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 31 October 17, 2018 Seabrook Primary School has a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse. INTERNET PRIVACY: Everyone, (and in particular) children should NEVER share personal information about their family, anyone else, or about themselves online. Dear Parents and Guardians, PHOTOGRAPHS A reminder that the year 6 children and sports teams will have their photos taken tomorrow. The children need to be in their summer uniform. ARE YOU LEAVING THE AREA OR DO YOU NEED TO ENROL YOUR PREP CHILD FOR 2019? We are soon to begin our class placements and teachers for next year. Please contact the office if you are still to enrol your child for prep next year or alternatively let us know if your child/children will not be joining us in 2019. See page 9 or give the school a call on 9395 1758. Thank you. UNIFORM REMINDERS Please ensure your child is wearing the correct Seabrook school uniform to school every day. Children who prefer to wear stockings/tights need to check they are navy in colour, not black. As of next year the house team t-shirts will be phased out and no longer considered school uniform. Children in years P-6 may wear instead the official school sports top on days of physical education and on Fridays. Other arrangements will be made on days of house team events. SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP The shop will be not be open this Thursday afternoon nor next Thursday but will be open on both Fridays at the same time, 2:30pm -3:30pm. contunued report on the following page GRADUATION SPORTS 3-6 PHOTOS THURSDAY 18TH OCTOBER clean and tidy summer uniform leadership tops for year 6 students sports polo for sports photos In this edition of the newsletter PRINCIPAL REPORT • Our School Review • Christmas Concert • Traffic Reminders • Allergies GRADE NEWS • Prep Incursion • Inter School Sports • Tennis EXTRAS • Fresh Produce Stall • Are you Leaving Seabrook • 1 to 1 Update • Grade 1 Swimming • Volunteers Needed
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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 31 October 17, 2018
Seabrook Primary School has a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse.INTERNET PRIVACY: Everyone, (and in particular) children should NEVER share personal information about their family, anyone else, or
about themselves online.
Dear Parents and Guardians,
PHOTOGRAPHSA reminder that the year 6 children and sports teams will have their photos taken tomorrow. The children need to be in their summer uniform.
ARE YOU LEAVING THE AREA OR DO YOU NEED TO ENROL YOUR PREP CHILD FOR 2019?We are soon to begin our class placements and teachers for next year. Please contact the office if you are still to enrol your child for prep next year or alternatively let us know if your child/children will not be joining us in 2019. See page 9 or give the school a call on 9395 1758. Thank you.
UNIFORM REMINDERSPlease ensure your child is wearing the correct Seabrook school uniform to school every day. Children who prefer to wear stockings/tights need to check they are navy in colour, not black. As of next year the house team t-shirts will be phased out and no longer considered school uniform. Children in years P-6 may wear instead the official school sports top on days of physical education and on Fridays. Other arrangements will be made on days of house team events.
SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOPThe shop will be not be open this Thursday afternoon nor next Thursday but will be open on both Fridays at the same time, 2:30pm -3:30pm.
contunued report on the following page
GRADUATIONSPORTS 3-6
PHOTOS
THURSDAY 18TH
OCTOBER
clean and tidy summer
uniform
leadership tops
for year 6 students
sports polo for sports
photos
In this edition of the newsletterPRINCIPAL REPORT• Our School Review• Christmas Concert• Traffic Reminders• Allergies
GRADE NEWS• Prep Incursion• Inter School Sports• Tennis
EXTRAS • Fresh Produce Stall• Are you Leaving
Seabrook• 1 to 1 Update• Grade 1 Swimming• Volunteers Needed
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continued report from Susan Lee
OUR SCHOOL REVIEWThis fortnight is our school review. All schools in Victoria take part in a collaborative and transparent process to help improve the learning outcomes in their schools, promote excellence across the curriculum and enhance the health and wellbeing of students. The review is an evidence-based process that will enable our school to develop direction for the next four years. Apart from examining school data, visiting classrooms, talking to students and teachers the review panel would like to hear the voices of our parent community.An open invitation is issued to share your impressions of how our school is going. Please come to the oval end of our north wing on Thursday 25th October at 9am to share your views with our reviewer Martin and our senior education leader Judy Maguire.
2019 CHRISTMAS CONCERTPlease keep the evening of Wednesday December 12th free for our annual concert. All the children will be performing on this night and it is a wonderful way to finish our school year. The children will commence their rehearsals in November. Our school borrows the same stage we used for our 21st birthday event and we will call for helpers closer to the event to erect it. Parents appreciate being able to see their child on a high stage but we do need help to put the stage up on the morning of the concert and then will disassembly later that evening. Your help will be very much appreciated.
TRAFFIC REMINDERSLaw enforcement officers are working around our area. Please be reminded it is an offence to stop/park/linger on the double yellow line outside our school on Point Cook Road. The 10 minute stopping zones are being monitored. ‘No Standing’ means no parking and no stopping, even to drop off children. $150
fines are being issued. Please also respect our neighbours by refraining from using horns to say ‘goodbye’ to your children. Shift workers in the homes around our school are grateful for quiet mornings. Thank you for your consideration. The drop off zone in Mintaro Way is a 2 minute linger time for dropping off or picking up your child after 3:10pm. Thanks to all the parents who have used this shared zone looking carefully for on-coming traffic while pulling away from the curb.
ALLERGIES A further reminder that we have a number of children across the school who suffer from life-threatening nut allergies. It is appreciated if lunch boxes are free of these foods. Teachers remind their classes not share food. We also have an increasing number of children who are allergic to dogs and cats. Thank you for not bringing your pet near the school in the interests of their health.
The Prep students experienced a wonderful world of colour as they feasted on fresh produce during their Fresh Market Incursion last Wednesday. We chomped on capsicum, bananas, tomatoes, blood oranges, celery and pears. The yummy homemade avocado dip was a sure fire hit! The Market Fresh Schools Program explained where food is grown, how it is delivered to the wholesale market and then taken to the fruit and vegetable shop for us to buy and take home. Thanks to our awesome parents for your assistance.
Here is what we learnt about the fruits and vegetables we know and love…
Apples and pears should be put in the fridge. Jack R (Prep JG)
Eating fruit and vegetables help you grow. Aarshi (Prep PT)
Blood oranges don’t have real blood in them. Annan (Prep CS)
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Last week the grade 6s participated in the divisional inter-school sports. There were 2 tennis teams, a boys and a girls team. Out of the 5 rounds, each of the rounds had singles and then doubles. The girls won 4 out of 5 games and got into the finals and but unfortunately lost. The boys also won 3 out of 5 and tied 1 game however the boys did not get into the finals.
The tennis teams did a great job, though unfortunately, neither team got into the next round. The tennis teams had fun playing tennis and getting the opportunity to play against other schools!
Penny F6JB
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Divisional Sports
Well done to our sport teams who competed in divisional finals last week. We had the boys volleyball team on Tuesday, boys and girls tennis on Wednesday and boys & girls basketball on Thursday. In the boys basketball we played Williamstown, Sacred Heart and Stella Maris. We started slowly in each match and we levelled or were just up or down for the first half of the games. Then our team work and fitness started to kick in and we started to get on top. The results were as follows: v Williamstown 30-15, v Sacred Heart 45-26 and v Stella Maris 43-18. Well done boys and they will progress to the Regional finals TBA soon.
In the section, we played Williamstown and Sacred Heart as well and also Boardwalk. They were all very strong teams and although we lost by a bit to Williamstown (54-13) and Boardwalk (49-13), we had a good win against Sacred Heart (23-7), which the girls were very happy about. Their confidence improved throughout the day and were playing better as a team. Our boys volleyball team played against Lumen Christi, Williamstown & Sacred Heart. Against Lumen we lost 2-1, against Williamstown we lost 2-0 and it was same against Sacred Heart, however in both those matches the sets were a lot closer eg; 16-14.
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Our School
Release 10 MacBook 1to1 Update (current parents from Year 2-5)
As you should all be aware by now, Seabrook Primary School is still taking orders for our bulk purchase of MacBook 1 to1 orders (due to take place in early November). To this point however, Apple has not yet released any information on the expected updated Education MacBook. We are still hopeful of an announcement before our bulk order is scheduled to take place, however can’t guarantee anything concrete until we hear from our certified education reseller. We also know that a number of parents are waiting until early next year to place their order because of this expected announcement. If parents choose to change or order their device early next year, this is totally acceptable, however as always, will be subject to an updated quote at time of placing your order. It is only orders for Christmas that we will be placing in early November that we are requiring soon. We will continue to notify parents of any changes (as soon as we hear from them and broadcast them through all the usual online digital channels as per usual.
Grade 1 swimming Just a reminder that swimming will be on this Monday 22nd October. We unfortunately had to cancel last week because of the accident on the Freeway and will now just run the four sessions, as the Preps commence straight away after the Grade 1’s finish. For those who have paid the full amount, refunds will be in the form of a credit (to be used for future excursion, fees). For those who hadn’t paid the balance yet, you can deduct $23 from the payment and fix up the new amount (Eg; owed balance of $92 now becomes $69 etc. de-pending on how much you owe). If you have any queries about this, please see Mrs. Golomb at the office.
We Need Your Help – Parent Helpers/Volunteers Needed
Our students really enjoy participating in the Commonwealth School Banking program and to keep this program running we need your help. Parent helpers are needed to help count money and process reward requests. Currently School Banking is processed on Thursday morning at 9am for approximately one to two hours.
Are you leaving Seabrook Primary School at the end of 2018
This information helps us with our planning for 2019
If your child/ren are not returning to Seabrook Primary School next year (excluding our current Grade 6 students), can you please fill in the details below and return to Mrs Susan Joyce. (at the office as soon as possible)
will be leaving Seabrook Primary School at the end of term 4 in 2018
Destination school: ____________________________________________ in 2019. Parent/Guardian Signature: __________________________ Date: __________ Contact No: _____________________________________________ Email Address: _____________________________________ Please also complete the information below if you are relocating to a new postal address, so that we can forward on any important student information.
New Address: ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Contact No: ___________________________________________________
OFFICE USE ONLY
Data transfer is complete Yes No
Date: Office signature:
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For your information
Children of all ages will be entertained with an array of free and fun activities including:
When: Wednesday 24 October 2018
Time: 10am to 1pm
Where: Logan Reserve, Corner Pier and Queen Street Altona
Enquiries: 9932 1000
Pack your picnic and bring your friends to the Annual Hobsons Bay City Council Children’s Week Picnic.
• The Kazoo’s• Face painting• Playgroup Victoria Pop-Up Playgroup• Live entertainment• Art and craft• Story time• African drumming workshop• Interactive activitiesand much more
Wet Weather. In the event of wet weather the picnic will
be held in Altona Library and surrounding halls. Updates
will be made via social media and website.
Council acknowledges the peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of these municipal lands and waterways. We pay our respects to Elders past, present & emerging.
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
Do you have a school banking question or query? Please email: [email protected] School Banking Volunteers
School Banking Day is Wednesday
Congratulations to the following students who received their certificate this week:
Bronze 10 Deposits - Joshua D and Edward MSilver 20 Deposits - Laura D, Lucas M, Dimitar T, Olivia B, Shiloh K and Mannan A
Rewards If you have 10 tokens and wish to order a reward please place you request in with your school banking with your details. Please let school banking know if your reward takes more than 3 weeks to get to you, so that we can follow up as soon as possible
Scratch Pad is now out of stockNew Rewards available term 4 are - Zoom Flying Disc and Slushie Maker Cup.Still Available Heat Reactor Pens, Power Handball, 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.
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.
As you all know days are getting hotter as summer is just around the corner, here at OSHClub we encourage all children to wear hats and apply sunscreen before going outside. So please remember to bring your hats to Before School & After School Care as we have a No Hate No Play Policy.
OSHC Program Phone: 0411 302 879Coordinators: Cassandra Lesatele & Alex
TsoukasOSHClub Head Office: 1300 395 735
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!
Uniform shop open Friday afternoons
Oct 19 & 26 only not Thursday
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OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2018 SEABROOK TIME LINEMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
