RESPECT OPTIMISM COMMITMENT COMPASSION HONESTY

24th October, 2017

Term 4, Issue 3 A reminder that the school newsletter can always be accessed from our website at www.buninyongps.vic.edu.au

School Assemblies

27 October 5-6 Assembly

2 November WS/FG Assembly - Thursday

10 November SHOW DAY - No Assembly

17 November P-2 Assembly

24 November 3-4 Assembly

1 December 5-6 Assembly

8 December 1-4 Assembly

15 December 5 - 6 Assembly

DATES TO REMEMBER

25 Oct Prep Swimming Pre-schooler Program

26 Oct BIG WRITE T20 Cricket (5/6s) Life Ed (Scotsburn)

27 Oct Pre-Schooler Program Grade 2 Sleepover

30 Oct Grade 6 BioCats

31 Oct Scotsburn staying healthy day Disco - Halloween (details page 3)

1 Nov Prep Swimming Pre-schooler Program

2 Nov Whole School/Family Group Assembly PLP Meeting 2:30pm

3 Nov P-2 Sports Pre-Schooler Program

6 Nov Grade 6 BioCats

8 Nov Prep Swimming Scotsburn P-2 Sleepover SC3 Biolab (Incursion)

9 Nov BIG WRITE

10 Nov BALLARAT SHOW DAY - NO SCHOOL

15 Nov Prep Swimming

16 Nov Cold Write

21 Nov Grade 5 Sovereign Hill

22 Nov Prep Swimming Grade 5 Sovereign Hill

23 Nov Big Write

28 Nov Grade 6 Ecolinc Hero

30 Nov Reports sent home

1 Dec PLP Meeting 2:30pm

6 Dec Gr 3 Sovereign Hill

7 Dec Parent/teacher interviews (1pm finish)

8 Dec Prep Sovereign Hill

BUNINYONG GOODLIFE FESTIVAL

This Sunday the Buninyong Goodlife Festival is taking place in and around Desoza Park. Between 12:30 and 1pm there is going to be a large “conga” style parade snaking through the Festival grounds. CocoSounds Music School will lead the parade, complete with drums and horns. This sounds like a lot of fun and all Buninyong PS students are invited to participate. If you would like to participate, simply look for people gathering at around 12:30 and jump in with the Buninyong PS crew. Pictured is a group of students practising their conga style dancing at last week’s assembly.

SNOW TRIP

After the outstanding success of the trip to Japan, a proposal has been put forward to run a trip to the snow in alternate years. This proposal was considered and endorsed by School Council last night. If this trip is to run in 2018, we’ll need to move quickly to secure a place by making a booking and paying deposits.

This trip will be available for grade 5/6 2018 students. If this is of interest have a read of the flyer on the following page and make sure you come along to the information evening on 1st November in the BER @ 7pm.

DISCO

Halloween Disco - Tuesday 31st October 2017

Recess: Grades P-2 Lunchtime: Grades 3-6

Come dressed in your favourite Halloween costume and bring a gold coin donation for

entry into the Disco. There will also be Glow Sticks on sale for $1. Please make

sure your clothing is properly named so it doesn’t get lost at the gym!

2017 Sports Day

Prep – Grade 2

3 November, 2017

11.30am – 3.15pm

School Oval

B+ Focus of the fortnight Over the next fortnight, the kids are focusing on the theme of:

BODY AWARENESS Aims of this fortnight’s theme include:

To understand our bodies.

To know personal boundaries such as what is private/public.

Attached to the back of this newsletter is a printout that parents/carers can use to help discuss body

safety rules with their child. Obviously this is up to parents/carers in how to approach, we just thought

this might be a good prompt to enable discussion (if your child is ready for that).

Week 3 eSmart focus:

Create a golden rule of online safety and share it with a grandparent or older person.

Hours of

Supervision

A reminder that the

school’s hours of supervision are between

8:45am and 3:45pm. Before and after these

times, the school cannot guarantee the best

supervision for your child and they may be

unsupervised. If your child must be dropped off

prior to, or after these times, please contact

Scott, Bernie or Dave to discuss any options

that may be available.

ORGANISING CLASSES FOR 2018 Term 4 is slipping by and next month the process of organising students into classes for next year will begin. If there are significant issues we need to be aware of when allocating your child to a class, please make sure they have been made known to Bernie, Dave or Scott by Monday, November 13

th. Teachers are meeting soon after

to begin sorting children into classes. It is not our intention to provide parents with the opportunity to select a teacher of choice. We have developed a very strong teaching team and parents can be confident the needs of their child will be met by any member of our team. Developing well-balanced classes is best for everyone and that can be made difficult if there are large numbers of requests – as such, it is important that placement requests be founded on significant reasons and not related to specific teachers. We try to accommodate parent requests with regard to student placements, but you will understand this is not always possible. It is also important when we come to organise classes that we know of students who will not be at our School in 2018. If your family is moving on, please let us know as soon as possible.

Offered take KFC ( our favourite chook ) to the vet and is kindly coming in twice a day to give

her medicine.

Cam Lucas (& his mum Liz)

CANTEEN DUTY

If you have any queries regarding canteen please contact Tracey Coats

(canteen@buninyongps.vic.edu.au)

Next PLP meeting is on Friday the 2nd of

Date Class PLP Helper

26th Oct Prep SD Meegan, Alicia, Verity & Bec

2nd Nov Scotsburn 1

Bec Wood – Laura, Rebecca, Kelsey

School Pride Winner:

Annabelle M & Sadie J

Congratulations to last week’s school pride winners

who were Annabelle M and Sadie J. The girls were

awarded the Pride Award for taking the time to go

around the school and promote the benefit of

attending lunch time clubs. Thanks girls.

ROCCH Award

Winners!

Congratulations to last week’s ROCCH Award

winners from grades three and four. It’s great to hear

about all of the wonderful things that you are doing.

Well done!

Tegan T Shylynn O

Jaymie W Andrew W

Lucy G Indigo D

Sean M Max G

Imogen B Tri T

Physical Education

Calendar Term 4: 10-26 October – Life Education Program 30 October – State Track and Field 26 October – T20 Cricket Competition (Gr 5+6) 1 November – Snow Trip Info Session 3 November – P-2 Sports Day (for next year’s Grade 5-6 students) Well done Grade 3/4 T20 Blast Cricket teams: Well done to all the Grade 3+4 students who took part in the T20 Blast Cricket Competition last Friday. A great day had by all. We had a number of wins under our belts, but more importantly, the students were involved in a positive and encouraging sporting environment where they were given the opportunity to shine!

A big thank you to Russell Sharp and Bernie for stepping up and helping out the teams on the day. Greatly appreciated! Cricket coaches needed: If any parents or adult friends are interested in coaching or team managing one of our cricket teams on 26 October, 2017 (Grade 5/6), can you please get in touch with Claire Morris as soon as possible. Milo Cricket: A big thank you to Grace from Cricket Victoria who came along and coached our Prep to Grade 2 classes last week. A lot of fun was had by all and hopefully a few new budding cricketers will take this fun sport up. Good luck netballers: Good luck to the Grade 3/4 team competing in their last night of netball tonight. It will be a round robin tournament with the finals at the end of the evening. Good luck to all girls! Good luck golfers Ella Young, Max Wilson and Jack Mattinson are competing in the Division Golf tournament today at Midlands. We wish them all the best and congratulate them on getting this far. Good luck State Track and Field team: Freya Palmer, Scarlett Menhenett, Lucy Goodson, Armani Anderson and Sascha Bilney will be travelling to Melbourne next Monday to compete in the State Track and Field competition. Good luck girls! Can’t wait to hear how you all go! Good luck Grade 5/6 T20 Blast Cricket teams: This Thursday our three Grade 5/6 teams will take part in the T20 Blast Cricket. Good luck to all our players! Golf Scolarship: The Ballarat Golf Club is offering a Junior Scholarship for one lucky golfer from the Ballarat region. Students who participated in School Sport Victoria’s (SSV) golf programs this year are encouraged to apply. The prize package includes:

2018 Oates Vic Open ‘inside the ropes experience’

A Ballarat Golf Club Membership

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Full game analysis through BGC Golf Professional

Once in a lifetime experience at the PGA centre for learning and performance

A Titleist gift pack

Membership at current home club (if applicable)

If you are interested in applying, please get in touch with Claire Morris before 15 November, 2017.

Ballarat Cricket Association – Girls Only Cricket Hub The Ballarat Cricket Association is excited to announce the establishment of the ‘Female Cricket Hub’, with three girls’ only programs operating out of Victoria Park Ballarat (ovals 1-5) commencing the 27

th of

October. The Association will host MiloIn2CRICKET, T20 BLAST and modified playing competitions specifically for girls only. For more information or to register for any of these programs please visit the following website http://www.ballaratgirlscricket.vic.cricket.com.au/

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Scratch & Patch News We’re glad to report that KFC is doing much better and that the vet says she does not have to have any more medication. She still needs to be kept by herself until her foot completely heals though and we can’t eat her eggs for a month. Thanks for everyone who has helped us take care of her, especially to Liz Lucas who won the Act of Kindness award. In other news, we have been able to do some cooking with our first harvest from the veggie garden this week. See links below for the recipes for the yummy Beetroot Dip and Cauliflower Dip that we made: Beetroot Dip Cauliflower Dip

V.O.T.S NEWS

Lou Gnoato is helping volunteers to pack the Soup Bus toiletries on Thursday. Please sign up your name in the office if you would like to help.

Walk to school - Walking Part way is OK

1. Next week all classes will be encouraging students to walk to school each day. Lets see which class wins this challenge!

2. Opportunities for those who are unable to walk to school: Sam, Ronnie and Ethan, who are our Walking Captains, are organising different games for those who wish to join in during recess & lunch times.

VOTS Meeting

VOTS meeting is this Thursday as we are requesting feedback about school posters and talking about the update on the back garden.

Porridge Day

Our planned Porridge Day to support Mphatso will be happening in weeks 10 & 11 to coincide with our B Positive themes.

Start dates for 2017

We know that some of you will already be planning summer holidays and are keen to know school start dates for 2018.

Teachers are officially back at work on Monday, January 29

Grade 1-6 students start back on Wednesday, January 31

Prep students start on Thursday, February 1

Note: Book pack collection days will be Thursday January 25 and Monday January 29.

For those planning a little further ahead:

Term 1 ends Thursday, March 29

Term 2 starts Monday April 16

Buninyong Uniform shop

Coming soon…..

ICAS TESTING FINAL RESULTS

We have now received all final testing results for English and Math. These certificates will be presented at next week’s whole school assembly.

This concludes our ICAS involvement for 2017. We would like to thank all those families who took part and well done to the students who took a risk and set themselves the goal of testing their knowledge and skills in a broad range of learning areas.

If you would like to be part of the 2018 ICAS program, information will be available early in 2018.

GRADE 6 CAMP

Thank you everyone for supporting our Book Fair. We took over $5000 which has given us around $1600 in commission. This will enable us to purchase some great new resources for our Library. Again I am astounded at your generosity as you are great supporters of our Book Fairs. The children just love browsing to see what they can ask Mum or Dad to buy for them.

Kathleen Cassell

Book Fair Co-ordinator

Library As the year ‘s end gets ever closer can I ask all parents to check with their children if they have any outstanding books. We particularly ask any parents of children who will be leaving at the end of the year to double check their outstanding loans. You may remember earlier this year we announced in the newsletter that parents can access their children’s loans on line through our new library system Oliver V5/Orbit. We lose hundreds of dollars worth of books each year through children leaving and not returning their books, your assistance is greatly appreciated. Below are the instructions of how to log on and check your child’s loans.

Child’s Name

Log in using Student Code

Log in using Student Code

Click on “My Library”

Click on Loans to view current loans

Building Resilience

Understanding Emotional Literacy

What is emotional literacy?

Emotional literacy (often referred to as emotional intelligence) is our ability to recognise, understand and

appropriately express our emotions. It is also the ability to recognise the emotions of others and to

respond to them appropriately. Emotional literacy is a key component of both self-awareness and social

awareness.

Emotional literacy is a key skill which underpins:

Self-awareness – Being able to identify and recognise your emotions

Self-management – Being able to exert self-control and manage stress and challenge

Social awareness – Being aware of others’ needs and having empathy for others

Relationship skills – Being able to communicate and relate well with others

Responsible decision-making – Being able to problem-solve and accept responsibility

How do we teach emotional literacy? The Building Resilience Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) lesson materials use a range of individual and group activities to help students to: Learn to recognise and describe their emotions

Discuss and practise how to express their emotions appropriately

Think about the consequences of expressing emotions inappropriately

Reflect on their own emotional responses to a variety of situations

Learn new ways to manage and regulate their emotions

Practise effective communication skills and learn to moderate their emotional responses when expressing their needs, wants and opinions

Sample Activities to complete with your children Positive and negative emotions Ask your child to draw the outline of a body and to write the words for some positive and negative

emotions around the outside

Encourage them to talk about where in their bodies they might feel the different emotions and add

these to the drawing: e.g. nervous-sweaty palms, excited/afraid tension in the tummy, pride-a big

smile (This can help your child to recognise their stress signals and encourage them to talk with

you about these)

A rollercoaster of emotions In the course of a day we feel a range of emotions. The metaphor of the rollercoaster can be used

to help children and young people understand emotional intensity and the way experiences can

lead to or trigger positive or negative emotions

Drawing a rollercoaster diagram showing the high and low points of a day helps children recognise

events and situations that lead to varying emotional responses

Draw the rollercoaster that represents your own day and share it with your child and then

encourage them to try drawing one of their own

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What can parents and carers do to support emotional literacy? Families have an essential role to play in supporting children and young people’s emotional literacy. Children and young people experience a range of positive and negative emotions. This is normal and healthy. Each person will feel and express these emotions differently. You can support them to recognise these emotions by helping them name their positive emotions (such as proud, interested, excited, relieved) and negative emotions (such as angry, lonely, afraid, disappointed). You can support your child through: Role modelling - how you express and manage emotions influences how they learn to express and

manage their own emotions

Helping them name their positive emotions (such as proud, interested, excited, relieved) and

negative emotions (such as angry, lonely, afraid, disappointed).

Recognising and naming your own feelings and emotions

Creating spaces for regular communication

Validating your child or young person’s feelings

Guiding them towards appropriate expressions of emotions

Setting consistent, clear and supportive boundaries for the expression of emotions

Useful links SAFEMinds The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) KidsMatter http://www.kidsmatter.edu.au/families/role-families

Develop your child’s growth mindset by...

SCOTSBURN NEWS last week. The opportunity to explore the many amazing sites of Melbourne was fantastic along with the responsibility of catching public transport in the busy Melbourne streets. Special thanks to the Staff at the Buninyong campus who looked after the students so well.

T20 Cricket Competition Last Friday, Ivy, Quinn, Ryan, Jackson, Koby, Logan & Charlie participated in a T20 cricket competition. They all had lots of fun and played very well.

STEM Program Last Friday, the second of 4 sessions took place up at Scotsburn. The students are being provided with some extra sport sessions coordinated by students from Fed University. This is a great opportunity for all involved and is being thoroughly enjoyed.

ABC Awards P/1 – Kahlan Geitz 2/3 – Eddy Menhenett

Friday Rotations Our groups will be doing the following:

Term 4 - Lunch Order Roster Lunch orders need to be collected from The Buninyong campus at 12.40pm.

Important Dates (Term 4)

25th Oct & 1st Nov - Pre-schooler program 2018 Preps 26

th Oct - Life Ed Van

31st Oct - Staying Healthy Day

3rd

Nov - Grade P-2 Sports 8

th Nov - Grade P-2 Sleepover

10th Nov - Ballarat Show

15th Nov - Tree Planting

30th Nov - Reports Sent Home

4th – 8

th Dec - P-6 Swimming program

Permission Notes This week, your child/children will be coming home with some permission notes for this term. It would be great if they could be returned ASAP.

Scotsburn Geocaching A big thank you to all the participants from the weekend’s 3rd geocaching event at Scotsburn. Without batting an eyelid at the drizzle, Quinn set the mood by asking the only question after the safety briefing, “Can we get started?” With a different course to the previous years, everyone was determined to find the ten hidden caches and crack the puzzle for a prize at the end. Bikes, prams and most certainly participants, rolled in through the gates muddy and beaming from ear to ear at the end of their ride/run! Well done and thank you to everyone who attended. A big thank you to Grant and Campbell for marking out the course (twice), Scotsburn staff for doing all the behind the scenes organisation, parents for their kind prize donations, Mick and Mufa for manning the BBQ, the Moore family for helping pack up the course and Graham for being our support vehicle. We look forward to another great event next year.

Parent Opinion Survey Results Towards the end of Term 3, we received the results of the parent survey for Scotsburn. The results were very positive. On Tuesday 24

th October at 3.30pm,

we will have a parent catch up in Shaun’s room to discuss the results. We hope that a representative from all families can come along to contribute to the discussion.

Welcome Boys This term, we have had 3 new boys start at our campus. Noah Thurston (Gr 3), Mercury Wilson & Mavrick Howell (Gr 2) have all settled in very well. We would like to welcome them and their families into our community.

Pre Schooler Program Our Pre-Schooler Program continues to be a great success. A big thanks to Miss Wood for providing such a great experience for the students.

Sienna & Lexie Congratulations to Sienna and Lexie who won the recent poster competition for eSmart Day. The girls were both presented with a small prize this week.

Grade 6 Camp Our Grade 6 students had a wonderful time on camp

Date Cooking (Miss Wood)

Team Building Activities

(Ms Geddes)

Landcare/ Gardening

(Mr O’Loughlin)

27th Oct Group 2

Natasha Adam

Group 3 Group 1 Sarah Palmer

3rd

Nov No rotations – P-2 Sports Day

10th Nov

No rotations – Show Day

17th Nov Group 1

Sharele Pilmore

Group 2 Group 3 Belinda Hicks

24th Nov Group 3

Bianca Fammartino

Group 1

Group 2 Amanda Eustice

1st Dec Group 2

Deanna Bantick

Group 3 Group 1 Jo Klein

DATE PARENT HELPER

26th October Nikki Chapman

2nd

November Rach Wenzlick