Dear Parents, Guardians and Students,

Next Monday afternoon we will be holding an ANZAC Day commemoration at our

whole school assembly. Our school captains will lead this commemoration,

commencing shortly after 2.30pm. As part of this assembly, we will welcome local

author Anne Vize who, along with The Hon Mr Bruce Billson, will be presenting

our school with a copy of the book she has recently completed called The ANZAC

Resource Book for Dunkley Primary Schools. Parents are most welcome to join us

for this assembly. Our school captains, along with Davyn and Caleb have been

working on a poster to be displayed at the Frankston RSL

ANZAC Day commemorative service on Saturday. We are all

very proud of the work they have done, and it’s great that

Overport Primary School will be represented at this service.

NAPLAN testing for Year 3 and Year 5 students is coming up

soon. The tests will be held on Tuesday 12th, Wednesday 13th

and Thursday 14th May. NAPLAN tests assess student knowledge and skills in

Writing, Reading, Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and

Numeracy. The results of the tests provide information for students, parents, and

teachers which can be used to improve student achievement. All students are

expected to participate in the NAPLAN tests, however may be withdrawn from

NAPLAN by their parent or carer, only after consultation with the school. If, after

consultation, you decide to withdraw your child, you must contact your child’s

teacher, or Mrs Wendy Kilpatrick, who will provide you with a Student Withdrawal

form to sign. For more information about the tests, please visit the VCAA website

at www.vcaa.vic.edu.au or the National Assessment Program website at

www.nap.edu.au Results of these tests are sent out to schools towards the end of

Term 3. Please keep in mind that the results are a snapshot of your child’s

performance on the day of testing. Our teachers conduct ongoing assessment for

reporting purposes.

This week and next week all students in Yr 5 and 6 will be completing the Student

Attitudes to School survey. One of the ways our schools find out about areas

needing improvement is by collecting data from students. This survey covers many

areas: student learning, student safety, their connectedness to school, to name just a

few. The results of this survey give us an understanding of our own students

perceptions, as well how we compare to all other schools in the state. These will be

made known to schools during term 3 and presented to school council, assisting us

in making plans for future improvement.

Yesterday was our first group tour for Prep enrolments for 2016. It is fantastic to

see the interest shown in Overport PS, and it’s wonderful to be able to take these

visitors around the school to see the great things happening here. Further tours have

been arranged for later in the term, so if you know of anyone thinking of enrolling

for 2016, please remind them to contact the school office to book a place.

Unfortunately due to a staff professional development session, the education

subcommittee meeting which was scheduled for this afternoon has had to be

cancelled. Our next meeting will be on Thursday 21st May at 3.45pm in the

staffroom.I also remind school councillors that the meeting scheduled for Monday

27th April has been rescheduled for the following week; Monday 4th. May.

The Overport Times

Term 2 Edition 8 23rd April 2015

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Diary Dates

Monday 27th April

Whole school

ANZAC Day

assembly in the hall

at 2.30pm.

Friday 1st May

Meal Deal Day

Monday 4th May

3-6 Assembly in hall.

School Council

meeting at 7pm.

Tuesday 5th May

Mother’s Day Stall

Wednesday 6th May

Mother’s Day Stall

20th—22nd May

Yr 5 Urban Camp

Saturday 23rd May

Working Bee

From the Principal’s Desk

Reminder

Whole school

assembly on

Monday

for

ANZAC Day.

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Just to let you know that beginning next Monday, I will be

taking some long service leave. I will be travelling to the

top end of Australia, then across to the west for some time

with my youngest son, followed by a trip into The Kim-

berley. I will see you all when I return on Monday 18th

May.

Mrs Gleeson returns from her leave next Tuesday.

Have a lovely weekend everyone,

Deborah Madder

Acting Principal

‘OVERPORT CARES’ AWARDS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Happy Birthday to the children

who have celebrated their

birthday this week.

Oscar OPC, Felix OPC, Emily 1/2E, Joshua 3A, Rita 4A, Petar 1C,

Sana OPA, Hannah 4B,

Kye 6A, & Catherine 1B.

Canteen News. Our Back to School HOT DOG MEAL DEAL DAY is on FRIDAY MAY 1st

Please return your orders by MONDAY APRIL 27th

New price lists are available on the school website or from the office.

Hot Dogs are now only available as lunch orders on Fridays.

Monica Champion

These certificates are awarded at assembly each week for children who have excelled

in an academic or social endeavour throughout the previous week.

Eva-Marie & Jovina OPA, Nicholas &

Cherry OPB, Owen & Ethan OPC, Jasmine & Angus OPD, Bonnie 1A, Anthea 1B, Marli & Yusuf 1C, Sara & Taj 1D, Tyler & Emily 1/2E, Keira 2A, Angus & Olivia 2B, Lena & Jai 2C,

Ethan 3A, Hannah 3B, Rose 3C, Maggie 4A, Gaige 4B, Kate 4C, Kascha 5A, Jai 5B, Olivia

5C, Punyanut 6A, Neha 6B & Alex 6C..

PRODUCTION NEWS

Wednesday 9th September 2015

We are very excited to announce that our pro-duction this year will be “Zalobardi” written by our very own, very talented Jane Lacey and Katie Bingham with musical numbers

composed by Anthony Bingham.

Zalobardi is the tropical island where a boat-load of tourists have just begun their holiday. As the tourists and sailors set out for a lunch feast at

neighbouring Mahala Bay, a little girl (Robin) is left behind. The glamorous queen of the jungle (Shirley Bird) and her friends direct Limbo (a monkey

infatuated with humans) to help Robin find her mum. Meanwhile, through swarms of bugs and butterflies,

dangerous swamp creatures and

hungry natives dancing around their fire, a hapless search party of sailors track the girl. Despite the best

interfering efforts of 3 cheeky

monkeys, and with the help of a talking totem pole, Robin and Limbo make their way through the jungle to be

safely reunited with her mum at

Mahala Bay.

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S ARTICLE

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students,

Term 2 has begun with a ‘bang’ with many exciting

things happening across the school. Some of which I am

fortunate to be part of. My name is Tess Higgins and I

am the Student Wellbeing and Engagement Coordinator

here at Overport Primary School.

If your child is in grade one you may have heard of the

CASEA program. The CASEA program is a program

run by Monash Health in conjunction with the

Department of Education and Overport Primary School.

The CASEA team, comprising of, Sarah, Janaki and

Davina have been working with members of our school

community since the beginning of the year. This term

will see the beginning of the group program with a

selection of parents and students. Stephen Pugh

(Department of Education) and I have the privilege of

working alongside the CASEA team with our parents

and students to enhance interpersonal and social skills,

problem solving and communication. This is a great

opportunity for our school community to work with

experts in the field to improve the wellbeing our

students.

The journey to the RACV Energy Breakthrough

competition for 2015 has begun. Mrs Alice Wynne and I

have received in excess of 20 expressions of interest

from students who wish to be involved in the push cart

teams for this year. During the week we will read the

letters and send home a letter of commitment to

families. The RACV Energy Breakthrough is a fantastic

program which, according to the students who competed

last year, was the highlight of the year. It does, however,

rely on the support of families as there are many

afterhours training sessions and families are required to

accompany their children to the event in Maryborough

in late November. This year we hope to enter two teams

of 8 students from years 4, 5 and 6.

Please remember that Every Day Counts. Going to

school every day is the single most important part of

your child’s education. Every day at school, your child

learns new things and is involved in important social

interactions with their peers. If you are having

attendance issues with your child please contact your

child’s classroom teacher so we can work together to

have your child here, on time, every day.

Tess Higgins

Student Wellbeing and Engagement

Seaford United Soccer Club is

looking for boys and girls to play

soccer.

We have vacancies for children

turning 5 or 6 in 2015 to play in our

Under 6 team and for children

turning 8 or 9 to play in our Under 9

teams. We also have vacancies for

girls turning 9, 10 or 11 in 2015 to

play in our Under 11 girls’ team.

Please contact Dave (0490035434 or

juniors@seafordunited.com.au) if

you would like to join a team, come

along to a training session or if you

would like more information.

5 Cent Friday

5 cent Fridays will stop for

this term and resume in

Term 3.

Please save your 5 cent

coins for Term 3.

The Department of Education & Overport Primary School does not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser. No responsibility is accepted by the

Extend OSHC at Overport Primary School Last week was a great

first week back. We

decided to get messy on the first day back and

we made some playdough which all the children

loved doing. The children got to have pikelets

with a difference as they were green, red and

yellow. Outside is always a must when the weather is

nice and as usual soccer was the game of

choice, and we ended the week making our

jester rattles with a twist.

Kelly

TERM 2 WEEK 3 ACTIVITIES

Monday 27th April: Reused Art

Tuesday 28st April: Button Creations

Wednesday 29nd April: Potato Stamping

Thursday 30th April: Creative Drawing

Friday 1st May: Vegetable Fritters

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