TERM 2

20th- 26th May Education Week- “Celebrating The Arts”

Friday 25th May District Cross Country

Monday 28th May From Halfway Around The World Performance (2pm)

Thursday 31st May Reconciliation Week Activity – G5/6

Wednesday 30th May – 1st June Grade 3 Camp (Port Fairy)

Wednesday 6th June District Winter Series

Friday 22nd June School Photo Day

Arts Day at Bundarra!

Wednesday 27th June Student led Conferences (Students, Parents and Teachers)

No students to attend School

Thursday 28th June Last day of Term for students

Friday 29th June Curriculum Day – No students to attend School

TERM 3

Monday 16th July First Day Term 3

Monday 24th July Junior Swimming Program Starts

Tuesday 17th – 20th July Grade 6 Camp (Urban Camp)

Wednesday 1st August Parents & Friends Popcorn Day

22nd – 24th August Grade 4 Camp (Dunkeld)

Thursday 30th August District Basketball

Thursday 13th September Circus of Life Performance at Bundarra (2pm)

Friday 14th September Maker Fest 18 in Warrnambool

Friday 21st September Last Day Term 3 - Early Finish 2:15pm

TERM 4

Monday 8th October First Day Term 4

Monday 8th – 12th October Artist in Residence – The Big Samba

Monday 29th October- 1st Nov Grade 5 Camp (Sunnystones)

Thursday 8th- 9th November Grade1/2 Sleepover

Monday 5th November Blast Cup (Cricket)

Friday 23rd November Colour Run

Friday 7th December Bundarra Christmas Carols

Thursday 20th December Grade 6 Graduation

Friday 21st December Last Day Term 4 - Early Finish 2:15pm

Principal: Mrs Tara Hulonce abn: 21 860 290 195

m: Po Box 736 Portland 3305 e: bundarra.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

w: www.bundarraps.vic.edu.au p: 03 5523 4122 f: 03 5521 7355

Children are not actively supervised at school until 8:30am.

Week 6 Term 2 Thursday 24th May 2018

Don’t forget to pack

each and every day for a healthy snack! Yum!!

William is a resilient student who is the

embodiment of our class motto ‘don’t

say I can’t, say I can’t yet.’ William is

committed to improving his learning in

ALL areas. William continues to

accept whatever challenge is thrown

his way with a smile and a ‘I got this!’

William you should be particularly

proud of your commitment to

improving your reading. William

continues to approach even the most

difficult texts with confidence. This has

already paid off for him in leaps and

bounds! William you show us every

day how important it is to keep trying

even when it gets hard! Keep up the

positive attitude William! YOU GOT

THIS!

Imarni is a highly motivated

student and always strives to do

her best. She tackles all tasks

with a positive attitude and is

incredibly eager to accept

additional work. Imarni is also a

friendly and courteous student

whose exuberant personality is

infectious and never fails to

captivate those around her.

Imarni your incredible smile

never fails to light up a room.

Please continue to share your

light with those around you.

Notes from Mrs Hulonce…

Reconciliation Week

Next week is Reconciliation Week. It is an

opportunity for indigenous and non-indigenous

students to come together to celebrate advances

in cultural acceptance and recognition. It

recognises that indigenous people were the

original founders of our great land and Australians

voted to remove clauses that discriminated

against Indigenous people. There is a special

event on Thursday 31st May at the Civic Hall where

grades 5 and 6 will attend traditional games,

Aboriginal language at the Civic Hall. It will start at

10:20am and conclude at 1:00pm. Students are

to wear school uniform and bring their own lunch

and drink on the day. A bus has been arranged

to pick up and drop off students to the event. An

information letter has gone home to those

students attending.

Enrolment Week

If you have a child starting Foundation in 2019 we

encourage you to enrol in the week starting

Monday June 11TH. Any parents wanting a look

around our school can make a time for a tour

during this week. All schools in Portland encourage

students to go to their Neighbourhood School.

Assembly-

We have taken on some parent and staff

feedback regarding School Assemblies being on

Friday afternoons. We recognise that this timing

could be improved… so we will be trialling a

changed timeslot for assembly- moving it to

Tuesday afternoon at 2:15pm in the GYM. Classes

will go directly to the gym when the bell goes and

if we finish early this time may be used back in the

classrooms. We see assemblies as an excellent

opportunity to showcase and celebrate student

achievement. This will be starting next Tuesday the

29th May. Thanks for your support!

Have a fun week everyone!

Think positive, be positive and positive

things will happen!

Your attitude determines your

direction

POSITIVE ATTITUDE

We can’t always control our circumstances but we can

always choose our attitude. This does not mean you

have to try and stop your negative feelings – we all have

them and it is healthy to feel all the different feelings we

have. A positive attitude is about dusting yourself off from

those negative feelings each time we have them and

choosing to focus on the things that make us feel positive.

Being a positive person can be as simple as smiling, being

friendly and focusing on the good things you have in your

life.

Consider this-

How can you start to grow your positive attitude?

Can you change the words you use? E.g. Instead

of complaining “It’s too hot today!” try thinking of

the good things “We get to have Zooper Doopers

today!” It can be even simpler, “I only have one

fidget spinner” to “I have a fidget spinner!” As

humans, language has the ability to shape our

thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Try making the

shift in the words you say every day and watch

what happens to your attitude!

Family Values Challenge-

Play a game with the words you use at home –

create a “Positivity Jar” (kind of like a swear jar –

but with the opposite purpose)) every time

someone says something negative that you or

another family member can turn into a positive, the

owner of the negative words places a coin in the

jar!

Go online-

Here are some extra tips for growing a positive

mindset:

https://timemanagementninja.com/2012/02/21-

ways-to-define-a-positive-attitude/

Junior kids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KgWPTv8Gz8

Senior kids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5aPrSDrQiI

Indigenous Food Garden We are at the beginning of a very exciting new

project here at Bundarra Primary School and

we need your help!

We are building a local indigenous food garden as part of a bigger

ongoing project. To get started we need to dig out existing plants

and weeds in this area - this is where we need your help! If you have

any spare time during school hours this coming week we’d love your

muscle to start clearing this area. If you are available to help out at

all we would be extremely grateful. Please see Miss Mee to let her

know when you can help.

Every Monday is

school banking day

at Bundarra. Bring in

your bank books,

with no minimum

deposit, to the office

and start your saving

now! Thank you to

Aidan Murray’s Mum,

Kayla, who is our

school banking

coordinator.

F1D: Hudson Sherwell F1V: Tyler Berg

12D: Ella Beyer 23L: Lexia Dimitrijevic

34M: Jasper White 56E: Jayde Brydson 56G: Alex Boyd

56S: Jaymon White Nook: Jacob McKenzie & Ella Miller

Science: Aiden Murray

Welcome to Breakfast at Bundarra!

Thanks to our ongoing support from the

Food Bank and Bakers Delight we are

able to continue offering breakfast for

the whole school every Wednesday and

Friday!

Join us in the Kitchen from 8:30am for a

range or cereals, fresh fruit, hot toast,

milo and toasted sandwiches.

School Breakfast Program

$35- Cultural $7- excursions

$130- Books and Requisites

$100- Swimming = $272 TOTAL

Please feel free to start making

payments for the 2018 school year.

There are lots of payment options

available including Centrepay,

please see the office for more

information.

Division Cross Country

Congratulation once again to Oscar Barbary, Kade

Wilson, Josh Leonard, Will McIntyre and Xavier

Sherwell, who will represent Bundarra and the Portland

District this Friday at the Division Cross Country event in

Warrnambool. We wish the boys the best of luck and we

know they will represent our school proudly. Run hard

boys!

If you have a child starting Foundation in 2019 we

encourage you to enrol in the week starting

Monday June 11th. Any parents wanting to have

a look around our school can make a time for a

tour during this week.

All schools in the Portland and District area

encourage students to go to their

Neighbourhood School.

Yesterday

Grade 1/2D were lucky enough to

complete a lesson with

the Workskills adult

disability education

class. We worked on

healthy food choices and

then shared a healthy

morning tea together.

Aiden Murray 23L – We Went to Port of Portland and

we looked around. We saw wood chips coming to

the port in trucks. They were tipped onto the wood

chips pile. The woodchips then go onto the ships to

China. In China the wood chips are made into tissues,

baby nappies, paper and toilet paper. Then they go

to Australia and they give people tissues, baby

nappies, and toilet paper to everyone. The Bus Driver

was Xavier’s dad. He was driving the bus around the

Port of Portland. After that we went back to school

and had recess and then played for five minutes.

Xavier Tait 23L – On Tuesday 22 May 2018 12D and

23L went to the Port of Portland. We went on a bus.

My Dad was driving it. When we got there we drove

in. Everybody saw a big stack of woodchips and a

big puddle. We also saw Zahlees Mum. Everybody

waved to her. She didn’t see us. I learnt that the

wood chips could be made into paper like toilet

paper, furniture and tissues. We saw a lot of bull

dozers on the wood chips. Everybody noticed Zahlees

mum was counting big trucks. This was the best day

ever!

Zahlee Rundell 23L - 22 of May,

Tuesday, 2018. On Tuesday 23L and 12D

went to the Port of Portland. My mum

works at the Port. We all saw her but she

didn’t even see the bus that we were on.

I learnt that ships are sent over to China

with wood chips on the ship. I also saw

the trucks tipping out wood chips. I

thought the Port was very interesting. Our

tour guide was very very nice and kind.

His name was Graeme. I learnt that the

tugboats take in and out the ships. I

learnt that when the trucks tip, the

person is not in the trucks and that the

truck just sits on its brakes. The soft wood

is made into toilet paper and paper

tissues in China. I really liked the Port

because I liked watching the trucks

tipping the woodchips onto the

conveyor belt.

12D & 23L Port Tour

Darcy Johnson 12D

22nd May 2018

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING 22/5/2018 Netbooks- 2018 Grade 4 students can start paying for their netbooks that are required in grade 5/6 (payment plan) so there is not such a financial burden in 2019. This is possible- see Emma in the office. Undercover area- bird mess- Henry has a new idea- Balcony Guard. Speakers up along the top of the roof, connect to power and then it gives off a sound to keep the birds away. We can hire a scissor lift. School Council has approved this. Class Dojo -Leadership teachers to take to other staff about introducing Class Dojo. School Facebook page- This is something that Kate was looking into. Environment – Sustainability GARDEN PLANS- Erin organised Rachael to visit and give advice…

sensory garden plants

kids to do mosaic pavers in put in planter boxes. (Kindness rocks?)

paint benches

Want to retain some donated succulents in this area. We are completing a large mural to go on outside of Senior Quad area. Handyman to fix. WORKING BEE- We would like to arrange an informal “working bee” to get some jobs done- prepare garden beds for replanting etc. Working bee jobs: prepare gardens for planting (undercover area) re-stain stage/ bin storage area (GYM) pressure wash undercover area Council committee members plus partners to come on the 23rd June. BASKETBALL COURT- Thanks Erin for getting this quote. Not an option at this stage. Parents & Friends- Popcorn day $1.00 a cup – Wed 1st August @ lunch time Last day lunch – Thurs 28th June Colour run – Friday 23rd November Camps, events and Excursions- Reconciliation week activity- G5/6 10:20am - 1.00pm, Thursday 31st May, 2018 Civic Hall, Bentinck Street Portland Arts Day at Bundarra- 22nd June 2018 Term 2 Curriculum Day- 29th June 2018. Topic- Smiling Minds/ Growth Mindset (linked to AIP Goals 1 and 2) No students at school on this day. Grade 6 Camp- Urban Camp (Rai Cullen) Documents to be signed- Tara and Henry

From Halfway Around the World

We will be learning more about… -Indigenous people’s Dreamtime stories. -Maori Haka. -The Tampa and Afghan refugees. -Aesop’s fables. -Different types of cultures. -Tall stories. -Fairy tales.

Connection to the Curriculum… How language is used in a variety of ways -to interact effectively. -build and maintain relationships. -in a range of moral, social and cultural settings.

Monday

28th

May