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Volume 25 Issue 15
Thursday 23 May 2019
DATES TO REMEMBER term dates
27-29 03 04 07 10
2019
MAY JUNE JUNE JUNE JUNE
Jim bell, principal
term 1 30 jan - 05 apr term 3 15 jul - 20 sep
term 2 23 apr - 28 jun term 4 07 oct - 20 dec
YEAR 6 CAMP—PHILLIP ISLAND ADVENTURE RESORT DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY SRC-STATE SCHOOL RELIEF- FREE DRESSGOLD COIN DONATION REPORT WRITING DAY- STUDENTS NOT REQUIRED QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY- STUDENTS NOT REQUIRED
jenny reid, assistant principal
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lection Day Sausage Sizzle It was another win for Scott Morrison and his government on election day, Saturday 18 May, but the Brentwood Park champions of the day were surely our dedicated group of fundraising committee members who ran the sausage sizzle outside our performing arts centre! Donna Foster, Sandra Prvulj and Belinda Muller labored over the bar becue plate suppor ted by other volunteers, Jim Narayan, Caitlyn Foster, Mel Dennis, Serena Song, Trixy Chua, Mandy, Christian & Kennedy Richie, Urooj Haider, Jess Okirua, Kat Oram, Aimee Voet, Rob & Robyn Johnstone, Rajitha Ganta, Jenny Reid, Jim Bell and Mandy Scarlett. Our community proved liberal with their money and readily purchased sausages on bread; with or without a serve of onions and cans of soft drink! Due to their support, it can be argued that the winners of the day are also our students who, as a whole, benefit from the $1,365 raised as it goes towards purchases for the school.
jo-anne doran, assistant principal
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undraising Would you like to meet new parents whilst fundraising for our wonderful school? Our fundraising team is in need of extra helpers. Any assistance you can offer would be greatly appreciated. The fundraising team meet once each month and have a casual catch up to discuss fundraising ideas for our school. New faces and ideas would be a welcome addition to our team. Please contact Belinda on 0407 234 355 if you are interested.
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ducation Week 2019 All government schools and kindergartens throughout Victoria are in the midst of Education Week and in recognition of it, Brentwood Park Primary School opened its doors to parents and the broader community. Parents were invited to view classroom and corridor displays and to participate in exploring this year’s theme of Celebrating Careers during our Open Evening which was held on Wednesday 22nd May 6:00—7:00 p.m.
A HUGE thank you to Donna, Sandra and Belinda, who staffed the election day barbeque throughout its entire duration and thank you to our other volunteers who as- A number of families took the opportunity to attend this year’s evening session. Over two hundred and forty sisted in allocated shift allotments. “passports” were collected as children and parents filed through the school’s entry foyer. Nevertheless, with four stamps collected in the “passports”, indicating at least four classrooms had been visited, our attendees subsequently gained entry into the “lucky draw”! One of the highlights of Open Night was the student performance on stage in our Performing Arts Centre.
I’d like to thank all staff for their attendance and contributions to the evening and to the parents and children who took the opportunity to attend our Education Week celebrations! It was great to see the children’s enjoyment of being at school in the evening and in showing their parents around the school, and participating in a variety of activities focussing on this year’s theme of Celebrating Careers!
Term 1
Week ending 17 May, 2019 0BC
n/a
0JF
n/a
0JH
Mackenzie
0LP
n/a
0SM
n/a
0TL
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1AB
Mashal
1HG
Stefan
1KC
Blake
1MK
Riya
for writing a fantastic letter. You used great detail and asked interesting questions. Well done! for demonstrating improved efforts with your whole body listening, as well as your written learning tasks. for his super effort to complete tasks and follow instructions! Keep up the great work! for showing the school values in everything she does.
1NC
Hrishith
for applying your knowledge of 10’s facts to add larger numbers together.
1NG
Sierra
for writing a wonderful personal letter to a fellow classmate. Well done!
1TN
Hayden
2AD
Aaliya
2AK
Gina
2CM
Kornel
2CV
Aiden
2RG
Zachary
2SY
Nickan
for working so hard on his doubles and near doubles. Fantastic work, Hayden! for her excellent time management skills and completing all her work each lesson. for your confident and extremely detailed presentation about South Korea. Well done! for an outstanding attitude in the classroom and working fantastically in every lesson. Well done! for staying focused during our CAFÉ session and putting in 100% into all his comprehension activities. You’re a super star! for gaining confidence in his writing and oral presentation skills. Well done! for demonstrating excellence at school in and out of class.
3CH
3CH
3DK
3DK
for sitting your first NAPLAN assessments with enthusiasm and confidence. for your hard work and positive attitude towards NAPLAN this week!
3MF
3MF
for being superstars during your first NAPLAN. I am so proud of you all!
3MS
3MS
for trying your best in NAPLAN this week.
3SA
3SA
for completing your first NAPLAN. Congratulations, you are all stars!
4BM
Hayden
for his responsibility and enthusiasm during Mini Melbourne launch day.
4CP
Riley
for his fantastic sizzling start in his historical narrative.
4EC
Crystal
for being a great friend this week and well done for putting 100% effort in your work.
for working hard to independently write a sentence. Keep up your hard work!
Term 1
Week ending 17 May, 2019 4SM
Ifra
for writing a detailed summary during CAFÉ. Great job, Ifra!
4VG
Antra
for working well with her group to create a story board.
5EB
Agam
for being a great classmate and helping out others. Well done, tech guru!
5JG all 5LF legends! 5LM
5JG
for their amazing efforts and focus during NAPLAN testing this week. You worked so hard. for an amazing job applying your knowledge for NAPLAN. You are
5SI
5SI
6JA
Jaydee
6JP
Savya
for working extremely hard to develop his understanding of money concepts during maths this week! for doing an outstanding job during NAPLAN! Your hard work has definitely paid off. I am so proud of you! for always focusing and putting in 100% into everything—AWESOME WORK! for outstanding participation during classroom discussions. Well done!
6LM
Dylan
for writing a super narrative using all VCOP strategies.
6MB
Sanajana
for being a fantastic Grade 6 role model.
5LF Mikal
SPECIALIST CLASSES LOTE. Chunyan FBC LOTE. Daisy 1HG P. Arts. Linda 4CP P. Arts. Larissa 0TL
for your impressive class manners and excellent engagement in learning teen numbers in Chinese! for putting your best effort into learning the unit ‘colours.’ for showing ‘Persistence’ and ‘Getting Along’ skills during your chairdrumming lesson. for practising and performing the ‘How’s the Weather?’ song.
P.E.
Jim 6MB
for outstanding glove work with the T-ball mitts.
P.E.
Mel 4CP
for excellent T-ball fielding.
V. Arts. Jessica FLP V. Arts.
Bree 3MS
D.Tech.
Lisa 5EB
congratulations on working together to finish off your painted sunflowers! for excellent organisation and effort during printmaking. for your enthusiasm and persistence when using “sphero” robots during DT lessons this term. You will be ‘super coders’ soon. Congratulations!
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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.