TOOTGAROOK TELEGRAPH

Weekly newsletter of

TOOTGAROOK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Website: www.tootps.vic.edu.au
Telephone: 5985 2864

Email Address: tootgarook.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Issue 24

14th August, 2015

CALENDAR
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Tuesday 18 August
Thursday 20th August Saturday 22nd August Wednesday 9th September Saturday 12th September -

Tootgarook PS House Athletics Day

9.00am P-6 Whole School Musical Performance
Tootgarook Community Market
District Athletics
State Schools Spectacular

CAMPS SPORTS EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF)

For parents with Health Care Cards applications close 15th September.

Our staff is continuing to further embed our schools professional learning journey during 2015. The
central practices underpinning this journey include an intense focus on targeted learning, collaboration
amongst teachers at each level, as well as the close tracking of students to ensure their successful progression.
Our school operates with professional learning teams, whose planning meetings now exclusively focus on four
critical questions:

What is it we expect our students to learn?

How will we know when they have learned it?
How will we respond when they dont learn?
How will we respond when they already know it?

This year we are exploring approaches in the areas of Mathematics, Personalised Learning, Inquiry
Based Learning and consolidating our Oral Language Continuum. We will have four trained staff in the Nadia
Walker approach to teaching Mathematics by the end of term 3. Our focus is transforming many of our
practices across the school, and this year will provide us with valuable time to continue this important work.

Our whole school will be attending a musical performance Shine a

Light on Thursday 20th August. Please note that the performance starts
at 9:00 so make sure youre here on time. At the moment some of the
songs from the musical are being played before the bell and are being
enjoyed by all. Also some of the books focused on in the performance are
being experienced in the classrooms.

Sporting Schools
Lawn Bowls- Wednesday mornings 8-8.45
Still positions available in Lawn bowls
Forms at office
Justine Beagley

Sporting Schools Co-ordinator

Prep B - Mrs Bos Emily Walker for her amazing recall of number facts
Prep R - Mrs. Read Abby Dickson for her fabulous work during skip counting lessons. Well done Abby.
1H - Mrs Hughes - Harley Hanson For trying so hard to stay focussed during classroom activities. Its lovely
to see your smiling face and positive attitude.
1P - Miss Perkins Layla White for always being a happy and friendly member of the grade. Thank you for
always doing your best.
2B Mrs Baird Ike Taylor for his improved listening skills and his attention to completing Maths work with
accuracy.
2J Mrs Johnstone Shelby McCormack for all the connections she shares with the topics we are
discussing. We have loved her narratives as well!
3A Miss Arnold Chloe Pearce for finally believing in herself, which has showed with the improvement in
the multiplication challenge. Keep up the great work!
3W Miss Kain Brooklyn Liewellyn for quietly getting along with your work and always trying your best.
Great job Brooklyn!
4S Miss Staley + Miss McGhee Hayley May- Well done Hayley for your outstanding mark on girls football
day. You gave every game your best effort and kept up the team spirit. Go girl!
5Q Miss Quintin Well done at the girls football Payton Woodford. You played an excellent game and took
your time to kick the ball straight when you were given a free Kick. Cant wait to see you perform next year to win
the tournament!
6W - Miss Withers Kasadee Johnson For his involvement in the boys netball. Well done Kasadee, you
played hard and represented Tootgarook Primary School with pride .
Art / Craft
Music - Mrs Young Matthew Hopcroft 3A You always come to music lessons ready to listen and learn.
You are a pleasure to teach and always put in your best effort.
Phys Ed Mr Kitchin
Indonesian Prep Gr 3 Miss Lee Makayla Oliver - 3W For her positive attitude and industrious
approach to all she does in Indonesian. Makayla you try your hardest every week. Well done!
Indonesian Gr 4-5-6 Mrs Clements -

First Aid Room Wish List

Girls and boys long pants sizes 6-12

Girls underpants sizes 4-10
If your child has required a change of clothes
please wash them and return to the office.

Thank you

The dinosaurs and the fire

Long ago in the past there were some dinosaurs.
They were very peaceful in their land. Suddenly a
bad wizard came and he had a pet dragon! The pet
dragon caused a fire. The fire spread! The dinosaurs
ran away from the fire. The baby dinosaurs tried to
run as fast as they could. Suddenly a log fell down off the hill! The baby dinosaurs could
not run any further. Luckily their mum and dad saw them trapped against the log. The
babies could not move forwards because they were stuck. Luckily their mum and dad
got their just in time!
By Makenzie Cooke
1H

Time travelling dinosaurs

Once upon a time there was an Allosaurus who set out on the
very first day of summer. He met a Tyrannosaurus Rex! This isnt
right a Tyrannosaurus Res in the Jurassic Period? How could
that happen? Hey mate said the Allosaurus. How are you
going? Good thanks said the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The next
night the Allosaurus went into an unusual place. In that place he found a time machine.
It looked weird. Very weird! He tried it out and he tries to take the Tyrannosaurus Rex
back to the Jurassic period. It worked! They all lived happily ever after.
Tarkyn Silvester
1H

Preps have enjoyed participating in the Year 1/2 Moomba meeting

today. At the meeting Mrs Baird issued a clean-up kit so that each
group can help make our school a cleaner place.
Year 1 and 2 meet every Friday morning to celebrate our
achievements and learning and to have fun!
P-2 Team teachers

Boys Netball
Girls Football
On Wednesday the12th of August the boys netball team were walking to Truemans
Road oval.
The A team drew their first game while the B team lost
their first game.
After another 5 rounds of netball came finals.
The top six teams from each league played finals.
The A team came 6th and played finals but sadly lost [3-10]
while B team came 8th and just didnt play finals.
After hearing the results we left but we all had an amazing time.
Thank you to Miss Quintin, Louise & Mr Kitchin

On Wednesday the 12th of August 4, 5 & 6 girls played football at Boneo Primary School. With confidence and
strength we played against Rosebud Sharks, all of the girls played tough and went on strong and even though
we lost we were proud. Our next game against Fatima was tough and we lost but made new friends along
the way. Next we played Sorrento, at half time we swapped positions, playing tough and kicking goals, we
were in the lead but at full time Sorrento had two more goals than we did. Our last match was against St
Josephs, tackling their way to victory. St Josephs ended up winning the day. Even though we lost all of our
games we ended up leaving with smiles on our faces.
Thank you to Miss Withers and Mr King and to all of the parents who stayed to watch our games.
Biancah Hopcroft 6W