Thursday 12th November, 2015 From the Principal CANTEEN - CLOSED FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER Unfortunately our Canteen Manager Lil is unwell and unable to work tomorrow. The Canteen will be closed tomorrow, please ensure your child/ren bring lunch from home. The Qkr orders placed last Wednesday will be carried over to next Friday 20th November. Working Bee A big thank you to the parents and staff who attended the Working Bee on Sunday. Many jobs were completed around the school including; weeding, pruning, cleaning cobwebs off buildings, resurfacing the indigenous garden path, cleaning out of drains, mulch and planting in various garden beds. Thank you to Nats & Bec for a very productive year as Buildings & Grounds Convenors. Asylum Seeker Foodbank Drive We have been overwhelmed by the contributions made by the PPS families who donated to the Foodbank Drive. Over the past two weeks, PPS children have been contributing to the food drive, each class was asked to bring a specific item. Total numbers - • 79 packets of dried fruit and seeds • 57 jars of honey • 62 bags of rice • 266 tins of fish • 110 bottles of shampoo and conditioner • 21 other food items and donations Thank you to Jane Carter who organised the collection and to the PPS families for your generosity. 2016 Contributions Contributions for 2016 will be sent home next week. Our school relies on these to continue to provide the education and environment that Parkdale PS delivers. 2016 Student Supplies These can be ordered through the Officemax Back to School website. Orders placed before Tuesday 1st December will be delivered free of charge. Spare booklists are available at the office if yours has been misplaced. Please read the information on the front of the booklist. Monday 16th November is a Curriculum Day, Pupil Free Day. Leanne Bradney Principal November Thursday 12th Prep Incursion Monday 16th Curriculum Day No School Today School Council Meeting Thursday 19th Prep 2016 Information Evening December Thursday 3rd Grade 1 Excursion Grade 2 Excursion Tuesday 8th Grade 6 to Year 7 Transition Day Thursday 10th Grade 6 Graduation Friday 18th End of Term 4 Early Dismissal 1:00pm
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Thursday 12th November, 2015
From the Principal CANTEEN - CLOSED FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER Unfortunately our Canteen Manager Lil is unwell and unable to work tomorrow. The Canteen will be closed tomorrow, please ensure your child/ren bring lunch from home. The Qkr orders placed last Wednesday will be carried over to next Friday 20th November.
Working Bee A big thank you to the parents and staff who attended the Working Bee on Sunday. Many jobs were completed around the school including; weeding, pruning, cleaning cobwebs off buildings, resurfacing the indigenous garden path, cleaning out of drains, mulch and planting in various garden beds. Thank you to Nats & Bec for a very productive year as Buildings & Grounds Convenors.
Asylum Seeker Foodbank Drive We have been overwhelmed by the contributions made by the PPS families who donated to the Foodbank Drive. Over the past two weeks, PPS children have been contributing to the food drive, each class was asked to bring a specific item. Total numbers - • 79 packets of dried fruit and seeds • 57 jars of honey • 62 bags of rice • 266 tins of fish • 110 bottles of shampoo and conditioner • 21 other food items and donations Thank you to Jane Carter who organised the collection and to the PPS families for your generosity. 2016 Contributions Contributions for 2016 will be sent home next week. Our school relies on these to continue to provide the education and environment that Parkdale PS delivers. 2016 Student Supplies These can be ordered through the Officemax Back to School website. Orders placed before Tuesday 1st December will be delivered free of charge. Spare booklists are available at the office if yours has been misplaced. Please read the information on the front of the booklist. Monday 16th November is a Curriculum Day, Pupil Free Day.
Leanne Bradney Principal
November
Thursday 12th Prep Incursion
Monday 16th
Curriculum Day No School Today
School Council
Meeting
Thursday 19th Prep 2016 Information
Evening
December
Thursday 3rd Grade 1 Excursion Grade 2 Excursion
Tuesday 8th
Grade 6 to Year 7 Transition Day
Thursday 10th
Grade 6 Graduation
Friday 18th End of Term 4
Early Dismissal 1:00pm
PHOTOS FROM THE FOODBANK
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
PREP The children have been enjoying our current topic on ‘Dinosaurs’ and had a fantastic time digging for dinosaurs during the ‘Fossil’ incursion today. I think we may have some paleontologists in the making!
Tomorrow is a dinosaur themed Show and Tell. We ask if children can please bring ONE dinosaur themed item to share with their class, e.g. a soft toy, a book, etc.
In preparation for Grade 1, we have asked all Preps to bring in a pencil case. As you may have noticed, they are just a little bit excited! Please ensure that your child’s pencil case is named and large enough to fit pencils, crayons, textas, glue and scissors. We will provide most items unless stated on the note we sent home.
GRADE 1 We are beginning to focus on our new CAFÉ Reading Comprehension Strategy of ‘identifying important information’. Using this strategy, students will develop the ability to summarise texts, by identifying the main idea and most important pieces of information.
Students have continued to be enthralled by our inquiry unit ‘Schoolyard Safari’ and have loved observing the different mini-beasts that have been brought in for our perusal!
We have enjoyed listening to the students share their ‘backyard safari’ homework and explaining the different places they found mini-beasts hiding!
We are looking forward to our upcoming excursion to The Melbourne Museum, on the 3rd December. Please look out for our excursion notice form that will be going home this week.
GRADE 2 Home reading: Do you and your child check their CAFÉ focus card before they begin home reading? Are they reading aloud and having discussions with you about what they’ve read? Regardless of how well your child can decode (read the words), reading aloud, questioning and having discussions are vital to building important comprehension skills.
As part of our ‘Habitat’ inquiry this week, the children conducted research on oceans. They were very interested to learn about how oceans differ, the layers of the ocean, and the huge range of animals that live in this fascinating habitat.
Hopefully all children are underway with their ‘Habitat Project’. They are welcome to bring their diorama (and fact sheet) in before the due date if they finish early.
Grade 2 …. Cont’d Thursday 3rd December, Grade 2 students will head to Melbourne Zoo to further explore and consolidate their learning. Permission forms will be sent home this week. If you hold a current WWCC and would like to attend as a parent helper, please let your child’s teacher know ASAP. Thanks! GRADE 3/4 The students should all have received an outline of their creative home project due on Friday 20th November. This requires the students to create an original piece of artwork using recycled materials. They have also been asked to do some writing in relation to this project.
Our Café focus this week is figurative language. This includes the likes of similes, metaphors, personification and hyperboles. You may like to discuss some examples with your children.
In Maths we are continuing with Data, Graphs and Chance.
The Parkdale Secondary School ESP Program Year 9 students came today to run sports skills with the children.
If you have any colourful catalogues you don’t need please send them to Mrs. Boreham. Congratulations to our AR Certificate recipients: Jess C, Joel Mc, Grace R, Logan D, Sheridan S, Evan B, Flynn H. Tilly F, Tiffany B, Emilee F, Mitchell S, Imala V, Olivia H, Nathan W.S, Hugo H, Callum B, Emma L, Jayda S, Lilly S, Sheriden S, Flynn H, Grace R, Annelise W, Kate S and Jack C. GRADE 5/6 Having now approached the half-way mark for our final term, our students are continuing to impress with their initiative and maturity, both in terms of work ethic and their responsible ownership towards school life generally.
In this very busy term, there are some very important dates to put into your calendar: Friday 4th December… Memory-book Presentations Tuesday 8th December… Year 7 Transition for many students. Tuesday, 8th December… Grade 5 Leadership Speeches Thursday December 10th ... Grade 6 Graduation Tuesday 15th December… MSAC… End of Year Celebration. Please could all grade 6 students bring in payment for Graduation Night (if outstanding), in addition to their special “baby” photo for this special occasion?
PARKDALE OSHC NEWS
Curriculum Day Monday 16th November
7.00am to 6.00pm $45 Before CCB and CCR
Minimum $2.17 Maximum $22.50
Bread Making Incursion Come along for a hands on baking session and
make your own monkey bread for lunch.
Organic and Preservative free ingredients. Gluten free options also available, and any allergies can be catered for if advised by
BOOKLISTS FOR 2016 The 2016 Booklists have been sent home.
If you did not receive one from your child, please contact the school office.
Orders can be placed now until 1st December, for free delivery prior to the end of the year.
If you would prefer to go straight to the web and place your order -
1. Go to www.officemaxschools.com.au 2. Search for: Parkdale Primary School 3. Enter the school password: 38LD9Q 4. Enter the student’s name and select their year level: e.g. Prep 5. Select the number of boxes your require, then click ‘Add Items to Cart’ 6. Review the items in your shopping card and proceed by selecting ‘Order Online’. If you wish
to add another student order, select ‘Add another Student’ and repeat steps 3 - 5. 7. Enter contact details, delivery address and payment details. Click ‘Place Order’ to finish. Payment methods available online are PayPal, Visa or Mastercard. Your card will be charged immediately at the time of placing your order. An order confirmation will be sent to your specified email address.
CANTEEN
Friday 13th November The Canteen is closed today: Lil is still unwell.
URGENT - VOLUNTEERS ARE URGENTLY REQUIRED
FOR THE REMAINDER OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER. PLEASE CONTACT THE SCHOOL OFFICE TO VOLUNTEER AND LET US KNOW YOUR AVAILABILITY. IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT VOLUNTEERS, THE CANTEEN WILL BE CLOSED FOR COUNTER SALES. THANK YOU.
TUPPERWARE? With just one call you can place an order, book a party or start your own Tupperware business - PLEASE CONTACT: Biljana Kovacevic - Billi
Friday 20 November 5.00pm to 8.30pm 65 Riverend Road,
Bangholme
Handmade, organic and fair-trade produce. Food vendors and
activities for kids of all ages.
Green Scene Garden Club
The school Gardening Club has had a great start to Term Four! In the last few weeks we have been planting new veggies, weeding and taking care of our Community Herb Garden. We dug up heaps of potatoes we planted last term and made potato pancakes… they were super yummy!!! This Friday, 13th November, we are whipping up some potato salad to finish off the potatoes! Stop by to taste some delicious potato salad and see what is happening this week in Gardening Club.
Remember it is EVERY Friday at lunch and you can come drop by whenever you want. Hope to see some new faces this week!
Parents: Need some last minute herbs for dinner??? Please help yourself to the Community Herb Garden… J
