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ISSUE NO. 8 19th June 2017

Dear School Community,

HEAD LICE

It’s that �me of the year again when head lice make their reappearance in schools

across the country. I have had many, many parents approach me over the past few

weeks, to ask about the school’s head lice policy.

Thomastown Primary School follows the guidelines as set out by the Department of

Educa�on & Training (DET). The following is a summary of the steps we take at TPS

once a child is known to have live lice in their hair.

Staff member observes live lice in a child’s hair and no�fies the office.

Child is sent to the school office.

Parents are called to collect child from school.

A no�ce is sent home to all parents of children in that class, informing them that

there has been a case of head lice detected and asking all parents to check

their child’s hair.

Parents treat child’s hair.

Child is ready to return to school on the day following the applica�on of a head

lice treatment.

Once upon a �me, parents were required to provide schools with a doctor’s

cer�ficate sta�ng that their child was clear of head lice. This is no longer a DET

requirement for returning to school. I must also point out that children can only be

excluded for the presence of live head lice, not for having lice eggs (nits) in their hair.

It can some�mes take parents weeks to comb out all the dead eggs once their child’s

hair has been treated.

We know that it can be extremely frustra�ng for parents to have their child

repeatedly reinfested with head lice, but please be reassured that we take this

situa�on very seriously and are doing everything we can to minimize the number of

children affected.

LONG SERVICE LEAVE

I am taking long service leave for the final two weeks of this term. During my

absence Mr Lou Gualano will be Ac�ng Principal of Thomastown Primary School.

I look forward to catching up with all the news from TPS upon my return on Monday

July 17th.

Amanda Henning

Principal

Timeline

2017

TUESDAY

19th May

Homework Club

3.30-4.30pm

WEDNESDAY

21st June

Parent/Teacher

Interviews for Grades 5 & 6

THURSDAY

22nd June

• Parent/Teacher Interviews

• Second hand uniform sale

MONDAY

26th June

Hot Dog Lunch Day

FRIDAY

30th June

Last day of Term 2. School finishes at 2:30pm

Co-operation Excellence Honesty Respect Responsibility

Friday 30th June is the last day of Term 2.

School finishes at 2:30pm

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Santina’s Lunch Orders Don’t forget that lunch orders are available from Santina’s Cakes every Thursday. Price lists are available from the

school office.

Orders must be placed in a brown paper bag with your child’s name, grade and food selection clearly written on the

bag. Please place the correct money in the bag .

Orders are collected by Santina’s staff at 9:15am each Thursday morning.

Student Leadership Report Lunch Time Activities On Friday the 2nd June, the lunch time activity was held on the soccer pitch. As the first week of

reorganisation we played soccer. It was the best game yet. The scores were: Green team 4 goals to Black

team 2 goals. I would like to thank Yusif, Braedyn, Kale and Amir for their fantastic help.

I had a big talk with Mrs Di Palma and we came up with some days that the lunch time activity is going to be held from

now on. The days are: Monday for grade 3, 4, 5 & 6’s and Thursday for Prep,1 & 2’s.

I would like to thank Mrs Sismanes and Laura for taking photos and videos.

Thank you.

Lunch time activity certificates were awarded to: Rachelle 1/2C, Shayan 1/2C, Arvin 1/2C, Aayan 1/2C, Lilly P/V,

Dione 1/2C, Taha P/V, Kelara P/V, Ahmed 1/2C, Tyson 1/2W, Khaled 1/2C, Zara P/V and Luka 1/2C.

Lunch time activity certificates for the week ending 16th June were awarded to: Dina 3/4Y, Dione 1/2C, Maryam

1/2C, Ilham 1/2C, Ali P/1D, Zainab P/1D, Romana P/1V, Taha P/V, Zora P/V & Rasanjot V/1D.

Year 7 LEAP - 2018

(Learning & Enhanced Achievement Class)

Testing round 2 is scheduled for Tues 27th June 2017 at 5pm

in the College Library

Second Hand Uniform Sale - Thursday On Thursday during parent/teacher interviews there will be a second

hand uniform sale. If you would like to purchase some items for your

children then please come in to the office.

Winter Sports Results - Friday 2nd June

Our Lady of the Way V Thomastown PS

Netball A: 10 to 6

Netball B: 3 to 9

T - Ball: 28 to 31

Soccer: 0 to 7

Football: Goal Points N/A Goals Points N/A

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Value Stars for week ending : 2nd June 2017

Prep V - Dev Prep 1/D - Tuan 1/2C -

1/2W - Elijah 2/3M - Katerina 2/3C - Harshit

3/4Y - 4/5G - 5/6K -

5/6T - Jessica Language School - ART -

LIBRARY- PE -

Value Stars for week ending : 9th & 16th June 2017

Prep V - Leah & Nidish Prep 1/D - Hargun 1/2C - Shayan

1/2W - Maryam, Rakan & Mayar 2/3M - Lauren 2/3C - Sam

3/4Y - 4/5G - Arshia 5/6K - Andy & Osama

5/6T - Shelby, Celiene & Gurleen Language School - ART -

LIBRARY- PE -

Winter Sports Results - Friday 9th June

Thomastown PS V Reservoir East

Netball A: 15 to 8

Netball B: 10 to 3

T - Ball: 47 to 29

Soccer: 9 to 0

Football: 6 Goal 6 Points 42 0 Goals 0 Points 0

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Winter Sports Results - Friday 16th June

Reservoir Views V Thomastown PS

Netball A: 22 to 6

Netball B: 14 to 10

T - Ball: 22 to 31

Soccer: 0 to 19

Football: 3 Goal 6 Points 24 11 Goals 4 Points 70

P.E. ReportP.E. ReportP.E. ReportP.E. Report Monday 19th June 2017

Excellence in P.E. Award We had a three-way tie in the Excellence in PE Award

for the week before last.

the highest score were: 2/3M, 3/4Y and 4/5G.

A winner was drawn from a bucket and the winner was:

Congratulations 2/3M Well done!

Inter-School Sport: Reservoir Views PS

v Thomastown PS It was a week of mixed results for our sports teams

for our very last week of ISS for Term 2. Soccer and

AFL teams played excellent football to achieve impres-

sive results, while our Tee-ball and Netball teams had

much tougher competition. Congratulations to everyone

for trying their best and for being such wonderful

representatives of TPS.

Next week: There are no further home and away

games for this term. All students who used the

school’s sporting uniforms this term, are reminded

that they need to be washed (and ironed where pos-

sible) and returned to the school by the end of the

week.

Division Cross Country: Wednesday

14th June 2017 While not all of TPS competitors

who qualified for Divisional competed on the day, we

did have 9 students compete in the Divisional Cross

Country last Wednesday. Everyone tried their best

in a very tough race and should be extremely proud

of their efforts on the day as well as in our training

sessions. It is fabulous that two of our competitors,

Tara Reea and Vicson Jackley qualified for the

Regional Cross Country to be held this Wednesday

(21st June) at Bundoora Park. We wish them all the

very best! (Training will be on Monday at lunchtime.)

And remember……

Try to have several junk-free days per week!

Homework Club Homework sessions at school for students in grades 4,5 and 6 run every

Tuesday from 3.30 - 4.30pm.

Children are able to stay at school and work in their classrooms on homework or unfinished assignments.

Teachers will be available to help your children.

Students will be able to use classroom resources, including computers, but only for schoolwork.

HELP URGENTLY NEEDED We urgently need volunteers to keep our canteen open for lunchtime

sales.

Children love to see someone from their family helping at school

and it is also a way of meeting other parents. If you could possibly help

weekly, fortnightly or monthly, please contact Anne at the office on 9465 2225.

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Soccer

School GP W D L GF GA GD PTS

1 Thomastown 7 7 0 0 64 1 63 21

2 Reservoir 7 6 0 1 30 13 17 18

3 St Joseph the Worker 6 3 0 3 36 23 13 11

4 Reservoir East 6 3 0 3 27 21 6 11

5 William Ruthven 6 2 0 4 31 23 8 8

6 Our Lady of the Way 6 2 0 4 18 22 -4 8

7 Kingsbury 6 2 0 4 17 32 -15 8

8 Reservoir Views 6 0 0 6 0 88 -88 2

Winter School Sports Results 2017 Congratulations to all children who participated in the school sports this year.

Our Soccer team were premiers, coming first with 21 points. Well Done.

The results of all teams are below and on the next page.

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Netball A

School GP W D L GF GA GD PTS

1 Reservoir Views 5 5 0 0 93 21 72 17

2 William Ruthven 5 4 0 1 85 40 45 14

3 Our Lady of the Way 5 3 1 1 55 32 23 12

4 Kingsbury 5 2 1 2 77 39 38 9

5 Thomastown 6 3 0 3 71 62 9 9

6 Reservoir East 6 1 0 5 25 120 -95 5

7 Reservoir 6 0 0 6 22 114 -92 0

Netball B

School GP W D L GF GA GD PTS

1 William Ruthven 5 4 1 0 58 10 48 15

2 Reservoir Views 5 4 0 1 75 17 58 14

3 Thomastown 6 4 1 1 57 30 27 13

4 Our Lady of the Way 5 2 1 2 34 34 0 9

5 Kingsbury 5 2 1 2 31 31 0 9

6 Reservoir East 6 1 0 5 28 64 -36 5

7 Reservoir 6 0 0 6 15 112 -97 0

Tee Ball

School GP W D L GF GA GD PTS

1 Kingsbury 6 6 0 0 218 82 136 20

2 William Ruthven 6 5 0 1 166 111 55 17

3 Reservoir Views 6 4 0 2 140 114 26 14

4 Thomastown 7 4 1 2 219 209 10 13

5 St Joseph the Worker 6 2 1 3 190 209 -19 9

6 Our Lady of the Way 6 1 1 4 155 175 -20 6

7 Reservoir East 6 1 1 4 160 226 -66 6

8 Reservoir 7 0 0 7 112 234 -122 0

Football

School GP W D L GF GA GD PTS

1 St Joseph the Worker 5 5 0 0 555 34 521 17

2 William Ruthven 5 4 0 1 395 114 281 14

3 Thomastown 6 4 0 2 237 242 -5 12

4 Reservoir Views 6 3 0 3 214 304 -90 11

5 Reservoir East 5 1 0 4 63 310 -247 5

6 Kingsbury 5 1 0 4 115 384 -269 5

7 Reservoir 6 1 0 5 179 370 -191 3