13th September 2018

What’s On…... SEPTEMBER 14th Footy Day 14th Year 2 Sleepover 17th No Assembly 17th-21st Year 5 Camp - Weekaway 18th School Council meeting at 7pm 21st Term 3 ends. School finishes at 2.30pm. OCTOBER 8th Term 3 begins 10th Prep Orientation 12th Pyjama Day 15th Swimming Prep, Year 1, 2F, 2M, 2J & 2K 15th-19th S.T.E.M. Week 16th Swimming Prep, Year 1, 2F, 2M, 2J & 2K 16th World Teachers Day 19th Summer Sport for Year 6 19th Swimming Prep, Year 1, 2F, 2M, 2J & 2K 22nd-24th Year 4 Camp- Forest Edge 22nd Swimming Prep, Year 1, 2F, 2M, 2J & 2K 23rd Swimming Prep, Year 1, 2F, 2M, 2J & 2K 26th Swimming Prep, Year 1, 2F, 2M, 2J & 2K 26th SDSSA Gala Cricket 29th-2nd Nov Year 6 Camp- Coonawarra 29th Swimming Prep, Year 1, 2F, 2M, 2J & 2K 30th Swimming Prep, Year 1, 2F, 2M, 2J & 2K NOVEMBER 1st Big Song 12.30pm

Dear Parents,

FOOTY COLOURS DAY Tomorrow, Friday 14 September, is our ‘Footy Day.’ All students (and staff) are encouraged to come dressed in their favourite football team colours.

YEAR 2 SLEEP OVER Students in Year 2 have been looking forward to their special

‘sleep over’ night at school for some time now. Finally the big

night is here. The students and 17 staff will will be enjoying

lots of fun filled activities and then the long awaited sleep

over. How exciting!

YEAR 5 CAMP On Monday our Year 5’s head off to attend the camp, at Camp Weekaway, Benloch, returning on Friday. We wish you all a fabulous time at Camp Weekaway and hope the weather is kind to you.

Many thanks to the staff and parents who have volunteered their time to attend the camp.

Parents attending: Scott Williams, Duncan Shave (Mon-Wed), Steve Ellis (Wed-Fri), Peter Leithhead, Kahlan Al-Shammari, Anna Pervan. Staff attending: Paul Dobney, Kara Hewitt, Trent Asquith, Sophie MacDonald, Jessica Sexton. LAST DAY of TERM 3 – Early dismissal A reminder that Friday of next week, 21st September, is the last day of Term 3. School finishes at 2.30pm on that day. Please make arrangements for the earlier collection of your children School resumes at 9.00am on Monday 8th October. BEING eSMART As an eSmart accredited school we are constantly ensuring that we promote cybersafety and the safe use of the internet with all students.

Over the next week we will be having a particular focus across the whole school on the importance of remaining cyber safe, especially with the school holiday break approaching. It is therefore, a good time for you to bring this discussion of cybersafety up again with your own children.

We are very aware that students at Pinewood have used their home computers to sign up to some programs that are not recommended for primary school aged children. These include Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms.

Can I reiterate again that children DO NOT provide ANY personal information when online?

Principal’s Message

This includes their names (and the names of their friends), addresses, phone numbers, favourite places, meeting times and school details. Photos showing team or school uniforms are also to be avoided. I understand that monitoring your child when on the internet can be difficult, but young children do not fully understand the repercussions that can occur through seemingly innocent behaviour.

You can set restrictions on your iPad, iPhone and iPod. This allows you to control what content rating can be viewed or downloading.

Please note that if you change Apps to 9+, then the Apps rated 12+ and above will no longer be visible on your device. This also applies to music and movies. The downloaded product will still be on your device, but hidden from view until restrictions are set to the classification or age restriction allowed for that product.

For parents sharing their device with their children, this is a handy hint to adjust the settings before handing the device to the child.

It is important to have your location service turned off for Apps such as Twitter, Facebook, Instragram, Google maps, Pinterest and Viber. You can also turn off the location by going to the settings in these programs, just look for the to access the settings menu.

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1. Go to Settings and

choose General

2. Choose Restrictions

3 .Create or type in your

restrictions password

4. Now you are able

to set age

restrictions and

classifications.

1. Go to Settings and choose Location Services

2. Choose the Apps, like Facebook and Instagram you wish the location

service to be turned off.

A reminder that school pick up time is 3.30pm. Teachers leave yard duty at 3.45pm and all children

should have been collected by this time.

To access Facebook help settings please click the link - http://www.facebook.com/help/privacy To access Instagram help settings, please click the link—http://help.instagram.com/

By default, anyone can view your profile on Instagram. To set your privacy so only approved followers can see your photos:

Go to your profile by tapping in the lower-right corner Tap Edit Your Profile next to your profile picture Once you turn on Privacy, anyone who wants to see your photos, or followers and following lists, will have to send you a follow request that will appear in your News > You feed, which you can then approve or ignore. To approve or deny a follow request, just tap on the username that appears in the request. You'll then be brought to their profile page and at the top of this page you will see an "approve" and "ignore" button.

Please note that by default, anyone can view your photos. If you would like to make sure only your followers see your photos, turn on private photos. Once you turn on privacy, anyone who wants to see your photos will have to send you a follower request, which you can then approve or deny.

How do I block /unblock someone? To block or unblock someone: 1. Go to their profile by tapping at the bottom of the app and searching for their name or username.

2. Tap in the upper-right corner of their profile

3. Tap Block User or Unblock User Karen Jenkin Principal

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CHANGES TO PAYMENTS MADE VIA CREDIT CARD & EFTPOS Due to the increasing cost of bank fees and charges, we will no longer accept payment by EFTPOS

or credit card for amounts under $20.00 at the office. This does not affect payments made via the Compass program.

This will come in to effect on Monday, 8th October, 2018.

TERM 3 ENDS Friday 21st September

The school office will close at 3pm

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT YOU ARE NOT TO USE THE STAFF

CAR PARK TO DROP OFF AND PICK UP YOUR CHILDREN AT

SCHOOL.

PLEASE REMEMBER THE 40kph SPEED

LIMIT AROUND THE SCHOOL

RESPECT SELF CONFIDENCE INTEGRITY RESPONSIBILITY OPTIMISM

Lindsay F 2K For displaying confidence, enthusiasm and creative ideas during our narrative story writing. Amazing work Lindsay! Collin L 2K For his improved confidence and enthusiasm during our story writing. Keep up the fabulous work Collin. Emma T Prep P For being a friendly and caring member of Prep P. Emma is always willing to help her classmates with a smile on her face! Well done Emma! Hudson L Prep P For the amazing effort he is putting into learning his Wizard Words! I am so proud of your wonderful effort and enthusiasm Hudson!! Tevin S Prep M Showed initiative in class by being ‘ready to learn’, and demonstrating his creativity when building a toy from blocks. Elske M Prep M Elske made a toy from blocks and was able to complete a colour-coded bar graph with the data she collected. Elissa A Prep H For producing an excellent edible beach activity. Well done! Jiamao W Prep H For making a terrific effort to learn English and settle in to Pinewood PS. Well done! Ayushman R Prep R For demonstrating confidence when speaking in front of the class and for his kind and caring attitude towards others. Well done Ayushman! Le B 2M For her wonderful organised skills. Le is always helping to keep our room tidy. Madison R 2M For the wonderful effort she put into her Fascinating Friday presentation about the human body. Damon T 2F For continually showing respect and responsibility during each lesson. Your enthusiasm for learning is admirable. Well done Damon. Eelen Y 2F For your wonderful planning and preparation for your fascinating Friday presentation. You spoke clearly and were entertaining. Well done! Tianyi L 2J For completing an incredible ‘Big Write’ last week. The vocabulary you included was outstanding! Congratulations! Ryder R 2J For demonstrating a fantastic understanding of multiplication and sharing his knowledge to help others. Yashica S Prep S For demonstrating self confidence by working hard to share her ideas with the class while using a loud, clear voice. Eason H Prep S For demonstrating all school values during all lessons. Your hard work and effort shows in all you do.

Vivash T 1S For the outstanding determination you have demonstrated in improving your handwriting. Keep up the great work! Wardah F Prep A For always putting her best effort into all tasks producing work that she should be proud of. Fantastic work, Wardah! Emily R Prep A For settling in wonderfully to Pinewood and showing confidence and respect when making new friends. Keep it up Emily! Spiros V 2T For the effort he hs put into his division work, sharing into equal groups. Keep up the positive attitude Spiros. Guilherme C 2T For consistently being a helpful, respectful member of our class. You set a great example to others. Well done. Vince M 1D For trying hard to improve his handwriting. Keep trying hard Vince! Ronal M 2C For your improved attitude and commitment towards your learning in Term 3. Keep up the positive attitude. Senuli S 2C For your responsible approach towards your learning in our ‘time’ lessons. Well done. Tayha H 1M Well done Tayha for always trying your hardest in your writing and trying to add in adjectives. Sophia J 1M Well done Sophia for always being a great friend and showing the Y.C.D.I attitudes. Isabella Z 1H For the effort she has been making in the class room. Isabella concentrates on tasks and is self motivated. Well done Isabella! Vasu K 1M For making improvements in the formation of letters in his handwriting. Vasu is keen to develop his skills and acts on feedback. Well done!

Parents should note that advertisements that appear in the newsletter are not necessarily the

views of the school council or staff. These services are in no way connected to the

Department of Education and are included according to relevance and interest to the school

community.

HAVE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS CHANGED? PLEASE REMEMBER TO UPDATE YOUR

INFORMATION AT THE OFFICE. Please be aware that if contact

numbers have changed and the school has not been notified, we cannot be held responsible for

not contacting you in an emergency.

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK PREP —YEAR 2

RESPECT SELF CONFIDENCE INTEGRITY RESPONSIBILITY OPTIMISM

OSHClub this week will be jam packed full of cooking as we endeavour to bake, create and cook everyday throughout our 'Masterchef' week. All ages will have the opportunity to put their chef hat on and hopefully try some of these new cooking skills at home! September/October holidays are around the corner which means bookings are now available for Vacation Care. We have a range of excursions, incursions and themed activity days planned so please ensure bookings are made, keeping in mind excursion days are usually booked out first. Any questions about Vacation Care can be directed to James or Maddie on 0409 906 462. General reminder to parents/carers to make bookings in advance to ensure a spot. If bookings are unavailable due to no vacancies, please feel free to contact us on the above number as there may have been recent cancellations. Have a wonderful week! Maddie, James & OSHClub Team :)

School Banking day is THURSDAY

In Week 8, the Prep word of the week was ‘beach’. The students were involved in a variety of literacy activities relating to the word beach throughout the week. One of the activities was making an edible beach and writing about what they had made.

“This morning we made our edible beach. The instructions: Make the jelly in a cup. Add the crushed biscuits for sand. Add a sour strap for a towel. Put a tiny teddy. Add an umbrella to decorate.

It was the best day ever!” Jordan, Prep S

PREP NEWS

Learn to Play Bridge! Bridge is fun, and it is good for improving concentra-tion, memory, problem solving and patience. Anyone can play bridge. It can also lead to opportunities for travel around Australia and overseas to compete. Students from Pinewood Primary School are invited to be part of a new program aimed at introducing Bridge into primary schools. Where: Waverley Bridge Club – 21a Electra Ave, Ash-wood (community centre)

When: TERM 4 - Tuesdays after school at 4:30pm or 6pm (booking essential)

Cost: If you want to be part of our pilot program, which we hope to roll out to all primary schools in the Monash Council area... it’s FREE

Contact Bianca: 0412 120 600 or by email: Abfyouthbridge@gmail.com to register.

OSHC News

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PARENTS CLUB NEWS

TERM DATES

Term 3 2018

Monday, 16th July – Friday, 21st September 2018

Term 4 2018

Monday, 8th October – Friday, 21st December 2018

2019

Term 1 2019

Years 1-6 Wednesday, 30th January - Friday, 5th

April 2019

Preps Thursday, 31st February—Friday, 5th April

2019

Term 2 2019

Tuesday, 23rd April 2019—Friday, 23rd June 2019

Term 3 2019

Monday, 15th July 2019—Friday, 20th September

2019

Term 4 2019

Monday, 7th October 2019—Friday, 20th December

2019

RESPECT SELF CONFIDENCE INTEGRITY RESPONSIBILITY OPTIMISM

Footy Colours Day

Friday 14th of September Don’t forget to come dressed in your favourite Footy Colours!!

Lunch: Barbecue Sausage in a bread roll. All lunches will be delivered to your child’s class if they have ordered.

Pyjama Day has moved!! Previously Pyjama day was scheduled in for the last day of term but has now be

changed to the first Friday of Term 4

Friday 12th October Come dressed in your Pj’s for a Gold coin donation per family

World Teachers Day Thursday 18th October

More details to follow.

SECOND HAND UNIFORM The Pinewood Community has shown a lot of interest in having a second hand uniform store. Due to the huge amount of time this requires, storage, planning etc we have opted to try a FACEBOOK page where the Parents & Families of Pinewood are welcome to post photos of their items for sale. Everyone is welome to join, please check the page out for more details.

Search - Pinewood Primary school Uniform Buy/swap/sell

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HEALTHY,

AFFORDABLE LUNCHES

DELIVERED FRESH TO PINEWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL

AVAILABLE MONDAY TO FRIDAY (Unavailable Tuesday)

Our Menu offers either a 2 or 3 Course Lunch

with 15 choices available for each course each day!

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE

www.classroomcuisine.com.au

Orders are received by our customer friendly website until 8.30am the day the

lunch is required.

Email: contact@classroomcuisine.com.au