18 April 2013 Newsletter

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The Grange P-12 College Newsletter

Callistemon CampusThursday 18 April 2013

Callistemon Drive, Hoppers Crossing 3029Telephone: 9748 6555

Email: [email protected]

Web:http://www.thegrange.vic.edu.au

College PrincipalAngelique den Brinker

Callistemon Campus PrincipalPeter Knight

Assistant PrincipalsDarryl Spiteri

Tony GoodwinSuzanne Trease

Laban Toose

2013 Pupil Free Days

Monday 15 July

Monday 4 November

2014 Prep Enrolments

We are now accepting 2014 Prep Enrolments. Please contact the

office to receive a Prep Enrolment Pack.

DIARY DATESDue now Grade 6 Interschool Sport Permissions & Payment due.

Tuesday 23rd

April Grades 3 - 6Cross Country

Please note the change of date.

Whole SchoolAnzac Day Assembly 2.40pm.

Parents are welcome to attend.

Thursday 25th

April Whole SchoolAnzac Day Public Holiday.

School will be closed on this day.

Wednesday 26th June Grade 6Canberra Camp full payment due.

Camp is full with 50 students attending.

The Grange P-12 College, Werribee, Victoria

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From the Campus PrincipalDear Parents and Guardians,Welcome to Term 2! It is fantastic to see our students all back at school and ready for a big term of

learning. Term two is a busy time of the year. Our teaching teams met on Monday during the

Curriculum Day and have organised an action-packed term for our students in literacy, numeracy

and inquiry learning. There are also a number of key events coming up, including cross country forour year 5-8 students, athletics and our choir performance at the new Coles shopping centre in the

next few weeks. Next week there will be a public holiday on ANZAC Day (Thursday). The school will

be holding an ANZAC Day assembly on Wednesday afternoon at 2:40pm and our community is most

welcome to attend. Dont forget that breakfast club will also continue to run from the canteen each

morning.

This week our Kinda Kinder program began, with a number of families attending with their pre-

school children. The program has been running here at Callistemon for two years now and has

proven to be really successful. It is a terrific opportunity for parents to bring in their pre-school aged

children in to school each Tuesday morning to participate in some fun activities, just like a play group

would run. We are supported by Victoria University, who provide a number of undergraduatestudents to organise weekly activities. If you require further information, please contact Margherita

Milotti, our leading teacher who is overseeing the program.

During week two, all students across the campus will participate in activities linked to our College

values in multi-aged groups. The activity afternoon will take place every second Wednesday during

this term and is designed to reinforce the values in a fun way during a variety of activities that our

staff organise. We have been really impressed with how well our students have adopted the values,

as evidenced by our weekly awards at assembly. Also pleasing has been the response for designs of

our new postcards. You can vote for the student-designed postcard of your choice by visiting the

College website (http://www.thegrange.vic.edu.au/). Dont forget to keep visiting the website for

weekly updates of events and upcoming dates to remember.

Also this week, we welcomed our 2014 prospective Prep families to the school with a Prep evening

on Tuesday. Parents were able to visit classrooms, talk to staff and ask questions about the year

ahead. If you know of a prospective Prep student, please ask their parents to contact the school for

an information pack.

Throughout the term, we will be hosting a number of student teachers in various classrooms across

the campus. We have regularly supported the growth of practising teachers here at The Grange in

partnership with many universities. Students are usually here in teaching blocks of a few weeks

under the supervision of our experienced classroom teachers and your child may mention a new

teacher assistant in their classroom during this time.

Regards,

Peter Knight | Campus Principal

Woolworths Earn & Learn

We have registered once again for the Woolworths Earn and Learn Program. Last year we collected

over 57000 tokens and as a result we received over $2000 of wonderful resources, including board

games, maths equipment and construction equipment. We want to try and make it to 65000 points

this year to get more great resources for our school. You can start collecting stickers and placing
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them on reward sheets available at Woolworths from Monday 8th

April. You can then place your

completed sticker sheets (and encourage your friends to do the same) in the special box in the foyer

of the school or in The Grange box at Woolworths. You will receive 1 sticker for every $10 spent in

store. Thankyou once again for your participation and lets see if we can work together to achieve

our goal.

Darryl Spiteri | Assistant Principal - Curriculum

Celebrating Cultural

Diversity

Schools Art Competition

March 2013 Many students in Victorian schools were given the

opportunity to submit Art-work that visually interpretedthemes of multiculturalism, citizenship and cultural

diversity.

Out of hundreds of entries Dhimant Awasthi one of our Grade

One students work was selected in the final 24 entries

eligible for the final prize. All finalists work was

displayed at Federation Square in the Atrium section and

winners were announced March 24thwith certificates and first

place winners being announced and presented by the Victoria

Minister for Multiculturalism - The Hon. Nicholas Kotsiras,

MP. While Dhimant was not the outright winner we were very

proud of his contribution in being selected in the final 24entries. He looked so smart in his Grange School Uniform when

he accepted his certificate and while he stood with all the

other nominees. Well done Dhimant!!!!!

This event was attended by Carol Graham, Jane Motley and a

very proud Awasthi family!


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OFFICE NEWS

Hot Noodles:

Students are not to bring cups or bowls of noodles to be made up at school. These are a danger as

children can be burned by the hot water.

Asthma Information:

Viv has displayed some asthma information in the Sick Bay window. Parents are welcome to visitthis display.

Regards Kylie, Merilyn, Maureen, Di, Karen and Viv.

Swimming Carnival

On Wednesday the 6th

of March, 17 students from our school went to the

Wyndham Leisure centre to represent the Grange in the district swimming

carnival, and participate in their selected events. All of our students did

exceptionally well and tried their absolute best. On behalf of everyone, we

would like to give a special mention to Imogen Brown, who qualified for the

regionals in 50m butterfly, and to Jasmine Tran for 50m breaststroke. This

event was held on Thursday the 14th of March. Imogen and Jasmine both did

extremely well just to make it this far. I heard many comments from parents

and staff working the event that thought all of our students behaved well and

showed great consideration and value for all of the other schools that wereparticipating in the event. Well done and congratulations if you were one of

those students who was representing the school.

Written by Emma De Piazza and Sarah Nash.

From the Wellbeing Team

This is a system where selected students are assigned a teachermentor. The aim is for these students to feel more supported and engaged with their schooling. This

is a proven method for improving behavioural and learning outcomes for students who require a

little more support.


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This is a simple system whereby yard duty teachers award a Youre a Starsticker (there will be a set in each yard duty pack) to students they see doing the right thing in the

yard. Examples of positive behaviours that will be instantly rewarded include; sharing equipment,

playing fairly, looking after others, picking up rubbish, and including others.

All Callistemon students have been placed in housebased groups that will participate in fortnightly lessons focusing on personal and groupdevelopment, whilst learning the college values and expected behaviours. These lessons are

designed to be a fun and engaging educational opportunity within small, supportive learning

communities.

Julia McCahon - On behalf of the Callistemon SWPB Team (Bryar, Jodie, Rebecca and Sarah)

Parenting Information Sessions In Wyndham


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Suzanne Trease | Assistant PrincipalJulia McCahon | Leading TeacherEvonne Kurpiewski | School CounsellorStudent Wellbeing | Callistemon Campus

Tuesday 23rd

April 2013


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2013 CHOIRDo you enjoy

singing?Then join this years Choir!

When? Every Wednesday at lunchtime!Where? DAP Centre

Who? Open to all students!

Come and join in the fun!

TERM 2

GRANGE IDOL DATES

Week 4 Grade 5/6 Heats

Week 5 Grade 1/2 HeatsWeek 6 Grade 3/4 Heats

Week 7 FINALS week!

PERFORMING ARTS UPDATECOORDINATOR: MRS TERESA DAMJANIC


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Kinda Kinder will commence at The Grange P-12 College

Callistemon campus as of Tuesday the 16th

of April, and

will be running for 19 weeks.

Research has shown that when children transition to

school into a familiar environment, their initial

experiences in the prep year is more positive and the

children are more ready to engage in learning upon

entrance into the school. The Kinda Kinder program is a

great opportunity to begin your childs transition to

school, not only in the year prior to school entry but

from as early as possible. The longer the child spends in

the school environment the more familiar it will be.

Kinda Kinder (KK) is a free, play-based program for pre-

school aged children and their families. It is run by pre

service teachers from the Bachelor of Education and

TAFE childrens services courses at Victoria University,

in conjunction with university staff and mentor teachers

from the school.

The purpose of Kinda Kinder is to provide the opportunity forchildren to develop some of the skills they will need to have onentering school. These include:

Emergent literacy skills Emergent numeracy skills

Fine motor skills cutting, tearing

Social skills turn-taking, listening, sharing

Oral language

Imaginative play

Engaging with stories, poems and musicAll these experiences will be offered in a play based

program

So if you have a preschool aged child please come along andenjoys the fun.

If you have family or friends who have a preschool aged childplease let them know so they can join the fun too!

*Please note that a parent/carer is required in attendance forfull session and also participate in the experience.

To be part of this program, you can put your childs name

on the Kinda kinder list in the Callistemon Campus office.

Kinda Kinder Calendar 2013All sessions are Tuesday morning

8.50am 9.50am in Rainbow room

W1 16th April MID YEAR BREAK

W2 23rd

April W11 23rd

July

W3 30th April W12 30th July

W4 7th

May W13 6th

August

W5 14th May W14 13th August

W6 21st May W15 20th AugustW7 28th May W16 27th August

W8 4th June W17 3rd September

W9 11th June W18 10th September

W10 18th June W19 17th September

W = WEEK NUMBER

For any enquires please contact

Margherita Milotti

On 9748 - 6555


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Student Injuries At School

The Grange P-12 College has a range of first aid protocols in place to deal with student injuries. These

protocols include giving first aid, contacting a parent or other emergency contacts and if necessary, calling an

ambulance. For this reason, it is important that parents and guardians ensure that the school always has up to

date emergency contact details.

DEECD wants parents to be aware of the following information:

Parents and guardians are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including

any transport costs. The department of Education & Early Childhood Development does not hold accident

insurance for school students, however reasonably low cost accident insurance policies are available from

commercial insurers.

Canteen News

reminder to families

The canteen does not offer credit. Please do not ask asyou may be offended when refused. If the canteen has

supplied your child with a lunch due to your childforgetting their lunch please ensure that you pay the

amount owing. If your child continues to come to schoolwithout lunch, the school will contact families and ask

you to bring lunch in.

The canteen is often unable to change large notes. Could families

please send small denominations to the canteen.

We would also like all families to update their childrens

classrooms in their Munch Monitor accounts. Thank you.

Munch Monitor Discount!!!

Beginning Friday 1st

March 2013, there will be a 5% discount for all

Munch Monitor orders.


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The Grange P-12 College iPhone ApplicationI am very proud to announce the release of the Grange P-12 College iPhone application. The

application was created to assist parents with contact information for the college, including quick linksto SMS your child absent, upcoming calendar of events, information about the college school widepositive behaviours and direct links to call and email the college directly.Further improvements are planned such as push notifications for college announcements, bettercalendar of events, a latest news section and more information about the college.Feel free to download the application from the Apple App StoreSearch for The Grange P-12College or visit us at www.thegrange.vic.edu.au and click on the Available on the App Store Link.If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact me [email protected]

ThanksMr Luke Bilston

ICT Manager

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Swap Shop Deloraine Campus2nd Hand Uniforms.

EveryMonday 8.30am 11.30am.If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Lisa Mercieca on 0400 409

379 or [email protected]

We would like to extend an invitation to all parents and extended family members to join

our friendly Coffee and Chat group. The group meets each Monday morning after assembly

in the gyms foyer to share a coffee and biscuits, while discussing and planning for school

events and to think of new ideas for future events.

The coffee and Chat group is a unique opportunity to involve parents/families in the school

community and to gather information and support from an important member of the school

community; the parents and families.

The group has already shown great support for the school with initiatives such as the

Mothers and Fathers day stalls and raffles but we would like to look at ways of extending


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this relationship between the school, current families and future families and we are looking

for more family members to become involve to share their ideas, skills and knowledge.

So if there are any Mums, Dads, Grandparents or Carers who would to become involved in

the group please come along to our next coffee and Chat group.

Centrepay

Centrepay is available to help families pay for Material charges and Netbooksto The Grange. You can nominate an amount to be deducted from your

Centrelink payments each fortnight to be paid directly to the school. The

child/ren will receive their Book Pack and/or Notebook as soon as possible

after the completed Centrepay form is returned to the school office.

For any queries, please speak to Kylie in the office or phone her on 9748 6555.

When:

Every Monday morning after assembly.

Where:

School Gyms foyer.

Groups run for approximately 1 hour but

you are welcome to attend for the time

that suits you.


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The Fortnightly newsletter is currently available on The Grange

P-12 College website- www.thegrange.vic.edu.au or you can

complete the attached slip to have newsletter emailed directly to

you. For families who do not have access to the internet, copies

will be available at the office.

The Grange P-12 College NewsletterCallistemon Campus Email Request

Please PRINT details.

Parents/ Guardian Name:__________________________________________

Child/ren Name:_________________________________________________

Year Level:___________________

Email Address:___________________________________________________

Parent/Guardian Signature:_________________________________________

Occasional CareOccasional Care provides short periods of care when parent need to attend appointments, shop orstudy.

Monday 9am-2pm for children 6mths to 5yrs.

Child Care Benefit & Child Care Rebate offered for this program

The Grange Community Centre, 260-280 Hogans Road, Hoppers Crossing ph 8742 8000 or

[email protected]

FAMILY LAW NETWORK AUSTRALIA

Family Law Network Australia - Where you find information on separation and divorce,

parenting arrangements, property settlement and child support. The website is a free

information resource and referral service for family law matters.

www.familylawmattersaustralia.com.au

ZEENAT FAMILY DAY CARE

If you need before and after

school hours care (which includes

taking children to school and

picking them up) Please contact

Zeenat on 0421 839 316.
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