19th August 2016 - Warringa Park School

Learning Centre Leaders’
Newsletter 19th August 2016
in ahead of time a photo of their dog, cat or other farm type pet.
These photos will be enlarged and laminated to be put
We have a busy few weeks ahead with the different educational around the library. Older students in the Early Years can attend
weeks coming up. Invites have been sent out to parents/carers with a younger group as buddies and readers, or they can do a
for science week activities this week and invitations will also be writing activity about their dog or other animal.
sent for the book week and literacy numeracy week activities in
week 7 & 8.
Week 7 is Literacy and Numeracy week and classes will
be exploring the text “Elmer the Elephant” and creating their
This week is Science week in the Early Years. We have had own classroom elephant in their classes designated colours,
lots of exciting experiments happening in classroom throughout patterns and shapes. Students will bring their elephants to the
the section, making snowstorms, sensory bottles, hovercrafts, hall where the story will be read and students will have
robots and much, much more. Oren our STEAM teacher a chance to parade their classroom elephant and dance to the
is running lots of great science experiments throughout the elephant walk song.
week for classrooms to partake in such as dry ice, rocket launch
and a science fair.
There are lots of exciting times ahead and I look forward to
attending each event! Have a great time everyone!
Next week is Book week and each class has booked in a
session in the library to be read the text ' My Dog Bigsy'. After
Elaine Quinn, Early Years Team Leader
reading the story students will be creating a craft from the text
to create an EY mural in the library. Students also can bring
Early Years Learning Centre
Multimedia Learning Centre
Middle Years Team Leader
It has been a busy fortnight in Middle Years, with PLT 3 getting ready to go on camp to Marysville this week, and
PLT3 getting organised to go in Week 8 to Campaspe Downs in Kyneton. Camps are always a great learning
experience for our students, and we wish students and staff good luck and happy camping in the next few weeks.
A big thank you as well to the staff who are staying back with students who are not going, and other staff members
for their flexibility in regards to placing students and Yard duty coverage.
Last Friday the Whole School Sports day was the big event at Warringa Park, with all students participating and
enjoy a range of activities in hat were both exciting and tailored to students different abilities. Students loved the
experiences, and a big thank you to Sports teachers and helpers who made it all happen.
Week 6 is Science Week, and PLTs across the Learning centre are holding a variety of exciting, hands on
activities, and student led experiences around the STEM Inquiry Units being taught in Term 3. Invitations have
been sent out to parents in all teams, and we would love to see you here to see the wonderful work being done by
our students, and have a look around your child's classroom and talk to their teachers.
In Week 4, an exciting addition has been made to the MYPLT 2 play area. New equipment, including a Basketball
chute and fitness zone equipment have been installed. This is a significant addition to the area, and students are
already loving playing on the equipment during breaks, and in designated movement breaks with their teachers and
ES staff.
We hope to see you at school this week for Science week celebrations, and for the upcoming Book week and
Literacy and Numeracy week celebrations in weeks 7 and 8.
Andrew Knox, Acting Middle Years Team Leader
Groups 10,11, 18 and 19
Groups 10,11, 18 and 19 had a fantastic time at camp. We
had fun swinging on the giant swing, riding around on bikes
and making our own pizzas with organic ingredients from the
camp garden. The food was fantastic for all the meals and it
was great to see so many students on their first camp.
In literacy ‘Pete the Cat’ was
rocking in his school shoes and all
the groups were looking at who,
where and what was happening in
the book. We are all moving onto
‘The very cranky bear” where we
are looking at when certain events
of the book will happen. In
numeracy we are learning about
ordinal numbers and number order.
Students are learning the language
of first, second and third and how
to position items in order using
numbers as help. This week is
science week and with many activities being offered
throughout the week we encourage all parents/carers if
possible to try and make it to an activity. With book week
next week and literacy and numeracy week in week 8, we
have a very busy and exciting time in all our classrooms.
Until next time happy
learning from groups 10,11,
18 and
19.
Groups 22, 23, 24 & 25
Groups 22, 23, 24 and 25 have had an
interesting two weeks making their own
commercials. They have been given criteria
to work off in order to make an
advertisement of a product of their choice. It
is related to building their ability to work
collaboratively in small groups and express
their feelings through their presentations.
Students used a range of applications to
form their commercials including IMovie,
Green screen and Puppet Pals and camera
roll.
Students and staff left for camp on
Wednesday the 17th of August and will
be returning on Friday the 19th of
August. Hopefully they are having a
joyful time, and we know they will
definitely need some rest and sleep on
the weekend after the fun few days
away.
Monday, the 15th of August was the
beginning of Science Week, with
students involved in several science
experiments around the school. We
would like to dearly
thank parents and
family
members
who
attended,
Daniel, encouraging students to participate in
Erin, the science activities.
Tim,
Chloe, Thanks, and enjoy the winter season.
Kay,
Alana, Benita, Katie, Anthony, Belinda, Brain,
Tayla,
Kylie, Sharon and Ritu
Marg,
Amy
and
Dean.
Groups 20, 39,
40, 41 & 42
The past fortnight has seen a
change in the play areas for
Groups 39-42. We have had
new fitness and play equipment
installed, which has provided our
students with more purposeful
and engaging exercise activities
which they are enjoying using.
Our Reading focus on words
that sound and look the same
has continued, with a students
learning about words with
ending in 'ink' and 'ar'. In Maths,
we are learning
identifying
about
money,
exploring
patterns in counting coins, and
identifying the features of
Australian money.
Last Friday was
whole
school
Sports Day, and
our students had a
lot
of
fun
participating in the
many activities and
provided by Sports
staff in the Hall. In
our Inquiry Unit
'What can we use
to Create Art?'
students have been
experimenting with
different modes of
painting, including painting circles and using masking tape to
define and paint within shapes. This week, we are doing our
own 'Pendulum' paintings, which we are incorporating into
our Science week activities as well. For Science week, our
students will have an exhibition of this Terms STEM unit
inspired paintings in the deck outside Rooms 39-41, which
will start on Thursday.
We are having an open afternoon on Thursday 18th August,
and we would love to get parents to come and see the
wonderful work we are doing!
Anna, Carmen, Kerstin, Amy, Sonja, Kerryn, Andrew, Derek,
Mel, Sue, Pamela and Emily
Students have participated in fun
experiences where they
have listened to their
heart beat and made
blood from a concoction of
fruit loops, marshmallows
and coloured water.
A number of students
have began their
transitions to Cayleys
Road and have enjoyed
exploring the campus and
all the wonderful things
they will be apart of next
year.
Later Years
Warringa Campus
The Later Years students have been learning about the heart
as part of our inquiry topic 'How our body Works'. They have
been learning where their hearts are and how they function.
Science week has gone
off with a bang, with the
first science show
presented by Oren on the
oval shooting Rockets to
the sky. Students have
participated in their own
class experiments this week from exploding coke bottles to
balloon rocket races.
Amy, Katie, Sean & Abby
Bethany Road
Campus
This week we celebrated the last of
our hockey clinics with Hockey
Victoria! Students were fantastic
throughout the three workshops,
participating in hockey – octopus,
hockey number racers and hockey
games. Thank you Jess for
organizing these workshops!
Students have been participating in our own mini BRC
Olympics throughout their PE lessons this term. Students have
been setting and breaking records in shot put, discus, long
jump and sprints in preparation for our Athletics carnival on
September 12th. Well done to our record holders. We invite all
parents to attend this celebration day at the V.U. Athletics
track, Hoppers Lane, Werribee. Students will be encouraged
to wear their designated class colour on the day (BRC 1
green, BRC2 yellow, BRC3 black, BRC4 orange, BRC 5
purple and BRC 6 white). We would greatly appreciate parent
support on the day. Please send me a text if you are able to
help out on the day (0477 772 626—you must have a Working
With Children Check).
Last week a parent survey
was sent to all BRC parents
to help us in our planning
for an effective needs
based human relations unit
of work. We value parent
input into this survey and
would appreciate it if you
could please complete and
return it to the Bethany road
Campus via your child by
Wednesday 31st August.
Upcoming events at BRC include:
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This week is Science Week! Our campus has been making
balloon cars which will be tested on Friday with class winners
going through to a final to be held on Monday at assembly.
Thank you to Mareta for all her hard work organising this
activity for our classes.
In Literacy students have continued
understanding of text types by
participating in ‘text scavenger hunts’
where they were challenged to locate
answers to questions regarding a
variety of texts.
to
extend
their
In Numeracy students are continuing to
explore measurement in the area of
Time. We have been busy revising
how to tell the time and solving
problems involving time durations.
As part of our focus on promoting
healthy eating, students are now
spending 10 minutes before every
lunch break eating their food in class.
We encourage parents/guardians to
ensure that your child is provided with
a healthy snack (e.g. fruit) and lunch.
September 12th BRC Athletic Carnival
October 26th – 28th Camp to Kangaroobie for Yr. 8 and
9 students
On Monday the 12th of September BRC will be participating in
Danielle Barclay
a whole campus athletics carnival at the V.U. Athletics track,
Acting BRC Campus Leader
Hoppers Lane, Werribee. Students have been practising
competing and running their events for the day. A reminder to
make sure permission notices are returned as soon as
possible.
We have quite a number of permission forms distributed at the
moment. Please remember to return any of the following
applicable to your child:
- Whole campus athletics
carnival
- SeeSaw (a new iPad
application featuring students
work)
- Year 8 & 9 camp notices (there
will be an information night held
at Bethany Rd Campus
on
Tuesday 30th August from 55.30pm)
- Human Relations form
We trust that everybody has been enjoying the coverage of the - Parent Opinion Survey
2016 Rio Olympic Games. Students have had the opportunity - Year 10 Orientation Camp
to watch and discuss some key events from the Games at
Douglas McLeod-Dryden
school.
News From Douglas…
Cayleys Road
News…
Philip Island Camp was a BIG hit!!
This week students from Nancy’s Careers class together
with VCAL and BRC , went to the Wyndham Council offices
for afternoon tea and a chat about what it is like to work ,
how to apply for work and tips for interviews.
On Tuesday we went to Wyndham city centre for afternoon
tea and to talk some people about their work and what they
do at Wyndham city centre. I was interested to hear about
the pound dogs. I want to learn about different dogs and
the lady was nice. Her name was Rachel . We have interviews on the 31 August 2016 at 9:00 am. I have completed
my resume and cover letter.
I want work at pound dogs in Werribee. Others people
talked about different jobs. One job was for meals on
wheels, another rubbish collection, the dog pound and food
service. There was yummy cheesecakes and sausage roll.
I saw VCAL students and Bethany Rd campus students.
Ranka Maric.
At Mambourin cafe I take the orders, wash dishes
and I clean the tables. My favourite job at the cafe Is
to deliver the orders to the customers. Come on
down to the cafe on a Thursday and let me serve
you. We are located inside the Mambourin sensory
gardens just of Ballan Rd. We are open every
Thursday 10am to 1:30pm.
Roger Barroso
VCAL News…
Term 3 has been very busy with many students out on
Work Experience. Kerry Roberts our Work Experience
Coordinator his done a terrific job of organising new
placements, liaising with employers and supporting
students to settle in to their positions with a variety of
employers and industries. We have 13 students
currently out on individual work experience placements
at industries including; Automotive, Hospitality,
Warehousing Horticulture, Childcare, Sport & Recreation
and Retail.
The Wednesday Personal Development group is doing a
great job completing Community Service at Manor
Court Aged Care facility in Werribee. The students help
with garden maintenance and kitchen and laundry work
and are now seen as valuable team members. Thank
you to Wendy & Evangeline for establishing this very
successful partnership.
Our Singapore visitors from the Rainbow Centre had the
opportunity to see our VCAL students participate in an
Automotive TAFE class and a Hospitality class and to see
our City Campus. They were impressed with the vast array
of opportunities our students in VCAL are offered and the
work that our students do.
Students from
VCAL,CRC and
BRC were invited
to a Meet and
Greet afternoon
tea at Wyndham
Civic Centre in
preparation for
their upcoming interviews. VCAL students were set the
challenge of introducing themselves to 3 to 5 council
representatives.
Student Reviews
Bunnings BBQ
At 9:00 o'clock we
start cooking
sausages and
onions. We sell
I would like to remind students and families the importance drinks to the
of students attending school every day. TAFE and
customers as
Vocational Education programs have strict 80% attendance well. Most of the
requirements. If a student is going to be away please let the time we are busy
Core Group Teacher and program teacher know. Absences but there are quiet
must be verified by a parent or carer and should be
times too after we
supported by a medical certificate if the student is away due sell all sausages,
to illness.
we have to clean
all the equipment
Natalie Aleksejevs
and utensils then
Acting Team Leader
we have to put the stuff into the school bus such as drink,
knives and others things that from our school. Then we
went back to school usually around 2:20 pm. After we put
away all the equipment at school then we go home. In enjoy
Tuesday 23rd August Girls in Automotive, Certificate 2
the BBQ because it’s fun there to do cooking stuff. By Eh
Warehousing excursion, Guest speaker at Montague
Kaw Ku Lai Day
Wyndham Councils Human Resources Department.
Wednesday 31st Interviews Wyndham Civic Centre
Automotive
Every Thursday we go to automotive. What we do up there
Save the Date VCAL Graduation
is pull apart cars and bikes. Also we have already taken
A reminder to all year 11 and 12 students intending to go on apart the whole motorbike, also the engine so we are now
camp, please keep up with your
to take apart the big car engine now. We cleaned out the
payment schedule.
big bins from the first floor. Our teacher is named Sam.
Sometimes we do some paper work and work on the
Personal Development group hitting the computer. And the people who go to automotive are Brad,
gym after their great work at a local
Andrea, Kevin, Thomas, Perry. By James
aged care facility.
Radio
On Monday mornings I do a radio program. On Monday
mornings the group goes to a place called SYN radio,
we go there to work on what we are going to talk about
on radio. When we are done we print out the scripts and
the spread sheet then we continue to the actual studio.
When we get there one person does the opening and we
Visitors from
all go on at a particular time. Last week when l went on
Singapore at
to talk I talked about a yearly convention called ComicMontague.
Con. I spoke of about 5 minutes I said it was very, very
fun and I will be going back next year. After that, we
went back to school. By Perry
Important Dates
Colin and Ash’s
Farewell
Warringa updates!
Dates for the diary:
Term 3: 11 July to 16th September 2016
12th August: Whole School Sports Day
15th August: Science Week
22nd August: Book Week, School Council meets
29th August: Literacy & Numeracy Week
31st August: Father’s Day staff at Bethany Road
1st September: Father’s Day Stall at Warringa and Father’s Day Pie Night
10th September: State School Spectacular
16th September: Last Day of term 3, whole school assembly, early dismissal 2:30pm
School Tour Dates:
Prep/Early Years
25th August, 15th September, 20th October,
17th November
Middle Years
1st September, 27th October, 24th November