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November 30th 2017

Dear Parents, Students and Friends,

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has issued a Severe Weather Warn-

ing for thunderstorms, heavy rain, and flooding (including flash flood-

ing and riverine flooding) for Victoria. Severe weather may occur from

Thursday afternoon to Sunday 3 December 2017. This may prove to be

a significant event impacting school facilities and operations, travel

on roads, and any camps or weekend activity. All school families

should be aware of the risk of travelling on roads, particularly in the

event of flash flooding, and to remember to never drive in or venture

into flood water.

As always there is such a lot happening at SEPS. We met all the new

2018 Parents at an information evening where they heard about all

that school offers and enlightening them about the many aspects of

school at Sandy East. As we write this newsletter Market Day will be in

full swing with the school community supporting level 6 students for

their graduation celebrations.

Coming up next week is Planning week where 2018 teaching teams

will be planning for the new school year. In schools at this time of the

year anything can happen so staffing is set but we are never 100%

certain until the beginning of the school year.

Thank you to those who gave me feedback about what works best

for your child with learning and friendships.

Carols Night is next Wednesday so please come along. We are col-

lecting donations for Sandringham Hospital which so many of our

community use. Icypoles, water and coffee will be available at the

canteen during the picnic time. That special man in a red suit will also

appear during the evening.

Reading

A 2016 survey on the reading habits and preferences of children re-

vealed that the majority of Australian kids aren’t the readers their

schools need them to be.

More than 60% of children aged six to 17 are not frequent readers,

Community Meetings

Foundation 2018

Meet Your 2018 Teacher

Dec 5, 9.05am—10.30am

Christmas Carols

Wednesday December 6

5pm—Picnic

6pm—Carols

2018 SCHOOL TERM DATES

Term 1: 29 January (school

teachers start) to 29 March

2018(Thursday) *

First Day Term 1 for Students

– Tuesday 30 January 2018

Term 2: 16 April to 29 June

2018

Term 3: 16 July to 21 Sep-

tember 2018

Term 4: 8 October to 21 De-

cember 2018

2018 CURRICULUM DAYS

Monday, 29th January

Monday 12th February

Friday 9th March

4th Day TBC

No students at school on

these pupil-free days

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according to a the study by Scholastic Australia and YouGov, a leading market research company.

Fast forward one year and the latest round of NAPLAN results show Australia’s literacy outcomes fail-

ing to improve, with a 2.04% decline in writing skills across all year groups since 2011.

So where do the solutions lie? Research on this issue has offered some insights as to how schools can

improve students’ engagement and outcomes in this critical area. The Australian Kids and Family

Reading Report (KFRR) shows that an overwhelming 91% of kids aged 9-11 – and 93% of kids aged 6-8

– agree that their favourite books to read are the ones they have picked out themselves.

So the message for us is to add some interest based books to the Christmas lists, visit our local Bayside

Libraries, read every night as a family modelling a love of reading. We at school are ensuring that

every level has a classroom based library so that students have good literature ready to be devoured.

Anyone cleaning out your children’s bookshelves please remember we would love donations for

classrooms.

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A message about snakes from Julie Laurent – SEPS First Aid guru!

I was just reading on the Bayside Community Hub of some large snakes spotted a little further down

the bay ... and thought it wouldn't do any harm to remind ourselves of what to do should someone

get bitten:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38scF4r-xVo

Obviously, the best thing to do is avoid them like the plague. Keep still if you spot one, and give it a

chance to move away.

Call 000. Lie casualty down and keep them as still and calm as possible.

No washing the wound, no sucking out of venom and no tourniquet!

If you get a chance, take a photo of the snake for ID purposes.

Fingers crossed - we never have to do this!

Congratulations – great achievement.

Last Thursday (16th November) 22 students from 4A and one representative from another class, all

received buzz cuts ranging from 1-4, in an effort to raise money for Prostate Cancer. It was a great

day as these cuts took place in the JLC, at lunchtime, in front of both laughing and horrified faces.

So far we have raised an amazing $4,851 after setting what we thought was a reasonable target of

$500. This could not have occurred without the entire SEPS community getting behind this great

cause.

The account to donate into will be open until the end of November, so if anybody would still like to

donate to this great cause and get us over the $5,000 mark, please go to the following link.

https://au.movember.com/mospace/13703898

Congratulations on this initiative 4A –

what an achievement – well done all.

Working bee - whole school.

Sunday 26th November was our FINAL working Bee. We had a group of stalwarts from many classes

who worked through rain – thank you all very much. Mrs Casonato is still doing the maths to estab-

lish the lunch winner!

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Moving Classrooms

Thank you to the teachers and helpers who diligently moved classrooms last week. Students have

settled into their new locations and are enthusiastically working as always. Fleetwood, the compa-

ny managing the move, worked quickly on Wednesday and

in no time the classroom was gone to its new location. Very

quick and efficient – they have done it many times over

which shows in their work.

Parent Helpers Morning Tea.

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! Our staff excelled to

make a scrumptious morning tea to recognise the won-

derful support so many give our school.

We appreciate the support from everyone from the endless list below! Every year is big at Sandy

East with the myriad of activities offered to our students and school community. We appreciate the

work and support from parents, friends and community for:

School Council, School Council Committees (Parent & Friend’s Association, Finance,

School and Community Partnerships, eLearning, Policy & Planning, Facilities and Fun

raising)

Class Parent Representatives and PFA Members

Second Hand Uniform Shop helpers Sophia and Meaghan

Classroom Helper Program in Literacy, Numeracy, Sport, Investigations and all curriclum pro-

grams.

Head Lice Program – Emily and her team

Excursions, Camps, Ski Camp, Cross Country, Athletics, Swimming, Bike Education, and Sports

Coaching

Story Dog Helpers who do an amazing job for our students with their reading.

Book Club helpers – Jenny and helpers do a great job

School Banking with Lisa, Kerry and Helen

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Library Helpers particularly for ongoing covering and stocktake particularly Sandra Dickson who

works non-stop on covering.

Working Bees supported by parents and City Wide who attend each month.

Cook & Care where Michelle keeps on top of the needs of our community.

Hunger Busters

Gardening and Watering as well as caring for chickens especially over the holidays – Marco ap-

preciates this help.

Cooking Program where Chris C has been helping for 5 years along with Siobhan, Sandra and

Andrea

Crossing Supervisors with our good wishes going to Peter who is retiring from the Bay Road cross-

ing.

PFA Events (Special Lunches, Mother’s Day Stall, Father’s Day Stall, Father’s Day Breakfast)

Fundraising Events (Vintage Fair, Bunnings BBQ, Disco, School Concert, 90’s night)

Sandy College – Wilko & secondary students- we are glad thatWilko is returning in 2018.

Shannon SEPS café who works over and beyond her hours.

Lions Club – Sausage Sizzles, Financial support, Remembrance Day – a great partnership

Rotary – sponsorship support

Bendigo Bank – sponsorship support

Sponsorship by the many other Businesses that support us especially in fundraising

Community Helpers who come regularly to support students – Merv, Ronda and Sue

Weekly Scribe – thanks so much Shemaine

Running Club run by Anita

So many people to thank! I know there are many more tasks that have been supported by par-

ents and friends at Sandy East. Please accept the thanks of all our staff.

With the weather bureau forecasting storms for the next few days please click here for information

regarding Thunderstorm Asthma.

I hope that our SEPS community enjoys another wonderful week of learning and fun.

Laureen Walton

Principal—Sandringham East Primary School

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Keep Up to Date with current events by clicking on the Calendar icon to

the right.

Please note changes/additions:

There will be no Hunger Busters this Friday 1st December 2017

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WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING AT SANDY EAST THIS WEEK?

Foundation

Wow, the end of the year is getting nearer! The students have been busy in the classrooms this week,

impressing the teachers with just how much they have learnt. In Reading, they have continued to fo-

cus on developing their comprehension and retelling strategies. In Writing, they have been learning to

write letters, writing their own letters to be posted to Santa. Our spelling focus is /th/ as in “thumb”. In

Maths, the students have been learning more about subtraction.

We are all looking forward to our Carols Night on Wednesday 6th December. The students are prac-

tising hard to get their songs ready.

Foundation Team

TENDY AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK!

Congratulations to the superstars of 00C on your wonderful

team effort for attendance! Keep up the Good Work!

00C

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Level 1 & 2

A warm welcome to you all again as we finish week 8 of Term. The testing is essentially finished and

normality will resume next week, which will be great for the students. They have worked tirelessly and

they are to be commended for showing such a great attitude during testing.

We have been working hard on our personal recounts this week and the students have been writing

about their favourite moments from the year, a very enjoyable piece of work for the teachers to

mark. In maths, we have been finalising our learning task and they are so excited to show it to you at

our ‘expo’ on Monday at 3pm in your child’s classroom. We really hope you can attend so we can

celebrate our learning with you.

This week and next sees the start of our woodwork incursion where the students will be getting hands

on and creating something special to bring home. More to follow next week…

Wishing you a relaxing weekend filled with fun and laughter.

Thank you to all the parents for completing the Compass online permission/payment for the incur-

sion this week. This was our first time using the online system and we hope everyone had a smooth

introduction.

Level 1 and 2 Team

Level 3 and 4

The Level 3 and 4s have been very busy the last two weeks packing up classrooms, moving, unpacking,

etc. This week, cranes moved the Level 3 portable a couple of meters and transferred the Level 3 and 4

portable over to the sandpit to make room for the new MOD 10 building. Everyone has settled well into

their new spaces and adapted to all of the changes going on. Well done Level 3 and 4 students!

In reading, students have been practicing their accuracy and fluency by reading and acting out plays

with their classmates. Some of the plays include: Jack and the Beanstalk, Piggie Pie, Ghost House,

Grandpa for Sale, Riddles in the Dark and Cinderella. Over the next fortnight, student will act out their

plays for their peers!

Students have started their ERP this week, which will all relate to our health related learning intentions.

Each student’s ERP will have a focus on their personal health and goal setting. Some students have al-

ready been starting to plan diary entries, autobiographies, photo albums, timelines, etc. We are so excit-

ed to see where their creativity brings them!

We hope everyone has a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you all for the SEPS Christmas

Carols evening next week!

Level 3 and 4 Team

Level 5 & 6 What an exciting week this has been—Market Day on Thursday was bigger and better than ever.

Watch this space for a roundup of the day in next weeks’ newsletter.

Level 5 and 6 Team

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CHOCOLATE FUNDRAISER FOR BREAST CANCER

DATE: THURSDAY 7TH DECEMBER

TIME: 3.30 to 4pm

WHERE: FRIENDSHIP GARDEN

COST: 50cents to $2-00

Organised by Caitlin, Rosie and Evie

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!

Art

Have you seen the beautiful new birds in the school driveway? This is a whole school collaborative

project and the students have been very busy threading complex patterns of beads and developing

their fine motor skills. Thanks to all the parents who helped remove all the old wire. There are still lots

more beads to install so keep watching!

Julie Van Etten, Visual Art.

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2018 Parent Buddy Program

In 2018 the SEPS Parent Buddy Program will be running again. This is a great way to assist new fami-

lies to our school community settle in and feel welcome. If you would like to be a part of this pro-

gram please complete and return the form below. We encourage everyone to get involved.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

We are delighted to announce the launch of a brand new and exciting platform for families.

The Parent Portal will cease to operate at the conclusion of Term 4 Before and After School Care

and will be replaced with a reliable, flexible, and user-friendly platform named LookedAfter.

All families requiring bookings for the Summer Holiday Program and/or 2018 Before School Care and

After School Care (existing and new families) must create a new account with LookedAfter.

https://www.lookedafter.com/

Recap:

To start the week off we designed our own treasure map. We then use spray bottles to spray paint

on paper to make a piece of artwork. We also created colourful fish using paper plates and used pa-

per to create awesome origami birds. We then had a team scavenger hunt to end the week. It was so

much fun trying to find all the tokens around the school!

Alycia and the team at Extend

Our Extend Superstar is...

Murphy A. for being a great contributor to the Extend share kindness project. Keep up the great

work!

Next week’s activities:

Monday 4th December

Summer painting

Tuesday 5th December

Straw rockets

Wednesday 6th December

Kites

Thursday 7th December

Recyclable cars

Friday 8th December

Slime

PARENT PORTAL: extend.com.au

Extend OSHC at Sandringham East Primary School

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