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Thursday, 4 August 2016 Values:

Purpose:

To develop confident and resilient students through the provision of a diverse range of learning experiences and challenges which encourage curiosity, excitement for learning, thirst for knowledge and connectedness to their community.

This is underpinned by a whole school community whose moral purpose is committed to promoting success for all students.

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

School Website: www.greenvaleps.vic.edu.au

AUGUST

Friday 5th

CURRICULUM DAY – STUDENTS DO NOT ATTEND ON THIS DAY

Monday 8th

Last Day for Parent Opinion Survey to be returned to school

Tuesday 9th Life Skills In-School Activity for Year 3 & 4 Students

AFL Match for Year 5 & 6 Girls

Friday 12th

Year 6 Interschool Sports at home against Roxburgh Park PS

Monday 15th Start of Science Week at our school

Tuesday 16th

Life Skills In-School Activity for Year 3 & 4 Students

School Council Meeting

Friday 19th District Athletics

FFrroomm TThhee PPrriinncciippaall’’ss DDeesskk AAnnggeelliikkaa IIrreellaanndd

100 Days at School Celebration Last week, our Foundation students celebrated 100 days of schooling. What a lot of learning has occurred in such

a short time! These students have begun reading, know their letters and sounds and engage in Maths activities.

Also, importantly, they have learnt to work together in groups, co-operate with each other and demonstrate our

school values of Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Honesty and Learning.

I asked some Foundation students from 0ER the following question…………

What have you learnt in your first 100 days at school?

“Counting past 100.” Cedar

“Singing the days of the week in order” Daniel

“I have learnt to make bundles with my straws” Peter

“To treat each other nicely and show respect” Ava

“Learnt to use alliteration in my writing” Joshua

“I have learnt to read and use ‘Stretchy Snake’ to sound out the tricky words” Xoe

“To use ‘ch’, ‘th’ and ‘ng’ to help me read” Jordan

“To use the ‘power of 3’ in my writing” Jye

“To say hello in Italian – Ciao” Tanner

“To stop the ball in soccer using my feet with Mr.Carroll” Samuel

“I have learnt to share and use manners” Alessandra

Pictured here are the Foundation students bringing out their chairs into the courtyard preparing for a game of

Musical Chairs. With 100 chairs it was a mammoth game!

Helping your child to read, write, speak and listen in the Early Years

Reading with your child will begin when your child becomes familiar

with the story and can take over some of the reading.

When your child reads to you, allow time for working out words and

ask questions to see if he or she understands what they have read.

If your child is trying to read a long or tricky word, give your child time

and ask questions like these:

• Look at the picture, what can you see that might start with

that letter?

• Look at the picture, what word makes sense?

• What letter does it start with? What sound does the letter

make?

• What letter does it end with?

It’s also important for you to show

your child how you read every day

for different purposes, for example:

recipes, greeting cards, calendars,

shopping lists, food labels,

instructions, maps, newspapers,

emails, signs, and websites.

On-line resource - Helping

your child at home…….

Connect Primary Students is a

Department website that links you

to a range of suitable websites for

primary school aged children that

contain information, activities,

projects and games. The website

gives you and your child access to

education resources relevant to your

child’s age and year level, see

Connect Primary Students - https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/primary/pages/Default.aspx

Evie from 0GK has learnt to write all the numbers from 1 – 100. Well done Evie, we are proud of you!

WATCH THIS SPACE……………….a new portable is arriving

Reminder……………. 1. Curriculum Day – Friday 5 August -

Children DO NOT attend school

2. 2016 Parent Opinion Survey

If you have received a survey and have not returned this, you can do so by Monday 8th August. Your opinion

matters!

Food For Thought:

AAssssiissttaanntt PPrriinncciippaall’’ss NNootteess MMeerreeddiitthh CClleegggg

STUDENT ATTENDANCE – Every Day Counts!

STUDENT ABSENCE DETAILS 28/01/2016 - 29/07/2016

Number Students

Absent without note

Absent with note TOTAL STUDENTS ABSENT

Average absence rate per student

FOUNDATION 120 82 718 800 6.67

YEAR 1 107 131 592 723 6.76

YEAR 2 106 107 597 704 6.64

YEAR 3 111 180 611 791 7.13

YEAR 4 95 103 452 555 5.84

YEAR 5 98 112 425 537 5.48

YEAR 6 98 109 469 578 5.90

Total 735 824 3864 4688 6.38

PEER OBSERVATIONS

Over the next three weeks all teachers, in addition to Mrs Ireland and I, will be working in groups of

three for our peer observations. Teachers from different year levels will be paired together to

observe each other teach a writing lesson. These lessons will draw on what teachers gained from

the 5th August Curriculum Day on Text Writing with Ann Angelopoulos.

Following the lessons the group of three will get together to share

constructive feedback. It is a wonderful opportunity for teachers to

demonstrate their craft to their peers, to learn from the techniques of

others, and to receive positive and useful feedback that

acknowledges their abilities and feeds them forward on their practice.

COMING SOONCOMING SOONCOMING SOONCOMING SOON ---- THE ART SHOWTHE ART SHOWTHE ART SHOWTHE ART SHOW ---- ART AROUND THE WORLDART AROUND THE WORLDART AROUND THE WORLDART AROUND THE WORLD

The Art show takes place in week 9 on Thursday 8th. September, from 4.30-7.30 pm . It is an

exciting whole school event held after school in the Gym and surrounding areas of the school.

All children will have individual Art work displayed plus a collaborative class art project

which will be auctioned off to the highest bidders on the night.

There will be entertaining Performing Arts acts on the stage, yummy food to eat and fun

activities to enjoy. A letter regarding ticket sales will be sent home next.

Thank you to everyone who has sent back the forms for the Multicultural Dress Parade. It is now closed. We

have 30 students taking part in the parade representing a wide range of countries.

We would however like 2 students representing Australia if anyone has some good ideas.

(see Mrs. Keogh)

Art creations this term include: Foundation: 0PL, 0MD and 0MP only- Antarctica- painting & collage penguins, South American Toucan

Birds-pattern making and painting, Mexico-Cacti printing and pattern making, Scotland-Loch Ness Monster-

painting and mixed media collage.

Years 1 & 2: 1 VB, 1MO, 2 SB, 2NM only-Italy-Leaning Tower of Pisa-Drawing and Painting, Olympic Games-

Torches and Olympic rings, painting and construction, Brazil-Mask making, New Zealand-totem Poles-paper craft

construction and Aboriginal bark painting.

Years 3 & 4- Japan-Cherry blossom scrolls-drawing and paper craft, Mexico-God’s eye weaving, Drawing-

Famous Landmark Building, Australia-Uluru pastel work.

Years 5 & 6- Greece-Grecian Urns-drawing and painting, Japan-Koinobori carp windsock kites, Hawaii-Tropical

Beach scenes- drawing and pastel work and Egypt-drawing and painting mixed media.

Below is a photo of the Mega Art & Craft Hamper which is being raffled for the Art Show. A letter

about it and tickets will be sent home in week 6. Tickets will be $2.00 each. The hamper is valued at

$350.00. Heaps of fun Art and Craft goodies.

See you all at the Art Show ☺

Performing Arts Performing Arts Performing Arts Performing Arts This This This This WeekWeekWeekWeek Heather Foletta – Performing Arts Teacher

Students from 2SB

Daniel - I was playing music on the circle shape drum.

Mikail - In music we were learning how to do short sounds and long sounds with instruments.

Matilda - I was playing the cymbals.

Sabrina - We played instruments for short and long sounds. The cymbals make a long sound.

Drawing and Photography CompetitionDrawing and Photography CompetitionDrawing and Photography CompetitionDrawing and Photography Competition The upcoming drawing and photography competition is being promoted in our school as

a fun, enjoyable and an optional student activity. There are two competitions but one

student may only enter one competition for a fair game. Both competitions are already

underway and the entries must be given to your classroom teacher by the 10th of August.

The drawing competition is open to all ages, foundation to year six, whereas the photography competition is only open for years three to six.

we are following a specific theme of sport/action for only our drawing competition

and our photography competition has no

theme.

All drawings and photos must be labelled on the back with the students’ name and class.

Drawings are to be on an A4 piece of paper.

All of the drawing entries are not to be traced or printed and all photograph entries are to

be original work and no selfies please!

If you are planning to take a photo of someone else you truly must have the

person’s permission.

Thank you for your time and we hope to see you enter ☺

By Tamsyn and Sandu – Student Voice

Representatives

CLASS CAPTAINSCLASS CAPTAINSCLASS CAPTAINSCLASS CAPTAINS –––– TERM 3, 2016 TERM 3, 2016 TERM 3, 2016 TERM 3, 2016 Andrew Bouzikas – Year 5 Team Leader & Strategic Leader - Student Wellbeing

On behalf of the Greenvale Community, I would like to recognise and congratulate all students who have been

Term 2 Class Captains. It was pleasing to see the leadership skills of these students continue to grow throughout

Term 2 of our school year and set the example for our future leaders.

As we commence Term 3, the leadership journey begins for a new group of students in Year 3, 4, 5 and 6. We

would like to congratulate the following students and wish them the best of luck as they challenge their abilities

as leaders within their classroom and within our school.

CLASS CAPTAINSCLASS CAPTAINSCLASS CAPTAINSCLASS CAPTAINS

Year 3WR

Jasmine Vixyvong

Lincoln Driver

Year 3AK

Aliya Fikir

Christopher Scalise

Year 3EB

Rayhan Helou

Luca Scalise

Year 3SM

Emilia Morda

Angus Bartolo

Year 3/4S

Zekiye Toprak

Will Munroe

Year 4EW

Natalie Angrilli

Cooper Stevens

Year 4KK

Hiruki Herath

Nikhil Rawther

Year 4MP

Nadia Tubic

Will Creevy

Year 5AB

Alyssa Thrasivoulou

Ahmet Halil Coban

Year 5RW

Zoe Wynd

Sean Henry

Year 5SC

Rubyrose Suraci

Thevan Herath

Year 5/6H

Rachel Borg

Kyan Hee

Year 6BM

Selin Kantarmaci

Aydan Khoury

Year 6GT

Danielle Choo-Koon

Johnny Panagopoulos

Year 6LD

Anastasia Souroulias

Marwan Hashish

NOTIZIENOTIZIENOTIZIENOTIZIE ITALIANEITALIANEITALIANEITALIANE ITALIANITALIANITALIANITALIAN NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS Ciao a tutti, (Hello everyone)

Over the next few weeks the Foundation – Year 2 will be listening to a story about a cat, Micio.

They will be introduced and exposed to the language associated with meal

time routines and food. The food from the story we will be learning the

names for are: il minestrone (the soup), il formaggio (the cheese),

l’insalata (the salad), la carne (the meat), la frutta (the fruit) and il pane

e la Nutella (the bread and the Nutella).

The Year 5 and 6 students will be continuing with their Carnevale theme and will be

rehearsing some short plays with some of the following characters. Arlecchino, Pulcinella,

Colombina, Balanzone and Pantalone.

Grazie (Thank you)

Signora Schembri – LOTE Teacher

Maths Maths Maths Maths ---- A Challenge That Counts!A Challenge That Counts!A Challenge That Counts!A Challenge That Counts!

Congratulations to last newsletter’s challenge winners… Foundation - Joshua (0ER)

Year 1-2 - Ceven (1VB)

Year 3-4 - Adith (3EB)

Year 5-6 - Monique (6GT)

Year 5Year 5Year 5Year 5----6 challenge6 challenge6 challenge6 challenge

Name:Name:Name:Name: _______________________________

ClasClasClasClass: s: s: s:


Name:Name:Name:Name: __________________________________

Class:Class:Class:Class: What shape am I?

I have an odd number of vertices My net is made up of 5 2D shapes 4 of my shapes are the same I have an even number of edges I am not a prism I have a square as a base

I am:

A boy walks into a bakery and sees these items on the menu:

Item Price

Sausage Roll

Meat Pie

Blueberry Muffin

ANZAC Biscuit

$2.80

$3.30

$3.80

$1.90

He decides he will buy 2 sausage rolls and one of everything

else.

How much will it cost? ______________

What change will he receive from $20? ___________


Name:Name:Name:Name: __________________________________

Class:Class:Class:Class:

Foundation challengeFoundation challengeFoundation challengeFoundation challenge

Name:Name:Name:Name: ___________________________________

Class:Class:Class:Class: Complete the patterns:

4, 6, 8, ____, ____, ____

15, 20, 25, ____, ____, ____

6, 17, 28, ____, ____, ____

49, 46, 43, ____, ____, ____

Mary ate 3 lollies at the party.

Dakota ate 4 lollies at the party.

How many lollies did they eat in all?

One lucky student from each age group will win a prize!

Please submit your entries to the Library by Monday 15th

August. Good Luck!

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