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15 march 2019 issue 3

NEWSLETTER

Bush Dance Saturday 16 March

3pm

WHAT’S INSIDE LE NOTIZIE DI TREVOR, GR 3/4, GR 5/6,

BSPS NOTICES ,COMMUNITY NOTICES

CALENDAR DATES

ASSEMBLY DATES

56 Brunswick Road BRUNSWICK EAST 3057 . t 9380 1231 . e brunswick.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.auw www.brunswicksouthps.vic.edu.au

Mon 18 9am Junior Foundation

Fri 5 Apr 2.10pm Whole School Gr 5/6

MARCHSat 16 School Bush Dance 3-5.30pm

Mon 18 Student Led Conferences 4-6pm

Tues 19 Student Led Conferences 4-6pm

Mon 18-21 Gr 3/4 Swimming

Tues 19-27 Somers Camp

selected Gr5/6 Students

Wed 27 Learning Centre Library

Official Opening

APRILTues 2 School Council Metting 7pm

Tues 2-5 School Photos

Fri 5 Last Day of Term 2.30 Finish

TERM 2 Mon 22 Easter Monday Public Holiday

Tues 23 Curriculum Day No School

Wed 24 Term 2 First Day Back

Thurs 25 Anzac Day Public Holiday No School

LE NOTIZIE

DI TREVOR Our core

business at BSPS is our focus on student learning.

This has been in full swing this week as students have been finalising their learning goals and preparing to share them with you next Monday and Tuesday. Summer is certainly going out with a bang and we’ve been given a last burst of some very warm weather before we head into autumn.

Student Led Conferences are into their second year at BSPS. With our leadership team we have worked to strengthen the process and ensure more consistency with goal setting across the school. If you haven’t booked in for a time to meet with your child and a teacher from the learning area, please head to https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/ now and book using event code: E D V C 5.

After your conference we ask that you keep the conversation around your child’s goals going at home.

Here are some prompts when you are discussing these goals at home:

� Can you explain what your goal means?

� How will you know when you are making progress?

� What can we do at home to help you achieve this goal?

� How might your teacher help you achieve this goal?

POLICIESWe have attached a copy of our Access to School Grounds Policy and Community Code of Conduct for the new school year and for some families new to our school community. These policies help maintain a safe and supportive environment for students, families and our school staff. Please take a moment to refamiliarise yourself with these and contact us with any questions.

Please remember that in accordance with our Access to School Grounds Policy, our school yard is supervised from 8.45am – 9.00am in the morning and then from 3.30pm – 3.45pm in the afternoons. Any child in the yard outside of these times needs to be in Out of School Hours Care (OSHC). Our 3.45pm bell is a reminder for all students in the yard who haven’t been collected to go to reception and for families to leave the school grounds to make room for the students in after school care to come out and use the school grounds.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAYWe stopped to reflect in honour of International Women’s Day at BSPS last Friday. At all levels our school was involved in sharing the key theme of #balanceforbetter. Our students led the charge this year - organising a Bake Sale to raise money for the Blue Dragon Foundation. This event raised a staggering $1086 to provide essential care and support for children in crisis in Vietnam. The compassion shown by these students was heartwarming, as was seeing them so active and passionate in supporting causes around the world.

Thank you and well done to Rosie, Mia, Lara, Alysha, Rosie, Tessa, Persephone, Oscar, Maddy and Florence!

SCHOOL COUNCIL UPDATE School Council nominations closed yesterday and we had another positive response from parents and carers interested in being part of our School Council. With more nominations than positions available we will be going to a ballot. Our nominees are busy preparing a short ‘bio’ and the ballot forms will go out next Thursday (21 March). The ballot will close the following Thursday and we will announce the successful candidates.

ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (AIP)Our 2019 Annual Implementation Plan has been endorsed by School Council and by DET (Dept of Education and Training) and is now available on the school website. This plan outlines in detail our work for this year and ensures our energy is focused on what will have the greatest impact on our learners. This year our work will centre around Numeracy and Writing, with staff working collaboratively on our school wide goals. In addition we will further be building intellectual engagement and self awareness in our learners and building on their voice in the teaching and learning process. We are currently working on an ‘at a glance’ document which will support the wider community to understand and support the work in our AIP.

ARRIVERDERCI We have been truly lucky to have Sam Eason support our STEM program for the first part of this term, but with his plans to do some travel we knew it was only going to be for a short time. Sam has made STEM engaging, hands on and exciting for our students, in fact last week I even witnessed him giving a lesson to some eager parents after the Information Session. Thank you, Sam for all you have achieved in such a short time and for fitting in seamlessly to our school community. We’d love to see you back at BSPS after your world travels. In the meantime we are undergoing a selection process for a teacher for the rest of 2019. We hope to have this finalised by the end of term.

I’ll see you all tomorrow afternoon at our annual welcome event and the inaugural Bush Dance!Trevor.

MARG &

TREVOR’S BLOG

YEARS 3/4

FOUNDATION

YEARS 5/6PE NEWS

PERFORMING ARTS

MARG &

TREVOR’S BLOG

YEARS 3/4

FOUNDATION

YEARS 5/6PE NEWS

PERFORMING ARTSWeek 7 and the 3/4’s are off to Northcote Pool for swimming lessons. Gone are the days where we had to remind students not to throw their clothes around but place them neatly in their bags! We have a great group of independent and lively students who have made us proud with their outstanding behaviour.

In Italian Literacy we are exploring Identità through pubblicità and learning some of the tricky ways advertising is created to make us buy a product. We have all fallen in love with Molino Bianco’s Pan di Stella and it has been interesting to note how some of the advertising products we have pulled apart have turned up in lunchboxes!

In Reading and Lettura we have been focusing on annotating so that we can share what we learn! This week in English reading we have started focusing on annotating inferences.

Some of the other annotations we have been sharing include important information, surprising information, questions and new learning.

In Lettura this week we have been focusing on annotating important information, questions and Cosa?? (I don’t understand this word or why this thing is happening!)

In Misura we are investigating Mass, Volume and Capacity and have had some very interesting conversations. For example, after reading Mr Archimedes’ Bath, someone commented that, “a bath can only overflow once when you hop in, it does not keep overflowing”! Or when calculating the capacity of an object using MAB blocks, “You don’t have to fill the entire cube, you can do the base and one column and then multiply one by the other.” Mathematical thinking at its very best!!

LUNCH ORDERS

BSPS NOTICES

NOTICES FOR THIS SECTION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY FRIDAY PRIOR. EMAIL TO brunswick.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

BSPS SCHOOL COUNCIL � President Gabrielle Marchetti

� Vice President Jeremey Schreurs

� Treasurer Jeremy Schreurs

� Community Gabrielle Marchetti, James Henry

� Building and Grounds James Henry

� Policies Marg Weymouth

� Community and Fundraising Jane Scammell

� Members Madeleine Aikenhead, Petra Stock

� OSHC Petra Stock

� DET Trevor Strolla, Marg Weymouth, Ivana D’Aprano

Please send enquiries to brunswick.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au marked attention to relevant convenor

NOTICES FOR THIS SECTION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY FRIDAY PRIOR. EMAIL TO brunswick.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Pride and PrejudiceSupport the Community Reading

Rewards Program = more books!

LIBRARYGALA

COMPASS PARENT PORTALComing soon! Keep an eye out for information on how to access our Compass Parent Portal over the next few weeks.

Got any questions, ideas or suggestions? Email the BSPS Community and Fundraising team at bspscaf@gmail.com

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MEET THE TEAM — WELCOME BUSH DANCE

The Welcome Bush Dance is a great

opportunity for the school community to come

together, catch up with those they know from

the previous year, and welcome new families to

the community.

There’s a multitude of parents who bring

events to the school community. Below are

just some of the parents who are part of the

Welcome Bush Dance team this year.

Please email Angela (mum to Ethan in

grade 6, and Elliot in grade 4) at bspscaf@gmail.

com if you’re willing to lend a hand in any small

or large way. Get involved! Be part of the team!

We’re all nice people and don’t bite.

Angela is Ethan’s and

Elliot’s mum. Ethan is

in grade 6 and Elliot is

in grade 4.

Angela has been

coordinating the

Welcome Bush Dance

and she also manages

the food for the event. Angela plays the violin

and loves cooking. Angela is also on the

Community and Fundraising team.

Jane is Luke’s and

Holly’s mum. They

are twins in grade 4.

Jane is the BSPSCAF

Convenor and is on

the school council.

She also oversees

Community and

Fundraising activities at the school. Handling

the paperwork and making sure everyone else

can get on with what they signed up for, in

particular and making sure Angela can get on

with co-ordinating the Welcome Bush Dance. .

Chloe is mum to John B’who is in grade 1.

Chloe has been handling the permits and legal

requirements for the Welcome Bush Dance.

Trav is dad to Rex in grade 3 and Ryan in

grade 2. Trav is helping with the food for the

Welcome Bush Dance.

Jean-Pierre is dad to Kid 1 in grade 2. Jean-

Pierre is the equipment co-ordinator for the

Welcome Bush Dance. Rob is dad to Finn O in grade 3 and David is

Luke & Holly’s dad. Rob & David are helping out

Greg at the bar for the Welcome Bush Dance.

Nigel is dad to Samuel in grade 4 and Benny in

grade 1. Nigel is sourcing the drinks for the bar

at the Welcome Bush Dance.

Laura is mum to Ramon in grade 3. Laura is

helping Angela with the food for the Welcome

Bush Dance.

ML is mum to Finn

O in grade 3. ML is

helping with the food

for the Welcome Bush

Dance. ML is also

part of the Mother’s

Day Stall team and is

interested in crafting.

Antje is Lewis’ mum. Lewis is in grade 4. Antje

has offered to help collect donations at the

gate on Saturday, and she also designed the

poster for the Welcome Bush Dance. She has

recently completed a graphic design course.

Greg is Freya’s and Banjo’s dad. Freya is in

grade 3/4 and Banjo is in grade 1/2. Greg has

offered to help run the bar for the Welcome

Bush Dance.

Go to www.schoolinterviews.com.au and follow these simple instructions.

Simply enter the code and press "Go"

Enter your details

Select the teachers you wish to see

Select the appointment times that suit your family best

When you click FINISH, your interview timetable will be emailed to you automatically. If you do not receive your email immediately –Check your junk mail folder AND make sure you have spelled your email address correctly

You can return to www.schoolinterviews.com.au at any time, and change your interviews - until the bookings close on Monday 18th March at 3:30pm.

Dear Parents/Carers,

On Monday 18th & Tuesday 19th March, we will hold our Student Led Conferences for Semester 1.

Appointments can be made between 4-7pm on either of these days.

Bookings must be finalised before Monday 18th March at 3:30pm, as this event will close.

For parents that do not have internet access, please contact the office on 9380 1231 to make a booking.

Note: Appointments for PE should be emailed to the office and arranged directly through Rachel Harris.

You may change your bookings, any time prior to the closing date, by re-visiting the www.schoolinterviews.com.au website, and using the event code. Remember to use the same name and email address, you used when you made your original booking. Parents wishing to change their interview times after the closing date, should contact the school directly on: 9380 1231

We would love to hear what you think about online booking. If you get time, click on the “contact us” button on the www.schoolinterviews.com.au website, and leave some feedback - anonymously if you wish, but please include the school’s name and suburb.

E D V C 5

COMMUNITY

READING

REWARDS

Buy your books at The Little Bookroom

and 15% of all registered transactions

will be donated back to your school.

Simply tell the staff that you are

"Friends of Brunswick South Primary School"

when in store.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Facts about students, health & active travelToday, levels of physical activity are significantly lower when compared with statistics 40 years ago.

The Ride2School team are working to reverse this trend. This infographic is designed to show the benefits

of increased physical activity with students and the school community.

About the Ride2School ProgramBicycle Network’s flagship behaviour change program works to make active travel normal for students,

while improving schools education outcomes. The program aims to tailor its assistance to suit the needs or overcome the barriers faced by each school.

Join thousands of schools across Australia and register today at ride2school.com.au

References: Australian Bureau of Statistics • American Society of Landscape Architects, 2011: News – Interview with Jan Gehl • British Medical Association, 1992: Cycling towards health and safety • Hendriksen, Ingrid (1996): The

Effect of Commuter Cycling on Physical Performance and on Coronary Heart Disease Factors • Luoto, R., et al., 2000: The effect of physical activity on breast cancer risk: A cohort study of 30,548 women • Victoria Transport Policy

Institute: Transportation Cost and Benefit Analysis II – Congestion Costs; Sharp I, 1994: The National Forum for Coronary Heart Disease Prevention • Baumann, A., & Rissel, C.,2009: Cycling and health: an opportunity for positive change?

In the 1970s, 8 out of 10 students rode or walked to school. Today there are only

2 out of 10.

60 minutes is the minimum daily

requirement for physical activity for children under 18.

Schools that participate in the Ride2School program

achieve an average of 5 in 10 students who

actively travel to school.

Over the past 40 years, the number of children who are

physically active everyday has significantly dropped.

Students who actively travel arrive awake and alert, improving their

concentration in class and ability to understand the curriculum.

Getting children out of cars and into active transport is believed to be the most effective way to

improve levels of physical activity.

Physical activity is ranked second to tobacco

control as the most important factor in disease prevention

in Australia.

Active Transport can reduce congestion and parking problems, leading to healthier environments and

communities.

Physically active students are healthier,

happier and more socially connected.

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FRIDAY 22 MARCH 2019

Join more than 350,000 students across the nation,

who will ride, walk, scoot and skate to school.

Visit ride2school.com.au to find out more.

Spectrum Tuition

is coming to

Brunswick in

2019!

Fun Tutors

English - Mathematics - Scholarship and Selective Exam Preparation Experts. From Grade Prep - Year 12

Brunswick South Primary School - 56 Brunswick Road, Brunswick East 

For more information, please visit www.spectrumtuition.com/brunswick   or call 1800 668 177

Book A FREE Assessment And Get Up

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Half Moon Mindfulness & Meditation

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Mindfulness & Meditation

Beautifully designed classes and workshops for children, run by local primary school teacher, Hayley Mckenzie.

Located in the SITEWORKS building, 33 Saxon street, Brunswick

FOR KIDS!

Email: hayleymck25@yahoo.com.au OR Phone: 0415 946 562

St Aloysius College

Thursday March 28th 5pm to 7pm

Twilight Evening

Visit us to explore the opportunities available to your daughter. Meet our Principal and speak with our outstanding staff and students.

Register at www.aloysius.vic.edu.au/Talk&Tour

St Aloysius College 31 Curran Street North Melbourne www.aloysius.vic.edu.au

Follow the better path. nhs.vic.edu.au

TUESDAY 30 APRIL 20199.15am – 11.30am: Our school in action • Student-led tours • Principal’s presentation

(9.20am and 10.20am) • Information hub

11am – 11.30am

7pm: Presentation only (repeat session from morning)

Curiosity at work

YEAR 7 2020 ACE PROGRAM APPLICATIONS NOW OPENClosing date 24 April

OPENMORNING

Come down to try Lacrosse Sign up to play before the end of MARCH

Receive a FREE Lacrosse stick and boot bag

Est. 1994

For more information wearebrunswicklacrosse@gmail.com

Facebook.com/wearebrunswicklacrosse

Thursdays 5:30pm

Fleming Park East Brunswick

OPEN EVENINGTHURSDAY 2 MAY 2019

Everyone welcome. Book today at: www.coburg.vic.edu.au/open

We warmly invite you to visit us at Coburg High School to learn more about

our school. For more information, including dates & times of our school tours,

visit us at www.coburg.vic.gov.au or call 9353 1700.