Principal: Susan Duncan Facebook: Boolarra PS Telephone: (03) 51696471

P O Box 249. Boolarra, 3870 Email: boolarra.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Webpage:

http://www.boolarra.vic.edu.au

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

WELCOME TO 2019 School BBQ

We will be holding our Welcome to 2019 school BBQ on the 19th of February from 5.30pm to 7.00pm. This is a chance for parents to meet our staff and welcome new families. This year the BBQ will be held at Boolarra Primary School. The school will supply sausages and cordial. Students will have the opportunity to take parents into grades and show them their new classroom, as well as share some of their learning. Please fill in the attached slip, as this will assist in catering. BUSHFIRE GRANTS Last year Karen Twomey and I applied for two grants through the Department of Education Bush Fire Fund. We were very fortunate to be successful in both of our submissions. The first is for training for a new program to support the teaching and learning of numeracy. Four staff members will be attending a course at Monash University to assist students, Getting Ready in Numeracy (GRIN). The cost of the course is

approximately $3,500 and is fully subsidised. The school covers the cost of relief teachers. We were also successful in our application to cover the cost of Steve Schulz for our drumming performance at the Boolarra Folk Festival. This was through Community Grants, Department of Education. Values Last year the students and staff spent time reviewing and understanding our school values. This year we have developed a document that outlines the expectations and our responsibilities based on these values. Through exploring and the explicit teaching of our values, we aim to develop a common understanding. Please take some time this week to discuss these with your child/children.

ENGAGEMENT

STUDENT JOB TEACHER JOB OUR JOB

Make learning fun.

Make learning fun.

Learn from everyone.

Tuesday 12th February BOOK CLUB ORDERS DUE BACK

Wednesday 13th

February

No School for Foundation Students. District Swimming. ***Please note change

of date***

Tuesday 19th February Welcome to School 2019 BBQ 5.30pm to 7.00pm

Wednesday 20th

February

No School for Foundation Students

Wednesday 27th

February

No School for Foundation Students

Saturday 2nd March Boolarra Folk Festival

Tuesday 5th March SCHOOL PHOTOS students to have own envelopes and correct money.

Wednesday 6th March Foundation Students commence full weeks at school.

Thursday 28th February Drumming with Steve Schulz

Friday 1st March. Drumming with Steve Schulz

Thursday 28th March Yinnar & District Athletics Sports

Wednesday 13th March District Cross Country

NEWSLETTER

2nd Issue of Term 1 2019 – Thursday 7th February 2019

Include others. Be open to others. Be interested in your learning. Tell the teacher what you want to learn.

Make learning active. Know your students interests. Ask the students what they would like to learn. Persist with what you are teaching. If it is not going right, keep working on it. Teach the kids how to fix up their mistakes.

Make connections. Share ideas. Listen to everyone. Bring your own personality to the classroom.

RESPONSIBILTY

STUDENT JOB TEACHER JOB OUR JOB

Look, listen and learn. Keep focussed. Manage your distractions.

Help kids learn. Plan for student learning. Help your students. Give kids the opportunity to be the best they can be. Know the curriculum.

Contribute to conversations. Be on time. Be prepared for learning by bringing what you need. Be organised. Be trustworthy.

RESPECT

STUDENT JOB TEACHER JOB OUR JOB

Include others. Collaborate with others. Be friendly with your peers.

Make eye contact with students. Talk to the students with a respectful voice.

Look after the schools equipment and spaces. Care for everyone.

Be friendly.

Realise what you say/the choices you make affects others. Owning up to your mistakes and saying, “I did it”.

ASPIRATION

STUDENT JOB TEACHER JOB OUR JOB

Look, listen and learn. Do your best in your learning. Be open to new learning.

Be a learner, know what students need to learn. Challenge the students on the level they are on. Insist students set goals and review them often.

Set high goals. Fix up your mistakes. Desire to be better.

Student Leadership Team

School Captains: Carly and Charlie

House Captains:

Strzelecki – Tom & Charlie

Morrow – Lana & Chloe

Penaluna – Isabella & Claire, Irving – Ethan & Carly

Junior School Council: Gage & Kallarnie. Blanket Permission Forms Coming home with this newsletter is our Blanket Permission Form, which is to be completed for each student and returned to school as soon as possible. A letter of explanation also accompanies this form. School Nurse Envelopes Can all parents who received the school nurse envelope please return them to school as soon as possible. Scholastic Book Club Book Club Orders are due back on Tuesday 12th February. Orders will then be made and books will be delivered to school after that. School Banking- Bendigo Bank Account opening forms are available from the school office or in branch. Simply complete the form at school or at the branch with your child’s birth certificate, your driver’s licence and Medicare card, for identification purposes. If you already have a Piggy account, you must still register by advising the School Office or contacting us at the branch. School banking will be conducted at the school on Thursday morning of each week beginning 14th February. Deposits can be made at other branches or via the internet, however only 1 deposit per student per week will be eligible for the prizes.

F/1– Alby – Well done Alby on a wonderful start to school. You are being a great leader and helper to your younger classmates. Keep up the great work! 2/3/4H – Jesse – For being a model student.

4/5/6TS – Asha – For making a great start to the school year. Asha has put a lot of effort into her work, demonstrating our school value ‘Aspiration’. Previewing Learning Grade F/1W – The Foundation and One students this week are continuing to focus on establishing good routines at school. The students are continuing to learn and consolidate classroom routines such as storing books in locker tubs, sharing and listening to others and keeping their bag and belongings tidy. The Grade One students have their take home books this week and will be getting back into the routine of reading each night at home. Remember to record this in the take home diary and return books to school each day. Grade 2/3/4H – In 2/3/4 we will be looking further into place value with our primary focus on partitioning and expanding numbers. Students are encouraged to explore Mathletics to further their understanding of place value. In terms of reading, all students are encouraged to read every night when possible. Grade 4/5/6TS – Next week in reading the 4/5/6 class will be looking at predicting what might come next in a story based on information they already have. If they are reading to you or even watching a television program, it would be helpful if you could ask them to predict what may come next and explain why they think this.

Mrs Hilton – 4th February Auryn – 4th February Kallarnie – 4th February

Kallarnie, Patrick and Angus’ mum Meg for

doing the pub raffle over the holidays for

fundraising for the playground.

KURNAI NEWS Hello everyone, it is great to be able to introduce myself as the Campus Principal at Kurnai College, Churchill Campus. After serving my apprenticeship in 2018, I have now taken on the substantive position. I look forward to working with Sue to improve and make transition successful for students from Primary to Secondary school. Last year at Kurnai, we made a commitment to providing resources to improve students’ Literacy and Numeracy. To this end, every English and Maths class had two teachers! I am pleased to announce that we will continue with this model for 2019. In addition to this, our Targeted reading at Kurnai (TR@K) program has been rolled out to include both Year 7 and students. In the short time that we had TR@K we saw improvement in almost all students reading levels. Under the guidance of our Literacy Specialist, Erin Gruis we know that students’ achievement will continue to improve. If you would like to discuss this or any other program at Kurnai please come along to a Cuppa and Chat with Cleo on Tuesday, Feb 12 at 11.00 am NETBALL Boolarra Football Netball Club are looking for junior girls and boys that would like to play netball in our 9&Under, 11&Under and 13&Under teams. Training is held at Boolarra Memorial Park 4.00 – 5.00pm on Thursdays and the games will be on Saturday mornings at Moe. In addition, a training/learning program will be run for younger age groups and new players. For information contact: Stacey Windsor 0490 775 486 Meg Francis 0437 924 147 Jackie McGlade 0448 318 314 Tutoring – Miriam Pickett Miriam Pickett is offering tutoring in the following: Mathematics: Primary or Secondary, Adults, Budgeting (no financial advice). Computer Skills: Excel (spreadsheets), Word and Powerpoint. Private sessions, small groups. If there is another area not mentioned, please ask to see if I can help. Mobile: 0427 196 223.

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Welcome to 2019 BBQ Catering Slip

Family name:

____________________________________

Will be attending the Welcome to 2019 BBQ

Tuesday.19th February and will require ____________

free sausages in bread

Please return this slip to school by next Tuesday 12th

February or let us know on our Facebook post.