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‘Striving for Excellence’

Open since 1887

Principal - Kevin Warne

School Council President - Anne Trevena

Telephone - (03) 57931288

Fax - (03) 57931412 Web - www.puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au/

Email - [email protected]

Alamein Road

Puckapunyal, Vic, 3662

Postal: Military P.O.

ABN: - 74134967962

Term 3 Issue 2

July 25th 2018

Friday

27th July

National Tree Planting Day

Monday

30th July

NED Visit

Thursday 2nd August

Team Triathlon

Wed-Fri

8th-10th

August

Years 5/6 Phillip Island Camp

Tuesday

14th August

School Council Meeting

Friday

17th August

Years 5/6 McDonalds Hoop Time

Basketball Comp.

Tuesday

4th September

Year 1 Latestay

Thurs-Fri 6th-7th

September

Years 3-6 House Athletics Carnival

Thursday 6th September

Foundation Latestay

Friday

7th September

Year 2 Excursion and Sleepover

Inside this Issue:

Happy Birthday 2

DSTA Message 2

School Value 2

Awards of the Week 3

Canteen Lunches 4

Jeans for Genes 4

Indo Lingo 4-5

Teaching/Learning Focus 6

Team Triathlon 7

3/4 Hoop Time 8

The Ned Show 9

Rotary Trivia Night 10

Vest Order Forms 11

***Have you heard your child read today? We encourage all students to

practise their reading at home about 5 nights per week. Therefore, by now,

most students should have read at least between 110-115 nights. Well done if

you have kept up!

2019 - NEXT YEAR

Family Name:

___________________________________________________________

Given Names of Children:

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

Circle and complete one section:

a. The above mentioned children will be at Puckapunyal Primary School in

2019

b. Our family is moving to ________________________________

(destination)

Their last day of school at Puckapunyal PS is ____/____/18

c. It is yet uncertain as to where we will be living in 2018.

With many families leaving at the end of the year, it is imperative that we

know the movements of our families. To employ teachers and organise

classrooms we need accurate information to determine how many students will

be at Pucka in 2019. If you are aware of your plans for next year and know

whether your child/ren will or will not be attending PPS for the year 2019,

please follow the link on our school website or Facebook page or fill in this

form and return to the school a.s.a.p.

http://www.puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au/articles/43

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

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Happy Birthday to

Madeline Buckley, Layne

Chalson, Henry Billen, Pia

Allan-Agnew, Sam

McGhie, Coen Allison and

Zoe Landel who are all

celebrating their birthdays

this week. On behalf of the

Puckapunyal Primary

School Community, we wish

them all a very

Happy Birthday!

Winter health tips: Adopt some smart hygiene practices: Simple prevention

methods are often overlooked, but washing your hands

regularly with soap helps to prevent the spread of germs

and control infection. If you need to cough or sneeze,

use a tissue and dispose of it.

Second-hand uniform: If your children have outgrown

their track pants we can find use for them. Our stocks are

very low.

Enjoy your week!!

Sue Ranger,

Defence School

Transition Aide

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR REWARD

UPDATE After a terrific week of positive behaviour,

Melba holds a slim lead with the scores very,

very close! We love to see lots of positive

behaviour and good choices so keep up the

terrific work everyone!

SCORES

Chisholm - 188 points

Melba - 193 points

Bradman - 187 points

Hume - 187 points

Many of our Years 5/6 students have expressed an

interest to attend the 4 Day Bike Ride that takes

place in October. They will ride 160kms and

participate in other outdoor activities in 4 days. This

is an event that requires strong commitment by the

students who are involved.

Training for the ride will begins in a few weeks.

Each week, they will participate in 3 training

sessions to keep fit. Good luck kids!

Teachers are looking for students who are demonstrating ‘Striving for Excellence’ to be eligible for the Student of the

Week award. We encourage parents to talk to their students about our values throughout the year.

What is Striving for Excellence? At assembly this week, Year 5 student Kasey Herring read out the meaning of

Striving for Excellence.

‘Excellence is giving your absolute best to any task you do. When you practise excellence, you are not trying to be

better than anyone else, just the very best that you can be.’

School Athletics This term, all students will begin their

athletics training. In P.E. and Sport the students will be out again

practising their field and track events.

We have House Athletics Carnivals scheduled for both Foundation-

Year 2 and Year 3-6 students.

*Years 3-6: Thursday 6th September - Friday 7th September

*Foundation-Year 2: Thursday 13th September

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Congratulations to the following students who were

‘Students of the Week’ for last week.

Winners – Emma Lowerson, Leo Kellaway, Zoe Becks,

Kyron Freeman, Jazlyn Meiselbach, Chloe Klemm,

Kobi Young, Corey Duncan, Benny McCarthy, Saskia

Greenwood and Jarrah Younger. These students were

selected because they were modelling Tolerance and

Compassion. This week teachers are looking for students

who are modelling Respect.

Congratulations to the following students who were

‘Authors of the Week’ for last week.

Winners – Harley McCarthy, Flynn Mackie, Hayden

Oborne, Elijah Henderson, Lucy Reimers, Logan

Anderson, Amelia Duna, Penny, Ethan Sage, Zachary

Zaloumis and Kaylon Horton. The students were

selected because they showed great skills as an author.

Defence School Transition Aide Message Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth and

satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing schools,

beginning school for the first time and even returning for another

school year can be daunting for students and parents. It is great to see

parents eager to support their children at this time and be an integral

part of their education. If you have any concerns, or just feel like a

chat about school and your child, please find me!

SWAPP Select Program

I have information about the ADF partners career assistance program

if anyone is interested.

NEW UNIFORM

We have recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive that includes

shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some parents have been waiting

on this to arrive.

Best wishes for the week.

Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide

Defence School Transition Aide Message Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth and

satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing schools,

beginning school for the first time and even returning for another

school year can be daunting for students and parents. It is great

to see parents eager to support their children at this time and be

an integral part of their education. If you have any concerns, or

just feel like a chat about school and your child, please find me!

SWAPP Select Program

I have information about the ADF partners career assistance

program if anyone is interested.

NEW UNIFORM

We have recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive that

includes shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some parents have

been waiting on this to arrive.

Best wishes for the week.

Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide

1/2 I in Room 3 won

the Yard Duty

Competition. Mia

Owen and Evie Clarke

enjoyed collecting the

winning trophy for their

classroom this week!

Congratulations to Lachlan Donnelly, Chicayne Hodges

Page, Cally Morgan and Ryan Lindner who won the raffle

prizes for ‘Positive Behaviour’ this week!

3/4 P in Room 13 won

the Middle School

Times Tables

Trophy. Zakk Chalson

and Chelsea White are both

delighted to look after the

winning trophy this week!

5/6 D in Room 2 won

the Senior School

Times Tables

Trophy. Jarrah

Younger and Aaron

Bennett will look after the

winning trophy this week!

Congratulations to

Henry Billen, Oliver

Henderson, Aiden

Toby and Lachlan

Kelly who all

received a ‘Bike

Education’ Award.

Well done, boys!

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Each week at assembly, SRC representatives remind our

students of a few important school rules. This week,

SRC representatives, Gemma Koch and Chayce Mackie

reminded our students of the following school rules when

borrowing equipment from the sports shed:

- Return all of your items when you’re finished

- Don’t play with any equipment at the front of the

school

- Treat all equipment with respect

- Don’t leave your borrowed equipment unattended

Please discuss these rules with your children to help ensure

that they understand.

The School Canteen is open for Lunch Orders this

Friday. Each and every Friday students can order lunches

from the school canteen. The menu will be different each

week. Please ensure that a paper bag comes with the order.

Please indicate on the lunch bag if the money is in another

sibling’s bag (please see Term 3 menu in last week’s

newsletter).

This week the menu is – Pizza Ham & Pineapple $2.50 each Chocolate/Strawberry Milk $2.00 each

Apple/Orange Juice Popper $1.50 each

No charge for tomato sauce

FOC & FOM

Students will focus on colours and numbers this

term in Indonesian. A big book called 'Balon-

Balon Saya' (My Balloons) will be used. Each

week one colour and one number will be a focus.

This week the focus is biru (blue) and sembilan

(nine). Language the students will hear/use this

week:

Selamat pagi = Good morning

Apa kabar? = How are you? Baik-baik saja/biasa

saja/kurang baik = well/so so/not good

Siapa ada/tidak ada? = Who's here/not here?

Ada/Tidak ada = Here/Not here

Berapa murid? = How many students? Ada __

murid. = There are ___ students.

satu = one dua = two tiga = three empat = four

lima = five enam = six tujuh = seven delapan =

eight sembilan = nine sepuluh = ten

Saya punya sembilan balon. = I have nine balloons.

Warnanya biru, kuning, hijau, jingga, ungu, kelabu,

merah muda, hitam dan putih. = Their colours are

blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, grey, pink,

black and white.

Balon biru meletus! = The blue balloon bursts!

Berapa balon sekarang? = How many balloons

now?

Sampai jumpa = See you later

F/1R, 1/2C, 1/2I & 2/3M

Students will focus on animals and colours this

term in Indonesian. A big book called Beruang

Coklat (Brown Bear) will be used. Each week one

animal and one colour will be the focus. This week

the focus is beruang (bear) and coklat (brown).

Language the students will hear/use this week:

Selamat pagi/siang = Good morning/day

Apa kabar? = How are you? Baik-baik saja/biasa

saja/kurang baik/senang/sedih/marah = well/so

so/not good/happy/sad/angry

Siapa ada/tidak ada? = Who's here/not here?


Berapa murid? = How many students? Ada __

murid. = There are ___ students.



eight sembilan = nine sepuluh = ten sebelas =

eleven dua belas = twelve tiga belas = thirteen

empat belas = fourteen lima belas = fifteen enam

belas = sixteen tujuh belas = seventeen delapan

belas = eighteen sembilan belas = nineteen dua

puluh = twenty

Beruang coklat, beruang coklat melihat apa? =

Brown bear, brown bear what do you see?

Saya melihat burung merah. = I see a red bird.

Sampai jumpa = See you later.

Our school will be supporting ‘Jeans for

Genes’ this term. This charity raises money

for scientists at the Children’s Medical

Institute to discover treatments and cures for

childhood diseases.

On Friday 3rd August, we will be participating

in ‘Jeans for Genes’ Day. We are hoping our

school will become a sea of denim in a united

stance against childhood diseases. We may

even see double denim from some of the

staff?!

Please wear your favourite jeans or crazy

denim outfit and bring a gold coin donation to

help support this great cause.

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3/4D, 3/4I & 3/4P

Students will focus on asking questions of their

peers and answering questions about themselves

this term in Indonesian. These questions and

answers will be used in their Tentang Saya (About

Me) project. Each week the students will focus on

two questions and answers.



Apa kabar? = How are you? Saya ... = I'm ...

baik-baik saja/biasa saja/kurang

baik/senang/sedih/marah/terkejut/malu/bingung/me

ngantuk/pintar/iri/takut/kenyang/bijaksana =

well/so so/not

good/happy/sad/mad/surprised/shy/confused/sleepy/

smart/jealous/afraid/full/thoughtful

Siapa ada/tidak ada? = Who's here/not here.


Ada berapa murid? = How many students are

there? Ada ___ murid. = There are ___ students.








puluh = twenty dua puluh satu = twenty one dua

puluh dua = twenty two dua puluh tiga = twenty

three dua puluh empat = twenty four dup puluh

lima = twenty five

Siapa nama kamu? = What's your name? Nama

saya ... = My name is ...

Apa kabar? = How are you? Saya ... = I'm ...


5/6D & 5/6H

Students will focus on asking questions and

reporting back information about their peers this

term in Indonesian. These questions and answers

will be used in their Tentang... (About...) project.

Each week the students will focus on two questions

and answers.



Apa kabar? = How are you? Saya merasa ... = I feel

...

baik-baik saja/biasa saja/kurang

baik/senang/sedih/marah/terkejut/malu/bingung/me

ngantuk/pintar/iri/takut/kenyang/bijaksana =

well/so so/not

good/happy/sad/mad/surprised/shy/confused/sleepy/

smart/jealous/afraid/full/thoughtful

Siapa ada/tidak ada? = Who's here/not here.


Ada berapa murid? = How many students are

there? Ada ___ murid. = There are ___ students.








puluh = twenty dua puluh satu = twenty one dua

puluh dua = twenty two dua puluh tiga = twenty

three dua puluh empat = twenty four dua puluh

lima = twenty five dua puluh enam = twenty six

dua puluh tujuh = twenty seven dua puluh delapan

= twenty eight dua puluh sembilan = twenty nine

tiga puluh = thirty

Siapa nama dia? = What's his/her name? Nama

dia... = His/her name is ...

Apa kabar dia? = How is he/she? Dia merasa ... =

He/She feels ...


Did you hear Braiden Hodges

read his weekend recount at

assembly this week? We did!

He impressed us! He did a

fantastic job! Come along and

see who reads next week.

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2. 3.

Each week in the newsletter, we will give families a summary of the Teaching/Learning Focus for the week.

That can help families by: being aware of what classrooms are covering; with discussion topics at the dinner table

when discussing school (eg. ‘How are you going with addition in Numeracy this week?’); helping their children study at

home, etc. Parents have indicated that this information would be very useful. We also ask families to be aware that

schools are very busy places and events can be unpredictable at times. We therefore must remain flexible. That means,

we can plan to cover certain topics at particular times and have to change them according to arising needs.

Junior School – Preps/Foundation Rooms 6 & 8 Literacy: We are learning about the letters ‘p and x’. We are revising the difference between words and letters.

Numeracy: We are learning about the numbers 11 and 12. We are revising clocks and connecting the days of the week

to familiar events.

Junior School – Year 1s Rooms 3, 4 & 8 Literacy: .We are learning about the letters ‘p and x’. We are learning about antonyms and writing letters and

invitations.

Numeracy: We are continuing to practise skip counting and revising numbers to 100.

Junior School – Year 2s Rooms 3, 4 & 10 Literacy: We are learning about antonyms and writing letters and invitations. We are trying to edit our writing and

make it more interesting by including adjectives.

Numeracy: We are continuing to practise skip counting and revising numbers to 100. We are revising the relationship

between addition and subtraction of one and two digit numbers.

Middle School Years 3/4 Rooms 9, 11, 12 & 13 Literacy: Over the next two weeks we will be focusing on transactional writing and the VCOP components.

Numeracy: We will also be working on worded problems and the relationship between multiplication and division as

well as symmetry in Numeracy.

Senior School Years 5/6 Rooms 1 & 2 Literacy: Over the next two weeks we will be focusing on letter writing and the VCOP components as well as

summarising in Literacy.

Numeracy: We will also be working on the four processes, place value, knowledge of ordering decimals as well as

revising area and perimeter and introducing volume.

Well done to the 33 students

who attended the Hoop

Time Basketball

Competition last week.

They received certificates

for their efforts!

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The Puckapunyal Primary School will conduct the Team Triathlon on Thursday 2nd August, 2018.

The Team Triathlon (3 competitors per team - Swim, Ride and Run) will be held at the Puckapunyal Area Pool.

The triathlon will involve teams from Years 3-6. There will be teams for boys and teams for girls from Years 3-4 and

Years 5-6. Only students who are in teams will attend the events.

Team Triathlon Swim Leg – 8 laps of indoor pool = 264 m (Years 5/6)

Swim Leg – 6 laps of indoor pool = 198 m (Years 3/4)

Ride Leg – 2km lap X 3 = 6km (all students)

Run Leg – 1.2km lap X 2 = 2.4 km (all students)

* Students are to organise their own teams and fill out the form below.

The event will begin at 2:00 p.m. and finish at approximately 3:30 p.m. All students attending the Team Triathlon will be

dismissed from the pool at 3:30 p.m. There is no cost for the day. All parents are welcome to attend and cheer.

All participants will need to bring all of the necessary gear for their particular event; eg. bathers for swimmers, bikes and

helmets for riders and running shoes for runners.

Please return permission forms with team names to the school office by Friday 27th July, 2018.

Good luck competitors!

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Family Name Given Name Room

I give permission for my child to participate in the Team Triathlon on Thursday 2nd August, 2018.

In case of accident or illness, I authorise the teacher in charge of the excursion to consent, where it is

impractical to communicate with me on _____________________or ____________________, to my child

receiving such medical or surgical treatment as may be deemed necessary.

Specific medical information that teachers should be aware of:

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

SIGNATURE OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN: _______________________________

FULL NAME IN BLOCK LETTERS: _____________________________________

Triathlon: Swimmer____________________ Rider__________________________ Runner___________________

PUCKAPUNYAL PRIMARY SCHOOL

SCHOOL EXCURSION AUTHORISATION

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Last week 33 students went to Hoop Time in Seymour. There were 5 different teams and I was in the

Future Stars. My team got to play 4 games, but we didn’t make it to the Grand Final. Out of the 4 games we

only won one game. It was a good day.

Melrose Pambai 3/4 D

It was a great experience to go up against some good teams and learn some new skills to use while playing

them. We were able to beat some of the teams with these new skills. Sadly, we didn’t get to make it to the

Grand Final, but we were close to making it. It was a fantastic day.

Dallas Ridl Ornsby 3/4 D

I like how lots of students from our school participated. The day was a good opportunity to show off the

skills we had learnt at school. Everyone showed good sportsmanship. I liked it how my team tried their

hardest and we won 3 out of the 4 games that we played.

May Kelly 3/4 D

I thought Hoop Time was a great experience. We had the opportunity to compete against a lot of other

teams from different schools. I got some great shots. One was over my head and for the second one I ran

from one end of the court to the other. My team won 3 out of 4 games and I was proud of them.

Corey Duncan 3/4 D

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