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Volume 24 Issue 22
Thursday 26 July 2018
DATES TO REMEMBER term dates 2018 term 3 16 july - 21 sept 2019 term 1 30 jan - 05 apr
27 07 14 28
JULY AUGUST AUGUST AUGUST
term 4 08 oct - 21 dec term 2 23 apr - 28 jun
FOUNDATION 100 DAYS OF SCHOOL . SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING 7:00 P.M. SRC ’MAKE A WISH’ SUPER HERO DRESS UP DAY - GOLD COIN DONATION GRADE 2 MINIBEAST IN MAGGIE’S GARDEN INCURSION.
jim bell, principal
jenny reid, assistant principal
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ew Attendance Requirements were available. With sufficient time to spare, our visitors If your child is sick or absent, you are required to were provided with an impromptu tour our school. notify the school as soon as possible on the day of absence. Notifying the school of your child’s absence either prior to, or on the day that they will be away, helps ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and will fulfil your legal responsibility. Parents were previously forwarded a letter in the post advising them again of the changes and their legal responsibility. Parents were asked to complete the PERMISSION SLIP—SMS MESSAGES. This will allow Brentwood Park Primary School to update CASES 21 and enable SMS messages to be sent to mobile phones beginning July 16th. Email addresses are also requested. Confidentiality of the information provided will be Upon school dismissal, our delegation moved to the maintained and only used for the specific purpose, unless performing arts centre where our host families were already gathered. A pre-recorded student performance of otherwise required by law. the Jasmine Flower, a traditional Jiangsu province folk song was played, as was an introductory video of hinese Language and Culture CHINESE SISTER SCHOOLS VISIT TO Yangzhong Experimental Primary School, prior to introductions being exchanged and all present enjoying VICTORIA afternoon tea. Approximately forty-five minutes before school dismissal on Monday, our visitors from China arrived!! Assistant principal, Zhu Xiangqun and English language teacher, Li Li, along with ten students were welcomed on arrival by Jim, Jenny and Jo-Anne, and with luggage in tow, were ushered through the administration foyer into the Multi Media Centre where they were warmly received by Prep CV and their teacher, Cassie!
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With warm welcomes exchanged and some introductions given by the preps, our visitors’ luggage was securely stored in the “green room”, prior to our visitors being taken into the staff room where some light refreshments
At its 5:30 p.m. conclusion, our visiting children went home with their respective host families for a well earned rest and in readiness for a special outing on Tuesday; the Jiangsu Sister School Welcome Ceremony
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hinese Language and Culture
CHINESE VISIT…
SISTER
thank you to Sandra who scored and assisted with the
SCHOOL transportation and of course to Leanne for coaching the team.
On Tuesday, Her Excellency The Hon. Linda Dessau AM Governor of Victoria hosted a welcome ceremony for all the Jiangsu schools and their respective Victorian sister schools at Government House. The program was inclusive of the Governor’s Welcome, and the address by Ms Sharyn Donald, Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Department of Education and Training. Student speakers and student performances completed the program. Following the reception, our school captains, visiting students and staff had the opportunity to view a number of the accompanying rooms adjacent to the ballroom at Government House. It was a memorable occasion!! In the afternoon, our school delegation had an opportunity to attend Artvo, a new immersive art gallery. Unlike normal art museums, visitors are encouraged to touch and interact with the artworks, photographing themselves and becoming part of the art. Collages capturing these events are included in this week’s newsletter to provide our families with additional insight. On Wednesday, the visiting students and their hosts participated in series of specially organised Physical Health and Education, Art and Music lessons, and with lunchtime looming, experienced a typically Australian school packed lunch!! Jim Narayan and Daisy read the big book titled ‘The Sandwich That Max Made’ and the host family students and the visitors then made a sandwich with healthy fillings.
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OLES SPORT FOR SCHOOLS A fantastic result from the whole school community, who collectively accumulated over 90,000 dockets. The equipment that our school has received is footballs, basketballs, trolleys, hurdles and cones. We are very grateful and proud of the effort given by all families, which in turn assists the H&PE program.
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CHOOL SPORTS UNIFORMS There are many cross country, soccer and football uniforms that need to be returned to school. Can all items please be washed before being returned. EAR 4 CAMP The camp date for Year 4 is 19th to st 21 September. This year’s camp will be at Arrabri Lodge. Can parents please complete and return the relevant medical forms. Thanking you for your continued support.
ports Shorts: DIVISION SPORTS NEWS Congratulations to the school mixed netball team for winning the Division Netball Championships. The first game our school played in was a nail bitting game against St Margaret’s. After trailing at the final break, we Jim Narayan and Mel Dennis, H. & P. E. managed to outscore our opponents and win 16 to 14. The second game ew Beginners Group in Violin was against Fleetwood Primary. The violin lessons for new Brentwood Park won this game beginners will start this term! comfortably 13 to 6. We were The new group’s lessons will be represented in both games, with an conducted every Friday after school with even contribution from all players. the first lesson for this new group being There were some inspirational pieces Friday 3 August. of play, in particular from Landon’s shooting and Tyson’s defensive Please contact Eun-ju Lee via email work. Congratulations to the team ejlee94@gmail.com or mobile 0430 721 who now progress to the Regional 784 for further details on the program. playoffs next month. Once again
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Term 2
Week ending 20 July, 2018 FTL
Mikayla
for her great writing about Pirate Polly.
FCV
Rahil
for showing excellent manners and for being a fabulous student in FCV.
FBC
Aaliyah
for her positive attitude to her learning. I am so proud of you. Keep it up.
FSM
Lucas
for being helpful and kind. Well done, Lucas!
FJH
Stefan
for his hard work solving ‘friends of ten’ problems.
FLP
Nimrat
FJF
Neelesh
for working well during maths to learn the ‘friends of 10’ addition facts. You are a SUPERSTAR! for always sharing his thoughts during learning time.
1MK
Insha
for showing an excellent understanding of counting backwards by 10s.
1BV
Sahana
for working hard at subtraction in maths. Well done, Sahana!
1HG
Addison
1KC
Jhye
1NC
Elisha
for a sensational start to the term; especially with your ability to demonstrate resilience with challenges to extend your learning. for being a wonderful ‘Teacher’s Assistant’! He is always looking for opportunities to help. Keep it up! for all the amazing reading you did over the holidays !
1EN
Mar nik
for using your listening skills and showing great effort. Super job!
2DK
Tilly
2AK
Ruby P
2CM
Alisa
2AD
Jay
2AA
Seer at
3CH
Nate
for your outstanding inquiry presentation. You were confident and spoke very well! for working so hard to improve your writing stamina and complete tasks in the set time. for being a fantastic friend this week in helping Jessica settle into the grade! for his terrific use of ‘THRASS’ when spelling out his weekly words. Keep it up, Jay! for having a fantastic start to the term and working extremely hard!! Keep it up. for focusing on your fabulous fractions this week.
3MS
Kim
for working hard to represent fractions in multiple ways. Well done!
3SH
Blade
3MF
Tua
4SM
Aidan
for your brave and confident attitude when acting out our adverbs this week. An absolutely amazing effort. for having such a wonderful start to Term 3. You have been so respectful and focussed. Well done. for excellent focus and completing tasks to a high standard. Awesome job!
4GD
Kyr a
for working hard to improve in mathematics.
4BM
Elisa
for always being a kind, helpful and friendly member of the class.
4CP
Tashia
for her happy and friendly personality, and always trying her best.
4VK
Cindy
for making a wonderful start in our class at BPPS.
Term 2
Week ending 20 July, 2018 5LM
Olivia
for confidently contributing to class discussions!
5LF
Isabelle
for showing and being a supportive class member.
5SI
Lavanya
for making a wonderful start at BPPS! 5SI is very lucky to have you!
5JG
Mar lon
6MB
Gir i
for his positive attitude and quickly getting started with his work during spelling and grammar. for his fantastic effort and positive attitude during maths sessions.
6LM
Br yan
for his mature and resilient approach.
6JP
Oakley
for being a positive, energetic and respectful member of our class!
6JA
Tim
for an awesome start to the term and putting in a huge effort.
LOTE: Chunyan FSM LOTE: Daisy 6LM
SPECIALIST CLASSES For your excellent participation in 1, 2, 3 wooden man game, and finishing your paper work with excellence.
for your positive attitude and great behaviour to start term 3! Well done!
Performing Arts: Kenneth 1HG for having a fantastic start to Term 3, as well as remembering so many instruments from last term. Well done! Performing Arts: Troy 3CH for being amazing at playing musical statues. Physical Education: Jim 1NC for great work identifying “safe strangers� in our community.
Physical Education: Mel 1KC for their amazing work when talking about safe strangers. Visual Arts: Joi 4CP Visual Arts: Jessica 2AK
for their hard work and beautiful collages,
for displaying amazing sewing skills and being responsible for your equipment.
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LEASE DIRECT MONEY FOR EXCURSIONS, ETC TO YOUR CLASSROOM TEACHER - NOT TO THE OFFICE.
Please hand money and permission slip in sealed envelopes to classroom teacher first thing in the morning. By following this process teachers are aware that your child will be attending the excursion and mark them off their lists. Money is collected by office staff and processed each morning and a receipt given back to teachers along with permission slips. All money is tallied and banked daily – no money is left on the premises. If you wish to pay by credit card, a proforma is available from the office. This can be filled out with details and placed in a sealed envelope and handed to your classroom teacher Please deliver cash in a sealed envelope with your child’s name and grade on the front by 9.30 a.m. If you have a number of children attending an excursion you can place all money and permission slips in the one envelope with children’s names and grades on the front and deliver to one of the children’s teachers. The office staff will be able to allocate money to the children’s particular items and distribute permission slips and receipts back to teachers. Envelopes are available at the office. If you have a large amount to be paid or need to process an EFTPOS transaction through a savings account you can make arrangements to pay at the office. We also have a new Qkr payment system on our Skoolbag app. If you download our Skoolbag app and Qkr payment app you can now pay for your child’s excursion on line. All change will be delivered to the children in the afternoon. Re-imbursements will only be made under certain circumstances – they will be made by cheque (no cash transactions are made). Notices are sent out with a final collection time – please adhere to this time. All money and per mission slips ar e required to be sent back by this date – otherwise your child will not be able to attend. This enables us to confirm bookings and numbers with bus companies and organisations we are visiting. Also we need to send details to the Department of Education Emergency Management for all excursions, camps, etc. We also need to accommodate students who will not be attending. We would appreciate it if parents could please follow these processes.