Ashburton Primary School Fakenham Road Ashburton 3147 PH: 98852559 FAX: 98854703 Principal’s Report Dear Families, Uke Group and Junior Choir Performances Samarinda Visit On Wednesday, November 19 the Uke Group and Junior Choir performed three songs: ‘Que Sera’, ‘Best Day of My Life’ and ‘Jingle Bells’. Around 60 students performed to the residents and staﬀ. Thank you to all the parent helpers that a3ended. We really enjoyed performing for the older community and felt very proud of our performance. Yasmin B, and Ava B NOVEMBER 26 2014 Parent Thank You No school can func5on eﬀec5vely without the 5me and capability of volunteers. The whole school community would like to thank School Council members and parents who have assisted with the variety of subcommi3ees. Chris5na Lambourne and her many helpers have been fantas5c at maintaining a well-run uniform shop. Thank you to those who have helped pack boxes for our move into the main building, especially the reloca5on of the Library. It is hard to believe that it only occurred in April this year. Thank you to parents who have assisted with swimming lessons, excursions, guest speakers, student banking, book club, vegetable patch, baking cupcakes, Kids Hope Aus, CRE, class representa5ves, Parents Associa5on and Prep Transi5on. As it is increasingly diﬃcult for people to a3end the morning tea and 5me is very precious, you will receive a personal thankyou card from a variety of Ashburton Primary School staﬀ members. There are a number of volunteers who are leaving this year who have gone above and beyond during their associa5on with our school. Those people will receive public recogni5on at the assembly held on December 8. If you are one of those people, you will receive an invita5on to a3end. Natalie Nelson Ashburton Fes5val On Sunday, November 23 the Uke Group and Junior Principal Choir performed three songs: ‘Que Sera’, ‘Best Day of My Life’ and ‘Jingle Bells’. Around 50 students performed to the community to celebrate the Ashburton Fes5val. We all enjoyed playing and Volunteers Needed URGENTLY to help singing to everyone. We received lots of posi5ve feedback on our performance. Great job to the Uke on school stall at State Group and Junior Choir! Elec1on November 29th We will be performing the same three songs for the 7.30-2.30pm students at Ashburton Primary School at the ﬁnal Please contact Joyce Chan on assembly on December 15. joycechanot@hotmail.com if you can Ella H, Sophie H, spare any 5me, par5cularly in the morning Diary Dates A56789:;< P9=>?9@ SA6;;B TERM 3 Wednesday 26 Nov. School Dansical Surnames M-Z 7pm Sunday 30 November Grand Fair 2nd Hand Goods Open Day 11-2pm No1ces to be received 1. Compass Parent Informa5on including Login details-for Parents only, please contact oﬃce if you don’t receive. Hard copy coming home to eldest child only. 2. Grand Fair-Marmaladies No5ce Monday 1 December Smile Program Assembly Performances-Monday 8th Dec. Tuesday 2 December Parent’s Associa1on AGM 2.30pm Chiara T and Nathan K will be performing a solo piece and a duet together. Wednesday 3 December Yr1 CERES Excursion COMPASS Update Thursday 4 December Prep Excursion Friday 5 December Yr2 CERES Excursion Monday 8 December Assembly Tuesday 9 December School Council Mee1ng Tuesday 9 December Mangoes Delivered Today you will be receiving a no5ce with your family login details for COMPASS—our new online communica5on tool. From Tuesday 2nd December, families will be able to make payments online for 2015 School Expenses using your new login details. Parents will be able to login to Compass via the ‘Community Portal’ located on the homepage of our school website. Ini5ally, COMPASS can be u5lized to pay for 2015 school expenses and then we will roll out other func5ons such as: Newsle3er, a3endance & parent approvals. It is essen5al that that the Username and Password details are kept in a safe place and not made available to students. Once School Expenses have been paid online through Compass, please print oﬀ your receipt and bring to the school Oﬃce to pick up your book packs for 2015. Book packages collected from the School Oﬃce on the following days: Thursday 11 December Xmas Canteen for Yrs 3, 4 and 5 Friday 12 December Xmas Canteen for Prep, Yrs 1, 2 and 6 Monday 15 December Special Assembly Monday 15 December Yr 6 Gradua1on Term 4 2014 – Tuesday 2nd December – Thursday 18th December between 8.30 am - 4.00 pm Term 1 2015 – Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd January between 8.30 am - 4.00 pm Tuesday 27th January between 8.30 am – 12.00 pm Please remember to bring the completed School Expenses Form with you with proof of payment. Last day for payment of School Expenses (via COMPASS) in 2014 will be Thursday 18th December Page 2 A56789:;< P9=>?9@ Page 3 Commonwealth Government Financial Support for Low Income Families The Commonwealth Government provides a range of payments and services to help families look aMer their children’s educa5on, health care and other family issues. This includes the SchoolKids Bonus….. SchoolKids Bonus The Schoolkids Bonus is a Commonwealth Government payment to assist eligible families with educa5on costs. The Bonus is automa5cally paid by the Commonwealth Department of Human Services in two instalments each year. Parents do not need to make a claim for this payment. To be eligible for the Schoolkids Bonus, the parent/carer must: · receive Family Tax Beneﬁt Part A for a dependent child in primary or secondary educa5on · have a primary or secondary student turning 19 years or younger in the calendar year, who receives certain government payments · sa5sfy an income test (applicable from 1 January 2015) From 1 January 2015, eligible families will receive the Schoolkids Bonus in: · 2 instalments of $211 for each child in primary school - a total of $422 each year · 2 instalments of $421 for each child in secondary school - a total of $842 each year. 2014 Christmas Canteen Thursday 11th December—Years 3,4 and 5 Friday 12th December—Years Prep, 1, 2 and 6 Form & money due back by Friday 21st November. Fundraising Team Elec1on Day Cup Cake Stall Desperately seeking Master Bakers.....For the Elec5on Day Cupcake Stall to be held on: Saturday 29th November 8am-1pm. Term Dates End Term 4 2014-Friday 19 December at 1.30pm Please if you can spare a small amount of 5me to bake a few cupcakes then please contact: Natalie Lucas at johnlucasceramics@bigpond.com Start Term 1 2015-Friday 30 January (Years 1-6) Cup Cake drop oﬀ will be: Friday aMernoon between 3-4pm at Conference Room or Saturday morning. Start Term 1 2015-Monday 2 February (Preps) Nut Free Cakes Please A56789:;< P9=>?9@ SA6;;B Page 4 Sports Report Kanga Cricket Our Kanga Cricket Boys A team played some very impressive games. The team was very encouraging to each other and showed great sportsmanship as well as respect to all of the other teams. Overall we were undefeated and ﬁnished third. It was a great season for all of us. We would like to thank Mr Brown for organising everything Luke and Romil BaTleball On Friday 21st November the Year Six students went to Balwyn Leisure Centre and spent the day playing Ba3leball. We all had fun and it was a great experience. We played well as a team with both the boys' and girls' teams making the semi ﬁnals. We ﬁnished fourth overall. We would like to thank all of the teachers involved on the day. Malak and Will A56789:;< P9=>?9@ SA6;;B Page 5 Maths Olympiad Outstanding team Achievement award 10% in Australasia 5th year in a row! Once again the students of Ashburton p S have produced amazing results in the Australasian Problem Solving Mathema5cal Olympiad. A total of 50 students across years 3, 4, 5and 6 completed 5 Olympiads. The Olympiads comprise of 5 ques5ons ( see some examples below!). The Ashburton Primary School A Team has achieved the Outstanding Team Achievement Award ﬁnishing in the top 10% in Australasia and Team B has gained the High Team Achievement Award ﬁnishing in the top 25%. I would like to congratulate all the students who took part. They were presented with their awards at Monday morning assembly this week. The total results are as follows. Perfect score 25/25 Medal : James L Highest Individual Score within a team with no perfect score ; Alexander G Top 10% in Australasia : Will C, Brayden F, Rachael F, Amanda H Blair H, Stephanie M, Luke A, Morgan A Maddi C Eleanor E, Lucy M, Kathy P, Thomas Q, Caroline S, Catherine T, Abi N, Daniel H, Judy T, Cur5s C, Jack A, Xavier B, William D, Luka M. Top 25% in Australasia; Nick M, Ella M, Brigi3e P ,Alexandra O, Henry T, Karl W, Alexandra C, He3y L, Katherine P, Mackenzie R, Ellen B, Harrison F, Tom H, Alexander M, Ben M, Ana T, Jack W. Par5cipa5on award: Aiden W, Hamish M, Tayla T, Tom Z, Isabelle C, Eddie G, Daniel D. Thank you to all the students for their 5me and eﬀort they put in to the Olympiad, I am extremely proud of all of you. I hope that we are able to con5nue the schools’ amazing results next year. Test yourself against the Olympians! Time : 4 minutes Three consecu5ve coun5ng numbers are added. The sum is divided by 3, and the resul5ng quo5ent is 10. What is the greatest of the three coun5ng numbers? Time 6 minutes A large cube, 5 cm by 5 cm by 5 cm, is painted silver on all six faces. Then it is cut into minicubes, each 1cm by 1cm by 1 cm. How many of the minicubes are painted silver on an odd number of their faces? Time 7 minutes In the expression MOSEY – REST = MOVE, each le3er stands for a diﬀerent digit. What number does the six le3er word STORMY represent? Julie Gilbert Assistant Principal. ANSWERS 11 62 670912 A56789:;< P9=>?9@ SA6;;B Page 6 Ashburton Junior Football Club is seeking expressions of interest from your girl pupils to join one of our Girls Football teams. Trials for District Swimming Years 4,5,& 6 in 2015 Friday 5th December The age groups are Under 12 and Under 15. We have had a lot of interest so far from Ashburton Primary School. Any child in Years 4,5 and 6 in 2015 can opt to go to the swimming trials held on Friday 5th December. Only children that have returned a signed permission form and paid the $7 for pool entry will be able to a3end . Children must be able to swim ﬁMy metres with any selected strokes comfortably in order to a3end. All forms are to be returned by Monday December 1st, any further ques5ons, please contact Mr. Brown. We have planned a training (get together) session for Monday 1st December. Venue: Top oval, Burwood Reserve near the tennis club for a 5.30pm start Please wear runners and bring a water bo3le Thanks and regards, Bruce-GM AUJFC The Department of Education and Ashburton Primary School do not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. No responsibility is accepted by the Department of Education and Ashburton Primary School for the accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.