Drysdale Primary School’s Family Dance Night is happening this Thursday evening from 5pm.  This is a welcome back to school social event where the children lead some dancing and families have the opportunity to meet other families in our school community. The Dance Night takes place on the basketball courts.  If it is raining, we can move into the hall instead. I am looking forward to meeting lots of families.

There will be a BBQ (sausages for $2 and hamburgers for $3) to provide a dinner option for families. (cash only)

Coffee and soft drink will be available at the canteen.

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I am delighted to let you know that Gary Absolom, Stephanie Davey, Sandra Jelowyi, Scott Pearson and Leanne Sharples have accepted positions on the Drysdale Primary School Council following the nomination process earlier this term.  Gary and Scott are returning for further terms of office while Stephanie, Sandra and Leanne are new to Council.  I would like to thank all of them for volunteering to take on this important commitment within the school community.  I would also like to acknowledge the hard work of Tammy Burke, Renee Colley, Bre Gage and Anna Richardson whose terms have finished. Each of them have made very significant contributions our school’s development and improvement in recent years.

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Our Term 1 Student Led Conferences will be taking place on Monday, March 23rd and Tuesday, March 24th.  These are times when your child will be able to talk to you and their teacher about the learning they have been doing this term. Bookings are necessary and can be made through the Parent Portal on Sentral by following this link: https://sentral.drysdaleps.vic.edu.au/portal2/#!/login .  Please note that the booking system will open at 11 a.m. this Thursday, March 5th.  Each appointment is ten minutes.  If you have more than one child at school, please leave at least ten minutes between their appointments to allow you time to move between the two classes.

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Please note that students in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 have two important sports activities taking place in the final two weeks of this term. They will be swimming starting in the penultimate week, March 16th, with the house cross country event taking place at the Drysdale Reserve on Wednesday, March 25th.

If you are interested and can spare some time to help with our cross country event on the morning of Wednesday, 25th March, please fill in your details for Mr Sinnott on this form – https://forms.gle/kLusdhha8RbcYpUQ8

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On the last day of this term, we will be holding a mini-mudder! This is a fun day when the children go over, under and through a series of muddy obstacles. There is a small charge to participate in this incursion, as well as a permission form on the Parent Portal (families will receive a notification when the permission form is available). Students will need to wear very old clothes because they will be both muddy and wet by the time they finish the course. Further details will be provided as we get closer to the day.

 

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Week 5! Wow where is this term going?

This week some amazing students came to the AP office full of excitement about what they were learning!

Heidi from Year 5 presented to us her work about ‘Timezones.’ She included information about Greenwich Mean Time and the time difference between and here and Darwin!

Will and Eli from Year 3 completed some data collection they devised questions that allowed them to collect accurate data! Their questions were based around pets and which type would be suitable for the classroom! I am not sure about the spider but I bet the chimpanzee would make learning even more interesting!

Nathan from Year 6 attended a ‘Bug House’ creating workshop. Nathan used recycled wood and glued and screwed the pieces together to make a box. Nathan then placed different sized pieces of wood and branches in the box and drilled different sized holes into them to create ‘houses’ for the bugs. We are extremely grateful to Nathan as he has donated this to our veggie garden here at school. He placed it next to our existing ‘Bug Hotel.’ An interesting fact from Nathan “The Bug Box needs to face East, West or South as North is too hot for them.” Thanks Nathan

Parent Helper Sessions

Thanks to those parents who have expressed an interest in volunteering in their child’s class. Our Parent Helper Sessions will begin in Term 2.  More information will follow at a later date.

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Come and try your luck at winning an Easter hamper at the Drysdale Community Market on Sunday, 15 March 2020.  All proceeds to be used for the school’s landscape and master plan for all students to enjoy. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5.  Winners announced at school during the last assembly of Term 1, Monday, March 23rd.

 

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This week’s Business of the Week is the very well known to Drysdale PS. Debbie Lee School of Dancing has a long association with Drysdale and many of our students have benefitted greatly from participating in their program. Not only do they become better skilled at dance, they also gain lots of confidence and come school concert time, we can always pick out the Debbie Lee kids.

Classes are open for 2020 and all abilities are welcome.

 

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We are committed to strengthening the communication between the school and home, particularly between parents and teachers. The introduction of FlexiBuzz opens up a new channel where the school and teachers can communicate directly with parents in a timely and convenient manner.

To join our FlexiBuzz community, go to the app store (available on both Apple and Android), search for FlexiBuzz and download the app.  Once it is downloaded, search for Drysdale Primary School and register. Then select which group (class) you would like to join. This will then allow you to have a private or group communication with your child’s classroom teacher.  It will also allow you to receive notifications specific to your child’s class, e.g. the bus returning from an excursion is running ten minutes late.  You can also choose to receive reminders, e.g. the permission form for next week’s excursion is due back on Friday.

Click read more to learn about FlexiBuzz features and how to register.

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The Year 6s enjoyed a very successful excursion to both Serendip Sanctuary in Lara and EcoLinc in Bacchus Marsh. This excursion was part of our Term 1 big idea, “living things grown and adapt to survive the physical condition of their environment” and gave the students the opportunity to see first-hand examples of animals and plants that call the Western Victorian Volcanic Plains their home. The students investigated these animals and plants and learnt all about the behavioural and structural adaptations that allow the species to survive. We also looked at some introduced species and the reasons they have thrived, along with the impact they have had on the native wildlife and vegetation. Finally, we looked at the impact of humans on this delicate and ever-shrinking natural environment. Click read more to view a photo gallery of our day.

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As part of our Inquiry unit big idea the Year 2s are learning about our community and the land forms that shape it.  On Friday the Year 2s went to the Dell.

“We learnt about the bath house, mineral water and plants we can eat like the salt bush. My favourite part was eating the plants and making my map. We had fun!”

By Xavier

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As part of our Inquiry unit big idea ‘Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star’ the Year 5 students visited the Victorian Space Science Education Centre for a day full of hands on activities.

“When we first got there we talked about space and the solar system with Patrick. Patrick was very intelligent and could answer anything we asked about space. We looked at the size of the planets, the distance between each planet, how far away from the sun they are and how long it takes them to orbit around the sun. We then put space suits on and went on a mission to Mars. That was awesome! We split into two groups, one group were mission control and the other group went to Mars and conducted lots of experiments about potentially living on Mars one day. VSSEC was so fun.. we had the best day!”

“We learnt about our solar system and the planets that have inhabited it for billions of years, and will inhabit it for billions of years to come. We got to wear space suits for an activity, which was ‘Mission to Mars’. There were two rotations, one was going to Mars and the other was mission control back on Earth. There were two main objectives on mission control. One was to keep the scientists on Mars safe and warn them if something happened and the other objective was to collect answers from the scientists on Mars and write the down the information on a sheet of paper. We had a great time!”

Ethan 5

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Purple Day aims to encourage people to talk about epilepsy and to remind those who live with seizures, that they are not alone.

Purple Day was founded in 2008, by nine-year-old Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia, Canada. Motivated by her own struggles with epilepsy, Cassidy started Purple Day in an effort to get people talking about the condition and to let those impacted by seizures know that they are not alone. She named the day Purple Day after the internationally recognised colour for epilepsy, lavender.

To support epilepsy awareness, the Junior School Council are encouraging everyone to ‘wear a touch of purple’ this Friday. This could include a purple hair ribbon, purple headband, purple socks, purple t-shirt, purple badge, etc, etc.

Please note, this is not a casual clothes day, nor is it a fundraiser. The JSC are simply raising awareness about epilepsy and showing our support to those in our community who live with seizures.

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Special lunch order forms have been sent home and are due back Wednesday, 11th March.

Special lunch order day is Tuesday, 17th March.

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Parents will receive an email or Sentral App (Parent Portal) notification for any new permission approval requests. If payment is required they can be made via Bpay or at the Administration Office.

Please refer to the school calendar on our website for dates for all activities. https://www.drysdaleps.vic.edu.au

Activities requiring approval :

Year 1 – Braveheart Incursion – Approval and Payment of $6.00 before 5th March

Year 4 – Geelong Library Excursion – Approval and Payment of $13.00 before 9th March

Year 3 to Year 6 – Swimming – Approval and Payment of $80.00 before 6th March

Year 2 – Bellarine Train Excursion – Approval and Payment of $20.00 before 12th March

Division Swimming – Select Students Approval before 6th March (No payment required)

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Thank you to everyone who brings nude food. It’s a healthy choice for you, and it helps keep our playground and local environment clean. Our year level winners this week are Prep O and 5T. Our prize winners are Manson from Year 2 and Tyler of Year 5 congratulations! Thank you also to Drysdale Coles for sponsoring nude food this term.

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This week at OSHC we are exploring our imaginative power with activities including creating our own fantasy worlds, making costumes for our created characters, and solving different challenges using building materials such as LEGO and reused materials. We will also be giving children the opportunity to practice their songs for Family Dance Night, and so much more.

Parents, please be advised that there has been a change in staffing starting this week until the end of term. Lisa will be away during March due to travelling overseas, and Kane will be stepping up as

coordinator in her absence. Lisa will be back at OSHC for the commencement of Term 2

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