FRIDAY, 5 MARCH 2021

IN THIS EDITION… UPCOMING EVENTS

Remember to

bring your hat and

drink bottle each

day.

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WEEK 6, TERM 1

Mon 8 Mar Labour Day – No School

Tues 9 Mar Curriculum Day – No School

Wed 10 Mar Prep Teamwork Workshop

Thurs 11 Mar School Photos Grades 1, 5 & 6

Fri 12 Mar School Photos Grade 2 & Sibling Photos

Fri 12 Mar Whole School Assembly via YouTube

Sat 13 Mar Bunnings BBQ in Clyde North

Pg 2 Principal’s Report

Pg 3 Important Dates

Pg 4 Fielder Awards

Pg 5 PBS Acknowledgements

Pg 6-7 100 Word Writing Challenge

Pg 8-13 Specialist Grade of the Week

Pg 14 BFPS Swimming Trials

Pg 15-16 Birthday Celebrations

Pg 17 Term 1 Calendar

Pg 18 QKR How to change year levels and

add students canteen lunches

Pg 19-23 Team Kids Newsletter

Pg 24-25 Moonlit Sanctuary

Pg 26 Rowville Secondary College

Pg 27 Lyndhurst Secondary College

Pg 28 Cathy –Lee Dance

Pg 29 Berwick Lightning

FIELDS FOCUS

Hi Everyone,

Last Friday it was great to award our 2021 Team Captains, Specialist Leaders, School Grounds for Learning Leaders and Junior

School Council members, their badges at an outdoor assembly. Whilst this celebration took on a COVID safe format, it still

illustrated the pride and confidence that our students have for our school. I wish all these students the very best as they represent

their peers in their decisions and leadership actions.

As a means to acknowledge the excellent learning and conduct that occurs at Berwick Fields we will continue to award students,

with our Excellence Awards, Fielder Certificates and Bronze Butterflies at school assemblies. The Excellence Award enables us to

foster our culture that encourages student to care deeply about the quality of their work; inspiring integrity, knowledge, dedication

and pride. We will also be sustaining our treasured Fielder awards as a means to acknowledge personal achievements and efforts,

along with our Bronze Butterflies, who’s leadership is endorsed by our School Council.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Volunteers for our Bunnings BBQ in Clyde North

We are looking for volunteers to donate some of their time to help Berwick Fields run a

barbeque at Bunnings Clyde North. If you are free on Saturday 13 March to help us cook and

serve, but more importantly have some fun socializing with our local community, please fill in

the following form (https://forms.gle/wUMgctGyhijSmGF38).

The barbeque will run between 8am and 4pm. To start serving from 8am we would need some

assistance from 7am for preparation. For a successful day we would love to have 5 volunteers

on each 1 hour shift. You are more than welcome to volunteer for longer than a 1 hour shift.

Kind regards,

AmandaAmanda.ellaby@education.vic.gov.au

Extra Long Weekend

Finally, enjoy this longer weekend with Monday being a public holiday and Tuesday also being a School

Council endorsed student free day in support of our staff’s professional learning. TeamKids will be open on

Tuesday if you require care for your child/ren so please ensure you have booked them in either via TeamKids’

website or contact Reece directly on 0484 300 074.

Word of the Term!

At our virtual assembly I introduced the students to the word courteous given its strong connection to our school value of

friendliness! In their classroom they will be challenged to use this word in their conversations and in their writing. I would

encourage you to have a go at using it at home too and see if they recall it being our school’s words of the tem! This effort to build

children’s vocabulary has great benefits for their literacy, social skills development and self confidence.

Camp to Canberra

This week has certainly been a memorable time for the 105 grade six students that attended the camp to Canberra for an education

tour of the national capital. With so many significant monuments and sights such as the Australian Institute of Sport, the Electoral

Education Centre and Questacon to just name a few, students were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational

programs with a focus on Australia’s history, culture, heritage and democracy. The Australian Government recognises the importance

of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. To assist families in

meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government contributed funding of $45 per student under the Parliament and Civics

Education Rebate program towards those costs. The rebate is paid directly to the school upon completion of the excursion, and was

already deducted from the amount charged to families for the camp.

Mr Mills did report back to me that this group of students were very knowledgeable during the Parliament House tour, demonstrated

by the excellent questions that they asked so great to see that the preliminary work paid off. We are anticipating that they will be

some exhausted students (staff and parents) over the long weekend!! I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank, on your

behalf the committed, energetic, enthusiastic and fun loving adults who went along. A big thank you to James Bray, Travis Carter,

Kym Daniels, Irina Gillespie, Katherine Lynch and Renae Russell. who supported both the students and our staff on this big

adventure! Thank you to Jo Brown, David Campbell, Colleen Davies, Amy McGavigan, Kate Malone, Dale Mills and Tanya

Wright for the high quality care and attention they gave all the students who attended.

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Important Reminders

Find your place in the world! We would like the Berwick Fields

community to reconnect with our school garden. We are seeking

volunteers to get involved in our garden classes and

community programs. Do you have an interest in growing

vegetables, herbs or fruit? Are you handy with garden

maintenance?

Commencing week 6 on a Wednesday once a fortnight (even

weeks 6, 8, 10), we are opening our garden to all students and

community members alike to work after school. So dig out your

gloves, slap on a hat and come and join us on Wednesday 4th

March, between 3:30-4:30pm. We will meet at the bike shed.

If you would like to join us in the garden we would love you to

help any day Monday to Friday!

Please email Hayley or Shae on

hayley.adie@education.vic.gov.au or

shae.boersma@education.vic.gov.au

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

AND FIELDS FARM

CURRICULUM DAYS 2021

In 2021, the following Student Free Days have been endorsed

by School Council:

Tuesday 9 March (Week 7, Term 1)

Thursday 24 June (Week 10, Term 2)

Friday 6 August (Week 4, Term 3)

Friday 19 November (Week 7, Term 4)

OUT OF HOURS SCHOOL CARE

Our before and after school care program is run by Team

Kids. They operate Before School Care from 6:45am to

8.45am, and After School Care from 3.15pm to 6:30pm.

For information about their programs, please see the Team

Kids website or contact our service directly 0484 300 074.

https://teamkids.com.au/about-us/

NEW SCHOOL PHOTOS DATE

Friday 5 March Preps, 3 & 4

Thursday 11 March Grades 1, 5, 6 & JSC

Friday 12 March Grade 2 & Siblings

Our school photos have

been rescheduled for

later this term.

Download the Compass School

Manager app from the Google Play or

iOS app store to receive notifications to

your phone of upcoming events, and all

notices that go home!

Just a reminder that we only use Qkr! to process online canteen

orders. In support of your child/ren’s lunch order being put in the

right classroom tub it would be appreciated if you could go

into your Qkr! app and updated each child’s 2021 year level

and class details. This is done under the PROFILE tab.

CANTEEN

4A Mehreen Z

4B Piper W

4C Samira K

4D Brian L Zabi N

4E Garv P Mehul S

4F Danica H

5A Nethini Jade

5B Jett P Jade K

5C Joanne D Geet B

5D Logan G Tyler A

5E Taite W

6A Cooper C Oliver R

6B Alyssa GSonny Bob

Rhys A

6C Bianca Basit F

6D Noah Yusuf

6E Lucas S Jenuli K M

Mandarin Abbie-Rose 1B Katarah P 0B

Enviro Jordan O 2E Jazmin H 5C

Acceleration Sarah 3D Chantelle V 5C

REP Harrison M 5B

ARTS Jack BIsaiah M

Noah R

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FIELDER AWARDSCongratulations to the following students who received a Fielder Award for Week 5 of Term 1.

Prep A Kyan T S

Prep C Aiden K

Prep D William T Maddie H-S

Prep E Ayden O Jarrah M

Prep F Jake K Iyrah B

1A Vincent O

1B Adithi

1C Elizabeth M Ryan D

1D Kobe C Zoe M

1E Sofia D

2A Olli L Fa'Amanuia F

2B Vuk M

2C Hudson F Jack F

2D Blair W

2E Abby N Jack R

2F Phoenix M

3A Bobby

3B Lisa Hannah

Eddy

3C Sanjana

3D Daisy S

3E Emillia Viha

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PBS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSCongratulations to the following students who received a

Fielder Award for Week 5 of Term 1.

Prep A Cayden R

Prep C Alees Faizi

Prep D Ruby Nicholls

Prep E Mithra S

2A Jadzia Celeste

2D Abigail L

3C Archer

3D James R

3E Lachlan

4A Keegan

4C Gage H

4E Akanksha K

4F Daisy M

5E Kumail Ewaz

6A Nishant B

6B Samantha G Hudson F

6C Aaron K Riley A

Enviro Lachlan D

100 Word Challenge – Term 1 Week 5

Thank you to everyone who entered the first 100 Word Challenge for 2021! The prompt was to imagine a giant box is delivered to your front doorstep with your name on it. What’s inside and what happens when you open it?

Ishaan B 2DOne bright morning, there was a parcel delivered outside my home. I didn’t know what was inside the box. I opened it and I saw a magical remote control Porsche. I wanted to test the car out. This car was unusual because while I was controlling it was getting bigger and bigger. I was alarmed. I quickly opened the garage and I parked it inside. I sat inside the toy car and it felt like a real one. It was a two seater with a convertible roof. It had no buttons but a screen controlling everything. Next morning, I took the car on a long drive. I felt fantastic.

By Chloe L - 1DI came home from school. There was a giant box on the doorstep. It had my name on it. I was excited and nervous because the box was wriggling.

I went to get Dad because I didn’t know what it was. I stood back a little bit and the box wriggled open. I saw what it was. It was a cute unicorn with a rainbow horn and purple mane. It looked playful. I was just excited now because I like unicorns.

I took it inside and watched it run around. It was running so fast it was hard to stop. It jumped when it stopped.

100 Word Challenge – Term 1 Week 5

Thank you to everyone who entered the first 100 Word Challenge for 2021! The prompt was to imagine a giant box is delivered to your front doorstep with your name on it. What’s inside and what happens when you open it?

Shrihan S - 5DIt was a dark misty jet black night. I walked outside and I instantly started shivering. It was as cold as the Antarctic and I could feel the ice forming on the grass. The thing I found most puzzling was that there was a massive box outside on my house but I quickly rushed inside my house but I had a gut feeling it was not a good idea to open the box! There could be anything inside the box but when I opened it there was a secret dimension to another world. The place was the most amazing place to be seen. it all ends in an amazing way.

Marlia A - 5D“Ding dong,” As the doorbell rang Kimmy raced downstairs, I always got excited when the doorbell rang because I was excited to see who it was, but this time it certainly wasn’t something you would usually expect. Kimmy opened the door and a dark black figure appeared. “I have a package,” he said. “Who for? ”Kimmy asked curiously. He didn’t answer, instead he walked off. Kimmy glanced at the package, it had my name on it! As Kimmy opened it she got sucked inside! When she opened my eyes she saw a strange blurry blue figure, it was a dragon!

FIELDS FOCUS

Specialist Grade of the Week

Week 3

Our first Grade of the Week

winners with the gnome!

2C!

5D!

FIELDS FOCUS

Specialist Grade of the Week

Week 4To win the gnome your year level must be respectful, responsible and safe through all your Specialist classes. Congratulations to both year levels for receiving the gnome this week.

Congratulations PC and 5A!for being this week’s Specialist year levels of the week!

PC!

5A!

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Specialist Classes

Check out some of the fun we have had harvesting apples and peaches in Environmental Science.

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Specialist Grade of the Week

Week 5

2B!

To win the gnome your year level must be respectful, responsible and safe through all your Specialist classes. Congratulations to both year

levels for receiving the gnome this week.

Congratulations 2B and 3C!for being this week’s Specialist year levels of the week!

3C!

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Specialist Classes

The junior students have been exploring living and non living things in Environmental Science.

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Specialist Classes

Grade 3/4 students have been learning the correct way to safely use tools in the garden.

FIELDS FOCUS

BIRTHDAYS CELBERATIONS Congratulations to the following students who received a Fielder Award for Week 3 of Term 1.

February 21st

Kye KFebruary 23rd

Ethan CAlan FRyker SJosh B

March 2nd

Charlie PTyler CElla B

Mason RAtharv GRehan L

February 27th

Avi BLexie B

Fabian TEmir K

Reggie M

February 29th

Sahara E

February 26th

Marcus MEthan RDaniel LJada L

February 25th

Aisha A

March 3rd

Lily MSiraj K

February 24th

Lola CEion M

March 11th

Tiago MXavier M

Kanishka J

February 28th

Edmond S SRitwik G

February 22nd

Ruby WKyson N

Anthony S

March 1st

Hamav SAkanksha K

March 4th

Erin TKobe S

Tiffany R

March 10th

Harjap SAaron K

March 5th

Belal Ahman TIsla WMax B

Dhruv S March 7th

Aiden KAustin R

March 6th

Violet BJacob T

Raksshitha R SJaxon H

March 8th

Zac RicardoAli A

March 9th

Mitchell NRuby NJoel T

Phoebe HSaiharshan P

FIELDS FOCUS

BIRTHDAYS CELBERATIONS Congratulations to the following students who received a Fielder Award for Week 3 of Term 1.

March 18th

Patrick RMahi J

March 12th

Reagan-Lee TRyan D

Senomee ASienna KIsabelle T

Triet NKeerthi P

March 14th

Lilly L

March 13th

Scarlett KShaylee JKhian P

March 16th

Archie YSilver PLaila C

Anthony P

March 17th

Sri CHudson F

Diya P

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NEWSLETTER

IMPORTANT

DATES

Service Mobile: Service Email:

Of fice Phone: Of fice Email:

ASC WEEK:MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

WHAT’S BEEN

HAPPENING

TEAMKIDS

CLUBS

Berwick Fields Primary Pupil Free Day Service will be open from 6:45am-6:30pm

0484 300 074 berwickfieldsps@teamkids.com.au

1300 035 000 info@teamkids.com.au

Tuesday 9th March

TEAMKIDS BERWICK

FIELDS

Monday 8th March

WHATS NEWS?The last few weeks we have been busy at

before and afterschool care giving out lots of

TeamKids Value Badges.

IMPORTANT DATES

Public HolidayTeamKids Closed

MELINDA(2IC)

REECE(DIRECTOR OF SERVICE)

Wednesday 10th MarchTeamKids Biggest BirthdayAfter School Care

Can you get all 5 badges and become a

TeamKids HERO?

NEWSLETTER

IMPORTANT

DATES

Service Mobile: Service Email:

Of fice Phone: Of fice Email:

ASC WEEK:MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

WHAT’S BEEN

HAPPENING

TEAMKIDS

CLUBS

0484 300 074 berwickfieldsps@teamkids.com.au

1300 035 000 info@teamkids.com.au

TEAMKIDS BERWICK

FIELDS

GO WILD THESE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AT MOONLIT SANCTUARY KEEPER CLUB

Kids enjoy environmental activities, animal encounters and native animal care. Day includes: interactions with dingo, python, off-limits animals, feeding animals and food prep, animal enrichment activities. Learn about our animals, their conservation and the environment. For ages 7-14 years.

Autumn 2021 School Holiday Dates: Week One: Tuesday 6th, Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th, Friday 9th April Week Two: Monday 12th, Tuesday 13th, Wednesday 14th, Thursday 15th, Friday 16th April

Cost: $90.00 per day Small groups of 16 children per day.

Bookings essential as spaces are limited Dress for the weather, wear closed-toe shoes and remember your hat or raincoat. BYO lunch or purchase at the café.

Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Park 550 Tyabb-Tooradin Rd, Pearcedale Phone 5978 7935 www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au Open daily between 10am and 5pm. Keeper Club runs from 9am-2pm.