Issue 4
SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS
School Council. Do you want to
make Ashby Primary the best
school it can be?
It is so easy to be involved in your
child’s education – and make a
positive contribution to your
school - even for working
parents.
School Council membership
means that, in attending just 1
meeting per month, you will stay
abreast of activities within your
child’s school. You will work
directly with the principal and
teachers of your school and you
will sit down with a working
group of parents that, like you,
just want to do their part in
making Ashby Primary the best
school that it can be.
Life’s busy, and to make it easier
to join in 2011, Ashby Council
has introduced shared
memberships. That means that 2
parents can nominate for council
and only one need attend monthly
meetings. It’s convenient and
helps make up the balance of
parents and teachers that is
crucial to the Council’s function.
A legal requirement of school
organization, School Council
ensures an open and public
disclosure of every aspect of
school government from policies,
to finance and education,
buildings & grounds and even
before & after school care.
Therefore it is vital that there is
an even mix of parents and staff
Principal: Jenny Omachen www.ashbyps.vic.edu.au
Tuesday 1st March 2011
DATES TO REMEMBER
Wednesdays:
to discuss any issue at hand. March 2nd, 9th, 16th.
Prep children do not attend
Email has made it very easy to school on these days.
contact Ashby School Council.
Our ashbycouncil@gmail.com Wednesday 11th March
sends parent messages and Interschool sports for Grade
meeting minutes directly to every 5/6’s. Herne Hill Primary
council member for discussion at School 9.00 - 11.00a.m.
forthcoming meetings. It also
makes it very easy for the council
to keep members abreast of any
issue within the school as it arises. NEW CANTEEN
Don’t be concerned if you’ve not MENU
had any previous experience with
councils and committees.
Training is provided by the
DEECD through local workshops Attached to the back of this
and online presentations. It’s newsletter is this year’s Canteen
really not difficult to be a part of Menu.
council. Our meetings are
conducted in a casual and relaxed There are some price changes so
atmosphere and anything that please through out your old menu
you have to add, when the time is and place the new one on the
right, will be greatly appreciated. fridge for easy access.
Nomination forms can be
returned to Jenny Sweeney at the
office (2 forms are required for
shared nominations). Please
consider joining this year. Parent
input is a valued resource and an
essential element in keeping
Ashby Primary School a great
school for our children.
Best regards,
Ken Bennett
Ashby parent and
School Council President 2010
School email - ashby.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
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FRIENDS OF ASHBY UPDATES

Visit the FOA Blog http://friendsofashby.blogspot.com/ for more updates!

Pako Festa Thank Yous

We hope everyone enjoyed the Pako Festa this past weekend. We had a wonderful turnout for the parade, with students
from prep to Grade 6 represented. A special thank you to the staff and parents who walked in the parade!

In addition to the parade we also hosted a stall on Pako where we sold mask kits and cookbooks. Through the stall we
made just over $200. Thanks you to all the volunteers who assisted with the stall:

Monica Fox
Di Gillick Thompson
Liz Hoornweg
Kathleen Jackson
Tina Martin
Gary McLean
Christine Morrissy
Diana Ojajune
Christy Phillips
Robyn Richmond
Cynthia Scherer
Heather Vine

Next FOA Meeting

The Next FOA Meeting will be held Friday, March 4th in the staff room after the Annual General Meeting (9:30ish).
Among the agenda items are the Annual Trivia Night and Silent Auction and our Entertainment Book fundraiser strategy.
All are welcome!

FOA Officer Elections and Annual General Meeting

On Friday, March 4th at 9:00 am in the staff room FOA will hold its Annual General Meeting to elect its 2011 officers and
set the annual membership fee. Officer positions include President, Secretary and Treasurer. Nominations for the
positions will be accepted before hand (you may place them in the FOA box at the front office) or at the meeting. In
order to vote at the Annual General Meeting you must become financial member before the start of the meeting. Current
membership fee is $1 and may be paid to any of the current officers (Cynthia Scherer, President, Tracy Raby, Secretary
or Di Gillick-Thompson, Treasurer).

Rotary Fun Run with Thomas on the Bellarine Rail Trail, Sunday, March 13th
Looking for something to do on the upcoming Labour Day weekend? Enjoy a fun family day out while raising funds for
the Kids Plus Foundation. Rotary will be hosting a Fun Run with Thomas on the Bellarine Rail Trail at the Drysdale
Railway Station on Sunday March 13th from 9:30am to 1:30pm. The aim is to make the day a healthy, FUN, active day
for all the family, while raising funds for Kids Plus a Geelong based, parent driven, not for profit organisation. Kids Plus
provides paediatric intensive therapy programs for children with neuro physical disabilities, in particular children with
cerebral palsy, stroke or brain injury, at no cost to families.

Activities on the day include: A series of Fun Runs with Thomas for children up to the age of 12 years; Entertainment
and activities for young children and their families (Animal Farm; Magic Show and roving magician; Face Painting;
Jumping Castle; Chair O Plane; Rides on Troublesome Trucks) Food and drink stalls; Picnic area and playground;
Community group stalls. For more information visit www.thomasfunrun.com.

Ashby will be hosting a stall at the event. See Can You Help for more information about how can you can support the
school.

Hot Cross Bun Fundraiser

Help Ashby raise funds by supporting our Hot Cross Buns Fundraiser this Easter season. It’s easy, simply purchase a
Brumby’s Hot Cross Bun Voucher from the school for $6.50 (the same price you pay in store), and the school gets to
keep $2!

The vouchers can be used until Easter at any of the five Brumby store locations in Geelong:

• Pakington Strand: 95 Pakington Street, Geelong West

• Westfield: Bay city Plaza (next to Coles), Geelong CB
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FRIENDS OF ASHBY UPDATES CONT’D

• Garden St: 70 Garden Street, Geelong East
• Minerva Rd: 19 Minerva Rd, Herne Hill
Belmont: Belmont Shopping Village (next to K-mart)

While we encourage you to purchase vouchers for your own use, we have also created a flyer that you can download
from the Friends of Ashby blog (http://friendsofashby.blogspot.com/ ) to share with family, friends and co-workers so
they can also order vouchers through the school, helping us raise even more money!

Vouchers will be distributed as orders are received. Please note there has been a printing delay, and while we had
expected the vouchers last week, we are now expecting them to arrive this week. For those who have submitted orders,
we appreciate your patience and we will fill your order as soon as the vouchers arrive from Brumby’s.

Can You Help?

There are many ways you can get involved at Ashby. Below are some current activities we are seeking assistance with:

• Tutti Fruitti Thursday, every Thursday 9-10am –This program provides the children with fresh fruit and
vegetables once a week. Assistance is needed to prepare the fresh fruit and vegetable trays for each classroom.
If you can help, join us for about an hour at 9am in the staff room on Thursday mornings.
• Garden Shed Building, Sunday, March 6th 12-5pm – If you have building skills we can use your help as we
continue to construct the new garden shed in the back oval. If you can help, join us anytime this Sunday
afternoon.
• Manning Ashby Stall at the Rotary Fun Run with Thomas, Sunday, March 13, 9:30-1:30pm – We are looking
for volunteers to help man an Ashby stall at the Rotary Fun Run with Thomas. We will be selling mask kits, as well
cookbooks. We are looking for volunteers to do one hour shifts between 9:30am and 1:30pm on the day. Children
are welcome. A great chance to volunteer and then have fun with your kids! If you can volunteer for a one hour
shift on the day contact FOA at friendsofashby@gmail.com, send a note through your child’s teacher to the office
or speak with Cyndy Scherer.
• Nitty Gritty Checks: If you have an eye for detail ( or at least eggs and lice!) the parent managed head lice
program needs you. Once a term ( usually the 3rd Thursday) we get together to perform checks on the students.
It’s a small team of supportive volunteer parents so a helping hand would be greatly appreciate. A current working
with children check is required and a confidentiality agreement signed initially to get started. Please contact
Louise Mobile: 0430 118 674 for further information.
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PARENT MANAGED HEAD LICE PROGRAM

Treating head lice: Parent Managed Head Lice Program: Detection ( finding the head lice)
Concentrate on the head- there is Check everyone in the family once a week. If a close contact has head
no evidence to suggest that you lice, keep checking every 2 days until no lice are found for 10
need to clean the house or consecutive days. Lice move fast in dry hair and are easy to miss so by
classroom. using hair conditioner and combing through, it is the most effective
There is no need to treat the way of finding head lice and is a method that can be used for detection
whole family unless they also and /or treatment (in mild cases).
have head lice. Tips: Checking for head lice is easier to remember if you do it on the
Only the pillow case requires same day each week.
additional washing. Either wash it Conditioner and combing detection
in hot water (60 degrees) or dry it 1. Untangle dry hair with and ordinary comb
using a clothes dryer. 2. Apply hair conditioner to dry hair. Use enough conditioner to
If you choose to not use an thoroughly cover the whole scalp and all hair from the roots to
insecticide, the conditioner and tips
comb method can be used every 3. Use an ordinary comb to evenly distribute conditioner and divide
second day until there have been the hair into 4 or more sections using hair clips. A mirror helps if
no live lice found for 10 days. combing yourself
White conditioner is very 4. Change to a head lice comb- there are different types of combs.
affordable and highly effective Plastic and metal and electronic. Metal head lice combs with
when used with an effective lice cylindrical teeth remove head lice and eggs better than combs
comb and done consistently! with flat teeth
The Parent Managed Head lice 5. Start with a section at the back of the head. Place the teeth of the
Committee recommend using the comb flat against the scalp. Comb the hair from the roots to the
insecticide of your choice and tips
using the conditioner and comb 6. Wipe the comb on a tissue after each stroke. In good light, check
method in between. Regular for head lice. Adult lice are easier to see. A magnifying glass will
checking and comb through help. You may see some eggs
weekly after this (or when there is 7. Comb each section twice until you have combed the whole head. If
no evidence of live lice for 10 the nit comb becomes clogged, use an old toothbrush, dental floss
days), will provide early detection or safety pin to unclog
for managing re-infection.
No treatment kills all of the eggs If you find head lice, decide on a treatment option:
so treatment must involve 2
applications 7 days apart. The In mild cases the conditioner and combing technique can be
purpose of the first treatment is to used as a treatment alone. Keep combing the whole head
kill all lice, the second treatment until all of the conditioner is gone. Repeat the conditioner
is to kill young lice hatched over and combing every 2 days until you find no more head lice
the next 6 days. for 10 consecutive days. You will be removing all of the adult
If you have been notified that your child lice
has and
evidence of head
any young lice,
lice it may
that is your responsibility
hatch from missedto treat
eggs your children s
Chemical treatment. Wash the conditioner
and adequately to get rid of the infection. Assistance and information is available: off and allow the
hair to dry before applying the selected treatment. Follow the
http://www.health.vic.gov.au/ specific instructions. The parent managed head lice program
headlice/ strongly recommends using the conditioner and combing
General Practitioner technique in between the use of chemical treatment. Your
Local pharmacist efforts to thwart the head lice infection, are greatly enhanced
Louise (school contact) mob:
Cleaning up after conditioner and combing technique:
0430 118 674 Place all tissues in a tied up plastic bag in the bin and wash hair
normally. Soak combs in soapy water (just after boiling) for at least 30
seconds to ensure head lice are killed. When water cooled, remove
debris with an old toothbrush.
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WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY ONLY
Café Pakacinno
Rear 165 Pakington Street
Geelong West 3218
Phone: 52226015
Always use a paper bag or add 10 cents for a paper bag.
SANDWICHES add 50 cents for a roll or if the sandwich is to be toasted
Vegemite 1.50
Meat (ham / chicken / egg or tuna) 2.50
Salad (tomato, cucumber, carrot, lettuce, beetroot) 2.50
Meat & Salad 3.50
Cheese .30

PITA Salad 3.50

Chicken, Ham or Tuna & Salad 4.00

SALAD TUBS Tomato, cucumber, carrot, lettuce, beetroot & onion 2.50
Chicken, tuna, ham or egg with salad 3.50

FRUIT Fruit salad 3.00

Fruit kebabs +2 (seasonal fruits) 3.00
Jelly & Fruit 2.50

HOT FOOD Soup (vegetable) & wholemeal roll 3.00

Sausage rolls 2.50
Dim Sims .80
Baked potato with bolognaise & coleslaw 3.50
Hot dog in a wholemeal roll 2.20
Tomato or Soy Sauce .20
Spaghetti bolognaise 3.50
Stir Fry Noodles & Vegetables 3.50
Gluten free rice spirals with bolognaise 3.50
Hamburger on wholemeal roll (egg, lettuce, sauce) 4.50

CAKES Muffins (Banana or Apple & Cinnamon) 1.80

DRINKS Water 600ml 1.80

Pure fruit juice - orange, apple or tropical 1.80
Milk - plain (300ml) 1.50
Big M (250ml) Strawberry or Chocolate 1.80