PEN

FROM THE PRINCIPAL CLASS TEAM

At assembly on Monday the Robotics team from RMPS and Chalcot Lodge PS proudly presented their robots which they designed and developed themselves for the recent RoboCup Dance Competition. Using the ‘Toy Story’ theme the robots came to life moving and dancing to music. Later in the day our students also presented at the Chalcot Lodge Primary School assembly. Well done to the whole team – you worked so well together!

We laughed, clapped and we were all entertained on Tuesday evening with the 3-6 concert- ‘We Are All Born Free’. This performance about Human Rights sent the message loud and clear of the importance about getting on with each other. Our students excelled themselves with their speaking, performing skills, singing and working cooperatively together to share a wonderful performance with the school community. The performance was created through the joint efforts of the children from years 3 to 6 and our Performing Arts teacher Sharon Foley. Once again Sharon’s wonderful vision and dramatic talent has shone through to the benefit of all the participants and audience. Sharon was ably supported by Adam Pollazzi from Junior Rockers and his singing teacher Jen Makovic. I would like to especially thank Sharon and the teachers from the 3/4 and 5/6 teams for their continued commitment to our Performing Arts Program and for the support they have provided to ensure the success of the performance. A number of staff and parents must be also thanked for their assistance with the making of the costumes/props and for the sale of tickets etc. Most importantly, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL STUDENTS! You all did shine! The song, ‘Seasons of Love’ was a perfect conclusion to a superb night.

This Friday the 3-6 students will be participating in ’Jump Rope For Heart’ to raise money for the National Heart Foundation. During PE sessions this term the students have been practising and have been keeping fit by trying new skipping moves and skills. The Jump Off on Friday will go from 9-11.00am.

I know that everyone is looking forward to the Walkathon and Footy Day next Wednesday. This is one of our annual, major fundraising activities as well as raising funds for the school it promotes health and fitness in the outdoors. The 3/4 children will start off at 9.00am, followed by the P-2 children at 11.10 and the 5/6 students will walk the course from 2.10pm. Get your footy jumpers scarfs and beanies and come along and walk with your child. Friends and other family members are also welcome!

A reminder that Term 3 finishes on Friday, 21st

September at 2.30pm.

Amanda Wigg

Assistant Principal

Newsletter Birdwood Street Box Hill South 3128 Telephone: 9890 2372 Facsimile: 9899 5490 www.robmacps.vic.edu.au

DATES TO REMEMBER

Thursday, 13th

September

JCJ Morning Tea at Sketches Café Bar, 273 Burwood Highway, Burwood – 9:30am – see ad on Page 7

Friday, 14th

September

Jump Off Day – Jump Rope 4 Heart

Goods Collection for Fair – Undercroft – 3:30pm – 6:30pm

Monday, 17th

September

JCC Morning Tea, Enrik’s Café, 25-27 Railway Road, Blackburn

Years 3-6 District Athletics

Tuesday, 18th

September

Art Show Meeting in Staffroom – 7:30pm

Wednesday, 19th

September

Whole School Walk-A-Thon – 9:00am – 3:30pm

3/4's 9:00am – 10:40am

Junior School 11:10am – 12:50pm

5/6’s 1:50 – 3:30pm

Craft Group in Community Room – 11:00am – 1:00pm

Friday, 21st September

Last Day of Term 3 – 2:30pm dismissal

Monday, 8th

October

First Day of Term 4

Tuesday, 9th

October

5/6 Family Life Incursion (4 x 1 hour sessions)

Friday, 12th

October

District Sports Finals – various 5/6 sports teams to several venues – details to follow

Goods Collection for Fair – Undercroft – 3:00pm – 6:30pm

Friday, 14th

October

Jump Off Day – Jump Rope 4 Heart

Tuesday, 16th

October

5/6 Family Life Incursion (4 x 1 hour sessions)

Art Show Meeting in Staffroom – 7:30pm

Wednesday, 17th

October

Years 6 National Assessment Program Science Test

Education Committee in Staffroom – 6:00pm

12th

September 2012

We value:

Creativity

Endeavour

Respect

Trust

Honesty

Friendliness

Notices sent home last week

To: Years 3-6 Family Science Night All childrenExcursion Permission Form for School Walk-a-

Thon Yrs 3-6 Selected Children Excursion Permission Form for District Athletics JCJ Head Lice Letter dated 10 September 2012 * Please note – items marked in BOLD require parent response.

** For your convenience, this notice can be printed from the school’s website. Click on Practicalities tab on the Home page, then 2012

Permission Forms and Information Forms.

3/4S have started their new maths investigation into shape, and the children have been excited to utilize all the new technology in our classroom to explore different concepts. We have been using iPads to take photos of shapes around the school and present them on our fabulous new TV. The class has enjoyed identifying the features of shapes as they are interpreted at the end of the lesson, and we have had some stimulating discussions about the correct technical names for 3D shapes! The students in 34S are looking forward to learning about other aspects of shape such as tessellations and symmetry.

On Tuesday, 4th September we celebrated the installation of our art work with the Box Hill South Neighbourhood House. Sam N, Sarah L, Oshalee P, Bec R and Josh D all walked down to the house with me during the lunchtime and saw our 8 beautifully painted rainbow lorikeets and possums that has been installed into the playgrounds of the house. This is an area that the children who use the house play in. I have heard from the teachers of the Possums kindergarten group that the children love our art work and consider it very appropriate for their play area. Many thanks to the houses employees Pam, Val, Janina, Monica and Sam who were all there to help us celebrate. This is the start of an ongoing relationship we have with the house to share our artwork and to enhance the local community. Please go down and have a look. Cora Brownjohn

SPECIALISTs’ Spot

District Sports Round Robin Last Friday, in wet and windy conditions, our 5/6 students competed against some schools from our District in (ironically) the Summer Sports Round Robin. Some fantastic results saw several of our teams go through and will be playing in District grand finals after the holidays. Boys basketball in pool A and B, Volleystars and Rounders have gone through to grand finals and we wish them the best of luck. Well done to our Grade 5/6 teachers as well as Geoff Simmons and Heidi McArdle for all their hard work in preparing our Children for the day.

District Athletics

Next Monday the 17th of September some of our grade 3 to 6 students will be competing in the District Athletics. As

you may remember, half of this day was held way back in term one but rain prevented us from finishing all the activities. The track events will be completed on Monday at a different venue. Box Hill Athletics track on Elgar Rd in Box Hill is where we will be. Apologies to parents for having to pay again but as we used both the buses and the track in term one we obviously had to pay for them. The order of events next Monday is : 10:00am 1500m 10:30am Hurdles 10:45am 75m and 100m sprints 11:00am Shuttle sprints (Chn in shuttle relays will also get an individual sprint race) 11:30am Shuttle Relays 1:00pm 200m 12:30pm 4 x 100m Relays 1:15pm 800m 1:45pm Championship sprint 2:00pm Presentations

TAKE A BOW EVERYBODY!!!!

What a thrill it was to be a part of such a creative effort and experience. I’m always in awe of how the children manage to come up with such extraordinary ideas as they write and shape a performance piece. The process the children experienced was evident as each class’s work was stamped with their unique character and personalities.

I believe that the opportunity for students to shape and write their own play will be a lifelong learning experience. The discipline of having to sustain motivation, a sense of purpose, contribute ideas, negotiate, be creative and translate concepts into theatre is a challenge many believe to be beyond their years. To see such confidence, watch children holding their own, projecting voices and communicating character was a delight.

A huge thankyou to all who contributed and supported us in such a demanding process. The rewards of last night will remain with us forever.

Sharon Foley Performing Arts

Environmental Canteen Lunch Order Bags Just $5 - One Week Only Offer

All older children should receive home an order form. All order forms must be in to the school on Wednesday the 19th September. There will be a sample bag for you to look at the office during the week. Don't forget Term 4 means EVERYONE MUST WEAR A HAT!!!

Science Family Night

Monday, 15th October - Grades 3-6 Family Science Night & Thursday, 25th October P-2 Juniors Science afternoon See advertisement on back page of this newsletter

FAIR EQUIPMENT REQUEST

DO YOU HAVE SOME EQUIPMENT WE CAN USE AT THE FAIR?

OR DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE OR ORGANISATIONS WE CAN BORROW FROM?

WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

ESKIES

TRESTLE TABLES UMBRELLAS

PORTASHADES MARQUEES

BBQS STACKABLE CHAIRS

WE CAN ARRANGE PICK UP

PLEASE CONTACT IZZY KINSELLA

MOB. 0414 917 039 EMAIL: izzy_hamma@hotmail.com

Urgent Reminder for Return of ASTHMA Information Form re: Spacers

44 letters were sent out on 14th August and to date I have only received 23 back, could you please ensure you return your acknowledgement of the advice given to you regarding the changes on spacer usage ASAP.

Jen Walker – First Aid Officer

A Big “Thank You” to everyone that contributed to the Free Dress Donation Days last week. We received lots of great things that will be used to make some amazing hampers, prizes and lucky dips for this year’s School Fair.

PFA

“Footy Day” Walkathon – Wednesday 19th September Hope your sponsorship forms are filling up! Don’t forget to bring in your sponsorship form on the 19

th September so

you can record your laps. You can then start to collect your sponsorship money after that or even add more sponsors if you want to and they are willing to support you! Money collected from your sponsors is due back on the 19

th

October. The more money we raise the more goes towards Mr F’s goal of $10,000! Can we do it? Don’t say no – just have a go!

There will be 1st, 2nd

and 3rd

Prizes as an incentive for the students that raise the most sponsorship money.

The prizes are vouchers and passes valued at:

1st

Prizes $250 2

nd Prize $150

3rd

Prize $100

If you have one child or more children attending the school, and participating in the walkathon – the child/children in that family have the opportunity to WIN one of the 3 prizes, and kids you will not be disappointed - we are organising some fantastic vouchers and passes for you to win.

PLUS the class that raises the most money will get to spend one of their lunch hours in the GYM! That’s exclusive entry just for your class!

But remember that each student still has to fill out their own sponsorship form - the idea is that all children attending the school have the opportunity to win a 1

st, 2

nd or 3

rd prize for raising the most sponsorship money, whether they are

an individual child attending the school or with siblings attending the school as combined end total. We believe this will make it fair for all families and provide ALL the opportunity to win a prize.

Can you help? Tammy needs 2 parent helpers from each junior class and one parent helper from each of the middle and senior classes. There are some vacancies in the junior classes so please if you can help please place your name on the roster located on the Junior deck area or contact Tammy tamcurrie@optusnet.com.au. If your class’s roster is full, you can still come along and join us all for the walk - it’s heaps of fun!

World Teachers Day – 26th October The PFA is starting to organise the teachers’ special morning tea, thank you to Zoe F from JCD for offering to coordinate it this year. Every year the PFA organises a morning tea for our wonderful teachers at Roberts McCubbin as a way to say thank you and to let them know how much we appreciate all that they do here at our school. We have had enormous amount of offers on our PFA Volunteers list to help bring a plate of morning tea for this event from many willing parents – we will place a roster for helpers on the deck in the beginning of October next term.

Presidents: Matoula Romeo Vice President: Rachel Fleetwood Treasurers: Inga Young Secretary: Cathy Jones

EDUCATION COMMITTEE Dear Parents,

Our next Education Committee for 2012 was to be held on

Wednesday, 5th September, as a Cybersafety evening presentation

Due to the proposed Stop Work meeting on Wednesday, 5th September, this Cybersafety presentation has been rescheduled

to Monday, 3rd December

Our next Education Committee Meeting will be on

17th October, 2012

Kind Regards

Sue McNamara– Education Committee Convenor

Gourmet Goodies for the Fair

Leanne Johnson and Rachael Hibbins are organising sessions for our gourmet goodies for the fair. If you would like to join us, have any ideas and suggestions or big kitchen space we would love to hear from you. Leanne will be having a cook off on the 2

nd Sunday of term 4 for our fabulous tomato relish, but she will need some help prior to this day

cutting tomatoes etc. Rachael will also be organising some other sessions during the month. We need your help so please if you are wanting to help and are interested to join us please contact Leanne on leanne.johnson@optusnet.com.au or Rachel on remms@hotmail.com . We will keep you posted in the newsletter of further dates for our gourmet goodies sessions.

We need your Jars with Lids and Cane Baskets Jars with lids: The PFA needs your empty jars with lids for our Gourmet Goodies stall at the Fair.

Smaller sized jars and 350g and under are perfect. Plus we need 700mls or 750mls glass jars with lids - no bigger or smaller for our “Cookies in a Jar” to work properly – coffee jars of that size would suit perfectly if you have them!

Cane baskets: Do you have any medium sized cane baskets you are not using? Don’t throw them away we need them!

Please drop off any of these items into the boxes provided in the school office foyer – thank you kindly!

Helping Hands Not everyone may know that Roberts McCubbin has a service operated through the PFA to provide food to school families in need. The Helping hands service can provide help in the form of lunches and dinners to families who are experiencing difficult circumstances. If you need or know of a family that needs assistance please contact Kate Lane on kate.lane@mac.com or Alison McIntosh on 0434 132 224 who are the helping hands co-ordinators. Please do not hesitate to ask as there is no need for you or families at our school to struggle when we have a supportive community of parents willing to lend a hand. All requests are treated with the strictest confidentiality.

PFA’s Monthly Morning Tea PFA’s next Monday Morning Tea: Monday 17th of September

All parents, carers and grandparents are welcome to come along for morning tea in the hall after assembly. It’s a great opportunity to meet and catch up with other parents in our school community. Remaining Morning Teas are scheduled for: 29

th October, 26

th November and 17

th December.

PFA Committee Meetings When: Monday Morning - 8th October - 9.30am

Where: In the hall after assembly

Roberts McCubbin parents are invited and welcome to attend our monthly meetings. At these meetings, we discuss our recent events and any new business/ideas/thoughts and feedback. If you would like to be a part of these discussions or want to be involved but not sure how, we would love you to come along! Your thoughts and suggestions are all welcome so please come along if you would like to discuss anything with us.

Our following meetings are:

Tuesday night – 13th

November at Inga’s (PFA Treasurer) house.

Monday morning – 3rd

December 9.30am in the School Hall after assembly.

Other Up Coming PFA Events Transition Morning Tea – November

Mango Drive – November School Disco - 14

th December, to be held as part of the children’s class parties

Your feedback is important to us. Every year the PFA (not necessarily the same team of people) organises events for social and or fundraising purposes. Often the event is reviewed and we ask ourselves if it was a success. Could it have been done differently? Your thoughts and suggestions are always welcome and appreciated, so please just let us know via email matoularomeo@yahoo.com.au or drop off a note into our pigeon hole via the office. Thank you.

Thought for the Week “Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way.” – Dr Suess

Matoula Romeo - PFA President

COMMUNITY NEWS

Dear Roberts McCubbin Parents, Junior Rockers is currently offering lessons to Robbie Mac’s

students in guitar, keyboard/piano, singing and drums.

The lessons are run weekly around the specialist timetable.

You can choose private lessons ($27/lesson) or shared lessons ($20/lesson). Shared lessons have a maximum of 2

students.

For more information or to book in for lessons, please email sue@juniorrockers.com or call us on 8740 3902

Or go to www.juniorrockers.com and fill in the online

application.

Clarinet, Flute and Saxophone lessons

Vacancies exist for tuition during school hours

Experienced teacher

Inexpensive instrument hire available

Ask for form at office

JCJ Cafe Catchup All welcome (kids too)

When: Thursday, 13th September at 9.30am Where: Sketches Cafe Bar

(pending weather either in the atrium or garden) 273 Burwood Highway, Burwood

(just up from the corner of Burwood Hwy and Station St.) Any queries contact Narelle or Robin at

narellemcgeehan@yahoo.com.au or frippster@big pond.com. Hope to see you there. REPS.

Melbourne Moon Lantern Festival in Box Hill

On Saturday, 22 September 2012 the Melbourne Moon Lantern Festival will be held in Box Hill. As part of their involvement in the festival, AXF Group will be inviting children to make traditional Chinese lanterns. Children will be given a lantern making kit and will be guided through the activity with an AXF representative. In true festival spirit, there will be prizes for the best lanterns throughout the day.

There will be lots to see and do at the Moon Lantern Festival. The cultural festival will be filled with live music and dancing and stallholders will line Main Street and Market Street selling food and drinks. The Festival will run from 10:00am until 5:00pm.

Children are invited to come down and join in what will be a wonderful day of outdoor activities and family fun. Visit the AXF Group stalls located at 59-61 Market Street for lantern making sessions running from 10:00am until 4:00pm.

We hope to see you there.

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2ND HAND CLOTHES / 2ND

HAND BOOKS & QUALITY

2ND HAND GOODS

There will be several school stalls this year that would be delighted to receive your donations of 2nd hand books, 2nd hand clothes, as well as quality unwanted Bric-A-Brac, Antiques, Furniture for our Trash N Treasure Stall. So start collecting your items now.

There will be 3 Afternoon/Evenings donation drop off dates from 3.30pm until 6.30pm in

the undercroft where we will be accepting 2nd hand books, 2nd hand clothes and quality

Bric-A-Brac, Antiques, Furniture for our Trash N Treasure stalls: Friday: 14/9, Friday: 12/10

and Friday: 26/10