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Cockatoo Primary School No 3535. Website – www.cockatoops.vic.edu.au

COCKATOO PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be! NO. 21 Friday August 16th 2019

Dates to Remember August

Monday 19th Grade 5/6 Tiger Paws Incursion

PFA Hot Chip Day

Tuesday 20th Final Swimming

Friday 23rd Book Week Dress Up Day Parade 9:30am All welcome

Book Fair Sales - 3:30 – 5pm

Monday 26th Book Fair Sales - 3:30 – 5pm

Tuesday 27th Japan/Sushi Day

Book Fair Sales - 8:15 – 9am

Wednesday 28th Book Fair Sales - 3:30 – 6pm

Thursday 29th PFA Father’s Day Stall

Friday 30th PFA Father’s Day Stall – 1:40-2pm

Saturday 31st Ramo Delegation Home


To begin this week’s newsletter I would like to start by apologising for no newsletter being published last week

but thank everyone for their support.

The Staff and Students huddled together, used what natural light was available and thought up

inventive ways to continue their learning. Needless to say it was a freezing experience that we

don’t wish to go through again.

Wow!!! This week has been

On Monday we, our middle school boarded two buses and made their way to Phillip Island Adventure Resort.

Their the students participated in a variety of activities including a beach walk, archery, giant swing, flying fox,

canoeing, a visit to the Nobbies and themed activities.

This year the MLC designed their camp around this terms inquiry topic- Mythical, magical and fairy tale

creatures. The students have been reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone so decided to transport

themselves to Hogwarts via a 9 and ¾ bus.

I would like to thank all of the Teachers and parents for their hard work, dedication and

participation on camp- You made this camp excellent but, especially the students. We often say

we do it for the kids but these kids did it for us! They were Everywhere we went, during every

activity the students were respectful, supportive, challenging, caring, persistent, confident and

risk takers.

Tuesday morning I asked every person on camp to make three goals- One about what they want to physically

do, one about a friendship they want to make or improve and one about a value they want to demonstrate. That

night I asked the students how many had achieved three, two or one of their goals. Almost every student had

achieved at least two of their goals. As Teachers, nothing makes us prouder.

The camp Staff were very impressed by our students. They commented that our kids are so polite and

appreciative of everything. They also commented how the students knew the behaviour expectations and how to

meet them. One worker even said that she can’t believe no student has been put into timeout at all!

Before I finish my brief wrap up from camp- More to come from the kids next week. When we arrived we

learnt that the head chef at Philip Island was a former Cockatoo Student- Matt was able to recall some fond

memories of our school and his time with Mrs Boucher. Another proud Cockatoo moment!


ONE MOB

Tuesday night was an extremely special time for nine students, three teachers, their families and our whole

school community as, our 2019 Ramingining delegation departed Melbourne and made their way up to Darwin.

The students arrived in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Wednesday the delegation visited

the Mason gallery and Aquascene

Thursday they went to Crocodylus

Park (my favourite place, saw the

big feed show and absorbed the

atmosphere at Mindil Beach Market

Friday the delegation is visiting

Litchfield National Park and the

magnetic termite mounds

To say that we are jealous is an understatement! Not jealous of their washing pile- This was one

day!

While the delegation is away we warmly welcome the following staff to our community.

Janelle and Rikki will be teaching 5/6E, Nyomie will be teaching 1/2A and Georgia will be

teaching 3/4S as I fill in as Acting Principal in Darrelyn’s absence

Please make them feel warmly welcomed and, if you have any questions please do not hesitate

to ask- The door is always open

In 20 days the delegation of ten students and three teachers will make their way, to our wonderful community to

return the visit. During their stay they will participate in a variety of activities. Please look out for these being

advertised as it is an amazing opportunity for our students to make some lifelong friends.

One activity during their stay is…

Hair for Harper Harper loved the Ramo visit, it was always an important event on his calendar. To celebrate and include

his memory Students are invited to have their hair cut, straightened, braided or temporarily coloured.

All money raised will be donated to Harper’s family. Thank you to everyone in our community who has donated and offered support. It means more than you will

ever know.

Thursday afternoon Kmotion, run by St Luke’s Church is on. To

strengthen our procedures and alleviate and students confusion at

3:30pm, if you would like, your child to be reminded please send along

a note, pop into the office or give us a call. A note will be placed on the

clipboard and read out, before 3:30 reminding your child to attend the

program.

If your child would like to join the fun enrolment forms are available

from the office. Thank you to everyone who makes this program a huge

success for the students- They love it!!!


Friday, the 23rd of August our School

will be celebrating book week and the

student’s love of learning through

literacy.

Students are invited to dress up in

their favourite character or book

costume for the day.

We will begin our celebrations with a

whole school parade to show case our

favourite stories. The whole school

community is welcome to come along

and celebrate, applaud and be captivated by the student’s costumes.

Thank you to Jutta and Amanda for organising this incredible event.

Wednesday the 7th of August our amazing, incredible and wonderful

School Leaders attended a leadership lunch hosted by Brad Battin.

They were able to get to know some other leaders and be honoured for

the job they do.

Thank you to Brad for hosting this marvellous event!

Please be aware that Belgrave- Gembrook road, Caroline Avenue and Bell street, during the

hours of 8am- until 9:30 am and 2:30- until 4pm the speed limit is 40kmph.

The police and council have been monitoring this and will continue.

Please, if anyone has any concerns or further ideas we would love to hear them as the student’s

safety is our number one priority.

Sarah Barnes

Acting Principal


We would like to wish the following students a very Happy

Birthday.

Harry Keily

Ivy Keily

Jacob Crawford

Annie Glasson

Declan Kruzicevic - King Regan Lougheed

Poem Bean Hugh Cook-Palmer

Makenzie Fox-Strucelj Kadence Gatt

Jolie Appleyard Taya Clearihan

Edward Dewar Brock Feltham

Marcus Trnka Kade Leinkauf

Amahli Urquiola Tahlia Blackwell

Rebecka Mylas Taj Porter

Lachy Mackenzie Maui Porter

Kayden Waterstone

Lily Aschenbrenner


PFA Page * Cooking Wednesday 7th August 3/4J, 1/2P

* Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser

* Hot Chip Day Monday 19th August

* Fathers Day Stall Thursday 29th August

We are cooking Apple Crumble with 3/4J & 1/2P next Wednesday.

If you wish to contribute to the program, you can make a financial donation at the Office towards the ingredients.

The PFA Team volunteer their time to run this Cooking Program at Cockatoo Primary School. If you are interested and available to come in on any Wednesday to help with the Cooking Program, we would really appreciate your help. We would like to have one adult supervising each small group of students.

All recipes are provided, and a copy of each recipe will be sent home with students, so they can make their recipes again at home in the future. We would love you to come along and help teach the students at

Cockatoo Primary School to cook.

Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser

PFA are running a fantastic Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser this term. Your family will be sent one box of Cadbury Chocolates to sell. Selling price for the chocolates is 2 for $1.00 each or 10 for $5.00. There

is a collection box in each box of chocolates to place your money. This price is excellent value, and all profits will go to the students at our school. We suggest you could sell them to family members,

friends, neighbors, or take them to your workplace. If children are selling the chocolates – please make sure they are adequately supervised.

The money from the sale of the box of chocolates ($60.00) is to be returned to the Office by Friday 23rd August.

If you would like extra boxes of Cadbury Chocolates to sell, please ask at the Office. PFA will be giving a prize to the Student who sells the most Cadbury Chocolates & returns the

money to the Office by Friday 23rd August.

Our Father’s Day Stall will be held Thursday 29th August and the first half of Lunchtime on Friday 30th August.

We have ordered lots of amazing products from within Australia, and from all over the world so the students can get their Dads, Grandpas, Pops, Special Person something wonderful for Father’s Day. Items will range between $1 and $10. Please send a carry bag for your child to put their purchases in. Notes will

be sent home soon about the Father’s Day Stall.





PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 3

JLC – Week 6 Commencing – Monday 19th August, 2019

Numeracy Students will be finishing their data collection and graphing rotations and moving onto Time.

Students will be working on fractions and proportions. Foundations:

• Using hands on activities to share amounts between two people Grade 1’s and 2’s:

• Showing different ways to make a half and quarters • Representing fractions on a number line • Finding equivalent fractions

An activity to do at home is to let your children help with the cooking at home. Ask questions while cooking using the language of, fair, equal, half, whole, even, same, unequal, uneven, quarter, thirds.

Literacy Reading Writing

Spelling Students will be working on a range of activities focusing on the development of word choice.

Reading: Students will be reading the fairy tale “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”. Students will be making predictions about the book before and during reading. Students will be working towards their own learning. A home activity you could do with your child is to read a variety of Fairy Tales with them. Look at the similarities between different fairy tales. Writing: Students will be continuing to write their fairy tale. Students will be;

• Using their plan to write their introduction • Read over their introduction to make sure they have their

setting and main character • Use adjectives to describe their character and setting.

A home activity you could do with your child this week could be asking your child to: Foundation: Practice their sounds and writing sight words Grade 1 & 2: write a sentence and check they have used a capital letter at the start of a sentence and a full stop. Students can also try find errors error’s in their writing and circle them. With access allow students to use a dictionary / internet to check correct spelling. Spelling: Students will be practicing identifying letters and sounds of the alphabet, using stretchy snake to looking at the different vowel sounds and identifying vowel clusters within words to spell A home activity you could do to support your child’s development would be to get your child to get them to spell sight words that appear in their reading book and read car number plates identifying the letters.

Inquiry

Science, Technology, Humanities & Creative thinking

Inquiry will be imbedded throughout literacy and numeracy using the Fairy Tale topic.

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

F -Celebrations: Students look into the Cherry Blossom Festivals that happen all over Japan in March and April and their importance to Japanese identity. 1-2 - Family: Students make a family tree using the names of the family members in Japanese.

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

F - Students learn about multimodal texts and storytelling. They learn about how a sequence of drawings can tell a story to their audience. 1-2 - Students learn about media arts. They learn about experimenting with ideas, developing characters and settings, and creating stories that use images, sound and text.

Music Ash Bourke

PP..EE Ash Bourke

Personal, Social & Cultural Learning

Revising the routine and rigor of a learning environment and staying on task during class time. Students work in fluid, differentiated groups, exposing them to a range of peers.

HHoommeewwoorrkk Reading and sight words Practice telling the time on both analogue and digital clocks with your child

SPECIAL EVENTS: Tuesday 20th August- Swimming

Please name all items of clothing, as we have had mix ups with items of clothing while swimming.


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 3

3/4 – Week 6 Commencing – Monday 19th August, 2019

Numeracy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data

Topic- Symmetry Students will be working on symmetry and patterns, observing how they exist in the real world and how we use patterns in our ‘man-made’ world. You can help your child at home by looking for patterns around the home and how some patterns form a stronger result than others.

Literacy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data

Reading: Students will be working on comprehension strategies such as visualising, sythesising, inferring and making predictions to help improve their reading comprehension. Encourage your child to read at least four nights per week and remember to write these in their reading diary. Writing: Students will be writing their goals from camp and if they felt they accomplished them. Students were asked to set goals to challenge themselves while on camp and this week they will give themselves feedback on how they went. Spelling: Students will be editing their work, checking their spelling using a range of strategies including visual, connecting, morphemic and inquiry. Activities you could do at home to support this learning helping your child practise their spelling words.

Inquiry

Camp and Swimming. Students will be continuing to complete feedback and evaluate these two activities using set criteria.

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

Working in Japan: Students conduct research into their inquiry questions about working in Japan.

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

Students learn about the different types of media and media arts. They explore the use of media technologies and media elements. They discuss as a class, the purpose of media artworks in different cultural and historical contexts.

Music Ash Bourke

PP..EE Ash Bourke

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Students will be focusing on resilience and confidence this week. Activities, to explicitly teach the concepts, will happen daily during circle time, group tasks, automaticity and mindfulness.

HHoommeewwoorrkk Write a recount of camp – due Friday 23rd.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Friday – Bike Ed for Grade 3s

Last Swimming session is on Tuesday 20th August

Friday 23rd August – Book Week Celebrations including a Book Character Dress Up Day.

Don’t forget the Book Fair is open from Friday 23rd until Wednesday 28th August.

Coming Up

Japanese Day – lots of fun activities (and don’t forget to purchase a sushi lunch!) – Tuesday 27th August


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 3 SLC – Week 6 Commencing – Monday 19th August, 2019

Numeracy

Number – Adding and subtracting decimals and multiplying and dividing fractions

Students will be adding and subtracting decimals and learning how to multiply and divide fractions.

They will be solving a range of worded problems and completing different activities related to their

focus.

Literacy

Reading- Students will be working in differentiated groups investigating the epic poem Beowulf.

Students will be identifying and interpreting old English language and placing it within modern

understandings.

Spelling- Students will be examining different kinds of figurative language including simile, metaphor

and personification.

Writing- Students will be experimenting with writing poetry in the historical epic traditions, using

poetry to describe narratives and investigating the history of poetry and the oral traditions surrounding

mythological works.

Inquiry Students are researching Greek and Roman mythological figures and stories –Inquiry work is integrated

across all key learning areas.

Japanese

Rohan Buttenshaw

Cross Cultural Values:

Students complete an assessment on the values held by people in Japan.

Visual Arts

Leah Stephenson

Students learn about the purpose of storyboards. They view a Disney animation documentary and

discuss the importance of storyboards in the creative process. They also learn how technology plays a

role and how it evolves.

Performing Arts

Ash Bourke

P.E

Ash Bourke

Personal, Social &

Cultural Learning

Whole level discussions in Circle Time around the Ramingining trip by our students and the trip down by

Ramingining students to Cockatoo including cultural differences and similarities and making our guests

feel welcome.

Circle time discussions will also focus on how mutual respect contributes to everybody’s well being.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

BOOK WEEK Monday 19th – Tiger Paws

Tuesday 20th – Swimming – final session Hot Chip Day

Friday 23rd – Book Week Parade




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