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Wednesday 25 November 2015 Issue 18
M Cnr Hampshire & Derby Roads, SUNSHINE 3020 P 8311 5700 F 9312 3506 E [email protected] W sunshineps.vic.edu.au
In This Issue Pencil Project
Thank You
Whole School Celebration
Sporting Schools Program
Portables
Staffing Update
Message From The Assistant Principal
School Council President’s Report
Birthdays/Awards/Community Notices Remember © 2015 Copyrights Sunshine Primary School
Calendar 2015
Fri 27 November
Session 3 2016 Prep Transition
Program Payment & Permission Note Due
Year 1/2 Dinner, Year 2 Sleepover
Payment Due - Excursion Diamond
Palace Lunch Year 1EM, 2/3AK & 2/3LK
Mon 30 November
Book Club Orders Due
Thurs 3 December
Year 1/2 Dinner, Year 2 Sleepover
Parent Helpers/Volunteers Special
Morning Tea 11:00am
Fri 4 December
Session 4 2016 Prep Transition
Program Excursion Diamond Palace Lunch -
Year 1EM, 2/3AK & 2/3LK Payment Due—Year 6 Graduation
Mon 7 December
School Council Meeting 6:00pm
Tue 8 December
Year 6 to Year 7 Transition Day
Wed 9 December
Whole School Celebration Picnic &
Disco
Mon 14 December
School Captains Lunch
Tues 15 December
Year 6 Graduation
Thurs 17 December
Year 5/6 Excursion—Funfields
Fri 18 December
Early Dismissal 1:30pm
The calendar in this newsletter is subject to
change so please check carefully each fortnight
for any alterations.
Term 4 5 October to 18 December
Last day of Term 4 Early Dismissal 1:30pm
NEWSLETTER Our School
Student Absence To report your child’s absence please call the school on 8311 5700 and choose option 1 OR use the link on our
website and complete the absence form.
Our School Values We shine when we are: Learning, Respectful, Safe
Payments A reminder if you wish to pay for your
child’s/children’s incursion/excursion etc… costs, you can pay cash, cheque, and now BPay.
If you have misplaced your reference number please call the office to obtain your family reference number.
WHOLE SCHOOL CELEBRATION Preparations are well under way
for our celebration evening on
Wednesday 9 December. This is
a great opportunity to
celebrate a wonderful year of
learning, fun and friendships.
We will have a Disco, Karaoke, Sausage
Sizzle, Treats and Drinks Stall, Book Fair,
Face Painting and various Sports Activities.
Our Christmas Raffle will also be drawn that
evening. A flier was sent home on Monday,
however we have attached another copy
to the newsletter. We hope to see you all
there to celebrate a wonderful year at
Sunshine Primary School.
SPORTING SCHOOLS PROGRAM After the success of this year’s after school
sporting programs we have applied for
funding for both term 1 and 2 next year.
Junior School Council have been busy
surveying students to see what sports are
most popular and Gymnastics has been a
stand out across the board. We hope to
secure funding and offer the program in
Term 1 after school on a Thursday.
Notices Online Did you know you can read and print out excursion permission forms and notices from our website? The initial notice will be given to students, and any further copies can be obtained from the office or the website, under the “Recent Notices” section at www.sunshineps.vic.edu.au
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
PENCIL PROJECT It has been a long time running but we are
nearing the completion of our beloved
pencil project. Our handyman Rob Suffolk
has made these brilliant pencils from
scratch at a fraction of the cost for
commercial pencils. I’m sure you will agree
he has probably done a better job. The
final stage is to install the acrylic lettering
which will see the wording below.
To say thanks to all
o u r w o n d e r f u l
P a ren t He l pe r s /
Volunteers, we will
be holding our
‘Special Thank You Morning Tea’ on
Thursday 3 December in the
SPS Multipurpose Hall at 11:00am.
The partnership we share with our
parents is crucial to the success of our
school. So many of our parents
support our work in such diverse ways. From
School Counci l , Sub-committees,
Classroom Support, Sports Assistance,
Work ing Bees , B reakfast C lub,
Excursions, Guest Speaking and
Fundraising just to name a few. To show
our appreciation we would love for you to
come along. Invitations have been sent
home. We hope to see you there.
PORTABLES We have received notification from the Department
that the Year 2/3 portables will be removed and
transferred to a school who needs extra classrooms.
The timeline for this will be mid December. 2/3 LK will
relocate to Room 6 downstairs in the main building
and 2/3 AK will move into Room 9 upstairs. As you can
imagine this will be a big move including furniture so
we will organise a mini working bee to support the
classes in a smooth transition. Plans to redevelop the
space are beginning to occur so if you have an idea
you would like to share please feel free to see myself
or a member of the School Council.
STAFFING UPDATES Josh Frederick has accepted a position at Newhaven
College on Phillip Island. Spencer Cowan will be
heading to Sunshine Special Development School.
We thank both Josh and Spencer for their contribution
this year. We welcome Lauren Peeler who has been
appointed to a position for 2016. Lauren has spent a
considerable amount of time at Sunshine Primary
School as a casual relief teacher. We are currently
working on class lists and teacher placements which
will be published in our final newsletter for 2016,
Wednesday 16 December.
Lyn Read
MESSAGE FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
The Buddy Bench is a place where students can go if
they have no one to play with. Students who see
someone on the bench can then go over and ask
them to play. If there are two kids on the bench at
the same time, they can go and play together.
A big thank you to Sonia, Carmen, Rebecca, Elzette
and Lya who organised and painted the Buddy
Bench. The SPS Buddy Bench even made the front
cover of the local Leader newspaper.
YEAR 6 TO YEAR 7 TRANSITION Students currently in Year 6 who have enrolled in a
Government Secondary College for 2016 will be
participating in a Transition Day on Tuesday 8
December. This program is to support and familiarise
the students with the school they will be attending
next year. Students who have enrolled in
a Non-Government school and have already
participated in a Transition day are expected to
attend school on this day.
Kylie Champion
SCHOOL COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S REPORT Wow this year went quickly. Firstly, I would like to thank
everyone who helped this year, particularly with
fundraising. People who kindly donated their time
Sonia, Rebecca, Carmen, Heidi, Michelle, Anna (and
Anna’s mum), Maria, Deb, Maz, Bec, Mel, Lya and
Elzette. I would also like to thank people who have
donated money, come to events or donated goods
or services, such as Jamie for taking on the role of MC
at the Trivia Night and Central Linen Services with their
kind donation of the table cloths used on the night.
It certainly made the room look a treat and added a
great ambience to the evening, thanks Maggie and
Anh. Thank you to the School Council Members for
their time and effort at meetings Bec, Sonia, Kylee,
Karlee, Carmen, Heidi and Paula. A big thank you to
everyone that has come to ideas meetings or
approached me with thoughts and ideas for
improvements.
Next year we look forward to improving the toilet
blocks. This will be the School Council Funded project.
Unfortunately the Government does not provide us
with enough funding to do everything that is required
for a school. That is why we rely heavily on fundraising
and donations to help us with the upkeep of the
school. School Council projects have recently funded
the Oval, the outdoor learning space and the decking
under the tree due for completion during the
December School Holidays.
We are a small school but we have seen some terrific
improvements at Sunshine Primary School in the last
few years. None of this would be possible without the
growing support of the parent base so thanks to
everyone, if I forgot to mention you I am sorry.
We also have some exciting ideas for next year, our
125 Year Celebration (quasquicentennial, I had to
google it). I hope everyone joins in the fun activities
planned for 2016.
We are looking at joining up with The Friends of
Kororoit Creek, Melbourne Water and Brimbank
Council some time next year or 2017 to adopt a patch
of bush along the creek as part of the creek
regeneration project. This could involve a planting
day with the school involved and then part of the
creek would remain tied to Sunshine Primary School. If
you go for a walk along the creek you will see a patch
done recently by Sunshine Heights. The group hope to
have all the schools involved and this will mean a
much healthier creek environment. It would be good
to see some of our SPS community get involved.
Finally, thanks again to the whole school community
for making our school the wonderful place it is. Have a
great holiday break and I look forward to catching up
with you next year and remember if you have an
idea, thought something was good or not so good just
let me know. I am at assembly most Fridays and
always happy to stop and have a chat.
Felicity Gates
Happy Birthday November
Zen, Brydie-Mae, Phu, Leah, Mitchell,
Gabriel.
To advertise in our newsletter please refer to our website for pricing and different sizes available. SPS only advertise on behalf of the third party but do
Not guarantee the results or merchantable quality of the goods or services provided.
Week ending 13 & 20 November
Prep L
Filip & Patrick
Alex & Immanuel Prep/1 R
Linh & Palpasha
Sarah & Kaira 1EM
Felicity & Jericho
Nina & Kajal 2/3 LK
Pariya & Hamish
Lachlan & Julio 2/3 AK
Sanja & Jess
Ava & Bilaal 3/4 B
Andrea & Theresa
Alex & Katelyn 3/4 L
Rylee & Raisa
Reghayeh & Emma 5/6 C
Mitchell & Isabella
Aliza & Latu 5/6 O
Audrey & Daniel
Kenny & Phu Other Awards
Emily & Amber
Evan & Piper
PRINCIPAL AWARDS
Oliver - 1EM
Helen - 3/4B
SUNNY MONEY REWARD TOKENS RAFFLE
Week
Number of
Tokens handed
out for the Week
Raffle
Winners
6 71 Phuong & Binthu
7 78 Nina & Palpasha
PERFORMING ARTS PROPOSED
ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE FOR TERM 4 Week 8 5/6’s Week 10 2/3’s and Choir Joyce Azzopardi - Music Specialist
Parent Helpers & Volunteers
Special Morning Tea
THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER
It’s hard to believe but the end of another school
year is fast approaching. Our library conducts an
annual stocktake. To help with the stocktake
process we ask that parents and students check
around their home and classroom,
and return any overdue library
books and any readers form the
home reading program. Individual
letters requesting payment for lost
books will be issued in December.
Your assistance is much appreciated.
Leah Kotynski - Literacy Coordination &
Eril Maina - Library Technician
2016 BOOK PACK All families will receive information about the 2016
Book Pack early in December if you do not
receive the information please check with your
child’s teacher.
Included in the pack is a letter containing your
family BPay Biller code and reference number.
We strongly encourage parents to use BPay when
making payment.
To advertise in our newsletter please refer to our website for pricing and different sizes available. SPS only advertise on behalf of the third party but do
not guarantee the results or merchantable quality of the goods or services provided.
SPS Breakfast Club Open every morning
from 8:30am till 8:50am Proudly sponsored by Bakers Delight S’hine
Always looking for donations of Bread, Margarine, Strawberry Jam & Vegemite
Before & After School Care Program For Bookings and cancellations please ring
Maryanne on 0423 795 361
Primary School Wear Shop address
58 Westwood Drive, Deer Park Phone: 9363 8458
Order online at www.psw.com.au
School Dental Service:
Ph: 8398 4100 — No. 2 Geelong Road, Footscray
Interested in learning how to play Keyboard
Half hour lessons are now available at SPS during school hours
(9:30am – 1:00pm) Reasonable rates charged.
We remind parents to please label your child/
children’s uniform. On many occasions we are
unable to return items as they are not labelled.
Please take the time to have a look through
lost property. All unclaimed non uniform items
are disposed of at the end of each term.
2015 Prep Transition
Session 1
Friday 13 November 10:00am—11:00am
Session 2
Friday 20 November 10:00am—11:00am
Session 3
Friday 27 November 10:00am—11:00am
Session 4 Friday 4 December 10:00am—11:00am
In order for your child to attend the Transition Sessions they must be enrolled at Sunshine Primary School
for Prep 2016.
Enrolment Forms
are available from the office or our website.
Hours 8:45am to 9:00am
Tuesday & Thursday mornings
CASH ONLY SALES Please bring small change
and your own bag.
Second hand clothing range from $5 - $15 each.
Donations of preloved uniform can be left at the office. Clothing should be in reasonably good condition and clean.
We also have a number of brand new shorts for
sale at $10.00 each.
SCHOOL UNIFORM
In Music this term, the students in years 2/3 and 3/4 have been exploring how sound is made and were asked to bring along something from their kitchen to make their own Kitchen Symphony. We classified our objects into instrument groups and had lots of fun playing our kitchen instruments.
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