Almands Avenue, Roxburgh Park, Victoria, 3064

Telephone: 03 9303 9335 Facsimile: 03 9303 9338

Email: roxburgh.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.roxburghparkps.vic.edu.au

ROXBURGH PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL No 5485

“Achieving Excellence Together”

Newsletter Our school values: Honesty • Empathy • Co-operation • Trust • Respect

25th May, 2017

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Temos

Ari

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Anthony

Prep C - Ms Marino

Hoane

1A - Ms Moon

Angie

1B - Ms Buc & Ms Asta

Jamie

1C - Ms Thompson

Jesse

2A - Ms Finnigan Eric

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Ramadan is a holy month for our Islamic families. It is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It is a period of prayer, fasting, charity-giving and self-accountability for Muslims in Australia. The month of Ramadan traditionally begins with a new moon sighting, marking the start of the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. Many Muslims (except children, the sick and the elderly) abstain from food, drink, and certain other activities during daylight hours in Ramadan. Ramadan begins this weekend. The end of Ramadan is celebrated with a three-day festival known as Eid al-Fitr, one of Islam’s major holidays. If you have any questions about how the school supports Ramadan please come in and see me. Wishing all our Muslim families a blessed month of the holy Ramadan. Ramadan Mubarak. ATTENDANCE

It was very pleasing to go to all grades last week and hand out the ‘100% Attendance Certificates’ for the month of April to over 200 of our students. Art Room Great to visit the Art Room and witness how the Art teaches (Rosie and Mel) are integrating the planning of Art activities with each year level’s unit of work. An example of this is the Grade 1 students are focused on Mini Beasts. In the Art room they are exploring tie dye and making butterflies.

Victorian Curriculum As parents we tend to expect that all children in the same year level would be learning much of the same things each week. But this isn’t entirely true. Schools in Victoria use the Victorian Curriculum to plan student learning programs, assess student progress and report to parents. It provides a single, coherent and comprehensive set of content discriptors and common achievement standards. If you go to the DET website or type in the following link, http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/learning/schoolmate/Pages/default.aspx you will be provided with an overview of what your child is likely to be learning in each year in each subject from Prep to Year 10. It also includes practical tips about what you can do at home to help support your child’s education. We have detailed information about the way we deliver the curriculum. There are many ways to teach to achieve the same great results. Our teachers create lesson programs to suit the needs of your children. Whilst achieving the same outcomes, teachers have the flexibility to:

decide the order in which students learn things

create lessons around topics their students are interested in

adjust lessons based on the needs and abilities of their students.

If you are interested in any aspects above book a time with Ric to discuss.

OSHC

For Outside School Hours

Care please contact Camp

Australia on 1300 105 343

DATES TO

REMEMBER

- 26th May – 5/6 Sport (Away) v Roxy Rise PS

- 2nd May – 5/6 Sport - (Away) v Greenvale

PS - 9th May - 5/6 Sport - (Away) v Good

Samaritan PS - 7th June – Grade 3

Imax and Shrine Excursion

- 12th June Queen’s Birthday NO SCHOOL

- 13th June – Grade 5 Melbourne Museum & Imax

- 13th – 23 June - Grade 2 Chicken Hatching program

you can do it

AWARD

Baran Porchinne 3B

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Temos

Saira

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Alexis

Prep C - Ms Marino

Heba

1A - Ms Moon

Aya

1B - Ms Asta

Nour

1C - Ms Thompson

Penny

2A - Ms Finnigan

Hanna

2B - Ms Free

Jasmine

2C - Ms Mandaliti

Maryam

3A - Ms Rosella

Malaq

3B - Ms Baido

Ayah

3C – Ms Buc/Ms Brereton

Lucia

4A – Ms Monsone & Ms Ciantar

Tanu

4B – Mr Moat

4C – Ms Leditschke

Zehra

5A – Mr Penhall

Jaiveer

5B - Ms Garita

Grade 5

5C - Ms Jankievski & Ms Fry

Nouha

6A – Mr Urbancic

Finity

6B – Ms Oram-Parkinson

Mayz

6C – Mr Wright

Hamid

6D – Ms Davenport

Alexander

Performing Arts - Ms Verde

Visual Art Award - Ms Borg/Ms Fitzpatrick

Junior – Sebastian PC Senior – Ela 3B

You can do it Award Baran Porchinne 3B

Staff Award

Emma Thompson – for

awesome maths planning

and thinking of every child

in the year one team.

Principal Award Bahir (4B), Gia Linh (1A),

Oshana (3C) and Rania (4A)

Excellent progress in writing

achievement

Monday 5th June

Taking Risks We all know what it is like to attempt to do something for the first time. Attempting

an activity that is new to us is often followed by making some initial mistakes before

we become accustomed to the task we are performing. Think of the first time we

learned to roller skate or ride a bike - it would be unusual to find someone who

didn’t fall at least once while trying to master one of these activities!

For our students, school often provides the same challenges, as students are

regularly being asked to learn/perform concepts or activities that are new to

them. This not only involves the chance that they may get what they are doing

wrong (at least to begin with), but also provides a situation where there are many

classmates around to witness these errors taking place. As a result, trying to learn

new things at school is viewed by many students as a risky proposition.

In the You Can Do It program, Risk Taking is defined as “thinking that it’s good to try

something new even though I might not be able to do it”. It is important that we

encourage our students to take risks as this is the way they will be able to learn new

concepts and activities that will further advance their education. It is also important

to point out that we all make mistakes when learning to do new things, so there is no

shame in not getting something completely right the first time it is attempted. In

fact, students should expect and accept that they probably will make an initial

mistake and this is alright (and even normal)! In addition, if a student is finding a

new task difficult to achieve the first time, they can be sure that other students

around them are experiencing the same difficulties.

The most successful people and teams in the world became what they are because

they had the courage to take a risk and accept any mistakes that came along with

it. Let’s all encourage our students to follow the same path and be risk

takers. Together, we can do it!

Dear parents,

As you know our fundraiser this year is a Cadbury chocolate drive.

We would like to remind you to return your money and/or unsold

chocolates to the school by Friday 26th May.

We thank you for your continuous support.

Kind regards,

Roxburgh Park Parents and Friends.

Wow word of the week

Are you the WOW word of the Week Champion?

Every week in the newsletter there will be an interesting or unusual wow word

written with its meaning from the dictionary.

Can you put that word in an amazing sentence? If so, write it on a piece of paper,

include your name and grade and pop it in

the box in the office. If your sentence is the most impressive, then you will

feature on our WOW writer champion board displayed in the foyer of the office.

Winner announced each week at assembly.

Happy writing! Lisa EL

This weeks word below!

LAST WEEK’S Wow WINNER

The ancient, tattered Western saddle groaned as old chips of leather

fell like droplets of rain. Lani heaved it onto the gleaming buckskin

pony who nickered in reply. Lani took a deep breath. This was it. What

she had been waiting for her whole life.

Rania Aldanu 4B

FRAIL – weak and delicate.

Step Into Prep

This program is open to all children eligible for school in 2018.

Session times: 2-3pm

2017 Program Details Literacy – Join in our fun story time! Share the reading of one

of our favourite ‘Big Books.’ Make a puppet or character from

the story. Act it out!

Maths – Design a new toy! Number rhymes, songs, games,

counting activities. See if you can build a tower, run in a race or

swat a number!

Performing Arts – Join in the fun of listening, singing and moving

to music! Hear our own RPPS choir sing!

ICT – Have fun exploring the ICT lab! Use Ipads in the

classrooms and play games like Reading Eggs and Mathletics on

our own classroom laptops!

Investigation -Discover our science area! Make a ‘Hairy Harry!’

Grow your own plants, play in the home corner and make

interesting things using playdough!

Teddy Bears Picnic – Bring your teddy along to school and enjoy a

picnic in our beautiful playground. Sing songs, play games and

share your bear stories!

Book now! Ring the school on 9303 9335 to book for one,

two, three, four or all five sessions.

Step Into Prep The ‘Step into Prep’ transition program prepares pre-

schoolers for their entry into primary school. The

sessions mirror many of the activities and routines

that the children will be presented with when they

begin school. The staff are caring and supportive and

the activities have educational merit and are

interactive and fun.

Session dates and times for 2017:

26th May – 2:00 pm – 3.00 pm

2nd June – 2:00 pm – 3.00 pm

9th June – 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

16th June – 2.00pm – 3.00pm

23rd June – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

For all enquiries, please feel free to contact the

office on 9303 9335

Upcoming Payments All excursion money sent to school MUST be in an envelope or a zip-lock bag with the Child’s name, grade and amount written clearly. Too many times we

are receiving money with no accompanying details of which child to credit.

Event Date of Event

Cost of Event

Payment Due

2017 Book Fees Term 1 $170.00 Due Now

Grade 3 IMAX & Shrine 7th June $25.00 24th May

Grade 3 Museum & Imax 13th June $27.00 6th June

Grade 2 Chicken Hatching 13th June $5.00 6th June

Congratulations to the Mathletics classes of the week

Gold - 1C Silver – 2C Bronze- 2B

Week ending 19th May 2017

READY, SET, GO!

Starting Prep in 2018?

Ready, Set Go! is a Pre-Prep Program designed to help

students that are enrolled at Roxburgh Park Primary

School for 2018 settle into the school environment and

assist them in preparing for school.

The sessions will focus on:

●Establishing daily routines

●Developing speaking and listening skills and vocabulary

●Participating in reading and writing activities

●Counting and exploring maths concepts

●Developing social skills and forming relationships

●Groups activities and turn taking

●Developing fine - motor and gross – motor skills

Where: Roxburgh Park Primary School

When: Fridays – beginning Friday 28th April 2017

Time: 9:15am – 10:15am (we will begin with 1 hour sessions

and extend them as the year progresses)

Cost: Free (your child must be enrolled to start prep at

Roxburgh Park Primary School in 2018)

For further information, please contact the school on

9303 9335

BED TIME!!

In my opinion I strongly believe that kids shouldn't go

to bed whenever they want!

Firstly kids shouldn't go to bed whenever they want

because you have to up so early because you will be

super late for school.

Secondly kids shouldn't go to bed whenever they want

because you will have no energy.

Thirdly kids shouldn't go to bed whenever they want

because you will get extremely sleepy.

Finally kids shouldn't go to bed whenever they want,

how could you not agree?

Sash Schembri 1C