Around Antonio

Principal

Karen Patten

Assistant Principal

Tim Howarth

Assistant Principal

Annette Hayes

631-639 Whitehorse Rd

Mitcham 3132

Ph 9874 4371

Fax 9873 5505

E-mail address : antonio.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Web Site : www.antoniops.vic.edu.au

Our School Values

ERRIC

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14 May 2015 Issue 12

Sunday

17 May

Working Bee

Tuesday

19 May

Open Day &

Tour

Tuesday

19 May

Open Night

Thursday

21 May

School Tour

Education Week

Monday

25 May

School

Council

Tuesday

26 May

District Cross

Country

Wednesday

27 May

Level 1

Science Incursion

Wednesday

3 June

ICAS

Science

Tuesday

9 June

Division Cross

Country

Wednesday

10 June

Level 3 Camp

Dear Antonio Park Families,

AEROBICS

This Saturday we have 88 students participating in the

2015 Schoolaerobics competition in Geelong. On behalf

of APPS’s community I would like to wish the following

teams all the best: Little Perrys, Sparkling Diamonds, 7

Stars, 2gether 4ever, Dancing Stars, Sensational Six,

Hipstars, Trouble Makers, C.E.C., The Spinners, Super

Stars, Elite All-stars and Mystics. A big thank you to the

following staff who put a lot of time into training these

students for such a special event, they are: Natalie Ar-

undel, Courtney Camm, Christine Ewan, Alec Baroni

and Annette Hayes.

WORKING BEE

We have a Working Bee on Sunday 17th May from 9:00

a.m. to 12:00 p.m. There will be:

Cleaning up of Nature’s classroom

Weeding

General tidying up.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

2016 Prep Enrolments

We are currently taking enrolments and it is important

that we have accurate information regarding numbers

for 2016, so that plans can be put in place well before

the end of the year. If you have a child commencing

school next year or know of anyone planning to enrol

their child at Antonio Park, it would be a great help to us

if enrolment forms were completed before the end of

this term.

Our Preps for 2016 have the opportunity to participate

in our Prep transition program. These sessions are a

wonderful chance for children to get to know one anoth-

er, for the teachers to get to know the children and es-

pecially for the little ones to feel comfortable in a much

bigger place….school. Our classroom sessions for next

year’s preps start next term:

Term 3

Session1:Thursday 13th August, 1:30-3:00

Session 2: Thursday 20th August, 1:30-3:00

Session 3: Thursday 27th August, 1:30-3:00

Term 4

Session 4: Friday 6th November, 9:30-12:00

Session 5: Friday 13th November, 9:30-12:00

Session 6: Friday 20th November, 9:30-1:00

Congratulations to everyone celebrating a

birthday this week.

Our New Community Members

Larry, Gus and our old chooks have been retired to a

lovely farm. We have some new adorable young

chooks of different breeds and colours. Currently the

students are choosing names for the girls.

Yesterday we welcomed Honey and Lolly our two new

miniature goats. Be sure to pop down and check out

how cute they are!

Karen Patten

Aussies of the week

Assistant Principals

What’s Happening in Level 1?

In Level 1 this week we are very excited about our final narrative piece titled, ‘The Mad Scientist’. The students are forming their ideas, figuring out a complication and resolution for their stories. It will be very exciting to place their work on display in a couple of weeks and we would encourage parents to come and look at the writing that the students have produced. This week our letter of the week is ‘Jj’ and next week it is ‘Oo’. Our extension spelling focus is, ‘oo’, as in look and next week it is ‘oo’ as in food. Within maths we are continuing our work on addition, where we are modelling addition and working on using a range of addition strategies including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts. Next week in maths we are having our first look at location and direction. We will be brainstorming words that we use to describe location and direction and following instructions to place objects or direct someone to a location.

Education Week Next week is Education Week in Victoria and here at Antonio Park we love welcoming our community into our classrooms as much as possible. This year the theme is ‘Crack The Code’ and we have lots of fun events planned for the entire week here at APPS. We hope you are able to join us next Tuesday for our Open day and Open night! Please see the flyer in this newsletter for more information. A big thank you to Sophie Panou and the Education Week team for their excellent organisation of this special week. Classroom Helpers On Wednesday 27th May from 9am-10.30am Tim will run a session which will combine all three of the classroom helpers sessions from Term 1. This condensed version will be held in the library. Please come along if you are interested in this session, which will cover being a classroom helper, along with helping specifically with reading and writing in our classrooms. No need to RSVP to this session. NAPLAN Thanks to Bonnie Ratten & Rachel MacGilp for their coordination of NAPLAN this week for the years 3 and 5 students. The students complet-ed the final test today and these will now be sent away to be marked and results will be returned back to the school later this year.

Instrumental lessons As mentioned two weeks ago, there is an opportunity for us to expand to offer trumpet or woodwind lessons through Junior Rockers, if there is enough interest. If your child is interested, please let me know by Friday 22nd May at the latest and I can contact Junior Rockers so we can get the music started. New Newsletter Article We’d like to introduce a new article to our weekly newsletter. It is called “Kate’s Weekly Wellness Tips” and it is written by one of our parents Kate Martin. Kate is a qualified Personal Trainer and Wholistic Health Coach and is certified to give nutritional advice. She has kindly volunteered to contribute nutrition or fitness information to our newsletter on a regular basis. The first article appears below. Enjoy and thankyou Kate!! Have a great weekend! Tim and Annette Have a wonderful week ahead.

Tim & Annette

Next week it is Education Week! In Art this week, Janet has been working with the Level 1 students to create a display for the front gate of the school, which all grades will have on display from Monday morning to mark the start of Education Week. This year the theme for Education Week is ‘Crack the Code’, so throughout the week the students will have daily codes to crack and on Thursday afternoon all students within the school will engage in a multi-age activity. On Tuesday, May 19th it is Open Day and Open Night. During the day everyone from our community is welcome to come and have a look in the classrooms and watch the students at work. On Tuesday night the classrooms are open from 6pm to 7pm and then there are performances in the hall from 7pm to 7.30pm. We look forward to seeing you and your families on Tuesday! Level 1 Team Elizabeth, Stacey, Lauren and Sophie

Kate’s Weekly Wellness Tips "Empowering Mums to Feel Amazing" Today is about empowering you gorgeous mummas! Let’s talk food and putting yourself first. What you might not know is that by controlling your blood sugar levels first thing in the morning you literally set yourself up to

feel much more amazing (mentally clearer, less angry, more energy) and you will get healthier as a result. To do this I suggest including some form of protein in your breakfast. Eg. eggs/meat/yogurt. If you don't have time to cook breakfast in the morning, either make it the night before, or even better eat a bit of left over dinner (just make sure there is some). Or whip up a green smoothie for a huge vitamin hit, eg. 1/2 avocado, 1 cup spinach, some berries, 1/2 banana, 1tbsp vanilla yogurt and use water in-

stead of milk.

Give it a try, you will feel the results immediately, your mood will improve and your cravings will subside. Some of my favourite sites for family meal planning and kids lunch box ideas are; www.planningwithkids.com and www.iquitsugar.com

Yours in health and feeling amazing,

Kate Martin

What’s Happening in Level 2?

What’s Happening in Level 3?

We are all looking forward to Education Week with open day and night a highlight. Drop in and have a visit, see us at work…. Presently the students in level two are writing a narrative, learning all about multiplication and participating in weekly rotations where they visit another level two classroom to learn all about marine creatures. Activities you could do at home this week may include: Having a look around at home to see if you can identify some arrays? Looking up some information about your favourite sea creature. Reading a narrative and having a family chat about the characters in each story.

Level 2 would also like to thank Miss French and Mr Mac for all their work and organisation to make the Cross Country a wonderful success. We cer-tainly appreciate your efforts. Have a fabulous week… The Level 2 Team.

Well done to our grade three students for completing their NAPLAN tests this week. You all put in one hundred percent effort and we’re all very proud of you! Camp is fast approaching so make sure you’re going over your packing list and bring any of your questions to our camp information night on Monday the 25th of May. To celebrate Education Week, we’re having an open day and night next Tuesday. You’re more than welcome to visit the classroom during the day and see what a day in your child’s life is like at school. We also look forward to seeing you from 6.00pm-7.00pm in our classrooms. Congratulations to all of the level three students who participated in the Cross Country last Thursday. Not only did you try your best during the race, we also loved seeing the enthusiasm, encouragement and support your gave your peers. We have a lovely, caring bunch of students in level three! We wish all of the students going to District Cross Country the best of luck! The Level 3 team.

COMMUNITY NOTICES (Please check the Community Noticeboard for further details)

Heatherdale Preschool Open Day, Saturday 23rd May 10.30-12.30, 12 Purches St Mitcham Rangeview Pre-School Open Day, Saturday 23rd May 10-12noon, 3 Rupert St, Mitcham Ph 9874 5874 Dr Stanley Cochrane Memorial Kindergarten Open Day Saturday 23rd May 11am-1pm, 257 Mitcham Rd, Mitcham Ph 9874 2132 Nunawading Market Sunday 24th May 9am-2pm, 379 Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading. City of Whitehorse announces ‘National Sorry Day Flag raising ceremony’, Tuesday 26th May 2-3pm, Nangnak Garden, Whitehorse City

Council. Ph 9262 6443 to RSVP.

What’s Happening in Level 4?

What’s Happening in PE?

High School Forms Thank you to all of you that have already handed in your high school preference forms. If you are yet to do so, please be aware that these forms are due on or before May 22nd . Premiers Reading Challenge Keep those forms coming in! We would love to see all Level 4 students participating in the challenge this year. Inter School Sport Let’s keep our fingers crossed that the weather improves before Friday afternoon when we take on Ringwood North for interschool sports. Check the notice board outside the Level 4 rooms to see whether you are playing home or away. The Level 4 team.

HOUSE CROSS COUNTRY In overcast and cold weather, all of the students who participated performed excellently. We have 60 students who qualified for the District Cross Country on Tuesday 26th May at Park Orchards. Thank you to all staff and parents who acted as Officials and supported the students around the course and at the finish. Congratulations to all the Level 1 and 2 students for their fine running efforts earlier in the day and for their support for the older students after recess. The students who have qualified for the District Event are listed below. Year 12 District Representatives ….. Georgia W, Georgia L, Violet B, Grace A, Isabelle B, Finn W, Skye H, Layla E, Maddy C, Mikayla J; Lucas L, Lewis Mc, Mitchell B, Peter A, Connor B, Dante S, Matty L, Liam B, Caleb H, Liam P. Year 11 District Representatives ….. Chantelle U, Jaime Q, Georgia F, Bridie C, Chloe L, Olivia G, Amelia W, Amelia S, Hannah K, Tanisha W; Joel M, Fletcher M, Luke K, Patrick R, Riley G, Lachlan F, Joel C, Callum F, Hayden F, Connor H. Year 10 District Representatives …. Jazmyn M, Hannah L, Sienna C, Amelia Q, Madi G, Keira P, Ally G, Zoe M, Hayley M, Maddie M; Ben S, Hudson G, Tariku N, Lachlan G, Evan Mc, Jackson C, Harvey I, Griff E, James C, Nathan V. Thank you to Ben Curcio and Michael Howse who have organised to take the students for practise runs on Tuesday and Thursday mornings in preparation for the District Cross Country. The Final Results were: 1st Mullum Mullum (Red) 160 points 2nd Yarran Dheran (Green) 149 points 3rd Deep Creek (Blue) 131 points 4th Wattle Valley (Yellow) 119 points TENNIS TRIALS Congratulations to Ethan N and Peter A on representing our School so well at the District Tennis Trials. Darren McMenaman Phys Ed

Sick Bay Clothing

Now that the cold and wet weather has arrived, we are asking for donations of pants,

and socks for the sick bay.

If your child has been changed into items from the sick bay, we ask that you please wash and return them to the office.

Thank you

Notice to Parents

Recently it was brought to our attention that students and parents from APPS are using the laneway from Cook Rd to Whitehorse Rd to access the school. This laneway is very busy with commercial traffic and we strongly discourage our community from using this

shortcut as it is potentially very dangerous, particularly to students walking or on scooters. Thank you.

ERRIC Award Mathletics

WORKING BEE SUNDAY 17TH MAY

9.00AM – 12 NOON Jobs include:

Revitalizing Nature’s Classroom Weeding & Pruning Check & clean pits Tidy, re-plant and correct drainage ditches around frog pond area We are proud of our school grounds and want to maintain them and make them even better!

Building & Grounds Committee

Social networking describes a variety of services like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, World of Warcraft, Moshi Monsters, Twitter, Skype, Snapchat, Mine-craft and many others All of these services enable direct interaction between individuals. Users can post information about themselves, display photos, tell people what they’ve been up to, chat and play games. Social networking forms a part of the social identity of many teenagers. What can I do? As a parent, you can help your child have positive experiences on social networking sites

Stay involved in your child’s use of new technology. Set up your own account and learn about privacy settings so you can understand how you can best protect your child. It can be fun for you too!

Check the age restrictions for the social networking service or game. Some social networking sites (such as Club Penguin) are created especially for children under the age of 13, but most mainstream sites like Facebook, Instagram and others require the user to be 13 or older.

Advise children to set their accounts to private so that only people they want to see it can view their information.

Encourage children to think before they put anything online. Information posted online can be difficult or impossible to remove. An inappropriate image posted today can have a long term impact on their digital reputation.

Show them how to set up location services on their phone so they are not inadvertently broadcasting their location.

Remind children to be careful when making new friends online; people may not be who they say they are. Never arrange to meet an online friend unless a trusted adult is with you.

Report any abuse or inappropriate content to the social networking site and show children how to do this too.

Learn how to keep a copy of online conversations and how to block people prior to an issue occurring. For more information on managing your children’s access to particular social networking sites, visit cybersmart.gov.au/parents.aspx

Social Network-

Camp Australia

What's on this week: Craft: This week we have been getting creative with natural materials. We will be making pet rocks and other critters using twigs, leaves and shells. We have also been painting and making jewellery. Cooking: For afternoon teas this week we will be making chocolate and vanilla cake, a coconut and chocolate slice. We will also be serving nachos, popcorn and pancakes for breakfast. Inside: We always have plenty of games to play, chess and mastermind have been popular. As the days are getting darker and colder a lot sooner we have also been putting on a movie for the children to wind down. All films are G rated. Outdoors: This week with the wet weather we have been using the deck and hall when possible. When we have been able to go outside we have been going to the oval to play football and soccer. Just a few things we would also like to pass on to parents and children. Football Cards: With football cards becoming popular again we have had a few occasions where trading cards has caused a few issues. To avoid this we have stopped all trading at before and after school care. We are happy for children to bring them in and look through and play with them, but no trading is to occur. This has been discussed during before and after school care and we would like parents to please help us and remind your children as well. If you have any questions please come and speak to the coordinator. Cold Weather: As it is getting very cold we ask everyone to bring jumpers, as children will not be allowed to go outside if they do not have a jumper. And please have your child’s name on it just in case it gets separated, we can then get it back to you.

If you have any inquiries or questions please call us on 0412 545 042, alternatively you can call customer service on 1300 105 343 or visit our website at www.campaustralia.com.au

Karen Patten

Thanks

We hope all the lovely APPS mums had a lovely

Mother’s Day and that you enjoyed your gifts!

It is a privilege to run the stall and spend time

with your kids but it could not have happened

without the assistance of many wonderful par-

ents.

Thank you so much to:

Kathryn, Teresa, Gayle, Libbi, Fiona, Jan,

Sarah, Misako and Margaret for helping on

the day. Special thanks also to the gener-

ous donations from Karen Doherty and

Dale Erwin.

Caitlin & Sharon

Education Week

Education Week is coming up (18th-22nd May) and we are all very excited about it! The

theme for this year’s Education Week is ‘Crack the Code’. We have many great

activities planned for the week that students will take part in. You will notice a lot of colour out the front of

the school on Monday the 18th May as each student will be decorating a magnifying glass with their portrait

and their name in a code. These will be hung along the front of the school fence for the week.

Open Day 19th May 9-3.30

Open Day is on Tuesday the 19th May and this is a fantastic opportunity for family and friends to come and

visit their child’s classes. You may like to go to their classroom to watch a lesson or you can even go to a

specialist activity. Please see your child’s classroom time table so you know when their specialist activities

are.

Open Night 19th May 6.00-7.30

Open night is on Tuesday from 6.00-7.30pm. From 6.00-7.00pm your child’s classroom will be open for you to

come and visit. Your child can show you all the fantastic work they have done this year and you can look at all

our wonderful classroom displays. There will be maths games and activities for you to complete with your

child and there might even be a few codes to crack! From 7.00-7.30pm there will be a school performance in

the hall.

Daily Code- running throughout the week

Every day there will be a new code for classes to complete. Classes need to complete the code as fast as

they can and there will be a prize for the fastest junior and senior class each day.

Whole school activity 21st May

We will be having a whole school activity on Thursday afternoon in the last session. Students will be placed

into multi-age groups. Teachers will read a book to students, with a ‘cracking the code’ focus. This will be

followed by an activity. Students love taking part in multi-aged activities as it gives them an opportunity to

meet other students and teachers from across the school.

School tours 19th and 21st May 9.30-11am

School tours are available on these dates. Our Junior School Councillors will be assisting with these.

Aussie of the Week 1EA Callum For the interesting details he shares during ‘Show and Tell’.

1LC Lucas For displaying a confident attitude when approaching each learning task in all areas of the curriculum.

1SG Charlie For your outstanding performance in the cross-country and for growing confidence in the classroom. Very

impressive!

1SP Sophia For being a happy and helpful member of 1SP. You are always caring for your friends and your help around

the classroom is very much appreciated. Thank you for all your hard work.

2BC Ashleigh For always volunteering to help around the classroom. You are a great role model.

2BW Joel For working hard in literacy sessions last week and taking pride in his achievements. Keep it up Joel!

2CC Lily For having such a wonderful attitude towards your school work. You always give everything a go and try

your very best in every task. Well done Lil!

2KD Noah For the perseverance you displayed when editing your narrative. Your writing is going to really paint a pic-

ture for the reader. Well done!

2JS Tyra For a wonderful narrative, very creative and engaging.

2LM Isabella For showing enthusiasm during our narrative sessions. Your creativity and imagination shines through in

your pieces! Super writing Izzy!

2MN Samuel For always trying your best and giving everything a go! Well done buddy!

3AB Lily M For the fantastic double column graph you made that showed what 3AB had for breakfast! Well done!

3DH Belle For demonstrating great responsibility towards all learning tasks. Keep up the great work Belle!

3JD Eamon

3JD

For demonstrated enthusiasm and a ‘have a go’ approach when running in the cross country. The smile on

your face as you crossed the finish line was priceless. Well done! For encouraging Eamon to cross the finish line during cross country. You demonstrated support and care

and your positivity helped him finish the race! You all made my day!

3KS Allie G For creating some very entertaining narrative writing pieces. Thanks for giving me a good chuckle Allie.

3NA Hannah P For always being a caring and supportive class member.

3RM Oliver For showing great resilience and perseverance towards making your narrative writing rich and interesting.

4BR Tanisha For your amazing narrative writing. Your detail and inclusion of visual imagery blew everyone away. What a

wonderful story about a tree. Cannot wait to read your next piece.

4CE Zong Y For a great discussion about your literature book! Your summaries were detailed and identified the key fea-

tures in each chapter. Well done!

4CH Georgia F For her positive attitude and bright personality as well as completing some excellent work throughout the

week. Well done Georgia!

4CN Angela C For your outstanding attitude to everything you do. You are a wonderful role model.

4RF Georgia W For your excellent written summary of ‘The Secret Garden.’ You identified the key points of the text and

used them to create an interesting and informative recount of the story so far. Great work Georgia!

ERRIC Josiah For showing the ERRIC values to the staff and students at Antonio Park PS and being a kind and caring member of your classroom and our school. Thank you for being so generous with your time and sharing

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