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Dear Parents, Guardians and Carers,
Congratulations to our Foundation students for reaching their 100 days of school milestone! We had a lovely morning celebrating with the students, teachers, parents and grandparents. We have some very creative families - the t-shirts were amazing!
The Administration Building refurbishment is well underway despite hold ups with weather and supplies. It is estimated that it will be completed by the end of August. Once the outside facade is completed, work will begin on the inside refurbishment. We thank you for your patience in navigating the gates to enter the school.
A reminder that all classrooms are open before school on Fridays with parents and grandparents warmly welcome to visit and see what the children have been learning. Parents are also welcome to join us at assembly each Friday at 1:45pm.
Kind regards
Jodie
Recently the Environmental Team partnered with the Latrobe Catchment Landcare Network to take part in tree planting for National Tree Day at the Traralgon Railway Conservation Reserve. Together with the assistance of the reserve volunteers they planted more than 100 trees and shrubs. A big thank you to the Latrobe Catchment Landcare Network and EnergyAustralia for making this day possible. A big well done and thanks to the Environmental Team for your assistance, enthusiasm and dedication to our environment.
Each week students from each class are awarded Student of the Week certificates. These children are nominated for the example they have been within the school based on the School Wide Expectation focus for that week. The weekly focus will be from Wednesday until Tuesday the following week. Awards will be presented to students at assembly on Friday.
In Week 3 the School Wide Expectation focus was Respect :
I treat my peers, teachers and learning environment with respect.
I show appreciation for the efforts of others.
I speak kindly to others.
I show justice and fairness to all.
I listen carefully to others.
The award winners for Week 3 are:
| Elsie Stanistreet | Raiden Buhagiar | Blake Warne |
| Maddex Fue | Seth Billam | Ruby Denyer |
| Hendrix Lear | Lincoln Milliner | Xavier Buhagiar |
| Imogen Hunter | Ariah Dick | Quinlen Davidson |
| Ollie White | Sophie Uren | Chloe Quail |
| Wil Jennings | William Calabro | Miles Mathew |
| Lily Faithfull | Eden Stewart | Isabel Lavery |
| Billy Cooper | Sololmon Konyi | Nicolas Gilham |
| Sienna Symes | Archie Nowak | Wil Walker |
| Blake Moloney | Kaiden Warne | Harper Wurlod |
| Mila Campbell | Hailey Lourensz | Ruby Kus |
| Elijah Groves | Mia Hurley | Jayme Davis |
| Marcus Mandolado | Dante Montano | Dante Lourensz |
This week's readings focus on what we truly need to make us happy. The gospel brings us another reminder that earthly riches are of little value in the grand scheme of life. As individuals, as families and as a society this is an ongoing challenge particularly as we emerge from difficult times in our life. It is hard to let go of our earthly wealth, to share it with those who need it and to trust that God’s way is the better way. Obviously we can’t ignore earthly things but we have to guard against becoming too absorbed in them and forgetting the things that are really important in our life … our families, helping others, God. In the gospel Jesus tells the story of the rich man who built bigger and bigger barns to store his harvest. He became obsessed with storing his harvest and keeping it all for himself. Instead, what could the rich man have done with his excess stock? Perhaps the man could have shared his excess crop with those around him who were in need rather than storing it in his already full barn ….. The rich man busied himself creating more wealth, making more money instead of having a generous heart and sharing with the people who were in need.
Children today have eyes for justice and are open to the sense of mission. We encourage our children to think beyond the desire to have more possessions by casting their eyes to those in our world who have less. We are ‘Missionary People’ and it is our job to make this world a better place. This is a BIG task but it all begins with small steps: helping our neighbour, giving to those who are in need but, more importantly, raising awareness to the injustice in our world.
Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and (insert school name) is excited to be participating. The PRC application offers a range of exciting features including:
- access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
- a modern user-friendly interface
- rewarding students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
- the option for students to mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review
The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 2 September 2022.
Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.
All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.
To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-
challenge
There is only a month left of this year's challenge. We have 33 students registered, 8 students have Completed and 522 Books Finished. To join the challenge please click on the link below:
10-12 years Track and Field Championships
School Sport Australia (SSA) present the SSA 10-12 Years Track and Field Championships on an annual basis.
School Sport Victoria enters one team in this championship.
- SSA 10-12 Years Track and Field Championship
Participation in a School Sport Victoria Team Vic state team is self funded. As a guide it may cost between $1,500-$3,000 to participate. Costs may include uniforms, host state levies and team vic levies. Costs will vary depending on the location of the Championship.
There will be no Team Vic team selected at the 2022 State Primary Championships. A stand alone trial will be conducted to select the team.
ONLY STUDENTS BORN IN 2010, 2011 AND 2012 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR SELECTION
The team will be selected by the Team Officials selection committee.
