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Volume 24 Issue 33
Thursday 25 October 2018
DATES TO REMEMBER term dates 2018 term 3 16 july - 21 sept 2019 term 1 30 jan - 05 apr
29 31 05 06 07 20
october october november november november november
jim bell, principal
term 4 08 oct - 21 dec term 2 23 apr - 28 jun
year 6 graduation photos year 5/6 production - ‘Porridge’ 7.00—8.30 pm pupil free day melbourne cup public holiday ice cream day—payment due by 29th october toys over time incursion—payment due by 2nd November jenny reid, assistant principal
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ur Annual Mini-Fete With an abundance of stalls and sunny weather thankfully prevailing, our annual Mini Fete was a huge success! Congratulations to all the Year 5 and 6 students on their outstanding effort and thank you, to our school community, for supporting this event! With money counted, I am thrilled to announce that $7,374.15 was raised!!! This was an outstanding achievement!!! The Year 5 classes will now collectively decide the school resources to be purchased or the programs to be supported with their portion of the money raised with the Year 6 portion supporting the Year 6 graduation. A collage of photographs in this week’s newsletter has captured many aspects of the occasion!
jo-anne doran, assistant principal
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arking and Maintaining Safety Around our School It’s important for drivers and pedestrians to be aware and take care during busy times, particularly when school is dismissed. Please by mindful when parking and picking up children at these times. The parking bays at the front gated entrance to the school are strictly a pick up and drop off zone: 8:00—9:15 a.m. and 3:00—4:00 p.m. PLEASE do not park during these designated times! City of Casey will be monitoring traffic control for the children’s safety.
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un Smart In adherence to our Sun Smart policy, students are now required to wear their wide brimmed hat whenever out in the yard during Health and Physical Education lessons or at recess and lunchtimes. An amendment also now encourages the wearing of sunglasses!
The group photographs will include:
Peer Mediators Choir Student Representative Council Regional Swimming Regional Tennis Regional Cross Country and Regional Athletics.
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ports Shorts: KANGAS 8’s CRICKET On Wednesday, 42 selected Year 6 students participated in the annual district ‘Kanga 8’s’ round robin carnival. It was a fantastic day for all of the students involved. The concept of Kanga 8’s is a mini version of 20/20 cricket. There were plenty of big shots, run outs and classic catches. The girls’ A team was very unlucky to not make the Grand Final. Our teams all finished in 3rd or 4th place out of 8 teams in each pool. Some eye catching performances were given by Josh V, Raj, Heath, Xavier, Lachlan, Tyson, Josh C and Landon for the boys. With the girls, Nida, Esther, Shamara, Aleeza, Natalia, Omindee, Rhylee, Neveah and Hajar were prominent all day.
Most pleasing to see was the magnificent sportsmanship displayed by our students, not only with the opposition but with each other. Well done and congratulations to all Parent support in ensuring the compulsory wearing of of our participants. hats and wearing of sunglasses is strongly encouraged. BOYS AND GIRLS CRICKET tudent Transfers and Enrolments 2019 Gina, from Cricket Victoria, In order for us to arrange staffing, grade structure, has been conducting cricket budget allocations and various other school sessions this week with Jim functions for the 2019 school year, it is imperative that and Mel. Gina has provided we are able to ascertain student numbers for next year. our students with a sample The more accurate with our future planning, the of a new concept called smoother we can make the transition for the children ‘Cricket Blast’ for primary from one year level to the next. Parents are requested to aged school students. This contact the office of additional enrolments for Years program provides a brilliant Foundation – Year 6, if they have not already done so. opportunity for students to get involved in cricket. If any of our families are aware that their children, other than the current Year 6 students, will not be attending For any junior person wishing to develop and play Brentwood Park Primary School next year, could you cricket please search playcricket.com.au to register. please notify the office or your child’s classroom teacher. Students can also register on the above website for club As you can appreciate, other cricket if desired. families who are out of our designated neighbourhood Thanks boundary are currently on a Jim and Mel, Health and Physical Education waiting list for enrolment in tudent Placements 2019 Brentwood Park Primary The organisation of classes School should a vacancy for next year will soon be eventuate through the underway. When we organise relocation of others. classes, we try to ensure an even Thank you for your cooperation. Your assistance is spread of abilities within each class across the year level. greatly appreciated!
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raduation and Group Photographs Graduation and group photographs are being taken on Monday 29th October commencing at 9:00am. Children need to be dressed in their school uniform. The Year Six children are required to wear the Year Six bomber jacket.
Teachers take into consideration how individual children work together and use the knowledge of all teachers at the year level together with specialist teachers and senior staff in the final formation.
Term 4
Week ending 19 October, 2018 FTL
Jathusan
beautiful handwriting, great effort!
FCV
Trisha
for staying calm when stressed. Well done!
FBC
Ekam
for showing stamina with his reading and making great improvements.
FSM
n/a
FJH
Ashleigh
FLP
Sierra
FJF
Thinuga
for her excellent piece of procedural writing explaining ‘How to Make Pancakes.’ for doing some fantastic work during maths this week. Awesome subtracting, Sierra! Well done. for working hard to improve his reading.
1MK
Harriet
for showing persistence and having a ‘never give up’ attitude during maths.
1BV
Charlotte
for being a kind friend and for always being ready to learn.
1HG
Heidi
1KC
Jerusha
1NC
n/a
for working persistently to use a variety of reading strategies to decode challenging words. Well done! for your fantastic procedural writing and for using time connectives correctly! Well done!
1EN
Aar ohee
2DK
Amaya
2AK
Meghana
2CM
Shraddha
2AD
Taewoo
2AA
Elizabeth
for his fantastic and challenging ‘fact families’ in our maths sessions this week. for working very hard to improve her spelling this week. Keep it up!
3CH
Ayesha
for working hard on your poetry this week.
3MS
Tony
3SH
Har ini
3MF
Nethasha
for always showing the BPPS values and being a wonderful member of 3MS. Well done! for your marvellous Haiku poem on mountains. You’re always respectful and engaged with your learning! for being a respectful and hardworking member of 3MF.
for completing a detailed reading journal in our CAFÉ rotations. Awesome work! for her improved use of mental addition and subtraction strategies this week! for your increased confidence sharing your thoughts and feelings. Keep it up! for working hard to improve her spelling. Keep up the good work.
4BM
Agam
for his amazing story about Captain Cook’s secret treasure.
4CP
Ibr ahim
for always giving his efforts. Well done.
4GD
Kr isten
for becoming a confident independent reader. Keep it up!
4SM
n/a
4VK
Chloe
for displaying beautiful manners. Keep up the great work.
Term 4
Week ending 19 October, 2018
5LM
Nik
for demonstrating incredible leadership skills during our Mini Fete preparation! for remaining on task and completing class activities. Well done!
5LF
Kate
5SI
Kar r eena
5JG
Blair
6MB
J or dan
for being an enthusiastic student who always puts 100% into all activities. You are a superstar! for remaining on task and seeking assistance when required during Mini Fete preparation. for asking fantastic questions to clarify information. Super work!
6LM
Bir in
for his positive choices towards his classroom learning. Well done!
6JP
Rachel
6JA
Cambell
for her focus & perseverance in all class tasks. Keep up the good work! for working hard on ‘up levelling’ sentences.
SPECIALIST CLASSES LOTE: Chunyan 1NC for your enthusiasm and excellent participation in writing the twelve months in Chinese. Well done, 1NC! 2DK for your excellent review of body parts through Pandas in the Mountains. Great start, 2DK! LOTE: Daisy 4VK for your fantastic participation in the “Bingo” game! Performing Arts: Kenneth 6MB for having a go at playing a ‘straight 8’ using body percussion. As well as your choreography for the production. Well done! Performing Arts: Troy 0CV for having so much enthusiasm and great behaviour. Physical Education: Jim FLP for excellent skipping with the big rope in P.E. Well done!
Physical Education: Mel 1HG for their amazing skills and teamwork when playing clock cricket. Visual Arts: Joi 3CH for their marvellous paper folded origami fish! Visual Arts: Jessica 2AD well done for working hard to begin our paper mache activity. You all got off to a great start.
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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.