Heany Park Primary School Newsletter

February 14, 2019 Edition 2

From the Principal’s Desk

Celebrations on Staff

This year we have three weddings on staff. Here is a picture from the first wedding of the year.

Congratulations to Robyn Davis and family.

Celebrations with students

ROWVILLE

LYSTERFIELD

NEWS AWARDS

2018 At the end of each year, representatives

from the Rowville Lysterfield News attend our final

assembly, to present their special award to two Year 5 students who have demonstrated all round excellence through their participation in school activities and who uphold the school’s values and in doing so, are a credit to themselves and the school. The 2018 recipients were Ethan Neill, and Aphroditi Agathogleous. Congratulations to them both

International Mother Tongue Day, 21 February 2019

The Theme for 2019: Indigenous languages matter

for development, peace building and reconciliation.

‘The United Nations General Assembly has declared

2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages

to raise awareness of the crucial role languages play

in people’s daily lives. In Australia, of the estimated

original 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

languages, only around 120 are still spoken. Of these approximately 90 per cent are

endangered. 2019 is an opportunity to continue raising awareness and taking further

actions to improve preservation and promotion of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres

Strait Islander languages.’

Language resources and events

The Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL) is launching a new campaign entitled #Wurrung, with a suite of projects aimed to help protect, promote and preserve Victoria’s 38 Aboriginal living languages. More information about this can be found at

the UN, International Year of Indigenous Languages website. Student Leadership Roles/Captains

We announced and present badges to all of the 2019 Captains in our first assembly of the year on Friday 8 February. All students in the senior school are leaders and we thank them all for their enthusiasm in applying for the positions and their willingness to have a voice at Heany Park PS.

The leadership positions are as follows:

SCHOOL CAPTAINS

Ethan N

Rory

Emily S

Charlotte

SPORT

Bunurong - Blue

Hayley & Saurahb

Wurundjeri - Green

Dylan & Mikaela

Kurnai (Yellow)

Ryan W & Vanessa

Kurung (Red)

Ryan M & Emily H

MATHEMATICS

Emma N & Sainaa

ENGLISH / LIBRARY

Eliza & Chryssa

VISUAL ARTS

Cooper & Indi

PERFORMING ARTS

Gisella & Aphroditi

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

Liam & Samuel

ENVIRONMENT & Sustainability

Jack W & Mobina

SCIENCE

Thomas R & Yasmin

MEDIA

Alicia P-2 & Ava 3-6

FLAG

Caitlin

LANGUAGE

Ethan W & Joshua G

On 25 Feb YLead, a training organisation, will provide leadership training to contribute to empowering the students to negotiate action within and beyond the school to help make our learning community and/or the world a better place. These are the Captain roles for this year. We wish them all the very best in their endeavours and will support them to have student voice in our school. This year the School Captains and the Environment & Sustainability Captains and the Science Captains will lead the Junior School Council.

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Junior School Council On 22 Feb, students who are selected as Junior School Council representatives for their grade will be presented with their badges.

There will also be a whole school assembly on 8 & 22 March.

SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS 2019

We currently do not have enough nominations to fill

all vacancies so I am extending the timeline to

Monday 18 Feb 4:00pm in order to attract further

nominations. A Compass Notice was sent out this

week to inform our community of this. Jacquie Nicholson, Alan McKinlay, Jana VanBiljon and Annalise are on School Council until February 2020.

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING DATES FOR 2019: 14 Feb, 14 March, 9 May, 13 June, 8 Aug, 12 Sept, 17 Oct, 14 Nov, 5 Dec Councillors are also expected to be on a subcommittee which will involve one other meeting prior to the Council meeting.

DIARY DATES FOR 2019 Date Time Content

Term 1

8 Feb 2:30pm First assembly – school Captains and all student leaders

presented with badges

14 Feb 6:00pm

7:00pm

Finance Committee

School Council

19 Feb All day School photos

22 Feb 2:30pm Assembly – Junior School Council presented with badges

25 Feb All day YLead Student leaders training

28 Feb 4:30 – 5:30

5:30 – 6;30

6:30 – 7:30

Prep open classrooms

Prep picnic

Learning in a Prep classroom:

How we teach reading and writing and how parents can

assist their child with these essential skills.

8 March 2:30pm Whole school assembly

18-20

March

Senior School Camp to Waratah Bay

Wk of 21

March

TBA Harmony Day Celebrations

22 March 2:30pm Whole school assembly

25 March

9:00am

2:30pm

Celebration of Learning Assembly:

Middle school

Foundation

29 March 9-11:00am House Cross Country

1 April Celebration of Learning Assembly – Senior school 9:00am

and Junior 2:30pm

Contact us

http://heanyparkps.

vic.edu.au/

heany.park.ps@edu

mail.vic.gov.au

5 April Last day of term, early dismissal 2:30pm

Term 2

23 April All day Pupil free day – Curriculum day

28 May 2:30pm Education Week open afternoon – Maths Learning

11 June All day Pupil free day – Curriculum day

25 & 27

June

3:40 – 7:00pm Three way Conferences

Term 3

19 Aug 9:00am

2:30pm

Celebration of Learning Assembly – Juniors

Celebration of Learning Assembly – Foundation

23 Aug 9:00am Celebration of Learning Assembly – Middle school

4 & 5 Sept tba Senior school Exhibition

19 Sept tba Colour Run fundraiser

Term 4

28-30 Oct Middle School Camp to Phillip Island

11 Dec Christmas Concert

17 Dec Year 6 Graduation

School Photos

Whole school photos will take place on Tuesday 19 February.

Please note in this list the student free curriculum days:-

23 April

11 June

OSHClub will be available for child care on these days. The booking will be available a month before each designated date. Booking is on line We hope your child has an exceptional year at Heany Park PS. Please always let us know if you have any questions or concerns. We are only a phone call or email away. Phone 9764 5533 Email: evison.janet.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

Kind regards

Janet Evison

Principal

Linen Roster 2019 Feb 8 Anna Koutros

Feb 15 Bree Bell

Feb 22 Lisa Halbert

Mar 1 Rebecca Neill

Mar 8 Anna Hardy

Mar 15 Tracy Baulman

Mar 22 Claire Stafford

Mar 29 Lynette Clarke

Apr 5 Tricia Pollard

Insurance

Please note that school does not have personal accident insurance or ambulance cover.

Personal Accident Insurance

Parents are reminded that the Department of Education and Early Childhood

Development (DEECD), does provide personal accident insurance for students.

Parents and guardians are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment of

injured students, including any transport/ambulance costs. Reasonable low cost

accident insurance policies are available from commercial insurers. To find a suitable

personal accident insurer, contact your insurance broker or search on line.

Personal Property

Students should be discouraged from bringing any unnecessary or particularly valuable

item to school as the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development does

not hold insurance for personal property brought to schools and it has no capacity to

pay for any loss or damage to such property. Personal property includes such items as

mobile phones, calculators, toys sporting equipment and cars parked on school

premises.

Staff Car Park

Please do not enter or park in the Staff Car Park as this is reserved for

staff parking only and most importantly, children’s safety may be put

at risk as they are not expecting moving cars during school hours.

Working with Childrens Check

School Council has requested that all parents volunteering at Heany Park Primary School

hold a current Working with Childrens Check (WWC). The volunteer checks are free to

parents. They can be applied for at the following online site

www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/home/application

Linen Roster

Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to launder our

Sick Bay linen this year. Please see the Term 1 roster (left hand

column). Please contact the office if you have been placed on the list by mistake.

Second Hand Uniform Shop

For 2019, the Second Hand Uniform Shop will be open on the first Tuesday of the month

and the third Wednesday of the month from 3.15 to 3.45pm. Thank you our 2 volunteers

who have taken the job on this year.

Student of the Week

Back L – R Sainaa 56H, Saurabh 6BD, Hayden 5ST, Emma 6CV,

Makayla 5MS, Maya 12L

Front L – R Sienna 34K, Riley 12K, Abby 34M, Cooper 12W,

Thank you to those families who purchased The Entertainment Book last year, the school benefited to the sum of $792.