Echuca Primary School
16th March 2017
Issue 6
“A School with Tradition and a Future”
Keeping Up to Date @ 208
School Council
Our Annual General Meeting is on Monday 20th
March at 7.00pm in the Staffroom. Being on
Council is a very rewarding role where we work
together to improve the education we provide at
Echuca Primary School. The election closes at
4.00 pm this afternoon with our two candidates
Lauren Arthurson and Sarah Phillips vying for our
one parent position. Votes cannot be accepted after
this time. If you have not voted as yet, please make
sure that you make your vote count by having it in
by 4.00pm this afternoon. Thank you to the many
parents who have already placed their votes in the
ballot box. Votes will be counted early on Friday
morning by the President and Vice President. I will
act as scrutineer. Candidates will be contacted on
Friday and the successful applicant will be advised
in next weeks’ newsletter. School Council
Governance training will be held on Tuesday 28th
March from 6.30pm-9.00pm. New Councillors are
expected to attend so that they have a full
understanding of their role in School Council.
Parents & Friends
It is proven that volunteering is a very rewarding
past time. Giving surpasses receiving. Our P & F
team work diligently to ensure that we have the
best opportunities for our school. Their next
meeting is on the 24th March so please consider
joining the team. They would love to have you
along.
Vandalism
Unfortunately we have fallen victim to a bit of
vandalism over the weekend. We had two
unknown characters on the roof on Friday night
creating havoc and to our dismay a large piece of
graffiti was discovered on one of the paths in the
school. The police were contacted on both
occasions. If anyone passing the school afterhours,
sees anything suspicious please report this to the
police. Thank you to Scott Trewhella, Zac Campbell
and Wayne Phyland for working hard to ensure the
path was pressure washed in time for our students
coming to school.
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YMCA After School Care
I am still awaiting word from the YMCA as to the
outcome of their decision regarding after school
care. The last correspondence that I received was
that they were going to talk to the Department of
Education and let me know of the outcome.
LOTE Teacher (Language other than English)
After many months of searching we have finally
been successful in employing an Indonesian LOTE
Teacher. Mrs Tania Dixon will commence teaching
LOTE to the Prep – Grade Two Students from the
beginning of next term for three days a week. Mrs
Dixon comes with a wealth of teaching experience
and understanding of the Indonesian language. Mrs
Dixon also teaches LOTE part time at St. Mary’s
Primary School.
School Holidays
It is hard to believe that the term is drawing to a
close. We only have another two weeks to go.
School closes at 2.20pm on Friday 31st March. Well
done to the Preps on their great start to school life
and the Grade 1 & 2s for surviving the ever
important swimming program. It’s great to see that
most of the students throughout the school have
settled and are working consistently. We are so
lucky to have such a great staff team who work
tirelessly to ensure that all students are catered for.
Thank you also to our parent community for
making 208 the best school in the State. School will
resume on Tuesday 18th April.
Lynne Flynn
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EchucaStudent
Primary
School
Specialists
Community News
Welcome Stacy Frost,
new Social
Worker
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2017
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This year Stacy Frost has assigned to our school to
with Scott Trewhella
Community
Engagementand
and Wellbeing
“A School
with Tradition
a Future” support students, families and staff. Stacy will not
Arts
Hello Everyone,
be working with individual children but will help
facilitate
programs
and
Professional
Development throughout the year. In Term 2 we
will be running an Art Group and in Term 3 a
Drumbeat group to support and develop our
students. Stacy will also be facilitating a Trauma PD
on the 19th of April to assist staff in supporting
students and families experiencing trauma. We look
forward to Stacy supporting our school
community.
Keeping Up to Date @ 208
Tomorrow we will be celebrating “National Ride
to School Day” and National “Say No to Bullying
Rising Sports Star
Day”.
The day will commence with a healthy breakfast
from 7.45am followed by an exciting assembly.
Students are encouraged to wear loud socks and/or
decorate their bikes to highlight the importance of
these causes.
Purple Day
On Friday the 24th of March, we will be supporting
the Epilepsy Foundation by wearing a splash of
purple. I encourage everyone to enter into the
spirit of the day by helping to raise much needed
funds for medical research. Please bring along a
gold coin as a sign of your support.
There is also merchandise for sale available at the
office from tomorrow.
Come and Try Tennis with Evonne Goolagong
(Cawley)
Koorie students from Grades 3-6 had the
opportunity to meet one of Australia’s great
sporting icons last Friday. Evonne Goolagong
(Cawley) visited Echuca and held clinics to
encourage Indigenous children to play and enjoy
tennis. Students who participated loved the
experience.
Awareness Ribbons
Enamel Ribbons
Wrist bands
Pens
Key Rings
Lambs
Teddies
Puppies
Large Gorilla
$3
$5
$2
$5
$5
$10
$10
$10
$40
I look forward to seeing you all at breakfast
tomorrow!
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learning
for all students.
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Student of
of the
the Week
Week
EchucaStudent
Primary
School
Junior School
Specialists
“A School
with Tradition and a Future”
00A Isabella Nathan What a ripper! Bella is
Arts
not only one clever cookie but has the best
sense of humour to go with it. We love
having her in 00A.
Student
of2017
the Week
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March
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Senior School
34A Loraine Pontejos Such a respectful student
of the classroom rules and expectations. Well
done on a great week of learning.
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00B
T Locke
Rising
SportsFor
Staran amazing effort in writing
and joining in all classroom activities.
34B Xavier Mallick What a resilient man you
are Xavier. You have demonstrated what it
takes to be a fantastic student especially out in
the yard by stepping up in a time of need.
00C Khoda-Lee Wallace Khoda-Lee is such a
delight, she gets along with everyone and
does her very best. We love your positive
attitude Khoda-Lee!
34C Lenny Griffiths You have been
demonstrating to others what being responsible should look like with your actions and by
producing a fantastic Explain Everything!
00D Patrick Simmonds Patrick has been
working so hard to learn the routines in Prep
and be a positive worker in 00D. Keep it up,
Paddy!
34D Zoe Carter You should be the poster girl
of our school values - thanks for always being
respectful, responsible and resilient both in
class and in the yard.
01A Aiden Calleja Aiden has given everything
a red hot go this week, both in the classroom
and at the pool! You are always trying your
best. Congratulations Aiden! Keep it up.
34E Holly Armstrong Holly is our quiet
achiever. She goes about her business without a
fuss. Holly always gives her best and she has
such lovely manners.
01B Kally Bray-Jones This kid is giving out
free handwriting lessons for anyone
interested. His writing should be framed and
put on display. Unreal Kally!
34F Lotti Waterson What a super week Lotti! A
wonderful listener, helper and caring person in
our classroom! Keep doing your best and being
great!
01C Emma Proussalis Wow, Emma, what a
great weekend recount this week! Nine
sentences with heaps of detail, and you
remembered your full stops. Great work!
56A Morgan Bingham We are so lucky to have
you in our class! You are helpful, polite and
always strive to achieve your best. Your work
in our writing sessions has been impressive!
01D Summer Lee Woodland Summer-Lee is a
very responsible student who has continued
to take her learning very seriously. She can be
relied upon to listen attentively.
56B Cadence Sproul What a superstar you are!
A great listener, a determined attitude and a
supportive member of 5/6B.
02A Joshua Barden Josh shared a great
knowledge and understanding of Dreamtime
Stories. What great cultural awareness you
have Josh!
56C Holly Pendlebury Holly, you are always
ready to work and you always work to the
best of your ability. Your hard work and great
attitude does not go unnoticed.
02B Alyssa Mitchell Congratulations Alyssa!
What a responsible student. Always ready for
learning and showing respect by listening and
following instructions.
56D Callum O’Shea For having a go at all the
extra opportunities in the Grade 5/6.
Congratulations on the Jam Band and Bowls.
02C Ryan Scragg You wouldn’t find a
friendlier classmate than Ryan. He is a kind,
caring student who makes sure EVERYONE is
included.
56E Jett O’Reilly Jett, thank you for all the
amazing things you do, helping the younger
kids read, putting out the sandpit toys and
being such a caring, compassionate student.
02D Ollie Tomkins Wow! What a fantastic
student you are Ollie. You are so friendly and
have such a kind heart. Thank you for always
being so caring to your classmates.
56F Alexci Nicholas You always present a
positive attitude, give 100% and have a go at
everything. What a champion you are!
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learning
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Echuca PrimaryRespectful—Responsible—Resilient
School will ensure high levels of learning for all students.
Echuca
Primary School
Student of the Week Specialist
“A School with Tradition and a Future”
Senior Science Wizz: Mr Trewhella
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Lachlan Jones 56A - Thanks for sharing
your amazing knowledge of animals and
the way they adapt to survive in their
environment.
Keeping Up to Date @ 208
Junior Arts Star: Miss Hodgens
Frazah Nuttall 00D Frazah always walks
into the art room with a happy smile and
a terrific ‘have a go’ attitude. Thanks for
being such a great listener and worker
Frazah!
Arts Star: Mr Thompson
Ruby Naujok 01A Ruby is kind and caring
during Arts lessons and always offers to
help during pack-up. Well done.
Junior Rising Sports Star
T Locke 00B Mrs Cameron
What a great little thrower you are T! A
great session joining in and listening
carefully to your Grade 5/6 coaching
buddy. Keep up the great work T.
Senior Rising Sports Star Mr Campbell
Levi Hone 56C Not only a champion
athlete, Levi showed great responsibility
when looking after a prep student and
teaching them a new skill at PE this week.
It’s My School Wristband
Savannah Bohn 00B
Savannah is such a caring student and gets along well with everybody.
Nominated by Mr Hawthorn
Eddie Cemino 02C
Eddie showed compassion and understanding towards a classmate who was upset. Well done
Eddie!
Nominated by Miss Walkington
Ryder Smith 34D
For taking responsibility for his environment and cleaning up others people’s mess without
being asked. Keep up the great work Ryder!
Nominated by Mrs Hopson
Sandy Campbell 56C
Sandy always demonstrates the three R’s in everything he does.
Nominated by Mrs Dunstan
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Respectful—Responsible—Resilient
Echuca Primary
School
Specialists
of the
Getting to Know Student
some of our
SAT Week
Members
Ruby Oman
“A School with Tradition and a
Arts
News from the Learning
Neighbourhood
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2017 Issue 6
Sixty students from Grade 5 and 6 participated in a
Future”Soccer Program at Echuca College on Friday
morning. They will have two more sessions with
staff and students from the college, leading up to a
Soccer Tournament on Friday 28th April. It is always
great to see our students displaying their sporting
skills, as well as demonstrating attributes of good
teamwork and sportsmanship.
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Rising Sports Star
Hi, I’m Ruby and I joined the SAT because I wanted
to have a leadership role in the school and I wanted
to make some fun activities for younger students. I
am looking forward to running the performance
group on Wednesday lunchtimes and lots of other
things, such as working at the canteen.
April Hanna
Hi, I’m April and I joined the SAT because it sounds
fun and I wanted to have fun and get to know
younger students so that they can have fun too. I’m
looking forward to this year as I really want to help
and teach the younger students how to play
together.
Aylee York
Meanwhile, our Koorie students were lucky enough
to be invited to join tennis legend Evonne
Goolagong for an Indigenous Tennis Come and Try
Day. These students returned to school absolutely
beaming. There is nothing quite like getting advice
and inspiration from a superstar. Back at school, the
remaining students were engaged in Skittle Soccer,
Kickball and Dance for their Sport session. Friday
Sport sure is fun and keeps us active!
My name is Aylee. I joined the SAT so that I can
have more responsibilities such as Anzac Day and
other community events. I also love to sing, dance
and act, so running the performance club at
lunchtimes is something I am really looking forward
to.
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learning
for all students.
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EchucaStudent
Primary
School
Specialists
Indigenous Tennis Come and Try Day
16th March 2017
Issue 6
On the 10th March some students from 208 got to
meetSchool
Evonne with
Goolagong.
When we
gotathere
we
“A
Tradition
and
Future”
were givenArts
tops that had an Aboriginal flag on it.
Everyone looked fantastic in the tops.
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Then we went out and played tennis. After that
we had lunch which was a salad sandwich.
Rising Sports Star
Mr. T and Paul came to watch everyone play. Paul
played tennis with me for a little bit then he
played with Sienna P. Sienna and I went to see
Baden when we got there because he was our
coach.
After lunch we had to do challenges so Baden had
to be with the littler kids. When there were 10
minutes left I said goodbye to Baden and took a
picture with him. Then it was time to go. It was
amazing and I hope it's on next year.
Shanara Black
Don’t forget tomorrow is National Ride2School
Day. This day is an opportunity for all Australian
students and school communities to embrace a
healthier start and to try walking and riding to
school for themselves.
Highlighting our schools commitment to healthy
lifestyles, we will be hosting a healthy breakfast in
the amphitheatre from 7.45am to 8.30am. On the
menu will be pancakes, fruit salad and yogurt.
On Friday the 10th of March, 14 students from 208
travelled to Vic Park to see Aboriginal tennis great
Evonne Goolagong and other Indigenous sporting
icons. We received a drink bottle and t-shirts
signed by Evonne Goolagong. We were lucky
enough to have a hit with her and some of us got
to have a photo with Evonne. Lunch was
scrumptious, we got to have chicken and salad. It
was a great day and we learnt a lot. Thanks to Mr
Trewhella for helping to organise it.
Tylor Thompson
Tomorrow is also our Loud Socks Day, you might
like to go even further and decorate your bike,
skateboard or scooter. I can’t wait to see everyone
walking, riding, skating or scooting to school
tomorrow!
Ben Hawthorn
Ride to School Co-ordinator
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Echuca Primary School
Grade 2 News
During our Inquiry lessons, the Grade 2 students
have been investigating aspects of the Aboriginal
“A
School
withweTradition
a Future”
Culture.
Last week
were lucky and
enough
to have
some experts visit our class to demonstrate and
teach us some traditional dances. The boys looked
just like kangaroos, brolga and emus in their dance
while the girls learned a dance about gathering and
digging for food. We’d like to thank Paul Clarke,
Neva and our own Grade 5/6 dancers, Darchi,
Charles, Narrun, Anthony and Tylor for working
with us. It was lots of fun.
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Hockey Clinic
Belinda from Hockey Victoria and Ian from the
Echuca Moama Hockey club took the kids through
their paces. All Grade 3/4 students had a 40min
session of learning drills such as; how to hold a
hockey stick, dribbling and stopping the ball. We
finished off with a game of Hocktapus where all
the skills were put into practise.
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Happening at 208 16th March 2017
Echuca Primary
Issue 6
Term 1
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School
with Tradition
and a Future”
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BOOK FAIR
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Hockey VIC
Clinics Gr 3/4
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Gr 1&2 Swimming
17th
Gr 1&2 Swimming
Gr 1&2 Swimming
Gr 1&2 Swimming
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13th
14th
15th
March
LABOUR DAY
Gr1&2 Swimming
16th
National Ride 2School
Day
HOLIDAY
Gr 1&2 Swimming
Gr 1&2 Swimming
Gr 1&2 Swimming
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National
Anti Bullying Day
Gr 1&2 Swimming
8
20
March
School Council
AGM
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nd
rd
24th
Parents & Friends
Meeting 9.30am
Staffroom
Purple Day
Gold Coin Donation
9
27th
28th
29th
30th
March
31st
Last Day Term 1
Term 2 Begins
Tuesday April 18th
Term 2
Wk 1
17th
18th
April
EASTER MONDAY
First Day Term 2
Wk 2
24th SC
April
ANZAC School
Service
Wk 3
1st
May
SCHOOL PHOTOS
Wk 4
8th
May
19th
20th
21st
25th
26th
27th
28th
ANZAC DAY
State Swimming
Echuca District
Soccer Tournament
HOLIDAY
2nd
Regional Lawn Bowls
3rd
4th
5th
P-2 Cross Country
Gr 3-6 Cross
Country
Mother’s Day
Morning Tea
9th
10th
11th
12th
NAPLAN
NAPLAN
NAPLAN
NAPLAN
Wk 5
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
May
Gr. 3/4 Swimming
Gr. 3/4 Swimming
Gr. 3/4 Swimming
Gr. 3/4 Swimming
Gr. 3/4 Swimming
Echuca District Cross
Country
Wk 6
22nd
23rd
24th
25th
26th
Interschool Sport
Wk 1
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learning
for all students.
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