Around Antonio

Principal

Karen Patten

Assistant Principal

Tim Howarth

Assistant Principal

Annette Hayes

631-639 Whitehorse Rd

Mitcham 3132

Ph 9874 4371

Fax 9873 5505

E-mail address : antonio.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Web Site : www.antoniops.vic.edu.au

Our School Values

ERRIC

Empathy Responsibility Resilience Independence Confidence

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21 July 2016 Issue 20

Dear Antonio Park Families, A Lot To Celebrate @ APPS!

Our weekly whole school assembly is a special and

enjoyable community event. There are so many things

we celebrate and acknowledge. Monday’s assembly is

always a wonderful example of this. The atmosphere

has a strong community feeling of pride, happiness,

excitement and connectedness. We:

Sing our National Anthem

Celebrate birthdays

Acknowledge achievements (Aussies & Mathletics)

Recognise the efforts and the important roles of our

Student Leadership program: School Captains, Spe-

cialist Captains, House Captains, Peacemakers, JSC

and Environmental Leaders

Listen to wonderful music performances

Share in the joy of the many learning opportunities

and wonderful experiences of our Sustainable

Schools and animal program

Have a lot of smiles and laughs.

Reasons why we are very proud of APPS:

Its vibrant culture, the team and ‘can do’ ethos

Inclusivity, connectedness, respectfulness,

positive relationships and ability to have con-

versations

Strong student voice, student centred and a

focus on the whole child

Commitment of teachers, their preparedness to

‘do the extra’, their passion and the quality of

programs

The amount of opportunities for individual stu-

dents to engage, shine and excel, within and

outside the classroom

Wonderful community involvement, participa-

tion in and support of programs and events

Sustainable schools program

Our greenery and facilities.

Staff work very hard and are committed to:

Engaging learning through the design and de-

livery of curriculum.

Innovation, responsiveness and adaptability

Creating a learning environment with wonderful

extra-curricular activities such as: the fete, pro-

duction, aerobics, instrumental music, sporting

program, camps, swimming, the animal pro-

Monday

25 July

School Council

Thursday

28 July

Bookfair

Commences

Saturday

30 July

Working Bee

9.00-12.00

Tuesday

2 August

House Athletics

Level 3 & 4

Wednesday

3 August

ICAS English

Friday

5 August

National

Aerobics QLD

Monday

8 August

Level 3

Swimming

Monday

8 August

Level 2

Swimming

Friday

11 August

Foundation

Transition

1.30-3.00pm

Tuesday

16 August

ICAS Maths

Aussie of the week

Congratulations to everyone celebrating a

birthday this week.

gram and sustainable schools program

Caring, working well together and modelling the

school’s values: Empathy, Responsibility,

Resilience, Independence, Confidence.

During 2016 we will:

Continue what we love about the school and

what the school does well

Capture and maintain our unique culture

Continue high expectations, a strong focus on

learning and teaching

Continue our excellent capabilities at enhancing

students’ growth.

Thank you everyone for making APPS such a great

school!!!!

Karen Patten

Assistant Principals

We are nearly there – 100 days at school! On Monday the Level 1 students will parade their costumes at assembly and then at 1pm our party will begin! Please refer to the note sent home this week. Please take the time to celebrate all your child has achieved over the past 100 days – we are certainly proud of their efforts! Next week our spelling focus is on the letter k and the spelling pattern ‘au’ and our maths focus is on the number 100. We are exploring ways that we keep ourselves happy and healthy and we enjoyed a visit from

Will the Water Man who shared the role that water plays in keeping us healthy. In a couple of weeks time we will have our first visit from the fire-fighters who will give us tips for fire safety. Have a great week, Elizabeth, Stacey, Mitchell and Rachel Level 1 team

What’s Happening in Level 1?

Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability All schools and approved authorities for schools in Australia participate in the national data collection annually. Through this collection, data is collected about students with disability across Australia in a consistent, reliable and systematic way. This collection is based on the professional judgement of teachers about their students and the level of reasonable adjustments they are provided with to access and participate in education on the same basis as other students, consistent with the obligations of all schools under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and the Disability Standards for Education 2005. The national data collection provides Australian schools, education authorities and the community with information about:

the number of school students receiving educational adjustments because of disability

the broad level of reasonable education adjustment provided for students with disability to access and participate in education

each student’s broad category of disability

the distribution of school students with disability.

Data will continue to be de-identified prior to its transfer to the Australian Government Department of Education and Training. No student’s identity will be provided to the Australian Government Department of Education and Training.

This data will inform better targeting of resources to support students with disability, including Commonwealth funding for students with disability.

You Can Do It! Parent Online Resource

99 APPS FAMILIES HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED!

We are very excited to announce that 99 families have already registered for the wonderful E-learning, parenting website; You Can Do It! Parents: www.youcandoitparents.com.au. That’s 27% of our families - Brilliant! All the resources on the website are available for our school community (families and staff). The website contains a large number of E-learning programs for parents on ‘best’ practices of parents, Parent Insight Articles on top-ics of importance dealing with child development and parenting, and E-learning video and audio E-learning programs for children and adolescents that help build a variety of personal and social skills and positive attitudes.

Information on how to register was in last week’s newsletter.

Enjoy your weekend Annette & Tim

Our week began with great enthusiasm from students, parents and teachers, who all headed to the MCG for an excursion. We were ex-tremely eager to explore the museum, interact and have a go at differ-ent skills in the Game On area and have a tour of the MCG. It was a fabulous day and I think stepping onto the MCG ground along with the press room were a few highlights of the day. A big thank you to all of the parents who helped out on the day. (View our MCG collage) Reminders:

Please return your swimming notices by tomorrow, so that or-ganisation with parent helpers and buses can be finalised.

Literature books have commenced, please ensure that your child is reading each day and that they are also completing their

We have made a great start to the term. The students are focused in the classroom and have been working well. Grade Six Families - We have a confirmed date for graduation this year. We will be celebrating our grade six students time at primary school on Wednesday 14th December. The cost for the evening will be $55. You do not need to pay this yet. A note with further details will be sent out later in the term. This is only for your information at this point. Our production rehearsals have begun and we have some really excited students. If you know you are away for production and have not yet let

us know could you please send in a note so we can ensure all students are included in the routine. We have been asking students to help with the choreography and have seen some very interesting moves! Last week we had a level meeting where we spoke to all students and revisited the expectations of homework. Homework club will be running at lunchtime tomorrow for those students who have not completed tasks or those who need to revisit the rubric and make changes. Thanks from the Level 4 team.

literature role card task.

Students have received a House Athletics notice, please return signed envelopes by Friday 29th July.

If you have any books on health services, healthy eating, sports or the Olympics please bring them in to your child’s classroom to share. Thanks for a great week, Level 3 Team

What’s Happening in Level 4?

What’s Happening in Level 3?

The students in Level 2 are continuing to work on our ‘Good Sports are Healthy’ unit. Please look around at home and send along any resources on sports, health and fitness or the Olympics to be used in the classroom. Please return the swimming medical notes and permission forms to your classroom teacher as soon as possible.

What’s Happening in Level 2?

The Book Fair is quickly approaching; Monday, August 1st is dress up day. Children are encouraged to dress up as book characters or an author. Have a great week! Level Two Team

ICAS English

Please note that ICAS English is now on Wednesday 3rd August due

to a clash with House Athletics.

ICT in Level 1 Last term students leant how to use the program Paint. Please enjoy some of the masterpiec-

es that they created below. Some of the skills they developed included:

Freehand drawing

Manipulating shapes to create pictures

Changing colour and size

Saving work

This term students are being introduced to Word. Two weeks in and they are already really

excited about what they can do! Some of the skills they will be developing are:

Opening and saving a Word document

Using the spacebar, shift key and backspace key

Identifying letters and numbers on the keyboard

Changing fonts and font size

Inserting online pictures

Adding borders

ICT News?

Digital Tattoo

Once stuff about you goes online there is no knowing who

will see it, or when they will see it.

What’s the issue?

Things that are posted online may seem like they are ‘here today, gone tomorrow’, but this is not the case. When images and

videos of our ‘bad hair day’ or latest crazy exploits are posted online they can end up anywhere in the world and be re-used in

ways that we never intended—even years later.

Why does it matter?

Other people cannot see inside your head, so the ‘you’ that they know is the one you show them through what you say

and do. This includes your offline self and your online self.

We form impressions everyday about people we don’t know personally. We use whatever information we have to do

this, for example, pieces of their work, pictures of them or comments they made in a forum. Other people will form opin-

ions of you in exactly the same way.

Digital material is no longer under your control once it has been shared, even if it is only shared with people you trust.

Once stuff about you goes online there is no knowing who will see it, or when they will see it.

Advice

Prevention is better than trying to mop up later

Think twice before putting material online—what would this look to your Grandparents, your teacher or your friends?

What about in ten years time?

Keep things in perspective

Be realistic about the impact of what has gone online—if it is a bit embarrassing but otherwise harmless, learn from the

experience and move on.

Be clear about who you want to be online and offline

Let other people know that you don’t want them putting embarrassing material about you online.

For craft this week the children decided they wanted to do sewing, we’ve seen pillows being made as well as bears and birds A few other children have asked to do pin art, which looks great put up on the window. In the kitchen we have been experimenting with healthier alternatives, as part of a new Camp Australia initiative. Outdoors we have been playing footy, soccer and basketball. Other children have been skipping and playing on the playgrounds. Notice for Prep parents. This term we will be starting to let the preps walk to OSHC by themselves, we will still provide teachers with a list of who is coming and a staff will be in the yard to assist anyone, but we also encourage parents to give their children reminders as well. If you have any questions regarding the process please come in and talk to the coordinator. Just a reminder, if you are creating or cancelling a booking to please call customer service or go online to the parent portal. If it is last minute you are also able to call/text the service phone on 0412 545 042. If you have any inquiries or questions please call us on 0412 545 042, alternatively you can call customer service on 1300 105 343, or email. oshc@campaustralia.com.au Our website is www.campaustralia.com.au

Visual Art from Janet

For appreciating the sense of humour in the illustrations of ‘Mr Huff’, the pic-ture book and making our art lesson fun

1RF

Performing Arts from Ms. Grindley

For excellent singing and use of facial expressions 4JD

Indonesian from Ibu Rose

For working cohesively as a team to complete tasks and achieve common goals

3LW

Library from Mr. Clark

For improved work habits and listening

2CC

P.E from Mr. Clark

For showing excellent teamwork and enthusiasm whilst learning about the Olympics

1MN

P.E from Mr. Mac

For excellent high jump skills

2BC

Specialist Trophies

We would like to congratulate Riley on placing 3rd in State Cross Country. Riley has qualified for Nationals in Canberra and we are very excited to see how he goes. Well done on your

amazing effort Riley!

JSC News

Antonio Park Primary School and Energise Aerobics

Showcase Fundraiser Wednesday 27th July

We will be displaying the amazing work of our twenty teams at a performance night, held in our school hall.

This is a wonderful opportunity for the teams to perform in front of their much loved crowd and a great per-

formance opportunity for our National teams before competing in Queensland on Saturday 6th August. Our

prep students will also be performing their routines.

This will be a magnificent showcase of the extremely talented and enthusiastic students that we have at An-

tonio Park P.S. We are also fortunate to have past students performing their secondary routines. We will be

presenting our National Squad with their uniforms on the night.

Families, friends and relatives are invited to this fundraising event and all money raised will support the growth

of our aerobics program. All payments for the night will be made at the door, so correct money will assist in a

smooth flow through the doors on the night.

Thank you for your continued support,

The APPS Aerobics Coaching Team

DETAILS:

When: Wednesday 27th July

Where: Antonio Park Primary School Hall

Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Cost: $5.00 children $10.00 Adults

BOOK FAIR

DRESS UP DAY

On Monday 1st August there will be a whole school dress up day to celebrate Book

Week and the Scholastic Book Fair.

All students are encouraged to dress up as their favourite book character or

their favourite author.

Start to have a think about what your costume might look like!

Please note that this dress up day is not part of a JSC fundraiser and therefore

students do not need to bring a gold coin donation.

Book fair gift vouchers will be awarded to the best dressed student from

each grade.

We are looking forward to another fun and successful Book Fair!

Name: Kiera Grade: 4CN Hobbies: Singing, dance and drama I enjoy being a Peace Maker because I get to help kids and be a leader in the school.

Name: Charlie Grade: 4LC Hobbies: Violin, playing footy, tennis and cricket I enjoy being a Peace Maker because I like helping other people and being a role model.

Name: Angela Grade: 4CN Hobbies: Singing, dancing, calisthenics, piano, cooking I enjoy being a Peace Maker because I get to help students in the yard and be a role model for younger kids.

Aussie of the Week 1EA Aiden P For confidently identifying skip counting patterns on a hundreds chart.

1MN Jarrod For delivering a fantastic JSC speech and showing maturity and resilience when congratulating your class-

mate on becoming our new JSC member.

1RF Lucy S For working hard to improve your writing. The effort you are putting in is really making a difference. Awe-

some work Lucy!

1SG Leila P For your outstanding attitude this week! What a wonderful effort. Keep it up!

2AF Bethany C For your eager participation in literacy discussions this week. It has been pleasing to see you putting forward

your ideas with confidence! Great ideas Beth!

2BC Claren For his excellent analysing during literacy sessions. Top job!

2BW Oliver For speaking confidently to the grade about how he cares for the environment. You did an amazing job! An

impressive effort Oliver!

2CC Declan For a fantastic start to the term! You were focused on your work and your behaviour in class set a great

example to others. Keep up the fantastic work buddy!

2JS Harry For confidently working accurately with coins and notes.

2KD Vivienne For challenging yourself when solving division equations. Keep on achieving your personal best.

2TR Fletcher For your wonderful concentration in numeracy. You demonstrated your hard work by counting large

amounts of money and using your adding strategies. Well done Fletch!

4BR Luke N For having insightful thoughts about our text schema in information report writing. The detail in which you

analysed the text was excellent.

4CE Nathan T For contributing to class discussions. You are listening to our tuning in clips and have some great things to

share about it.

4CN Kyan For your wonderful attitude to school. It is great to see you so passionate about your learning. Your positive

outlook and empathy for others are great qualities to have. Super work!!

4JD SIenna For always completing her homework tasks to a high standard. You continue to challenge yourself and put

in a huge amount of effort into your final presentation. Outstanding Sienna, well done!

4LC Carlee D For persistence when completing algebraic equations. You sought assistance when

needed, set your work out neatly and worked hard to achieve the outlined success criteria.

COMMUNITY NOTICES (Please check the Community Noticeboard for further details)

Come and try joey scouts at 1st Mitcham Joeys, Monday July 25 6-7 pm, 2nd Mitcham Scout Hall, Cochrane St Mitcham. All 6-7 year old boys and girls are welcome to come along for a fun science night! RSVP Jo Davis 0419 717 394. Vacancies currently available,

free trial.

World Education Program WEP is looking for families who are interested in hosting and exchange student in 2017. If you are interest-

ed, Ph 1300 884 733 or visit www.wep.org.au/host

Scouts and Girl Guides of Boroondara and Yarra.in conjunction with Camberwell Showtime presents the production ‘Beyond the wall’.

The show is running from 5th August—13th August. For bookings visit www.camberwellshowtime.com or ph 9278 4770