ARPS NEWS 21st November, 2019

REMINDER TO PARENTS

WALK-A-THON PAYMENTS ARE NOW

DUE Please send money to

the office ASAP.

Parents are reminded that the Staff Car parks at the front and rear of the school are not for parent parking. Parents with a valid disabled pass may use the designated space at the front of the school.

CALENDAR Principal’s Report

Monash Mini Maker Faire- Dec 1st Our Year 6 STEM students will be showcasing their learning at the Monash Mini Maker Faire on Sunday 1st December 2019. https://monash.makerfaire.com/about/ Albany Rise PS has the opportunity to also run the BBQ on the day. WE NEED PARENT HELPERS. All funds raised will come straight back to our school. We also need any parent who has a Food Handling Certificate to come along and help on the day- please make contact with the office if you are able to support our school for this event.

Twilight Working Bee Tomorrow

Friday 22nd

November – 4pm-6.30pm

We have some cleaning and tidying to do before the end of the year, including some

pruning, weeding, planting and painting. I hope to see lots of people at school to enjoy helping out and take part in the free BBQ at the end of

the working bee.

Annual Implementation Plan 2020 School Council met last night and endorsed the Albany Rise PS Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) for 2020. The plan outlines the key improvement strategies, goals and targets for next year, to support the learning outcomes for all students. Our 2020 AIP has 3 key areas of focus;

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Fri 22nd Nov

Twilight Working Bee - 4pm—6.30pm

Tues 26th Nov John Monash Science Excursion Yr 3-6

Wed 27th Nov Year 6 Market Day

Wed 27th Nov Foundation 2020 Information Evening for enrolled students

Thurs 28th Nov Foundation 2020 Orientation Day

Wed 4th Dec Parent Helpers Morn Tea Function Rm—11am

Thurs 5th Dec RCH charity fundraiser

Mon-Thurs

9th Dec— 19th Deb

Swimming Program -no lesson Tues 10th

Tues 10th Dec State wide Transition Day Year 6 to Year 7, 2020

Wed 11th Dec Carols & BBQ evening

Wed 18th Dec Yr 6 Graduation

Fri 20th Dec

Last day of 2019 1.30pm FINISH OFFICE CLOSES - 1.45pm

Our 2020 AIP has 3 key areas of focus; Embed Professional Learning Community processes for planning, assessment and instruction- This is

about continuing the work across the school with how teachers use data, plan for individual students and cohorts, collaborate in planning team and take an ‘inquiry’ approach to ensure students reach personal learning goals.

Engage in Peer Observations of practice with a focus on Differentiation and Feedback (HITS: High Im-pact Teaching Strategies). This is about teachers seeking feedback on the way they teach in the classroom, from staff and students, seeking ways to improve their teaching practice, and ensuring individual student needs are met in daily classroom teaching.

Embed Tier 1 and implement Tier 2 components of SWPBS (School Wide Positive Behaviour). This is about continuing to grow and improve on the practices we use for establishing strong, positive stu-dent behaviours at school, embedding values and our Code of Conduct, and responding to major and minor behaviours consistently across the school.

The Annual Implementation plan for 2020 will be available on the School Website, once it is approved by DET.

Shade Sails- Year 3&4 playground Our new shade sails over the year 3&4 playground have now been installed and look amazing! We hope the new colours and extra shade will be ap-preciated by everyone!

Parent Association & Parent Rep –final meeting 2019 Our Parent Association and Parent Representative group met on Tuesday and presented the Fundraising Event Plan for 2020. The plan involves a lot of traditional Albany Rise events, and some new events for 2020. We hope that the Parent Association will continue to have a lot of support from our community to en-sure these planned events have high levels of community support. A huge thankyou to Mel Towers who has led the planning and organising of this group for all of 2019. It has been a great team effort, with over $23,000 raised to support the school over the past year. Well done to everyone involved in Parents’ Association and to all the families who come and support our school events. .

2020 Foundation Next week our 2020 Foundation group will attend their orientation day at Albany Rise. I am very much look-ing forward to seeing this new group of students enjoy their first ‘official’ day as part of our school communi-ty. Congratulations to our Foundation teachers and Year 5 students (soon to be buddies) for their careful planning and support through the Foundation transition program.

Inclusive learning Jim Asimakopoulos OAM visited our school during the week to talk to students in years 3-6 about leader-ship and having a positive ‘Bounce Back’ attitude. Jim has been visiting our school since 2013, and has been working with Education Department to promote inclusive education for over 30 years. His story can be accessed online: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/learningneeds/Pages/abilities.aspx

Social Media and School

Using Instagram- Information Parents May find Useful.

Parents and community members have the facility to report students younger than 13 who are using Insta-gram. There is a website that guides users on how to report through Instagram:

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https://www.esafety.gov.au/esafety-information/games-apps-and-social-networking/instagram Children who are younger than 13 are unable to use Instagram (unless fraudulent personal details are pro-vided online, such as an incorrect date of birth).

Any personal that puts defamatory or libellous information online can be reported to the police.

Illegal activity on social media

Where there is a reasonable belief that illegal activity may have occurred, schools may report the suspected activity to the police. Disrespectful, harassing, threatening or bullying behaviour may be considered a crimi-nal offence under State and/or Federal law.

Instagram is considered by experts, such as Susan McLean, as one of the most concerning apps for online predators of young children.

Students at Albany Rise Primary School are required to sign an Acceptable Use agreement in relation to a range of Cyber Safety measures for school use of electronic devices. We would hope that students from the school who have posted online outside school hours, ensure that any posts seen by the school community uphold the standards that the school expects at all times.

Parents who are unclear of the legal, social and long term concerns relating to underage use of certain so-cial networking sites are welcome to contact the school for further advice and information.

Enrolments for 2021 Enrolments for 2021 are now open for parents who have siblings at the school or who live within our school zone. Enrolment forms can be collected from the office. Late enrolments for 2020 will be accepted for any students who live within the school zone.

Parents can check if they are inside our school zone via this link: https://www.findmyschool.vic.gov.au/

Judy Drew Principal

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COMPASS

Dear Parents,

Please ensure you have the COMPASS App on your mobile phones with notifications turned on in order to received information about upcoming

excursions/incursion/fundraising events and other notifications about Albany Rise PS

If you are in need of a sign-in name and password please call the office

anytime—9547 1146.

0A Edward 0W Amelia, Talileysa

1R Kevin 2S Param

2I Johnny 3F Kevin

3G Jun Qi, Athan 4W Christina

5S Mitchell 6T Eva, Hannah

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

2020 School Requisites and Curriculum Contributions

Information has been sent home in regards to the 2020 School Requisites and Curriculum Contributions.

The eldest from every family should have received a copy. If you have not received a copy please call the

office to request one.

School Council has agreed the 2020 Student Requisites payment of $290 per child will remain the same for

the 2020 school year, which covers essential educational items.

Stationery items will be prepacked and available for payment and collection from Monday 2nd December

2019. Book packs will be sold until Wednesday, 18th December 4pm. For families who would prefer to pay

and collect books at the beginning of the year the date will be Thursday 23rd January 2020, 9am to 12 noon

for prepaid using Compass and 1pm to 3.30pm for pay and collect .

Families who have Centrepay set up will have their child’s book packs sent home from Monday, 2nd

Decem-

ber.

Any families needing a payment plan set up please call Rhonda Miller on 9547 1146 prior to Wednesday, 18th December.

Thank you.

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Excursion Year Level Payment & Permission Slip due

Date of Excursion

Bike Education Year 3-6 Permission Only 11/11/19 until 30/11/19

Australian Science Fair Year 5-6 19/11/19 26/11/19

Swimming Whole School 7/10/19 9/12/19-20/12/19

Graduation Year 6 11/12/19 18/12/19

Memento Bear/Ball Year 6 11/12/19 11/12/19

Fun/Activity Day Year 6 Permission Only 11/12/19

Class Dojo and Compass are now our only means of communi-cation so we ask that you please ensure you have them as APPS on your phone.

This will ensure you receive newsletters, notifications of up-coming events, allows you to make payment for student incur-sions/excursions as well as giving approval for your child to attend. Thank you.

Findmyschool.vic.gov.au launched on 24 April and shows every school

zone across the state. The new website highlights the choice of public schools available to the Victorian community.

If your child is preparing to enter Year 7 and want to know more about the public secondary school options in our area, or you know someone who is interested in

enrolling at our school, try findmyschool.vic.gov.au website.

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NO HAT, NO PLAY - Hats are compulsory in Term 4

Parents, please ensure your child has the correct hat to wear to school.

The only two styles which comply with the Sunsmart /School policies are - a slouch hat and a surf hat. They both have a brim to allow maximum protection from the sun and can be purchased from the school uniform shop at a cost of $13. Shop times are below:

UNIFORM SHOP HOURS ARE:

TUESDAYS - 3.00 PM—4.00 PM FRIDAYS - 8.30AM — 9.30AM

www.aplusschoolwear.com.au - to order online