The Oak Leaf · • Wristbands will be on sale on the tiger turf 3.20 -3.45pm on the following dates o Thursday October 11th o Monday October 15th o Wednesday October 17th o Friday

Willett Avenue Oak Park 3046 Issue 29

t 9306 9182 e [email protected] www.oakparkps.vic.edu.au October 10th 2018

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Oak Park Primary School will work collaboratively to provide a stimulating, safe and challenging

learning environment that promotes resilient, innovative thinkers.

Principal’s Column

I’d like to welcome everyone back to school and

hope that you were able to get some sort of a

break along with your children.

My wife and I travelled to the Netherlands, Belgium

and Germany during our time away. We cycled

from Amsterdam to Bruges which was a great way

to see the Dutch countryside. We also spent some

time in s’Hertogenbosch, Cologne, Munich and

Berlin.

We were in Munich for Oktoberfest (which was a

real eye opener) and travelled a fair bit by train

which is a great way to go long distances between

cities.

I think the opportunity to travel is one of the great

privileges of our time. We are able to get to places

relatively quickly these days (not that those long

haul flights seem very quick when you’re on them)

and flights are probably cheaper than they have

ever been.

And of course travel offers great experiences.

Parents who take their children on overseas

holidays often approach the school to ask for some

work for their child to do while they’re away. I

usually believe that the travel in itself is such a great

learning opportunity that no more prepared ‘work’

would be required – except perhaps to encourage

continued reading. Visiting landmarks, learning

about the history of a place, getting to know the

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

October 12th Foundation

Transition session 1

October 16th Finance Committee

9.00am

October 20th School Fete

Oct 29th – Nov 2nd Grade 5/6 Camp to

Phillip Island

November 5th Student Free Day

November 6th Melbourne Cup Day

December 6th Carols Night

December 11th Year 7 Transition Day

December 12th Grade 6 Big Day Out

December 18th Grade 6 Graduation



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different people, different customs and talking

about all the things you feel, see and have learnt,

all help us to get even more from the experience.

Schools often have concerns about student

absences – there’s lots of research that shows that

kids generally do better at school with better

attendance – but there are absences and there

absences. Holidays can be great experiences that

can add depth and breadth to knowledge and

perspectives.

2019 Classes – Parent

Input

Often during this time of year the school begins to

get questions about how class lists for the next

school year are developed. Basically, we begin

working on this early in Term 4. The following

criteria are considered as the staff creates a

recommendation to the principal for class

composition that includes:

• students with special learning styles and

needs

• high achieving students

• balanced male/female ratios where

possible

• known interpersonal relationships that will

maintain a positive class climate

• teacher recommendation

• learning & teaching style balance

• parent concerns

Please note that parent requests are considered

when the request is based on the learning style

of the student or other known factors that may

have a positive or negative influence on the

child. We do not place children based on simple

choice. As noted above many factors are taken into

consideration.

Here are the steps to the process:

1. In the newsletter, parents will be

notified to send a written letter to the

principal if they want to give input to the

process of class placement for their child.

2. The letter must be received by the school

no later than 26th October in order

to be considered. This is an important

deadline as letters received after that

date will be too late to be considered.

3. The letter must state the criteria and

learning environment best suited for the

student as per the parent opinion (this

is a piece of the input to the process along

with the teacher input). We ask that you do

NOT request a teacher specifically by

name.

4. In Term 4, the principal will direct the

teaching staff to prepare class lists for

2019 based on the criteria listed above

including both teacher and parent input.



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5. Upon completion of the draft class lists the

principal will meet with each grade level

team of teachers to review the lists

and discuss the criteria for how they

were developed.

6. Parents are informed of their child’s class

placement prior to the end of the school

year.

Chess

Well done all students who participated in our

Oak Park Chess Tournament last term.

Congratulations to the following students-

OVERALL WINNER AGASTHYA NELLORE (1H)

Second Overall- AYDIN GAZI (4A)

Third Overall- JACK CHILA (4A)

Junior Award (Grade 2 and under)

First Junior- OLIVER OJCZYK (2M)

Second Junior- CAGAN CALSIMSEK (2D)

Chess Club will be continuing this term and all

new students are welcome. Please pick up at form

from the office. Please note that chess club is run

by a specialist chess teacher who comes to our

school specifically for this lunchtime club. Fees are

$40 for this term.

Any questions please feel free to contact me,

Melanie Ojczyk



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Lunchtime Activities

Another reminder that our Lunchtime Activities

Program continues to operate. This term, a new

activity has been introduced with the Coding Club

where students will learn about simple coding with

David Lu.

These extracurricular activities are a great way to

learn about new things or develop current

interests.

Activity Location Teacher/s

Mon Anime Club Japanese Room Melissa

Learn to Draw Art Room Dave

Tue Scrapbooking Libraray Maria

Kid’s Yoga Early Years

Centre

Tania

Wed Library Library Bryan

Phys Ed Games Gym Liam

Chess Club Multipurpose

Room

Grant/

Mel/Dave

Thurs Library Library Sally

Coding Club Library Dave Lu

Fri Gardening Club School yard John

Dance

Performance

Gym Mel and Kate



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Fete Fun!

Fete Day is less than 2 weeks away – there are still

ways for you to get involved to make this Fete our

biggest and most successful ever!

• We still need 10 more volunteers for fete

day – if you haven’t put your name down

for an hour to help, please do so.

• Donations of bottles of wine for bottle in a

bag, BBQ good for our school run bbq or

Zooper Doopers are still welcome –

donations help us keep our costs down.

• The Home Bake Sale needs baked goods

to sell on the day. Donations of sweet or

savoury good can be donated before

9.30am on fete day. Forms will be sent

home

• Any local families that have surplus of

produce they could donate for our

sustainability stall are welcome to drop off

on 19th October or before 9.30am on the

date of the fete (ie. Fruit from fruit trees,

home grown herbs, eggs etc)

There is a lot to look forward to on fete day – be prepared by buying a ride wristband before the day and save $5, here is some info to help decide which wristband to buy:

Junior / Yellow wristband $20/25

Giant Slide Monkey mania inflatable 3+

Chair-o-plane ages 3-12 Cup & Saucer All ages

Senior / Blue wristband $30/35



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Kite Flyer 105cm alone. Parent with children below

this height

Scrambler 1.10cm with an adult. must be 1.20cm

to ride alone

Giant Slide

Monkey Mania Inflatable 3+

Chair-o-plane 3-12

Cup and Saucer All ages

• Wristbands will be on sale on the tiger turf 3.20 -3.45pm on the following dates

o Thursday October 11th

o Monday October 15th

o Wednesday October 17th

o Friday October 19th

• Make sure to bring some spare change

with you on the day. There will be a big

wheel, raffle at the bar with great prizes,

bottle in a bag and Stalls Galore. As well

as the favourites we know and love, food

trucks, BBQ, fairy floss, side show alley,

showbags, homebake, and bubble soccer

• Make sure you have your raffle tickets and

money returned by the end of this week

(12th October) to be in the drawer to win

some fabulous prizes

• To try and make our fete as sustainable as

possible, please bring your own bag on

the day for all your purchases. It’s a great

event to ride or walk to (the bike shed will

be open to lock bikes away) and we will

have our map available on QR reader.

Thank you to our school community for all your

help to date, we couldn’t do it without you – it’s

shaping up to be a great FETE day!



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School Sports Photos



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Class Name Awarded for

FH Alex Tekinaslan For working hard to improve your writing through editing and

adding more detail. Keep up the amazing effort

FP

FS

1H

1M Liam Donovan For a terrific start to Term 4. You have been so focused, and a

great role model for others.

1/2C Sarah De Maria For being a responsible, eager student who always strives to

produce her best work. Well done Sarah

2D Ethan Branagan For being a responsible role model in class. You have set a good

example with listening and following instructions

2M Makayla Hall For an excellent work ethis and always trying your hardest. Youre

a real asset to the class Makayla

3E Max Green For an outstanding effort in the classroom and concentrating on

your work. Well done Max

3P Ryan For working hard consistently to improve your writing and be the

best learner you can be!

4JW Ella Hamilton For working so well on your reading goals at home

Student Medications

Reminder

All students whose medications have expired have

received a call from the school, and we request that

replacements are forwarded as soon as possible.

Thank you to those parents who have supplied new

medications. Updated Anaphylaxis and Asthma

Action Plans are required at the start of each

school year. Parents have been emailed or called

regarding out of date plans. Unfortunately we

have not received all the updated plans we have

requested.

We would appreciate families supplying these as

soon as possible.



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Asthma Action Plans

Reminder

We have many Asthma Action Plans that are well

out of date. Families have been emailed to supply

these as soon as possible.

Asthma Action Plans for Victorian Schools MUST

be completed, signed and dated by the patients

Medical Doctor.

These plans must also be updated and supplied to

your childs school every 12 months.

Any time asthma medications are prescribed and

expected to be taken to school (even when it is

seasonal asthma or it is virus-related) they MUST

be accompanied by a Medical Management Plan

signed by your childs Doctor. The Official Action

Plan is at the back of this newsletter.

Hats! Hats! Hats!

Reminder

From September 1st, all students are required to

wear their school hat.

From Monday 10th, we will be enforcing our, 'no

hat - no play' policy. This means that students

with no hat will need to play in totally shaded

areas (this does not include under the shade sails

in the playground). These shaded areas are the

covered areas surrounding the tiger turf. Please

note, we are also following our updated uniform

policy and this means the hats need to be the

wide-brimmed, navy hat with the school logo, or a

navy bucket hat.

School Payments

Reminder - Compass

It is preferable that school payments (excursions,

camps, events etc.) are to be made via Compass.

With all excursions, camps & events, there is a

cut-off date for payment.

We would appreciate ALL payments to be

made via Compass PRIOR to the cut-off date.

If for some reason payment is not able to be done

online, please follow payment options below:

• Deposit directly into bank account, please

note name and what payment is for on

bank receipt.

• Cash in cash envelope to your childs

teacher for processing through their cash

book. Please no cash payments to Office.

• Cedit Card details via cash envelope to

class teacher, or credit card swipe via

Office.

We appreciate your assistance with regards to

our payment options, but once again, we ask

that payments are done PRIOR to the cut-off

date.



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Please support these great businesses who are sponsoring and supporting Oak Park Primary School’s fete

PLATINUM SPONSORS

Akay Architects www.akayarchitects.com.au

Barry Plant www.barryplant.com.au/glenroy

McDonalds Oak Park www.mcdonalds.com.au

Bendigo Bank

Strathmore www.bendigobank.com.au/strathmore

Tilnak

Active Moreland

www.tilnak.com

http://www.oakpark.activemoreland.com.au

GOLD SPONSORS

Glenroy RSL https://www.glenroyrsl.com.au

Globe Footwear http://globebrand.com

LTYB Strathmore http://listentoyourbody.com.au/studio/strathmore

Kelly Sports http://www.kellysports.com.au

Team Holiday http://teamkids.com.au



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SILVER SPONSORS

La Yoga

Flight Centre

Latitude Bounce.Climb.Fly

BRONZE SPONSORS



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School Contacts Principal Bryan Nolan [email protected]

Business Manager Annette D’Elia [email protected]

Office Manager Fran MacDonough [email protected]

PFA President Bron Barwick [email protected]

School Council President Joanne Roolker [email protected]

OSHC Coordinator Julie Andrews [email protected]



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The Oak Leaf · • Wristbands will be on sale on the tiger turf 3.20 -3.45pm on the following dates o Thursday October 11th o Monday October 15th o Wednesday October 17th o Friday