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Principal: Robin Stickland Assistant Principals: Joy Cook and Helen Murphy

What’s On? June 27 Second hand Uniform Sale 28 Final Day 2.30pm end July 15 First Day Term 3 9am 19 Orchestra Excursion 22 Assembly

Ski Camp 23 Ski Camp 24 Ski Camp 25 Second hand Uniform 26 Free Dress Onesie Day August 5 Assembly 9 Crazy Hair Day Senior Soiree 14 Year 5 Camp 15 Year 5 Camp 16 Year 5 Camp 19 Assembly Book Character Day 21 Fathers’ Day Stall Yr6 23 Level 4 Sport 25 Yr 6 Camp Start 29 Fathers’ Day Stall F-5 30 Fathers’ Day Staff F-5 30 Yr 6 Camp End

Principal’s Report 2019 Term Dates Term 2: ends 28 June at 2.30pm Term 3: 15 July to 20 September at 2.30pm Term 4: 7 October to 20 December at 1.30pm Parent Contact Details Parents if your contact details (email, mobile numbers) change please contact the school as soon as possible. If Emergency Contact details for your child have changed please advise the office ph: 9874 2511. Staffing We invite our school community to welcome Cyara Pittas onto our school staff as our LOTE specialist for Semester 2. Cyara will be replacing Yvonne Smith who is taking leave for the remainder of the 2019 academic year. Reunion Tours Our 150th Reunion Tours for ex-students and staff were very supported. There was lovely feedback on the Facebook site from our Alumni about the tours, they certainly enjoyed the opportunity to come and reminisce about their time at Vermont State School. Thanks to Amanda & Sophie, Joy, Helen and Jacci and to our parents Ilze Kasparsons and Marissa White who assisted with tours. Working Bee A huge thank you to all staff and parents involved in the recent Working Bee. Parents, Kindergarten and Primary School staff planted, trimmed, dug and spread mulch to make our school environment safe for all students. Thanks…In fact I think the staff early in the day outnumbered the parents!!!! Wombats If you have not noticed the wombats are grazing on artificial grass at the front of the school thanks to Joy Cook and the Facilities Committee. The children love them and they attest to some of the wildlife that would have been in the Vermont area during the pioneering days.

Curriculum Day Wednesday the 18th of September will be a Curriculum Day at Vermont Primary School, no students will be at school on this day. The staff at VPS will be participating in a Professional Development opportunity learning about current research and methods in teaching children to write. Out of School Hours Care is available on this day, please contact Julie DeJong directly to book a place on this day.

PO Box 53 Nurlendi Road Vermont 3133 Telephone: 9874 2511 Fax: 9872 4170 Out of School Hours Care: 0419 208 028

We aim to be nut free and rely on parents to assist us on achieving this goal.

Vermont Primary School http:www.vermontps.vic.edu.au vermont.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

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Volunteers Needed – Spring Fair We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the 150th Spring Fair on Saturday 19th October from 11am to 4pm. At the Fair will be many rides, stalls and various community groups sharing their passions with the wider VPSK community. In order for this day to be a success, we will be looking for many volunteers to help run stalls, set up and pack up on the day. Please put this date in your diaries, next term we will be formally contacting all parents to see if they can spare an hour to help us run this event. Thank you to all the families who donated soft drink or chocolate towards our Spring Fair. We received almost 500 cans of soft drink and over 200 blocks of chocolate, an amazing effort. The next fundraiser will be held in Week 2 of Term 2 where the students will be invited to come dressed to School in a Onesie and donate a plush toy to the Lucky Dip Stall. More information about this day will be sent home next term. Any money raised from the Fair will go towards improving the digital devices and computers used in the school by all students. How wonderful the prospect for our students and staff to have new digital resources to complement modern pedagogical practice. Update for donations Spring Fair – The school will be holding a Crazy Hair Day on Friday 9th August. Originally, the plan was to ask for donations of jars and items for the Lucky Jar Stall. The Fair Committee has decided to change this to a cold coin donation and will source the items and containers themselves. This will assist us in meeting hygiene and allergy sensitivities. End of Term Just a reminder that the end of Term 2 will be this Friday at 2.30pm. Please note the earlier dismissal time and arrange child care should you need it. School will resume for all students at 9.00am on 15 July. We hope you have a relaxing and safe holiday wherever you may be. We look forward to seeing you all when school returns on Monday 15th July at 9am.

Changes to Parking at the School The following letter has been received from the City Council. I phoned them to find that they are hoping to make the changes during the school holidays in July. Please check all the signage before parking in areas stated below and note the no U-turn proposal. Nurlendi Road, Vermont – Parking Restriction Changes Council has recently met with Vermont Primary School to discuss traffic and parking issues surrounding the school during the school peak periods. As a result of these discussions and site investigations, I advise as follows. During the school peak periods it was noted that motorists park illegally within the ‘No Stopping’ area on Nurlendi Road between Webb Court and the school crossing, undertake ‘u-turns’ at the Webb Court intersection causing traffic safety concerns, non-compliance with the existing ’2-minute’ parking restrictions on the western side of Nurlendi Road and congestion along Nurlendi Road. After taking into account the above, arrangements have been made to undertake the following parking restriction changes during the school holidays:

Prohibit parking on the western side of Nurlendi Road between Webb Court and the school crossing parking at all times to improve traffic safety;

Replace the existing ‘2-minute’ parking restrictions on the western side of Nurlendi Road abutting Vermont Primary School with a ‘No Parking’ restriction on school days. It should be noted that motorists may park for up to two (2) minutes and they are not permitted to leave a vehicle by more than three (3) metres.

Install a ‘No Parking, 8.30 -9.15am & 3-4pm, School Days’ parking restriction on the west side of Nurlendi Road from Cantley Lane to the southern boundary of 14 Nurlendi Road to encourage parking turnover and reduce parking demand upon Nurlendi Road between Canterbury Road service road and Karwitha Street.

Install a ‘U-turn’ prohibition at the intersection of Nurlendi Road and Webb Court.

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Engagement and Wellbeing House Points Congratulations to Nurlendi for achieving 1st place in the House Points for the fortnight. The results are as follows:

Terrara Cantley Nurlendi Canterbury

Fortnight

12.05 2nd

9.16 4th

15.14 1st

11.98 3rd

Yearly

435.60 1st

349.01 3rd

362.49 2nd

307.75 4th

Congratulations to Terrara, the overall winners of the House Points for Term 2. The students in Terrara House celebrated this achievement by wearing green to school on Wednesday.

Student of the Month: June This month we have continued our focus on the Vermont Primary School value: “To Be Respectful”. Teachers have been impressed with the respect shown by students towards their peers, their teachers and their learning.

Congratulations to the following students who have been recognised by receiving a Student of the Month award for June!

Vermont Primary School Curriculum Literacy in Foundation In Foundation over the past few weeks, we have been learning about sequencing the start, middle and end of stories. One of our activities was reading Little Red Riding Hood and ordering the story’s main events using pictures before rewriting the story ourselves. Look at our amazing examples of the start, middle and end of Little Red Riding Hood!

Foundation

0AB – Lucas S 0BM – Ethan C 0HT – Zoe G 0NL – Emily C 0RM – Rohan S

Year 2

1AP – Charlie B 1JR – Daniel Z 1MG – Isla B 1SB – Elaine C

Year 2

2DW – Molly Z 2KJ – Rohan P 2LS – Edison H 2PS – Chi N

Year 3

3CQ – Zoe L 3KY – Chloe L 3RC – Mysia H

Year 4

4AM – Michael M 4JH – Vy Vy V 4JS – Lana Z 4SD – Alisha S

Year 5

5AS – Tylah R 5GP – Abi H 5KM – Alex B 5PA – Elaine S

Year 6

6AW – Will S 6BP – Kripa S 6JS – Jack H 6ZA – Henry M

Specialist Areas

Art

Jade M

P.E.

Bill X

Digital Technologies

Claudia L

Music

Carson W

L.O.T.E.

Kristy W

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Start Middle End

We love retelling stories and talking about the events that have happened in a text! When we read at home, please ask us all about the book and keep us practicing this amazing comprehension strategy. Resilience Project – Level 2 In Grade’s 1 and 2, students have embraced the opportunity to learn about resilience, gratitude, empathy and mindfulness through the Resilience Project. They have participated in yoga and mindfulness colouring to calm and refocus the mind, have begun to understand their emotions and identified positive ways to react to various situations. Students from 2DW have been reflecting on what they are grateful for at home and school by writing on a gratitude wall. Some reflections from students show how they are building resilience and happiness: Emily Fuller 2DW I have enjoyed learning about how to react positively to different scenarios and to think of the feelings of others. I also liked learning about how to bounce back when things do not go my way. Isaac Cresswell 2DW I enjoyed mindfulness colouring and yoga because it calms me down and makes me feel relaxed. I also learnt new ways to make sure others feel included in games.

STEM Students in Level 2 have been working on creating and solving sharing situations in mathematics lessons. Using a variety of materials, students have had the opportunity to create sharing situations where they demonstrate their understanding of equal groups, sharing by ones and sharing collections in groups, for example 2’s, 3’s and 5’s. They have also used their understanding of skip counting and addition to help them solve problems. Below, students showed how they could seat people equally amongst tables at a restaurant. When creating the tables using kinder squares, students also noticed and applied their understanding of fractions to fold and cut their squares into equal parts.

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ROCK FEST Wednesday 19th June 2019

On Wednesday 19th June the school Rock Band went to Templestowe College to compete in the Rock Fest Battle of the Bands Competition. The competition was mostly made up of High School students. We competed in the Junior Section for Yr8 and below. We also got to watch the Senior Bands (Yr9-12) perform. They were awesome. Our band has 7 students from Yr5 and Yr6 – Maya 6ZA on vocal, Carson 6BP on drums, Hrishi 6AW on Guitar, Will 5PA on Guitar, Reiner 5GP on Guitar, Grace 5KM on Keyboards and Ryan 5PA on Bass Guitar and Backing vocals. It was fun playing our song All The Small Things in front of the Senior Students. It was hard competing against High School Students, but we had a pretty good roll. Thanks to Mr. Fraser for organising and driving us to the gig.

By Carson 6BP (Rock Band Drummer)

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Community Information On Wednesday the 5th of June, 10 of the Grade 6 students and myself baked some delicious muffins for the staff! We were hosting an event to #RaiseDough for young people in need. The Grade 6 students and I were fundraising to support the good work of ReachOut Australia – who support young people and their families with online mental health support. Together we can 'bake a difference'! A big thank you to those Grade 6 students who helped out on the day, they were wonderful chefs, and the staff really enjoyed their baked goods! Chess Club Term 2 Awards Well done to all students who participated in Chess Club during Term 2. We met every Thursday lunchtime and continued learning about the strategies and techniques of chess. A special mention to our Term 2 Chess Medallists. These students have been awarded these medals by our coaches as they have participated in strategic discussions, showed a passion for chess, improved during the term and importantly, played every game fairly and honourably. These students are: Joel’s Group Carl’s Group Yulia’s Group Gold – Jeremy G 1MG Gold – Arvin G 3KY Gold – Charlie M 6AW Silver – Andy Z 2KJ Silver – Zoey Z 3CQ Silver – Alice W A 3RF Bronze – Ebenezer W 1MG Bronze - Jack N 2LS Bronze – Leo Z 5PA There are still places available for the Term 3 groups, so if any students who have not been involved yet wish to join Chess Club, please let me know and I will send you the form. Thanks to all families who support Chess at VPS. Andrew Wastie Chess Coordinator. School Council – Tooth Care Drive Thank you Vermont Primary School community for supporting the tooth care drive. We have collected over 107 toothpaste and 157 toothbrushes. Today I dropped them off to Uniting East Burwood and they very much appreciated them. Robyn Lyle (Parent)

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Flute Lessons At School Natasha Taneja Would you like to start your child in flute lessons at the school? Lessons can be organised during school hours, recess/lunch breaks or before/after school About Natasha Natasha is an experienced flute teacher with a Bachelor of Music with Honours from the University of Melbourne. She specialises in classical and baroque music and is experienced in teaching primary aged children (including having established herself as the flute teacher at Vermont Primary School for several years now). Students are able to enjoy concerts, competitions and AMEB exams as well as playing for leisure. Natasha is flexible, organised and loves to pass her passion for music and learning onto her students – she believes passion is contagious! Natasha’s lessons focus on fun, improvement and a lifelong love of music. If you would like to find out more about lesson times and prices feel free to contact Natasha via email: natashamusic@outlook.com Or alternatively see Mr Fraser in the Music Room Entertainment Books Books are now available to purchase from the School Office $70 each. Books can also be purchased on Qkr or if you prefer a digital version, please visit

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/187x438

Woolworths Earn & Learn The Woolworths Earn and Learn 2019 Program has finished. If you have any stickers please return to

OSHC Office.

ALUMNI TOUR

On Sunday 4 August 2019 we are conducting a morning guided tour of the school grounds and

buildings for past students, staff and parents. Tours commence at 10am, 10.30am & 11am and will run for approximately 1 hour. At the

conclusion of the tours tea and coffee will be served. This event will conclude at 12noon.

Please be aware this tour is not for prospective families they are for our Alumni Community.

We look forward to meeting with you. For bookings please use the following link https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=505626

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Sportlink Vermont South - Programs available in Term 3: Badminton (Coaching is provided by Pro Badminton Academy of Victoria) Tuesdays 4.30pm – 5.30pm Starts 16th of July 10 weeks duration Indoor Soccer (Name change from Futsal) Wednesdays 4.30pm – 5.30pm Starts 17th of July 10 weeks duration Table Tennis (Coaching provided by Mark Smyth Table Tennis – Ex Olympian) Fridays 4.30pm – 5.30pm Starts 19th of July 10 weeks duration Cost $145.00 per term. ($14.50 per lesson) These lessons are open to all abilities. If you are interested in any of the above programs please contact Sportlink Ph: 9847 7111 or visit www.sportlink.org.au

https://www.facebook.com/Vermont-Primary-School-150th-Birthday-1985383571481252/

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We would like to thank the following companies for their contribution to our Spring Fair

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