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Excellence Respect Co-Operation

Resilience Friendship

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Bundoora Bulletin

From the Acting Assistant Principal… Just one week until the end of term 1! I would like to congratulate everyone for such a calm and enjoyable start to the school year. We have welcomed so many new Prep students and their families, as well as several new students throughout Years 1-6, who have transitioned into our school community with ease and comfort. We know you will all enjoy the school holiday break as Term 1 finishes next Thursday. The last day of school for our students is next Wednesday, 28th March, at 3.15pm. Thursday, 29th March, is a Pupil Free Day, so there will be no school for our students, as our staff participate in Professional Learning and Planning. Our OHSC Program will operate on Thursday from 7.00am until 6.00pm – bookings are essential.

Our Community Welcome BBQ is this Friday, 23rd March, from 6.00pm – 8.00pm. Our Prep/Buddy Meet & Greet will start at 5.30pm. There will be lots of activities and fun to enjoy during the evening, including sizzling sausages, burgers & vegie burgers on our BBQ, Enterprise Café cuppas, Biscuit, Cupcake & Slice stall, Lolly bags for sale, and a free Jumping castle. Our School Choir will be performing at 6.15pm, as well as special duo performances by Mrs Newell and Mr Shaw. Also, a chocolate toss, paper plane throwing, string length guess, and food stall will be part of the entertainment throughout the event. Our raffle tickets are selling quickly for the fabulous prizes on offer, which will be on display at our event. Don’t forget to bring your spare change, and remember that all proceeds raised from this event will go towards our Social Enterprise Program and Parents & Friends fundraising for our school. There are still a few spots available on our BBQ, so if you’re happy to flip some burgers/snags please sign up at your preferred time here: http://signup.com/go/ZgfFadh.

Bundoora’s Got Talent finals – this Monday, 26th March, 9.00am-10.55am. All welcome!

Lee Pollard and myself are meeting with the architects, and the contracted builder, early next week to confirm a start date. We will be able to announce the contract builder once this meeting has concluded. Stay tuned for more information to come.

We have now sent home information about our new parent communication program called Compass. All families will have received a letter providing information, including personal family user names/passwords, and user handbook information (available here) about Compass, which is successfully used in many primary and secondary schools for student attendance, achievement data (reports), conferences (parent/teacher interviews), school organisation/timetables, and payments and permission (to come later in the year). Compass is simply downloaded for free on Smartphones, iPads, Tablets, or computers, by parents and school staff, and is easy to navigate and use. We hope our parent community embraces this new technology. It is encourage that all parents now enter their child’s absence through Compass (illness, medical/dental appointments, etc.), which is directly linked to their teacher’s roll. Family holiday requests/extended absences are still required to be completed via our office. Please see our office staff if you need any assistance with Compass.

Our School Choir performed so well at the Arty Farty Festival in Heidelberg on Sunday. Mrs Newell prepared, rehearsed and conducted our choir to this brilliant performance of singing and signing! Thank you to the many families who came along to support our school. We are so proud of this group of students for their enthusiasm and commitment to our school choir. Photos are displayed further in our newsletter.

Dates to Remember

Friday 23rd March School Earth Hour (in class) Community Welcome BBQ (information to come) Saturday 24th March 8.30pm-9.30pm Earth Hour We’re switching off for Earth Hour #Connect2Earth Monday 26th March 9.00am-10.55am Bundoora’s Got Talent (no assembly) All welcome to watch Second hand uniform – 3.00pm Jumpers $10, Polo shirts $5 (various sizes) Tuesday 27th March Instrumental lessons (instead of Thurs) 9.30am School Tour (booked out) Wednesday 28th March Last day for students 3.15pm finish School Council AGM 6.00pm start (All Welcome)

Thursday 29th March Pupil Free Day (No school) OSHC available from 7.00am-6.00pm (bookings essential)

Friday 30th March Good Friday Public Holiday

Monday 16th April Start of Term 2

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Please don’t let your child miss out on an incursion/excursion… Throughout the year, our staff organise fantastic incursions & excursions for our students, in line with their study focus for the term. Sometimes there is a cost involved, which is purely to pay for the event’s costs/charge. In order for each child to be able to participate or attend each event, it is imperative for parents to complete and return the permission form and make payment by the due date. It is extremely difficult for our office to receive payments/forms on the morning of the event and ensure students don’t miss out. Often, we are obliged to advise the event company of our attending numbers for each incursion or excursion prior to the event date, therefore students who don’t return their forms or make payment by the due date may miss out. Please ensure you read your notices and return the signed permission form and make payment by the due date.

Enjoy your week, Julie Dunn

Region Swimming – Congratulations Julia!

Social Enterprise Program

Welcome Community BBQ

School Choir performance

Interschool Sports report

Auslan signs for the week

….and further reports from our Captains, House Captains reporting on their chosen Value of the week, Birthdays & our School Song.

Pupil of the Week for the week ending: 26th March 2018

GRADE REASON FOR CITATION NAME

5/6T For trying your best to complete all your spelling activities. Keep up the good work! Addie

5/6N For the awesome story you wrote as a spelling activity using your words. Harry

5/6M For working really hard on your Discovery Journal entry. Well done! Brodie

3/4S For showing excellent reflection of your learning and always working hard to improve. Brianna

3/4M For putting in a lot of effort for your weekly news report. Molly

3/4B For your willingness to help others. Hannah

3/4A For being a great help to your peers and teachers. Keep it up! Malcolm

1/2S For your willingness to overcome a challenge and for your new and positive attitude towards your school and your school work. Remember that your very best efforts will always be good enough and your home reading record is a great reflection of your hard work and perseverance. Proud of you! For all your efforts with improving your handwriting and presentation in your school work. For the hard work you have put into presenting your share time this term. Well done Ellie!

Jimmy Ellie

1/2N For settling into Bundoora Primary School well. Amy

1/2B Well done at learning your colours and words in English. Lok

Prep T For your outstanding efforts with your cutting and writing. You’re a superstar! Jeremy

Prep L For making a great effort to get your work finished, and also for being a kind and considerate member of our class. Isabella

Prep E For working hard on your writing. Well done! Lebron

STEM For your thoughtful questions and awesome attitude to STEM. Keep it up! Jordan W

Visual Arts For your continued positive attitude to your work and for making good choices. For your outstanding attitude, work ethic and support of your peers.

Lucas A Melanie

Phys. Ed For having a go at tennis and doing a fabulous job! Well done! You are a future star! Coen

Performing Arts

For the enthusiastic way you approach all aspects of Performing Arts and Auslan. You are always keen, eager and excited to learn. Well done!

Luke & James H

Corrective Reading

For your fabulous effort with reading our new tricky words. Well done! Jimmy G

Auslan For the outstanding way they signed with such expression during our “shop” activity. Jack & Oliver

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Maths Tip for the week: Space

Get your child to look up things in the Melways eg school , street they live in, football

oval. Ask them to give you the co-ordinates eg. Map 21 E 7

This Monday, 26th March, 9.00am-10.55am. All

parents/family members are welcome!

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Name the Art work:

Use these clues and discover the name of the mystery Art

work.

The drawing is created in pen and ink on paper. It was drawn by Leonardo da Vinci around 1490. The drawing is based on the ideal proportions of a man's body.

It is a picture of a male figure standing in two positions, which are superimposed (drawn over the top of each other). The figure's arms and legs are drawn in two different positions, while the rest of the body stays in one position. The figure is drawn standing inside both a circle and a square.

Tell Mrs Allibon the answer and win house points.

VISUAL ARTS WORD and SIGN OF THE WEEK

COMPOSITION / ARRANGEMENT

The layout of objects in a work of art.

QUOTE “To become an artist you have to be curious.”

― Leonardo da Vinci

Physical Education – Daniel Kret Congratulations to Julia and Michael L for representing our school so well at last week’s Regional School Swimming Competition. Both students competed extremely well, reaching or bettering their PBs, which is a fantastic result. Julia will go on to the next event, State School Swimming Competition on 18th April, after finishing 1st in her Freestyle and 3rd in her Butterfly events.

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Four ways to respond to kids who love the last word

Often kids like to have the last word. I liken this to them throwing down an ‘imaginary rope’ (the last word, a

taunt, a jibe, a joke) for parents to pick up.

The last word can often be a child’s way of saving face in front of siblings, friends, or simply themselves.

The hard part of dealing with kids is to ‘pick your battles’ and ignore some of their ‘last wordedness’ and the

verbal comments they throw our way.

It is not suggested to ignore all taunts or rude remarks but there are many occasions when we should just leave

the ‘imaginary rope’ where it lies. Sometimes when we ‘pick up the rope’ we turn into a child, with comments

and remarks being returned.

‘Throwing the rope’ is so effective as behind most conflict between kids and adults are the deeper issues of:

Power (“I want to make you do this”),

Position (“I’m the adult so you should listen to me”) and

Prestige (“I want others to think I’m doing a good parenting job”).

Arguments, last-wordedness or comeback lines, which are often about kids saving face, threaten our position or

prestige as parents. “You can’t say that to me, I am the adult,” is the type of thinking that brings us undone every

time.

They are also a way of kids saying that I will comply to you but on my terms, which is about power.

Four alternatives to picking up the rope:

1. Stop, smile, ignore and walk away.

2. If the issue is important, choose the right time and place to talk to your child about their behaviour.

3. If it’s not important, let it pass. Some kids simply value the fight, so don’t fight.

4. Use humour to diffuse the situation. Self-deprecating humour works well; sarcasm doesn’t work.

Next time a child ‘throws the rope’ by having the last word or using a quick throw-away line, realise what is

happening. Look at the imaginary rope, smile and refuse to pick it up. That is the adult thing to do. Hard work,

but essential if we are going to be successful at bringing out the best in kids’ behaviour.

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Community Notices

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Become a Teacher's Aide Certificate III in Education Support CHC30213 : (May 2018) This qualification will give you the skills and knowledge to provide assistance and support to teachers and students in a range of educational settings. This includes Primary, Secondary and Special Development schools and areas of early childhood education. Graduates work as: · education assistants/teacher aides · support workers (working with children with disabilities) Course Details: Thurs. 3rd May to 22nd Nov 2018 24 sessions, 2 workshops + 100 hr placement. 9.15am —3.15pm East Preston Community Centre 7 Newton Street, Reservoir Concession: $180 Full: $900 Fee For Service: $2,685 (Concession- Limited Places); Full: $3,580 + Service & Amenities Fee Please ring early to arrange a pre-enrolment interview. Ph. 9462 6077.

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