Road Safety 
We have had a couple of incidents in recent days where the road safety of students has been threatened.  After lock down we have observed that many children have forgotten a number of skills and processes needed for being out and about safely.  A number of parents have passed on incidents or near misses.  This would be an ideal time for families to get out and practise some skills and remind their children of ways to be safe.

Assembly
Our apologies about the link to assembly last week.  Hopefully, we will have it working ready for Friday.

Prep Transition
Today we held our first prep transition session on site.  We ran 4 groups across the day.  It was lovely to see all the children here.  They participated in a range of activities including some outside play.  Well done Josh Chamberlain and Alana Aiello for their preparation.  

Remembrance Day
Our students participated in a range of activities for Remembrance Day including an on line service from the Shrine.  Congratulations on everyone’s participation. It is important to mark such an occasion and remember those who have come before us.  Lest we forget.

Fees and Book Bags
Thank you to those families who have actioned their fees or contacted the office to make an individualised parent payment plan. We are currently working on a plan for the distribution of book bags.  After they arrive we will notify families about collection. Again, if you have any questions please contact the office.

New Signs
Driving past you will see two new signs have been installed for the school.  They use our wonderful logo and match our value totems outside the office. They certainly look smart.

Easing of Restrictions
We are all waiting on announcements regarding the easing of restrictions.  We are looking forward to the opportunity to run our regular internal transition program.  Whatever this looks like this year remember to be positive about transitions into 2021 and support your child.  If we have learnt anything this year it is that our students are strong and resilient and that they will move into 2021 with confidence.

Thank you to Sally Sealey

Keep an eye out for the video on Facebook of our presentation to Sally Sealey.  Sally has always been a great supporter of the school.  For many years she ran our uniform shop.  This was a volunteer role and as we know where would we be without volunteers.  The uniform shop not only managed uniforms but played an important part of the school fabric as a touch point for families.  We take this opportunity to thank Sally most sincerely for her work in this area.  She was presented with some beautiful natives and pots by our School Council President, Gareth Whitten on behalf of the school.

Thank you Sally for all your hard work and support.

Dates For Your Diary

8/12/20 Whole School Transition – students will have a session in their 2021 classroom with their teacher wherever possible

11/12/20 Reports go home to parents

15/12/20 Year 6 Graduation

17/12/20 Final day for students 1.30 finish

18/12/20 Curriculum Day – school not open

27/1/21 Wednesday Teachers at school for planning

28/1/21 Thursday Professional development for staff

29/1/21 Friday First student day for years 1-6

1/2/21 Monday First Day for preps - 6

Sue Dean and Priscilla Salter

2021

February 2021

Wednesday 24th February   District Swimming- Selected Students

Friday 19th February- Bookings open for Student/Parent/ Teacher Conferences 

Saturday 27th February- 9.00am-10.30am -2022 Prep Open Morning


March 2021

Wednesday 3rd March   District Swimming- Selected students

Friday 5th March  Year 5/6 Student Leadership

Monday 8th March -Labour Day- Public Holiday

Tuesday 9th March Student/ Parent/ Conferences*

*Students at school for appointment time ONLY

Friday 12th March Regional Swimming

Wednesday 17th March School Council meeting

Friday 19th March School Photos

Monday 22nd March Planning week



April 2021

Wednesday 31st March- Last day of term

Thursday 1st April- Curriculum day 




TERM 2

Wednesday 21st April- School Council meeting

Wednesday 19th May School Council meeting

Monday 24th May 5/6 Camp

Wednesday 16th June School Council meeting



TERM 3

Monday 19th July- Dental Van

Wednesday 21st July- School Council meeting

Monday 16th August- 3/4 Camp

Wednesday 18th August- School Council meeting

Wednesday 15th September- School Council meeting


TERM 4

Wednesday 20th October- School Council meeting

Monday 1st November- Curriculum day (to be confirmed)

Tuesday 7th December- Year 6 Transition day

This year’s Grade 6 graduation will be held on Tuesday the 15^th of December, from 11:30am to 4:30pm.  The Grade 6 students will be having Flame Trees Burgers for lunch. There will be a number of fun activities throughout the day, such as looking at everyone’s old kinder photos, hopefully a disco, etc. The students will be dressing up for the occasion, so we don’t just have to wear our school uniform! Although this year’s graduation will be very different, it will still be spectacular and everyone will enjoy the special day. We are currently working on writing letters and articles for the Graduation Magazine.

11.40am: Graduating students to arrive at Ferntree Gully North Primary School (music room)

12.15pm: Student Presentations Commence 

1.30pm: Celebration Lunch

2:00pm: Awards Presentations

2:30pm: Graduation Activities

3:45pm: Book signing with graduating class and Ferntree Gully North staff members.

4:30pm: Graduation concludes, and students are to be collected.

Written by Mikayla A, Josh B, Tilly H and Ethan R

Enviro News

The guinea pigs have finally returned to school after spending 8 months in foster care.  They enjoyed their time away but are very pleased to be back at school and all together. Congratulations to Dexter and Harper who have joined Matilda, Summer, Hannah and River in being guinea pig carers. The Enviro Centre was open to Preps at lunchtime this week and they enjoyed patting a guinea pig, feeding the chooks and exploring the Centre. Along with the guinea pig carers Enviro Leader Addi helped out during the session as did guinea pig carer assistants Hope and Lexie. They all did a great job.

A big thank-you to Jodi our Enviro Centre Manager for working tirelessly over lockdown to look after the centre – it is looking amazing and we greatly appreciated her flexibility and her efforts. The Centre will need volunteers to look after the chooks and guinea pigs over the summer holidays so look out for this information in the coming weeks if you are interested.

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Australia

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