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‘Striving for Excellence’
Open since 1887
Principal - Kevin Warne
Assistant Principal - Allyson Dixon
School Council President - Anne Trevena
Telephone - (03) 57931288
Fax - (03) 57931412 Web - www.puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au/
Email - [email protected]. au
Alamein Road
Puckapunyal, Vic, 3662
Postal: Military P.O.
ABN: - 74134967962
Term 2 Issue 6
May 18th
, 2016
Thursday 19th May
DCO Family Disco
Thursday 19th May
District Cross Country
Monday
23rd May
Parent Maths Lesson
Long Division 9:30am
Tuesday
24th May
School Photo Day
Friday
27th May
Pupil Free Day
Saturday 4th June
School Working Bee
Tuesday
7th June
School Council Meeting
Website Address -
http//www.puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au/
Inside this Issue: DSTA Message 2
Birthdays/Canteen 2
Education Week/School Photos 2
Family DCO Disco 3
Rule Reminders/School Value 3
Student Awards of the Week 4
Teacher/Learning Focus 5
Indo Lingo 6
District Cross Country
Representatives
7
House Cross Country
Results/Photos
8-9
House Cross Country Photos 10
Bike Safety Tips 11
Kindergarten Pie Drive 12
***We can all work together
to rid the community of Head
Lice. Let’s check our heads
once per week!***
Melba Wins Cross Country!! On Friday, we had our
School House Cross Country. Students from Foundation - Years 6
competed in their respective age groups and grade levels collecting points
for their Houses. Melba House won the House Cross Country Carnival.
Congratulations to Melba House!
We also congratulate all of the students who gave their best.
‘Striving for Excellence’ is our school motto, which means we aim to give our
very best. Our students were doing exactly that!
As you can see by the scores below, it was very close. For the Years 3-6,
54 students have been selected to represent our school at the District Cross
Country on Thursday 19th May, 2016. The event will be held at Kings Park in
Seymour. We will report how they go in the newsletter soon. Go Pucka!
Place getters are reported on pages 8 & 9.
Melba House – 1st (75 points)
Bradman House – 2nd
(68 points)
Chisholm House – 3rd
(56 points) Hume House – 4
th (52 points)
Year 1 boys…ready…..set…..go!
Melba captains, Naomi
Pennycook and Kade
Altas proudly hold the
winning trophy.
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Happy Birthday to Savanah
Naunton who is having her birthday
today. On behalf of the Puckapunyal
Primary School Community, we wish
Savanah a very Happy Birthday!
Healthy habit: Vegetables….some children love them,
but many parents battle to get vegetables from their child’s
plate into their mouth! We are told by nutritionists that a
healthy diet should include 5 serves of vegetables daily.
Even our best eaters can struggle with this amount. Here
are a few hints:
-‘Smuggle’ some veggies into your child’s meal. Spaghetti
bolognaise, with its strong flavours is ideal to disguise
vegetables that have been ‘blitzed’ in the food processor.
Zucchini with its mild taste is particularly good for this.
Other suitable meals include rissoles, lasagne, meatloaf,
fried rice, curries etc.
- Some children enjoy celery and carrot with dips or salsa.
- Adding some lettuce or other salad vegetables into
sandwiches can often be tolerated. Variations could be
wraps, tortillas and tacos.
- Vegetables in baked goods can sometimes work (zucchini
cake, pumpkin scones, chocolate beetroot cake, savoury
muffins etc.)
- Don’t give up on soups. If you serve your children
chicken noodle soup, perhaps try some sweet corn or finely
grated zucchini stirred through it.
-Pancakes cooked with some finely chopped veggies are
delicious too!
Enjoy your week!
Sue Ranger, DSTA.
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR REWARD UPDATE
Melba continues to hold onto that lead, but the other
houses are not far behind. We love to see lots of
positive behaviour at Pucka Primary! (Please note
that last week’s scores were incorrect).
CURRENT SCORES
Melba- 227 points
Bradman-190 points
Hume- 185 points
Chisholm- 127 points
The School Canteen is open for Lunch Orders this
Friday. Each and every Friday students can order lunches
from the school canteen. The menu will be different each
week. Please ensure that a paper bag comes with the order.
Please indicate on the lunch bag if the money is in another
sibling’s bag.
This week the menu is - Pizzas – Supreme or Ham and Pineapple $2.50 each
Chocolate or Strawberry Milk $2.00 each
Apple or Orange Juice $1.50 each
No charge for tomato sauce
Your child will still need to bring fruit and a snack
for recess if they are having a lunch order.
What is still on for the rest of
Education Week?
Thursday 19th
May - District Cross Country – Many
Years 3-6 students will be competing against other
schools at Kings Park. All families are welcome.
Thursday 19th
May - Family Disco - at the Area
Theatre beginning at 6pm. Come on down for some
good times! Everyone is welcome! (please see page 3)
Friday 20th
May – Bike Riding Fun - Come and
support the students in grades 3-6 who do bike training
on Sanananda Rd from 1:45pm- 2:15pm. Bring your
bike if you like!
***Along with last week’s newsletter we sent home order
forms for School Photos. The photo company is Academy
Photography.
Our School Photo Day is Tuesday 24th
May. Please see school photo options on the order forms. Family
photo order forms are also available at the school foyer.
Please return all order forms to school. We ask that all
students bring their very best school uniforms (including a
school jacket or windcheater) and their very best smiles!!
Good luck everyone. ***
***Have you heard your child read today? We encourage all
students to practise their reading at home about 5 nights per
week. Therefore, by now, most students should have read at
least between 80-85 nights. Well done if you have kept up!
***
***Please Note: Friday 27th
May is a Pupil
Free Day. That means, no students are
expected at school that day.
All school staff will be participating in a
Level 2 First Aid Training session that also
includes CPR, Anaphylaxis, Epipen and
Asthma training.***
Last year’s Foundation class looked a treat in their uniforms!
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Every day is a great day to be
at school, particularly when
you’re here at Puckapunyal
Primary School!
At assembly this week Honesty was announced as our School Value of the week. That means teachers are looking for
students who are demonstrating ‘Honesty’ to be eligible for the Student of the Week award. We encourage parents to
talk to their students about our values throughout the year.
What is Honesty? ‘Honesty is being truthful and trustworthy. It means that you can be relied on not to lie or cheat.
Honesty means telling the truth regardless of the consequences. It means that you don’t promise things to people that you
know you can’t deliver. It means not being tempted to exaggerate to impress others.
Honesty means that you can trust things to be as they appear to be.’
‘Stronger Families, Stronger Connections’ is the
theme for National Families Week in 2016. To
celebrate the vital role that families play in
Australian society, Defence Community
Organisation invites our school community to
attend a barbeque and disco on Thursday 19th
May.
Barbeque dinner and drinks for sale, provided by
Puckapunyal Primary School.
So come and join in for a great family night out!
What – Family Barbeque & Disco Dance Party
When – 6.00pm – 8.00pm, Thursday 19th May 2016
Where – Puckapunyal Area Theatre, Passchendale
Parade – Entry is Free!
RSVP – Please contact Louise Knight or
contact the team at DCO on
57357731
LIKE Defence Community Organisation on
Facebook to receive updates and event info in your
newsfeed.
Did you hear Eamon
Constable and Rohanna
Murphy read their writing
at assembly this week? We
did! They were both very
impressive! Come along
and see who reads next
week.
Each week at assembly, SRC representatives remind our
students of a few important school rules. This week,
SRC representatives, Eliza Thompson and Rory Kennedy
reminded our students of the following rules:
Show some respect – give way to adults.
Use your manners at all times
Walk carefully around corners – you don’t know who
is on the other side.
Eat on the asphalt - put your litter in the bin.
Please discuss these rules with your children to help ensure
that they understand.
Our Keyboard teacher, Peter Hagen is the Music
Director for a show called "Nice Work If You Can Get It". The show is under the wonderful direction of local identity, Annette Zol. It opens on 10th June and is a wonderful musical of very catchy toe tapping swing music from the 1920's written by George Gershwin. The music has been adapted to the fast paced script with its witty humour and the whole show is performed by the Broadford Amateur Theatrical Society (BATS) accompanied by an orchestra of really fine musicians. This is the first time this show will be presented in Australia by an amateur company and it only costs a ridiculously low $20.00 (or $18.00 for the first weekend). Come and support amateur theatre and enjoy yourselves by booking on either of the following links: https://www.trybooking.com/LGZK OR
https://www.trybooking.com/198052
‘Teachers can’t teach and students
can’t learn if they are absent.’
Quote - Richard F. Elmore
**Please help if you can – Throughout each year we
review various school policies. If you would like to
contribute to reviewing our school policies please
come to school to join staff and school councillors at
a policy review meeting. Our 2 planned meetings for
Term 2 are – Wednesday 25th May (School Uniform
Policy) and Wednesday 8th June (Privacy Policy). All
meetings will be in the staffroom from 4pm. Please
come if you can spare the time.**
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Defence School Transition Aide Message Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth and
satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing schools,
beginning school for the first time and even returning for another
school year can be daunting for students and parents. It is great
to see parents eager to support their children at this time and be
an integral part of their education. If you have any concerns, or
just feel like a chat about school and your child, please find me!
SWAPP Select Program
I have information about the ADF partners career assistance
program if anyone is interested.
NEW UNIFORM
We have recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive that
includes shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some parents have
been waiting on this to arrive.
Best wishes for the week.
Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide
Congratulations to the following students who were
‘Students of the Week’ for last week. Winners –
James Van der Waal, Isabella Sestoso, Rory
Kennedy, Charlotte Davies, Riley Wallace, Liam
McPhillips, Isaac Bennett and Tea Rose Porter.
These students were selected because they were
modelling ‘Excellence’. This week teachers are
looking for students who are modelling ‘Honesty’.
Congratulations to the following students who
were ‘Authors of the Week’ for last week.
Winners – Gemma Koch, Chayce Mackie, Bill
Clode, Poppy Krieger, Eamon Constable, Tia
Dowdell, Beth Ludlow and Reilly Adams.. These
students were selected because they showed great
skills as an author.
4/5/6 P in Room 2 won the
Yard Duty Comp. Nannah Taylor and Amy Franks
will enjoy the winning trophy this
week!
Congratulations to Lachlan Balmer
Charlie Mackay, Dani Corocher
and Cy Gill for winning the raffle
prizes for ‘Positive Behaviour’ this week!
3/4 H in Room 10 won
the Middle School
Times Tables Trophy. Zahra Kelly and Sophia
Brooks were delighted with
their classroom’s big efforts
this week!
4/5/6 P in Room 2 won the
Senior School Times
Tables Trophy this week. Abigail Major and Naomi
Pennycook gladly accepted the
winning trophy for their
classroom!
Defence School Transition Aide Message Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth and
satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing schools,
beginning school for the first time and even returning for another
school year can be daunting for students and parents. It is great
to see parents eager to support their children at this time and be
an integral part of their education. If you have any concerns, or
just feel like a chat about school and your child, please find me!
SWAPP Select Program
I have information about the ADF partners career assistance
program if anyone is interested.
NEW UNIFORM
We have recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive that
includes shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some parents have
been waiting on this to arrive.
Best wishes for the week.
Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide
Congratulations to Olivia Scotman
and Jason Pennycook who received
‘Recycling Cans’ Awards this week.
Every little bit counts.
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Each week in the newsletter, we will give families a summary of the Teaching/Learning Focus for the week.
That can help families by: being aware of what classrooms are covering; with discussion topics at the dinner table when
discussing school (eg. ‘How are you going with addition in Numeracy this week?’); helping their children study at home,
etc. Parents have indicated that this information is very useful. We also ask families to be aware that schools are very busy
places and events can be unpredictable at times. We therefore must remain flexible. That means that we can plan to cover
certain topics at particular times and have to change them according to arising needs.
Junior School – Preps/Foundation Rooms 6 & 8 Literacy: We are continuing to practise our home reading and Golden Words every night. During these weeks we are
learning about the letters ‘w’ and ‘u’ and practising using capital letters and full-stops in our writing. We are enjoying our
‘Big Write’ sessions on Tuesdays and practising Kung Fu Punctuation.
Numeracy: We are continuing to count forwards and backwards and revising all numbers from 1 to 10. We are learning
about heavy and light and using dice to practise our number skills.
Junior School – Year 1s Rooms 3, 4 & 8 Literacy: We are learning about using question marks at the ends of sentences to ask for information as well as
exclamation marks. We are also revising ‘w’ and ‘u’ in our handwriting sessions.
Numeracy: We are continuing to use number lines to compare order and sequence numbers. We are also continuing to
use non uniform units to estimate mass. We are using the language of chance and experience when using dice, cards etc.
Junior School – Year 2s Rooms 3 & 4 Literacy: We are consolidating using capital letters, full stops, commas and exclamation marks. We are also looking at
verbs. We are enjoying practising Kung Fu punctuation and writing recounts and procedural texts.
Numeracy: We are continuing to use number lines to compare order and sequence numbers. We are exploring mass and
balances to investigate the mass of different objects (more, less or about the same). We are solving addition and
subtraction problems using a range of strategies such as bridging tens and doubling.
Middle School Years 3/4 Rooms 10 & 11 Literacy: During writing sessions over the next few weeks, we will work on narratives. We are now focusing on all four
VCOP components. In reading we are working on reading strategies.
Numeracy: We will continue to focus on the four processes and place value. Another continued focus will be 2D and 3D
shapes. Times tables will be practised throughout the week.
Senior School Years 4/5/6 Rooms 1 & 2 Literacy: During writing sessions over the next few weeks, we will focus on the VCOP components and Narratives. In
reading we will be focusing on reading strategies.
Numeracy: We will continue to focus on fractions, as well as chance and data. Times tables will be practised throughout
the week.
Many of our students have indicated to school staff that it is sometimes difficult for them to hear our presenters at
assembly. We believe that as a school community we can all help to make that easier. First of all, our cordless
microphone has been fixed and should make it easier to hear. Secondly, our students are also asking our visitors to
help too by listening to the following message that the student MC will read out at assembly each week:
“Before we start this morning, I would like to encourage all adults and visitors to ensure that their mobile
phones are turned off and put away. We have lots of students participating in assembly this morning and we
want you all to have the best opportunity to hear all of the important performances and messages we need to
share. Thank you for your co-operation.”
Please help us. Regards, Naomi Pennycook and Tea Rose Porter (Years 6 students)
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F/1/2
The children are continuing to focus on learning their numbers and classroom objects in Indonesian. Children
who learnt Indonesian last year are focusing on the double digit numbers.
computer = komputer 1 = satu 11 = sebelas
table = meja 2 = dua 12 = dua belas
chair = kursi 3 = tiga 13 = tiga belas
book = buku 4 = empat 14 = empat belas
bag = tas 5 = lima 15 = lima belas
glue = lem 6 = enam 16 = enam belas
scissors = gunting 7 = tujuh 17 = tujuh belas
pencil = pensil 8 = delapan 18 = delapan belas
crayon = krayon 9 = sembilan 19 = sembilan belas
3/4/5/6 The children are focusing on asking and responding to questions about where they live. When writing/saying
an address in Indonesian, the street name comes first followed by the house number! Children will also be
learning/consolidating numbers in Indonesian.
address = alamat
live/stay = tinggal
street = jalan
number = nomor
at/in = di
Where do you live? = Kamu tinggal di mana?
I live in ... = Saya tinggal di ...
I live in Puckapunyal. = Saya tinggal di Puckapunyal.
What is your address? = Di mana alamatmu?
My address is ... = Alamat saya Jalan ... nomor ...
My address is 15 Alamein Road. = Alamat saya Jalan Alamein nomor limabelas.
1 = satu 11 = sebelas 30 = tiga puluh
2 = dua 12 = dua belas 40 = empat puluh
3 = tiga 13 = tiga belas 50 = lima puluh
4 = empat 14 = empat belas 60 = enam puluh
5 = lima 15 = lima belas 70 = tujuh puluh
6 = enam 16 = enam belas 80 = delapan puluh
7 = tujuh 17 = tujuh belas 90 = sembilan puluh
8 = delapan 18 = delapan belas 100 = seratus
9 = sembilan 19 = sembilan belas 200 = dua ratus
10 = sepuluh 20 = dua puluh 300 = tiga ra
Salam (Regards) Bu Hooper (Mrs Hooper) Guru Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian teacher)
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9 & under boys 9 & under girls 10 Yr boys 10 Yr girls Blake Cooper
Tessa Thompson Chili Stock Matilda Ingle
Kian George
Abbey Kendell Brooklyn Lindsay Clodagh McCarthy
Will Anderson
Abby Chetcuti Kynan Andrews Eila Schlender
Finlay Koch
Abigail Major Jett Miller Stephanie Brown
Harry Fletcher
Renae Pennycook Reilly Adams Jordan Haywood
Riley Wallace
Rohanna Murphy Cooper Dickinson Emily Watson
Jaye McFarlane
Tia Dowdell Hayden Clarke Dimitee Taylor
Jack Kennedy
Sophia Brooks Tobias Rayner Dakota Chalson
11 Yr boys 11 Yr girls 12 &over boys 12 &over girls Lachlan Thompson
Amy Franks Jake Tanis Jamie Clark
Jack Anderson
Somaiya Harriden Tristan Murphy Beth Ludlow
Max Fletcher
Naomi Pennycook Kade Altas
Mac Jenkins
Libby Brown Joe Gilmour
Noah Chetcuti
Nannah Taylor
Lochlan Worden
Ashby Murphy
Isaac Bennett
Shae Robertson
Jaycob Paz
Cayleigh Cousins
Congratulations to the following students who performed extremely well at the School House Cross Country Carnival on
Friday. They have been selected to represent the school team at the Seymour District Cross Country
Carnival. The District Cross Country Carnival will involve 4 schools and will take place on Thursday 19
th May, 2016 (tomorrow)
at Kings Park, Seymour.
Approximate Race Times: 11:20 Boys 9 years and under
11:35 Girls 9 years and under
11:50 Boys 10 years
12:05 Girls 10 years
12:20 Boys 11 years
12:35 Girls 11 years
12:50 Boys 12 years and over
1:05 Girls 12 years and over
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Foundation Boys:
1st – Blake Mawer
2n d
- Ethan McCabe
3rd—
Memphis Campbell
Year 2 Girls:
1st—
Paige Cooper
2n d
- Olivia Scotman
3rd
– Brielle Eldredge
Year 2 Boys:
1st – Rory Kennedy
2n d
- Dallas Ridl
3rd
– Ned Kendell
Year 1 Girls:
1st – Eliza Thompson
2n d
- Lilly Mackay
3rd—
Evie Bennett
Year 1 Boys:
1st – Lachlan Balmer
2n d
- Jason Pennycook
3rd—
Liam Stebbing
Foundation Girls:
1st – Chayce Mackie
2n d
- Zoey Schlender
3rd
– Gemma Koch
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9 Years & Under Boys:
1st – Blake Cooper
2n d
- Kian George
3rd—
Will Anderson
11 Year Girls:
1st- Amy Franks
2n d
- Somaiya Harriden
3rd
– Naomi Pennycook
11 Year Boys:
1st – Lachlan Thompson
2n d
- Jack Anderson
3rd
– Max Fletcher
10 Year Girls:
1st – Matilda Ingle
2n d
- Clodagh McCarthy
3rd
– Eila Schlender
10 Year Boys:
1st – Chili Stock
2n d
- Brooklyn Lindsay
3rd
– Kynan Andrews
9 Years & Under Girls:
1st – Tessa Thompson
2n d
- Abbey Kendell
3rd—
Abby Chetcuti
12 Years & Over Girls:
Equal 1st – Beth Ludlow
and Jamie Clark
12 Years & Over Boys:
1st – Jake Tanis
2n d
- Tristan Murphy
3rd
- Kade Altas
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Bike Ed and Safety tips
L
This is my first year of Bike Ed even
though I’m in Year 4. I have learnt how to
indicate which way I’m going to turn. I am
pretty excited about doing the bike test
even though I’ve never done it before. The
activity I’m mostly excited about is the
slow riding box. The activity I’m mostly
scared of doing is the ride, scoot, ride. –
Jessica Cleland
In Bike Ed I have learnt to
stay two bike lengths
away when riding in
single file on the road. –
Eamon Constable
During Bike Ed I enjoyed the
figure activity, where we ride
around in a figure 8 giving way to
the right hand side.
During Bike Ed I have learnt that
you need to stay on the left hand
side of the road. – Riley Wallace