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‘Striving for Excellence’
Open since 1887
Principal -Kevin Warne
Assistant Principal – Allyson Dixon
School Council President – Matthew Postill
Telephone - (03) 57931288
Fax - (03) 57931412 Web - www.puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au
Email - [email protected]. au
Alamein Road
Puckapunyal, Vic, 3662
Postal: Military P.O.
ABN: - 74134967962
Term 1 Issue 9
April 2nd
, 2014
Friday 4th April
Last Day of Term 1
1:10pm Assembly
1:30pm Dismissal
Tuesday
22nd April
First Day
of Term 2
Friday
25th April
ANZAC Day
Public Holiday
Dawn Service (Choir to Sing)
Website Address -
http//www.puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au/
Inside this Issue: DSTA Message/Birthdays 2
ANZAC Day Commemorations 2
Positive Behaviour Awards 2
Handy Reading Hints 2
1/2 R Diary Writing 3
Assembly Reading 3
Student Awards of the Week 4
SRC Minutes/Adopt a Granny Day 4
Teaching/Learning Focus Week 10 5
Zumba at PPS 6
Community Events 7-8
***Sunday Nights - a
great night to check for
Head Lice. ***
Crazy Hair Day
On Friday the 4th
of April (last day of Term 1) the SRC will be running
a Crazy Hair Day to help raise money for people with blood cancer.
The SRC encourages everyone to be creative and come to school with a
crazy hairstyle. There will be prizes awarded for the craziest hair on the
day. A morning parade at 9am will take place at the front of the school.
All families are welcome. Ms. Lewis is also going to shave her head to
raise money!
It will be an out of uniform day and gold coin donations will go towards
the Leukaemia Foundation World’s Greatest Shave. ***Have you heard your child read
today? We encourage all students to
practise their reading at home about 5
nights per week. Therefore, by now,
most students should have read at
least between 40-45 nights. Well
done if you have kept up!
Friday 4th April is the last day of the term. All students will be dismissed from
school at 1:30 p.m. The students will only require a morning play lunch as they
can have their lunch once they are home that day. We will finish off the term with
a 1:10 p.m. assembly which all parents are invited to attend. We have some
awards to hand out, some presentations and some performances for assembly.
Please come along.
It will be an Out of Uniform Day on this day as it is always on the last day of
term.
There will not be any afternoon school buses available for our children on the
last day of term. Good luck to all students and their families during the term
break!
* The first day of Term 2 for students will be Monday 15th April, 2013.*
We wish all of our families a safe, enjoyable and
restful break and we look forward to seeing everyone
return to school on Tuesday 22nd
of April for the start
of Term 2. Happy Easter!
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Easter Raffle fundraiser – Thanks so much to
everyone for your support. Our school community is
awesome!! Just a reminder that all tickets and money
are due in tomorrow to be drawn at Friday’s assembly.
Mothers’ Day stall – Any suitable gifts for this are also
appreciated. Thank you for gifts already received.
Mobile ‘phone recycling – We receive money for
‘phones that you no longer use, so please keep bringing
them in. Thanks!
Happy holidays everyone! Enjoy a well-earned break.
Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide.
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR
REWARD UPDATE We have a winner!! Congratulations Melba
house and well done to the other houses that
weren’t far behind. Melba house students and
other students with high positive behaviour
points enjoyed some Easter activities today,
including an Easter egg hunt!
CURRENT SCORES Melba- 236 points
Hume- 225points
Bradman- 224 points
Chisholm- 213 points
Happy Birthday to Izabella Meiselbach,
Jesse Carter, Kade Altas, Liam Irwin, Mark
Porter, Elizabeth Gardner, Alex Potts,
Marisa Zantey, Lachlan Taylor, Renae
Pennycook, Eric Sharp, Ethan Sharp,
Jordan Haywood, Erol Yildiz, Jake Tanis and
Somaiya Harriden who are all having their birthdays
this week or over the school holidays. On behalf of the
Puckapunyal Primary School Community, we wish them
all a very Happy Birthday!
Anzac Day is on Friday the 25th of April (first
week of Term 2). It is a public holiday and the school
will be closed. We hope that all families enjoy the
day. On Thursday 24th April, at a special 9am
morning assembly, we will have a short
commemoration to pay respect to the ANZACs. We
encourage students to bring wreaths to school and any
child in cubs, scouts, guides, etc, can wear their
uniforms for the commemoration. All parents are
welcome to attend our commemoration. It will be
held in the school amphitheatre or the PC Centre
(depending on the weather). As in previous years, our
school choir will be attending the dawn service at
Memorial Park on ANZAC Day. We will be
performing 2 songs at 5:45 a.m. We would encourage
all school community members to attend the service.
At both ANZAC commemorations, our school
captains will be laying wreaths on behalf of the
school.
Ms O’Connor has begun choir rehearsals for the
Dawn Service.
The Years 2-6 students in the choir have been
practising during some lunch eating times.
We still require some more helpers to volunteer for Friday
Canteen lunches. If you can spare the odd few hours on
a Friday to help in the School Canteen, please let the school
office know. Thanks!
*When hearing your child read make sure he/she holds the book and turns the pages!!
They are the reader and need to have control of the text.
*Read regularly with your children and make it fun. All children learn to read at different rates
and at different standards. When they are learning to read, giving them as much practice as
possible is important. Let your children see you reading books, magazines and newspapers as
well. This will model reading as a normal and important part of life.
Mrs Challis, Literacy Leader
Keep practising to read! Enjoy your children!
Our school staff has just completed their annual CPR
update as part of our first aid and safety training. The school
has also purchased a DEFIBRILLATOR. An automated
external defibrillator (AED) is a portable device that checks
the heart rhythm of people. If needed, it can send an electric
shock to the heart to try to restore a normal rhythm. AEDs
can be used to treat sudden cardiac arrest. While we hope that
we never need to use it, we are glad that we have it. The
school with the help of our school community has raised the
funds to purchase the AED. We also thank the Seymour
Lion’s Club who also donated $500 to the purchase.
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‘On the weekend, I stayed home. I had lollies, Jett had fun.
I had fun too. Mum did too.’ Tallen Miller
‘I had a wonderful weekend. I went to the park. I watched
a horse show.’ Chantelle Benson
‘I had a great weekend.yesterday. I went to a christening. I
saw Maddy and Zac. Then I went to a cafe and then I got
some ice-cream!’ James Thwaites
‘On the weekend we went to watch dad play football. We
played with Alexis at her home.’ Chloe Hogan
‘On the weekend it was my mum’s birthday. She was 37.’
Zahra Kelly
‘I had a good weekend. Last week I went to the skate park.
I had a lot of fun. On Sunday I went to the horse races. I
had fun.’ Jackson Spinaze
‘On the weekend I saw my baby cousin called Rocko and
my Aunty. After that we had fish and chips. It was the best
time in my life.’ William Andersen
‘On Sunday I went to my dad’s friend’s house. I watched
my sister play minecraft with my brother’s friend. That
was Eric. Finally I had to go home.’ Hayden Freeman
‘On the weekend I stayed at my home. I had popcorn and I
watched a movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.’
Aaron Bennett.
Did you hear Tessa
Thompson read at
assembly this week? We
did! She did a wonderful
job reading her story,
‘Picasso, the Green Tree
Frog’. By the way, the Frog
lived happily ever after.
Come along and see who
reads next term. P
uckapunyal/Tallarook Junior Football
‘On the weekend my family helped me clean up my house.
My home looks like a normal house.’ Matthew Munn
‘On the weekend I went to my Nan’s house for a
sleepover. While Tim and I were there we played mine
craft.’ Alex Potts
‘On the weekend I went to nan’s and pop’s house. Me and
my cousin made blings.’ Shaneequah Bridges
‘On the weekend I had a swim in our pool and mum found
a dead frog. It was funny because it had its mouth open.
When we hopped out we had an ice-cream. It was
raspberry and vanilla and it was fun.’ Tessa Thompson
‘On the weekend I got a new texta packet for my
minecraft and it had animals.’ Jesse Carter
‘On the weekend I had some peace and quiet because
normally my sister is noisy. Natalie and I did a colouring
of an Easter egg and started a fairy home. On Friday I
went to Adam’s Pool Party. Lake, Blake, Cooper, Max,
Harry, Emma and Sara went.’ Pippy Mallett
‘On Friday I went to Ballarat Lodge and stayed 2 nights.
The next night our fire alarm went off. At the start no-one
knew why it went off. Dad rang the hotel owner. They
said it is playing up because it was pouring with rain. But
they called 000 for the firemen. They came in the blink of
an eye.’ Emily Watson
Aaron Bennett thought that his class
did well with their diary writing!
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Defence School Transition Aide Message Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth
and satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing
schools, beginning school for the first time and even
returning for another school year can be daunting for
students and parents. It is great to see parents eager to
support their children at this time and be an integral part
of their education. If you have any concerns, or just feel
like a chat about school and your child, please find me!
SWAPP Select Program
I have information about the ADF partners career
assistance program if anyone is interested.
NEW UNIFORM
We have recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive
that includes shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some
parents have been waiting on this to arrive.
Best wishes for the week.
Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide
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Congratulations to the following students who
were ‘Students of the Week’ for last week.
Winners – Landon Scott, Lake Robertson, James
Thwaites, Will Hastie, Ashby Murphy, Nikolas
Van Jaarsveldt, Dominic Plessey and Eden Free.
These students were selected because they were
modelling ‘Confidence’. This week teachers are
looking for students who are modelling
‘Enthusiasm.’
Congratulations to the following students
who were ‘Authors of the Week’ for last
week. Winners – Koby Leak, Declan Reyne,
Tessa Thompson, Henry Billen, Renae
Pennycook, Lochlan Worden, Skye Saunders
and Mitchell Carrick. These students were
selected because they showed great skills as an
author.
3/4 B in Room 13 won
the Yard Duty
Competition Trophy. Somaiya Harriden and
Rhys Billen are both very
happy to show off the
winning trophy for their
classroom this week!
Defence School Transition Aide Message Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth and
satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing schools,
beginning school for the first time and even returning for
another school year can be daunting for students and parents.
It is great to see parents eager to support their children at this
time and be an integral part of their education. If you have any
concerns, or just feel like a chat about school and your child,
please find me!
SWAPP Select Program
I have information about the ADF partners career assistance
program if anyone is interested.
NEW UNIFORM
We have recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive that
includes shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some parents
have been waiting on this to arrive.
Best wishes for the week.
Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide
5/6 P in Room 1B won
the Senior School
Times Tables Trophy. Daniel Allen and Mackai
Harriden were both very
delighted to showcase the
winning trophy this week!
3/4 A in Room 11 won
the Middle School
Times Tables Trophy. Naomi Pennycook and
Saskia Truter are very
happy to look after the
winning trophy for their
classroom!
Congratulations to
Isabela Eastman and
Shaneequah Bridges who each received
‘Recycling Cans’
Awards this week.
Every little bit counts!
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Each week in the newsletter, we will give families a summary of the Teaching/Learning Focus for the week.
That can help families by: being aware of what classrooms are covering; with discussion topics at the dinner table when
discussing school (eg. ‘How are you going with addition in Numeracy this week?’); helping their children study at home,
etc. Parents have indicated that this information would be very useful. We also ask families to be aware that schools are
very busy places and events can be unpredictable at times. We therefore must remain flexible. That means, we can plan to
cover certain topics at particular times and have to change them according to arising needs.
Junior School – Preps/Foundation Rooms 3 & 6 Literacy: We will continue to develop early writing skills with a focus on pencil grip, capital letters and full stops. We
will be focusing on the letter ‘Qq’ and the sound it makes.
Numeracy: We will practise counting to 20 by 1s. We are still exploring 2D and 3D shapes.
Junior School – Year 1s Rooms 3, 8 & 9 Literacy: We will be revising basic writing skills including correct pencil grip, correct letter formation and the
construction of sentences. Letter focus is the letter ‘Qq’. We are focusing on capital letters, full stops and questions.
Numeracy: We will practise our addition and subtraction work. We continue our work also on fluency tasks. We have
been exploring 2D and 3D shapes.
Junior School – Year 2s Rooms 8, 9 & 10 Literacy: We will continue to revise our writing skills including correct pencil grip, correct letter formation, use of dotted
thirds and the construction of sentences. We have also been continuing to focus on questions and nouns.
Numeracy: We will continue to practise addition and subtraction as well as counting patterns forwards and backwards by
1s, forwards by 2s, 5s and 10s. We continue our work also on fluency tasks and exploring 2D and 3D shapes.
Middle School - Years 3/4 Rooms 10, 11 & 13 Literacy: During writing sessions we will work on persuasive texts. We will also revise all topics covered in Term 1.
Numeracy: We will continue to revise the four processes, place value, fractions, tables and skip counting.
Senior School - Years 5/6 Rooms 1A&1B Literacy: During writing sessions we will focus on persuasive texts. We will also revise all topics covered in Term 1.
In reading we will continue to focus on fluency and expression while also identifying key words and phrases during
note taking.
Numeracy: We will continue work on place value (including decimals), processes and estimation. Another focus will
be work relating to Cartesian planes. Tables facts will be practised throughout the week.
On Thursday 24th April our Years 1/2 students
will be involved in the ‘Adopt a Granny’
Day program. For many years Di Grant has
been visiting our school bringing some
grandparents from the Country Women’s
Association (and their friends). The idea has
been to run some fun activities involving a
particular year level of Pucka kids. This is
because most of their grandparents do not live
nearby. It has been a fun tradition and it’s the
Years 1/2 kids’ turn this year! From 9am until
lunchtime the visitors will be involved with our
students. Any of our grandparents who would
like to attend the day can also come and join in
with the Years 1/2 kids.
Thanks, Di!
Minutes 1/4/2014
Present: Bryce, Saskia, Cherie, Hamish, Jossy, Abby, Taylah,
Mitchell, Jordan, Giselle, Holly, Dom, Tessa, Shontay
Absent: Ethan, Sofia
Term 2 Lunchtime Activities Timetable
23rd
April-Phoenix and Giselle- Skipping
30th April- Taylah and Matilda- Chalk Drawing
7th May- Mitchell and Sofia- TBA
14th May- Hamish and Jossy- Bubble Blowing
21st May- Saskia and Bryce- Soccer
28th May- Cherie and Ethan-Skipping
4th June- Holly and Dom- Chalk drawing
11th June- Jordyn and Abby- Bubbles??
18th June- Shontay and Tessa- Skipping
25th June- Giselle and Phoenix
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Zumba AT PPS Students in F O’C, F/1 O’M, 1/2R, 1/2 I and 2/3B were very lucky this week as Mrs Fry came in and gave us all a Zumba lesson. We did some great stretches, learnt some new dance moves and then finished our session with some lovely cool down actions.
It was lovely to see all of the smiling faces at the end of the sessions. Thank you Mrs Fry!
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Tallarook Playgroup's wonderful holiday show is on again
this Easter holidays and as always, is sure to be a wonderful holiday activity, aimed at toddlers to grade six. This holiday show is by the Pinnacle Puppet Theatre and is titled The Three Little Pigs - with a twist. Tickets are $10 for children over one year old - Adults are free. There will be activities and fairy bread provided for the little ones and slices, tea and coffee will be available to purchase also. Please contact Clare on 0409142110 if you have any questions.
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Cyber safety information session
DCO Puckapunyal
Come along to a free cyber safety information session, presented by Nola Marino MP.
Ms Marino is a Member of the Federal Parliamentary Committee on Cyber Safety and will be presenting fresh from a three day conference on the subject.
Topics to be discussed include:
Your mobile phone and its security weaknesses
Your digital footprint and privacy
How to protect yourself and your family from cyber crimes
Social media hazards
How to spot scams
When: Wednesday 9 April from 6.30 pm to 8 pm
Where: The Pitman-Coffey Centre, Puckapunyal Primary School
RSVP: by Thursday 3 April to [email protected] or call 5735 7731