Whole School News
Easter Raffle, Casual Dress Day TOMORROW Easter Egg Donations please
TOMORROW Thursday 12th March, Parents & Friends will be holding a Casual Dress Day for the students.
Families are asked to please donate Easter eggs or Easter related products to create the Easter raffle prizes.
Raffle tickets will be sent home per child on Thursday 12th March - books of 10 tickets, $2.00 per ticket.
Please return all cash, sold and unsold tickets in the envelope provided clearly labelled with your child's name, year and amount of money in envelope by Monday 23rd March.
Raffle will be drawn at the end of Term assembly on Friday 27th March.
Student Achievments
Well done to the following students on their recent Judo achievements.
Angus C - Bronze medal in the Senior Boys age group
Daniel Cr - Bronze medal in the Under 9 Boys & Girls age group
These are great achievements and we are confident that they will continue to improve their judo skills.
Why do you love your brain?
The ARC Centre for Integrative Brain Function is running its annual art competition, which OPS has been very successful in previous years. To enter, students need to create an artwork inspired by the theme: why do you love your brain? Artworks must fit on an A4-size paper and students can use pens, pencil, crayon, textas or paint. There are great prizes for the winning students and schools too! For more information see the flyer below or visit https://www.brainfunction.edu.au/education-and-training/primary/2020artcomp/
Healthy Kids - Tip of the Fortnight
Make the most of the mango season with this delicious mango slushie smoothie (serves 2):
Ingredients:
- 1.5 cups milk
- 2 heaped tb yoghurt
- 1 cup frozen mango
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 1 Weet-bix
Method:
Blend ingredients (except honey). Drizzle with honey & serve.
Packed with protein, calcium, B12, fibre, slow release carbs, Vitamins A&C, this breakfast will satisfy tummies for hours.
Performing Arts News
Students in Foundation all the way to Year 6 have been enjoying their dance-focussed term of Performing Arts. The students have learnt about what it means to be a good audience member, how we can move our bodies to create different shapes and how dance can be used to tell a story. Some year levels are beginning to choreograph a dance of their own which they will be performing to their peers in the coming weeks.
The Foundation classes have been learning dance routines and will be performing these at assemblies (weather permitting) week 8 for Foundation A and week 9 for Foundation B. We look forward to performing these to the school community.
Year 1 News
Science
The Year One students have been busy investigating changes during our Science unit, Spot the Difference. They have learnt about reversible and irreversible changes through exploring the properties of melted icy poles and cooked spaghetti. Students have begun a Science Journal and Word Wall, where they keep track of our experiments and use their senses to describe the changes they see.
Year 3 News
On Friday the 28th of February the Year 3 students visited the Melbourne Museum as part of their unit on the First Australians. They spent a fun and educational day at the iconic Melbourne site, learning a great deal about the history, culture and customs of the indigenous custodians of Australia. Along with visiting the First Australians Exhibition, the students also had an opportunity to explore the Forest Gallery and The Melbourne Story exhibit. The students, and teachers alike, thoroughly enjoyed their adventure and chance to experience education in a setting outside the schools boundaries.
PE & Sports News
District Swimming
On the 3rd of March, 25 students represented Ormond Primary School at the District Swimming Carnival. Ormond students demonstrated excellent swimming skills, team work and determination during all individual and relay events. We did extremely well in the 50m freestyle relays, achieving the following results.
- U9/10 Girls - 6th place
- U 9/10 Boys - 3rd place
- U11 Girls - 2nd place
- U11 Boys - 1st place
- U12 Girls - 8th place
- U12 Boys - 5th place
Some outstanding individual results, included Toby C (Yr 6), Tessa M (Yr5), Sasha H (Yr 6), Noam C (Yr 4) and Adelaide B (Yr 4).
- Toby: 1st place in U12 Breaststroke and 1st in U12 Butterfly
- Tessa: 1st place in U11 Breaststroke and 2nd in U12 Freestyle.
- Sasha: 2nd place in U11 Backstroke
- Noam: 3rd place in U 9/10 Backstroke
- Adelaide B: 3rd place in U9/10 Freestyle
Well done to all competitors of the Ormond Swimming Team. Thank you to all parents who supported our students and helped out at the carnival.
School Cross Country
This year’s school Cross Country will be held on Thursday March 26th. Students are allowed to wear their house colours to school on this day.
Foundation to Year 2 will be at Ormond P.S on the oval and court area.
Year 3 to Year 6 students will be held at Wattle Grove Park. The timetable and maps for each age group are attached below. Please ensure Compass consent is completed for Year 3 to 6 students.
Training for students in Year 3 to 6 will be on the following dates
- Tuesday 3rd March - 8:20am to 8:45am
- Wednesday 4th March - 8:20am to 8:45am
- Wednesday 11th March - 8:20am to 8:45am
- Tuesday 17th March - 8:20am to 8:45am
- Wednesday 18th March - 8:20am to 8:45am
- Tuesday 24th March - 8:20am to 8:45am
Parents/carers who are able to assist at the School Cross Country as marshals please respond to the 'volunteer' invitation on the Compass event, or contact Ms Milliken directly .
All parent volunteers must have a current Working With Children's Card and have provided the office a copy of this, as well as have completed the Child Safe Code of Conduct.