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Cockatoo Primary School No 3535. Website – www.cockatoops.vic.edu.au

COCKATOO PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be! NO. 30 Friday November 15th 2019

Dates to Remember November

Thursday 21st HPV Team Blazers depart

Monday 25th F-2 Scienceworks Excursion

Tuesday 26th PFA Hot Chip Day

Prep Information Night

Friday 29th Grade 6 Graduation Photo 9am

December

Friday 6th JLC Sleepover

Wednesday 11th Christmas Carol Concert

Wednesday 18th Grade 6 Graduation

Friday 20th Final Day 2019 – 1:30pm dismissal

Wednesday 25th Christmas Day


On Monday, we were lucky to be invited to take part in the RSL’s 2019 Remembrance Day celebrations.

Our little ‘poppies’ were incredible! Every Student understood how important it was to remember the fallen,

returned and currently serving men and women protecting our country.

Alice Hermansen asked every student to make a poppy, that was added to an equally impressive wreath

that was placed at the foot of the cenotaph.

Our School Captains Max and Zara prepared with Meredith during the week and read ‘In Flanders Field’

beautifully.

A huge thank you to Brent Rogers and the Cockatoo RSL for once again putting on a wonderful ceremony.

Today our Grade Four students, 31 in total with our 2 Grade Six bike Ed

experts and 17 parents and teachers set off on our annual Rick Annal, ‘Have a

Go’ bike camp.

Rick was a much loved member of our School Community and our Teaching

Staff. Maria, Rick’s wife was a dedicated integration Aide at Cockatoo for

many years. Rick loved sports and especially bike riding. He loved them not

for the accolades, not for the medallions and not for the first place finishes.

Rick loved them because everyone, no matter how tall or short, clever or rich

could all HAVE A GO!

In 2012 when Rick was tragically killed, doing what he loved, Kaine (former PE

Teacher) and Mal organised the first ever Rick Annal ‘Have a Go’ bike camp.

Kaine and Mal both believe heavily in this philosophy and still, Kaine in his

community and Mal still in our local community invest heavily in kids of all ages

Having a Go! At Cockatoo, we have continued the annual Rick Annal Have a

go bike camp and I’m so pleased to report that it is one of the most looked

forward to events in the students schooling.


Today as we ride, we ride with Rick and his family, especially Maria his wife. Today we HAVE A GO and

push through all the obstacles that might try to stop us and today we do this as a TEAM.

I cannot wait to report about the adventures in next week’s newsletter.

On Wednesday, our 2019 HPV Team will make the long trek up to

Maryborough to compete in the 2019 Energy Breakthrough.

The AWESOME team is made up of;

During the year, they have all been busy preparing their bodies,

minds and equipment for this competition and we wish them and

their families the very best of luck!

The team will compete in a presentation, design and

construction, scrutineering, obstacle course, time

trial and an eight-hour endurance. You can join in

also and watch their eight-hour endurance, through

live results on the Energy Breakthrough website

between 1 and 9pm on Saturday the 23rd of

November.

A HUGE thank you to all of the families that have

put in countless hours to ensure the team is in the

best shape they can be to compete. I would like to

take this time to acknowledge a few individuals for

their efforts. Ellen and Amanda have worked

through many lunchtimes and playtimes with the

students and by themselves completing paperwork and other documents. Ladies, you did it not for praise

but for the love and enjoyment that the whole team will have on the weekend. I hope you realise how much

we appreciate your efforts and that, during the weekend you know that our success is a direct result of your

dedication, love and passion for this activity.

I only have one more thing to say…

Go Cockatoo

Blazers!!!


Unfortunately, to end this newsletter I have a little bit of sad news. Tuesday night, sometime between the

hours of 11pm (because I left at 10:35) and 7am our school was vandalised with graffitti. This was a

pointless act as no students or community idolises graffiti! We also, not on the same night but during the

last fortnight have lost our beloved chickens, not to natural causes.

The police are taking both incidents very seriously. If anyone has any information, I urge you to contact the

Emerald Police on 59540200.

If you are enjoying our school grounds after school, on the weekends, live close by or are even driving past

and you see something not quite right. Please report it either to a staff member or, if it is the weekend or of

a serious nature phone 000. Our school works very hard to keep our grounds, building and equipment well

maintained and for the whole community. It would be a shame if this had to change due to vandalism

Thank you to everyone for your support in this matter and to the local Police who have been marvellous and

extremely efficient through this process.

Once again GO COCKATOO BLAZERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarah Barnes


We would like to wish the following students a very

Happy Birthday.

Cooper Day

Coen Byrne

Maddison Cummins

Mollie Harmer

Indi Young Annie-Rose Eyssens

Purdie Jackson Cooper wade-Moran

Ava Leinkauf Brody Taylor

Henry Duff Lachlan Starostecki-Dyer

Xavier Garsed Coup Harmer

Harley Dean Caiden Brinsdon

Josh Nichols Darcy Visser

Byron Tainton Jasper Hartshorn

Kekoa Porter Jack Anderson

Liam Jarman

Liam winters

Zara Clearihan Levi Bestenbreur


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 4 JLC – Week 7 Commencing – Monday the 18th of November, 2019

Numeracy Students will be finishing their data collection and graphing rotations and moving onto Time.

Students will be focusing on measurement Foundations:

• Using the language longest and shortest

• Measuring items, such as the table, using our hands, unifix blocks or teddy counters

Grade 1’s and 2’s:

• Using language of longest, shortest, taller and shorter

• Measuring objects using a variety of materials and comparing

• Finding the area and perimeter of a shape using grid paper

An activity to do at home is to measure all family members, compare their heights and order from the smallest to the tallest.

Literacy Reading Writing Spelling Students will be working on a range of activities focusing on the development of word choice.

Reading: Students will be looking at information texts, they will be discussing the language used. Students will be developing their vocabulary by looking at word choice and synonyms. A home activity you could do with your child is to read a variety of non-fiction texts and discuss interesting facts from the text. Writing: Students will be finishing their Science Journals with a persuasive piece of writing. Tasks will be integrated through the inquiry topic of “Changes all around”. Students will be:

• Discussing why we recycle paper at school

• Discussing if we should recycle plastic bottles at

school

• Writing for and against sentences for the topic

A home activity you could do with your child this week could be asking your child to investigate what changes that have occurred around their home. These can be either man made or natural changes and why these changes have happened. Foundation: Practice their sounds and writing sight words Grade 1 & 2: write a sentence and check they have used a capital letter at the start of a sentence and a full stop. Students can also try find errors error’s in their writing and circle them. With access allow students to use a dictionary / internet to check correct spelling. Spelling: Students will be practicing using onset and rime, letter blends, sight words, diagraphs and morphemic strategy. A home activity you could do to support your child’s development would be to get your child to get them to spell sight words that appear in their reading book and read car number plates identifying the letters.

Inquiry Science, Technology, Humanities & Creative thinking

Students are looking at the science topic of “Changes all around.” Students will be watching various time laps videos to see the changes over time. Discussions will be held with the students, before, during and after watching the video and why the change was needed. Students will be discussing if the change is a natural or man-made change.

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

Music Ash Bourke

P.E Ash Bourke

Personal, Social & Cultural Learning Building friendships through circle time activities and building a learning environment with routine & rigor and engaging tasks. Students work in fluid, differentiated groups, exposing them to a range of peers. There will be a strong focus on Routine and Rigor with the students this week.

Homework Reading and sight words Practice telling the time on both analogue and digital clocks with your child

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Monday 25th November- Science Works Excursion

Science Day- TBC


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 4 Grades 3/4 – Week 7Commencing – Monday the 18th of November, 2019

Numeracy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data

Topic- Statistics and Probability Students will be extending their knowledge of chance. They will be comparing their ability to demonstrate the likelihood of events and displaying these with appropriate vocabulary, fractions and chance spinners One way to support your Child at could be to discuss their weekly homework making sure to ask them questions to encourage deeper thinking.

Literacy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data

Reading: Students will be making predictions, writing an hypothesis, undertaking a science experiment, researching reactions and writing an explanation. A home activity your child could do is to ask them to justify

why something has occurred within their current reading text or a film you have watched together. Writing: Students will be extending their knowledge of powerful introductions to use when writing a persuasive piece

A home activity your child could do is to write a list of what they would like for Christmas, justifying their choices with at least one

persuasive statement convincing you of their choice. Spelling: Students will be extending their vocabulary by investigating synonyms for persuasive words. A home activity your child could do is to play hangman using science words.

Inquiry

Students will continue investigating change within literacy activities this week. Students will continue to measure and monitor their plant (either bean or sunflower seeds). This is an ongoing assessment task and will be ending this week. Fingers crossed we have heaps of healthy plants to go in our School Garden.

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

Japanese House: Students practice typing sentences in Japanese on the computer.

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

Students explore the world of steampunk. They then learn to express their ideas through drawing and experimentation with different materials.

Music Ash Bourke

Dance – learning and practising end of year Dance

P.E Ash Bourke

Hockey

PPeerrssoonnaall,, SSoocciiaall && CCuullttuurraall LLeeaarrnniinngg

This term, every Monday students will participate, as levels in the GEM program. GEM stands for gratitude, empathy and mindfulness and, throughout the term, the students will be exploring these concepts, developing behaviours and building strategies within themselves. Huge thanks to Sarah Johnson for developing the program and running it at our School.

HHoommeewwoorrkk Students are to write a chance book about events that have, could or are impossible

SPECIAL EVENTS:

26th of November Hot Chip Day 27th of November Whole School, special celebration to thank Barry Plant in Emerald for

their support of Bike Camp- Grade Four students please wear your Have a Go shirts 28th of November Mentoring Program (2XL) at St Luke’s Church

1st of December- Level Elf on a shelf adventures begin 10th of December Transition morning- Students spend the morning within the year level for the following

year 11th of December School Christmas Carols

17th of December Transition morning- Students spend the morning within the year level for the following year

18th of December Grade 6 Graduation Night 19th End of year parties- Every student is required to bring something to share

20th of December- Last day of the year. Students are dismissed at 1:30pm


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN:

Grades 5/6: Term 4, Week 7

Commencing: Monday, November 18th – Friday, November 22nd

Numeracy

Volume & Capacity –

Students will be investigating and calculating the volume and capacity of a range of shapes, including

complex shapes (simple 3D shaped joined together). Students will be revising measurements associated

with volume and capacity including ml, l and cm3 and learning about how these apply to different contexts.

Literacy

Information Reports – Plant and lifecycle research

Reading: Students will be reading texts at their level that focus on how plants reproduce and grow. The

focus on text type this week will be informative text. Students will be comparing texts on similar topics and

analysing and summarising them according to which they think will be the most effective text to engage a

particular audience.

Writing: Students will be writing an Information Report. Prior to writing they will be setting Personal

Learning Goals using a rubric based on the 6 writing traits. (Organisation, Sentence Fluency, Voice, Ideas,

Conventions and Word Choice). Students will be using information collected during their inquiry research

time to assist with their writing.

Spelling: Students are focusing on biology-specific words. Students will create a list of unknown words from

their inquiry research and reading activities, which can be used within their writing task. Whilst spelling,

students are identifying which of the spelling strategies they are most comfortable using and building their

understanding with those they are not. (Sound, Visual, Meaning, Linking and Inquiry strategies).

Inquiry

Plant biology and research

Students this week will be choosing a plant to research. They will be investigating the reproductive system,

pollination, distribution and growing and climactic conditions of their plant. They will also be investigating

where their plant sits in the food chain if at all and what animals or insects may depend upon it for survival.

Rohan

Buttenshaw

Japanese

Self-Introduction: Students learn to make polite introductions and tell information about themselves.

Visual Arts

Leah Stephenson

5- Students learn to design their stool artwork. They learn to use numeracy and the design process to create

their painting that will remain on the stool until this time next year.

6- Students learn about street art from our visiting Melbourne street artist. They learn about the techniques

and processes involved in creating their own stencil. They then learn to use spray paint in different ways

(and the proper safety equipment) to create their skateboard deck artwork.

Performing Arts

Ash Bourke

Dance – learning and practising end of year Dance

P.E

Ash Bourke Hockey

PPeerrssoonnaall,, SSoocciiaall &&

CCuullttuurraall LLeeaarrnniinngg

Grade 5’s are participating in the GEM program (Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness) building on their

personal and social awareness.

Grade 6’s are preparing for graduation; this week students will be writing and practicing their speeches.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

November

21-24th: HPV at Maryborough (team only)

26th: Hot Chip Day

29th: Grade 6 Graduation Photos 9.00am

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