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Newsletter No 5 February 28 2013 - Sunbury Primary School

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<strong>Sunbury</strong> <strong>Primary</strong> News<br />

<strong>Sunbury</strong> <strong>Primary</strong> <strong>School</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>28</strong> th <strong>2013</strong> Edition 5<br />

The Heights <strong>Sunbury</strong> 3429<br />

Phone: 9744 9744<br />

Email: sunbury.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Fax:<br />

9744 9799 Web Site: www.sunburyps.vic.edu.au<br />

Dates to Remember:<br />

Vision: For all students to become:<br />

Successful learners<br />

Confident, creative and curious individuals<br />

Active and informed citizens<br />

Register to get your electronic copy of the newsletter via the Home page at - www.sunburyps.vic.edu.au<br />

We would appreciate greatly if all new families could register for our newsletter Online. Thank you.<br />

Thursday, <strong>28</strong> th <strong>February</strong><br />

Tuesday, 5 th March<br />

Wednesday, 6 th March<br />

Monday, 11 th March<br />

Tuesday, 12 th March<br />

Wednesday, 13 th March<br />

SPSSA Swimming Sports @ <strong>Sunbury</strong> Aquatic Centre<br />

Year 3 excursion to Sovereign Hill<br />

<strong>School</strong> Athletics Sports @ Boardman Reserve<br />

Labour Day Holiday – <strong>No</strong> school this day<br />

Prep students start full time<br />

Year 5 excursion to CERES<br />

COLES – SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS 2012<br />

Thanks you to everyone who sent in their Coles<br />

Sports For <strong>School</strong>s Vouchers in 2012.<br />

We received our order of a selection of discus and<br />

Shot puts for indoor and outdoor use, relay batons,<br />

Sets of Lacrosse Sticks and Balls, foam bats, softball<br />

bases, trampolines, balance boards, many different<br />

size and shaped balls such as mini soccer balls, tennis<br />

balls, foam balls, cricket balls, etc and many other<br />

great items which will support the<br />

Physical Education Program.<br />

PLEASE NOTE:<br />

The canteen will not open on Wednesday next week due to the<br />

<strong>School</strong> Athletics.<br />

It will instead open on Thursday, March 7 th .


<strong>School</strong> Council Elections <strong>2013</strong><br />

The following nominations were received in the Parent category for <strong>School</strong> Council.<br />

Ross Buchanan Andrew Mitchell<br />

The following nomination was received in the Staff category for <strong>School</strong> Council.<br />

Loren Peavey<br />

As the number of nominations is equal to the number of vacancies I declare the nominees elected.<br />

Congratulations to Ross, Andrew and Loren.<br />

The first meeting of the new school council will be on March 20 th .<br />

<strong>School</strong> Captains and House Captains<br />

Last week I announced the <strong>School</strong> Captains for <strong>2013</strong>. They are:<br />

Alexander Bond Kate Bourke Holly Evans Sean Perry<br />

The <strong>School</strong> Captains will be presented with their badges at assembly tomorrow.<br />

House Captains<br />

The House Captain elections were held yesterday. In keeping with election day events, a sausage sizzle was also held for students in<br />

Years 5 and 6.<br />

The results of the election for House Captain are:<br />

Barkly: Erin Dunbar Thomas Hartmann Tyler Kelly Caitlyn Leader<br />

Brook: Lachlan Caldone Sophie Caldone Lachlan Oliver Zoe Perry<br />

O’Shanassy: Sophie Carayannopoulos James Cree Isabelle Juric Charlie Murray<br />

Macedon: Hayley James Brock Landt Amy Newell Edan Taplin<br />

Thank you to everyone who took the time to prepare a speech for their House, and congratulations to our new House Captains for<br />

<strong>2013</strong>.<br />

The House Captains will be presented with their badges at an upcoming assembly.<br />

<strong>School</strong> <strong>Newsletter</strong><br />

To get the most out of the school newsletter please become a subscriber. You can subscribe to the newsletter at the school website:<br />

www.sunburyps.vic.edu.au<br />

Returning of <strong>No</strong>tes<br />

Children are often sent home with notes asking for parent permission for a variety of activities.<br />

In all cases forms include a due by date.<br />

I ask that parents adhere to the due by date to allow for the smooth operation of all school events.<br />

It can be quite distressing for a child and staff if the permission form has not been returned,<br />

particularly on the morning of an excursion or sports event.<br />

So please return forms by the due date to ensure the best outcomes for all involved.<br />

Arrival Time at <strong>School</strong><br />

<strong>School</strong> lessons begin at 9am each day. Children should aim to arrive at school at around 8.45am to be organised for a 9.00am start.<br />

Staff are on duty in the yard from that time. A bell rings at 8.55am, when children can go to their classrooms to get their books ready to<br />

start the day.<br />

As a courtesy, children who are late are asked to report to the class teacher and provide a brief reason for the lateness before<br />

commencing their work.<br />

The start of the day is an important time for all students to be present, as the roll is marked and activities for the session are explained.<br />

Latecomers require this process to be repeated causing an inconvenience for the whole class.<br />

On the other hand, some children are arriving too early for school. It is not good practice to leave children in the school grounds for 30<br />

or 40 minutes unattended. The safety of our children is of vital importance. If parents need to drop their children at school before<br />

8.45am, the Extend Before and After <strong>School</strong> Service is available. It is a good idea to register with Extend, even if you don’t plan to use<br />

the service on a regular basis.<br />

All families must register annually. Government regulations require all families to complete and sign a <strong>2013</strong> registration form for each<br />

child prior to using an Extend service for Government compliance.<br />

For further information please contact Extend on 1300 366 437, or visit their website at www.extend.com.au .


Music <strong>No</strong>tes<br />

Music Leaders<br />

We are pleased to announce the appointment of a number of Music leaders for <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

Band Captains: Nathan James and Tess Oakley<br />

Choir Captains: Isabelle Juric and Alexander Bond<br />

These students are to be commended for their dedication to music and for their commitment to assisting others who participate in our Choir and Band<br />

programs.<br />

Uniform Shop<br />

The uniform shop is open every Wednesday from 2.30 pm – 3.30 pm. Order forms are available from the office.<br />

<strong>Primary</strong> <strong>School</strong> Wear Online Uniform Shop www.psw.com.au<br />

Canteen Roster<br />

Friday,1 st March<br />

Monday, 4 th March<br />

Wednesday, 6 th March<br />

Michelle Reynolds, Kylie Wakelin, Sandy Holdaway, Maria Marinelli, Lisa Kosinski.<br />

Karen Hilyear, Lisa Kosinski.<br />

NO CANTEEN ON THIS DAY.. CANTEEN WILL BE OPEN ON THURSDAY THIS WEEK…<br />

Pupil of the Week<br />

00M Scarlett For her enthusiastic participation in class discussions and<br />

activities.<br />

00B Ava For making fantastic progress with her writing.<br />

1T Luke For an informative and detailed account of his weekend.<br />

1B <strong>No</strong>ah For encouraging and helping others with their reading.<br />

1K Jackson For working to improve his writing. ☺<br />

2C Alana For persistence with improving her learning.<br />

2W William For his dedication to complete all work tasks to a high standard.<br />

2K Jordan For trying really hard to improve his reading.<br />

3G Anelise For a terrific persuasive writing piece.<br />

3M Sophie For her excellent organisational skills and commitment to<br />

completing tasks.<br />

34CT Tiahn For working hard to achieve current reading goals.<br />

4K Nicholas For being a great expanding vocabulary leader. Keep inspiring us<br />

with your words.<br />

4W Hannah For being a caring and thoughtful member of our class. Well done!<br />

5S Madeline For maintaining a high level of presentation when completing<br />

learning tasks.<br />

5R Brody For being a quiet achiever in all areas.<br />

6BK Diana For an informative and interesting report titled “All about Me”.<br />

6P Cooper For settling back into school life after his medical emergency!!<br />

Art Mason For an outstanding idea for colour pressure. What a fantastic artist<br />

you are!<br />

Music Connor For a clever description of how music began.<br />

Assembly<br />

Performance<br />

Year 5<br />

“Reggae Song”


Year’s 3 & 4<br />

We have been using strategies from the Mathematical toolbox to help us solve Mathematical<br />

word problems. We tried acting it out, making a model, making a list and looking for a pattern.<br />

We discovered that different strategies work better for different problems, so we need to<br />

know all of them.<br />

The Year 4s have also been investigating how things work as part of our inquiry studies. With<br />

the help of our computer technician, Terry, 4W explored the internal workings of a harddrive.<br />

In Year 3/4 we have been investigating letter and sound patterns in words. We have<br />

discovered that for many letter patterns there are many sounds that the pattern makes. We<br />

found that for the ou letter pattern there are at least four sounds that can be made: /u/, /oo/,<br />

/or/, ou/.


Our weekly recap<br />

Hi everyone, we had another busy week last week: we learnt how<br />

to play “Headbanz” (a kids’ version of ‘Celebrity Head”), had Brad<br />

and Michaela come and visit again from the AASC Sports<br />

Program playing ball games and teaching us Calisthenics,<br />

attempted blow painting using straws to blow the paint through<br />

instead of brushes and finished off the week making yummy<br />

healthy salad wraps. We also played lots of games outside,<br />

played on the playground and practised our skipping skills. ☺<br />

- Briony<br />

Our Extend Superstar is… Jack C for improving his packing up skills and trying his best in all activities!<br />

Next week’s activities:<br />

Monday 4 March:<br />

Tuesday 5 March:<br />

Wednesday 6 March:<br />

Thursday 7 March:<br />

Friday 8 March:<br />

AASC Program: Netball with Brad<br />

Making Slime<br />

Colouring-In Competition<br />

AASC Program: Calisthenics with Michaela<br />

“Headbanz” Competition and Charades<br />

ONLINE BOOKINGS: extend.com.au<br />

CALL OUR OFFICE: 1300 366 437<br />

Challenge your family and friends to get active in <strong>2013</strong>!<br />

The <strong>2013</strong> Premier’s Active Families Challenge provides a great opportunity for all Victorian families to get active and<br />

enjoy the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.<br />

So grab your family and friends and register today to do 30 minutes of physical activity per day for 30 days between<br />

March 4 th and April 14 th <strong>2013</strong>.<br />

It’s fun and it’s free to participate, and just by registering you’ll receive:<br />

• 20 free YMCA passes per family or team<br />

• 15% discount at Rebel Sport<br />

• one hour free tennis court hire at Melbourne Park or Albert Reserve<br />

• one free child entry to the Melbourne Aquarium<br />

• one free child entry to the National Sports Museum and MCG Tours.<br />

You’ll also:<br />

• have a chance to win great prizes, including iPads and Rebel Sport vouchers<br />

• get regular tips and ideas on ways to keep your family active throughout the Challenge<br />

• be able to nominate your school for the chance to win between $350 and $1000 in Rebel Sport vouchers as<br />

well as a coaching clinic with high-profile athletes.<br />

Sign up today at www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/challenge or call 1300 463 684


SCHOOL ZONE PARKING OFFENCES<br />

We have been advised by the Victoria Police to notify you of the following:<br />

A ‘<strong>No</strong> Parking’ sign means that drivers must not stop in the area indicated by the sign unless they are dropping off<br />

or picking up passengers or goods. While stopped drivers are not permitted to leave the vehicle unattended, which<br />

means they must remain within 3 metres of the vehicle. The driver must complete their task and drive on within<br />

two minutes.<br />

Drivers with a disabled parking permit may stop for twice the allowed time.<br />

Penalty<br />

$<strong>28</strong><br />

A driver must not stop in the area shown by the arrows on the sign, even if they are picking up or dropping off<br />

passengers. Similarly, drivers must not stop along sections of road marked with a continuous yellow edge line,<br />

where older ‘<strong>No</strong> Standing’ signs are being phased out, but they have the same meaning as ‘<strong>No</strong> Stopping’.<br />

Penalty<br />

$141<br />

<strong>No</strong> stopping on a children’s crossing or<br />

Within 20 metres before or<br />

Within 10 metres after a children’s crossing<br />

You cannot proceed through the crossing until all<br />

people are off the crossing.<br />

Penalty<br />

$141<br />

You are not permitted to stop or park your vehicle alongside another vehicle that is already parked<br />

parallel to the kerb<br />

Penalty<br />

$85<br />

We all understand that pick up and drop off times around schools are very busy.<br />

Do the right thing. Be aware and be patient.<br />

Signs are placed around school precincts to protect our kids.<br />

Police will enforce breaches of the road rules.<br />

A message from your local police.


Education Maintenance Allowance<br />

Information for parents currently receiving EMA<br />

Changes to the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for <strong>2013</strong>:<br />

The EMA continues to help families on lower incomes with financial assistance to cover the cost of educational expenses<br />

including textbooks, stationery, uniforms and excursions for their child up until the age of 16.<br />

From <strong>2013</strong>, the Victorian Government is restructuring the EMA.<br />

In <strong>2013</strong> the annual EMA payment for families with children in primary school (years 1-6) will receive a payment of $150.<br />

In 2012 the annual EMA payment for families with primary school children was $235 which was split 50/50 between the family<br />

and the school the child attended ($117.50 paid to families and to schools on behalf of parents).<br />

From <strong>2013</strong>, the EMA will no longer be paid 50/50 between the parent and the school. The 50% school portion of the EMA will no<br />

longer be paid to schools on behalf of parents.<br />

The <strong>School</strong> Start Bonus of $300 for parents of children beginning primary school has been discontinued as a separate payment<br />

from <strong>2013</strong>. Parents of children in Prep will receive an EMA payment of $200.<br />

New EMA payment option<br />

From <strong>2013</strong>, on the EMA application form you can choose to have your EMA payment;<br />

• Paid by direct deposit (Electronic Funds Transfer) into your nominated bank account or<br />

• Paid by cheque which will be posted to the school for collection or<br />

• Paid to the school to be held as credit which you can use towards education expenses<br />

The introduction of the new payment option to have the EMA payment directed to the school provides parents with extra<br />

flexibility to assist with budgeting towards education expenses.<br />

Eligibility:<br />

To be eligible for the EMA in <strong>2013</strong>, you must:<br />

<br />

<br />

be either a parent or guardian of a primary or secondary school student up to the age of sixteen; and<br />

be an eligible beneficiary of a Centrelink pension, allowance or benefit within the meaning of the State Concessions Act<br />

2004* or be a Veterans Affairs (TPI) pensioner or be a temporary foster parent.<br />

* i.e – the parent/guardian must be the holder of a valid Health Care Card or valid Pension Card.<br />

The eligibility criteria must be met as at 29 January <strong>2013</strong> (Instalment One) and 15 July <strong>2013</strong> (Instalment Two).<br />

Payment Amounts - <strong>2013</strong>:<br />

Prep Years 1 - 6 Year 7 Year 8 – Age 16<br />

Instalment One $140 $105 $210 $175<br />

Instalment Two $60 $45 $90 $75<br />

Annual Total $200 $150 $300 $250<br />

Contact: <strong>School</strong> Office for an EMA application form and to lodge your application. The closing date for EMA application forms to<br />

be submitted to the school is <strong>28</strong> <strong>February</strong> <strong>2013</strong>.


Local Activities<br />

Participants needed: FREE study for overweight teens looking for help!<br />

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute at The Royal Children’s Hospital is doing a study to find a better way to support overweight young<br />

people aged 12 to 17 years to make healthier choices about weight management.. Participation involves completing online questionnaires and<br />

having height, weight, blood pressure and waist circumference measured at the beginning and then at 3, 6 and 12 month follow-ups. Parents<br />

are also invited to take part. Every 3 months there will be a draw for a $100 gift voucher for those who have kept their appointments. The<br />

results will help us to find out a helpful way to teach young people about weight-related behaviours during adolescence. We need overweight<br />

young people aged 12- 17 living in metropolitan Melbourne to join in!<br />

Enquiries: Karly Cini 03 9345 6954 or stayingfit@mcri.edu.au<br />

For more info: www.rch.org.au/cah/research/The_Staying_Fit_Project/<br />

<strong>2013</strong> Auskick Registrations are NOW OPEN<br />

Rupo Auskick invite all Boys and Girls interested in participating in Auskick to log onto the website www.aflauskick.com.au and follow the links to register.<br />

New players welcome! Please contact Wayne on 0413 400 332 for further details and information.<br />

<strong>Sunbury</strong> Youth Choir Open Day<br />

Do you love to sing, have fun and make new friends<br />

If you are aged between 8 and 13, come along to the <strong>Sunbury</strong> Youth Choir Open Day on Monday 4 th March from 4.30-6pm. Parents are<br />

welcome to watch during this session.<br />

We sing lots of different songs, from Disney movie soundtracks and Broadway hits, to One Direction.<br />

There are lots of performance opportunities throughout the year.<br />

We rehearse on Mondays during school terms from 4.30-6pm at the<br />

Flashdance Performing Arts <strong>School</strong>, 3 Commerce Crt <strong>Sunbury</strong><br />

For more information, please contact the <strong>Sunbury</strong> Choral Association Secretary on 0431 323 734 or email sunburychoral@gmail.com<br />

RUPERTSWOOD NETBALL CLUB<br />

are welcoming netball players in all age groups, U11, U13, U 15, U18 to pl ay on Saturday m orni ngs in the Gi s borne N etbal l Associati on<br />

C om peti ti on at G is borne Secondary C oll ege.Please c o ntac t Alli s on on 0425 842 546 fo r m ore inform ati on.<br />

Rupertswood Football and Netball Club<br />

are now taking football registrations for <strong>2013</strong> season. We invite anyone interested in playing to register from our website : www.rupo.com.au<br />

New players welcome!<br />

Rupertswood Football and Netball Club are also seeking expressions of interest for the introduction of Junior netball in Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16.5 age<br />

groups. Further brief details can be obtained from the Junior page of the club’s website : www.rupo.com.au<br />

Get into the Swim of things With the <strong>Sunbury</strong> Amateur Swimming Club<br />

The oldest and original, swimming club in <strong>Sunbury</strong><br />

If you’d like to work on your swimming technique, learn new skills, improve your fitness, or get ready for competition, come and try our offer of two free training<br />

sessions, before becoming a member. It’s a fun interactive club where the entering of competitions is optional.<br />

For more information, contact Karen Garrard on 0402 267 510. (Free sessions apply to Friday night training 7-8.30pm, <strong>Sunbury</strong> Aquatic Centre, Ligar St.<br />

<strong>Sunbury</strong>)

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