Volume 25 Issue 14 Thursday 16 May 2019 www.brentwoodparkps.vic.edu.au term dates 2019 term 1 30 jan - 05 apr term 2 23 apr - 28 jun term 3 15 jul - 20 sep term 4 07 oct - 20 dec 16 MAY NAPLAN TESTING 17 MAY MYUNA FARM EXCURSION-FOUNDATION 20 MAY BOOK FAIR BEGINS. CATCH THE READING WAVE-BOOKFAIR BEACH. 20 MAY BOOK FAIR DRESS UP DAY-PREP TO YEAR 2-BEACH THEME. 20 MAY SOVEREIGN HILL EXCURSION-YEAR 5. DEPARTING SCHOOL 7.30AM RETURN 6.00-6.30PM 22 MAY BELLBROOK CATERING SPECIAL LUNCH DAY 22 MAY EDUCATION WEEK OPEN EVENING 6.00PM Jim bell, principal jenny reid, assistant principal jo-anne doran, assistant principal DATES TO REMEMBER N APLAN Assessments This week, our students in Years 3 and 5 participated in the annual NAPLAN tests in reading, writing conventions [spelling, grammar and punctua- tion] and numeracy. These assessment provide parents and schools with an understanding of how individual stu- dents are performing at the time of the tests. NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting processes. J iangsu Delegation Visit to Victorian Schools On Tuesday 14 May, Brentwood Park hosted a visit- ation of 22 Chinese principal delegates from Xu- zhou City, Jiangsu Province, CHINA. Our request to host came from the International Education Division of the Department of Education and Training who firmly be- lieved that a visitation to Brentwood Park would be a pos- itive experience for all involved. Language did not prove to be a barrier as an interpreter from Melbourne Universi- ty was in attendance, as was our own staff member, Daisy He. The school presentations and group foci were: school-based curriculum development teaching and learning, pedagogy and assessment teaching Chinese language and culture Feedback from the participants was extremely positive and gratitude was conveyed with the presentation of thank you gifts.
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Volume 25 Issue 14 Thursday 16 May 2019
www.brentwoodparkps.vic.edu.au
term dates 2019 term 1 30 jan - 05 apr term 2 23 apr - 28 jun term 3 15 jul - 20 sep term 4 07 oct - 20 dec
16 MAY NAPLAN TESTING
17 MAY MYUNA FARM EXCURSION-FOUNDATION
20 MAY BOOK FAIR BEGINS. CATCH THE READING WAVE-BOOKFAIR BEACH.
20 MAY BOOK FAIR DRESS UP DAY-PREP TO YEAR 2-BEACH THEME.
20 MAY SOVEREIGN HILL EXCURSION-YEAR 5. DEPARTING SCHOOL 7.30AM RETURN 6.00-6.30PM
22 MAY BELLBROOK CATERING SPECIAL LUNCH DAY
22 MAY EDUCATION WEEK OPEN EVENING 6.00PM
Jim bell, principal jenny reid, assistant principal jo-anne doran, assistant principal
DATES TO REMEMBER
N APLAN Assessments This week, our students in Years 3 and 5 participated
in the annual NAPLAN tests in reading, writing conventions [spelling, grammar and punctua-tion] and numeracy. These assessment provide parents and schools with an understanding of how individual stu-dents are performing at the time of the tests. NAPLAN is just one aspect of a school’s assessment and reporting processes.
J iangsu Delegation Visit to Victorian Schools On Tuesday 14 May, Brentwood Park hosted a visit-ation of 22 Chinese principal delegates from Xu-
zhou City, Jiangsu Province, CHINA. Our request to host came from the International Education Division of the Department of Education and Training who firmly be-lieved that a visitation to Brentwood Park would be a pos-itive experience for all involved. Language did not prove to be a barrier as an interpreter from Melbourne Universi-ty was in attendance, as was our own staff member, Daisy He. The school presentations and group foci were:
school-based curriculum development
teaching and learning, pedagogy and assessment
teaching Chinese language and culture Feedback from the participants was extremely positive and gratitude was conveyed with the presentation of thank you gifts.
C hinese Language and Culture CHINESE SISTER SCHOOL VISIT... For the last four years, Brentwood Park
Primary School has hosted very successful visitations from our Chinese sister school; Yangzhong Experimental Primary School. Such visitations are facilitated throughout the state between Victorian schools and Jiangsu schools. Following the previous successful visits to Victoria over past years, the schools in Jiangsu would like to visit their sister schools in Victoria again this year. The school visits will be for 6 nights/ 7 days between 20 July 26 July 2019 depending upon flights. There will be ten students consisting of 5 girls and 5 boys, and two teachers from our sister school visiting. The host school activities / homestay arrangements would be similar to previous years. This continues to be a great opportunity for our school community and we remain hopeful that with support from volunteer school families, we can accommodate this year’s visitation. We will soon be forwarding more details to families and seeking interest for hosting. Research in sister school relationships often highlights the positive impact that such relationships can have across a range of areas for students, schools and the school community. Sister schools contribute to: · Intercultural understanding within the school community · Increased global awareness and internationalisation within the school community · Opportunities to better understand one’s own culture/country · Personal development of the student e.g. leadership, maturity, independence · Improved ability of students to adjust to different situations · Opportunities for sharing pedagogies and engage in joint curriculum development · Opportunities for reciprocal travel · Enhancement of the reputation of the school
B ook Fair The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! Surf on in and catch a few rays as you splish-splash
through the pages of some epic books at this season’s Book Fair! Catch the Reading Wave - Bookfair Beach. Book Fair begins 20th May!!
There will be fun activities, awesome contests, and a fabulous Dress Up Day for year Prep—2 on Monday 20th May.
F undraising Would you like to meet new parents
whilst fundraising for our wonderful school? Our fundraising team is in need of extra helpers. Any assistance you can offer would be greatly appreciated. The fundraising team meet once each month and have a casual catch up to discuss fundraising ideas for our school. New faces and ideas would be a welcome addition to our team. Please contact Belinda on 0407 234 355 if you are interested.
E ducation Week 2019 This year, marks the 75th year of Education Week and it aims to positively profile and celebrate the
strengths and achievements of Victoria’s government education sector. Education Week 2019 is all about celebrating careers and pathways that will make our students’ dream jobs come true. It is an opportunity for schools, TAFEs and Tech Schools to showcase the work they are doing to support students in their career pathways. The week will raise awareness of career education and the new Transforming Career Education reforms. Education Week is an opportunity to showcase and celebrate excellence in education through open days, exhibitions and special events. Elements of the 2019 campaign will include a calendar of free careers themed activities including career open days, sharing of ideas and stories, resources and availability of grants for further community activities. This year, Education Week will run from Sunday 19 to
Saturday 25 May, and the theme is ‘Celebrating Careers’.
0BC Sanvi for maintaining focus when writing your CVC words. 0JF Arsh for achieving so much during your time at Brentwood Park. We will miss you in OJF. 0JH Cindel for her speedy subitising during Maths sessions. 0LP Alara for ‘having a go’ at sounding out words during our writing activities. Well done! 0SM Hannah for working hard when learning to count backwards. 0TL Mohita for her enthusiastic approach to all of her work. 1AB Anusree for demonstrating excellence in all of our class activities. Well done! 1HG Dion for putting your best foot forward and striving to achieve excellence by persisting at everything you do! WELL DONE! 1KC Ryani for her ongoing persistence and have-a-go attitude! You are a superstar! Well done. 1MK Harsh for his excellent ‘counting on’ skills for addition. 1NC Vishvan for being a thoughtful and kind person. 1NG Arsh for consistently remaining focused and always trying your best-Superstar! 1TN Lilly-Rose for getting better at listening and following instruction. Great job, Lilly! 2AD Diyanka for her detailed reading journal on the book, ‘You’re Too Small’. Well done! 2AK Manush for putting your best effort into all activities this week. 2CM AJ for your fantastic presentation on the Sydney Opera House. 2CV Gursirat for her outstanding handwriting in the WOW program. 2RG Sethuni for her VCOP strategies in her amazing Coal Creek recount. Well done! 2SY Billie for excellent responsibility and respect to his friends. 3CH Mahrosh for working really hard and making wonderful improvements in your persuasive writing this week. 3DK Prashant for being such a caring and helpful member of the class! 3MF Zoe demonstrating persistence when taking on challenges in class. Well done! 3MS Deveshwa for always having a positive attitude and challenging himself in all areas of learning. 3SA Decklan for a great effort in CAFÉ this week. Well done! 4BM Christian for always trying his best. 4CP Prithish for always being thoughtful, caring and helpful. 4EC Zubair for bravely articulating his opinion throughout our speaking and listening this week. Well done!
Term 1 Week ending 10 May, 2019
4SM Noah for having a go at interpreting figurative language during CAFÉ. Awesome job, Noah! 4VG Nayton for working cooperatively and sharing your ideas. 5EB Manjot for always having a smile on her face and bringing a positive attitude to school everyday. 5JG Kyra for creating fantastic writing pieces with up levelled sentences. 5LF Charlize for writing a super narrative using all VCOP strategies. Well done! 5LM Delisa for always going above and beyond with your homework; you impress me every week! 5SI Aisswarya for always taking initiative in her learning allowing her to achieve amazing results! 6JA Lincoln for representing the school so well at cross country and going on to District. Awesome job! 6JP Charli for the hard work and focus shown in all subject areas. Fantastic work! 6LM Vernica for her creative Haiku poem about raindrops. 6MB Emma for concentrating well in class and showing great commitment to her work.
SPECIALIST CLASSES
LOTE. Chunyan 2AK for your excellence in learning three phrases about celebrating Mother’s Day in Chinese. LOTE. Daisy 5EB for your excellent participation in making your own characters display card! P. Arts. Linda 5EB for showing ‘Persistence’ when playing the ukulele and learning some ‘Poi’ moves. P. Arts. Larissa OJF for practising and performing the ‘How’s the Weather?’ song. P.E. Jim FJH for their sensational basketball dribbling. P.E. Mel FJF for their amazing catching when using the step boards. V. Arts. Jessica FSM thank you for the respect you show to the materials and equipment you are using each week. V. Arts. Bree 3MF for excellent listening and organisation during printmaking.
P LEASE DIRECT MONEY FOR EXCURSIONS, ETC TO YOUR CLASSROOM TEACHER - NOT TO THE OFFICE.
Please hand money and permission slip in sealed envelopes to classroom teacher first thing in the morning. By following this process teachers are aware that your child will be attending the excursion and mark them off
their lists. Money is collected by office staff and processed each morning and a receipt given back to teachers along with permission slips. All money is tallied and banked daily – no money is left on the premises. If you wish to pay by credit card, a proforma is available from the office. This can be filled out with details and placed in a sealed envelope and handed to your classroom teacher
Please deliver cash in a sealed envelope with your child’s name and grade on the front by 9.30 a.m. If you have a number of children attending an excursion you can place all money and permission slips in the one envelope with children’s names and grades on the front and deliver to one of the children’s teachers. The office staff will be able to allocate money to the children’s particular items and distribute permission slips and receipts back to teachers. Enve-lopes are available at the office. If you have a large amount to be paid or need to process an EFTPOS transaction through a savings account you can make arrangements to pay at the office. We also have a new Qkr payment system on our Skoolbag app. If you download our Skoolbag app and Qkr payment app you can now pay for your child’s excursion on line.
All change will be delivered to the children in the afternoon. Re-imbursements will only be made under certain circumstances – they will be made by cheque (no cash transactions are made).
Notices are sent out with a final collection time – please adhere to this time. All money and permission slips are required to be sent back by this date – otherwise your child will not be able to attend. This enables us to confirm bookings and numbers with bus companies and organisations we are visiting. Also we need to send details to the De-partment of Education Emergency Management for all excursions, camps, etc. We also need to accommodate students who will not be attending.
We would appreciate it if parents could please follow these processes.
