Principal's Notes
Dear families,
We are nearly at the end of the first term for 2023. It has gone very fast with lots of terrific events and learning progress.
On Thursday, the Junior School Council will be holding a casual day where we will be raising money for the Royal Children's Hospital Appeal. Please come dressed up as a patient, hospital worker, in an Easter theme or in your casual clothes. A gold coin donation would be appreciated.
The term will finish at2.30pm on Thursday April 6th.Buses will be collecting any bus travellers at this time. Term three will commence on Wednesday 26th April, after the ANZAC day public holiday.
School Policies
On our web page, we have all our school and Child Safety policies available for viewing. If you require any paper copies please contact the school.
http://cavendishps.vic.edu.au/
BioCATS
The Year 5 and 6 students had an early start on Monday morning, leaving Hamilton at 6:15am. It was great to see them all in attendance for such an early morning. Thank you to the parents for transporting them in and out of town. Please see the BioCATS page with some of our students reports about our excursion.
SGSSA Athletics
All students should be congratulated for their efforts throughout the day, regardless of natural athletic talent, all our students ran, jumped and threw to the best of their ability.
Thank you to our wonderful group of parents who supported us by cheering on our young athletes as they run in races and competed in the field events. Please see the Athletics page later in the newsletter for results and pictures. Some of our students have now qualified for the next level, which will take place on Friday 5th May in Warrnambool. Only the students in the 10,11,12/13 years old age groups are eligible to go compete at the next level. Further details will be available next week after Miss Purnell enters and confirms the amount of events with the SGSSA that the eligible students can compete in.
Thank you to Miss Purnell for her organisation of our team and completing all the necessary administration and selection of teams prior to the day. A special thank you to all our wonderful helpers on the day with assisting us with running the long jump events.
Working Bee
This Sunday is our working bee, 9am -12noon. I know that families are busy but if you could spare some time to come and help out with some jobs it would be much appreciated. If you cannot attend on Sunday, you can nominate yourself for a job and do it at your own convenience. See the list of jobs in the 'Working Bee' page of this newsletter. Items that can be bought if you have them are: ute, trailer, pruners, gloves, rakes, wheelbarrow, hedger, blower, sandpaper, pop rivet, paint scraper to peel off sticker. Hope to see you here on Sunday. Also, please bring your hats, sunscreen, snacks & drinks.
Smile Squad
Our school will welcome 'The Smile Squad' team from Dental Health Services Victoria starting 13th June 2023. Smile Squad is the Victorian Government free school dental program which provides students with a free dental check-up, preventive services, and treatment at school. Please see Tammy's 'Notes from the office' page if you would like to consent to your child receiving free dental care at school.
Long Service Leave
As mentioned in earlier newsletters, I will be taking Long Service leave for part of term two and three. I will be on leave from Friday 26th May and returning on Monday 14th August.
Miss Purnell will be Acting Principal while I am away. Mrs Bell (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday) and Mrs McNaughton (Wednesday & Friday) will be sharing the Year 5/6 class and Miss Purnell's afternoon and Friday's classes while she has administration time.
Colour Run - video
Students from last year will remember the colour run that we held at school in December. The link below is for the video made by SSV. This has snippets of the day. The video will may only load on a mobile device - https://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/Pages/play.aspx
Have a lovely weekend.
Lisa Ferrier