25th August ~ George Trewhella

Congratulations to George who is always extremely helpful with his 2 younger brothers.  George is also very responsilbe and independant at home.  He is a wonderful role model making sure he does the right thing for his brothers to see.  George is a very considerate, fantastic big brother.  With great leadership and kindness it sounds like George has the potential for fantastic things to come.

Well done George!!

25th August ~ Willow Parer

Congratulations to Willow who is very proud of herself for trying really hard with her reading and her writing at school.  Willow knows she gets better by making the effort to practise every night at home.  She can now read chapter books and write stories.  At the moment Willow is reading 'Meet Ella' books and has begun writing her Christmas list!           Very exciting!

Reading will give Willow many hours of enjoyment and who knows, we may see her name published in a book of her own one day.

Well done Willow!!

To celebrate student's achievements, we will be presenting children with Star Of The Week awards.  This is a self nominated award of something a student is proud of.  It could be something academic, sports related, or a personal achievement. Have you learnt to ride a bike?  Won 1st place in a dance competition?  Read a book by yourself?  Anything that makes you proud!

Forms can be found on the link below.

Melbourne Stars Cricket Clinic

Last Wednesday our Grade 3-6 students were lucky enough to participate in a Woolworths Blast Roadshow with the Melbourne Stars and Maffra Cricket Club. 

Students participated in a range of cricket based games with Melbourne Stars professional cricket players, Rhys McKenna and Jasmine Nevins. All students thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

If you need any more information getting your child involved in cricket, please send me a DOJO message. 

Wellington Athletics Carnival 

Today we had 25 students represent our school at the Wellington Schools Athletics Carnival in Sale. It was a fantastic achievement to have so many of our students progress to this level of competition. Thank you to Ms Halley for assisting throughout the day. Students' results will be published in the next newsletter. 

Twilight Soccer 

Thank you to those who have contacted me to sign their child up to the Term 4 Twilight Soccer. The twilight competition has been running for 30 years and it is the first time our school will participate which is very exciting.  

We have secured enough students to represent our school in Foundation to Grade 4. We still need a few more students to sign up for the Grade 5/6 Team. If your child is in Grade ⅚ and is interested, please send me a DOJO message ASAP.       

Wow!! Thank you to all the students and parents for their efforts with costumes at our annual Book Week parade.  It was wonderful to see so many parents and friends from our community come and support students during such a fun morning.

Parents and carers are urged to keep young children at home if
they are sick amid a rapid rise in outbreaks of viral gastroenteritis
in Victoria.
Viral gastroenteritis is highly infectious. Symptoms include
nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, abdominal pain, headache
and muscle aches, with more severe outcomes in the elderly and
very young. Symptoms can take up to three days to develop and
usually last between one or two days, sometimes longer.
Washing hands with soap and water is one of the most effective
ways of preventing the spread of infection. Alcohol-based hand
sanitisers are not effective against many common viruses that
cause gastroenteritis.
Infants or children in childcare or school, as well as staff, who
develop vomiting or diarrhoea should stay at home until at
least 48 hours after their symptoms have stopped, since they will
still be infectious. If symptoms are severe or they persist, or you
are concerned, see a GP for advice and possible testing.

Please find below information found on the Victorian Government Health Department site.

TERM 3

SEPTEMBER

**  Please go to our school website for the full year of calendar dates.

TERM 3

10th July - 14th September

TERM 4

2nd October - 15th December

WEEKEND MASSES

Heyfield:

Saturday    6:00pm

Maffra:

Sunday    9:00am 

Cowwarr:

1st and 3rd Sunday   11:00am

Newry:

2nd and 4th Sunday  11:00am

Dargo:

5th Sunday   12:00noon

WEEKDAY MASSES

Heyfield:

Tuesday      9:30am

Maffra:

Tuesday       2:00pm  (Mass & Adoration)

Wednesday   9:30am

Thursday      9:30am

Friday          9:30am

Saturday      9:30am

Winter is nearly over which means…..

It’s time for TENNIS!!

This Sunday (3rd September) we are holding a junior open day at the Maffra Lawn Tennis Club.

To organise membership and work out teams for the Wellington competition.

The day will include:

•Information regarding summer comp

•organising team uniforms

•Hit ups

•sausage sizzle

Sen and Mia will be running Hot Shots.

Further details on the MLTC Facebook page.

We are organising a fun day for the Gippsland community to SEE, EXPLORE & UNDERSTAND the transition to renewable energy and electric transport, and how it will work in Gippsland.

We will have a large variety of Electric Vehicles on display, Dr Joel (science presenter), Gippsland Jersey (free) milkshakes and local musicians. There will also be an opportunity for the community to hear from and talk to representative from solar and wind farms, and discuss how home solar and home electric vehicle charging can work for them.