ARPS NEWS 21st FEBRUARY, 2019

Student Free days 2019 (School Council approved these days at the meeting on 21st November 2018)

Tuesday 29th

January

Induction & Curriculum

Tuesday 12th

March

Curriculum & Engagement

Friday 3rd

May

Curriculum Day

CALENDAR From the Principal

Hi, my name is Tim Fletcher.

I am the School Captain for 2019 in Albany Rise Primary School. My role includes presenting assemblies as well as taking part in many school events. I am grateful for the opportunity to meet the premier Daniel Andrews, who pre-sented us with our badges and I hope to meet him again throughout the year. I hope me and my fellow School Captain and Vice-Captains can make a good impact on our school this year.

-Tim

Hi, my name is Aden Tog-Dheer.

I am the school Vice-Captain for Albany Rise Primary School. As a school Vice-Captain I set up the Assembly. I am honoured that Mr. Andrews gave me my badge. I hope to see him again this year. I hope me and my fellow school cap-tains and school vice-captain can make a good impact on our school this year.

-Aden

Hi, my name is Ivanka Ivanovich.

I am the School Captain for Albany Rise Primary School for 2019. I am so thankful for my role in this amazing school and I’m so happy that I am able to include everyone. I have the opportunity to go up at assembly and run it with my fellow Captain and Vice-Captains and set a good example. I am very happy I got my badge presented to me by Daniel Andrews. I hope me and my fellow school Captain and Vice-Captains can make a good impact on our school this year.

-Ivanka

Hi, my name is Ajuni Ghai.

I am the school Vice-captain for Albany Rise Primary School. My role involves conducting assembly and setting a good example for all the students in the school. I am very thankful for the chance to have Mr. Daniel Andrews present me my badge and I am honoured to represent this school. I have faith that I can live up to the expectations and do an incredible job. I hope me and my fellow school captains and vice- captain can make a good impact on our school this year.

-Ajuni

RESPECT RESILIENCE RESPONSIBILITY

Thur. 21st Feb ‘Meet and Greet’ inter-views. Year 1-6 Parents meet class teachers. 3.40 – 7.00pm.

Fri. 22ndFeb Year 5 Interschool Sports. Year ¾ Soccer Clinic

Tues.

26th Feb Parent Partnerships Ses-sion 2

Wed. 27th Feb District Swimming Com-petition- Oakleigh

Tues.

5th Mar. Parent Partnerships Ses-sion 3

Wed. 6th Mar. Year 5/6 Parliamentary Process incursion

Thur. 7th Mar. Protective Behaviours Sessions Gr 5/6 (TBC)

Fri. 8th Mar. Year 5 Interschool Sports. Year ¾ Soccer Clinic

Mon. 11th Mar Labour Day holiday.

Tues.

12th Mar Student Free Curricu-lum Day

Fri. 15th Mar Yr 3-6 Formula 1 Excur-sion (STEM)

Fri. 15th Mar Colour Explosion Fun

Wed. 20th Mar School Council AGM 6.30pm Meeting 7.00pm (TBC)

Thur. 21st Mar Multicultural Harmony Day

Fri. 22nd Mar Yr F-2 Twilight Sports (in school day)

Wed - Fri

27th – 29th Mar

Year 3/4 Camp to Golden Valley Lodge

OUR CHICKENS NEED YOU!

If you are able to spare some time on the

weekend to feed and care for our feathered

friends, please add your name to the list at the

office.

Please note: all costs of chicken food/ bedding are cov-

ered by the school. Parents/ Community are not re-

quired to contribute to these costs.

PARENTS AS PARTNERS COURSE 2019 It was great to have an eager group of parents take part in our Parents as Partners ‘Classroom Helpers’ course for our first session on Tuesday. The parents who attended had the opportunity to share their ex-periences and ask questions relating to the teaching and learning of Oral Language skills and Writing. It was pleasing to share some of our students’ writing to demonstrate the broad range of skills students develop over a very short time at school. Next Tuesday the focus of this group will be on Reading, with the 3rd session dedicated to Mathematics and classroom expectations. We have room for more parents to attend these sessions at the school- please contact the office if you are interested.

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Friday, 15th March

All Welcome!

4pm-6pm

BBQ afterwards This is a Parent Association Fundraiser.

Notices and more information will be out soon

SCHOOL COUNCIL- ELECTION/ NOMINATION PROCESS: RESULT At the close of nominations for School Council on Monday 18th February, we have four parents to fill four vacancies. Our first School Council meeting for 2019 took place on Wednesday 20th February, with our current (2018) council members in attendance. There are some members of School Council who have served the school for several years; and who now are moving on as their children move through and beyond our school. I wish to sincerely thank Mr Chandramoorthy Subramonian for his long-term association with School Council, along with Deepa Venkata Balasubramanian, Geraldine Major (Treasurer) and Courtney Smith (DET) for their enormous contributions to our school in Education, Marketing, Parents Association, Fi-nance and Facilities. It is community members like these who do their utmost to support our school, en-suring ARPS is such a great community and learning environment. The date for our Annual General Meeting and first meeting of the new 2019 School Council will be Wednesday 21st March. A full list of 2019 school councillors will be provided in the next newslet-ter. We welcome our new and returning members: Ben Rowe, Mark Harding, Andy Chudyk and Judy Ramjhan. JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL

Our Junior School Council (JSC) group is a group of 10 students from year 2 to 6 elected by their peers. This group of students has a meaningful say in events from all aspects of school life, and supports the needs of local charities through fundraisers and student led events. The first meeting of our JSC group was held on Wednesday

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CANVASSING SUPPORT: SUPPORTING OUR CHILDREN AND KEEPING THEM SAFE

During the year, many opportunities arise for parents and community members to support our school. Occasionally, fundraisers involve students asking families or friends to sponsor their efforts, such as the Walkathon and Colour Explosion. At Albany Rise Primary School we NEVER encourage students to go ‘door to door’ to ask for support or money from unknown strangers or community members. The majority of our sponsorships for such events come from family members or family friends, known to students at the school. I urge all parents, for the sake of students’ safety and our school reputation, to refrain from undertaking children ‘door knocking’ as part of any fundraising efforts. If you have any questions about this, please contact the school.

UPDATING MEDICAL INFORMATION

It is important for families to consider any changed medical needs of their children and ensure that we have up to date records regarding asthma, anaphylaxis, allergies or other conditions that may impact on the children at school. Please contact your child’s teacher or Janine in the office to discuss these or any other related medical notifications

2019 SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND LEARNING

This week, school leadership have been working with the Culture Agency Relationships and Environment (C.A.R.E.) school based professional learning team to define actions and first steps as part of our work in develop-ing a consistent approach to the implementation of School Wide Positive Behaviours. Part of this work involves in-viting community input into our processes, communication, practices and expectations. Last week, all students re-ceived a hard copy of our student Code of Conduct, to take home and read/discuss with parents and return signed to school. This week, Mr Mac has been visiting classes to talk about the Student Code of Conduct and what the expected school behaviours mean for individual students. In the next few weeks, a number of further CARE team initiatives will be implemented- including a focus on the ‘National Day of Action Against Bullying’.

2020 ENROLMENTS We continue to have high demand for places at Albany Rise Primary School. We are now taking enrolments for

2020. We would ask that families with children commencing in 2020 contact the office for an enrolment form as

soon as possible. Please feel free to come in or call if you require more information.

RESPECT RESILIENCE RESPONSIBILITY

Judy Drew

Principal drew.judith.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

Parents are reminded that the Staff Car parks at the front and rear of the school are not for parent parking. Parents with a valid disabled pass may use the designated space at the front of the school.

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0A Sophia 0W Talileysa

1R Bailey 1T Stephen

2 I Noah 3F Angelina

3G Mohammed 2S Kevin

45L Anita 4P Jimmy

4W Izabelle 5S Khyber

6C Ethan, Belle 6T Dean, Arii

STUDENT OF THE WEEK