Wednesday 20 April 2016 Issue 5

M Cnr Hampshire & Derby Roads, SUNSHINE 3020 P 8311 5700 F 9312 3506 E sunshine.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au W sunshineps.vic.edu.au

In This Issue

Welcome Back

Curriculum Day

2017 Enrolments

Naplan

School Photos

Year 7 Enrolment

Music Update

Hungry Munchkins Canteen

School Captains & Junior School Council

SPS Notice Board Remember © 2016 Copyrights Sunshine Primary School

Calendar 2016

Fri 22 April

Curriculum Day

No School for Students

Mon 25 April

Public Holiday - Anzac Day

Wed 27 April

Finance Sub-committee Meeting at

9:00am

Thurs 28 April

School Photos

Year 5/6 Performers Dress

Rehearsal at Pollard gardens - 5pm

Fri 29 April

Come & Try School 9:30 - 10:30am

Sat 30 April

Year 5/6 Shadow Puppet Stories performed at Pollard Gardens — 6:00pm

Mon 2 May

Education & Policy Sub-committee

Meeting at 5:15pm

Building & Grounds Sub-committee

Meeting at 6:00pm

Tue 3 May

Incursion—Year Prep/L & Prep/1E

Hands on Science

Mon 9 May

School Council Meeting at 6:30pm

Tues 10 May

Year 3 & Year 5 NAPLAN

Wed 11 May

Year 3 & Year 5 NAPLAN

Wed 12 May

Year 3 & Year 5 NAPLAN

Mon 16—Fri 20 May

Education Week

The calendar in this newsletter is subject to

change so please check carefully each fortnight

for any alterations.

NEWSLETTER Our School

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

WELCOME BACK! I trust that you all had a wonderful

break and are ready for another

action packed term. There is a lot on

the calendar this term including: 125th

Birthday Celebration, Vision, Mission

and Values launch, Education Week,

NAPLAN, AUSLAN parent sessions and

Parent Teacher Interviews. Over the

holidays we had a number of projects

completed including new carpet

installed in Room 6, Art Room and Hall

floor cleaning and buffing and the

commencement of our 2015 School

Council decking and paving project.

The order for pavers will be going in

next week so it is not too late if you

wish to purchase one for the family.

Forms are available at the office.

CURRICULUM DAY A reminder to families that this Friday

22 April is a Curriculum Day and

students are not required at school

on this day. Teachers will be working

col laboratively with staff from

Glengala Primary School in the area of

Mathematics and how to engage all

students successfully in Numeracy.

2017 ENROLMENTS It’s that time of the year where we

commence our formal process of

enrolments for P rep student s

commencing school in 2017. Students

will need to turn five years of age by 30

April, 2017. If you have a child who will

be coming to school for the first time in

2017 please complete an enrolment

form, (available at the office), at your

earliest convenience. I would also

appreciate it, if parents would let other

families in the community know that

we are currently accepting enrolments

for next year. New parents to the

school are encouraged to make an

appointment to see myself for a tour of

the school.

NAPLAN In week 5 all our Year 3 and 5 students

will participate in the National Literacy

and Numeracy Testing Program.

These tests will take place over three

days. The results of these tests provide

information for students, parents,

teachers and pr incipals al ike

concerning the progress of our

students, which can be used to

support teaching and learning

programs. Please see the timetable

below. All students in Years 3 and 5 will

receive a separate letter and

brochure with further information.

Student Absence To report your child’s absence please call the school on 8311 5700 and choose option 1 OR use the link on our

website and complete the absence form.

Our School Values We shine when we are: Learning, Respectful, Safe

Payments A reminder if you wish to pay for your

child’s/children’s incursion/excursion etc… costs, you can pay cash, cheque, and now BPay.

If you have misplaced your reference number please call the office to obtain your family reference number.

Notices Online Did you know you can read and print out excursion permission forms and notices from our website? The initial notice will be given to students, and any further copies can be obtained from the office or the website, under the “Recent Notices” section at www.sunshineps.vic.edu.au

CURRICULUM DAy

THIS FRIDAY

22 APRIL

Year

Level Tue

10 May Wed

11 May Thurs

12 May

Year 3

Language

Conventions

40 minutes

Writing

40 minutes

Reading

45 minutes

Numeracy

45 minutes

Year 5

Language

Conventions

40 minutes

Writing

40 minutes

Reading

50 minutes

Numeracy

50 minutes

SCHOOL PHOTOS School Photos will be taken on Thursday 28 April.

You may choose to order online or use the

payment envelope.

FREE BONUS SIBLING PHOTO

To receive the FREE black & white photo you

MUST complete the SIBLING ORDER ENVELOPE

available at the office or you can order ONLINE.

The photographers will NOT take sibling photos

WITHOUT completing a payment envelope or an

online order.

If you are confused please see the office.

YEAR 7 ENROLMENT A reminder to all parents of Year 6 students that

the Application Form for Year 7 is due by

Friday 13 May. Applications will then be

submitted and families will be notified of the

outcome on Wednesday 10 August.

Lyn Read

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Payment envelopes have been distributed.

THURSDAY 28 APRIL

Available over the Counter ONLY

When Item Cost

27 April Pikelets (x 2) $1.00

4 May Nachos $2.00

HUNGRY MUNCHKINS CANTEEN NEWS A new canteen menu was sent home with students

last week. If you have not received a copy of the

new menu please collect one from the notice board

or you can print a copy from the school website.

Debbie Klinkermann

Canteen Manager

School CaptainS &

Junior School

Council

Junior School Council will be baking

and sel l ing ANZAC biscui ts

tomorrow. Biscuits will be on sale for

50 cents each from the canteen.

The 5 cent Challenge is on! Start

collecting your 5 cent pieces for

the upcoming challenge in May.

Students have raised approximately $170 so

far. They are aiming to get line marking done

on the asphalt to create some fun and vibrant

activities for the students to play at break

times.

MUSIC UPDATE

Lantunda Project The Year 5/6’s have been very fortunate to be

invited to work with some visiting artists who

have introduced us to shadow puppetry.

We have learnt to build our own puppets,

develop a story for performance as well as

puppeteering skills. On Saturday 30 April, our

Lantunda project will see the Pollard Gardens

pavilion transformed into a giant lantern on

which we will be performing our shadow puppet

stories at approximately 6pm after a free BBQ

dinner. You are all welcome to attend and we

hope to see you all at the show supporting our

students.

2016 School Concert It’s that time of the year when we start

preparations for our upcoming school concert

that will be held in Term 3. Our first meeting will

be held on Thursday 21 April at 1:40pm in the Art

room. We hope to see many of you there! If you

are unable to attend this meeting but would still

like to join the concert committee, or are able to

help in other ways, please leave your name at

the office.

Joyce Azzopardi - Music Teacher

SPS Breakfast Club Open every morning

from 8:30am till 8:50am Proudly sponsored by Bakers Delight S’hine

Always looking for donations of Bread, Margarine, Strawberry Jam & Vegemite

Happy Birthday April

Jasmine, Damon, Kajal, Koby, Jasmyn,

Jessica, Nick, Immanuel, Muhammad.

To advertise in our newsletter please refer to our website for pricing and different sizes available. SPS only advertise on behalf of the third party but do

Not guarantee the results or merchantable quality of the goods or services provided.

Before & After School Care Program For Bookings and cancellations please ring

Maryanne on 0423 795 361

Primary School Wear Shop address

58 Westwood Drive, Deer Park Phone: 9363 8458

Order online at www.psw.com.au

School Dental Service:

Ph: 8398 4100 — No. 2 Geelong Road, Footscray

Week ending Friday 23 March & 15 April

Prep L

Vendhan & Nick

Harley & Bilal Prep/1 E

Inder, William & Anushka J

Bryan & Anushka 1/2 M

Wesley & Nina

Luka & Charlie 1/2 P

Koray, Elwyn & Oliver

Patrick 3/4 K

Rakshiga & Evan

Zen & Sehajpreet

3/4 L

Mia & Alannah

Jeyda & Pariya 5/6 K

Kenny & Patti

Robert & Gabriel 5/6 O

Whole Class & Willow

Kate & Lie-Mai

MUSIC AWARDS

Harley - 5/6 O Simae - P/L

Leah - 1/2 P Jeyda - 3/4 L

REWARD TOKENS

Week Raffle Winners

9 (T1) Nina - 1/2 M

Katie - 3/4 L 46

Tokens

Thi-Ana - 3/4 K

Otis - 3/4 K

1 (T2) Long - P/1 E

64

Tokens Thien - 1/2 M

SPORTS AWARDS

Nil

ART AWARDS

Matthew - 3/4 L Zia - 5/6 O

Gabriel - 5/6 K Ruby - 1/2 M

Is Your Child Interested in learning how to play Keyboard ?

Half hour lessons are now

available at SPS during school hours (9:30am – 1:00pm)

Reasonable rates charged.

Further information available at the office.

PRINCIPAL AWARDS

Jaskirat - 1/2 M

We are seeking parents that are able to help in contacting some new books that we have purchased as part of our Take Home Readers Program. If you are able to help please see Eril in the Library. A big thank you to those parents who have helped contact books.

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Last week everyone went to the 52 Storey Treehouse. We all went on a tour of the 52 Storey Treehouse. It was fun. The thing with the actors was incredible. It was really funny when they farted on stage. By Lillian

On the 14th of April we went to the 52 Story Treehouse. It was amazing! I was scared because I thought I would fall off the balcony. My favourite part was when Terry was training his ninja snails. By Muhammad

On the 14th of April the whole school went to see the 52 Storey Treehouse. It was at the Arts Centre. They did a wonderful job! It was funny. A lady taught us about the pictures and who built the Arts Centre and showed us behind the scenes. Then we went to the garden. We had our snack and lunch, and Mr Mac laid out some games. Then we went back in to watch the show. It was fun. By Charlie

To advertise in our newsletter please refer to our website for pricing and different sizes available. SPS only advertise on behalf of the third party but do

Not guarantee the results or merchantable quality of the goods or services provided.

Congratulations to Maja - 3/4 K who won the Chocolate Drive

Raffle.