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 21 July 25, 2018 Seabrook Primary School has a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse. CARRYING ICT DEVICES IN A BACKPACK: Don’t carry any unnecessary items in a backpack creating extra weight. Dear Parents and Guardians, NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY AUGUST 3RD A reminder to parents and carers there is no school for the children on Friday August 3rd. This is the last approved curriculum planning day for staff in 2018. Please make the necessary arrangements for your children on this day. OSH Club is running their program at Seabrook on this day. SEABROOK SCHOOL UNIFORM School council has recently conducted a review of our school uniform and will be refreshing the style of the girl’s summer and winter tunics for which there will be a two year phase-in period. As of September 22nd all uniform purchases, orders and fittings will take place at Noone Imagewear, 54 Old Geelong Road, Hoppers Crossing (next door to Spotlight) Phone: 97490543 Email: [email protected]Opening times: Monday – Friday 9.00 am – 5.30 pm and Saturday 9.00 am – 1.00 pm. Extended trading times during the back to school period in January and February to be advised. Noone have been school and corporate uniform suppliers since 1947, initially specialising in ties and blazers, with their head office in Niddrie and stores across the metropolitan area and interstate. The company has a good reputation for quality and service. continued report on the following page CURRICULUM DAY PUPIL FREE DAY FRIDAY 3RD OF AUGUST NO SCHOOL In this edition of the newsletter PRINCIPAL REPORT • Performing Arts • Policy update • PYP open week • Chocolate drive • Australian Mathematics Competition • Extra Curricular activities at Seabrook • Student Attendance / Absence • Community Information Session GRADE NEWS • Visual Arts • 5RB • Grade 6 Sport • Sports News EXTRAS • Mathletics • Breakfast Club • Naidoc Merchanise • Book Week • Xuno student absentee
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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 21 July 25, 2018
Seabrook Primary School has a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse.
CARRYING ICT DEVICES IN A BACKPACK: Don’t carry any unnecessary items in a backpack creating extra weight.
Dear Parents and Guardians,
NO SCHOOL ON FRIDAY AUGUST 3RDA reminder to parents and carers there is no school for the children on Friday August 3rd. This is the last approved curriculum planning day for staff in 2018. Please make the necessary arrangements for your children on this day. OSH Club is running their program at Seabrook on this day.
SEABROOK SCHOOL UNIFORMSchool council has recently conducted a review of our school uniform and will be refreshing the style of the girl’s
summer and winter tunics for which there will be a two year phase-in period. As of September 22nd all uniform purchases, orders and fittings will take place at Noone Imagewear, 54 Old Geelong Road, Hoppers Crossing (next door to Spotlight) Phone: 97490543 Email: [email protected] times: Monday – Friday 9.00 am – 5.30 pm and Saturday 9.00 am – 1.00 pm. Extended trading times during the back to school period in January and February to be advised. Noone have been school and corporate uniform suppliers since 1947, initially specialising in ties and blazers, with their head office in Niddrie and stores across the metropolitan area and interstate. The company has a good reputation for quality and service.
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CURRICULUM DAY
PUPIL FREE DAY FRIDAY
3RD OF AUGUST
NO SCHOOL
In this edition of the newsletterPRINCIPAL REPORT• Performing Arts• Policy update• PYP open week• Chocolate drive• Australian
Mathematics Competition
• Extra Curricular activities at
Seabrook • Student Attendance /
Absence• Community
Information Session
GRADE NEWS• Visual Arts• 5RB• Grade 6 Sport
• Sports News
EXTRAS• Mathletics• Breakfast Club• Naidoc Merchanise• Book Week• Xuno student
absentee
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continued report from Susan LeePERFORMING ARTS Our excursion to the musical School of Rock will be on Wednesday November 21st. Limited tickets for $65.00 are still available. It is suitable for children in years 3-6 and the excursion will be between 10:45am – 4:30pm. This is a great opportunity for the children to experience a professional stage production.
POLICY UPDATEThree policies have been updated and ratified by School Council: Visitors, Volunteers and Refunds. The main points state that volunteers and visitors, in line with the Child Safety Standards, must present a Working With Children Check and sign in to the school using Xuno iPad on arrival and departure. These policies will be available to view from the website later in the week under the school tab.
PYP OPEN WEEKPYP open weeks are occurring from August 13 until August 24 for educators in the Victorian PYP network. Seabrook will be hosting visitors from other schools in Victoria and from Hobart this year. Some of our staff will be visiting other PYP schools. This is a wonderful opportunity to exchange ideas about PYP pedagogy and practice. We are expecting visitors here on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 14 and Tuesday August 21.
CHOCOLATE DRIVEThank you to the families who have supported the implementation of our fundraiser so far. Children who are the youngest in grades 3-6 will be given boxes next Thursday. If we have missed out on a box for any reason and would like one please let us know.
AUSTRALIAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITIONThe Australian Mathematics competition will be conducted on the 9th August at Seabrook. Best wishes to all the competitors.
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT SEABROOK Visit our website for more information under the studenst tab on: www.seabrook.vic.edu.au
For parents: • School Council parent input, through committees: building and grounds, curriculum, canteen, out of hours care, uniform, fundraising, grant applications,• Getting to Know You meetings • Student led conferences • Prep curriculum evenings • Parent and helpers morning teas • Parent info session on Year 3 Camp • Parent info session on Year 3 Naplan • Parent info session on 1-1 IT program• Parent info sessions on secondary schools e.g. Bayview, Williamstown High School, Mount St Joseph, Emmanuel, Bayside, Gilmore Girls, Werribee Secondary College, • Second Hand Uniform Shop In addition to our normal curriculum programs our school offers opportunities for children in the following areas:• Sports, basketball, Get Active• OSH Club before and after school care and
holiday programs• Chess tuition• SRC Forums• Hobson’s Bay Junior Council meetings • Year 6 leadership teams• P-6 camping program • Sustainability initiatives • Scholarship readiness• Music (keyboard & guitar) and singing tuition• Welfare • Psychologists weekly • Speech Pathologist • On Psych psychologist • Social worker • Kids Hope Mentoring• Professional stage productions.
SPORTSCongratulations to all our students who have represented the school in a range of sports over the past week. Teachers and students have provided detailed reports on some sports and the children in years 5 & 6 can look forward to the Athletics Day on Wednesday August 1st.
continued report from Susan LeeSTUDENT ATTENDANCE/ABSENCEAs of Monday, the 30th of July, all parents and guardians will be notified via SMS of your child/ren’s absence. An SMS will be sent out at 10:00am to alert you of your child/ren’s absence and that no explanation has been received. Please update your mobile contact numbers provided to the school on our parent portal XUNO, so that we have accurate current contact details. Kindly note that parents and guardians have the responsibility to let the school know via XUNO, note, phone or verbally of your child/ren’s absence on the day.
SAME-DAY NOTIFICATION OF UNEXPLAINED STUDENT ABSENCES
FACT SHEET FOR PARENTS/CARERSIf your child is sick or absent, you are required to notify their school as soon as possible on the day of absence using one of the following methods:1. Online: log the absence directly using your school’s IT platform.2. Telephone: the school office and let the staff know your child’s name, class, date of absences and reason.3. Email: the school and provide the staff with your child’s name, class, date of absences and reason.Notifying the school of your child’s absence either prior to, or on the day that they will be away, helps ensure the safety and wellbeing of children and will fulfil your legal responsibility.
Why do I need to notify the school if my child is absent?Schools need to know when and why a child is absent and you need to know if your child isn’t at school.From the end of Term 2 2018, all Victorian government schools are required to contact parents/carers as soon as practicable on the same day of an unexplained student absence. If
your child is absent on a particular day and you have not contacted the school to explain why, the absence will be marked as unexplained.This system also promotes daily school attendance. Going to school every day is the single most important part of your child’s education, they learn new things every day – missing school puts them behind.
What is your responsibility?You are legally required to ensure your child attends school every day or you must provide an explanation for their absence. You should let the school know in advance of any upcoming absences or let them know in the morning if your child won’t be at school. In order for schools to implement the same day notification requirement, it’s essential that you provide the school with your most up-to-date contact details.Generally one notification will be sent per family. Should there be circumstances that require both parents and carers to be notified, please contact the school to make the necessary arrangements.
What is the school’s responsibility?The school must notify you of an unexplained absence in relation to your child as soon as practicable on the same day.
Schools will let you know either by your school’s online communications app, SMS, phone call or email. If you can’t be reached because the school does not have your correct contact details (i.e. changed phone number, SMS/email failure notification received etc.), the school will attempt to make contact with any emergency contact/s nominated on your child’s file held by the school. Where possible, this contact will be made on the same day of the unexplained absence.
Where can I learn more about the process for managing student absences?Ask your school for a copy of the Attendance Policy which outlines the school’s processes and procedures for monitoring, recording and following-up of student absences.
Have a great week ahead. Sue & Staff
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Community Information Session
The Department of Education and Training is holding an information session about Victoria’s government education system. Parents and other members of the community interested in education are invited to attend.
Speakers will include representatives from the Department of Education and Training as well as local government schools. You will have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have about government schools in Victoria.
The Victorian Government’s $8.5 billion record investment in education is building a world-class education system that gives everyone a chance to succeed in life.
In the Education State, our schools offer quality education that help students achieve excellence and prepares them to thrive.
The art gallery near the main office is currently displaying a range of artworks created by our senior students. This work showcases the diverse range of art experiences enjoyed by our Seabrook students and is an excellent
example of how the Visual Arts program is a creative extension of the Units of Inquiry being undertaken in the classrooms. Paul Cochran – Visual Arts Teacher
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5RBBy Evangeline and Lily
Help!!WeneedtosavetheEasternBarredBandicoots
Help the Eastern Barred Bandicoots by giving any spare 5-cent coins to room 28/5RB. We need your help to stop extinction. These little fleas are dying because of habitat loss. A number of bandicoots currently at Melbourne Zoo will be fitted with different transmitter types and will be monitored daily in their enclosures via night-vision cameras to assess their response. They will also be examined for changes in weight and any signs of discomfort or injury during this period. The Eastern Barred Bandicoot and I are counting on you to save their species. The Eastern Barred Bandicoots are the rat-size to rabbit-size and there are only 1,500 Eastern Barred Bandicoots left in Victoria’s wild. The Eastern Barred Bandicoot is one of Australia's most endangered species, now considered extinct in Victoria's wild. The destruction of over 99% of its native grassland habitat, plus predation from introduced foxes, cats and dogs and competition with rabbits, has caused devastating results. Zoos Victoria are taking a big step in stopping the Eastern Barred Bandicoots from becoming extinct by releasing 16 Eastern Barred Bandicoots on Churchill Island.
Let’s stop extinction for the Eastern Barred Bandicoots
On Tuesday 17th of April, the Grade 6 mixed football team participated in the 2018 AFL Lightening Premiership Competition at Altona Green. The kids were very excited to finally be able to compete and put in an amazing effort throughout the entire day. All of the students were incredibly enthusiastic and ready to give the competition their very best. The team played 4 rounds of competitive football against St Martins, Altona Green, Queen of Peace and Altona Meadows Primary, showing determination and displaying some great skills in extremely windy conditions. The team was undefeated, progressing through to the Divisional Level which took place on Thursday the 19th July.
Once again, both girls and boys worked incredibly well as a team against very tough opposition (Williamstown Primary, Sacred Heart and Lumen Christie) and demonstrated fantastic sportsmanship. Although they are not moving on to the next stage, they had lots of fun and are to be commended on their efforts and competitive spirit and should be very proud. Well Done to the Grade 6 Football team!
Mrs Lima (6LL)
Team PlayersZack, Blake M, Kade, Ben h, Blake C,Tyler, Oliver A, Chris, Bridget, Ben S, Xavier, Kristian, Cameron, Brooke, Ibrahima, Raunaq, Will, Riley, Faith & Vignesh.
Football T-Ball
On Friday the 4th of July, we had a fantastic day at the second round of T-Ball. The competition was played on the stand in Williamstown. The conditions were extremely windy but not even that stopped us from having a great time. We played two games throughout the day, with two innings for each. We started off each game with our chant “1…2…3… SPG”! This chant encouraged our whole team to try their best and boost the team moral. The first game was lots of fun but unfortunately, we lost 14 runs to 7. The team wasn’t upset as we tried our best and still had a great time. The next game we were determined to win and it was really close, the scores were 9 -7. Unfortunately, we lost by two runs. All in all, it was a great day and we have loved learning how to play T-Ball.
By Mishca 6SF
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Grade 6 Sport
SoccerHello, Seabrook. The boys and girls soccer teams did an outstanding job participating in the district competition this year. Three teams participated in the tournament this year, Seabrook Boys A, Seabrook Boys B and the Seabrook Girls. Each team played a total of three games against teams form Laverton, Queen of Peace, Altona Meadows and Altona Green. The Seabrook Boys A team won 2 out of 3 games, scoring a total of 9 goals and conceding only 2 goals. Well done! The Seabrook Boys B side came away with 2 wins and 1 loss and scored a total of 5 goals. Seabrook Girls walked away with 1 win, which was a fabulous effort considering most of the team learned the game as they played.
Well done to everyone who participated on that day. We demonstrated confidence, enthusiasm and integrity throughout the day.
Mr Brown
Boys A TeamElijah,Joagin,Ibrahima,Filip,Yuvraj,Lucas G,BillyBarisa,Jasper,Sanjeet, Zenith, Harry, Ben M,Matthew L,Ryan,Lucas M.
Boys BTeamMax, Dylan, Aarav, Orlando,Krishan,Agan,Callum,Song,Boris,Wai,Olly,Rishi,Samuel,Ben S, Adam.
Next Wednesday, August 1st we have our Grade 5 and 6 Athletics Day at Newport Park Athletics Track. It will be on between 10am and 2pm and all parents/families are welcome to come and watch and even assist with your child’s age group or on an event. If you can assist for some of the day, please fill in the section on the permission slip that has gone home. It will be a House Team event, so students can dress in their House Team colours. If they can also bring a safety pin prior to the day for their score card they’ll wear on the day.
The Grade 3 and 4 Athletics Day will be on the following Wednesday the 8th of August, also at Newport Park. Notes will come home soon about this day.
State Cross Country Championships
Congratulations to Ivy (6AU) on her fantastic achievement in Cross Country this year. Ivy competed in the State Cross Country Championships last week at Bundoora and came 20th place out of 88 competitors. Her time for 3km was 12:30 min. This was an excellent effort from Ivy who has now made State Swimming and Cross Country this year. Well done!
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Our School
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
We would like to say a very big thank you to our school community for supporting Seabrook Primary’s Breakfast club. The breakfast club started last week on Wednesday and Thursday morning. We had a number of students attend, making their own breakfast and then playing Uno with the grade 6 leadership students. It was a nice warm atmosphere to begin our new initiative.
We would like to publicly acknowledge our supporters.
Bakers Delight Sanctuary Lakes for donating bread.
Tasty Chips for donating fruit.
Finsure and the Merrit family for donations towards milk.
Sorich, Nain and Pandya families for their donations towards cereal and spreads.
Moodley family for their donations of toasters.
Without these supporters our program would not be possible. Thank you.
If you are still interested in supporting our program we are asking for Coles gift cards and any donations of spoons would be greatly appreciated.
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What is Naidoc?
Naidoc week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Naidoc is celebrated not only in indigenous communities, but by Australians from all walks of life. The PYP in action leadership group will be selling NAIDOC week merchandise.
You can choose from the:• NAIDOC wrist watch costing $4.00• NAIDOC magic cube/Rubiks cube costing $2.50 • NAIDOC wrist band costing $2.50The stall will be held outside of the Gym at junior lunch and senior lunch. Please come and help support this event.
The PYP In Action Leadership Group.
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Book Week 18th - 24th August
Thursday 23rd August, 2018
Whole School Costume Parade on the Soccer
Oval at 9am
BOOK WEEK 2018
DRESS UP DAY
Dress up as your favourite
book character
Parents and Visitors Welcome
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Seabrook Primary School will be celebrating Book Week between 20th and 24th of August 2018. Book Week celebrates Australian authors and illustrators of Children’s books. It’s a wonderful time to immerse children in literature and celebrate books and reading.
The theme this year is ‘Find Your Treasure’
To celebrate this occasion we will be having a Book Character Parade on Thursday morning of the 23rd of August. The parade will be a whole school event with both junior and senior school showcasing their costumes. Students are encouraged to come to school dressed as their favourite book character, however, be creative and try to use items of clothing and/or props from home. In addition, classes will be creating props early in the week, which will be suitable to use for the parade, for those students unable to source a costume from home.
Each grade will have an opportunity to parade their costume with the school community and students will enjoy participating in literacy activities during Book Week.
Dear Parents/Guardians, Kindly be informed that all school absences will now only be available for submission on XUNO. Please log into the parent portal at: https://seabrook-ps.xuno.com.au and use your username and password to access XUNO. To send a message directly to the teacher please follow these steps: Click on:
1. School
2. Scroll down to Messages and select
3. Click on the add (+) button to select your child/ren’s teacher.
4. Type in new message eg. Peter/Mary is absent as he/she is unwell. Please note that this message will be received directly by the teacher who will amend the attendance roll accordingly. Due to new legislation from the Dept. of Education and Training and State Government, schools will need to notify parents when their child is marked absent from school. Starting in term 3,Wednesday 25th of July an SMS will be sent out to parents/guardians notifying you of your child/ren’s absence that morning. Thank you
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For your information
Wish to advertise your business or event with us? 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
OSHC Program Phone: 0411 302 879Coordinators: Rriyan Salvator
OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000
All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this 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!
Congratulations to the following students who received their bronze certificate this week Chetan M, Hollie G and Madison G.
New Rewards available term 3 are Heat Reactor Pencils and Mighty Boom BallStill Available – Glowlight, Sparkle Glitter Pens, Twister Power Handball 2017 Rewards still available – Cyber Handball, Colour Change Markers, Tablet Case, Pencil and Tech Case, Smiley Emoji Keyring and Epic Earphones. (Secret Scratch Pad out of Stock)
How to join School Banking If your child already has a Dollarmite/Youthsaver Account with the Commonwealth Bank all you need to do is start sending in their Yellow Deposit book, including their deposit to school every Wednesday.
Students can join the School Banking program, there are two simple ways for their parents to open an account – Online – Visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open the Youthsaver account or In Branch – visit any Commonwealth Bank Branch and take along identification for themselves and their child, like their Drivers Licence, their child’s birth certificate and medicare card.
Saving regularly is an important habit to get into, whether you are saving a little or a lot. Keep up the great work and remember to bring your deposit book each Wednesday. Thank you for supporting the School Banking Program.
For your information
Do you have a school banking question or query? Please email: [email protected] School Banking Volunteers
School Banking Day IS Wednesday
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JULY / AUGUST 2018 SEABROOK TIME LINEMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
