Wednesday 5 August 2015 Issue 11

M Cnr Hampshire & Derby Roads, SUNSHINE 3020 P 8311 5700 F 9312 3506 E sunshine.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au W sunshineps.vic.edu.au

In This Issue Something to Celebrate

Parent Opinion Survey

Athletics Day

3-6 Doxa Malmsbury Camp

The Good Schools Guide

New Books

Art Show Meeting

Swimming

Performing Arts Proposed Assembly

Schedule For Term 3

Photos/Awards/Community Notices Remember © 2015 Copyrights Sunshine Primary School

Calendar 2015

Mon 10 - Fri 21 August

Swimming Program

Wed 12 August

S/C Sub-committee meeting

- Finance 9:15am

Fri 14 August

Year 1EM, 2/3 AK & 2/3 LK

Incursion—Toys

Mon 17 to Fri 21 August

Science Week

Mon 17 August

School Council Meeting 6:30pm

Wed 26 August

Year 5/6 C & 5/6 O

Excursion Charcoal Lane

Performance Sunshine College 2:30pm

Thurs 27 August

District Athletics

Mon 31 August

S/C Sub-committee meeting

- Education & Policy 5:30pm - Building & Grounds 6:00pm

Wed 2 September

Father’s Day Stall

Art Show

District Athletics Backup Day

Thurs 3 September

Father’s Day Stall

Fri 4 September

Father’s Day Stall

Mon 7 September

First Aid in Schools Program

Tues 8 September

Divisional Athletics

The calendar in this newsletter is subject to

change so please check carefully each fortnight

for any alterations.

Term 3 13 July to 18 September

Last day of Term 3 Early Dismissal 2:30pm

NEWSLETTER Our School

Student Absence To report your child’s absence please call the

school on 8311 5700 and choose option 1.

Our School Values We shine when we are: Learning, Respectful, Safe

Payments A reminder if you wish to pay for your

child’s/children’s incursion/excursion etc… costs, you can pay cash, cheque, and now BPay. If you have

misplaced your reference number please call the office to obtain your family reference number.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL

SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE! Every year our 5/6 students complete an

“Attitudes to School Survey”. The survey is

designed to assist schools in gaining an

understanding of students' perceptions and

experience of school. The survey asks the

students to rate how they feel in each of

the areas. Scores are represented as

percentages. The higher the percentage,

the better our performance. As you can

see we have made some significant

improvements across many areas.

Of particular interest is the major

improvement made in the Teaching and

Learning factors. It is clear our 5/6 students

feel connected to their peers, their

teachers and their school. Certainly

something to celebrate as a whole school

community!

PARENT OPINION SURVEY Thank you to those families who have

returned their Parent Opinion Survey.

We really do appreciate you taking time

out to give us feedback on how things are

going. To those who haven’t returned their

survey they are due back this Friday.

All returned surveys give your family an

opportunity to win a canteen voucher for

all siblings. Please don’t hesitate to call me

if you have any questions.

ATHLETICS DAY Well didn’t the weather fairy work in our

favour last Friday! A fantastic day with lots

of fun, competition and great sporting

attitudes. A big thank you to Mr Mac, staff,

ANZ bank volunteers and all our parent

helpers for what was a wonderful day out

at Moonee Valley Athletics track.

Congratulations to all our students who

participated with great enthusiasm. For the

senior students Mr Mac will now prepare

t h e t e a m t o

compete at the

District Athletics on

W e d n e s d a y 2 7

August.

Notices Online Did you know you can read and print out excursion permission forms and notices from our website? The initial notice will be given to students, and any further copies can be obtained from the office or the website, under the “Recent Notices” section at www.sunshineps.vic.edu.au

Percentile

20

13

20

14

20

15

Parent Factor Name

Factor Name

Student Relation-ships

Classroom Behaviour

21.1 68.1 74.2

Connect-edness to Peers

17.4 45.2 76.4

Student Safety

11.8 17.2 14.3

Wellbeing

Student Distress

8.3 74.7 54.3

Student Morale

16.5 60.1 88.4

Teaching and Learning

Learning Confidence

18.8 59.8 26.0

School Connect-edness

11.7 38.6 90.4

Stimulating Learning

3.1 57.0 84.1

Student Motivation

8.2 10.7 67.5

Teacher Effective-ness

4.8 70.3 91.5

Teacher Empathy

1.7 58.9 90.8

ART SHOW meeting

There will be a meeting on THURSDAY 6 AUGUST at

1:40pm in the art room. If you would like to be on the

committee, please come along to the meeting.

Julie Vella - Visual Art Teacher

SWIMMING The Swimming Program for this year is

now full.

Students attending were given

a reminder note earlier this week.

Don’t forget to pack:

Towel

Underwear

Comb/brush

3-6 DOXA MALMSBURY CAMP

19 OCTOBER TO 21 OCTOBER The Doxa Malmsbury Camp program has an outdoor

education focus which offers students the opportunity

to experience a variety of challenging and fun

activities such as ropes courses, a climbing tower and

the giant swing. Only selected schools get an

invitation to this camp as it is heavily subsidised to

allow families to access an affordable camping

experience for their children. Unfortunately we are

only able to take 65 students so we will allocate

places to students who return their note and deposit

as first in, first placed. The note will come home next

week with a requirement of a $50 deposit.

The total cost of the camp is $140.

For those parents who applied for the CSEF Financial

Assistance you may choose to use this money to

cover the cost of the Camping Program.

For more information on the Doxa Malmsbury Camp

go to: www.doxa.org.au

THE GOOD SCHOOLS GUIDE - VICTORIA 2016

Are you thinking about Secondary Schools for your

children? We have a couple of copies of the Good

Schools Guide which gives parents comprehensive

information about Victorian Secondary Schools to

help you and your child make a decision about

where to go after Primary School. Copies are

available for parents to borrow from the office.

Lyn Read

Principal

Going to school every day is the single most important part of your

child’s education. Students learn new things are school every

day – missing school puts them behind.

Why it’s important

We all want our students to get a great education, and the building

blocks for a great education begin with students coming to school

each and every day.

If students miss school regularly, they miss out on learning the fundamental skills that will set them up for

success in the later years of school.

There is no safe number of days for missing school – each day a student misses puts them behind, and

can affect their educational outcomes.

Each missed day is associated with progressively lower achievement in numeracy, writing and reading.

Remember, every day counts. If your child must miss school, speak with your classroom teacher as

early as possible.

Kylie Champion

Assistant Principal

Thanks to Eril and the army of

volunteers we have finished

processing hundreds of new

books ready for students to start

borrowing. On Monday we have scheduled

time for classes to visit the library to check out the

new titles and create their own wishlist of books they

look forward to reading. We have allocated 9:00 –

9:30am (after assembly) for parents to come and

have a look at what we have purchased. Funds from

the voluntary Library fund were used to purchase

some of the books. A big thank you to Eril, Michelle,

Hayley, Felicity and Mandy for all the time and effort

they gave processing the books.

Gardening Club ‘Cook up’ Our Gardening Club have been producing such fantastic vegetables, Ms Read came up with the idea of

having a ‘cook up’. It was decided to make a chicken stir fry to share with the gardeners and other students who

would like a taste. So the chicken and marinade was bought (unfortunately we don’t grow chickens in our garden)

and the vegies were harvested. We had so many different vegies for our stir fry including carrots, peas, broccoli,

spinach, leeks, spring onions and eggplant. So many children had the opportunity to taste the yummy vegetables

that have been growing in our school garden, and lots asked for seconds! Special thanks to our gardening helpers

Helen, Gus and Michelle. We are looking forward to the next ‘Cook Up!’

Prep L & Prep/1 R CAME TO visit US AT THE Melbourne Aquarium

On the 27th

of July the year 6 police

buddies came to Sunshine Primary

School to meet their ‘little’ buddies.

Not all the buddies were available to

come but we were extremely grateful

for the ones that did. It was a fun

experience including a tour of the

school led by the grade 6’s, a talk

about what their job is about and a

race between the 6’s and police

buddies (which the students won).

All in all it was an elating experience

that I’m sure the year 6’s will

remember.

By Allira and Monique

PERFORMING ARTS PROPOSED

ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE FOR TERM 3

Week 4 PL & P/1R

Week 6 1EM

Week 8 Choir to perform at ART Show

(no assembly performance)

Week 9 2/3's

Joyce Azzopardi - Music Specialist

Happy Birthday

July & August

Daniyal, Pariya, Linh, Makayla, Abiraj,

Rowan, Wesley, Raife.

To advertise in our newsletter please refer to our website for pricing and different sizes available. SPS only advertise on behalf of the third party but do

Not guarantee the results or merchantable quality of the goods or services provided.

Week ending 24 July

Prep L

Filip & Long Prep/1 R

Jeremy & Xander 1EM

Oliver & Martin 2/3 LK

Matthew & Kassandra 2/3 AK

Evan & Anh 3/4 B

Jasmyn & Eleni 3/4 L

Anthony & Kate

5/6 C

Paul & Isabella 5/6 O

Linda & Phuong Other

Charlie & Andy

Mynia, Muhammad & Maja

This year’s targeted School Council Project is to develop an innovative outdoor learning space. Sunshine PS has a rich history with many families having been connected to the school for a very long time. This year’s project will allow you to create a lasting family memento by buying a personalised paver.

$30 each or 2 for $50 This Provides you with a personalised engraved paver which will be incorporated into the grounds as recognition of your contribution and support.

23 x 11.5cm

FUNDRAISING FOR A BETTER FUTURE

SUNNY MONEY REWARD TOKENS RAFFLE

Week

Number of

Tokens handed

out for the Week

Raffle

Winners

2 78 Anna & Derrik

ORDERS HAVE BEEN EXTENTED TILL THE END OF TERM 3

To advertise in our newsletter please refer to our website for pricing and different sizes available. SPS only advertise on behalf of the third party but do

Not guarantee the results or merchantable quality of the goods or services provided.

SPS Breakfast Club Open every morning

from 8:30am till 8:50am Proudly sponsored by Bakers Delight S’hine

Always looking for donations of Bread, Margarine, Strawberry Jam & Vegemite

Before & After School Care Program For Bookings and cancellations please ring

Maryanne on 0423 795 361

Primary School Wear Shop address

58 Westwood Drive, Deer Park Phone: 9363 8458

Order online at www.psw.com.au

School Dental Service:

Ph: 8398 4100 — No. 2 Geelong Road, Footscray

S e c o n d H a n d U n i f o r m Hours

8:45am to 9:00am Monday, Wednesday & Friday

CASH ONLY SALES Please bring small change

and your own bag.

Second hand clothing range from $5 - $15 each.

Donations of preloved uniform can be left at the office. Clothing should be in reasonably good condition and clean.

Interested in learning how to play Keyboard

Half hour lessons are now available at SPS during school hours

(9:30am – 1:00pm) Reasonable rates charged.

Woolworths Earn & Learn Is Back

From Wednesday 15 July to Tuesday 8 September 2015, when you shop at Woolworths you can collect Woolworths

Earn & Learn Stickers from the checkout operator or through an online order and place them on a Woolworths Earn

& Learn Sticker Sheet. There’ll be one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor,

tobacco, and gift cards). Once completed, simply place the Sticker Sheet in the Collection Box, either at your local

school or at your local Woolworths.

Don’t forget to ask your grandparents, aunts/uncles, friends, neighbours etc…. to collect stickers for our school.