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Preston West Post 383 Murray Road, Preston Ph: 9470 1546 Fax: 9470 6837 www.prestonwest.vic.edu.au
Preston West Primary School Newsletter Thursday 9th August 2018
IMPORTANT DATES August Friday 17th Grade 4-6 House Sports Tuesday 21st Grade 5 Melbourne Museum Excursion Thursday 23rd Grade 4 Bee Keeping Incursion Wednesday 29th Prep Latitude & Malahang Park Excursion
September Monday 3rd Grade 3 Shrine of Remembrance/NGV Excursion Wednesday 5th Grade 6 Immigration Museum Excursion Thursday 6th Grade 2 Hands on Science Incursion
Term Dates Term 3 Monday 16th July – Friday 21st September
Term 4 Monday 8th October – Friday 21st December
Principal’s Note
Education Support Staff Week Next week is Educational Support staff week and it is a great opportunity for schools to acknowledge the significant contributions ES staff make to their school communities. We have a fantastic group of Educational Support staff at Preston West Primary School who work with great enthusiasm, commitment and competence to provide extra support and assistance to the students and wider community. On behalf of the students, teaching staff and parents, we thank all ES Staff for their efforts. Our Educational Support staff includes:
Office staff – Kim Purchase, Bernie Wachinger, Adriana Oliva and Megan Nichols
Teacher aides – Brenda Steer, Jacinta Thomas, Michael De Bortoli, Nola Chatteron, Cathy Porter, Jo Agar, Angie Moran and Mary Seriotis
Before and After School Care – Nicole Scherzer, Mary Seriotis and Jon Biancacci. First Aid Officer – Carol Seneca. Occupational Therapist – Karlene Bond School Council Summary A summary of this week’s School Council meeting:
The Department of Education and Training have taken control of the cleaning of all metropolitan government schools. As part of this process ISS Cleaning have been allocated the contract to clean Preston West Primary School. We are working collaboratively with the company to ensure the quality cleaning of our school premises. We now have three school cleaners and our daily cleaning time allocation has increased.
The Department of Education and Training Parent Opinion Surveys were distributed to randomly selected families last week.
The Preston West PS Concert has been scheduled for Wednesday 24th October.
2019 Prep offer of placement email will be distributed on 17th August. The Year 6-7 transition letters were distributed on Wednesday 8th August.
The Perceptual Motor Program (PMP) continues to be conducted throughout Term 3 and 4 with our Prep classes each Wednesday.
Family Life sessions for Grade 5/6 students have commenced and the program is being delivered by an external company.
All Prep – Grade 4 classes undertook a Student Wellbeing Program (bullying and cyber safety) session this week, which was delivered by an external company. Students in Grades 5/6 will complete their session next week.
Works to install new air conditioning units in all classrooms in the main building by Term 4 has commenced. The Grade 4 and 5 galleries and gym carpeted area have been furnished.
Preps 100 days of schooling celebration Our Prep students had a wonderful day last Wednesday celebrating their 100 days at Preston West Primary School. They undertook a range of different activities to acknowledge and celebrate their 100 day schooling journey. Special thanks to the parents/carers for the efforts with costumes and the special lunch.
Congratulations – Ella Pillay Congratulations to Ella Pillay and her family on the birth of her baby boy – George. We are looking forward to an upcoming visit from Mrs Pillay and baby George. Lost Property Lost property is located outside the Art room. Can I please encourage parents to ensure all clothing and lunch boxes are named. There are a multitude of jackets and windcheaters that have been placed in lost property over the past fortnight. On occasions when children bring someone else’s clothing home, please ensure the items are returned to school as soon as possible.
Cheryl Bondeson
JSC Dear Parents and students, The most exciting dress up day is coming!!! On the 22nd of August, we are asking you all to dress up as your favourite book character. Your gold coin donation will go towards the Indigenous Literacy Foundation which aims to reduce the disadvantage experienced by children in remote Indigenous communities across Australia. Thank you so much for your donations and we can’t wait to see your great costumes! The Junior School Councillors
WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK! Our school is conducting a survey to find out what parents think of our school. The Parent Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents. It is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of parents’ perceptions of school climate, student behavior and student engagement. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies. Approximately 30 per cent of parents will be invited to participate in this year’s survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous. This year the Parent Opinion Survey will be conducted from Monday 23rd July to Sunday 26th August. The survey will be conducted online, only takes 10-15 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any
convenient time within the fieldwork period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The
online survey will be available in a range of languages other than English. These include: Arabic,
Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (hakha), Hindi, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, Punjabi and Greek.
GENERAL OFFICE INFORMATION
SCHOOL FEES: SCHOOL FEES WERE DUE FRIDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2018 SPARE CLOTHING Can parents of our junior students please ensure your child has a change of clothes in their school bags. Our first aid is running extremely short of clothing. If your child has been provided with school owed clothing, it would be greatly appreciated if you could return it after washing the items as soon as possible to Carol (First Aid Officer) or the school office.
Premier Reading Challenge The Premiers' Reading Challenge (PRC) has commenced for students in Prep to Grade 6. The challenge finishes on the 7th September. All registered students will need to have finished reading their required number of books and the completed list sent list back to school no later than Monday the 28th August. The Premiers' Reading Challenge booklist is available for download and printing from the PRC website. The website is: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/events/prc/Pages/booklist.aspx When your child has finished reading the required number of books, please return the completed list to school for the books to be verified.
Happy Reading! Melissa Besford [email protected] and Jennifer Bowker [email protected]
eLearning
Award-Winning In-School Theatre Performances
The Protectors On Tuesday August 14, Brainstorm Productions will be presenting their student wellbeing program ‘The Protectors’ for the P – 6 classes. The Protectors come to the rescue with their live theatre program, providing students with important life lessons including resilience, perseverance and how to manage adversity, especially when dealing with bullying and cyber safety. Using research-based strategies, The Protectors and their ‘Protector Tools’ will help students learn how to handle bullies and understand how they can intervene safely to support children who are being bullied. Students will come to appreciate that all people deserve to be treated with kindness and respect. The Protectors is part of our student wellbeing curriculum and the program has been developed in consultation with teachers, psychologists, as well as real-life student experiences. The methodology of the program is safe, supportive and nonjudgmental and designed to provide students with positive and useful tools that they can use in their everyday lives. More than 350,000 Australian students have already benefited from Brainstorm Productions multi award-winning educational theatre programs over the past twelve months. Their programs cater to the specific wellbeing needs of students, helping to create a healthy and harmonious school environment. If you would like to know more about Brainstorm Productions, visit their website at www.brainstormproductions.edu.au WELCOME TO PARENTS/CARERS GROUP FRESH FRUIT FRIDAY Fresh Fruit volunteers for Friday 10th August are: Annie Zanella, Menaka Kumari, Sarah Clemons, Kathryn Li and Alice
Mullenger.
SICK BAY BEDDING Our volunteer for Friday 10th is Yannan Wang. SECOND HAND UNIFORMS Second hand school uniform items can be donated/purchased at an active local community Op Shop called; Helping Hands Mission, 66-68 Oakover Rd, Preston VIC 3072. They are open every day of the week 10am-4pm. SCHOOL BANKING School Banking is on Tuesdays. If you would like your child to participate in the School Banking Program, please collect an information pack and application form from your local Commonwealth Bank or apply online.
Fathers’ Day is slowly approaching and we would love your HELP to prepare for the Father’s Day stall.
There are two ways you can assist - volunteer your time or donate items To volunteer your time: Please join us to make Fathers’ Day cards and prepare items that will be sold on the day of the store. We have organised some group meet up dates for 10:30am Friday @ the PWPS Gym in the foyer • 17th August And 2pm Sunday @ the PWPS Gym in the foyer on the; • 12th August • 26th August Help on any of the above dates would be appreciated. We look forward to meeting new and existing parents. Coffee and nibblies will also be provided. If you would like to help but cannot make it on these dates, feel free to make some Fathers’ Day cards or prepare some items to be sold at your own time. To donate items We will provide a box, in the main reception for anyone to place items they wish to donate for the stall. If you have any queries or would like to join us on any of the above dates, please email the parents club on [email protected] Thank you
COMMUNITY NEWS
Parade College Year 7 2020 applications close 17 August 2018
Br Peter Cole Academic Scholarship Year 7 2020 applications close 30 August 2018
Visit www.parade.vic.edu.au for details
STUDENT OF THE WEEK – Week ending 3/8/2018
Congratulations to the following students, who were presented with their awards.
GRADE “LEARN” BOUNCE BACK
Prep C Hanan Atosh Leroy Harwood
Prep D Celia Han Brian Thai
Prep H Ella Green Aariz Ahmad
Prep L Sulaiman Husovic Thomas Butters
Prep W Whole Class Aadya Sood
1B Heather Woodier Harriet Wheeler
1E Xanthe Bylsma Adam Al-Abody
1K Devesh Mazumdar Xavier Riordan
1N Shrinika Hariprasad Penny Drakos
1W Xavier Brisbane Lucas Nguyen
2A Julia Thomson Karam Mahdi
2B William Aitkin Oliver Shaw
2J Summer McKenzie Hazel Harris-Thibault
2M Zoe Costi Nathan Nguyen
3B Ahmed Saghar Penny Mackenzie
3F Lucas Giokas Andy Ye
3I Michael Pantaleo Max Rickards
3P Tomas Nedelkovski Kamal Atosh
4B Abdullahi Atosh Diya Patel
4E Josie O’Donoghue Greta Carpenter
4K Fiona Lu Annalise Pingitore
4M Callum Bell Baxter Morris
5H Christian Vlahos Gus Gilbert
5I Ava Lesslie Finn Golledge
5J Maia Brett Giacomo Bell
5V Tiger-Jane Cleary Evie Stothers
6O Victoria Ivanov Grady Brooks
6N Archie Fox Cara Beard
6R Rory Tymon Hannah Chan
6T Christian Gastevski
ART Annalise Pingitore 4K
PE Griffin James PW
ITALIAN Dylan Navin 2M
SCHOOL PANTRY (School Canteen)
Orders and money (written on a paper bag) will be placed in a container in the classroom before 9.15am and delivered to the canteen. To contact Marina you can catch up with her in person at the school kitchen on Monday, Wednesday and Friday or email [email protected]