Newsletter 14, 6 September, 2019

Message from the Principal We welcomed the first day of spring this week with some long awaited sunshine. This week, I approved the Master Plan for SAEPS new building works commencing in December this year. After meeting with architects, Victorian Schools Building Authority (VSBA) and SESUM, we consulted with staff, parents and school council who have all endorsed the Master Plan as it utilizes space and opens up our school yard. The next stage of planning is the design stage where we will work with the VSBA and architects to design classrooms, offices etc. It is anticipated that building works will be completed by the end of 2020. Footy finals are amongst us and to celebrate our Australian tradition we are hosting a Football Day Lunch on Thursday 19th September. Notices have been distributed to students to order a special lunch as well as come dressed in their favourite football team colours. It is also with great pleasure that I inform our community that we will have a number of our Deaf Students signing the Australian National Anthem at the AFL Grand Final. This will be such a great opportunity for our students and to promote our wonderful school. Can I thank Paula Grimmer our AUSLAN Interpreter who is preparing and working with our students. Be sure to watch our students perform on television on grand final day. Week of Wellbeing On Friday the 13 of September, we are celebrating Week of Wellbeing focusing on ‘Culture’; Who we are and Where we come from. Celebrating our cultural diversity and our identity as a school community. Grades will be mixed in P-2 and 3-6 groupings to participate in activities related to the top 10 cultures represented at our school. (Vietnam, Australia, Samoa, India, New Zealand, Philippines, Ethiopia, China, Pakistan and Sudan). Our school band will be performing at lunchtime and we invite our school community from 2:30pm to join in the activities with us. National eSmart Week This week, more than 1000 organisations from all around Australia are taking part in National eSmart Week. At St Albans East PS we aim to raise awareness about cyber safety and help educate and empower all students to be safe online. National eSmart Week is an initiative developed by the Alannah & Madeline Foundation, in partnership with Telstra Foundation. All students will have

the opportunity to participate in activities selected by teachers to develop awareness and understanding of cyber bullying whilst being smart, safe and responsible online. I encourage parents to take the opportunity to discuss strategies or what they have learnt at school, during eSmart week.

DISTRICT ATHLETICS CARNIVAL On Friday 23 August, 47 keen and aspiring athletes competed in the St Albans District Primary Schools Athletics Carnival held at the Keilor Athletics Track. They competed in a number of athletics events, including 100, 200 and 800 metres running, long jump, triple jump, high jump, discus, shot put and relay. We saw many fantastic performances from our students and they gained 11 first places, 13 second places and 14 third places out of a total 80 events. Not everyone was successful in their events but all the students were proud to represent our school, tried their best and enjoyed a wonderful day. At the end of the day when the points were tallied, SAEPS came first. A truly fantastic effort from everyone involved. All students who represented our school should be congratulated on their performance, as well as their excellent behaviour during the day. As a result of their performances at the District Carnival 12 students were selected to represent our district at the Keilor Division Primary Schools Athletics Carnival held last Tuesday 3 September. The level of competition was much higher than the Districts and Breeah, Christian, Alex, Mariah, Eishal, Chase, Mecon, Tamara, James, Jamie, Georgia and Farnia all performed well. Breeah, Tamara and James have been chosen to attend the next level of competition which is the Regionals to be held early next term.

Cuppa and Cookie

We would like to invite you to join us on Thursday 12th

Newsletter 14, 6 September, 2019

September 2019 at 9am in the staffroom for a cuppa and a cookie to show you the SAEPS Matrix of Expected Behaviours we have created in consultation with staff, parents and students. This Matrix will inform what behaviours we expect of all students so your thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. We hope to see you there. Father’s Day Stall & Raffle Thank you parents and students who supported our Father’s Day school fundraiser. I would like to give a special thanks to our parent helpers Tram Le, The Nguyen and Dung Nguyen who gave up their time in wrapping gifts and selling items on the day. Thank you. Congratulations to our Father’s Day raffle winners: First Prize- Johnny Kolio Second Prize- Rocky Rm 22 Third Prize- Dustin C/- Max Rm 15 2019 Swimming Program SAEPS Whole School Swimming program will commence early term 4. The program will be held at the Paul Sadler Swimland Pool at Caroline Chisholm Catholic College in Braybrook. The swimming program will provide the opportunity for children to develop basic water confidence and safety skills, mobility, stroke technique and enjoyment of swimming and water activities. The children will be participating in a variety of water activities in a heated indoor pool at the Centre. The cost of the program is $90, which covers entry to the pool, ten 45 minute lessons and bus transport to and from the pool. All lessons will be

conducted by qualified Austswim swimming instructors. Prep Enrolments for 2020 Prep enrolments for 2020 have already commenced. If you have a child who will be coming to our school for the first time in 2020, please complete an enrolment form, (available from the office) at your earliest convenience. School Council Meeting Our next School Council meeting is on Tuesday 10 September at 7:00pm in the staffroom. I would like to encourage parents and community members

to attend our School Council meetings as a guest. Please

contact Paul Busuttil if you are interested in assisting or

attending School Council meetings.

Paul Busuttil Principal

Important Dates

Date Event Grade

10 September Immigration and Chinese Museum Grade 5-6

2-6 September eSmart Week Whole school

9-13 September Week of Wellbeing Whole school

19 September Footy Lunch Day Whole school

20 September Last Day of Term 1:30pm finish Whole school

7 October First Day Term 4

7-11 October Teeth on Wheels Whole school

8-18 October Swimming Prep-Gr2

21 October- 1 November

Swimming Gr 3-6

7-11 October Teeth on Wheels Whole school

1 November Prep Fire Brigade Preps

Newsletter 14, 6 September, 2019

On Wednesday the 28th of August, our Grade 3-4 students attended the Australia 2050

Incursion. As part of their Inquiry unit of learning ‘My

Place in Australia and the World’ students participated in an incursion ‘Australia 2050’.

This learning experience gave the students opportunity to explore how the environment

supports the lives of people and other living things, and how we can use our environment to

ensure it is sustainable now and into the future.

Anna: How can we care for our environment? We can stop using cars and start riding bikes and walking more. We can also clean up the environment by putting our rubbish in the bin.

Vanhou: At our incursion we were taught about sustainability. To me, I think that animal habitats in our environment are important. Everything we make is from natural resources.

J.J: Well, what’s important to me in the future is to keep our planet healthy, clean and sustainable. We need to think about our use of plastic. Plastic is killing our animals in the ocean. We need to start reusing, reducing and recycling.

David: How can we care for our environment? We could pick up rubbish and put it in the right bin. Re-use plastic bottles for making rope. Buy electric cars instead of cars running on petrol.

Newsletter 14, 6 September, 2019

Pupil of the Week 2019 Term III – Week 8: ending 06-09-2019

Year Room School Values Comment Student's Name

5/6 23 –

Ms Briony Gorst All

for being very helpful and communicating in class. Cedric Fabito

5/6 24 –

Mr Lin

All For being a respectful and diligent learner who always tries her best

Linayne Afiafi

All For showing the school values every day!

Ed Samaniego

3/4 2 –

Miss Bertolini Learning Responsibility

For always concentrating on her learning Kaylah Tran

3/4 4 –

Ms Meehan All

For consistently being a hard working class member and displaying our school values

Doreena Guttenbeil

3/4 8 –

Mr Coleman

Respect & Cooperation

Caring, being helpful and trying her best. Delta Tiatia

1/2 9 –

Ms Montero Responsibility

For independently completing the morning routine every morning.

Sahib Singh

1/2 11 –

Mrs Gooderham All

For consistently showing the values and being a great role model for others.

Kevin Le

1/2 13 –

Mrs Ma

Learning Responsibility

For settling back into the classroom with ease after your family holiday.

Leo C

1/2 14 –

Mrs Gatto All

For being a positive role model and helping others to understand that it is important to listen.

Lien

1/2 15 –

Mrs Tran Learning

For excellent improvement in writing skills. Well done!

Angelique Amoul & Justin Luu

1/2 16 –

Mr Wood All

For displaying all the school values and always trying her best during all learning times. Awesome effort Anke!

Anke Duong LY

Prep 17 –

Mrs Salier

Learning and Responsibility

For always trying his/her best during learning times. Keep it up!

Noa F Nhi V

Prep 18 –

Miss McCallum All Values

For learning all of the ways to make 10 and encouraging others to do so as well. Julia N

Prep 19 –

Ms Salih Learning

For learning to stretch out the sounds of tricky words. Great effort Kaynen! Kaynen Topal

Prep 22 –

Mr French Learning

For writing, using your letters and their matching sounds. Jordan Nguyen

P.E. Mr Sherwill All Values For working hard to develop her skills in badminton Angela Tang

STEM Mr

Van-Taarling All Values

Great work on his Science Labelled drawings. Leon Marshall (rm 18)

Visual Art Mrs Armocida/

Mrs Price Learning

For his excellent paper and cardboard construction techniques

Zuhair Rehman

Performing Art

Mr Max Barker

Learning Showing excellent problem solving and creative thinking in music

Bao Nguyen

Auslan Mim Learning & Cooperation

Excellent receptive skills in finger- spelling practice.

Zain & JJ (room 8)

Is your child starting Prep next year?

Enrol now for & join our Pre-Prep Program!

First Steps is a Pre-Prep Program designed to help students that are enrolled at St Albans East Primary School for 2020 settle into the school environment and assist them in preparing for school.

Details:

Where - St Albans East Primary School -Library

When - Fridays (beginning May 24th 2019)

Time - 9:00am – 11:00am