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THE JAPANESE WORD OF THE FORTNIGHT

だいすきです (pronounced ‘daisukides’) which means ‘love something’ or ‘like something very much’ is the Japanese Word for Week 4 & 5 of Term 3.

You can use ‘だいすきです (‘daisukides’) to say you love something/like something very much. For example, if you want to say, ‘I love ramen’, you say ‘ramen daisukides’ (ラーメンだいすきです). Also, for a casual situation, you don’t need to use ‘des’ at the end.

Thank you / ありがとうございます (pronounced ‘aligatoh gozaimas’) for your continuing support for our Japanese program.

Muldeary Sensei & Nguyen Sensei

BOOK WEEK 2026

📚 Book Week 2026 – Reminder!

A friendly reminder that Book Week 2026 is fast approaching at Valkstone Primary School!

📅 Friday, 28 August – Week 7

This year’s theme is ‘Symphony of Stories’, and we are looking forward to celebrating a wonderful day filled with books, creativity and imagination.

🎭 Dress Up as a Book Character

All students are invited to come dressed as a book character.

📖 Meet Our Special Author

We are very excited to welcome Julie Anne Grasso, author of Hooray, Hooray, It’s Library Day and the popular Frankie novel series. Julie will be visiting our school and speaking with each class throughout the day.

🎉 Book Week Parade

The whole school will come together for our Book Week Parade for an early assembly starting at 2:45 p.m.

We invite all families to join us for this special event.

We look forward to celebrating Book Week with our Valkstone community on Friday, 28 August! 📚✨

GRADE 2 MCG EXPERIENCE

On Monday the grade 2s went to the MCG! We went with some parent helpers, Eytan’s mum, Amelia’s mum and Jackson’s dad. I was so excited! It was quite chilly. We got there by a humungous bus. We went to learn about how the MCG looked a long time ago.

First, the bus ride took half an hour. I was sitting next to my BFF Issy! I got a bit bus sick. The bus driver was very friendly. His name was Victor. I saw a cute little cavoodle out the window.

Next, we hopped off and ate our snack. The MCG was HUGE! I was amazed. Meanwhile, I was eating my snack with Issy.

Then, we finally went in. It was so amazing I couldn’t speak! When we got inside, 2S got to start playing games. My favourite was when you score softballs in a net. There was another game where you have a surf and another one where you ride a horse!

Then, we went to meet famous Olympian, Dean Hewitt. He showed us all of his medals. It was astounding. As the last part, we got a tour. I was exhausted from walking. It was worth it, though. I never knew there was a library at the MCG! I got a free bookmark. We even saw a red seat, which symbolizes the furthest hit of a cricket ball.

Finally, when we were all exhausted, we had out lunch and hopped on the bus. I was exhausted, but still felt sick on the bus. I sat next to Issy again and headed back to school. It was a long ride.

By Audrey 2S

On Monday the whole grade two's and some teachers and parent helpers went to he MCG. We went to the MCG because we wanted to learn about the history of the MCG and how it changed in time.

First we went on the bus. I sat next to Jonathan. We were talking about Minecraft and about five seconds of Mario and some soccer. We were in bus one, with all of 2S and half of 2M. Behind us sat Julian and Jenson. They were giving us a back massage. I felt comfy and happy but Jonathan got most of it!

Thirty minutes later we arrived and I was really hungry so we had a snack. I had mini cookies and tiny teddies with some apple and mandarin. I was sitting next to Jonathan. He had popcorn and a mandarin too. The MCG was huge!

Next, we played lots of games. I played the soccer game where you kick the ball into the goal. And then, we met an Olympian. His name was Dean Hewitt. He told us never give up. After we had our tour. We went to the highest floor in the MCG, which was the fourth. It was so high! After we tried to find the red seat. I found all the red seats. Finally we went to the library. I was not expecting a library here!

Finally we had lunch. I was starving so much. I sat next to Jonathan again. I had a hot dog for lunch and Jonathan had a sandwich. After that, we went on the bus. I sat next to Jonathan again! We talked about Minecraft and Mario on the way back, it was a long ride. I felt really, really, really, really tired!

by Helios 2S

PETE'S CREW

The Valkstone Veggie patch has had a great winters crop. Showing off some of the delicious carrots from the garden is Erofei from 3F who has helped tender the veggies since they were sown earlier in the year.

Well done Erofei

A visitor to our frog pond recently was this very friendly duck who dropped n for a bath and a feed.

The Instrumental music program at Valkstone PS is back for 2026! Having a fantastic start in the later half of 2025, we would love to see even more Valkstone students take up an instrument and start their passion for playing music.

Enrolments are now open: We currently have guitar, drums and piano running in school hours with a waiting list for other instruments.

To enrol or for further information please visit: https://forms.gle/Pk1ufZ3uQpGtGTfR9

For all other enquiries you can contact:

Simon Lindsay

E: instrumentalasanything@gmail.com

M: 0439 038 372

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LOST PROPERTY

Lost property is located outside the gym near the STEM room.

This is not for children to just take any jumper/hat they find in the lost property.

Children should only be taking their own items.

Please remember to put your name on your school jumpers, hats etc. to ensure that we are able to return them to you.

AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

ACTIVITIES COMMENCE WEEK 2, TERM 3

Tennis - Thursday at lunchtime in the Gym.

Enrolment: chris@up4.tennis or lyn@up4.tennis

0408 806 339

Chess - Wednesday after school in the Grade 1 area 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Please contact the office for an enrolment form & payment.

Art Smart - Tuesday after school in the Art Room 3:40 - 5:00 p.m.

Enrolment: www.artsmartforkidz.com

artsmartforkidz@gmail.com

Yogafun - Tuesday Lunchtime in the Multi-Purpose Room

Enrolment : info@yogafun.com.au

Code Camp- Mondays 3.45 - 5.00pm - Grade 6 are

Enrolment- www.codecamp.com.au/valk

Upcoming Events

TERM 3 2026

TERM 4 2026

Student-Free Days 2026

End of Year Celebration Concert