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

Empathy Responsibility Resilience Independence Confidence

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11 February 2016 Issue 2

Dear Antonio Park Families,

Student Leadership Assembly Presentations Monday 8th Feb. JSC Monday 15th Feb. Prep Certificates & School Captains Monday 22nd Feb. House and Specialist Captains & Environmental Leaders Monday 29th Feb. Peacemakers Our 2016 year once again promises to be a productive and eventful year. Antonio Park Primary School and its community is committed to fostering:

Connectedness: Building a strong bond be-tween all school community members (students, parents & staff) and with our wider community.

Relationships:-When people know each other better, the more aligned their expectations become.

Harmony: - Our children will be safer and happi-er if we are able to connect with each other.

Values: - When our school values of Empathy, Responsibility, Resilience, Independence and Confidence are shared and lived by us as adults in our school community they will be transmitted to the children. Our actions and in-teractions show children what we value.

Civics and Citizenship:- Children who see their parents making positive contributions to society are much more likely to do so themselves.

APPS prides itself in the above through our many won-derful events and community activities such as:

Parent Information Nights,

Parent/Teacher discussions,

Fete

Extra-curricular activities such as choir, aerobics, swimming, camp

Literacy Partnerships program for parents

Excursion and incursions

School Council and its sub-committees

Parent helpers in the classroom

Class Parent Liaison

Production

End of Year Carols and picnic What We Love About APPS The threads woven that form the fabric and heart of our school:

Its vibrant culture, the team and ‘can do’ ethos.

Inclusivity, connectedness, respectfulness, positive relationships and ability to have conversations; es-pecially with staff.

Strong student voice, student centred and a focus on the whole child.

Commitment of teachers, their preparedness to ‘do the extra’, their passion and the quality of programs.

The amount of opportunities for individual students

to engage and excel, within and outside the class-room.

Wonderful community involvement, participation in and support of programs and events.

The greenery and facilities. APPS Prides Itself In:

Engaging learning through the design and delivery of curriculum.

Being Innovative, responsive, adaptive in an informed way.

A fun and creative learning environment with wonderful extra curricular activities such as: the fete, production, aerobics, Tournament of Minds, instru-mental music, sporting program, camps, swimming, the animal program and the environmental program.

Caring, work well together and models the school’s values: Empathy, Responsibility, Resilience, Inde-pendence, Confidence.

Continued over page….

Congratulations to everyone celebrating a

birthday this week.

Wednesday

17 February

Level 3 Museum

Excursion

Thursday

18 February

House Swimming

Level 4

Monday

22 February

District Swimming

Monday

22 February

School Council

Wednesday

24 February

Student Online

Safety-Student, staff

and parent sessions

Monday

29 February

Division Swimming

Thursday

3 March

Family Life

Evening

Sunday

6 March

Working Bee for

Fete

Monday

7 March

Regional Swimming

Tuesday

8 March

Family Life

Level 4

Aussie of the week

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message today? If not, contact the office to update

your mobile phone number.

Principal’s report continued….. School Captains Congratulations to the following School Captains who will be representing APPS:

JP

Meg S

Olivia I

Patrick R

Each week, our School Captains and I meet to chat about:

What we are doing well at APPS

Things we can do better or differently

Leadership of JSC

Recognition and acknowledgment of community members’ contri-butions & achievements

Improvements to our school’s buildings and grounds.

Karen Patten

Schedule 4 Notice of Election and Call for Nominations

An election is to be conducted for members of the School Council of ANTONIO PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL.

Nomination forms may be obtained from the school and must be lodged by

4.00 pm on THURSDAY February 25th 2016.

Following the closing of nominations a list of the nominations received will be posted at the school. The terms of office, mem-

bership categories and number of positions in each membership category open for election are as follows –

If the number of nominations is less than the number of vacancies, a notice to that effect and calling for further nominations

will be posted in a prominent position at the school.

If more nominations are received than vacancies, a ballot will be conducted.

Karen Patten

Principal

Membership category Term of office Number of positions

Parent member From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll in 2016 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the

poll in 2018

4

DEECD employee member From the day after the date of the declaration of the poll in 2016 to and inclusive of the date of the declaration of the

poll in 2018.

2

Assistant Principals

Food Allergy Awareness As we all know, the amount of children with allergic reactions is increasing at an astonishing rate in today’s society. At Antonio Park Primary School, we are constantly updating our alert procedures and our training so that we can provide the best possible care for all of our students. The start of the year is a good time to refocus community attention to the serious nature of allergies with a quick

review on allergies and anaphylaxis: Anaphylaxis is a severe and sudden allergic reaction when a person is exposed to an allergen. Common allergens for children in-

clude: Eggs, peanuts, tree nuts such as cashews, cow's milk, fish and shellfish, wheat, soy, insect stings, medications. Symptoms include:

noisy or difficult breathing including wheezing or persistent coughing

swelling of the tongue

swelling or tightness in the throat

difficulty talking such as a hoarse voice

loss of consciousness and/or collapse

pale pallor and floppiness in young children.

Here at Antonio Park P.S. we implement strategies and processes to ensure a safe and supportive environment for students at risk of anaphylaxis. Students and parents in each class with an anaphylactic student will have been notified by letter of the strategies in place to reduce the risk of ex-

posure to anaphylactic triggers. At Antonio Park P.S. we have:

an anaphylaxis management plan for each student diagnosed at risk of anaphylaxis

prevention strategies covering incidents in the school setting

an anaphylaxis policy

regular training and updates for school staff in recognising and responding to anaphylactic reactions including competently administering

an adrenaline auto-injector (such as EpiPen®/Anapen®). If you have a child who has an existing Anaphylaxis Action Plan at school, please check when the plan expires as they are only cur-rent for 12 months. If the plan is due to expire, take the opportunity to organise an updated plan to give to your child’s teacher at your parent/teacher discussion.

Medication If medication needs to be administered to your child during school hours, you will need to fill out a medical authority form which details written advice providing directions for appropriate storage and administration. This form can be collected from the office. The medication

must be:

in the original bottle or container clearly labelled with the name of the student, dosage and time to be administered

within its expiry date

We encourage parents/guardians to consider whether they can administer medication outside the school day, such as before and after school

and before bed. If you have any questions about our processes and policies regarding allergies and anaphylaxis or medications, please contact me at school.

Emergency Management Plan On Tuesday, we conducted an evacuation drill, as per our regular EMP schedule. This time the school went to our off site location. We were very im-

pressed with the efficiency of the students and staff, and especially the Preps! Have a great week! Annette and Tim

What’s Happening in Level 1?

What’s Happening in Level 2?

What’s Happening in Level 3?

Hello Level 2 Parents, We have had yet another great week in Level 2! We have all settled in well and are enjoying our time in our classrooms. Our students have begun writing excellent recounts about their holiday and weekend ad-ventures. We have been working very hard on drafting our Orientation, Events and Conclusions. We can’t wait to see the finished pieces and display them in our grades. This week we are beginning our unit for the term ‘Now and Then’. If you have any useful books or interesting artefacts please send them in with your child. We will also be having a Grandparents Day this term, stay tuned for dates! This has been a huge hit in the past and something to look forward to!

Please refer to the Foundation newsletter for Level 1 news.

This week in numeracy we will be starting to learn more about skip counting, you may like to help us practise counting by 2s, 5s, 10s at home, or for an extra challenge even 3s or 4s! Some dates for parents to note down; Fun for Ones – 22nd March (straight after school) Grade 2 Sleepover – 23rd March Notices will be coming home about these events in the coming weeks! We hope everyone has a wonderful week! See you all at Information Night next Monday! The Level 2 Team

Parent Information Night. The Level 3 Parent Information night will be held in the Library on Tues-day 16th February and more information will be distributed soon. Parent Teacher discussions. Our Parent / Teacher discussions will be held on Tuesday 1st March with available appointment times being sent out closer to this date. Things to bring to School: Just a reminder list of items that the students require at school. They are; smocks, library bag, visual diary for Art, pictures of the family and/or students for their Writer’s Notebook and we would appreciate a box of tissues to be supplied by each family. A very big well done and thank you to the students who have already brought along these things. Family Life Night: A Family Life Night will be held at school on Thursday 3rd March with more details and time sent out soon. Thank you! Level 3 Team

We have enjoyed a fantastic start to the new year with all students settling in extremely well and displaying positive work habits. It has been great to observe the Year 4 students assisting their Year 3 classmates in and out of the classroom. Well done everyone! Term 1 Inquiry topic. Our Term 1 Inquiry topic this term is titled ‘What is a Cooperative Communi-ty?’ To enhance this topic and the students’ understanding we have organ-ised an excursion to the Melbourne museum on Wednesday 17th February. We would appreciate all payments and consent forms for the excursion to be returned by the end of this week. Behaviour Management / Code of Conduct: Our Code of Conduct booklet is being discussed in classrooms and a con-sistent behaviour management approach has been discussed by the team and is being implemented in all classrooms. This is linked in with our Re-storative Practices and the ‘You Can Do It’ program which is operating throughout the school. This area will be discussed further at our Information night.

Semester 1 JSCs

What’s Happening in Level 4?

This week in Level 4 we have been continuing to find out more about our classmates and putting our best efforts into supporting each other and working cohesively in our classrooms. Information night is next Monday 15th February at 7.45pm. We are all looking forward to meeting our students’ parents. If you need child minding please remember to send back the reply slip provided. Many students have been asking when homework will start. It is great to see so many enthusiastic students. We will be starting homework after the Level 4 Information Night, on Monday 15th February, where we will be explaining homework and expectations. We encourage all students to read for at least 20 minutes each night. Notices have gone home about classroom parent liaisons and we have had a wonderful response. If you have not already returned your class contact list form could you please do so as soon as possible so we can make a list up for each classroom liaison to use. Communicating what is happening in Level 4 is very important to us and a great way for every-one to feel connected.

We are looking forward to working with classroom helpers and we will begin this program in term 2 once the students have settled in to class-room routines. The swimming sports for Level 4 are on next Thursday 18th February. This is a great day for the students to support their peers and celebrate in the achievements of their houses. It would be great to see the stu-dents dressed in their house colours for the day. Our Mind and Body incursion is on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd Feb-ruary. Please return the permission forms and payments by Monday 15th February. We were thrilled to see so many students turn up for team training on Wednesday morning. It was lovely to see everyone enthusiastically prac-tising skills and chatting about the upcoming game. Bonnie, Christine, Jana, Lauren and Cathy

COMMUNITY NOTICES

(Please check the Community Noticeboard for further details)

Whitefriars Catholic College Twilight open evening and tour. Tuesday 16 February. Register at www.whitefriars.vic.edu.au

Norwood Secondary College have released their 2016 tour dates. Ph 9871 0400 for bookings. Open night Wednesday 4th May 7pm.

Kingswood College is offering Scholarships for 2017. Visit www.kingswoodcollege.vic.edu.au

Kingswood College presents Bernie Lanyon, Thinkplus educator, Tuesday 23 February 7pm, Senior School, Kingswood College.

RSVP to reception@kingswoodcollege.vic.edu.au

It has been a great start to term. It’s been lovely to see all the new students have settled in well. This week we have been using lots of recyclables for craft. The children love using their imagination to create whatever they like. If you are able to help by donating old boxes, jars, magazines or other bits and pieces we would we really appreciate it. Outdoors the most popular games have been tennis and cricket, indoors we have lots of construction toys and games for everyone, this week marbles have been popular as well. In the kitchen the children have made a chocolate cake and we also experimented with a coconut slice and added chocolate and jam, which turned out great! Just a reminder, if you are creating or cancelling a booking to please call customer service or go online to the parent portal. If it is last mi-nute you are also able to call/text the service phone on 0412 545 042. We would also like to announce that our customer service is now 24/7 and if you need to call at any time you can. 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

2AF All of 2AF For being such a delightful group of children in the first few days of 2016. I look forward to a great year

ahead with you all. Well done 2AF!

2BC Jess For a great speech when nominating for JSC. It has been so great to see your confidence grow!

2BW Dane For displaying enthusiasm and making a positive start to the year. Terrific work Dane!

2CC Tarran For a wonderful start to the school year! You have been so responsible and focused, I’m really proud of

you! Keep it up!

2JS Roy B For tring his best and settling in to 2016 wonderfully!

2KD Reuben For the perseverance you have shown when completing your handwriting. Well done!

2TR Ashley For a fantastic start to the year! You have settled into 2TR with great enthusiasm and a constant smile

on your face!

3CH 3CH

Superheroes.

An absolutely amazing start to the new year, working exceptionally well and developing a cooperative

and happy classroom community! Well done!

3DH Heath For making a wonderful start to Level 3. You have settled in nicely to your new grade and it’s been won-

derful to hear you share your great ideas. Great work Heath!

3KS Justin O For a smooth transition into your new school and a wonderful start to Grade 4. Welcome to APPS Justin.

We are looking forward to getting to know you!

3LW Maddie M For an excellent start to the year! You have been a fantastic role model for other students. Well done

Maddie!

3NA Aiden P For always showing the ERRIC values and being an excellent role model for others.

3RM Ryan M A great start to the year. I am so impressed with your concentration and dedication to your learning.

4BR Casey The outstanding start you have made in Level 4! You are keen to get involved in activities and are work-

ing cooperatively. Thank you for having such a great attitude and for making us laugh and smile!

4CE Abigail Being such a kind and considerate class member and helping out when needed. It’s great to see you

asking questions and enthusiastic about your learning.

4CN Riley C A great start to Level 4. It is wonderful to see your positive attitude and smile each day.

4JD Cassidy F For a wonderful transition into Level Four. You have demonstrated outstanding work habits and have

produced work to a very high standard. Keep up the good work!

4LC Hannah P For making a wonderful start to the school year. You are a pleasure to have in the classroom as you

approach each learning task with enthusiasm.

Performing

Arts

Tarran H(2CC) For showing outstanding sportsmanship in a dance game. A great start to the year! Well done, Tarran!

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