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Volume 25 Issue 4
Thursday 21 February 2019
DATES TO REMEMBER term dates 22 22 26 07 11 29 01
2019
FEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY MARCH MARCH MARCH APRIL
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
CLOSING DATE FOR SCHOOL COUNCIL NOMINATIONS FOUNDATION PIRATE DAY ICE CREAM DAY SRC ‘WEAR WHAT YOU WISH DAY’ - GOLD COIN DONATION LABOUR DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY SCHOOL PHOTO DAY SCHOOL PHOTO DAY
jenny reid, assistant principal
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chool Council Elections 2019 We are currently seeking nominations for parents wishing to stand for election on school council. A parent can either be nominated as a candidate on a completed nomination form or self nominate. Nomination forms need to be returned to the principal by 4:00 p.m. Friday 22 February. The term of office for elected members is two years. Half of the members of a school council retire each year and this creates four vacancies within the parent membership category and two vacancies within the Department of Education and Training (DET) employee category. If the number of nominations is equal or less than the number of vacancies, then those nominated are declared elected. Being on a school council gives parents and other members of the community the chance to be involved in setting the school’s educational policy. School Councils are legally formed bodies that are given powers to set the key directions of a school within centrally provided guidelines. In doing this, a school council is able to directly influence the quality of education that the school provides for its students.
jo-anne doran, assistant principal
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ibrary Snippets Reading with your children is a great way of fostering a love of books in children! Reading together on the sofa, sharing bedtime bedtimes stories and visiting the library are just some ways of spending quality time together. Through reading a variety of books children learn about people, places, and events outside of their own experience. Reading books aloud to children stimulates their imagination and expands their understanding of the world. It helps to develop language and listening skills.
Jim Bell, principal Even after children learn to read by themselves, it's still important for you to read aloud together. Being read to also enables a more engaged and inquisitive experience with the reader. The child can ask and answer questions, and make further visual and imaginative associations. Reading improves vocabulary and language skills. Children learn new words as they read. Subconsciously, they absorb information on how to structure sentences and how to use words and other language features effectively in their writing and speaking. Our school library is open before school at 8:40 a.m. for parents to enjoy the reading experience with their children and for the children to enjoy the reading experience with their parents! Laurelle of Year 3 and sister, Kailon of Year Prep certainly do! As does dad!
Schedule 4 - Notice of Election and Call for Nominations An election is to be conducted for members of the School Council of BRENTWOOD PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL. Nomination forms may be obtained from the school and must be lodged by 4 pm on Friday 22 February 2019. The ballot will close at 4 pm on 8 March 2019 Following the closing of nominations a list of the nominations received will be posted at the school. The terms of office, membership categories and number of positions in each membership category open for election are as follows –
Membership category
Term of office
Number of positions
Parent member
From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll in 2019 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2021
4
DET employee member
From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll in 2019 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the poll in 2021
2
If the number of nominations is less than the number of vacancies, a notice to that effect and calling for further nominations will be posted in a prominent position at the school.
Jim Bell Principal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------Notes:
“Electorate of the school” means the Department of Education and Training [DET] employee electorate of the school and the Parent electorate of the school. “Parent electorate of the school” means all persons (except the principal) who are parents of students of the school, other than those who are DET employees. “DET employee electorate of the school” means the principal of the school and – DET employees engaged in work at and for the school (other than those who are parents of students of the school) and other DET employees who are parents of students of the school. “DET employee” – means a person employed for eight hours or more per week in either an ongoing capacity or for a fixed term of at least 90 days (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
under the Teaching Service Act 1981; or under the Public Sector Management and Employment Act 1998; or by a school council of a State school; or under section 5 or 5A of the Education Act 1958; or under more than one of the paragraphs (i) to (iv) above, and
does not mean a person employed under a contract for service or the employees or the contracted personnel of such a person. Votes may be posted to the principal or placed in the ballot box at the school on any day up to the closure of the ballot. Further details on how votes may be lodged will be provided when ballot papers are sent to the electorate of the school.
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chool Assemblies School assemblies, which are conducted by our student leaders, are held in our gymnasium each Friday at 2:30 p.m. They provide us with the opportunity to address the children collectively and to give recognition to student achievement through the presentation of student awards such as Stars of the Week and student performances.
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chool Injuries and Insurance Parents and guardians are generally responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including any transport costs. Most medical costs will be This week, our Year Preps will be attending their first refundable by Medicare. If assembly. Parents, as always, are encouraged to attend. you are a member of an ambulance or health insurance fund, you would also be ports Shorts able to claim transport or other expenses from the fund. This year, we have many exciting events happening. Term 1 will be extremely busy with The Department of Education and Training [DET] does swimming, tennis, athletics and cross country events to not hold accident insurance for school students, however, be held. Please note the following events and dates for reasonably low cost accident insurance policies are term 1 as there have been some date changes. available from the commercial insurance sector.
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Monday 25th February, District Swimming. Friday 1st March, District Tennis. Wednesday 13th March, Division Swimming. Wednesday 20th March, School Cross Country. Tuesday 2nd April, Year 3 to 6 School Athletics Wednesday 3rd April, Prep to 2 School Athletics.
The Department cannot advise parents on whether to purchase a student accident policy or which policy to purchase as individual families are likely to have differing needs. Their decision may be affected by other insurance cover they hold, the extent to which their children participate in sports or other physical activities at school and the particular disposition of their children.
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The camp date for Year 6 chool Photographs is May 27th to 29th. This Class photographs and portrait photographs are year’s camp will again be currently scheduled to be taken on Friday 29 March at Phillip Island so please ensure your child/children are dressed in school Adventure Park. If you uniform. are interested in attending the camp please see Jim Narayan ASAP. If you would like further information CLASS and PORTRAIT please contact Jim Narayan. PHOTOGRAPHS on Friday 29 March The start of the year is also a great opportunity for your SIBLING child to become involved in sport outside of school PHOTOGRAPHS on hours. The benefits of playing sport are very rewarding. Monday 1 April Now is the perfect time to register your child in football, soccer, netball and basketball. Google local clubs or A personalized pre-payment order form will be provided contact me for further assistance. for the eldest child. Payment is to be returned on the day and presented to the photographer. Jim Narayan, Health and Physical Education eing SunSmart KR Update As a SunSmart School, it is Please update your child’s class and year level to essential that during Term 1, students wear a wide ensure payments and lunch orders are allocated to brimmed hat. No hat means no play outside! the correct student. Thank you for your support.
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Term 1
Week ending 15 February, 2019 0BC
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0JF
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0JH
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0LP
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0SM
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0TL
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1AB
Montana
for coming back to school full of enthusiasm and ready to learn.
1HG
Harry
1KC
Mehtaab
1MK
Tom
for putting in your personal best efforts and achieving success with your learning tasks. for trying his best to complete each task and his eagerness to do well! Well done! for trying really hard to learn all his Oxford words. Great!
1NC
Kayla
for adding extra information into your writing. Superstar!
1NG
Arnav
for putting in your best effort into counting to 100.
1TN
Olli
2AD
Elijah
for always being respectful, responsible, excellent and kind inside the class and in the playground. for settling into his new school so well. We love having you in 2AD.
2AK
Keenan
2CM
Thinuga
for your impressive efforts when making and reading quarter to and quarter past times. for making a terrific start to Brentwood Park Primary School! Well done!
2CV
Shriyadita
for her beautiful book presentation and excellent manners!
2RG
Pranav
for his excellent ‘mixtures’ presentation this week. You are awesome!
2SY
Karley
for consistently demonstrating school values.
3CH
Sam
3DK
Riyan
for following all instructions and achieving your best quality work. Well done! for his hard work and focus in all maths sessions this week. Well done!
3MF
Var shana
for having a positive attitude and always trying your best. Keep it up.
3MS
Deng
for having a go at all classroom activities. Well done!
3SA
Ayma
for your incredible enthusiasm for your work.
4BM
Melodee
for her resilience when looking at her maths results.
4CP
Shelana
for being a responsible and helpful office runner.
4EC
Gabr iel
for achieving success when reading 24 hour time on a clock. Well done!
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Term 1
Week ending 15 February, 2019 4SM
Harini
4VG
Jash
for verbalising and demonstrating appropriate strategies used to solve maths problems. for designing a clock with concentration.
5EB
Dar shawin
for displaying great teamwork and offering help to others.
5JG
Luke
5LF
Timor
for all your hard work and effort put into all of your activities! You have produced some fantastic work! for an excellent return to school. Welcome back!
5LM
Br yce
for using his initiative and tidying up our classroom. Great job!
5SI
J oel
6JA
Lavanya
6JP
Daham
for always striving to have a positive attitude! You are truly a superstar! for showing amazing skills using all VCOP strategies in ‘Writer’s Workshop’ - WOW! for an excellent job in our measurement competition!
6LM
Nik
6MB
Leon
because he shows initiative and demonstrates excellent team work skills. for showing a positive mindset while working on his written tasks.
SPECIALIST CLASSES LOTE. Chun Yan n/a LOTE. Daisy 4CP P. Arts. Linda 5LM P. Arts. Larissa 1NG P.E.
Jim
P.E.
Mel
for a great effort—playing the melody of “Are you Sleeping?” on keyboards and xylophones. for using students imaginations to move like penguins, tigers, unicorns and lions.
6LM
for displaying great techniques when jumping the hurdles.
6MB
for displaying great techniques when jumping the hurdles.
V. Arts. Jessica FTL V. Arts.
for being peaceful and engaging when doing your Chinese work this week!
Bree 1HG
D. Tech. Lisa 4SM
well done for displaying fantastic listening skills and packing away all your materials & equipment. for imaginative line work based on chance, inspired by artist, Kenneth Martin. for being the most focused class during DT sessions this week.
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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.