July 27th Prep Incursion-The History Box 28th Year 4 Water Science Incursion August 1st ICAS English 2nd Year 6 Girls Division Soccer 7th Year 6 Puberty Education Incursion 8th Year 6 Incursion— Engineers Without Borders 9th Year 4 Excursion to Local Council Offices 10th Pizza Day 14th Year 6 Puberty Education Incursion 15th ICAS Mathematics 18th Winter Sport Round Robin for Year 6 21st Book Week 2017 ‘Escape to Everywhere’’ 21st Year 6 Puberty Education Incursion 22nd ICAS Mathematics 22nd Book Stall 22nd School Council Meeting 23rd Book Stall 23rd Literacy Day 24th Year 1 Science Incursion 31st Fathers Day Stall September 1st Year 5 Excursion to Melbourne Zoo 1st ICAS English Testing 5th Library Incursion 6th Graduation Photo & Sports Groups Photo

Key Dates

Dear Parents,

Thank you to all of the parents, grandparents and friends of Pinewood Primary School who have expressed their personal thanks and appreciation to both myself and the Pinewood staff

in regard to our successful whole school production of Disney’s, ‘Lion King Jr’, this week. It is great to receive such positive feedback. I will enjoy passing it on to the students at assembly next week.

Congratulations again to our students on providing us all with a wonderful production spectacle over two evenings. You all did an outstanding job and we (teachers and parents) are ALL very proud of your efforts.

It was also very satisfying to see the girls and boys from different year levels develop more self -confidence and stage presence as the rehearsals progressed.

The students acting a main role in the performance had demanding and often challenging characters to play. I congratulate you especially on the amazing level of commitment demonstrated in learning your part of the play and then for performing it so splendidly on each of the evenings. Main cast: (Please see the Lion King Jr. program for full names) Rafiki– Lithasha P Mufasa– Isabella K Sarabi– Jasmine J Zazu– Lucia I Scar– Madeleine D Sarafina–Rachel H, Young Simba–Adi P Simba–Yathvin Y Young Nala– Elly M Nala– Piper F Timon– Lucas A Pumbaa– Shantel C Banzai– James K Shenzi– Kelly F Ed– Nicolas D

Our main cast were well supported by the following students playing the role of: Buzzards- Eilidh T, Jenny O Hyenas- Tommy D Salman H, Thomas J, Gemma W, Lachlan S, Vihini J, Roksana S Lionesses- Jade L, Nicole L, Violet P, Helen Y, Asha S, Amelia S, Lana S, Stephanie S, Helya S

Logo Design– Abhi K

The production, was a wonderful example of a whole school effort. As Pinewood’s principal, I wish to thank each staff member for your commitment towards achieving a successful school production and your personal dedication of time and energy to attending both rehearsals and the production evenings.

There was not one member of our staff, both teaching and non-teaching who had not been involved at some level. Very few, if any, organisations can state that every employee is involved in the production of one event like we can at Pinewood PS.

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Karen Jenkin Principal

Many thanks to our staff ‘Lion King Jr.’ production team. Your particular contributions to the performance ensured a successful production for the children;

Mrs Jessica Murphy, Mrs Jenny Thomas, Mr Paul Dobney, Miss Sandra McGregor, Miss Cathryn Slusher (trainee teacher), Miss Jessica Sexton, Miss Moui Ung, Miss Yalenka Clement, Miss Delani Cruse, Mrs Faye Park, Mrs Natalie Kelly, Mr Troy Hartigan, Miss Rebecca Jach, Ms Francine Combes, Mrs Nicole Blowfield, and Mrs Helen Dent.

Finally, I would like to thank our wonderful School Council and parent community who have helped to make this production possible. Your children performed magnificently in Disney’s, ‘Lion King Jr.’ school production, however, without your support the students would not have had such an opportunity to do so.

Please view the back of the newsletter for some ‘behind the scenes’ photos from our production evenings.

WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK Our school is conducting a survey to find out what parents think of our school. The Parent Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents at each school.

It is designed to assist our school in gaining an understanding of parents’ perception of school climate, student engagement and relationships with our parent community. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies.

The survey will be conducted online by ORIMA Research Pty Ltd and only takes 15 minutes to complete. The survey can be accessed via desktop computer, laptop, tablet or mobile at any convenient time within the fieldwork period from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August.

Approximately 15 per cent of parents will be invited to participate in this year’s survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous.

The online survey is available in English, Arabic, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Chin (Hakha) and Hindhi. Survey language guides will be provided in a range of languages including Albanian, Bengali, Burmese, Cantonese, Dari, Filipino, Greek, Gujarati, Indonesian, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Macedonian, Malayalam, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Sinhalese, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish or Urdu.

The survey results will be reported back to our school at the end of September.

The survey results will be communicated to parents through the annual report. Last year we used the survey results to inform and direct various elements of our future school planning and improvement. For further information, visit: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/management/improvement/Pages/performsurveyparent.aspx ARRIVING AT SCHOOL

It is very important that our students arrive at school ready to start the day at 9.00am. Late arrivals are becoming more numerous with many students arriving between 9.05 and 9.30am. The education and wellbeing of students arriving late is being compromised and these students are disadvantaged in their learning.

Please do not assume that important learning only begins after 9.30am. Children need to feel a sense of belonging within their class and need a few minutes to prepare for learning, settle in with their friends and classmates and prepare for the day. The first 15 minutes in the classroom each morning are crucial for setting the scene for the day. Karen Jenkin Principal

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August Book Week Book Stall

Our main fundraiser for Term 3 is our Second Hand Book Stall which will be taking place on

Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd August to coincide with

Book Week at Pinewood Primary. Thank you so much for the donations we have had already. Please keep them coming! There is a Donation Box located opposite the School Office or in your child’s classroom. All donations to be received by Friday 18th August. Thank you in advance for your support.

FATHER’S DAY STALL New date - Thursday

31st August Due to the Grade 5s having an

excursion, the Stall will now take place on Thursday 31st August instead of the Friday. Each grade will visit the stall so that

students can purchase gifts for their Dad, Step-Dad, Grandad or Carer if they so wish. A

catalogue will go out after the Book Stall in August.

Pizza Day Thursday 10th August

A favourite with students – and no need to make lunch! Order forms will go home beforehand. (Gluten

Free option available)

Footy Hot Dog Day Wednesday 20th September

Students can come to school dressed in their favourite Footy or Sports Teams colours. Hotdogs will be available for sale (with

vegetarian option). Order Forms will go home nearer the time.

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PARENTS CLUB NEWS

CHESS PROGRAM

Places are still available for the Chess Club.

The program will commence on Tuesday, 1st August and run for 7 weeks. The cost of the program is $35.

Chess teachers come into the school from Chessplant to teach the children, along with Mr Grant from 2G.

Chess is one of the most powerful educational tools available to develop a child’s mind. There is documented scientific evidence that chess study, over a period of 12 months, significantly increases children’s measureable intelligence and ability to quickly adapt to changing technologies. More in-formation can be obtained from www.auschess.org.au/articles/chessmind.htm

Parents,

This week we have been exploring more maze

puzzles and added some Sudoku to the mornings

which proved quite popular with some of the

older children. They enjoyed the challenge that the

Sudoku puzzle provided and learnt a bit more

about problem solving as a result. Many of the

children have been showing off string tricks that

they have been practising at home as well as

school. The tricks were really impressive and they

kept wanting to trap staff's hands in their webs!

Pancake mornings as always proved popular with

many of the children very excited to come to these

mornings.

Upcoming activities

Notes for parents:

We have switched over to a new email address so

for those of you that email us you can use the

following: pinewood@oshclub.com.au

IMPORTANT!: We have been noticing many

parents are not signing in or out their children

correctly which causes us some worry when our

numbers do not match those signed into the roll.

This can lead us to becoming concerned we have a

missing child and then contacting the police as well

as ringing the emergency contacts for the relevant

children. Please ensure you are signing in your

children in the morning and have signed them out

in the evening. Thanks!

From the Pinewood OSHClub Team.

Thurs 27/7 Fri 28/7

BSC Skittle Experiment Cooking Club

Lego Challenges Musical statues

ASC Octopus Tag Maze puzzles

Word searches Poison ball

OSHClub NEWS

HAVE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS CHANGED? PLEASE REMEMBER

TO UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION AT THE OFFICE.

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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

School Banking day is

THURSDAY

Lunch Time Drama Club

Drama Club runs every Monday, at school, during break times.

Classes are open to students from Year 1 to Year 6. For more information please contact Celia or pick up a form

the school office.

Celia Kemp 0425124772 or email: celia@planet359.com

TERM DATES 2017

Term 1

Tuesday, 31st January - Friday, 31st

March 2017

Term 2

Tuesday, 18th April – Friday, 30th June

2017 (Monday, 17th April is Easter Mon-

day)

Term 3

Monday, 17th July – Friday, 22nd

September 2017

Term 4

Monday, 9th October – Friday, 22nd

December 2017

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UNIFORM SHOP NEWS

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Please see the stock list for uniform available from the uniform shop. The prices have been reduced by 50% so that we can clear remaining stock.

The uniform shop will not open at school. All order-ing will be done via email. We would like to thank Nirosha Herat for volunteering to take on the task of preparing orders for parents. Orders can be lodged by emailing Nirosha at nirosha.herat@icloud.com

Nirosha will prepare the order and leave it at the office for payment and collection. Orders will take 3-4 days to be ready. Thank you

Item Size Amount Price

Gaberdine Shorts 4 2 $9

6 41 $9

12 23 $9

14 3 $9

16 23 $9

18 2 $9

22 1 $9 Knit Shorts 4 9 $9

6 32 $9

8 14 $9

10 11 $9

12 24 $9

14 11 $9

16 8 $9 Dress 4 35 $10

6 40 $10

8 10 $10

10 23 $10

12 27 $10

14 22 $10

16 2 $10 Polar Fleece jackets 16 4 $19 Wind Cheaters 8 1 $11

10 1 $11

12 21 $11

14 20 $11 Track Pants 12 19 $10

14 10 $10

16 9 $10 Track pants cuffed 12 3 $10

14 2 $10

16 12 $10 Girls Bootleg Track Pants 4 9 $10

8 1 $10

10 7 $10

12 9 $10

14 4 $10

16 10 $10 Rain Jackets 6 16 $12

8 3 $12

12 1 $12

14 4 $12 Short sleeve Polo Shirt 14 33 $13

16 2 $13

16+ 12 $13 Skorts 8 8 $10

10 7 $10

14 2 $10

16 4 $10

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Pinewood Primary School is raising funds by selling Entertainment Book. Here's how you can help...

Order forms are available at the front office