed (If

necessary)

Tue 16th Mar Close of Ballot for School Council

Mon 20th Mar New Council is able to meet.

The first meeting of the new Council will be held on

Monday 20th March to elect the office bearers. This

meeting is chaired by the Principal. Thereafter, the fully

constituted new School Council will meet, chaired by the

duly elected president.

FAMILY ACCOUNTS

Statements for school family accounts will be sent out on a

monthly basis.

Instalments can be made by using the BPAY details on

your statement. EFTPOS is also available at the office.

RECEIVING THE NEWSLETTER BY EMAIL

If you would like to receive a copy by email as well as a

paper copy, please complete the details below and return

the form to school.

Name………………………………………………………….

Email ……………………………………………………….

TOOLAMBA OUT OF HOURS SCHOOL CARE.

Out of School Hours Care is available at Toolamba

Primary School; after school Monday to Friday from

3.15pm to 6pm during school terms. The price is $16.00

per session. Bookings can be made by ringing the After

Hours Care number which is 0457 847 970. Please ring

this number rather than book through the office.

Enrolment Forms are available from Fiona or the office.

To make a booking for Mon, Tue, Wed or Thurs you need

to ring before 12pm on that day. Bookings for Friday need

to be made before 5.30pm on Thursday.

OCCASIONAL CARE

Occasional Care is available at Toolamba Kinder on

Tuesdays from 9am-3pm and Fridays from 9am to 3pm. If

you would like to book a place for your child, please call

the Kinder on 5826 5320

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COMMUNITY NEWS

LIVING LONGER AT HOME

Presented by the Toolamba Lion’s Club and Greater

Shepparton City Council.

As we age it can become more challenging to remain

living in your own home.

Come along and learn more about:

The services that will assist you to enjoy living at

home longer.

Skills and knowledge to keep you safe in your own

home.

Advanced care planning and power of attorney.

Guest Speaker: Petra Alwer

Greater Shepparton City Council.

When: Tuesday 7th March, 7pm-7.30pm

Where: Junction Hotel, Toolamba

The presentation will start at 7pm sharp.

For more information please contact:

Karen on 0439 336 662

Or Helen on 5826 5005.

TOOLAMBA FOOD SWAP

Toolamba Food Swap on Sunday 5th March, from 9am

until 11am.

Come and grab a coffee, bring some seeds to contribute

to the New Community Seed Bank, Swap your excess

produce and engage in a great community event. For

more information check out our Facebook page or follow is

on Instagram @toolambafoodswap

LOOKING FOR A NEW WINTER SPORT THIS YEAR?

Hockey could be that sport for you!

We are always looking for young new sports stars to join

in our local competition. The sport offers many

opportunities to develop fitness, team work, and personal

skill levels. All age groups are welcome to join any of the

following Shepparton Clubs. Each have an Under 11,

Under 13 and Under 15 team as well as a Hookin2Hockey

program for the younger children.

SYC: training Tuesday from 5:30-6:30pm

o Contact: (Iain on 0418 315 393)

Strikers: training Wednesday from 5:30-6:30pm

o Contact: (Bec on 0428 314 315)

Mooroopna: training Thursday from 5:30-6:30pm

o Contact: (Anne on 0411 887 316)

The GV Under 18’s team train Monday nights from

6:30-8:00pm

TOOLAMBA SOCCER 2017 SEASON.

Information/rego night: 4.30-5.30pm Thursday 2nd March

at the school.

Parents of new players are strongly advised to attend.

Past players who intend on playing again in 2017- simply

email or text your child's name & DOB to the numbers /

emails below.

The age groups for 2017 have not changed and will be:

Under 6, 7, 8, 10 & 12 (must be under the age as at

January 1. 2017.) (special dispensation is also available in

particular circumstances- pls ask....)

To play under 6- your child must turn 5 by July 1 of this

year.

Fees for 2017

Under 12 $95

All other age groups $90. (Payable before the first game-

April 22)

Any parent who is interested in coaching/team managing

please let us know.

If you are on Facebook- check out our page at Toolamba

Junior Soccer

Here's to another great season of soccer at Toolamba.

Kind regards

Delegates: Ross Fifoot (0409685060)

rossfifoot@bigpond.com Katie Clavarino (0417504520)

NETSET GO 2017

Start Date; Friday 28th April

Time: 5pm to 7pm

Age Group: Foundation, Grades 1 and 2

Cost: $90 (14 weeks)

To register pay online, visit netsetgo.asn.au and search

Tatura Netball Association under the ‘find a centre’ tab.

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MURCHISON-TOOLAMBA FOOTBALL NETBALL CLUB

Junior Netball Teams

The club enters an exciting season where we will be

officially known as Murchison-Toolamba FNC. This formal

acknowledgement of the arrangement struck over 50

years ago when the clubs merged once again gives a

winter sports identity to Toolamba. Our club is committed

to unifying our district in sport and providing a fantastic

community club atmosphere for everyone to enjoy.

In an effort to be the club that can cater for all, we are

exploring the option of running a greater number of netball

sides in 2017. Our local primary schools; Murchison PS,

Toolamba PS and Dhurringile PS, do a wonderful job in

generating participants in the Friday night junior sport

spectacle at Tatura that caters for primary school netball

and Auskick. Our club is committed to ensuring these

programs continue to grow from strength to strength. We

are on the look out to add teams in the Shepparton Netball

Association on Saturday mornings, the initial interest in

this will be in the 11 & Under and 13 & Under age groups.

The opportunities to be created through both towns

working together are immense and I hope that you feel a

greater sense of belonging to the Grasshoppers! If you’d

like more information you can drop down to see the

footballers and netballers train on Tuesday and Thursday

nights at 6pm or you can catch up with me at a suitable

time.

Craig Thompson

Murchison-Toolamba

FNC President

COME TO THE DHURRINGILE PRIMARY SCHOOL

CENTENARY WEEKEND!

Friday 17th March 2017. 6.30pm at the school

Centenary Movie Night

Historical display, face painting, old fashioned games,

popcorn, coffee van, BBQ, and more.

BYO seats/blankets and insect repellent! All welcome.

Saturday 18th March

6pm: Tree planting at the school followed by tour and

historical display.

7pm: Dinner at Dhurringile Community Hall

Three course meal. BYO drinks

$25.00 per ticket

Bookings: 5826 6222

RSVP 9th March 2017.

Our school book will be published later this year to include

photos and memories of the celebration. You can place

your order below and we will send you a copy.

History of Dhurringile Primary School $20.00 per book

Name……………………………………………………..

Address………………………………………………………

Phone……………………………………………………..

Or Email……………………………………………………..

Post to: 605 Langham Road, Dhurringile, Vic 3610.

TOOLAMBA LION’S CLUB Inc.

Meets 1st Tuesday of each month.

For more information contact:

Helen Morritt 5826 5005

Bill McDonald 5826 5182

Keira Birchmore 0417 252 874

ACTIVITIES IN THE PARK

Traditional Indigenous Games

Toolamba Recreation Reserve

Friday 24/03/2017. 6.00pm-8.00pm

FREE TO BE ME FAMILY DAY CARE

Greater Shepparton Family Day care

Phone: 0409 383 151 Email: Becc.guest@outlook.com

Welcome to Free to be Me Family Day Care. My name is

Rebecca Ash and I am excited to be providing Day Care

Services here in Toolamba with the support of Greater

Shepparton Family Day Care. I am Diploma qualified and

have been working in Children’s Services for three and a

half years in long day care and also pre-school, in both an

assistant and Room Leader role.

ADVERTISEMENTS

Watches & Diamonds Watchmaker and Manufacturing Jeweller.

All work done on the premises.

150 Hogan Street, Tatura

(03) 5824 1100

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Bovine Inseminations

HERD IMPROVEMENT SERVICES

1740 Finlay Road, Tongala, 3621

Phone (03) 5859 0763 FAX: (03) 5859 0219

CALENDER

CALENDER

Fri 3rd Mar Hot dog Day

Thurs 2nd Mar Closing Date for Nominations

Mon 6-Wed 8th Mar Life Ed Van

Tue 7th Mar Prep Photos

Thurs 9th March Ballot Papers Distributed (If

necessary)

Mon 13th Mar Labour Day Public Holiday

Tues 14th Mar JSC Crazy Hair Day

Thurs 16th Mar Close of Ballot for School Council

Fri 17th Mar Toolamba Athletics (note change

of date)

Mon 20th Mar School Council /AGM

Wed 22nd Mar} Grade 3/4 Camp

Fri 24th Mar} Camp Curumbene. $220

Tues 28th Mar Tatura Sports Day

Fri 31st Mar Last Day Term 1

Tues 18th April Start Term 2

Wren Street, Toolamba. 3614

toolamba.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

www.toolambaps.vic.edu.au

Ph: (03) 58265212 Fax: 03 5826 5464

New Seasons Galas

Back by popular demand from paddock to

plate!

3 weeks only.

$5 per a bag as usual.

Honesty system at front of property

Rutherford Orchards - 245 Toolamba-Rushworth Road, Toolamba.

Riverbank Window Tinting

Specialising in home and office window film.

Services include, but are not limited to:

Heat and glare reduction film- Digital print film and

signage- Frosted film - Safety and security film-

Window Cleaning

Ph: 0429 777 402

GUITAR AND KEYBOARD LESSONS

Cliff Doornkamp conducts 20 minute lessons for both

guitar and keyboard every Thursday. The cost is $17.00

per lesson (payable at time of lesson).

For more information please contact Cliff Doornkamp on

0474 769 963.

LEARN THE ART OF TAE KWON DO.

Where: Toolamba Hall

When: Monday & Wednesday 7pm - 8pm

Cost: $70 insurance $40 per month

All age groups welcome. Come and visit us during one

of our sessions to see what it's all about.

A great way to learn defence, get fit and build self

confidence.

I look forward to meeting and teaching you,

Kylie Suratman (5th Dan) Instructor.

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