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JASON’S JOURNAL – The Principal’s Message This week has been a time of sharing, celebrating and marvelling at the happy nature of our students and witnessing the results of their hard work and persistence at school.
Thank you to everyone who has attended an event (or perhaps a few) this week as we have opened up our school for a wide range of visitors; family members and special friends from far and wide. It is not surprising to hear positive comments from those who note the positive tone of the school, the outstanding calibre of our teachers, the cohesive and dedicated nature of the parents group and the quality of our students. This was demonstrated in so many ways at Tuesday’s Arts Showcase and also noted by prospective parents attending daily tours – as well commented on at last night’s School Information Night.
ARTS SHOWCASE Tuesday night’s Arts Showcase was an extremely successful evening, with outstanding student work on display – both in the form of Art items and Musical performances presented on the night. Last week I attended a Regional Network Conference where one of my well respected colleagues presented a passionate and informative speech about the benefits of ‘The Arts’ in the school curriculum. All of this gave me cause to think and celebrate the wonderful achievements of our students and the importance of The Arts in education. Too often as a nation and as a community we get hung up on data and data driven programs to measure success. NAPLAN and My School are prime examples of this. Interestingly, our school compares favourably in both these measures and I believe that, good teaching, community support and an excellent Arts Education Program combine to play a big part in this success.
Music and Art inspire creativity and abstract thinking, which are two very important skills that support Literacy and Numeracy. They allow for individual thinking, expression and creativity which build self-esteem and confidence. They are also extremely enjoyable and give students another reason to love school. It is for this reason that I think that Blackburn Lake PS has got a winning formula that develops the whole child and encourages our students to develop on a number of levels preparing them for success in an ever changing world.
Richard Gill, the Music Director at the Victorian Opera, states that “…it is through participation in arts subjects that the mind, imagination, spirit and soul of a child are stimulated. Through this stimulation comes a bonus in all other areas of learning.” Congratulations to our school staff, in particular Johanna McPhail and Pia Chadwick (Art), and Jo Myers (Music) and Jane Stamp (Choir) for setting the standard for other music teachers and instrumentalists, and all students and parents at Blackburn Lake. Tuesday night was certainly a celebration of the Arts, with the wide array of talent to once again be congratulated.
“Around the World in 28 Classrooms” @ Blackburn Lake Primary School
Education Week Open Night - tonight: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
No 15
23 May 2013
AROUND THE WORLD IN 28 CLASSROOMS
Families will tonight receive a “passport” to travel “Around the World in 28 Classrooms”. This theme
acknowledges Victoria as a dynamic, multicultural community where more than 200 languages are spoken and over 40 per cent of the population has at least one parent who was born overseas. As travel, technology and a global economy bring distant nations closer together than ever before, the benefits for children engaged in learning a language and understanding other cultures is enormous. The self-guided tour begins at 6:30pm, with the challenge to visit as many of the rooms that you can - getting a stamp in your passport for each room visit before the night concludes at 8pm. If you didn’t get the opportunity to visit the Art Show (above) on Tuesday night, you will get another chance tonight. Additionally, you may consider purchasing “dinner” from the Parents Association ‘Sausage Sizzle’ as a part of tonight’s travels. MID-YEAR REPORTS Teachers have now commenced writing all student’s Mid-Year Reports, which will be issued to parents on Friday 21st June 2013. These Reports will present parents with an up to date picture on their children’s performance at school, both socially and academically. Reports take several hours per student to complete and I would like to thank teachers for their commitment to work late at night and on the weekends. Monday’s Curriculum Day was an opportunity for staff to finalise Assessment and Reporting requirements, as well as align this to the new AusVELS National Curriculum. We will be conducting formal Parent/Teacher Interviews at the end of this term – 25th and 26th June - to discuss the Mid-Year Reports and plan for second semester. To summarize our ‘Reporting to Parents’ process: Term 1 – ‘Getting to Know You’ Parent/Teacher Interviews Term 2 – Mid-year Written Report / Progress Parent/Teacher Interview Term 4 – End-of-Year Written Report Of course, as always, if you have particular concerns regarding your child’s progress, an appointment can be made with your child’s teacher at any time by contacting the Office, or emailing your child’s teacher directly. WORKING BEE Congratulations to the Rushby family – winners of the Hoyts Raffle draw at Saturday morning’s Working Bee. A small group of volunteers braved the cold and wet, to move mulch and tidy garden beds. Despite the poor weather, those in attendance achieved many tasks and enjoyed working together - many thanks to members of the Bailey, Clarkson, Collins, Conman, Taylor and Treacy families, as well as the assistance of Gay Burnett. I hope to see you at tomorrow’s Whole School Assembly @ 3pm, where we will once again enjoy the 5/6s “Stick and Chair” item (performed at the Arts Showcase), acknowledge of our ‘Students of the Week’ and give prizes to two lucky passport holders (make sure you hand in your passport tonight into the Office before leaving) to be drawn at Assembly. As always, we welcome special friends and visitors to join us.
CONGRATULATIONS & BEST WISHES Congratulations to our teacher Kerryn Straughan and her husband Jamie for the delivery of a lovely baby girl named Caitlin Mel Smith who was born this week. Mum and daughter are both doing well.
Regards, Jason Walker - Principal [email protected]
HELP ASAP!! - MISSING GREEN BASKETBALL TOPS from BLPS PE
Missing a set of BOTTLE GREEN BASKETBALL TOPS with WHITE TRIM and NUMBERS
They were borrowed in Term 3 last year. An ‘after-school’ team used them while their tops were being made. I think the children were from grade 2. Contact Phil at BLPS as soon as possible.
DIARY DATES FOR TERM TWO Monday 27 May All Day District Cross Country
Tuesday 28 May 7.30 - 8.30pm AUTUMNFEST 2014 Meeting(No. 1)
Thursday 30 May 11.30am –1.30pm
Prep – ‘Responsible Pet Ownership’ - incursion
Thursday 6 June Level 4 - CERES Excursion - Sustainability
Friday 7 June Level 3 - Excursion - Melbourne Zoo
Monday 10 June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday
Friday 14 June see below Student Disco (in PA Section)
Thursday 20 June Cancer Council ‘Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea’
Friday 21 June 3.00pm Junior & Senior Choirs singing @ Assembly today!
Friday 28 June 2:00 – 2:30pm Assembly (Term 2 concludes - early dismissal)
‘STUDENTS OF THE WEEK’ We congratulate the following ‘Students of the Week’ – to be presented at Friday’s Assembly
Principal’s Award Jonty H – 5/6S Displaying respect & responsibility in the yard and his resilience to perform with the Concert Band
Assistant Principal Nathan C – 5/6C Taking initiative and showing responsibility in our school by keeping it clean and tidy
Prep A Calum C His excellent improvement to his Reading and dedication to learning his ‘word ring words’
Prep B Harriet de P A smiling start to each school day – keep it up Harriet!
Prep E Chloe D-C
James W
Being brave & writing the sounds of words on her own – well done Chloe!
An interesting and informative ‘Show & Tell’ – great work James!
Prep S Isla M Fantastically creating a repeating pattern using seven shapes – well done!
1D Polly Reading with expression and fluency
1J Rory H His hard work and effort with his Writing while writing a recount about our excursion
1L Sahiba V Being able to hear lots of sounds in words – well done!!
1/2D Grantham M Completing excellent Written work especially in Story Writing
2D Amber W Always demonstrating our T.R.R.A.C. values – well done
2M Tayla H Excellent presentation and artistic skill when completing her ‘Water Cycle’ portfolio task
3A Jaxon F Creating a beautiful Diorama about the ‘Wolf’ and speaking well when
presenting it in front of the class
3K Christopher T Excellent work explaining ‘multiples’ to other students in ‘Enrich Maths’
3S Grace M The independent and responsible way she began her ‘Photo Story’ ICT task – well done!
3/4J Jamie R Using her initiative during Literacy to keep the group working independently
4E Ben S Leading by example with his classroom behaviour performing up to his potential on a Torch Reading Test – well done!
4S Ruby J Writing descriptive stories that entertain her readers – well done!
5/6C
5/6M Emily C Overcoming her fear of speaking in front of the whole level 4 & doing a great presentation on Solar Panels
5/6N Tristan R Creating an excellent diorama of a ‘Sustainable Bedroom’, based on
thorough research and listing all energy efficient features
5/6S Dane T An outstanding persuasive writing piece about ‘Why every class should have a sponsor child’
Art Grace W – 5/6M Focussing on her Artwork and producing excellent detail in her Mehndi Design
Music Glynn P – 5/6N Outstanding Leadership in Music!
Italian Marcus H – 1L Knowing what ‘Riciclare’ (Recycle) was in Italian
Phys Ed
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FROM THE OFFICE…
LAST DAY TO ORDER TOMORROW!
SPECIAL SCHOOL GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS Special Group Photographs are displayed at the school office windows – come and check them out! These can be ordered separately at $14.00 each (envelope provided) of the
following Groups: Student Council
School Monitors School Captains & Vice School Captains Captains
Last day for order with payment TOMORROW - Friday 24 May
Runs until the 9th June Whenever BLPS staff and parents shop at Woolworths they can collect points from the checkout operator and place
them on point sheets. There'll be one point for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco, and gift cards). Once completed, they can place their point sheets in the collection box, either at your school (Earn & Learn Box in foyer) or at the Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre Woolworths store. Same great partnership with MTA: we're proud to say we're partnering once again with Modern Teaching Aids – Australia's biggest supplier of resources for schools. Which means you can choose your resources based on your unique needs, across every category possible including Mathematics, Music & English resources, Science equipment, Arts & Crafts materials, Sports gear and lots more.
3 DAYS TO GO! - FINISHES SUNDAY 26th
MAY 2013
There are a few days to go to help our school win up to $10,000 cash as part of Run Around Australia 2013!! BLPS has been making a steady increase over the past couple of weeks and is currently sitting at number 9 – we need to get to number 3 as a minimum to get some cash $$$$.
So please make sure you take the extra couple of minutes to locate the boxes or customer service desk on level 2 near Target at Forest Hill Chase and drop those receipts in!! If you have a receipt you want to keep, simply show it at the Customer Service Desk – all receipts presented at the desk are stamped and handed straight back.
Please contact Mandy 0418 324 716 for any further details. Happy shopping!!
Week 5 Results
Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre
Congratulations on completing week 5 of Run Around Australia. We now have less than one week to
go so make sure your supporters get all the receipts in your school’s drop box or to the Customer
Service Desk by close of trade on Sunday 26th May!
No late entries will be accepted so the earlier the better! Congratulations, this week’s Best Performing School is St John’s Primary School. They have won 20 x $10
vouchers from Jamaica Blue Forest Hill Chase.
LEADERBOARD Rank Participating School
1 St Luke the Evangelist
2 St Timothy’s Primary School
3 Burwood Heights Primary School
4 St Thomas the Apostle Primary School
5 St John’s Parish Primary School
6 Parkmore Primary School
7 Orchard Grove Primary School
8 Mount Pleasant Road Primary School
9 St Philips Primary School
10 Blackburn Lake Primary School
The leaderboard can be seen anytime on the www.runaroundaustralia.com.au website.
WHEN WILL THE WINNERS BE ANNOUNCED? The winner’s announcement will take place on Monday 3rd June
and will be contacted by telephone and mail, and published on the Forest Hill Chase website by Wednesday
5th June 2013. We will also email all schools with the final results.
MUSIC NOTES ARTS SHOWCASE NIGHT I want to say a big thank you to all the families that supported the Arts Showcase on Tuesday Night. We had a lot of fun and I am so proud of all the kids! A big thank you also to the Ensemble Leaders as I know you put a lot of time and effort into preparing for the night. The Grade 5/6 students will be performing 'Chair & Stick' Music this week at Assembly on Friday 24 May at 3pm. Thanks Jo M Music Coordinator [email protected]
SUPER SPORTS REPORT
BOX HILL HAWKS MEMBERSHIPS
Box Hill Hawks are offering free junior memberships to 250 students at BLPS. To receive one of these memberships which entitles FREE ENTRY to one child and one adult to all Box Hill Hawks home matches this year; please see Lyn at the school Office.
HELP!! - MISSING GREEN BASKETBALL TOPS from PE I am missing a set of bottle green basketball tops with white trim and numbers. They were borrowed in Term 3 last year. One of our new after-school teams used them while their tops were being made. I think the children were from grade 2. If you know which team used them could you let me know as soon as possible. We will need them for Hooptime in June!
DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY – MONDAY 27th MAY Our team has been training and are ready to go. We will be competing at Ruffey Lake Park. Please ensure forms and money is returned by TOMORROW if not already returned.
HOOPTIME Grade 6 Grade 6 will be taking part on 12 June at Maroondah Stadium. Notices for this day will be coming home tomorrow. Grade 4 Grade 4 will be competing on 26 June at Knox Stadium, Boronia. Notice will be coming home soon.
DISTRICT SPORT – WINTER Grade 5/6 children will be competing in our District Round Robin on Friday 21 June. Our Netball, Soccer, AFL and Tee-ball Teams will take part.
INTENSIVE SWIMMING PROGRAM This years’ Intensive Swimming Program will again be the first 9 days of term 3 – Monday 15 July to Thursday 25 July at Nunawading Aqualink. Notices will be coming home next week. The cost is $120 (same as last year).
Please return all forms by the requested date.
MORNING MOVERS Join in the fun on Tuesdays and Thursdays - weather permitting. Get those running shoes out and ready to go!
Phil L PE / Sports Coordinator
PARENTS ASSOCIATION NEWS
Your 2013 PA Executive team President: Nicola G Vice-President: Miranda K Treasurer: Rebekah R Secretaries: Nicole R & Lisa C
Show your support for the PA and like us on Facebook (Blackburn Lake Primary School PA Committee) or drop us a line via the PA mailbox in the school Foyer or send us an email at [email protected]
Next PA Meetings - Wednesday 12 June 2013 Our next scheduled PA meeting will be on Wednesday 12 June. Meetings start at 7.30 pm and are held in the staffroom. We’d love to see you there! All welcome.
PA a Hive of Activity At our last meeting on 7 May, we discussed a number events and activities the PA has scheduled for this term at school. PA events and activities for term 2 include:
The recent Mothers’ Day stall
This week’s Sushi Day
Sale of entertainment books
A sausage sizzle at Education Week Open Night tonight
‘Faster than a Fifth Grader’ parents fun run / walk on Tuesday, 4 June; and
Kids Disco on Friday, 14 June We have lots more in store for the rest of the year. We are thrilled that new helpers have come forward to help coordinate events and join us in our PA meetings to plan them. Thank you!
Open Night Sausage Sizzle Tonight the PA is hosting a Sausage Sizzle which is being coordinated by Dean and Miranda. Come along and have ‘DINNER’ at school! All proceeds to the school. WE STILL NEED HELPERS for the Sausage Sizzle from 6.30pm onwards. If you are able to help even for 30 minutes, please contact Dean on 0401 061 393.
Chocolate Drive coming soon Keep an eye out for the chocolate drive, the PA’s single largest fundraiser for the school. Information will follow in the weeks to come.
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS As a fundraiser, we are selling Entertainment Books. 20% of the purchase price comes directly to the school. Books are only $65, and you'll receive $15,000 worth of valuable offers which are valid until 1 June 2014. These include great discounts and 2 for 1 offers such as savings off cinema tickets, local food venues (such as TGI Fridays and most fast food venues) and up to 5% on gift vouchers for various petrol outlets, supermarkets and other large retailers. To obtain your copy and support the school, visit: https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/1894b68 and complete the online order. Nominate to pick-up your book and it will be sent home with your child within a couple of days. If you have any queries, please contact Vanessa McCallum on [email protected] or Nicola Gray on [email protected].
MOTHER’S DAY STALL. We hope the Mums and Grandmothers enjoyed their special day last Sunday! We also hope that you received a special gift that made you smile. Thank you very much to the parents (including one super-spruiking Dad), who helped run the Mother’s Day stall last week. Thank you also to all of the children who brought along their money (pocket money or otherwise obtained) to purchase their gifts and for the Senior School runners who helped move the classes through the stall so efficiently. We raised a grand total just over $1,500.00 with the proceeds supporting the work of the Parents’ Association. Robyn and Simone Mother’s Day Stall Coordinators
Are you ‘As Fit as a Fifth Grader’? Last Friday, Blackburn Lake held its annual cross country event where our children ran a combination of distances ranging from 1000 meters (1km) to 3000 meters (3km). Your school PA would like to challenge you to do the same. Can you walk or
run the same distance your child completed last Friday? Are you ‘As Fit as a Fifth Grader’?
The fitness challenge will be held on Tuesday 4th June 2013, as part of an extended Morning Movers circuit. Starting gun for all distances is 8.20am.
You can choose to run (or walk) any of the four distances completed by our children last Friday – specifically 1000m, 1500m, 2000m or 3000m.
Why not pick the distance that your child completed?
Perhaps do a distance you’re comfortable with.
Either way, we challenge you to join your children in morning movers on the 4th and keep moving.
House points will be awarded to parents completing the challenge!!! For those of you with a competitive edge, the time to beat has been set by the fastest child across each distance and will be announced during assembly on Friday afternoon and again on the morning of the 6th. So dust off your runners, start training and get your own dots (and house points) during Morning Movers on Tuesday 4th June. To express your interest in participating, please email Wendy at [email protected]. $2 to enter. ______________________________________________________________________________________________
BLPS Student Disco Attention all Groovers ‘n’ Shakers, there is only 3 weeks until the BLPS
Student Disco.
Payment forms will soon be sent home with the youngest child in the family
Friday 14th
June 2013 Preps, Grades 1 and 2: 5.00pm to 6.00pm Grade 3 and Grade 4: 6.15pm to 7.30pm Grade 5 and Grade 6: 7.45pm to 9.00pm
in the DJ Centre $7 prepaid entry, includes an awesome disco,
glow gift, drink and lolly bag to go home with. There will also be spot prizes for best costumes and best dancers.
Parents: This teacher supervised event will include age appropriate music, noise, flashing lights, fog machine, dancing and fun activities. Please note that ALL students MUST be signed both in and out of the DJ Centre by an adult.
UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS MONDAY AFTERNOONS 3.30pm – 4.00pm in the MPR THURSDAY MORNINGS 9.00am – 9.30am in the MPR
SCHOOL BANKING ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATES Congratulations to the following students who will be receiving Dollarmites Achievement Certificates this week. BRONZE certificate for making 10 deposits:
Kaiden M, Ryan W, Nathan W REWARD ITEMS 2013 For each deposit you will earn a silver Dollarmite token. When you have saved 10 tokens you will be able to redeem them for the following reward items this term:
Moneybox - choose from 5 Dollarmite characters Handball Wallet (blue this time) Knuckles game **NEW** - Torch
We have a few reward items leftover from last year, so if you have 10 tokens saved, you can also redeem them for the items below. Please come and see Vickie personally next Wednesday morning with your tokens and it will be first in, best dressed.
One USB stick Three pen pods One Booklight There are also some fridget magnet sets and plastic pencil cases for FREE if anyone would like them -
please come and see Vickie in the staffroom on Wednesday morning. DOLLARMITES TREASURE TO BE WON!! Win a share of the Dollarmites’ treasure by saving in Term 2 of School Banking. The Dollarmites have found some amazing treasure on Savings Adventure Island and both your child and school could win a share of it in Term 2 just by saving. First prize is a $5,000 family adventure holiday to anywhere in Australia, with $500 spending money. Plus, the winning student’s school will also receive $5,000 to spend as they wish. What’s more, there are 25 Runners-up Kid’s Adventure Packs, worth over $700 each, to be won. Each adventure pack includes a Wii U, night vision goggles, a waterproof camera, walkie talkies and a Razor eSpark electric scooter! For you chance to win, students need to simply make three or more School Banking deposits during Term 2. To find out more, talk to your School Banking Co-ordinator or visit commbank.com.au/adventureisland Things to know before you Can: NSW Permit No. LTPS/13/1306 . VIC Permit No. 13/476. ACT Permit No. TP13/645. SA Permit No. T13/307. Competition opens 15/04/13 and closes 5/07/13. First entry drawn on 23/07/13 from all entries received will win, and details will be published in the Public Notices section of The Australian on 2/08/13. The Promoter is Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124, Level 13, Darling Park Tower 1, 201 Sussex Street Sydney NSW 2000. Full terms and conditions at commbank.com.au/adventureisland
Thanks everyone for supporting the School Banking Program. Regards, Vickie Liew, School Banking Coordinator 0419 773335
COMMUNITY NOTICE BOARD Any advertisements in this newsletter are in no way endorsed by Blackburn Lake Primary School
2013 NAB AFL AUSKICK AT BLACKBURN LAKE PRIMARY SCHOOL
ALL VERY WELCOME!
Yes, it’s time for Auskick enrolments! The NAB AFL Auskick ”Rookie" program has been designed for children aged five to eight years (Kinder age upwards). It ensures that all children develop the fundamental skills required to participate in Australian Football. Children participate in activities designed to improve their various skills of the game, followed by a modified ‘Grid’ game in an environment which safely allows children to put into practice their Australian Football skills.
Saturday morning sessions start 9.00am sharp and go through to 10.30am.
Feel free to arrive before 9.00 for a kick. Any queries please contact Katie S (Coordinator 9877 0887) or Mark C (Head Coach 0417 120 240). We hope to see as many of you as possible at Auskick this year!!!
Junior Naturalists Juniors Group of FNCV Inc
The group meets at 7.30 pm on the
last Friday of each month (except
Dec) at the rooms of the Field Naturalists Club of
Victoria Inc, 1 Gardenia St Blackburn 3130.
MEETING – Friday 31 May @ 7.30pm ‘Fossils’ - Speaker: Linda Nink (volunteer at the Inverloch Fossil Dig site) EXCURSION – SUNDAY 23 JUNE We’re joining the FNCV Fungi Group @ Sanitorium Lake Picnic Ground Mt Macedon
MEETING – FRIDAY 28 JUNE @ 7.30pm ‘Snorkelling at Lady Musgrave Island Qld’ Speaker – Trevor Turner
For further information & bookings contact: Clare Ferguson 8060 2474 or
email: [email protected]
BLACKBURN LAKE
SANCTUARY
Meet @ the Visitors Centre Central Rd Blackburn 3130
SUNDAY 26 MAY @ 2pm ‘Finding Fascinating Fungi’’ Walk & Talk with Cecily Falkingham SUNDAY 16 JUNE @ 9.00am onwards ‘Working Bee’ SUNDAY 28 JULY ‘National Tree Day’
For information: email:
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~blsac Or Education Officer 9262 6211
Let the AYC & AYDT bring out the best in your child with performing arts education! We’ll help them discover their hidden talents, learn team skills, make new friends and become part of a local circle of performers. Call us to arrange a free vocal or dance appraisal (03) 9836 2877 or visit www.niypaa.com.au
Family Fun Day SATURDAY 15 JUNE 2014 - 11.00am - 2.00pm
@ Box Hill Library 1040 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill (parking off Bank Street) Box Hill
Live children’s performance by Carp Productions 11.00am - 11.45am
Sausage sizzle 11am - 2pm Balloon animals 12 - 2pm
Face painting 12 - 2pm
Whitehorse Manningham Libraries - www.wml.vic.gov.auBox Hill
LBeat the winter blues & get the family out of the house! Come along to Box Hill Library for a day of free activities and events.
No bookings required. “It’s out of this world!”
Storyline: Twins, William and Elizabeth, find passports in a secret library in which they are directed to sign their names to travel back in time. They find themselves in England, in the year 1415, invisible to all except young Hugh Calthorpe, squire to the great knight, Sir Thomas Erpingham. They soon find themselves witnessing history at first hand as they join King Henry V and his mighty army of knights and English archers, who cross the English Channel to France, where they take the town of Harfleur by seige. The twins are immersed in the events of medieval warfare, and go on to witness the great battle of Agincourt. Prattle House 1415 is a time travel adventure for children up to the age of 99, to immerse themselves in the wonders of the past and enjoy history.
