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Volume 23 Issue 10 Thursday 20 April 2017
W elcome and Welcome Back I trust teachers, children and parents alike had an enjoyable school break and I hope all have
returned to school and other respective duties, revitalized for the demands of what is shaping up to be, once again, a busy term. This first week has seen twenty children from fifteen new families enrolled at Brentwood Park. To our new families; Ahmed, Bui, Dawson, Hipwell, Hunjan, King, Makwana, Menikkumbura, Mohamad, Paraskevas, Robins, Ross, Samarasinghe, Sharma and Siriwardana, and to our established families, may I extend a sincere welcome and welcome back, respectively.
F arewell to Michelle and Welcome to Erin First day of term 2 was also
last day of duty for Michelle Conroy who commenced her family leave from Wednesday. Michelle’s attendance on the first day of term ensured a very smooth transition for the children and our new staff member, Erin Nicholls.
A t the conclusion of our first day, a special assembly was conducted which provided the school the opportunity to farewell, Michelle and
to welcome Erin. Linda Moore, performing arts teacher had arranged for all those children previously or
currently taught by Michelle to lead the assembled students in singing the song titled, “I Cant get Enough of You Baby”. Linda had written the amusing lyrics which captured the love, excitement and the day to day events, inclusive of changing nappies, of having a new baby enter the household, into the song.
A gift was then presented to Michelle by school captains Jake and Karan on behalf of the students.
A NZAC Commemorative Service This year, the school’s ANZAC Commemorative Service will be held on Monday 24 April at 2:30
p.m. Parents are very welcome to attend and join the staff and students in paying tribute. On ANZAC Day itself, our student leaders will also attend the ANZAC Commemorative Service in Berwick, as official representatives of our school, and lay a wreath at the cenotaph prior to joining the ANZAC Day march. If students and families would like to take part in the Berwick ANZAC Day march, the school delegation will be meeting in the vicinity of Berwick RSL, 17 Langmore Lane at approximately 10:15 a.m. Students who are in attendance are asked to be dressed in school uniform.
www.brentwoodparkps.vic.edu.au
term dates 2017 term 1 31 jan. - 31 march term 2 18 april - 30 june term 3 17 july - 22 sept. term 4 09 oct. - 22 dec
20 april year 6 excursion to the shrine/museum 24 april school ANZAC commemorative service in the gymnasium @ 2:30pm 25 april anzac day public holiday 21 april - 2 june interschool sports yr 6 & selected yr 5s 21 april canteen re-opens for term 2 27 april Australia bound incursion ($8.00 due by 20/4/17 qkr or csef) jim bell, principal jenny reid, assistant principal
DATES TO REMEMBER
C.S.E.F. Application forms are now available at the office
P remiers’ Reading Challenge The Premiers’ Reading Challenge [PRC] was launched
on 21 March! Just like last year, parental consent forms are not required for children to participate in the PRC; unless parents would like their child’s name on the online honour roll. The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 8 September 2017. Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.
All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and can choose to have their name included on the online Honour Roll.
L ittle Scientists Program at John Monash Science School John Monash Science School operates a Little
Scientists Program this term for four Year Five students from primary schools in the Southern Metropolitan area. The program is facilitated by Year Eleven students for two hours for four Wednesdays. Brentwood Park has participated in this program for a number of years and following this year’s application, was fortunate to be accepted again. Anagha, Audrey, Quan and Lachlan, from Year Five commenced the program on Wednesday 19 April and completed experiments based on nanoscience and nanotechnology. ‘Nanotechnology, whose prefix "nano" comes from the Greek word "nanos" and represents one-billionth of a unit, utilizes nanoscience, the "science of the small," to manipulate systems at the level of atoms, molecules, and supramolecular structures.’ ©2013 Georgia Institute of Technology Anagha has volunteered to write a report about the experiments for next week’s newsletter! We’ll look forward to reading it!
S chool Athletics Carnivals This week, the junior and senior school athletics carnivals were held. The two days were both
fantastic with some great running and sportsmanship displayed between the students. There were some fantastic individual results with one of the highlights of the day being the 12 year boys’ 100m and hurdles. Muginga held off rivals Ty, Jake, Jordan, Ashley and Max. Karita and Theresa Eli were superb in all events. Taliesha, Maia, Raven, Trinity and Mara were also prominent in the 12 year old events. In the 11 year old age group Jack, Maneeb, Michael, Cooper, Landon, Jessie, Mia, Tianna, Angelina, Emily and Isabelle all competed wonderfully. It was great to see so many year 3 students recording fast times for the 100m. Well done to Sam, Raylene and Tiffany. High jump is a crowd favourite event with Mia, Matthew and Maginga getting the blue ribbons. It was great to see so many students striving for their personal best and representing their house teams by wearing the associated colours. It was also great to see so many parents supporting the event. Thank you to the parents who assisted with the senior athletics; Glenda, Donna, Sandra and Belinda and the other parents who also assisted. Everyone’s help was greatly appreciated. Jim Narayan and Mel Dennis Health and Physical Education
C hinese Language and Culture VICTORIAN SISTER SCHOOLS VISIIT TO CHINA
As informed previously, I am excited to be able to inform our school community that Jiangsu Education Services for International Exchange [JESIE] are providing funding support for the Victorian sister schools to visit China this year! Schools who wish to visit their sister schools in Jiangsu, China, in September will be provided with funding to partly cover the inland costs with each participating school only having to pay $1500 or $1850 per person, depending on the package option selected, for the whole trip which is including international airfares and visa fee! The more costly option includes an additional two days itinerary with a visit to Beijing and The Great Wall JESIE and Jiangsu sister schools will co-host the visit. JESIE will assist in organising the airport transfers and school transfers and all cultural tours in China and individual sister schools will look after the school and homestay programs. The bulk of the visit will take in the first week of the September school holidays! This is a great opportunity being afforded our students and I hope that with parent support, Brentwood Park Primary School will be able to participate.
This is a wonderful opportunity for our students and I remain hopeful that some of the families of our current Year 5 and 6 students will give this opportunity substantial thought with regards to participation. If any parent requires
additional information, please don’t hesitate to speak with me personally. Jim Bell, principal
Y ear 5/6 Camp The camp date for year 5 and 6 is August 2nd to 4th. This year’s camp will be at Phillip Island
Adventure Park. If you are interested in attending the camp please see Jim Narayan ASAP. If you would like further information please contact Jim Narayan. Thanking you for your continued support. Jim Narayan and Mel Dennis; H&PE
P ersonal Achievement - ART AWARD Congratulations are extended to Nithish of 1HG, who has been awarded one of three prizes ($750
Apple Store Card) in the under 8 age category in the 11th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. Nithish attends art classes at the weekend and has produced this award winning art work.
Term 1 Week ending 31st March 2017
FCV Ella For being such a kind, supportive and loyal friend. You are a Super star! FBM Anusan For having a fantastic first term of school. Well done! FJF Prajwal For his amazing improvement in weekend writing. Great job, Prajwal! FSM James For displaying resilience and persistence during cross country. You are a Champion! FTL Zach For his wonderful enthusiasm he displays in our Maths sessions. FLP Aarohee For writing some FANTASTIC sentences during our writing activity time. You are AWESOME! 1HG Emma For your enthusiastic approach to all of your learning tasks. Well done and keep this attitude up! 1MC Stuart For growing in confidence this term and always being so positive. Well done! 1NC JD Because you always give your best effort in everything you do! 1MB Zack For a wonderful term’s work! Keep up the amazing effort! 1BV Yun For her excellent attitude towards all areas of her learning. You are a star! 2DK Nate For his improved effort and behaviour this week. Keep up the great work! 2CM Tony For your great participation this week in class! Well done! 2AD Rudhra For always doing her personal best in all her work. Well done! 2RG Sienna For always being responsible and demonstrating great getting along skills. 3CH 3CH For attending Kambrya Tabloid sports day and showing team work & respect while visiting another school. 3SH 3SH For attending Kambrya Tabloid sports day and showing team work & respect. Well done! 3MF Abbigail For having an amazing term. We hope you have an exciting trip in term 2. 3MF will miss you! 3LM 3LM Because of your awesome ‘April Fools Day’ spelling test results. 4MB Janna For a wonderful attitude towards school and an amazing Term 1! 4CP Nhidi For an excellent term’s work. Best student ever! 4VK Priya For being a hardworking student who enjoys mathematical tasks. 5SM Emily For being a respectful member of the grade. Well done on an amazing Term 1! 5JG Janessa For always displaying a positive attitude during Term 1! 5SI 5SI Thank you for an amazing first term together! We’ve played hard and worked even harder. I can’t wait to see all the adventures term 2 has in store for us! 5LF 5LF For a fantastic term of hard work and fun time. Enjoy the holidays!
Term 1 Week ending 31st March 2017
Year 6 and ‘SPECIALIST’ Stars of the Week
6JP Lydia For always putting in her best effort to produce high quality work. 6JA 6JA For an awesome term! You are all ‘special’ - have a great holiday! 6JD Abbey For her perseverance when completing the cross country! Health & P.E. FBM For using their super powered arms when throwing the Vortex! LOTE 4CP For consistently producing your best Chinese work in term 1! Congratulations! LOTE 1NC For consistently demonstrating your best learning attitude in studying Chinese in Term 1, 2017! Visual Arts 1HG For their incredible printed insects! Visual Arts 5SI For their amazing block string printing!
Berwick Panthers Basketball ClubWinter Season 2017
Ages: 6 years – 17 years
U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U18
Boys and girls competitions
Places are filling fast!
Specifically looking for girls U10 – U14 and boys U10 – U12
Limited vacancies in other age groups
For registration form, please visit:www.berwickpanthers.com.au
For more information, please email:[email protected]
or call our President, Lana, on 0418-113-430
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.
