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Warranwood

Primary School www.warranwood.vic.edu.au

Term 2, Week 9

Thursday 19th June, 2014

WHAT’S ON?

June

16-20 Planning Week

20 Interschool Sports Vs Croydon Hills PS

Reports Go Home

23 Parent Teacher Interviews

24 Parent Teacher Interviews

Hawthorn Football Club visit

Sushi Day

26 Rosemary’s Farewell morning Tea

27 Interschool sports Vs Antonio Park PS

Last Day of Term School finishes at 2.30pm

Principal’s Report Rosemary’s Morning Tea Don’t forget Rosemary’s farewell morning tea in the staffroom on Thursday 26

th June at 10.40. Please email back to the

office to notify us of your attendance. Parent Focus Groups A huge thank you to all the class reps and plus ones who came along to share their ideas about Warranwood and some of the directions we might take in the future. It certainly was a celebration of what we do well. It was an important oppor-tunity to share ideas. I think the wine and cheese went down well. We look forward to examining parent ideas as we work toward our School Review. ‘Beer and Bangers’ As a follow up to the Parent Focus Group night we would like to hold an evening for dads where they could come along and have a beer and a banger and an opportunity to share their ideas. The night will be led by Brenton Stokes, School Council President, and members of School Council. Beer and Bangers will be held 7pm Wednesday 23

rd July in the staf-

froom and courtyard. Watch out for further information in next week’s newsletter but keep the date free. Parent/Teacher Interviews Don’t forget to book your interviews for next week on Compass. If you are having trouble booking please see your class teacher. Trivia Night Thank you to the team of tireless workers who created the fun of the Trivia Night. Michelle Hudson had organised quite a team to create the event. Two highlights were the art auction and the fact that the staff table came third! A fun night was had by all. Congratulations to Ron and Judda for being great hosts and Andy Gersh for setting up equipment. Junior Productions Congratulations to all students for their preparation and hard work. All students demonstrated stagecraft skills and en-joyed their performances. I always love seeing the smiles on the faces of family members. Well done to the wonderful Jacinta O’Leary and our fantastic Junior School staff.

Daisy Scowcroft FR

Nicholas O’Callaghan FR

Cohen Campitelli FD

Spencer Archer FD

Gemma Bayer 1/2J

Maddison Rees 1/2D

Ella Russell 1/2J

Brody Anderson 1/2S

Jai Greaves 1/2S

Sarah Brown 1/2S

Flynn Netherway1/2M

Indi Callaghan 1/2M

Eliza Burley 1/2M

Elena Gatsoulas 3/4A

Alexandra Kiernan 3/4A

Lauren Margetts 5/6T

Blake Oldreive 5/6P

Principal’s Awards

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End of Term The final day of term is Friday 27

th June. Please remember that students will be dismissed at 2.30pm and all students

need to have arrangements made for them from that time. Out of Hours Care will be open from 2.30. Special Religious Education The Department require a new permission form for students to participate in Religious Education. We are aware that fami-lies did complete permission forms at the start of the year but we require the new ones sent home today to be completed and returned by next Wednesday for those students attending RE to continue. One page is the permission form that must be returned to continue and the other an information sheet. Please see the office if you have any questions. Please note there are currently not enough instructors to cover every class.

Sue

Assistant Principal’s Report Trivia Night A huge thanks to Ron, Judda, Andy, Michelle and the all of the Parent Association team that ensured the Warranwood Trivia Night was huge success on Saturday night. Although the teacher team didn’t quite live up to expectations we at least put up a good fight. We will go back to the drawing board and set ourselves for a monstrous pre season to ensure a successful 2015! You can expect the cheque book recruiting drive will be on in earnest and I’ve been told there are no salary cap restrictions to be worried about. Although Steve might have something to say about that! Make sure you come along next year and have a great night out and support our school at the same time. Planning Week This week has seen teachers across all teams spend a day together planning next terms units of work. The opportunity to spend a day discussing student needs and developing curriculum and learning experiences is invaluable and ensures a collaborative approach across our school teams.

Shane Harrop

Sports News

Winter Sport Round 8 WPS V Croydon Hills 20 June

UNIFORMS Just a reminder I have old style uniform at 50% off so come and grab a bargain. I have a couple of old logo bags left at only $15 each. Or new logo bags at $37. There are size 4,6,8, windcheaters and track pants and bootlegs in most sizes for only $13 each. I also have size 6.10,12,14 short sleeved polos and all sizes of Long Sleeved polos. There are a few shorts and skorts left all can be worn up until the end of 2015.

Sport Venue

Football CHPS

Softball Boys CHPS

Softball Girls WPS

Netball A WPS

Netball B CHPS

Netball C CHPS

Soccer WPS

Volleystars CHPS

Tennis WPS

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LOST PROPERTY While I try to return all lost items it is impossible when not names. Please make sure you clearly name all items that come to school especially uniforms. Please use Laundry Marker or printed labels. We have many unnamed items including bottles, clothing and plastic containers in Lost Property located in the blue boxes just inside the gym foyer. I have an unnamed size 12 new style uniform jacket at uniform shop please see me if it belongs to you. Open hours Mon 9-10am Fri 3-3.30pm Last uniform day this term is Monday23rd June. Thanks Jill

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Wellbeing at Warranwood 9 Parenting Ideas for 9 Year Olds

Ask any experienced parent and they’ll tell you that nine is the age when their child starts to leave childhood behind, and begins to look forward to the upcoming years of adolescence.

Are you taking the developmental leap? Making the leap from one developmental stage to the next is never easy; it’s harder still when the move is from the relative comfort of childhood to the potential turbulence of adolescence. Being nine is an age of significant change, but it’s rarely recognised as such. Here are some ideas to help you make the developmental leap with your child:

1. Get ready for puberty

This is also a time when girls and boys can be vulnerable to body image problems, so be aware of comments you make around clothing, appearance and weight. It’s also a time to watch your own attitude to food and dieting. Better to adopt a healthy, balanced approach to eating than be constantly dieting.

2. Get ready for the future

Your nine-year-old needs nurturing, attentive parenting while at the same time being encouraged to take greater re-sponsibility. Help your child develop basic competencies such as planning their day and introducing themselves to new friends. These will help later with secondary school success.

3. Start the move from parent to peer

Nine-year-olds are usually keen to do things away from their parents and home. Sleepovers are increasingly common. However, peers can present a tricky proposition at this age. Many nine have BFFs – best friends forever – but these can change very quickly as good friends come and go. Girls (more than boys) often experience friendship difficulties at this age as the one thing they want in a friend – loyalty – can go missing.

4. Be ready for homework to rear its head for some

Homework can divide households at this age. Many boys struggle with the whole concept, while girls will do it to please. Good homework for this age group has a set purpose, such as developing required planning and organisation skills. Find out from your school what they are trying to achieve with their homework policy and be led by their guide-lines.

5. Provide regular pocket money

Your nine-year-old will appreciate getting a regular allowance as well as the ability to decide how they spend it. ‘Guide, rather than decide for them’ is the parenting mantra with pocket money. Resist the temptation to top their pocket mon-ey up if they spend it all on one item and leave nothing for the rest of the week. At this age, your child is capable of learning from the consequences of their decisions, and such lessons will help them improve their impulse control, which should have started to develop by now.

6. Model self-control

Another aspect of self-control is the ability to handle frustrations and deal with conflict. By now your child should be able to understand that conflict resolution doesn’t need to involve physicality or put downs. Encourage them to talk through any issues involving a sibling with you as a referee, for as long as it takes, rather than resorting to uncivilised and unjust methods of solving them.

7. Prepare them for when you are not there

Discuss with your nine-year-old the behaviours that are appropriate when adults are not around. Reassure your child that they can say no to another child or adult if they feel uncomfortable about a situation they are in. Increasingly, your child will be in situations in which they have to decide the right thing to do on their own – at those times their under-standing of your expectations will matter.

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8. Start getting screen smart

This is the age to seriously introduce smart screen habits as your child will, in all likelihood, spend a great deal of the future glued to one sort of screen or other. Experts recommend the 20-20-20 rule: look up every 20 minutes and gaze at something 20 feet (6 metres) away for 20 seconds.

9. Look for supportive groups

Encourage your nine-year-old to be involved in positive activities and supportive groups such as a sports team, Scouts/Guides or the like. Attend these activities with your child and get to know their friends and their families.

BONUS 10th point - Maximise the opportunity: Make the most of the opportunity that your child’s tenth year provides. Make sure they are actively part of your family through the contributions they make. And, of course, make sure they feel loved, valued and understood. Michael Grose Connect Groups this Monday morning will be a celebration of a great term and highlight some of the fantastic thinking and work our students have done exploring ways to build our community. The key focus has been exploring friendship skills and building up understandings of bullying prevention and empowerment of individuals to make a difference when a problem occurs. This year our school is part of the Better Buddies program through the Alannah and Madeline Foun-dation. This requires us to implement a range of strategies and activities to support our student’s personal learning and development. Our Connect Group program is integral to the way we imple-ment the key wellbeing learning focuses across Warranwood and of course our classroom level based programs compliment this. On Monday we would like students to bring a game ‘NON ELECTRONIC’ to school to share during our Connect Group session after assembly. The quirk of the day will be when we have students tie themselves hand to hand with a partner to spend the session and recess together with a cross age buddy. This is part of the National Buddy Day initiative, Band Together! We will provide students with a ribbon for the day to unite together. See the blurb below.

To `Band Together', we're challenging teams of kids and/or adults to join forces, literally - with a ribbon, band or a scrunchie. By participating and/or raising funds, you'll be helping to support The Alannah and Madeline Foundation in our bid to reduce bullying, and create friendly and caring school communities through our Better Buddies program. The ‘Band Together’ challenge is a great way to involve your whole school – students, parents and teachers. It doesn’t matter if your school chooses to ‘Band Together’ for a day, or just an hour. This should be a fun way to finish the term and put all of our learning intentions into practice. Please see Shane if you have a query.

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FOOTY TICKETS As part of the Better Buddies program we have a number of football tickets available to us online via the link pro-vided. If you would like to attend the game please log in and get your tickets while they last. Cheers Shane

Library I have issued overdue notices to students today (teachers hand out) I would really appreciate if all overdue books were returned by the end of term. If there are any problems with books students have borrowed please see me, I am happy to be of assistance. Also some of the Library books are well loved. If any require repair please pop them back to Library for me to do. I have repair kits especially for Library books.(home repairs often use inappropriate tape and methods) I do appre-ciate the effort though. With thanks Kim Barlow.

Parents Association Report Trivia Night Well what a night it was! A very big thank you to everyone who attended this years trivia night last Saturday. You all made it a fantastic night. A huge round of applause must go to our marvellous hosts on the night, Ron Hudson and Justin Porter for their efforts. Thank you to Andy Gersh for your time and efforts to assist me with set up for the night. We don’t have a tally as yet as we are still waiting on a few parent to send payment through to the office for auc-

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tion items that were purchased. If you can get these in as soon as possible we will announce the total funds raised for our kids but rumour is we have smashed last years total!!! A big thank you to the businesses who generously donated items for our silent auction and prize pool. They are Studio Glo, Beauty on Ryrie, Brumby’s, Andrea’s ACE Driving Academy, Takeya Sushi, Lower Plenty Hotel, Just Cuts, Nth Ringwood Fruit Market, Maroondah Osteopathy & Sportscare, Contours, Maroondah Council, The Hon Ryan Smith, Brazilian Butterfly and Baker’s Delight. I could not have done it without the help of the following people; Trish & Brigid in the office, Jess & Matt Chalmers, Kellie & Wayne Spiden, Kylie Spiden, Loretta Higgins, Sharee Burton, Bec Leslie, Tania Anderson, Paula Bellizia and Jenni & Steve Carey. Thank you to all the parents who helped pack up tables and chairs at the end of the night. Thank you to Jeenah Metcalfe and our fantastic students who made an amazing array of artwork that blew everyone away. Well done! Okay so one last trivia question..... 1. Who performed the best Vinnie Barbarino dance on the night? Answer? Shhhhh....what goes on at the trivia night stays at the trivia night. Until next year..... Michelle Hudson

Canteen News Canteen will be closed for lunch orders and over the counter sales on Wednesdays during Term 2.

Roster for the remainder of this term:- June Fri 20 Megan Deayton, Kim Durose, Mon 23 Tania Anderson, Mel Farmilo and Erin Voyer Tue 24 Jacqui Coia, Matoula Gatsoulis Sushi Day Helpers - Sharna Evans, Kelly Gersh, Terri McKinnon, Bec Parry, Wendy Harri-son Wed 25 Canteen Closed Thur 26 Mandy Dunlop, Di Jelinek Fri 27 Andrew Gersh, Craig Voyer, David Watt

Rosters for Term 3 are in the process of being prepared and will be distributed next week. Canteen Vacancies If you are unable to attend canteen on the day you are rostered or if you are able to assist with one of the va-cancies, please contact me during canteen hours or after hours on 9876 1288 or mobile 0413 370 898.

Rosemary

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The Anglican Parish of Croydon Hills & Wonga Park

Invites you to Messy Church

It's a once-a-month time of craft with a theme, worship and light dinner

(food allergies taken into account if known).

It is a chance for the whole family to come together and explore the deeper things in life. The next Messy Church is as follows: Date: Sunday 22nd June 2014.

(The good neighbour).

Time: 5:00pm

Cost: A donation.

Where: St James Anglican Church

21 Bemboka Road

Croydon Hills

For further details, please contact the Rev. Leroy Coote on 9725-4043. Looking forward to seeing you for this neighbourly adventure!

This will be the most

neighbourly messy

church ever!!

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