NEWSLETTER N0.20

DIARY DATES

Friday 1st July Last day of Term 2

Monday 18th July First Day Of Term 3

Wednesday 20th July 5/6 Winter Lightning

Premiership

Tuesday 2nd - Friday 5th August 1/2 Lego Education Centre

30TH JUNE 2011

NOTICES DUE BACK BY

Thursday 30th July 5/6 Winter Lightning

Premiership

Friday 22nd July 1/2 Lego Education Centre

BERWICK LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL Phone: 9707 1766 Fax: 9796 2198

E-mail: berwick.lodge.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Visit our Websites : http:// www.berwicklodgeps.vic.edu.au,

Camp Australia/Out of School Hours Care: 9769 8251

Friday 1st July 2:30pm Finish

Monday 18th July Term 3 Start

ACTING PRINCIPAL’S REPORT STUDENT MEDICATION In recent weeks with the increased

incidence of student illness we have

had some queries regarding the

school‟s policy and practice with

regards to administering medications

at school.

For your information the following

guidelines apply to administering

medications at school:

Medications and medicines can be

administered at school for Asthma,

ADD/ADHD, antibiotic treatment

on doctors‟ instructions where

children are deemed well enough to

attend school, and in those situations

where children have long term

chronic conditions that require

ongoing treatment.

The Sick Bay Officer is the staff

member responsible for

administering prescribed medication

to children.

All parent requests for the Sickbay

Officer to administer medications to

their child must be in writing on the

Medication Request proforma

available from the Administrative

Office and must be

supported by

specific written

instructions from

the medical

practitioner

including the name

of the student, dosage and time to

be administered (original medications

bottle or container should provide

this information).

Non-prescribed oral medications (eg:

Headache tablets,

cough mixture,

antihistamines) as

well as creams, ear

drops or eye drops

will not be

administered by school staff. If, in

your judgement, your child is well

enough to be at school yet they

require a medication such as Panadol,

then you will need to arrange for it

to be administered by yourself or

another adult family member.

For safety reasons medications

should not be sent to school for

your child to self administer.

Consistent with our Asthma policy,

students who have provided the

Sickbay Officer with a completed and

signed Asthma Management Plan may

carry an asthma inhaler with them.

We are sure that you will

understand that the purpose of these

guidelines is to ensure that

medication is managed in a manner

that is appropriate and ensures the

safety and wellbeing of all students.

If you have any queries regarding

these guidelines please don‟t hesitate

to contact us at the school. We are

only too willing to clarify any issues

with you.

FREQUENTLY ASKED

QUESTIONS (FAQ’s) Q. When do I have to let the

school know of our family’s

intentions of moving away in

2011?

A. The sooner the better – if you

already know, please drop us a note.

We will be sending out a return form

to this effect shortly, and welcome

early notification if that is possible.

Don‟t stress if you don‟t know as yet

or if your situation changes later –

whenever is okay too!

QUOTABLE QUOTE

‘To accomplish great things we must not

only act but also drea, not only plan but

also believe’ - ANATOLE

DEBBIE CUSACK

HEAD LICE CHECKS During the two week holiday

break, we would appreciate the

support of every family in the

school in the detection and total

eradication

of any live lice

and/or eggs

that are found

in children‟s

hair. While we

realise that

families are

busy, we feel that it would be a

most worthwhile exercise in

eradicating lice from the school.

To be successful, every family

would need to commit some time

to:

Check their children‟s hair at least

twice over the holidays. (Eg: Week

1 and Week 2)

If any live lice are found, treat

immediately. (Complete follow-up

checks and treatment.)

If any eggs are found, apply lots of

conditioner, and patiently remove

all eggs.

If every family is diligent in this

exercise, we will be able to break

the head lice cycle in the school.

We thank you in advance for your

cooperation, and look forward to

‘Lice-free Term 3 at B.L.P.S.!”

END OF TERM TWO Parents are reminded that Term 2

ends tomorrow (Friday 1st July).

In line with our usual practice for

the end of term the students will

be dismissed from their

classrooms at 2:30PM.

Term 3 will commence for

students and teachers on

Monday 18th July 2011.

COLGATE ORAL CARE

AWARD

We would like to congratulate

one of our Grade 3 students

Kaaviyan Pathmasiri 3M who has

been selected as one of the

finalists in the Colgate „My Bright

Smile’ Global

Poster

Competition.

This is a

fantastic result

as the competi-

tion had over

700 entries from children across

Australia. Kaaviyan receives a

backpack, cap, water bottle, ruler,

toy and Colgate products for

himself and his family. Kaaviyan

and 11 other Australian finalists‟

entries will be sent to New York

to complete with other finalists

from around the world. Good

luck at the next stage of the

competition Kaaviyan we are very

proud of you.

FANTASTIC FRIDAYS -

COUNTY FAIR Thank you to all the students who

came out to support the Grade 3

to 6 County Fair on Tuesday 28th

June, your support was fantastic.

The day was very successful and

we have raised enough funds to

offer a second round of Fantastic

Friday‟s activities in semester 2.

We had a great day filled with fun

and excitement. Students

participate in a range of activities

including sponge throwing and

billycart races and were able to

purchase fairy floss, badges and

special prizes for the lucky dip.

If you would like to know more

about the Fantastic Fridays

Program or get involved next

semester please read the insert in

the newsletter.

TRACEYE RAPINETT

ASS I STANT PR INCIPALS ’ REPORT

You Can Schools Program

Working with Canteen and the Sony Foundation, Berwick Lodge Primary School will be collecting old mobile

phones to be recycled. The funds from these mobile phones will go to much needed funds to build youth cancer

centres across Australia.

The more mobile phones we collect and recycle the more educational tools Berwick Lodge Primary School will

receive. These could include video cameras, laptops, and possibly

Interactive Whiteboards which will be a great addition to our school.

There is a collection bin in the front foyer, located outside Mrs Cusack‟s office. Please hunt around at home, or

ask your friends, neighbours, work colleagues and local community groups, to look for any old

mobile phones and place them in the collection bin located in the school foyer.

Please help Berwick Lodge Primary School support a worthy cause.

Vanessa Porter

On behalf of the Junior School Council

HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER?

Please ensure you let the school office know if you have changed address or updated mobile phones with new numbers.

This information alleviates stressful situations on students when they are ill and we cannot contact parents

WHAT IS ORGANISATION?

Things to Say to Encourage Organised Behaviour

When you catch the young person getting along, say:

“Doesn‟t it feel good to be organised.”

“I bet it saves you time when you find things so easily.”

“Being organised will help you more than you know.”

“Are you ding as well with your teachers?” (bringing materials to class)

“I bet it makes school a little easier when you have everything ready.”

“You listened and followed all my directions for this assignment.”

“I see you have your things with you. You are planning ahead.”

“You‟re really organised!”

“You‟re good at scheduling time!”

“being prepared tells me you appreciate how important your work is.”

“You brought your homework.”

“You keep your backpack clean and neat.”

“When you are prepared, you can do a good job.”

“You planned well. You finished on time.”

Enrolments for 2012 are now being accepted! Enrolment forms are available from the school office. Original birth certificates and immunisation certificates need to be sighted by the office at the time of enrolment.

Library Book Review Competition Winners

Congratulations to all the students who entered their book reviews on our school's library blog! They were all

very well written and an absolute pleasure to read. I wish I could give all the children a prize, but unfortunately

there can only be one winner from each year level. If you would like to read the entries you can go to:

http://blpslibrary.global2.vic.edu.au/competitions/

The following students have won a book of their choice and a certificate:

Prep - Zoe PC

Year 1 - no entries received

Year 2 - Kyle 2G

Year 3 - Ethan 3D

Year 4 - Kaitlyn 4R

Year 5 - Jamie 5H

Year 6 - Ethan 6N

Smiles Miss Vine

FANTASTIC FRIDAYS PROGRAM

This Tuesday‟s County Fair marked the conclusion /celebration of our first Fantastic Fridays Program for 2011. I

thought I would take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about the background of the program and also to

acknowledge the many, many people who have been involved and assisted us to make this program the success

that it was.

The Fantastic Fridays Program was implemented a number of years ago

in the Grade 5/6 area and was a success amongst the senior school

students. Unfortunately the program stopped due to time constraints

and lack of funds.

It was a coaching session with Tahnee Planner where the discussions

took place to start the program up again with the inclusion of a few new

ideas:

To extend the program to include Grades 3 to 6 students.

To consult, survey and negotiate elective subjects with students

based on interests, resources and facilities.

To develop curriculum documentation and assessment tasks to support the program and ensure it was

targeting VELS learning areas.

To include J-Rock as one of the electives as finding the time for a large group of children (90 students)

across 3 grade levels to rehearse all together was very difficult.

To improve the interactions and relationships between the grades 3 to 6 students.

To try and improve the transition of middle school students to the senior school area.

The program would run for 8 Fridays in the afternoon session.

Once we had approval to implement the program the students and teachers brainstormed a large number of

elective subjects. This list was narrowed down to 15 electives based

on the facilities and costs we had available.

With the assistance of Lois Smethurst we developed an online survey

for students. Students logged on to the survey and entered their

details and selected 4 Fantastic Friday‟s electives they were interested

in. Once all students had completed the survey the data was sorted

and filtered and the most popular electives were chosen. In the end 10

electives were chosen they were – Art and Craft, Billycarts, Cooking,

County Fair, Construction, Fashion and Jewellery Making, J-ROCK,

Gymnastics, Lego and Science and Technology.

Grades 3 to 6 staff volunteered to run each of the electives, write the

documentation, develop assessment tasks and source materials. While

this was happening Tahnee and I wrote a proposal and presented it to the PFA in anticipation that they would

assist us with some funds so that we could purchase resources. The PFA generously granted $3,000 towards

the program. Without these funds we would not have been able to run half of the electives and would have had

to charge each student a small fee to cover our costs.

Volunteers from the BLPS community were invited to donate

goods or join in and assist the students and teachers in the

program in order to promote community involvement. On behalf

of the students and teachers we would like to thank -

Integration Aides - Kim Morris, Karen Middlebrook, Julie Cripps

and Sue Weber.

Parents / Grandparents - Jodie Norton, Tina Haimona, Sharon

Bywater, Jenny Hunt, Karen Tsekouras, Emily Bowler, Shelley

Meade, Heather Cross, Matthew Garrett, Graeme Watson, Jim

Whitehead, Robyn Maynard, Rebecca Beaton and Ellen & Glen

Moloney.

Thank you also to the parents who donated timber, cardboard,

foam, children‟s prizes and other materials to our electives. The Fairy Floss Girls

Look out Mrs Naismith!

Lego construction by Ryan and Liam

Don‟t forget to book your child in for the last day of

Term 2 (Friday 1st July). The program will run from

2:30pm - 6:30pm. Hope to see new faces!

Holiday Club bookings are now open. Please

visit www.campaustralia.com.au to book

online for our

holiday program at Berwick Fields.

Star of the Week:

Kyan: For his positive attitude, being polite and always

having fun!

New Enrolments/Bookings & Cancellations:

All new enrolments/Bookings & Cancellations are

completed online at www.campaustralia.com.au

OSHC Hours:

Before School Care 6:45am - 8:45am

After School Care 3:30pm - 6:30pm

Our direct line is 9769 8251 or you can call the Camp

Australia Admin on 1300 105 343

My sincere thank you for your support in Term 2. Take

care over the holiday period. See you next term with a

bunch of new experiences to share.

Thank you

Dorien and the OSHC Team

BLOSHC NEWS

2011 Premier’s Reading Challenge

Congratulations to all students participating in this year’s challenge. It is great to see so many enthusiastic readers eagerly borrowing books from the recommended booklists.

Don’t forget to let your teachers know when you have completed a book so it can be verified on the Premier’s Reading Challenge website by a coordinator. All books must be entered online and verified by Friday 16

th September 2011.

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the 2011 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Grade 2Z

Happy Reading! Bernadette Kelly

Miss Planner rocking it with the J-ROCK kids.

Fantastic Friday Continued… The children have spent the last 8 Friday afternoons working with

their fellow students in years 3 to 6 to develop projects, learn new

concepts, establish new friendships and produce some amazing work.

The staff would like to congratulate the students on their behaviour,

attitude and effort and have celebrated with the children at Tuesday‟s

County Fair. The County Fair was developed by Sue Naismith and

her County Fair students. All students from Prep to Grade 6 were

invited to share and celebrate in the success of the Fantastic Fridays

Program and had great fun especially throwing wet sponges at the

teachers, eating fairy floss and having races in the billycarts.

The funds raised from the County Fair Day will go towards funding

another Fantastic Fridays Program in the second semester –

THANK YOU!

Last but not least, thank you to all the teachers who have worked extremely hard over the 8 weeks to make this

program a FANTASTIC SUCCESS without you we would not have been able to provide this program.

Reflections from some of the students about the program-

I would like to participate in Fantastic Fridays because I love working with different people in different grades and the older

people teaching us new things – Brodie B 4L

Next time I think we should have an apron that says Berwick Lodge Cooking Class – Yasmin M 3M

I like it because you get to learn new things and it is very fun because you get to meet other people – Abbey W 4R

I like Fantastic Fridays because it is a head start to high school and because its lots of FUN!!!! – Zac L 5W

TRACEYE RAPINETT

Parents & Friends Association

NEXT MEETING: Thursday 4th August 2011 at 1.30pm in Room 16.

Everyone is welcome, including toddlers. The PFA welcomes anyone wanting to join the fun and help make

a difference.

FAMILY PORTRAITS :

Thank you to all the families that participated over the last 2 weekends. It was a great success

and the photos should be available for collection during the first few weeks of term three.

FUNDRAISING ASSISTANCE:

For our Clover Cottage evening and our Walkathon, we are looking for some

assistance with donations and prizes. Do you own or work for a company that

would be willing to donate a product or gift voucher? If you do we would love to

hear from you. Any company who donates will receive promotion for their

business in our newsletter. Please contact Sarah via our email below or leave

your details at the office. A huge thank you to the families who have already

donated something to our events.

Upcoming Events

In Term 3 our fundraising will include a Father‟s Day Stall, Hot Dog Day and our Clover Cottage Dinner

Night.

News PFA CAFÉ: On Thursday‟s the PFA are offering tea, coffee or hot milo, for a gold coin

donation. If you arrive at school early to get that car park close by, or you want to come and

keep warm on our cold wintery days, we invite you to come along to Room16 from 2.45pm.

There will be papers to read and toys for the younger kids to play with. Currently, we are

opening on Thursday afternoons only, however we welcome feedback as to whether other

days would be appreciated as well.

The PFA are always looking for ideas and assistance, if you would like to send us a comment or a

fundraising idea please send us an email on blps.pfa@hotmail.com or leave a message at the school office.

THANKS again for your continued support. We are trying to do things

to make our school community stronger.

Advertisements published by the school are accepted in good faith and should not be regarded as an endorsement of any product or service.

Parents and members of the school community are advised to investigate any service or product to determine its suitability to meet their family's needs prior to accessing it.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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Yoga focuses on the whole child - body, mind and spirit and

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stretching, strength, balance and good posture!

CLASSES FOR 3-5yrs, 5-8yrs AND 9-12 yrs.

Studio in Beaconsfield!

Go to www.justbeyoga.com.au or call 0408 510 945

Also: Adult & Prenatal Yoga, Meditation Classes &

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CRYSTAL CLEANING

SERVICES P/L

For all your carpet/upholstery and

general cleaning needs

Special Offer 3 rooms/3 seats

Professionally steamed cleaned for $77.00 incl.

GST Free deodorising Free stain treating

Other services: Vacate clean-up/ready for sale

For bookings & enquiries contact Steve 0411 752 279

$1.00 from each booking goes back to BLPS.

Plus $1.00 to Royal Children's Hospital

2011 SACRAMENT OF FIRST HOLY

COMMUNION

St Michael‟s Catholic Church, Berwick, invites Catholic

children in Year 4 or above to prepare for the sacrament

of First Holy Communion. Preparation begins with a

Parent Meeting on 3rd August, either at 1.30 pm or at 7.30

pm in St. Michael‟s Stadium (no need to book). This

meeting is a compulsory part of the Program and failure to

attend will mean your child will be unable to receive First

Holy Communion this year.

For more information, please contact St Michael‟s Parish,

Berwick, on 9707 1355 or email

secretary@stmichaelsparish.org.au

With thanks

Viviana Dominguez

Parish Secretary

Newsletter Advertising We have the opportunity to obtain a year’s supply of newsletter covers for our school free of charge.

Australian Newsletter Services who supply this service are able to make the offer by selling space on the back of our

cover to local businesses.

We would like to give parents of our school community the opportunity to submit expressions of interest to advertise

their own business on our school newsletter.

Please contact Australian Newsletter Services on freecall 1800 245 077 for more information.