Almands Avenue, Roxburgh Park, Victoria, 3064

Telephone: 03 9303 9335 Facsimile: 03 9303 9338

Email: roxburgh.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.roxburghparkps.vic.edu.au

ROXBURGH PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL No 5485

“Achieving Excellence Together”

Newsletter Our school values: Honesty • Empathy • Co-operation • Trust • Respect

11th May, 2017

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Temos

Ari

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Anthony

Prep C - Ms Marino

Hoane

1A - Ms Moon

Angie

1B - Ms Buc & Ms Asta

Jamie

1C - Ms Thompson

Jesse

2A - Ms Finnigan Eric

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We would like to recognise our students and their families who have achieved the difficult goal of 100% attendance for the month of March. I do apologise to the Grade 1 and Grade 3 students who did achieve 100% attendance and were not recognised in last week’s newsletter.

When I received the certificate last week I visited each grade and handed out the certificates to each child.

All certficates were handed out but I had left the Grade 1 and Grade 3 certificates under some ‘administrative’ papers on my desk.

These certificates have been handed out and below are the names of the students.

100% Attendance

The following students have been at school every day

Grade 1 1A Zaid, Ozan, Mahmoud, Carlos, Anabella,Gia Linh Mehmet 1B Aydin, Heidi, Yashica 1C Mason, Luca, Lujayen, Kina, Grace, Fatma Grade 3 3A Azemina, Megan, Mj, Sarah, Raji, Varish 3B Haider, Baran, Ayah, Ayden, Annie, Porchinne, Hana, Jaafar, Arianna, Salma 3C Chris, Zaynb, Lucia, Rodney

Cross Country

Good luck to our students repressenting our school in cross country tomorrow. School Photos A reminder that school photos is next Thursday 18th May.

STEM It was pleasing to visit the STEM room yesterday and see the Grade 1 students engaged in learning about minibeasts.The learning intenions were not only displayed on the board but known to the students. I asked some students what they knew about minibeasts and what they had learnt. They enjoyed the challenging task they were asked to complete. Well done Tony and staff.

Our Values The children are already hard at work. You may hear them talking about our school values. · Honesty is being truthful to ones self

and others. · Empathy is trying to acknowledge and

understand each other’s emotions, experiences and ideas.

· Co-operation is working together to achieve common goals.

· Trust is believing in yourself and believing that others are acting in your best interests.

· Respect is an appreciation and valuing of self, others and the environment.

Mothers Day Thank you to our volunteer parents who ensured that this event was held. The students really enjoyed buying gifts for that special person. After School pick up It is important that your child is picked up on time. School finishes at 3.10pm and yard duty finishes at 3.25pm. If your child is still at school they will be sent to after care at your cost.

OSHC

For Outside School Hours

Care please contact Camp

Australia on 1300 105 343

DATES TO REMEMBER

- 12th May – Cross Country - 15th May - School Council - 16th May – Grade 4

Edendale Farm - 18th May

School Photos - 19th May – 5/6 Sport

(Home) - 24th May – Grade 1

Minibeast Incursion - 26th May – 5/6 Sport

(Away) - 7th June – Grade 3 Imax

and Shrine

you can do it

AWARD

Class 3B

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Temos

Ihsan

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Bahnam

Prep C - Ms Marino

Miraz

1A - Ms Moon

Gia Linh

1B - Ms Asta

Muniba

1C - Ms Thompson

Kina

2A - Ms Finnigan

Abdul

2B - Ms Free

Noor

2C - Ms Mandaliti

3A - Ms Rosella

Sarah

3B - Ms Baido

Melissa

3C – Ms Buc/Ms Brereton

Farouk

4A – Ms Monsone & Ms Ciantar

Corneliai

4B – Mr Moat

Selin

4C – Ms Leditschke

5A – Mr Penhall

Fares

5B - Ms Garita

Yusuf

5C - Ms Jankievski & Ms Fry

Ekin

6A – Mr Urbancic

Ziad

6B – Ms Oram-Parkinson

Farouk

6C – Mr Wright

Florence

6D – Ms Davenport

Mohammed

Performing Arts - Ms Verde

Visual Art Award - Ms Borg/Ms Fitzpatrick

Junior – Jeriko PA Senior – Rania 4B

You can do it Award 3B

Principal Award Grade 3 B

Third month in a row that they have

received the ‘school attendance’

award.

Staff Award

Amanda Oliver- -for looking

after all the sick children in sick

bay.

GRADE 6 TRANSITION DATES

- Preference Sheets to be completed and returned to

school by Friday 12th May

- Round One SEAL Testing at Roxburgh College 4.45pm-6.00pm Monday 15th May (Must register

by phoning the College)

Dear parents,

As you know our fundraiser this year is a Cadbury chocolate drive. We

have spare boxes if you are interested in selling them. You can pick one

up from the office.

We would also like to remind you to return your money and/or unsold

chocolates to the school ASAP.

We thank you for your continuous support.

Kind regards,

Roxburgh Park Parents and Friends.

Dear Parents, Teachers and Students,

Junior school councilors are holding a 20 cent race on the

17th May at the basketball courts.

Remember ti bring all your 20 cent coins.

The house with the most coins wins!

GOOD LUCK!

Sincerely J.S.C

*Money raised will be going to the School’s sport equipment

like ropes and soccer balls

All students have now begun the Challenge. It is good to see so many of you in the library before the bell changing your books. The library will be open before school every day for students to change their library books and access the computers if they need to, until the end of the Challenge on August 12th. If you need any assistance or further information please see Chris in the library. Parents welcome. Thank you. Chris Quayle VPRC co-ordinator

Step Into Prep

This program is open to all children eligible for school in 2018.

Session times: 2-3pm

2017 Program Details Literacy – Join in our fun story time! Share the reading of one

of our favourite ‘Big Books.’ Make a puppet or character from

the story. Act it out!

Maths – Design a new toy! Number rhymes, songs, games,

counting activities. See if you can build a tower, run in a race or

swat a number!

Performing Arts – Join in the fun of listening, singing and moving

to music! Hear our own RPPS choir sing!

ICT – Have fun exploring the ICT lab! Use Ipads in the

classrooms and play games like Reading Eggs and Mathletics on

our own classroom laptops!

Investigation -Discover our science area! Make a ‘Hairy Harry!’

Grow your own plants, play in the home corner and make

interesting things using playdough!

Teddy Bears Picnic – Bring your teddy along to school and enjoy a

picnic in our beautiful playground. Sing songs, play games and

share your bear stories!

Book now! Ring the school on 9303 9335 to book for one,

two, three, four or all five sessions.

Step Into Prep The ‘Step into Prep’ transition program prepares pre-

schoolers for their entry into primary school. The

sessions mirror many of the activities and routines

that the children will be presented with when they

begin school. The staff are caring and supportive and

the activities have educational merit and are

interactive and fun.

Session dates and times for 2017:

26th May – 2:00 pm – 3.00 pm

2nd June – 2:00 pm – 3.00 pm

9th June – 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

16th June – 2.00pm – 3.00pm

23rd June – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

For all enquiries, please feel free to contact the

office on 9303 9335

Upcoming Payments All excursion money sent to school MUST be in an envelope or a zip-lock bag with the Child’s name, grade and amount written clearly. Too many times we

are receiving money with no accompanying details of which child to credit.

Event Date of Event

Cost of Event

Payment Due

2017 Book Fees Term 1 $170.00 Due Now Garde 4 Edendale Farm 16th May $25.00 Due Now

Grade 1 Minibeast 24th May $10.00 15th May

Grade 3 IMAX & Shrine 7th June $25.00 24th May

Congratulations to the Mathletics classes of the week

Gold - 6A Silver – 1A Bronze- 4C

Week ending 5th May 2017

READY, SET, GO!

Starting Prep in 2018?

Ready, Set Go! is a Pre-Prep Program designed to help

students that are enrolled at Roxburgh Park Primary

School for 2018 settle into the school environment and

assist them in preparing for school.

The sessions will focus on:

●Establishing daily routines

●Developing speaking and listening skills and vocabulary

●Participating in reading and writing activities

●Counting and exploring maths concepts

●Developing social skills and forming relationships

●Groups activities and turn taking

●Developing fine - motor and gross – motor skills

Where: Roxburgh Park Primary School

When: Fridays – beginning Friday 28th April 2017

Time: 9:15am – 10:15am (we will begin with 1 hour sessions

and extend them as the year progresses)

Cost: Free (your child must be enrolled to start prep at

Roxburgh Park Primary School in 2018)

For further information, please contact the school on

9303 9335