1 Principal - Kevin Warne Alamein Road School Council President - Anne Trevena Puckapunyal, Vic, 3662 Telephone - (03) 57931288 Postal: Military P.O. Fax - (03) 57931412 ABN: - 74134967962 Web - www.puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au/ Term 3 Issue 5 Email - [email protected] August 16th 2017 Inside this Issue: Happy Birthday 2 DSTA Message/ Friendship 2 Going or Staying? 2 School Value/Rule Reminders 3 Our School an d House Captains are attending the Seymour Vietnam Canteen Lunches 3 Veterans D ay Commemoration on Friday 18th August (this Friday). School Recipe of the Week 3 They will ma rch carrying lanterns and crosses to represent those who gave their lives during th e Vietnam War. This year the commemoration will be Parent Opinion Surveys 3 remembering Operation Bribie, a battle that was fought on the 17 February Awards of the Week 4 1967. Good lu ck, students! It will begin at 6pm at the Luscombe Bowl, High St, Indo Lingo 5 Seymour. Please come along to commemorate our diggers. Teaching/Learning Focus 6 Pucka Stars 6 Bully Proof Your Child 7-8 National Literacy and Numeracy 9 Week Team Triathlon Results 10 Well done to all of the 63 Years 3-6 students who House Aths/Latestays/Yr 2 Excursion 11 participated in the Team Triathlon last week. Community Walk Photos 12 They did a great job trying their best for their teams. Please see page 10 for the results! Thank you to the Area Pool Staff for helping at the Triathlon in the Pool Area. We also thank the Military Police and Base Manage ment for ensuring the roads were safe for our cyclis ts and runners! And well done Pucka Friday Years 5/6 McDonalds Hoop 18th August Time Basketball Comp. Staff for the o rganisation and running of the event. Vietnam Veterans Day Commemoration Thursday 31st Years 3-6 House Athletics August - Carnival Friday 1st September Tuesday Year 1 Latestay 5th September Thursday Foundation Latestay 7th September Friday Year 2 Melbourne Museum 8th September Excursion and Sleepover ***Have you heard your child read today? We encourage all students to practise their reading at home about 5 nights per week. Therefore, by now, most students ‘Striving for Excellence’ should have read at least between 125-130 nights. WeOll pdeonn sein icfe y1o8u8 7h ave kept up! 2 Earn and learn: We are accumulating lots of stickers, so thank you everyone for collecting them. It is a simple, but highly effective way to support Happy Bi rthday to Ruby-Anne Rogers, Zakk our school. Keep it up! Chalson, Ea mon Constable, Aaron Bennett, A stall for fathers, grandads, uncles, neighbours Mackenzy E agles, Lachie O’Connor-Hudson, Aiden or friends: In early September we will be having a Toby, Aija Jamieson, Noah Chetcuti, Tabith Turner, stall for our students to buy gifts for their dad, Olivia, Danielle Corocher and Joe Gilmour who are all grandad, uncle, neighbour or friend. If you have celebrating their birthdays this week. On behalf of the any suitable items for the stall we would be very Puckapunyal Primary School Community, we wish them all a very Happy Birthday! grateful. Please note, no nut products, lighters etc. Thank you for your support. Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide With many families leaving at the end of the year, it is imperative that we know the movements of our families. T o employ teachers and organise classrooms we need ac curate information to determine how many students will be at Pucka in 2018. If you are aware of your plans for next year and know whether your child/ren will or will not be attending PPS for the year 2018, please fill in this form and re t urn to the school a.s.a.p. 2018 - NEXT YEAR F amily Name: _ ________________________________________________ Gi ven Names of Children: _________________________________________________ POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR REWARD _________________________________________________ UPDATE Melba is back into the lead! __ _______________________________________________ Let’s see lots of positive behaviour this week! Circle and complete one section: SCORES a. The above mentioned children will be at Puckapunyal Melba - 334 points Primary School in 2018 1. Chisholm - 324 points b. Our family is moving to Bradman - 256 points ________________________________ (destination) Hume - 211 points Their last day of school at Puckapunyal PS is ___/____/17 c. It is yet uncertain as to where we will be living in 2018. Friendship Skills Parents and carers can support their child’s friendship skills by modelling effective social skills, providing opportunities for children to practise relationship skills and offering support when they go through difficulties. Each week we will highlight a different strategy. Encourage positive, relevant strategies: Parents and carers can talk about and encourage friendly and cooperative strategies that can help their child to develop friendships. For example, encouraging children to negotiate or compromise when trying to solve conflicts ‘Striving for Excellence’ with peers is a strategy that is more positively received than aggression or verbal threats. Open since 1887 (Source: Kids Matter) 3 The School Canteen is open for Lunch Orders this Friday. Each and every Friday students can order lunches School Recipe for this week! from the scho ol canteen. The menu will be different each Hummingbird Muffins week. Please ensure that a paper bag comes with the order. Please indicate on the lunch bag if the money is in another sibling’s bag (please see Term 3 menu in a recent newsletter). This week the menu is - Hot Dogs $3.00 Chocolate/St rawberry Milk $2.00 each Apple/Orange Juice Popper $1.50 each No charge for tomato sauce Ingredients 4 mashed bananas Each week at assembly, SRC representatives remind our 2 eggs students of a few important school rules. This week, ½ cup honey SRC representatives, Harry Fletcher and Finlay Koch, ¾ cup oil reminded our students of the following school rules when riding your bi kes to school: ½ cup drained, crushed pineapple -You must we ar a helmet at all times. 1 ¾ cups self-raising flour -Bikes are not to be ridden in the school grounds. 2 teaspoons cinnamon -Bikes must be put in the bike shed when you arrive at school. -Be mindful of pedestrians. Method -Always use t he crossing. Line 2 muffin trays with approximately 14 patty -You must ho p off your bike and walk it across the crossing. pans. Mash bananas. Mix bananas with eggs, -Do not ride y ou bike through the car parks. You must hop off honey, oil and pineapple. Lightly mix in flour and walk it. and cinnamon, keeping the mixture lumpy. Put Please discuss these rules with your children to help ensure that ¼ cup of mix into each patty pan. Bake for 25- they understand. 30 minutes in a 180 degrees Celsius oven. Makes approximately 14. As mentioned in a previous newsletter, a Parent Opinion Survey is completed annually by the Department of Education and Training and is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents at every school in Victoria. This year, about 80 families have been invited to participate from Pucka PS. All responses to the survey are anonymous. The survey helps our school gain an understanding of how you view our school climate, student engagement and relationships. Our school will use the results to inform school planning and improvement strategies. The survey will be conducted online by ORIMA Research Pty Ltd and only takes 15 minutes to complete. It can be accessed from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August. Families who were invited would have received an email from Principal, Kevin Warne, on Monday. Results will be sent back to our school at the end of September. Teachers are l ooking for students who are demonstrating ‘Caring’ to be eligible for the Student of the Week award. We encourage parents to talk to their students about our values throughout the year. What is Carin g? At assembly this week, Year 5 student Mollie Kelly read out the meaning of Caring. ‘Caring is pay ing attention to the things that matter to you. You can care for yourself, for other people, for pets or for special things . When you care for something you treat it with respect and concern.’ ‘Striving for Excellence’ Open since 1887 4 Co ngratulations to the following students who were Congratulations to the following students who were ‘S tudents of the Week’ for last week. ‘Authors of the Week’ for last week. W inners – Evie Clarke, Tilly Gilmour, Chicayne Hodges Winners – Maya Robinson, Jake Eastwood, James Pa ge, Gemma Koch, Connor Barclay, Tess Thompson, Van Der Waal, Nash Kelly, Malakai Casey, Rohanna M elrose Pambai, Cooper Dickinson and Max Fletcher. Murphy, Pallavi Allan-Agnew, Charlotte Donnelly Th ese students were selected because they were modelling Chili Stock. The students were selected because they Ki ndness. This week teachers are looking for students who showed great skills as an author. are modelling Caring. 3/4 H in Room 11 won 5/6 I in Room 1 won the Middle School the Senior School Times Tables Tim es Tables Trophy. Clodagh Tro phy. Abbey Kendell McCarthy and Zarah Kelly and Hannah Lucas will Defence School Transition Aide Message are both delighted to look look after the winning Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth and after the winning trophy this trophy this week! satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing schools, week! beginning school for the first time and even returning for another school year can be daunting for students and parents. It is great to see parents eager to support their children at this time and be an integral part of their education. If you have any concerns, or Defence School Transition Aide Message just feel like a chat about school and your child, please find me! Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth and SWAPP Select Program satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing schools, I have information about the ADF partners career assistance beginning school for the first time and even returning for anothperro gram if anyone is interested. school year can be daunting for students and parents. It is greaNt EtoW se eU NIFORM parents eager to support their children at this time and be an inWteger ahla ve recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive that part of their education. If you have any concerns, or just feel liiknec lau des shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some parents have chat about school and your child, please find me! been waiting on this to arrive. SWAPP Select Program Best wishes for the week. I have information about the ADF partners career assistance prSougera Rma nger, D efence School Transition Aide 1/2if aCny ionn Re ios oinmter e4s twedo.n Congratulations to Yarah Tennant-Andrew, Congratulations to Finlay theN YEaWr dU NDI uFtOyR M Dimitee Taylor, Max Fletcher and Fiona Hill Koch who received a We have recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive that in cludes Competiti on. Penny who won the raffle prizes for ‘Positive ‘Bike Education’ Award. shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some parents have been waiting Goosns tahnids tKoi ar rrraivhe H. orton Behaviour’ this week! Well done, Finlay! enjoyed collecting the Best wishes for the week. ‘Striving for Excellence’ winning trophy for their Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide Open since 1887 classroom this week! 5 Years F/1/2/3 Rooms 6, 8, 3, 4 & 10: Students will focus on warna (col our) and sepeda (bike), complete an individual survey on different coloured bikes and will continue to make a coloured bike flip book. Indonesian lessons always start with a greeting, ask how the students are feeling, mark the roll and then count students present in Indonesian. Vocabulary students will hear/use in Indonesian this week is: Saya naik ... = I go by ... sepeda = b ike hitam = black biru = blue kuning = yellow abu-abu = grey putih = white merah = red coklat = brown hijau = green merah muda = pink ungu = purple jingga = orange Selamat pagi = Good morning Selamat si ang = Good day “When students improve their Siapa ada? = Who's here? attendance rates, they improve their Ada = Here academic prospects and chances of Siapa tidak ada? = Who's not here? graduating.” Tidak ada = Not here Apa kabar ? = How are you? Baik-baik saja = Well Biasa saja = So so Kurang baik = Not good satu = 1 sebelas = 11 21 dua puluh satu dua = 2 dua belas = 12 22 dua puluh dua tiga = 3 tiga belas = 13 23 dua puluh tiga empat = 4 empat belas = 14 24 dua puluh empat lima = 5 lima belas = 15 25 dua puluh lima enam = 6 enam belas = 16 26 dua puluh enam Every day is a great day to be at school, particularly when tujuh = 7 tujuh belas = 17 27 dua puluh tujuh you’re here at Puckapunyal delapan = 8 delapan belas = 18 28 dua puluh delapan Primary School! sembilan = 9 sembilan belas = 19 sepuluh = 10 dua puluh = 20 Sampai ju mpa = See you later Years 3/4/5/6 Rooms 9, 11, 1 & 2: Murid luar biasa (special student) questions and answers will continue giving the students practice at asking and answering questions about themselves in Indonesian. Students will add to their list of transport i n English and translate into Indonesian and add to their venn diagram about Australian and Indonesian transport a s they learn more. Students will watch an Indonesian video of a song showing how some children in Indonesia go to school called "Pergi Ke Sekolah" (Go To School) https://youtu.be/5uRkk14twQE and finish collaboratively translating the song's lyrics and matching pictures to lyrics. Vocabulary students will use/hear in their Indonesian class will be: Selamat pa gi = Good morning Selamat siang = Good day Selamat sore = Good afternoon Siapa nam a kamu? = What's your name? Nama saya ___. = My name's ___. Apa kabar? = How are you? Saya merasa ___. = I feel ___. Saya ___. = I'm ___. lapar = hungry haus = thirsty panas = hot dingin = cold bagus = great baik = good senang = happy sedih = sad sakit = sick Berapa um ur kamu? = What's your age? Umur saya ___ tahun. = I'm ___ years old. Kamu tinggal di mana? = Where do you live? Saya tinggal di ___. = I live in ___. Kamu di kelas berapa? = What grade are you in? Saya di kelas ___. = I'm in grade ___. Kamu bersekolah di mana? = What school do you go to? Saya bersekolah di ___. = I do to school at ___. Warna apa favorit kamu? = What's your favourite colour? Warna favorit saya ___. = My favourite colour is ___. Kamu pun ya binatang apa? = What pet do you have? Saya punya ___. = I have a ___. Saya mau ___. = I want a ___. Siapa ada di keluarga kamu? = Who's in your family? Di keluarga saya ada ___. = In my family there is ___. Kamu suka apa? = What do you like? Saya suka ___. = I like ___. Kamu suka makan di mana? = Where do you like to eat? Saya suka makan di ___. = I like to eat at ___. transporta si/angkutan = transportation berjalan ka ki = walk mobil = car bis = bus bis sekolah = school bus sepeda = bike skuter = scooter sepeda motor = motorbike becak = pedicab/trishaw bajaj = three-wheeled taxi taksi = taxi angkot/bemo = mini van dokar/delman = horse drawn cart kereta api = train feri = ferry rakit = raft kapal = ship perahu = boat pesawat terbang = plane truk = truck Sampai jum‘Sptrai v=in gS efoer yEoxuc elallteenrc e’ Salam (Regards) Bu Hooper (Mrs Hooper) Guru Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian teacher) Open since 1887 6 Each week in the new sletter, we will give families a summary of the Teaching/Learning Focus for the week. That can help families by: being aware of what classrooms are covering; with discussion topics at the dinner table when discussing school (eg. ‘How are you going with addition in Numeracy this week?’); helping their children study at home, etc. Parents have indicated that this information would be very useful. We also ask families to be aware that schools are very busy places and events can be unpredictable at times. We therefore must remain flexible. That means, we can plan to cover certain topics at particular times and have to change them according to arising needs. Junior School – Preps/Foundation Rooms 6 & 8 Literacy: We are learning all about the letters Y and Q. We are working hard on spaces between our words and writing good sentences. Numeracy: We are revising numbers to 17. We are learning about partners to 10 and continuing with length and chance. Junior School – Year 1s Rooms 3, 4 & 8 Literacy: We are revising the letters Y and Q. We are looking at hyphens, brackets and compound words. Numeracy: We are practising skip counting and using number stories to solve problems. Junior School – Year 2s Rooms 3, 4 & 10 Literacy: We are looking at hyphens, brackets and compound words. Numeracy: We are creating and solving word problems and recording them as equations. We are vising money. Middle School Years 3/4 Rooms 9, 10 & 11 Literacy: We will be focusing on narratives and letter writing, as well as the VCOP components. Numeracy: We will also be working on fractions as well as digital and analogue time in Numeracy. Senior School Years 5/6 Rooms 1 & 2 Literacy: We will be focusing on narratives, letter writing and the VCOP components. Numeracy: We will also be working on percentages, processes and factors. We will also be working on mapping and direction. Congratulations, Mollie Kelly and Eli Casey who are very happy because they completed their 100 times tables quiz in under 10 minutes. Did you hear Congratulations, Congratulations, Congratulations, James Van Der Jackson Dendle Zara Marini James My name is Waal read his for a great effort who did some Ciszewski who Phoenix writing at at writing last terrific work in did an excellent Miller, I have assembly this week! her reading job writing in his completed my 4 week? We did! group this week diary this week! times tables and He did a brilliant I am really job! Come along proud of and see who My name is Malakai C asey and I myself. reads next week. have been working very hard in SRA to move from the 1C box to the 2a box. I enjoy working at this level because it makes me think. ‘Striving for Excellence’ ! Open since 1887 7 Bully Proof Your Child by Lori Lite The bully gains power while crushing another human being’s spirit. He or she increases his own self-value and satisfies his need to control others as he steals his victim’s self-esteem rendering them with feelings of worthlessness. But contrary to popular belief, many children who bully actually have an average to above-average self-esteem. This changes the old belief that bullies have low self-esteem and don’t like themselves. Bullies can be confident, have lots of friends, lack empathy, and have a positive attitude towards violence. Any child with less confidence and self-esteem than the bully can become a potential target. Children that are bullied are facing a complicated multi-faceted dilemma that most adults are unable to unravel. Teachers, psychologists, and bullying experts all argue their various methods on how to stop bullying. Yet bullying incidents continue to occur. The age of technology has introduced our children to a new age of bullies. Cyberbullying has been added to the list of physical, emotional and mental harassment. Bill Belsey, teacher and creator of the award-winning website Bullying.org offers the following definition; “Cyberbullying involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others.” Technology offer bullies a twenty- four-hour hotline to their victims. If you think your child is safe because he is not the class nerd and he plays football, think again. Technology, desensitized youth, and confident bullies often choose victims that are good looking, athletic, smart, caring and creative. Teachers are often shocked when they hear this particular child is being bullied. Who is this child? Very often he or she is exactly the person the bully wishes they could be. So how do we as parents bully-proof our children? The best line of defense starts at home. In order to bully proof your child take an honest look at your family dynamics. Ask yourself: Do you bully yourself, beating yourself up for mistakes you make? Do you bully your children, over-criticizing them and correcting everything they do? Do you bully your spouse or does your spouse bully you? Do you treat each other disrespectfully? Do you accept bullying from your friends? Do you remain in unbalanced relationships? Do you forget to stand up for yourself? Do you ignore sibling rivalry that involves hitting, taunting and teasing? Do you model bullying behavior to your children? Making plans to exclude others? Gossip? Do you call your children names? Do you always intervene in the playground on behalf of your child? Do you always try to please others? Do you say yes to everything and everyone? Do you forget to encourage emotional resilience? If you have answered “yes” to any of the above questions be aware that this can set up a pattern for your child to either be bullied or become the bully. Like the attraction between negative and positive ions, the child with bullying capabilities will be drawn to the child that endures or witnesses the above behaviors. It is a familiar pattern. Izzy Kahlman author of Bullies2Buddies believes that we as a society are doing a lousy job of promoting resilience. “Rather than helping kids become people who can weather the slings and arrows of life, we are producing a generation of ‘Striving for Excellence’ Open since 1887 8 emotional marshmallow-kids who believe they are entitled to a life in which no one upsets them, and can’t tolerate any insult to their mind and bodies.” Raising children to be resilient is crucial in warding off a bully. The child that reacts emotionally distraught to a bully will only encourage the bully. So what can we do as parents to protect our children without turning them into marshmallows that a bully will eat for dessert? Tips: Raise confident children based on inner belief, not false praise. Guide children, but allow them to handle normal playground conflicts. Socialize your children and seek social skills classes if needed. Expose your child to various groups and activities. Find groups or activities that support your child’s uniqueness. Role-play laughing remarks off, banter, and creating comebacks. Introduce coping skills to release anger or hurt feelings. Empower children to manage anxiety. Maintain strong family connections with parents and siblings. Talk to your child about how they feel or the challenges they face. Help your child build relationships with peers by creating opportunities. Encourage your child to smile and laugh at their mistakes. It is important for parents to observe their child with an objective eye. Notice the very things a bully would notice. Does your child walk with their head down? Does your child wear bright green fur socks? Does your daughter run over to you when the rest of the girls go to the break room? Does your son only sit with girls at lunch? Many parents believe that the above examples make their child oh so lovable…. But many of these behaviors are a giant welcome sign to bullies. I am an advocate of individuality and creativity, but be warned that it takes a strong and confident child to pull it off. So either make sure your child can rock those fuzzy green socks and stand up to teasing or leave them in the drawer for weekends! ***We can all work together to rid the community of Head Lice. Let’s ‘Striving for Excellence’ check our heads once per week!*** Open since 1887 9 National Literacy and Numeracy week is coming up during the first week in September. That week, it is a very busy week at Puckapunyal PS. However, we would also like to invite all families to attend a few events. Please see below. Monday 4th September – School Assembly/Classroom Reading 9:00am-10:00am: Families are invited to attend assembly to sing the national anthem, watch students perform, receive aw ards and enjoy the beginning of the school week. Immediately after assembly, families are invited to visit classrooms to listen to some children read. Tuesday 5th September – Literacy (Writing) focus 10:00am-11:00am: Families are invited to attend our VCOP sessions in each of the classrooms. 11:30am-12:30pm: Families are invited to attend our Big Write sessions in each of the classrooms. **Please come along and see what teachers and students do during these sessions.** **Please come along and enjoy the experiences.** Also during that week: Tuesday 5th September – Year 1 Latestay Thursday 7th September – Foundation Latestay Friday 9th September – Year 2 Melbourne Museum Excursi uon and Stayover Are you a parent who wants to help their children with their M aths but needs a bit of confidence to do so? Well, please consider coming to our Maths Curriculum Sessions for Parents. You may even be very good at Maths but would like some tips on how to teach Maths. Please come along if you can. You can even just come and listen! We won’t be testing anybody. It will be very friendly and fun! When: Monday 21st August, Monday 28th August, and Monday 4th September. Time: 9:30am – 10:30am Where: PC Centre at School Cost: Free! RSVP: ASAP (School phone number - 0357931288) First Topic on Monday 21st August: Discuss what would be useful, Place Value and Number. Many of our Years 5/6 students have started training for the Years 5/6 Bike Ride this year – The Great Victorian Rail Trail. The ride will be a 4 Day Bike Ride this year so we can fit in other outdoor adventure activities along the way as well. The 4 Day event will take place from Tuesd ay 24th October – Friday 27th October, 2017. We aim to involve 25-30 students from Years 5/6. We will ride appr oximately 180km. Therefore, it is an event that requires a strong commitment by the students who are involved. AS mentioned, training for the ride has begun! Each week, s tudents will need to participate in 2 training sessions at school and then follow up with another private session as well. That is, 3 training sessions per week. We encourage all participants to keep training hard, so that the Bike Ride is a positive, rewarding experience. For children to participate they need to have a ‘Bike Excellence Award Certificate’ achieved through passing the school’s Bike Education Course recently. Students will need to bring their bikes and helmets on the allocated training days. They are also expected‘ Ttoe kaeecph a erercsor dw ofh thoe irl otravinein gt eanadc cholilencgt p,a rteenta ocr hte acher signatures to verify their wor kload. Good luck kids! children to love learning.’ **Soon, we will organise a meeting with parents who are interested in coming along or helping in any way. Stay Quote – Robert John Meehan ‘Striving for Excellence’ tuned!*** Open since 1887 10 3/4 Girls Ist – Tess Thompson, Brielle Eldredge & Paige Cooper 2nd – Clodagh McCarthy, Zahra Kelly & Melrose Pambai 3rd – Savannah Bradford, Melhoney Pambai & Olivia Scotman 3/4 Boys Ist – Max Chetcuti, Will Anderson & Blake Cooper 2nd – Jack Kennedy, Melvic Pambai & Aaron Bennett 3rd – Ned Kendell, Ryan Lindner & Rory Kennedy 5/6 Girls Ist – Abbey Kendell, Georgia Donnelly & Matilda Ingle 2nd – Nannah Taylor, Charlotte Donnelly & Amy Franks 3rd – Dani Corocher, Dimittee Taylor & Ashby Murphy 5/6 Boys Ist – Max Fletcher, Jack Anderson and Lachlan Thompson 2nd – Harry Fletcher, Finlay Koch & Chili Stock 3rd – Jaycob Paz, Josh Moses & Charlie Mackay ‘Striving for Excellence’ Open since 1887
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