Principal's Report

GET READY FOR EDUCATION WEEK:

Wednesday May 25  4.45pm to 5.45pm

Come and enjoy our maths afternoon. 

The more classes you visit with your children  + the more problems you solve + the more teachers signatures the students receive = the greater chance of winning one of the prizes!

You have to be in it to win it!

Winners announced in our special assembly.

Special assembly 27 May at 9.15am At our Special Assembly we will be drawing the prizes from Education week. (There will be no afternoon assembly on 27 May).

Working Bee Thank you:

Many thanks to all our families who helped out at our Working bee on Sunday! It was a sunny morning and many hands make light work. The mulch was all spread under the play equipment, the sand put was filled with fresh sand and the balustrading around the 5/6 hexagon was repainted.

Thank you to the following families:

Paterson

Harris

Smith

Firth

Schambre-Nickless

Noye

Austin

Molinaro

You all did a fantastic job and helped to make our school a better place.

DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY

60 students were selected to compete in the District Cross Country at Ruffey Lake Park

on Tuesday. All our competitors tried their best and ran hard on a difficult course.

Those who finished in the top 10 in their event will go on to compete in the Division Cross Country - Good luck to them.

Hamish (5/6B) won the 12/13yr boys event, Sierra (5/6E) finished 2nd in 12/13yr girls, Charlie (5/6B) finished 2nd in 11yr boys and Molly (3/4M) finished 3rd in the 10yr girls event.

Jimmy Harris has taken the fantastic photos below.

KILOMETRE CLUB:

It is so good to see many of our students having a run on the oval from 8.45 every morning. 

Lots of positive comments are coming from Staff, students as well as parents.

"I love the morning running for our children"

"It just sets the students up for a great day".

5/6 B won the Golden Trundle Wheel for having the most students participating last week!

GRADE 3/4 CAMP: MEETING 4pm Monday 23 May about our Phillip Island Camp 

June 8-10. 

We have lots of very excited campers who cannot wait!

Meredith Thornton  

Acting Principal

Feel free to contact me via email meredith.thornton@education.vic.gov.au

Natasha Rankin Day

Last Friday we celebrated the life of our beloved Natasha Rankin. It was amazing to see so much orange around the school to brighten our day as we remembered Miss Rankin. Orange was her favourite colour and to us it symbolises the warmth, sunshine, determination and joy that Miss Rankin brought to our lives. We were able to raise $258.75 as a school which will be donated to the RooKeepers on behalf of Tash. RooKeepers came to visit Tash in the last couple of weeks before she passed. 

Maggie (who received the Miss Rankin award last year) and Mrs Eastwood spoke beautifully at assembly on Friday and a video was sent of this and played to Tash's family and friends at her memorial on Saturday. It was extremely special to hear that we were part of this day and how much Miss Rankin impacted us here at ACPS. We continue to have Miss Rankin in our thoughts and we look forward to seeing which student portrays the same values that Miss Rankin admired in students when we announce an award at the end of the year in her name. 

Shoes everywhere!

Thanks again for a very successful shoe recycling drive last term. This week Andersons Creek Primary School were formally announced as the VICTORIAN WINNER with 475 pairs of shoes being donated by children, family and staff. We loved the idea of matching a school full of children who are sports mad with a sustainability opportunity. We saw firsthand through all the boxes collected what a group of children can do to help our planet. Small steps to big things! Congratulations to our fellow Victorians at Balnarring Primary School who were the national winners with 798 pairs of shoes! Go Victoria!

Wednesday 11 May - NUDE FOOD WEDNESDAY IS STARTING. Please try to bring lunch with only reusable containers each Wednesday. Nude Food is good for your health and the environment and helps keep our playground beautiful. Classes will compete against each other for the 'Rubbish free Lunch' trophy which will be awarded at Assembly each week.

The Chickens and Children's garden are growing well. If you would like to join the Chicken Care roster for a week this term please email Sarah Bailey Sarah.Bailey2@education.vic.gov.au There are clear instructions and lots of support so no experience is necessary. We also are looking for some new vegie boxes to add to our garden so let Sarah know if you have any suitable containers to donate. 

SCULPTURE at The Pines

Wow! our Fish is filling up quickly!

We’ve been invited to create a sculpture for World Environment Day by the Pines Shopping Centre. Our Art Teacher (Julie Clarke) and Green Thumbs Coordinator (Sarah Bailey of 2SB) are working with the Green Thumbs team, the Arts Captains and other students to create a large, see-through fish, filled with our soft recycled plastic. It will have many smaller plastic fish around it, and will highlight the importance of keeping plastic rubbish out of our waterways so our fish can live well as we all share this planet together. We will also be able to share about ACPS recycling program. The display at the Pines Shopping Centre will be ready by the beginning of June.

 A big thank you to our school community for helping with our sculpture!

Thanks Julie, Sarah for your creative ideas and initiative. 

EDUCATION WEEK: OPEN AFTERNOON Wednesday 25 May - don't miss out! It will be lots of fun! 

Lock the date in your diaries and come celebrate our 2022 Education Week fun!

Term 2 Working Bee - May 15 

9am-11am

Open to all families from all year levels

We would love to see as many helpers as possible, thanks in advance!

NAPLAN 2022

Brooke Eastwood brooke.eastwood@education.vic.gov.au NAPLAN coordinator 2022

Have a fabulous week and thanks for a great week. 

Take care

Meredith Thornton  

Acting Principal

Feel free to contact me via email meredith.thornton@education.vic.gov.au