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Principal’s Report School Calendar

Uniform Shop Open 9.00

Every Tuesday & Friday

Sunday 17 March

Working Bee 9am

Tuesday 19 March

2020 Prep Information

Evening 7pm

Friday 22 March

Musica Viva Incursion

Saturday 23 March

Warrandyte Festival Pa-

rade 10.30am

Tuesday 26 March

Fun Run/House Cross

Country

Wednesday 27 March

Finance-6.30pm/AGM-

7pm-School Council

Meeting-7.30pm

Friday 5 April

Last day term 1—2.30

Finish

Tuesday 23 April

Term 2 Commences

Alert Issue 46

Warrandyte

Primary School

7 March 2019

Website: www.warrandyteps.vic.edu.au Email: [email protected]

Creativity Achievement Respect Encouragement

All classes will have established their classroom norms and procedures for dealing

with behaviours in their classroom. The focus is on developing positive behaviours

within our students and staff. Our House Points System, has been established, to

reward positive behaviours. Student leaders are working with staff to implement

this program. Jo Braden (Department of Education and Training) has started work-

ing with the school on the implementation of a school wide positive behaviour

support framework.

When students are showing signs of disrespectful behaviour there is often underly-

ing reasons for this. Some of these reasons can include:

biophysical factors, such as medical conditions or disabilities psychological factors, including emotional trauma or lack of social skills behavioural/social factors, including where a student’s problem behaviour

has been learned through reinforcement, consequences or adaptation to social practices (a student with a learning difficulty repeatedly misbehaves knowing that he/she will be removed from the class and this will avoid his/her learning difficulty being exposed)

historical community factors, including for Koorie students whose family member/s had difficult, sometimes traumatic, experiences of school and gov-ernment agencies

cultural factors student group dynamics such as bullying and teasing, cliques or student apa-

thy or hostility environmental factors, (the level of classroom noise or classroom seating

arrangements) classroom organisation issues, such as inconsistent routines, inadequate ma-

terials or obliviousness to cultural differences

(https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/behaviour/student-behaviour/Pages/studentbehaviour.aspx)

In many cases, there is no single “cause” of challenging behavior, but it is the result of several factors operating in combination. The SWPBS (School Wide Positive Behaviour Support) framework sets out to elimi-nate many of the challenging behaviors by taking a proactive and positive ap-proach. It provides staff with the tools to reflect on their own practice and the

mailto:[email protected]

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/behaviour/student-behaviour/Pages/studentbehaviour.aspx

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/behaviour/student-behaviour/Pages/studentbehaviour.aspx

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impact this can have on others. Last week I mentioned that some of our Year 5/6 students were researching and

discussing how teachers can engage students in the classroom. This is a wonderful example of how students are

involved in the learning process and the importance of ‘student voice’.

During the first 5 weeks of 2019, I have observed some wonderful examples of staff working with students develop-

ing positive behaviors and respectful relationships.

The positive vibe amongst the students (and the community) is a result of staff efforts and dedication in setting up

classrooms and ensuring a positive and supportive learning environment.

Run Warrandyte What a wonderful level of participation we had in this year’s, ‘Run Warrandyte’. It was great to see so many stu-dents and parents involved in this fabulous community event. A number of our students raised money for the school, thank you for your support and fundraising efforts. The two highest student fundraisers for the event (taken from all schools who participated) were from Warrandyte Primary School. Jazz (and Atticus) and Trixie raised over $400 between them and as a result the school was rewarded with $1000. Thank you students and parents for your commitment to this event and also to our school.

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School Health Nurse The 2019 School Entrant Health Questionnaire (SEHQ) covers general health, dental health, speech, vision, devel-opment, behaviour, emotional wellbeing and family stress. It provides a clinical tool to assist nurses to identify those children who may require further assessment and support in the first year of school and enables teachers and nurses to work collaboratively with families to improve outcomes for children. Last week all Prep parents or guardians would have received their child’s health questionnaire. Completion of the SEHQ questionnaire is required before a child can be seen by the Primary School Nurse. The SEHQ needs to be completed by the parent or guardian of each individual student. At the time of the visit, the Primary School Nurse will discuss with Kylie any concerns they may have about students in their class. Student referral forms are also available from the school office for students in Years 1-6. These forms should also be returned to the school office by Friday 15 March. Compass This week, staff were trained in using our new whole school communication system, Compass. Over the next cou-ple of weeks, they will have the opportunity to learn the new system before we make it available to our parent community. More details to follow.

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School Council Elections 2019 – Call for Nominations (Close today!) An election is to be conducted for members of the School Council of Warrandyte Primary School. All Government schools in Victoria have a School Council. They are legally formed bodies that are given powers to set the key directions of the school within centrally provided guidelines. There are 3 possible categories of membership: A mandated elected parent category. Department employees can be parent members at their child’s school.

A mandated elected Department employee category. The Principal of the school is automatically one of these mem-bers

An optional community member category. Its members are co-opted by a decision of the council because of their special skills interests or experiences. The term of office for members is two years. Half the membership must retire each year and this creates vacancies for the annual School Council elections. All you need is the desire to work in partnership with others to help shape the school’s future. If there are more nominations received than there are vacancies on council, a ballot will be conducted in the two weeks after the call for nominations has closed. Vacancies: Parent members of Council - 5 Department of Education and Training employee member - 3 Nominations close at 4.00 pm today. ‘Notice of election and call for nominations’ forms will be available at the school office from Monday 18th February. If you require further information about School Council or the process for filling vacancies, please contact the office. The Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 27th March, after which the 2019 School Council will meet. Whole School Performance We are currently working through our options for this year’s school performance. Once these details are finalised we will inform our parent community. Congratulations

All students and parents who took part and completed the Warrandyte Run last Sunday. Well done.

Year 5/6 Interschool Sport teams for your outstanding support of each other and sportspersonship in your

games against Andersons Creek Primary School.

Our House Leaders for organising and running our first whole school house activity for the year where students

had to design a mascot for their house.

Thought of the Week

Your beliefs don’t make you a better person. Your behaviour does.

Finally, there will be no assembly next week due to Monday being a public holiday. Have a great long weekend.

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Craig Crouch

Principal

School Council Report

February, 2019

Our February meeting was the final school council meeting before the newly elected candidates commence in

March. Each year, five councillors become up for re-election while the other five remain for the following year. If

you would like to join us on School Council please fill out a form in the office. We are a friendly team that meet

once per month from 7:30pm – 9:30pm.

Our Annual General Meeting is to be held on March 27, 7pm in the staff room followed by the first meeting of the

newly elected school council.

I would like to sincerely thank all of our school council members for their support and hard work during the past

year. It has been very much appreciated.

During our February meeting we discussed and approved the 2019 school budget. Mr. Crouch reported on the very settled start to the school year, including how well our foundation students have enjoyed being a part of school life. Our newly appointed School Captains ventured out of the school yard and introduced themselves to several local business which was received extremely well within the community.

As we understand communication between home and school is sometimes challenging, we are exploring the idea

of using an online communication system called Compass. The staff are currently evaluating the program.

As always, please feel free to share with us your great ideas.

Kind regards,

Carolyn Curnow

School Council President

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Recently, I saw a mother give a simple, yet profound resilience lesson to her school-aged child, after he

missed a much-anticipated excursion due to poor behaviour at school. Replying to the child’s protests

about teacher unfairness and his over-reaction to missing out on a learning opportunity his mum simply

replied, “Oh well!” Then she busied herself with other tasks. The child stunned by her reaction, shrugged

and headed off to complete his homework.

Adult reactions matter

It’s in our reactions to children’s and young people’s every day mistakes, mess-ups, muck-ups and hurts

where the real lessons in resilience lay.

The lessons for this child were simple but profound. “Oh well” meant:

Stuff happens

Don’t look for fault or blame

Keep your perspective

Pick yourself off and continue with what you were doing

How to react

The resilience lesson for this mother were equally as profound. When a minor mishap with a child or

teenager occurs:

Match your response to the incident

Stay calm and be positive

Don’t look for fault or blame

Remember, stuff happens

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Resilience lesson for parents – “Oh well”

Every day there are opportunities for parents to give their children lessons in resilience.

A child misses being picked for a team that he had his heart set on joining. “Oh well. Let’s see how you go

next time”

When a boy experiences rejection in the playground at school. “Oh well. You’ll find that some people

don’t want to be your friend.”

When a teenage girl doesn’t get the mark she thinks she deserves in an assignment. “Oh well. Sometimes

we don’t get the marks we think we deserve.”

Match your response to the challenge to promote resilience.

There are times when “Oh well” won’t cut it. When a child is bullied he needs your continued support.

When a student’s continuous efforts at improvement are constantly met with criticism then you may

need to act on his behalf and meet with a teacher.

When a child always struggles to make the grade and is never picked for a team then you may need to

help him make different choices.

These types of situations also present opportunities for daily lessons in resilience, but they require more

parental support and teaching.

The resilience lessons learned are deeper and include concepts such as ‘things will eventually go you

way,’ ‘there are times when you need to seek help’ and ‘this too shall pass.’

Promoting personal resilience focuses on helping kids cope with life’s hurts, disappointments and chal-

lenges in the present, while building strengths for the future.

Daily lessons in resilience are everywhere. You just need to be ready to make the most of these valuable

lessons when they come your way.

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FOWPS News Homemade Bake Sale

Dear Warrandyte Primary families,

Each year Warrandyte Primary School benefits from our bake and fairy floss stall. This year, in line with the new no

plastic policy of the festival we ask that you send your yummy creations to school on Friday in named containers

that will be returned to you the following week. Please fill the containers with your favourite cake, slice or biscuit.

Any compostable packaging can be used such as paper paddy pans, paper plates or ‘popcorn boxes’ (e.g. for cara-

mel popcorn or toffee).

All ingredients for each product need to be provided as well as the family name. The only restriction is that the

food cannot contain cream, custard or jelly as we don't have the facilities to keep the products cold. Gluten Free

and dairy free products are well sought after if you would like to make any. We'll have a special section at the stall

for these. You can include nuts, just ensure it is clearly stated on the label.

Return the baked items to school on Friday 22 March at school drop-off or pickup. If you can't do either of these

times, you can bring them to our stall at the festival on Saturday or Sunday but it is easiest if the majority of the

contributions are brought to school on the Friday. Volunteers will be collecting the cakes and pricing them as they

arrive (put your name on the roster if you can help).

Also, if you have any tiered cake stands or transparent cake cloches we can use on the stall please also send them

in but please make sure they are named so we can return them.

We thank you in advance for all your time and effort. The homemade bake sale is one of our best annual fundrais-

ers and ultimately it is our children that benefit from our hard work.

The FOWPS team

Sick Bay Laundry Roster The lucky mum on duty is Robyn Price. Thanks for coming up to change the linen, make the beds

up and return it next week all fresh and clean, much appreciated

Cherise

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Sport News House Fun Run/Cross Country

On Tuesday 26 March our House Cross Country/Fun Run is going to be held. These events will be held in the morn-

ing. As well as determining our winning House and selecting our District Cross Country team, this is a school fund-

raising event.

A Fitness Fun Run has been organised for the students in Foundation – 2. The students in Years F - 2will compete in

their grades on the day. Foundation will be allowed a 20 minute time slot and the Years 1/2 a 30 minute time slot

to complete as many 110m laps as possible. Their results will be added to the house points from the Year 3 – 6

Cross Country Run to determine the winning House. The students in Year 3 – 6 will be competing in the House

Cross Country to be held at Stiggants Reserve.

The students participating in these activities can be sponsored for laps/kilometre completed or a donation given

to the school.

Further information regarding these events and a sponsorship form were sent home this week with your child. In

previous years this money has been put towards Physical Education equipment, new line marking on the asphalt

court, sport uniforms, post padding, resurfacing the old multi floor, resurfacing of the oval and house banners. This

year the money will go towards the return of our long jump pit.

If you are able to help on the day could you please fill in the following slip and return to school. Thank you

House Cross Country/Fun Run—Tuesday 26 March

I would love to assist in :

Foundation—2 Events YES

Years 3—6 Events YES

Name : ____________________________________________________________

Child’s Name : ________________________________________________________________________

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Interschool Sport

This week we played Andersons Creek Primary School. We had some great results with wins in all sports except

open softball, but a great effort by everyone in the team, given we had 16 students away at State School Spectacu-

lar rehearsals.

Rounders : Girls 1—/9 Cricket : 46—44 Open Softball : 7-9 Bat Tennis : 45-27

Open 22—5

Next week we have an away game at Templestowe Heights. Softball, rounders and bat tennis will be played at

school and cricket will be at Ted Ajani reserve. Students will need their hat, drink bottle and correct sport uniform.

Sally

2019 Warrandyte Festival

Hi Everyone,

The Warrandyte Festival is upon us again and I am in need of some volunteers to help make our children’s day even

more special and exciting! We are looking for volunteers who can help:

Make decorations for the truck

Decorate the truck (on the Friday afternoon prior to the festival)

We are also in need of a volunteer (who has a truck), who is willing to drive the Bush Band during the parade.

If you’re able to help, please fill out the form below and return it to your child’s teacher.

Steph

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Name:________________________________________________________________________________________

I can help with:_________________________________________________________________________________

My best contact is_______________________________________________________________________________

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March 23-24

Kids Market Applications are again online, the application form can be found at: https://warrandytefestival.org/participation/applications/ Applications are open now, until the Wednesday before the festival.

Duck Race As in past years, students are invited to take part in the historic Duck Race by purchas-ing a duck and decorating with as much imagination and pizzazz as possible. This year, we are also encouraging students to repurpose and re-use their ducks from last year. Ducks can be cleaned and re-decorated for a second attempt at winning the race ! Ducks are available to purchase from the office. Recycled Duck - $2 New Duck - $3 Re-purposed Duck - $2 (includes race entry fee) The Ducks will be featured in the parade and on display at the Festival both days. The big race is held Sunday 24th at 2.30pm. * Please consider the environment when decorating the ducks. Also, please ensure child's name and school is written in permanent marker on the base of the repurposed ducks.

Monster Community Raffle

All Manningham-based community organisations, schools and sporting clubs can take part in the Manningham Monster Raffle by selling tickets. From every $2 ticket sold, $1.50 goes back to the organisation who sells the ticket and 50 cents returns to the Manningham Community Fund to support welfare ser-vices offered by charitable organisations within our community.

First prize is a $5,000 Coles/Myer Gift Voucher following on with five $1,000 Coles/Myer Vouchers as consolation prizes.

Last year the raffle saw more than $32,000 raised for the Manningham Community Fund and not-for-profit organi-sations in the City.

The raffle opens on 17 February and closes 3 May with the winner being drawn at 8.00pm the Manningham Civic Awards Gala, Manningham Function Centre, Doncaster on 22 May 2019.

Thank you for your support.

https://warrandytefestival.org/participation/applications/

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OSHC News This week at OSHC has been a week full of activities! We made pancakes from scratch for a fun and relaxing activity for Pancake Tuesday - and enjoyed them together for afternoon tea. We also start-ed our big shell craft, which will be a lovely addition to our space. We have also played lots of crick-et as it is our favourite sport at the moment at aftercare.

Amanda, Davin, Georgia & Chelsea OSHC Accounts Unfortunately we have not as yet completely resolved the CCMS rebate issue. We understand this is very frus-trating for all. You are welcome to make payments on your account if you are concerned that the balance is getting too high. If all parents could please log into their MyGov account and confirm their child’s enrolment, regardless of elibility for CCMS that will be a huge help in resolving some of the issues.

Amanda & Cherise

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FOWPS Volunteering and Warrandyte Festival Roster (22-24 March)

The Warrandyte Festival is rapidly approaching and is a major fundraiser for our school. We will be involved in a fairy floss and bake stall. So that the stall can run over the busy festival weekend we ask every family puts one name down for one hour over the weekend (you are welcome to do more hours or put down more names if you can!). We are hoping to have 4 parent helpers per hour; 2 for the cake stall and 2 to run the fairy floss machine. We'll also need some help Friday afternoon and Sunday afternoon to setup/pull down the stall. Keep in mind that on Saturday the parade is on from 11am to 12noon and then the WPS students perform on the main stage from 12:45 to 1.15pm. We still need to staff the stall during these times. The roster for the school’s festival stall is now available in the front office if you want to add your name directly OR select a suitable time slot below and return it to the school office. First and last name: Phone: Friday Packing and labelling at school 9-10am 2-3pm 3-4pm Friday Set up market site 4-5:30pm Saturday am (9-12) Saturday pm (12-5) Sunday am (9-12) Sunday pm (12-4) Sunday 4-5:30 pack up OR Preferred day/time: ____________________ Preferred job: cake stall fairy floss Other fundraising events this year include Term 2: Trivia Night Term 3: Movie Night and Fathers’ Day Breakfast Term 4: Carols Strawberry and Icecream sales Volunteering at the Warrandyte Market Grade 6 Graduation fundraising Working bees Please circle any you would like to help with and we will contact you when the time comes. Thanks for your support, Meg Bailey On behalf of FOWPS M: 0406 040 491 E: [email protected]

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