The Connection Coldstream Primary School 19th May, 2020

Leap into Learning by Showing Respect, Responsibility & Teamwork

Diary Dates

14th April

Term 2 commenced via online

learning.

26th May

P – 2 students return to school

9th June

Grades 3 – 6 return to school

20th August

Rescheduled

School Photos

From the Principal’s Desk

RETURN TO SCHOOL– Just as we have settled into a rhythm, we

are back!!!! with Prep – 2s returning to school on the 26th.

There will be a Curriculum Day on the 25th and there will be

OSHC available for the day. Please contact Perin on

kuipers.perin.p@edumail.vic.gov.au if you require these

services.

The 25th will be the day when many staff will be returning for

the first time since the lock down and will need to set their

classrooms up and translate their planning into face to face.

While the DET has made it clear that the 1.4m rule is mainly for

the safety of the adults, there will be sanitising stations to the

entrance of each room and we will of course continue to repeat

to children that an arm’s length (at least) is required between

everyone for everyone to feel safe.

Some families will elect to keep their children at home for the

remainder of the term and while the DET has made it clear that

those children will be marked as being absent and we will not

be required to ”teach” the children at home, we will, of course,

send through a list of tasks that can be undertaken at home for

the remainder of the term to support you and the children’s

learning. Please contact me if there is other support you

require.

Prep – 2 children returning should bring the following next

Tuesday:

iPads- that may have been borrowed

Pencil cases (loaded)

Headphones

Sound Waves book

Alphabet cards on ring (Prep)

Playdough

Alphabet sticks

Overwrite charts

Whiteboard, marker & pen

Talisman cards

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT CONT.

I am very impressed also with the way that families have thrown themselves into the PE challenge and I

thank you all for committing so strongly to the children’s education and wellbeing, for supporting the

teachers at home who have spent most of their days in front of screens supporting the children and planning

and meeting with hours of professional learning, and for the personnel at school who have brilliantly, and

with upbeat, good humour supported the school to remain open.

Thank you all…we have survived the worst and I look forward to your continued support as we move into the

staggered return to school. We look forward to seeing the 3-6s on the 9th June.

Phillippa Adgemis – Principal

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STARS OF THE Week F/1M

Taya - for being able to read her Golden Words. Awesome effort! Lucas - fantastic letter formations & excellent work presentation especially Sound Waves Shyanne - taking time & care with her work; always presented beautifully Jade - for reading over 100 nights

1/2B

Emily - Completing all given tasks and putting a smile on my face every day by sharing her smile.

Isabella - Completing all given tasks, responding to all tasks, doing your very best on all work.

Kobi - Completing all given tasks and putting in extra effort with handwriting.

Lucy - Completing all tasks to the very best of her ability! So PROUD! Showing great initiative!

Paige -Completing all given tasks with neatness and accuracy. And for sharing her thoughts and ideas

with enthusiasm.

Tayah - Completing all given tasks and sharing with enthusiasm.

3/4T

Dane - Working hard on his online learning and being an active participant in our meetings even in difficult times. Briony - Working hard on her online learning, being an active participant in our meetings and practising her multiplication. Tiarni – for her amazing reading during reading groups and completing all her online tasks. Mya - for taking part in our morning meetings with a smile and completing tasks on time and to a high standard

5/6F

Hayden has continually produced outstanding work during Remote Learning. He is engaged and constantly pushing himself to always do his Personal Best! Congratulations Hayden, you’re a star! Logan has been doing fabulous work this term, especially with his numbers! He has done a great job with our online WebEx meetings and lights up the screen with his beautiful happy smile! Keep up the wonderful work Logan!

5/6M

Lily - for showing a commitment to her studies and keeping a smile on her face through this challenging

time.

Kane - for ensuring he continues to take responsibility for his learning, maintaining a conscientious

attitude towards tasks.

Tylah - for taking responsibility in his learning, ensuring he submits all required tasks and notes

feedback.

Jackson - for getting organised and managing tasks in a more efficient manner.

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MATHLETICS AWARDS

P/1M

Jade - Bronze Cooper -Bronze Zac - Bronze Anae - Bronze Chloe - Bronze Karlea - Bronze Tayte - Bronze Zackary - Bronze Kaiden - Bronze & Silver Lydia - Bronze & Silver

1/2B Shaylii – Bronze Peter James – Bronze Kobi – Bronze Yana – Bronze Tayah – Bronze Kadi – Bronze Ruby – Bronze & Silver Josh – Bronze & Silver Paige – Bronze & Silver Lani – Bronze & Silver 3/4T

Henry – Bronze Briony – Bronze

Troy – Bronze Dane - Bronze

Luke – Bronze Gemma – Bronze x2 & Silver

Tiarni – Bronze x2, Silver & Gold (Well Done Tiarni)

5/6F Hayden - Bronze

Shane - Bronze

Logan - Bronze

Tallyn – Bronze & Silver Olivier – Bronze & Silver

5/6M Blake M – Bronze Nathan – Bronze x2 Kane – Bronze Tylah – Bronze x2 Ryan – Bronze & Silver

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P/1M Online Learning So much fun & learning in the P-2 classes

Chloe dressed up as a mail carrier & wrote a letter of Thanks to

the Postie

Chloe got a toot toot from the postie for her sign. :-)

Zackary wrote a Thank You

letter to the Postie

Anae’s letter to the Postman

Wait a minute Mr. Postman.

We have letters for you!!!

Kaiden’s letter to the Postman

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WE LOVE OUR MUM

Coldstream’s new Weather Girl!!!

Lydia as a Meteorologist

Karlea – My heart

belongs to you

Mum

Flowers for Mum and

big smiles from Lydia

and George.

Chloe did some tricky

cutting out but it was

worth it. Mum would

appreciate the effort you

went to.

Taya’s beautiful heart

for her mum

A bunch of flowers and love

from Cooper

Double the love with Zackary and Jazzy

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Lydia playing hopscotch

& learning her M200W

–Pink words. Such a

clever & fun idea!

Karlea working on addition –

an extra task that Karlea chose

to do on top of the set tasks. AMAZING!!!

Zac working on his

Mathletics

Scarlett the Toy Maker

Fishing for Sticks

Lucas the Chef making cookies Zackary the Photographer

Jade the Toymaker – made a drum I’m

sure Baby Felix loved it!

Jacob the Toymaker.

WOW!!! Love your robot

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WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

There is nothing more precious than family time

Karlea and Dad

The Drapers working together on the colouring

task

Jake enjoying ‘authentic’ learning

time playing Monopoly with his

family.

It’s good having brothers to play with. Lydia & George – Toymakers – A play telephone

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1/2B Online Learning

Chelsea’s Mother’s

Day Poem

Isabella’s Mother’s

Day Poem

Josh’s Information

Text

Kobi’s Information

Text

Lani’s Narrative

Writing Planning

Lucy’s Thank You

letter to the Postie

Nate’s Thank You

letter to the Postie Nikita’s Thank You

letter to the Postie

Mia’s Narrative

Introduction

Shaylii’s Narrative

Planning

Paige’s Narrative

Introduction Tayah’s Narrative

Planning

Tayah’s Mother’s

Day Cards

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LEARNING IN DIFFERENT WAYS

OCCUPATIONS UNIT

Toy Makers

Bella’s PE game

mixed with spelling

practise

Brodi

Emily Practising

spelling words

Emily Kobi

Lani

Mason

Paige

Shaylii with

Sound Waves

Nikita’s compound

words

Mia addition

and trading Shaylii subtraction

strategy

Harry’s sound waves Nate’s The Cow Flew

Over the Moon

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Harry’s Police Badge

and Obstacle Course Lani’s Police Badge

Kobi’s Fingerprint Police

Peter James – Meteorologist

Kade - Meteorologist

Lucy made a Zoo Mason’s Underwater Zoo Kobi made a Zoo from Lego

Kade the photographer

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3/4T Online Learning Whether it is learning at school or at home our students are doing an awesome job.

I had my bag and my drink packed imagining we were actually flying on a plane! On the way we saw the

countryside and then we saw the shadow of the plane. We saw buildings and little houses on the way and

when we landed in Sydney we got to see the Harbour Bridge.

We got on a bus and then we ended up on the Endeavour and Mrs Thurgood showed us all around. She

showed us Captain Cook's room, the medics’ room and the room below where the ship was steered.

And then Mrs Thurgood left all of the students in Sydney and took all the teachers to Hawaii, Aloha!

– Angus.

On Friday the 15th of May, Mrs Thurgood, my class and I went on an excursion and it was the best! First we

went to the airport and we got stuff, a sun hat, glasses and a bag. And we went on a 6 minute plane trip to

Sydney.

When we got off the plane, we went on a bus that took us around Sydney and then we went on the

Endeavour Replica ship and we got to look around inside the ship. I like the room that Captain James Cook

went in. I learnt lots of new facts about Captain James Cook and it was the best excursion ever.

- Luke

It’s so loud I’m covering my ears. Why is there so many people here? Wow! On the 15th of May, Mrs Thurgood and my class and I went on a virtual excursion to Sydney. We all went to Sydney for a reason and that reason is to visit the Endeavour Replica. We had to pack our backpacks. We had to bring a piece of fruit, a sun hat and a water bottle that we could drink while we were waiting for the plane. But first we went to the airport and it was noisy. Mrs Thurgood had to mark the roll all the time to see if everyone was here. We got on the plane and we took off and it was a 6 minute plane trip. When we got off the plane, we took a trip around Sydney on a bus. We all got off and she marked the roll again. We walked to the replica and we learnt so many facts and we had so many questions to ask. It was the best experience to be even close to a plane trip. -Natalya

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5/6F Online Learning Tallyn - Glilbert

All his life he had waited for this moment. Gilbert was ready to grow his legs.

He had been a tadpole and all he saw of daylight was beams of light shining down under the water,

barely reaching his home. It was a cold, dark beginning to his life, he was determined to get legs as soon

as possible, knowing deep down he could not make legs grow faster. After all of his planning to make it

faster were done for. He realised he had thought long enough to keep himself entertained while his legs

were growing! He finally had legs!

Mackenzie - Door of Mystique story No one ever returns once they pass through the Door of Mystique. One beautiful day I was going for a ride on my bike and I saw this door I was very intrigued of what was behind that door so I rode up to my friend’s place and got her to come to the door with me. We got there then we started to hear voices. We were scared but we really wanted to see what was behind that door. We could hear the voices and banging. We decided to go in and after we went in the door slammed closed and we could not open it. It was dark. After we walked around a bit and we could not get out we realised that we were stuck in there probably forever.

INVISIBILITY At 9:00 in the morning the school bell rang, Kahden hated school. He always got bullied about his hair, his glasses and his clothing. His sister Kailey was a popular girl with all of her school friends. They offered Kahden every day to join their group but he always said, ‘No’. Kailey knew why, so she told her friends and they nodded. They knew what to do! Kailey knew who the bully was, his name is Sam. He's tall and rude to everybody apart from his friends. Suddenly Kailey remembered something when she was driving to school. Kailey saw a shop that said ‘mMagical Rocks That Turn You Invisible. When school finished Kailey brought her friend Mackenzie to the car. She told Mackenzie what was going to happen and she nodded in agreement. Kahden slowly came to the car with his head down he hopped in the car Kailey drove to the shop where she had seen it. She parked the car and asked Mackenzie to go in and get the rock and she said, ‘Yes.’ Kailey gave Mackenzie $40.00 in case it was expensive and she came back with the rock and the $40.00. Kailey gave Mackenzie the eyebrows she rolled her eyes she said, “We were the first customers in 1½ years!” We gave Kahden the rock and read out loud what the card read. It said touch the skull in the middle. Once to turn invisible then tap it again to turn uninvisible so if anyone bullies or annoys you use the rock. We gave Kahden the rock and the card and told him not to lose it. We asked him to quickly try it and when he did he disappeared! Then we asked him to come back and when he touched it, it worked he was no longer invisible. The next day at school the bell rang for lunch. Kahden was about to come over when Sam tapped Kahden on the shoulder and started picking on his outfit and said he was a nerd. Kahden grabbed out his rock Sam snorted at the rock he said, ‘What are you going to do with that ugly rock?’ Kahden touched the skull he turned invisible Sam was shocked and jealous that Kahden had a magic rock and he didn’t. Kahden came and sat down in between Mackenzie and Kailey, he then pressed the skull on the rock and turned uninvisible. Everybody gasped in surprise, Kahden smirked at us he then whispered, ‘Thank you’ to us. We all gave him a nod he then became one of the popular boys with Kailey and her friends. Sam never picked on Kahden again.

- Kailey

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5/6M Online Learning

Shelby Dear People of the World, I would like to give you information on what is happening under the sea. All the plastic is going in the sea and killing all the animals. Here is how you can stop killing the animals... 1. You can create a veggie garden 2. You can stop buying the plastic 3. Lastly you can put the rubbish in the right bin That is how you can stop killing the animals, please tell your friends and family.

From the Dolphins 🐬

Ryan

Dear People of the World,

Please stop throwing you rubbish in our homes. If you don't stop we will put it back where it came from.

Please remember that you were once living here too.

From the Dolphins.

Lily

Hi my name is Lily and this is my pet Dawn, she is a sunrise horse.

She is called a sunrise horse because of her distinctive colouring on her back. She is one of the strongest

horses in the world and her ability to burst into flames and glow like the rising sun.

She is a 1 year old and loves going for rides. I found her as a little foal, her mother had abandoned her so

I brought her back to my farm I then raised her. Now she can jump 4 feet high and is a great friend.

Sometimes she bursts into flames and it gives me a fright. The reason why they burst into flames is

because in the wild they use this skill to scare off predators and to show their dominance against other

horses. She is a great horse but don’t approach them in the wild because they are very territorial.

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Mia – Gilbert All his life he had waited for this moment. Gilbert was ready to finally wander off into the wilderness. Gilbert got into his little hiking outfit that his frog mother had made him especially for this moment then put all of his gear in his tiny little backpack and was all ready to go out of the pond for the first time in his whole life, "I think I'm ready Mum," Gilbert said happily Gilbert poked one leg out of the pond and he was off he hopped and hopped for hours. He was near a tiny little pond so he decided to just go and get a little drink and fill up his water bottle. As Gilbert was getting water for the rest of his journey he came across a fish and not just a little fish it was gigantic, Gilbert tried his best to hop away from the fish but before he could even take one step the giant fish came out of the pond and got Gilbert in his mouth Gilbert was shocked, scared and just wanted to go back to his home his pond. A few hours later Gilbert found a stick in the fish’s stomach Gilbert thought it was amazing because he had an idea that he could climb up to the top of the fish’s mouth and start poking his way out. A few minutes later Gilbert made his way up to the top of the mouth he started poking and poking the fish’s mouth so hard that the fish opened his giant mouth and spat Gilbert right out. Gilbert was so happy in himself he started hopping and hopping until he found the place that he belongs, his home, his pond. When Gilbert hopped in the pond he found his mother sitting down on her rocking chair sleeping. Gilbert didn't want to wake her up so he gently hugged her, gave her a kiss and said, "I love you Mum I'm home".

Mitch – Balloon

Let me tell you about my life as a balloon... it all started when I was at a birthday party

and there were heaps of people and lollies and jumping castles and every one was nice

except this one little kid. He came up to me and grabbed the string and let me go outside

into the air.

I went flying thought the air and I went travelling further and further away from the house

and then I started to go through big, tall trees, and I was scared that I was going to get

popped.

When I got out of the trees I got into a big city and then I crashed into a big, tall tower. I

crashed into another big tall tower but this time into the tower’s window. It was opened

and when I went inside and it was another kid’s birthday and when the birthday boy saw

me he was happy because it was a talking balloon. He showed his mum the balloon. The

birthday boy asked his mum, “Can we keep the balloon?” and she said, “Yes we can keep

the balloon and then I asked, “Am I going to stay here?” and the mum said “Yes you are

going to stay here for the rest of your life.”

I was very happy that I didn’t have to travel anymore.

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Zac Scarlett

Jade

Lydia Cooper Jacob

Jake

Chloe

Lucas

Karlea

Taya

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Mason

Emily Paige

Lucy Bella

Kobi Brodi Josh

Tayah

Lani

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Dear Phillippa We understand the current situation is challenging for everyone. Adapting to online learning, balancing work and family needs, plus everything else that comes with COVID-19 has been incredibly stressful for many teachers. Please remember, you are doing an amazing job!

For young people, social distancing, changes to normal eating and exercise routines and increased time on social media are not only impacting their general wellbeing but also their body image.

Body image struggles are very real during this time and there are a number of ways Butterfly can help support a positive relationship with body, food and exercise in young people.

VIRTUAL STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Butterfly face-to-face presentations are now available online! We have 3 newly refreshed sessions for secondary schools:

LET'S TALK Body Image In A Digital World

LET"S TALK Appearance Ideals & Expectations

LET'S TALK Eating Disorder Myths (45 minute sessions)

We will work within your preferred platform to provide students with practical strategies to support body confidence and empower young people to reach out for help, particularly during these challenging times.

To find out more e: education@thebutterflyfoundation.org.au

LOVE YOUR BODY WEEK FOR SCHOOLS - COMING SOON! Love Your Body Week for Schools is a really fun and engaging way to connect body positive messaging to your whole school community.

Whilst we encourage participation during the month of September you can use the resources for primary and secondary age students at a time that suits you.

The ME you Don’t See lesson plan, one of the resources for Love Your Body Week, which explores identity beyond physical appearance, would be a great activity for students to do remotely.

Registrations for Love Your Body Week for Schools will be going live next week.

You don't need to do anything now! We will send you an email to let you know when you can register.

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