August 13th 2014 - Buninyong Primary School

Term 3, Issue 5
A reminder that the school newsletter can always be accessed from our website at
www.buninyongps.vic.edu.au
12th Aug, 2014
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DATES TO REMEMBER
18 August
School Council
21 August
School Concert Dress Rehearsal (During
school hours)
School Concert 7.00pm
22 August
School Concert 7.00pm
27 August
Scotsburn P-6 Ecolinc
2 September
Mt Helen Kinder visit
Mathletics
Become an AFL Superstar during Literacy &
Numeracy week, by earning points for your
Favourite AFL Team and your School! You
could even win some great prizes!
Science Day P-6
Change your Avatar so that
5 September
BBQ for Story of Buninyong
they are wearing your
9 September
Buninyong Kinder Visit
10 September
Prep NS & NP Wildlife Park
11 September
Buninyong Kinder Visit
favourite team’s beanie
during August 25th
to August 31st.
School Assemblies
15 August
P - 2 Assembly
22 August
NO ASSEMBLY
29 August
Whole School Assembly
5 September
P - 2 Assembly
12 September
3 - 6 Assembly
19 September
Whole School Assembly
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Log into ‘Live Mathletics’
and for every correct
answer, you earn points towards your school
and team!
Prizes Include:
For the Winning School
across the state:
AFL 9’s sports kit
(value $450)
AFL book package
(value $100)
For Highest Scoring
student in the state:
$100 Gift voucher to
AFL Store
Top 20 participants in
the state
$20 Gift Voucher to
AFL Store.
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Grade 1- Printing Circle Shapes in ART
Grade 5 & 6 OP-ART Activity
Grade Prep – Self Portraits
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Year Fives in Term 3
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Debating our Way to a Win!! We were really
excited when we were announced the winning team! Daisy R.
Love debating!
I enjoy writing my
debating notes!
Charlotte.
Debating is lots of fun.
Will Deans
Grade Fives are getting the hang of what’s acceptable
Debating gives us confidence to
and what isn’t , when working with Computers and
get up and talk in front of people!
Netbooks! We are learning about Cyber Safety.
Casey G.
Using the Internet safely is important to us!
It’s fun practising our speeches
and watching other debating teams
present as well. Kirra W
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Canteen- Important message for Parents
Download the “Qkr “app for ordering & payment options.
Enter BUNINYONGPS when ready to get started. It takes debit/credit cards.
Order anytime before 9am on Canteen day!
Thanks, Tara 53413799hm or 0417540095
Day/Date
AUGUST
Wednesday 13
9:00-11:00
Help needed from 9
Andrea Jones
9:15 Lisa James
11:30-2:00
Help needed from 11:30
12:00 Indrani Wells
Monday 18
Help needed from 9:00
Jo Carta
Maree Best
Help needed at 12:15
Wednesday 20
Tracey Coats
Help needed at 9
10:30 Alison Richardson
Jenny Edmunds
Paula Rigby
Help needed from 11:30
Emma Custance
Mandy Hynes
Help needed from 9:00
Sara Gardiner
Help please from 11:30
Monday 25
Wednesday 27
Help needed from 11:30!!
GOLF
Congratulations to the 50 children who represented the Buninyong
Primary at the District Golf Championships on Monday. They braved
some wintry conditions and play some great golf throughout the day.
We wish Emily Giles (3rd), Bridget Angee (2nd), Joel Smith (6th),
Riley McCarthy (5th) all the best as they have qualified for the next
level. Also a big thank you to all the parents who helped on the day
to walk around the course with the children.
Mr O’Kelly
Mathletics High
Achievers!
Congratulations Lucy Richardson and
Thomas Wardle on receiving “High
Achievement” awards on Mathletics.
These awards are issued by CEO of
Mathletics Tim Power and are for
students who demonstrate answering
the most questions accurately on ‘Live
Mathletics.’ Well done Lucy and Thomas
on your efforts!
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CONCERT
Excitement is building with the concert, ‘Come Fly With Me’ is just a week and a half away. Ticket sales
for both evening concerts are going very well. As of Tuesday this week there were just 126 tickets left
for the Thursday night performance and 49 for the Friday night performance.
Please make sure you have purchased the 4 tickets reserved for your family by the end of this week,
because on August 18th, parents will be able to go back online and purchase additional tickets. Through
this process we will have given all families the opportunity to purchase up to 4 tickets and then will sell
what’s left to those who would like more to ensure there is a full house at both concerts.
Throughout the day on Thursday (Aug 21) we have a full dress rehearsal which will start at 10:30am.
Students will be bussed to the rehearsal in waves starting at 10am and bussed home at around
2:30-3pm.
Where possible, we’d certainly like students to attend both
evening concerts. If you need help with arrangements to
make this possible, talk to your child’s teacher. We
understand that some parents will be dropping off and
leaving their child/ren at one of the evening concerts.
There will be staff members in fluro vests at the
roundabout outside the hall entrance ready to meet these
children and escort them back stage to join the rest of
their class. This means it is very easy for you to drop your
child off (without having to find a park) knowing that there
will be someone there to take care of them.
We also understand there will be situations where parents will want to, or will need to, collect children
before the end of one or both concerts. Parents can arrange for this to take place. Just speak to your
child’s teacher closer to the concert. Mind you, most children will be enjoying the social occasion and will
want to stay, especially since the final act involves all students.
We expect the evening concert to finish at around 9:15 - 9:30pm and we will be asking parents to collect
their children from their change rooms. The locations of these change rooms will be indicated on a map
of Founders Hall which will feature on the concert program. Programs will be available for purchase at
the concert. We will also have plenty of signage in the venue foyer to help guests find their way round.
Class teachers are preparing a note to go home with details regarding your child’s act and information
you need to know…please keep an eye out for that.
There will be a DVD of the concert available after the concert. We are having the concert professionally
recorded and expect to have a quality product for parents to purchase. We are also planning to have
professionally taken group photos that will also be available for purchase. Please keep your eye on the
newsletters following the concert for details regarding DVDs and group photos.
In next week’s newsletter we will have a plan of Federation
University to help parents understand where they can park,
where they can drop off students and how to find their way
from the car park
to the Founders
Hall (Caro
Convention
Centre).
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SCOTSBURN NEWS
Rosemary’s Farewell
As has become the tradition at Scotsburn, a
large number of families came out last Friday
night for Rosemary’s farewell dinner. A great
night was had by all, especially Rosemary.
Well done to Freya Wallis, Toby Bilston,
Alyssa Warner and Claire Plier for doing such
a great job wishing Rosemary well on behalf of
the students. Thank you also to Gareth Smith
for his kind words on behalf of the
community. We look forward to Rosemary
dropping in from time to time and wish her well
in retirement.
the upcoming semi-finals. Special thanks to
Natasha Adam for volunteering so much of her
time to ensure the students are well prepared.
Story of Buninyong
This week, our Grade 4 students commenced
rehearsals for the Story of Buninyong
performance that will take place in early term 4.
Special thanks to Miranda Donald for her
commitment and hard work in preparing the
students. No doubt, the performance will again
be brilliant.
Friendship chair
Parent Meeting
A parent meeting will be in the old building at
8.15am this Thursday 14th. All welcome.
New Garden Bed
Last week, the staff and
students planted out the
garden bed at the front of
the Prep/1 classroom. I’m
sure you will all agree that it looks great!
2015 Enrolments
Don’t forget to get your enrolment forms into
the school office as soon as you can. The
earlier it is done, the sooner we can begin
planning for 2015.
Last week, Shane our
maintenance man built a new
chair for us at Scotsburn. The
chair will be a ‘Friendship Chair’
or ‘Buddy Stop’ for any students who are
looking for someone to play with. If any parents
have some artistic flair and would like to come
in and sketch a design for the students to then
decorate, please let Shaun know. Thank you
again to Shane for doing such a brilliant job.
Important dates
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Scotsburn Science Day – 19th August
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School concert – 21st & 22nd August
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Scotsburn Ecolinc excursion – 27th August
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Debating
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Celebration of Learning
(5.30pm – 7.30pm) – 16th September
Term 3 ends (2.30pm) – 19th September
Our debating team of Jess Ockwell, Mia
Lepair, Rhys Smith, Millie Kirby and Izzy
Wallis have been preparing extremely hard for
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MT CLEAR COLLEGE SEAL PROGRAM
Mount Clear College would like to draw your attention to a remarkable opportunity.
Due to incredible interest and high calibre applicants, another Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL)
class is opening up at Mount Clear College for Year 7 students in 2015.
For 2015 we are offering 4 SEALP scholarships which includes an iPad and tuition fees.
The SEAL Program offers places to students with exceptional academic ability. It supports a learning
environment that allows students to fulfil their academic and social potential.
The SEAL Program provides:
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An accelerated learning program.
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Opportunities to work with more complex and more abstract course material.
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A more challenging learning environment with an emphasis on higher order thinking,
independent learning and research skills.
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Opportunities to work co-operatively with like-minded peers of similar abilities, interests
and talents.
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Language specialisation in Japanese or Chinese that leads to a 6 week international
immersion experience, in the 3rd year.
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A flexible program allowing individual acceleration in each student’s area of strength.
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Options available for students after the three year SEAL Program include:
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Completing a three year VCE with extra units.
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Completing a three year VCE combined with university enhancement courses.
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Completing a two year VCE.
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A curriculum program which employs iPad technology to enhance learning.
Grade 6 Buninyong PS students who have indicated they are attending Mt Clear College in 2015 will
receive a flyer with full details this week.
Friendship Seat
As a follow up of our successful Bully Stopper Day, International Friendship Day and encouraging our
students to look out for each other, the Student Wellbeing team have initiated a Buddy Bus Stop, both at
Scotsburn and Buninyong Campuses.
The purpose is to encourage students that sometimes may feel left out or lonely at playtimes to use the
seat and Buddies would be there to help those children feel happier.
It will be the responsibility of the ABC Kids of the Week to keep an eye on this space and befriend those
students seated there. The ABC Kid may include the student by striking up a conversation, teaching
them a new game, skill or even just including everyone in an existing game. Please talk to your child
about how they may be able to befriend others and how this will make them feel as well.
It will also be a great central meeting place for students or even parents to collect their children.
A big thank you to Mr Shane Pearce who has built the seats and Mrs Noyce’s Art monitors whom are
painting the seats to showcase this facility.
Keep your eyes open on the progress!
Student Wellbeing Team 2014
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Amazing Buninyong Child
Our winners for this week are:
PEB
Alex O’Bree
PNP
Kaylee Ellis
PRS
Thomas Naylor
PNS
Angus Eldridge
SCOT
NH
Ryan Lyons
1CA
Rowan Hollingworth
1JB
Lily Fitzgerald
1SM
Charlie Coats
1HM
Hilary Sullivan
2PG
Angelica Rode
2NJ
Neha Kalluri
2MM
Zoe Kierce
2JO
Mia Williams &
Maddison Goulding
SCOT
SO
Hugo Tischler
3HA
Cody McCarthy
3DS
Dakota Demanuele
3PW
Ethan Hunter
Task:
4SD
Zane Palmer
'Write the two Japanese characters that mean
'Japan''
4WH
Chloe Taylor
4JT
Andrew Campbell
5JG
Montanna Bruhn
5KG
Olivia Reyntjes
5BM
Sophie Wood
5JS
Josh Meade
6AC
Jade Severino
6JT
Georgina Campbell
6VS
Hayley Randich
SCOT
CM
Ryhs Smith
Winner is: Abby Vamplew from 4JT
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SCIENCE EXTRAVAGANZA
Whole school Science Day
Tuesday 2nd September
Everyone is welcome!
WATCH THIS SPACE!
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