24th June 2021 What s On… Principal s Message

24th June 2021

Principal’s Message Dear Parents,

TERM 2

What an interesting term it has been with several weeks of online learning

and then the return to the classroom for students and staff in the last few

weeks. Thank you to all staff, students and parents for the teamwork and

partnership as we have navigated this time together through all the changes

for the best learning outcomes for the students. It has been a true

community effort and we appreciate everyone’s contributions. We wish

everyone an enjoyable, restful holiday keeping safe and healthy. Hopefully,

Term 3 will bring a little more normality for us all.

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE TERM Friday 25th June is the last day of Term 2. Students will be dismissed from classrooms at the earlier time of 2.30pm. STUDENT REPORTS Student Reports will be released on Compass today. Again, I congratulate the amazing students at Pinewood for their adaptability and resilience in being able to navigate between ‘face to face’ learning and a ‘remote and flexible’ learning platform. I have included some information within the newsletter, for parents titled, ‘Reading Your Child’s Report’. 3 WAY INTERVIEW BOOKINGS - COMPASS The 3 Way (parent/teacher/student) Conference bookings, made via COMPASS, close at 3.00pm on Friday 25th June - tomorrow. CONGRATULATIONS- Pinewood Primary School – Winner of Bastille Day French Film Competition Congratulations to Rishitha, Anna, Annie and Mitchell (Yr 6) and to Saina and Minuthi (Yr5) and to our talented French teachers, Madame Vinga and Madame Mahoney! Our French Captains have been representing our school in a couple of interschool competitions, making us proud every single time. In March, they created a video about the country of Haiti, awarded with the first prize in the Francophonie Day French Film Competition - Years 5-6 category. During the recent lockdown, the French captains and several Year 5 students

researched some of the facts and historical figures of the French Revolution,

in preparation for another video competition organised by the Bastille Day

French Festival Melbourne and the Association of French Teachers Victoria.

Every school had a limit of a maximum two entries per category, so our

students made two teams and created two videos.

RESPECT SELF CONFIDENCE INTEGRITY RESPONSIBILITY OPTIMISM

What’s On…... June 25th Dismissal 2.30pm Office closes at 3.00pm END OF TERM 2 July 12th First Day of Term 3 28th Last day to pay for Prep Excursion Rain, Hayne & Shine Farmyard August 3rd Prep D, Prep L & Prep M Rain, Hayne & Shine Farmyard Excursion 4th Prep C, Prep G & Prep K Rain, Hayne & Shine Farmyard Excursion

6th Year 2 Excursion to Werribee Zoo


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Rishitha 6T, Anna 6T and Annie 6U made a video about Napoléon Bonaparte and his involvement in the French revolution. Saina 5M, Mitchell 6U and Minuthi 5M created a film illustrating the trial of the French queen Marie Antoinette and her sentence to death by the guillotine. Our two videos were judged against all entries from government, independent and catholic schools in Victoria and we were very proud to hear that the video about Napoleon was awarded the first prize and the Marie Antoinette video was awarded the second prize in the Years 5-6 category. Our videos will be shown and awarded at the Bastille Day French Festival Melbourne on Saturday 17th July at 10am at Federation Square.

PREP ENROLMENTS 2022 Thank you to all parents who have already enrolled their child/ren for the 2022 school year. If you have not already done so, I would strongly encourage you to complete the enrolment form and hand it to the office staff, as soon as possible. This will help us with our planning for the new school year. Enrolment forms can be collected from the office or printed from the school’s website. FAREWELL and Welcome back This week we say farewell to Mrs Kelly Douglas in Administration and wish Kelly all the best with her future endeavours. Next term we welcome Ms Sarah Pereira back to Pinewood. Ms Pereira will be providing targeted numeracy support for students across the school. TERM 3 Term 3 will commence on Monday 12 July. Classrooms will be open to receive students between 8.55am and 9.10. Students will need to register via the office if they arrive after 9.10 am. I am looking forward to seeing everyone in Term 3. In the meantime…Stay safe everyone Karen Jenkin Principal



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OSHClub News Schools Out! But First We PARTY! Let’s get ready to party! Due to it being the last day of Term 2 on Friday and all our OSHClub children deserving a little bit of a celebration, we will be throwing an end of term party. There will be sweet treats, dancing, games and face painting, just to name a few. If you would like to book your child/ren in for Friday, please book in for After School Care – Early Finish. Winter Drawing Competition: Last week we held an OSHClub drawing competition! We got all of our children involved from Prep all the way up to Year 6. Ideas ranged from Christmas in the snow, to snow animals and snowmen and snow-flakes galore. Our very proud winner was Kaylee in Prep, with her colourful picture of Santa in a field of snowflakes, just about to hop down someone’s chimney! Our very close runners up were, Ruhi in Grade 6 and Meadow in Grade 3. Vacation Care Reminders: Vacation Care bookings can still be made! We have one incursion running in the first week and both an incursion and excursion running in the second week. A friendly reminder that to avoid any out-of-pocket costs, cancellations must be made at least 7 (business) days in advance. Cancellations within this period will incur the full fee, less any applicable CCS (Child Care Subsidy). Have a wonderful School Holidays!

Kind Regards, Paige Crane, Stephanie Voon and the OSHClub Team. Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0409 906 462



This Term the Year 3’s have been learning about community groups and have enjoyed getting to know more about the RSPCA. We have learned about how we can help our community and now we want to help the RSPCA! …. But we need your support! As the weather gets colder during winter the animals at the RSPCA need to stay warm. We are asking for donations of old blankets and towels that you may not need anymore. If you could please deliver them to Mr Verde’s room this week or during the first week of Term 3 that would be great! *No feathered doonas* Thank you!



Bonjour, Pinewood Primary School community. This term the year 3 students have been learning about clothing items in French. To celebrate a good term of great work, last week we baked ‘pommes en chemis-es’ – ‘apples in shirts’. I am hoping that all of them will now remember the word ‘chemise’ (shirt). Instead of giving you a list of words, I thought I would give you the recipe that the grade 3’s enjoyed. It could be something to do over the school holidays.

Pommes en Chemises

Ingredients: 1 puff pastry sheet 4 apples a little butter cut in small cubes brown sugar, sultanas, cinnamon 1 egg

Steps :

1. Cut 1 puff pastry sheet into 4 squares.

2. Core and peel the apples.

3. Place each apple in the centre of a pastry square and fill the hole with a little butter (bottom and top) and your choice of brown sugar, raisins, walnuts. Sprinkle with cinnamon.



4. Carefully, stretch and gather the pastry at the top of the apple. If you want, you can cut some pastry leaves and decorate your ‘pommes en chemises’.

5. Brush the top with egg wash and place it in the middle of a square of baking paper and in the

tray - also lined with baking paper. TIP : They will release a good amount of juice, so it does help to line the tray with baking pa-

per. 6. Bake at 180 ̊ for about 30-40 minutes.

Bon appétit! Bonnes vacances, Madame Ramona Vinga





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