Seabrook Primary School 83-105 Point Cook Road, SEABROOK 3028 | POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1143 ALTONA MEADOWS 3028 Phone: 9395 1758 | Email: [email protected]www.seabrook.vic.edu.au | www.facebook.com/SeabrookPS NEWSLETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL Issue 20 July 24 2019 Seabrook Primary School has a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse. SOCIAL NETWORKING: Obey the age restrictions of software, and social networking sites, and NEVER allow underage children access if under age. The rules are there for a very good reason. CURRICULUM DAY FRIDAY 2nd of AUGUST NO SCHOOL Download the Xuno App with school code ub32jh for all school alerts and messagaes Dear Parents and Guardians, OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY We are so lucky to live and work in the wonderful community of Seabrook. We are fortunate to have so many kind and caring volunteers who contribute so much to our school. Many come every week to work with individual children or small groups of children. As well, we have some very hard-working parents who work tirelessly on school council, during school and out of hours. They work on fundraising, uniform, buildings and grounds, canteen, grant writing and so on. They help raise funds and organise our playgrounds and equipment, and also co- ordinate activities and processes,apart from organising fun events for the children and run mothers’ and fathers’ day stalls. Many parents help in classrooms, with reading, small group work and on excursions. Others come as guest speakers to share their knowledge and experience in an area of interest helping children make connections in their inquiry. Many parents help their children locate superb artefacts to enrich learning. We have so many people helping our school and we are very grateful for their involvement and contribution. Please let us know if you can contribute in some way. You will be most welcome and our children benefit. FUNDRAISING AT SEABROOK Our fundraising efforts are key to us keeping the grounds in great order, replacing old furniture and carpet and supplying additional programs in the school. We are very grateful when our community supports our fund raising plans in anyway. Our latest and best fundraising activity is in chocolates sales. This year we introduced an ‘opt out’ method. The thinking behind this is to reduce the burden on families with chocolates they can’t sell or don’t want. It also reduces the waste as less boxes are ordered. In future can we encourage families to use this opt out’ option within the given time frame so handling and money is not wasted? Many parents indicated they would be quite happy to provide a donation in place of taking the box and others come back for more because they are happy to sell them in their work places. Further enhancements around the school happen when we raise these funds. Thanks so much for your support. continued report on the following page
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Seabrook Primary School 83-105 Point Cook Road, SEABROOK 3028 | POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1143 ALTONA MEADOWS 3028 Phone: 9395 1758 | Email: [email protected] www.seabrook.vic.edu.au | www.facebook.com/SeabrookPS
NEWSLETTERFROM THE PRINCIPAL Issue 20 July 24 2019
Seabrook Primary School has a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse.SOCIAL NETWORKING: Obey the age restrictions of software, and social networking sites, and NEVER allow underage children access if under
age. The rules are there for a very good reason.
CURRICULUM DAY FRIDAY 2nd of AUGUSTNO SCHOOL
Download the Xuno App with school code
ub32jh
for all school
alerts and messagaes
Dear Parents and Guardians,
OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITYWe are so lucky to live and work in the wonderful community of Seabrook. We are fortunate to have so many kind and caring volunteers who contribute so much to our school. Many come every week to work with individual children or small groups of children. As well, we have some very hard-working parents who work tirelessly on school council, during school and out of hours. They work on fundraising, uniform, buildings and grounds, canteen, grant writing and so on. They help raise funds and organise our playgrounds and equipment, and also co-ordinate activities and processes,apart from organising fun events for the children and run mothers’ and fathers’ day stalls. Many parents help in classrooms, with reading, small group work and on excursions. Others come as guest speakers to share their knowledge and experience in an area of interest helping children make connections in their inquiry. Many parents help their children locate superb artefacts to enrich learning. We have so many people helping our school and we are very grateful for their involvement and contribution. Please let us know if you can contribute in some way. You will be most welcome and our children benefit.
FUNDRAISING AT SEABROOKOur fundraising efforts are key to us keeping the grounds in great order, replacing old furniture and carpet and supplying additional programs in the school. We are very grateful when our community supports our fund raising plans in anyway. Our latest and best fundraising activity is in chocolates sales. This year we introduced an ‘opt out’ method. The thinking behind this is to reduce the burden on families with chocolates they can’t sell or don’t want. It also reduces the waste as less boxes are ordered. In future can we encourage families to use this opt out’ option within the given time frame so handling and money is not wasted? Many parents indicated they would be quite happy to provide a donation in place of taking the box and others come back for more because they are happy to sell them in their work places. Further enhancements around the school happen when we raise these funds. Thanks so much for your support.
continued report on the following page
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continued report from Susan Lee
CURRICULUM DAY The last curriculum day for the year is next Friday, August 1st. Please make arrangements for your children on that day. OSHClub will be operating when bookings reached 15 or more, presently there are 12 bookings placed.
GRADE 3 CAMP INFORMATION NIGHT – Tuesday July 30 , 6pm -7pm (North wing)Parents of children in grade 3 are welcome to join us to find out a little more about the camp planned for the grade 3 students.
MACBOOK INFORMATION NIGHT – Thursday August 1st commencing at 6:30pm (North wing)We are holding an information night for parents in years 2 and 3 who might be considering the option of arranging a MacBook for their child for 2020.Please send back an indication if you will be attending so we can arrange approriate seating and resources.
SCHOOL END OF YEAR CONCERTOur annual end of year concert is being planned for December 3rd this year. It is a week earlier than last year. If there are any parents who would like to have some input into this event please contact the office. As usual we will put out a call for available community members to help us with the set up of the stage and equipment prior and also the pack up process. Please put this date in your diary as all children will be involved.
SEABROOK LIBRARY BOOKSWe have a wonderful and inviting school ibrary thanks to the hard work and dedication by our library technician Mrs Raelene Gramsbergen. The children visit the library each week with their class and enjoy the array of materials available. Unfortunately she reports that there are over 800 books not returned by the students. Please check at home if there are books from school amongst your own and each week help your child to return the books they have borrowed.
BOOK WEEK CELEBRATIONSHere is advanced notice that we will be having a book week dress-up day on Friday August 23rd. The Theme for this year’s book week is “Reading is my secret power’. We will have a whole school parade on the Friday morning and would like all children to participate as we celebrate the wonder of books and how they enrich our lives in so many ways.
SCHOOL GROUND SUPERVISIONThis is a reminder to all families that our school is patrolled between 8:30am and 3:30pm every day. Please make arrangements for your children to be supervised outside these hours. Parents may like to take advantage of the services of OSHClu onsite.
DRIVING SAFELYPlease remember to drive safely in and around the school. School Council were shocked to hear that some parents are driving into the exit gates of the car park potentially causing a head on collision. For the sake of everyones safety please park in a nearby street, walk into school to meet your child or have them come to you. Double parking is never acceptable in any of our car parks and be aware there is no U turn permitted within the drop off zone in Mintaro Way.
2019 PARENT OPINION SURVEY
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 behaviour 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 randomly to participate in this year’s survey. Special access codes will be emailed to those families soon. All responses to the survey are anonymous. This year the Parent Opinion Survey will be conducted from Monday 22rd July to Sunday 11th 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.
The survey results will be reported back to the school at the end of September. Please speak to your child’s teacher if you would like more information.
Have a great week ahead.Sue & Staff
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4MB & 4EE Werribee Open Range Zoo Excursion
On Monday 22nd July, grades 4MB and 4EE went to the Werribee Open Range Zoo to further enhance our understanding of our current inquiry. Our inquiry is all about how living things have adapted to survive. We took part in an educational activity about Predators and Prey in the African Safari.
4BW and 4CS visited the Werribee Open Range Zoo as part of their inquiry unit ‘ Living things need to adapt in order to survive’. Students enjoyed the whole learning experience and it has further developed their understanding towards
adaptation and why do living things need to adapt ignorer to survive in their environment.
Mrs Lindareflections on the following page by 4BW
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I learnt that predators always have eyes in front of their head to judge the distance of a herbivore. I also learnt that prey have eyes on the side of their head to escape from predators. I learnt that meerkats have tiny skulls.I also learnt that a lion’s teeth are very long and sharp.I also learnt that some preys’ skulls are bigger than their enemies skull.
I enjoyed the safari bus ride the most because I saw lots of different animals like rhinos and emus. I also enjoyed playing hide and seek tricky tiggy with Xavier, Youseph, Ezra and Jeremy.
I saw an emu in the safari in a grassland nesting in Rhino poop. The emu’s environment was a grassland, the grassland had plenty of yellow grass because it was so dry. The grassland had lots of streams and trees in it. The grassland also had lots of other animals living in the environment.
By Chetan
On Tuesday the 23rd of July class 4BW and class 4CS went to the Werribee Zoo for an excursion. We went there because it links well with our unit of inquiry “Living things need to adapt in order to survive”.
By Lexi
At the Ranger show, I learned how to identify a predator or a prey (by looking where the eyes of the animals are. If they are at the front that means they are predators. If they have eyes at the back of the skull that means they are prey. It goes like this eyes on the side are born to hide. Eyes on the front are born to hunt). I also learned that animal with jagged and sharp teeth are predators. The thing that I learned and that amazed me was that little creatures like meerkats can be predators, but I also learned that they are also prey for other animals. Animals can be predators because of their superb eyesight.
Things that I enjoyed was that when we went to see the gorillas, a gorilla bashed into the window, where we were watching them. Another thing that I enjoyed was when we got to see the huge pythons in cages.
Next, we saw the monkeys and their habitat, which was full of trees, vines and ropes. Their enclosures were sheltered to protect them if it rains. There were places where they could climb and jump, and they were cared for by the rangers.
I really enjoyed the trip to the Werribee Zoo.
By Sukhraj
Some interesting facts we learnt were:*’eyes on the side were born to hide’, these are herbivore or prey animals.*’eyes on the front were born to hunt’, these are carnivore or omnivore animals.*Gorillas are one of the most similar species to us humans*Meerkats are omnivores*only about 3 species of rhinos still live today.
Some of the things I enjoyed were:* visiting the lions* holding different zoo animal skulls* seeing where the monkeys are cared for and where they sleep.
One environment I enjoyed looking at was the lions’ enclosure. Lions live mostly in Africa and their habitat is mostly grassland. Lions are carnivores, which means they only like to eat meat and flesh, but watch out! Don’t let them eat you!!!
I really enjoyed the excursion and we learnt so much and my favourite animals were the meerkats and giraffes.
By Amber
Werribee zoo excursion: reflectionsOn Tuesday the 23rd of July class 4BW and class 4CS went to the Werribee Zoo for an excursion. We went there because it links well with our unit of inquiry “Living things need to adapt in order to survive”.
#TapandTell -The Global Citizenship Group’s initiative to raise awareness and advocate for current global issues by encouraging people to talk about various global issues and spread the message. This means, that while people are spreading important information, they will also be improving their communication skills. We are utilizing the social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as well as newsletters, pamphlets, posters and websites to encourage people to communicate face to face about global issues. We are also considering to live-stream discussions via Xuno to parents and members of the Seabrook community on either a weekly or fortnightly basis. Below, we have the sub-groups and their chosen global issues, each presented in a short introductory paragraph. Join the #TapandTell initiative and help us spread the word. Sophie, 6AA
Terrorism We are focusing on scenarios that can lead to the formation of terrorist groups and how the issue is still going on. We have decided that we need to take action immediately and share information on this serious problem. This will help spread awareness to those who do not understand what is going on around different countries/places, and how we can help prevent this from happening. #TapandTellRinad and Layelle
Overpopulation We are looking at the topic of overpopulation and how it affects the world. As the world’s population expands, the earth is slowly shrinking. Human population is slowly overtaking the earth’s limits. How will we overcome this global problem? #TapandTellKatie, Nichole and Alfred
War and Conflict Ayden and I have been researching global war and conflict. This is negatively affecting the world, and this problem mainly affects the people who believe in a religion. Terrorist groups have been bombing churches, temples and mosques, and harming people who believe in a religion. They need help trying to avoid these disasters and they need it fast. #TapandTellNiccolo and Ayden
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Racism/Discrimination Racism is a major global problem. Many people can’t see, and don’t want to see everyone equally. How would you feel if people were mean to you? said self-deprecating comments to you or not bother to talk to you at all because of the colour of your skin? If you are living in Australia, you might not have experienced racism. But globally thousands, even millions of people have! We need to stop racism and advocate for equality. #TapandTellUrsa and Aluat
Domestic Violence Domestic violence is a big problem in the world and still happens now. Children are even sometimes harmed when domestic violence affects their family. People don’t understand this problem and some don’t even take it seriously. Some families are experiencing domestic violence right now. This issue is preventable, and you can help by using the #TapandTell hashtag and spreading the word. Let’s raise awareness and help those who are currently affected. Anmol and Ricky
Modern Day Slavery We have been researching about modern day slavery. We have found out that slavery is most common in developing countries, such as Kenya, Afghanistan, etc. The country with the highest percentage of slavery is India. Join the #TapandTell initiative and help get the word out there. Say no to slavery! Faris and Cooper
Climate Change We are focusing on the global issue of climate change and how it negatively affects the world. Climate change is a very serious problem, especially in developing countries such as Africa, South America and Kenya, who don’t have the resources to develop sustainable practices. It affects the temperature of the sea, which results in the ice from the North Pole and the South Pole melting. This causes the sea level to rise, which can flood towns and cities that are close to the beach. Climate change also causes the food chain in the ocean to become corrupt. If this problem is not solved within a reasonable timeframe, our existence will be in danger.#TapandTellSophie, Addison, and Max
Global Corruption Global corruption has been slowly making a comeback. Jack and I have decided to put a stop to this and spread the word about global corruption. We want to support the people affected and help the world realize that the conditions of people living in these countries are less than optimal. They are attempting to adapt to these changes, and have been for many generations. They can’t keep living like this! Let’s talk about it and find ways to raise awareness! #TapandTellJack and Harvey
Congratulations to the girl’s netball A team, who last week competed in the second round of netball inter-school sports. The girls showed amazing sportsmanship in all three games. The team consisted of Aliyah from 6JB, Chloe from 6JJ, Maddison from 6AA, Isabella from 6JB, Sarah from 6JB, Bianca from 6JB, Rinad from 6JB, Jennifer from 6AA and Phoenix from 6JJ.
Unfortunately the team won’t be progressing to the next round, but all of the students learnt valuable new skills and further developed many friendships. Well done to everyone that competed, and a big thank you to all of the mums that attended and showed their support.
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Mathletics
Once again, Seabrook Primary School is providing free membership to Mathletics for all of our students for use both in the classroom and at home. This powerful internet based, award winning mathematics program is an exceptional tool in promoting increased confidence, understanding and enjoyment of mathematics in our students.Mathletics in an important resource in our classroom numeracy programs. Teachers receive a great deal of useful data from Mathletics regarding individual student’s participation and progress through the different topics completed both at school and home. Teachers can individualise Mathletics to suite each student’s ability, interests and learning requirements.
Parents can ensure that your children gets the most out of Mathletics by:• Taking an active role in your child’s
mathematics progress,• Encourage your child to use Mathletics at
least 3-5 times each week,• Encourage a balance between the Full
Curriculum section and Mathletics Live,• Take time to work together with your child.
The Support Centre in each activity will help show how to solve a particular problem,
• Encourage your child to complete activities that challenge, rather than those he/she finds easy,
• If the level your child is working at is too easy, speak to the class teacher about setting a different default level for your child,
• Celebrate your child’s success, print the certificates out and display them at home.
Mathletics is developing new activities and areas all the time. For more information on Mathletics check the web site or speak to your child’s teacher. Paul Cochran
Enrolment packs can be picked up from the front office. The following documents must be brought with you before the pack can be handed out.
The documents are:• immunisation history statement,
downloaded from MyGov• birth certificate• proof of residence (recent utility bill)
Our School
Over due books to the library. Can you please look around the house for ANY Seabrook barcoded or stamped books. There are already 697 books overdue from this year!
Many thanks
Student Led Conferences were held on the 27th of June and students were able to take their portfolios home, it is now time to return these portfolios to school.
Online canteen lunch menu is available to order online
Please download the my school connect app or visit myschoolconnect.com.au
Create an account, add your student info and start ordering!
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CHOCOLATE DRIVE MONEY is DUE BACK ON: Friday 13th of September 2019
The cost for 2 Freddos is $1. Total box value is $60.
Seabrook Primary School’s major fundraising is our chocolate drive. All profits will go towards more improvements to the school grounds for our children. Currently we are working towards refuribishment of the toilets. We ask every family to please sell their given box. If you would like additional boxes to sell then please collect an order slip from the front office and these boxes will be delivered to your child’s class.
Guaranteed prizes listed below
SELL 15 + BOXES TO WIN A Family Pass for 4 to FUNFIELDS SELL 10 + BOXES TO WIN A brand new SCOOTER SELL 5 + BOXES TO WIN 2 Village Movie Tickets (1 adult &1 child) SELL 3 + BOXES TO WIN A Bowling Pass and Subway Student VIP Card
Every full box sold will go into a lucky draw
WHEN RETURNING SOLD AND UNSOLD CHOCOLATES
Make sure your child’s full name and class is clearly marked on the envelope provided. For any part payment please return money and chocolates in the box. All returns must go to your classroom.
Qkr is available for full payment of $60. Qkr is open until 3:30pm on
Friday the 13th of September for payments.
NOTE: Boxes have not been sent out to those who returned completed opt out forms. We do ask
those receiving chocolate to please sell their one box to help the school.
NOTE: Please note there should be no unsupervised door knocking.
Our Recycling Hub is located in the parent carpark and is part of SCRgroup’s Sustainable Students - School Fundraising Through Recycling Program. Our school will be paid 0.10c per kilo for the items that will be sent for reuse and recycling. Our focus is to highlight the importance of clothing reuse and recycling!
This program also helps raise money for our school, reduces waste to landfill, creates jobs and supports communities in developing countries at the same time.
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For Your Information
Wish to advertise your business or event Contact: Maureen Murphy on 9395 1758 Email: [email protected] $5.50 including GST for a business card size advertisement $22 including GST for a 1/4 page advertisement
KT Remedial ClinicHomestead Seabrook
Remedial MassageDeep tissue Sports MassageStretching Trigger Point TherapyRelaxation Pregnancy Massage
Do you have a school banking question or query? Please email: [email protected] School Banking Volunteers
School banking is on Thursday
Congratulations to the following students who have received certificates this week:Bronze 10 deposits: Chetan M, Yashi S.Silver 20 deposits: Matthew L, Lan N, Mai N, Moksha P.There are two exciting new rewards available from term 3: Arctic Owl Fluffy Keyring and Scratch Art Cards.
Thank you for your continued support of school banking. Last term our school received $450 for all the regular savers ($5 for every 10 deposits made per student). Our school has raised $1045 so far this year. Participating in school banking is easy, especially for students who already have a Youthsaver Account with the Commonwealth Bank. Students can commence school banking at any time. We also welcome back any lapsed bankers and siblings who are not attending Seabrook Primary School.
As school has Curriculum day on 2nd of August, OSHClub would run Pupil free day depending on numbers, it’s a friendly reminder to families to please book your child/ren in for 2nd of August. Please reserve the spot by booking in advance. Oshclub has introduced user friendly Kidsoft app for parents, all the bookings and cancellations are made much easier on app. Please contact program coordinator for more details. From 29 July 2019, the Department of Human Services (DHS) will start balancing each family’s Child Care Subsidy (CCS) entitlements for the 2018-19 financial year. All families who received CCS during that year will go through this process. Please contact program coordinator for related resources.
Reminder to families to please update medical documents and the medication if your child/ren has
any medical condition.Program Information
OSHC Program Phone: 0411 302 879Coordinator: Jigna Joshi
OSHClub Head Office: 1300 395 735All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember the registration is free! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au where all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account! Please check your future bookings.
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JULY / AUGUST 2019 SEABROOK TIME LINEMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
22
Grade 5/6 Assembly
9am - 9:30am
Grade 4 Werribee Zoo Excursion
4EE & 4MB
23
Grade 4 Werribee Zoo Excursion4CS & 4BW
24 25
Prep 2020 School Tour
2:20pm - 3pm
26
Grade1 Assembly2:30pm - 3pm
Grade 6 Divisional Hockey Finals Altona Hockey
Club
Grade 4 Werribee Zoo Excursion
4EC & 4FL
29
Grade 3/4 Assembly
9am - 9:30am
Grade 3 Werribee Mansion
Excursion3JH, 3KM, 3AS
30
GRADE 3 CAMP INFORMATION
EVENING6pm -7pm in the
BER building
Grade 3 Werribee Mansion
Excursion3KW, 3AH, 3LF
31
GRADE 5 / 6 ATHLETICS DAY
August 1
Australian Mathematics Competition
August 2
NO SCHOOL TODAY
CURRICULUM DAY
5Grade 5/6 Assembly
9am - 9:30am
Prep 100 days of school
celebration
BACK UP DAY FOR GRADE 5 / 6 ATHLETICS DAY
6
Grade 2 Robotics Incursion
7
Grade 2 Robotics Incursion
GRADE 3 / 4 ATHLETICS DAY
8
Grade 2 Robotics Incursion
9
Grade 2 Robotics Incursion
Grade 2 Assembly2:30pm - 3pm
Teeth on Wheels will be here at Seabrook on the following dates: 5,6,7,8,14,15,16,19,20,21 of August
