Wednesday 2 September 2015 Issue 13

M Cnr Hampshire & Derby Roads, SUNSHINE 3020 P 8311 5700 F 9312 3506 E sunshine.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au W sunshineps.vic.edu.au

In This Issue Art Show

Celebrate

3-6 Doxa Camp

Value Mascot Names

First Aid In School Program

Attendance procedure

Support Groups

Premiers Reading Challenge

Label Uniform

Primary School Wear

Father’s Day Stall

Mattel Toy Club

Special Lunch

Roald Dahl Day

Science Week

Birthdays/Awards/Community Notices Remember © 2015 Copyrights Sunshine Primary School

Calendar 2015

Wed 2 September

Father’s Day Stall

Art Show

District Athletics Backup Day

Thurs 3 September

Father’s Day Stall

Fri 4 September

Father’s Day Stall

Mon 7 September

First Aid in Schools Program

Special Lunch Orders Close

Tues 8 September

Divisional Athletics

Wed 9 September

S/C Sub-committee Finance Meeting 9:05am

Thurs 10 September

Special Lunch Day/Footy Day

Fri 11 September

Premiers Reading Challenge finishes

Mon 14 September

School Council Meeting 6:30pm

Wed 16 September

5/6 C & 5/6 O attending Shine

Performance at S’hine Senior College

Thurs 17 September

Roald Dahl Day

Fri 18 September

Last Day of Term Early Dismissal

2:30pm

The calendar in this newsletter is subject to

change so please check carefully each fortnight

for any alterations.

Term 3 13 July to 18 September

Last day of Term 3 Early Dismissal 2:30pm

NEWSLETTER Our School

Student Absence To report your child’s absence please call the

school on 8311 5700 and choose option 1.

Our School Values We shine when we are: Learning, Respectful, Safe

Payments A reminder if you wish to pay for your

child’s/children’s incursion/excursion etc… costs, you can pay cash, cheque, and now BPay.

If you have misplaced your reference number please call the office to obtain your family reference number.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

ART SHOW Preparations are almost complete and

we are looking forward to a fabulous

celebration tonight. A very big

thank you to all our wonderful helpers

for the tireless efforts you make in order

to produce such a great night of

festivities. We look forward to seeing

you all to celebrate the amazing

talents of the students at Sunshine

Primary School.

Congratulations to our Year 3 and Year

5 students who this year have

achieved some terrific results in the

NAPLAN tests. We have quite a

number of students who have

achieved above and beyond the

expected level in Literacy and

Numeracy. Overall the school is

making solid gains in all curriculum

areas and particularly in the area of

student growth. By tracking students in

Year Three to Year Five we can pin

point the amount of growth our

students are making. It has been

extremely rewarding to see the

number of students achieving low

growth decline whilst the number

achieving high growth has increased.

Acknowledgment to the wonderful

work teachers are doing to focus on

quality teaching and learning as well

as the students themselves for setting

high expectations of themselves and

working hard to achieve their goals.

3-6 DOXA CAMP I am pleased to report that

places are now full. Final

payment is required by

Monday 5 October.

Even though all places are now full we

have setup a waiting list for students

who are still interested. If we have a

cancellation the first student on the list

will be offered the place and so on.

VALUE MASCOT NAMES Thank you to those students who

suggested names for our value

mascots. The successful names are:

Respectful Ruby

Lilly the Learner

Safety Sam.

We are now working

with Brett from

Cardytoons to create our new fence

friends.

Notices Online Did you know you can read and print out excursion permission forms and notices from our website? The initial notice will be given to students, and any further copies can be obtained from the office or the website, under the “Recent Notices” section at www.sunshineps.vic.edu.au

Wednesday 2 September

4:30pm to 7:30pm

TICKETS NOW SELLING AT THE OFFICE.

$5.00 per person

Children and toddlers are FREE

FIRST AID IN SCHOOLS

PROGRAM St John Ambulance will visit our

school on Monday 7 September

to deliver free First Aid in Schools

training to our students. Through the First Aid in

Schools Program, trained St John presenters will

lead students from Prep to Year Six through

tailored sessions on the importance of First Aid

and what to do in the event of an emergency.

Our junior students will learn about how to

identify when there is an emergency, keeping

themselves safe, and how to call for an

ambulance. Senior students will learn about

delivering CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)

and the things they can do to assist in an

emergency.

Students will be given a special piece of

homework for parents to complete.

We encourage you to “do your homework” and

go online with St John to see how much you

know about First Aid. Are you First Aid READY?

More information about the St John First Aid in

Schools program can be found at:

www.stjohnvic.com.au/schools

Lyn Read - Principal

MESSAGE FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

REMINDER - ATTENDANCE PROCEDURE We understand that from time to time students

may be absent from school. On these

occasions we ask parents to provide an

explanation for the absence to the school

through means such as:

FOLLOW UP All unexplained absences will be followed

through on a weekly bases with a

computer generated letter from the

office requesting parents to please give a

reason for their child’s absence in the

space provided, sign and return to the

classroom teacher or office. Upon return

of this letter your child’s absence will be

modified with the explanation that you

have provided.

SUPPORT GROUPS This term and next term, we have

been able to allocate some extra

time to our Education Support Staff

to run some additional support groups, targeting

areas of need. Some of these groups include

developing skills in literacy, numeracy, personal

development and social skills. These groups have

been planned by the classroom teacher and or/

other staff. We have already noticed some

changes in the confidence of some of our

students who are working in these groups and

are positive that this will assist in the

development of our students.

Kylie Champion - Assistant Principal

phone message (please select option 1)

written note upon your child’s return

or email the school

Premiers Reading Challenge Update!

We have now passed the half way

mark! I hope everyone has been

busy reading. The Premiers Reading

Challenge finishes on Monday 14 September.

Every student who completes the challenge will

go into the draw to win one of nine copies of

the 65-Storey Treehouse! That’s right, the 65

Storey-Treehouse is the new book in Andy

Griffiths Treehouse series and has just been

released!

What you have to do:

Visit the school library and borrow texts

from the Premiers Reading Challenge

section.

Visit your local library and read.

Just remember the titles.

Read Premier’s Reading Challenge books

as part of your Just Right books every

week.

Your teacher will enter any texts the class

reads together for you.

Students can fill in their Premiers Reading

Challenge log in their classroom.

Check with your teacher if it’s ok to take

the logs home.

Premiers Reading Challenge logs are

collected on Fridays and all books are

entered for all children online.

Leah Kotynski

Literacy Coordinator

We remind parents to please label your child/

children’s uniform. On many occasions we are

unable to return items as they are not labelled.

A rack has been setup in the corridor with all

unnamed garments. Please take the time to

have a look. All unclaimed non uniform items

are disposed of at the end of each term.

Primary School Wear would like to make our community aware of the price increase that will take effect from November 1st 2015. This will be their first increase in four years. If you need to purchase some new uniform for your child/children make sure you endeavour to do so prior to the increase. The new price list has been added to the notice display rack in the corridor.

PRICE INCREASE

The Father’s Day stall will be held

on the following days:

Wednesday 2 September

Thursday 3 September

Friday 4 September

The stall will be opened between 9:30am and

11:00am. All students will come to the stall

with their class during this time.

Prices range from $1.00 to $10.00

Mattel Toy Club – Fundraiser

If you would like the opportunity to purchase Mattel products at discounted prices as well as raise money for

Sunshine Primary School, please buy a ticket and come along to the Mattel Toy Club!

Brands include: Barbie, Monster High, Sofia the First, Disney, Barbie Collectibles, Ever After High, Hot Wheels, Disney Cars,

Disney Planes, Imaginext, Boom Co, Thomas, Fisher Price, Mega Blocks, Games, Octonauts and more!

Please note, it’s possible that due to demand and stock supplies that some items/brands may sell out.

Cost: $10.00 per ticket. Tickets available at the office. When: Saturday 10 October 2015

Time: 9:00am to 10:30am

You can also purchase tickets for your Family & Friends.

Special Lunch Day & Sports Dress Up Day

Thursday 10 September

Orders close Monday 7 September Late orders will not be accepted

Roald Dahl Day!

On Thursday 17 September we are celebrating Roald Dahl

day. Students are invited to dress up as their favourite Roald

Dahl character and participate in class activities such as

cooking crispy wasp-stings, making dream jars or creating

BFG ears to name a few!!

There will be a whole school parade at 9:00am.

Please come along!

Monday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Tuesday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Wednesday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Saturday 9:00am - 1:00pm

Sunday CLOSED

www.psw.com.au - save time, shop online!

WINTER TRADING HOURS

YOUR UNIFORM IS AVAILABLE AT

PSW DEER PARK 58 Westwood Drive

RAVENHALL VIC 3023 Phone: 9363 8458

2/3LK made Oobleck to celebrate Science Week. We needed 1 ½ cups of cornflour, 1 cup water and 3 drops of food colouring. Then we stirred it around and the spoon got stuck in the mix. When we played with it, it turned into a solid. Then when we stopped playing with it, it turned into a liquid and just dripped down our hands. It was a very fun experiment.

By Marcus and Shae - 2/3 LK

To celebrate Science Week, students in 1EM made lava lamps using water, oil and food dye. They made predictions and observations, and then explained what they had learnt:

Oil and water don’t mix together. Tomas

Tablet + water = gas. Ayat

When you put the tablet in, it goes down then the gas goes up. Jericho

You can’t feel gas. Yuvraj

The tablet in the water is turning into small bits. Kajal

Food dye and water go down because they are heavier and the oil is lighter. Thuan

The chemicals in the oil hate the water. Muhammad

The oil was sitting on top of the water. When you put a tablet in the bottle it will go fizzy. Jade

The water and oil don’t like each other. That’s why they don’t mix. Elwyn

Oil and water do not mix because oil does not like water. Felicity

Water is heavier than gas. Nina

Oil and water do not mix. Martin

The tablet fizzed up into green bubbles. Alivia

I predicted that the oil was going to go up. Rowan

Oil is lighter than water. They are not friends. Gas is so light it makes bubbles. Leah

Oil is lighter and water is heavier. Abiraj

The chemicals do not mix. Charlie

We planted Beans.

Watching it grow. Nope - still nothing.

PERFORMING ARTS PROPOSED

ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE FOR TERM 3

Week 8 Choir to perform at ART Show

(no assembly performance)

Week 9 2/3's

Joyce Azzopardi - Music Specialist

Happy Birthday

August

Alex, Andy, Monique, Alannah, Jeyda.

To advertise in our newsletter please refer to our website for pricing and different sizes available. SPS only advertise on behalf of the third party but do

Not guarantee the results or merchantable quality of the goods or services provided.

Week ending 28 August

Prep L

Poppy & Luka Prep/1 R

Anushka, Linh & Jordi 1EM

Martin & Kajal 2/3 LK

Nil 2/3 AK

Katie & Maja 3/4 B

Piper & Anna 3/4 L

Makayla & Amber

5/6 C

Lian 5/6 O

Koray & Audrey

PRINCIPAL AWARDS

Binthu - 5/6O

This year’s targeted School Council Project is to develop an innovative outdoor learning space. Sunshine PS has a rich history with many families having been connected to the school for a very long time. This year’s project will allow you to create a lasting family memento by buying a personalised paver.

$30 each or 2 for $50 This Provides you with a personalised engraved paver which will be incorporated into the grounds as recognition of your contribution and support.

23 x 11.5cm

FUNDRAISING FOR A BETTER FUTURE

SUNNY MONEY REWARD TOKENS RAFFLE

Week

Number of

Tokens handed

out for the Week

Raffle

Winners

7 134 Ava & Patrick

ORDERS HAVE BEEN EXTENTED TILL THE END OF TERM 3

To advertise in our newsletter please refer to our website for pricing and different sizes available. SPS only advertise on behalf of the third party but do

not guarantee the results or merchantable quality of the goods or services provided.

SPS Breakfast Club Open every morning

from 8:30am till 8:50am Proudly sponsored by Bakers Delight S’hine

Always looking for donations of Bread, Margarine, Strawberry Jam & Vegemite

Before & After School Care Program For Bookings and cancellations please ring

Maryanne on 0423 795 361

Primary School Wear Shop address

58 Westwood Drive, Deer Park Phone: 9363 8458

Order online at www.psw.com.au

School Dental Service:

Ph: 8398 4100 — No. 2 Geelong Road, Footscray

S e c o n d H a n d U n i f o r m Hours

8:45am to 9:00am Monday, Wednesday & Friday

CASH ONLY SALES Please bring small change

and your own bag.

Second hand clothing range from $5 - $15 each.

Donations of preloved uniform can be left at the office. Clothing should be in reasonably good condition and clean.

Interested in learning how to play Keyboard

Half hour lessons are now available at SPS during school hours

(9:30am – 1:00pm) Reasonable rates charged.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

The Earn & Learn Program finishes on Tuesday 8 September. We remind our community to hand in stickers and sheets to the school office by Friday 11 September.