We Give Our Best To Be Our Best

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1 We Give Our Best To Be Our Best Inverloch P.S. Bayview Ave, Inverloch 3996 (P.O. Box 159) Phone: (03) Fax: (03) Kongwak: (03) Fax: (03) Principal: Wendy Caple November 21st, 2014 DIARY DATES November 25th Transition Information Night yrs 2-3, th Wear House Colours Special Assembly December 1st PFA Meeting 9am LAP Room CANCELLED 2nd No AASC Netball today 5th Last day for Term 4 Uniform Orders 8th School Concert in The Glade (evening) 9th Statewide Orientation Day 10th School Concert Back up Day 12th Junior Athletics Sports 16th Community Carols in The Hub 18th Grade 6 Graduation 19th Last Day Term finish Notices sent home this week; 3/4K-3/4E Presenting at assembly note; Yrs 5 & 6 Open Water Swimming Program; 1/2N Letter LOTE Spanish As previously alluded to, and in response to both parent and government requests, we advertised for a LOTE teacher, and have now appointed one. I am please to announce that Ms Jacqui Castillo will join us as a teacher of Spanish next year. All students at both Inverloch and Kongwak will receive a 50 minute lesson in Spanish language and culture next year. We are very pleased with the calibre of applicants we received, and were interested that all were offering European based languages. We look forward to meeting Ms Castillo and her family before the end of the year. School Concert Please mark in your diaries for the evening of Monday December 8 th for our School Concert. This will be held in The Glade this year. Wednesday December 10 th will be the back-up date in case of inclement weather. Good Luck Josh Bertacco (and his little brother Zavier) are racing in the BMX Victorian Titles this weekend at Knox. We wish Josh and his family the very best of luck. Transition Night While we have been busy with the Kinder children moving into Prep and preparing our Year 6 students to move to Year 7 we are also well aware that some students are quite concerned about the move from Year 2 into Year 3, and the move from Year 4 into Year 5. To help put their fears at ease we have organised a transition night to which students and parents are invited to find out what to expect when they move into a different area of the school. The Transition night will be held on Tuesday November 25 th at school. The Year 2 students and their parents are invited to come along at 7.00pm for an hour, then the Year 4s and their parents can come at 8.00pm. We are sure we can answer all your questions and allay your fears. Parent Helpers Christmas Celebration Inverloch Kongwak parent/helpers Christmas celebration. Are you one of the many parent helpers at the school? Help out in class, book club, sushi lunches, Easter fair, Parents and Friends, etc? Please come along to our end of year social activity. Does day time suit you? Come and join us for morning tea at Jarrah's in Inverloch Thursday the 4th December at 10am. Morning s no good? Then come and share an amazing meal at Tsunami's Friday 5th December at 6.30pm. Please RSVP by 28th November to Paula or leave your name with the office. RSVP s are essential. Lions Club Skateboard Competition The Skate Competition that was cancelled last Sunday will be going ahead this Sunday 23rd November starting at 12noon and finishing at 4pm. Entry fees will be collected at the skate park on the day. AASC Please note there will be no Active After School Netball on Tuesday 2nd December. It will resume as normal on Dec. 9th and 16th.

2 ICYPOLES for OXFAM! Not everyone has a happy time at Christmas like we do. The Year 3/4 students want to raise money for Oxfam Australia s Unwrapped Appeal so that we can give back to others who need it more than us. We will be selling icy poles from the stadium canteen at lunchtime each day from Monday 24 th November for the first 15 minutes after eating time. The icy poles will be 50 cents each (one per student). After we have sold the icy poles we will be looking through the catalogue to select an item we would like to give. We will each decide which option we think is most useful and present our idea to the class. Both year levels will then select the items to purchase. You can learn more about Oxfam Unwrapped at unwrapped.oxfam.org.au Congratulations to our students Harri, Sasha, Jack, Keegan, Tyler, Lucas, Jak, Jack, Max and Zeke who received an award at assembly this morning for safe riding to school. They were spotted by members of the Victorian Police as they rode to school safely on Walk/ Ride to School Day on October 23rd. Here to present the awards were Inspector Graeme Sprugue, Councillors Jordan Crugnale and Andrew Phillips and Sian Conn. Our cricket boys had a fantastic day at Traralgon on Tuesday. They won every game and played out a very close final finishing 2nd overall. Well done boys.

3 Congratulations to all students who participated in the house swimming sports last Friday. It was great to see everyone having a go. It was also fantastic to see the students supporting each other and their house. Well done to RED ROBBINS for being the overall winners. HOUSE COLOURS ASSEMBLY Next Friday we are asking ALL student to come dressed in their House Colour t-shirts to start creating excitement for the Junior School Athletic Sports and to help our students in Prep Yr 2 meet others in their house.

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5 INVERLOCH FIRE BRIGADE SANTA RUNS 2014 Inverloch Fire Brigade are once again holding Christmas Eve Santa runs on Wednesday 24th December from 3pm until 8pm. Parents are to supply a small gift to be delivered to your house on Christmas Eve. PLEASE CLEARLY NAME AND ADDRESS THE GIFTS. The gifts are to be kept to a small size as they need to be housed on a fire truck during delivery. A donation of $3 per child or $5 per family of up to 4 children. To make a booking please attend the Fire Station at 28 A Beckett Street Inverloch. No bookings will be taken by phone. Booking times are Monday 8th Dec., Thursday 11th Dec., and Friday 12th Dec., from 9.30am until 11.30am. Sunday 14th Dec., 10am until 11am. Monday 15th Dec., Thursday 18th Dec., and Friday 19th Dec., from 9.30am until 11.30am. Bookings and delivery of presents will close on Friday 19th Dec., at 11.30am. THERE WILL BE NO BOOKINGS TAKEN AFTER THE 19TH at 11.30am. Once booked the delivery address cannot be changed. The trucks will only deliver to a residential address and not to parks. Any enquiries please phone Officers and members of the Inverloch Fire Brigade would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and safe and happy Hi All, You may notice something a bit different about the male teachers at Inverloch/ Kongwak Primary School soon. It's not new haircuts or new t-shirts, we've made the decision to donate our upper lips to the Movember movement. Over the 30 days of November, we're growing moustaches while raising funds and awareness for men's health. MOWING A huge thank you to all of our volunteers who have mowed this year. The front of the school has looked fantastic all year, as had the Edgar St nature strip. This is the final roster for the year, please let the office know if you are able to mow. Thanks again guys... Fortnight/week beginning: Nov 8 Nov 22 Dec 6 Dec Jan 10 Jan 24 Feb 7 Dermot Dermot inverlochkongwakprimaryschool You can donate by: Donating online at inverlochkongwakprimaryschool -OR- Writing a cheque to 'Movember', referencing our registration ID: and mailing it to: Movember, PO Box 60, East Melbourne, VIC 8002, Australia You can learn more about the important work and impact Movember is having at: au.movember.com/programs There's a lot riding on these moustaches. Thank you and we appreciate your support.

6 BIG RED BIN There is a hungry big red bin in the school foyer for any quality donations you'd like to make to the Easter Fair. Brick-a-brac, clothes, shoes, homewares, glass jars, toys, fabrics, books, craft. Big thanks to you! Stuck-On-You Labels I know we are always asking families to ensure clothing is labelled, now you can buy quality labels and help the school at the same time. Stuck on you labels offer a great range of stick on labels for clothing, shoes, lunch boxes and drink bottles. You can go online to to check out the amazing range of labels. If you wish to order anything please use the code: INVERLOCHPRIMARYSCHOOL which then means a percentage of the sale will go to school funds to help our children! Don t forget Nude Food Tuesdays SOUTH GIPPSLAND CARERS South Gippsland Carers is a group of carers and families of people with additional needs and frail aged We are there for all carers who live in the South Gippsland region, and we provide support, social get-togethers, information sharing and regular meetings Meetings are held on the 4 th Tuesday of the month during school Term 10am 12 noon Memorial Hall Meeting Room 2 Michael Place Leongatha (opposite the Post Office) Next meeting: Nov 25 th For more information please contact Heather: CONCERT FOR Bryns School WHEN? SUN DEC 7 TH.. WHERE? INVERLOCH PRIMARY SCHOOL GYM WHAT TIME? 2:00 4:30 WHY? The Bryns School Trust has assisted in the establishment of 6 schools in - VIETNAM, SIERRA LEONE, CAMBODIA (2), KENYA AND SOUTH SUDAN We hope to raise money to ESTABLISH A MUSIC PROGRAM FOR THE GIRLS SCHOOL IN SOUTH SUDAN. This would enable purchase of instruments, hiring of teacher etc WHAT WILL YOU HEAR? You will hear students from different schools in the area perform musical items. There will also be special guest artists performing. WHAT ELSE? George Hendry will talk about his adventures in setting up these schools. Afternoon tea will be available as well as door prizes and raffles. Home baked food as well as international products (great Christmas presents) will be on offer with all proceeds going towards the BrynsSchool Trust. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL