6 June 2018

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From the Principal

Swimming & Water Safety

Students in grade 3 -6 have been busy undertaking the Swimming and Water Safety Program at the Ulverstone pool, for the last two weeks. We appreciate the difficulties faced in ensuring swimming gear is dry and ready to go each day. Thanks to all families who have been making sure that everything is prepared. Thanks also go to staff who have been helping out at the pool each day.

3-Way Conferences

3-way conference booking sheets were sent home on Monday. 3-way conferences are an important time for students, families and teachers to meet together to discuss progress, as well as plan for future learning. We would appreciate catching up with all families, so don’t forget to send your preferred times back to the office. 3-way conferences will be held in the week beginning 25th June. Families of kinder students will be meeting from the 12th -15th June.

Student reports for grades P-6 will be sent home on Friday, 22nd June. Please spend the time going through the report with your child. If you have any questions regarding your child’s report, feel free to discuss with your child’s teacher.

Jerome Pape - Principal

Pirate Day Friday – TOMORROW!

We invite students to participate in “Pirate Day Friday” tomorrow, Friday, June 8th. Dress up like a pirate and bring a gold coin donation to school.

It’s the 4th annual “Pirate Day Friday”, a national fundraiser that encourages kids, office workers and whole towns to dress up and give a gold coin donation for the privilege.

All funds raised from the campaign, in collaboration between The Adventurers and The Kids’ Cancer Project, are directed to funding vital childhood brain cancer research.

Hilly Kids Are Friendly Kids

Our HKFK focus for this week has been ‘Fixing Things Up”. Our focus topics for the next two weeks will be ‘Setting Goals’ and ‘Rights’.

Setting Goals

Setting Goals is a very helpful strategy. Setting your goals will help you to do your best. It means working out what you want to achieve before you start. If you do this well then you should have some idea of how you can achieve what you want.

When setting your goals try to make them realistic – in other words, try to aim for something that you can achieve and most importantly aim for something you really want to achieve. Don’t be concerned with the goals of others around you. Work out what you want and go for it.

Rights

We quite often hear the word rights. So what are they? People talk about the right to an education or the right to vote. Basically it means that people are entitled to something and that those around them, or those in authority, should make sure they get what they are entitled to.

In our school children have a number of rights:

• The right to learn.
• The right to be safe.
• The right to be respected.

It is everyone’s responsibility to make sure that these rights are respected. How can you do that?

• Make sure that you help those around you learn by being a good learner yourself. Concentrate on your work and spend your time productively in class.
• In the playground play safely and look after those around you. Be friendly and this will help others feel safe.
• Respect all the people in our school. Think about how you behave with them.
• Look after the rights of others and your rights will be looked after as well.

Our Hilly Kid of the Week for ‘Having a Go’ was Bradley from P-1D and for ‘Doing Your Best’ was Mia from 2-3P. Congratulations, Bradley and Mia! Well done to our other class representatives.

eSmart

Reports & 3-Way Conferences

On Friday, June 22, students from Prep to Grade 6 will receive their mid-year reports outlining their progress in learning. The following week, Monday June 25th to Friday June 29th we will be holding our 3-way (parent – student – teacher) meetings. P-1D, P-1P & 1-2B will also have time slots available on Monday, July 2nd and Tuesday July 3rd as they are unavailable for part of the previous week. Forms were sent home on Monday of this week asking families for their date/time preferences. Please number more than one box with your preferences. Remember to return these forms as soon as possible as those who are in first will be more likely to get their first preference.

Our Kinder reporting has a different time frame with the Kinder Development Check discussed with families at meetings to be held next week. All Kinder families should have received a note with further information.

Lift News

Open Classrooms/Biggest Morning Tea/Simultaneous Storytime

In week 4 we enjoyed a wonderful morning with families. Open classrooms were a great success and we were so pleased to see many family members enjoying spending time in their child’s classroom. The parent Biggest Morning Tea was so busy that we almost ran out of food! Thank you so much to everyone who came along and donated. We raised $377 for the Cancer Council! A big thank you to Mrs Aherne and her helpers in the canteen, as well as the Student Council members and Boja Distributors who generously donated the milk for both this event and our Walk Safely to School Day. It was certainly a busy and fun-filled morning!

Later that morning we all enjoyed listening to Lee and Jess from SeaFM read the story ‘Hickory Dickory Dash’ for National Simultaneous Storytime.

Registration for Working with Vulnerable People

Families who do not have their Registration for Working with Vulnerable People card – Please come to the library and use our facilities to register and I will be there to support you. Remember, if you wish to attend a class excursion with your children or do parent help in their classroom, you are required to have a RWVP card. The library is open to parents on Wednesday mornings from 8:30 until 9:30, or a time before or after school on a different day can be easily arranged.

Nina Eberhardt - LIFT Coordinator

Sunrise Bakery Pie Drive

Please remember that order forms are due back at the school office WITH the money in a sealed envelope by Friday, June 15th. This is a great opportunity to stock up for the school holidays! The delivery date will be Tuesday, June 26th. If you are available to help pack orders first thing that morning please leave your name at the school office. Orders can be collected after 11am on that day. Please ensure that you collect your orders by the close of business as we do not have the capacity to refrigerate the orders.

Lyn Aherne – Fundraising

Tuckerbox Tips

Try these ways to ’green’ up muffins at morning tea:

• Go for a fruit or veggie based recipe - blueberry, raspberry, carrot, apple, pear or zucchini.
• Think smaller - consider making mini muffins or smaller cupcakes
• Swap the frosting, icing or cream for a dusting of icing sugar, cocoa or sliced fruit
• Swap some ingredients in the recipe:

• Flour - add more fibre by using half wholemeal flour and half white flour
• Fats & oils - swap butter for margarine and use mono or polyunsaturated oil (eg canola or sunflower) to reduce the saturated or ‘bad’ fat
• Dairy - choose reduced fat rather than full cream
• Sugar - reduce the amount by aiming for a ratio of 1/2c (or less) sugar to 2c flour

Lyn Aherne – Canteen Supervisor

Move Well Eat Well

Encourage Eating Before Sport

It’s important to eat and drink before playing sport. Having a meal a few hours before sport will make sure it is well digested before the game starts. If your child is playing sport in the morning, make sure they have a good breakfast to get them through the game. Try these ideas:

• Breakfast cereal with milk & fruit
• Yoghurt & fruit
• Toast, English muffin or crumpet with spread
• Baked beans or spaghetti on toast
• Smoothie with yoghurt or fruit

If your child suffers from nerves, it may be difficult to get them to eat before playing sport. It’s still important to try to get them to eat to make sure they have enough energy to get through a game.

MWEW Team

Entertainment Book

Poetry by 3-4 Bonner/Thompson

Love

Love is red
It tastes like chocolate
It smells like roses
It looks like love birds
It sounds like two people kissing
It feels like you are loved by someone
-By Chloe M

Sadness

Sadness is black
It tastes like a tire
It smells like burnt food
Sadness looks like being pushed
It sounds like crying
It feels like being pushed
-By David

Joyfulness

Joyfulness is bright, bright colours
It tastes like your favourite candy or chocolate
It smells like fresh air
It looks like friends having fun at a party
It sounds like kids laughing
It feels like a party
-By Millie

Happiness

Happiness is like sunshine
Happiness is green
It tastes like chocolate
It smells like candy
It looks like a rose in the sun
It sounds like the birds singing
It feels like having a friend nearby
-By Alexis

Excitement

Excitement is pink
It tastes like a trillion rainbows
It smells like roses
It looks like unicorns jumping on a rainbow
It sounds like unicorns purring
It feels like patting a unicorn
-By Myha

Sadness

Sadness is blue
It tastes like Brussels sprouts
It smells like vinegar
It looks like a question mark
It sounds like a squealing pig
It feels like I just got burned
-By Kai

Sadness

Sadness is blue
It tastes like cold pumpkin soup
It smells like burnt chicken
It looks like you’re at a funeral
It sounds like people shouting and vibrating with no end in sight
It feels like your heart is pumping as hard as possible
-By Charli

Being Joyful

Being joyful is bright colours
It tastes like chocolate
It smells like fresh air
It looks like friends having fun
It sounds like kids laughing
It feels like doing something you have been wanting to do
-By Bianca

Loneliness

Loneliness is black
It tastes like rotten eggs and rotten milk
It smells like a diaper
It looks like a broken heart
It sounds like a scream
It feels like fire
-By Taylor

Sadness

Sadness is the colour of black and white
It tastes like coal
It smells like smoke
It looks like your house on fire
It sounds like gunshots
It feels like breaking up with your love
-By Cooper

Fear

Fear is red
It tastes like sick
It smells like vinegar
Fear looks like running away
It sounds like crying
It feels like missing someone
-By William

Being Joyful

Being joyful is coloured sky blue
It tastes like cotton candy
It smells like chocolate
It looks like playfulness
It sounds like playfulness
It feels like happiness
-By Yazmyn

Happiness

Happiness is the colour green
It tastes like you are ready to learn
It smells like you are ready to start a new day
It looks like a happy person
It sounds like playing together
It feels like you are happy
-By Beau

Shyness

Shyness is aqua
It tastes like water from a dog bowl
It smells like fresh air
It looks like running across a rooftop
It sounds like clocks ticking
It feels like a smooth wall, corner or ceiling
-By Catherine

Being Joyful

Being joyful is yellow
It tastes like bananas
It smells like honey soy chicken
It looks like being happy
It sounds like the wind
It feels like love
-By Amber

Happiness

Happiness is fun
It tastes like a sweet apple
It smells like flowers
It looks like smiles and hugs
It sounds like people laughing
It feels like playing with friends
-By Hunter and Riley

Love

Love is purple
It tastes like jelly slice
It smells like perfume
It looks like a forest of roses
It sounds like the birds tweeting
It feels like the water swishing around you
-By Zalia

Happiness

Happiness is a rainbow
It tastes like hot soup
It smells like a meadow filled with flowers
It looks like everyone getting together
It sounds like birds singing and everyone laughing
It feels like sun shining
-By Delana

Fairy Godmothers Market

The Fairy Godmothers is a registered not for profit organisation whose mission is to assist the Tasmanian community and families that have children with disabilities, special needs and medical conditions.