Burwood Heights Primary School’s goal is to educate the whole child. Our students will be at the heart of

everything we do.

NEWSLETTER NO.32 THURSDAY 20TH OCTOBER, 2016

WEBSITE ADDRESS is burwoodhps.vic.edu.au/

FRIDAY 21ST OCTOBER PREP 2017 TRANSITION

TUESDAY &

THURSDAY

25TH & 27TH

OCTOBER

KINGS WATER SAFETY – INCURSION -

KINDERGARTEN

FRIDAY 28TH OCTOBER PREP 2017 TRANSITION

TUESDAY 1ST NOVEMBER PUBLIC HOLIDAY – MELBOURNE CUP DAY

FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMBER PREP 2017 TRANSITION

REAL LIFE ADVENTURES

TUESDAY 8TH NOVEMBER PREP 2017 INFORMATION NIGHT

FRIDAY 11TH NOVEMBER PREP 2017 TRANSITION

WEDNESDAY 16TH NOVEMBER KINDERGARTEN 2017 INFORMATION

NIGHT

FRIDAY 18TH NOVEMBER JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTS

REAL LIFE ADVENTURES

MONDAY 21ST NOVEMBER SCHOOL COUNCIL

CHOIR TO PETER JAMES CENTRE

TUESDAY 22ND NOVEMBER OXFAM PERFORMANCE

MONDAY 28TH NOVEMBER ELECTION OF 2017 SCHOOL LEADERS

TUESDAY 29TH NOVEMBER SCHOOL CLASS CONCERT

THURSDAY 1ST DECEMBER PREP EXCURSION

FRIDAY 2ND DECEMBER CURRICULUM DAY

TUESDAY 6TH DECEMBER YEAR SEVEN ORIENTATION

WEDNESDAY 7TH DECEMBER DANCE AND GLEE CONCERT

WEDNESDAY 14TH DECEMBER YEAR SIX GRADUATION

FRIDAY 16TH DECEMBER REPORTS TO PARENTS

REAL LIFE ADVENTURES

TUESDAY 20TH DECEMBER END OF SCHOOL YEAR

1.30PM DISMISSAL

FROM THE PRINCIPAL … Esther Wood.

WHITEHORSE SPRING FESTIVAL

Although the wind was blowing quite strongly, this

did not deter people from watching our school’s

performance at the Whitehorse Spring Festival last

Sunday. The families of our students had gathered

in front of the stage and then the entertainment

commenced. What a treat it was! The many Dance

Troupes, including the amazing Boys’ Dance, and

Glee Clubs thoroughly deserved the resounding

applause they received for their talented

performance.

What a privilege it was for all who witnessed the

talent and enthusiasm of our young performers.

Thank you staff, students and parents for promoting

our students and our school in such a positive

manner.

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CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

COMPETITIONS 2016

The following students are to be congratulated on

their achievements in this year’s ICAS competition.

ENGLISH:

High Distinction

Vritika S

Distinction

Isabelle P Danny W

Credit

Thenul P Abhinn K

Sylvain P-L Hannah P

Ethan G Kyle

WRITING:

High Distinction

Isabelle P

Distinction

Thenul P Abhinn K

Credit

Gabe D Lakota M

Sylvain P-L Henry T

Tommy T Vritika S

MATHEMATICS

High Distinction

Jasper C

Distinction

Sissi L

Credit

Nina D Thenul P

Annaleise S Caeden S

Ethan T Hannah P

James L Mankirat S

Henry Ta Alex S

Vritika S Lucy Z

Ethan G Kyle R

Danny W Yuxuan Y

The first of the 2017 PREP TRANSITION

PROGRAMMES will be from 9.15am to 10.45am

tomorrow, October 21st, 2016.

Other Transition Programmes will be conducted on

28th October, 4th November and 11th November.

A Prep Information Night will be held on Tuesday,

8th November.

Our Choir and Glee and Dance Group will

showcase their talent at OXFAM on 22nd

November.

Junior Sports Day is always a fun-filled time for

our Junior school students and their parents and on

18th November we are planning to keep up the

tradition of having fun whilst participating in

sporting activities. More information to follow later.

The Dance and Glee Concert is a “not-to-be-

missed” event on 7th December. To see our students

perform at the level they do is extremely moving.

Not only will our students be performing but also

our Parent Dance Group!

As part of the preparation for 2017, our Year Six

students will be attending their assigned secondary

college on Tuesday, 6th December for their YEAR

SEVEN ORIENTATION DAY.

Election of 2016 School Leaders is on 3rd

December, with the announcement on 11th

December.

CURRICULUM DAY

On Friday 2nd December, our final Curriculum

Day for 2016 will take place.

This is a student-free day, so please ensure you

have this written in your diaries.

GRADUATION follows on Wednesday 14th

December. The night we celebrate our students

learning journey and wish them all the best for their

future education.

Prep B - Shakeena B for your big improvement

staying focused on your work. Your procedural

writing was fantastic! Well done you star!

Prep C - Emily W for a wonderful effort with your

writing about ‘How to play the piano’. Keep up the

fantastic work Emily!

Prep M – Bella M for being a conscientious worker

and producing beautiful work!

Grade 1/2C – Jade D for writing an interesting and

detailed response about the fairy-tale 'The King's

New Clothes'. Very well done!

Grade 1/2E - Jayarna G for hard work and care

towards all your school work. Keep up the fantastic

effort!

Grade 1/2P – Kathleen S for your fantastic

reflection about our excursion to the MCG, great

effort Kathleen.

Grade 1/2R - Carlo M for your brilliant effort to

sound out difficult words when reading. Well done

Carlo!

Grade 3/4A –Henry T for using knowledge in

multiplication and division to complete different

fact families in Maths. Keep up the great work,

Henry!

Grade 3/4K – Aryan J for working diligently in all

Maths lessons and using different strategies to solve

problems. Super effort!

Grade 3/4M – Dara A for a big effort to improve

your handwriting and presentation of your work.

Keep up the good work, you're a superstar!

Grade 3/4V - Brandon V for showing kindness

towards your classmates and being sensitive to

others needs. What a champion!

Grade 5/6E - Jaxon P for your tremendous effort

in Financial Literacy when working out best buys.

Well Done Champ!!

Grade 5/6H - Diana R for your cheerful and

focused attitude towards all school tasks. You're a delight to teach. Great work, Diana!

Grade 5/6M - Damien C for your hard work

during independent learning tasks. Fantastic effort,

Damien!

Grade 5/6W – James P for your positive attitude

and energy in concert practice and for always trying

your best. Well done!

Homecrafts – Holly 56H for being a consistently

friendly, helpful and well-organised cook!

Congratulations and well done

Visual Arts - Layla B for your imaginative use of

shape and pattern in your art work. Well Done!

Scientist of the Week - Muhyllem A, Bella C,

Alistair L and Maddie M for designing and

constructing a bridge that could hold 21kg!

Spotlight On….. Prep B

Come and see Prep B’s wonderful work

located on the library noticeboard,

near the door that exits to the decking

ART SHOW 2016 ‘EXPRESS YOURSELF’

The Art Show is fast approaching and the students have been busy putting the finishing touches to their art work. The student Art Show Committee are working behind the scenes framing and presenting the art work for display, as well as numerous other tasks to help in the successful staging of the Art Show. Mark in your diaries, Art Show 20th October 2016, 5.30-7.30pm, which is when all will be ready for viewing in the E. Wood Centre. We have a range of catering on the night, including a sausage sizzle, cakes, popcorn and jelly, and bottled water. The ‘Green Thumbs’ plant stall will have plenty of pickings for your garden or perhaps as gifts for friends and family. Please support us on the night as money raised will go towards the funding of technology within the school. On this front we are still collecting donations of pots and plants, so if you have contributions for this, please leave outside the art room. In particular we are looking to source terracotta pots or empty tins, such as tomato tins; that have been cleaned with the labels removed. Please feel free to spray paint the tins to decorate. Established succulents and plants are also needed. As in previous years, student art work can be purchased by family members with a gold coin donation for each piece of art work. Students delight in seeing a red sold sticker on their work during the evening. Sold art work can be taken home at the end of the night (7.30pm), or if not taken on the night will be distributed to your child the following week.

Please invite your family, extended family and friends along, to share in what is always a fun filled community event. Kind regards Jacqui Carslake - Visual Arts Teacher

Whitehorse Spring Festival Performance and Performing Arts in Term Four

Congratulations to all the students in Junior Glee, Glee A, Blue and Gold Crews and

the Diamond, Ruby, Crystal, Opal and Sparkle Dance Troupes who performed at

the Whitehorse Spring Festival. We were glad that the weather remained fine

and it was wonderful to see families setting up picnic blankets ready to watch the

students perform the first item on the Main Stage for the day. The students

sang and danced with huge smiles on their faces. A huge thank-you to all the staff

who volunteered to assist in the dressing room and backstage, which allowed us to

have such a large group of students perform.

As we now have so many students involved in the Performing Arts Extra Curricular

activities we have had to arrange for different groups to perform at different

school and community events throughout the year. Future planned performances:

Thursday 20th October – Choir and Ukulele Ensemble to perform at the Art

Show.

Monday 21st November – Choir (Grades 3-6) to perform at the Peter James

Centre.

Tuesday 22nd November – Choir, Ukulele Ensemble, Glee A & B, Sapphire,

Diamond and Star Dance Troupes to perform at the Oxfam Music Festival.

Tuesday 29th November – Whole School Christmas Concert

Wednesday 7th December – Choir (Grades 5/6) to perform at the R.S.P.C.A.

Wednesday 7th December – Dance and Glee Concert

Wednesday 14th December – Choir to perform at the Grade 6 Graduation

All students are currently rehearsing for the end-of-year whole school Christmas

Concert which will be held on the school oval. More details regarding this

performance will be sent home soon.

MELBOURNE CUP EVE &

SPECIAL LUNCH DAY

MONDAY 31ST OCTOBER

To celebrate the great Australian tradition of Melbourne Cup Day we are having a special Cup Eve Day

celebration on Monday 31st October.

Come to school dressed in a theme related to the Melbourne Cup. You could wear a fancy hat, a bow tie, dress

as a horse or a jockey or even come dressed as the actual Cup! The possibilities are endless.

We are also having a special lunch offer. If you would like to order a pizza and drink from Baker’s Delight for a

cost of $6, please return the attached envelope and money to the office by

THURSDAY 27TH OCTOBER. No late orders please

Please bring a gold coin donation for State’s School Relief.

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OSHClub News

After School Care Program

Program Update 20.10.16

Hi Everyone,

THIS WEEK: Was INTERNATIONAL WEEK This week we have been exploring different nations!

NEXT WEEK: IS HALLOWEEN WEEK Next week in preparation for Halloween, we will be exploring the holiday and doing some fun activities!

Everyone get ready for Jess’ crazy costumes that she does every year!

Next Week's Activities and Food:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

ACTIVITIES

Scarecrow! Vampire Tiggy Plants Vs Zombies

Warlocks and Witches

Pirates Game scrub the Decks

ACTIVITIES

What is Halloween Halloween "Draw

The Details"... Paper ghosts

halloween

Pumpkin paper plate craft...

Halloween Face Painting and

dress...

ACTIVITIES

Halloween Masks

Halloween: Spooky

Bookmarks

Halloween bingo Halloween Teeth Halloween Activites

FOOD

Apples, pears, oranges,

rockmelon, sultanas, a

selection of carrots,

cucumber and/or

capsicum with popcorn

and pasta with

bolognese sauce and

mixed vegetables.

Apples, pears, banana,

watermelon, a selection

of carrots, cucumber

and/or capsicum with

plain rice crackers and

rice with mixed

vegetables and soy and

honey sauce.

Apples, strawberries,

oranges, rockmelon, a

selection of carrots,

cucumber and/or

capsicum with

popcorn and vegemite

& cheese and

vegetables & cheese

toasties.

Apples, pears, oranges,

rockmelon, a selection of

carrots, cucumber and/or

capsicum with plain rice

crackers and rice noodles

with mixed vegetables

and soy sauce.

Apples, pears,

banana, oranges, a

selection of carrots,

cucumber and/or

capsicum with

popcorn and corn

chips with salsa

Parent Information

If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to call us;

Or come in, visit and see our beautiful program

The OSHClub Team.

OSHC program phone: 0423 225 807

Coordinator: JESSICA Assistants: NICHOLA and SUMARNI. OSHClub Head Office: 03 8564 9000

All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at

www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.