Issue 35

7th November 2013

Seabrook Primary School 83-105 Point Cook Rd, SEABROOK 3028 : POSTAL ADDRESS: P. O. Box 1143 ALTONA MEADOWS 3028

Phone: 9395 1758 / Fax: 9395 1761 / Email: Seabrook.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au / Website: www.seabrook.vic.edu.au

Newsletter

From the Principal Dear Parents,

PYP COMMUNITY EVENING

A huge thank you to all the parents and families who supported the PYP community Evening last week. We know our staff and your children value your time when you join us for events such as these. The classrooms were looking magnificent and the children showed confidence in their presentations. We have had a lot of feedback from families and other visitors expressing their pleasure and enjoyment at seeing what the children are learning about and hearing their reflections of the PYP. Thanks to Kerrie O’Brien and Ann O’Connor for their preparation of the night. Please see Kerrie’s full report on page 4. COMING EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARIES NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

HAT REMINDER

Term 4 Policy

No hat... No play!

Sue & Staff

Remembrance

Day

11th Nov

A small

ceremony will

be held

approximately

at 11.30am

by the

Year 5 students

Friday 8th – Kinder/Prep Transition.

Grade 1 Assembly

Monday 11th – Grade 1 Swimming

Remembrance Ceremony 11.30

Tuesday 12th – Kinder/Prep Transition

Wednesday 13th – Grade 1 Extended School Stay 3.10-7.00

Thursday 14th – Kinder/Prep Transition.

Grade 2 Extended stay Disco 5.30 – 8.00

Friday 15th – Prep Assembly

Monday 18th – Grade 1 Swimming. Kinder/Prep Transition.

School Council Meeting

Friday 22nd – Kinder/Prep Transition. Grade 1 Assembly.

Monday 25th – Grade Prep Swimming

Friday 29th – Beach Excursion (selected students).

Prep Assembly

Monday 2nd – Grade Prep Swimming

Friday 6th – Grade 1 Assembly

Monday 9th – Grade Prep Swimming

Tuesday 10th – Transition – Grade 6.

Kinder/Prep Transition

Wednesday 11th – 2014 Prep Parent Information Night

Thursday 12th – Grade 6 Graduation Ceremony

Friday 13th – Written reports home with portfolios

Monday 16th – Prep Swimming

Tuesday 17th – Thank you morning tea for parent helpers

Tuesday 17th – Seabrook Carols

Wednesday 18th – Students meet their Teachers

Thursday19th – 19 Grade 6 Adventure Park Excursion

Friday 20th – Last day of school.

Whole school assembly 12.45.

Dismissal 1.30pm

Have a great week ahead.

Phillip Island Adventure Resort - Grade 3 Camp

Excited Grade 3 students counted down their days

at school until it was time for their long awaited

first time experience embarking on a 3-day camp

to Phillip Island. Parents and students said their

goodbyes with hugs, smiles and some tears before

hopping on the bus

On the way to Phillip Island, we stopped at San Remo

to watch a really informative bird display and students

saw some rather large and very hungry Pelican birds

being fed. Once we arrived at camp, students hit the

ground running as they were assigned their cabins and

got straight into a wide range of fun and exciting

activities. From the challenging initiative course to the

giant swing, the Seabrook Primary School kids gave it

all they had with their positive energy and enthusiasm.

Camp was so much fun! My favourite part

was the rock climbing. It was really exciting.

(Charlotte, 3RB)

‘I really liked the Giant Swing because it

was over 10 metres high’.

(Joel, 3HT)

Phillip Island Camp

Our second day at camp saw a wild day of weather,

with periods of torrential rain, high winds and even

bursts of hail. Unfortunately, all outdoor activities

were cancelled as a result, but this didn’t dampen

the spirits of our first time campers. Students made

the most of the conditions and took part in a wide

variety of fun indoor activities, such as camp

cooking, game shows, and indoor rock climbing.

Students gave it their best by committing themselves to showing a caring, cooperative

and empathetic attitude towards each other throughout the entire experience.

‘My favourite thing about camp was the

rock climbing!’

(Brock, 3HT)

My favourite part of camp was

the Giant Swing because it

made me scared and excited

at the same time.

(Stephanie, 3KM)

‘I was so enthusiastic when I went

on the Giant Swing because it

was about 80 metres long and it

went really high!’

(Kevin, 3KM)

PYP Community Evening Night 2013 Another wonderfully successful PYP Community evening was presented last Wednesday 30

th

October 2013 for the Seabrook community and what a night it was! We had many family members and friends present and it was fantastic to see everyone happily participating and taking part in such a lovely school community event.

Every Seabrook student demonstrated their PYP knowledge, understanding and learning through various presentations, songs, work and portfolios and every grade was outstanding! Prep students presented their learning about the Learner Profile where they sang songs and demonstrated their understanding of being risk takers and communicators. Year 1 students demonstrated their understanding of the Attitudes focusing on respect. Year 2 students explained more about International Mindedness and Artefacts, through songs and sharing their artefacts. Year 3 students showed their understanding through their work about the Transdisciplinary Themes. Year 4 students presented their knowledge of the Concepts through presentations, discussions and their work. Year 5 students talked about and presented their learning about the Transdisciplinary Skills. Year 6 shared their Exhibition work in the year 1 building.

We also had some grade 4 students dance an Italian cultural dance 'La Tarantella’ in the courtyard, the art rooms were open and games were played on the oval.

We also had some guests from outside our school community visit on the night including Joanne Ryan who is the Member of Parliament for the Lalor area and some teachers from other PYP schools, all who had positive feedback and praise for Seabrook.

Nights like this cannot happen without the support of our wonderful Seabrook staff, so a huge thank you all staff for their dedication and support for this event!

Thank you to our Seabrook community for your attendance and participation in this night. All Seabrook students should be very proud of themselves and their performances on the night, it was a terrific night!

Kerrie O’Brien PYP Coordinator

Junior Learning Community - 1HD

Are you leaving Seabrook Primary at the end of 2013 This helps us with our planning

If your child/ren are not returning to Seabrook Primary school next year

(excluding our current Grade 6 students), can you please fill in the details below and return to Mrs Susan Joyce. (at the office)

My child/ren ____________________________________ Grade _____________ Room __________

____________________________________ Grade _____________ Room __________

____________________________________ Grade _____________ Room __________

will be leaving Seabrook Primary School:

at the end of term 4 2013

and will be attending _____________________________________________________________ school.

Parent/Guardian Signature:______________________________ Contact

The children in 1HD welcomed their families

into our room to showcase one PYP attitude that

we have been focusing on during this inquiry.

We started with a short movie presentation that

welcomed our families to our PYP night and

informed them on what the children were going

to present.

After the video, the children read out the actions

that they had taken to show that they respect the

environment. After everyone had read out their

actions, the children sang a song for their parents.

The song “We’ve got the whole world in our

hands” was chosen as it reminds us that the

future of our environment and everything that

lives in it, is in our hands.

The children displayed confidence, creativity,

enthusiasm as well as respect while preforming

for our families.

It was a great night and everyone had a fantastic

time!

New Canteen Menu from the 1st Nov

SCHOOL BANKING - EVERY WEDNESDAY

Last day to deposit and redeem rewards is 4th December 2013. Remember that a maximum of 9 tokens can be rolled over to 2014. Please use the

tokens of they will be lost. Congratulations to the following students who received certificates this week :-

Bronze 10 deposits: Kiannah Downer, Evangeline Ham, Aiman Dardha and Belkize Dardha

Silver 20 deposits: George Porter, Mia Erbsland, Athena Dimopoulos, Olivia Dowling, Genevieve Lai, William Smith and Niral Deshmukh.

Gols 30 deposits: Jacob Lowes, Flynn Boothroyd, Joel Boothroyd, Justine Pinyerd, Andreas Weickhardt and Sebastian Weickhardt.

Do you have a school banking question or query? Please email:

seabrookschoolbanking@gmail.com

Seabrook School Banking Volunteers

New menu from

the 1st of

November

Your child’s Youthsaver account is graduating to high school. Starting high school brings a lot of changes – new uniform, new books and new friends. Thankfully if your child has been taking part in School Banking, their bank account can stay the same. That’s because a Youthsaver account will grow with them, so it’s one less thing you have to worry about. In high school your child can bank via NetBank – our award winning online banking program. It makes it easy for them to manage their money and allows you to stay in control by tracking their account and spending. You can also transfer any allow-ance or gift money online to their account. If you wish, you can apply for a keycard for your child so they can access their money from our large network of ATMs. You also have the option to lower the daily withdrawal limit on the keycard, so they don’t blow all their savings. Another way you can stay in control. To make sure they get off on the right foot managing their own money, we’ll be continuing their financial education with fun programs and competi-tions all the way through high school. Good luck with your child starting high school. For more information, or to open a Youthsaver account for your child, visit any Common-wealth Bank branch or go online to commbank.com.au/teenbanking

Lost on the PYP Night outside the Grade 6 playground. This Band has 2 magnetic halves which make up a ball. Please return to the office or ring Angi on 0405 952 191

LOST

Braided Leather Wristband

Our newsletter is sponsored by those advertising within. We have no other direct links with them, and our policy is not to encourage or direct our school community to use a particular product or company. If you wish to place a small (business card size) advertisement in our school newsletter at a cost of $5 per week please contact Maureen Murphy on 9395 1758 or email murphy.mary.d@edumail.vic.gov.au FLYERS: PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, due to the size of the school

this year we are unable to distribute flyers as we have in previous years.

INCURSION / EXCURSION / FUNDRAISING MONEY

When sending in money for incursions, excursions, fundraising etc., please send in the correct money and ensure that you have separate envelopes for

each separate activity/event. We cannot accept foreign coins, as they are rejected by the bank, so therefore will be returned to you. Please check

you have included Australian currency only. Money is not kept in the office so we cannot provide change.

Parents need to give the correct money in a clearly marked envelope, in the mornings only, to the classroom teacher. Teachers are unable to accept

money at the end of the school day as they are unable to leave money in the classroom. Cash payments are not accepted at the office.

Parents are welcome to call into the school office to collect a few school payment envelopes to leave at home for this purpose. Alternatively, please

ensure that the money is in a clearly marked envelope with student’s name, grade and amount and activity/event.

Thank you for your co-operation. Yvonne Golomb Administration

Reminder If unable to sell all or part of the raffle tickets please return to the office as soon as

you can. All tickets must be returned by Wednesday the 27th November.

Thank-you for your support

Calling all Parents

Do you work for a company, such as Telstra,

that gives grants to organisations that its

employee is involved with? Would you be willing

to work with the school to help us secure grants

to fund school improvements and projects?

If you are interested and willing to help

Please contact Anita Rea via this email

address sbpsgrants@optusnet.com.au

SEABROOK TIMELINE November 2013

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learn a martial art for life.

With programs for ages 5 to adults, City West Taekwondo is a community club that not only provides mental and physical stimulation, but also encourages and promotes confidence through member participation in demonstrations and competitions from club level, through to International and Olympic level.

Bookings for term 4 are now being taken.

Phone: 9748 8833 or 0431 761 958

Kerrin on 0414 199 877

Grade 5 Camp Sovereign Hill 21st - 23rd

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

4

Grade 1 Swimming

9am Assembly

Grades 2 & 3

5

NO SCHOOL MELBOURNE

CUP

6 Kinder to Prep

11.30am Transition

Day

7 8 Kinder to Prep

11.30am

Transition Day Grade 1 Assembly

2.30 –3pm

11 Grade 1 Swimming

11am Remembrance Day

9am Assembly

Grades 4, 5 & 6

12 Kinder to Prep

11.30am Transition Day

13

Grade 1

Extended Stay

3pm -7pm

14 Kinder to Prep

11.30am Transition Day

Grade 2 Extended

Stay 5.30—8pm

(Disco)

15

Prep Assembly

2.30 - 3pm

18 Grade 1 Swimming

Kinder to Prep

11.30am Transition Day

9am Assembly

Grades 2 & 3

19 20 21 22

Kinder to Prep

11.30am Transition Day

Grade 1 Assembly

2.30 - 3pm

1LG Performing

25 9am Assembly

Grades 4, 5 & 6

Prep Swimming

26 27 28 29

Prep Assembly

2.30 - 3pm Beach Programme

Excursion

10am - 1pm

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