ARMADALE PRIMARY SHOOL -...

17
ARMADALE PRIMARY SCHOOL Newsleer No. 6 8 March 2018 Dear Armadale Community Thank you for aending the two nights of family interviews and hoping you found them useful as an opportunity to share informaon with your childs class teacher. We are currently reviewing our Reporng policy and opportunies to share informaon with parents about their childs growth and development on a more frequent basis and what that might look like. Photo Day Today was our school photo day and we were incredibly lucky with the weather. The children should receive all their photo packages in a few weeks. Essenal items payments that are owed to the school Thank you to the families who have paid these. We now have 220 children to date and I hope that the rest of these can be finalised over the next few weeks. Please log into Compass to make your payments. Dont miss out on this fabulous Fundraiser for our school. Book your ckets now!! Monash, in Love and War - An evening fundraiser for our community Thursday May 3 rd at Chapel off Chapel Dont forget this wonderful opportunity to have a night of theatre and entertainment at Chapel Off Chapel,. The theatre has been booked exclusively for Armadale Primary School so log onto Trybooking at hps://www.trybooking.com/355130. It should be a great night! Gastro in schools Despite our best intenons to ensure children wash their hands and cover their mouths when sneezing or coughing it is very tricky to contain viruses such as gastroenteris. When your child / children exhibit signs of a sore tummy; fever and if this is accompanied by voming or diarrhoea please do not send them to school unl all symptoms have disappeared. Could all parents please ensure that when the school rings to advise you of a sick child that someone can come, collect them, and take them home. Monday 12 th March is a Public Holiday Just a reminder to our community that our school will be closed on Monday as it is a public holiday and the children are required back at school on Tuesday 13 th March. Long Service Leave I am taking long service from Monday 19 th March unl the end of the holidays, travelling to Spain and Portugal to celebrate a milestone birthday with my husband, John. Now, as a long-term cancer survivor, every birthday is significant especially when at an early age the threads of life were fragile and threatened. In my absence, Connie will be our Acng Principal and Peter Cracknell, our Acng Assistant Principal. Connie and I will be out next Thursday and Friday at the PrincipalsConference and Chrisne and Peter will join us on Friday as part of our Leadership team. As Wednesday, next week will be my last day at school for the term I wish you all a happy Easter and wonderful term break and look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday 17 th April. Rochelle Cukier Principal Address: Densham Road, Armadale 3143 School Phone: 03 9822 7003 School Fax: 03 9824 8954 Website: www.armadaleps.vic.edu.au E: [email protected] OOSHC Phone: 03 9822 4912 OOSHC E: [email protected] This Weeks Events Friday 9 March Icypoles for $1 or $3 Years 5&6 Wring workshop Monday 12 March Labour Day public holiday Tuesday 13 March Finance sub-commiee meeng 8.00am Wednesday 14 March Years 3&4 Wring workshop Prep parents Cocktail Party 7.30pm Thursday 15 March Educaon and Policy sub- commiee meeng 8.00am Friday 16 March Facilies sub-commiee meeng 8.00am Coming Events Monday 19 March OOSHC sub-commiee meeng 8.00am Wednesday 21 March Harmony Day Friday 23 March Years 5&6 Cricket gala day Monday 26 March School Council meeng 7.00pm At Armadale Primary School we value Excellence Honesty Kindness Learning Respectfulness

Transcript of ARMADALE PRIMARY SHOOL -...

ARMADALE PRIMARY SCHOOL Newsletter No. 6 8 March 2018

Dear Armadale Community Thank you for attending the two nights of family interviews and hoping you found them useful as an opportunity to share information with your child’s class teacher. We are currently reviewing our Reporting policy and opportunities to share information with parents about their child’s growth and development on a more frequent basis and what that might look like. Photo Day Today was our school photo day and we were incredibly lucky with the weather. The children should receive all their photo packages in a few weeks. Essential items payments that are owed to the school Thank you to the families who have paid these. We now have 220 children to date and I hope that the rest of these can be finalised over the next few weeks. Please log into Compass to make your payments. Don’t miss out on this fabulous Fundraiser for our school. Book your tickets now!! Monash, in Love and War - An evening fundraiser for our community Thursday May 3rd at Chapel off Chapel Don’t forget this wonderful opportunity to have a night of theatre and entertainment at Chapel Off Chapel,. The theatre has been booked exclusively for Armadale Primary School so log onto Trybooking at https://www.trybooking.com/355130. It should be a great night! Gastro in schools Despite our best intentions to ensure children wash their hands and cover their mouths when sneezing or coughing it is

very tricky to contain viruses such as gastroenteritis. When your child / children exhibit signs of a sore tummy; fever and if this is accompanied by vomiting or diarrhoea please do not send them to school until all symptoms have disappeared. Could all parents please ensure that when the school rings to advise you of a sick child that someone can come, collect them, and take them home. Monday 12th March is a Public Holiday Just a reminder to our community that our school will be closed on Monday as it is a public holiday and the children are required back at school on Tuesday 13th March. Long Service Leave I am taking long service from Monday 19th March until the end of the holidays, travelling to Spain and Portugal to celebrate a milestone birthday with my husband, John. Now, as a long-term cancer survivor, every birthday is significant especially when at an early age the threads of life were fragile and threatened. In my absence, Connie will be our Acting Principal and Peter Cracknell, our Acting Assistant Principal. Connie and I will be out next Thursday and Friday at the Principals’ Conference and Christine and Peter will join us on Friday as part of our Leadership team. As Wednesday, next week will be my last day at school for the term I wish you all a happy Easter and wonderful term break and look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday 17th April.

Rochelle Cukier

Principal

Address: Densham Road, Armadale 3143

School Phone: 03 9822 7003 School Fax: 03 9824 8954

Website: www.armadaleps.vic.edu.au E: [email protected]

OOSHC Phone: 03 9822 4912 OOSHC E: [email protected]

This Week’s Events

Friday 9 March

Icypoles for $1 or $3

Years 5&6 Writing workshop

Monday 12 March

Labour Day public holiday

Tuesday 13 March

Finance sub-committee

meeting 8.00am

Wednesday 14 March

Years 3&4 Writing workshop

Prep parents Cocktail Party

7.30pm

Thursday 15 March

Education and Policy sub-

committee meeting 8.00am

Friday 16 March

Facilities sub-committee

meeting 8.00am

Coming Events

Monday 19 March

OOSHC sub-committee

meeting 8.00am

Wednesday 21 March

Harmony Day

Friday 23 March

Years 5&6 Cricket gala day

Monday 26 March

School Council meeting

7.00pm

At Armadale Primary School we value …

Excellence Honesty Kindness Learning Respectfulness

Page 2

Prep & Year 1 Bulletins

Please click on the following

links to read this week’s news

Prep bulletin

Year 1 bulletin

Being outside at lunchtime for 60 minutes

can, at times, be a long time for our

children.

Sitting in the car whilst driving to a holiday

destination can seem like an eternity for

both the parent and child.

As parents and teachers, we are all too

familiar with the phrase, ‘I’m bored.’ We

immediately think we need to save our

children from this terrible thing called

boredom. Tools such as books, various

screens and carrying out some odd jobs are

often suggested as ways to cure the

symptoms. After school can be a crammed

with various lessons – swimming, ballet,

music, Robotics.

We would agree that we want to nurture

self-reliant individuals who can take

initiatives and think for themselves. But

filling a child’s time for them teaches

nothing but dependence on external

stimulus, whether material possessions or

entertainment. Providing nurturing

conditions and trusting children’s natural

inclination to engage their minds is far

more likely to produce independent,

competent children, full of ideas.

Sporting, musical and other organised

activities can certainly benefit a child’s

physical, cognitive, cultural and social

development. But children also need time

to themselves – to switch off from the

bombardment of the outside world, to

daydream, pursue their own thoughts and

occupations, and discover personal

interests and gifts.

Qualities such as curiosity, perseverance,

playfulness, interest and confidence allow

them to explore, create and develop

powers of inventiveness, observation and

concentration. These also help them to

learn not to be deterred if something

doesn’t work the first time, and try again.

By encouraging the development of such

capacities, we can offer children something

of lifelong value.

Learning to stand back can be one of the

most difficult things for us to do because

we want to, naturally, ensure our children

are happy. I still remember turning my

mother’s formal lounge room into a huge

cubby house using the bed sheets. I

remember the fun we had, the laughter

and the collaboration needed to create. I

was only 7.

Don’t underestimate the power of

boredom.

Connie Apostolos-

Thermos

Assistant Principal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S 300 WORDS

THE POWER OF BOREDOM

Page 3

Last week the Melbourne Demons visited the school

and held a clinic for the 3/4 classes. It was lots of fun.

Student Banking

A representative from the Commonwealth Bank will be visiting our school soon – look out for more details next week.

Remember to hand your completed Dollarmites deposit wallet to your teacher after assembly on Tuesdays.

If anyone is interested in volunteering to help with Student Banking, please contact the office.

Alison Crone

Student Banking Co-ordinator

Page 4

Years 5&6 T20 Blast Cricket gala day Friday 23 March

The Years 5&6 students will be attending a Cricket gala day to be held at Fawkner Park on Friday 23 March.

Information has been distributed today, is attached to this newsletter on page 13 and will be on Compass tomorrow.

Division Swimming

Good luck to the children involved in the Division Swimming Sports tomorrow. Peter Cracknell Sports Co-ordinator

Sports Equipment

Children are encouraged to bring named footballs, basketballs, skipping ropes and other suitable sports equipment to use at recesses. We have only limited borrowing at lunchtimes.

The Sports Leaders

Sports News District Swimming On Wednesday the 29th of February the Armadale district swimming team all travelled by tram to Prahran Pool. There were several schools including Port Melbourne, St Kilda, Toorak and Caulfield. Firstly we were introduced by each school. Then there were the events. All Armadale students waited patiently for their races, All the kids swam their very hardest and were all being their best. The kids showed all of the school values Excellence, Honesty, Kindness and Respectfulness. The students that made it to the district swimming team are: Mabi A Mia K Markis A Isabel L Lucie A Yasmin M Charlotte B Edward M Leonardo C Grace O Julia C Ezekiel R Thomas D Oliver S Charles D Maxwell S Jordan F Harry S Abigail G Nicholas S Ivy G Amelie S Matilda H Orlando T Poppy H Nina V Luca I Eloise I The students that moved onto the next round are: Markis A: Medley relay Charlotte B: 12/13 free relay Matilda H: 12 /13 free relay 12/13 50m free 12/13 50m back Luca I: 11 Medley relay 11 free relay Yasmin M: 12/13 free relay Eddy M: Medley relay 11 free relay Grace O: 12/13 free relay 12/13 50m fly Oliver S 11 free relay Nicholas S: 11 free relay Medley relay 11 50m breast 11 50m free

Page 5

The Arts

Performing Arts 3/4C were enthralled by student Rachel’s lyrical playing of a Chinese flute. Listening to other students perform is a great way to assist in developing empathy. For example, Leah (who played the keyboard) was asked how she felt performing in front of her class. She responded that she “felt nervous to begin but then felt good”. Well done 3/4C for being such a kind and respectful audience!

Harmony Day If your child plays an instrument from around the world and would like to perform during the Harmony Day assembly on Wednesday 21 March, could they please see either myself of Vita. Years 3-6: The classes have begun to explore and appreciate the extraordinary art of the Indonesian Wayang Puppet Theatre (shadow puppets). The shadow puppets plays are accompanied by the sounds of the Gamelan orchestra.

In groups, the students read a script of a Balinese folktale, about Kancil the deer and Cecik the Gecko. They began to add different sound effects with body percussion, tuned and un-tuned percussion instruments to dramatise their plays. Learning to work together, collaborate and make a group decision can be challenging. Drama provides students with the opportunity to develop these very important skills where it is necessary to listen to different opinions and make compromises.

Visual Arts

Year 1’s: Experimenting with primary colours and different tool enabled the students to ask lots of questions and make some great discoveries this week!

Helpers required Would any parents have time to record the chemicals stored in the art room? Schools are mandated by the Department of Education to keep an OHS record of all their materials on site. If you can help please email me [email protected] Your help would be greatly appreciated! Senior Singing Group S.S.G.: Please note: There is a rehearsal on Tuesday 13 March after the long weekend! Ivy Graham kindly designed the cover sheets for the SSG. Please bring along your folder to receive a copy at our next rehearsal. There are only 2 more rehearsals before we perform on Harmony Day, on Wednesday 21 March! Rosanna 3/4C and Pippa

Harmony Day Years Prep - 2 Cultural background activity What is my cultural background? Students will explore the idea of their cultural identity during Italian lessons, in the lead up to Harmony Day. We would like you to talk to your child about their cultural background or identity. Some possible discussion points could be-

The family's country or countries of origin.

When did grandparents,

(parents, students, or other family members) emigrate to Australia?

What languages does the

family speak?

Artefacts that represent your child's cultural background. Students are invited to bring to school one artefact to share with their class during their Italian lesson. The artefact could be clothing, a photo, book, map, picture, or other object. (If you have valuable or precious items, please have your child bring in a photo instead of the actual item). Students will be encouraged to talk about the artefact and photograph it. Grazie Vita Vampatella Italian Language Co-ordinator

Page 6

Page 7

Parents & Friends for Armadale (PFA) Hi everyone, Easter time at APS

It’s Easter time again (already!!!) So we’re gearing up for Hot Cross Bun orders and our ever popular Easter Hampers! Hot Cross Buns

Phillippa’s hot cross buns were a huge hit last year, so we will be taking orders through them again while raising funds for the school! Price to our families is $15.50. Phillippa’s RRP is $18.00. So you’ll save $2.50 per box and be raising $6.00 per box for the school Orders must be received by 10am Wednesday 14th March. Collection will be from the quadrangle/stage area on Friday 23rd March between 2.30pm & 3.45pm. Our preferred payment method is via TryBooking to streamline our accounting processes. Just follow the link and place your order https://www.trybooking.com/UPVC. Alternatively you can pay by cash

by filling out your order form and placing it in an envelope with your cash in the box in the office. See attached flyer/order form for further information. We will also be sending an order form home with your child tomorrow. Easter Hampers & Very Special Kids

Each year, every class decorates a cardboard box in an Easter theme. We collect donated Easter eggs from our generous families, and turn the boxes into beautiful hampers. Then 13 (of the 16 classes) Easter Hampers are donated to Very Special Kids in Armadale. Very Special Kids cares for children with life-threatening conditions by providing a children’s hospice and professional family support services. The kids love decorating the boxes and knowing that our school is making a difference to these children’s lives and bringing a smile to their faces. We will be delivering boxes to the classrooms early next week. Decoration of the boxes needs to be finalised by Friday 23rd March. The decorated boxes will then be judged, and the top 3 winning boxes will be chosen by Mrs Cukier, with the class of the winning box to receive a prize. From there, the boxes will be turned into hampers filled with lots of Easter goodness. The top 3 hampers will be raffled off and given to the winners at the final assembly on Thursday 29th March. The remaining 13

boxes will be delivered to VSK during the last week of term. How our families can help. 1. When you are shopping this week,

please purchase Easter eggs and/or something Eastery to be included in the hampers. There will be boxes in the office for your items, and donations need to be received by Friday 23rd March.

2. Buy some raffle tickets to win one of the top 3 Hampers! Volunteers will be selling raffle tickets from Thursday 22nd March to Thursday 29th March between 8.45am & 9.15am and 3.15pm & 3.45pm each day. Raffle tickets will cost $2 for 1, or 3 for $5.

Thank you! PFA Jodie Klijnsma & Debbie Zita Co-Presidents, PFA [email protected]

Years 5&6 Cocktail Party

The Years 5/6 cocktail party will be held on Wednesday 28 March at 7.30pm at 505 Cellar, 505 Malvern road, Toorak, that would be great! Bookings can be made via Trybooking: www.trybooking.com/362587

Tickets are $30 per head, with drinks at bar prices.

An invitation will follow for next week’s newsletter.

Page 8

Page 9

On Friday, Lucie and Bill helped to dig the compost and organic matter into the garden beds at the front of the school. There was lots of yummy organic matter for the worms to eat. There were also some things that worms can’t eat such as - juice boxes, disposable coffee cups and lids, plastic drink bottles, plastic wrappers, bread, vegetable scraps in biodegradable bags. Some information from the Stonnington website: http://www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/Live/Waste/Other-Waste-and-Recycling-Opportunities/Composting-and-worm-farming.

The average Stonnington garbage bin contains 50% of food waste.

When food scraps and other organic materials are sent to landfill, they begin to rot anaerobically (without oxygen) and release greenhouse gases, primarily methane (CH4), which contributes to climate change. Many people don’t realise that the impact of methane on climate change is around 25 times greater than carbon dioxide (CO2). By composting your food scraps instead of sending them to landfill, households can significantly reduce their environmental footprint.

Here is a list from the City Of Stonnington web site detailing what you can include in your compost or worm farm.

Contaminants found in the

compost bin Digging compost into the

soil

Other food found in the

recycle bin

Lucie & Bill digging the

compost into the soil

Page 10

Captains’ Corner Hi everyone! Well done to everyone who participated in the house swimming sports and the districts swimming sports. Hope you all had fun and did your best! Thanks to the PFA for the wonderful recent family picnic. The year 5/6’s students had a debating workshop on Monday to make a growth mindset towards public speaking and communication. Followed by another year 5/6‘s writing workshop “Convince Me.” to teach kids how to write persuasively. The year 3/4’s will also participate in the workshop. The students will participate in a 90 minute writing workshop. They will be guided through the writing process by Beth Cregan whereby persuasive language and techniques will be explored and evaluated. There will be a school tour held on the 14th of March. Just a reminder, on Monday 12th of March there is Labour day public holiday so no one goes to school that day!

Aidin & Tom

Page 11

Scholastic Book Club

Catalogues for Issue 2 have been distributed this week.

Orders are due in by Tuesday 13 March.

The easiest way to order is via LOOP (see back page of catalogue).

Alison Crone Book Club Co-ordinator

13 March

Page 12

Page 13

Page 14

Term 1 29 January- 29 March

Tuesday 13th March Finance (Principal’s Office)

Thursday 15th March Education & Policy (library)

Friday 16th March Facilities (Principal’s office)

Monday 19h March OOSHC (Principal’s Office

Monday 26th March 2018 School Council 7pm

Term 2 16 April – 29 June

16th April Curriculum Day, 25th April Anzac Day, 11th June – Queen’s Birthday

Monday 23rd April OOSHC (Principal’s Office)

Tuesday 24th April Finance (Principal’s office)

Thursday 26th April Education & Policy (library)

Friday 27th April Facilities (Principal’s office)

Monday 7h May School Council - 7pm

Monday 4th June OOSHC (Principal’s Office)

Tuesday 5th June Finance (Principal’s office)

Thursday 7th June Education & Policy (library)

Friday 8th June Facilities (Principal’s office)

Monday 18h June School Council - 7pm

Term 3 16 July – 21 September

17th August – Curriculum Day

Monday 30th July OOSHC (Principal’s Office)

Tuesday 31st July Finance (Principal’s office)

Thursday 2nd August Education & Policy (library)

Friday 3rd August Facilities (Principal’s office)

Monday 13th August School Council - 7pm

Monday 3rd September OOSHC (Principal’s Office)

Tuesday 4th September Finance (Principal’s office)

Thursday 6th September Education & Policy (library)

Friday 7th September Facilities (Principal’s office)

Monday 17th September School Council - 7pm

Term 4 8 October – 21 December

6th November – Melbourne Cup, 27th December – Curriculum Day

Monday 15th October OOSHC (Principal’s Office)

Tuesday 16th October Finance (Principal’s office)

Thursday 18th October Education & Policy (library)

Friday 19th October Facilities (Principal’s office)

Monday 29th October School Council - 7pm

Monday 26th October OOSHC (Principal’s Office)

Tuesday 27th October Finance (Principal’s office)

Thursday 29th October Education & Policy (library)

Friday 31st October Facilities (Principal’s office)

Monday 10th December School Council -6pm

School Council Meeting dates 2018

Page 7

Whilst all care is taken to ensure the validity

of advertisements in this newsletter we take

no responsibility and imply no endorsement. Page 15

Page 16

Whilst all care is taken to ensure the validity

of advertisements in this newsletter we take

no responsibility and imply no endorsement.

Page 17

Whilst all care is taken to ensure the validity

of advertisements in this newsletter we take

no responsibility and imply no endorsement.