Protecting Our School If anyone notices any unusual activity at the school outside school hours, please call the CONTENTS From the Principal’s desk Birthdays Community Notices Silverton Tit Bits Human Race Incursion Silverton is turning 40 Staffing Structure Health Care Card School Nursing Program Wellbeing Parent Pointers Bridges Program Sponsors/Advertisers THINGS DUE BACK Essential Educational Items due Gr 5/6 Sport Interschool Sport Laptop payments Instrumental Music Gr 3-6 Grade 6 Camp notice FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Welcome back to everyone for 2017. It is great to see everyone well rested and returning to school enthusiastic and excited. We had a very smooth start to the year. All staff and students are ready for another year of learning at Silverton PS. We welcome all the new Foundation students who have started at Silverton this year. They have all settled well into school and are enjoying their learning each day at Silverton. They are very enthusiastic making new friends and actively engaging in their learning and all aspects of school. There are a number of new students in other levels throughout the school and we welcome them also. A big welcome to the following staff members; Mr Tang, Miss Degering, Mrs White, Mr O’Connor, Mr Toovey, Mrs Maryanovsky, Miss Rooks, Ms Kumar, Mr Singleton and Mr Zhi. IT’S NOT OK TO BE AWAY The average absence per student is about one in every 12 school days. That means by the end of their schooling the average student has missed an entire year! The slogan we have adopted is, “Be on time, be at school; that’s the rule.” It is important for parents to understand that every day a student is away without reason; the absence is costing that child a learning experience. We would like to see a decrease in our absenteeism / lateness rate at Silverton. While we know and expect that there are genuine reasons for students being absent, maybe as a school community this becomes a focus for all of us. 77—123 Jacksons Road, Noble Park North 3174 (office in Silverton Drive) Ph: 9795 5033 Fax: 9795 7163 Email: [email protected]Web: www.silverton-ps.vic.edu.au Portal: hps://sentral.silverton-ps.vic.edu.au/portal/login 8th February 2017 Vol 25 No 1 CALENDAR FEBRAURY 9th 10th 14th 16th 27th - 3rd Foundation BBQ 5:30-7:30 The Human Race Incursion House Day “Getting to know you” night Grade 6 Camp MARCH 2nd 3rd 10th 13th 15th 21st 29th 29th -31st 31st DRI excursion Grade 6 camp return Division Swimming Labour Day—NO SCHOOL 40th Birthday Celebrations OPEN Day 2018 Families Regional Swimming Grade 4 Camp Last Day Term—Early Finish Silverton Primary opened on the 2 nd February 1977. To celebrate this occasion we are organising a school community evening on the 15th March for current and ex students. More information to follow soon.
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Protecting Our School
If anyone notices any unusual
activity at the school outside
school hours, please call the
CONTENTS
From the Principal’s desk Birthdays Community Notices Silverton Tit Bits Human Race Incursion Silverton is turning 40 Staffing Structure Health Care Card School Nursing Program Wellbeing Parent Pointers Bridges Program Sponsors/Advertisers
THINGS DUE BACK
Essential Educational Items due
Gr 5/6 Sport Interschool Sport Laptop payments
Instrumental Music Gr 3-6 Grade 6 Camp notice
FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK
Welcome back to everyone for 2017. It is great to see everyone well rested and returning to school enthusiastic and excited. We had a very smooth start to the year. All staff and students are ready for another year of learning at Silverton PS. We welcome all the new Foundation students who have started at Silverton this year. They have all settled well into school and are enjoying their learning each day at Silverton. They are very enthusiastic making new friends and actively engaging in their learning and all aspects of school. There are a number of new students in other levels throughout the school and we welcome them also. A big welcome to the following staff members; Mr Tang, Miss Degering, Mrs White, Mr O’Connor, Mr Toovey, Mrs Maryanovsky, Miss Rooks, Ms Kumar, Mr Singleton and Mr Zhi. IT’S NOT OK TO BE AWAY The average absence per student is about one in every 12 school days. That means by the end of their schooling the average student has missed an entire year! The slogan we have adopted is,
“Be on time, be at school; that’s the rule.” It is important for parents to understand that every day a student is away without reason; the absence is costing that child a learning experience. We would like to see a decrease in our absenteeism / lateness rate at Silverton. While we know and expect that there are genuine reasons for students being absent, maybe as a school community this becomes a focus for all of us.
77—123 Jacksons Road, Noble Park North 3174 (office in Silverton Drive) Ph: 9795 5033 Fax: 9795 7163 Email: [email protected] Web: www.silverton-ps.vic.edu.au
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Would you like to volunteer to mentor a young mum in
your community? The Raise Foundation runs a wonderful program called Bump and we need your help! Our Bump mentoring program is for young pregnant and parenting girls aged between 13 and 23, and it is a fun way for the girls to meet other young mums, as well as have some much needed “me” time. Bump includes fortnightly mentoring with an experienced mum as a mentor, and fortnightly workshops. Bump graduates receive a TAFE Certificate I in Access to Work and Training once they complete the program. If this sounds like something you are interested in, we are looking for volunteers in Noble Park and would love to hear from you. For further information please email [email protected] or phone us on 0426 972 473 or visit raise.org.au Art Club is a fun, creative art’s program which helps children to build their skills, by learning a variety of techniques over a term. It runs on Monday afternoons 4:15-5:45pm at Heritage Hill (66 McCrae Street, Dandenong) Ages: 5-12. Cost $12 per class. Bookings greaterdandenong.com/arts or phone 8571 1666 NOBLE PARK CHESS CLUB Junior Coaching Program NPCC proudly presents our new and exciting coaching program designed specifically for children at beginner level. The group classes will be taught by FM Christopher Wallis, $7.00 per lesson or $50.00 per term. The Club is open every Saturday, Junior coaching runs in parallel with the school calendar, from 2PM to 3PM. The seniors from 3PM onwards,
where Juniors can participate as well. At the Paddy
O’Donoghue Centre 18-32 Buckley Street Noble Park 3174
ROWVILLE HAWKS FOOTBALL CLUB TRYOUTS Calling all girls and boys aged 7-16 for a FREE 4 week football try AFL sessions. For more details contact Trevor Flakemore on 0418 335 245 or [email protected] WAVERLEY PARK HAWKS FOOTBALL CLUB Player registrations for 2017 are now open! Visit www.wphawks.org.au WAVERLEY VICTORY FOOTBALL CLUB Information Day @ Brandon Park Reserve Sunday 12th February 2017 10am—2pm www.waverlyvictory.com.au or Facebook & Twitter KILLESTER COLLGEGE Applications are now being taken for Year 7 2018
Forms are available at the School Office or online at
www.killester.vic.edu.au
Applications close on Friday 17th February, 2017 SCHOOL TOURS are available on each Monday till February 27th, 2017 from 9.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Thereafter school tours will be available on the first Monday of each month in term time from 9.00 to 10.15 a.m.
ST. ANTHONY'S CATHOLIC PARISH NOBLE PARK provides religious education for primary school and secondary school aged children/teens. St. Anthony's also offers a program for children and teenagers who attend non-Catholic primary/secondary schools to prepare and celebrate the Sacraments. If you would like to know more, please contact Denise Lyons (Pastoral Associate) on 9546.8276. INDOOR SOCCER Springvale Indoor Sports is now offerening indoor training for all ages! No need to worry about Melbourne’s unpredictable weather at our facilities when we’ve got both heating and cooling systems! U7, U9 Wed and Sat U11 Tues and Sat U13 Thurs Adult Wed
Wednesday 8th February 2017
Dandenong Market Southern car park
Sunday 26th Febraury 10am—3pm
www.greaterdandenong.com/sustainabilityfestival FREE FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Help the Gorilla’s at Werribee Zoo by recycling your old mobile phones.
There is a drop box in the office foyer for you to put them in.
This will also help the environment!
CARTRIDGE RECYCLING
If you have a printer, fax or photocopier at home that has
cartridges or other consumables that you need to dispose of we now have a box in
the office for you to put them in. Please bring them in and drop them in the box.
Breakfast Club
Every Tuesday to Friday morning
come into LC4 and grab a slice of toast!
Any parent volunteers available between 8.45-9.00am to
assist us with the clean up would be greatly appreciated. The
more volunteers we have, the more days we can run this
fantastic program!
If you wish to volunteer please speak to any teacher!
School Payments
Did you realise you can make your school payments directly into the school’s bank account.
(BSB 063-244 Account 0090-1052)
Please ensure you include: YOUR CHILDs Surname and Initial and what the payment is for
(eg: OSHcare, Swimming )
Wednesday 8th February 2017
Picking up Children
after School
If you are picking up
your child from an
after school activity
please
DO NOT
enter/exit the school
through OSHCare,
please go through the
office.
Wednesday 8th February 2017
SECOND HAND UNIFORMS
A Facebook page has been created by a parent where you can sell, buy, give away Silverton School Uniforms. Just post descriptions and photos and reply to posts to buy. Simple. The more people that join, the more successful the project. www.facebook.com/silverton.uniforms
the General Public. You will need to request to join
and one of the administrators will accept.
Incursion c
Friday the 10th of February ‘The Human Race’ is a show that gives simple strategies for building skills in conflict resolution, problem solving, assertiveness, kindness and having empathy and respect for others. It challenges children to find out what qualities we need to create positive relationships at school, on-line and in the community and ultimately as citizens of the world. The message is be kind, do your best, play by the rules and never give up. In the junior version, for Foundation to Grade 2, they show a group of girls who have a misunderstanding in the playground which leads to teasing and leaving people out. For the senior version, Grade 3 to 6, the example shown is it happens on-line – it also makes it very clear that you must be 13 to join Facebook. If you do not want your child to attend this incursion, please notify the office on 9795 5033 or at [email protected]
Donation of small plastic bottles Dear Parents, As part of the Science Curriculum in Term One, we are looking at ways to reuse commonly used materials that would otherwise end up in landfill. To assist us in gathering these materials, we are requesting that you save any small plastic bottles and send them to school with your child so we can reuse them in our science learning experiences. There will be collection boxes placed in each Learning Centre for you to deposit these bottles. We thank you for your assistance and look forward to reusing these bottles in a variety of fun ways. Kindest Regards, Emmanuelle Blake & Paula Yates
Learning Centre 2
FV Kristen McNair **
FS Catherine Ham (Marketing & Transition)
FL Ashlee Heritage
FI Kaitlyn Studley
Learning Centre 1
1/2T Denae Vines**
1/2S Cassandra Kovac
1/2E Niki Tyme
1/2N Sue Birkbeck
1/2O Diana Moyle
Learning Centre 5
1/2R Julie Saunders ** (Literacy)
1/2I Melissa Williams
1/2L Jason Tang
Learning Centre 3
3/4T Chrissie Fraser ** (Professional Development Leader)
3/4R Bianca Degering
3/4N Ben O’Connor
3/4O Selina Luong**
3/4E Tegan Cartledge
3/4V Sonya White
Learning Centre 4
5/6S Samantha Carter** (Numeracy)
5/6I Jessica Hanley
5/6L Matthew Peterson
5/6V Mary-Anne Sammut
5/6E Michael Toovey
Staffing Structure 2017
Principal Amanda Prosser
Assistant Principal TBA
Business Manager Sue Mourant
Admin Staff Christine Baxter Laura Manhire Tammy Everitt
Leading Teacher3-6 Leader and Coach
Numeracy & Victorian Curriculum
Karen Wheeler
F-2 Leader/Coach Literacy Di Rickard (Literacy)
Wellbeing Teacher Lisa Donnellan
Visual Arts Di Phillipson
P.E. Mark Blundell** (Specialist Leader)
Kelly Kittle
Music / LOTE Larissa Maryanovsky
LOTE Stephanie Cheng
Science Em Blake
EAL Ana Kitharidis** (EAL Leader)
Christina Parra**(Enrolment Leader)
Media/Numeracy/Literacy Ben Eilenberg (eSmart/Sentral)
Meg Dal- Ben
Numeracy/Literacy/Drama/Specialist Areas Teaghan Rooks
Amisha Kumar
Paula Yates / Angela Orso
Melissa Vaccaro
Education Support Staff Shirley Stoeckhardt
Helen Fowler
Caitlin Prosser
Carl Wilson (Library)
Michelle Johnson (OSHcare)
Tam Ghorbanian
Dance Molly Rigby
Dance/Drama Rebecca Rawlins
Chess Miron Vujadinovic
Instrumental Music Penelope Kidney (Literacy/Numeracy)
Zac Godwin Luke Singleton
Playgroup Tasneem Ally
Maintenance/Custodian Shayne Mourant
Computer/ICT Specialist Witek Lonski
Colin Zhi
Staffing Structure 2017
Department of Education and Training
SCHOOL NURSING PROGRAM - SCHOOL NURSE VISIT
Lynne Hardy your visiting primary school nurse from the Department of Education and Training
will be attending the school soon to conduct the Prep grade health assessments.
The purpose of the visit is to provide all Victorian children with the opportunity to have a health
assessment to link children, families and the school to relevant community services; and provide
information and advice that promotes health and wellbeing.
If you have any concerns you would like to discuss with the Primary School Nurse and your child
is in Foundation a ‘School Entrant Health Questionnaire’ needs to be completed. If your concerns
relate to a child in Years 1-6 a School Nurse Referral Form’ will need to be completed. Please
speak to your class teacher who can assist you with this. The School nurse can then contact you
regarding your concerns.
DO YOU HAVE A VALID
Health Care Card,
Centrelink, Pensioner Concession
or are a Temporary Foster Parent
If so, you are eligible for the State Government CSEF Funded Program.
This is an annual allowance of $125 per year that will be paid directly to the School.
This allowance can ONLY be used on Camps, Sports and Excursions
(It does not include, Parent Contribution, Laptop Program, Instrumental Program,
Robotics, Chess or similar)
APPLICATIONS CLOSE
FRIDAY 24th FEBRAURY
Forms available from the school office and we’ll need to photocopy the card.
If you have a digital card, we will need to sight it please.
Fiona and Fred
#silvertonsuperstudents #sss
Welcome Back! We would like to introduce you all to two of our
newest students Fred and Fiona
Feelings.
You will see them pop up around the school and
hear your children talk about them. We are en-
couraging all students to talk about how they are
feeling at different times
during the day and how this can effect their
learning. There are three different colours that we
will be using to help the children identify how
they are feeling.
GREEN -HAPPY, ACTIVE
LISTENING, READY TO LEARN,
FRIENDLY, KIND, CARING,
SHARING, RESPECTFUL, CALM
YELLOW -FRUSTRATED, WORRIED,
SAD, SICK, TIRED, BORED, SILLY
RED– ANGRY, MAD
We will be rewarding those children who are
showing positive feelings (in the Green) and us-
ing this through out the day.
Student Activity Clubs Term One
Computer Club Learning Centre 1
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday
Library Club
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Sport Gym
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Drama Grade 2
Monday
Chess Club Library
Thursday (recess and Lunch)
Dance
Tuesday (recess) , Friday (lunch)
Skipping
Friday (recess)
Here are some useful questions to ask your children when
they come home at the end of the day.
1. What games did you play at recess?
2. What was the funniest thing that happened today?
3. Who made you smile today?
4. What new fact did you learn today?
5. If one of your classmates could be the teacher for the day
who would you want it to be? Why?
6. Who do you want to make friends with but haven’t yet?
Why not?
7. Tell me something you learned about a friend today?
8. When did you feel most proud of yourself today?
9. What rule was the hardest to follow today?
10. Which area of your school is the most fun?
Bridges Reading Program 2017
Silverton Primary School is looking for volunteers to participate in our Bridges Reading Program. This involves coming out to the school to work with an individual student on their reading skills three times a week for about 40 minutes each time. Participants will be
trained and given resources and skills to work with. They can nominate days and times. If you are interested or would like to know more details please contact Ana on 9795 5033 during school hours. If you are able to take part in the program please fill in the form below or email [email protected] and include the below details. The 1st training session will be held on Thursday 2
nd March at Silverton starting at 9:20 and
finishing around 10:30 Morning tea will be provided. If you would like to be part of the Bridges Program but are unable to attend this training session, please tick the ‘unable to attend’ line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOUR NAME: ______________________________ CHILD’S NAME /GRADE: ______________________ CONTACT NUMBER: _________________ Please tick below 1. Thursday 13th February 9:20 -10:30 2. Unable to attend this training session Circle DAYS AVAILABLE: (PLEASE CIRCLE) MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Circle TIMES AVAILABLE: (PLEASE CIRCLE)
BETWEEN 9.00—10.00 BETWEEN 10.00—11.00 BETWEEN 11.30—12.30
BETWEEN 12:30—1:30 BETWEEN 2:15—3:10
If you would like to know how you can help your child at home to become a better reader then please come along to one of our Reading
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