Term 2 Newsletter 6th June 2019 by Bpps5308

www.brentwoodparkps.vic.edu.au

Volume 25 Issue 17

Thursday 06 June 2019

DATES TO REMEMBER term dates 07 10 17 25 28 29 05

JUNE JUNE JUNE JUNE JUNE JULY AUGUST

2019

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

REPORT WRITING DAY- STUDENTS NOT REQUIRED QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY- STUDENTS NOT REQUIRED TURN THE TIDE– YEAR 5 PHILLIP ISLAND NATURE PARK EXCURSION PIZZA DAY– ORDERS DUE BY MONDAY 17TH JUNE LAST DAY OF TERM 2– SCHOOL FINISH 2.30 YR 4 & 5 FUN MATHS ACTIVITY DAY– PAYMENT DUE BY 28TH JUNE 1850’S DAY– YEAR 5

jenny reid, assistant principal

ibrary Snippets Last week, on Tuesday 28 May, our librarian Annette was voted onto the Children’s Book Council of Australia (Vic Branch). The CBCA is responsible for a number of literary events around Australia, the most well-known being Children’s Book Week. Our students were involved in helping to support some of the books going onto the “Short List” this year, by reading the books and making comments, which were then forwarded to the Council for part of the announcement celebrations. The book of the year will be selected at an event at Federation Square on 16 August.

jo-anne doran, assistant principal

been overwhelmingly positive and that they had found the opportunity to visit our school educationally rewarding. Following strong recommendations, we were approached, again, by the Director of the Jiangsu - Victoria International Education Centre to host this university delegation. The delegates were:   

Professor Wang - Chancellor Professor Yin - Dean, School of Early Childhood Education Professor Jiang - Dean, School of Education Science Professor Zhou - Director, International office of Cooperation and Exchange

Annette attended the CBCA National Conference in Can-  berra last weekend, representing Brentwood Park Primary School as well as the Victoria! The purpose of the visit was to learn more about our early years primary teaching and learning programs at Congratulations, Annette, on your achievement! Brentwood Park Primary School. A collage of photographs capturing the delegation’s visit is included in this week’s newsletter.

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iangsu University Delegation Visit to Brentwood Park Primary School Following our school’s hosting of two visitations of Chinese principal delegates from various cities within Jiangsu Province, CHINA, we received a special request to host a delegation of four professors from Jiangsu Second Normal University. We had previously been informed that the feedback from previous visiting principals had

ambrya Maths On the 24th May 2019, twenty-five grade 6 students went to Kambrya College for extension maths classes. We learnt about algebra and how to make algebraic equations into a sentence. We learnt many different symbols and what they represent in the maths world. It was challenging, as well as fun! The next session is on Friday 31st May, and we are already looking forward to it. Deyush 6JP id al-Fitr Muslims around the world are currently celebrating the three-day Eid al-Fitr festival. Eid al-Fitr means "festival of breaking the fast" and marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. It is celebrated for three days. Eid is also infused with different traditions in different countries. Most people use the three days of Eid for visitations. Other traditions include the Eidiyah, with being money given to children on Eid and the wearing new clothes.

A “Happy Eid” to all our families recognising this festival is extended!

ook Fair 2019 Our Catch the Reading Wave - Beach Book Fair assisted our students to “net” some great books by providing the opportunity to catch an awesome wave of quality children’s literature!!!

urriculum Highlights Despite the change in the weather we experienced last week compared to that of preceding weeks, our Year 6 campers were fortunate to have experienced predominantly dry weather which enabled the full range of activities to be undertaken. In addition to each grade visiting the BOOK FAIR, a Although the temperature was cold, our campers were well competition for the junior school and a competition for the rugged up and although “damp” underfoot, their spirits senior school students were also held. and love of adventure were certainly not dampened! From many accounts, the Year 6 camp to Phillip Island’s  Match the morphed faces and heads of the staff Adventure Resort was a huge success! members [senior]  Guess the total number of shells/marbles/pebbles [junior] The winners of the competition were announced at last Friday’s assembly! Congratulations are extended to Elijah P of 2AD [junior category] and to Olivia T 6JP [senior category]. The library received 129 entries for the junior competition and 104 entries for the senior! The answers were: Guess the Morphed Faces and Heads of the Staff Members [senior]

A two page collage of photographs features in this week’s newsletter to provide parents with additional insight into the activities undertaken!

ersonal Endeavour Hi, my name is Ashton. As you may know, I was 1. Jim Bell and Melissa Butcher raising money and awareness for 2. Chunyan Zhang and Judy Prader-Willi syndrome by growing Anderson my hair, making it crazy for 15 3. Jim Narayan and Mel Dennis days and then cutting my hair. I 4. Julia Groves and Beth raised $3,605 and this is what it McPhan looks like now. I decided to do this 5. Jim Bell and Jenny Reid because my little brother, Harvey, 6. Daisy He and Sarah Ierfone suffers from this illness which will Guess the Total Number of Shells/Marbles/Pebbles in affect him for the rest of his life. the Jars [junior] If you are interested in finding out more about PraderWilli syndrome or would like to make a donation, you can  Marbles/Pebbles 87 find more information in last week’s newsletter. Thank  Pebbles/Marbles 92 you. Ashton 5JG  Shells 86 aths News  TOTAL 265 Congratulations to the students at Thank you to the families who supported their child’s love our school for their of reading and our school through this fundraiser!! terrific achievement when using Mathletics! It is very encouraging to know that already this year, we have answered a whopping 3,799,200 – Yes, 3,799,200 questions on curriculum points!! On Live Mathletics, we have earned a total of 306,898 points. I am delighted that overall our school has earned 24 gold, 224 silver and 1,412 certificates making a total of 1,660 certificates. WELL DONE, EVERYONE!!

Congratulations: Olivia T. 6JP and Elijah P. 2AD

A reminder, that the Mathletics Competition for the highest number of points will conclude at the end of this term. A gold, silver or bronze medal with be awarded to the students who have scored the most points this term. So remember, get onto Mathletics and boost your personal score!! Lyn Forsyth Leading Teacher - Mathematics

Term 1

Week ending 31 May, 2019 0BC

Hamdaan

for your great effort learning the first 20 Oxford words.

0JF

Alfie

for working hard during benchmarking time.

0JH

Armaan

for following instructions and being a GREAT listener this week!

0LP

Hashir

0SM

FSM

for displaying confidence when having a go at sounding out words. You are a SUPERSTAR! for being superstars during benchmarking. Well done!

0TL

Rick

for his enthusiastic attitude to all his learning.

1AB

Jeremy

1HG

Peter

1KC

Mischa

1MK

Sean

for demonstrating the school values and our ‘You Can Do It’ values. Well done! for your persistent efforts to learn English and have a ‘red hot go’ at all learning tasks. Well done and keep it up! for your positive attitude to learning! You did a great job applying our YCDI Program in the classroom! for an excellent oral presentation about snakes!

1NC

Reuben

for using efficient addition strategies. Amazing work!

1NG

Emmalisa

for showing great confidence in volunteering to present your oral speech.

1TN

Sienna

for doing such a fantastic job on her Oxford Words test.

2AD

Logan D

2AK

2CM

Eric

for his detailed use of his ‘VCOP’ in his narrative and achieving his CAFÉ goal! Well done. for giving 100% in all aspects of benchmarking. I am so proud of all of you! for working hard on our class values.

2CV

Natalia

for working so hard during CAFE5 sessions.

2RG

Jhye

2SY

Dhriti

for completing the publishing of his recount to Coal Creek. Hooray! Well done! for her excellent team work in our maths lesson. Well done!

3CH

Meghana

for being such a hardworking student for the entire week.

3DK

Shirin

for being a positive hard working and friendly member of 3DK!

3MF

Lucas

3MS

Ruby

3SA

Scarlett

for completing a wonderfully detailed and colourful geography project. Well done! for her wonderful improvement in telling the time on an analogue clock. Well done. for trying your best and persisting when things are hard.

4BM

Kiyara

for always being responsible and doing the right thing.

4CP

Anthony

for showing a really positive attitude to learning.

4EC

Nargis

for showing 100% effort in all areas of your benchmarking. Well done.

Term 1

Week ending 31 May, 2019 4SM

Riley

4VG

Mikhail

for her enthusiastic attitude and putting in a great effort all round. Keep it up, Riley! for trying his best during our maths sessions. Keep up the good work!

5EB

Ashen

for using his creativity in the classroom and displaying a great work ethic.

5JG

Olivia

for always being enthusiastic and engaged in the 5JG classroom.

5LF

Kristen

for being so brave and resilient with your broken foot!

5LM

Cindy

5SI

Connor

for using her class time effectively and always completing tasks of a high standard! for making excellent improvements in his comprehension skills.

6JA

6JP

6LM

6MB

Saalaar

for being the best ever on camp and having a wonderful time in all conditions. for the enthusiasm, good manners and ‘can do’ attitude shown on camp! for your awesome display of respect, responsibility, team work and excellence on school camp. for his awesome contribution during Gabby’s science class this week.

SPECIALIST CLASSES LOTE. Chunyan 2SY

for your excellent skills in organising your Chinese workbook! Well done!

LOTE. Daisy n/a P. Arts. Linda 4VG P. Arts. Larissa 0LP

for showing ‘persistence’ and ‘getting along’ skills - playing ‘Simply Rock’ on recorders and keyboards. for practising and performing the ‘Baby Shark’ dance.

P.E.

Jim 1KC

for awesome football kicking with the AFL footballs.

P.E.

Mel FBC

for their brilliant underarm throwing and catching with pinkies together.

V. Arts. Jessica 2CV V. Arts.

Bree 5LF

D.Tech.

Lisa 5LF

Congratulations, 2CV, for your amazing outcomes with oil pastels. You demonstrated tie dye, blending and sgraffito. for fantastic work on their colour mixing in their paintings. Congratulations on learning how to block code. Your persistence has paid off when using robots in DT this term.

CASEY TECH SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMS The July school holiday programs are now available for bookings. All programs run 9:30am-2:30pm and are free of charge. Book online or call 9212 4700. VR gaming and content creation (Ages 13-16) Jul 10 Beginner electronics (Ages 10-14) Jul 11 Bioplastics (Ages 10-16) Jul 11 Investigating robotics and coding (Ages 10-14) Jul 12

Zombie apocalypse (Ages 12-16) Jul 12

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.