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‘Striving for Excellence’

Open since 1887

Principal - Kevin Warne

Assistant Principal - Allyson Dixon

School Council President - Anne Trevena

Telephone - (03) 57931288

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

Email - puckapunyal.ps@edumail.vic.gov. au

Alamein Road

Puckapunyal, Vic, 3662

Postal: Military P.O.

ABN: - 74134967962

Term 2 Issue 6

May 18th

, 2016

Thursday 19th May

DCO Family Disco

Thursday 19th May

District Cross Country

Monday

23rd May

Parent Maths Lesson

Long Division 9:30am

Tuesday

24th May

School Photo Day

Friday

27th May

Pupil Free Day

Saturday 4th June

School Working Bee

Tuesday

7th June

School Council Meeting

Website Address -

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

Inside this Issue: DSTA Message 2

Birthdays/Canteen 2

Education Week/School Photos 2

Family DCO Disco 3

Rule Reminders/School Value 3

Student Awards of the Week 4

Teacher/Learning Focus 5

Indo Lingo 6

District Cross Country

Representatives

7

House Cross Country

Results/Photos

8-9

House Cross Country Photos 10

Bike Safety Tips 11

Kindergarten Pie Drive 12

***We can all work together

to rid the community of Head

Lice. Let’s check our heads

once per week!***

Melba Wins Cross Country!! On Friday, we had our

School House Cross Country. Students from Foundation - Years 6

competed in their respective age groups and grade levels collecting points

for their Houses. Melba House won the House Cross Country Carnival.

Congratulations to Melba House!

We also congratulate all of the students who gave their best.

‘Striving for Excellence’ is our school motto, which means we aim to give our

very best. Our students were doing exactly that!

As you can see by the scores below, it was very close. For the Years 3-6,

54 students have been selected to represent our school at the District Cross

Country on Thursday 19th May, 2016. The event will be held at Kings Park in

Seymour. We will report how they go in the newsletter soon. Go Pucka!

Place getters are reported on pages 8 & 9.

Melba House – 1st (75 points)

Bradman House – 2nd

(68 points)

Chisholm House – 3rd

(56 points) Hume House – 4

th (52 points)

Year 1 boys…ready…..set…..go!

Melba captains, Naomi

Pennycook and Kade

Altas proudly hold the

winning trophy.

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Happy Birthday to Savanah

Naunton who is having her birthday

today. On behalf of the Puckapunyal

Primary School Community, we wish

Savanah a very Happy Birthday!

Healthy habit: Vegetables….some children love them,

but many parents battle to get vegetables from their child’s

plate into their mouth! We are told by nutritionists that a

healthy diet should include 5 serves of vegetables daily.

Even our best eaters can struggle with this amount. Here

are a few hints:

-‘Smuggle’ some veggies into your child’s meal. Spaghetti

bolognaise, with its strong flavours is ideal to disguise

vegetables that have been ‘blitzed’ in the food processor.

Zucchini with its mild taste is particularly good for this.

Other suitable meals include rissoles, lasagne, meatloaf,

fried rice, curries etc.

- Some children enjoy celery and carrot with dips or salsa.

- Adding some lettuce or other salad vegetables into

sandwiches can often be tolerated. Variations could be

wraps, tortillas and tacos.

- Vegetables in baked goods can sometimes work (zucchini

cake, pumpkin scones, chocolate beetroot cake, savoury

muffins etc.)

- Don’t give up on soups. If you serve your children

chicken noodle soup, perhaps try some sweet corn or finely

grated zucchini stirred through it.

-Pancakes cooked with some finely chopped veggies are

delicious too!

Enjoy your week!

Sue Ranger, DSTA.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR REWARD UPDATE

Melba continues to hold onto that lead, but the other

houses are not far behind. We love to see lots of

positive behaviour at Pucka Primary! (Please note

that last week’s scores were incorrect).

CURRENT SCORES

Melba- 227 points

Bradman-190 points

Hume- 185 points

Chisholm- 127 points

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.

This week the menu is - Pizzas – Supreme or Ham and Pineapple $2.50 each

Chocolate or Strawberry Milk $2.00 each

Apple or Orange Juice $1.50 each

No charge for tomato sauce

Your child will still need to bring fruit and a snack

for recess if they are having a lunch order.

What is still on for the rest of

Education Week?

Thursday 19th

May - District Cross Country – Many

Years 3-6 students will be competing against other

schools at Kings Park. All families are welcome.

Thursday 19th

May - Family Disco - at the Area

Theatre beginning at 6pm. Come on down for some

good times! Everyone is welcome! (please see page 3)

Friday 20th

May – Bike Riding Fun - Come and

support the students in grades 3-6 who do bike training

on Sanananda Rd from 1:45pm- 2:15pm. Bring your

bike if you like!

***Along with last week’s newsletter we sent home order

forms for School Photos. The photo company is Academy

Photography.

Our School Photo Day is Tuesday 24th

May. Please see school photo options on the order forms. Family

photo order forms are also available at the school foyer.

Please return all order forms to school. We ask that all

students bring their very best school uniforms (including a

school jacket or windcheater) and their very best smiles!!

Good luck everyone. ***

***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 80-85 nights. Well done if you have kept up!

***

***Please Note: Friday 27th

May is a Pupil

Free Day. That means, no students are

expected at school that day.

All school staff will be participating in a

Level 2 First Aid Training session that also

includes CPR, Anaphylaxis, Epipen and

Asthma training.***

Last year’s Foundation class looked a treat in their uniforms!

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Every day is a great day to be

at school, particularly when

you’re here at Puckapunyal

Primary School!

At assembly this week Honesty was announced as our School Value of the week. That means teachers are looking for

students who are demonstrating ‘Honesty’ 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 Honesty? ‘Honesty is being truthful and trustworthy. It means that you can be relied on not to lie or cheat.

Honesty means telling the truth regardless of the consequences. It means that you don’t promise things to people that you

know you can’t deliver. It means not being tempted to exaggerate to impress others.

Honesty means that you can trust things to be as they appear to be.’

‘Stronger Families, Stronger Connections’ is the

theme for National Families Week in 2016. To

celebrate the vital role that families play in

Australian society, Defence Community

Organisation invites our school community to

attend a barbeque and disco on Thursday 19th

May.

Barbeque dinner and drinks for sale, provided by

Puckapunyal Primary School.

So come and join in for a great family night out!

What – Family Barbeque & Disco Dance Party

When – 6.00pm – 8.00pm, Thursday 19th May 2016

Where – Puckapunyal Area Theatre, Passchendale

Parade – Entry is Free!

RSVP – Please contact Louise Knight or

contact the team at DCO on

57357731

LIKE Defence Community Organisation on

Facebook to receive updates and event info in your

newsfeed.

Did you hear Eamon

Constable and Rohanna

Murphy read their writing

at assembly this week? We

did! They were both very

impressive! Come along

and see who reads next

week.

Each week at assembly, SRC representatives remind our

students of a few important school rules. This week,

SRC representatives, Eliza Thompson and Rory Kennedy

reminded our students of the following rules:

Show some respect – give way to adults.

Use your manners at all times

Walk carefully around corners – you don’t know who

is on the other side.

Eat on the asphalt - put your litter in the bin.

Please discuss these rules with your children to help ensure

that they understand.

Our Keyboard teacher, Peter Hagen is the Music

Director for a show called "Nice Work If You Can Get It". The show is under the wonderful direction of local identity, Annette Zol. It opens on 10th June and is a wonderful musical of very catchy toe tapping swing music from the 1920's written by George Gershwin. The music has been adapted to the fast paced script with its witty humour and the whole show is performed by the Broadford Amateur Theatrical Society (BATS) accompanied by an orchestra of really fine musicians. This is the first time this show will be presented in Australia by an amateur company and it only costs a ridiculously low $20.00 (or $18.00 for the first weekend). Come and support amateur theatre and enjoy yourselves by booking on either of the following links: https://www.trybooking.com/LGZK OR

https://www.trybooking.com/198052

‘Teachers can’t teach and students

can’t learn if they are absent.’

Quote - Richard F. Elmore

**Please help if you can – Throughout each year we

review various school policies. If you would like to

contribute to reviewing our school policies please

come to school to join staff and school councillors at

a policy review meeting. Our 2 planned meetings for

Term 2 are – Wednesday 25th May (School Uniform

Policy) and Wednesday 8th June (Privacy Policy). All

meetings will be in the staffroom from 4pm. Please

come if you can spare the time.**

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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

Congratulations to the following students who were

‘Students of the Week’ for last week. Winners –

James Van der Waal, Isabella Sestoso, Rory

Kennedy, Charlotte Davies, Riley Wallace, Liam

McPhillips, Isaac Bennett and Tea Rose Porter.

These students were selected because they were

modelling ‘Excellence’. This week teachers are

looking for students who are modelling ‘Honesty’.

Congratulations to the following students who

were ‘Authors of the Week’ for last week.

Winners – Gemma Koch, Chayce Mackie, Bill

Clode, Poppy Krieger, Eamon Constable, Tia

Dowdell, Beth Ludlow and Reilly Adams.. These

students were selected because they showed great

skills as an author.

4/5/6 P in Room 2 won the

Yard Duty Comp. Nannah Taylor and Amy Franks

will enjoy the winning trophy this

week!

Congratulations to Lachlan Balmer

Charlie Mackay, Dani Corocher

and Cy Gill for winning the raffle

prizes for ‘Positive Behaviour’ this week!

3/4 H in Room 10 won

the Middle School

Times Tables Trophy. Zahra Kelly and Sophia

Brooks were delighted with

their classroom’s big efforts

this week!

4/5/6 P in Room 2 won the

Senior School Times

Tables Trophy this week. Abigail Major and Naomi

Pennycook gladly accepted the

winning trophy for their

classroom!

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

Congratulations to Olivia Scotman

and Jason Pennycook who received

‘Recycling Cans’ Awards this week.

Every little bit counts.

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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 is 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 that 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 continuing to practise our home reading and Golden Words every night. During these weeks we are

learning about the letters ‘w’ and ‘u’ and practising using capital letters and full-stops in our writing. We are enjoying our

‘Big Write’ sessions on Tuesdays and practising Kung Fu Punctuation.

Numeracy: We are continuing to count forwards and backwards and revising all numbers from 1 to 10. We are learning

about heavy and light and using dice to practise our number skills.

Junior School – Year 1s Rooms 3, 4 & 8 Literacy: We are learning about using question marks at the ends of sentences to ask for information as well as

exclamation marks. We are also revising ‘w’ and ‘u’ in our handwriting sessions.

Numeracy: We are continuing to use number lines to compare order and sequence numbers. We are also continuing to

use non uniform units to estimate mass. We are using the language of chance and experience when using dice, cards etc.

Junior School – Year 2s Rooms 3 & 4 Literacy: We are consolidating using capital letters, full stops, commas and exclamation marks. We are also looking at

verbs. We are enjoying practising Kung Fu punctuation and writing recounts and procedural texts.

Numeracy: We are continuing to use number lines to compare order and sequence numbers. We are exploring mass and

balances to investigate the mass of different objects (more, less or about the same). We are solving addition and

subtraction problems using a range of strategies such as bridging tens and doubling.

Middle School Years 3/4 Rooms 10 & 11 Literacy: During writing sessions over the next few weeks, we will work on narratives. We are now focusing on all four

VCOP components. In reading we are working on reading strategies.

Numeracy: We will continue to focus on the four processes and place value. Another continued focus will be 2D and 3D

shapes. Times tables will be practised throughout the week.

Senior School Years 4/5/6 Rooms 1 & 2 Literacy: During writing sessions over the next few weeks, we will focus on the VCOP components and Narratives. In

reading we will be focusing on reading strategies.

Numeracy: We will continue to focus on fractions, as well as chance and data. Times tables will be practised throughout

the week.

Many of our students have indicated to school staff that it is sometimes difficult for them to hear our presenters at

assembly. We believe that as a school community we can all help to make that easier. First of all, our cordless

microphone has been fixed and should make it easier to hear. Secondly, our students are also asking our visitors to

help too by listening to the following message that the student MC will read out at assembly each week:

“Before we start this morning, I would like to encourage all adults and visitors to ensure that their mobile

phones are turned off and put away. We have lots of students participating in assembly this morning and we

want you all to have the best opportunity to hear all of the important performances and messages we need to

share. Thank you for your co-operation.”

Please help us. Regards, Naomi Pennycook and Tea Rose Porter (Years 6 students)

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F/1/2

The children are continuing to focus on learning their numbers and classroom objects in Indonesian. Children

who learnt Indonesian last year are focusing on the double digit numbers.

computer = komputer 1 = satu 11 = sebelas

table = meja 2 = dua 12 = dua belas

chair = kursi 3 = tiga 13 = tiga belas

book = buku 4 = empat 14 = empat belas

bag = tas 5 = lima 15 = lima belas

glue = lem 6 = enam 16 = enam belas

scissors = gunting 7 = tujuh 17 = tujuh belas

pencil = pensil 8 = delapan 18 = delapan belas

crayon = krayon 9 = sembilan 19 = sembilan belas

3/4/5/6 The children are focusing on asking and responding to questions about where they live. When writing/saying

an address in Indonesian, the street name comes first followed by the house number! Children will also be

learning/consolidating numbers in Indonesian.

address = alamat

live/stay = tinggal

street = jalan

number = nomor

at/in = di

Where do you live? = Kamu tinggal di mana?

I live in ... = Saya tinggal di ...

I live in Puckapunyal. = Saya tinggal di Puckapunyal.

What is your address? = Di mana alamatmu?

My address is ... = Alamat saya Jalan ... nomor ...

My address is 15 Alamein Road. = Alamat saya Jalan Alamein nomor limabelas.

1 = satu 11 = sebelas 30 = tiga puluh

2 = dua 12 = dua belas 40 = empat puluh

3 = tiga 13 = tiga belas 50 = lima puluh

4 = empat 14 = empat belas 60 = enam puluh

5 = lima 15 = lima belas 70 = tujuh puluh

6 = enam 16 = enam belas 80 = delapan puluh

7 = tujuh 17 = tujuh belas 90 = sembilan puluh

8 = delapan 18 = delapan belas 100 = seratus

9 = sembilan 19 = sembilan belas 200 = dua ratus

10 = sepuluh 20 = dua puluh 300 = tiga ra

Salam (Regards) Bu Hooper (Mrs Hooper) Guru Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian teacher)

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9 & under boys 9 & under girls 10 Yr boys 10 Yr girls Blake Cooper

Tessa Thompson Chili Stock Matilda Ingle

Kian George

Abbey Kendell Brooklyn Lindsay Clodagh McCarthy

Will Anderson

Abby Chetcuti Kynan Andrews Eila Schlender

Finlay Koch

Abigail Major Jett Miller Stephanie Brown

Harry Fletcher

Renae Pennycook Reilly Adams Jordan Haywood

Riley Wallace

Rohanna Murphy Cooper Dickinson Emily Watson

Jaye McFarlane

Tia Dowdell Hayden Clarke Dimitee Taylor

Jack Kennedy

Sophia Brooks Tobias Rayner Dakota Chalson

11 Yr boys 11 Yr girls 12 &over boys 12 &over girls Lachlan Thompson

Amy Franks Jake Tanis Jamie Clark

Jack Anderson

Somaiya Harriden Tristan Murphy Beth Ludlow

Max Fletcher

Naomi Pennycook Kade Altas

Mac Jenkins

Libby Brown Joe Gilmour

Noah Chetcuti

Nannah Taylor

Lochlan Worden

Ashby Murphy

Isaac Bennett

Shae Robertson

Jaycob Paz

Cayleigh Cousins

Congratulations to the following students who performed extremely well at the School House Cross Country Carnival on

Friday. They have been selected to represent the school team at the Seymour District Cross Country

Carnival. The District Cross Country Carnival will involve 4 schools and will take place on Thursday 19

th May, 2016 (tomorrow)

at Kings Park, Seymour.

Approximate Race Times: 11:20 Boys 9 years and under

11:35 Girls 9 years and under

11:50 Boys 10 years

12:05 Girls 10 years

12:20 Boys 11 years

12:35 Girls 11 years

12:50 Boys 12 years and over

1:05 Girls 12 years and over

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Foundation Boys:

1st – Blake Mawer

2n d

- Ethan McCabe

3rd—

Memphis Campbell

Year 2 Girls:

1st—

Paige Cooper

2n d

- Olivia Scotman

3rd

– Brielle Eldredge

Year 2 Boys:

1st – Rory Kennedy

2n d

- Dallas Ridl

3rd

– Ned Kendell

Year 1 Girls:

1st – Eliza Thompson

2n d

- Lilly Mackay

3rd—

Evie Bennett

Year 1 Boys:

1st – Lachlan Balmer

2n d

- Jason Pennycook

3rd—

Liam Stebbing

Foundation Girls:

1st – Chayce Mackie

2n d

- Zoey Schlender

3rd

– Gemma Koch

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9 Years & Under Boys:

1st – Blake Cooper

2n d

- Kian George

3rd—

Will Anderson

11 Year Girls:

1st- Amy Franks

2n d

- Somaiya Harriden

3rd

– Naomi Pennycook

11 Year Boys:

1st – Lachlan Thompson

2n d

- Jack Anderson

3rd

– Max Fletcher

10 Year Girls:

1st – Matilda Ingle

2n d

- Clodagh McCarthy

3rd

– Eila Schlender

10 Year Boys:

1st – Chili Stock

2n d

- Brooklyn Lindsay

3rd

– Kynan Andrews

9 Years & Under Girls:

1st – Tessa Thompson

2n d

- Abbey Kendell

3rd—

Abby Chetcuti

12 Years & Over Girls:

Equal 1st – Beth Ludlow

and Jamie Clark

12 Years & Over Boys:

1st – Jake Tanis

2n d

- Tristan Murphy

3rd

- Kade Altas

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Bike Ed and Safety tips

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This is my first year of Bike Ed even

though I’m in Year 4. I have learnt how to

indicate which way I’m going to turn. I am

pretty excited about doing the bike test

even though I’ve never done it before. The

activity I’m mostly excited about is the

slow riding box. The activity I’m mostly

scared of doing is the ride, scoot, ride. –

Jessica Cleland

In Bike Ed I have learnt to

stay two bike lengths

away when riding in

single file on the road. –

Eamon Constable

During Bike Ed I enjoyed the

figure activity, where we ride

around in a figure 8 giving way to

the right hand side.

During Bike Ed I have learnt that

you need to stay on the left hand

side of the road. – Riley Wallace

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