CHELTENHAM EAST PRIMARY SCHOOL

Website: http://www.cheltenhameast.vic.edu.au Email: cheltenham.east.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Silver Street Principal: Mr Wayne Bach Cheltenham 3192 Assistant Principal: Mrs Leisel Ward Phone: 03 9583 5746

Weekly Newsletter No. 9 Friday March 29, 2019

For your Diary

Fri Mar 29 - Casual Dress Day supporting Fete – bring a $2 toy for Lucky Dip Stall Fri Mar 29 - Student Disco in school hall hosted by Parents’ Committee

Wed April 3 - Junior School Council dress up as a farmer or farm animal – gold coin donation Friday April 5 - Last day of term 1 – early dismissal at 2.30 pm

Tues April 23 - Term 2 begins Thurs April 25 - ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Friday May 10 - Mother’s Day Stall

Friday June 21 - Casual Dress Day supporting Fete – bring a bottle of soft drink for Ring Toss stall Wed June 26 - Curriculum Day – no students at school

Friday June 28 - Last day of term 2 – early dismissal at 2.30 pm Mon July 15 - Term 3 begins Friday Aug 16 - Curriculum Day – no students at school Friday Aug 30 - Casual Dress Day – bring a block of chocolate for Chocolate Lob stall

Friday Sept 20 - Last day of term 3 – early dismissal at 2.30 pm Mon Oct 7 - Term 4 begins Mon Nov 4 - Curriculum Day – no students at school Tues Nov 5 - CUP DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Sat Nov 16 - SCHOOL FETE

Friday Dec 20 - Last day of term 4 – early dismissal 1.00 pm

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Our School Vision

“Cheltenham East students are empowered learners who are flexible thinkers with the skills and knowledge to respond critically to their world.”

Early Finish Friday April 4th

A reminder to all parents that next Friday is an early

finish for all children. A special assembly will be held at 2.15 pm with a 2.30 pm dismissal from the outside stage area. Please make sure you make arrangements for the children to be picked up on time. The first day back at school is on Tuesday 23rd April (after Easter Monday).

Armistice Project

A huge thank you to Dads Army who came into the school last Sunday and dug a new pathway for our

ceramic tiles produced by the children, dug the foundations for the stage area and put in four new seats and three new flag poles for our armistice ceremonies. This area will look fantastic once a new garden has been established and it will be a great place to come and reflect on our history.

National Ride2School Day

It was great to see so many students and families riding, scooting, skating or walking to school. Like all our walk or ride to school days, it is a wonderful opportunity to promote the many benefits of active transport for our community. Well done everyone for making the effort – even if it wasn’t the best weather.

Year 4 Camp

The Year 4 children had a great time at the Lady Northcote Camp this week attempting a variety of

SCHOOL CONTACT INFORMATION FOR STUDENT ABSENCES: Sentral parent portal: http://sentral.cheltenhameast.vic.edu.au/portal

Flexibuzz App, Answering machine - 9584 7240; email cheltenham.east.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Please contact us each day your child is absent giving child’s name, grade, reason & date of absence

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activities including the high rope swing, canoeing, archery, yabbying and much more. Thank you to the following staff for giving up their time to take the children on camp: Mrs Apostolopoulos, Mrs Beaton, Mr Crebbin, Miss Boucher, Miss Pang, Mr Muldridge, Miss Bickham and Mr Bach. It was great to see so many of the children step outside their comfort zone and attempt activities that were extremely challenging and demanding for them.

NAPLAN Practice

Our Year 3 and 5 students have completed a NAPLAN practice test on Thursday as part of the preparation for the on line testing coming up in May. The computer system seemed to cope well with the technology load. All testing this year will be conducted on computers except the Year 3 writing test, which will be completed on paper.

Achievements

We have had many fantastic achievements at Cheltenham East PS this term including:

Presentation of the Annual Report

School Council Elections

House Swimming Sports

District Swimming Sports

Year 4 Camp

School Disco

CHATS information session

Special Food Day

Tim Richardson and Meng Tak Visit

State members Tim Richardson (Mordialloc) and Meng Tak (Clarinda) will visit next Thursday to chat about school improvements.

School Values

The children will continue working closely together through the coming winter months. This is a great time to reinforce our school values of RESPECT, RESPONSIBILITY, COURTESY and CO-OPERATION with all children. Filling someone’s bucket of kindness should be a priority for all children and adults. Helping others is to be encouraged by everyone and can be done in a variety of ways. It is great to see our Year 6 children looking after the younger children out in the yard.

Group Tours

Wednesday saw a number of prospective parents come to the school and go on a group tour of the school with Mr Bourke. They looked at the types of programs we run and observed the children working in their classrooms to get a feel for the school and its culture. It is a big decision on where to send your children for their first year of schooling and this is the first step in the process for parents with young

children heading into Foundation in 2020. We hope they enjoyed the experience.

Contact Details

Have your contact details changed? We have already tried to phone parents and emergency contacts only to find that the phone number is no longer valid. It is absolutely vital that we can contact parents/carers at all times. Please let us know if any details have changed as soon as possible.

Thought for the Week

WAYNE BACH Principal

NATIONAL RIDE2SCHOOL

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Great effort everyone!

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CEPS KIDS ARE FRIENDLY KIDS Awards for displaying Courtesy

Mathletics Congratulations to the grade 1s for earning the trophy for Mathletics this week. It’s great to see so many

students challenging themselves and engaging with Mathletics.

An additional congratulations to Emma L. and Ewan A. for earning their gold certificate this week, keep

up the great work!

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CEPS KIDS ARE FRIENDLY KIDS

This term we are working on

COURTESY

and next week we are looking at

Punctuality

There are many important social skills we need to think about in the CEPS Kids

are Friendly Kids program, but perhaps there are none more relevant than punctuality. Being punctual simply means being on time. And unfortunately there are too many times

when we are not as punctual as necessary. Being on time is important.

At school it is important to be on time, ready and organised to begin learning whether it is at the beginning of the day or after lunch and recess. Being on time shows that you are courteous and aware of the needs of those around you by not making them wait for you to

arrive.

Children who are late for school or late for classes during school often miss important information and this can leave them feeling left out for the whole of the lesson, as well as disrupting classmates and teachers. If you are late for class it is hard to settle down

and concentrate.

It is everyone’s responsibility to be on time – mums, dads, kids and teachers. So make a special effort next week and throughout the year.

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JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL FUNDRAISER

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PRIVACY INFORMATION (Collection Notice) for parents, guardians and carers PRIMARY SCHOOL

During the ordinary course of your child’s attendance at our school, school staff will collect personal and health information about your child, you and your family when necessary to educate your child, or to support your child’s social and emotional wellbeing or health in the school context. Such information will also be collected when required to fulfil a legal obligation, including duty of care, anti-discrimination law and occupational health and safety law. If that information is not collected, the school may be unable to provide optimal education or support to your child, or fulfil legal requirements. For example, health information may be collected through the school nurse, primary welfare officer or wellbeing staff member. If your child is referred to a specific health service at school, such as a Student Support Services officer, the required consent will be obtained. Our school also collects information provided by parents, guardians and carers through the School Entrance Health Questionnaire (SEHQ) and the Early Childhood Intervention Service (ECIS) Transition Form. School staff will only share your child’s personal or health information with other staff who need to know, to enable the school to educate or support your child, or fulfil legal requirements. When our students transfer to another Victorian government school, personal and health information about that student may be transferred to that next school. Transferring this information is in the best interests of our students and assists that next school to provide optimal education and support to students. In some limited circumstances, information may be disclosed outside of the school (and outside of the Department of Education and Training). The school will seek your consent for such disclosures unless the disclosure is required or permitted by law. Our school values the privacy of every person. When collecting and managing personal and health information, all school staff must comply with Victorian privacy law. For more information about privacy including about how to access personal and health information held by the school about you or your child, see our school’s privacy policy at: www. wvps.vic.edu.au

Throughout this notice, ‘staff’ includes principals, teachers, Student Support Service officers, youth workers, social workers, nurses and any other allied health practitioners and all other staff at our school. This includes employees, agents and service providers (contractors) of the Department or school council, whether paid or unpaid.

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/SchoolsPrivacyPolicy-English.pdf

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/Schools-Privacy-Policy-information-for-parents.aspx

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SCHOOL SPORT VICTORIA (SSV) IS HOLDING SELECTION

TRIALS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE 2019 TEAM VIC TRACK

AND FIELD TEAM

Students will need to register to trial for the chance to be selected in the Track and Field, students will

not be selected off the State Primary Track and Field Championships in 2019.

Trial - Sunday 19 May 2019

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SELECTION TRIALS THAT MUST BE READ CAREFULLY

1. These trials are being conducted to select the Victoria Team to compete in the School Sport Australia

(SSA) 10 to 12 Years and Under Track and Field Championships to be held in Darwin from 18 to 23

September 2019.

2. The Trials are being conducted according to IAAF and IPC rules unless stated below.

3. These Trials will not be cancelled due to weather conditions.

4. It is expected that students competing at these trials are making themselves available for selection.

5. These trials are not a ‘come and try’ day, nor can the results be used for any records applications with

Little Athletics Victoria, Athletics Victoria or School Sport Victoria. As a guide the qualifying standards

should be no less than 8th place at the SSV State Primary Track and Field event, to view the qualifying

standards please see this link.

6. Wind gauges will not be used for any sprint events or horizontal jumps.

7. There will be no presentations at these Trials.

8. Students should wear appropriate competition uniform (this could be your club athletics uniform, your

school PE uniform).

9. Please do not wear Team Vic, Athletics Victoria or Little Athletics Victoria State uniform.

10. Please make sure you wear clothing that is appropriate for the weather including a change of clothes if

wet. This also includes sunscreen and a water bottle.

11. There will be canteen facilities available at Lakeside Stadium.

To register:

https://2019ssvtrackandfieldselectiontrials.eventdesq.com

Selection Guidelines

10 - 12 Years Selection Guidelines

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KINGSTON LIBRARIES

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