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6th March 2020 TERM 1 ISSUE 3

Week 7

Mon 9th March

Labour Day Public

Holiday

Tues 10th March

Community Briefing

(weather permitting)

8:50am Hardcourts

Wed 11th March

Student Led

Conferences

Altered school day,

12:30pm dismissal.

BIG Childcare will be

available for those

who require their

service.

Contact Jason on

0431 856 132

Wed 12th March

Grade 5 Excursion

Immigration

Museum

Week 8

Tues 17th

Grade 1 Excursion

Botanic Gardens

اذا كنت بحاجه الى مساعدة لفهم هذه المالحظة يرجى االتصال باالدارة العامة للمدرسه

Bu notu anlamada herhangi bir yardima ihtiyaciniz olursa, lutfen genel ofisini arayin.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Dear Roxburgh Homestead

Community,

As I write to you now at the end

of week 6, I have been

unwell this week, but I am on

the mend and will be back on

deck next week. I wanted to

thank all the students, staff and

community for their efforts in

making our school the best it

can be.

Positive Climate for Learning

During the term, the students

have been working on the

following Positive Climate for

Learning goals -keep it clean,

concrete walking feet and

serene in the canteen. The

teachers have noticed the

students making these choices

in the yard and have rewarded

them with personalised raffle

tickets. Each raffle ticket is then

placed in the student draw and

our lucky winners are

announced at our Community

Assemblies as our Successful

Students of the Week. This

strategy is a part of our Positive

Climate for Learning approach

to support students to make

positive choices at school. I

want to congratulate Rostron

House (yellow) who won the

house points award cup last

week and celebrated by

chanting their House Song at

the community assembly on

Monday.

Excellence in Teaching and

Learning

Each week the teachers plan

together in their Professional

Learning Communities and

move through a learning

inquiry cycle. In this process,

they look at the student data

sets and their current

performance in literacy and

maths. Then they review the

Victorian Curriculum, engage in

professional reading and then

plan a learning sequence to

teach to the students. All of our

lessons have a building

Language for Learning thread

throughout, in the aim to

develop the student’s written

and spoken English language.

At least 12 months of growth is

our intention each year for

every student at Roxburgh

Homestead Primary.

Principal Update

The applications closed Sunday

for the process for our Principal

position. The panel will short

list the applicants and then

conduct the interviews in the

coming weeks. Then School

Council will be informed of the

decision and then we can

announce the successful

applicant to the school

community.

Community Attendance

Community attendance is one

of our school goals this year.

We have a motto that

‘everyday counts’ and we want

all students to be at school

provided they are fit and

healthy. We had an average of

24 days of absence per student

last year and that is a month of

learning lost. We had 94%

attendance in week 5 and in

week 6 we had 95% which is a

slight improvement. Let’s try to

continue to improve our

community attendance each

week.

Congratulations

I’d like to congratulate Julie

Musgrove our McPherson

Boulevard Crossing Supervisor

who has been nominated for

the Crossing Supervisor of the

Year. Julie has been keeping us

safe at the front of our school

for 16 years. Some of the

qualities raised in the

nomination has been her

longevity, being out the front of

our school supporting our

safety in rain, hail or shine and

the authentic relationships she

has built with the students. If

you’d like to further nominate

Julie, please see COMPASS for

the link. Well done and good

luck to Julie!

Student Led Conferences

Next week, Wednesday 11

March we have our Student Led

Conferences. This is a great

opportunity for the students to

share their learning, their

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goals and next steps for development.

The school has a real ‘buzz’ about it on

this night and I am looking forward to it.

Just a friendly reminder that school will

finish at 12:30pm on this day and the

conferences will start at 1:00pm. Please

ensure that you book a time with your

child/children’s teacher via COMPASS,

alternatively if this night is not suitable

the teachers are prepared to make

other arrangements.

Keeping our community safe

In the interest of community safety, I’d

like to remind the community that the

staff car park is not a safe place to drop

students off nor as a thoroughfare for

walking through. Cars and trucks with

deliveries come and leave at all times of

day and therefore it is not a safe place.

We have two access gates at the front of

the school and encourage the

community to use these. As a

precaution the staff car park gates will

be closed during the school day.

Acting Principal

Alex Mowat

Naming of New Greenvale Primary School

Do you want your say on the name of the new primary school in Greenvale?

The Victorian School Building Authority is seeking community input into developing the name of a new primary school

currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2021.

The interim name of the school is Greenvale North-West Primary School and it is located at 21 Greenvale Gardens

Boulevard, Greenvale.

Please forward any name suggestions to coningsby.jason.a@edumail.vic.gov.au by 23rd March, 2020.

A proposed name will be selected from a shortlist of potential names for formal consultation with all surrounding schools

and services before a recommendation is made to the Minister for Education. School names can recognise and reflect

culture, heritage and landscape and will be guided by the statutory requirements outlined in the Naming Rules for Places in

Victoria.

If you would like further information about this new school and other school building projects you can visit the Victorian

School Building Authority webpage at www.schoolbuildings.vic.gov.au

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As part of our commitment to the ongoing safety of your students,

School Crossing’s Victoria, together with your local

council, is looking for the ‘Supervisor of the Year’ 2019/2020.

There are seven regions across the state. A winner will be selected in

each region, and the overall winner, will be selected from the regional

winners. The winner of the 2017/2018 Supervisor of the Year is

Margaret Coulson from the City of Greater Geelong and School

Crossing’s Victoria would like to enlist your help to boost this year’s

nominations.

It is our goal to reach as many parents, residents and school staff as possible and by involving them in the nomination

process encourage all road users to think about, and reward, the active role the Supervisors play in the safety of their

children.

Your support of this program will help ensure your Crossing Supervisor is shown the appreciation they deserve.

Nominations are open now, and close on Friday 8th May 2020 go to the School

Crossings Victoria website www.schoolcrossingsvictoria.com.au

and complete an online nomination.

If you would like to nominate our crossing supervisor, Julie Musgrove (the more nominations, the more chances Julie

could win).

Thankyou for taking the time to read this letter and I hope you will be able to support this initiative.

School Crossing Supervisor of the Year Award

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We made patterns!

I am making a

pattern.

My pattern is red,

yellow, red, yellow.

I know this is a

pattern because it is

always repeating.

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The Victorian Government have implemented a mobile phone use in school policy (formally issued by the Minister for Education under section 5.2.1(2)(b) of the Education & Training Reform Act) from the start of Term 1 2020. This means that students are not permitted to use mobile phones at school, unless for exceptional circumstances agreed to by the school. This information has been communicated to parents/guardians/families through the RHPS newsletter and to students. It has also featured heavily in the media during the end of 2019 and start of 2020. In recent weeks, we have noticed an increase of student phone use on school grounds by some students in Year 6. This includes using phones to take photographs and videos that are uploaded to social media (TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram). Some students have justified this behaviour by claiming they have "no phone credit" so therefore content cannot be uploaded. However once home using a Wi-Fi connection photographs and videos can then be uploaded. This poses a significant risk for student safety as students have been in full school uniform. Also some students who have featured in the photograph/video content have not given per-mission to be photographed or filmed. Each classroom has a safe lock up space for mobile phones to be placed during school hours. We understand that some students may need to bring a phone to school to contact parents/guardians after school but we ask that students turn off their phones once they enter school grounds and they can be turned on again once exiting at the end of the day. The increased number of mobile phone incidents in recent weeks are mostly from students who don't need to bring their phone to school at all and already have drop off/pick up arrangements in place. We recommend that unless your child needs their phone to contact you after school, there is no need to bring a phone to school. Student mobile phones, in a number of cases, are merely being used as a 'fashion accessory' to impress friends and to use for inappropriate social media use on school grounds. If you need to contact your child during school hours we recommend contacting the RHPS office on 9305 1688 and office staff can pass on information to classroom teachers to inform the student. Further information on this topic (including government policy) is available at: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/principals/spag/safety/Pages/mobilephones.aspx https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/acts/education-and-training-reform-act-2006-74/077

This is not just a policy at Roxburgh Homestead Primary School but one for all schools across Victoria. We appreciate your co-operation with this issue. - Year 6 Team

Student Mobile Phone Use At School - *Important Information*

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WEEK 4

Zyron Villamor – being a respectful member of Year 6.

Norah El-Tork – having a positive attitude at all times.

Toby Amilale – always being ready to learn and having a go.

WEEK 5

Olivia Susin – showing commitment to all of her work.

Adrian Racovalis – his outstanding commitment to all tasks.

Jordyn Albrecht – having a positive attitude and trying her best.

News from Science

Clare Brennan –

Science Teacher

YEAR 6

Life is abounding in the Science Room this week.

We have been raising six Monarch butterfly

caterpillars. Each caterpillar has now turned into a

chrysalis. We are waiting excitedly for them to

hatch into beautiful butterflies.

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KIDZ KARATE starts at 6.30pm sharp every Tuesday

For children aged 4 – 13

Easy to follow curriculum

Improves co-ordination, reflexes &

flexibility

Promotes confidence, discipline &

leadership

Self defence

Homestead Primary New School Gym

Cnr McPherson Blvd & Wild Cres, Roxburgh Park

3rd Degree Black Belt with over 30 years

experience & Working with Children Cert.

For any enquires please call Sensei Tony 0433 007

944

www.facebook/diiorio.dojos

Di Iorio Goju Martial Arts

Our science room needs lots of small boxes, shoe

box size or a bit smaller.

Please save your boxes and send them with your

child to school.

We also need magazines which have good pictures

of animals, plants and things, for example nature

magazines. Thank you

Clare Brennan, Science Teacher

(Please don’t send magazines with mostly people.)

Small Boxes & Magazines Needed

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هذا سوف يأخذك الى الغيابات من غير سبب. اختر المربع االول لتوضيح سبب الغياب

Bu sizi açıklanamayan devamsızlıklara götürecektir. Devamsızlığı açıklamak için ilk kareyi seçin

في الزاوية العليا على اليسار الدخول الى كومباس أضغط على االيقونة التالية عند

Compass programına giriş yaptığınızda sol üst köşedeki simgeye girin

My News Feedمن القائمة حتى تكون قادراً على الدخول الى قائمة االخبار Open in Browserأختر

Menüden Open in Browser seçeneğini açın, böylece ‘My News Feed’ haber listesine gire bilirsiniz.

Click here for“إلدخال سبب الغياب بإختيار ”Attendance: Attendance Note Required“سوف ترى My Newsفي

more information”My News

listesinde “Attendance: Attendance Note Required” seçeneğin görebileceksiniz, oradanda “Click

here for more information” girerek, açıklanmayan devamsızlıkların nedenini seçe bilirsiniz

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”Explain with Attendance Note“أختر

“Explain with Attendance Note” seçin

الدخال سبب غياب طفلك Attendance Note Editorبعدها سترى

Sonra Attendance Note Editor yazısını göreceksiniz, çoçuğunuzun devamsızlığının nedenini ordan gire bilirsiniz

أختر سبب الغياب - Reasonمن قائمة االختيارات

Açılam Reason listesinden, devamsızlığın nedenini seçin

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Save ثم أختار Details/Commentأدخل توضيح قصير لسبب الغياب في مربع

Çocuğunuzun devamsızlığına ilişkin kısa bir açıklamayı Details/Comment: kutusuna giriniz ve Save; seçeneğini belirleyin.

أنه أحد متطلبات وزارة التربية لتقديم توضيح لسبب غياب اطفالكم من المدرسة.

Çpcuğunuzun okula gitmemesini açıklaması Eğitim Bakanlığı tarafından istenmektedir.