Wednesday June 14 2017

From Sue Gaming and Screen Addiction: Parent Information Evening Tuesday 20 June Does your child spend too much time gaming? Are you having difficulty managing your child's technology use at home? Do you worry about your child's self-control or their ability to concentrate? Andrew Kinch is the founder of GameAware and is consulting schools and families on how to most effectively manage gaming and technology addiction. He approaches addictions with experience based strategies and current information on the psychology of games. Andrew will be hosting a one hour session which is aimed at parents who are struggling with children playing video games or using technology compulsively. Where: Hampton Primary School Hall When: Tuesday 20th June 7 - 8pm To RSVP and help us tailor the information session to the concerns and interests of our parent group, we would be most appreciative if you could please complete the following survey about your child’s gaming and technology use: https://goo.gl/forms/ajwLutp1yvu0WeTs1

Mandarin News Year 1 and 2 students enjoyed a shadow puppet show and some workshops last Friday to conclude their unit of learning. Traditional shadow puppets are popular and commonplace in China and other

Asian countries. Students from both year levels learnt about the history of shadow puppets and came to appreciate how some Asian cultures spend their leisure time. They were fascinated with the science of how puppets and light worked together to create an impressive performance. The children had a follow up session to make some puppets and present a shadow puppet play for their group.

Year 2s spent a session learning to play Chinese drums and cymbals as part of a celebratory dragon dance. This week Jeffic Ye, our Mandarin teacher, will finish teaching and commence Maternity Leave as she and her husband Kimi await the birth of their second child. Shannon Baker who currently works for one a day teaching Mandarin will increase his time fraction to 0.8 and work 4 days from Monday to Thursday each week. In addition, we have employed Stella Song who will teach Mandarin on Thursdays and Fridays. On

behalf of the community I extend my warmest wishes to Jeffic and Kimi as they approach this exciting time Debating Last week our Year 6 debaters took part on a local schools’ competition held at Brighton Secondary College. There were 3 speakers and one researcher per team and each grade entered one team in the competition. The topics selected aroused much interest, some included: That high schools should run from 9-5 That school uniforms should be banned Fashion does more harm than good That electronic games destroyed the playground That Australia should embrace nuclear energy Super heroes should be banned That television is bad for children That we should all accept graffiti as art That every child should have a mobile That social networking is making us anti-social That we should ban the sale of fur That people shouldn’t keep pets I extend congratulations to all debaters. Debating is a wonderful skill to be developing in primary children. I watched Team 3 from 6C perform and they were adept, very confident and quick thinking. This team ended up winning the competition! My thanks go to the Year 6 teachers and to Jane Alderman in particular who coordinated our involvement in this worthwhile activity. Some feedback from a few of the debaters is shown below. When we arrived, our nerves got in the way a bit, trying to anticipate what the debate would be like. When I actually started to speak, I was more focused and didn’t have time to panic. My team devoted more thinking time to the first debate topic: ‘That high schools should run from 9 to 5’. Next time I would spend more time researching possible rebuttals so I would be as organised as possible. Olivia Braakhuis 6A I really enjoyed the topic ‘Super heroes should be banned’. My team researched the arguments as a group. We found that only 20% of children would copy the violent behaviours that some super heroes exhibit confirming our position that super heroes should not be banned. I found the most challenging part was to come up with a rebuttal in a short space of time. Sometimes having to ‘think on your feet’ helps! Josh Bogue 6B I have never done a proper debate before so I was scared about the prospect of starting a debate. After my third debate, I got into the rhythm of the debating and felt a little more confident. The process was a lot more challenging than I expected. The opposition provided some strong arguments. I was trying to think fast and come up with rebuttals before they commenced talking. This was very stressful. I definitely got better at rebutting and more organised with my thinking. Amelie Blackham 6C

I didn’t really expect what happened. In the first round, we had to prepare arguments for the negative side when we had thought we were presenting for the affirmative! We had 10-15 minutes to prepare a speech, this put us under pressure and we certainly had to think very fast. I thought that Maya came up with a powerful argument. One of my arguments was that animals can make you a happy person. I would definitely have a go at debating again! Billy Morris 6D Academic Excellence Awards Congratulations go the following students who received academic excellence awards at assembly yesterday: Isla Feldman from FE for demonstrating an enthusiastic approach to school and

achieving commendable results in reading Ned Westacott from FE for displaying a positive approach to school and achieving

excellent results in reading Assembly Performances Well done to 2B who led the singing of the National Anthem at assembly yesterday. Congratulations go to the Lily Theuma in 2C, Avelyn Lawson in 2E and Juliette Hostein in 2C who performed ‘Merrily’ on violin at assembly yesterday. The three girls have more recently started lessons in violin and displayed confidence in front of the large assembly.

Grade 1 and 2 students have been very busy all term making a collagraph print. A collagraph print is simply a print taken from a collage. After looking at lots of trees and doing practise drawings in their diaries, the students have created their own beautifully detailed tree in a landscape. They are full of texture and quite haunting! These students presented their artwork and talked about the challenges of printing at assembly yesterday: Grace Goodwin, Frankie Steele, Nozumu Fujiwara, Scarlett Jimmink from 2A and Avelynn Lawson, Rory Greenan, Hugo Brown, Leon Thomas and Lily Smith from 2E. Sporting Excellence

Dylan Unkles in 4A and Lara Unkles in 2C have continued their great performances at the Victorian Taekwondo Championships this year. The Victorian State Titles in March and June saw Dylan win gold and silver medals. In her first year of competition, Lara has proven herself a natural talent also winning gold and silver medals in these two events. The National Titles are in October where Dylan is aiming to repeat his Australian Championship win from 2016 with another National Gold Medal! Lara is trying to catch her big brother’s medal tally and will be attending her first National Title to win another Gold!

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Superhero and Villain Dress Up Day Last week many children embraced this theme with enthusiasm. The event generated over $700 for our two charities: Hampton Primary’s World Vision sponsor child Belinda Chewe and Educaring Africa, which is an organization that has been assisting with a number of projects in the Mangochi District in Malawi. My thanks go to the many children and parents who supported this fundraiser and entered into the spirit of the day.

Sue Knight Principal

Our first Soiree will be June 29th 7pm at

Sandringham Secondary College.

Holloway Rd Sandringham.

(First gate on left past the tennis courts)

Many students have auditioned and they will find out if they

were successful THIS Friday at 1pm in the Music Room.

Some groups are automatically ‘in’

Junior strings

Hampton strings

Senior strings

School band

Hampton Harmonies

There will be another Soiree later in the year so if you were not

successful, keep practising and please re-audition !

Tickets go on sale THIS Friday at 7pm Trybooking link:

https://www.trybooking.com/QPGG Performers DO NOT need to purchase tickets as they sit with the

other performers, not their family.

Traci.

HPS is off to see the Aladdin Musical on September 20th!

This is an optional excursion for Grades 2,3,4,5 and 6 which is not covered by the excursion levy. Matinee tickets include: return bus fare, lollies, water and the ticket to the show. As we are a school we essentially get 2 discounts so ticket prices are great value! The cost for both students and adults is $82 per ticket. The trybooking link is:https://www.trybooking.com/QFMC Traci Cenedese Leading Teacher in Performing Arts

2018 ENROLMENTS

Don’t forget to submit your

enrolment form, together with your child’s birth certificate,

immunisation schedule and proof of residence for students commencing

in 2018.

To assist in planning for 2018 we ask that all enrolment forms be submitted by June 30, 2017

MUSICA VIVA TAIKOZ Japanese Drumming and Percussion incursion

As part of the music program, Musica Viva will bring their Taikoz performance to our school hall on Friday 16thJune 2017.

There will be 3 concerts during the day and times will be posted on Compass closer to the time.

Parents/caregivers are welcome however no toddlers

or pre schoolers please.

This incursion is covered by the excursion levy.

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