Newsletter No 20

180 O'Hea Street, Coburg,3058P.O. Box 196, Pascoe Vale South, 3044 Phone: 03 9354 1660Fax: 03 9354 8206OSHP: 03 9354 9989Email:coburg.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov .au http://www.coburg-north-ps.vic.edu.

THE TERM THAT WASHighlights of the second term of the year have been:

The commencement of the Coburg Farmer’s Market School Choir performing at Anzac day Service Junior School Councillors attend local Anzac day Ceremony Coburg District Cross Country Two school council meetings Parents and Friends Meetings Prep Mother’s day Breakfast Mother’s Day Stall School receives Grant form Coburg Hill Developers Open Day School Photos Interschool Sport Book fair Grade 1/2 Auslan Incursion Golden Time in grades 1/2 continues with the help of

many parents Prep Information session and school tours Eva Norbury grade 3/4A teacher commences family leave Danielle Lockhart commences teaching grade 3/4A Responsible Pet Ownership Incursion 3-6 Science Incursion Dance Lessons with Stacey Jory Family Dance Night Parent Teacher Interviews and school reports handed out School of Rock National Walk to School day Hot Dog and Popcorn Day Jelly Bean Contest to raise funds for Diabetes Daffodil Day Private Music lessons with Octopus Music continue (40 students now attending)

Once again a lot has happened in one term of our school life. For me the highlight of this term has been the commencement of our Farmer’s Market. I don’t think I realised the impact that this would have on our school. I thought we may make a bit of extra money and it would be nice to open the school up to the community. In actual fact the school is making a good amount of money which will pay for our Music Room renovations this year as well as providing extra resources for the grades. The market has opened our school up to the community and there has been an increase in interest in our school. The involvement of our parents in this project has been the key to its success. The parents organising others and those working on the gate and the pancake stall have been amazing! Thank you to all these people, your children are the ones reaping the benefits. The class teachers have also been coming along when their grade is rostered on and helping out as well. We received some bright new signs for last week’s market painted by Ruby Mac Kenzie, Miles in 1B’s mum. Thank you Ruby, the signs look fantastic!

FAMILY DANCE NIGHT

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We had a great turn out at the Family Dance Night. Thank you to Stacy Jory for her work with the students and her great effort on the night. It was lovely to see families having a great time together. Our school Rock Band made an impressive debut performance which they will be following up at The School of Rock this Thursday. Thank you to Stephen Sharpe for the extra time he puts with the Rock Band and the choirs.

MUSIC NEWSCongratulations to the School Rock Band who played up a storm at the Family Dance night on Thursday. They will play again at the School of Rock in Epping on Thursday 27th with the Performance Choir. Parents are welcome to come along and see the children perform. Contact me for details.Parents, we need a bit of help with the decoration of the music room door. If you are able to help with this please contact me at sharpe.stephens@edumail.vic.gov.auThanksStephen

FARMERS MARKETWell we had another glorious winter day for our Farmers Market on Saturday and it was great to once again see so many people out and about. We are getting more and more people coming over to the Pancake stall commenting on what a lovely school it is and how much they enjoy the market - so nice to hear all these positive comments!The market was run this week by 1A who did an outstanding job - we raised $450 on the stall and $1200 on the gate - these amounts are getting really consistent now which is fantastic. Thanks to all of the helpers who rugged up to come along and serve, cook and collect coins at the gate - Grade 1 students and parents - Con, Anna and Jordan, Larissa, Luca and Sylvie, Ben, Sue and Veronica, Ann and Ayra, Michele and Bianca, Jim and Eden, Kate and Daisy, Adrian and Jonah as well as Miss Testaz who put in a massive effort. There 2 very special mentions as well - first a huge thanks to Sue (Mum of Thomas in Prep A) who braved the 3degree temps and dark at 6am to help prepare the pancake mix and secondly to Sandy and Polly in 1A who have helped out at every market so far and done and amazing job. They are heading away at the end of term and we will miss their brilliant pancake making skills and smiling faces very much and we wish them the best of luck on their adventure! Don't forget to make a note of the next market which is on the 13th July in 3 weeks time and is actually the last weekend of the school holidays. 1A are in charge again and the roster has been filled up with willing volunteers which is great! THIS WEEK FROM PARENTS AND FRIENDS.............It's been another busy week for Parents and Friends leading up to the end of term. Our meeting on Monday straight after assembly saw the biggest turn out for the year - it was brilliant to see some new faces coming along to the meetings and we even managed to get through the entire agenda and review the plans for the remainder of the year which was great.We also had Winona Rogers from Win Fitness come to speak to us about some Fitness classes to be held at the school once a week for parents which was exciting - you can read more about these classes in the 'Fitness Tuesday' note in this newsletter.Final preparations were done for the Hot Dog and Popcorn end of term lunch as well as some plans for a great school holiday blog post - make sure you check it out next week for some tips and recipes!Details of our next meeting will be sent out next term - we hope everyone has a relaxing and enjoyable break and we'll see you in term 3. 

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FITNESS TUESDAY Parents and Friends would like to invite you to get your work out gear on and join us straight after school drop off every, or any, Tuesday for some cardio and resistance Fitness fun! Classes will meet in the amphitheatre and will run for approximately 45 minutes, they cater for all fitness levels and younger siblings are more than welcome to attend. Classes are run on a casual basis with the first class being free and all subsequent classes at $17, all equipment is provided and a % of all costs goes back to the school. When exercise is made this easy there's no excuse right???? So dust off those sneakers and meet us in term 3 for a workout and some fun with other parents from the school - classes start Tuesday 23rd July!For any questions please email cnps_pf@hotmail.com HOT DOG AND POPCORN DAYJust a reminder that Friday is Hot Dog and Popcorn Day. Orders for Hot Dogs have now been received and don't forget to bring some money to buy your popcorn on the day!

KITCHEN GARDEN WORKING BEE & REQUEST FOR DONATIONS On Saturday a few volunteers helped move dirt and plant in our kitchen garden.  A very big thank you to adults: Sebastian, Pete, Jo, Mick, Sam, Kim and Ray and to kids: Hamish, Layla, Emma, Chloe, Matilda, Polly, Ella, Thomas, Rowan and Dan.  For photos and a post about the day please check out the Parents & Friends blog: http://coburgnorthprimaryschool.wordpress.com/2013/06/24/kitchen-garden-program/ The kitchen garden program is also seeking donations.  In particular we are would love any spare seed, seedlings, small pots, large pots and watering cans that you may have.  If you have something that you would like to donate please bring it to the school office.   Liz

PREMIERS' READING CHALLENGEWith two weeks of holidays almost here it is a great opportunity to get on to some reading toward your child's Premiers' Reading Challenge goals. Don't forget you can include books that have been shared with others, including stories that your child's teacher has read to the class. Watch out for a report on the school's progress early in term 3.  So keep warm over the holidays and snuggle up with a good book (or two, or three or four or more!) Beth in the Library

ENROLMENTSPrep places for 2014 are quickly filling up so I would urge any families who have yet to enrol their 2014 prep to do so. Please pass the word around to your friends & neighbours that it is now time to enrol. School tours are available by appointment.

STUDENT ABSENCESIf your child is going to be away from school please contact the school office on 9354 1660 on the morning of your child’s absence, you can either call and speak with someone or leave a message on the answering machine.

DAFFODIL DAY- REMINDER.

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Want to help create a cancer-free future? To raise money for the Cancer Council we invite all staff and students to make a gold coin donation and wear something yellow on Friday June 28 th. Please help us support a good cause - every donation grows hope.

RESPONSIBLE STUDENT AWARD Week Ending: 21/06/13

Student Grade Right/Responsibility As demonstrated by:Ahmad A Prep A Personally responsible - safe

and comfortableAlways completing set tasks on time.

Omar Prep B Personally responsible -safe and comfortable

For an excellent effort in reading

Aimee 2A Personally responsible - safe and comfortable

For having neat handwriting

ICT (INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY)ICT Blog:

Parents, Grandparents – have you looked at your child’s work on the ICT blog? You can leave them a comment; they will be so thrilled to get it!

Studyladder: To see what the tasks are for this week’s Set number 18, check it out on the ICT blog. Students

have three weeks to catch up – this week and during the holidays. When you are looking for something for the children to do on those cold wet days, there is always Studyladder, Zondle, and Skooville.

Studyladder: Congratulations for being personally responsible by completing on-time, theSet 17 English and Mathematics tasks.

01Logan D; Abdullah H; Kai S; Yahya T; Jordan Z.

02Taha A; Caden B; Edwin D; Hamish F; Tom L; Oliver L; Alexander L; Lalli S; Lauren S; Sienna S; Claudio T.

03Amelia C; Daria L; Rupert L; Anthony R; Yathrib T.

04 Ela A; Severin D; Sayo D; Shuto.

05Naomi B; Kamal F; Stephanie M; Isabella M; Aisha M; Sophie R; Jasmine S; Oscar S; Ayat T; Sarah T.

06Raydin D; Ahmed H; Mona K; Ethan P; Yasmine T; Isaac T; Yuhang Z.

Zondle: These students are doing a fantastic job of acquiring knowledge as they play the Zondle games! Find

out about Zondle on the ICT blog.

BadgesStudents

June 2013

10 Aliyah M; Sayo D.

9 Oscar S.

8 Jude R; Yuhang Z.

Mrs Roberts http://mrsrblog.global2.vic.edu.au or find the link on the School website

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CHILDREN WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES - ARE YOU CHALLENGED BY YOUR CHILD’S DIABETES?

RESEARCH INTO PARENTING CHILDREN WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES.

The University of Queensland is conducting research into parenting children with type 1 diabetes. Parenting a child with diabetes presents many challenges (everything from the regular blood glucose monitoring and insulin intake, to more general parenting tasks). The aim of this study is to understand the factors that make the management of childhood diabetes particularly difficult, and to use this information to develop strategies that might assist parents in managing their child’s diabetes.If you are a parent of a 2 to 10-year-old child with type 1 diabetes, we would love to hear from you!By sharing your experiences (confidentially), you will be making a valuable contribution to the development of much-needed childhood diabetes management strategies for parents. To complete the online survey, please log on to: https://exp.psy.uq.edu.au/type1diabetesFor further information about the project or to request a survey to be posted to you, please email Aditi Lohan (aditi.lohan@uqconnect.edu.au) or phone Amy Mitchell (07 3365 7305) at the Parenting and Family Support Centre in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072 (Fax: 07 3365 6724).

Thank you for your time and participation.

Aditi Lohan, Alina Morawska, and Amy Mitchell UQ Parenting and Family Support Centre

COBURG NORTH PRIMARY PRESCHOOL STORY TIME 2013Every Thursday morning from 9:00am until 10:00am in the Community Room.Come along and join in with stories, music, dance, play and craft activities.

Meet other parents and children in your local area.This session is free and is run by our prep teachers.

Ring the school on 9354 1660 for more details.

DIARY DATES 2013

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June26 Senior School Parent Teacher Interviews27 School Council Meeting28 Last day of term 2 2:30 dismissal

Hotdog & Popcorn Day Daffodil Day- Gold Coin DonationJuly13 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 1A15 First day of term 327 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade Prep BAugust10 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade Prep B24 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 3/4 A26 Prep – 2 IncursionSeptember4 District Athletics Traffic School Excursion- Preps14 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 3/4 A20 Last day of term 3 Footy Day28 Coburg North Farmer’s Market - Grade 2A & 2BOctober7 First day of term 412 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 2A & 2B26 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 3/4BNovember9 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 3/4B23 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 5/6ADecember14 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 5/6A

Bunnings BBQ20 Last day of term 4 1:30 dismissal