From the Principal

Welcome to IPS 

It's hard to believe that Term 1 is already coming to a close. For most, it has been a wonderful term full of excitement, learning and laughter. For some, the journey has been a little tougher, but I am confident that our continued commitment to working together will have everyone smiling by year's end.

On Wednesday the school held an end of Term House Lunch. Students and staff dressed in their House Colours and took part in activities directed by House Leaders and our talented Mr Pearce. Mr Pearce never fails to get everyone excited and working in their teams to celebrate our wonderful school.

Take a look at the images from the House Lunch  on the Student Voice page.

ICAS. What is ICAS?

ICAS is an online academic set of assessments that are designed to assess students’ higher order thinking and problem-solving skills. At IPS we are offering the following ICAS assessments for students in years 3-6…

English, Mathematics, Science, Digital Technologies.

Learn more about ICAS here. https://www.icasassessments.com/products-icas

How to participate in ICAS.

If you wish for your child to participate in ICAS this year, please:

1. Read about ICAS subjects and prices here: https://www.icasassessments.com/products-icas/pricing/

2. Read the terms and conditions here: https://www.icasassessments.com/schools-terms-and-conditions/

3. Go to Parent Portal to purchase tests here: https://shop.icasassessments.com/pages/pps

4. Enter our school’s access code - STL697

5. Enter your child’s details, select the tests you would like to purchase, then proceed to payment.

IPS ICAS registrations will close at 11:59pm on Friday, July 12th. 

No student will be able to register for ICAS at IPS beyond this date.

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Ivanhoe Primary School is excited to be participating. The PRC application offers a range of exciting features including:

• access to a library catalogue (including book images and blurbs)
• a modern user-friendly interface
• rewarding students with badges as challenge milestones are achieved
• the option for students to mark books as a favourite, give them a star rating or complete a book review

The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by the 6th of September 2024.

Children from Foundation to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. 

Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.

All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers.

To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklist and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge .

With Thanks

Francine Stroud (IPS PRC Coordinator)

Mathematics - Using playing cards

Playing with cards is always a fun activity, particularly on holidays.

You can:

• Play matching number games like ‘Snap’ with playing cards.
• Order the numbers on the cards from smallest to largest, or largest to smallest.

Playing shop

Playing shop helps ground your child’s maths learning in the real world while also developing their social skills. One way to play shop is to create a mini-shop at home. 

Here are a few tips and activities:

• Collect food and grocery items and label them with prices written on sticky notes, or prices cut out of shopping catalogues.
• Talk about how we pay for items using coins, notes and cards.
• Make paper money or use play money to buy and sell goods from the mini-shop.
• Collect old receipts or price tags and use them in the mini- shop.
• Notice the features of different coins, including their shapes and the animals and people shown. Discuss the differences. Create coin rubbings with pencils and paper.
• Encourage your child to order food items by height (tallest to the shortest) or by cost (least expensive to most expensive).
• Introduce kitchen scales to the mini-shop to weigh foods, such as a box of tea bags or a bag of rice, and order items by weight.

Finally

Curriculum Day for Parent / Teacher Interviews

A message to parents. 

School Council has endorsed Wednesday the 31st of July as a Curriculum Day (Student Free Day)  for Parent / Teacher interviews (12pm to 7.30pm). Generally speaking, Curriculum Days are adjacent to a weekend allowing families to organise extended breaks.

However, as this day is dedicated to parent / teacher interviews we have had to select a day when most staff are at work. Many of our staff are part-time and it is imperative that all teachers are available on this day.

Being your best self

A message to our students. 

Just before holidays is a good time to reflect on how your year in school has gone so  far. No one can be the best they can be all the time. Effort is the only way that anyone can improve.  Put in the effort to make the progress with your schoolwork and keep going even if you make mistakes. Sure, this can be frustrating but effort is the key to success.

Have a wonderful break, stay safe and be ready to return in Term 2 as your very best self.

Thank you for your continued supprt.

Mark Kent

Principal

http://www.ivanhoeps.vic.edu.au/ 

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