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RESPECT OPTIMISM COMMITMENT COMPASSION HONESTY
25th March 2014
Term 1, Issue 8 A reminder that the school newsletter can always be accessed from our
website at - www.buninyongps.vic.edu.au
School Assemblies March 28th P - 2 Assembly
April 4th Whole School Assembly
DATES TO REMEMBER April 1st Prep - 2 Lunch time Disco
April 2nd 3 - 6 Lunch time Disco
April 2nd Teddy Bears Picnic - Prep
April 4th Last day of term— 2:30 Finish
April 21st Easter Monday - No School
April 22-24 Grade 5 Camp Halls Gap
April 23 - 24 Grade 4 Camp Anglesea
April 25th Anzac Day - No School
April 29th PUPIL FREE DAY—NO SCHOOL
SCHOOL WEBSITE
We are currently having difficulties
accessing and updating the
newsletter and information on the
schools website.
This is being looked into and will be
resolved as soon as possible.
We will advise the school community
once this problem has been
rectified.
Thank you for your patience.
Pupil Free day on Tuesday 29th April
The department provides all schools with four
pupil free days per year. We have already had
two at the beginning of the year and we have 2
scheduled for next term. The first one will be on
Tuesday 29th April. This is the second week back
from the holidays. The focus for this day will be
assessment. The second one will be a day where
teachers have time to write student reports. This
will be on 29th May.
An important part of our teaching role is to
assess students accurately and to be able to use
this information to plan, teach and evaluate
accordingly. The school has recently purchased a
program called SPA which stands for Student
Performance Analyser. SPA is a secure
web-based software tool designed and built for
schools to analyse, display, store and
communicate their assessment data. As with any
new program time is needed to understand how
the system works and how to get the most out
of it. We have Emma MacNamara, from SPA,
coming up from Melbourne to deliver
professional development to the whole staff on
this program on Tuesday 29th April.
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Amazing Buninyong Child
Our winners for this week are:
PEB Milla Vermeend
PNP Elara Cutts
PRS Ellie Bence
PNS Mia Reynolds
NH
SCOT Jackson Lyons
1CA Conal Seare
1JB Thomas Ross
1SM Toby Taylor
1HM Hilary Sullivan
2PG Abby Crawley
2NJ Georgia Walsh
2MM Angus Bruhn
2JO Ella Bower
3HA Abby Harrington
3DS Hamish Richardson
3PW Abby Answer
SO
SCOT Josh Retallick
4SD Noah Aspland
5JG Damon Kierce
5KG Harley Crabtree
5BM
5JS Josh Meade
6AC Matt Devries
6PM Mitchell Best
6VS Kasey Vincent
RB
SCOTJess Ockwell
The Act of Kindness initiative is
something that we have been running in
our school for the past few years. Our
previous sponsor had moved their
business to Melbourne and we are very
pleased that Federation University has
come on board and will sponsor the
program for the next 3 years. At
assembly on Friday Melanie Coffee
represented Federation University and
accepted a framed certificate
acknowledging their sponsorship. We
now look forward to continue using the
Act of Kindness program to promote
thoughtfulness and kindness across our
school community.
NEW ACT OF KINDNESS SPONSOR
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SCOTSBURN NEWS
Fundraising events
Thanks to those parents who attended. A note
has been sent out in regards to manning our
sausage sizzles for April 26th and May 4th. Your
support on these days and with donations of
sauce, napkins, alfoil and polystyrene cups will
enable us to raise more funds. We hope to buy
lego robotics, support our woodwork program
with the Mens Shed, help upgrade our garden
beds and buy some more sports equipment.
RETURN NOTE TO YOUR TEACHER BY
THURSDAY PLEASE!
OPEN MORNING
On Thursday 27th March, we will be having an
open morning (9-11am) for any kinder parents
to walk through the school and have any
questions answered.
School Sports- Thursday 20th March
Congratulations to all students who participated in the sports last week. Everyone had a great time. Congratulations to Freya, Campbell, Alice, Jessica, Bianca and Mia who qualified for regional sports. Thank you to Mr O’Kelly and his committee for organising a great day.
Woodwork program
Could all grade 2/3 students have an old shirt to
wear for our woodwork program on Wednesday.
They will be painting their bird boxes. Thank you to
Travis for donating some paint and brushes for the
program.
COOKING PROGRAM
Our cooking program has begun. Payment of $15
for half year or $30.00 would be appreciated.
Could you ensure money is given in to the
Buninyong office or your teachers A.S.A.P.
Important Dates
4th April - End of term
22nd April - Term 2 commences
22nd-24th April - Grade 5 Camp
23rd - 24th April—Grade 4 Camp
29th April - Pupil Free Day
Sat 26th April - Bunnings barbecue fundraiser
Sun 4th May - B.A.D. bike ride fundraiser
8th & 9th May - Grade 3 Camp (Queenscliff)
13th-5th May - NAPLAN (Gr 3’s and 5’s)
16th May - School photos
19th May - Pupil Free Day
10th June - Earth Ed (Gr 3-6)
27th August - Ecolinc
21st & 22nd August - School Concert
14th October- Quantum Victoria Science
Program (Gr 3-6)
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District sports Congratulations to the 52 children who represented Buninyong Primary School at the district sports on Monday. They competed very well throughout the day with many of the students progressing to the next round. Well done on a super effort and once again congratulations.
SCHOOL SPORTS Well done to the grade 3-6 students who competed in the School Sports last Thursday. The children displayed great team spirit throughout the day with less than 300pts between 1st and 4th positions. The leader board at the end of the day had Scott:1278 pts, Simpson: 1234pts, Cornish: 1118pts, Inglis:947pts. A big thank you to the Federation University students who helped run the day. Well done to all involved.
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On Friday April 4th, our school in conjunction with the Lions Club will be involved in ‘Coins
for Kids’ appeal. The aim of this fundraiser is to prevent children with cancer dying by
raising funds nationally and donating these funds to the best scientific research in
Australia. Half of the money raised on this day will go to the cancer appeal and the other
half will be used to improve our school facilities.
To make this a successful fundraiser, we are encouraging every student to come with any
loose change to put around our netball courts. The more coins we bring the more money
we can raise for this fantastic cause. Thank you for your support.
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COFFEE
After assembly on Friday 4th April, Maggie & Kate's coffee trailer will be
offering Coffees and Hot Chocolates for $3.50 and Tea for $3.00. 50c from each
cup sold will be donated towards our Home Readers for our school.
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO STAMP OUT BULLYING
Most would be aware that we ran a week long campaign that culminated in everyone at last
week’s assembly joining to make a pledge to stamp out bullying. The whole project was
worthwhile, as we strive to maintain a safe and welcoming school environment for all members
of the school community and it doesn’t hurt to come together to talk openly about what we
value and what we expect.
There are incidences of bullying in any school, but we will always work hard to promote positive
behaviours and deal promptly and thoroughly with cases where behaviours are not meeting our
expectations. Consequently the environment at our school is friendly, welcoming and
supportive and that’s the way we want to keep it.
A big well done to all of our staff and students who embraced the week of activities and to
everyone who participated in making the pledge at assembly on Friday.
Disco Time
P-2 DISCO
Tuesday 1st April
3-6 DISCO
Wednesday 2nd April
The discos will start when the bell goes lunchtime.
The disco day will be free dress for those year
levels participating, eg P-2 free dress on the
Tuesday for their disco, and 3-6 free dress day on
the Wednesday for their disco.
No coin is required for this disco– as this first
one is free!
On behalf of the Grade 6 Disco Team
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CANTEEN Did You Know??? Our Canteen relies on help from school families within budget and is not a fundraising
venture. Please, if you can help just one time this year contact me.
Thank you, Tara 5341 3799 or 0417 540 095.
Day/Date 9:00-11:00 11:30-2:00
MARCH
Wednesday 26
Shane Pearce
Andrea Haddad
Help needed from 10:00
Kathryn Pegg
Help needed from 11:30
Monday 31 wk 10
Tracy McGregor
Naomi Sutcliffe
Tanya Burrows
Help needed from 12:15
APRIL
Wednesday 2
Andrea Jones
Tracey Coats
Judy Cheswick
Emma Custance
Help needed from 11:30
Term 2 APRIL
Monday21 wk 1
No School Holiday
Wednesday 23
Mandy Hynes
Help needed at 9
10:30Alison Richardson
Sara Gardiner
Help needed from 11:30
Canteen needs Helpers
The Canteen needs more help! I can’t serve all our students by myself. I only ask for a couple of hours
once a month or less.
Parents- Mums, Dads, Grandparents or older siblings are all welcome to lend a hand. The canteen needs
to have 2-3 people on each shift to run smoothly. Wednesdays are a lot busier than Mondays so more
needy.
1st shift collates the orders and prepares food. There is not much contact with the students. 2nd shift fills
the orders with food/ drink ready for collection by 1pm then frozen items are able to be sold from the
window. Lots of student interaction at 1-2pm for window sales! Please tick the form below with your day
and time choice if you can help. Thank you!
Hand into office, teacher or canteen.
Canteen Help
If these shifts don’t suit you then just speak to Tara to discuss other times for you.
Tara- Manager 5341 3799, 0417 540 095
Helper name……………………………………………………………………………..Phone………………………
Eldest Child’s Name …………………………………………………………………………………..
Grade………………………………
1st shift: 9:00-11:00 2nd shift: 11:30-2:00
Monday
Wednesday