Almands Avenue, Roxburgh Park, Victoria, 3064

Telephone: 03 9303 9335 Facsimile: 03 9303 9338

Email: roxburgh.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.roxburghparkps.vic.edu.au

ROXBURGH PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL No 5485

“Achieving Excellence Together”

Newsletter Our school values: Honesty • Empathy • Co-operation • Trust • Respect

09th November, 2017

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Temos

Ari

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Anthony

Prep C - Ms Marino

Hoane

1A - Ms Moon

Angie

1B - Ms Buc & Ms Asta

Jamie

1C - Ms Thompson

Jesse

2A - Ms Finnigan Eric

Dear Parents & Carers of the Roxburgh Park Primary School Community,

School Photos We have some terrific photos of students framed and displayed in the school corridor near the front office. Parents are welcome to view.

Thank you to Tom Loach, the photographer who captured our children at their brilliant best.

Update on the back gate There will be a new housing estate developed near both the secondary and primary school sites soon. This has created inconvenience to students/families who have used this land to cross in the past. It is private land and will be developed. I have spoken to the Principal of Roxburgh College and we agree that the exisiting gate on the secondary site will be relocated to the fence between the primary and secondary schools to enable students to access.

Moving from primary school to secondary school

Moving from primary to secondary school is a big step. Find out what's involved in the transition process, and what you and your family need to know.

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/students/secondary/Pages/default.aspx

Summer Water Safety

At the Pool Nothing beats a dip in the backyard pool or local swimming pool. It’s a great way to cool off, especially on a really hot day. Remember:

Never leave children unsupervised near a pool. Supervision means constant visual contact, not the occasional glance. Even in a supervised public pool, never take your eyes off your child while they are swimming. If your child is under five, you should be within arm’s reach. Actively participating in your child’s play will help make things safe.

If you leave the pool or water area, even for a moment, take your child with you.

If you have a backyard pool, make sure your pool fence and gate are in good working order. Pool fences should have a self-closing and self-latching gate, and these should be regularly checked and maintained.

Empty paddling pools when they are not in use. Empty baths, basins, sinks, buckets and troughs immediately after use.

Sun Smart

Sunsmart website http://www.sunsmart.com.au/ Sun Smart App http://www.sunsmart.com.au/tools/interactive-tools/free-sunsmart-app Sunsmart Widget http://www.sunsmart.com.au/uv-sun-protection/uv/uv-widget

OSHC

For Outside School Hours

Care please contact Camp

Australia on 1300105343

DATES TO REMEMBER

- 20th November – School Council

- 22nd November - Pop-up Book Fair – “Buy one get one free”

- 22nd November - Parents and Friends Meeting

- 8th December - Preps

Essendon Traffic School

- 11th December - School Council

- 12th December - Orientation Day Grade 6

- 18th December – Grade 6 Graduation

- 19th December - Meet and Greet Day

- 20th December – Grade 6 Funfields

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Free

Saira Costa

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Taha Karlis

Prep C - Ms Marino

Erdem Raage

1A - Ms Hunter

Mehmet Melennie

1B - Ms Asta

Razan Lucas

1C - Ms Thompson

Loveleen Alina

2A - Ms Fitzgerald/Ms Ramsay

Jesse Jesse

2B - Ms Butler

Batuhan Melisa

2C - Ms Mandaliti

Zara Yara

3A - Ms Rosella

Sarah Hussain

3B - Ms Baido

Ayden Ayden

3C – Ms Buc/Ms Brereton

Chris Yasmin

4A – Ms Monsone & Ms Ciantar

Ananiaz Zainab

4B – Mr Moat

Khadija Akiara

4C – Ms Leditschke

Zehra Hamza

5A – Mr Penhall

Jaiveer Omer

5B - Ms Garita

Finest Samantha

5C - Ms Jankievski & Ms Fry

Muhammad Chloe

6A – Mr Urbancic

Petone Abdul

6B – Ms Oram-Parkinson

Hanan Maddison

6C – Mr Wright

Samah Cengiz

6D – Ms Davenport

Tiana Vina

Performing Arts - Ms Verde

Gracie 2B Finest 5B, Angelika 5B and Daud 5C

Visual Art Award - Ms Borg/Ms Fitzpatrick

Jnr: Ashton PB Snr: Kerem 5C

Junior – Heba PC Senior – Maddison 6B

Getting Along Award Annie Le, Porchinne, Arianna 3B, Amira 1C

Mattias 6B, Alexander 6D, Jamie 2C, Jameson,Marlize, Malevia,Natalie, Charlene,Lebron,Elissa, Eloise and Ehab all from 4B

Congratulations to the Mathletics classes of the week

Gold - 4B & PA

Silver – 6A Bronze- 4A

Week ending 3rd November 2017

Upcoming Payments All excursion money sent to school MUST be in an envelope or a zip-

lock bag with the Child’s name, grade and amount written clearly. Too many times we are receiving money with no accompanying details of

which child to credit. Event Date of

Event Cost of Event

Payment Due

Grade 6 - Footsteps 15 Nov – 13 Dec

$20.00 13th Nov

Preps – Traffic School 8th Dec $15.00 6th Dec Grade 6 Graduation DVD or USB

18th Dec $25 DVD $30 USB

15th Dec

Accepting Myself Throughout the next three weeks, teachers will be asking the

students to focus on the You Can Do It! focus “Accepting

Myself”. The You Can Do It! program defines Accepting Myself

thinking as “not thinking badly of myself when I make a mistake”.

Making mistakes is something we all do. However, if a student

berates themselves every time they make an error, then pretty soon

the student may not only lose confidence but give up trying

altogether for fear of making another mistake.

Another thing to consider is that through the mistake process we

learn. Making a mistake often involves us back tracking, assessing

what went wrong and correcting it, which tends to stick in our

memory much more than achieving something quickly and moving

on.

So while we don’t encourage students to try to make mistakes, we

should see mistakes as something to be taken advantage of when

they happen.

Together, we all can do it!

Australian Chaldean Family Welfare and Roxburgh Park Primary School would like to

invite you to join the newly established “Chaldean Women’s Group”. Come along and

meet other women who share the same language and culture. You will also meet new

friends who speak Chaldean, Assyrian, Syriac and Arabic languages.

When: Every Friday Starting from 3/11/2017

Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm

Where: Roxburgh Park Primary School

Address: 7/ 21 Almands Ave, Roxburgh Park Vic 3064

Activities: Regular Settlement Information sessions on

Immigration, Housing, Employment, Financial Hardship,

Education, Parenting and Women’s Health

Social Participation, Outings, Informal English language Literacy

and much more.

For further information please contact Dalal Sleiman on Mobile: 0470 242 700 or Email: acfw2016@gmail.com

Our Program!

The Outside School Hours Care program at Roxburgh Park Primary School combines active

games with planned and unplanned play, quiet time, homework time and a healthy snack.

While in before and after school care, the children enjoy participating in arts and craft, cooking

activities, indoor/outdoor games and free play.

The children requested to make honey joys! They love helping educators make them and

enjoyed eating them even more! The children have also been enjoying playing outside in the

sandpit, making slime, doing Halloween crafts and much more!

OSHC Session times:

Before Care: 6:30AM- 8:45AM

After Care: 3:10PM- 6:15PM You can register your children into the program and manage your bookings at

www.campaustralia.com.au or call our friendly Customer Service Team from

Monday to Friday on 1300 105 343. If you have any questions feel free to come

and visit us in the OSHC room.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Openers of the week

Term 4, 2017

Openers need to be in the WOW word box by Friday

lunchtime

Add them to your homework. VCOP or challenge board.

LAST weeks winner

To my surprise as I walked slowly into the

school gates I anxiously realized it was the

Jump Rope for Heart……luckily I had a gold

coin donation in my pocket. Phew!

Jessica 4A

To my surprise I tripped over my shoe laces

and bumped into a fat man. This created a

domino effect of falling people. Someone

yelled loudly and the bus swerved trying not

to hit him.

Salv & Samir 5C

Week 5: quietly…

On Special Person and Grandparents Day I ate cultural

food. No one came to see me but I had fun, I played

with Lego.

My culture is Australian. My parents were born in

Lebanon. My parents background in Lebanese.

I really had fun. I love my family and my family loves

me too.

Taha PB

Yummy! In the afternoon we had a class party. We sang

very loud and danced and played party games. Soon if

we did some good dancing we get to have a party snack.

The crazy dancing was tiring but the games were

challenging I liked the party games because they were

hard. The party snacks were delicious. After a while

Miss Thompson ordered chips from the fish and chip

shop. When the hot chips came every one screamed! I

blocked my ears because it was too loud. Next we ate

the yummy chips. That was the end of the class party. I

had a incredible time!

Ayhem 1C

WEEKLY COMMUNITY HUB PROGRAMS

MONDAY

Healthy Breakfast 8.20-8.55am- FREE for all children and families, please

come along and enjoy!

Let’s Get Fit –Walking Group 9am-10am

Cooking Club – Come along and share your knowledge or

learn to cook/bake 11.30-2pm

HUB IS OPEN FOR A CUPPA AND CHAT - 2.30 – 3PM

TUESDAY

Healthy Breakfast 8.20-8.55am- FREE for all children and families, please

come along and enjoy!

OPEN PLAYGROUP- 9-11.30-come along for 0 -5 year olds

Gardening Club 10-11.30– Come along and help cultivate our veggie patches

HUB IS OPEN FOR A CUPPA AND CHAT - 2.30 – 3PM

WEDNESDAY Healthy Breakfast 8.20-8.55am- FREE for all children and families, please

come along and enjoy!

Let’s Get Fit –Walking Group 9am-10am

Sewing Classes – 11.30am- 2pm

Story time– 2.30pm – 3pm – For kids 0-5 – Story time and book borrowing HUB CLOSED

THURSDAY Healthy Breakfast 8.20-8.55am- FREE for all children and families, please

come along and enjoy!

Story/ Rhyme Time 9am-10am – For kids 0-5 – Story time and book borrowing

Gardening Club 10-12.30pm– Come along and help cultivate our veggie patches

HUB IS OPEN FOR A CUPPA AND CHAT - 2.30 – 3PM

FRIDAY Healthy Breakfast 8.20-8.55am- FREE for all children and families, please

come along and enjoy!

OPEN PLAYGROUP- 9-11.30-come along for 0 -5 year olds

ENGLISH CLASSES (EAL)- 11.30-1.30pm

Australian Chaldean Family Welfare/Women’s Group – Every Friday 1.30-3.00pm HUB CLOSED

Roxburgh Park Community Hub Timetable Term 4

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Let’s Get Fit

9am-10am

Play Group

9.00-11.30am

Come along, it

is free!

Let’s Get Fit

9am-10am

Story time

9am – 10am

Toddler

Storytime and

book

borrowing.

PlayGroup 9.00-11.30am

Come along,

it is free!

ADMIN

Play Group

9.00-11.30am

Come along, it

is free!

ADMIN

Gardening Club

Work together to

plant and grow!

10am-12.30pm

Play Group

9.00-11.30am

Come along,

it is free!

COOKING CLUB

Come along and

share your

knowledge or learn

to cook/bake 11.30-2pm

Gardening Club

Work together to

plant and grow!

10am-11:30am

SEWING

CLASSES

11.30 -2.00PM

Gardening Club

Work together to

plant and grow!

10am-12.30pm

EAL Classes

11.30-1.30pm

COOKING CLUB

Come along and

share your

knowledge or learn

to cook /bake. 11.30-2pm

ADMIN

SEWING

CLASSES

11.30 – 2.00PM

ADMIN

EAL Classes

11.30- 1.30pm

Welcome Club

A chance to meet

with

other

parents

for a

cuppa

2.30-3pm

Welcome Club

A chance to meet

with

other

parents for a

cuppa

2.30-3pm

Story time

2.30pm–

3.00pm

Toddler

Storytime and

book borrowing. HUB CLOSED

AFT

Welcome Club

A chance to meet

with

other

parents for

afternoon tea

2.30-3pm

Australian

Chaldean

Family

Welfare/

Women’s Group

- Every Friday

1.30-3.00pm

HUB CLOSED

AFT

Meet & Greet at

gate

Networking

3.10 – 3.30pm

Gardening Club

Work together to

plant and grow!

3.10-3:30pm

Meet & Greet at

gate

Networking

3.10 – 3.30pm

Meet & Greet at

gate

Networking

3.10 – 3.30pm

ADMIN