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RESPECT OPTIMISM COMMITMENT COMPASSION HONESTY

25th March 2014

Term 1, Issue 8 A reminder that the school newsletter can always be accessed from our

website at - www.buninyongps.vic.edu.au

School Assemblies March 28th P - 2 Assembly

April 4th Whole School Assembly

DATES TO REMEMBER April 1st Prep - 2 Lunch time Disco

April 2nd 3 - 6 Lunch time Disco

April 2nd Teddy Bears Picnic - Prep

April 4th Last day of term— 2:30 Finish

April 21st Easter Monday - No School

April 22-24 Grade 5 Camp Halls Gap

April 23 - 24 Grade 4 Camp Anglesea

April 25th Anzac Day - No School

April 29th PUPIL FREE DAY—NO SCHOOL

SCHOOL WEBSITE

We are currently having difficulties

accessing and updating the

newsletter and information on the

schools website.

This is being looked into and will be

resolved as soon as possible.

We will advise the school community

once this problem has been

rectified.

Thank you for your patience.

Pupil Free day on Tuesday 29th April

The department provides all schools with four

pupil free days per year. We have already had

two at the beginning of the year and we have 2

scheduled for next term. The first one will be on

Tuesday 29th April. This is the second week back

from the holidays. The focus for this day will be

assessment. The second one will be a day where

teachers have time to write student reports. This

will be on 29th May.

An important part of our teaching role is to

assess students accurately and to be able to use

this information to plan, teach and evaluate

accordingly. The school has recently purchased a

program called SPA which stands for Student

Performance Analyser. SPA is a secure

web-based software tool designed and built for

schools to analyse, display, store and

communicate their assessment data. As with any

new program time is needed to understand how

the system works and how to get the most out

of it. We have Emma MacNamara, from SPA,

coming up from Melbourne to deliver

professional development to the whole staff on

this program on Tuesday 29th April.


Amazing Buninyong Child

Our winners for this week are:

PEB Milla Vermeend

PNP Elara Cutts

PRS Ellie Bence

PNS Mia Reynolds

NH

SCOT Jackson Lyons

1CA Conal Seare

1JB Thomas Ross

1SM Toby Taylor

1HM Hilary Sullivan

2PG Abby Crawley

2NJ Georgia Walsh

2MM Angus Bruhn

2JO Ella Bower

3HA Abby Harrington

3DS Hamish Richardson

3PW Abby Answer

SO

SCOT Josh Retallick

4SD Noah Aspland

5JG Damon Kierce

5KG Harley Crabtree

5BM

5JS Josh Meade

6AC Matt Devries

6PM Mitchell Best

6VS Kasey Vincent

RB

SCOTJess Ockwell

The Act of Kindness initiative is

something that we have been running in

our school for the past few years. Our

previous sponsor had moved their

business to Melbourne and we are very

pleased that Federation University has

come on board and will sponsor the

program for the next 3 years. At

assembly on Friday Melanie Coffee

represented Federation University and

accepted a framed certificate

acknowledging their sponsorship. We

now look forward to continue using the

Act of Kindness program to promote

thoughtfulness and kindness across our

school community.

NEW ACT OF KINDNESS SPONSOR



SCOTSBURN NEWS

Fundraising events

Thanks to those parents who attended. A note

has been sent out in regards to manning our

sausage sizzles for April 26th and May 4th. Your

support on these days and with donations of

sauce, napkins, alfoil and polystyrene cups will

enable us to raise more funds. We hope to buy

lego robotics, support our woodwork program

with the Mens Shed, help upgrade our garden

beds and buy some more sports equipment.

RETURN NOTE TO YOUR TEACHER BY

THURSDAY PLEASE!

OPEN MORNING

On Thursday 27th March, we will be having an

open morning (9-11am) for any kinder parents

to walk through the school and have any

questions answered.

School Sports- Thursday 20th March

Congratulations to all students who participated in the sports last week. Everyone had a great time. Congratulations to Freya, Campbell, Alice, Jessica, Bianca and Mia who qualified for regional sports. Thank you to Mr O’Kelly and his committee for organising a great day.

Woodwork program

Could all grade 2/3 students have an old shirt to

wear for our woodwork program on Wednesday.

They will be painting their bird boxes. Thank you to

Travis for donating some paint and brushes for the

program.

COOKING PROGRAM

Our cooking program has begun. Payment of $15

for half year or $30.00 would be appreciated.

Could you ensure money is given in to the

Buninyong office or your teachers A.S.A.P.

Important Dates

4th April - End of term

22nd April - Term 2 commences

22nd-24th April - Grade 5 Camp

23rd - 24th April—Grade 4 Camp

29th April - Pupil Free Day

Sat 26th April - Bunnings barbecue fundraiser

Sun 4th May - B.A.D. bike ride fundraiser

8th & 9th May - Grade 3 Camp (Queenscliff)

13th-5th May - NAPLAN (Gr 3’s and 5’s)

16th May - School photos

19th May - Pupil Free Day

10th June - Earth Ed (Gr 3-6)

27th August - Ecolinc

21st & 22nd August - School Concert

14th October- Quantum Victoria Science

Program (Gr 3-6)


District sports Congratulations to the 52 children who represented Buninyong Primary School at the district sports on Monday. They competed very well throughout the day with many of the students progressing to the next round. Well done on a super effort and once again congratulations.

SCHOOL SPORTS Well done to the grade 3-6 students who competed in the School Sports last Thursday. The children displayed great team spirit throughout the day with less than 300pts between 1st and 4th positions. The leader board at the end of the day had Scott:1278 pts, Simpson: 1234pts, Cornish: 1118pts, Inglis:947pts. A big thank you to the Federation University students who helped run the day. Well done to all involved.


On Friday April 4th, our school in conjunction with the Lions Club will be involved in ‘Coins

for Kids’ appeal. The aim of this fundraiser is to prevent children with cancer dying by

raising funds nationally and donating these funds to the best scientific research in

Australia. Half of the money raised on this day will go to the cancer appeal and the other

half will be used to improve our school facilities.

To make this a successful fundraiser, we are encouraging every student to come with any

loose change to put around our netball courts. The more coins we bring the more money

we can raise for this fantastic cause. Thank you for your support.


COFFEE

After assembly on Friday 4th April, Maggie & Kate's coffee trailer will be

offering Coffees and Hot Chocolates for $3.50 and Tea for $3.00. 50c from each

cup sold will be donated towards our Home Readers for our school.

NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO STAMP OUT BULLYING

Most would be aware that we ran a week long campaign that culminated in everyone at last

week’s assembly joining to make a pledge to stamp out bullying. The whole project was

worthwhile, as we strive to maintain a safe and welcoming school environment for all members

of the school community and it doesn’t hurt to come together to talk openly about what we

value and what we expect.

There are incidences of bullying in any school, but we will always work hard to promote positive

behaviours and deal promptly and thoroughly with cases where behaviours are not meeting our

expectations. Consequently the environment at our school is friendly, welcoming and

supportive and that’s the way we want to keep it.

A big well done to all of our staff and students who embraced the week of activities and to

everyone who participated in making the pledge at assembly on Friday.

Disco Time

P-2 DISCO

Tuesday 1st April

3-6 DISCO

Wednesday 2nd April

The discos will start when the bell goes lunchtime.

The disco day will be free dress for those year

levels participating, eg P-2 free dress on the

Tuesday for their disco, and 3-6 free dress day on

the Wednesday for their disco.

No coin is required for this disco– as this first

one is free!

On behalf of the Grade 6 Disco Team


CANTEEN Did You Know??? Our Canteen relies on help from school families within budget and is not a fundraising

venture. Please, if you can help just one time this year contact me.

Thank you, Tara 5341 3799 or 0417 540 095.

Day/Date 9:00-11:00 11:30-2:00

MARCH

Wednesday 26

Shane Pearce

Andrea Haddad

Help needed from 10:00

Kathryn Pegg


Monday 31 wk 10

Tracy McGregor

Naomi Sutcliffe

Tanya Burrows


APRIL

Wednesday 2

Andrea Jones

Tracey Coats

Judy Cheswick

Emma Custance


Term 2 APRIL

Monday21 wk 1

No School Holiday

Wednesday 23

Mandy Hynes

Help needed at 9

10:30Alison Richardson

Sara Gardiner


Canteen needs Helpers

The Canteen needs more help! I can’t serve all our students by myself. I only ask for a couple of hours

once a month or less.

Parents- Mums, Dads, Grandparents or older siblings are all welcome to lend a hand. The canteen needs

to have 2-3 people on each shift to run smoothly. Wednesdays are a lot busier than Mondays so more

needy.

1st shift collates the orders and prepares food. There is not much contact with the students. 2nd shift fills

the orders with food/ drink ready for collection by 1pm then frozen items are able to be sold from the

window. Lots of student interaction at 1-2pm for window sales! Please tick the form below with your day

and time choice if you can help. Thank you!

Hand into office, teacher or canteen.

Canteen Help

If these shifts don’t suit you then just speak to Tara to discuss other times for you.

Tara- Manager 5341 3799, 0417 540 095

Helper name……………………………………………………………………………..Phone………………………

Eldest Child’s Name …………………………………………………………………………………..

Grade………………………………

1st shift: 9:00-11:00 2nd shift: 11:30-2:00

Monday

Wednesday

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