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JASON’S JOURNAL – The Principal’s Message
Our celebrations for last week’s Education Week were absolutely tremendous. I would like
to thank the hard working teachers for organising, planning and presenting the many wonderful workshops and activities, with Tuesday’s Arts Showcase and Thursday’s “Around the World in 28 Classrooms” both attended by 400+ people. It truly was wonderful to see so many families and community members present. Thank you for sharing in celebrating our
Education Week 2013 at Blackburn Lake Primary.
PREP 2014 Further thanks to the staff who showed just why “Blacky Lake is great”, through giving their time and expertise at last Wednesday night’s Prep Information Evening. As well as a large number in attendance, last week we had over 70 school tours from (potential) new families to the BLPS community. For our existing parents wishing to enrol siblings, please visit the Office to collect an enrolment form, where you will be given (Term 3) ‘Launch Pad’ and (Term 4) ‘Orientation’ information – also available @ http://blps.vic.edu.au/page/56
DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY On Monday Loisia and I visited Ruffey Park to encourage our 52 BLPS students participating in the District Cross Country event. Congratulations to a number of our students for achieving a place in their event, qualifying for the next stage of running at Whitehorse Division. As you can see from the faces in the photo below, the children of the school encouraged each other and celebrated team and personal achievements – completing the 2km (10 year old) and 3km (11 - 13 years) course an accomplishment in itself – and as a school achieving a third place overall on the day. Thank you to Phil Lumsden for Coordinating this event and thank you to the staff and parents who attended.
Please be aware that on excursions we cannot simply let children go home with parents due to our high concern for student safety. Parents wishing to do so, need to see the supervising teacher and “sign” their child out (and are not able to take other children home unless arranged prior). CLASS VISIT – 3/4Js LITERACY BLOCK At Blackburn Lake Primary we proudly have a mixture of both “straight” and “multi-age” classrooms across the school, enabling us to create equitable classes across teaching teams, evenly spreading class sizes as well as addressing academic, social and emotional needs across classrooms. There is a lot of misinformation and confusion about what a multi-age approach is. A multi-age school has a philosophy of mixing children together across age and ability. The belief that underlies it is that not all children will be ready to learn the same thing at the same time and attempting to group children according to age and grade doesn't necessarily reflect a child's development or learning. As well as grouping students with “like ability” (dependant on the purpose of a lesson) we encourage a mix of diversity and ability between children to enhance their own learning and also to show that we are all different.
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30 May 2013
Our flexibility with both “straight” and “multi-age” classrooms emphasises the academic and also the social and emotional development of children and how this affects learning, interactions and behaviour. Given the breadth of abilities in any single year classroom or multi-age classroom, any argument is virtually irrelevant. Class 3/4J is an example of how we cater for the varied abilities in any classroom, and given that the Level 3 teachers all plan together, the work being completed is of the same nature as that undertaken in the Grade 3 and the Grade 4 classrooms each week. The unit of work being studied in Level 3 this term is ‘Our Living Planet’ and on Tuesday morning I worked with students investigating the Earth’s ecosystems with this the content of the reading, writing, and speaking and listening tasks. The Literacy Block is based on a whole-part-whole teaching model, with the teacher beginning with introduction of concepts to be covered. After class teacher Jacinta modelled the activities, the children immediately went to work, clearly knowing the classroom’s organisational routines. One group began Guided Reading with Jacinta, benefitting from expert questioning to focus on the text type, as well as asking both thin (factual) and thick (inferential) questions. Three other groups worked (with the help of myself and Teacher Aid Lisa Mynott) on similar, yet different reading tasks (pictured) that also contained text on the theme:- i) recording book facts on a data chart, ii) locating information in a text to find answers, and iii) researching and producing a PhotoStory of an animal (child selected).
At the end of the morning’s Literacy Block, students were able to share their work, as well as be given feedback – from both teacher and students. Thank you Jacinta, for creating a safe and supportive environment for the children to learn, with a high standard of work completed by all students in grade 3 and grade 4. A MOMENT IN TIME… In educating children, I believe that teaching can sometimes be about seizing the moment in order to provide a significant learning outcome. This week, a comment directed towards Adam Goodes, the Sydney Swans footballer provided one such moment. For those of you unaware of what occurred, a 13 year old girl in the crowd called Goodes an “ape” as he was near the boundary line. How can we use this moment to teach our children? I raised the topic at our Staff Meeting in that this could be seen as a pivotal moment in preventing name calling and putting others down. While we obviously teach our children to be resilient, putting others down and name calling in the school yard can “cut deep” and sometimes, as was illustrated by the weekend’s events, be extremely offensive. The weekend’s events are a reminder of the significant value of thinking before speaking. ALSO IN THE NEWS… As well as our continuing work in creating a safe school environment, given the recent abduction attempt (at 8:20 in the morning) in Melbourne’s northeast - http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/young-girl-fights-off-would-be-abductor-in-greensborough/story-fni0fee2-1226651778806 - I remind the Blackburn Lake Primary School community about teaching children protective behaviours when walking to and from school, with parenting expert Dr Michael Carr-Gregg suggesting that children need to be taught about personal safety as openly as they are taught about road safety and water safety. "Talk to your children about stranger danger, but don't frighten them," Carr-Gregg says. "Let your kids know they can talk to you about safety issues and concerns they have." He advises parents to teach their children that bad people don't necessarily look mean - they often will smile and act friendly. "Discuss with your children how to identify safe adults who they can go to when they are in danger - people like police and firemen," Carr-Gregg says. "Street proofing children is not just about pointing out dangers, but teaching them skills." Children have very good instincts. They should trust that feeling in their gut that tells them if something is safe or not. Is it safe for kids to walk to school by themselves? Make sure your child has a friend or friends to walk with and make sure the friends know how important it is to stay in a group. Also remind your child of “good” adults in their world, who can be trusted and encourage them to “tell” if they even think they came across a stranger.
We prioritise student safety at Blackburn Lake, with local examples of this having seat-belted buses on excursions, having teachers on yard duty before and after school (as well as at recess and lunchtimes), tightening our student management (discipline) procedures in the classrooms and requiring all visitors to the school to ‘sign in’ at the office – as well as seeking Working With Children Checks from parents assisting in out of school activities. As well as having protective practices embedded in our curriculum, Blackburn Lake Primary students also have the Department of Education (liaising with police and Emergency Management) who inform schools of local critical incidents, by distributing coded alerts to principals:
Alert Code Level Symbol Principal Action School action Code Green 1 For your information Principal and school management team
to be prepared for further information which may require action.
Code Amber 2 Inform staff to be vigilant Increased vigilance and responsiveness by staff at school (eg: thief in vicinity of school grounds targeting staff belongings and vehicles).
Code Red 3 Inform school community Inform parents / carers of situation and provide advice (eg: known sex offender in vicinity of school).
Code Black 4 Lockdown or evacuate school Lock-down or evacuate procedures to apply as per school’s emergency DiS PLAN
As well as often revisiting “stranger danger” in classroom Circle Time discussions, staff regularly promote student protective practices. Of course, if there are any incidents of a local nature, we will inform the school community (as indicated by Code Red above). At tomorrow’s Whole School Assembly @ 3pm, we will acknowledge of our ‘Students of the Week’ and hear reports from this week’s incursions and excursions. Regards, Jason Walker - Principal [email protected]
DIARY DATES FOR TERM TWO Wednesday 5 June ICAS – Science Testing
Thursday 6 June Level 4 - CERES Excursion - Sustainability
Friday 7 June Level 3 - Excursion - Melbourne Zoo
Monday 10 June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday
Friday 14 June see below Student Disco (in PA Section)
Tuesday 18 June ICAS – Spelling Testing
Thursday 20 June Cancer Council ‘Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea’
Friday 21 June 3.00pm Junior & Senior Choirs singing @ Assembly today!
Tuesday 25 June 3.40 - 8.00pm Parent / Teacher Interviews
Wednesday 26 June 3.40 – 6.00pm Parent / Teacher Interviews
Friday 28 June 2:00 – 2:30pm Assembly (Term 2 concludes - early dismissal)
‘STUDENTS OF THE WEEK’ We congratulate the following ‘Students of the Week’ – to be presented at Friday’s Assembly
Principal’s Award Ricky S – 5/6C Taking initiative and demonstrating leadership qualities by willingly stepping into a Peer Mediation role that needed filling
Assistant Principal Ellie G – 4E An outstanding effort and exceptional presentation on each weekly home work task
Prep A Ella G
James D
Showing a more positive attitude towards her work, particularly her effort this week in Reading and Journal Writing – well done!
His persistence in learning some ‘tricky words’ on his Word Ring – keep
trying your hardest James!
Prep B Nathan S Displaying a positive and caring attitude to your classmates and offering a lovely supportive compliment to a friend!
Prep E Charlotte A Fantastic Reading of 100 words on her ‘word ring’ – well done
Prep S James C Fantastic Writing about playing ‘Auskick’ at the weekend
1D Emily S Being a ‘Cool Calm Kid’ when she had a serious injury
1J Jaclyn McC The terrific effort that she puts into her work every day – what a star!
Runs until the 9th June Whenever BLPS staff and parents shop at Woolworths they can collect points from the checkout operator and
place them on point sheets. There'll be one point for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco, and gift cards). Once completed, they can place their point sheets in the collection box, either at your school (Earn & Learn Box in foyer) or at the Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre Woolworths store. Same great partnership with MTA: we're proud to say we're partnering once again with Modern Teaching Aids – Australia's biggest supplier of resources for schools. Which means you can choose your resources based on your unique needs, across every category possible including Mathematics, Music & English resources, Science equipment, Arts & Crafts materials, Sports gear and lots more.
SUSTAINABILITY This term at Blackburn Lake we are studying Sustainability and the environment. In an attempt to do our little bit for the environment and minimise waste we’re now composting all of the fruit and vegetable leftovers from Brain Foods and lunches. The wonderful Environmental Captains, with the help of a team of Compost Monitors will manage the whole operation. A massive thanks also goes out to Dean Conman (Facilities Committee Convenor) and Bunnings for providing the buckets and compost bin.
ICT CLASSROOM IMOVIE IPAD COMPETITION Last term during our Integrated Studies unit 'Our Heritage' a group of Grade 5/6 students wrote, prepared and produced an excellent movie, through iMovie on an iPad, about convicts journey to Australia. The movie trainer that Kim, Flynn, Natasha, Emily and Eloise produced was successfully shortlisted for this competition.
1L Evie P Making interesting objects in our lesson on 2D shapes – well done!
1/2D Cate L Always completing high quality work
2D Kaiden M Demonstrating great strength, courage and resilience when you broke your arm – well done!
2M Jamie B Using interesting adjectives in his story about the ‘Evil Cat’ – well done Jamie!
3A Eliza P Using her ICT skills to produce a detailed ‘Photo Story on Lions’
3K Megan A Working hard, practicing ‘telling the time’ – keep up the improvements
3S Joshua G Writing an excellent ‘tongue-twister’ – very creative Josh!
3/4J
4E Kayla J Completing her ‘Angle House’ in the set time and showing a good understanding of lines and angles
4S Nick M Producing an excellent and very clearly written report about ‘Giant Pandas’ during Reading Groups
5/6C Joshua R
Helissa S
Always listening attentively and contributing positively to classroom discussions
The quiet but diligent way she assisted David in understanding the organisation of the class
5/6M All of 5/6M Their cooperation and persistence during a busy 3 weeks with NAPLAN, ‘Education Week’ and Testing
5/6N Alex McG Excellent results in Mathematics – keep up the great work Alex!
5/6S Lachie F Always demonstrating our TRRAC Values and being a wonderful class member!
Art Eliza P – 3A Working consistently to a very high standard and encouraging others
Music Leo C – P-A His outstanding contribution and effort in Marimba Ensemble!
Italian Ben W – 2M Very neat Handwriting in Italian
Phys Ed
We need your vote to help our students’ progress to the final five! You can vote here as many times as you like, as well as viewing some excellent contributions from schools around Australia utilising the iPad to enhance student learning:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9NixqL1ciuwCPpr97djmA All the best Kim, Flynn, Natasha, Emily and Eloise!
Competition - Voting is Open The response to the IMovie Trailer on the IPad Competition has been fantastic. We have received approximately 70 entries. We are impressed with the quality and creativity of the students. We commend the teachers who have encouraged and organized their students to enable them to participate. To those teachers who persevered in learning new skills (e.g. Uploading to YouTube, Creating an IMovie), well done. We truly appreciate your efforts and trust the students gained from the experience. Originally we were going to short list the entries. However we have decided to enable all entries to be viewed and voted on for the first week. Then the top ten movies will be short listed based on how many votes they received in the first week.
There are two ways to vote. You can vote on the ICTclassroom YouTube Channel by selecting the like button or by sending your vote via the Contact Us page on the ICTclassroom Website. Remember to name the video you are voting for. As a result of the interest shown for the Competition we will be running other similar competitions in the future. We welcome any suggestions from teachers and students on the type of competition they will enjoy participating in. The ICTclassroom Team
Natasha ICT Coordinator
STUDENT SCHOOL COUNCIL
Blackburn Lake Primary Student School Council
Term 2 Fundraiser
This term our Student School Council class representatives voted to host a combined Pyjama Day (Dress in Pyjamas!) and Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea! This exciting event will occur on Thursday 20th June to raise money for the ‘Cancer Council’. This day is dedicated to loved ones in our school community and family members who we have lost to Cancer, such as past teacher Linlee Kinsella and former parent and Blackburn Football Club coach Steve Jaffrey. Preps: The Preps will be spending the morning sharing and exploring a wonderful Literacy text. Along with their ‘gold’ coin donation we ask that the Prep students bring to school fruit that can be cut up and put onto platters by our parent helpers to be shared during our whole Prep Morning Tea at 10:30am. Parents are invited to join us for our ‘fruit’ Morning Tea at 10:30am and celebrate Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea with us! Prep Parents able and willing to help cut up fruit for our fruit platters on the morning should email Alana at [email protected] Level 2: Grades will prepare group breakfast within levels; Decorating Marie biscuits. Level 3: Whole level rotational themed activities. Level 4: Grade 5 and 6 students and teachers will be hosting a pancake breakfast for parents in our rooms between 8.30 and 9.30am. Donate at least $2.00 for a delicious pancake breakfast, washed down by a warm cup of Milo, tea or coffee. Parents come dressed in your pjs too! If you can help us with electric frypans on the day please let us know.
Program of events
8.30 – 9.30 am Grade 5/6 classrooms
9.00 – 10.00 am Grade 3/4 classrooms
10.00 – 10.30 am Grade 1/2 Classrooms
10.30 – 11.00 am Grade Preps We hope you can make time to enjoy and support us during Blackburn Lake PS Biggest Morning Tea! Natasha and the Student School Council Class Representatives
ART ARTICLES ARTWORKS ART SHOW Thank you so much for supporting your child’s artistic development. The 2013 Art Show was bigger and better than ever before. There were over 900 works on display ranging from collage and construction bugs, clay birds and sun faces, paintings and drawing inspired by the masters, rakes, recycled faces and flowers, bin lids, hoola hoops, merino felting and pictures from plasticine and even pictures in glass. All beautifully made by the students of BLPS. Thank you also to those families who donated all those plastic bottles. They were put to good use and didn’t the flowers look fantastic. The money raised so far is $2,070. We will let you know more details of how the money will be spent in the near future. Again thank you for coming to the Art Works Art Show and supporting your child’s learning in Visual Art. Jo McP and Pia C Visual Art Department
SUPER SPORTS REPORT
BOX HILL HAWKS MEMBERSHIPS
Box Hill Hawks are offering free junior memberships to 250 students at BLPS. To receive one of these memberships which entitles FREE ENTRY to one child and one adult to all Box Hill Hawks home matches this year; please see Lyn at the school Office.
URGENT HELP!! - MISSING GREEN BASKETBALL TOPS from PE I am missing a set of bottle green basketball tops with white trim and numbers. They were borrowed in Term 3 last year. One of our new after-school teams used them while their tops were being made. I think the children were from grade 2. If you know which team used them could you let me know as soon as possible. WE WILL NEED THEM FOR HOOPTIME IN JUNE!
DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY Congratulations to all our competitors on last Monday. The staff who attended were very proud of the effort displayed throughout the day. Overall results for the day were:- PROPORTIONAL SHIELD Equal 1st -Old Orchard & Laburnum (30 points) Equal 2nd -Blackburn & St. Thomas (29 points) Equal 3rd -Surrey Hills, Blackburn Lake, & Roberts Mc (28 points)
4th -Kingswood (14 points) AGGREGATE SHIELD MOST IMPROVED SHIELD 1st -Laburnum (125 points) Roberts McCubbin P.S. 2nd -Roberts McCubbins (116 points) 3rd -Old Orchard (106 points) 4th -Blackburn Lake (101 points) 5th -Surrey Hills ( 93 points) 6th -St.Thomas ( 78 points) 7th -Blackburn ( 51 points) 8th -Kingswood ( 20 points) The following students, who finished in the top 10 in their race, now progress to the Division Cross Country on Thursday, June 13. This event is also held at Ruffey Lake Park.
9/10 yrs Caitlyn A, Alyssa D, Thomas A 11 yrs Taylah D, Lincoln F-B 12/13 yrs Lucy M, Viktoria L, Dylan S, Josh H
Good luck in 2 weeks’ time!! HOOPTIME Grade 6 Grade 6 will be taking part on June 12 at Maroondah Stadium. Notices for this day will be coming home tomorrow.
Grade 4 Grade 4 will be competing on June 26 at Knox Stadium, Boronia. Notice will be coming home soon. DISTRICT SPORT – WINTER - FRIDAY 21 JUNE Grade 5/6 children will be competing in our District Round Robin on Friday 21 June. Our Netball, Soccer, AFL and Tee-ball Teams will take part.
INTENSIVE SWIMMING PROGRAM - Monday 15 July to Thursday 25 July at Nunawading Aqualink Notices have been sent home this week. The cost is $120 per student (same as
last year). Please return all forms by the requested date.
MORNING MOVERS
Join in the fun on Tuesdays and Thursdays - weather permitting. Get those running shoes out and ready to go!
Phil L PE / Sports Coordinator
PARENTS ASSOCIATION NEWS
Your 2013 PA Executive team President: Nicola G Vice-President: Miranda K Treasurer: Rebekah R Secretaries: Nicole R & Lisa C
Show your support for the PA and like us on Facebook (Blackburn Lake Primary School PA Committee) or drop us a line via the PA mailbox in the school Foyer or send us an email at [email protected]
Next PA Meetings - Wednesday 12 June 2013 Our next scheduled PA meeting will be on Wednesday 12 June. Meetings start at 7.30pm and are held in the staffroom. We’d love to see you there! All welcome.
Cadbury Chocolate Drive 2013 Notices have been sent home for our very yummy Cadbury Chocolate Drive. This year all proceeds will be going towards replacing the basketball towers and backboards on the basketball courts. You can opt to sell Chocolates (1, 2, 3 boxes, as many as you like!) or if chocolates are not your thing you can make a contribution to the drive. Chocolates will be delivered to your youngest child (if you opt-in) on the 21st June. We are looking at getting a range of Cadbury bars and a selection of The Natural Confectionery Company lollies – so, they should be easy to sell!
Did you know that aside from Autumnfest, the Chocolate Drive is the single biggest event fundraiser for the school? Each box we sell raises over $25 profit for the school. Why not take a couple of boxes to work. Please start returning your purple forms so we can get organised.
Tummies fed and $500 raised at Education Week Thank you to Dean, Miranda, Andy and the other helpers who assisted at the Sausage Sizzle on Open Night during Education Week. As well as feeding some hungry kids (and parents), $500 was raised for the school.
What else is the PA up to? Around the time of our annual Chocolate Drive each year, we get occasional feedback from parents that they would prefer healthier options from the PA, or for the PA’s focus to be broader than fundraising. We completely agree. Each year, we discuss whether to run the Chocolate Drive and we continue to do so because outside Autumnfest, it is the single biggest fundraiser for the school raising $25 per box of chocolates sold. No other fundraiser we have run comes close to that. We are about much more than fundraising though and we do have healthy options. In particular:-
We organise morning teas and catch ups for parents and children to meet and socialise at;
We run Canteen, Foodie Days and Sausage Sizzles as a service to the school and its culture e.g. at Education Week and Buddy Day;
We run social events for the kids to enjoy e.g. the School Disco (details below);
We run events with a health focus, such as ‘Are you Faster than a Fifth Grader’ Fun Run (details also below);
We’ll have a fruit and veggie drive later in the year. We are always interested in ideas for fundraisers, but we are limited in resources – like you, we look after kids, work, study, try to exercise, and spend time with friends and family. So, if you’ve got a great idea, we’d love to hear from you, and if you’ve got a way to get your idea in action, all the better! Also, we welcome anyone to come along to our meetings, put forward ideas and join the discussions we have about what our PA should prioritise.
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS As a fundraiser, we are selling Entertainment Books. 20% of the purchase price comes directly to the school. Books are only $65, and you'll receive $15,000 worth of valuable offers which are valid until 1 June 2014. These include great discounts and 2 for 1 offers such as savings off cinema tickets, local food venues (such as TGI Fridays and most fast food venues) and up to 5% on gift vouchers for various petrol outlets, supermarkets and other large retailers. To obtain your copy and support the school, visit: https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/1894b68 and complete the online order. Nominate to pick-up your book and it will be sent home with your child within a couple of days. If you have any queries, please contact Vanessa McCallum on [email protected] or Nicola Gray on [email protected].
MOTHER’S DAY STALL. We hope the Mums and Grandmothers enjoyed their special day last Sunday! We also hope that you received a special gift that made you smile. Thank you very much to the parents (including one super-spruiking Dad), who helped run the Mother’s Day stall last week. Thank you also to all of the children who brought along their money (pocket money or otherwise obtained) to purchase their gifts and for the Senior School runners who helped move the classes through the stall so efficiently. We raised a grand total just over $1,500.00 with the proceeds supporting the work of the Parents’ Association. Robyn and Simone Mother’s Day Stall Coordinators
Are you ‘As Fit as a Fifth Grader’? Friday a week ago, Blackburn Lake held its annual cross country event where our children ran a combination of distances ranging from 1000 meters (1km) to 3000 meters (3km). Your school PA would like to challenge you to do the same. Can you walk or run the same distance your child completed last Friday?
Are you ‘As Fit as a Fifth Grader’?
The fitness challenge will be held on TUESDAY 4th JUNE 2013, as part of an extended Morning Movers circuit. Starting gun for all distances is 8.20am.
You can choose to run (or walk) any of the four distances completed by our children last Friday – specifically 1000m, 1500m, 2000m or 3000m.
Why not pick the distance that your child completed?
Perhaps do a distance you’re comfortable with.
Either way, we challenge you to join your children in morning movers on the 4th and keep moving.
House points will be awarded to parents completing the challenge!!! For those of you with a competitive edge, the time to beat has been set by the fastest child across each distance and will be announced during assembly on Friday afternoon and again on the morning of the 6th. So dust off your runners, start training and get your own dots (and house points) during Morning Movers on Tuesday 4th June. To express your interest in participating, please email Wendy at [email protected]. $2 to enter. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
BLPS Student Disco Attention all Groovers ‘n’ Shakers, there is only 2 weeks until the BLPS
Student Disco.
Payment forms have been sent home with the youngest child in the family
Friday 14th
June 2013 Preps, Grades 1 and 2: 5.00pm to 6.00pm Grade 3 and Grade 4: 6.15pm to 7.30pm Grade 5 and Grade 6: 7.45pm to 9.00pm
in the DJ Centre $7 prepaid entry, includes an awesome disco,
glow gift, drink and lolly bag to go home with. There will also be spot prizes for best costumes and best dancers.
Parents: This teacher supervised event will include age appropriate music, noise, flashing lights, fog machine, dancing and fun activities. Please note that ALL students MUST be signed both in and out of the DJ Centre by an adult.
UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOONS 3.30pm – 4.00pm in the MPR THURSDAY MORNINGS 9.00am – 9.30am in the MPR
SCHOOL BANKING ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATES Congratulations to the following students who will be receiving Dollarmites Achievement Certificates this week. BRONZE certificate for making 10 deposits:
Zedekiah A, Natalie W, Tiffany Y, Nathan Y REWARD ITEMS 2013 For each deposit you will earn a silver Dollarmite token. When you have saved 10 tokens you will be able to redeem them for the following reward items this term:
Moneybox - choose from 5 Dollarmite characters Handball Wallet (blue this time) Knuckles game **NEW** - Torch
We have a few reward items leftover from last year, so if you have 10 tokens saved, you can also redeem them for the items below. Please come and see Vickie personally next Wednesday morning with your tokens and it will be first in, best dressed.
One USB stick
Three pen pods There are also some fridget magnet sets and plastic pencil cases for FREE if anyone would like them -
please come and see Vickie in the staffroom on Wednesday morning. DOLLARMITES TREASURE TO BE WON!! Win a share of the Dollarmites’ treasure by saving in Term 2 of School Banking. The Dollarmites have found some amazing treasure on Savings Adventure Island and both your child and school could win a share of it in Term 2 just by saving. First prize is a $5,000 family adventure holiday to anywhere in Australia, with $500 spending money. Plus, the winning student’s school will also receive $5,000 to spend as they wish. What’s more, there are 25 Runners-up Kid’s Adventure Packs, worth over $700 each, to be won. Each adventure pack includes a Wii U, night vision goggles, a waterproof camera, walkie talkies and a Razor eSpark electric scooter! For you chance to win, students need to simply make three or more School Banking deposits during Term 2. To find out more, talk to your School Banking Co-ordinator or visit commbank.com.au/adventureisland Things to know before you Can: NSW Permit No. LTPS/13/1306 . VIC Permit No. 13/476. ACT Permit No. TP13/645. SA Permit No. T13/307. Competition opens 15/04/13 and closes 5/07/13. First entry drawn on 23/07/13 from all entries received will win, and details will be published in the Public Notices section of The Australian on 2/08/13. The Promoter is Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124, Level 13, Darling Park Tower 1, 201 Sussex Street Sydney NSW 2000. Full terms and conditions at commbank.com.au/adventureisland
Thanks everyone for supporting the School Banking Program. Regards, Vickie Liew, School Banking Coordinator 0419 773335
COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD Any advertisements in this newsletter are in no way endorsed by Blackburn Lake Primary School
Junior Naturalists Juniors Group of FNCV Inc
The group meets at 7.30 pm on the
last Friday of each month (except
Dec) at the rooms of the Field Naturalists Club of
Victoria Inc, 1 Gardenia St Blackburn 3130.
MEETING – Friday 31 May @ 7.30pm ‘Fossils’ - Speaker: Linda Nink (volunteer at the Inverloch Fossil Dig site) EXCURSION – SUNDAY 23 JUNE We’re joining the FNCV Fungi Group @ Sanitorium Lake Picnic Ground Mt Macedon MEETING – FRIDAY 28 JUNE @ 7.30pm ‘Snorkelling at Lady Musgrave Island Qld’ Speaker – Trevor Turner
For further information & bookings contact: Clare Ferguson 8060 2474 or
email: [email protected]
BLACKBURN LAKE
SANCTUARY
Meet @ the Visitors Centre Central Rd Blackburn 3130
SUNDAY 16 JUNE @ 9.00am onwards ‘Working Bee’ with Blackburn Creeklands Advisory Committee Contact Mary Crouch 9894 3025 (also most Monday mornings too) SUNDAY 28 JULY ‘National Tree Day’ Activities to be announced – check website below SATURDAY 31 AUGUST @ 7.30am ‘Breakfast with the Birds’ Spring Survey All Welcome!
For information: email:
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~blsac Or Education Officer 9262 6211
2013 NAB AFL
AUSKICK AT
BLACKBURN LAKE PRIMARY SCHOOL
ALL VERY WELCOME!
Yes, it’s time for Auskick enrolments!
The NAB AFL Auskick ”Rookie" program has been designed for children aged five to eight years (Kinder age upwards). It ensures that all children develop the fundamental skills required to participate in Australian Football. Children participate in activities designed to improve their various skills of the game, followed by a modified ‘Grid’ game in an environment which safely allows children to put into practice their Australian Football skills.
Saturday morning sessions start 9.00am sharp and go through to 10.30am.
Feel free to arrive before 9.00 for a kick. Any queries please contact Katie S (Coordinator 9877 0887) or Mark C (Head Coach 0417 120 240). We hope to see as many of you as possible at Auskick this year!!!
Family Fun Day SATURDAY 15 JUNE 2014 - 11.00am - 2.00pm
@ Box Hill Library 1040 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill (parking off Bank Street) Box Hill
Live children’s performance by Carp Productions 11.00am - 11.45am Sausage sizzle 11am - 2pm Balloon animals 12 - 2pm
Face painting 12 - 2pm Whitehorse Manningham Libraries - www.wml.vic.gov.auBBeat the winter blues & get the family
out of the house! Come along to Box Hill Library for a day of free activities and events.
No bookings required. “It’s out of this world!”
Let the AYC & AYDT bring out the best in your child with performing arts education! We’ll help them discover their hidden talents, learn team skills, make new friends and become part of a local circle of performers. Call us to arrange a free vocal or dance appraisal (03) 9836 2877 or visit www.niypaa.com.au
Storyline: Twins, William and Elizabeth, find passports in a secret library in which they are directed to sign their names to travel back in time. They find themselves in England, in the year 1415, invisible to all except young Hugh Calthorpe, squire to the great knight, Sir Thomas Erpingham. They soon find themselves witnessing history at first hand as they join King Henry V and his mighty army of knights and English archers, who cross the English Channel to France, where they take the town of Harfleur by seige. The twins are immersed in the events of medieval warfare, and go on to witness the great battle of Agincourt. Prattle House 1415 is a time travel adventure for children up to the age of 99, to immerse themselves in the wonders of the past and enjoy history.
