The Oak Leaf - Creating the Future Together · 2020-01-27 · Willett Avenue Oak Park 3046 Issue 15...

Willett Avenue Oak Park 3046 Issue 15

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Oak Park Primary School will work collaboratively to provide a stimulating, safe and challenging

learning environment that promotes resilient, innovative thinkers.

Thought for the Week

The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

Fran Lebowitz

Uniform Award

This week’s

Uniform Wearer of the Week Award

goes to

BRIDGET MILLER 2C

Congratulations Bridget for setting such a terrific

example to the rest of the school

Principals Column

The words we choose to say are often

determined by the environment we are in and

the people we are with. Good communicators

understand that we need to choose language

that is appropriate to the situation. If you are

speaking to your elderly aunt, you will probably

use language different from that chosen to

speak with your best friend. The language you

use at a football match is likely to be different

from that used in church. In my case, very

different.

Being able to work out what language is

appropriate in a range of circumstances is

important. We need to be aware of the needs

of those around us and communicate in the

best way possible.

At home, discuss with your children the correct

way to speak to the different people in your

household and to relatives and friends. Get

them to give you examples of how they might

introduce themselves to Mr Turnbull the Prime

Minister and how they would introduce

themselves to a new child who has moved in

next door. Talk about how to speak

respectfully no matter what the situation.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

June 2 Cross Country Re-

scheduled date

June 13 Queen’s Birthday Holiday

June 21 Reporting Day (student

free day)

June 24 Term 2 ends

October 8 School Fete

May 17th

May 19th

May 25th

9.00am Finance/Grants 5.00pm Buildings & Grounds 7.00pm School Council Meeting

6.30pm Education/ICT



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Respectful relationships

A couple of useful resources have been

added to the school’s website recently. They

both relate to developing respectful

relationships at school. One is called ‘Social

Media and Your School’ and the other is our

‘Statement of Values’. Please look under

‘Parent Information’ and then ‘Respectful

Relationships’.

Lost Property

We have a lost property rack with many

bomber jackets and rugby tops being left

behind, or just thrown on the school grounds at

lunchtime and recess, then forgotten.

Unfortunately many items are unnamed, which

means you most likely won’t get these

returned.

I also cannot believe how many lunch boxes,

plastic containers and drink bottles we have in

our lost property. The box is overflowing. These

containers will be thrown out within a week if

they are not claimed.

PLEASE NAME YOUR CHILD’S BELONGINGS

Office Info

If you are transferring money into the Oak Park

Primary School bank account can you please

add in the description, the student’s surname

and what the money is to be allocated to e.g

Smith, Netbook

Thank you

Reports

Staff members are very busy at present writing

the June Reports for each student in their

classes. This is a very complex duty and

teachers try very hard to write full, fair and

comprehensive reports within the guidelines

and constraints of DET guidelines and the

COMPASS reporting program.

As a written report cannot convey all the

necessary information it is crucially important

that parents and students attend the

Parent/Teacher/Student Meeting Day on

Tuesday June 21st (alternative times can be

negotiated if you can’t make this day).

This day is an ‘alteration to school hours’ day

and students are marked present when they

attend the Interview with their parents. Please

note there will be no school for children on this

day – except when they attend the

Parent/Teacher/Student meeting.

Reports will be sent home on Friday June 17th

to give parents the opportunity to read them

prior to the meetings.

Oak Park Puzzlers

WEEK 6: The correct answer to our last puzzle

was – “None, because then the box wouldn’t

be empty”

Correct answers were received from Karen

Webster, Liv Coreno and Fran MacDonough

This week’s puzzle is from our Guest Puzzler,

Claire Adams 5H



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“A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a

sack of corn across a river. He has a

rowboat which can only carry him and one

other thing.

If the fox and the chicken are left together,

the fox will eat the chicken.

If the chicken and the corn are left

together, the chicken will eat the corn.

How does the man do it?”

Please forward your answers to

[email protected]

If you would like to be a guest puzzler please

email them to the above address.

Happy Puzzling

The Succulent Saga

Thank you to the families who donated cactus

and succulent cuttings to the 5/6 area. Over

150 succulents have been transplanted into

seed trays, and fingers crosses, all will take

hold. We are now looking for old containers

to plant them in. Items we would love to

receive include unusually shaped glass jars

(jam, for example), used glass containers that

once contained candles, tin condiment

containers (e.g. mustard etc)

**We are also trying to collect 50 old vinyl

records

Thank you for your continued support

The 5/6 team

Cross Country

The weather today was deemed as a safety

hazard as there may be isolated thunderstorms

later, so unfortunately cross country has been

cancelled for today. The proposed new date is

next Thursday the 2nd June. This will be

confirmed as soon as possible.

Kind Regards

Daniel Dobber

Oak Park Pool Proposal

http://www.moreland.vic.gov.au/about-

us/news-and-publications/budget-and-

financial-plan/proposed-budget-2016-17/

Council is proposing to fund the start of

reconstruction works at Oak Park pool in the

current proposed budget. The upgraded

facility will include an upgrade to all the pools,

new waterslides and water play area, a gym

and rooms for fitness classes, which will

operate all year round, and new clubrooms.

It's a fabulous project but at the moment

some councilors are thinking of redirecting

funds to other projects in other parts of

Moreland. They rarely hear form the quiet end

of Moreland and many other residents are

putting in submissions saying money should be

spent elsewhere e.g. in Coburg and Brunswick.

If we want money spent up this end we need

to be a bit noisy too.

If you have two minutes you could click on the

link above and do a very quick submission in



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the online form about why spending rate

payers money at Oak Park pool is a good thing

(one sentence is enough). Some examples:

• It is in dire need of an upgrade and

hasn't been touched since you were a

kid.

• Your kids enjoy using the facilities but

they really need improvements

• Heaps of people use it e.g. school

swimming carnivals

• You're excited about the upgrade,

especially the new gym and/or

clubrooms and thank council for

including the funding in the proposed

budget

• Kids and teenagers need fun active

things to do

• Increase in heat waves and people

need places to escape the heat

Submissions close 5pm today!

A Day in May

A very special thank you from Alexander’s

Mum……

“I wanted to write to say how moved I was by

the overwhelming’ school response to

yesterdays ‘A Day in May’. As you know it is a

cause that is close to our hearts and we had

lots of involvement with Challenge while

Alexander’s brother Vaughan was sick.

This particular fundraiser is designed to bring

music to the lives of children experiencing

cancer.

I can remember vividly how much Vaughan

responded to music when he was so weak, he

could barely lift his head off my shoulder.

Music made such a difference, it’s hard to

paint an accurate picture.

Our house was abuzz this morning with talk

about this special day, and although most of

the children at school, would have viewed it as

a ‘fun, out of uniform day’, we knew that it was

more than that. Today I had the benefit of

helping with the cupcakes and Remembrance

Wall Activities. I was overwhelmed to see the

yellow, the Rockstars and most of all - the

names of all the people touched by cancer.

One teacher commented to me yesterday

that they thought the children wouldn’t know

anyone and the idea was weird. At the time I

felt that I had to defend the idea but today I

realized that it wasn’t necessary. All those

names and all those flowers showed me that

there are very few families at our school who

are untouched by this horrible disease. Today

they could come together to share that and

as one of the unluckiest family’s, I can honestly

say it was beautiful.

Alexander was proud to show me the flower

he had coloured for his little brother.

I know that it is often easy for people to

complain, criticise and condemn others. I just

want to say Thank You……In our small lives

today, it’s made a lovely difference.

Have a wonderful day and thank you for

taking care of our young man…..

Rebecca Riseley



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Sustainability

We were recently very fortunate to be donated two

pear trees by Christian Tenace from Direct Plants

Greenvale. This is a fantastic beginning to what will be

our orchard. A big thanks to Marcelle Coory for

organising this with Christian as well. If you do need

fruit trees, native plants or anything else for your

garden Direct Plants Greenvale would be a great place

to keep in mind and I’m sure if you were stopping by

and mentioned that you were connected with Oak Park

Primary, Christian will be able to look after you! Contact

details below:

Direct Plants Greenvale

595 Mickleham Road

Greenvale VIC 3059

Phone: 9333 2575

Email: [email protected]



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Japanese

This term the Foundation to Year 4 students have been exploring the cultural themes associated with their film review

of Ponyo, of which they conducted in term 1. The Ponyo film review involved watching the film once, with a great deal

of discussion and discovery of Japanese people, traditions and culture. Amongst many other activities, the students

have been working towards the completion of a Ponyo Ocean Mural. Each student is making a contribution to the mural

to help create and identify our space as a Japanese room. The students are looking forward to seeing their ideas and

ownership over this collaborative project come into fruition. Term 2 has seen a further extrapolation of the themes and

culture from Ponyo; with a differentiation throughout the year levels. Please see below some of the activities the

students have been enjoying. I’m sure they will appreciate you asking about these tasks and seeing some of the

Japanese language they’ve been learning☺ A huge thank-you to the parents and carers who have provided

encouragement and support for the new program. For further information about the 2016 OPPS Japanese Program re-

engagement objectives; and for a bit of background about me (Jeshka Sensei), including my working history with leading

and teaching Japanese from Foundation – Yr 12, living and working in Japan and successes with designing, creating and

implementing LOTE Re-Engagement Programs – please see the updated school website Japanese Page. どうもあどうもあどうもあどうもありがとうりがとうりがとうりがとう (with thanks and appreciation), Jessica Cullinan.

Foundation & Year 1, 1/2T

Year 2



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Recently, these students have been learning how to say the names of Ponyo ocean animals in Japanese. This included

students speaking and writing in Japanese. They played partner activities and used a variety of learning styles to help

them remember their new Japanese vocabulary. Ask them how to say the following in Japanese…

Yr 3

Recently, these students have been learning how to say the names of Ponyo transport vehicles in Japanese. This

included students speaking and writing in Japanese. They played partner activities and used a variety of learning styles

to help them remember their new Japanese vocabulary. Ask them how to say the following in Japanese…



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Yr 4 & 3/4B

Recently, these students have been learning the history and origins of Japanese surnames linked to Ponyo. This included

discovering the changes brought about during the Meiji era and learning what each name means. They played partner

activities and used a variety of learning styles to help them remember their new Japanese vocabulary. Ask them what

some of these names mean…

Year 5 & 6

These students have been enjoying and working on creating their own cell of animation (anime) based on their film

review of Tonari no Totoro. They will be uploading their work by the end of term onto their Seesaw accounts. This

includes multiple phrases in Japanese (both spoken and written) ...

Dogs

Just a reminder to families that dogs are NOT permitted in the school grounds, even if on a leash



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SCHOOL UNIFORM SUPPLIER

A PLUS Schoolwear

Term 2

F H 1B Amelia Tsinidis 3/4B Alessio DeMercurio 5H

F P 1A Luke Dyer 3JW Helin Erdal 5K Jacob Atkins

F A Lily Gutierrez 1/2T

Tabitha Pereira 3P 6F/L Mohamed Ali

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2C

Lyla Meredith 4H Nyle Karabag 6C Lauren Yorston

2E Abbey Ward 4C O.S.H.C

Before Care: Gab Battaglini

After Care: Lily Rowland

133 Bakers Road

Coburg North VIC 3058

Ph: (61) 3 9354 8345

Fax: (61) 3 9354 5777

E-mail: [email protected]



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SCHOOL CONTACTS

Principal Bryan Nolan [email protected]

Business Manager Annette D’Elia [email protected]

Office Manager Fran MacDonough [email protected]

PFA President Bron Barwick [email protected]

School Council President Rory Sercombe [email protected]

OSHC Coordinator Julie Andrews [email protected]



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