Newsletter 18, 30 November 2018

Message from the Principal

We know that we are coming to the end of the school year, when we start to think about the School Picnic, planning of grades and booklists for 2019! This is always a busy time. Teachers are also in the process of writing Semester 2 reports which will be available to parents and carers in the last week of the term. WHOLE SCHOOL PICNIC : Wednesday 12 December (5-7pm) This year, we will be hosting an end of year School Picnic.

Each grade will perform a class item. The School Picnic will

be held on our school oval on Wednesday 12 December.

This is a great opportunity for our whole school community

to come together and celebrate the year with family,

friends, students and staff. Mark it in your calendar, bring a

picnic blanket and food as we would love to see the whole

school community there!

TOILET BLOCK

Works on our new toilet block have commenced and will

continue for the remainder of the year and throughout the

month of January. This is an exciting time for our whole

school community, especially for our students. We look

forward to officially opening our new toilet block in the

New Year. Please Note: As this area of the school is a work

site, please ensure that any viewing is conducted from the

perimeter safety fencing.

JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL JSC – Loud T Shirt Day Congratulations to our Junior School Council for all their work in organising our Loud T Shirt day last week and for developing awareness for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. It was quite a colourful event. Over $450 was raised and will be donated to Taralye Early Intervention Centre. Outstanding work!

BOOK PACKS 2019

Notices were sent home last week explaining the nominal charge for Book Packs in 2019 . The charge for grades Prep – 2 is $60 and Grades 3 – 6 is $80. A breakdown of the costing of this was included in the notice. This amount is still heavily subsidised by the school and is considerably lower than many other schools. The book packs will be delivered to the classrooms on the first day of school.

COMPASS – GOING LIVE Thank you to all parents who are using COMPASS to communicate and track absences on the Parent Portal. It is our goal to strengthen and streamline communication between home and school, so we can work together to best support students and their learning. Students Semester Two Reports will be available to parents through the reporting tab on COMPASS. Parents who are yet to sign up may do so by contacting the front office, where you will be provided with your unique family username and password to access the parent portal on COMPASS. iPads will be stored at the office to assist families to sign up. Parents can access COMPASS online via our school website through the Parent Portal tab or you can download the App onto your phone. PRE PREP PROGRAM Is your child enrolled to start prep at St Albans East next year? If YES, we encourage you to bring your child to the school each Friday this term from 9am to 11am to participate in our First Steps Program. The focus of this program is to provide activities that will help to prepare your child for prep. In addition, our Prep transition is underway. Please do not delay in enrolling your Prep child so they do not miss out on this valuable information. TERM 4 CURRICULUM DAY Curriculum Day for Term 4 will be held on Friday 21 December. This will mean that the last day for students this year will be Thursday 20 December. SUN SMART A reminder that our SunSmart Policy is implemented in Term 4, requiring all students to wear a navy blue broad-brimmed or legionnaire style hat at all times, whilst outside. Hats can be purchased from the school office at any time. Please note that caps and bandanas are not appropriate, and as such are not part of the school uniform. Our school rule is No Hat, No Play…. This means that students without a hat will be required to sit in a shaded place for the duration of the recess break.

Newsletter 18, 30 November 2018

PLANNING FOR 2019 We are currently starting our planning for 2019. If you are not returning in 2019, can you please let the office know by filling in the Transfer Notice below. If you are returning in 2019 and need to communicate any educational needs for your child for next year, please put it in writing, addressed to the Principal and marked confidential. Your information or request should centre around your child's learning and social needs.

Paul Busuttil

Principal

Important Dates

Date Event Grade

12 December Whole School Picnic Whole School

13 December Last Day Canteen Closes

Whole School

14 December Christmas Raffle Drawn Whole School

14 December Step Up Day Whole school

14 December Final Prep Transition 2019 Preps

18 December Grade 6 Graduation Evening

Grade 6

20 December Last day of School All Students

St Albans East Primary School, Station Avenue, St Albans, 3021. Phone: 9366 2071

Christmas Raffle Please note that the Christmas Raffle

will be drawn on

Friday 14 December, 2018

Purchase your tickets to win one of the following prizes:

1st Prize $200 Coles/Myer Gift Voucher

2nd Prize $100 Coles/Myer Gift Voucher

3rd Prize $50 Coles/Myer Gift Voucher

Good luck!

Please return sold/unsold tickets and money by

Wednesday, 12 December, 2018

Tickets $1.00 each

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2019 TRANSFER INFORMATION Please fill out and return to the office by Friday 30 November 2018 if your child / children are NOT returning to St Albans East Primary School next year.

The following students, listed below, will NOT be returning to St Albans East PS in 2019.

Student/s Name/s: Room No.

__________________________________________ ______________________________________ __________________________________________ ______________________________________

Newsletter 18, 30 November 2018

Pupil of the Week 2018 Term 4 – Week 8: 30-11-2018

Year Room School Values Comment Student's Name

5/6 20 –

Mrs Moodley All

For being respectful, looking after school property and staying focussed.

Luan Trinh, Mia Ah Ching & Jonathan Choo

5/6 21 –

Mr Lin Learning &

Responsibility For working hard to improve his maths skills and knowledge.

Deven Denley

5/6 23 –

Ms Briony Gorst All

For being an independent learner who is always a responsible member of the class.

Katie Nguyen

5/6 24 –

Mr Zaitzev Learning &

Responsibility For showing interest & initiative in his music.

Minh Mguyen

3/4 1 –

Ms Linsell Learning

For improved reading. Leah Ho

3/4 2 –

Miss Bertolini All

For always completing extra work at home without being asked. For always applying herself during class time.

David Chen & Linayne Afiafi

3/4 4 –

Ms Meehan Cooperation & Responsibility

For showing resilience when faced with challenges in the classroom.

Dallas Tofilau-Uati & Dani Daoo

3/4 8 –

Ms Petruccelli All

Excellent overall achievement in all areas. Amanda Vang

1/2 9 –

Ms Di Natale All

For being an enthusiastic learner and working hard in all areas of the curriculum.

Yared Isaac

1/2 11 –

Ms Stefanidis Learning

For his big improvement in his reading! Congratulations!! Hoang Nguyen

1/2 13 –

Mr Coleman Learning

Awesome Arden’s amazing attempts at Alliteration.

Arden Jackson

1/2 14 –

Mrs Gatto All

For concentrating on his reading for at least half an hour.

Eli Britt

1/2 15 –

Mrs Gooderham Learning &

Cooperation For reading independently for 30 minutes. Well done!

Lily Lopez

1/2 16 –

Mr Wood All

For improved writing and reading and friendly qualities.

Zak Benhaddou & Anna Luu

Prep 17 –

Mrs Salier Learning

For using great describing words in their poems. Well done!

Theresa Yang, Ashton Tran &

Eva Vang

Prep 18 –

Miss McCallum Learning

For collecting, making and interpreting information on picture graphs in maths. Havanah Lamarque

Prep 19 –

Mr French Learning

For using his beginning middle and end sounds in writing. Lucas

Prep 22 –

Mrs Tran Learning &

Responsibility

For trying hard and making improvement in all work. Well done!

Halima Abdi & Ashmeen Bajwa

P.E. Mr Sherwill All For displaying a very positive attitude when participating in PE activities. Mecon Gaye

STEM Mr

Van-Taarling All

Helping lots of students to navigate the Super Story Program.

TJ Causer- Vantaarling

Visual Art Mrs Armocida All For always trying her best in Art. Rachel Chen

(room 11)

Auslan Sonia All For showing beautiful Auslan skills when communicating with Deaf students in class.

Tai Pham (room 13)

Newsletter 18, 30 November 2018

THE LE-VAN VIETNAMESE SCHOOL INC

TRƯỜNG VIỆT-NGỮ LỄ-VĂN

Ghi danh niên học 2019

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Trân trọng kính chào. Nguyễn Xuân Sơn

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