958a Burke Rd, Balwyn 3103 Phone 9817 1917 Facsimile 9817 3697 [email protected] No. 08 Newsletter Calendar for Term 1 From the Principal… MARCH Dear Families, Fri 27 Mar Last Day of Term 1 - 2.30pm Finish Uniform Shop - Special opening time 2.15pm - 2.45pm 26th March 2015 It is hard to believe that Term One is already drawing to a close this week. It has been fantastic to observe how well our 51 Foundation children have settled into school life this term. All our children continue to present in a positive and engaged manner. Thank you to our dedicated teaching staff for the continued commitment to engaging our children and planning and delivering high quality and challenging teaching programs. School Council Annual General Meeting Calendar for Term 2 APRIL Mon 13 Apr First Day of Term 2 Wed 15 Apr Chess Club - L3 & L4 Thur 16 Apr House Cross Country Wed 22 Apr Chess Club - L3 & L4 Sat 25 Apr Anzac Day Mon 27 Apr - Fri 1 May L6 Canberra Tour Wed 29 Apr Chess Club - L3 & L4 MAY Fri 1 May PA Meeting Tue 5 May Skate Clinic Wed 6 May Chess Club - L3 & L4 Fri 8 May Junior Chess Comp F-L3 - Doncaster Gardens PS Tue 12 May - Thur 14 May Naplan Testing - L3 & L5 Wed 13 May Chess Club - L3 & L4 Wed 20 May Open Morning 11.30am - 1.00pm Prep Info Evening 6.30pm Thank you to staff and parents who were present at the Annual General Meeting of School Council last Wednesday night. At this meeting the 2014 Annual Report to the School Community was presented and the election of office bearers for our 2015 School Council was conducted. The membership of our 2015 School Council is as follows: Parent Category Dan Church President Justin Phillips Vice – President / Finance Committee Convenor Alka Sivapalan Soula Konstantopoulos Nicola Hansen Matt Cohen Adam Carrozza Department of Education Category Stephanie Rose Kim Shipley Cate Lucy Co- opted Category Parents Association Minute Secretary Chris Purton Executive Officer Stephen Rees Thanks again to all Council members for their support and involvement of School Council. It is a challenge to keep people informed and discuss the complex issues involved in school policies, operations and accountability when we only meet for a couple of hours twice a term. Council members give of their valuable time and endeavour to assist the effective running of the school and grapple with a plethora of information. Please note that the Annual Report to the School Community is now available on the continued on page 3… web site. 1 SCHOOL NEWS Maths - Weekly Poll During Term 1 the focus will be on collecting data and presenting the data in tables and graphs. Please refer to the following example: Weekly Question : Try to survey at least 10 people (you could ask aunts, uncles, grandparents or neighbours for example…. with your parents permission, of course!) 1. Use a tally to record your responses: 2. Represent this information in a graph: You could choose a bar, line, pie, picture or any other graph you know about! REMEMBER TO INCLUDE ALL INFORMATION ON YOUR GRAPH! Eg. “Y” AXIS, “X” AXIS, Title, Scale, Labels etc. etc. This Week’s Poll Literacy Tips Weekly Target Word Reading together Reading is an important way to make the link from spoken words to written words. Reading to your child is a valuable thing to do. Here are some tips: Look for rhyme, rhythm or repetition in books. 2 How many words can you make? What is the 9 letter word? P G R M E A R O M SCHOOL NEWS Mon 25 May - Wed 27 May L5 Camp - Phillip Island …continued from page 1. Happy Easter! Happy Holiday! JUNE Tue 9 Jun - Fri 19 Jun Foundation Enrolment meetings Thur 11 Jun - Mon 15 Jun Book Fair Selling Happy Easter to all school families and I hope everyone has a safe and relaxing holiday. Please remember that children will be dismissed at 2.30pm this Friday as it is the last day of term. JULY Wed 15 Jul House Athletics - Bill Sewart Reserve Tue 21 Jul - Fri 31 Jul Swimming - L3 & Foundation Tue 28 Jul ICAS English 9 - 10.30am Principal Tue 21 Jul - Fri 31 Jul Swimming - L3 & Foundation AUGUST Tue 4 Aug - Fri 14 Aug Swimming - L1 & L2 Foundation Tue 11 Aug ICAS Maths 9 - 10.30am Wed 19 Aug Fête de la Musique Mon 24 Aug - Fri 28 Aug Literacy Week Mon 24 Aug Book Week Author Visit Foundation - L2 Term 2 commences on Monday, April 13th. Stephen Rees Go to the school website... Read our Newsletter in glorious colour every week! Just click here Deepdene Primary School and follow the prompts Second-Hand Uniform Shop 2.45 pm — 3.30 pm In multi-purpose Room of s t Lo ock! b St Gra & in me ga Coa Bar You’ll receive a reminder email with a direct link to the newsletter Final Opening for Term 1 Friday 27th March - when it is available on the website - every week! Last Day of Term 1 Special opening time 2.15pm - 2.45pm 3 SCHOOL NEWS Anaphylaxis & Asthma 2015 Anaphylaxis Action Plans and Management Plans, and Asthma Action Plans have been sent home to those families we are still needing to update. Please fill them out and return them to the office ASAP. Thank you! These need to be updated every year, as per Departmental requirements. We would like to thank our families, friends and the Deepdene community for the fantastic support we received participating in the World’s Greatest Shave, 2015. If your child is no longer Thanks to all of you we have raised over $3,000 for the Leukaemia Foundation. This money will help support families facing blood cancer and fund research to find better cures and treatments. Asthmatic or Anaphylactic, please inform the school so we can amend our records accordingly. Thank you. Thanks for all your generous donations, Xavier J, Oliver C, Zac W & Max HW (Year 5) Term 2 opening dates.. Friday 17th April Friday 1st May Friday 15th May Friday 29th May Friday 12th June Deepdene Primary School Lots of Stock Second Hand available! Uniform Shop Come & have a look! Cheap prices! Donate your unwanted wearable uniform items too! 2.45 pm — 3.15 pm In Multi-purpose Room 4 Term Dates 2015 Term 1 30 January 27 March Term 2 13 April 26 June Term 3 13 July 18 September Term 4 5 October 18 December SCHOOL NEWS Save the Date Friday, 20th November Ladies Lunch Holiday Program Activities (30th March - 10th April) MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Disney Day – 30/3 April Fools – 31/3 Egg-stravaganza – 1/4 Zoo Excursion – 2/4 Come dressed as your Come along with your best Easter is here and it is very Go on an adventure with favourite character and join in our Disney Carnival today! EASTER MONDAY – 6/4 NO PROGRAM practical joke and have a laugh with us today! Egg-citing! Autumn in our What’s old is new backyard – 7/4 again - 8/4 Play in the leaves and join Get creative and Recycle or Little Athletics GOOD FRIDAY – 3/4 NO PROGRAM us as we get up close and personal with the animals at Werribee Zoo today! Incursion – Hip Hop Silent Disco us for an outdoor adventure! Incursion – FRIDAY Upcycle our collection of treasures with your imagination today! Mega Variety Show Excursion - 9/4 Split your sides laughing at the latest Matt Grey children’s show at the National Theatre today! Yellow Brick Road 10/4 We’re off to the Emerald City to see the Wizard! Big Kids Day Out Excursion Excursion to Luna Park for grades 4,5 & 6 children. Term 1 Conclusion It has been a great term in OSHClub. Thank you to everyone for warmly welcoming the new coordinator, Siân. We are looking forward to coming back for an exciting Term 2. Please note that Preps will no longer be dropped off/picked up directly from their classroom as of the beginning of Term 2. If children could try and remember to make their way directly to the OSHClub room as soon as the bell goes it would be much appreciated. Holiday Program – Fast Approaching The flyer for the Deepdene Holiday Program is now available. You can find the flyer on the OSHClub website or pick up a copy at Before and After School Care. The program will run from Monday 30th March to Thursday 2nd April, and Tuesday 7th April to Friday 10th April. When booking your child into Holiday Program, please take note of the excursion/incursion days as they require an additional cost for the activities. Holiday Program Times/Food When attending Holiday Program days please note that the times are 7:30am-6:15pm and breakfast is not provided. The children are also required to bring their own morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea. Please avoid any nut products as we have a no nut policy We will do some cooking each day as part of the activities. Anaphylaxis and Asthma Policies/ Medical alerts If your child requires Ventolin/ an inhaler for asthma even just for when they have a cold then we still need to have their asthma puffer and certified asthma doctors plan at OSHClub (these need to be up to date – as they expire annually). If your child suffers from Anaphylaxis and will be attending OSHClub we require their Epipen as well as the Doctor’s action plan (we require for this to be updated annually) These are legal requirements and if they do not have their plan/ puffer/Epipen and their enrolment indicates they should have these, then unfortunately they cannot attend. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns. 5 Coordinator – Siân Brewer Staff: Leanne, Carina and Cameron. Program Phone: 0432 161 565 OSHClub – 8564 9000 Admin: [email protected] Website: www.oshclub.com.au SCHOOL NEWS This term in the art room we have paid tribute to the 100-year anniversary of the ANZAC landing in Gallipoli. To celebrate the spirit of the ‘ANZAC’, students have explore the historical and cultural significance of ANZAC day. The Flanders poppy has been used as a symbol of sacrifice but also growth and regeneration. The student’s artwork has created a colourful visual tribute to pay respect to all of those who have made sacrifices to help create a culturally diverse and free Australia. Level 3 & 4 Ink Block Printing Level 3 and 4 students ‘carved’ their poppy design into a foam block. Red ink was then rolled onto the foam block, and a thin layer of gold applied on top. To ensure a clean print, students used a ‘brayer’ to apply pressure to the back of their print before peeling it off to reveal beautiful antique looking prints. Students then mounted their finished prints on a coloured piece of paper. Paper Poppies (Lest we forget photo) Foundation students made these beautiful 3 dimensional poppies using red textas, coffee filters and starch spray. Each student made a small and large paper poppy, after applying the coloured the paper coffee filters were sprayed with starch and left to dry while draped over a plastic cup. When both were dry and the paper had become stiff, the small poppy was glued inside the larger poppy. To create the textured centre of the poppy students glued in a small length of fluffy wool. Window Poppies Level 5 students sketched a range of poppies in their art journal, some outstanding samples were chosen to be enlarged using the photocopier. These large poppies were then recreated on the foyer and art room windows using special window markers and window crayons. Foundation Field of Poppies Foundation students began these beautiful art works by creating a sky blue background. Using liquid watercolour students dabbed the watercolour onto their paper using sponges being careful to leave some white spaces to represent clouds. Using a mixture of red, orange and white paint they created their poppies by dipping a round sponge into the paint and printing it onto their background. Black stamens were added to their poppies and long, wriggly stems completed their art works! Level 3 & 4 Poppies These beautiful creations were inspired by the work of Georgia O’Keeffe. Level 3 & 4 students began their artwork by creating an outline for their poppy using a mixture of PVA glue and black paint. This was applied using a squeeze bottle. When the glue/ paint had dried, students added oil pastel and liquid watercolour to create the strong warm, red tones. 6 SCHOOL NEWS Red Poppy Georgia O’Keeffe 7 COMMUNITY NEWS 8
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