seabrook primary school · 2015-06-03 · beanies are priced at $10.00,scarves $12.00 and headbands...
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Issue 16
3rd June 2015
Seabrook Primary School 83-105 Point Cook Rd, SEABROOK 3028 : POSTAL ADDRESS: P. O. Box 1143 ALTONA MEADOWS 3028
Phone: 9395 1758 / Email: [email protected] / Website: www.seabrook.vic.edu.au
Newsletter
From the Principal Dear Parents,
All editions of our newsletters have the students first name and their initial of their surname, this is to provide personal security on the web.
Public
Holiday
8th
June
Queen’s
Birthday
Holiday
No
school
Monday 8th June Public Holiday
NAIDOC AND RECONCILIATION WEEK was celebrated last week at Seabrook. Children in some year levels had the opportunity to participate in incursions centering on the indigenous culture linking to their units of inquiries. A great Naidoc Week display is open to visitors in the library. As part of the celebration a colouring competition was offered for children in P-2 and a short story writing competition has been offered for children in years 3-6. Entries must be handed in before Friday 12th June. All the NAIDOC pencil packs were sold and the profits are provided to the Koori Kids Foundation supporting education. Thank you for your continued support with NAIDOC Week.
UNIFORM Winter is upon us now and we would like to encourage our little ones to have a spare
change of underclothes in their school bags when they discover puddles in the school grounds. We have Seabrook beanies, scarves and navy headbands for sale at the office and new stock for sale in the second hand shop uniform open Thursdays 2:30 – 3:20 p.m. Beanies are priced at $10.00,Scarves $12.00 and headbands are $10. Please clearly label these items with your child’s name.
It appears there is some confusion about the girl’s formal winter school uniform. A white cotton shirt with a collar is to be worn under the winter tunic. The children have the option to wear a white short or long sleeved t-shirt under their shirt for extra warmth. The coloured sports t-shirt may be worn on Fridays and days of sport only. The formal boys and girls winter uniform is worn every day and on all school excursions. The exception being at sports events for grades 3-6 and house team t-shirts may be worn on Fridays.
MEDICAL There are many cases of flu being reported in the school. For the wellbeing of all please do not send your child to school if they are unwell.
FUNDRAISING There are still places for the Ladies’ Night Out arranged for Wednesday 15
th July. This is
a chance for Seabrook mums and friends to have a night out together. The event will be held at the Yarraville Sun Theatre. Please send your money and form (available on Skoolbag) to the office marked “Ladies’ Night out’. We still have copies of the 2015 -16 fundraiser book for sale at the school or it can be purchased on line.
DIARY DATES Please note in your diary the following whole school events-
Public holiday Monday June 8th No school Reports home – Friday June 19th Student Led Conference on-line bookings will be open from Tuesday 9th June. Please book in a time once the system is open. Student-led Conferences (no school) Thursday June 25th Last day of term Friday 26th June – Sausage sizzle, Sports Dress up Fundraiser, 2:30pm finish for the term holidays continued report on the following page
Sue & Staff
Continued report from Susan Lee
Somers camp was really fun, I was lucky to get picked to go to Somers camp, out of the other 100 kids who wanted to. At Somers camp I learnt a lot of new things about nature and the environment, I made heaps of new friends and I did amazing activities everyday. Some of the activities I did were the Challenge swing, boating, Flying fox and I got to care for a Guinea Pig. We also had some wonderful night act iv i t ies wh ich involved performing on stage in a concert, disco night and a campfire on the last night. I would highly recommend going to Somers camp to all my friends and family. Alysha 5AV
COMING SOON - STUDENT LED CONFERENCES THURSDAY JUNE 25 Shortly parents will be invited to book in along with your child for the mid year Student Led Conference to be held on Thursday 26
th June. This is an opportunity for your child to share their learning over the past 2 terms
with you using their portfolios as evidence. Appointment times can be booked up until 7 pm or by arrangement. Your child must accompany you on the day. Please take advantage of the opportunity to book a time with each of the specialist teachers to find out more about their programs and your child’s participation. The details for the on-line booking system will be released shortly. There will be no lessons for children on this day, however OSHClub is taking bookings. Have a great week ahead.
Middle Learning Community - 4LD
This week, 4LD have been working on descriptive language to help create visual pictures in the minds of their readers. We have learnt a lot about figurative language, such as, personification and how writers use juicy adjectives to bring a setting in a story alive. Here are some of our forest settings that we hope will bring the story alive in your mind when
you read the text.
Senior Learning Community - 5KP
On Wednesday the 20th of May, 2015, all of the grade five students from Seabrook Primary School went on an ex-cursion to The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV). We went there because our current inquiry is about art and different types of art. The central idea is ‘The Arts are a creative expression and interpretation of the world’.
When we got to Federation Square, we sat down and sketched some things that were around us while another grade five class was in the Ian Potter Centre. I sketched some trees and eating tables that were in front of me.
After we finished sketching, it was our turn to go into the Ian Potter Centre. In there, we went into different rooms and saw lots of paintings and sculptures by famous people.
Next, we went to The NGV, which is close to Federation Square. We were separated into three groups with three different tour ladies, Heather, Lyn and Rebecca. While walking around, we stopped at the 2 million dollar painting called The Weeping Woman by Pablo Picasso.. The story behind it was that the lady’s child died from bombing and she was very sad. We all sat down and tried to sketch The Weeping Woman.
My favorite paintings were the ones by John Brack because I like how he makes faces of people, and we learnt about his paintings in Art. By Jess 5KP
The National Gallery of Victoria Excursion
For your information
Have you downloaded Seabrook’s App - Skoolbag? It will provide newsletters and other school information Type ‘Seabrook Primary School’ into ITunes or
Google Play or Windows Store. You can apply filters to direct relevant information. We hope you find this useful
Thank you to the Seabrook Community for collecting and dropping
off ice cream and yogurt containers. Our stores are full. There is no
need at the present for more containers.
Australian Mathematics Competition (Grades 3-6)
Dear Parents/Guardians,
The Australian Mathematics Trust (AMT) is pleased to invite our school to participate in the 2015 Australian Mathematics Competition sponsored by the Commonwealth Bank. The date of the competition is Thursday 30
th
July 2015 and the entry cost is $6.00 per student. The entries are to be submitted by the school, on Monday 8th
June 2015. Therefore, if your child (Years 3-6 only) is interested in participating in the Mathematics Competition, please complete the permission slip below and return along with the payment to your child’s teacher by Friday, 5
th
June 2015. Please note that late entries will not be accepted by the Australian Mathematics Trust.
Thank you for your support.
Sundram Moodley Acting Assistant Principal
PERMISSION SLIP – Australian Mathematics Competition (Years 3-6 only) Thursday 30th July 2015
RETURN BY Friday 5TH
June
I give permission for my child_______________________________________
in Grade ___________ to participate in the Australian Mathematics Competition.
Please find enclosed a payment of $6.00.
Parent/Guardian’s name:___________________________
Signed______________________________ ____________________
(Parent/Guardian) Date
Sports News
Divisional Cross Country
Well done to our 24 Students who participated in the Divisional Cross Country at Presidents Park
on Thursday. The conditions were fine although very windy and this did affect some runners
from all schools. We had some excellent results on the day. There were up to 40 runners in each
race and we competed against the Hobson’s Bay Districts (Altona, Spotswood, Point Cook and
Laverton).
The top 8 students in each race have qualified for the Western Region Championships at
Brimbank Park on Thursday 11th of June. 7 students have progressed to this stage which is a
fantastic effort.
Abbey G (3rd
), Taylah F (5th
) and Tara K (7th
) in the 9/10yr girls
Monique G (2nd
) and Mia F (8th
) in the 11yr girls
Tra-Mi G (7th
) in the 12yr girls
Jim B (8th
) in the 11yr boys. Jim’s effort was extra special as one of
his shoes came off with about 200-300m to go and he had to fight it
out with another competitor to the finish. He didn’t even stop and
look around for his shoe which would have cost him 8th
spot for sure.
Great spirit Jim!
Good luck to these students at the Regional competition.
Well done to all our other competitors, some who only just missed
out on the top 8. Lauren S (9th
), Clare S (10th
), Abby C (12th
), Ethan N
(13th
), Josh G (14th
), Sophie Mc (17th
), Cleo S (19th
), Braxton S &
Eloise D (20th
), Hayden L (21st), Jacob L (22
nd), Tyler N (23
rd), Cody S
(25th
), Sebastian W (27th
), Adam A (32nd
), Jacob S (34th
) and Jade P
(39th
).
Sports News
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Soccer Shootout
As part of the Grade 6 Sport Leadership Team, the students ran a Soccer Shootout with the
Grade 3/4 students at recess and the Grade 5/6s at lunchtime. Students had a shot at the
goals with no goalie and if they scored a goal they progressed to round 2. Then students had
to try and shoot it past a goalie. If they made it they progressed again. Eventually they got
down to the last 3 or 4 in each group. It was a fun activity and many students turned up to
participate. The winners in each year level were:
Grade 3/4 Girls: 1st Tseyon (4HT) Grade 3/4 Boys: 1st Alex (4LD)
2nd Nuey (4RE) 2nd Harry (3KW)
3rd Billy (3SP)
Grade 5/6 Girls: 1st Meriam (6EH) Grade 5/6 Boys: 1st Athan (5EP)
2nd Victoria (5KP) 1st Steven (6MB)
3rd Lauren (6EH) 3rd Rushil (6EN)
4th Tra-Mi (6EH) 3rd Asher (5AC)
Well done to all students who had a go and to the Grade 6’s for organising and running the
event on the day.
Blair Ganley
For your information
Super worm juice! Are you looking to give your garden a boost ?
Are you looking to boost your vegetables, fruit and general flower garden ? Look no further. Seabrook Primary School is worm farming! We are turning
your child’s fruit and vegetable scraps into pure organic fertilizer with the help of our little squirming friends-the worms. Our worms are busy munching away and breaking up your food scraps so they can give us back pure, organic, rich
worm juice. This juice is carefully poured into bottles for your convenience. The worm juice has wonderful benefits for any use around your garden!
From enriching your soil in nutrients and minerals to kick starting your seeds and stimulating flowering. Bottles of this juice are on display at the front
reception for you to view and purchase. Bottles cost $5.00 each
Term 3 is approaching and this is a friendly reminder that the printed newsletter
will only be available on request.
Request forms are available from the office and must be returned by the 24th of June.
Thank you
****Newsletter****
Parents and friends
PARENT HELPERS needed for the Sausage Sizzle on the last day of term 2, Friday 26th June
If you would like to assist please register your interest by emailing
Italian - WORD OF THE WEEK
This weeks word is - “L’ inverno” Meaning - Winter
Dark framed glasses in a white case. Please return to Andi Mavrou in 4HT.
Thank you
LOST
Girl’s reading glasses
Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund (CSEF)
The CSEF application form is available from the front office.
CSEF
CSEF
For your information
VISITOR’S PASS
Occupational
Health & Safety Regulations,
require any person working at
Seabrook Primary School
including Parent Helpers to
SIGN IN
COLLECT PASS
SIGN OUT
and return the Pass when leaving.
If you are working in the Grade 1 area, you can
sign in/out
in the Grade 1 Building.
All others are asked
to come to the office.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Prescribed Medication Authority Form
Dear Parent/Guardian,
Please be advised that if your child is required to take prescribed medication whilst at school a
MEDICAL AUTHORITY FORM can be found on our Skoolbag App and the school website. This
form should be filled out and signed off by your doctor before we can administer the prescribed
drug.
Please Note: wherever possible, medication should be given outside the school hours, e.g if
medication is required three times a day it is generally not required to be taken at school: it can
be taken before and after school and before bed.
If medication is to be administered at school the medication must be in the original packaging.
Should you have any questions/queries contact the Leadership Team.
Thank you for your support Principal Susan Lee
PARENTS Please do not double park when dropping off or when
collecting your children in the visitors car park as you are blocking in others. Please be patient when using this area.
No double parking
INCURSION / EXCURSION / FUNDRAISING MONEY
When sending in money for incursions, excursions,
fundraising etc., please send in the correct money
and ensure that you have separate envelopes for
each separate activity/event. We cannot accept
foreign coins, as they are rejected by the bank, so
therefore will be returned to you. Please check you
have included Australian currency only. Money is
not kept in the office so we cannot provide change.
Parents need to give the correct money in a clearly
marked envelope, in the mornings only, to the
classroom teacher. Teachers are unable to
accept money at the end of the school day as
they are unable to leave money in the
classroom. Cash payments are not accepted at
the office. Parents are welcome to call into the
school office to collect a few school payment
envelopes to leave at home for this purpose.
Alternatively, please ensure that the money is in a
clearly marked envelope with student’s name,
grade and amount and activity/event.
Thank you for your co-operation.
Yvonne Golomb Administration
For your information
2015 advertising prices for our weekly newsletter
$5.50 including GST for a business card size advertisement $22 including GST for a 1/4 page advertisement Contact: Maureen Murphy on 9395 1758 or email: [email protected]
For your information
For your information
Last day for Banking this term is Wednesday the 17th of June
Do you have a school banking question or query? Please email: [email protected]
School Banking Volunteers
Well done to the 180 students who banked last week.
Congratulations to the following students that received a bronze certificate this week for 10 deposits:
Amalia E, Layla K, Oliver E, Olive W, Sione V, Camryn L, Arnesh P, Sashianna M, Jasmine Q, John M,
Holly W, Lachlan T, Alicia W, Caitlyn S, Jade H and Dart R Blast off to Disneyland with School Banking in 2015
In a School Banking first, we're launched a new competition for one lucky School Banker to win a
family trip to Disneyland, California. This is an exciting reward to be won by one of our Super School
Savers. Students who make a minimum of 25 deposits in 2015 through School Banking will be
automatically entered into the draw.
View full terms and conditions at commbank.com.au/grandprize
Saving regularly is an important habit to get into, whether you are saving a little or a lot. Keep up the
great work and remember to bring in your deposit book each Wednesday. Thank you for supporting the
School Banking Program.
At OSHClub we have an
‘ABSOLUTELY NO PETS’
policy! This is to ensure your
child’s safety at all times, and to eliminate the risk
of pet related harm.
We appreciate your support and understanding.
for all enquires phone
Hanah
0448 256 147
OSHC Program Phone: 0411 302 879
Coordinators: Katie and Amanda
OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000 All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is free!
Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au where all
bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account!
10, 12, & 14
SEABROOK TIMELINE June / July 2015
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
1st June
No Assembly
Today
Grade 2
Swimming
2
Grade 4
Excursion
ACMI
4KM &
4AU
3 Grade 2
Excursion Botanical Gardens
2KA, 2HR, 2MS
Prep Police
Visit
4 5 Prep
Assembly
2:30pm - 3pm
Grade 2 Excursion Botanical Gardens
2LM, 2GV 2JV
8th June
Queen’s Birthday
Public Holiday No school
today
9 10
Grade 4
Excursion
ACMI
4HT & 4RE
11 Grade 4
Excursion
ACMI
4MT & 4LD
Western Region
Cross Country
Prep
MFB Visit
12
Grades 1 & 2
Assembly
2:30pm - 3pm
15
No Assembly
Today
16 17
Prep
Incursion
Ambulance/
Paramedics
18
Prep
MFB Visit
19
Prep
Assembly
2:30pm - 3pm
22
Grades 5 & 6
Assembly
9am - 9:30am
23 24 25
Student Led
Conferences
Student Free
Day
26
Last day for Term 2
2:30pm finish
Sausage Sizzle
Icehouse Excursion
Grade 6
13 JULY
1st Day for
term 3
14 15 16 17
Prep
Assembly
2:30pm - 3pm
Saturday 13th June - 2016 Prep School Tour 10am - 11am
PYP Exhibition Grade 6 Students
16th, 17th & 18th
Sports Dress up Fundraiser GOLD COIN DONATION Last day of term 2