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

NEWSLETTER NO.6 THURSDAY 10TH

MARCH 2016 WEBSITE ADDRESS is burwoodhps.vic.edu.au/

FRIDAY 11TH

MARCH PREP & JUNIOR SCHOOL SWIMMING

FRIDAY 11TH

MARCH BACK IN TIME – REAL LIFE

ADVENTURES

SWIM WORLD - KINDERGARTEN

MONDAY 14TH

MARCH LABOUR DAY HOLIDAY

THURS & FRIDAY 17TH

& 18TH

MARCH

PREP & JUNIOR SCHOOL SWIMMING

PROGRAMME

FRIDAY 18TH

MARCH PARENT COOKING SESSION

MONDAY 21ST

MARCH HARMONY DAY

TUESDAY 22ND

MARCH EASTER BONNET PARADE

THURSDAY 24TH

MARCH PREP & JUNIOR SCHOOL SWIMMING

LAST DAY – TERM ONE

MONDAY 11TH

APRIL COMMENCEMENT OF TERM TWO

MONDAY 18TH

APRIL PREP/KINDERGARTEN OPEN

MORNING

TUESDAY 19TH

APRIL INFORMATION NIGHT FOR PREP 2017

KNOX AUDIOLOGY - KINDERGARTEN

WEDNESDAY 20TH

APRIL KNOX AUDIOLOGY - KINDERGARTEN

FRIDAY 22ND

APRIL HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY

SCHOOL ANZAC SERVICE

MONDAY 25TH

APRIL ANZAC DAY- PUBLIC HOLIDAY

TUES & WED 26TH

/27TH

APRIL SCHOOL COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE

MEETINGS

MONDAY 2ND

MAY SCHOOL PHOTOS

SCHOOL COUNCIL

WEDNESDAY 11TH

MAY EXCURSION TO VERMONT SOUTH

LIBRARY - KINDERGARTEN

FRIDAY 13TH

MAY DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY

STORY TIME – PREPS 2017

FROM THE PRINCIPAL … Esther Wood

REMINDER

NO ASSEMBLY TOMORROW

Due to our Senior School being on camp there will

be no assembly tomorrow.

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Monday 14th

March – Labour Day

No students attend school on this day.

EASTER BONNET PARADE

On Tuesday, 22nd

March, Prep and Junior School

students will have the opportunity to take part in a

parade, where they can show off their creative and

colourful Easter Bonnet creations.

SENIOR SCHOOL CAMPERS HEAD HOME

TOMORROW FROM BEECHWORTH

Despite the high temperatures this week, the daily

reports have declared that the camp has been most

successful. It has indeed been a wonderful

experience for our students and one that they will

remember fondly all their lives.

I thank the attending staff for their supervision

and care of every student this week. They have all

accepted the responsibility and all this entails of

their positions willingly and enthusiastically, in

order to provide the students with the opportunities

they have had. I’m sure your families are looking

forward to your return.

I thank the staff based back at school for taking on

the additional workload that freeing the camp

supervising staff would normally carry out.

I’m sure everyone is looking forward to being in

their own bed tomorrow night.

I thank you all.

SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACEMENT – 2016

I know that many parents have visited secondary

government and non-government schools, already

in preparation for their child/children transitioning

to Year Seven in 2017.

The state-wide placement timeline and procedures

are as follows for those students wishing to enter a

government school in 2017: -

Information regarding secondary education and

Application for Enrolment (Year Seven) forms will

be distributed to Year Six students on Tuesday, 12th

April.

These will be returned to Burwood Heights Primary

School by 13th

May. We will then submit all initial

placement requests to the secondary school.

We will notify parents of the results of the

placements applications, in writing, on 10th

August.

Orientation Day will be conducted on 6th

December.

Spotlight On….. 1/2P

Come and see 1/sP’s wonderful work located on the library noticeboard,

near the door that exits to the decking

During Term One, the Junior School students

are given an opportunity to participate in

Syndal’s “Just Swimming” program. Each

Thursday and Friday from week 5 until the

end of term, students leave school and attend

the pool where they learn a variety of

swimming techniques in groups. Students also

learn about the importance of being safe and

how to behave around water. After their first

few days of swimming, 1/2P wrote a short

reflection about their time spent at Syndal,

describing what they did and how they felt

after starting the program.

Even though the weather this week is telling us otherwise, Autumn will soon be upon us. We enjoyed this salad with the first of the new season’s pears. Their sweetness contrasts nicely with the saltiness of the feta, and the chapons are a nice change from the more usual croutons. I hope you enjoy this dish as much as we did.

Butter lettuce and pear salad with garlic chapons ½ a bulb of garlic (about 5 cloves) 1 large butter lettuce 1 bread stick, sliced 2 pears 50g fetta 2 Tbls red wine vinegar 2 Tbls olive oil

2 Tbls natural yogurt

1. Pre-heat oven to 150 degrees.

2. Lightly rub your garlic cloves with oil, wrap in foil and roast on a baking tray for 30

minutes.

3. Meanwhile wash and separate the lettuce leaves and spin dry them in the salad spinner.

Arrange the leaves on a platter.

4. Slice pear into thin wedges and arrange on the salad platter amongst the lettuce leaves.

5. When garlic is roasted, remove foil and place it into a small bowl. Mash it slightly with a

folk. It will smell amazing.

6. Slice baguette into 2 cm slices and smear a little of the roasted garlic paste onto each

piece. Bake chapons/ croutons in oven until lightly browned and hard (10 minutes). Be

careful not to burn the bread!

7. To make the dressing combine all the oil, yogurt, vinegar, salt and pepper in a bowl and

whisk.

8. Place bread onto the salad platter, drizzle salad with dressing and crumble with fetta

cheese. Serve

Choir Performance

at the

Walk for the Monash Children’s Hospital Congratulations to all the Choir students who gave a wonderful performance when they

represented the school at the Walk for the Monash Children’s Hospital over the weekend. Ms

Crystal aptly led the Choir as they performed, ‘On Top of the World’ and ‘True Colours’

Thank-you to all the families involved for giving up your time on a Sunday to provide the

students with the opportunity to give back to the community. Looking forward to many more

Choir performances this year, including the Anzac Service and Open Night Concert in Term

Two.

HELP WANTED! We are in urgent need for volunteers to assist in the maintenance of our Outdoor Learning Classroom – fondly

known as the “Garden Annex”.

• Our vegetable and flower beds require constant removal of weeds, seedlings need to be planted and

there is always pruning to be done.

If anyone has a little time to spare we would be most grateful if you could assist in

any way.

Please contact the school on 9803 8311 or speak to Kristy at the front office.

The Outdoor Learning Team

OSHClub News

After School Care Program

Program Update 03.03.16

Hi Everyone,

THIS WEEK: Was HOME/HOUSE WEEKHOME/HOUSE WEEKHOME/HOUSE WEEKHOME/HOUSE WEEK

This week we explored the different types of homes around the world and decorated our home corner.

NEXT WEEK: IS SPORTSSPORTSSPORTSSPORTS WEEKWEEKWEEKWEEK This week we will be learning some new games and show off our skills at different sports/activities and

also decorating our sports area.

Next Week's Activities and Food:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

ACTIVITIES

Public

Holiday

No Program

Finger Puppets and soccer

board...

Sports Colouring Pages

Apricot Basket Balls

Dr Seuss Hat Toss

ACTIVITIES

Lace football craft

Sport Basket Weaving

Rainbow Streamers

Q Tip Marble Maze

ACTIVITIES

Silent Ball OBSTACLE

COURSE Gymnastics

Twirling Ribbon Wii challenge

FOOD

Apples, pear,

rockmelon, banana,

carrots and cucumber

with Rice with mixed

vegetables and Honey

Soy sauce.

Apples, oranges,

rockmelon,

watermelon, carrots

and capsicum with

Popcorn with

cinnamon sugar

Apples, pear, oranges,

rockmelon,

watermelon, carrots

and capsicum with

Cheese Toasties

Apples, pear, rockmelon,

banana, carrots and

cucumber with Muffins

Parent Information

For any new parents and children, or anyone who hasn’t been to after school care before, please feel free to come and

visit and see what we do here! We would love to meet you all and answer any questions you have. ☺☺☺☺

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

The OSHClub Team.

OSHC program phone: 0423 225 807

Coordinator: JESSICA Assistants: NICHOLA, LILLI & ANASTASIA. 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.