Gisborne Primary School

22nd March 2018 Issue 7

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Diary Dates

Fri 23rd Mar

House Cross Country

NO ASSEMBLY

Mon 26th Mar

Yr 6 Preparation for Puberty Session 2

Parent Support Session 3:30pm—4:30pm (Prep—2)

Thu 29th Mar Last Day Term 1—

Easter Bunny Visit

Assembly 2pm

2:30pm Early Dismissal

TERM 2 Mon 16th Apr Commence Term 2

Wed 18th Apr—Tue 24th Apr Yr 6 Swim Program

Wed 25th Apr ANZAC Day Public Holiday

Fri 27th Apr District Cross Country

Mon 30th Apr

Grade 4s Depart for Phillip Island Camp

Yr 3 World of Maths Incursion

Tues 1st May UNSW Science Competition

Tues 8th May UNSW Digital Tech

Fri 11th May

Mother’s Day Stall

Tue 15th May NAPLAN

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Dear families, BullyStopper Day, Social Media and the Law We had an awareness raising day last Friday around the message ‘Bullying – No Way.’ This was part of our social and personal capabilities program which includes formal and informal weekly class sessions. I would like to reassure parents that we have a comprehensive, structured process to follow up all reports of bullying as soon as the school is made aware of incidents. It is rare that staff actually witness these. That is the nature of bullying – it is mostly covert and manipulative and we rely on students involved, bystanders and parents to let us know what is happening. Our follow-up process includes talking to all parties and providing Behaviour Support Plans and consequences (including daily 20 mins out of the yard until the behaviour ceases); students are provided with values education both individually and in class sessions to learn how to behave respectfully and considerately. Student Safety Plans for students affected by the bullying include identifying a number of adults that they can talk to about the issue, some strategies to avoid being bullied and how to react when it happens. Our students’ learning about respectful behaviours also extends to the importance of being respectful online. (Social media is only a year or two away for many of our Yr 6 students - the recommended minimum age for using social media is 13 because of the complex social and legal issues involved.) Australia’s first social media defamation case proceeded to full trial recently, with a former student ordered to pay more than $100,000 in damages over a series of defamatory posts about a teacher at the school. Social media is no different to other forms of publishing in terms of defamation, and the fact that it can assist broadcasting the defamatory information further adds risk. Defamation occurs when a person intentionally spreads untrue statements about another person, group of people or a school that damages their reputation, or can make others think less of them.

Cross Country, Assembly and School Breakfast this week and next. There will be no assembly this week due to the House Cross County event on Friday. We welcome all parents who are able to attend to come along to Gardiner Reserve to cheer on their children and their House team. If you have offered to assist would you please be at Gardiner Reserve by 12:00 for a briefing with Mike Goodyear and 1pm start. The event finishes at 2:30pm, then students walk back to school. Students should wear House colours on the day. (Fisher-Red; Brantome-yellow; Howey-blue and Prince- green.) It will be warm so please ensure your children have their water bottles and sunscreen. Assembly next week will be on the last day of term, Thursday, 29th March at 2pm. We will draw the Easter raffle and present this year’s Junior School Councillors with their badges. As part of the ‘School Leaders’ program the Yr 6s will be organising a whole school breakfast early next term.

Italian Teacher I would like say a huge thank you to Kathryn Blake who has filled in as our LOTE (Italian) teacher this term. The students have thoroughly enjoyed their Italian lessons and have continued to have a quality, uninterrupted program. I would like to inform the community that after the required recruitment process, we have appointed Renita Michielin to the LOTE teacher role. Renita has a recognised qualification and demonstrated experience in undertaking effective Italian teaching at our school. Renita has the following message for the Gisborne community: I have missed all the students at Gisborne very much so made the decision to apply for the position of Italian Teacher and return to teaching at Gisborne PS. I am very pleased to accept the offer and continue with our language learning journey together. I will recommence on the 16th of April. Grazie tanto (thank you so much) for your ongoing support of the Italian program. Signora Blake has done an outstanding job. I’m sure everyone is looking forward to preparing and making some yummy ‘bruschetta’. Grazie to Signora for organising this and making it possible to enjoy a little Italian culture! Buona Pasqua a tutti (Happy Easter to all) Arrivederci.

Dental Van I met with the Smiles on Site staff yesterday and they have confirmed that the van will be here during Weeks 3-4 next term. Thank you to the families who have returned their permission forms. Smiles on Site will be corresponding directly with you regarding your child’s check-up and/or treatment.

Looking forward to catching up with you at the Cross Country event tomorrow. Julie Soutter

Epilepsy Foundation ‘Purple Day’

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MESSAGE FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Dear families,

Safety We are aware that the mornings are very busy around school at drop off time. We are asking for families and children to be careful and aware of others when riding their bikes to school. Pedestrians as well as bikes have been using the footpath which can cause a little chaos at times. Students riding bikes need to dismount prior to entering the school gates. If we can all be responsible and respectful towards others that would be appreciated please. We are currently in discussions with the Macedon Council in regards to a drop off zone for vehicles in the morning to assist in reducing the amount of traffic and parks required each day. We will keep you updated on the progress.

Curriculum Days Each year, schools are able to have four curriculum days (student free days) with the purpose of professional teaching and learning. This year, we had two days at the start of the year. One day had a focus on working together as a team and start of year preparation, the second day was the introductory session to our whole school focus on writing. We want to ensure the days are purposeful for teaching and learning and are focused on improving student outcomes. For the remainder of the year, we would like to take the next two days in term 3 as this allows the staff to work on new approaches for a semester, then build on their skills by receiving new information and strategies in term 3 to deliver for the remainder of the year. This means we will not have any other Curriculum Days for the remainder of the year including the day prior to Melbourne Cup. These dates have been approved by school council and are as follows:

Friday August 3rd (Focus on Writing )

Monday September 3rd (Focus on Numeracy)

Oval Works Dan Duell from EarthCraft Landscaping will be top dressing the oval and sewing further seed from today as he wants to further improve our oval. This means the oval will be out of bounds for the remainder of term and for the first few weeks of Term 2. We thank Dan for his generous contribution and to families for being understanding during this time. We will ensure extra equipment and activities will be available at break times to help compensate for the loss of the oval space.

Times for Last Day of Term Please note the change of times for the last of Term 1, Thursday 29th March: 11:30am—1.00pm Easter Bunny will visit classrooms to deliver each student an Easter Egg. Please ensure you have contacted the PFA should you wish to opt out or arrange an alternative. 1:00pm—1:15pm Eat lunch inside 1:15pm—1:45pm Lunchtime break 1:45pm—2:00pm Pack up in classrooms 2:00pm Final Assembly for Term 1. Easter raffle will be drawn. 2:30pm Early Dismissal Walk for Autism Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) Autism lasts a lifetime and affects about one in 100 Australians, or 250,000 people. The word ‘spectrum’ reflects the different challenges that people on the autism spectrum face and the degree to which they may be affected. Autism can impair social interaction, communication and behaviour, making participation in education, employment and relationships challenging. You can’t tell a person has autism by their outward appearance, which can make it difficult for both the person on the spectrum and those they are interacting with. Whether it’s at school, at work or in social settings, people with autism are often misunderstood. Without support, people on the spectrum can experience isolation, anxiety, frustration and confusion – difficulties made worse by a lack of community understanding. The problem grows each year as an increasing number of people are diagnosed. Walk for Autism is between April 8th – 15th. Please support the cause by following this link: https://www.walkforautism.org.au/

Regards, Lisa Maxwell GPS SAYS NO TO BULLYING!

Reminder: ‘Purple Day’ Monday 26th March Add a touch of purple & bring a gold coin donation

for the Epilepsy Foundation

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Permission for sporting events and school activities are all completed online via the Parent Portal. We recommend checking your Parent Portal weekly to ensure you don’t miss any permission requests or unexplained absence notifications. Please contact Ilsa in the school office if you require any assistance

The URL for continued access to the portal is: https://sentral.gisborneps.vic.edu.au/portal2/ This link can also be found on the school website.

PERMISSION & PAYMENTS DUE AMOUNT DATE DUE

Yr 6 Swimming Program Online Permission & Swim Ability Form

Wednesday 28th March

Year 4 Camp Permission note &

Payment of $50 deposit TODAY Thursday 22nd March

YEAR 1 BUSH WALK EXCURSION The grade ones went on an excursion to Daly Reserve to smell, listen, feel and look at the Australian bush. This helped us to write poems about the bush.

The Bush by Benjamin The bush looks like it’s a forest hiding between the houses. The bush sounds like a mystery of birds crying for food. The bush smells like grass after it has just been cut. The bush tastes like lettuce because it looks good. The bush feels like it is bumpy, like to bark on the logs

The Bush by Khy The bush looks like tall grasses, twisting braches and has flat stones The bush sounds like magpies chirping and the wind swooshing through the air. The bush smells like pine trees and grass. The bush tastes like sour crunchy leaves and salty dirt. The bush feels like lumpy, bumpy, rough and smooth trees with soft feathers on the ground.

The Bush by Ash The bush looks like big sticks, pointy trees and dry grasses. The bush sounds like pine cones falling and tall grass swaying. The bush smells like leaves, acorns and sticks rotting. The bush tastes like dirt, all yucky and dry. The bush feels like it is very fluffy, soft and it is amazing.

The Bush by Henry The bush looks like green swaying and swishing bushes. The wind sounds like swirling cold clouds up in the air. The soft poo smells like disgusting poop drying in the sun. The leaves tastes like salty, yummy chips. The dirt feels like hard brown rocks

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STUDENTS AT WORK The Year two classes have been working on ‘showing, not just telling’ during writing sessions. We have been using words that help the audience create a picture in their head while they are reading. Here are some examples: BZZZZZ went the yellow and black queen bee from the huge purple plum tree. Pitter patter, the cold rain touches the queen bee. As she flies back she gets caught in a sticky web. Soon a red and orange spider comes, the queen gets her sting tale but the spider gets its dangerous fangs, ready for a really long fight. Asher I was walking along the thick, deep snow while my feet made little footprints until…. I slipped on a massive frozen pond and I fell on my bottom. Alice The red leaves fell on my warm head. I was too busy focussing on the leaves that I bumped into a tree. The green leaves fall on the rocky path then what do I know? Crushshshsh, the leaves made that loud noise! Finn FFFFFFFF said the gray and black crawly Huntsman getting his poisonous fangs out. He was crawling out of his cage to catch some delicious slippery insects for dinner. Suddenly SWWWAM! He caught an insect but he had also whacked his face really hard on the red broken branch. Archie

DIVISION SWIMMING CARNIVAL

On Thursday the 15th March, the Division Swimming Carnival was held at the Werribee Outdoor Pool. Sixteen students participated in the Division Swimming Carnival and five made it through to go to the Regional Championships. Lucas J, Caitlin G, Claire A, Holly V, Holly N have all made it! It was a very successful day and it was a terrific pool and a wonderful atmosphere. The children did an amazing job and the school got 13 ribbons in total, 3 x 1sts (with a relay), 2 x 2nds (with a relay) 7 x 3rds (with a relay). Everyone did a great job. Well done to all students that made it through to the next round and good luck! By Caitlin G, Claire A, Holly V and Holly N (Grade 4).

CANTEEN NEWS Please note that the House Cross Country is on TOMORROW

Friday 23rd March. Students from Years 3-6 will be leaving school around midday so please do not order them a lunch order on this day.

We have received a new supply of reusable lunch wallets. The following colours are again available for purchase for $7.50each through Qkr: Red, Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow and Purple

REMINDER—THE QKR LUNCH ORDER CUT OFF TIME is 8:00am on canteen day.

CANTEEN ROSTER Friday

23rd March

9am—11:30am Eliza McDonald

9am—11:30am Rob Davies

12:30pm—2:30pm Rob Davies

12:30pm—2:30pm Wal Van Dort

Some of our Division Swimming team!

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Caring

2018 DATES

TERM 1: 29 January—29 March

TERM 2: 16 April—29 June

TERM 3: 16 July—21 September

TERM 4: 8 October—21 December Bell Times

8:50am Warning Bell

8:55am Class Bell

10:55 - 11.25am Recess

1:25pm Eat lunch inside

1:40-2:25pm Lunch

3:25pm Dismissal

EASTER FUNDRAISER Please ensure any outstanding money and unsold Easter Eggs are returned to school

tomorrow!! Any families who are happy to sell a few more eggs, could you please contact the

school office.

The raffle winners will be drawn at Assembly at 2pm on the last day of Term, Thursday 29th

March.

Thank you again for supporting our fundraiser! The funds raised will be put toward our

PlaySpace Project.

Don’t’ forget—Easter Bunny is kindly taking time out of his busy schedule to visit our

school on Thursday 29th March. The PFA will be assisting him to deliver Easter eggs to

classrooms between recess and lunch.

Please contact the PFA should you wish to opt out or have your child/ren receive an

apple instead. gisborneprimarypfa@gmail.com

Epilepsy Foundation Purple Day—Monday 26th March This year we will be raising awareness for the Epilepsy Foundation by supporting ‘Purple Day’. One of our Year 3 students, Chloe W, was recently diagnosed with the condition.

Students are invited to wear purple tops or accessories on Monday 26th March in exchange for a gold coin donation.

We also have a parent in our school community, Amanda Anderson, who is fundraising for the Epilepsy Foundation should families wish to contribute. To support Amanda, please follow this link: https://runtherock2018.everydayhero.com/au/running-for-epilepsy-awareness

Curriculum Days Friday 3rd August

Monday 3rd September

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