Volume 25 Issue 16 Thursday 30 May 2019

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term dates 2019 term 1 30 jan - 05 apr term 2 23 apr - 28 jun term 3 15 jul - 20 sep term 4 07 oct - 20 dec 03 JUNE DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY 04 JUNE SRC-STATE SCHOOL RELIEF- CRAZY HAIR DAY- GOLD COIN DONATION 07 JUNE REPORT WRITING DAY- STUDENTS NOT REQUIRED 10 JUNE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY- STUDENTS NOT REQUIRED 17 JUNE TURN THE TIDE– YEAR 5 PHILLIP ISLAND NATURE PARK EXCURSION 29 JULY YR 4 & 5 FUN MATHS ACTIVITY DAY– PAYMENT DUE BY 28TH JUNE jim bell, principal jenny reid, assistant principal jo-anne doran, assistant principal

DATES TO REMEMBER

E ducation Week 2019 Last week, parents had the opportunity to view classroom and corridor displays and to participate

in exploring this year’s Education Week theme of Cele-brating Careers during our Open Evening on Wednes-day 22nd May 6:00—7:00 p.m. A number of families took the opportunity to attend with over two hundred and forty “passports” collected as children and parents filed through the school’s entry foy-er. With four stamps collected in the “passports”, indi-cating at least four classrooms had been visited, our at-tendees subsequently gained entry into the Education Week Open Night “lucky draw”! Five prizes were drawn in the following categories:

Pre-school

Year Prep

Years 1/2

Years 3/4

Years 5/6 The prizes were awarded at last week’s assembly. Con-gratulations are extended to our winners: Ella, little sis-ter of Taylin FTL, Julia FJH, Sean 1MK, Shraddha 3 MF and Neha 5 EB

F undraising Would you like to meet new parents whilst fundraising for

our wonderful school? Our fundrais-ing team is in need of extra helpers. Any assistance you can offer would be greatly appreciated. The fundraising team meet once each month and have a casual catch up to discuss fund-raising ideas for our school.

New faces and ideas would be a welcome addition to our team. Please contact Belinda on 0407 234 355 if you are interested.

S chool Assemblies As you are aware, school assemblies are held in our gymnasium each Friday at 2:30 p.m. They

provide us with the opportunity to address the children collectively and to give recognition to student achieve-ment through the presentation of student awards such as Stars of the Week.

Assemblies also pro-vide the opportunity for students to perform. Last week, the Year Preps sang the song “Baby Shark”, with accompanying actions, to the delight of all assembled!

V COP at Assembly As parents are no doubt aware, VCOP and Big Write is a teaching approach based on research

which focuses on four main aspects of the writing process (V: vocabulary C: connectives O: openers P: punctuation) and provides children with the skills to improve their own writing through self-assessment. VCOP sessions are based on one or more of the VCOP elements and provide students with lots of fun and engagement. Last week, our VCOP competition challenge focussed on PUNCTUATION with children having to submit a sentence containing an assortment of correctly applied punctuation! Judy Anderson, English coordinator, read out the sentences and announced the winners at last week’s assembly!

I went to the park (my sister came too) on a bright, sunny day! Jett 1MK

One frightening night, I heard a very strange sound. “Who’s there?” I said. Felix 1MK

CRASH went the giant (who was actually nice)! Some of the villagers screamed “Ahhhhhhh!” but the giant whimpered, “I just need some food.” Madely 3 DK

CRASH! BANG! WHOOSH! It was an awful night, it had: lightning, rain, thunder and blowing wind! Jamie 3 MF

Last week, all the classes also participated in a COLD WRITE. A Cold Write is where students are not given the opportunity to talk about the topic before writing and the learning aides are removed. This is an opportunity for students to display what they know without the assistance from external resources. The whole school Year Prep - Year 6 had the same narrative topic with the aide of a given stimulus - Through the Door - which hopefully

captured the students’ imaginations and took them on a voluminous amount of imaginary adventures!! During VCOP lessons, children also participate in a BIG WRITE. Big Write is a celebration of students’ learning. The biggest difference between Big Write and the ‘everyday’ writing session is the environment. The classroom has a different atmosphere. The lights are turned off, candles are burning (every student has a LED candles) and quiet music is playing. Students are not allowed to talk to each other and the teacher takes this time to conference with individual students and to look at their individual writing goals. Jim Bell, Principal

B ook Fair 2019 Last week, our Multi Media Centre was transformed to complement our Catch the Reading

Wave - Beach Book Fair theme which assisted students to “net” some great books!! This year’s Book Fair, again, helped develop imagination and good reading habits by facilitating the children's opportunity to catch an awesome wave of quality children’s literature!!!

In addition to each grade visiting the BOOK FAIR, highlights would have included the junior school dress-up parade and the competition where children had to match the “morphed” faces and the heads of staff members. The winning entries will be announced at this week’s assembly! Thank you to the families who supported their child’s love of reading and our school through this fundraiser!!

Term 1 Week ending 24 May, 2019

0BC Mal for having a positive attitude and being a joy in our classroom. 0JF Alana for working hard to develop her segmenting and blending! 0JH Angelina for always having a go and staying positive. 0LP Joshua for always using his FANTASATIC teamwork skills and for being an awesome listener! 0SM Mia for learning to read 51 Oxford Words. I’m very impressed to see you writing many too. Well done! 0TL Zoe for knowing the first sound of all the picture cards. 1AB Samantha for working hard to include WOW words in your narrative. Well done! 1HG Yuthara for consistently demonstrating the school values and being such a positive and caring student. 1KC Mingkun for his effort in writing a narrative about a magical genie for the cold write! So interesting! 1MK Isabella for a great attitude this week! Keep it up! 1NC Akain for following instructions and being a fantastic listener this week! 1NG Haris for the effort that you have recently been putting into your writing piece. Well done! 1TN Henry for writing a fantastic letter to Super Tiger. Awesome work, Henry! 2AD Ella using her ‘CAFÉ’ goal of comprehension, to retell a story in a sequence. 2AK Thushane for your improved confidence contributing to class discussions. Keep it up! 2CM Manuth for his awesome highlighting of his VCOP strategies in his creative writing. 2CV Jayden you worked so hard on your Oxford spelling test! Well done! 2RG Japneet for the details included in her ‘plot’ for CAFÉ 5. Great work! 2SY Sarah for demonstrating confidence in reading and moving into a higher reader level. 3CH Dyaal for being a resilient, positive and friendly student who always greets me with a lovely smile each day. 3DK Blake for his positive and persistent attitude towards all areas of learning! 3MF Seji for showing respect and trying your best at all times. Keep it up! 3MS Aishreen for always having a positive attitude towards her learning and being a friendly, kind member of 3MS. 3SA Ebony for always being a kind and caring member of 3SA and a thoughtful friend! 4BM Sienna for her amazing attitude towards all class activities and her big heart for her friends. 4CP Sanjana for always completing her best work. Well done! 4EC Indy for the amazing effort you have put into your work this week. Well done!

Term 1 Week ending 24 May, 2019

4SM Senudi for improved use of vocabulary in her narratives. Great job! 4VG Zaina for assisting students to create a PowerPoint table on the iPad. 5EB Joshua for writing an interesting and detailed reflection on our Sovereign Hill excursion. 5JG Ebony for always having a positive attitude towards all of her school work! 5LF Joely for an excellent effort writing your narrative on “The Door’ - Well done. 5LM Om for seeking clarification from teachers about tasks he is unsure of! 5SI Jalyn for working hard during assessments! You’re amazing! 6JA Anhad for completing some interesting research on the Stolen Generation and sharing. 6JP Marcus for delivering an engaging presentation on the ANZACS. Well done! 6LM Umna for her amazing Cold Write narrative using the VCOP strategies. 6MB Afra for her fantastic participation in class activities this week.

SPECIALIST CLASSES

LOTE. Chunyan 2CV for your excellent positive learning attitude in the Chinese classroom. LOTE. Daisy 5JG for your excellent reflections on learning the history of Chinese people on the goldfields at Sovereign Hill. P. Arts. Linda 6JA for showing ‘Getting Along’ skills, confidence and creativity during your drama lesson. P. Arts. Larissa 0JH for practising and performing the ‘Baby Shark’ dance. P.E. Jim 3SA for learning how to play T-Ball - brilliant work! P.E. Mel 4VG for their excellent teamwork when playing T-Ball. V. Arts. Jessica 2CM Well done implementing your amazing clay modelling skills; your owls look spectacular! V. Arts. Bree 1NG for excellent organisation and listening during printmaking with sponges. D.Tech. Lisa n/a

P LEASE DIRECT MONEY FOR EXCURSIONS, ETC TO YOUR CLASSROOM TEACHER - NOT TO THE OFFICE.

Please hand money and permission slip in sealed envelopes to classroom teacher first thing in the morning. By following this process teachers are aware that your child will be attending the excursion and mark them off

their lists. Money is collected by office staff and processed each morning and a receipt given back to teachers along with permission slips. All money is tallied and banked daily – no money is left on the premises. If you wish to pay by credit card, a proforma is available from the office. This can be filled out with details and placed in a sealed envelope and handed to your classroom teacher

Please deliver cash in a sealed envelope with your child’s name and grade on the front by 9.30 a.m. If you have a number of children attending an excursion you can place all money and permission slips in the one envelope with children’s names and grades on the front and deliver to one of the children’s teachers. The office staff will be able to allocate money to the children’s particular items and distribute permission slips and receipts back to teachers. Enve-lopes are available at the office. If you have a large amount to be paid or need to process an EFTPOS transaction through a savings account you can make arrangements to pay at the office. We also have a new Qkr payment system on our Skoolbag app. If you download our Skoolbag app and Qkr payment app you can now pay for your child’s excursion on line.

All change will be delivered to the children in the afternoon. Re-imbursements will only be made under certain circumstances – they will be made by cheque (no cash transactions are made).

Notices are sent out with a final collection time – please adhere to this time. All money and permission slips are required to be sent back by this date – otherwise your child will not be able to attend. This enables us to confirm bookings and numbers with bus companies and organisations we are visiting. Also we need to send details to the De-partment of Education Emergency Management for all excursions, camps, etc. We also need to accommodate students who will not be attending.

We would appreciate it if parents could please follow these processes.