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HEIGHTS HYPE
29th October 2015 Newsletter 20
Dear Parents,
Sun Smart
As the weather is warming up and Summer is quickly approaching, it is
timely to remember SunSmart practices when outside and when exposed
to the sun. Our school wide brim hats meet the Anti-Cancer standards to
best protect the students from the harmful effects of the sun’s UV rays. It
is good practice for your children to wear their hats when walking to and
from school everyday. All students are required to wear a hat at recess,
lunchtime, when on an excursion or outside at Sport to be sun smart. New hats are available from the
school’s uniform shop for $10 if your child has lost theirs or the hat is in need of replacement.
Working Bee
Thank you to all families who attended our Working Bee last Friday 23rd October. The combined efforts of
all parents and children really contribute to maintaining and beautifying the school’s grounds and facilities.
As a team we were able to tackle the quiet area where our vegetable and sensory garden are planned to be
developed. The number of families who assisted was small, however, the combined effort was noticeable
around the school as the pathways, garden beds and lawn areas were cleaned up. Thank you again to the
following families for their attendance and hard work: Thuan, McLaren, Coe, Gifford, Taylor, Williams,
Addison, Quinn, Morton and Bennett.
Lap-a-thon– Cup Day Holiday
I remind all families of the Melbourne Cup Public Holiday next Tuesday 3rd November. If any families take
the opportunity to enjoy a long weekend, I hope it is a special break for
you all. Following Cup Day, we will be holding our Lap-a-thon, dress
up day on Thursday 5th November. Children will be starting the day
with a dress up parade from 9am. At 11.10am our Preps, Yr 1 and 2
grades will complete their lap-a-thon on the oval. Our Yrs 3, 4, 5, 6
grades will complete their laps from 12pm onwards. Parents are
welcome to attend for these fun activities.
Moving Schools
If you are moving out of the area to another school for next year, could
you please inform the office as soon as possible as grades placements
are commencing soon. Have a wonderful weekend.
Kind Regards, Cheryl Clark, Principal
IMPORTANT DATES
Fri 30th
October Halloween Disco
Tues 3rd
November MELBOURNE
CUP PUBLIC
HOLIDAY
Thurs 5th
November Cup-A-Thon
Wed 11th
November Ready, Set, Prep
Mon 16th—
Fri 20th
November
Book Fair
A message from the Assistant Principal.
Thank you to our Grade fours this week for participating in the PROGRESS IN
INTERNATIONAL READING LITERACY STUDY. The Grade fours sat a test
on Monday. PIRLS measures student achievement in reading in more than 50
countries in order to help teaching and learning worldwide. Thank you to our
parents for also participating by completing the surveys provided. Hopefully
this will provide some vital information moving forward in education.
This week Mr Marsden, Miss McIntosh, Mrs Clark and myself completed a 6
day course with the Bastow Insitute on “Leading Numeracy”. We have gone
through a rigorous process of analysing our Maths program and data. We have
put in place a whole school maths structure, investigated open ended maths
tasks, and looked into what the best practise mathematics in schools looks like.
Our school was recommended to other schools in the recognition of the work
we have been doing as a school to model. We are proud of the work we have
achieved so far and are looking forward to continually improving and developing
our maths programs.
We aim to create confident and capable mathematicians who successfully
develop the knowledge and skills to employ maths in their everyday lives.
Have a lovely weekend.
Jodi Craig
Assistant Principal
BOOK FAIR
Our final Book Fair for 2015 will be held during the week
16th November-20th November
All classes will be timetabled for “Looking Time” on
Monday 16th November.
Buying days will be
Wednesday 18th & Thursday 19th.
There will be no sales on Friday.
Cash & Credit Card payments accepted. Online order &
Pre Payment options available—see Book Fair Brochure.
FRIENDS OF HEIGHTS NEWS
Our Shopping Tour was held on Saturday with everyone on board grabbing some great bargains. Thank
you to all those who came along and supported this. We are still in the process of tallying the funds
raised.
Our Halloween Disco is tomorrow! This will be held in the school hall from 5.00pm-7.00pm. Parents
please remember you will need to sign your child in and out of the disco. Please provide
a written letter if your child is going to be collected by another adult. All children will
need to be collected promptly at the conclusion of the disco. Thank you to all those who
volunteered to assist on the evening. You should have now received at letter indicating
your requirements, if you put your name down but have not received notification, please
see Krystal in the office. Don’t forget your fancy dress costume—we can’t wait to see
them!
Our Cup-A-Thon will be held on Thursday 5th November. This will be an out of uniform day with
students encouraged to wear their “Spring Racing Carnival” attire. Each child should
have received a sponsorship form. Please see the office if you have not received one.
More details on fundraising for the event can be found in the newsletter.
The next Friends of Heights meeting will be held on Monday 16th November. All welcome to come
and have a cuppa and a chat.
CITIZENSHIP AWARDS:
Congratulations to the following students who received a Success Award for the weeks:
ENVIRONMENT AWARD Congratulations to Marley B, Kyran W, Anzac D, Darcy C, Hayley C, Sophie
B, Kruze M, Ryan D, Rani T, Abbey H & Zannon M who received awards for
“Being terrific, happy and friendly”, “Caring For Others, and “Keeping The Yard
Clean”!
16th October PHR: Lilly S
PS: Vasi C
1B: Felicity C
1K: Lachlan T
2H: Daniel P
2S: Memphis W
3/4H: Andy D
3/4M: Ceyda C
3/4R: Tamrind R
5/6B: Destiny S
5/6K: Caleb D
5/6M: Chloe S
23rd October PHR: Banjo G
PS: Brenan T
1B: Charlize B
1K: Ebony A
2H: N/A
2S: Tahli M
3/4H: Olivia M
3/4M: Bridie T & Chelsea F
3/4R: Nash M-VG
5/6B: Matt H
5/6K: Matty S
5/6M: Charlie C
Chloe S
Allen D
Luke G
Shauna S
Joel H
Stewart F
Angel T
Orders Due:
Wednesday 4th November.
Add $2.50 for an extra
Sushi Roll!
CANTEEN NEWS:
Thursday 5th November Cup-A-Thon Special Lunch:
Sushi Cooked Tuna OR Teriyaki Chicken
Plus
Nudie Juice
Plus
Jelly & Fruit Cup
$6.50
REMEMBER! If your child has any special dietary requirements please speak to Linda in the canteen as we can often substitute ingredients or offer an alternative option. If there is something not on our menu that your child would like to see offered please also speak to Linda as we are always on the lookout for new, healthy, tummy-pleasing options!
SCHOOL NEWS:
RITCHIES COMMUNITY BENEFITS – Our school received $96.79 in October from the
Ritchies IGA Community Benefits Program. Thank you to our many supporters of this
program.
Prep Homestead News
WOW, our Preps are almost at the end of their first year! How time flies!
We have been busy bees working away to wrap up the year and
show off all the knowledge we’ve learnt.
The Preps have been doing lots of assessments ready for reports, but also
having lots of fun, particularly with our ‘Celebrations’ inquiry topic.
For Literacy, we have continued with our CAFÉ reading. The Preps have
enjoyed working with partners to practice and develop
their reading skills. Our favourite characters are Lips
the Fish and Eagle Eye. Lips the Fish helps us to sound
out words whilst we use our ‘Eagle Eyes’ to look at the
pictures to find clues.
We also enjoy our Jolly Phonics time where we have some people in ‘Gold
Class’ and we have our ‘Action Stars’ who follow along with the actions.
In Numeracy we have been consolidating our number skills by playing quick
number games and using the interactive whiteboards.
We have recently completed learning about birthdays in our
inquiry topic, culminating in a ‘birthday party’ where we ate
delicious party food (thank you to our parents) and played
some favourite party games.
We are looking forward to a fun filled term ending with our
excursion to PARC!
Thank you to all our parents for your support and our parent helpers each
week. We really appreciate your assistance.
Dancing along to
Jolly Phonics
Working on
Reading Eggs
during CAFÉ
Maddi & Abbey working hard
on their procedural writing
‘How to Make a Vegemite
Sandwich’
Strategy groups
in CAFÉ reading
Apps and Cybersafety
These days you can download an app for almost everything – socialising, banking, finding directions,
cooking … you name it, it most likely exists.
Most of these apps are great, but there are some, particularly social apps like Instagram, Facebook and
Snapchat that present some problems when not used correctly. So as teachers and parents of young
people using these apps, it pays to know the basics.
Instagram is a photo and video sharing app. Popular among young people
and used by businesses to advertise and endorse products. Users can like,
comment or share posted photos or videos and search based on popular
#hashtags.
What is hash-tagging?
A hashtag is a type of label or tag used on a social network which makes it easier for users to find
messages/images with a specific theme or content. By hashtagging, users are linking their posts with others
using the same hashtag – for example if you use the hashtag #sunrise alongside your post of a picture of a
sunrise, your image can be seen by anyone searching #sunrise – unless your account is set to private.
Using hashtags in your posts is often done to increase people viewing your posts and to gain more
followers.
If you don’t want people seeing your posts – set your account to private before hashtagging or simply don’t
hashtag your photos.
Contact: Setting your account to “Private” means you can accept and reject “Followers”. Only followers can
see your photos even when using hashtags. Users are able to block others from viewing their profile.
Locations can be set when posting pictures.
Content: Profile pictures are never private - any Instagram user can view them. Despite photos not being
able to be saved, screen shots can be taken and there are a number of Apps available that can “regram” or
re-post a picture or video that has been posted on Instagram. If not set to private, users photos or videos
can be searched for by hashtags or on the popular pages, which shows what your Followers have liked or
started following. There is also a search function for searching for users and hashtags. The “Discover
People” tab shows people you may know that are not on private accounts based on existing followers.
Followers can tag others in their photos or videos, if a user is not set to private anyone can see it. You can
remove tags from posts.
Conduct: Inappropriate posts or cyberbullying can be reported to Instagram for removal. Users should
think before they post photos of themselves that are provocative and/or provide personal information. See
link in the features column. Users should ensure they are commenting, posting and sharing positively.
For more information on how to modify Instagram settings go to
www.esafety.gov.au/esafety-information/games-apps-and-social-networking/instagram
Snapchat
Snapchat is a social media app that allows users to send pictures and
videos that are no longer than 10 seconds in length. Photos and videos can
have filters, text and drawings added to them within the app.
Some points to note:
Users can post multiple pictures and/or videos to their ‘My Story’, which can be viewed by other snap
chatters for over 24 hours.
Celebrities now advertise their username so that fans can add them to their friends list and view their
snapchats.
You can also send messages through the app which disappear within a few seconds.
Snapcash allows user to link their debit card to the App and transfer money to other users.
Content: Although users can choose how long their photo is displayed, there is a function which enables
receivers to REPLAY or SAVE the image.
Contact: Snap chatters can add other snap chatters by hovering one device over the other to pair them.
Snap chatters can also find each other by searching their unique user names. Accounts are also linked to
the user’s mobile number so all contacts in the user’s phonebook will appear via the app with their
Snapchat username.
Conduct: It is important that snap chatters are aware that all photos/comments do not ‘disappear.’ Screen
shots are still able to be taken and can be used to cyberbully and share private content. Users can also
download the app ‘SNAP SAVE’ which allows users to save the Snapchat image without notifying the user. Information courtesy of:
www.esmart.org.au
FRANKSTON HEIGHTS
PRIMARY SCHOOL
CUP-A-THON FUNDRAISER
Dear Parent / Guardian,
Frankston Heights Primary School will be conducting a Cup-a-thon for the students on THURSDAY 5TH
NOVEMBER. This will also be a free dress day. Students are encouraged to wear ‘Spring Racing
Carnival’ attire (bright colours, big hats/fascinators etc.)
Each child should now have received a Sponsorship Form with a selection of over 70 prizes to choose from such
as iPod Shuffles, iPod Nanos, Xbox 360’s, Nerf and more. If you have not received one, please see the office.
We ask you to seek donations on a $2 or $4 or $5 or $10 per sponsor. Students who raise as little as $10 will be
able to choose a prize. The more donations received, the better prizes you can choose! You can even mix and
match your prizes.
Once the fundraiser is complete, please cut out the ‘how to claim your prize section’ on the Sponsorship Form
and return along with your monies to the front office on or before Thursday 5th November. Please be sure to fill
out your prize request. The individual prizes will be delivered shortly after.
We would also welcome parents and family members to attend the event day to help cheer on the students. Happy
fundraising!
Thank you in advance of your participation.
Friends of Heights.
In addition to the fantastic prize program on offer, we are also offering the following incen-
tives:
Win a seven (7) night holiday to Bali for two adults and three children (0-12 years) staying at the new
Holiday Inn Bali Benoa including a $2,000 Virgin Australia airline voucher and $1,000 spending
money. Valued at $5,100.
How to enter?
• Raise $10 or more in sponsorship donations
• From your profile page, tell us in 25 words or less, why fundraising is important to our school.
Christmas Hand Made Market
Includes a silent auction with proceeds going to the family of Andrea Lehane
Sunday November 29th
Banyan Fields Primary School
Cadles Rd, Carrum Downs
9AM – 2PM
(Stalls available – contact Carol on
0432617730)