News From the Principal March 2018 Congratulations to all our 2018 Student Leaders who were presented with their badges last week at school assembly. We are sure that all of the children selected for these positions will be fantastic leaders for our school! Thank you to Caroline Meier, Children's Services Development Officer, City of Greater Dandenong for attending our special assembly. Next week will be the first time that our Foundation students will be attending school all week from 9 till 3.15pm. This is just another milestone in their educational journey. Congratulations to the newest members of the Silverton community. THANK YOU Thank you to all the parents who attended Silverton’s Parent Association Annual General Meeting last week. It was great to see new parents there and who are willing to go on the 2018 committee. Parents who couldn’t attend and would like to assist during the year please let the school office know or email, [email protected]your contact details. PLAYGROUP Don’t forget we run a playgroup for the local community on Wednesday mornings in our activities room from 9am. Everyone is welcome to attend. No cost involved. Student Accident & Personal Property Insurance Parents are reminded that the Department does not provide personal accident insurance or ambulance cover for students. Parents and guardians of students, who do not have student accident insurance/ambulance cover, are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including the cost of ambulance attendance or transport as well as any other transport costs. Parents or guardians can purchase insurance policies from commercial insurers. Private property brought to school by students, parents or visitors, is not insured and the Department does not accept any responsibility for any loss or damage. This can include mobile phones, calculators, toys, sporting equipment and cars parked on school premises. As the Department does not hold insurance for personal property brought to schools and has no capacity to pay for any loss or damage to such property, students are discouraged from bringing any unnecessary or particularly valuable items to school Amanda
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News
From the Principal March 2018
Congratulations to all our 2018 Student Leaders who were presented with their badges last week at school assembly. We are sure that all of the children selected for these positions will be fantastic leaders for our school! Thank you to Caroline Meier, Children's Services Development Officer, City of Greater Dandenong for attending our special assembly.
Next week will be the first time that our Foundation
students will be attending school all week from 9 till
3.15pm. This is just another milestone in their
educational journey. Congratulations to the newest
members of the Silverton community.
THANK YOU
Thank you to all the parents who attended Silverton’s Parent Association Annual General Meeting last week. It was great to see new parents there and who are willing to go on the 2018 committee. Parents who couldn’t attend and would like to assist during the year please let the school office know or email, [email protected] your contact details. PLAYGROUP
Don’t forget we run a playgroup for the local
community on Wednesday mornings in our activities
room from 9am. Everyone is welcome to attend. No
cost involved.
Student Accident & Personal Property
Insurance
Parents are reminded that the Department does
not provide personal accident insurance or
ambulance cover for students. Parents and
guardians of students, who do not have student
accident insurance/ambulance cover, are
responsible for paying the cost of medical
treatment for injured students, including the cost
of ambulance attendance or transport as well as
any other transport costs. Parents or guardians
can purchase insurance policies from
commercial insurers.
Private property brought to school by students,
parents or visitors, is not insured and the
Department does not accept any responsibility
for any loss or damage.
This can include mobile phones, calculators, toys, sporting equipment and cars parked on school premises. As the Department does not hold insurance for personal property brought to schools and has no capacity to pay for any loss or damage to such property, students are discouraged from bringing any unnecessary or particularly valuable items to school
This is a free event. Bring your friends and family for an
enjoyable night.
Hot Cross Buns and
Easter Raffle
Keep your eyes out for hot cross bun
order forms. We will again be ordering
them from Artesian 8 a local baker at
Waverley Gardens.
Easter raffle tickets will be sent home
soon. Prizes will be Cadbury Easter egg
hampers. This will be drawn on the last
day of term 1, Thursday 29th March
2:30pm finish.
UPCOMING EVENTS
MOTHERS DAY STALL
CROSS COUNTRY SAUSAGE
SIZZLE
OPEN NIGHT SAUSAGE SIZZLE
POPCORN DRIVE
#SSS Silverton Super Student Awards
Week 3 Week 4 Week 5
FS Harriet Smyth Luna Kovacic James Meyer
FI Zayaan Azeem Mary Pham Omar Raydan
FL Orson Qin Henry Procter Ashwin Dahiya
FV Thomas Sorrel-Adamson Vanessa Townsend Emily Lam
12E Lucas Foo Jayden Dawson Georgia Abou-Eid
12R Ava Abou-Eid Jenna Maabrah Emma Carty
1T Giovanna Assad Omar Khan Bonita Pinel
12O Kye Jackson Moore Adam Ibrahim Angela Lam
12N Niki Vergaki Robery Deveney Justin Chung
12S Jack Procter Kostaki Tekes Jasper Grounds
12I Joshua Francis Raou Hak Ryder Boustead
1L Johnny Anastasiou Gazza Ferguson Mal Chuol
34V Levi Grimwood Ieva Cleary-Kazlauskas Nicholas Kolokotsas
34E Jaxx Lathavong-Nguyen Amelia Janikowski
34R Joshua Alan Sihoo Vak Dylan Winsor
34T Giancarlo Artho Chloe Mutch
34O Zoe Hamer Leon Karanasios Ysabella Vijungco
34N Lou Lou Eman Ayuen Lueth Jaynha Whittaker
34S Asiya Jama Parmis Yah Jesmine Dehiwala-Liyanage
56I Zaynab Ibraheem Efraim Embido Joyce Meng
56L Jessie Grounds Malina Krstic Claire Nguyen
56V Mia Souleiman Dylan Chhit Mia Grimwood
56E Biamca Whittaker Majuer Lueth Jordan Jacobs
56R Reyaa Venu Mele Togagae Seyara Fernando
Hi, I`m Candice Dang from 5/6R. I am in the shoe art
reality group. We are designing all different fashion
objects. I am going to be designing a shoe .I will need
some shoes. So please don’t hesitate , if you have any
shoes that you don’t wear anymore or are getting rid of.
Please give them in to the office. Preferably in good con-
dition.
Shoe Art
February – RISK TAKER
Chanel Mulipola 56E
Reason:
Chanel has moved learning centres and completely moved out of his comfort zone this year. He actively participates in every activity and is willing to share his ideas and take on
advice and feedback from his peers. Chanel is taking more risks in putting himself out there by
applying for new groups and leadership positions. He is always willing to give everything
his best effort and is willing to make constructive mistakes to further his learning.
Valuable Learner of the Month
At Silverton we have a Sustainable Schools
Committee. Members include the Environment
Captains, teachers from each learning centre
and specialist area, management and
OSHCare. We would also like members from
our school community to be on board. If you are
interested in helping our school become more
sustainable please contact the office and leave
your contact details and I will be in touch.
Looking forward to working with you
Emmanuelle Blake
Sustainable Schools Committee
Environment Club Grape Harvest
#SSS Whole School House Day
Our whole school #SSS wellbeing house day was a great success. Students participated
in different activities around the school in their house colours. All of the activities were
focused on resilience, team work and promoting our wellbeing program, #SSS.
The students learnt about the #SSS mascots
‘Fred and Fiona Feelings’, what the green,
yellow and red represent for our program and
how to use a ‘#SSS brain break’ to reset and get
ready to learn.
Students designed a stone to demonstrate a
positive feeling they felt throughout the day or a
representation of the #SSS program. These
stones will be painted and placed as a perma-
nent sidewalk in our school.
Students were heard talking about the day and our school…… ‘This is the best day ever’.
And ‘I love our school so much’.
Sustainability at Silverton
At Silverton we are working towards becoming
a sustainable school. This means that we are
trying to reduce our energy and water usage
and the rubbish that we produce at school.
We are part of the Resource Smart School’s
Program and our goal is to become more
sustainable by saving energy and water, reduc-
ing our waste and increasing our biodiversity. If
we can do this we will become a Five Star
Targeting Waste
At Silverton we are producing one of the
highest levels of rubbish in the state when
compared to schools within our population
range in the Resource Smart Program.
We need to reduce our waste and we need
your help.
The fastest and most effective way to do this is
for students to bring rubbish free lunches to
school. Rubbish free lunches don’t have any
packaging. For example instead of wrapping
sandwiches in cling wrap, place directly into a
reusable container. Instead of sending chips
and chocolate bars for snacks, send fresh
fruit, vegetables, muffins, dip, yoghurt and
biscuits in reusable containers. There are
several great rubbish free lunch boxes on the
market that have compartments for all
different types of foods.
Our students at Silverton bring some fantastic
lunches to school and it’s great to see that
most come in reusable containers. However
most of the rubbish being generated by
volume comes from plastic packaging from
snacks eaten at recess. Chip packets,
chocolate bars, dry noodles snacks,
muesli bars, to name a few. In addition
students are buying many packaged items
from the canteen.
The amount of these snack foods being
eaten on a daily basis is of great concern.
Not only do these foods generate so
much rubbish, they have very little
nutritional value and can result in excess
weight gain and the high sugar content
reduces students’ ability to concentrate.
Alternately fresh fruit, vegetables, cheese, yogurt, dips, homemade muffins etc. provide children with the energy and nutrients that their growing bodies need.
For this reason we are now asking students to take home any uneaten food so parents can see what is and what isn’t being eaten. It might be that too much food is being given or that children don’t actually like the food that they are being given so they throw it away. We are asking all parents to talk to their chil-dren about this problem.
Some people think that we can’t do anything
about global warming and climate change but at
Silverton we know that small changes can make
a difference. We need your help to reduce our
waste going to landfill. At Silverton we care
about the environment so we want to do every-
thing that we can to make sure that we have a
safe and sustainable future for everyone.
Thanks for your support
Emmanuelle Blake
Tennis Is For Everyone -
Free Tennis Family Day COME AND HAVE FUN
Sunday , March 18th
11.00am – 2.00pm
Come and have some fun, join in some games, play
social tennis and make new friends at our annual Free
Family Fun Day
No booking necessary…just come along!
Everyone is welcome, no experience necessary.
Wellington Tennis Club ( Mulgrave ) Rupert Drive, Mul-
grave, Southern Community car park
For further information contact Andrew Cosham
(President) 0419 525 875
Violin Lessons
Rennata offers private violin lessons to students aged 3
years and over, using the Suzuki Method. Learning the
violin is alife-long skill that grows love and enthusiasm
in your child, in a fun and nurturing environment. Les-
sons held in home studio in Mulgrave (South-East Mel-
bourne).
To find out more, please contact Rennata on 0434 041
Look no further than the Australian Girls Choir (AGC) because we encourage, challenge and inspire girls as they learn to sing, dance and perform. School aged girls are invited to try our fun and inclusive classes and learn more about being part of the AGC! Contact us if you would like to attend a free trial class in February.
Springvale Indoor Sports Indoor Soccer - U7, U9, U11, U13 and Adults Birthday Parties - Sports, Bubble Soccer, Nerf, Space Jump, Dodgem Cars and Laser Tag For more info call (03) 95472555 www.springvaleindoorsports.com.au
Mulgrave Farmers Market Located in Mulgrave on the corner of Jacksons Road & Wellington Rd.
Open every Sunday 8am - 1pm, the market is a place where you can buy direct, buy fresh, buy weekly, from the people who grow your food. ENTRY by donation.
The In-Tuition Centre Intensive Tuition for Grade 5 to Year 12 students. Maths, English, VCE, School Entrance Exams, UMAT Preparation and One-on-One Tuition. Ph: 1800 88 59 29 www.theintuitioncentre.com.au
