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Phone: 9752 8555
ISSUE NO.: 32
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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
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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.
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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
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David Mann
Principal
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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.
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ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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‘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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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PCA President
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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.
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