NEWSLETTER 24th May, 2017

ISSUE 15

DET International CRICOS Code - 00861K

From The Principal… Dear Parents/Carers

This week every State school in Victoria celebrates Education Week. Going to school to learn is a basic right for all children and it is something that we take for granted, however, 120 million children in the world do not go to school because they either live in a country where there is no school or it is too unsafe to go to school. We can celebrate that not only do we have a school for the children in our community, but also that it is a truly vibrant place where everyone comes to learn.

The highlight of Education Week 2017 at Rowville Primary School will be ‘Twilight School’. It is hard to imagine that by altering the school day we can engender so much excitement amongst our students! I look forward to meeting families on the night.

Last Friday night seven of our Year Five students represented our school at the DanceStars Victoria Year five competition in Monbulk. This was a huge achievement, as many of them had never before danced on stage. The competition required the students to: create their own choreography; choose and organise their own music and costumes. Ayla and Disha performed solos. Lacey, Akera, Ayla and Disha performed duos. Jessica, Rodrigo and Lachie performed as a group and received a special mention and encouragement award. The next performance for this group is the DanceFair competition at Fairhills High School on 2nd June. We congratulate our students on their efforts and we thank Miss Olson for supporting our students on the night.

We often think of dance as a recreational activity that has little to do with academic learning, however, dance teaches children important movement patterns along with musical patterns. The ability to recognise, identify and create patterns not only supports mathematical learning, it also contributes to broader social

development. By understanding patterns, children are able to make predictions about what should come next. Nearly every desirable occupation requires pattern recognition skills. Doctors often read patient histories and charts to make diagnosis and prescribe treatments, attorneys study case histories before they present their case, analysts study data to predict future price movements and salespeople use patterns to sell products.

Anne Babich Principal

Year 5 Competitors at the Dance Stars Victoria Competition

Twilight School enables all members of the community to witness a school day in

progress. The Twilight School is an official 'Variation to School Hours Day'. The

school day officially begins at 1.00pm and ends at 7.30pm.

School Hours for Twilight School: 1.00pm – 7.30 pm

1:00pm – 3:00pm Session 1 and 2

3:00pm – 3:30pm RECESS

3:30pm – 4:30pm Session 3

4:30pm – 5.15pm RECESS

5.15pm – 5:30pm Dinner in the classroom

5:30pm – 7:30pm Session 4 and 5

Students are to be collected by a parent from their classroom at 7.30pm.

It is expected that students who cannot be supervised at home until 1.00pm be sent to school as usual. Please note that Afterschool Care with Camp Australia will not operate in the afternoon on this day.

Please note the canteen will open from 3.00pm to 3.30pm for snack items only.

Twilight School - Thursday 25th May

Congratulations to the following students who earned Mathletics Certificates last week.

Silver Certificates

Bronze Certificates

Gold Certificates

Mathletics Awards

Wyatt S

Aadhi S

Aarush G

Ada Y

Aiden C

Alexia K

Annis W

Ava P

Ayden B

Cooper S

David S

Domenico M

Ebony G

Elizabeth H

Elizaveta K

Ella R

Ethan V

Evangelina D

Evelyn H

Farah O

George S

Jackson K

Jad E

Jamie H

Jenna C

Jessie L

Josephine F

Julia S

Kaylee A

Kya P

Lachlan A

Lara G

Lauren K

Leonardo M

Luca C

Lucas N

Mahit R

Mariam I

Neha C

Olivia H

Olivia N

Rayhan Y

Rebecca H

Sebastien L

Sharisa R

Sienna M

Siobhan L

Temperance L

Tilly M

Titus W

Tyler P

Tyson G

Xavier V

Zac S

Zarah M

Claire S Ethan S Ganjan C Tayla K

Congratulations to the following students who were presented with an award at our Monday morning assembly. These awards were given to students who have demonstrated significant academic excellence.

Weekly Achievement Awards

Foundation A Jazmin M Identifying how the characters in her book were feeling and making personal connections. Well done Jazmin!

Foundation B Jai D Stretching out his words and building his writing stamina. Well Done Jai!

2A Xavier Y Using his detailed plan in writing to guide his draft about mammals.

2B Jessey L Using a number line to solve subtraction problems effectively.

2C Jessica S Working hard during our shapes unit to find the faces, vertices and edges of different 3D shapes.

3A Lily Z Creating detailed entries in her Reading Reflection Journal that explain her thinking as she is reading.

3B Lance F

Writing well thought out responses in his Reading Reflection Journal. Lance clearly explains his thinking about the text read and uses evidence from the text to support his thinking.

3C Maddison M Using her Reading Reflection Journal to demonstrate deeper thinking.

6A Samantha C Being enthusiastic in her learning of area, length and set fraction models.

6B Caitlyn I

The incredible effort and critical thinking she put into creating representations and questions for area, length and set fraction models. Your thinking and ability to create interesting fraction scenarios was at such a high level and showed a thorough understanding so early in the unit. Well done!

6C James K

Working extremely hard to achieve his personal goal for mathematics on fractions. James was able to use various fractions in order to design a classroom in a creative way. Well done James!

NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME

Today, Wednesday 24th May is National Simultaneous Storytime. National Simultaneous Storytime is an annual literary event that is celebrated all over Australia in libraries, classrooms and bookstores as part of Library and Information Week. Libraries and schools around Australia read the same book at the same time. The event has been growing steadily for the last seventeen years. In 2016 over 520,000 children at over 3,500 locations across Australia took part in National Simultaneous Storytime, reading the book I Got This Hat, by Jol Temple. The purpose of National Simultaneous Storytime is to promote the value of reading and literacy with fun books by Australian writers and publishers.

This year our Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 students, with our guest reader Mr Jury, enjoyed reading the book The Cow Tripped Over the Moon by Tony Wilson and illustrated by Laura Wood. We take a look at the real story behind the cow jumping over the moon. It took courage and perseverance to be able to do it and lots of encouragement from her friends!

Hey diddle diddle

You all know the riddle

A cow jumps over the moon...

But the moon is very high in the sky. How many attempts will it take before Cow makes her famous high-flying leap?

Our students thoroughly enjoyed the story and being part of this annual event.

Jackie Hicks – Library Technician

Library News

Bronwyn Richards & Cindy Gardiner

Canteen Team

Rowville Kids Café News Thank you to our helpers for Term 2

Monday 29th May K. Hopkins

Tuesday 30th May L. McConnochie

Wednesday 31st May G. Davey

Thursday 1st June T. Challis

Friday 2nd June S. Schmidt &

HELP NEEDED

A copy of the full café menu is available on the website: rowville.ps.vic.edu.au

Twilight School - Important Notice

Snack items will only be available during the 3:00pm – 3:30pm recess break.

Specials Menu POPCORN MONDAY Freshly Popped Popcorn $1.00

Wacky WEDNESDAY Lunch order only

Chicken Chippies (bag of 6) $3.00 a bag

Sushi unavailable until further notice due to the

supplier renovating their premises.

Entertainment Books Rowville Primary School is once again selling the Entertainment Books/Digital Memberships as part of our fundraising efforts. The Book/Membership is $70 and an order form is enclosed in this newsletter. Alternatively you can purchase online at; https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/187w714

No Dogs Please

Volunteers are needed to help in the canteen at lunchtime

1.00pm to 2.00pm on Thursdays.

If you can help, please see Bronwyn or Cindy in the canteen.

FORPS News

A reminder to families that dogs are not permitted within the school grounds at any time .

The exception to this rule is for service dogs.

NEITHER ROWVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL NOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING ENDORSES THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OF ANY PRIVATE ADVERTISER. NO RESPONSIBILITY IS ACCEPTED BY ROWVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL OR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN ADVERTISEMENTS OR CLAIMS MADE BY THEM.

MSA Expo and Parent Information Evening

Rowville Secondary College offers an exciting specialist program known as the Maths and Science Academy (MSA). This program provides students with the opportunity to investigate Maths and Science curriculum in greater depth and to engage with other motivated and enthusiastic learners.

A parent information session will be held in the Senior Study Centre at Rowville Secondary College, West Campus, Paratea Drive Rowville.

Date: Wednesday, May 24th

Time: 7pm

Parents are also invited to attend the MSA Expo which showcases students at work on various projects. This will begin at 5.30pm (Wednesday, May 24th) in the Science wing.

For further inquiries, please contact Sue Williams on 9755-4555

Community News

Upper Ferntree Gully Junior Football Club is located at Dobson Park, Francis Crescent Ferntree Gully. We are a family club who supports the development of children to play Australian Rules Football

Currently we are looking for new players to fill spots in Under 11 , Under 14 and Under 17 Boys teams.

We also have places available in the Under 12 and under 16 Girls teams.

For more information please email;

upperferntreegullyjnr@efl.org.au