Almands Avenue, Roxburgh Park, Victoria, 3064

Telephone: 03 9303 9335 Facsimile: 03 9303 9338

Email: roxburgh.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.roxburghparkps.vic.edu.au

ROXBURGH PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL No 5485

“Achieving Excellence Together”

Newsletter Our school values: Honesty • Empathy • Co-operation • Trust • Respect

04th May, 2017

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Temos

Ari

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Anthony

Prep C - Ms Marino

Hoane

1A - Ms Moon

Angie

1B - Ms Buc & Ms Asta

Jamie

1C - Ms Thompson

Jesse

2A - Ms Finnigan Eric

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We would like to recognise our students and their families who have achieved the difficult goal of 100% attendance for the month of March. 100% Attendance

The following students have been at school every day in March;

Prep A Maya, Chenelle, Jeriko, Ryan, Prep B Abrar, Martine Prep C Hawra Grade 1 No Grade One students Grade 2A Sananur, Emin, Jesse Grade 2B Sophia, Sophie, Shiraan, Mohammed, jasmine, Rihanna, Hanan, Leo Grade 2C Schmidt, William, Issa, Sarah Grade 3 No Grade 3 students Grade 4A Ananiaz, Zahra, Zahraa, Piva, Grade 4B Bashir, Christiano, Marlize, Sam, Alisha, Jameson, Lakshayan, Ehab, Badr, Akiara, Juzair, Hassan, Lebron Grade 4C Hamza, Omar, Gurleen, Maria, Maddison Grade 5A Amani, Khalid, Aiyana, Grade 5B Benjamin, Naomi, Serene, Grade 5C Tomi, Stephanie, Samir, Salv Grade 6A Karlos, Mohammed, Parinetta, Petrone, Pahan, Fili Fili, Zarinjay, Grade 6B No students Grade 6C Hafsa, Maryam, Yasir, Julian, Razan, Callum, Anjie, Areeba, Jamie Grade 6D Abhinav, Alexander, Latrell, Hannah, Christie, Rashad,

NAPLAN Naplan starts next week for year 3 and 5 students. It will run from Tuesday 9th May to Thursday 11th May. For more information on NAPLAN, including guidelines, sample tests and material for parents, visit www.nap.edu.au/default.aspx These national test results provide information on how your child is progressing and performing in the key areas of literacy and numeracy and also help to support improvements in teaching which can benefit your child.

How to help your child at school.

SchoolMate mobile app

SchoolMate is a free mobile app for parents of school-aged children in Victoria. It breaks down what your child is learning at school in each subject and each year level, and suggests activities and reading that you can do at home to support your child's learning.The app is produced by the Department of Education and Training.

To download SchoolMate, see: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/learning/schoolmate/Pages/app.aspx?

FUSE Students can discover, engage with and learn about subjects and ideas supporting their classroom activities and use FUSE to expand their learning by exploring new areas that they are interested in. You can use FUSE at home to engage with your child's learning.

https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/Primary

Mothers Day The mothers Day stall will be held next Wednesday 10th May. Thank you to our volunteer parents who ensure that this event is held each year. The students really enjoy buying gifts for that special person. After School pick up It is important that your child is picked up on time. School finishes at 3.10pm and yard duty finishes at 3.25pm. If your child is still at school they will be sent to after care at your cost.

OSHC

For Outside School Hours

Care please contact Camp

Australia on 1300 105 343

DATES TO REMEMBER

- 5th May – 5/6 Sport (Home)

- 9th -11th May – NAPLAN - 10th May – Mother’s Day

Stall - 12th May – Cross Country - 15th May - School Council - 16th May – Grade 4

Edendale Farm - 18th May

School Photos - 19th May – 5/6 Sport

(Home) - 24th May – Grade 1

Minibeast Incursion - 26th May – 5/6 Sport

(Away)

you can do it

AWARD

Maddison 4C

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Temos

Ryan

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Ashton

Prep C - Ms Marino

Razan

1A - Ms Moon

Tasha

1B - Ms Asta

Ashhad

1C - Ms Thompson

Emma

2A - Ms Finnigan

Milad

2B - Ms Free

Rihanna

2C - Ms Mandaliti

2C

3A - Ms Rosella

Zarah

3B - Ms Baido

Arianna & Haider

3C – Ms Buc/Ms Brereton

Angie

4A – Ms Monsone & Ms Ciantar

Jireh

4B – Mr Moat

Rohan

4C – Ms Leditschke

Maria

5A – Mr Penhall

Mark

5B - Ms Garita

Kristjen

5C - Ms Jankievski & Ms Fry

Jodie

6A – Mr Urbancic

Molly

6B – Ms Oram-Parkinson

Rumaysa

6C – Mr Wright

Robert

6D – Ms Davenport

Brooke

Performing Arts - Ms Verde

Visual Art Award - Ms Borg/Ms Fitzpatrick

Junior – Zainab PB Senior – Dale 5C

You can do it Award Maddison 4C

BIG WRITE

AWARD

Bahar Kublay 5B

Principal Award

Most students with 100% Attendance

Grade 4 B

Staff Award

Rohan Moat - for outstanding

curriculum planning for the year four

team.

GRADE 6 TRANSITION DATES

- Parent Tour of Roxburgh College 4.15-5.15pm:

Wednesday 10th May

- Preference Sheets to be completed and returned to school by Friday 12th May

- Round One SEAL Testing at Roxburgh College 4.45pm-6.00pm Monday 15th May (Must register

by phoning the College)

YCDI – aCCepting myself Throughout the beginning of this term, the You Can Do It program will

see our students focusing on concepts relating to “Accepting

Myself”. The You Can Do It program defines Accepting Myself thinking

as “not thinking badly of myself when I make a mistake”.

Making mistakes is something we all do. However, if a student berates

themselves every time they make an error, then pretty soon the student

may not only lose confidence but give up trying altogether for fear of

making another mistake.

Another thing to consider is that through the mistake process we

learn. Making a mistake often involves us back tracking, assessing

what went wrong and correcting it, which tends to stick in our memory

much more than achieving something quickly and moving on.

So while we don’t encourage students to try to make mistakes, we

should see mistakes as something to be taken advantage of when they

happen. We all can do it!

Which is more fun, summer or winter?

“AH! I GOT SUNBURNT!” Do you know that everyone says that summer is way more

fun than winter? Well I don’t think so! Read down below and find out why winter is

better than summer.

Most people would say that summer is more fun than winter. However, I think that

winter is way more fun than summer. For example, in the winter you can go up to

the snow and play snowball fights but if you go to the snow in summer the snow will

dribble down your hands. Plus you can still go places with your family in winter.

The best thing about winter is that you can get your hot chocolate with

marshmallows in front of your wood heater and watch TV or read a book. In

summer you get sunburnt and it kills. Also you can play on your iPad more. An

important thing is that you can still go to indoor pools if you want to swim in the

winter.

I‘m sure that you can go to the cinemas and watch a movie, or go shopping in the

winter. You can go bowling and play at the game centre. You can even have a cosy

sleepover with friends. Another thing is that you can listen to the rain pouring down

your window while you’re warm and safe indoors.

You can do all these things in the winter, so these are the reasons why I think

winter is more fun. Do you really think that summer is better than winter?

By Bahar - 5B

Step Into Prep

This program is open to all children eligible for school in 2018.

Session times: 2-3pm

2017 Program Details Literacy – Join in our fun story time! Share the reading of one

of our favourite ‘Big Books.’ Make a puppet or character from

the story. Act it out!

Maths – Design a new toy! Number rhymes, songs, games,

counting activities. See if you can build a tower, run in a race or

swat a number!

Performing Arts – Join in the fun of listening, singing and moving

to music! Hear our own RPPS choir sing!

ICT – Have fun exploring the ICT lab! Use Ipads in the

classrooms and play games like Reading Eggs and Mathletics on

our own classroom laptops!

Investigation -Discover our science area! Make a ‘Hairy Harry!’

Grow your own plants, play in the home corner and make

interesting things using playdough!

Teddy Bears Picnic – Bring your teddy along to school and enjoy

a picnic in our beautiful playground. Sing songs, play games and

share your bear stories!

Book now! Ring the school on 9303 9335 to book for one,

two, three, four or all five sessions.

Step Into Prep The ‘Step into Prep’ transition program prepares pre-

schoolers for their entry into primary school. The

sessions mirror many of the activities and routines

that the children will be presented with when they

begin school. The staff are caring and supportive and

the activities have educational merit and are

interactive and fun.

Session dates and times for 2017:

26th May – 2:00 pm – 3.00 pm

2nd June – 2:00 pm – 3.00 pm

9th June – 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

16th June – 2.00pm – 3.00pm

23rd June – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

For all enquiries, please feel free to contact the

office on 9303 9335

Upcoming Payments All excursion money sent to school MUST be in an envelope or a zip-lock bag with

the Child’s name, grade and amount written clearly. Too many times we are receiving money with no accompanying details of which child to credit.

Event Date of Event

Cost of Event Payment Due

2017 Book Fees Term 1 $170.00 Due Now Garde 4 Edendale Farm 16th May $25.00 10th May

Grade 1 Minibeast 24th May $10.00 15th May

Congratulations to the Mathletics classes of the week

Gold - 4C Silver – 4A & 1C

Bronze- 6C

Week ending 28th April 2017

READY, SET, GO!

Starting Prep in 2018?

Ready, Set Go! is a Pre-Prep Program designed to help

students that are enrolled at Roxburgh Park Primary

School for 2018 settle into the school environment and

assist them in preparing for school.

The sessions will focus on:

●Establishing daily routines

●Developing speaking and listening skills and vocabulary

●Participating in reading and writing activities

●Counting and exploring maths concepts

●Developing social skills and forming relationships

●Groups activities and turn taking

●Developing fine - motor and gross – motor skills

Where: Roxburgh Park Primary School

When: Fridays – beginning Friday 28th April 2017

Time: 9:15am – 10:15am (we will begin with 1 hour sessions

and extend them as the year progresses)

Cost: Free (your child must be enrolled to start prep at

Roxburgh Park Primary School in 2018)

For further information, please contact the school on

9303 9335