Volume 25 Issue 15 Thursday 23 May 2019

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term dates 2019 term 1 30 jan - 05 apr term 2 23 apr - 28 jun term 3 15 jul - 20 sep term 4 07 oct - 20 dec 27-29 MAY YEAR 6 CAMP—PHILLIP ISLAND ADVENTURE RESORT 03 JUNE DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY 04 JUNE SRC-STATE SCHOOL RELIEF- FREE DRESS- GOLD COIN DONATION 07 JUNE REPORT WRITING DAY- STUDENTS NOT REQUIRED 10 JUNE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY- STUDENTS NOT REQUIRED

Jim bell, principal jenny reid, assistant principal jo-anne doran, assistant principal

DATES TO REMEMBER

E lection Day Sausage Sizzle It was another win for Scott Morrison and his govern-

ment on election day, Saturday 18 May, but the Brentwood Park champions of the day were surely our dedicated group of fundraising committee members who ran the sausage sizzle outside our performing arts centre! Donna Foster, Sandra Prvulj and Belinda Muller labored over the barbecue plate supported by other volunteers, Jim Narayan, Caitlyn Foster, Mel Dennis, Serena Song, Trixy Chua, Mandy, Christian & Kennedy Richie, Urooj Haider, Jess Okirua, Kat Oram, Aimee Voet, Rob & Robyn Johnstone, Rajitha Ganta, Jenny Reid, Jim Bell and Mandy Scarlett. Our community proved liberal with their money and readily purchased sausages on bread; with or without a serve of onions and cans of soft drink! Due to their sup-port, it can be argued that the winners of the day are also our students who, as a whole, benefit from the $1,365 raised as it goes towards purchases for the school. A HUGE thank you to Donna, Sandra and Belinda, who staffed the election day barbeque throughout its entire duration and thank you to our other volunteers who as-sisted in allocated shift allotments.

F undraising Would you like to meet new parents whilst fundraising for

our wonderful school? Our fundrais-ing team is in need of extra helpers. Any assistance you can offer would be greatly appreciated. The fundraising team meet once each month and have a casual catch up to discuss fund-raising ideas for our school.

New faces and ideas would be a welcome addition to our team. Please contact Belinda on 0407 234 355 if you are interested.

E ducation Week 2019 All government schools and kindergartens throughout Victoria are in the midst of Education

Week and in recognition of it, Brentwood Park Primary School opened its doors to parents and the broader com-munity. Parents were invited to view classroom and cor-ridor displays and to participate in exploring this year’s theme of Celebrating Careers during our Open Evening which was held on Wednesday 22nd May 6:00—7:00 p.m. A number of families took the opportunity to attend this year’s evening session. Over two hundred and forty “passports” were collected as children and parents filed through the school’s entry foyer. Nevertheless, with four stamps collected in the “passports”, indicating at least four classrooms had been visited, our attendees subse-quently gained entry into the “lucky draw”! One of the highlights of Open Night was the student per-formance on stage in our Performing Arts Centre. I’d like to thank all staff for their attendance and contri-butions to the evening and to the parents and children who took the opportunity to attend our Education Week celebrations! It was great to see the children’s enjoy-ment of being at school in the evening and in showing their parents around the school, and participating in a variety of activities focussing on this year’s theme of Celebrating Careers!

Term 1 Week ending 17 May, 2019

0BC n/a 0JF n/a 0JH Mackenzie for working hard to independently write a sentence. Keep up your hard work! 0LP n/a 0SM n/a 0TL n/a 1AB Mashal for writing a fantastic letter. You used great detail and asked interesting questions. Well done! 1HG Stefan for demonstrating improved efforts with your whole body listening, as well as your written learning tasks. 1KC Blake for his super effort to complete tasks and follow instructions! Keep up the great work! 1MK Riya for showing the school values in everything she does. 1NC Hrishith for applying your knowledge of 10’s facts to add larger numbers together. 1NG Sierra for writing a wonderful personal letter to a fellow classmate. Well done! 1TN Hayden for working so hard on his doubles and near doubles. Fantastic work, Hayden! 2AD Aaliya for her excellent time management skills and completing all her work each lesson. 2AK Gina for your confident and extremely detailed presentation about South Korea. Well done! 2CM Kornel for an outstanding attitude in the classroom and working fantastically in every lesson. Well done! 2CV Aiden for staying focused during our CAFÉ session and putting in 100% into all his comprehension activities. You’re a super star! 2RG Zachary for gaining confidence in his writing and oral presentation skills. Well done! 2SY Nickan for demonstrating excellence at school in and out of class. 3CH 3CH for sitting your first NAPLAN assessments with enthusiasm and confidence. 3DK 3DK for your hard work and positive attitude towards NAPLAN this week! 3MF 3MF for being superstars during your first NAPLAN. I am so proud of you all! 3MS 3MS for trying your best in NAPLAN this week. 3SA 3SA for completing your first NAPLAN. Congratulations, you are all stars! 4BM Hayden for his responsibility and enthusiasm during Mini Melbourne launch day. 4CP Riley for his fantastic sizzling start in his historical narrative. 4EC Crystal for being a great friend this week and well done for putting 100% effort in your work.

Term 1 Week ending 17 May, 2019

4SM Ifra for writing a detailed summary during CAFÉ. Great job, Ifra! 4VG Antra for working well with her group to create a story board. 5EB Agam for being a great classmate and helping out others. Well done, tech guru! 5JG 5JG for their amazing efforts and focus during NAPLAN testing this week. You all worked so hard. 5LF 5LF for an amazing job applying your knowledge for NAPLAN. You are legends! 5LM Mikal for working extremely hard to develop his understanding of money concepts during maths this week! 5SI 5SI for doing an outstanding job during NAPLAN! Your hard work has definitely paid off. I am so proud of you! 6JA Jaydee for always focusing and putting in 100% into everything—AWESOME WORK! 6JP Savya for outstanding participation during classroom discussions. Well done! 6LM Dylan for writing a super narrative using all VCOP strategies. 6MB Sanajana for being a fantastic Grade 6 role model.

SPECIALIST CLASSES

LOTE. Chunyan FBC for your impressive class manners and excellent engagement in learning teen numbers in Chinese! LOTE. Daisy 1HG for putting your best effort into learning the unit ‘colours.’ P. Arts. Linda 4CP for showing ‘Persistence’ and ‘Getting Along’ skills during your chair- drumming lesson. P. Arts. Larissa 0TL for practising and performing the ‘How’s the Weather?’ song. P.E. Jim 6MB for outstanding glove work with the T-ball mitts. P.E. Mel 4CP for excellent T-ball fielding. V. Arts. Jessica FLP congratulations on working together to finish off your painted sunflowers! V. Arts. Bree 3MS for excellent organisation and effort during printmaking. D.Tech. Lisa 5EB for your enthusiasm and persistence when using “sphero” robots during DT lessons this term. You will be ‘super coders’ soon. Congratulations!

P LEASE DIRECT MONEY FOR EXCURSIONS, ETC TO YOUR CLASSROOM TEACHER - NOT TO THE OFFICE.

Please hand money and permission slip in sealed envelopes to classroom teacher first thing in the morning. By following this process teachers are aware that your child will be attending the excursion and mark them off

their lists. Money is collected by office staff and processed each morning and a receipt given back to teachers along with permission slips. All money is tallied and banked daily – no money is left on the premises. If you wish to pay by credit card, a proforma is available from the office. This can be filled out with details and placed in a sealed envelope and handed to your classroom teacher

Please deliver cash in a sealed envelope with your child’s name and grade on the front by 9.30 a.m. If you have a number of children attending an excursion you can place all money and permission slips in the one envelope with children’s names and grades on the front and deliver to one of the children’s teachers. The office staff will be able to allocate money to the children’s particular items and distribute permission slips and receipts back to teachers. Enve-lopes are available at the office. If you have a large amount to be paid or need to process an EFTPOS transaction through a savings account you can make arrangements to pay at the office. We also have a new Qkr payment system on our Skoolbag app. If you download our Skoolbag app and Qkr payment app you can now pay for your child’s excursion on line.

All change will be delivered to the children in the afternoon. Re-imbursements will only be made under certain circumstances – they will be made by cheque (no cash transactions are made).

Notices are sent out with a final collection time – please adhere to this time. All money and permission slips are required to be sent back by this date – otherwise your child will not be able to attend. This enables us to confirm bookings and numbers with bus companies and organisations we are visiting. Also we need to send details to the De-partment of Education Emergency Management for all excursions, camps, etc. We also need to accommodate students who will not be attending.

We would appreciate it if parents could please follow these processes.