Dear Parents, Curriculum day The first day of term 4 (October 7) is a cur-riculum day. No Students are required on this day. 2014 Enrolments Do you have a child who will turn 5 by April 30 next year? If so the child is eligible to start school and now is the time to enrol. Please contact the school on 9366 2071 so that an enrolment package can be sent home and to make an appointment to meet with me to discuss your child’s start to school life. We will be conducting an Orientation program at the beginning of term 4 so it is important to enrol now so that we can include your child in this program. Sun Smart It is that time of the year again. From next term all students must wear a hat at school during the recess breaks. Please dust off the hats and have them ready for day 1 of term 4. ‘No Hat, No Play’ New hats can be purchased from the

From The Principal

20 September—End of Term

School finishes at 1:30p.m. on the last day of

term

7th October - Term 3 -NO STUDENTS

8th October - First day back for Students

2-13 December—Swimming Program

Newsletter No. 16

13 September, 2013

office. These are a compulsory part of the school uniform . Legionnaires Hat $8.00 Broad Rimmed Hat $12.00 Emergency Evacuation Today we trialled our new evacuation procedure. All staff, students and visitors to the school were involved in evacuating the school buildings. Everything went really smoothly. You will notice that there are new posters about these procedures around the school. Please familiarise yourself with them. Students Going Home with Other Students or Parents There have been a couple of occasions over the past two weeks where a student has gone home with someone they should not have. On one occasion the child went home with another student and on the most recent a parent took another child home with them. Always ensure that you have permission from a student’s family before taking home another child from the school or if a child comes home with your child please ring that child’s family to tell them of the situation. Mrs King is off to China next week…. Have fun! End of Term 3 Term 3 concludes on Friday September 20 at 1:30pm Anne– Maree Kliman Principal

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PRINCIPAL:

Anne-Maree Kliman

St Albans East Primary School

Station Avenue, St Albans, 3021

PHONE:

9366 2071

FAX:

9366 4237

EMAIL:

st.albans.east.ps@edumail.

vic.gov.au

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Important Dates

Canteen Roster

END OF TERM FINISHING TIME

20 September—End of Term

School finishes at 1:30p.m. on the last day

of term.

TERM 4 STARTING DATES

7 October - Term 3 -NO STUDENTS

8 October - First day back for Students

ROOM PUPIL’S

NAME:

COMMENT: VALUES

DIS-

PLAYED Respect—R

Co-

operation—C

Learning—L

Responsibility

-R

2 Daniel Anevski For ‘blazing’ his way

on the track at the Ath-letic Sports

R

4 Nayana Premjit For always displaying

all school values.

L,R

7 John Lobaton

Mustafa Cuttlery-

wala

For a fantastic job at

library tasks. For great demonstration

of how to calculate

percentages

L,R

L,R

8 Nemanja Ostojic For completing set

writing tasks

L,R

9 Chirag Chawla For being able to write

the biggest number and take it from another to

get the right answer

L

10 Prabhnoor Kaur For her fantastic

narrative

All

11 Vanessa Ngo For trying so hard to get

better at reading

L

12 Jackson Tang For doing some won-

derful writing with Mrs Allen this week

L

13 Halle Bui-Le For writing an Interest-

ing Narrative

L, R

14 Kevain Ntirengan-

ya

For trying his best when

drafting, revising

L

15 Hoang Nguyen For sharing his fantastic

Narrative ‘The Naughty Robot’ to the class

L,R

16 Cassie Tran For being creative with

publishing a card for Gabrielle’s mum

All

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18 Jennifer Whitfield

Austin Marster–

Moungaafi

For her effort in dress-

ing up as her favourite character ‘Harry Potter’

For his effort in dress-

ing up in his favourite character ‘Wally”

All

All

19 Anthony Mora For his excellent ques-

tions he used in his interview

L

20 Bao Pham For writing an

interesting interview

L

21 Julia Le For practicing perfect L

P.E. Lan– Anh Le For always displaying

a co-operative attitude

R,C

Multi

Media

Amy Vo For confidently using

Kidpic 3D

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Pupil of the Week– Week ending 6th September, 2013

CANTEEN HELPERS

NEEDED

We need your help!!!

If you can spare a few hours

to help serve and

prepare food in our

canteen please contact Pania

our canteen

supervisor via the school

office.

New St Albans Chaplaincy &

Wellbeing Support Group

Parents, Staff and other members of the St Albans East PS and

wider community are invited to find out more about a new

Chaplaincy and Wellbeing Support Group on Monday 14 or

Tuesday 15 October. Come along to learn about how you can sup-

port Agnes Capanda’s work and how you can get more

involved in supporting our school community.

All welcome – afternoon tea provided.

Also, a space will be provided to care for children, so that parents

can attend.

Contact Agnes at the school on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for more

information.

DISTRICT ATHLETICS NEWS

Hi All

Last Thursday 47 students attended the District Athletics at

Keilor Park. We had many place getters and six students have

been selected to compete in the Regionals. The students had a fantastic time, despite the constant drizzle for most of the

day. Their behaviour was great. Thanks to Grant, Annaliese, Kerrie and Donna (work experience) for their assistance on

the day.

Graham Sherwill

P.E. Teacher

Book Week Celebrations!

Read across the universe!

Two weeks ago at St. Albans East Primary School

we held our annual Book Week Celebrations. The

theme was Read Across the Universe!

During our book week celebrations students read a

range of books that had been short listed by the

Children’s Book Council of Australia.

Students also engaged in reading a variety of the

short listed books as part of their Reading Hour,

Art Rotations and visits to St. Albans Library.

We then ended our celebrations with a whole school

dress up day where students dressed up as their

favorite character from a book!

Special Visitor —

Leigh Hobbs!

We were very lucky to have

author and artist Leigh Hobbs

visit us during our book week

celebrations.

During his visit Leigh showed us how he draws his

characters and also showed us how to draw our own

characters.

We also enjoyed reading some of his books beforehand.

Thank you to all parents, guardians, teachers and students

who purchased Leigh Hobbs’ books during his workshops.

We appreciate your support and hope that you enjoy many

happy hours reading your new books!

Happy Reading!

Mrs Vasilevski and Mrs Potter

Acting Leading Teachers —Literacy Coaches

KONNECTIVE- A SMARTPHONE COMMUNICATION SOLUTION

Have you got a smart phone? Are you happy for the school to send reminders

to you about school events, alerts, updates on camps and excursions?

Then we need your email address so that we can add you to our data base.

Name:………………………………………………….

Child’s Name: ………………………………… Rm…..

Email Address:…………………………………………..

Please return to the school office as soon as possible

St Albans North Primary School Crn George & Fox Street, St Albans 3021AN

Free Program for parents/carers– Term 4

Tuning into Kids is a FREE 6 session program for all parents/carers who

would like to learn more about their children’s development

and emotional health.

AIM: To help you build on your child’s individual

strengths and coach them to talk about and manage strong

feelings with the goal of assisting them manage their be-

haviours.

Who: All parents/carers/guardians

When: Term 4– to commence week 4 or 5 (6 weeks in

total)

Where: St Albans North Primary School

Time: To be advised (based on parent availability/preference)

Morning Tea Provided

If you would like to register or have any questions regarding the program please con-

tact:

Primary Welfare Officer, Vesna Jakicic directly on 9310 9828– St Albans North Pri-

mary School

Student Wellbeing Worker Agnes Capanda on 9366 2071– St Albans East Primary

School

Or return the slip on the opposite page to your child’s classroom teacher.

TUNING INTO KIDS A

Dear Parent/carer

Tuning into Kids is a free of cost parenting program that could

make a positive difference to your child’s development both at

home and at school.

What is emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence is about your child developing the

skills to be able to use their knowledge of emotions to make

decisions, calm themselves down and manage anger and

conflict.

The group is parent focused to help you understand your

child and respond to difficult situations as well as to help

you develop strategies to use at home.

Tuning into Kids– St Albans North Primary School/ St Albans East Primary School

Child: …………………………………………………………. Class: ……………. Teacher: …………………………………… Parent/carer name:……………………………………….. Contact no: ……………………………………………………….

I would like to attend the program/group. Preferred day:

Tuesday Thursday Preferred time : 9:30-11:00

Wednesday Friday 11:30-1:00

I would like to be contacted to get more information on the program.

Please return this slip to either Vesna Jakicic, Agnes Capanda or your child’s classroom teacher.

Tuning in to Kids

St Albans North Primary School

online safety and cyberbullying

THIS IS AN EVENT NOT TO BE MISSED – IT WILL CHANGE YOUR

THINKING

Delivered by a former online undercover detective. You will be presented with

engaging and powerful information in a way that will bring to life possible online

dangers and responsibilities which are a part of your child’s digital world.

Strategies for protection and prevention will empower you to reduce online risks within your home. You

will be amazed how simple this can be.

Where: MARIAN COLLEGE – 196 Glengala Rd Sunshine West

When: WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

Time: 7.00 pm-8:30pm COST: FREE!!

This events is for Parents/ Guardians only

To secure your seats call 9363.1711