HPPS Newsletter

October 11, 2018 Edition 17

From the Principal’s Desk

WELCOME BACK TO TERM 4

We hope you had a wonderful, relaxed holiday in preparation for the busy term 4 ahead. This term is going to be very exciting for students as there are lots of planned learning opportunities within and outside of school. The senior students are working hard on their Exhibition. This is the first year Heany Park students have held an Exhibition, the culmination of their learning over their seven years of primary school and three years of being a part of an IB school. This will be open to parents on 7 November, so keep that date free. We have house athletics on 30 October, we will be requesting parent helpers for this event, so if you are interested in this keep this date free too. A SPECIAL WELCOME TO OUR 2019 PREP STUDENTS On Monday 15 October, we start our transition program for new students for next year. We are holding six

sessions over the term during which we will have parent education opportunities held in the staff room. An evening session is also going to be held for parents of 2019 students on 23 October at 6:30pm. SCHOOL ENROLMENTS in 2019 – workforce planning If your child is leaving Heany Park PS in 2019 or if you have a new enrolment for a sibling entering Prep, please contact the office ASAP or email to let us know.

CLASS PLACEMENTS IN 2019 In term 4 we commence the process of organising students into classes for 2019. Students are asked to name six students who they work well with and enable each other’s learning. Teachers use this along with their knowledge of students’ academic, social and emotional skills to place students into class groupings that they believe will maximise learning for all.

School is a nurturing environment where children are encouraged to work with diverse people learning to be open minded, view things from multiple perspectives and tolerate differences. Students are encouraged to problem solve to resolve conflict and find solutions to meet the needs of the group. If you have any information that you would like us to take into account when forming class groups and allocating teachers, please let me know by 31 October. I would like this in writing by email or letter, addressed as ‘Confidential for The Principal Team’. Please do not expect us to use information from past years as we would hope that any prior issues are now resolved as children mature and grow and overcome any differences.

PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS At Heany Park PS we do not organise whole school parent teacher interview nights for everybody at the same time. We celebrate student learning and share this with families throughout the year at different opportunities e.g. Celebration of Learning Assemblies,

Open Classrooms, Three Way Conferences etc. Some children have individual learning plans and the teacher will initiate a meeting with families. However you are always welcome to make a time to have a parent teacher interview at any time. Just contact your child’s teacher and they will be willing to organise a parent teacher meeting to discuss your needs. Never leave concerns and questions about your child’s progress and learning unanswered. Always make a time and discuss your child’s education with their teacher. If after this you still have any unanswered questions or concerns please make a time to discuss this with Mrs Dickinson or myself.

VISUAL ART EXHBITION

Congratulations to the students who had their work selected for the Art Competition held at the Wellington Village Shopping Centre. Students will be acknowledged and prizes will be awarded at assembly on Friday.

PERFORMING ARTS CONCERT Students in Years Prep to 2 will showcase their talents and learning in the Performing Arts curriculum. On 1 November at 2:30pm. Please keep this date free to attend the concert.

COMPASS Please ensure you are able to access Compass as this is our communication method. Semester 2 reports will be sent in this way again, as they were in Semester 1. WALKATHON Money can still be handed in this term.

School Council will be held on 17 October at 7:00pm. I received a letter yesterday from a concerned prospective parent around our school fence and safety of the children. This issue has been discussed many times at school council, debating between the need for a high fence at a cost of around $120,000 and what else this money could be spent on to support learning. I am interested in hearing any other parents views on this if you wish to email in and share them please do. All views will be presented to Council.

Linen Roster Term 4

Oct 12 Bonnie Lung

Oct 19 Anna Koutros

Oct 26 Bree Bell

Nov 2 Lisa Halbert

Nov 9 Rebecca Neill

Nov 16 Anna Hardy

Nov 23 Tracy Baulman

Nov 30 Claire Stafford

Dec 7 Lynette Clarke

Dec 14 Bonnie Lung

Dec 21 Sue Houghten

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School Assembly The next whole school assembly is Friday 11 October at 2:30pm. Please note change of time, we are starting earlier as more students are initiating items to share.

School Camps:

10 -12 Dec – Year 5 Camp to Sovereign Hill

Community Partnerships The next Coffee Van at school at the back car park off Liberty Avenue will be tomorrow, 19 Oct at 8:15am to 9:15am. This is part of our Partnership with Sam Roach of Biggin & Scott Real Estate. If you are selling or leasing a property and speak to Sam Roach and mention Heany Park PS, our

school will be donated $1000 for a home sale and $200 for the leasing and/or management. Contact Sam on 0401 566 046 or at sroach@bigginscott.com.au. Please know I am always here if you have any concerns email or phone evison.janet.j@edumail.vic.gov.au or 9764 5533 Kind regards Janet Evison Principal

CONGRATULATIONS to all students who competed yesterday in the District Athletics at the Knox Athletics Track. The following students will be competing at the Regional Athletics on Thursday 18th October in Burwood. Natasha 6CV: 100 and 200mtr Dash Mitchell 6CV: 100mtr Dash Ryan 5ST: Hurdles Alex 56H / Lachlan 56H / Darcy 6CV / Mitchell 6CV: 100m Relay, 4 x 100

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Visit to our new Sister School

Heany Park Primary School applied for, and was allocated a school in Indonesian through the Asia Education

Foundation BRIDGE Indonesia program.

So on September 23rd, Alicia Hendy and I began a visit to our new Indonesian Sister School SD Budi Utama, situated

in Yoygakarta, Central Java.

The school was set up by a private individual who provides ongoing support to the school.

On Monday 24th September we met the Principal Bapak Blasius Rastana and the two Deputy Principals. Discussion

centred on the premise of how our two schools would work together with both the staff and the students.

Later we met members of the School Board and had further discussions about what their school wanted in the

way of curriculum development

Each day we met the students in their classes. Each class we entered involved speaking to the class about our

school and interesting parts of Victoria. Often we read a story during the English classes. One special item brought

from Australia was a jar of Vegemite and as the Year 4-6 students, and the Principal, tasted the special ‘treat’

various reactions were encountered!

Alicia Hendy’s class had sent a video with her to Indonesia about our school. So on Wednesday we were treated

to a trip to see the sights of Yogyakarta with a group of students and their teacher. We visited the Yogyakarta

Museum, the Dutch fort and part of the tourist market of Marlioboro. The students made a video of our journey

and the students at our school will be viewing this video. We also visited the ancient Hindu temple of Prambanan

after school.

On Thursday we walked with Year Six students to their kitchen garden atop the second floor of the Budi Utama

Secondary School. They harvested a variety of vegetables, cleaned them, then they set up their stall back at the

primary school. By the end of the day they had sold all produce to staff and parents. We then visited the

Kindergarten, which would be equivalent to our Foundation students. They were housed just down the road in a

building whose façade resembled a castle. In this building a creche and kindergarten operated.

Later that afternoon we were treated to the dress rehearsal of the equivalent to our ‘Big Night Out’. The caste

consisted of volunteers from year four to six, junior and senior secondary students. It was an amazing display!

Sadly we left SD Budi Utama on Friday to fly to Jakarta to meet and network with other teachers from around

Australia who had visited, or were about to visit their current or new sister schools.

Many teachers had not visited Jakarta before and and our group visited the sites of a car-free central Jakarta on

Sunday, the National Monument (MONAS) and the Istiqlal Mosque and the Catholic Cathedral, Pasar Baru, an old

market, Sunda Kelapa, the old port, a new art gallery and some great restaurants showcasing many great regional

foods such as padang food.

We were given a briefing on the new Indonesian national curriculum and networked with teachers about our

sister schools. Many friendships were made on this visit to Indonesia and email contact will enable us to share

information about our sister schools into the future.

Heather Brown-Teacher of the Indonesian Language

Bapak Blasius enjoyed the Vegemite! Presenting our gift to the Principal

Visiting the ancient Hindu temple of Prambanan outside Yogyakarta

Heany Park OSHClub

Heany Park OSHClub is a diverse, active and engaging learning environment where all children feel safe, supported and comfortable. The welcoming and nurturing environment provided by passionate staff allows children to continue to develop as life-long learners. The respectful and caring relationships at the service are integral in continuing to establish and build upon fostering children’s sense of agency and independence. Each child is an active member of the community, with the program providing a platform to express opinions, make decisions and implement change and action with effective and positive communication. The unique qualities and attributes that each child possesses are recognized and supported as the program provides equal learning opportunities with the endeavour facilitate the needs of all children. SunSmart Just a reminder now that it is term 4, that all children need to have a wide brim hat in order to be able to play outside. So please ensure they have one in their school bags so they do not miss out on outside play.

New staff member As you all may already know, with the departure of Nathan at the end of last term, we now have Mel on board. She is acting as coordinator until a permanent replacement is found. She is currently working towards a Bachelor in Education. She has recently stepped up to the casual coordinator role, having previously worked in this role at two other services. She is excited to get to know the Heany Park community! Service contact details: Service Phone number: 0437 150 508 Email: heanypark@oshclub.com.au Heany Park OSHClub staff members: Program coordinator – Melanie Stopher Assistant – Sharon Nied Assistant – Kaushi Senanayke We are looking forward to seeing you around our service. Warm regards,

Melanie Stopher 😀

HEANY PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL - PARENT VOLUNTEERS WELCOME

Working With Children Checks

Parent volunteers are a valuable asset to our school. Their contribution and support to our staff and students over the years has helped make Heany Park Primary School the wonderful school it is today. There are many opportunities for parents to become involved with the school such as assisting teachers and students with classroom activities and reading, volunteering to assist at excursions, camps or sporting events, running programs such as our monthly book club, student banking and much more. In order to ensure we provide a safe and secure environment for our children and all members of our school community, including our parent volunteers, School Council asks that all parents volunteering at Heany Park Primary School hold a current Working With Children Check. This requirement is also in line with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development guidelines and the Working With Children Act 2005. To apply for a Working With Children Check simply go to www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au and

follow the instructions. Please ensure that you list Heany Park Primary School as an organisation

you are volunteering with.

There is no cost to apply for a Working With Children Check for parent volunteers. There may however be a cost involved with obtaining a passport size photo. A card will be issued to you once all checks have been passed and this card will be valid for 5 years and can be used when volunteering at sporting clubs, kindergartens and so on, providing the organisation is listed on your application. We trust that you can see the value and importance of obtaining a WWCC. School Council will assist in any way we can. If you have any questions please email us on schoolcouncil@heanyparkps.vic.edu.au Thank you for your support

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