Volume 22 Issue 10 Thursday 21 April 2016

L ittle Scientists Program at John Monash Science School On the 13th of April,

four grade fives got the opportunity to go John Monash Science School. I was lucky to be one of these students. We did a total of four activities which were all very interesting to all of us. We were learning together with other students from other schools, also a few students from John Monash were there to help us, they explained all the experiments to us and showed us in detail about the experiments . It was a great feeling being at John Monash and having this opportunity to learn about science and do all these experiments. One of the experiments was Exploring Shape Memory Alloys. We put three different types of metals into boiling hot water to see if the shape would change as we had put the metals into shapes. The metals were copper, steel and nitinol wire. When we put the copper and steel wires into the boiling water nothing happened, however, when we out the nitinol wire into the boing water it straightened. Some metals have the ability to change to a remembered shape when they are heated. This is due to changes in phase. Usually we think of phase changes as changes in the physical state of a material. The particles in some metals can change their arrangement slightly while remaining a solid. This movement of particles on the nanoscale pulls the metal back into its original shape when heated. I can’t wait to go there again and learn more about science. Ali 5/6TS

A NZAC Commemorative Service This year, the school’s ANZAC Commemorative Service will be

held on Friday 22 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.

C urriculum Highlights Through our weekly newsletter, we aim to provide insight into our weekly school life by

highlighting our programs/excursions/special events etc. This week, we feature a student report from the Little Scientists Program at John Monash Science School, the Year 3’s mathematics activity on symmetry, the Year 6 extension mathematics at Kambrya College, role plays on “getting along” as part of the You Can Do It program in Year 1, the experience morning for Year 6 at Kambrya College as part of the Year 6 transition program and the Year 6 excursion to the Shrine of Remembrance.

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TERM DATES 2016 TERM 1 28 JAN. - 24 MARCH TERM 2 11 APRIL - 24 JUNE TERM 3 11 JULY - 16 SEPT. TERM 4 03 OCT. - 20 DEC. 22 APRIL YEAR 6 MUSEUM/SCIENCEWORKS EXCURSION 22 APRIL SCHOOL ANZAC SERVICE 2:30 IN THE GYMNASIUM …………. 18 MAY YEAR 5 SOVEREIGN HILL EXCURSION ( PAYMENT $50.00 DUE 11/05/16 OR CSEF ) 25 APRIL ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY 04 MAY YEAR 1 THE ZOO COMES TO YOU INCURSION ( $13.00 PAYMENT DUE 29/4/2016)

JIM BELL, PRINCIPAL JENNY REID, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

DATES TO REMEMBER

2017 FOUNDATION ENROLMENTS ARE NOW AVAILANBLE FROM THE OFFICE.

A Day at the Shrine On Tuesday, 12th April, the grade sixes visited the Shrine of Remembrance Museum. Caroline,

the tour guide, told us about WW1 and the ANZACs. Soldiers as young as 14 signed up for the army because they thought it would be an adventure. Following the film, Caroline asked for volunteers. Three boys dressed as soldiers and Grace dressed as a nurse. I dressed in a khaki buttoned coat and a slouch hat. I also wore a hard hat and a rainproof coat. Deng wore a heavy backpack and Riley had a shovel and a pickaxe. Items such as canned fruit, jam and beef, and hard biscuits were passed around. I enjoyed the excursion. Although I am a scout, I learned even more about WW1 and the ANZACs. Every child in grade 6 should visit the Shrine and know about Australia’s history. Jai 5/6TS

S ports Shorts—Swimming News Congratulations are extended to Jack Howell who, having swum last term in the regional swimming

finals, progressed through to the state finals this week! Jack swam in the State Swimming Carnival on Wednesday. As you can appreciate, the standard of swimming at state level is very tough. Jack swam in two events, freestyle and backstroke. He won the freestyle final and he achieved a personal best time of 42.90. In the backstroke event Jack also won and again he swam a

personal best time of 50.20. This is a remarkable achievement for Jack. His results have enabled him to reach the national championships which will be held in Darwin later on this year. Congratulations to Jack. The school community is very proud of your achievements in the pool and we wish you well in the national championships.

Jim Narayan, health and Physical Education

P remiers’ Reading Challenge The Premiers’ Reading Challenge [PRC] was launched on 16 March! Foundation to Grade 2

need to experience 30 books while Grade 3 onwards need to read 15 age appropriate books. We are happy to announce that as parental consent forms are no longer required for children to participate in the PRC; unless parents would like their child’s name on the online honour roll, we will once again achieve 100% participation!!

U nauthorised Parking and Use of Facilities This week, representatives of the Maternal Care Centre and the Brentwood Park Kindergarten

contacted the school to inform us that a Work Safe Order was imposed upon them due to unsafe practices related to cars entering and leaving their car park! A work safe officer observed parents from Brentwood Park Primary using their car park and observed a near miss of

a child being hit by a car. Please do not park in the Maternal Care Centre/Kindergarten Car Park or use their facility to drop off children prior to school. The first five parking bays outside our front gate are designated for this purpose.

‐ Symmetry 

Year 3 Maths 

The sun was shining, the birds were singing and the Year 3 students were     

totally engaged in their outside Mathema cs lesson.  Last week, we made 

the  most  of  our  wonderful  vegetable  garden  to  explore  symmetry  in 

nature.  The  students  found,  sketched  and  drew  a  line  of  symmetry  on 

objects that they found in nature and around the school.  

Keep up the good work Year 3—you are amazing! 

‐ Symmetry 

Year 3 Mathema cs 

LEARNING GOAL: To represent data visually. How can we show a large group of data visually to make it easier to read. SUCCESS CRITERIA: Create stem and leaf plots. This week year 6 students thought the study of stem and leaf plots was very cool! Stem and leaf plots are used when a mathematician needs to show a large group of data visually. The students were given the example of science test results (out of 100) of 25 students. The scores were: 65,54,73,91,42,75,81,96,98,76,65,43,74,76,88,58,83,90,69,60,51,80,44, 77,99. The stem and leaf plot shows the data visually: Stem Plot

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1MC — You Can Do it! — Getting Along

This week, 1MC had fun participating in role plays focussing on the ‘Getting Along’ component of the whole school ‘You Can Do It’ program. When questioned about why getting along with others is so important, students replied; ‘So we can learn,’ ‘So we can make new friends,’ and ‘So we can be happy!’ The children practised their getting along skills in groups by acting out various scenarios promoting teamwork, co-operation and friendship. Students then displayed their creative skills by making ’Getting Along Dolls’ out of popsicle sticks and craft paper. Finally, the children enjoyed creating their own school based scenarios where they practised their skills and utilised their dolls as characters.

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 re-quired to be sent back by this date – otherwise your child will not be able to attend. This enables us to confirm book-ings and numbers with bus companies and organisations we are visiting. Also we need to send details to the Depart-ment 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.

Term 2 Week ending 16th April 2016

FBM JD For a fantastic start to Brentwood Park Primary school. FBV Samia For working hard to learn letters and sounds. Awesome work! FLP Ivan For working really hard to create a paper plate garden. FSM Tane For his persistence to complete work on time and for using neat presentation! FTL Brinleigh For reading all of his yellow words. Well done! 1/2R Jack For his improved focus on his handwriting. Keep up the amazing effort! 1HG Ayesha For your determination and persistence to improve with Literacy and your counting. 1MB Flynn For a brilliant start to Term 2 and his dedication to improve. 1MC Rose For being positive and enthusiastic during our Mathematics lessons on number lines this week. 2AD Elisa For her ability to solve whole, half and quarter fractions in a variety of ways! 2CM Jordyn For great use of your getting along skills this week! Keep it up! 2DK Edward For achieving a fantastic result at the junior school athletics. Well done! 3CH Priya For making new friends and settling into your new class. Welcome to B.P.P.S! 3LM 3LM For their welcoming ways and having a flexible and brilliant attitude! 3SH Zoha For being a wonderful and kind class member who shows fabulous team work skills. 4CP Angelina For her fantastic start to Term 2. 4CV Ayden For successfully completing his recount on Athletics Day. Excellent use of WOW words. Super effort! 4VK Justin For working on improving his understanding in maths around place value trading. 5/6T Jai For his positive attitude, focus and presentation of his workbook. 5LF Muginga For a tremendous effort at the school athletics. Well done! 5SM Anu For being the times tables champion, yet again! Well done! You're definitely a SUPERSTAR! 6JA Taj For doing a great job reading information on our excursion - GREAT work! 6JD Penny For her outstanding achievements in the Senior School Athletics! Well done! 6JP Sapna For consistently producing work of a high quality with your keen attention to detail.

Term 2 Week ending 16th April 2016

‘SPECIALIST’ Stars of the Week

Staff Super Star Lyn Pearce For AWESOME organisational skills with our SRC and fundraising for charity. Health & P.E. All Foundation For a fantastic effort in your first Athletics Day! Visual Arts 4CV For showing great patience and creativity with your tissue paper collages. Performing Arts 3SH For displaying TEAMWORK and EXCELLENCE when singing “See Saw” and “Caterpillar” as partner songs. LOTE FBV For your great enthusiasm and participation in different activities in the Chinese Classroom. FSM For your excellent group presentation and role-playing in learning one song and one Chinese sentence.