Gong hei fat choy(恭喜发财), 'Best wishes, wishing you happiness and prosperity.' 

Xīn nián kuài lè,  'New Year happiness' 

Volunteer Inductions

As part of our Child Safety obligations, all volunteers must complete an induction every twelve months. Please come to one of our sessions and bring your Working With Children Check card and drivers licence. Please note the originals need to be sighted. 

Tuesday 10th March 8:40-9am, 3:30-3:50pm Wednesday 11th March 8:40-9am 3:30-3:50pm

Learning in the Prep class

What a busy and exciting two weeks we’ve had in Grade Prep!

In Literacy, we have loved meeting more of Milo Monkey’s friends and learning the special sounds they represent. Recently we met Peter Penguin (p), Tim Turtle (t), Cooper Caterpillar (c) and Izzy Insect (i). The students are doing a fantastic job recognising these initial sounds and using them in their reading and writing.

This week was extra special because we started taking home our very first reader books! We are so proud of how hard everyone is working to carefully sound out and blend new words when reading. It’s wonderful to see their confidence growing each day, a brand new reading superpower has definitely been unlocked!

In Maths, we have been busy counting, making collections, and practising writing our numbers up to 10. We love reinforcing our counting skills during our daily morning workouts. Did you know the Grade Preps love star jumps and push-ups? It’s a fun way to get our bodies moving while strengthening our number skills at the same time.

We were also excited to take part in another sports clinic- this time it was hockey (Erin’s favourite!). We learned how to hold the stick correctly, push the ball, run with control, and play some fun mini games. It has been fantastic to see so many students choosing to pick up a hockey stick at recess and lunch to keep practising their new skills.

A very special highlight was our first whole-class School Wide Positive Behaviour celebration! After working hard to earn 100 Values cards, we enjoyed dressing up in our pyjamas, watching the film adaptation of Superworm by Julia Donaldson, and eating a gummy worm treat. A wonderful (and cosy!) celebration was had by all, and we are already looking forward to the next one.

Thank you for your continued support, we are so proud of our hardworking Prep learners!

Learning in the Grade 1-2 class

In Year 1-2, we are getting the hang of our Heggerty Phonemic awareness program. Each day the children are learning to manipulate sounds and words and are becoming compound word detectives. Please see the Heggerty letter attached for more information on this program.

In Sustainability, we have been busy hiding underwear around the school (don't worry, they're clean!) to learn how fabrics decompose in different environments. The children have had a fun time deciding on various suitable places and mapping them, so we don't forget where they are hidden. 

Last week we were lucky to be involved in a Hockey clinic, where Aaron taught us how to keep the ball stuck to the hockey stick like bubblegum when moving it along the ground. It was hard work, but they all were so focused.

In Inquiry, we have begun working with the Prep class to learn about different celebrations, how they are celebrated and why. 

Grade 1-2 celebrated 100 Values Cards as part of acknowledging students showing our expected behaviours. We dressed up in our pyjamas today!

Student Council

Congratulations to our Student Council members: Otis, Edie B, Freddie, Ruby, Tom, Dot, Wren, Mary, Arnie, Teyo and Quincy.

A group of students are working on student suggestions for our new playground and will have a poster up in each classroom and the hallway for students and parents to put down their suggestions. They have been getting input from students on what they currently love about our old playground!

A group of students are working on upgrading our sports shed and also have a poster up in classrooms and the hallway for students and parents to put down their suggestions. They will be writing a grant application with Bernadette to council for some funding assistance.

A group of students are working on adding to our Resource Smart Sustainability award application for Teacher of the Year for Serena. If parents would like to share how you have seen Serena contribute to your child's understanding of and care for our environment, we would love your input by next Wednesday!

Brekkie Club 8:30-8:50am sharp!

We love Brekkie club and thank our parents for volunteering your valuable time to make this happen.

Currently we have children arriving at 8:50 when the service finishes and then they are missing the morning circle check in and the start of learning with their class. This impacts on everyone in our classes. 

We ask families who are using this service to make sure your child is at school by 8:40am so they have time to get and eat their brekkie prior to class.

Thanks for helping us!

News from parents' group

Events this year 

At this stage we are looking for people to help coordinate these events. They are a much loved part of our school calendar and can only take place with everyone's help. Some of us love to organise, and some of us love to help on the day. Both jobs are important and highly valued by us all!

Market stall at Wesley Hill Market

Reconciliation Walk

Lantern Walk

School Fete

Raffle

Cook up with Serena

Lunch clubs

Are you interested in coordinating an event?

Contact Krista on 0401167756

Are you interested in Lunch club activities?

Contact Bernadette Bernadette.McKenna@education.vic.gov.au or 54722557

Other fundraising this year

Bulbs: stay tuned for this in the next week

Term 4: Toilet paper Yarn'n 

Donate your 10c containers at the Chewton servo to our school. Every little bit helps

Sushi

Register for Sushi https://schoollunchonline.com.au/

We have sushi 3 times each term. 

Next Friday is our first one for the year.

Orders must be placed by Thursday 5pm.

Songlines and Seasons Exhibition

Dumawul, Hargreaves Mall, Bendigo

 First Peoples connections and information

You can find out more about Yoorrook here

https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/ and Four Corners have an excellent program on Yoorrook. 

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/four-corners/series/2025/video/NC2503H008S00 

You may have heard that Djaara have begun Treaty negotiations with the Victorian government.