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Seabrook Primary School 83-105 Point Cook Road, SEABROOK 3028 | POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1143 ALTONA MEADOWS 3028 Phone: 9395 1758 | Email: [email protected] www.seabrook.vic.edu.au | www.facebook.com/SeabrookPS

NEWSLETTER

eSMART TIP: Consistently enforce safe game play. In short bursts (30 minutes at a time), playing in a public area of the home, and never unsupervised

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents and Guardians,100 DAYS What a wonderful celebration for the Preps last Friday, as they acknowledged their first 100 days at school. Thank you to the parents for all their support in creating fabulous costumes, posters, balloons and beautifully decorated cakes.

The teachers did a superb job in preparing the children for the day. I was impressed that even on such an exciting fun day the children were attentive and focused on learning. The tone in each Prep room was calm and ordered, as the children reflected and celebrated their achievements.

ATHLETICS DAY Many thanks to Mr Ganley and Mr Trott for organising the Athletics Day on Monday. The children were enthusiastic and involved as they competedin a variety of events. Thank you the teachers for their hard work and supervision and to the parents who were able to support the children on the day. Congratulations to all the children who attended and participated with enthusiasm. We want ALL children to enjoy these experiences. If cost is an issue please talk to Mrs Treloar or Mrs O’Connor and we will find a way for your child to attend.

ISSUE 23 August 9th, 2017

Working Bee

All families are invited to

attend

Sunday 13th of August

10am - 1:30pm

Seabrook Primary School has a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse.

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Seabrook Primary School 2 International Baccalaureate | Primary Years Program ®

LEARNING WITH CONFIDENCE

SAMPLE OF LETTER THAT WILL BE SENT HOME WHEN NOT WEARING COMPLETE UNIFORM

Dear Parent/Guardian,

It has been noticed that ________________________________ has not been wearing the complete Seabrook school uniform on a regular basis. We thank you for your support in providing the correct school uniform and wish to politely point out that _________________________________ is not / are not part of our uniform.

For odd times when your child cannot wear the correct uniform, a short explanatory note to the class teacher will be sufficient.

If you experience any difficulties in supplying the correct uniform items, please contact the office. Thank you.Seabrook Uniform Committee

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CORRECT UNIFORM Please ensure the children are wearing correct uniform. If they require warmer clothing could this please be worn under the jumper or school top where possible. Warm jackets are coming.

We have many donated uniforms so please ask at the office if you need additional school uniform items. As well, Mrs Treloar our Welfare coordinator is able to assist with clothing.



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PARENT OPINION SURVEY 2017We are conducting a survey to find out what you think of our school.The Parent Opinion Survey is completed annually by the Department of Education and Training and is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents at every school in Victoria. This year, about 30 per cent of parents will be invited to participate. All responses to the survey are anonymous.The survey helps our school gain an understanding of how you view our school climate, student engagement, and relationships. Our school will use the results to inform school planning and improvement strategies. The survey will be conducted online by ORIMA Research Pty Ltd and only takes 15 minutes to complete. It can be accessed from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August.The survey is available in English, Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (Hakha) and Hindi.Results will be sent back to our school at the end of September

PYP VISITSWe have hosted visitors from Urquhart Park Primary School and Good News Lutheran College. Next Tuesday 15th of August, we will also be hosting Kingsville, Caulfield Primary, Glenroy West, Macedon Primary and Wales Street Primary. Thank you Mrs Rima El Souki, our PYP coordinator for organising and hosting these visits. As well as, I thank our teachers and students who shared their knowledge and experience of PYP with our visitors. It fills us with such pride when we see how articulate and confident our students are and the generosity of our teachers in helping others. Well done Seabrook students and teachers!

SUPERVISION RESPONSIBILITIES BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL (DEET GUIDELINES)

Who Are responsible for

Parents/ Guardians the care and supervision of students: • travelling to and from school• Outside the times of school supervision before and after school.

Principals ensuring: • school supervision is provided for a minimum of 10 minutes before and after school• parents/guardians are regularly informed about supervision available before and after school• sufficient teachers are available to supervise the departure of students at the end of the school day• teachers supervising departures are not called away for other duties without alternate supervision being arranged

NAPLANNaplan results will be out on August 15. Please ensure we have your correct address so these can be posted

SPORTS NEWSOur mixed netball team will be going to Geelong on Thursday to represent Seabrook Primary school in the district competition. Congratulations on achieving this honour a first for Seabrook. We wish you all the very best. We know you will try your hardest and will compete with a good attitude. Best of Luck!

Ann O’Connor



Prep 100 Days of School

Friday the 4th of August was a huge milestone for our Prep students. This date marked 100 days of school for the Preps and they celebrated all things 100. The students demonstrated the PYP attitude of creativity when it came to dressing up for the day. Some of the students dressed up as though they were 100 years old while others decorated t-shirts with 100 hundred stickers, beads and lots of colour.

The activities for the day consisted of the Preps reflecting on how far they have come since their very first day of school, making special hats to celebrate the occasion and learning about the number 100 in all different kinds of ways.

The day ended with a very special assembly where all their hard work and learning was acknowledged and celebrated.

Well done and congratulations to all Prep students for completing 100 days of school!

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Prep 100 days of school



Prep OMT

As part of our inquiry on ‘How the world works’ we have been investigating our central idea ‘Living things depend on each other and their environment’ We have learnt some interesting facts that we would like to share with you.

People, plants, butterflies are living things because they can move, drink and eat. Non-living things are scarves, computers because they don’t drink or move.

Calista

The plants roots help it stay in the soil.

Matilda

Living things need water, food and air to grow.

Advay

A frog starts off as an egg then it turns into a tadpole, then a froglet and then it turns into an adult frog.

Gabriela

Plants are living things because they grow and change as they get older. There are many different types of plants. My favourite plant is a sunflower.

Sianna

Frogs are living things. They need water, food and air to grow.

Gren

My grass heads name is Foxy Boxy and it needs water and sun for it to grow. It has grown a lot of grass!

Sathvik

I water my grass head every day and put it near the window so it can grow. I made my grass head with our grade 6 buddies and it is called Mary.

Holly

My grass head is called Eisa and I like to play with all her hair. I water her everyday and I put her near the sun so she can grow.

Isabella

If you would like to make a grass head like us you can watch the Mr Maker video. It is fun watching your grass head grow. Look at how much grass our grass heads have they a hair-cut!!!

Mr Maker Grass Head Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Stm5ZhhjaU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Stm5ZhhjaU



Grade 1 Coding Experience

On Monday the 7th of August, the Grade One students met their new friends, the ‘Bee-Bots’ and ‘Blue-Bots’ in the school library. Bee-Bots’ and ‘Blue-Bots’ are programmable devices, students can learn what they can do and how to program them. The purpose of this introduction was to link with the new Australian Curriculum in the domains of Year 1 Science and Technologies. The Grade One children enthusiastically explored how to control the devices by creating some simple algorithms. For example, some students programmed the ‘Blue-Bots’ to go from the grocery shop to the café using one of the large mats.

Our Grade One students loved this experience and they are looking forward to using these devices and to learn some new coding skills.



Grade 2 had a great time exploring their Inquiry with the ‘Robots Come to Us’ incursion. They were able to use motors and different bits and pieces to build trolley’s and robots. Using coding they were able to make the wheels, eyes and a flag move on their machine. They also had the pleasure of watching a Year 10 robot dance and flip through a coding program. They had a great time exploring these inventions as part of their Inquiry “Ideas and creativity change the way we live”.

Grade 2 ‘Robots come to us’ Incursion



Italian News

Congratulations to our preps, who are continuing to thrive with their ITALIAN learning…

GRADE PREPStudents in Grade Prep have enthusiastically been learning to follow basic classroom instructions in Italian. They have been learning all the Italian names for various classroom commands as well as classroom items used.

Seduti – sit down

In piedi – stand up

In cerchio – in a circle

Silenzio – silent/quiet

Battete le mani – clap your hands

Ascoltate - listen

We have used games such as Mrs Thomson dice/Mrs Thomson says… and tombola/bingo as well as matching/drawing and other activities to re-inforce the language taught.

The students are displaying confidence and risk-taking skills, as they learn to pronounce and use these new words in the correct context. What a fantastic effort Preps! You should be very proud of yourselves! Eccellente! Bravi a tutti!

Mrs.Thomson



SPORTING NEWS

Well done to all students who participated in the school athletics day on Monday. The weather ended up being OK even though at times it was very threatening and a bit cool.

Thank you to all the staff and family helpers who assisted on different events throughout the day.

The competition was pretty close all day and I believe for the first time Jade has won the carnival. Orange House had been on a massive streak of wins, so it was exciting to have a new winner this year. All the Jade students were very happy when they were announced as the victors.

Students will begin finding out over the coming days which events they have qualified for the District Carnival on the 23rd of August.

Points were

Jade 892Orange 807Cobalt 787Purple 752

The grade 3/4 swimming program starts Monday for five weeks. 14th, 21st, 28th August, 4th & 11th of September. It is on at Shawn’s Swim school in Hoppers Crossing. Parents are welcome to come and watch their child/children swimming. Group 2 may require a parent helper to attend on the bus, so if you can assist please see your child’s teacher if in one of those groups.

Group times are as follows:

Group 1: 11.30am lesson (4EN, 4HT, 4JV, 4MB, 4OB)

Group 2: 12.30pm lesson (3KW, 3MW, 4RE)

Group 3: 1.30pm lesson (3KM, 3MB, 3NM, 3SP)

Groups are fairly full; however there are a couple of vacancies if anyone is still interested in joining. Please see your child’s teacher or Mrs Golomb at the office.

Grade 3/4 Swimming Program

Athletics Carnival



Dear Parents and Guardians,

Seabrook Primary School will be celebrating Book Week between 21st and 25th of August 2017. Book Week celebrates Australian authors and illustrators of Children’s books. It’s a wonderful time to immerse children in literature and celebrate books and reading.

The theme this year is ‘Escape to everywhere’.

“We all know books offer the perfect escape. Want to travel the world, fight dragons, time travel, fall in love, or survive school? Well, look no further than your nearest bookshelf. But libraries offer an escape also, a place to relax, learn, discover, experiment and create…the options are endless.”(- Madison’s Library)

Book Character Parade8:50am - 9:50am on the soccer field

To celebrate this occasion we will be having a Book Character Parade on Friday morning of the 25th of August. The parade will be a whole school event with both junior and senior school showcasing their costumes. Students are encouraged to come to school dressed as their favourite book character, however, be creative and try to use items of clothing and/or props from home. In addition, classes will be creating props early in the week, which will be suitable to use for the parade, for those students unable to source a costume from home.

Each grade will have an opportunity to parade their costume with the school community and students will enjoy participating in literacy activities during Book Week.

We hope you can join us for our special day!

Book Week Committee

Book week 21st - 25th August



Drop off and Pick up zone

Thank you to the families who have been using the new drop off & pick up zone. Parents/guardians are able to safely drop and pick up our students close to either of two pedestrian gates.

We have almost 1000 students (700 families) entering and departing our school everyday, which is situated on very busy Point Cook Road.

On average, our students are being safely collected in less than 10 minutes from the drop off zone after school.

If more families use the new zone in Mintaro Way, it should reduce congestion in Point Cook Road, the visitors car park and surrounding streets.

This will free up more spaces for parents/guardians who wish to park then walk their children to/from classrooms, particularly if their children are in Prep - 2 classes.

Please try to use the new drop off and pick up zone, it is running very smoothly.

Thanking you, Seabrook Primary School Leadership Team



Fundraising

DUE BACK DATE: Friday 8th of September 2017

The cost per block is $2.50. Total box value is $60.

As part of our fundraising endeavors each year, Seabrook Primary Schools Term 3 fundraiser is our annual Cadbury Chocolate drive. All profits made will be going towards the extra costs incurred for the soccer field and towards future sunshades around the school. We know with a group effort we can raise these funds to improve that area. We ask that each family please sell their given box. If you would like more boxes to sell, then please see Mrs Golomb at the front office.

Guaranteed prizes listed below

SELL 18 + BOXES TO WIN A brand new XBOX ONE console (sponsored by Cadbury Australia) SELL 12 + BOXES TO WIN A brand new SCOOTER SELL 6 + BOXES TO WIN 2 Village Movie Tickets

Every full box sold will go into a lucky draw Every 2 boxes sold will go into a draw for 4.5kg Toblerone

WHEN RETURNING UNSOLD CHOCOLATES AND MONEY Put the money for sold chocolates INTHE ENVELOPE PROVIDED marked with your child’s name and class, FILL IN THE SLIP BELOW and place both envelope and slip INSIDE THE BOX to be given to your child's teacher. WHEN RETURNING MONEY ONLY FILL IN THE SLIP BELOW. Put the slip and the money INTO THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED marked with your name child’s and class, and give to your child's teacher. We will also accept credit card payment using the school envelope with the slip below included. Qkr available for full payment of $60.

NOTE: If you do not wish or are unable to sell the chocolates, please return the unopened box to the office ASAP, so that they can be redistributed.

NOTE: Please note there should be no unsupervised door knocking.

Please return all money and/or unsold chocolates by FRIDAY 8th of September, however, feel free to return the money to your child’s classroom at your earliest convenience. You don’t need to wait until the due date! We appreciate your efforts with this major fundraiser.

THE FUNDRAISING TEAM J -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Cadbury chocolate drive

Qkr available for full payment of $60

Childs Name:_________________________________________ Grade: ______________

Chocolates received 24 x $2.50ea = $60

Chocolates sold QTY: ______ @ $2.50ea = $________

Chocolates Returned QTY: ______ @ $2.50ea = $________

Please note: CHOCOLATES SOLD and/or RETURNED SHOULD EQUAL COST OF BOX = $60

SIGNED:______________________________ Thank-you for your support.

Dear Parents and Guradians, If you are unable to sell the Cadbury box please return the box to the office as soon as possible.

Thank you Mrs Golomb



For your information

Wish to advertise your business or event with us? Contact: Maureen Murphy on 9395 1758 email: [email protected]$5.50 including GST for a business card size advertisement $22 including GST for a 1/4 page advertisement

Seabrook Cricket Club

Milo in2Cricket & Junior Registration Day When: Friday 1st September 2017

Time: 5pm to 7:30pm

Location: Bruce Comben Reserve, Central Avenue, Altona Meadows, 3028 The Seabrook Cricket Club offers a Junior and Milo in2Cricket program for boys and girls of all ages, and all abilities. Our programs provide kids with a fun and safe environment to participate in the game of cricket. If you are interested in playing cricket for the upcoming season, please join us at our registration day. Junior Coordinator: Lionel Thomas – 0401 425 773

Secretary: Bernard O’Dwyer – 0448 360 748

Website: http://seabrook.vic.cricket.com.au/

Facebook: Seabrook Cricket Club



FOR YOUR INFORMATION

PLEASE NOTEWe have a maximum capacity of 90 children for

after school care each afternoon. On an average day,we have approximately 85 online bookings. This means, you rely on casual bookings (calling/texting on the day)

you may risk missing a place for your child.

Please be aware that we are extra busy on Tuesday's. Often, we are fully booked. We understand that this is an inconvenience for many families, however, we are not permitted by law to accept children over the designated

licensed amount.

We ask that you make all bookings as early as possible, using the online system, and speak with us if you have

any further questions.

OSHC Program Phone: 0411 302 879 Coordinators: Katie and Amanda OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au where all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your

online account.

Rewards Available NowSmiley Emoji Keyring and Volt Handball, Cyber Handball, Colour Change Markers, 3D Chalk Set and Tablet Case

Congratulations to the following students that have received certificates this week:Bronze 10 Deposits – – Evakshi N, Claudia TSilver 20 Deposits – Sebastian W, Matthew L, Bailey B, Mariah B, Andrew W and Tamara B.

For every deposit made at school, students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for an exclusive School Banking reward item in recognition of their regular savings habit.

The School receives $5.00 for every new student that joins Seabrook School Banking and 5% commission on each deposit (for single deposits up to $200.00).

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 your deposit book each Wednesday. Thank you for supporting the School Banking Program.

Do you have a school banking question or query?Please email: [email protected]

Seabrook School Banking Volunteers

SCHOOL BANKING DAY IS WEDNESDAY



Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

7

Grade 4 – 6 Athletics day Newport Park

Athletics Track

8 9

Prep Garden Fun Day

10 11

Grade 1 - 2 Assembly

2:30pm 3pm

Working Bee Sunday 13th of August 10am - 1:30pm14


9am - 9:30am

Grade 3/4 Swimming

Shaun,s Swim School

15 16

Immigration Museum

5SL & 5SK

2018 Prep Classroom Visit

11:30am - 1:15pm

17 18

Prep Assembly2:30pm - 3pm

2018 Prep

Classroom Visit 11:30am - 1:15pm

District 1500m Event

for qualifying students

21


9am - 9:30am

Grade 3/4 Swimming

Shaun’s Swim School

22 23 Grade 5

Immigration Museum

5HM2018 Prep

Classroom Visit 11:30am - 1:15pm

Laverton District Athletics Day

Newport Park for qualifying students

24


11:30am - 1:15pm

25


2:30pm 3pm

Book Character Parade

8:50am - 9:50am

28


9am - 9:30am

Grade 3/4 Swimming

Shaun,s Swim School

29


11:30am - 1:15pm

Prep extended Stay

30Grade 2

Inventions Exhibition

Aladdin Musical Excursion

10:30 - 16:30pm

31 1

Prep Assembly2:30pm - 3pm

2018 Prep Assembly Visit

AUGUST 2017 SEABROOK TIMELINE

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