Monday the 8th of August Excursion

On Monday the 8th of August both the Geology and Time Through Growth inquiry groups will be going on an excursion to the Melbourne Museum. Children who are attending this excursion need to bring their lunches in a clearly labelled plastic or disposable bag. The bus will leave for the excursion at approximately 9:30 and will arrive back at school between 2:15 and 2:30.

Mother's Day

Dearest Mother, I'm excited about mothers day for lots of reasons; like how you were caring for me when I was little. There are lots of ways to love a mum and I hope I have all of them.
Love from Matthew.

Dear Mum, I love you up to the sky and down again. I think you are the best mum in the world because you make cakes with me, play boardgames with me and read me lots of lovely books. You help me a lot with my reading. Happy Mother's day.
Thank you for being my Mum for 8 years.
Maddy



We wish all the mothers a very happy Mother's Day and we thank you for your work support in our neighbourhood. 

Walkathon Volunteer Request

Walkathon Volunteer request

Walkathon Volunteers urgently required!!!

We need at least 20 people to perform the many tasks.

Can you please respond by email with the following information to let me know which time slot/s you are able to be at the Gym kitchen for or other job you can help with?

My name is ...........................................................(new/helped previously)

My child/ren is/are ........................... ...............................................and is/are in

.................................class (teacher’s name)

I can help between ........................ and .............................

OR I can do one or all of the pick ups...Sydney Rd and Albert St (preferably parent/s of older children at school)

I am hoping a co-ordinating parent will take on the job of acquainting themselves with the overall project of cooking 880 sausages and approx. 48 vegie delights by 11:00am and be ready to serve out the fruit too.

This task grid may be helpful. It will be placed on the table in the Gym KITCHEN for you to be able to share the tasks.
Everyone could bring their own aprons and some cutting boards, knife and tongs can be helpful. But, hold onto them yourself. Use the communal ones communally. Label everything you bring along!
Please see the tasks to be done below on the grid.

Wednesday 2nd May, 2012	Jobs to be done
Person/people allocated prior to the event.	8:30am Pick up sausages - Peter’s Meats- Sydney Rd
	8:30am Pick up bread From Safeway-Albert St
	8:30am Collect fruit from La Manna –Sydney Rd La Manna
	Put on gloves, separate and prick sausages ready for the BBQ
	Set up the BBQs and light them, ensure there is “sand” to collect oil drips and prevent fire. Lightly grease the griddle for the first lot of sausages. They need to be cooked by 11:00
	Sort the fruit according to the Class Lists
	Vegie Delights need to be ready by 11:00am
	Decant sauce into serving bottles.
	Set up tables at the approximate spots marked on the map for serving. Put the signs up at a height so they can be seen.
11:10	Be ready by 11:00 to start serving as soon as the teachers get the children in some kind of order for respectfully collecting their food.
When things finish, like BBQ is over begin CLEAN UP as soon as you can and join forces together to lighten the load for everyone.	I hope you have a wonderful day. There will always be challenges and I trust you will all pull together and sort things out when they need to be. Enjoy all!

Email your offer of assistance to zanin.luisa.v@edumail.vic.gov.au

Premiers Reading Challenge

Forms have gone home to participate in the Premiers Reading Challenge. Please fill in the consent form and return then when possible. If you have not received a notice and you would like your child to participate in the challenge then pop in and pick up a form from the Neighbourhood.



Save The Date

Please save the date for a parent catch up on the 3rd of May at Haskins in Fitzroy.

More details will follow so watch this space...

Thank you from the Year 2 Neighbourhood parent reps.



The Premier’s Active Families Challenge

Premier’s Active Families Challenge       19^th March-30^th April

The Premier’s Active Families Challenge is a key component of the Victorian Government’s commitment to get more people more active more often.

·        The Challenge provides a great opportunity for all Victorian families to spend time together and enjoy the benefits of an active lifestyle.

·        Families participating in the Challenge are asked to do 30 minutes of physical activity a day for 30 days between 19 March and 30 April 2012.

·        Each family that registers will receive 20 free YMCA passes, discounts at Rebel Sport, one free child pass to the Melbourne Aquarium and one free child pass to the National Sports Museum, and opportunities to win prizes including iPads and Rebel Sport vouchers.

·        There will be regular tips and ideas on ways to keep active throughout the Challenge.

Get more active more often, spend quality time together and have fun. It’s free, it’s easy, and there are plenty of chances to win prizes for yourself or your school

Register online at www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/challenge or call 1800 463 684, and remember to include our school’s name when you register.

Intensive Swimming Program 2012

These are the following Intensive Swimming Program times for each home group

2E - 9:10 Leave school 11:15 Arrive at school
2R - 11:15 Leave school 13:20 Arrive at school
2K - 12:10 Leave school 14:15 Arrive at school

The following dates are the sessions, there will be 8 in total

Th 15th, Fri 16th,
Th 22nd, Fri 23rd,
Mo 26th, Tu 27th, Th 29th, Fr 30th (the last day of term)

Don't forget your goggles, towel, change of clothes, bathers, swimming cap if needed and a bag for wet clothes.

Enjoy



Ride 2 School Day

Princes Hill Primary School will be celebrating National Ride2School day on Friday 23^rd of March, along with thousands of other schools around the country. We would like to encourage students and their families to leave their car at home on this day and get a taste of the benefits, ease and fun involved in choosing to walk and wheel to school.

Ride2School Team Manager, Kelly Pearson said the success of the Ride2School program and its positive impact on students’ health is evident in the numbers. Over 140,000 students participate in this event.

“Schools that are registered in the Ride2School program more than double the national average riding rate. These students increase the time they devote to physical activity which helps reduce the risk of obesity and associated health problems,” she said.

Montana and Holly, students in Grade5/6FM are organising this event for the school and will be gathering data on the day and taking photos.

Holly & Montana (Ride2School organisers

Long Weekend

Have a wonderful and safe long weekend. There is a Red Cross day on Tuesday the 13th so please bring along a gold coin donation and if you feel creative, dress up with an injury.

Thank you on behalf of the Junior School Council and Red Cross



Clocks Clocks Clocks!

If anybody has any broken or unwanted clocks both digital and analogue that they could donate to the Neighbourhood we would be greatly appreciative. Please note that these will be dismantled and tinkered with so if you want them back, you may need to bring in a bag for the pieces....

If you have any other broken or unwanted time keeping devices such as metronomes, stop watches and sundials we would love to have them too. Please note that they will be dismantled

A MASSIVE thank you from the Year 2 Neighbourhood team



Welcome Picnic

We are going to have a take 2 on our welcome picnic tomorrow the 23rd of February. Hold off on your rain dance for tomorrow and lets hope it is a beautiful evening.



Library Helpers

If there are any parents who are interested in helping out in the library to process and return books it would be greatly appreciated.

Please see Rita or Mark for more information. Thank you :)

Year 2 Neighbourhood Assembly

Next Tuesday 21st of February some of the children in the Year 2 Neighbourhood will be sharing samples of the learning that they have experienced through our inquiry. To begin the year we have been constructing an effective and safe learning community.

Welcome Picnic

Unfortunately the welcome picnic was cancelled last night but we are looking forward to the rescheduled date.

Take Home Books

The take home books have been moved from the torus areas as they are under new management.... or just being re-organised. If any children have books from that area, please bring them back to school as soon as possible so that they can also be re-organised. We thank you for your patience while this process takes place. Children are encouraged to borrow take home books from the library, of if there are suitable books at home please continue to read them. Remember to make a brief entry into your Readers and Writers note book to log your reading and thinking.
Thank you for your support,
                                             The Year 2 Neighbourhood Team.

Swimming Notices

Please bring in your swimming notices in as soon as possible if you have not done so already. It is important to know the number of children participating in the program so that the swimming lanes can be booked.
Thank you from the Year 2 Neighbourhood Team.

Specialist Timetable Term 1 2012

Our Neighbourhood has formed 3 specialist groups named A, B and C. Our specialist timetable is is the following...

Wednesday 2:30 - 3:30

• Group A Visual Arts
• Group B Physical Education
• Group C Italian

Thursday 9:00 - 10:00

• Group A Italian   
• Group B Visual Arts
• Group C Physical Education

Thursday 10:00 - 11:00

• Group A Physical Education
• Group B Italian
• Group C Visual Arts

Readers and Writers note book

Readers and Writers note books are expected to travel to and from school each day as there are often reading experiences where the children will be required to use them at school. If it is a longer take home book, they can be read over a number of nights and the chapters or page numbers can be logged into their Readers and Writers note book.

Good readers think and talk about the books they read. Here are some helpful sentence starters to help to get some ideas flowing.

• This book made me thing about...
• I predict...
• I felt...
• It made me wonder...
• How did it happen?

We look forward to seeing your wonderful entries.

Remember, it is very important that you choose the right book for you. :)

Thirsty Little Camels

Children are encouraged to bring in a water bottle that can be left on the sink areas in each of the learning spaces. We are aiming to reduce the need for students to leave the rooms during learning times.
Thank you for your cooperation, from the Year 2 Neighbourhood team.

Dear Parents, Children and Friends,
                                                           Welcome to the Year 2 Neighbourhood Blog for 2012.
Please follow our blog as new posts are put up regularly especially about the current learning.

Our Neighbourhood is currently creating a learning community. The children have been invited to bring along a collection as a way of getting to know each other, their interests and passions. These collections will be used to stimulate discussions and writing. Images of some of the collections are available under the 'Collections' page on this blog.

We are also focusing on sustainability. We strongly encourage non packaged food for school. Any packaging or uneaten food will be sent home with your child.

We would encourage you to read all of our school policies on the P.H.P.S school website, this includes the school homework policy.

The children are expected to read every night and regularly make brief entries into their Readers and Writers notebook. This includes the title, author and a brief response to the text.

Any parents who would like to act as Neighbourhood 2 reps, please speak to one of the teachers.

We look forward to working in a partnership with you all.

Kind regards,
Kevin, Ethan and Rita