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ARMADALE PRIMARY SCHOOL Newsletter No. 28 6 September 2018
Address: Densham Road, Armadale 3143
School Phone: 03 9822 7003 School Fax: 03 9824 8954
Website: www.armadaleps.vic.edu.au E: [email protected]
OOSHC Phone: 03 9822 4912 OOSHC E: [email protected]
This Week’s Events
Friday 7th September
Year 3/4 return from camp
Friday 7th September
Facilities Sub-committee meeting in
Principals Office
Coming Events
Friday 14th September
Soccer Gala day Year 5 & 6
Wednesday 19th September
Italian Day
Friday 21st September
3/4 book week performance
Friday 21st September
Last day term 3
Wednesday 17th October Junior Sports Day Years Prep-2
At Armadale Primary
Click here to go to our school
website calendar for more details
At Armadale Primary School we value …
Excellence Honesty Kindness Learning Respectfulness
Dear Armadale Community, SAVE THE DATE – Thursday 6 December Katie Sharp, our dance/drama teacher, has been busy mapping out a showcase for the Armadale Primary School community. The theme for this special event will be ‘We are Family’. All the students will be involved in performing. We look forward to this event as it will be a wonderful way to come together and celebrate before we finalise the school year’s end. We are hoping to hold this event outside and would like to ensure that the sound and lighting for the night is right so that we can hear and see the children perform. If anyone has any contacts to someone with sound and stage equipment, please let Rochelle or Katie know.
NAPLAN – CONGRATULATIONS ARMADALE PRIMARY SCHOOL WHY NAPLAN? The purpose of the NAPLAN tests is to give teachers at Armadale Primary School a snapshot of the learning that is happening in our school. The teachers analyse this data and determine how we can improve the learning experiences that we offer all students. We do not use these tests to measure individual abilities. The results of the tests are not released until several months after they are completed. To focus on an Indi-vidual’s test results would be pointless and not beneficial to the child or the teacher. I am still baffled as to why a school requests a student’s NAPLAN results upon enrolment. Nevertheless our NAPLAN results were released last Thursday and the students took home their individual results this week. As a school, our results indicate that our students are performing well above in all areas compared to the state average. Graphs and tables of this data will be shared with you in the coming weeks. These results are something that we should be proud of and celebrate because our school did not only perform above the state average but it was recognised for the growth our students have made from Year 3 to Year 5. This is of particular interest to us and something that we are proud of be-cause it indicates that we are supporting the learner regardless of ability. We are address-ing the educational needs of the learner as an individual. As learners ourselves, we are confident that we will continue to strengthen our practice and help all our children to reach their full potential.
PICK MY PROJECT Voting closes on September 17 and if we are to increase our chances of winning, it has been suggested that you share the link with anyone and everyone. If we are trying to gen-erate votes, sharing the link via your social media accounts will reach a broader audience.
https://vimeo.com/287386556
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SCHOOL COUNCIL SUB -COMMITTEE MEETINGS
TERM 4
Monday 15th October
OOSH Sub-committee meeting in
Principals Office
Tuesday 16th October
Finance Sub-committee meeting in
Principals Office
Thursday 18th October
Education and policy Sub-
committee meeting in Library
Friday 19th October
Facilities Sub-committee meeting
in Principals Office
Monday 26th November
OOSH Sub-committee meeting in
Principals Office
Tuesday 27th November
Finance Sub-committee meeting in
Principals Office
Thursday 29th November
Education and policy Sub-
committee meeting in Library
Friday 30th November
Facilities Sub-committee meeting
in Principals Office
HAVE YOU VOTED YET?????
Use this link to vote we need your support
Pick My Project
watch our advertising
campaign video by using
the below link and don’t
forget to share it amongst
your family and friends
https://vimeo.com/287386556
CAMP Our Year 3/4 students are currently enjoying an adventure experience at CAMP RUM-BUG. The work and effort that has gone into organising and running such an experience needs recognition and appreciation. We thank all our teachers who have the needs of our students before their own and given up their time with their own families to ensure that the children at our school have a wonderful time. We are expecting the campers to return this Friday afternoon. Parents will be notified through COMPASS.
MASTERPLAN UPDATE The committee is in the process of reviewing all the proposals that were submitted by Landscape Architects. A decision will be made shortly as a recommendation will be made at the next School Council Meeting.
Connie Apostolos-Thermos Assistant Principal
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SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB
Books from Issue 6 have been ordered and should arrive at school in the next two weeks.
Alison Crone Scholastic Book Club co-ordinator
STUDENT BANKING
A Bronze Dollarmites Certificate is awarded to the following students for making 10 deposits this year:
Poppy Shields
Lily Haydon
Well done! Keep saving for a chance to win a family trip to Hawaii by making 15 deposits before the end of
Term 3.
Alison Crone Student Banking Co-ordinator
We need your vote! As you may be aware, Pick My Project is a $30 million Victorian-first community grants initiative, with at least $1 million in funding available for each metro and regional area. Armadale Primary School has a wonderful project, ‘Community activity courts weather protection & resurfacing at Armadale Primary School’ which we are honoured and excit-ed to announce has been shortlisted. We need our community to vote by September 17 to realise this new community benefit. This application for $188,000 will include multi court facilities and a generally more useable and fun space for our children and the community to enjoy.
To do this you can click on Pick My Project, register with your email ad-
dress and mobile phone, and then you will be able to select and vote online for your three preferred projects.
Please remember to distribute the 30 flyers given to each family last week. We would love you and your children to letterbox drop these so that we can rouse the support of locals in the school area. An ac-companying note written by your children may also be beneficial. Al-so, can we ask for volunteers over the next week to hand out flyers at train stations / supermarkets. Please contact the office if you can as-sist. This project could be a ground-breaking change for the school and its community, so please help us spread the word! It will help us make a massive difference to our school, our marvellous and supportive lo-cal families, and the community who will have access to our school 365 days of the year. Please get involved in this splendid initiative to benefit the whole community, and share via Facebook, Instagram or email the link with your family, friends and colleagues.
#PickArmadalePrimarySchool Reminder the voting closes at 5pm on 17th September
Don’t forget to have a look at the advertising video made by Ivan Gomez and students from APS using this link:
https://vimeo.com/287386556
Remember to share it on your social media accounts as well as your family and friends.
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School Sustainability Festival
This morning a keen group of 12 students from Year 2, 5 and 6, armed with their nude food lunches, met at Toorak Station at 8.15am! They are attending a fantastic festival held at the St Kilda Town Hall. The students are participating in a number of hands-on workshops led by students from local primary and secondary schools. We look forward to hearing all about the day when the students report back on the experience. Thank you Jen (2B) and Jane for accompanying the students to the event.
Recycling our Waste at APS
Our school community is active in reducing our waste to landfill. At our recent Trivia night, parents and carers were encour-aged to take their waste home. We encourage our school community to recycle wherever possible after special events. Our large blue bin skip is emptied fortnightly. Over a year this costs the school approximately $3,000. If we reduce the amount of waste going to our landfill bins and therefore reduce the frequency of this collection, we will save the school a lot of money! We are excited that each class is now using their new colour coded bins to sort their waste. Students and teachers are taking care to put their waste into the correct bins. Ecobins are colour-coded for easy recycling, they are made in Australia from a durable lightweight corrugated plastic, and can be washed.They use 50% less electricity and water and have very little waste during the production process.
Vita Vampatelli and Pippa Cocks
Sustainability Co’ordinators
SUSTAINABILITY NEWS
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The Arts
Our school has a story that we can discover and contribute to through The Arts
Preps: The students are exploring
different materials and fabrics. Describing the texture of fabric, wondering about the purpose of different materials were some of the conversations we explored together in class. Pulling apart hessian was very exciting and provided an insight into how material is made.
Grade 3/4: Why is our school’s logo the Armadillo? Who chose the symbol and when was it introduced? These were some of the important questions asked by the Year 3/4 students. After watching a short video about this amazing creature, the students explored the art elements of shape, line and texture to draw our school logo in their Visual diaries.
Art Fundraising Project Your child’s art work will be able to be viewed in the office from Monday 10 September – Friday 14 September, from 8.45 am to 3.45 and at the OOSCH sign in area before and after school hours. An exciting products can be ordered, including, calendars, cards and pillowcases. Parents can also choose a personal photo as an alternative to their child’s artwork. A flyer will be sent home today (or on Monday for the 3/4 campers) with all the ordering details. Orders can be made via this link: www.crazycamel.com.au/ArmadalePrimary Please note: orders close on FRIDAY 14th SEPTEMBER
Upcoming events: Year 5/6: Clay Workshop (Wednesday:
12/9) Smocks required for painting!
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Italiano- Le Notizie Italian Day at Armadale Primary School
Wednesday 19 September 2018 Please refer to the flyer in today’s newsletter.
We are calling on parents to offer their time to help with activities on the day. Please email Vita with your availability if you
are able to assist.
Students in all year levels have been rehearsing a song to perform at the Italian Day assembly. Use the links below to play the
songs at home with your child.
Preps- The days of the week
I GIORNI DELLA SETTIMANA - Canzone per imparare i giorni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYEFYXQ0DmY
Year 1&2- I colori, colours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHvWW1hYHds&list=PLHeXkVNAWXiwxkzOPvnFzI14pPWW0Ol7q
Years 5 & 6 - Il ristorante
Students have written scripts set in un ristorante, and have been rehearsing their role-play, during their Italian lessons.
Some students have brought in props and costumes from home, including lasagne, pasta con pesto, and la macedonia, fruit
salad, that they have prepared themselves. They have also filmed their role-play during their lunch hour and recess. The
role-plays will be shown on Italian Day in the MPC from 2.30-3pm.
Connections to Italy
Year 5&6 students will be conducting interviews with students, staff, and the school community to find out the connections
we have with Italy and the Italian language. If you would like to be interviewed for this project please email Vita.
Vita Vampatella
Italian Language Co-ordinator
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PFA Meeting dates for the rest of the year
Meetings are usually held in the Community Room (next to the Library), or in the Staff room.
Mon 10th Sep at 9am
Mon 8th Oct at 9am
Mon 12th Nov at 9am
Mon 3rd Dec at 9am
Year 5 & 6 Sports Polo
Shirts
As part of our Armadale PS school uniform, all children in Year 5 & 6 require a Year 5 & 6 Sports Polo Shirt. These are to be worn weekly for sport sessions (Fridays only), interschool sport gala days & special sports events. The new sports tops cost $49.95 and need to be ordered through our uniform supplier PSW As this is a transition year with the new sports tops, students currently in Year 6 have the option to purchase a new top this year. We would like to see all 5/6 students in their sports tops by Monday 10th of September.
Parents and Friends for Armadale
TRIVIA NIGHT SUCCESS!!!!
Together - with the help of all our families who donated prizes, the
ladies of the Trivia Night committee who pounded the streets and
their keyboards with their ‘begging letters’, our generous local
community who contributed, those who bought tickets to the night,
and those who dug deep to buy the prizes - we raised an incredible,
record breaking….
$31,000!!!
Congratulations everyone – we are getting a new library!!!
And what a fun time everyone had on the night! The 007 costumes were fabulous, the room
looked amazing, the beverages flowing and the pizza’s were yum. The room was abuzz! Of
course, we were also there for trivia and the competition was fierce (Google who??), with the
winners of Trivia Night 2018 once again being the teachers table. Congratulations teachers –
you win – bragging rights!!
Thank you all once again for coming together to create a wonderful and successful APS
community event. So many people to thank, which we will do individually over the coming
weeks.
PFA Committee Meeting
Monday 10th September at 9am in the office (Community room or Staff room)
We’ll be discussing our next big events to be held in November – The Fun Run and the Election Day Cake Stall. If you are interested in helping out for these events, we’d love to see you at the meeting, otherwise please email me your interest to [email protected]. Have a great weekend everyone!
Jodie & the PFA team
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Sports News
Soccer Gala Day As a follow up to our sport and PE program, children from Year 5 & 6 will be involved in an exciting interschool Soccer Gala Day with other schools in our district (3SA) as part of the PE/Sport Education Program. All children will be involved in a number of modified, fun soccer games. PARENT HELPERS URGENTLY NEEDED. Detailed information is attached to the newsletter and distributed to children today.
PAYMENT & PERMISSION: $12:00 payment & permission via Compass by Tues 11th Sept.
Junior Sports Day Prep-2 Junior Sports Day run by Proactivity at Armadale Primary School. Wednesday 17th October 10am - 12:30pm 9:30-10:00 Intro/house organisation 10:00-11:00 4 x station rotations 11:00-11:30 Recess 11:30-12:30 5 x station rotations Some of the fun activities include; Basketball Skills, Circus Skills, Fitness Obstacle Course, Tug Of War, Giant Parachute Activity, Giant Frisbee Mat - Target Game, Hip Hop Dance, Karate, Cricket Skills/Cheerleading and Soccer Skills. Students are required to wear some items of clothing in their house colours, their runners, school sunhat and bring a water bottle. Cost of $9 and consent will be posted in compass soon.
Prep-2 Gymnastics Program The six week Gymnastics program has commenced for Prep, 1 & 2 run by Kerryn Cormick, from Aeroactive . Remaining dates: Friday 7th Sept, Thurs 13th Sept, Friday 14th Sept, Thursday 20th Sept. Dress code: Shoes and socks off 5 minutes prior to scheduled lesson time. No jewellery or watches and long hair tied back securely. School uniform short/bike pants or tracksuit pants and top. No skirts or tops please.
Year 3,4, 5, & 6 Swimming Program Swimming lessons are now well underway. The lessons are held at the Lauriston Girls’ School Swim Centre Huntingtower Road, Armadale. Remaining sessions are as follows: Monday 10th September, Tuesday 11th September, Thursday 13th September, Monday 17th September, Tuesday 18th September, Thursday 20th September, (9 lessons in total). Each lesson will be approximately 40 minutes with trained swimming instructors provided at the following times; 5/6B -(9:30-10:10am) 5/6P & 5/6T (10:10-10:50am 3/4J & 3/4E (10:50-11:30am) 3/4C & 3/4S (11:30am- 12:10pm) Transport: Teachers & parent helpers will supervise the walk to and from the pool. Peter Cracknell Sports & Health & Wellbeing Co-ordinator
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Soccer Gala Day Year 5 & 6 Friday 14th September
Dear Parents, As a follow up to our sport and PE program, children from Year 5 & 6 will be involved in an exciting interschool Soccer Gala Day with other schools in our district (3SA) as part of the PE/Sport Education Program. All children will be involved in a number of modified, fun soccer games. VENUE: Fawkner Park, South Yarra
DATE: Friday 14th September
DEPART: 9:00am sharp (Children need to be at school no later than 8:50am)
RETURN: 3:00pm
TRANSPORT: Private bus
PAYMENT & PERMISSION: $12:00 (payment & permission via Compass by Tues 11th Sept.
Children require
-Shorts, tracksuit pants, school sports polo, runners (Soccer boots not permitted) and windcheater/jacket (Rain jacket should also be brought) -Playlunch, lunch and drink/s in reusable containers -Plastic water drink bottle -School bag or sports bag. Long Socks and shin pads recommended Permission & Payment $12:00 Payment & permission via Compass by Tues 11th Sept. Parent Assistance Urgently Needed We also need at least two parents from each class to assist with supervision of teams throughout the day. Please complete the slip below if you can help and return to your child’s class teacher by Tues 11th September. Any assistance would be greatly ap-preciated by all students and staff. Parents are welcome to travel on the bus if they wish or meet us at the venue. (Oval next to South Yarra PS) We look forward to a fun day. Peter Cracknell Sports Co ordinator
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YEAR 5 & 6 SOCCER GALA DAY PARENT ASSISTANCE CHILD’S NAME:………………………………………………………………… CLASS:………..
Yes I would be able to assist with supervision on this excursion on Friday 14th September
I will be travelling on the bus/ meeting at the venue (please circle)
Please return to class teacher by Tuesday 11th September if available to assist
Child’s Name................................. Grade...............
Parent Name.....................................................................
SIGNED:……………………………………………………...(Parent/Guardian)
PHONE: ..................................................
