BERWICK LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL Phone: 9707 1766 Fax: 9796 2198 E-mail: berwick.lodge.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Visit our Websites : http:// www.berwicklodgeps.vic.edu.au, Camp Australia/Out of School Hours Care: 9769 8251
20TH MAY 2010
NEWSLETTER N0.13 DIARY DATES Friday 21st May Monday 24th-26th May Tuesday 25th May Wednesday 26th-28th May Wednesday 26th May Tuesday 1st June Tuesday 1st June Friday 4th June Monday 7th June Friday 11th June
NOTICES DUE BACK BY Gr 5/6 Winter sports (away) Wednesday 19th May Gr 5/6 camp1 5E,56N,6P Wednesday 26th May Second hand uniform sale 2:30-3:15pm Gr 5/6 camp 2 5J,5L,6C,6W Gr 3/4 camp info night 7:00-7:45pmOSHC Zone cross country PFA Meeting 1:30 OSHC Gr 5/6 Winter sports (away) School Council Sub-Committee Pupil Free Day
Zone Cross Country International English Comp forms
FRIDAY JUNE 11TH PUP IL FREE DAY
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT EDUCATION WEEK OPEN NIGHT We are really looking forward to seeing you all at school tonight. This is one of my favourite events as it provides an outstanding opportunity for all of us to get together in an informal way and have the focus squarely on your children. I know the kids love having their parents come to school on Open Night and share their work with you. It’s a great night and I hope to chat with as many parents as possible and I promise not to talk about Collingwood! Tonight is the kids’ night. BUILDING EDUACTION REVOLUTION (BER) UPDATE Things are moving – today, after I wrote this piece I will be attending Beaumaris P.S. as a guest of Tony Scurrah-Whitton a senior representative of ARUP (ARUP is the management company that is overseeing the BER in Victoria on behalf of the Victorian Government. The point of this visit is to see a Library/6 Classroom template building the same as the one we are expecting. This will provide me with an excellent opportunity to evaluate the building in terms of functionality and value for money, areas of great concern to us.
Tomorrow Malcolm Mc Comas, Federal Government BER Taskforce Review Team will meet with us at our school for an hour seeking feedback on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister’s second BER Review team on our satisfaction or otherwise with the process and concerns we have over value for money issues. Also in attendance will be a representative from the DEECD, APP (our project managers) and ARUP (Victorian Government P21 BER projects managers). We will have Lynne Brenner, Richard Power, school council president and me in attendance. This Taskforce has been established to investigate value for money issues on the back of widespread criticism of the terms of reference for the earlier investigation conducted by the Auditor-General. Later this week I am expecting our independent quotation for our template building. This will be interesting. The latest delay has been caused by the fact that the template drawings do not lend themselves readily to precise quotations – a factor that can push prices up (unnecessarily had the drawings been of a better standard). I will keep you informed.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ’s) Q. What grades will be placed in the new building when it is finished? A. That hasn’t as yet been decided, but our Year 3’s and 4’s are most likely at this stage, though only 6 of the total number of those year level grades can be allocated there. QUOTABLE QUOTE
‘Optimism alone can’t move mountains, yet without it you’re unlikely to move even molehills’
HENRY GROSSEK SCHOOL AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who received awards over the last week: Tiana PM Brock PC Ryan PL
Luke PM Taylah PC Elizabeth PL
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS’ REPORT OPEN NIGHT – THURSDAY 20TH MAY Our staff and students have been busily preparing for our Open Night this evening and are looking forward to sharing their work with parents and new visitors to the school. This Open Night has special significance as it is the 20th anniversary of the official school opening ceremony that was held on 20th May 1990. The official opening ceremony was conducted by the Honorable Joan Kirner M.P., Minister of Education and attended by the founding School Council, staff, students and families. When you visit the school this evening please take some time to note the plaque in the foyer that records the school opening and the photo of the founding students and staff that hangs on the wall of the general office. Maybe you will be able to recognise some familiar faces!
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from a school in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania USA. This school brought their students back to school in the evening so that they could chat with each other about the progressive stories they have created together online. Both groups of students had prepared questions for each other and presented items and foods from their respective countries. Our students showed some soft toy Australian animals (wombat, koala, cockatoo and possum), some Australian plants (bottlebrush, gum leaves) and aussie foods (pavlovas, lamingtons and vegemite). All of the children were excited and quite amazed to speak to children live from a different time zone and a country where the seasons were opposite to ours. Congratulations to the students involved! CURRICULUM NEWS The stories can be seen on BLACKSMITH VISIT http://writeyourstory.wikispaces.com Last Monday our Grade Five and Six and on our LEEP blog http:// children enjoyed a visit from Kevin berwicklodgeps.globalstudent.org.au Rapley, parent of Matthew and Kara. GRADE 5/6 CAMP Kevin came to share with the children Next week our Grade Five and Six his blacksmithing skills. The children students will be going on camp to were treated to a wonderful Sovereign Hill. They are all very excited demonstration and taught firsthand how with the prospect of gold fossicking and the skills of blacksmiths were a very many other exciting activities planned. important aspect of life, especially in the We would like to wish them a happy and past. We would like to thank Kevin for safe time on camp and we look forward sharing his knowledge with the children to hearing their reports on their return. as the feedback received was very positive. LYNNE BRENNER & SUE NAISMITH
STUDENT WELLBEING NEWS STUDENT HEALTH Recently we have been notified of some cases of chicken pox in the Grade One area of our school. The following information about chicken pox has been sourced from the Department of Health website: · Chickenpox generally presents with a low-grade fever, malaise and a rash. · The lesions usually appear in three to four crops. They are most numerous on the trunk and less so LEEP INTERNATIONAL SKYPING on the face, scalp, limbs and mucous Today our LEEP students from 3DA membranes of the mouth. were involved in ‘Skyping’ with students
PFA NEWS The PFA is co-ordinating a fundraiser where we need a lot of prizes for a raffle and silent auction. We would love to hear from anyone that might be willing to assist in donating goods, vouchers and/or financial assistance. Please leave your contact details with the office and a member of the PFA will contact you. Looking forward to hearing from you. We will promote all businesses in our newsletter, who help us out. Many thanks PFA Team. WANTED. The Prep team need some books covered with contact paper. If you are able to help with this, please see Mrs McCrum room 9. (You are able to take books home and cover them. We supply contact for you.)
LUNCHTIME CONSTRUCTION CLUB We are seeking donations that can be used in a new lunchtime club we will be beginning soon! Balsa wood scraps, cardboard, icy-pole sticks, egg cartons, tube from paper towels (no toilet rolls please!) etc. Would all be greatly appreciated. Please deliver to Mrs Naismith’s classroom room 21.
BLOSCH NEWS
SECOND HAND UNIFORMS
Quality Assurance (QA) OSHC QA is coming up shortly and we have validation surveys for children to fill in. You can pick one up from the OSHC building. It is really important that if you have one, we need them back by Wednesday 26th May. Curriculum Day We are looking for expression of interest for Friday June 11th which is a curriculum day at Berwick Lodge PS. We need 20 or more children to operate. Closing day is Friday 28th May. You can grab a form at the OSHC building or ring us on 9769 8251 if you are interested. NEXT WEEK M—All Cracked up T– Cooking craft: Creepy crawlies W– Cooking: Scones T– Calico Dolls F– Folded letter names Our operating hours are: Before school care 6:45am-8:45am After school care 3:30pm-6:30pm Our direct line is 9769 8251 or you can call the admin team at Camp Australia on 8851 4160. Thank you OSHC team
We are asking for second hand uniforms. So if you want us to sell them for you or you want to donate them to the school please leave them at the office...BUT remember that they must be clean and with current logo PLEASE. If we are selling for you please include all details including how must you want for them. Second hand uniform sale will be held on Tuesday 25th May 2:303:15 in the Canteen. FOR SALE
COMMUNITY NEWS GIRLS BORN IN 2001: WOULD YOU LIKE TO PLAY BASKETBALL? Our club is looking for girls to join an Under-10 team to play in the current Dandenong winter season on Wednesday afternoons after school. The team has a coach and trains on Tuesday afternoons – all we need is YOU! If you would like to have some fun playing basketball contact Dennis on 9707 1286
BRING HOME A BROTHER OR A SISTER In June-July 2010, students, aged 15 – 18 years, from over 15 countries will be arriving in Australia to study at local schools for 3, 5 or 10 months. Opportunities exist to act as a host family in a volunteer/unpaid capacity. Hosting can be on a temporary, short or long term basis. Host families help provide our students with the chance to study and experience life in Australia. This is a great way to learn about another country and culture, establish a lifelong link to a family in another country and contribute to international goodwill. If your family can offer a friendly, supportive and caring home environment, contact us today. To learn more about this opportunity call Student Exchange Australia New Zealand on 1300 135 331 or visit our website: www.studentexchange.org.au
It’s that time of year again- we have opened entries for the Dandenong After School Basketball Competition for 2010. The competition will again be played on Wednesday afternoons at timeslots of 4:30pm, 5:10pm, 5:50pm (subject to change). The season proper will begin in Term 3. There will be a grade ¾ junior section and a grade 5/6 senior section that will comprise of 1 or 2 pools depending on the entries. The cost of entering a team is $120 per season- covers all score sheets and door entries for players and coaches. If there are any issues getting volunteers to coach please get in touch with me as I may be able to help out (however coaches provided by the association come at a small cost per week). If you are interested in entering a team please reply to this email as soon as practical. Look forward to hearing back from you. Kind Regards, Andrew O'Brien Junior Development Officer Dandenong Basketball Association Inc. www.dandenongbasketball.com.au
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