25th March 2021 Dear Parents Harmony Day Pinewood PS celebrated ‘Harmony Day’ in appreciaon of the cultural diversity at our school and in Australia. The celebraon saw students and staff wearing many naonal costumes including, of course, the colour orange! Throughout the day students parcipated in a series of excing mulcultural acvies and created displays for classrooms and around the school represenng unity, inclusiveness, respect and celebrang our rich mulcultural diversity. Thank you to our dedicated team of staff for their efforts in making Harmony Day such a great success. District Athlecs It is wonderful to have many of our annual school events returning to the program this year! Congratulaons to the students who represented Pinewood PS at the Syndal District School Sports Associaon carnival on Monday. The weather, although looking inclement at mes, was perfect for such an event and the enthusiasm and good sportsmanship displayed by each student was exceponal and we brought home the winning shield again. A note from our Sport Captains: Pinewood’s performance in athlecs this year was excellent. Everyone was very encouraging, cheerful and showed great sportsmanship, even when they did not Principal’s Message RESPECT SELF CONFIDENCE INTEGRITY RESPONSIBILITY OPTIMISM What’s On…... March 31st The Resilience Project Parent Information Session 6.30pm via Zoom April 1st Dismissal 2.30pm Office closes at 3.00pm END OF TERM 1 May 3rd-5th Year 4 Camp 11th-13th Naplan Yr 3 & 5 14th House Cross Country Whole School 25th Musica Viva Incursion June 14th Queens Birthday No students are required at school on this day 25th Dismissal 2.30pm Office closes at 3.00pm END OF TERM 2
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25th March 2021
Dear Parents Harmony Day Pinewood PS celebrated ‘Harmony Day’ in appreciation of the cultural diversity at our school and in Australia. The celebration saw students and staff wearing many national costumes including, of course, the colour orange! Throughout the day students participated in a series of exciting multicultural activities and created displays for classrooms and around the school representing unity, inclusiveness, respect and celebrating our rich multicultural diversity. Thank you to our dedicated team of staff for their efforts in making Harmony Day such a great success. District Athletics It is wonderful to have many of our annual school events returning to the program this year!
Congratulations to the students who represented Pinewood PS at the Syndal
District School Sports Association carnival on Monday. The weather, although
looking inclement at times, was perfect for such an event and the enthusiasm and
good sportsmanship displayed by each student was exceptional and we brought
home the winning shield again.
A note from our Sport Captains: Pinewood’s performance in athletics this year was excellent. Everyone was very
encouraging, cheerful and showed great sportsmanship, even when they did not
What’s On…... March 31st The Resilience Project Parent Information Session 6.30pm via Zoom April 1st Dismissal 2.30pm Office closes at 3.00pm END OF TERM 1 May 3rd-5th Year 4 Camp 11th-13th Naplan Yr 3 & 5 14th House Cross Country Whole School 25th Musica Viva Incursion June 14th Queens Birthday No students are required at school on this day 25th Dismissal 2.30pm Office closes at 3.00pm END OF TERM 2
place 1st in an event. The other schools competed very well, but Pinewood managed to win overall
on the day. On behalf of all students at Pinewood P.S, we would like to thank Mr Walsh, Ms
McGregor, the teachers who attended on the day and the S.D.S.S.A for making this day
happen. Thank you also to all the year 3-6 teachers who trained us.
We hope all the students who participated in athletics, including those from other schools, had fun
and enjoyed the day!
French News We received the very exciting news over the weekend that our video
submission into the “La Francophonie around the World” competition had
won first place in the Year 5 and 6 category, awarded by the Association of
French Teachers in Victoria and the French Consulate.
The objectives of the competition were:
To provide learning opportunities for students to deepen their knowledge of the diversity of the
Francophonie world by exploring a French speaking country. To provide an opportunity for students to speak French through a
meaningful and authentic experience. To encourage and promote the learning of French as an essential
part of the school curriculum.
Submissions were assessed based on their range of content and ideas, appropriateness of
vocabulary, accurate use of French, clarity of expression, originality and creativity.
Congratulations to our French Captains and Madame Vinga for all of their hard work with this
submission! The students have been invited to attend an award ceremony at the French Consulate in
June.
We have also had the new shade sail installed in the “French Café” space, creating a very flexible
area for class use, as well as a passive play and eating space for students to access at recess and
lunchtime all year round.
School Attendance Classrooms are open from 8:55am each day, and students have the 10 minutes until 9:05am to arrive at school before they are marked as late or absent. This is to alleviate congestion in the school yard and around classroom doors at the start of the day. If you do need to collect your child for an appointment throughout the day, please let the class teacher know so we can arrange to have your child meet you at the office upon your arrival. Enrolments for Prep 2022 We are accepting enrolments for Prep in 2022, and school tours have commenced again every Tuesday at 9:30am. We encourage our school families with younger siblings due to start next year, to contact the school office and complete an enrolment form. End of Term Reminder Next Thursday 1st of April will be the last day of Term 1. Students will be dismissed at 2:30pm, with parents able to collect their children from classrooms from 2:25pm. Karen Jenkin Principal
Hello everyone! We hope you have enjoyed being back at school and we are now looking forward to the Easter break. Storytime has started up again this term for Preps, Ones and Twos on Tuesdays at 12.50pm. This week we read The Terrible Plop by Ursula Dubosarsky. Miu Miu also read a Chinese New Year themed book called Speak Chinese Fang Fang by Sally Rippin. She really liked reading the book because it had great pictures and she would recommend all juniors look for it in the library in R of the picture fiction shelves. Anudi and Annie (The French Captain) read Mr Chicken Goes to Paris by Leigh Hobbs and here’s what Anudi had to say. “It was a great book that I highly recommend to Junior and even older students.” P.S. They also wore berets for the session. The very first Storytime was called The Cat Wants Custard by P. Crumble and it was a hit. We hope you can come and visit the library for Storytime soon. Mrs Hayden and the Library Captains would like to say a big thankyou to the ICT Captains, Cameron, Conor, Reilly and Tim who took photos during Storytime sessions. Your Library Captains Anudi, Erin and Miu Miu
OSHClub News Early Finish Last day of School 1st April 2021 PINEWOOD OSHCLUB will be offering an extended After School Care session on Thursday 1st April 2021. The session will run from 2.30pm to 6.00pm at the cost of $24.00 (before any applicable Child Care Subsidy. We have organised a big end of term party full of fun games and activities like musical bobs, face painting, cake decorating and disco on this day. April Holiday Program (6th – 16th April – open 7:15 am to 6:00 pm) Our vacation care program is available from OSHClub. We will be displaying it in the school grounds during the next week. Please reserve your spots well in advance (5 days) to avoid additional charges. Cancellation Reminders: It is very important to cancel 48 hours prior to any booking online to avoid additional charges during before and after care sessions. Please cancel bookings on your Kidsoft App or online through the iParentPortal. Moovosity! Congratulations to all children who received leadership roles during these weeks. We will be continuing to organise games for the next week. On the last day of school Thursday 1st April we will be announcing the winners of Moovosity. So, book your child/children with us as many days as you can. Please Note: Bookings made within 24 hours of the session, cannot be made online. Please contact PINEWOOD OSHCLUB directly on 0409 906 462/Email: [email protected] Thanks, Harshini & Paige Co-Coordinators Pinewood OSHClub
Pinewood Primary School Choir Join us for a great time of harmonising with each other and appreciating beautiful choir music!
Even if you think you can’t sing, the choir welcomes you.
Choir rehearsals will occur on Monday during senior lunchtime from 1:55pm to 2:30pm in the music room.
The Pinewood Primary School Choir will be for students from Years 3 to
6. There are no auditions required. See you there!
Bonjour, Pinewood Primary School community. This week I would like to acknowledge the work that the French captains do every week. Annie, Rishitha and Mitchell are extremely dedicated, giving up part of their play time to come and assist in the junior lessons, they maintain the order in the French café and the teaching space and have participated already in an interschool film competition. On Harmony Day, the captains were extremely helpful in the baking activity. We made French brioches tréssées. They really enjoyed the products of their work! This week I am listing the French words for a range of classroom commands that all of the classes
enjoy practising. Ask your children to demonstrate the actions to you.
Meilleures voeux, Madame Vinga
French Words of the Week
marche – walk/march cours – run saute – jump danse – dance chante – sing regarde – look écoute – listen arrêtte - stop
We're so excited to share that the next issue of Book Club for 2021 is out now.
In this Issue , there are 45 titles priced at $5 or less...! Please place all orders online at www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP
by Thursday 1st April 2021.
Please do not send cash to the office.
Last year we raised a huge amount of reward dollars which were put towards much needed educational resources for the school. Please contact me if you have any questions
