SCHOOL VISION

To build a community that empowers, challenges and inspires learners to foster their

creativity and talents, developing the skills to fulfil their dreams in an ever-changing

world.

...THINK...IMAGINE...BECOME...

December 14th 2017

Dear Parents, Students and Friends,

It’s that time of year when we celebrate the learning success of our

students. Looking through the reports most students have great pro-

gress and should be proud to celebrate this success. As long as eve-

ryone has tried their best that is all we can ask. Many have chal-

lenged themselves and made great growth whilst some are still cruis-

ing! Teachers are encouraging a growth mindset which will further

support students. Please read the attached link with information

about reports. Please make an appointment with your child’s class

teacher if there are any queries.

Class Parent Representatives 2018

Please complete the form attached to this newsletter so that we can

have all Class Parent Representatives organised and ready to go.

Please return the form to the school office by 9am next Monday.

Community Meetings

2018 SCHOOL TERM DATES

Term 1: 29 January (school

teachers start) to 29 March

2018(Thursday) *

First Day Term 1 for Students

– Tuesday 30 January 2018

Term 2: 16 April to 29 June

2018

Term 3: 16 July to 21 Sep-

tember 2018

Term 4: 8 October to 21 De-

cember 2018

2018 CURRICULUM DAYS

Monday, 29th January

Monday 12th February

Friday 9th March

4th Day TBC

No students at school on

these pupil-free days

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Staff News

Congratulations to Michelle Smith who has been appointed as Assistant Principal at Osborne PS for

Term 1 next year. Michelle be a great loss to SEPS but we are happy that she is pursuing her career fur-

ther so that another school can benefit from her experience and expertise. We wish her all the best.

Michelle will not be replaced but her role will be taken on by others. To cater for the teaching and

learning that Michelle was responsible for, we have employed Anthony Klvac and Carmen Leal to be

support teachers in Term 1. Note Carmen will be working extra time for this and still teaching her own

allocated class with Mrs Hain. An Acting Assistant Principal role has also been advertised internally.

Jess Webb, Level 5 teacher, is still recovering from her knee accident and we are sorry that she can-

not be with her class at this special time of the year.

Miss Harris had her practice wedding with Mr Armitage and we hope that on Jan 2nd she will be over

the nerves and has a wonderful day with Edward. The children were very excited to see her in a wed-

ding gown and looking a beautiful bride.

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2018 Staff – 23 classes

Transition to new classes.

For our preparation for 2018, students experienced our school-based transition program for levels 1-6.

These sessions were done in the current next levels with the current teachers. Students will meet their

new teacher in their classrooms on Wednesday 20th December.

Our aim is try to ensure a smooth transition with positivity for 2018. The transition from one year to anoth-

er is an example of where we can help children to develop and practise their resilience. Supporting your

children to adapt to the change positively and with a growth mindset will ensure happy and confident

students.

Staff also met this week to discuss handover information to the 2018 teachers.

Congratulations Ex Students from Sandy East.

It was lovely to see lots of past SEPS students acknowledged at the Sandringham College presentation

night … nearly half of the Year 7 awards were awarded to past SEPS students, including the coveted

‘Outstanding Year 7 Student’. Congratulations to all.

I hope that our SEPS community enjoys another wonderful week of learning and fun.

Laureen Walton

Principal—Sandringham East Primary School

Foundation Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5/6

Ryan

McCulloch

Jana Hain

Carmen Leal

Claire Parsons Eileen

Thompson

Trudy Gau

Lisa Fen-

nessy

Sally Willis

Amy Sellick

Alana Walsh Jenny Dare Owen

Davies

Robyn Hall

Claire

Castrillon

Jo Fitness

Kelly

Ransom

Rhiannon

Harris - Tudor

Arran Armitage Vicki John Tessa

Duscher

Sean Daley

Jessica

Mitchell

Jess Griffin Jacqui

Perdriau

Leon Tremain

T Kristy Cullen

Leadership, coaching and

Teaching Support

Karen Roberts

Karen will be supported by a

Leader / Learning Specialist

in every level for coaching,

modelling and

mentoring.

Teaching sup-

port

Wendy Arkey

Sheila Pfeffer

Rosie Johnston

Carmen Leal

Anthony Klvac

Mr Marco Kitchen

Garden

Tanya

Tsiakos

Library

Assistant

Principal

Laureen Walton

Assistant

Principal

Genevieve

Casonato

Specialists Julie

Van Etten

Josie Briggs Dave

Richardson

Jack

Rosenblatt

Johannes

Scherpenhuizen

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SEPS Giving Tree A huge thank you to all the families who have left gifts under the SEPS Giving Tree in the last

few weeks.. Family Life will be collecting these gifts today to distribute and brighten up

Christmas for those in need in our local community.

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Can you help? We are looking for a boat!

Sadly we have had to remove our wooden boat in the playground due to safety reasons. It has

facilitated countless hours of imaginative play for our students.

If you know someone who has a tinny that is hiding in the garage SEPS would love to give it a new

home and lease of life.

Please contact the school office if you can help. Thank you

Parent Class Volunteering in 2018

Are you interested in volunteering in the classroom or on excursions?

We’d love to have you!

Save the date:

Tuesday 20th February (6:00-7:00pm) or Thursday 22nd February (2:15-3:15pm)

*Same training presentation – attendance required at one only.

To volunteer in school classrooms and on excursions, you must hold a Working With Children

Check. These are FREE for volunteers! You can apply now online or at the Post office. SEPS pol-

icy requires volunteers to also attend a training and information session. At the session you will

learn tips about working with individuals and small groups, receive a ‘crash course’ in what

teaching and learning looks like at SEPS, as well as essential legal requirements including con-

fidentiality.

If you completed a training session in either 2015, 2016 or 2017 you do not need to attend in

2018. However, if you attended a training session prior to 2015, or if you have not attended

before, we look forward to seeing you on either Tuesday 20th or Thursday 22nd of February.

Bookings not required.

Sorry—no toddlers allowed.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Keep Up to Date with current events by clicking on the Calendar icon to

the right.

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WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING AT SANDY EAST THIS WEEK?

Foundation

Week 10 already!

The students have had an exciting week this week. They enjoyed a Hands on Science incursion where

they conducted experiments, designed and created models and investigated materials to under-

stand what makes them work. The students enjoyed the opportunity to get hands on with the materi-

als!

The students were also given a taste of what is to come next year when they spent 100 minutes with

the current Year 1 teachers after recess on Thursday. They reflected on the experience afterwards

and are all looking forward to next year very much.

We know there is much excitement about entering the Year 1 classrooms next week for a transition

with their new teachers and classmates.

Foundation Team

Foundation Party at Cheltenham Park

The Parent Reps for Foundation organised a wonderful day out for all the Foundation children and

their families on Sunday. The sun shone, the sausages sizzled and Santa arrived to deliver special gifts

to all the children. A perfect afternoon to finish the children's first year of school. Thank you to all the

Reps who helped organise and set up for the day. Special mention to the dads who helped cook the

sausages -Nick Holmes and Simon Withington. Frank Zhang (Alex's Dad) thank you for being our unoffi-

cial photographer (beautiful pictures). A HUGE thank you to our fabulous Santa, who made the day

so magical, Ian Marchment (Riley and Maya Withingtons Grandfather).

Lisa Holmes

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Level 3 and 4

This week, students have been writing a variety of narrative stories in forms of plays, chapter books,

comic strips, etc. Stories are varying in themes from cheeky elves getting up to mischief to lost treasure

at sea.

Students have also learned some helpful illustrating skills at our incursion this week. We can’t wait to

see how these artistic skills will help enhance all of the narrative stories that are being written!

Next week, students will have a lot to look forward to. On Tuesday, we will be having our end of year

celebration at Village Cinemas and our pizza party at Spring Street Park. Thank you to those parents

who have given permission via Compass or the paper permission form. Just a reminder that all Level 3

and 4 students also need to bring in $5 in a named envelope for the pizza party. Students will receive

pizza, juice and an icy pole on Tuesday.

We hope you all have a wonderful last week of school!

Level 3 and 4 Team

Level 5 & 6 L6 Transition

This Week in Year 6, we have had our secondary school statewide Government school transition day.

In a nutshell, the year 6 students go to their secondary schools, and get to know their classes, and get

to do some cool activates. Some of those schools we are going to include Sandy Sec, Brighton Sec,

CBC, Mentone Grammar, St Bedes, St Josephs and Bentleigh. Some of the schools ended their day at

2.45. The year 6 students also got to meet some of the older students, and even people they already

knew, like siblings.

By Oliver C

Level 1 & 2

Welcome to Week 10, the second to last week of the year! We have been working hard on ensuring

that our learning spaces are organised and ready to be packed away next week ready for next

year.

On Tuesday the Level 1 and 2 students enjoyed our final excursion (celebration) of the year, going

to see Ferdinand at Southland. Armed with a bucket of popcorn and a bottle of water the students

all thoroughly enjoyed themselves (and so did the teachers).

We have been reviewing our learning this term and reflecting on reading, writing and maths and

realising just how much we have all learnt.

In Maths, we have been revising key concepts of fractions and finishing off time.

We wish you a wonderful week ahead and look forward to celebrating the final week with you.

Level 1 and 2 Team

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Graduation

Level sixes time at SEPS is unfortunately coming to an end and we want to end it with a BANG! The

houses have been working really hard on their songs and dances and are sure to put on an amaz-

ing performance next Monday (18th December). What a great way to say goodbye to this year’s

Level 6 students. We’re are sad to say good bye, and good luck next year!

By Mitta

Rubbish In The Ocean

We have been researching animals in the ocean and the effects that rubbish has on them. It is a

great problem in Australia with over 8 million tonnes of rubbish ending up in the ocean each year.

Animals are dying fast because they mistake rubbish as food or shelter, for example turtles mistake

plastic as jelly fish and they eat it which can cause them to die. We need as much help as we can

get to help fix this problem, and picking up rubbish, even if it’s not yours, will help. Plastic can take

up to 400 years to break down, glass can take up to 1 million years to break down and tin can take

up to 100 years to break down. When you are buying food be mindful of where the rubbish will end

up so you could be more careful of what you buy and how it’s packaged. Dispose of rubbish the

right way and make a difference!

By Emma and Wonnie

Sport

School Sport Victoria State Team Trial Registrations are now open.

Australian Football, Netball, Basketball, Football (Soccer), Softball, Tennis, and Volleyball.

These trial registrations close Thursday, 1 March 2018.

You can find all the details via School Sport Victoria’s website. http://www.ssv.vic.edu.au/team-vic .

If you are looking for a document that details the process please download the “Team Vic Online Reg-

istrations Process. This will give you all the information you need to know before registering.”

Dave Richardson -PE

Art

What a fabulous year we have had in art!. Foundation to level 2 have had a wonderful time creating

some Christmas reindeer, and I hope they find a special place at home to bring some Christmas cheer.

Portfolios are coming home this week along with other special creations that have been on display.

SMOCKS are also coming home and will need to be washed, kept in a safe place, then returned in the

first week of school next year, with your child’s name clearly written on it.

Thanks to all the families who have supported our program in all sorts of ways this year, and I look for-

ward to working with the students and families at SEPS in 2018.

Julie Van Etten- Visual Art

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2018 Parent Buddy Program

In 2018 the SEPS Parent Buddy Program will be running again. This is a great way to assist new fami-

lies to our school community settle in and feel welcome. If you would like to be a part of this pro-

gram please complete and return the form below. We encourage everyone to get involved.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

We are delighted to announce the launch of a brand new and exciting platform for families.

The Parent Portal will cease to operate at the conclusion of Term 4 Before and After School Care

and will be replaced with a reliable, flexible, and user-friendly platform named LookedAfter.

All families requiring bookings for the Summer Holiday Program and/or 2018 Before School Care and

After School Care (existing and new families) must create a new account with LookedAfter.

https://www.lookedafter.com/

Recap:

We started the week with making paper tents. It was great to see everyone's designs! We then made

Minions out of recyclable crafts and painted Poppies. We also became scientists and did a cloud ex-

periment, it was very exciting to watch the coloured rain through the cloud! We finished the week with

making Butterflies out of paper.

Caitlin and the team at Extend

Our Extend Superstar is...

Zach R. for showing great listening skills and being a great team member at Extend. Great work!

Next week’s activities:

Monday 18th December

Recyclable Christmas crafts

Tuesday 19th December

Christmas pegs

Wednesday 20th December

Christmas painting

Thursday 21st December

Christmas tree decorations

Friday 22nd December

End of term party

PARENT PORTAL: extend.com.au (until 22/12/17 then https://www.lookedafter.com/ )

Extend OSHC at Sandringham East Primary School

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COMMUNITY & CLASSIFIED NOTICES: The Department of Education & Training and Sandringham East Primary School do not

endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. They accept no responsibility for accuracy of information con-

tained in advertisements or claims made by them.

COMMUNITY UPDATES & BUSINESSES SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL

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Access Ministries is offering Christian Special Religious Instruction in 2018 if there is enough interest.

Please return the following form by Tuesday 19th December 2017 if you are interested.