Wednesday 18 December 2019 Issue 20

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 Important Reminders

Whole School Celebration

2020 Preparations

Staff for 2020

Book Pack Payment

Finally

SPS Message Board

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Calendar 2019

Wed 18 December

EXCURSION—Year 5/6 Tooronga Park & Bounce

Thurs 19 December

EXCURSION—Year Prep to Year 4 Movies

Last Day of Term 4—Dismissal 3:15 pm

Fri 20 December

Curriculum Day—School Closed

Calendar 2020

Tue 28 January

Curriculum Day 10:00 am—4:00 pm

Book Pack Payment Day

Wed 29 January

Curriculum Day

Thurs 30 January

Year 1—6 students commence

Fri 31 January

Prep students commence (Reduced

Hours 8:55 am to 1:30 pm)

Wed 5 February

No School for Prep Students

Mon 10 February

Prep Families Picnic BBQ

Wed 12 February

No School for Prep Students

Thurs 13 February

DUE—Orders & Payment for

Year 6 Graduation Garment

Wed 19 February

No School for Prep Students

Wed 26 February

No School for Prep Students

Mon 2 March

Prep students commence fulltime

Tue 17 to Wed 25 March

Somers Camp

Tue 24 March

Curriculum Day

The calendar in this newsletter is subject to

change so please check carefully each fortnight

for any alterations.

Term 1—2020 28 January — 27 March

NEWSLETTER Our School

Remember Sunshine PS a Child Safe School!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR 2019 THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER

Students will finish at 3:15 pm Assembly will be at 2:45 pm

After School Care will operate from 3:15 pm - 6:00 pm For bookings please contact the coordinator on 0423 795 361

NOT RETURNING IN 2020? Please let the office know ASAP

as this affects our class structure for 2020.

2020 BOOK PACK PAYMENT DAY Tuesday 28 January 2019

Open: 10:00am — 1:00pm & 1:30pm — 4:00pm

This date is for parents choosing to pay by Cash Parents paying by BPay do NOT need to come to the school on this day.

We STRONGLY encourage parents use the BPay option to avoid long waiting periods.

Each family was issued information regarding the 2020 Book Pack and a letter stating their family Biller code and Reference Number. These unique numbers can be

used for all students in the family who attend SPS.

STUDENT START DATES Thursday 30 January - Year 1 to Year 6 students (8:55 am to 3:15 pm)

Friday 31 January - Year Prep students (8:55 am to 1:30 pm)

TERM DATES FOR 2020

Term 1 28 January to 27 March Last Day of Term—Early dismissal 2:15pm

Term 2 14 April to 26 June Last Day of Term—Early dismissal 2:15pm

Term 3 13 July to 18 September Last Day of Term—Early dismissal 2:15pm

Term 4 5 October to 18 December Last Day of Term—Early dismissal 1:15pm

Whole School Celebration We had a wonderful night last week at our annual celebration picnic. I hope all our families enjoyed the evening and various activities. A big thank-you to families who supported the Bookfair. We managed to get over $600 worth of books donated to our school library. The BBQ and raffle rounded off our fundraising efforts this year and we raised $665.

Last night we held our Year 6 Graduation ceremony. I am extremely proud of our students and I am confident they will continue to develop into intelligent, articulate young adults. A particular mention and thank you to our School Captains: Maja Campbell, Kenny Huynh, Anh Nguyen and Yusuf Yerlitas who have done an outstanding job this year leading the school. I would also like to wish the families who are leaving Sunshine Primary all the very best for the future.

2020 Preparation Our staffing structure has been finalised for the 2020 school year. We say goodbye to Nick Lovett who is off to South Melbourne Park PS and Lucy Magnano who will be pursuing other options. Nick and Lucy have been valuable team members to Sunshine PS and will be dearly missed. I would like to thank them both for their contributions and wish them all the very best in their endeavours. We welcome three new staff members to the Sunshine team next year: Aisling Grey, Crystal Or and Pascale Polyzos. Class lists have been finalised and all students met their 2020 teacher and classmates yesterday in an extended transition session.

STAFF FOR 2020 Lyn Read - Principal

Kylie Champion - Assistant Principal

PREP TEAM Crystal Or - Room 5

Sophie Lagerwey - Prep Wing Aisling Grey - Prep Wing

YEAR 1/2 TEAM Jessica Ephgrave - Room 6 Debra Alaalatoa - Room 11 Michael Edwards - Room 12 Pascale Polyzos- Room 10

YEAR 3/4 TEAM Jane Lockwood - Room 8

Rachel Grove- Room 9

YEAR 5/6 TEAM Julie Vella & Rebecca Wright - Room 13

Darryl Leech - Room 14

SUPPORT STAFF Andrea Hennessey - Literacy Leadership

Karen Calleja - Literacy Support Karen Ervin - Classroom Support

Cherine Fielder - Art Joyce Azzopardi - Music

Ray McCredden - PE

OFFICE SUPPORT STAFF Paula Willie - Business Manager

Elizabeth Stefanovska - Office Manager

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT STAFF Eril Maina - Library Technician

Cheryl McColl - Education Support Caroline Parker - Education Support

Ahn Tran - Education Support/Multicultural Aide Kanika Taneja - Education Support

Josette Tsouflidis - Education Support TBC - Auslan Teacher

Robert Suffolk - Handyperson/Grounds Deb Klinkermann - Hungry Munchkins Canteen Manager

Book Pack Payment We strongly encourage families to make BPay payments

over the school holiday’s for their child/children's Book

Packs as they must be paid in full by Tuesday 28 January,

2020. This will ensure your child has the necessary

resources to start the school year. If you have not paid for

the Book Pack by the due date, your child will not have all

the items needed to start the year and will have to wait

until payment is received before we can provide these

essential learning items. Thank you to those families that

have paid.

Finally It has been another incredibly productive year with many achievements to be proud of. Our dedicated staff are committed to ensuring all our students engage with their education and experience a successful learning journey. I am extremely proud of the changes our school has undergone and the achievements we are making. I very much look forward to continuing this work in 2020 and beyond.

Finally I would like to wish all of you and your families the very best for the holiday’s and see you back in 2020!

Lyn Read—Principal

Thank You The staff of Sunshine Primary School would like to thank all our parents who have helped throughout the year. Without your wonderful help, programs such as the Art Show, Sporting Events, Fundraisers etc.…. would not be possible. Your help is always greatly appreciated by staff and students. We Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year.

Reward Tokens

Week Raffle Winners

9 (T4) 32 Tokens

Salih - 5/6 H

Ashley—Prep R

Yusuf—5/6 L

10 (T4) 86

Shae—5/6 L

Rugshana—1/2 A

Class Presented 6 December Presented 13 December

Prep L Aaliyah Peppa Paramesh Wahi

Prep R Adriyen Ada

Prep W Celeste Jermaine Noah James

1/2 A Luke Deborah London Luke

1/2 M Mia Angus Oliver Yuga

1/2 O Hamza Cooper Maysam Kaitlyn

3/4 E Jahnavi Adhya Sumaya Simae

3/4 G Daniyal Brayan Paityn Masooma

3/4 L William Alex

5/6 H Class Award

5/6 L Oliver Jade John Yusuf

NOVEMBER Inder, Erish, Eria, Kenny, Milla.

DECEMBER

Arushi, Kate, Asha, Duy, Franklin, Jahnavi, Mahdiya, Shiza, Joseph, Isabella, Sainath, Harley, Angus, John, Marlee, Naomi.

Music Awards

Celeste, Grace, Simae, Clinton, Darya, Bryan.

ART AWARDS

Jermaine, Kenny, Frankie, Maja, Harley, James.

AUSSIE OF THE MONTH—NOVEMBER

Clinton — 5/6 L

SPORTS AWARDS

Clinton, Shiza, Jaxon, Simae, Daniyal, Angelina, Jeremy, Richard, Aven.

Headlice Alert We have had several notifications of students with headlice. I ask that you be vigilant and check your child’s hair on a regular basis and inform the school if treatment has taken place.

We have a large number of books that are still missing from our library. To help recover these lost books we ask those parents that received a letter to check around their home and return any books that belong to the school.

Andrea Hennessey - Literacy Coordinator & Eril Maina - Library Technician

Cogratulations to the following Raffle Winners

1st Prize: Arthur Thomas—1/2 A 2nd Prize: Elwyn Holley—5/6H 3rd Prize: Simae Cutrupi—3/4 E

Sellers Prize: Debra Ayres — Prep R

Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket/tickets.

Congratulations to the following students who graduated last night. We wish you all the very best in your future learning and the new beginning you are about to embark on.

5/6 H Jamie, Ilayda, Safiyeh, Ava, Kenny, Darya, Katie, Daniel, Sehajpreet, Marcus, Stella, Surajh, Yuvanm Salih.

5/6 L Seham, Zahra, Maja, Flynne, Katie, Yokabed, Krystal, Lachlan, Kassandra, Anh, Quyen, Shae, Sarah, Yusuf.

Good Luck & Best Wishes for Year 7 Andrea Hennessey, Julie Vella & Darryl Leech Year 6 Teaching Team

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Plastic bottle tops are one of the top polluters of the oceans and environment. Sunshine Primary School will be collecting clean plastic bottle tops (please was) to donate to Envision Hands, which is a charity organisation that recycles the bottle tops into prosthetic arms and hands for children as well as other important items. You can drop your clean bottle tops off in the box located in the corridor, outside of Ms Champion’s office. If you would like more information, please visit https://envision.org.au/target-1000000/