SPRINGSIDE NEWS

Dates to Remember: 30th May - Yr3-6 Athletics Carnival 21st May - Yr9 Psych, Legal & forensics—Old Melb Gaol Yr9 Outdoor Ed—Hanging Rock

30th May, 2019

PRINCIPAL— Rob Nicholls

Friday June 7th Student Free Day

This is another reminder for our school community of our Friday June 7th Student Free Day (next week). Staff will be involved in a range of activities supporting our college priorities. The focus areas include STEAM, the Primary Mathematics Specialists initiative and ongoing reporting to parents using SeeSaw and Office 365.

School Council casual vacancies

A big and appreciative thank you to Claudelle Dalgleish and Antonella Grech who have accepted the invitation to fill our two 2 year and parent member vacancies on School Council. Welcome aboard. We still have a 1 year casual vacancy available should any parents be interested. You are welcome to contact the schools should you have any questions.

10th Birthday celebration update

Our 10th birthday planning team have started to develop a list of possible celebra-tion activities. These include: an aerial photo, a time capsule, a Springside concert celebrating all things Springside, a cultural food day celebrating the cultures of Springside and a Springside cookbook. We would also be welcoming back past stu-dents, families and staff to join in with our celebrations.

ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS—Violeta Delidis, Chris Gatt, Kate Newitt and Gab Zorko

Reporting update – Years Prep to 6

As our Prep to 6 families would be aware ongoing reporting platforms are being utilised in the primary sector of the college. We strongly encourage our families to regularly access their child’s Seesaw (Years P-2) and Office 365 (Years 3-6) portfolios to view the evidence of their child’s learning as this has replaced our semester reporting process. At the end of this semester, you will receive your child’s report which will contain their progression of learning against the Victorian Curriculum. These will be published on Compass to parents after school on Friday 21st June.

Reporting update – Year 9

Two weeks ago, Progress Checks were made available to Year 9 families via Compass. We hope that families have had the opportunity to review it with their child and made contact with any of the relevant subject teachers. At the end of this semester, you will receive your child’s report which will contain their progression of learning against the Victorian Curriculum and comments regards your child’s achievement and areas of future focus. These will be published on Compass to parents after school on Friday 21st June.

Parent/ Teacher Interviews

We will be holding Parent/ Teacher Interviews on Tuesday 25th June from 3.10pm to 8pm. These interviews are an opportunity to discuss your child’s progress and the learning that has taken place. Interview times can be booked with your child’s homegroup and subject teachers. Booking are to be made via Compass. This will be available to families from Tuesday 4th June to Friday 21st June.

Compass Events

Please ensure that you keep an eye out on Compass for upcoming events, etc. If using the Compass app through your smartphone or other device, please select the ‘open in browser’ option from the menu so that you can access the home page.

Individual Education Plans & Student Support Group Meetings

All Individual Education Plans for student with a formal diagnosis are now finalised. The Student Support Group meetings for all students funded under the Program for Students with Disabilities are now complete and with a wonderful amount of success and growth shared. Teachers will be in contact in the coming weeks to meet with families of students with a formal diagnosis to share goals and targeted strategies. This meeting will be instead of the traditional parent teacher interviews held at the end of the term.

Abilities Based Learning and Education Support (ABLES) Assessments

The ABLES Assessment have been completed by teachers and support staff for students with a formal diagnosis to align with report writing. The ABLES Learning Progression is a formative, criterion-referenced assessment that provides targeted information as to the student’s next area of focus for learning, at a pace that suits his/her individual needs. This type of assessment show the student’s Zone of Proximal Development from Level A (Pre-foundation) to Level Four of the Victorian Curriculum

WHAT’S ON… in the Inclusion Hub?

Inclusion Hub

Massive thanks for all the Lego donations, your generous donations are bringing hours of joy to our young people. Lego Masters will commence next week on Wednesdays with students creating their individual master pieces during the Wednesday lunch break. Photos of the students with their creations will be shared and voted on at the end of the term. Student can practice their Lego skills every other day in the Inclusion Hub as they will have access to the Lego during all recess breaks. Over the coming weeks we will be looking for some greenery donations for the Inclusion Hub, sturdy indoor plants that require minimal TLC.

Prep Tours 2020

Prep 2020 enrolments open at the commencement of next term. In order to obtain an enrolment form, please see Reception. In addition, Prep tours will run at various times throughout the year. These tours will run for ap-proximately 45 minutes and will be capped to 25 families per tour. The tour dates available are:

Thursday 6th June, 12pm

Turesday 16th July, 9.30am

Friday 2nd August, 9.30am

To register for one of the tours, please contact Reception on 9449 6400.

Upcoming leave

Gab Zorko will absent from Friday 31st – June 13th. Please feel free to still email zorko.gabrielle.m@edumail.vic.gov.au but if the matter is urgent, please contact Kate Newitt 9449 6400.

Chris Gatt will be on Long Service Leave from Tuesday 11th June and will be back at the start of next term.

In Prep A, we have been learning about the different communities we belong to. We each created a person that represents ourselves and then talked about how we are part of a class community, as well as a prep commu-nity. Here is our joint community display, with every stu-dent from Prep.

This week in 2C we have been exploring ‘chance and probability’ and have been creating scenarios which could be ‘certain’, ‘likely’, ‘unlikely’ and ‘impossible’.

It is certain that all of our students are in 2C.

It is likely that Miss Vinny will give a success slip at the

end of the day.

It is unlikely that Mrs Newitt will come into our room

to sing.

It is impossible that the iPads will grow legs and run

away.

Students participated in an incursion for our

Intergrated studies unit which was based upon

‘Immigration Journey’ students were able to

participate in hands on activities that looked at

Australia history and today.

They explored various activities and came to the

understanding of the reasons why people immigrate

to Australia from other countries.

Students were able to understand the contributions

that immigrants have made to Australian society

today and learned just how diverse Australia is.

Here are some photos from our incursion.

The Spot on Sport

Year 9 Interschool Sport

Last Thursday, Year 9 students represented Springside

in netball, soccer and badminton. Students had a blast

during the day and demonstrated their talents

through each game.

Congratulations to all who participated!

Thanks

HAPE team

Springside P-9 College ‘Child Safe Standards’ Philosophy

Springside P-9 College is dedicated to the protection of all children from all forms of child abuse. At Springside P-9 College we demonstrate this commitment through the implementation of a comprehensive Child Safe Program which is tailored to keep children safe at all times. The program is endorsed by the school governing authority and will be periodically reviewed for its effectiveness. We encourage external scrutiny enabling the identification of opportunities for improvement. We have clear and high expectations of behaviour for all staff and students and our wider community members.

At Springside P-9 College we have zero tolerance for any forms of child abuse and are dedicated in acting in the child’s best interest and in keeping them safe from harm at all times. The school regards its child protection responsibilities with the utmost importance and as such, is committed to providing the necessary resources and training to guarantee compliance with all relevant child protection laws and regulations.

We maintain a child safe culture that:

has zero tolerance for child abuse kit

actively works to listen to and empower children

has protocols and policies to protect children from abuse and will take all allegations and concern seriously

responds to children consistently in line with the schools policies and procedures

is committed to promoting the physical, emotional and cultural safety for all children

is committed to providing a safe environment for all children at all times.

TERM 2 2019

WEEK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

5

20 May

6A & 6B Immigration Journey

Yr9 Visual Art—city

21 May

Yr9 Werribee Zoo Ecosystems

22 May

6C, 6D & 6E Immigra-tion Journey

23 May

Yr9 ISSP

24 May

6

27 May

Bola Kasti

28 May

29 May

Yr4 Werribee Park

30 May

Yr3-6 Athletics Carni-val

31 May

7

3 June

4 June

5 June

Yr9 Psych, Legal &

Forensics—Old Melb Gaol

Yr9 Outdoor Ed—Hanging Rock

6 June

7 June

CURRICULUM DAY

8

10 June

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

11 June

12 June

13 June

14 June

Yr3 Cultural Infusion

9

17 June

18 June

19 June

Yr2 Cultural Infusion

20 June

21 June

10

24 June

Yr9 American Sport—Derrimut Driving Range

25 June

26 June

Yr9 Biology—Bounce

27 June

28 June

School Assembly 9am

Students dismissed 2pm