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Interschool Sport

Over the past 2 weeks, our interschool sport teams who progressed from the District Interschool Sport competitions, competed in the SSV Divisional finals. Each team represented Croydon Hills Primary School with pride and great sportsmanship, which led them to successfully making it through to Regional Finals, with all four teams winning their competitions. 

Huge congratulations to the following teams. We wish them the best of luck at Regional Finals! 

Basketball - Girls 

Basketball - Open 

Softball - Girls 

Hot Shots Tennis – Girls

Athletics

Congratulations to Isla J for making it through to Regional Athletics for the 800m and 1500m events. 

P-2 Cross Country

Our Junior Cross Country day is fast approaching and we have been walking the course with students during our Physical Education lessons to get them familiar with the course as well as the distance they need to run. 

Thankyou to all the parents and caregivers who have offered to help out for the morning, without the support of the community, we wouldn’t be able to run these events. 

We are still in need of assistance, so if you are able to help out for the morning, please get in contact; Jayne.beith@education.vic.gov.au. Thankyou!

When: Wednesday 30th October (week 4)

Time: 9:15-11:30am

Dress Code: Students wear their house colours and appropriate footwear

Schedule:

Please note: This is a guide as we are always unsure how long it will take for the last runner to finish the previous race.

Library

SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUB

Welcome back to school for Term 4. 

This week all students should receive a Scholastic Book Club brochure. If you don’t receive yours there will be spares available from the library or you can just go online to https://www.scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents/ to view Issue 7 and place your order. There are lots of great Christmas ideas for family and friends in this Issue. 

Scholastic are giving away free books in this Issue of Book Club. 1 free book when you spend $20, 2 books when you spend $50 or 3 books when you spend $70. This offer is available only if you order through LOOP when you spend $17.50 and only on your FIRST eligible transaction on Issue 7. If you are using the LOOP app, you will need to make sure that you have upgraded to the latest version. If you choose the LOOP option (explained on the order form) you order your child’s individual items and pay for them. No paperwork needs to be sent to the school. Your order will be received with the school’s orders and will be delivered to your child’s classroom along with the orders of the other students. This is the only way to pay by credit card.

The orders are due in by Wednesday 23 October. If you try to put through a late order once the school has closed the orders you will be given the option to pay postage and have it sent directly to your home address.

Cash orders are sent to the school. No orders are to go to the library or class teachers – they are to go directly to the office.  Please ensure that these orders have Name and Class on both the order form and the envelope. If you want orders as gifts just put your name and a phone number on the order form and mark it clearly as a gift. We will contact you when they arrive at school and hold them at the office for you to collect. We do earn valuable points for every purchase made which are used for new library books. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Jess Ward and Sue Offer in the Library

Eggs

Home grown fresh eggs are available for purchase from the office for $5 per dozen (availability varies daily). If families have any empty egg cartons, we'd greatly appreciate the donations.   Thank you in advance 🥚🐔

Sick Bay

Does your Asthmatic child need a preventer?

HOW DO PREVENTERS HELP ASTHMA?

Preventers play a vital part in your asthma treatment. Preventers contain a corticosteroid which makes the airways less sensitive, reduces redness and swelling and helps to dry up mucus.   

When you are prescribed a corticosteroid for asthma, your doctor is trying to copy the action of steroids that your body produces naturally to help reduce injury or inflammation.  

Preventers: 

• help to treat the underlying cause of the symptoms and 
• work by treating the inside of airways to help keep them clear. 

Most adults and some kids with asthma should be prescribed a preventer. Ask your doctor about preventers if you don’t have one. Some clear signs you need one are if you have:  

• experienced asthma symptoms at least once per week  
• symptoms that cause regular trouble with activities   
• woken at night due to asthma symptoms once or more during the past month  
• had a flare-up requiring an urgent visit to a GP or emergency department  
• needed a course oforal corticosteroids.  

If taken properly a preventer can: 

• prevent symptoms 
• reduce the likelihood of asthma attacks and 
• improve asthma related quality of life.  

If you have been prescribed a preventer medicine, you should take it every day as directed, even if you no longer have asthma symptoms and feel well.  

Don’t stop taking it once you feel better, this is a sign that it is working!   

It may take two to four weeks of regular use before your preventer medicine reaches its full effect.

source: https://asthma.org.au/medicines/preventers/ 

Allergies & Antihistamines

With Spring in full swing, we are seeing an increase in students presenting with allergy symptoms.  If your child suffers from hayfever or grass allergies, can you please ensure they are given a dose of an antihistamine before school, particularly on days they have sport.