Almands Avenue, Roxburgh Park, Victoria, 3064

Telephone: 03 9303 9335 Facsimile: 03 9303 9338

Email: roxburgh.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.roxburghparkps.vic.edu.au

ROXBURGH PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL No 5485

“Achieving Excellence Together”

Newsletter Our school values: Honesty • Empathy • Co-operation • Trust • Respect

16th March, 2017

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Temos

Ari

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Anthony

Prep C - Ms Marino

Hoane

1A - Ms Moon

Angie

1B - Ms Buc & Ms Asta

Jamie

1C - Ms Thompson

Jesse

2A - Ms Finnigan Eric

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Dear Parents and Guardians,

100% Attendance The following students have been at school every day in February; PA – Leyla, Jasmine, Saira, Moses, Jeriko . PB – Elia, Alexis, Ashton, Yandel, Ali, Seray. PC- Hawra, Sebastian 1A- Zaid, Ozan, Safiya, Mahoud, Mira, Cruz, Gia Linh, Tasha, Arshia. 1B- Aydin, Heidi, Yashica. 1C- Mason, Lujayen, John, Muhamad, Grace, Fatma, Alina. 2A- Mirna, Mikail, Emin. 2B – Lailah, Youssef, Noor, Sirin, Sophia, Melisa, Sophie, Yunus, Jasmine, Rihanna. 2C – Tiana, Schmidt, William, Amina, Issa, Yara, Jamal, Sariah. 3A –Azemina, Megan, Sarah, Abdulfawaz, Varish, Cesar. 3B- Shazer, Baran, Ayah, Gusha, Annie, Jaffar, Kane 3C- Zaynb, Yesmin, Angie, Oshana, Esha. 4A- Zahraa, Zahra, Berra. 4B – Marlize, Sam, Aisha, Jameson, Lakshyan, Ehab, Badr, Akira, Juzair, Hassan,Lebron, Bashir, Cristiano. 4C- Ugur, Gurleen, Maria, Rasha, Ehab. 5A- Toni, Chaddy, Omer, Mark, Talia, Nawal, Khalid, Fares, Jaiveer, Aiyana. 5B- Ibrahim, Sellina, Naomi, Serene 5C- Tomi, Kerem, Samir, Muhammad, Serenity, Dale, Salv, Fatma. 6A- Mohamad, Sarah, Maryam, Molly, Kade, Zaid, Pahan, Finity, Precious, Filifili, Carlos, Zarinjay, Aaiza, Melisa. 6B- Ruya, Bora, Cihan, Zena, Hanan. 6C- Hafsa, Maryam, Yasir, Julian, Razan, Callum, Anjie, Jamie. 6D- Abhinav, Alexander, Latrell, Hannah, Christie, Rashad, Sevda.

First five students to solve problem

WELL DONE TO ALL THESE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ON 100% ATTENDANCE!!

STEM The augural opening of the STEM Program was a great success. Thank you Tony Faltiska and staff for your support and commitment to this new initiative. Thank you students and parents for participating on the night.

SWIMMING The Health and Physical Education curriculum includes four focus areas which have specific reference to swimming and water safety. These are:

Fundamental movement skills in water

Safety around water

Lifelong physical activities that include swimming

Challenge and adventure activities that revolve around water

Development of knowledge and skills relating to survival swimming and basic water safety can significantly reduce a child’s drowning risk and enhance community safety Next week the Grade 3/4 students are involved in our swimming program. Regards Ric Maguire Principal.

OSHC For Outside School Hour

Care please contact Camp

Australia on 1300 105 343

DATES TO REMEMBER

21st March – 30th March Swimming Grade 3&4.

23rd March - Harmony Day.

27th March Student Leadership Conference.

27th – 29th March Candlebark Camp Gr.5/6.

20th March AGM / School Council.

31st March Last Day Term 1.

http://www.roxburghparkps.vic.edu.au/

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Temos

Asya

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Taha

Prep C - Ms Marino

Rose

1A - Ms Moon

Batol

1B - Ms Asta

Noura

1C - Ms Thompson

Luca

2A - Ms Finnigan

Hanna

2B - Ms Free

Amira

2C - Ms Mandaliti

Rashad

3A - Ms Rosella

3B - Ms Baido

Annie

3C – Ms Buc/Ms Brereton

4A – Ms Monsone & Ms Ciantar

Dylan

4B – Mr Moat

Khadija

4C – Ms Leditschke

5A – Mr Penhall

Fadia

5B - Ms Garita

Yusuf

5C - Ms Jankievski & Ms Fry

Tomi

6A – Mr Urbancic

Sarah

6B – Ms Oram-Parkinson

Ruya

6C – Mr Wright

Mitchell

6D – Ms Davenport

Kassam

Performing Arts - Ms Verde

Visual Art Award - Ms Borg/Ms Fitzpatrick

You can do it Award

Upcoming Payments All excursion money sent to school MUST be in an envelope or a zip-lock bag with the Child’s name,

grade and amount written clearly. Too many times we are receiving money with no accompanying details of

which child to credit.

Event Date of Event

Cost of Event

Payment Due

2017 Book Fees Term 1 $170.00 Due Now

Grade 5 & 6 Candlebark Farm Camp

27th – 29th March

$290 10th March

Grade 3&4 Swimming

21 March – 30th March

$90 10th March

Principal Award Grade 6A & 4B – Best attendance in school for the month of

February

Grade 3B – Best follow up of unexplained absence for month of

February.

Assistant Principal Award

LIBRARY NEWS:

Premier’s Reading Challenge

permission forms have been given out to students

inviting them to join the challenge.

Prep – Gr 2 students read/experience 30 books and

Gr 3-6 students read 15 books.

The challenge will finish August 11th. If you want your

child to participate and they have not brought a form

home please see Chris Quayle in the library to obtain

one. All permission forms need too be returned by March

21stin order to be ready for a Term 2 start.

If you need further information contact:

Chris Quayle

VPRC Co-ordinator.

Come along and join the……

PARENTS & FRIENDS committee RPPS

We meet on a Friday on a fortnightly basis at 2pm –

2:30pm just in time for Assembly.

Come and help us plan out fun fundraising activities for

2017.

We would love to see you there, everybody welcome! This terms dates are: 17th March!

2017

Wow word of the week Are you the WOW word of the Week Champion?

Every week in the newsletter there will be an interesting or unusual wow word written with its meaning from

the dictionary.

Can you put that word in an amazing sentence? If so, write it on a piece of paper, include your name and grade

and pop it in

the box in the office. If your sentence is the most impressive, then you will feature on our WOW writer

champion board displayed in the foyer of the office. Winner announced each week at assembly.

Happy writing! Lisa EL

This weeks word below!

LAST WEEK’S Wow WINNERS

When I bought my new expensive house it was not too shabby. The rooms were

cleaner than the White House. The windows were shinning and the house smelt

like a precious, beautiful perfume.

Ali

One dark evening I drove past an old shabby haunted house. I had a shiver

down my spine and I was paralysed with fear. I saw a masked figure that

glared down at me with its eyes that penetrated souls. I sped away as fast as

lightening.

Eric 6B

As I walked through the secret passage way it looked very shabby. Everyone

was forbidden to go there so I just went in as though it was a murderous

situation. A sharp shiver went down my nerves. It looked like a dead alley.

Marlize & Malevia 4B

ENRAPTURE – a feeling of

intense joy.

Wow WINNERs CONTINUED……

There I was at the park playing wonderfully with my friends. As I was playing I

heard a bark. I was getting closer to the disturbing noise. “Aww poor thing”. I

see a shabby, old and dirty dog. I took the poor thing to my house and washed

him.

Latrell 6D

Despite my efforts to persuade my mother to sell our new, shabby, tattered

car, she refused and said “ Do you know how much money a new car is?. Your

father and I work hard to put food on the table and keep a roof over our heads

and here you are, you loathsome, unappreciative slob, asking for a new car”.

Eloise and Rania 4B

Congratulations to the Mathletics classes of the

week

Congratulations to the Mathletics classes of the week

Gold - 4C Silver – 5C Bronze- 4A

Week ending 10th March 2017

Keep up the great work and keep trying to get a GOLD certificate to join in our special lunch at the end of the term!

Maths Game of the week!

High Card – Addition

A game suitable for students from Prep to

Year 6.

Two students place a deck of cards in front

of them face down.

Remove the Kings, Jacks, and Jokers. The

Ace represents the number one and the

Queen represents a zero. All other cards

are face value.

Chn share out all the cards and place their

cards in front of them in one pile.

Player one turns over his/her top two cards

and adds them up ie. 7 and 10 = 17. Player

two then turns over his/her top two cards

hoping to get a higher score than player

one. Whoever has the higher score takes

all 4 cards and places them at the bottom of

their pack. Play continues until teacher says

stop or all cards are used. Player with most

cards wins.

Variations

Turn over three cards, Subtract, turn over

three cards and add and subtract between

cards to make greatest total. Make the

largest two/three digit number, multiply.

ROXBURGH PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Principal: Richard Maguire Phone: 03 9303 9335 Fax: 03 9303 9338

Assistant Principal: Emma Brooksby Email: roxburgh.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

READY, SET, GO!

PRE-PREP PROGRAM 2017

FOR STUDENTS BEGINNING PREP IN 2018

Child’s Name: ____________________________________

Address: ____________________________________

____________________________________

Contact Phone Number: ____________________________________

Special needs or medical condition we should be aware of:

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

Custody Restrictions: ____________________________________

(Please supply a copy of the Court Order)

Kindergarten Attended in 2017 ____________________________________

Brothers/Sisters attending Roxburgh Park Primary School in 2017

Name(s) and Grade(s): __________________________

__________________________

I authorise the teacher in charge to consent, where it is impracticable to communicate with me, to the child receiving such medical or surgical treatment as may be deemed necessary.

Signed: ___________________________________ Parent/Guardian

Date: ________________________________

mailto:roxburgh.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Year 7, 2018

ENROLEMENT INFORMATION NIGHT.

Thursday April 27th 2017

Doors open at 6:00pm for a 6:30pm start in the Landale

Building.

6:30-7pm : Address from Principal, teachers and students.

7pm: Tour of the college

2-30 Hampton St, Craigieburn

Dear Families,

On Thursday the 23rd of March, our school will be celebrating

Harmony Day! On this day we celebrate the many different

cultures within our school community. On the day we ask that all

students come to school dressed in their traditional cultural

clothing or in the colour orange. We would also like to ask students

to bring in a dish of food from their culture to share. Please try

to share something that does NOT need refrigeration or heating!

Please make sure you include: a list of ingredients, the name of

the dish and the country of origin of the dish.

There will also be a whole school Aboriginal Incursion run by

Koomurri. The incursion will include Aboriginal dance, song, stories

and more.

The cost for the day is a Gold Coin Donation!

Thank you!

Hi Parents/Guardians!

As part of upcoming 'Harmony Week' (15th-21st March

2017), the school will be engaged in a project to

transform the very ordinary looking garden bed in Area

One into a beautiful 'Harmony Garden!'

We are asking for any garden gnomes or flower pots you

may have that you no longer need, which could be donated

to the school & added to our special garden!

If you have any, please bring them to the Art Room, it

would be greatly appreciated!

Kind regards,

The Specialist Team

SCHOOL PHOTOS

Please note that School photos are now on Thursday 18 May.