HEIGHTS HYPE

29th October 2015 Newsletter 20

Dear Parents,

Sun Smart

As the weather is warming up and Summer is quickly approaching, it is

timely to remember SunSmart practices when outside and when exposed

to the sun. Our school wide brim hats meet the Anti-Cancer standards to

best protect the students from the harmful effects of the sun’s UV rays. It

is good practice for your children to wear their hats when walking to and

from school everyday. All students are required to wear a hat at recess,

lunchtime, when on an excursion or outside at Sport to be sun smart. New hats are available from the

school’s uniform shop for $10 if your child has lost theirs or the hat is in need of replacement.

Working Bee

Thank you to all families who attended our Working Bee last Friday 23rd October. The combined efforts of

all parents and children really contribute to maintaining and beautifying the school’s grounds and facilities.

As a team we were able to tackle the quiet area where our vegetable and sensory garden are planned to be

developed. The number of families who assisted was small, however, the combined effort was noticeable

around the school as the pathways, garden beds and lawn areas were cleaned up. Thank you again to the

following families for their attendance and hard work: Thuan, McLaren, Coe, Gifford, Taylor, Williams,

Addison, Quinn, Morton and Bennett.

Lap-a-thon– Cup Day Holiday

I remind all families of the Melbourne Cup Public Holiday next Tuesday 3rd November. If any families take

the opportunity to enjoy a long weekend, I hope it is a special break for

you all. Following Cup Day, we will be holding our Lap-a-thon, dress

up day on Thursday 5th November. Children will be starting the day

with a dress up parade from 9am. At 11.10am our Preps, Yr 1 and 2

grades will complete their lap-a-thon on the oval. Our Yrs 3, 4, 5, 6

grades will complete their laps from 12pm onwards. Parents are

welcome to attend for these fun activities.

Moving Schools

If you are moving out of the area to another school for next year, could

you please inform the office as soon as possible as grades placements

are commencing soon. Have a wonderful weekend.

Kind Regards, Cheryl Clark, Principal

IMPORTANT DATES

Fri 30th

October Halloween Disco

Tues 3rd

November MELBOURNE

CUP PUBLIC

HOLIDAY

Thurs 5th

November Cup-A-Thon

Wed 11th

November Ready, Set, Prep

Mon 16th—

Fri 20th

November

Book Fair

A message from the Assistant Principal.

Thank you to our Grade fours this week for participating in the PROGRESS IN

INTERNATIONAL READING LITERACY STUDY. The Grade fours sat a test

on Monday. PIRLS measures student achievement in reading in more than 50

countries in order to help teaching and learning worldwide. Thank you to our

parents for also participating by completing the surveys provided. Hopefully

this will provide some vital information moving forward in education.

This week Mr Marsden, Miss McIntosh, Mrs Clark and myself completed a 6

day course with the Bastow Insitute on “Leading Numeracy”. We have gone

through a rigorous process of analysing our Maths program and data. We have

put in place a whole school maths structure, investigated open ended maths

tasks, and looked into what the best practise mathematics in schools looks like.

Our school was recommended to other schools in the recognition of the work

we have been doing as a school to model. We are proud of the work we have

achieved so far and are looking forward to continually improving and developing

our maths programs.

We aim to create confident and capable mathematicians who successfully

develop the knowledge and skills to employ maths in their everyday lives.

Have a lovely weekend.

Jodi Craig

Assistant Principal

BOOK FAIR

Our final Book Fair for 2015 will be held during the week

16th November-20th November

All classes will be timetabled for “Looking Time” on

Monday 16th November.

Buying days will be

Wednesday 18th & Thursday 19th.

There will be no sales on Friday.

Cash & Credit Card payments accepted. Online order &

Pre Payment options available—see Book Fair Brochure.

FRIENDS OF HEIGHTS NEWS

Our Shopping Tour was held on Saturday with everyone on board grabbing some great bargains. Thank

you to all those who came along and supported this. We are still in the process of tallying the funds

raised.

Our Halloween Disco is tomorrow! This will be held in the school hall from 5.00pm-7.00pm. Parents

please remember you will need to sign your child in and out of the disco. Please provide

a written letter if your child is going to be collected by another adult. All children will

need to be collected promptly at the conclusion of the disco. Thank you to all those who

volunteered to assist on the evening. You should have now received at letter indicating

your requirements, if you put your name down but have not received notification, please

see Krystal in the office. Don’t forget your fancy dress costume—we can’t wait to see

them!

Our Cup-A-Thon will be held on Thursday 5th November. This will be an out of uniform day with

students encouraged to wear their “Spring Racing Carnival” attire. Each child should

have received a sponsorship form. Please see the office if you have not received one.

More details on fundraising for the event can be found in the newsletter.

The next Friends of Heights meeting will be held on Monday 16th November. All welcome to come

and have a cuppa and a chat.

CITIZENSHIP AWARDS:

Congratulations to the following students who received a Success Award for the weeks:

ENVIRONMENT AWARD Congratulations to Marley B, Kyran W, Anzac D, Darcy C, Hayley C, Sophie

B, Kruze M, Ryan D, Rani T, Abbey H & Zannon M who received awards for

“Being terrific, happy and friendly”, “Caring For Others, and “Keeping The Yard

Clean”!

16th October PHR: Lilly S

PS: Vasi C

1B: Felicity C

1K: Lachlan T

2H: Daniel P

2S: Memphis W

3/4H: Andy D

3/4M: Ceyda C

3/4R: Tamrind R

5/6B: Destiny S

5/6K: Caleb D

5/6M: Chloe S

23rd October PHR: Banjo G

PS: Brenan T

1B: Charlize B

1K: Ebony A

2H: N/A

2S: Tahli M

3/4H: Olivia M

3/4M: Bridie T & Chelsea F

3/4R: Nash M-VG

5/6B: Matt H

5/6K: Matty S

5/6M: Charlie C

Chloe S

Allen D

Luke G

Shauna S

Joel H

Stewart F

Angel T

Orders Due:

Wednesday 4th November.

Add $2.50 for an extra

Sushi Roll!

CANTEEN NEWS:

Thursday 5th November Cup-A-Thon Special Lunch:

Sushi Cooked Tuna OR Teriyaki Chicken

Plus

Nudie Juice

Plus

Jelly & Fruit Cup

$6.50

REMEMBER! If your child has any special dietary requirements please speak to Linda in the canteen as we can often substitute ingredients or offer an alternative option. If there is something not on our menu that your child would like to see offered please also speak to Linda as we are always on the lookout for new, healthy, tummy-pleasing options!

SCHOOL NEWS:

RITCHIES COMMUNITY BENEFITS – Our school received $96.79 in October from the

Ritchies IGA Community Benefits Program. Thank you to our many supporters of this

program.

Prep Homestead News

WOW, our Preps are almost at the end of their first year! How time flies!

We have been busy bees working away to wrap up the year and

show off all the knowledge we’ve learnt.

The Preps have been doing lots of assessments ready for reports, but also

having lots of fun, particularly with our ‘Celebrations’ inquiry topic.

For Literacy, we have continued with our CAFÉ reading. The Preps have

enjoyed working with partners to practice and develop

their reading skills. Our favourite characters are Lips

the Fish and Eagle Eye. Lips the Fish helps us to sound

out words whilst we use our ‘Eagle Eyes’ to look at the

pictures to find clues.

We also enjoy our Jolly Phonics time where we have some people in ‘Gold

Class’ and we have our ‘Action Stars’ who follow along with the actions.

In Numeracy we have been consolidating our number skills by playing quick

number games and using the interactive whiteboards.

We have recently completed learning about birthdays in our

inquiry topic, culminating in a ‘birthday party’ where we ate

delicious party food (thank you to our parents) and played

some favourite party games.

We are looking forward to a fun filled term ending with our

excursion to PARC!

Thank you to all our parents for your support and our parent helpers each

week. We really appreciate your assistance.

Dancing along to

Jolly Phonics

Working on

Reading Eggs

during CAFÉ

Maddi & Abbey working hard

on their procedural writing

‘How to Make a Vegemite

Sandwich’

Strategy groups

in CAFÉ reading

Apps and Cybersafety

These days you can download an app for almost everything – socialising, banking, finding directions,

cooking … you name it, it most likely exists.

Most of these apps are great, but there are some, particularly social apps like Instagram, Facebook and

Snapchat that present some problems when not used correctly. So as teachers and parents of young

people using these apps, it pays to know the basics.

Instagram

Instagram is a photo and video sharing app. Popular among young people

and used by businesses to advertise and endorse products. Users can like,

comment or share posted photos or videos and search based on popular

#hashtags.

What is hash-tagging?

A hashtag is a type of label or tag used on a social network which makes it easier for users to find

messages/images with a specific theme or content. By hashtagging, users are linking their posts with others

using the same hashtag – for example if you use the hashtag #sunrise alongside your post of a picture of a

sunrise, your image can be seen by anyone searching #sunrise – unless your account is set to private.

Using hashtags in your posts is often done to increase people viewing your posts and to gain more

followers.

If you don’t want people seeing your posts – set your account to private before hashtagging or simply don’t

hashtag your photos.

Contact: Setting your account to “Private” means you can accept and reject “Followers”. Only followers can

see your photos even when using hashtags. Users are able to block others from viewing their profile.

Locations can be set when posting pictures.

Content: Profile pictures are never private - any Instagram user can view them. Despite photos not being

able to be saved, screen shots can be taken and there are a number of Apps available that can “regram” or

re-post a picture or video that has been posted on Instagram. If not set to private, users photos or videos

can be searched for by hashtags or on the popular pages, which shows what your Followers have liked or

started following. There is also a search function for searching for users and hashtags. The “Discover

People” tab shows people you may know that are not on private accounts based on existing followers.

Followers can tag others in their photos or videos, if a user is not set to private anyone can see it. You can

remove tags from posts.

Conduct: Inappropriate posts or cyberbullying can be reported to Instagram for removal. Users should

think before they post photos of themselves that are provocative and/or provide personal information. See

link in the features column. Users should ensure they are commenting, posting and sharing positively.

For more information on how to modify Instagram settings go to

www.esafety.gov.au/esafety-information/games-apps-and-social-networking/instagram

Snapchat

Snapchat is a social media app that allows users to send pictures and

videos that are no longer than 10 seconds in length. Photos and videos can

have filters, text and drawings added to them within the app.

Some points to note:

Users can post multiple pictures and/or videos to their ‘My Story’, which can be viewed by other snap

chatters for over 24 hours.

Celebrities now advertise their username so that fans can add them to their friends list and view their

snapchats.

You can also send messages through the app which disappear within a few seconds.

Snapcash allows user to link their debit card to the App and transfer money to other users.

Content: Although users can choose how long their photo is displayed, there is a function which enables

receivers to REPLAY or SAVE the image.

Contact: Snap chatters can add other snap chatters by hovering one device over the other to pair them.

Snap chatters can also find each other by searching their unique user names. Accounts are also linked to

the user’s mobile number so all contacts in the user’s phonebook will appear via the app with their

Snapchat username.

Conduct: It is important that snap chatters are aware that all photos/comments do not ‘disappear.’ Screen

shots are still able to be taken and can be used to cyberbully and share private content. Users can also

download the app ‘SNAP SAVE’ which allows users to save the Snapchat image without notifying the user. Information courtesy of:

www.esmart.org.au

FRANKSTON HEIGHTS

PRIMARY SCHOOL

CUP-A-THON FUNDRAISER

Dear Parent / Guardian,

Frankston Heights Primary School will be conducting a Cup-a-thon for the students on THURSDAY 5TH

NOVEMBER. This will also be a free dress day. Students are encouraged to wear ‘Spring Racing

Carnival’ attire (bright colours, big hats/fascinators etc.)

Each child should now have received a Sponsorship Form with a selection of over 70 prizes to choose from such

as iPod Shuffles, iPod Nanos, Xbox 360’s, Nerf and more. If you have not received one, please see the office.

We ask you to seek donations on a $2 or $4 or $5 or $10 per sponsor. Students who raise as little as $10 will be

able to choose a prize. The more donations received, the better prizes you can choose! You can even mix and

match your prizes.

Once the fundraiser is complete, please cut out the ‘how to claim your prize section’ on the Sponsorship Form

and return along with your monies to the front office on or before Thursday 5th November. Please be sure to fill

out your prize request. The individual prizes will be delivered shortly after.

We would also welcome parents and family members to attend the event day to help cheer on the students. Happy

fundraising!

Thank you in advance of your participation.

Friends of Heights.

In addition to the fantastic prize program on offer, we are also offering the following incen-

tives:

Win a seven (7) night holiday to Bali for two adults and three children (0-12 years) staying at the new

Holiday Inn Bali Benoa including a $2,000 Virgin Australia airline voucher and $1,000 spending

money. Valued at $5,100.

How to enter?

• Raise $10 or more in sponsorship donations

• From your profile page, tell us in 25 words or less, why fundraising is important to our school.

Christmas Hand Made Market

Includes a silent auction with proceeds going to the family of Andrea Lehane

Sunday November 29th

Banyan Fields Primary School

Cadles Rd, Carrum Downs

9AM – 2PM

(Stalls available – contact Carol on

0432617730)