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‘Striving for Excellence’
Open since 1887
Principal - Kevin Warne
School Council President - Anne Trevena
Telephone - (03) 57931288
Fax - (03) 57931412 Web - www.puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au/
Email - [email protected]
Alamein Road
Puckapunyal, Vic, 3662
Postal: Military P.O.
ABN: - 74134967962
Term 3 Issue 2
July 25th 2018
Friday
27th July
National Tree Planting Day
Monday
30th July
NED Visit
Thursday 2nd August
Team Triathlon
Wed-Fri
8th-10th
August
Years 5/6 Phillip Island Camp
Tuesday
14th August
School Council Meeting
Friday
17th August
Years 5/6 McDonalds Hoop Time
Basketball Comp.
Tuesday
4th September
Year 1 Latestay
Thurs-Fri 6th-7th
September
Years 3-6 House Athletics Carnival
Thursday 6th September
Foundation Latestay
Friday
7th September
Year 2 Excursion and Sleepover
Inside this Issue:
Happy Birthday 2
DSTA Message 2
School Value 2
Awards of the Week 3
Canteen Lunches 4
Jeans for Genes 4
Indo Lingo 4-5
Teaching/Learning Focus 6
Team Triathlon 7
3/4 Hoop Time 8
The Ned Show 9
Rotary Trivia Night 10
Vest Order Forms 11
***Have you heard your child read today? We encourage all students to
practise their reading at home about 5 nights per week. Therefore, by now,
most students should have read at least between 110-115 nights. Well done if
you have kept up!
2019 - NEXT YEAR
Family Name:
___________________________________________________________
Given Names of Children:
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
Circle and complete one section:
a. The above mentioned children will be at Puckapunyal Primary School in
2019
b. Our family is moving to ________________________________
(destination)
Their last day of school at Puckapunyal PS is ____/____/18
c. It is yet uncertain as to where we will be living in 2018.
With many families leaving at the end of the year, it is imperative that we
know the movements of our families. To employ teachers and organise
classrooms we need accurate information to determine how many students will
be at Pucka in 2019. If you are aware of your plans for next year and know
whether your child/ren will or will not be attending PPS for the year 2019,
please follow the link on our school website or Facebook page or fill in this
form and return to the school a.s.a.p.
http://www.puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au/articles/43
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‘Striving for Excellence’
Open since 1887
Happy Birthday to
Madeline Buckley, Layne
Chalson, Henry Billen, Pia
Allan-Agnew, Sam
McGhie, Coen Allison and
Zoe Landel who are all
celebrating their birthdays
this week. On behalf of the
Puckapunyal Primary
School Community, we wish
them all a very
Happy Birthday!
Winter health tips: Adopt some smart hygiene practices: Simple prevention
methods are often overlooked, but washing your hands
regularly with soap helps to prevent the spread of germs
and control infection. If you need to cough or sneeze,
use a tissue and dispose of it.
Second-hand uniform: If your children have outgrown
their track pants we can find use for them. Our stocks are
very low.
Enjoy your week!!
Sue Ranger,
Defence School
Transition Aide
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR REWARD
UPDATE After a terrific week of positive behaviour,
Melba holds a slim lead with the scores very,
very close! We love to see lots of positive
behaviour and good choices so keep up the
terrific work everyone!
SCORES
Chisholm - 188 points
Melba - 193 points
Bradman - 187 points
Hume - 187 points
Many of our Years 5/6 students have expressed an
interest to attend the 4 Day Bike Ride that takes
place in October. They will ride 160kms and
participate in other outdoor activities in 4 days. This
is an event that requires strong commitment by the
students who are involved.
Training for the ride will begins in a few weeks.
Each week, they will participate in 3 training
sessions to keep fit. Good luck kids!
Teachers are looking for students who are demonstrating ‘Striving for Excellence’ to be eligible for the Student of the
Week award. We encourage parents to talk to their students about our values throughout the year.
What is Striving for Excellence? At assembly this week, Year 5 student Kasey Herring read out the meaning of
Striving for Excellence.
‘Excellence is giving your absolute best to any task you do. When you practise excellence, you are not trying to be
better than anyone else, just the very best that you can be.’
School Athletics This term, all students will begin their
athletics training. In P.E. and Sport the students will be out again
practising their field and track events.
We have House Athletics Carnivals scheduled for both Foundation-
Year 2 and Year 3-6 students.
*Years 3-6: Thursday 6th September - Friday 7th September
*Foundation-Year 2: Thursday 13th September
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‘Striving for Excellence’
Open since 1887
Congratulations to the following students who were
‘Students of the Week’ for last week.
Winners – Emma Lowerson, Leo Kellaway, Zoe Becks,
Kyron Freeman, Jazlyn Meiselbach, Chloe Klemm,
Kobi Young, Corey Duncan, Benny McCarthy, Saskia
Greenwood and Jarrah Younger. These students were
selected because they were modelling Tolerance and
Compassion. This week teachers are looking for students
who are modelling Respect.
Congratulations to the following students who were
‘Authors of the Week’ for last week.
Winners – Harley McCarthy, Flynn Mackie, Hayden
Oborne, Elijah Henderson, Lucy Reimers, Logan
Anderson, Amelia Duna, Penny, Ethan Sage, Zachary
Zaloumis and Kaylon Horton. The students were
selected because they showed great skills as an author.
Defence School Transition Aide Message Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth and
satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing schools,
beginning school for the first time and even returning for another
school year can be daunting for students and parents. It is great to see
parents eager to support their children at this time and be an integral
part of their education. If you have any concerns, or just feel like a
chat about school and your child, please find me!
SWAPP Select Program
I have information about the ADF partners career assistance program
if anyone is interested.
NEW UNIFORM
We have recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive that includes
shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some parents have been waiting
on this to arrive.
Best wishes for the week.
Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide
Defence School Transition Aide Message Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth and
satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing schools,
beginning school for the first time and even returning for another
school year can be daunting for students and parents. It is great
to see parents eager to support their children at this time and be
an integral part of their education. If you have any concerns, or
just feel like a chat about school and your child, please find me!
SWAPP Select Program
I have information about the ADF partners career assistance
program if anyone is interested.
NEW UNIFORM
We have recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive that
includes shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some parents have
been waiting on this to arrive.
Best wishes for the week.
Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide
1/2 I in Room 3 won
the Yard Duty
Competition. Mia
Owen and Evie Clarke
enjoyed collecting the
winning trophy for their
classroom this week!
Congratulations to Lachlan Donnelly, Chicayne Hodges
Page, Cally Morgan and Ryan Lindner who won the raffle
prizes for ‘Positive Behaviour’ this week!
3/4 P in Room 13 won
the Middle School
Times Tables
Trophy. Zakk Chalson
and Chelsea White are both
delighted to look after the
winning trophy this week!
5/6 D in Room 2 won
the Senior School
Times Tables
Trophy. Jarrah
Younger and Aaron
Bennett will look after the
winning trophy this week!
Congratulations to
Henry Billen, Oliver
Henderson, Aiden
Toby and Lachlan
Kelly who all
received a ‘Bike
Education’ Award.
Well done, boys!
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‘Striving for Excellence’
Open since 1887
Each week at assembly, SRC representatives remind our
students of a few important school rules. This week,
SRC representatives, Gemma Koch and Chayce Mackie
reminded our students of the following school rules when
borrowing equipment from the sports shed:
- Return all of your items when you’re finished
- Don’t play with any equipment at the front of the
school
- Treat all equipment with respect
- Don’t leave your borrowed equipment unattended
Please discuss these rules with your children to help ensure
that they understand.
The School Canteen is open for Lunch Orders this
Friday. Each and every Friday students can order lunches
from the school canteen. The menu will be different each
week. Please ensure that a paper bag comes with the order.
Please indicate on the lunch bag if the money is in another
sibling’s bag (please see Term 3 menu in last week’s
newsletter).
This week the menu is – Pizza Ham & Pineapple $2.50 each Chocolate/Strawberry Milk $2.00 each
Apple/Orange Juice Popper $1.50 each
No charge for tomato sauce
FOC & FOM
Students will focus on colours and numbers this
term in Indonesian. A big book called 'Balon-
Balon Saya' (My Balloons) will be used. Each
week one colour and one number will be a focus.
This week the focus is biru (blue) and sembilan
(nine). Language the students will hear/use this
week:
Selamat pagi = Good morning
Apa kabar? = How are you? Baik-baik saja/biasa
saja/kurang baik = well/so so/not good
Siapa ada/tidak ada? = Who's here/not here?
Ada/Tidak ada = Here/Not here
Berapa murid? = How many students? Ada __
murid. = There are ___ students.
satu = one dua = two tiga = three empat = four
lima = five enam = six tujuh = seven delapan =
eight sembilan = nine sepuluh = ten
Saya punya sembilan balon. = I have nine balloons.
Warnanya biru, kuning, hijau, jingga, ungu, kelabu,
merah muda, hitam dan putih. = Their colours are
blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, grey, pink,
black and white.
Balon biru meletus! = The blue balloon bursts!
Berapa balon sekarang? = How many balloons
now?
Sampai jumpa = See you later
F/1R, 1/2C, 1/2I & 2/3M
Students will focus on animals and colours this
term in Indonesian. A big book called Beruang
Coklat (Brown Bear) will be used. Each week one
animal and one colour will be the focus. This week
the focus is beruang (bear) and coklat (brown).
Language the students will hear/use this week:
Selamat pagi/siang = Good morning/day
Apa kabar? = How are you? Baik-baik saja/biasa
saja/kurang baik/senang/sedih/marah = well/so
so/not good/happy/sad/angry
Siapa ada/tidak ada? = Who's here/not here?
Ada/Tidak ada = Here/Not here
Berapa murid? = How many students? Ada __
murid. = There are ___ students.
satu = one dua = two tiga = three empat = four
lima = five enam = six tujuh = seven delapan =
eight sembilan = nine sepuluh = ten sebelas =
eleven dua belas = twelve tiga belas = thirteen
empat belas = fourteen lima belas = fifteen enam
belas = sixteen tujuh belas = seventeen delapan
belas = eighteen sembilan belas = nineteen dua
puluh = twenty
Beruang coklat, beruang coklat melihat apa? =
Brown bear, brown bear what do you see?
Saya melihat burung merah. = I see a red bird.
Sampai jumpa = See you later.
Our school will be supporting ‘Jeans for
Genes’ this term. This charity raises money
for scientists at the Children’s Medical
Institute to discover treatments and cures for
childhood diseases.
On Friday 3rd August, we will be participating
in ‘Jeans for Genes’ Day. We are hoping our
school will become a sea of denim in a united
stance against childhood diseases. We may
even see double denim from some of the
staff?!
Please wear your favourite jeans or crazy
denim outfit and bring a gold coin donation to
help support this great cause.
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‘Striving for Excellence’
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3/4D, 3/4I & 3/4P
Students will focus on asking questions of their
peers and answering questions about themselves
this term in Indonesian. These questions and
answers will be used in their Tentang Saya (About
Me) project. Each week the students will focus on
two questions and answers.
Language the students will hear/use this week:
Selamat pagi/siang = Good morning/day
Apa kabar? = How are you? Saya ... = I'm ...
baik-baik saja/biasa saja/kurang
baik/senang/sedih/marah/terkejut/malu/bingung/me
ngantuk/pintar/iri/takut/kenyang/bijaksana =
well/so so/not
good/happy/sad/mad/surprised/shy/confused/sleepy/
smart/jealous/afraid/full/thoughtful
Siapa ada/tidak ada? = Who's here/not here.
Ada/Tidak ada = Here/Not here
Ada berapa murid? = How many students are
there? Ada ___ murid. = There are ___ students.
satu = one dua = two tiga = three empat = four
lima = five enam = six tujuh = seven delapan =
eight sembilan = nine sepuluh = ten sebelas =
eleven dua belas = twelve tiga belas = thirteen
empat belas = fourteen lima belas = fifteen enam
belas = sixteen tujuh belas = seventeen delapan
belas = eighteen sembilan belas = nineteen dua
puluh = twenty dua puluh satu = twenty one dua
puluh dua = twenty two dua puluh tiga = twenty
three dua puluh empat = twenty four dup puluh
lima = twenty five
Siapa nama kamu? = What's your name? Nama
saya ... = My name is ...
Apa kabar? = How are you? Saya ... = I'm ...
Sampai jumpa = See you later
5/6D & 5/6H
Students will focus on asking questions and
reporting back information about their peers this
term in Indonesian. These questions and answers
will be used in their Tentang... (About...) project.
Each week the students will focus on two questions
and answers.
Language the students will hear/use this week:
Selamat pagi/siang = Good morning/day
Apa kabar? = How are you? Saya merasa ... = I feel
...
baik-baik saja/biasa saja/kurang
baik/senang/sedih/marah/terkejut/malu/bingung/me
ngantuk/pintar/iri/takut/kenyang/bijaksana =
well/so so/not
good/happy/sad/mad/surprised/shy/confused/sleepy/
smart/jealous/afraid/full/thoughtful
Siapa ada/tidak ada? = Who's here/not here.
Ada/Tidak ada = Here/Not here
Ada berapa murid? = How many students are
there? Ada ___ murid. = There are ___ students.
satu = one dua = two tiga = three empat = four
lima = five enam = six tujuh = seven delapan =
eight sembilan = nine sepuluh = ten sebelas =
eleven dua belas = twelve tiga belas = thirteen
empat belas = fourteen lima belas = fifteen enam
belas = sixteen tujuh belas = seventeen delapan
belas = eighteen sembilan belas = nineteen dua
puluh = twenty dua puluh satu = twenty one dua
puluh dua = twenty two dua puluh tiga = twenty
three dua puluh empat = twenty four dua puluh
lima = twenty five dua puluh enam = twenty six
dua puluh tujuh = twenty seven dua puluh delapan
= twenty eight dua puluh sembilan = twenty nine
tiga puluh = thirty
Siapa nama dia? = What's his/her name? Nama
dia... = His/her name is ...
Apa kabar dia? = How is he/she? Dia merasa ... =
He/She feels ...
Sampai jumpa = See you later
Did you hear Braiden Hodges
read his weekend recount at
assembly this week? We did!
He impressed us! He did a
fantastic job! Come along and
see who reads next week.
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‘Striving for Excellence’
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2. 3.
Each week in the newsletter, we will give families a summary of the Teaching/Learning Focus for the week.
That can help families by: being aware of what classrooms are covering; with discussion topics at the dinner table
when discussing school (eg. ‘How are you going with addition in Numeracy this week?’); helping their children study at
home, etc. Parents have indicated that this information would be very useful. We also ask families to be aware that
schools are very busy places and events can be unpredictable at times. We therefore must remain flexible. That means,
we can plan to cover certain topics at particular times and have to change them according to arising needs.
Junior School – Preps/Foundation Rooms 6 & 8 Literacy: We are learning about the letters ‘p and x’. We are revising the difference between words and letters.
Numeracy: We are learning about the numbers 11 and 12. We are revising clocks and connecting the days of the week
to familiar events.
Junior School – Year 1s Rooms 3, 4 & 8 Literacy: .We are learning about the letters ‘p and x’. We are learning about antonyms and writing letters and
invitations.
Numeracy: We are continuing to practise skip counting and revising numbers to 100.
Junior School – Year 2s Rooms 3, 4 & 10 Literacy: We are learning about antonyms and writing letters and invitations. We are trying to edit our writing and
make it more interesting by including adjectives.
Numeracy: We are continuing to practise skip counting and revising numbers to 100. We are revising the relationship
between addition and subtraction of one and two digit numbers.
Middle School Years 3/4 Rooms 9, 11, 12 & 13 Literacy: Over the next two weeks we will be focusing on transactional writing and the VCOP components.
Numeracy: We will also be working on worded problems and the relationship between multiplication and division as
well as symmetry in Numeracy.
Senior School Years 5/6 Rooms 1 & 2 Literacy: Over the next two weeks we will be focusing on letter writing and the VCOP components as well as
summarising in Literacy.
Numeracy: We will also be working on the four processes, place value, knowledge of ordering decimals as well as
revising area and perimeter and introducing volume.
Well done to the 33 students
who attended the Hoop
Time Basketball
Competition last week.
They received certificates
for their efforts!
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‘Striving for Excellence’
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The Puckapunyal Primary School will conduct the Team Triathlon on Thursday 2nd August, 2018.
The Team Triathlon (3 competitors per team - Swim, Ride and Run) will be held at the Puckapunyal Area Pool.
The triathlon will involve teams from Years 3-6. There will be teams for boys and teams for girls from Years 3-4 and
Years 5-6. Only students who are in teams will attend the events.
Team Triathlon Swim Leg – 8 laps of indoor pool = 264 m (Years 5/6)
Swim Leg – 6 laps of indoor pool = 198 m (Years 3/4)
Ride Leg – 2km lap X 3 = 6km (all students)
Run Leg – 1.2km lap X 2 = 2.4 km (all students)
* Students are to organise their own teams and fill out the form below.
The event will begin at 2:00 p.m. and finish at approximately 3:30 p.m. All students attending the Team Triathlon will be
dismissed from the pool at 3:30 p.m. There is no cost for the day. All parents are welcome to attend and cheer.
All participants will need to bring all of the necessary gear for their particular event; eg. bathers for swimmers, bikes and
helmets for riders and running shoes for runners.
Please return permission forms with team names to the school office by Friday 27th July, 2018.
Good luck competitors!
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Family Name Given Name Room
I give permission for my child to participate in the Team Triathlon on Thursday 2nd August, 2018.
In case of accident or illness, I authorise the teacher in charge of the excursion to consent, where it is
impractical to communicate with me on _____________________or ____________________, to my child
receiving such medical or surgical treatment as may be deemed necessary.
Specific medical information that teachers should be aware of:
_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
SIGNATURE OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN: _______________________________
FULL NAME IN BLOCK LETTERS: _____________________________________
Triathlon: Swimmer____________________ Rider__________________________ Runner___________________
PUCKAPUNYAL PRIMARY SCHOOL
SCHOOL EXCURSION AUTHORISATION
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‘Striving for Excellence’
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Last week 33 students went to Hoop Time in Seymour. There were 5 different teams and I was in the
Future Stars. My team got to play 4 games, but we didn’t make it to the Grand Final. Out of the 4 games we
only won one game. It was a good day.
Melrose Pambai 3/4 D
It was a great experience to go up against some good teams and learn some new skills to use while playing
them. We were able to beat some of the teams with these new skills. Sadly, we didn’t get to make it to the
Grand Final, but we were close to making it. It was a fantastic day.
Dallas Ridl Ornsby 3/4 D
I like how lots of students from our school participated. The day was a good opportunity to show off the
skills we had learnt at school. Everyone showed good sportsmanship. I liked it how my team tried their
hardest and we won 3 out of the 4 games that we played.
May Kelly 3/4 D
I thought Hoop Time was a great experience. We had the opportunity to compete against a lot of other
teams from different schools. I got some great shots. One was over my head and for the second one I ran
from one end of the court to the other. My team won 3 out of 4 games and I was proud of them.
Corey Duncan 3/4 D
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‘Striving for Excellence’
Open since 1887