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NEWSLETTER NO.27 THURSDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER, 2014

WEBSITE ADDRESS is burwoodhps.vic.edu.au/

FRIDAY 19TH

SEPTEMBER

END OF TERM THREE.

DISMISSAL AT 2.30P.M.

MONDAY 6TH OCTOBER TERM FOUR COMMENCES

EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE

MEETING

RABBIT REARING IN KINDERGARTEN

WEDNESDAY 8TH OCTOBER SUB-COMMITTEE MEETINGS

MONDAY 13TH OCTOBER SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING

TUESDAY 14TH OCTOBER PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT –

2015 KINDERGARTEN

WEDNESDAY 15TH OCTOBER WALK TO SCHOOL DAY

THURSDAY 16TH OCTOBER ART SHOW

SUNDAY 19TH OCTOBER WHITEHORSE SPRING FESTIVAL

FRIDAY 24TH NOVEMBER PREP 2015 TRANSITION COMMENCES

REAL LIFE ADVENTURES – HORSE

RIDING

TUESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER MELBOURNE CUP DAY – PUBLIC

HOLIDAY

MONDAY 10TH NOVEMBER EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE

MEETING

TUESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER PREP 2015 INFORMATION NIGHT

REMEMBRANCE DAY

WEDNESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER SUB-COMMITTEE MEETINGS

MONDAY 17TH NOVEMBER SCHOOL COUNCIL

TUESDAY 18TH NOVEMBER PERFORMING ARTS TOUR -

TRARALGON

FRIDAY 21ST NOVEMBER JUNIOR SCHOOL SPORTS

WEDNESDAY 26TH NOVEMBER ACMA – CYBER TRAINING

SATURDAY 29TH NOVEMBER STATE ELECTIONS

MONDAY 1ST DECEMBER CURRICULUM DAY – STUDENT FREE

TUESDAY 2ND DECEMBER DANCE AND GLEE CONCERT

ELECTION OF 2015 SCHOOL LEADERS

WEDNESDAY 10TH DECEMBER JUNIOR SCHOOL CONCERT

FRIDAY 12TH DECEMBER PREP EXCURSION TO CHESTERFIELD

PARK

MONDAY 15TH DECEMBER YEAR SIX GRADUATION

FROM THE PRINCIPAL … Esther Wood

HOLIDAY TIME!

We have reached the end of Term Three 2014.and

are all looking forward to two weeks break from the

normal routine and life’s immediate demands.

On behalf of staff I wish you and your family a safe

holiday and look forward to seeing you back at

school for the commencement of Term Four on 6th

October.

ENJOY!

WELCOME ABOARD, MR. STEVEN PANERAS

It is with great pleasure I welcome Mr Steven

Paneras to staff. Mrs Vicky Papas will be turning to

teach overseas and Mr Paneras will take on Mrs

Papas’s teaching responsibilities. Mr Paneras is

well-known to 1/2P and the transition has been a

very smooth one for them. I know he will add much

to the learning and teaching at Burwood Heights

Primary School.

I wish Mrs Papas all the very best for her time

overseas.

PREP 2015 TRANSITION

The first of the PREP TRANSITION

PROGRAMMES will be from 9.15am to 10.45am

on October 24th.

Other Transition Programmes will be conducted on

31st October, 7th November and 14th November.

A Prep Information Night will be held on Tuesday,

11th November.

STATE SCHOOLS’ SPECTACULAR

Last Saturday, students from our school joined with

approximately three thousand other performers in

the State Schools’ Spectacular. What a treat it was

for everyone! The performance was held at the

Hisense Area and the venue allowed singers,

dancers, gymnasts, orchestra, skippers and skaters

to show their talent to a huge audience of over ten

thousand people.

It is easy to see that this is the largest performing

arts event in Australia and to witness the enormous

talent that is in our government schools.

This unique opportunity to perform was greatly

appreciated by all the performers and staff. Special

“thank you” to Mrs Whiteoak and Mr Miet and to

those staff who helped in the preparation of the

students.

Thank you to parents for your invaluable

contribution in making the day possible.

It certainly was a “dream-come-true” for many of

our students.

It will be televised on 19th October at 3.00pm,

Channel 7.

PLEASE WATCH OVER OUR SCHOOL

DURING THE BREAK

If you see any incident that impacts on the safety

or wellbeing of staff, students or visitors in or

around schools, especially after school hours,

you can alert Emergency Management by

phoning 95896266 (24 hour service). Of course, if

what you see is criminal behaviour, call the

police on 000.

In order to keep our school secure it is incumbent

upon us all to be vigilant at all times. Unwanted

visitors to the school should be reported to the

police immediately. We employ the services of a

security company to patrol the school at night

however it is clear that this is not sufficient.

Please help us to keep our school safe from

vandalism. Report intruders to the police. No

one should be on the school property when the

school is not operating.

Thank you.

CLASS FORMATION

The process for student placement for 2015 is about

to commence. We aim to have well-balanced

classes of students that take into account each

student’s social, emotional and academic

development and friendship groups.

Class compositions are based on Level groupings

(Level One – Prep; Level Two – Grades One and

Two; Level Three – Grades Three and Four and

Level Four – Grades Five and Six.

We endeavour to make optimum use of prior

knowledge teachers, parents and others have of

each student prior to class placement.

This is a lengthy process and entails much

discussion and sharing of information between

staff.

If there is any information you consider important

for the school to be aware of, please put it in writing

and return to me before Monday 6th October.

There will be no class considerations after this

date.

GARDEN VIEWS

Hello! As warmth returns to our part of the earth,

we humans begin to want to go out of doors, away

from our shelters. We put on less clothing so as to

adjust to the sun's increasing warmth.

In older times before the importation and

refrigeration of food, people had their own cellars

which by springtime would be running out of food.

It was essential for people to plant seed as soon as

possible so that food would grow. In this setting

fasting was natural. Limited food reserves had to

stretch over more time. Fasting cools the body and

cleanses it, as do the first green leafy foods that

mother earth provides.( spring cleaning!)

When people moved away from small

farms into towns and cities the religious leaders

understood that food was more plentiful there and

eating was not restricted anymore by the wisdom of

the seasons. This is why lent was proclaimed as a

ritual in spring. When the sun returns to warm our

bodies we do not need to eat as much food as we do

in winter. However we can keep eating due to

refrigeration storage in supermarkets. This may

result in us making our bodies too hot resulting in

all kinds of fever; hayfever, springfever etc. By

suggesting that people fast during spring the church

leaders were trying to do what wise nature did

before technology and city living ie cool the body

down so that people would not become overrun by

hot headedness.

As modern humans we can judge all old

traditions as silly and therefore not worth our time

to investigate. These days we prefer that drug

companies give us pills to control the excess heat in

our bodies even though many have scary side

effects.

Nature works on the big idea, called

balance. We have hot and cold seasons, wet times

and dry times. Imagine a see saw, where a man and

a woman sit opposite one another. In the middle is a

vertical axis which is the balancing point. Perhaps

the task of existence is to walk the middle way

between the extremes and so not get caught in life’s

ups and downs. In commerce, there is a scales

which serves balance between the buyer and the

seller, a pound of flour for so much coin. In law,

there is a scales of justice where an offender's

action is weighed up against the wounds of another

by a judge who sits like the vertical axis in the

middle of the court room.

Perhaps it is for such deeper reasons that

even nursery rhymes say such things as “ Jack

Spratt could eat no fat and his wife could eat no

lean but together they licked the platter clean”.

Cheers Peter Le Ray

3/4C WRITING

Students in Level Three have been working on

adding suspense to their writing by choosing

highly descriptive language based around the

five senses. Here are some more examples of this

writing from students in 3/4 C.

Cold, cold, the shivering was getting worse

and it was only the start. I couldn’t see

anything but snow and could barely move.

The wind was howling. I was absolutely

terrified that it was the end. My mouth was

frozen and I could taste nothing but ice. I

was trying as hard as I could to move

around but my feet were sinking into the

snow. I couldn’t move my hands but then I

found a huge cave. I heard a growl. I saw

two red, glowing eyes and something was

coming right at me. I was doomed.

By Joel B

Cold, cold, the shivering was getting worse

and it was only the start. I could see snow

everywhere I went. I could hear a wolf

crying and howling. Then I saw eyes

looking at me from the bush and out jumped

a baby wolf. It jumped on me and licked me

on the face. When I got up the wolf

followed me. By Joey P

Wave by wave, the boat crashed into the

water. I could hear sirens, people were

screaming.

“What was all that?” I said to myself. I saw

light, I saw a life-boat, but part of me was

sad that I was finally being saved.

By Jacinta K

Cold, cold, the shivering was getting worse

and it was only the start. The sharp wind

went right through my jacket. It felt as

though I was an ice sculpture. All I could

see were the frosty trees going side to side. I

felt left out. By Belinda Y

Saturday 11th October

9.00am – 2.00pm

SELLERS WANTED! Now’s the time to clean out all those cupboards, toy

boxes, bookshelves and garages, and get everything

ready to sell at our Car Boot Sale in October.

Spaces are only $20

Don’t want to have a whole space to yourself? Ask

a friend to share one!

Booking forms available from the school website or

the office.

Any questions please contact Cara Fowler

Phone: 0414 841 737

LETTERBOX DELIVERERS:

If you feel like a walk around your local area

delivering flyers for the Car Boot Sale, please leave

your name with Vicki Fahey. All walkers will be

given a map showing where to deliver to and copies

of the flyer. The delivery should take place over the

weekend of 4th and 5th October. Flyers/maps will be

available for pick up on the last day of term.

INTERESTED IN LEARNING SOME

NEW COOKING SKILLS?? Keep Thursday afternoon free to come to the school

and learn some new recipes – new ideas, new

cuisines, new friends! Further details will be sent

home with the students again next week.

Thanks to Rain for teaching us all about

Singaporean last week. Today Edna has introduced

Indian to us. If you haven't made it to our class yet

and are free on Thursday afternoons, come along

and join us next Term! Vicki Fahey

SPOOK HOOPS BASKBALL FIXTURE

18th September

Tigers 3.50pm Court 1

Storm BYE

Razors 4.25pm Court 5

Congratulations to the twenty

students who represented the

school in the Victorian State

Schools Spectacular. The

students were all energetic

and danced confidently in

front of the large audience.

Many months of rehearsals

and two long days of

rehearsals at Hisense Arena

paid off when the students

finally took to the stage for

two performances on

Saturday 13th September. The

Victorian State Schools

Spectacular will be aired on

Channel 7 on Sunday 19th

October at 3.00p.m.

DISTRICT ATHLETICS

On Wednesday 3rd September 2014, our amazing athletes participated in the Nunawading

District Athletics. We would like to commend our students on their excellent enthusiasm

and school spirit. The cheering could be heard from the BHPS crowd all around. The

competition was fierce and our students put in a brilliant effort. BHPS came 7th in

aggregate points and 6th in overall points. We would like to congratulate the following

students for achieving first or second place in their events and moving onto Division

Athletics. We wish them the best of luck as they move onto the next level of competition:

Ann J Long Jump and Hurdles

Mikayla W Shot Put

James F Discus

Samantha E High Jump

Jasmine L Hurdles

We would like to thank all of the teachers for everything they have done to help BHPS be

as successful as they are. You are certainly appreciated. The parents need an extra BIG

mention. With the amazing help of Robyn Bell, we were able to gather a small army of

parents who gave their support and helped out wherever they could on the day. A big

thank you to all of the parents who took the time out of their busy day to come and cheer

on our brave athletes. Without your help and support, the day would not have run as

smoothly and students would not have built such brilliant memories of this sporting event.

Thank you and we hope to see you at the next event!

KITCHEN NOTES

It is with great pride and delight that I report that

we (Burwood Heights Primary School) have had great

success in the Home Economics Victoria Recipe

Challenge competition. In our first year of entry,

some of our talented and creative Level Four students

won first and third prize in the Green Salad category.

Students had to add their own touches to a basic

green salad recipe in this state wide competition and Kateland Y and Corinne F

won first prize with their “Winter Salad”. Saurish S and Keiren M came third in

the state with their “Colourful Chicken Salad”.

I accompanied the prize winners to the award presentation at Werribee

Secondary College on Monday, where we met Shirley Cameron, one of the co-

authors of the classic Home Economics/Food Tech text book, “Cookery the

Australian Way”. She delighted us with her warmth, humour and entertaining tales

of cooking with students over the years.

With the holidays upon us, you may like to make the winning recipes with your

children and see what so impressed the judges in this competition

Katie and Cori’s winter salad

Ingredients:

150g pre-prepared mixed lettuce

leaves

1 baby cucumber, finely sliced

1 tsp finely chopped parsley

½ cup Olives

60g of Danish feta

½ red onion

¼ butternut pumpkin diced

½ apple julienned

50g snow peas sliced in half

½ green peas

2 cloves Garlic

dressing

½ olive oil

¼ lemon juice

Salt and pepper

Equipment:

Measuring cups and spoons

Sharp knives

Chopping board

Oven trays

2 Medium bowls

Serving plate

Small saucepan

4 small bowls

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180

2. Line oven tray with non-stick paper

3. Cut pumpkin into small cubes, space

evenly on tray, drizzle oil and season

with garlic, salt and pepper

4. Place pumpkin in oven and cook for 25-

30 minutes or until crisp and golden

5. Put green peas and snow peas in a pot

and wait until boiled, remove from

heat once boiling

6. Slice cucumber, olives, feta and red

onion finely place in small bowls

7. Julienne (cut apple into match sticks)

apple

8. Place lettuce mix in serving bowl, top

with cucumber, olives, apple, onion,

snow peas, green peas, pumpkin and

feta

9. Pour olive oil and lemon juice into

medium bowl and season with salt and

pepper

10. Drizzle salad dressing over salad

And Enjoy!

Colourful Chicken Salad

Ingredients:

½ chicken breast

50 g shredded cucumber

100g cherry tomatoes

Salt & pepper

5 tbsp olive oil

1 red chilli

1 egg

1 lemon

50g flour

30g salad leaves

Method

1. Gather all ingredients

2. Cut cherry tomatoes in half;chop

chilli finely;cut salad leaves finely.

3. Add both to the shredded

cucumber in a bowl.

4. Put the flour in a bowl and dust

the chicken with it.

5. Place the flour-coated chicken

piece into a small bowl containing

your beaten egg and a small amount

of water.

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5.

7. Cook the chicken in about 2 tbsp

of olive oil for 10 minutes or until

cooked through.

8. Let the chicken rest. Once rested,

cut the chicken into cubes and add

to the cucumber, tomatoes and

salad leaves.

9. To make the dressing, whisk

together 3 tbsp olive oil, pinch of

salt and pepper and the juice of

half a lemon. If dressing is too

sour, add 2 tbsp of water.

10. Pour the dressing evenly over the

salad.

11. Toss to combine everything evenly.

Enjoy!

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