School Calendar Friday, 5th April Last Day of Term 1 — 2.30pm finish Tuesday, 23rd April First day of Term 2, 9.00am (Monday, 22nd April is Easter Monday public holiday) Whole School Assembly at 9.10am Thursday, 25th April ANZAC Day Public Holiday — No School Monday, 6th May Curriculum Day — This is a student free day Tuesday, 7th May Year 6 Puberty Education, Parent Information, 5-6pm Wednesday, 8th May School Photographs, Foundation to Year 3 Thursday, 9th May School Photographs, Years 4 to 6, and family photographs Monday, 13th May First Session, Year 6 Puberty Education sessions Tuesday, 14th to Friday, 24th May NAPLAN Testing for students in Years 3 and 5 Friday, 17th May Open Day for Education Week and Foundation Enrolment Week Monday, 20th to Friday, 24th May Education Week and Foundation Enrolment Week Tuesday, 21st May School Council Meeting, 6.30pm, staffroom Wednesday, 22nd to Friday, 24th May Year 4 Camp to Cave Hill Creek Calendar dates continued on Page 2 … … Ocean Grove Office 5255 4099 2019 Apple Fair Gold Sponsors Grove Gazette Ocean Grove Primary School e-Newsletter “Learning for Living” since 1891 Confident, Compassionate, Creative, Curious, Committed, Collaborative, Critical Thinkers Together we support each other to be passionate learners, growing to be our best for a positive future in our community From Mr Diment From Mr Diment From Mr Diment From Mr Diment Dear School Community Student Cognitive Engagement: Effective teaching Next term is another exciting one at OGPS. We have two important curriculum days planned for further staff professional learning. The first one (on Monday, 6th May) is focussed on the 6 + 1 Traits of Writing. The second day (on Friday, 7th June) has been planned to build on and extend the work that we have been doing in the student social and emotional learning space. A reminder that both days are student free days. Student Development: Confidence and resiliency skills Last Wednesday Mr Horbury and Miss Charles conducted a leadership day at the Ocean Grove Pavilion for our 18 2019 student school leaders. They completed a range of activities to further develop their understanding of leadership actions and behaviours. I also spoke to the leaders about leaving a legacy behind from their leadership for the school and fellow students. Student Cognitive Engagement: Effective Teaching National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) This year NAPLAN will be conducted between the 14-24 th May during term two. Our Year 3 and 5 students successfully completed the School Readiness Test (SRT) last Thursday to test the school’s online capabilities and systems. The test revealed some small adjustments that can be made to further streamline the online component of NAPLAN. Student Development: Confidence and resiliency skills Congratulations to all of our students who participated in the Years 3 to 6 annual cross country last Friday. It is great to have access to the beach for the run and see so many students doing their personal best. The effort of students was simply fantastic with competitors trying right until the finish line! Thank you to Mr Hughes for coordinating the event and the many parents / carers who came along to show their support on the day. Continued / … Continued / … Continued / … Continued / … Wednesday, 3rd April, 2019 Principal Darryl Diment Assistant Principal Gavin Nelson Business Manager Judy Webb Published every Thursday Best local news and real estate 5264 8412 Remember — dark blue broad-brimmed, or bucket hat needed for Terms 1 and 4
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School Calendar
Friday, 5th April
Last Day of Term 1 — 2.30pm finish
Tuesday, 23rd April First day of Term 2, 9.00am (Monday, 22nd April is Easter Monday public holiday) Whole School Assembly at 9.10am
Thursday, 25th April ANZAC Day Public Holiday — No School
Monday, 6th May Curriculum Day — This is a student free day
Tuesday, 7th May
Year 6 Puberty Education, Parent Information, 5-6pm
Wednesday, 8th May
School Photographs, Foundation to Year 3
Thursday, 9th May
School Photographs, Years 4 to 6, and family photographs
Monday, 13th May
First Session, Year 6 Puberty Education sessions
Tuesday, 14th to Friday, 24th May
NAPLAN Testing for students in Years 3 and 5
Friday, 17th May
Open Day for Education Week and Foundation Enrolment Week
Monday, 20th to Friday, 24th May
Education Week and Foundation Enrolment Week
Tuesday, 21st May
School Council Meeting, 6.30pm, staffroom
Wednesday, 22nd to Friday, 24th May
Year 4 Camp to Cave Hill Creek
Calendar dates continued on Page 2 … …
Ocean Grove Office
5255 4099
2019 Apple Fair Gold Sponsors
Grove Gazette Ocean Grove Primary School e-Newsletter
Together we support each other to be passionate learners, growing to be our best for a positive future in our community
From Mr DimentFrom Mr DimentFrom Mr DimentFrom Mr Diment
Dear School Community
Student Cognitive Engagement: Effective teaching
Next term is another exciting one at OGPS. We have two important curriculum days planned for further staff professional learning. The first one (on Monday, 6th May) is focussed on the 6 + 1 Traits of Writing. The second day (on Friday, 7th June) has been planned to build on and extend the work that we have been doing in the student social and emotional learning space. A reminder that both days are student free days.
Student Development: Confidence and resiliency skills
Last Wednesday Mr Horbury and Miss Charles conducted a leadership day at the Ocean Grove Pavilion for our 18 2019 student school leaders. They completed a range of activities to further develop their understanding of leadership actions and behaviours. I also spoke to the leaders about leaving a legacy behind from their leadership for the school and fellow students.
Student Cognitive Engagement: Effective Teaching
National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)
This year NAPLAN will be conducted between the 14-24th May during term two. Our Year 3 and 5 students successfully completed the School Readiness Test (SRT) last Thursday to test the school’s online capabilities and systems. The test revealed some small adjustments that can be made to further streamline the online component of NAPLAN.
Student Development: Confidence and resiliency skills
Congratulations to all of our students who participated in the Years 3 to 6 annual cross country last Friday. It is great to have access to the beach for the run and see so many students doing their personal best. The effort of students was simply fantastic with competitors trying right until the finish line! Thank you to Mr Hughes for coordinating the event and the many parents / carers who came along to show their support on the day.
Continued / …Continued / …Continued / …Continued / …
Wednesday, 3rd April, 2019 Principal Darryl Diment Assistant Principal Gavin Nelson
Business Manager Judy Webb
Published every Thursday Best local news and real estate
5264 8412
Remember — dark blue broad-brimmed, or bucket hat needed for Terms 1 and 4
From Mr DimentFrom Mr DimentFrom Mr DimentFrom Mr Diment / Continued … …
School Ethos and Environment: School improvement
The pre review self-evaluation documentation for the upcoming school review has been completed. Thank you to the families who have provided input through the school council, Parents and Friends’ Club and during assemblies. Your contributions have been an important part of our reflection for the last four years. The school review next term consists of a validation day, two field work days (involving classroom visits) and a panel day consisting of challenge partners, staff, community members and DET Regional representatives.
Parent Community Engagement: Parent participation and involvement
Following our March school council meeting, I would like to congratulate and confirm Chris Hicks as our new school council president (and treasurer) for 2019. We are looking forward to Chris making a very positive contribution to our school and are excited about the skills and knowledge that he brings to the position. Also a big thank you and congratulations to Simone Shanahan who will be our vice president again. A full list of our school councillors and meeting dates can be found on the school website and in the school newsletter each week.
Student Development: Student agency and voice
We value student agency and voice as a means to improving student engagement, wellbeing and quality instruction. The 2019 Attitudes to School Survey is an annual student survey offered by DET to assist schools in gaining an understanding of students' perceptions and experience of school. Our school will use the survey results to plan programs and activities to improve your child's schooling experience. Students from Years 4 to 6 will participate in the survey. This year the Attitudes to School survey will begin on Monday, 29th April. The survey only takes 20 minutes to complete and occurs during class time. The survey results will be reported back to the school before the end of term 2 and communicated to parents through annual reporting and in the Grove Gazette
Parent Community Engagement: Teacher communication
On behalf of the staff I would like to wish everyone a fantastic term one holiday break and wonderful Easter (even though it seems a long way off still). This Friday assembly will begin at 2.00 pm with an end of term 2.30 pm finish.
Thank you for your continued support of OGPS,
Darryl Diment Principal http://www.ogps.vic.edu.au/
School Calendar — continued
Wednesday, 29th May
“Connecting With Your Kids” Family Workshop on Resilience and Gratitude 7pm, SLC Building, this is a FREE event, all families welcome
Friday, 7th June Curriculum Day — This is a student free day
Monday, 10th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday — No School
Monday, 17th to Friday, 21st June Year 3 Swimming Program at Geelong College Pool
Tuesday, 18th June School Council Meeting, 6.30pm, staffroom
Friday, 28th June Casual Dress Day, Gold Coin Donation for the Smith Family
Last Day of Term 2 — 2.30pm finish
Monday, 15th July
First Day of Term 3
Monday, 29th July to Friday, 2nd August Year 6 Camp to Howqua
Thursday, 8th August Senior School Sports, Years 3 to 6, at Landy Field
Tuesday, 20th August School Council Meeting, 6.30pm, staffroom
Thursday, 5th to Friday, 6th September Year 3 Camp to Anglesea
Monday, 9th to Friday, 13th September Years 4 and 5 Swimming Program
Tuesday, 17th September School Council Meeting, 6.30pm, staffroom
Tuesday, 8th October Junior School Concert
Wednesday, 9th October Senior School Concert
Wednesday, 16th October Year 2 Sleepover at OGPS
Wednesday, 23rd October
Geelong Cup Day Public Holiday — No School
Thursday, 24th October Instrumental Music Concert
Monday, 25th to Friday, 29th November Year 6 Surfing Program
Friday, 6th December Years 3 to 6 House Swimming Sports at Kardinia Pool
We welcome and appreciate your feedback, therefore please feel free to contact us at this email address.
Our current student enrolment is
652
Mr Diment’s
Interesting Word of the Week
metathesis [ muh-tath-uh-sis ]
noun
The transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, as in the
pronunciation aks for ask
Quote
“NOO-kyuh-luhr” - sayers, who number in the many millions, in fact, move the l in nuclear to the final syllable and thus avoid the unusual pattern. (Linguists refer to this sound-switching process as metathesis)
- - - Frank Abate, “On Language: Nuclear” New York Times Magazine, 12 January, 2003
Origin
Assembly this week,
Friday, 5th April
for students in Foundation to Year 2 only
at earlier time of 2.00pm
School finishes early, at 2.30pm
for last day of Term 1
Presentation of 7C awards for students in Foundation to Year 2 as detailed in this edition of the Grove Gazette
Please contact the office if you have misplaced a permission slip
Ac�vity Date
Ac�vity Informa�on
Group(s) involved Note and/or money due
Various dates Year 1 Visit to Ocean Grove Library Year 1 1 March
22-24 May Year 4 Camp to Cave Hill Creek permission forms Year 4 15 May
7 May Year 6 Puberty Educa'on, Parent Informa'on Session Year 6 families
13 May Year 6 Puberty Educa'on permission forms Year 6 3 May
22-24 May Year 4 Camp to Cave Hill Creek Year 4 15 May
17-21 June Intensive Swimming Program Year 3 7 June
29 July-2 August Year 6 Camp to Camp Howqua Year 6 26 April
Notes that have gone home recently, or going home this week
Hoodie Day at OGPS
for Autism Awareness Day
“Thank you to everyone that participated in Hoodie Day yesterday — we raised a whopping $700. A special thank you to Mr Diment and Mr Nelson for helping me to organise the event and to everyone who made a donation. It was nice to see all the different types of hoodie at school.” From Cooper in S6H
Thank you to everyone for your support of Hoodie Day
and to Cooper for his organisa'on
Well done everyone
OGPS Swimming Crew
at the Regional Swimming
Championships yesterday
The Team:
Holly Confoy, Memphis Johnson,
Charlie Confoy and Hayley Mackinder
Well done team
Lost Property A reminder to students to take care of their school uniform. The lost property crate is absolutely full to the top with school uniform items. Named items from the crate are being returned to owners.
Remember to check lost property in the large wire crate placed in front entrance of the school library prior to last day of term, Friday, 5th April
We are looking for some general committee members to come to the meetings, so if you think you
can contribute and have great ideas to improving the student environment please come along to our
next meeting.
Our next meeting is next Wednesday, 20th March, at 2.30pm in the staffroom at school.Our next meeting is next Wednesday, 20th March, at 2.30pm in the staffroom at school.Our next meeting is next Wednesday, 20th March, at 2.30pm in the staffroom at school.Our next meeting is next Wednesday, 20th March, at 2.30pm in the staffroom at school.
President Nicola Hyde Vice President Emily Smith
Treasurer Jenny Boda Secretary Rachel Lee
Parent Representatives
Foundation Brooke Bubner Grade 1 Elise Crea
Grade 2 Rachel Swindells
Grade 3 Louise Larsen
Grade 4 Allison McCallum
Grade 5 Natalie Richards Grade 6 Jill Harris
Most year levels have a Facebook group but they can also be contacted through the Parents Club
New members are welcome! Membership is $1 - please place in the box at the office with your name and your email address. We will keep you up to date with meetings, minutes and opportunities to help out around the school.
Easter Basket Raffle
Tickets for our Easter basket raffle will be
for sale for one day only, during the morning
of last day of term, Friday, 5th April
Tickets are 50 cents each, children are able to bring their money
to school on Friday, 5th April
The raffle will be drawn at lunch time on the same day, Friday, 5th April
School Banking
Please note, if students have outstanding school banking tokens, please collect a rewards
redemption form from the school office prior to the end of term 1.
Please also note, as of term 2 you will no longer be able to redeem tokens for rewards, nor
will you be able to redeem them at the local Commonwealth Bank branch.
Thank you for your support
We are enjoying seeing everyone at before and after school care!
Now is the time to sort out your school holidays and book into Jungle Jam Club. We have lots of fun and exciting activities to be discovered over these holidays.
We look forward to seeing you and your family at Jungle Jam!
We’ve got more great activities planned next week – as well as a lot of fun we don’t even know about yet!
Our timetable is below:
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Visit our website for program details, view fees and to register visit www.campaustralia.com.au or call 1300 105 343
Bookings for Outside School Hours Care
To attend OSHC parents are asked to register with Camp Australia and complete an online enrolment form, including enrolment information for their child and to notify Camp Australia of medical conditions, illnesses, etc.
Families can register free at https://pp.campaustralia.com.au/account/register-contacts
TERM DATES FOR 2019
Term 1 Thursday, 31st January (all students Foundation to Year 6 commence on this day) to Friday, 5th April (Easter in School Holidays, Good Friday is Friday,19th April and Monday, 22nd April is Easter Monday) Term 2 Tuesday, 23rd April to Friday, 28th June
Term 3 Monday, 15th July to Friday, 20th September Term 4 Monday, 7th October to Friday, 20th December
Curriculum Days for 2019
Term 2 Monday, 6th May Curriculum Day, student free day
Phone orders and payments are welcome, call 5256 3788 or 0422 802 500
The new London bomber jackets and
pans are now available, pictured here.
The jacket is $49, pants are $28, the
new sports polo tops, also pictured, are
$38.
The old sports tops are still available, in
sizes 12 to 18, in most colours, for sale
for $20. We also have polar fleece vests
in limited sizes, for $5, and old style
bomber jacket, limited sizes, also $5.
Over the school holidays, Looking Smart will be open all days from 8am to 5pm,
except for the public holidays on Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, and
Friday, 26th April. We will also be open until 6pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays
between 15th April until 3rd May.
Confident
Maxwell Fry J0B for confidently using the ‘Lips the Fish’ reading strategy
Ella Stragwick J2B for being so confident star'ng at a new school and se8ling in well, well done Ella
Syd Hussey J0B for confidently using the ‘Lips the Fish’ reading strategy
Frankie Ward J0K for being confident when having a go at wri'ng words and sentences
Samuel Johnston J1R for showing great a confidence and love for reading, great growth Samuel
Evie Burke J1R for confidently coun'ng in Indonesian in front of J1R and J1E
Compassionate
Hugh Metcher J0T for his compassion and for being a person who helps other people feel good
about themselves
Crea�ve
Hector Phillipps J2L for his crea'vity, his picture story book is so entertaining
Commi5ed
Lenny Makowski J2P for his confidence and commitment to increasing his reading skills
Arabella Johnson J2E for being a commi8ed learner and cri'cal thinker by always taking on board
feedback to improve her work and asking ques'ons about feedback to deepen her understanding
Tayla Horoch J2L for her commitment to achieving spelling goals, she will be an Oxford champion
for she knows it
Kenzie burns J1M for her outstanding commitment to her reading and moving up two levels, well
done Kenzie
Mae Branigan J1E for her commitment to improving her reading, well done Mae
Anaiah Harvey J1E for her commitment to, and passion for, Readers’ Workshop, well done Anaiah
Ben Caley J1K for commi>ng himself to his reading, consequently going up 4 levels this term, well
done Ben
Mia Zurawel J1K for commi>ng herself to her reading, consequently jumping up 4 reading levels,
well done Mia
Collabora�ve
Evie Ferrari J0T for being an outstanding collaborator in class
Cri�cal thinker
Ruby Ritchie J2P for being a cri'cal thinker during her reading assessment
Our 7C of Learning Awards
Together we support each other to be passionate learners, growing to be our best
for a positive future in our community
Ocean Grove Primary School
“Learning for Living” since 1891
School Council 2019School Council 2019School Council 2019School Council 2019––––2020202020202020
President Chris Hicks
Vice President Simone Shanahan
Staff Representatives Darryl Diment, Gavin Nelson, Ryan Baltetsch, Cathy Buchanan-Hagen
Josh Dunne, Judy Webb
Parent Representatives Belle Donald, Lisa Dickson, Simone Shanahan, Nathan Hill, Trent Lucas, Chris Hicks, Susanne Haxby, Victoria Byrne, Fiona Dempster and Miriam Leahy
Student Leadership Representatives Layla Derrick and Lenny Allen (School Captains) Edie Scott and Koby Millar-Burton (School Vice Captains)
School Council Meetings are held twice per term, usually on third Tuesday of the month as per Newsletter calendar.
School Council Dates Usually on Tuesdays at 6.30pm in the Staffroom
Meeting Dates 21st May, 18th June, 20th August, 17th September, 22nd October, 19th November, 3rd December
You can view our Newsletters, in full colour, on our website! Visit www.ogps.vic.edu.au follow the links — sign up via Skoolbag app on the OGPS website to receive an emailed link to the Grove Gazette
Music Tuition at OGPS
Please contact music tutors direct
Matiss Schubert, guitar, call 0409 868 226
Andrea Robertson, piano and singing 0431 478 550
Sylvia Thomson, piano, call 0407 532 954
Timothy Sly, drums, call 0413 338 627
COMMUNITY NOTICES
Ocean Grove Primary School takes no responsibility for and does not endorse the quality or conduct of any activity mentioned in this section of the newsletter. Customers are required to make their own enquiries and judgements.
Bethany Community Support Saver Plus Could $500 help you with school costs? Join Saver Plus and we’ll match your savings, dollar for dollar, up to $500 for school costs, email [email protected] or online at saverplus.org.au
Bellarine Bears Baseball Club Tee Ball program for 5-9yr olds, Sundays 9.30-10.30, Wallington Recreation Reserve, for info call Meg on 0410 662 441. Jnr Baseball for U12s and 14s, Saturdays 9am, Geelong Baseball Centre, Waurn Ponds, for more info call Kim 0448 980 869, or www.bellarinebears.org.au
Meagan Burch Music Tuition Music lessons at school, special offer, try music lessons for last 2 lessons of this term at 20% discount, piano, keyboard, guitar, ukulele, drums, singing, instruments available for hire, for information contact Meagan at [email protected]
Ready Steady Go Kids Multi-Sports Program for childr en aged 18 months, to 6 years, build social skills, fine motor skills and teamwork, at Uniting Church Hall in Ocean Grove, free trial, for more info visit www.readysteadygokids.com.au
YOGA Kids and Teens Holiday Program 4 age-appropriate workshops, Ocean Grove, Tues 9 April, ages 3+, for more details visit www.dunefolk.com.au/workshops
SCFC Academy Surf Coast Football Club School Holiday Program for pr imary school aged children, fun activities, 9th-18th April, for information visit www.surfcoastfc.com
Ocean Grove Repair Cafe community initiative promoting repairing items such as furniture, electrical items, bikes, etc Next Repair Café is on Sun 14 April 10am-1pm at Bellarine Training and community Hub, John Dory Drive, then 2nd Sunday of every second month, 9 June and 11 August.
Parenting Children who worry too much parents of children aged 2-12 years, find out more about anxiety, strategies to help your child worry less, Seminar on Weds 1 May, Herne Hill PS Hamlyn Heights, $10 pp, book at www.ds.org.au
Storyfest Writing Competition 6-16 April, for ages 8-26, free entry, cash prizes, “Tell a story about Home”, presented by Courthouse Youth Arts and Central Geelong Marketing, enter at centralgeelong.com.au/storyfest
Free Yoga for children under 12 years classes at Barwon River Estuary, Ocean Grove 17 March to 21 April, and over Easter holidays, for enquiries email Tara on [email protected]
Hazytales Pottery and Art Studio 116 Collins Street, Drysdale, school holidays kid’s pottery session, all materials included in cost, for info and bookings, call Sally on 0439 709 492, or visit www.facebook.com/hazytalesstudio
Geelong Supercats Super Camps 6 huge days of hoops for girls and boys, 5 to 12 yrs, to register or for more info, log onto supercats.com.au
GSODA Junior Players Musical Theatre Workshop invitation to special audition on Sat 6 April, opportunities for several extra boys this year, and girls, aged 10 to 13 yrs, call Louise on 0404 139 998, or visit [email protected]
13th Beach Golf Academy Junior golf clinics, gir ls aged 6 to 15 yrs, rookie and beginners, fun intro to golf, bookings essential, for more information call Anthony on 0409 931 382 or 5254 2622
Quote of the Week ……
“Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it by use.”
