Term 3 Week 9 Principal’s Message Dear Parents Congratulations to all staff and students for the magnificent performances in Hey Mate.... I am incredibly proud of the talent on display and the effort and commitment from all involved. Thank you parents for your support and we have really appreciated the well-wishing cards and emails and chocolates! We do this for kids and hope that this opportunity is an experience to be treasured for many years to come and the confidence gained may lead to many great things in the future. As I mentioned last week Mrs Saurins is off on a well-earned break and I acknowledge and commend her outstanding leadership in putting everything together. Today was the first of our orientation activities for children and the meeting of the buddies. Our Year Fives are certainly keen to take on this very special role and I was most impressed with ideas which came out of their training session. Being a buddy means: you can develop a close relationship you can teach them the rules and you have made a difference in someone‟s life. Well done Year 5. The school is very quiet today with Year 6 in Canberra, Year 3 at Camp Toukley and Year 1 at the airport. We hope everyone has an enjoyable and valuable learning experience. Our next opportunity to share a great day together is next Wednesday at the Infants Sports Day. Mrs Sturgess has organised a host of fun activities and the weather should be on our side Nielsine Oxenford Principal Bulletin Term 3 Week 9
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Term 3 Week 9
Principal’s Message Dear Parents
Congratulations to all staff and students for the magnificent performances in Hey Mate.... I am incredibly
proud of the talent on display and the effort and commitment from all involved. Thank you parents for
your support and we have really appreciated the well-wishing cards and emails and chocolates! We do
this for kids and hope that this opportunity is an experience to be treasured for many years to come and
the confidence gained may lead to many great things in the future.
As I mentioned last week Mrs Saurins is off on a well-earned break and I acknowledge and commend
her outstanding leadership in putting everything together.
Today was the first of our orientation activities for children and the meeting of the buddies. Our Year
Fives are certainly keen to take on this very special role and I was most impressed with ideas which
came out of their training session. Being a buddy means:
you can develop a close relationship
you can teach them the rules and
you have made a difference in someone‟s life. Well done Year 5.
The school is very quiet today with Year 6 in Canberra, Year 3 at Camp Toukley and Year 1 at the
airport. We hope everyone has an enjoyable and valuable learning experience.
Our next opportunity to share a great day together is next Wednesday at the Infants Sports Day. Mrs
Sturgess has organised a host of fun activities and the weather should be on our side
Floraville P.S. Currently Focusing on Playground – Stop, Freeze, Teacher This initiative requires our students to stop and freeze on the bell and wait for teacher’s instructions to leave the playground in an orderly way.
Office Office hours 8.30am to 3.15pm
Please make sure you have the correct money when paying for activities or excursions. Please note we do not have EFTPOS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO CHECK LOST PROPERTY IF YOUR CHILD HAS MISPLACED ANY OF THEIR BELONGINGS. LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CANTEEN Please be aware that the school has a bounce back service that is used to notify parents of any change of arrangements to times for students returning from excursions, camp or major sporting events. All you need to do is text the word “flora” to 19922767 and you will receive any updated information the office has on hand.
Important Dates For Your Calendar
School News Coles Sports Vouchers The Coles vouchers program was a tremendous success last year with our school
collecting 96,000 vouchers. This translated into thousands of dollars worth of brand new
sports equipment for our children. We are hoping to do a little better this year and reach
the 100,000 tally. From last year’s experience it is worthwhile speaking to family friends,
relatives and colleagues who do not have school age children and asking them to also
collect on your behalf. Remember, the winning class with the most vouchers will receive
a special reward from our P&C.
KEEP BRINGING IN THE COLES VOUCHERS AND YOUR WOOLWORTHS’ RECEIPTS.
There was a scout belt lost at the Civic Theatre last week. It has Zac Hansons name on it.
If you picked this up can you please return it to the office.
School Performance Photos
Sport News Coles Sports Vouchers
Well done to all the students who are bringing in their vouchers by the hand full. There is a lot of excitement around the school about which class will win the competition and receive a fabulous sporting prize from our P&C. Some students have even gone as far as to sign up family friends, grandparents and other relatives in collecting vouchers on their behalf. Keep them coming in. I am sure we can reach the 100,000 plus target!
Regional Athletics
Congratulations to our wonderful sporting stars who will compete in the Regional Carnival this Friday at Glendale. Unfortunately Tom Hitchcock will be absent on holidays, however Matilda Campbell, Maddi Thompson, Eloise Dorans-Knowles, Jakob Ball, Bede Smith and Dawson Spruce are all primed and ready to represent the Eastlakes region. Good luck! Sports Stars
Congratulations to Trudi Peterson. This fantastic example of sportsmanship is not only wonderful on the field but also off. While being away at State Softball training for the week she was announced as a member of the regional cricket squad. She is also a central player in a number of school knockout teams. Great work Trudi! Primary Summer Sport
It is approaching that time already where parents and children need to discuss their sporting options for next term. Paid options on offer will be sailing $85, Water Polo $65, Water Fun $65, Tennis $25 and Aerobics $12. Free options include orienteering, soccer, basketball, cricket, softball and touch footy. Students electing free sports options aside from orienteering will rotate between activities each week to give all students exposure to a range of sports and skills. Orienteering participants will remain in their same group for the whole term. We have been able to reduce the price of Water Polo this term as we will trial holding it at Swansea Pool. The Water Polo bus will still collect sailors on the return trip. A reminder to all parents and students that only students who have participated in the Water Fun activity previously are eligible to nominate for water based sports. Sailing is only open to students in Year 6 Infants Athletics Carnival
The Infants Athletics carnival is on Wednesday 21st September. Notes have gone home earlier this week and need
to be completed and returned to the class teacher as soon as possible.
The theme for this year’s carnival is ‘Healthy & Active Choices’. The focus of the day is on participation, getting
along, being active and making healthy choices. Throughout the day students will participate in a range of fun
activities including Running Races, Egg and Spoon Races, Touch Football and Tug of War.
This year there will be a Coffee Van visiting Marks Oval to help curb any caffeine cravings you may have. In order
for the Coffee Van to run I am looking for some amazing, wonderful and fabulous parents helpers who would be
able to volunteer (for a short time) taking orders/payment. Please see Mrs Sturgess by Friday 16th if you are able
to volunteer some of your time on this day. Without parent helpers unfortunately the Coffee Van will NOT be able
to operate.
Parents and families are welcome to attend the day to watch their children participate and enjoy being physically
active. The following information may help you to organise your day better if you are unable to attend –
Kindergarten Running Races will be held between 10am-11am
Year 1 Running Races will be held between 11:30am-12:30pm
Year 2 Running Races will be split over the lunch break. Students in Year 2 Phillip (Red House) will have running
races at 12:30pm. Students in Cook (Yellow), Tasman (Green) and Phillip (Blue) will have running races between
1:30pm-2:15pm.
Students wanting to order their lunch from the canteen need to have orders in at the school canteen by 9:00am,
the morning of the carnival. If you are available to help in the canteen please see Margaret.
Athletics Carnival Menu
Sandwiches: $4.00 Bread Rolls $4.50
Ham/Chicken Salad Chicken Salad
Egg and Lettuce Ham Salad
Cheese & Tomato
Hot Food: Assorted Cakes from $2.00
Large Pies $2.00 Cans of Drink $2.00
Party Pies $1.50 Assorted Chips and Lollies
Sausage Rolls $1.50
Hot Dogs $2.50
Lunch orders are for 2nd Break only, please bring a packed lunch for recess including a snack and drink.
Looking forward to a great day. Please see Mrs Sturgess if you have any questions.
Band News Congratulations to all the band members who performed wonderfully both at our show at the Civic last week, and
as part of the Bands In The Schools day (BandITS) on Sunday. It was a busy week for us all but you showed real
commitment and excellence during both performances.
Tutoring - Please remember it is your responsibility to let your tutor know if you are unable to attend a lesson for
any reason. If you do not let your tutor know, you will be charged for that lesson. Keep practising - we have lots of
performance opportunities coming up.
A band blog has been started to help keep students and parents up-to-date with band news. Please see Mrs Blake
if you need help accessing or using this. A session will be run for band members some time soon!
Upcoming events/performances for Term 4
October 17th – 4pm Band committee meeting – ALL parent/carers welcome
October 18th/19
th – “Bandfest” – performance at Lake Macquarie Performing Arts Centre Warners Bay
November 10th – Soiree in the school hall
Mrs Blake
Bandits
On Sunday 11th September 2011 Floraville Band played at Valentine Public School for Bandits. We played
Beethoven‟s Ninth, Twist and Shout, Raindrops and Apache. We saw our teacher Mrs Blake playing the clarinet in
the Lake Macquarie Winds. We also saw and listened to HCCRWE – a band made up of the best student
musicians from all around the Hunter/Central Coast region, including our very own Nick IIlievski. Two of the best
boys from FPS stayed and played the trumpet in the mass band.
By Billy Thomas and Olivia Urquhart
Library News Lexile Legend
This week‟s Lexile Legend is Harrison Chung of 3A
During a very busy fortnight where the focus was very much on „The Show‟, Harrison
was able to keep reading as a priority. During this time Harrison managed to accumulate
24 Lexile points and read 10 books. Congratulations Harrison on being this week‟s Lexile
Legend.
Tips for Parents Contacting the school You can visit, phone or email to discuss any matter that concerns you. Telephone interpreters can be provided by calling 13 1450. Spring holidays
The last day of Term 3 is Friday 23 September. With warmer weather hopefully upon us, here are some ideas for
A reminder that if your child would like to enrol at a TAFE NSW college for semester one, 2012, enrolments close
on 28 October (November for the North Coast). For information and advice on courses, go to:
www.tafensw.edu.au/
FLORAVILLE OOSH Breakfast Club: Come for breakfast before school at Floraville OOSH. Mixing it up over the next few weeks... Everything from pancakes, bacon and eggs, and cereal to French toast and dippy eggs. Join us for breakfast and you can play the Wii or Playstation, finish your homework or do some craft. Don’t be alone in the playground, come and hang out with friends at OOSH!!!!! This week at OOSH: Rainbow week!! We’ll be doing hand rainbows, crazy hair, coloured sand rainbows, rainbow nail art and anything else that includes the full colours of the spectrum.. Next week: As it’s the last week of term it’ll be PARTY TIME at OOSH!! October Vacation Care Program is now on line!! Activities include Mattara Festival, Movies, Magic show and Workshop, Junior Master Chef and a whole lot more!! Places are still available for this term, so please pop in and pick up an enrolment form or visit our user friendly website! WWW.FLORAVILLEOOSH.COM 02 4947 7498 0422538130/140
P&C NEWS
Belmont Retravision continues to sponsor the Floraville P & C please
bring in a copy of any receipts from the store. We receive 1%
commission for each purchase.
YOU MEASURE THE SIZE OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT BY THE OBSTACLES YOU HAD TO OVERCOME TO REACH
YOUR GOALS. Well what can we say it was a pleasure to attend the school concert last Thursday. Hey Mate was a
fantastic show. The show presented a great message for everyone to follow. Well done to all the children. Thank
you to Lee Saurins and Jenny Adams for your planning. Thanks to all the teachers who without your efforts there
would not have been a show. Also to all the parents who were able to assist in anyway thank you, without your
help the children would not have looked so great. Another Floraville team effort.
On 31st August the Fathers Day stall was held and the Fund Raising committee would like to thank the following
volunteers for their assistance on the day, Melissa Hayman, Debbie Gilbert, Sally Klem, Louise Grozdanovski,
Narelle Masson, Kelly Woodger, Sharon Robertson, Carolyn Armstrong, Sue Stutchbury, Peter Guest and Pam
Taylor who also made some beautiful Fathers Day cards.
will be holding our Family Portrait Fundraising Day on
Friday 28th (evening) and Saturday 29th of October 2011.
Receive a beautiful 10” x 13” portrait with timber frame for just $15.00 with all of that money going to our fundraising efforts here
at Floraville!
Appointments take only 10 to15 minutes and will be held in the school grounds. More information will be sent home soon but
put these dates on your calendar now.
Remember – family portraits make great Christmas presents.
Contact Carolyn Armstrong on 0416 125 335 or Lisa Wardle on 0411 151 174
to book early or for more information.
Please remember to email your favourite recipes to Sally Klem at [email protected] for the Floraville Food Fiesta.
She is after some more recipes so keep them coming in.
SCHOOL BANKING
Thank you to the parents that have offered to help with the counting of the school banking of a Wednesday morning. As a
reminder the commission we receive from the Commonwealth Bank goes to our library.
CANCER COUNCIL COMPETITION ORIGINAL SKIN.
Cancer Council are looking for the best writing, images and short films that show us untanned skin is in this summer. This is a chance for your students to get creative and share sun protection messages in an engaging and innovative way. High school students who enter a short film, an image or a creative writing piece based on the theme ‘original skin’ will be in the running for some fantastic prizes. Schools, classes and groups can also create their own blog to showcase their entries.
Visit the website: http://www.cancer.org.au/cancersmartlifestyle/SunSmart/Campaignsandevents/OriginalSkinCompetition.htm
Entries close 5pm on Friday, 30 September 2011. Please encourage your students to enter – there are some great prizes available!
Newcastle Permanent Offer
The Newcastle Permanent is again offering the school P and C $300 for any
person associated with the school that takes out a new home loan. Please
consider the Newcastle Permanent for your new home loans. So call in at the
Jewells or Belmont branch for further details.
Nextra Newsagents at both Belmont Citi Centre and Lake Fair Mt Hutton.
5% of all purchases (excluding lottery products, bus tickets, phone recharges & tobacco products) will be donated to the P&C. Just take a copy of your receipt to the school office. It‟s that easy to help us raise funds for our school. Thanks to Aeron Gribble for his support. There is also a great range of printer cartridges available at NEXTRA.
TAKE HOME A BIG BROTHER OR BIG SISTER Give your children the wonderful opportunity to have an international big brother or big sister by hosting one of our exceptional international students arriving in Australia in February 2012 for their 5 or 10 month programs. Our international students from France, Germany, Italy, Austria Japan, the U.S.A and Canada will live as a local, attend a local secondary school, arrive with their own spending money and comprehensive insurance cover – all arranged by Southern Cross Cultural Exchange. Visit us at www.scce.com.au, email [email protected] or call us toll free on 1800 500 501, request our little booklets of international student profiles, and capture the spirit of family and friendship!
Jamies Swim School Family Fun Night Friday 23rd
September @ 6pm. Ph 49469729. www.jamiesswimclub.com.au
Free Epilepsy Information Evening. To register call 1300374537 or email [email protected]
Free Educare carer and family Information sessions Run each Thursday for 3 weeks call 1300887776 or 49214895
