From The Principal. Before and After School Care Program. School News

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1 PRINCIPAL: Anne-Maree Kliman From The Principal 28 August 2015 Dear Parents, St Albans East Primary School Station Avenue, St Albans, 3021 PHONE: FAX: School News Excellence in Education vic.gov.au Ministerial Visit In our last newsletter I announced that our school has been selected to launch the State Governments Music in Schools Program which was to involve a visit from the Honourable James Merlino Member for Monbulk, Deputy Premier and Education Minister. The launch was postponed and at this stage I have not been given a new date. I will send further details about this as they come to hand. Before and After School Care Program Next term we will be starting a Before and After School Care Program with Camp Australia. A notice about the parent information and registration evening was sent home earlier this week The parent information session will: Help families understand how the program works Provide a chance to meet the staff from Camp Australia Find about how to registering for your child for the program. Find out about what Benefits are available to assist with the meeting the costs of the program Before school will be offered from 7 8:45am includes breakfast and is FREE After School will be offered from 3:15 6pm and will be user pays. Please refer to the attached letter for additional information NAPLAN NAPLAN results have come in and have been distributed to parents this week. NAPLAN is only one aspect of the assessment and reporting that we do in schools and is a point in time snap shot of a student s performance. Please contact your child s teacher if you wish to discuss your child s individual results. In general, the schools relative gain has continued to strengthen each year for the past three years and this of course is very pleasing. ILLNESS & ABSENCES There has been a nasty flu virus going through the school. If your child is sick please keep them home, but please notify the school on if they are going to be absent from school. Important Dates 28 August District Athletics 31 August 4 September Book Week 2 September Father s Day stall 1-4 September- Book Fair Visit our web site at Canteen Roster Mon: Tue: Wed: Thurs: Fri: Sandra Jane Jackie Newsletter No. 14

2 2016 ENROLMENTS Do you have a child who will turn 5 by April 30 th next year? If so the child is eligible to start school and now is the time to enrol. Please contact the school on so that enrolment package can be sent home and to make an appointment to meet with me to discuss your child s start to school life. We will be conducting an orientation program at the beginning of term 4 so it is important to enrol now so that we can include your child in this program. CSEF APPLICATIONS Applications for CSEF close on 18 September, If you have a Pension or Healthcare Card you may be eligible to apply for funds to assist with camps and excursions for your child. Please see the office for details. No late applications will be accepted. Have a great week Anne Maree Kliman Principal Celebrating Children s Book Week at SAEPS (Monday 31st August to Friday 4th September) Dear Parents and Families, Next week at our school we will be celebrating Children s Book Week by reading lots of books, visits to St. Albans Library and The Scholastic Book Fair will be at our school. We also have a special Whole School Dress up as your Favorite Book Character day and parade scheduled for Friday 4 th September at 1pm in the Hall. The theme for our celebration is Under the Sea: Explore an Ocean of Books! This season s Book Fair will be an exciting celebration full of fun activities, competitions and hundreds of books children want to read. Each book sold at the Fair earns free books for our school! We look forward to seeing you during our Celebration Week. Sincerely, Sneza Vasilevski & Andrea Markham Leading Teachers - Literacy Page 2

3 YMCA School Holiday Program Book now! The YMCA will be running Spring School Holiday Program in St Albans Meadows Primary School, offering heaps of awesome activities, including Melbourne Zoo, Hoyts Movie Oddball, SAM Superheros, and more! For full details and to book, visit: PREP ORIENTATION Thursday 5 th November Monday 9 th November Friday 20 th November Thursday 26 th November 9:30am 11am 2:15pm 3pm 9:30am 11am 2:15pm 3pm Thank you to everyone who has been collecting the Woolworths Earn & Learn stickers. We currently have over 4000 stickers. Remind your family and friends that there are still 2 more weeks to keep collecting stickers.

4 Father s Day Stall St Albans East Primary School is holding a Father s Day Stall on Wednesday 2 September Gifts will range from $3 $9 Don t forget to bring your money along on Wednesday 2 September & pick up something special for Dad for Father s Day!

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8 KINDA KINDER The Kinda Kinder program is a great program. Please come along on Tuesdays from 9:00am 10:30am to join the fun. PLAYGROUP Playgroup is fun! Please come along and join the fun every Thursday from 9:15am-10:45am.

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