School Newsletter Issue #9

14th June 2023

Important Dates From the Principal’s Desk Lachie Featherston

Wednesday 14/6 Term two has been a flurry of amazing classroom learning, excursions,
School Council Meeting events and sports! Our staff have been finalising their assessment and
Wednesday 14/6-Friday reporting for semester one and have enjoyed meeting with families
16/6 during the parent-teacher meetings held recently. The semester one
Music Camp reports will be available through Compass on June 22nd.

Friday 16/6 Congratulations to our students for their hard work and effort
Girls Footy/Boys Netball throughout the term. Please make sure you reflect and celebrate the
learning progress you have made throughout the first semester. A special
Monday 19/6-Friday 23/6
mention to our wonderful Foundation students that have nearly finished
Year 3/4 Swim Program
half a year of learning- well done!
Friday 23/6
Whole School Assembly – Playground Upgrades!
9am I was excited to receive an email from the Education Minister
Friday 23/6 communicating that we will be receiving the $200,000 grant that was
Last day Term 2 – 2:30pm promised in the last election for playground upgrades. We look forward
finish to working through the planning phase and ultimately upgrading our
Foundation playground and other parts of the existing school yard
Monday 10/7
equipment.
First day Term 3
Wednesday 19/7 This will be a big asset for our school and local community that use the
Girls Footy – Division playground. We are very grateful for the funding boost and can’t wait to
get started.
Wednesday 19/7
School Council Meeting Sporting Superstars
Monday 14/8 Well done to Reef, Misha, Alexis and Sunday for running great races at
Curriculum Day the Divisional Cross Country recently. They all achieved great results and
Monday 21/8-Friday25/8 enjoyed the challenging experience!
Book Week A special mention to Misha Wettenhall who finished 4th and progressed
Friday 15/9 through to the Regional event. Misha ran exceptionally well at the
Last day Term 3 – 2:30pm Regional event and finished in 22nd place. Well done Misha - we are very
finish proud of you!

Toddler & Pre-School In wet and cold conditions our boy’s netball and girl’s football team
Story time competed at the district championships. As usual, all students tried their
is presented by
Val Smith in our school
best and demonstrated teamwork throughout the day.
library every Wednesday
9:30-10:15am. Congratulations to our Girls Football Team who won the Grand Final and
Please sign in at the were crowned District Champions!
office.
From the Principal’s Desk cont’d…
New Bench Seats

Located near the entry to the old schoolhouse are two awesome new benches for your sitting
pleasure! We are very grateful for the new addition to our school yard courtesy of Dromana
Secondary College. The benches were designed and made by Josh, Mia and Carsha under the
guidance of teacher Jamie Russell-Mudge. We love the local connection and story behind them and
know our students will enjoy them a lot!

Have a great week!

Lachie Featherston
 Term 2 Week 6 STRIVE AWARD WINNERS
CLASS/TEACHER STUDENTS
Foundation Riordan Mila Henych Tom Priestley
Foundation Berndt Wills Haynes Freddie Smith
Foundation Cromb Harriet Wilson Tane Prior
Foundation Sutton Marlon Ternel Neave Waterson
1 Brueckner Sienna Larkin Maeve Elkins
1/2 Paffett Maisie Goodall Maggie Findlay
1 White Talon Brown Sierra Bayton
2 Findlay/Bradley Max Brown Ivy Tucker
2 Trim Willow Brooks Billy England
3 Beattie Poppy Burgess Delilah O’Gallagnan
3 Sansome Winnie Henshall Hunter Marsden
4 Gardner Leon Eveno Jessie Henderson
4 Hill Bella Dowling Harry Lowther
5 Polizzi Frances Davis Zach Campbell
5 Gladman Veronica Satchell Lincoln Wilmot
6 Jordan Macy Allen-Wallace Troy Walsh
6 Emile/Hume Sky Hacking Finn Eagles

Specialist Awards
Year STEM ART PE PERFORMING ARTS
F Sonny Andrews Zari Wood Olenna Corbett Nixon Edrupt
1/2 Billy England Teddy Blanch Augie Benetti Ace Richardson
3/4 Jarvis Smith Victoria Drew Hart Lane Delilah O’Gallagnan
5/6 Finley Burton Evie Cook Brian McPhail Harper Browne
 School Times
The schoolyard is supervised from 8.30am to 8.45am each morning and from 3.15pm to
3.30pm each afternoon.

8.45am - Music Commences - students move to class

8.50am - Class learning time commences

11.20am - 11.50am – Recess

1.40pm - 2.25pm - Lunchtime

3.15pm - School Concludes

3.15pm End of Day - Student Pick Up

STEM TERM 2
Hello everyone,

What a wonderful first semester we have had in STEM for 2023. We have been continuing our
focus on technology and our Year 5 and 6 students have been so excited to get into Minecraft
Education in Term 2. Our senior students have enthusiastically taken on the coding and gaming
requirements of this amazing educational program. They have also been improving a range of
resourcing, building and teaming skills through a combination of targeted tutorials, build
challenges and open game play. Well done to all students for embracing this learning (and fun)
program.
Performing Arts Newsletter – week 8

Music Camp is happening this week for 13 dedicated students from Rye PS. At Camp, we meet with 5
other local schools, make new friends, learn about a dozen new songs, and perform for our families
at the end in a BIG concert with about 100 other musicians.

If you are interested in playing an instrument, please see Miss Parker.

Bigger, Better Brains (BBB) is an Australian company founded by Dr Anita Collins. BBB advocate for
Music Education and promote the many benefits of playing an instrument by using the most recent
neuromusical research. See imagaes below:

Foundation students have been making their very own pitch patterns.

Year 5 and 6 have been working on playing a folk song on the xylophone or chime bars.