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October 23.pub
Phone: 9752 8555 ISSUE NO.: 32 www.parkridge-ps.vic.edu.au [email protected] conversation. What is it you’ve done today that you’d like to be acknowledged for? This question helps us feel appreciated and helps us recognise each other,. With children, it’s a great way to help boost self-esteem. What are you grateful for today? Showing gratitude has profound effects on mental wellbeing. When you constantly show your appreciation and gratitude, you find more good things fall into your lap What act of kindness did you see / perform today? By asking this question, you’re asking your children to be aware of the beauty of the world. You’re also teaching them to be consciously kind to others and to see kindness as a natural way of being. What was great about today/ What magical thing did you see? Allowing someone to talk about something that made them really happy lets them know that you’re interested and involved in their life. It also increases happiness levels by getting you focused on positive things. These type of positive questions help to develop a positive mindset. IMPORTANT DATES Friday 24 October Preptastic Week 3 Monday 27 October Friday 31 October Year 3-6 Life Education Van Tuesday 28 October Year 6 Talking Tactics Friday 31 October Halloween Disco Tuesday 4 November Melbourne Cup Day Public Holiday Wednesday 5 November Prep Botanic Gardens Excursion Thursday 6 November Year 1 Extended Day Friday 7 November Preptastic Week 4 Wednesday 12 November Walk to School Launch Assembly Thursday 13 November ‘Come to the Circus’ School Concert - 5:00pm & 7:15pm Friday 14 November Preptastic Week 5 ‘I Sea I Care’ After School Sausage Sizzle Tuesday 18 November Parent Helpers Morning Tea Friday 21 November Preptastic Week 6 Walk to School October 2014 Please remember to get involved with Walk to School October 2014. Healthy children make the best learners. NOTICES WITH MONIES PENDING • Year Prep Botanic Gardens Excursion: $22.50 due Monday 29 October • Year 1 Extended Day: $10.00 due Thursday 30 October • Walkathon Sponsorship: Donations due Friday 7 November • 2015 Year 6 Jacket: $60.00 due Friday 14 November • 2015 Year 5 Beechworth Camp: $60.00 deposit due Tuesday 18 November • 2015 Year 6 Canberra Camp: $100.00 fourth instalment due Wednesday 12 November PRINCIPAL’S DESK Four Questions to Ask at the Dinner Table Tonight At Park Ridge Primary School, we are committed to embedding Positive Education into all aspects of our school lives. I am sure that you have asked your child after school, ‘What happened at school today?’ or What did you do at school today?’ usually the answer is NOTHING. Listed below are four questions you can throw into the dinner STRIVE Facsimile: 9752 8666 23 October 2014 Specialist Awards Our Specialist Awards are for Physical Education. Congratulations to the following students who have worked extremely well over the past week and for being interested, active and giving activities their best effort. This week presented by Mrs Lapthorne and Mr Tucker. Year Prep – Brooklyn O, Year 1 – Jordyn P, Year 2 – Jack L, Year 3 – Connor, Year 4 – Kaiden B & Harvey M, Year 5 - Cameron L, and Year 6 – Nathan D. Parent Helpers Morning Tea Our teachers and students are extremely appreciative of the large number of parent, grandparent and community helpers who assist teachers. To show our support, a Helpers Morning Tea has been organised for Tuesday 18 November from 10:30 – 11:30 am. I am looking forward to catching up and saying ‘Thank you’ for your contribution to our school. Please put this date in your diary. School Concert Mrs Smith and the students are busily preparing for our School Concert on Thursday 13 November. Information with regard to the purchasing of tickets has been sent home to all families. As we are only having two shows, we have limited the number of tickets to two per family. I realise that it would be great to invite grandparents etc, however, another day for a performance at a larger venue would increase costs dramatically. LEARN EXCEL Walkathon A beautiful day greeted the students for their annual Walkathon. As expected, we had a huge contingent of parents assisting on the route and helping cook the sausages for the special lunch. This is our last fundraising activity for the year. Our PCA has done a wonderful job ensuring that our fundraising targets have been achieved. Rowville Secondary College Year 12 Farewell On Tuesday afternoon I was able to attend the Rowville Secondary College Year 12 farewell. I was especially proud to see our ex-students enter to assembly under the Park Ridge Primary School banner. A part from the obvious increased growth as most of the students wore their Park Ridge uniforms to the assembly, I was blown away by the maturity and confidence shown by the students. These students now begin the final stage of their secondary learning as they prepare for exams. I would like to wish them well with these examinations and future endeavours. of a person without that person’s permission. We need to educate our students and ourselves about the benefits and dangers of the internet. Our school is committed to participate in the eSmart government initiative. eSmart is similar to the government’s sunsmart program. eSmart is an effective road map to guide schools in developing a sustainable whole-school approach to bullying and cyber safety. Over time the school be able to receive eSmart accreditation. eSmart was designed for Australian schools by educators. It encompasses six domains of action: Effective School Organisation School, Plans, Policies and Procedures Respectful and Caring School Community Effective Teacher Practice An eSmart Curriculum Partnerships with Parents and the Local Community eSmart schools will be able to demonstrate they are doing all they can reasonably do to create positive school culture and protect children from cyber-risks, and in particular, to address bullying and cyberbullying. Regional Athletes Congratulations to Heather L and Kate B for representing the school at the Regional Athletics Championships last week. Heather performed admirably, coming eighth in the high jump and Kate finish 4th in the 200 m Final and 7th in the triple jump. Well done girls! Mathletics Champs Congratulations Jessica H, Miladin M, Brodie S, Andre U and Rory J for achieving their Gold Mathletics certificate at Monday’s assembly. Cyber safety Over recent times, I have had to deal with a number of internet related social networking issues. For those parents who are unfamiliar with social networking, I mean Facebook, Kik and MSN. Parents need to take an active interest in their child’s involvement in social networking. It is no good thinking that my child knows the right thing to do. A 21st century skill that our students need to develop in order to prosper in the future, are the skills of being ethical and respectful. A person who is respectful will not post negative comments about another person on a social networking site, they will not think of posting photographs STRIVE LEARN David Mann Principal EXCEL BUCKET FILLER Congratulations to Mikayla H for winning the Bucket Filler award at this week’s assembly. Mikayla gives 150% in all school activities. She doesn’t look for praise but rather gains intrinsic gratification for her efforts and involvement. ________________________________________________ ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS DESK ELFS Weekly “Care for our School Environment” Draw Winners of our weekly draw are Brody from P-11, Brendan and Imogen from 1-10 and Harry from 3-18. Congratulations and thank you for keeping Park Ridge safe and clean. Graeme Lloyd Assistant Principal ________________________________________________ STUDENTS & SPECIALIST CLASSES OF THE WEEK P-06 – Mia – For working and concentrating well at all times Nethuli – For always being helpful and kind P-07 – Tristan – For doing such a great job on his seasons wheel poster Lara – For working so well with her buddy in last week’s Buddy session P-08 – Leo – For great adventures writing about his bee “Leo Bee” Asimina – For beautiful handwriting. Great effort!! P-09 – Emily St. – For a great story about “Pink Bee” Charlotte – For writing a lovely letter to P-09 P-11 – Monte & Bobby – For being great class pets P-12 – Zoe – For always working well with her buddy Nathan – For excellent writing about his bee 1-10 – Thomas – For great work adding and subtracting numbers and settling in so well 1-15 – Jacob – For having a kind, sensible and hardworking attitude to school 1-16 – Myilly – For having such a wonderful attitude towards learning 2-02 – Elizabeth – For showing the character strength “Love Of Learning” when she blitzed her subtraction posttest 2-03 – Jessica – For having a wonderful week and developing her subtraction skills 2-04 – Suhani – For showing perseverance in Maths and being a formal subtraction super star STRIVE 2-05 – Harrison – For supplying half the class with boxes for dioramas Mason – For going out of his way to tidy the mess of others 3-17 – Liam – For improved behaviour and for writing an excellent story Joanna – For a great effort with her writing 3-18 – Kirstine – For making great inferences about a variety of texts Rory – For always showing great optimism about learning tasks 3-19 – Jackson – For showing perseverance by putting in 100% into all tasks despite feeling unwell 4-20 – Emilie & Roya – For a fantastic start to their narratives 4-21 – Rhys – For his super skipping skills and for his willingness to teach others 4-22 – Aashish – For concentrating well and putting 100% effort into his learning 4-26 – Tara – For her fantastic week, always working hard and doing her best 5-01 – Mitchell – For showing great bravery by catching the bugs in our classroom 5-23 – Leon – For an excellent investigation in Spelling 5-24 – Tomas – For settling in well to Park Ridge and getting to know everybody 6-13 – Caitlin – For a fantastic week, always displaying a fantastic work ethic 6-14 – Vaishnavi – For great organisation in preparing for the Year 6 “Talking Tactics” night 6-25 – Mikayla - For participating in a wide range of school activities with enthusiasm, persistence and dedication ART - Mr Hall - P-07 - Fantastic flower drawings MUSIC - Mrs Smith - 5-23 - For amazing singing and performing skills for the concert INDONESIAN - Ibu Ling - All Year 6 classes - For their appreciation and enthusiasm during the Asian Food Tasting week PHYSICAL EDUCATION - Mr Tucker - 5-24 - For showing great teamwork as a class in getting through the Beep Test - Mrs Lapthorne - 2B - For fantastic catches ________________________________________________ TERM DATES Term 4 2014: 6 October to 19 December Term 1 2015: 29 January to 27 March Term 2 2015: 13 April to 26 June Term 3 2015: 13 July to 18 September YARD SUPERVISION The yard is supervised from 8:30-8:45 am before school and until 3:30 pm after school. ABSENCES If your child is away from school at any time a hand written note or an absence slip (which can be obtained from the classroom, school office or website) must be provided to the teacher. A phone call is not an approved form of notification. LEARN EXCEL STUDENT BANKING Student Banking Deposits will be processed every Tuesday morning at 9:00am. Please don't forget to send in your deposit books. OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS CARE Before School - For enquiries, please phone Before School Care on 9752 9876 or 0407 306 330 between 7:00pm – 8:30 am. Application forms are available from the school office and the Out of School Hours Care office. After School - For enquiries, please phone After School Care on 9752 9876 or 0407 306 330 between 3:30pm – 5:45 pm. Prior to these times, please call the school office on 9752 8555. Application forms are available from the school office and the Out of School Hours Care office. MAKING PAYMENTS When sending payments back to school, please follow the below instructions: •Child’s First Name and Surname •Child’s Year Level and Room Number •What is enclosed? For efficient processing please send money to school via the classroom where possible. LOST PROPERTY Several jackets are being handed into the office each day, without any identification. Please ensure EVERY item of uniform your child wears to school is clearly named. ________________________________________________ Parents will not be able to apply for the Education Maintenance Allowance in 2015. The money will be allocated to eligible schools through schools’ core operational funding mechanism, with the neediest schools receiving the most funding. Not all schools will be receiving funding in 2015. This change to how the money is distributed was required by the funding agreement with the Commonwealth government to make sure Victorian schools receive increased funding that will benefit all students and, in particular, those from schools with concentrated disadvantage. The majority of parents who received the EMA payment already elected to provide the money directly to their school. If you are experiencing financial hardship, you can speak to your principal about how you can access assistance from the State Schools’ Relief Committee for clothing and uniforms. The end of the EMA direct payments to parents will not affect any other payment you may be receiving such as the Schoolkids Bonus, which is provided directly to eligible parents to assist with education costs. If you have any questions about this change, please speak to your school principal. ________________________________________________ ‘DISCOVERING RESILIENCE’ Live at Swinburne University presented by... Hugh van Cuylenburg GenEd LEARNING TASKS This term teachers will be uploading six tasks for you to view. These will include a Writing, Reading, Integrated Studies and Speaking and Listening or ICT task, as well as an end of year Mathematics assessment with comment and Work Habits checklist and comment. As the tasks are uploaded notification will be sent out through TiqBiz and highlighted in our weekly newsletters. This week the Year 2s have uploaded their first tasks: Integrated Studies: Under the Sea Diorama: The Year 2 Integrated Studies topic for Term 4 is 'Under the Sea. The students were given the task to create a diorama depicting an underwater scene. Feedback for this task includes an evaluation rubric and a student and teacher comment. ___________________________________________ Due to popular demand Hugh is delivering his 2014 presentation on the ways that we can teach resilience, one last time. He will be presenting material from this years presentation in addition to new stories and experiences from his travels to Sri Lanka in July. Where: Swinburne University of Technology ATC Lecture Theatre John St Hawthorn VIC 3122 When: 7:00pm, Friday 28 November, 2014 Price: $25.00, tickets can be purchased through www.ticketbo.com.au/theresilienceproject ________________________________________________ 2015 EMA CHANGES Dear Parents/Guardians The following information has been provided to me by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. Yours sincerely Jenny Phillips School Council President Changes to the Education Maintenance Allowance From 1 January 2015, the government will provide extra financial support directly to Victoria’s neediest schools instead of providing the Education Maintenance Allowance directly to parents. STRIVE PRE LOVED UNIFORM On Friday 21 November there will be a Pre Loved Uniform Stall outside the Canteen area from 2:30pm There will be an array of items on offer. Logo items start from $5.00. Please remember all proceeds from the stall go to help under privileged Park Ridge families. LEARN EXCEL School, 5% is given to the school to purchase sport equipment etc. Mindfulness Activity from Sitting Still Like a Frog (Snel, Eline) Are you listening to me? It is not always easy to really listen to what is being said. Let’s face it, our minds are often elsewhere and not here. But like looking, listening is something you can learn. All you need is deliberate, mindful attention and to learn to recognize its absence. Listening to one another – a fun dinnertime exercise. Everybody is given two minutes to talk about his or her day or to share an important experiences, while the others listen without passing judgment. Listening with a genuine desire to hear and understand what the other is saying is absolutely invaluable. Just like you strengthen a muscle by working it, you can train your attention muscle when using all of the sense. ________________________________________________ PCA NEWS PCA Meeting Dates: Meetings are held at 7:30pm in the staff room all welcome to attend. Wednesday 12 November Thursday 4 December Dates For The Diary: Friday 31 October: Halloween Disco - Start thinking about your costumes! Saturday 15 November: Election Day BBQ - Helpers will be required Walkathon Sausage Sizzle What a huge effort by all of the parents who helped at the Sausage Sizzle on Tuesday. Without your commitment, the students at Park Ridge wouldn’t be able to enjoy special lunches like this. Thanks you! Muffin Break’s Great Bake Sale is on again! Calling all mums, dads, teachers, uncles, aunties and grandparents to vote for Park Ridge in the Muffin Break Great Bake Sale! The winning school will have the chance to WIN 1,000 muffins to sell at their next fundraiser and a $3,000 cash card. As a thank you, all voters will receive a ‘Buy one muffin get one free’ voucher for voting. Click the link below to vote now! http://www.muffinbreak.com.au/news/muffin-breaks-greatbake-sale/ Halloween Disco It is time to get 'spooky' and come along to our last disco for the year, Friday 31 October. We will again require helpers who have working with children on the night, please fill in the slip below if you are available to help. We look forward to some colourful costumes at the Disco. ——————————————————————— PARENT HELPERS FOR THE DISCO Friday 31 October Please fill out the form below and return it to the office by Thursday 30 October. Parent's Name: __________________________ Mobile Phone Number: __________________________ Eldest Child's Name: __________________________ Grade: __________________________ I am able to attend: (Please tick appropriate box) Session 1 Years P, 1, 2, 3 6:00 – 7:00 pm Session 2 Years 4, 5, 6 7:15 – 8:30 pm Both Sessions Once this form is received we will assume that you will attend at the time stated above. If you have any questions please contact me via email [email protected] or mobile 0407358911 Cadbury Sale The Cadbury Factory has invited twenty-five members of the Park Ridge community to attend a sale on Friday 31 October. To register your interest please contact the school office, the first twenty-five people will be accepted. Fundraising Made Easy: Rebel Sport: Thank you to all the families who have been purchasing at Rebel Sport. Remember whenever you purchase at Rebel Sport and mention Park Ridge Primary STRIVE Leanne Harvey PCA President LEARN EXCEL COMMUNITY NEWS (We thank the following people for advertising in our School Newsletter, however Park Ridge Primary School does not endorse their products or services) On behalf of the Knox Anzac Memorial Committee, I would like to invite you to the official unveiling and dedication of the Knox Honour Roll Memorial on November 1st. This date marks 100 years since the first Australian ship set sail for the First World War. The memorial will contain the names of all the defence force members from our local area who have lost their lives serving our nation. It also contains informative panels of the major battles that Australia has participated in. The former Governor General, Major General the Hon Michael Jeffery, AC, AO (Mil), CVO, MC (Ret’d) will officially open the Roll. This memorial is the outcome of two years of work by the Committee, which consists of local veterans associations, the Knox Council, and Knox Historical Society as myself as Chair. I was pleased to secure $200,000 of federal funding (an election commitment) for the project. The official ceremony begins at 2pm sharp, Sat Nov 1st, 2014 at the Tim Neville Arboretum in Ferntree Gully. We hope you and your friends are able to join us on this special occasion. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ STRIVE LEARN EXCEL STRIVE LEARN EXCEL STRIVE LEARN EXCEL