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COCKATOO PRIMARY SCHOOL

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A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be! NO. 22 Friday August 23rd 2019

Dates to Remember August

Monday 26th Book Fair Sales - 3:30 – 5pm

Tuesday 27th Japan/Sushi Day Book Fair Sales - 8:15 – 9am

Wednesday 28th Book Fair Sales - 3:30 – 6pm

Thursday 29th PFA Father’s Day Stall

Friday 30th PFA Father’s Day Stall – 1:40-2pm

Saturday 31st Ramo Delegation Home

September

Sunday 1st FATHER’S DAY

Wednesday 4th China Disco Fundraiser

Thursday 5th Ramingining Delegation Arrive

Saturday 7th Ramingining Movie Night

Sunday 8th Luna Park with the Ramingining Delegation

Tuesday 10th China Delegation Depart

Wednesday 11th EDEC Girls Footy


WOW, what a week we have had! This week we have;

Our Grade Five and Six students visited the Pakenham Cultural Centre and were able to

participate in the Tiger PAW program.

Tiger PAW is our new program designed to improve vital life skills for children; by using the

power of AFL football to influence changing behaviours.

Consisting of four modules, Tiger PAW educates children on basic physical activity, diet and

healthy eating, diversity and discrimination and finally helping them to be more resilient in the face of adversity.

On Tuesday we concluded our Swimming Program for 2019. All students, that were able to participate have been challenged, supported and received some excellent feedback. Thanks goes to the Pakenham pool for their wonderful work and transference of knowledge during the program. I was so proud to receive an email advising me that some students were tested for their Victorian Water Safety Certificate. To achieve this the students were required to swim 50 metres (25metres must have been freestyle), scull/tread water for 2- 5 minutes, remove extra clothes in the water and demonstrate rescue skills and water safety knowledge. I’m eagerly waiting to find out how many were successful so watch this space!

To everyone who participated in the swimming program- CONGRACONGRACONGRACONGRATULATIONS, TULATIONS, TULATIONS, TULATIONS,

You’You’You’You’re AMAZING!!!re AMAZING!!!re AMAZING!!!re AMAZING!!! Thank you Meredith for coordinating this program.

Wednesday …… had the opportunity to participate in the Cooking Program giving them an opportunity to learn some vital life skills while learn about nutrition. I was so excited to see them measuring, reading, discussing and extending their collaborative behaviours. Thank you to the PFA for enabling this opportunity for our students (and Teachers, I have learnt a lot). If you would like to help or support the program please pop into the Office or Let Karen or Roz know.


Today, Friday we celebrated BOOK WEEK. What an amazing opportunity to celebrate literature and the love of reading. Students participated in a variety of activities during the day, none bigger than our whole school celebratory parade and surprise story time with Sarah (special thanks to all of the teachers for their involvement including sensational rap voices to conclude the performance). This

activity was another example of, not only our student’s enthusiasm to celebrate their learning but also our commitment from families to support the students with their amazing dress up ideas. Special thanks to Jutta and Amanda for organising a wonderful celebration!

If anyone has any spare/ unused black pants, especially larger or smaller sizes (5 or 4) we would love if you could donate them to our Sick Bay. This would enable us to change our treasures after minor accidents or… mud fights.

On a personal note I, on behalf of the Staff would like to send out our heartfelt condolences to our friends and colleagues at Emerald Secondary College who are grieving the loss of Trent. We can sympathise with what they are going through as a school community. I was so proud of all of the Teachers when, last Thursday I had to let them know of the tragedy every single teacher said “How can we help?”

This is indicative of our expectations, kids, school and community- We all pitch in a support each other. What a great place to be!!! Our love and support goes to everyone in our community who has been touched by the loss of Trent, especially his family.

Before I end this week’s Principal report I would like to share some feedback I have had. Friday night I received a message complimenting me on the way last week’s report read. Sometimes we forget how important these moments are. This feedback made my day! I wanted to follow this up by letting all of our families know that… We could not and would not be the school we are without you! Your kids that you entrust to us daily and, we relabel as are the best in the world and we are the luckiest Teachers in the world that you chose our School! Thanks for a great week Cockatoo! Sarah Barnes Acting Principal


We would like to wish the following students a very Happy Birthday.

Harry Keily

Ivy Keily

Jacob Crawford

Annie Glasson

Declan Kruzicevic - King Regan Lougheed

Poem Bean Hugh Cook-Palmer

Makenzie Fox-Strucelj Kadence Gatt

Jolie Appleyard Taya Clearihan

Edward Dewar Brock Feltham

Marcus Trnka Kade Leinkauf

Amahli Urquiola Tahlia Blackwell

Rebecka Mylas Taj Porter

Lachy Mackenzie Maui Porter

Kayden Waterstone

Lily Aschenbrenner


PFA Page * No Cooking This Week

* Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser Money Due Today

* Fathers Day Stall Thursday 29th August

There is no cooking this week, the PFA Team are working hard

to set up the Fathers’ Day Stall. We’ll be back to cooking again next Wednesday.

Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser The money for the Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser is due back to the Office today. Remember to get

your money in on time. PFA are giving a prize to the Student who sells the most Cadbury Chocolates and gets their money to the Office on time.

Our Fathers’ Day Stall will be held Thursday 29th August and the first half of Lunchtime on Friday 30th August.

We have ordered lots of amazing products from within Australia, and from all over the world so the students can get their Dads, Grandpas, Pops, Special Person something wonderful for Father’s Day.

Items will range between $1 and $10. Please send a carry bag for your child to put their purchases in. If any Mums (or Dads) want to pop in to do their own shopping the stall will be open from 9 ‘til 11am

on Thursday 29th August & from 1.30 ‘til 2pm on Friday 30th August. Please help support our School and do your Fathers’ Day Shopping at our Stall.

If there are any Mums or Dads out there who can help us set up the Fathers’ Day Stall on

Wednesday 28th August from 2pm onwards we would really appreciate your help. If you’re able to help Wednesday 28th August from 2pm, Thursday 29th August from 9.15am ‘til approx

11.30am or Friday 30th August from 1.20pm onwards please come along to the Brekky Club Room. We really do need your help to make sure these events can run for the kids at our school.


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 3

JLC – Week 7 Commencing – Monday 26th August, 2019

Numeracy Students will be finishing their data collection and graphing rotations and moving onto Time.

Students will be working on fractions and proportions. Students will be doing a pretest on fractions during this week. Foundations:

• Using hands on activities to share amounts between two people Grade 1’s and 2’s:

• Showing different ways to make a half and quarters

• Representing fractions on a number line

• Finding equivalent fractions An activity to do at home is to let your children help with the cooking at home. Ask questions while cooking using the language of, fair, equal, half, whole, even, same, unequal, uneven, quarter, thirds.

Literacy Reading Writing

Spelling Students will be working on a range of activities focusing on the development of word choice.

Reading: Students will be reading the fairy tale “Goldilocks” and “Little Red Hood”. Students will be making predictions about the book before and during reading. Students will be comparing the characters within the texts. A home activity you could do with your child is to read a variety of Fairy Tales with them. Look at the similarities between different fairy tales. Writing: Students will be finishing their fairy tale. Students will be;

• Using their plan to finish their story

• Read over their story to edit

A home activity you could do with your child this week could be asking your child to: Foundation: Practice their sounds and writing sight words Grade 1 & 2: write a sentence and check they have used a capital letter at the start of a sentence and a full stop. Students can also try find errors error’s in their writing and circle them. With access allow students to use a dictionary / internet to check correct spelling. Spelling: Students will be practicing identifying letters and sounds of the alphabet, using stretchy snake to looking at the different vowel sounds and identifying vowel clusters within words to spell A home activity you could do to support your child’s development would be to get your child to get them to spell sight words that appear in their reading book and read car number plates identifying the letters.

Inquiry

Science, Technology, Humanities & Creative thinking

Inquiry will be imbedded throughout literacy and numeracy using the Fairy Tale topic.

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

F – Celebrations: Students complete an assessment on Japanese celebrations. 1-2 - Family: Students make a family tree using the names of the family members in Japanese.

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

F – Students learn to tell their stories from week 6. They describe what is happening in each picture whilst talking about settings and characters. They then learn about animation and storyboards. 1-2 - Students discuss their characters and settings in their stories from week 6. They then learn about the animation process and why storyboards are used. They also learn how technology plays a role and how to create their own post-it storyboard.

Music Ash Bourke

PP..EE Ash Bourke

Personal, Social & Cultural Learning

Revising the routine and rigor of a learning environment and staying on task during class time. Students work in fluid, differentiated groups, exposing them to a range of peers.

HHoommeewwoorrkk Reading and sight words Practice telling the time on both analogue and digital clocks with your child

SPECIAL EVENTS:


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 3 3/4 – Week 7 Commencing – Monday 26th August, 2019

Numeracy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data

Topic- Symmetry Students will continue working on symmetry and patterns, observing how they exist in the real world and how we use patterns in our ‘man-made’ world. You can help your child at home by looking for patterns around the home and how some patterns form a stronger result than

others. Literacy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data

Reading: Students will be working on comprehension strategies such as visualising, sythesising, inferring and making predictions to help improve their reading comprehension. Encourage your child to read at least four nights per week and remember to write these in their reading diary. Writing: Students will be writing their goals from camp and if they felt they accomplished them. Students were asked to set goals to challenge themselves while on camp and this week they will give themselves feedback on how they went. Spelling: Students will be working on homophones and giving hints to help remember which word is which. Activities you could do at home to support this learning helping your child practise their spelling words.

Inquiry

Students will be developing their understanding of fairytales. They will be looking at myths and legends.

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

Working in Japan: Students conduct research into their inquiry questions about working in Japan.

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

Students learn about the purpose of storyboards. They view a Disney animation documentary and discuss the importance of storyboards in the creative process. They also learn how technology plays a role and how it evolves.

Music Ash Bourke

PP..EE Ash Bourke

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Students will be focusing on resilience and confidence this week. Activities, to explicitly teach the concepts, will happen daily during circle time, group tasks, automaticity and mindfulness.

HHoommeewwoorrkk Write a recount of the book parade

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Friday – Bike Ed for Grade 3s

Japanese Day – lots of fun activities– Tuesday 27th August

Book Fair is on next week. Books are on sale in the library Monday after school, Tuesday before school

and Wednesday after school

Father’s Day Stall – Thursday 29th August


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 3 SLC – Week 7 Commencing – Monday 26th August, 2019

Numeracy

Number –Number patterns

Students will be working with number patterns that sequence, whole numbers, fractions and decimals.

Literacy

Reading- Students will continue to be working in differentiated groups investigating the epic poem

Beowulf. Students will be identifying and interpreting old English language and placing it within

modern understandings.

Spelling- Students will be examining different kinds of figurative language including simile, metaphor

and personification and examining pop culture and poetry for examples of each

Writing- Students will continue be experimenting with writing poetry in the historical epic traditions,

using poetry to describe narratives and investigating the history of poetry and the oral traditions

surrounding mythological works.

Inquiry Students are researching Beowulf and using their work across the core learning areas.

Japanese

Rohan Buttenshaw

Cross Cultural Values:

Students complete an assessment on the values held by people in Japan.

Visual Arts

Leah Stephenson

Students learn about different media artists and the reasons behind their work. They consider story

principles and the elements of media arts as a way of communicating meaning. They then begin

character development for their A3 storyboard.

Performing Arts

Ash Bourke

P.E

Ash Bourke

Personal, Social &

Cultural Learning

Circle time discussions will also focus on how mutual respect contributes to everybody’s well being.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

27th Japanese Day

29th Fathers Day Stall

31st Ramo returns


Fathers Day Stall

Thursday 29th August

PFA will be holding a Fathers Day Stall at school on Thursday 29th August in the morning and Friday 30th August for the first half of lunchtime. We have sourced gifts from all over Australia (and beyond) so students at our school can purchase gifts for their Dad, Grandpa, Pop, Special

Person….. at very reasonable prices. We have gifts ranging from $1 to $12. Please send your child along with their spending money & a

plastic or carry bag to put their purchases in. Grades attend the Fathers Day Stall one at a time with their Teacher.

If any Mums (or Dads) want to pop in to do their own shopping the stall will be open from 9 ‘til 11am

on Thursday 29th August & from 1.30 ‘til 2pm on Friday 30th August. Please help support our School and do your Fathers Day Shopping at our Stall.

If there are any Mums or Dads out there who can help us set up the Fathers Day Stall on

Wednesday 28th August from 2pm onwards we would really appreciate your help. If you’re able to help Wednesday 28th August from 2pm, Thursday 29th August from 9.15am ‘til approx

11.30am or Friday 30th August from 1.20pm onwards please come along to the Brekky Club Room. We really do need your help to make sure these events can run for the kids at our school.

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I can help at the Fathers Day Stall

Wed 28th August Thurs 29th August Fri 30th August 2pm onwards 9.15 – 11.30am 1.20pm onwards

Please circle if you are available to help us at any of the above times

Name of Student & Grade_______________________

Name of Parent_______________________

Phone Number_______________________


Come join the Ramo Mob to watch

the movie “Wonder Park” on:

SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER

Tickets sold at the door:

$20 A FAMILY

OR $5 PER PERSON

St Lukes Church

1 Mc Bride Street, Cockatoo

Food from 5pm. . .

MOVIE STARTS AT 6pm

SELLING:

HAMBURGERS

SAUSAGES

DRINKS

POPCORN

HOT JAM DONUTS

LOLLY BAG


Sunday 9th of September Luna Park with the Ramo kids

Entry prices

$39.95

$49.95

Luna Park opens at 11am and closes at 6pm.

This is an event

that our guests

from Ramingining always look forward to with

our Cockatoo Kids.

Come for a great day for the whole family and

stay for as long or as little as you can.

Hope to see you all there for a fun filled day of laughter and memories

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