From the Principal
Online Parent Teacher Conferences - Monday 24th - 28th July
A parenting talk titled "How to talk with your child when they disagree". - 1st August
Curriculum Day (no students at school): Friday 11th August
Trivia Night - 12th August
Father's Day Stall - 30th August
Father's Day Breakfast - 31st August
All enrolments for Foundation must be submitted by Friday 28th July 2023
Welcome to Ivanhoe Primary School,
If you have a sibling of a current student, and you are intending to enrol them here at IPS for the 2024 school year and are yet to do so, it is absolutely critical that the school office is made aware of this by Friday 28th July.
After Friday 28th July, to be compliant with the Department of Education’s new directive, we must move to enrol “out of area” waitlisted students to fill any enrolment gaps.
Any enrolments from our zone, after classes are filled, will of course be accepted, but this will drive up class numbers, and may cause other “flow on” effects.
Over the years, we have endeavoured to keep our Foundation class numbers lower than many other schools by carefully managing our numbers. Please help us to help you, by enrolling your child by Friday if you have not already done so.
On behalf of the community, I thank James Bull and the teaching and education support staff for organising and managing the Year 3 to Year 6 Athletics Day last Thursday. Not only did Mr Bull have to anticipate the weather, for it rained almost as soon as the students were on the bus, but he deftly managed the venue when managers attempted to cancel the booking two days from it running. It was very cold but the students enjoyed the day and participated enthusiastically in their chosen activities. Thank you to the parent helpers who came and assisted us.
Thank you PFA, in particular to Lance Greenwood (and his daughters), for organising and running the IPS disco on Friday night. Both sessions were very well attended and once again well supported by volunteer parent helpers. The most well attended IPS Disco in living memory with 450 students in attendance. Our canteen manager Annette donated all the icecreams that were sold on the night. The proceeds of which, including the gold coin donations totalled $1516.00 all of which enables the PFA to manage their community events and supports the schools program.
The heart and soul of the disco were, of course, DJ Freeze and DJ Ice aka Mrs Morrow and Mrs Blanas who kept the party going with their pumping beats and cool moves. A huge thank you to both of them for their time and energy.
Please read Lance Greenwoods "rap" up of the Disco on the Music Page in this issue of "Inside Ivanhoe".
I hope you'll join us at our next events, including: Trivia Night, Fathers Day Breakfast, Andrew Wake Parent Night and our IPS Fair.
Our front garden is looking very tired and overgrown. In previous years, students have engaged in gardening and propagating a variety of plants as a part of the curriculum. While a small band of dedicated parents have tried to keep the front garden the delightful place it can be, it has got beyond us. We have contacted Connecting2Australia, a not for profit registered NDIS provider who will come and rejuvenate our school front garden followed by monthly visits to maintain it. C2A’s Employment opportunities provide purpose, skills training, and personal development for people with a disability. They bring financial independence, choice, and community inclusion, for people with a disability.
Thanks to Rob Pearce, father of our Business Manager, lisa Cascun and Mr Leighton Pearce for dropping in on Thursday and spending a few hours in our front garden. He is improving the outlook for our roses that border our front entrance to the school. Rob will be back next week to feed them.
We look forward to the front garden being in a fit state to once again be considered to augment our student learning programs.
In 2024 the Year 5 Camp venue will be Sovereign Hill from the 9th – 11th September. IPS has used Camp Coonawarra for many years but we feel that the Sovereign Hill experience will tie in beautifully with the Term 3 History unit of work ‘ The Gold Rush.’
Wednesday was National Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) Educators' Day and this year's theme is “At the Heart of the Community”. Please join me in thanking our coordinator (Lexi), assistant coordinator (Sarah) and all the staff for the joy and care they provide to our students.
I mentioned last week that there is some substantial planned maintenance to occur between now and the end of the year. Some of that work will attempt to alleviate the drainage issue that plague our OSHC program. If you use the service you will have seen the flooding that occurs around the bottom gate. Contributing to the problem is the sandpit in front of the OSHC garden. The sand has impacted both the garden and the drainage. Having searched for a new place to have a sandpit that the OSHC program can access, we have selected the area where the broken table tennis table is. All other spaces interfere with our proposed planned maintenance program.
A parenting talk titled "How to talk with your child when they disagree".
Join with Andrew the author of "The Good Enough Parent" as he shares strategies to help reduce conflict. Cost is $5 and will be held here at school in the Collaboration Space from 7pm to 8.30pm on the 1st of August. Scan the QR code to reserve your place.
TOPICS INCLUDE
• How to get the timing right when trying to resolve conflicts
• How to keep your cool when you are provoked
On Saturday 25 November 2023, Ivanhoe Primary School will be holding a school fair. Students at IPS are welcome to organise to have their own stall on the day from 12.00pm to 4.30pm. They may like to have their own individual stall or make a combined stall with other students. Table set up can begin from 11:00am on the fair day and must all be set up by 12.00pm. Information regarding the exact location of student stalls will be posted closer to the event. Stalls can be packed up prior to 4.30pm if you wish.
No food items are to be sold at any student stall.
Each stall will have one dedicated stall space of 2m in length at a cost of $30. The school will provide each stall space with chairs and one trestle table - 1.8m in length. Any extra space needed for another table will be at a cost of $10. Students will need to have their own change float and organise their own undercover shelter /gazebo (up to 3m x 3m). It is the student and parent’s responsibility to supply all items required for the stall and to manage the stall on the day. Miss Kelly and Miss McCormick will be available for support on the day.
Please click on the link to register your child/ren's stall https://forms.office.com/r/qrJvGQfbrw
Student stall registrations will close on Friday 5 November at 5.00pm.
Payment and consent for the stall space is to be done via the Compass event, once you have received notification from Miss McCormick.
For further information or any queries please contact:
Miss Kelly - sue.kelly@education.vic.gov.au
Miss McCormick - mollie.mccormick@education.vic.gov.au
Please volunteer as your time to help us make it a fantastic fair! Many hands make light work! Contact our PFA Coordinator, Andrea Thomas on 0431 953 720.
Stall donation items are being sought for the follow stalls:
Get in quick for a night filled with fun and frivolity!
An event not to be missed. This is a great night out, where you can enjoy the company of others, make new friends, have a lot of fun and generally have a good laugh in a great venue not too far from school.
It is time for Dads and Special Men to enjoy our annual IPS Father’s Day breakfast!
Come along to the school hall on Thursday 31st Aug between 7:30am - 8:30am, breakfast orders will be available through My School Connect (same as placing a lunch order and must be placed before Friday August 25th to give us time to get supplies and prepare).
We’ll also have a coffee van to buy a barista brew if you need it.
Please note:
Don’t worry, Mums don’t have to be left out!
We need some Mums to help on the day, show the Dads you care and come along to help us setup the tables and do some serving. No cooks needed, our wonderful Annette in the canteen is taking care of all that. If you can come along between 6:30am and 9am, please contact Veron Teo – veron.listx@gmail.com (0401976755).
If you’re having problems with placing your order, please contact Annette in the canteen on 0413 047 049 (but please wait until you see the menu is available).
Thanks – and see you there!
The Life Ed. Program is coming to IPS from 31st July to 16th August.
Life Ed. offers a range of age-appropriate primary school modules designed to inspire and empower students, providing knowledge, skills and strategies around topics of physical health, safety and social and emotional wellbeing, all through interactive learning experiences. Healthy Harold, the much loved Life Ed. giraffe mascot will also be joining us!
For further information about the program and the opportunity to register for a free parent webinar please click on the following link:
https://www.lifeedvic.org.au/for-families/parent-webinars
All enrolments for Foundation must be submitted by Friday 28th July 2023.
If you are interested in enroling your child for Foundation in 2024, please note:
You can download an enrolment form from our website or you can drop in to the office and collect the form in person.
If you'd like to book a school tour, please call the office on 9499 1880 to organise your spot. Bookings are essential as places are limited.
At the heart of every community is its people. Simply put, a community stands for basic values such as trust, respect and looking after one another. And when you compare these to the values of our school, a clear similarity emerges. We spend a lot of time building student understanding in our five school values. Please seize the opportunities that arise at home and away from school to talk about Confidence, Independence, Persistence, Resilience and Respect and what that means to you. Then tie them back to how your experiences relate to the school community.
Here are some examples: we focus on positive behaviours and good citizenship. Everyone has the right to feel safe at school. Our School Values are Confidence, Independence, Persistence, Resilience and Respect.
It is up to all of us to bring our values to life and present them in a way that makes sense. Here are some examples.
Persistence - is not giving up, having more than one go at something, trying again when you get something wrong or just practicing to do your best.
Resilience - Resilient people often feel good about themselves. There is a difference between people who bounce back easily and those who get frustrated. If you can learn to bounce back you’ll do better at everything in life.
Confidence - Self-confidence is the belief in yourself and in your abilities. That you can do it. When you experience success, you feel good inside and you want to do better.
Independence – Our aim is to ensure that every student is able to develop into an adult capable of looking after themselves, to thrive on the challenges that life throws at us, to experiment sensibly with risks and develop your own ways of doing things successfully.
Respect - Is thinking and acting in a way that shows others you care about their feelings and their well-being.
Our stars are those that demonstrate our school values and set an example to our community . Behaviours that disrupt learning and teaching will not be tolerated.
Have a great week.
Mark Kent
Principal
