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Number: 23 Date: 12th August 2015

Tucker Road, Bentleigh Primary School -

No: 4687

16 Tucker Road Bentleigh 3204

P.O. Box 1341 Moorabbin 3189

Phone: 9557 2044

Fax: 9557 2181

Web Site:

http:/www.tuckerroad.vic.edu.au

Email:tucker.rd.bentleigh.ps@

edumail.vic.gov.au

DATES TO DIARY 2015

Tuesday 18th August School Council 8-00pm

Wednesday 26th August

Prep Mothers Musical

Friday 28th August

Prep Musical for Kinders

Saturday 29thAugust School Trivia Night

Friday 4th September Fathers Day Stall

Sunday 13th September

Working Bee 9.30-11.30am

Tuesday 8th September

Kidsmatter Parent Briefing 7.00pm

Thursday 17th September Moorabbin District Athletics

Friday 18th September

Fathers Breakfast Year 1

Last Day of Term

School Camp Dates for 2015 Year 4 Camp

Wednesday 18th-Friday 20th November

Maldon

Swimming Programs Program 1

Monday 24th August-Thursday 3rd

September (Years 3-6)

Program 2

2nd September - 11th September (Preps)

Students nominated for the TRBPS Values

Award for the 10th August 2015 were:

A J Seoud Nikita Granitsa

Nikalus Diamantaris Sasha Sbarski

Emily Ellis Logan Zhelikhov

Riley Crawford Heather Marr

Diego Dinelli Svarous Lois Parker

Aaron Graham Owen Lazzari

Christopher Banducci Jaime Segbedzi

Joseph Nazaretian William Collins

Ruby Carter

Newsletter Term 3 week 5 KidsMatter News KidsMatter is an Australian mental health and wellbeing initiative set in primary schools and

in early childhood education and care services – like preschools, kindergartens and day care

centres.

It’s not a program, but a framework that helps these places take care of all their mental

health needs.

At Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School we are at the beginning stages of implementing

this framework.

To find out more about KidsMatter, we are inviting parents to attend either one of the

briefings to be held at the school. An invitation was sent home last week with the eldest

child in the family. Please return the reply slip if you are attending the second session. The

second parent information briefing for those families who missed the session on Monday, is

scheduled for Tuesday September 8 at 7pm in the Hall. Thank you to Marie Chalas for her

very informative presentation to the school community on Monday morning’s PFA meeting.

Levelled Literacy Intervention (LLI) news The LLI program is currently being implemented by Mrs Leonie Wallis; a past teacher of

TRBPS who is resuming for a short time this year from Family Leave. Leonie is working

from Monday to Wednesday and will ensure that this program continues to be implemented

effectively for the remainder of the term. Leonie has spent some time with Mrs Mehl to

learn all about this literacy support program and understand where the students are placed so

she can continue to assist the children’s literacy progress. If you have any concerns please

contact Mrs Marie Chalas or Mrs Leonie Wallis to discuss your child’s needs. Welcome

back Leonie!

2015 Concert Details The end of year concert has been booked to go ahead at Kingston Centre on December 2

after much staff discussion. The format has changed slightly in the hope that it will

accommodate more parents/carers and siblings who may wish to attend each performance.

The Matinee show will consist of students in years P-2 and the evening show will consist of

students in years 3-6. Graduation is a separate event this year which will raise the profile and

also allow more members of each family to attend the formal graduation ceremony; this is

scheduled to take place on December 10 at Bentleigh Secondary College. The graduation

dinner and disco will occur on the evening of December 15 in the school hall allowing more

time for the students to enjoy the disco; more graduation information will follow. The year 6

students will still perform the school song to close the concert.

Student Voice and Leadership news As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, some of our year 6 student leaders and year 5 SRC

reps attended a ‘Say No to Bullying’ – Bayside BullyStoppers Conference and some year

five students visited Brighton Secondary College for a Leadership Conference. Each group

had an amazing day of active participation in a variety of very thought provoking

workshops. Please read some of their reports which are included below. Thank you to Ms

Claire Valentine for accompanying the students to BSC for the Leadership Conference last

Friday.

Leadership Skills Workshop On Thursday 30 July, 18 of our year 5 students were lucky enough to attend a series of

Leadership Skills Workshops run by year 9 and 10 students of Brighton Secondary College.

There, the students were introduced to children from other schools in our area and enjoyed a

fun-packed morning getting to know their peers. Facilitated by the Brighton Secondary

students, they worked in groups throughout the day to discuss important leadership qualities

such as motivation, confidence, organisation and problem solving. The children ana-

lysed current local, national and international leaders and shared their experiences of leaders

from their own environments. In the afternoon, our students showed tremendous confidence

when challenged to present to an audience on an impromptu topic. They had a wonderful

time interacting with students from other schools and will have come away with many

important skills to help them become leaders of the future. Thank you to Ms Claire

Valentine who accompanied the students on this day.

Canteen News

Reminder Orders are to be written clearly on a

lunch bag in blue, black or red ink, any

other marker is difficult to read. Please

do not sticky tape lunch bags up. A

reminder to enclose .10 cents for a bag

if an envelope is used.

** NOW AVAIALBLE

POTATO BAKE $3.50

A GREAT VEGETARIAN OPTION

Canteen Roster

Thursday 13th August

Maria Verginis Shae Golden

Tuesday 18th August

Lisa Robinson (10.45) Yovitz Bell

Thursday 20th August

Adeline Raymer Carmela

Tuesday 25th August

Alzira Redfern (11.30) Kerri Collins

Thursday 27th August

Kylie Brkic Natalia Tripp

Tuesday 1st September

Nelle Johnston Yovitz Bell

Thursday 3rd September

Shirley Mandy Griffiths

Tuesday 8th September

Kate Wengier Zuhra Balic (10.30am)

Thursday 10th September

Maria Verginis Carmela

Tuesday 15th September

Anna Lake

Thursday 17th September

Dianne Anton Adeline Raymer

Tuesday 6th October

Nelle Johnston Yovitz Bell

Thursday 8th October

Shirley Mandy Griffiths

Tuesday 13th October

Anna Lake

Thursday 15th October

Maria Verginis Natalia Tripp

TRBPS Grandparent’s Day Today was grandparent’s day and we welcomed all of our children’s grandparents or the

very special people in our children’s lives to our school community. The children were

very excited and shared what they do at school and put on a delightful performance for

their loved ones! There was a special morning tea which was enjoyed by everyone who

attended. Thank you to the following teachers: Mrs Pattie Csendes, Ms Renata Davis,

Mrs June Gaffney, Mrs Estelle Schwab and Mr Young for the very entertaining

morning. Thank You to all of the grandparents and other loved ones who joined us for

this special event, it was a huge success!

I’d also like to thank the PFA for the wonderful morning tea!

Cycling to school There have been some recent queries about cycling to school and children’s safety. School

Council representative Naomi Dyson has completed some research about Glen Eira Council

regulations for cyclists, so please ensure you read the flyer attached to the newsletter on Safe

Cycling. Thank you Naomi for being so proactive on behalf of the school community!

Have a fantastic week!

Mrs Robyn Farnell

Principal

Reminder Book Parade Wednesday 19

th August 9.15am

Tucker Road will be having a dress up parade to celebrate

book week.

Students can come dressed as their favourite book character

or as their favourite book!

Authors of The Warlock’s Child series, Paul Collins and

Sean McMullen will be judging.

Thanks to Ford Street Publishing, Tucker Road will be able

to purchase book 6 The Guardians way earlier than the

release date.

Paul and Sean will be available to sign books and all 6 books

in The Warlock’s Child series will be available to Tucker

Road students at a 10% discount.

See order form attached.

Looking forward to seeing all my favourite books and

characters!

Robyn Donoghue

(Library)

REMINDER P.F.A Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser Thank you to all the families that are participating in our

Chocolate Drive.

Thank you to all the families that have already returned payment

and to those that made a donation in lieu of selling chocolates.

We would ask that ALL money and unsold chocolates be

returned to the school by MONDAY 10TH AUGUST.

If you have returned payment and are able to sell another box

please enquire at the office.

Once again thank you for your support.

Parents & Friends Association

Reminder Bodywise Student Safety Parent Forum

7.00pm School Hall $10 Donation

A reminder to all parents that we have our Bodywise Parent

Forum on this Thursday night 13th of August in the School

Hall. All parent s are encouraged to attend this important

session on how to talk to our children about this very

important topic.

KidsMatter KidsMatter is an Australian mental health and wellbeing initiative set

in primary schools and in early childhood education and care

services – like preschools, kindergartens and day care centres.

It’s not a program, but a framework that helps these places take care

of all their mental health needs.

At Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School we are the beginning

stages of implementing this framework.

To find out more about KidsMatter, we are inviting parents to attend

either one of the briefings to be held at the school. An invitation was

sent home early this week with the eldest child in the family. Please

return the reply slip if you are attending either one of the sessions.

Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary

School

Invites you to the

KidsMatter Briefing Tuesday 8 September at 7 pm – Hall

CONGRATULATIONS TO MADDYSYN BARTHELSON 6N Maddy B received this awesome letter from Sean McMullen last week!

Congratulations, you have won second prize in The Warlock’s Child writing competition with your story Velza Learns Her Limits.

Great work, and we hope that you continue with your writing.

All the best,

Sean McMullen.

See below for Maddy’s amazing story.

Well done!

Robyn Donoghue

(Library)

Velza learns her limits

Dantar and Velza sat on the edge of the cliff. Listening to the sounds of the ocean, feeling the fresh air blow on their skin and the

suns’ burning rays making them hot and itchy. Velza was practising her fire magic and showing off in front of Dantar.

It was her eighth birthday and she was very excited. She was also determined to make her firecastings work over water. Velza did

not like the word ‘Impossible’, but as much as she tried, she could not do it. Dantar laughed.

‘You will never be able to do it, what a waste of time!’

Velza became angry by this statement. She stood up and blasted him with an enormous red flame, setting his shirt on fire.

‘Get some water,’ screeched Dantar in fright. ‘Help me!’

Velza smothered the flames, not realising how close she was to the edge. She stepped back, about to laugh, when her foot slipped

and she fell. Her hands gripping onto the edge of the cliff.

Dantar ran to the cliff’s edge and reached down to help Velza, but couldn’t reach her. He looked around and saw some vines. He

ran to them and made rope, knowing how to do this by watching the sailors when in Port. The vines were very long. He tied them

around a tree nearby and dropped it down the cliff. Velza grabbed hold and Dantar pulled with all his might.

The two siblings lay down huffing and puffing. Velza finally caught her breath and gave Dantar a big hug full of gratefulness. They

walked home together knowing that no matter what differences and fights they had, they had each others’ backs for life.

By Maddysyn Barthelson

MIXED BLUE NETBALL A huge congratulations to the Mixed Blue Netball Team who had a fantastic season through Interschool Sport. They remain undefeated, taking out the Grand Final in a heart-stopping match. On Monday 27

th July, the team went on to

compete in a Round Robin style tournament in the Kingston Division Finals. They played 3 exhausting games, back to back, displaying fantastic team work and encouragement. Despite their passion and drive, it was not meant to be and our team finished in an impressive third place. A huge thank you to all the parents who were able to drive our team and support them from the sidelines – Dee Barnard, Liza Day, Tania Poll & Dimi Hrysikos. Well done to the team on their amazing efforts – you are all superstars!!

Mixed Blue Team – Grand Final Winners

HOCKEY GRAND FINAL WINNERS!!! The Tucker Road Blue Boys Hockey team celebrated the 'perfect' season by winning the

MPSSA Hockey Grand Final. The team was undefeated throughout the season and won the

final against McKinnon Primary School 9 – 0…and there is more! On Monday, they competed

in the Kingston Division Finals against Beaumaris Primary School and won their way

through to the Regional Hockey Finals.

Congratulations Hannes , Lachie , Mark , Anthony , Ashley , Luke , Kaelem and Connor.

We wish the boys luck as they prepare for the Regional Championships to be played in

Frankston next Tuesday.

Coach Mrs Cathy Lawrence

Bayside Says No to Bullying – Youth Forum 2015

On Wednesday July 29th, Bayside City Council hosted a Youth Forum at the Brighton Town Hall. Gr 5 and 6

students were invited to attend and participate in a variety of workshops to raise awareness in the local

community around the issue of bullying. Tucker Road PS was one of 9 schools that attended the ‘Say No to

Bullying Forum’, along with students from Sandringham PS, Hampton PS, Brighton Beach PS, Beaumaris

PS, Sandringham East PS, Gardenvale PS, St Finbars PS and St Agnes PS. The forum was hosted by Bayside

Mayor, Felicity Frederico and run by Bayside Youth Councillors.

We arrived and were welcomed by the Bayside Youth Councillors and the Bayside Mayor. We were split into

4 groups. There were three workshops and everyone got to participate in 2 out of the 3. Session 1 was ‘Project

Rockit’. They were fantastic and talked to us about what bullying is and the signs of bullying, which include

‘Unfair Power’, ‘On Purpose’ and ‘Repeated’. We played lots of fun games too! Session 2 was about

Friendship. We spoke about all the emotions and feelings you can have when it comes to bullying. We had to

identify how other people were feeling, based on their facial expressions and their body language. We spoke

about the good and bad qualities a friend can have. Session 3 was about Wellbeing. It showed us how to deal

with stress and anger. We had to identify good and bad stress. We spoke about what wellbeing is and were

introduced to some meditation and yoga strategies. We also learnt that colouring is a fantastic way to relieve

stress and relax and we received some special colouring sheets called ‘mandalas’.

After our delicious hot lunch and some running around, we split up into our four groups again ready for more

workshops. These 4 workshops focused on different aspects of cyberbullying and being safe on the internet.

Workshop 1 was about Cyberbullying. We talked about how to stop cyberbullying and different types to

watch out for and different terms used when talking about cyberbullying. For example, ‘catfishing’ is when

someone changes their identity to bully someone and remain anonymous. Workshop 2 was about Apps. We

learnt about the four most popular apps and how to be safe when using them (when we are old enough of

course) – Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Kik. What we found really interesting was that on Facebook,

there are 1.44 billion existing users around the world. WOW! Workshop 3 was called ‘Netiquette’. It was

about how to be responsible online. Workshop 4 was about Online Gaming. We learnt about the pros and

cons of online gaming. One positive is you get to interact with your friends, but a negative is that your

identity could be stolen. Some amazing facts we learnt were that 1.2 billion people play games (any type)

worldwide daily and that 7 million of these people are actually playing online!

After these workshops we concluded the day with an amazing African Drumming workshop run by Boba &

Amadoo. We all got to play our own drum and then had fun with some African Dancing!

The Youth Forum was an incredible experience, we all had so much fun learning about how to keep ourselves

and others safe from bullying and meeting other students who want the same!

Written by: Jared Micken, Lily Dickson, Ruby Carter, Dylan Kotsinadelis, Jo Bradshaw & Ashley

Curry.

Woolworths Earn & Learn is back! We are excited to be taking part in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. You can help our school by collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Points. Just collect Woolworths Earn & Learn Points when you shop at Woolworths between Wednesday 15th July and Tuesday 8th September 2015. We will redeem these for awesome educational resources for our school.

Simply stick the stickers onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Points sheet and once it's completed, just bring it back to school and drop it in the collection box in the main office, or drop it into the Tucker Road Primary School collection box at your local Woolworths store. The more we collect, the more we can redeem. There are thousands of products available through the Woolworths Earn & Learn program, and we'd like to get lots of new gear! Products in the range include resources for mathematics, English, science, art & crafts, sports gear, library supplies and more. We are grateful for your support and look forward to a successful program. If you have any questions, please ask at school.

REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN

Junior Cricket Program – All Ages, Boys and Girls

West Bentleigh Cricket Club (WBCC) is your local community based Cricket Club, with its home ground located at Victory Park. We provide a family

friendly, social atmosphere so players and their families can fully enjoy the community cricket experience. Our fees are amongst the lowest in the area

and many players start with us in Milo and go right through to senior level cricket.

Teams

WBCC Offers a junior cricket experience for players from 5-16 with dedicated coaches and coaching programs.

Milo (Friday Afternoon) U12 (Friday Afternoon & Saturday Morning)

T20 Blast (Saturday Morning) U14 (Friday Afternoon)

Rookies (Saturday Morning) U16 (Friday Afternoon)

Registrations

Registrations are now open for all levels. Training for juniors will commence in early September so please register quickly to avoid disappointment.

Milo www.in2cricket.com.au (select West Bentleigh as your club)

T20 Blast www.t20blast.com.au (select West Bentleigh as your club)

U12-U16 www.wbcc.vic.cricket.com.au

Please note we can only guarantee places in junior teams for families registered before September 18th. Following that date, it will depend on

availability within teams.

Further information can be obtained from:

Milo Jeff Forstner jeff.forstner@ca.com

T20 Blast Jeff Forstner jeff.forstner@ca.com

U12 – U16 Jon Gluyas jon@planettoner.com.au

Matt Healy matt.HEALY@xavier.vic.edu.au

Tennis Coaching @ Kings Park Tennis Club King George Reserve, 70 East Boundary Road (behind the Traffic

School)

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