www.brentwoodparkps.vic.edu.au
Volume 24 Issue 37
Thursday 22 November 2018
DATES TO REMEMBER term dates 2018 term 3 16 july - 21 sept 2019 term 1 30 jan - 05 apr
20 20 26-30 03 14
november november november december december
jim bell, principal
term 4 08 oct - 21 dec term 2 23 apr - 28 jun
year 2—seaweed sally incursion year 3 history incursion book fair & art exhibition 8.30-9.00 & 3.30-4.00 report writing day last canteen day 2018 jenny reid, assistant principal
S
tudent Free Day: Child Care Option Camp Australia is running child care option on Monday the 3rd of December as this is report writing day and no students will be at school. The cost of the day will be $56.00 before any Centrelink entitlements. The service will run from 7:00 a.m. till 6:00 p.m. You will need to provide your child with lunch for the day, however, Camp Australia will provide morning tea and afternoon tea. Please speak to April in the OSHC room if you have any other questions. You can register online at www.campaustralia.com.au, if you have never used the service previously. Please call Camp Australia’s 24hr customer service team on 1300 105 343 if you have any other questions or to book care for this day. Some of the activities to be undertaken include art and craft, cooking, active group games and outside activities. If enrolling, please bring on the day, your child’s hat and any medical condition action plans and medications your child might need. Bookings are now open online. Thank you.
jo-anne doran, assistant principal
Paru sang at the Sydney Opera House, accompanied by a 46 piece orchestra! She repeated her solo performance at last week’s assembly to an awe inspired audience of staff, students and parents!! Paru and her parents can be justifiably proud of her achievement! Singing at the Sydney Opera House will truly be a memorable event in Paru’s young life!
B
ook Fair This coming week will, once again, be one to stir student enthusiasm in literature and student pride in their artistic abilities with our Book Fair and Art Exhibition. Our library will complement our theme titled “A Book is an Adventure in any Language”.
A selection from the vast array of books on display would make wonderful Christmas gifts as embracing a love of reading, developing good reading habits and enjoying the benefits of becoming lifelong readers are, in addition, “gifts” in themselves!!
P
April OSHC coordinator
ersonal Accomplishment In this week’s newsletter, we have a page featuring an inspirational personal accomplishment by Year 5 student, Paru. Please read it for all the details!
This week and next, will provide all the children with the opportunity to visit the Book Fair during their designated class time, as well as before and after school, on designated days with their parents! Thanks is extended to our staff members, Annette Wright and Josephine Tan, for the organisation of this event with support from parent helper, Veronica Carvajar.
S
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! Parent support in ensuring the compulsory wearing of hats and wearing of sunglasses is strongly encouraged.
S
tudent Placements 2019 The organisation of classes for next year will soon be underway. When we organise classes, we try to ensure an even spread of abilities within each class across the year level. 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. We endeavor to design each class as a cohesive working and learning unit and, where possible, place children with at least one of their nominated friends. This in itself is a complex procedure but cannot be seen as the primary focus in class organization. Sometimes it is beneficial for students to explore new relationships and not be reliant on the same one or two class friends year after year. Additionally, sometimes it is the teachers’ considered opinion that particular children need to be separated from friends to enable them to develop and realize their potential. When organising classes for 2019, staff will be placing the children in class groups which are conducive to learning. This will remain as the primary focus. The staff are aware of the friendship groups and will also attempt to include a friend, however, attaining a positive learning environment will be the primary determining factor.
P
rep Transition Program With three out of four prep transition sessions already conducted, our parent information session was held on Monday to introduce our year prep teachers for 2019 to new parents, to distribute booklists and to address any remaining parent questions. Our prep transition program aims to support the children’s introduction to school through their participation in classroom activities and to provide information on our school’s early years’ literacy, numeracy and inquiry programs to parents. Our transition program promotes the commencement of school as a positive experience for our new enrolments!
B
rentwood Park Art Exhibition As you are aware the Book Fair commences on Monday 26th November in the MMC. The Brentwood Park Art Exhibition will also be held at this time. All the hallways leading to the MMC are crammed full of beautiful art work. When you visit the Book Fair, be sure to stop and enjoy the art work.
M
ATHEMATICS NEWS! On the 9th August 2018 103 eager Mathematicians sat the Australian Mathematics Competition. Achievements were allocated as follows:3 High Distinctions 20 Distinctions 43 Credits 32 Proficiency 5 Participation Rui Rui in Grade 6 achieved the highest score for our school – well done!
Term 4
Week ending 16 November, 2018 FTL
Nate
FCV
FCV
for showing great persistence and trying his best during benchmarking week. for completing all tests this week for benchmarking.
FBC
Isla
for a terrific narrative about unicorns.
FSM
Jeremy
for his very good spelling choices. Well done!
FJH
George
for spelling the first 50 Oxford words correctly.
FLP
Max
FJF
Ramsay
for writing some great sentences about your birthday party. Max, your handwriting is fantastic too! for displaying such great improvement this semester.
1MK
Tegan
for showing an amazing level of concentration this week. AWESOME!
1BV
n/a
1HG
Alvin
1KC
Ryan
1NC
Jayden
1EN
2DK
J ames Ottavia Aishr een
2AK
Dhanush
2CM
Matthew
for putting in a huge effort this week with his testing. Super job! for writing a detailed procedure on ‘How to Make a Face’. Well done. for her outstanding confidence and expressive reading during her Reader’s Theatre performance. . for always demonstrating the BPPS values. Have a fantastic holiday in India; we will miss you! for the brilliant job you did researching about the Black Tipped Reef Shark.
2AD
Sienna
for coming to school with a fun and friendly attitude. Well done, Sienna!
2AA
Thakshaya for writing a very creative narrative with lots of WOW words! Keep it up!
3CH
Antr a
for trying your best all of the time. I am very proud of you!
3MS
Indy
3SH
Lilly
for always having a positive ‘can do’ attitude in all learning areas. Well done. for your hard work during benchmarking! You’re a superstar!
3MF
J ash
for his enthusiastic approach to science. Well done.
4BM
J ulieta
for all the hard work she has put into learning her times tables.
4CP
Manjot
for always being so happy and polite.
4GD
Susan
for being a quiet achiever who is also a caring friendly classmate.
4SM
Ujin
for his ability to draw accurately to scale. Great job!
4VK
Nisini
for her determination to do well in her First Fleet project!
for his persistence to write ‘careful steps’ using time connectives for procedural writing. for always making good choices and his determination to complete all tasks well! for your amazing procedure on, ‘How to Make a Face.’
Term 4
Week ending 16 November, 2018
5LM
Amber
5LF
Daisy
for demonstrating a willingness to improve in all learning areas. I’m so proud of you. for making a super effort with all class activities. Well done!
5SI
Adem
for making remarkable improvements in his reading comprehension.
5JG
Leon
for improving his spelling of the most frequently used Oxford Words!
6MB
Luke
for his wonderful attitude shown in the classroom!
6LM
Danny
6JP
Isobel
for his positive attitude towards learning tasks and always trying her best! for her outstanding reading journal on ‘Fire’. Well done!
6JA
Br ee
for a wonderful improvement in her spelling. Well done!
SPECIALIST CLASSES LOTE: Chunyan FJH LOTE: Daisy 6JP
for your excellent learning attitude for the whole school year! Well done, FJF!
for putting your best effort into writing tasks this week! Well done!
Performing Arts: Kenneth 4BM for your confident and enthusiastic playing of music on the xylophone. Well done! Performing Arts: Troy n/a Physical Education: Jim 4CP for a sensational game of softball, showing skill and teamwork.
Physical Education: Mel 6LM for their great sportsmanship when playing softball. Visual Arts: Joi FBC Visual Arts: Jessica 1MK
for using glossy paper and decorative scissors to create wonderful pictures. for taking so much care with the materials and equipment while painting your paper mache donuts. Thank you, 1MK.
P
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.