NEWSLETTER N0.29

DIARY DATES

Tuesday 11th October Gr 5 & 6 Family Life Program

5/6 Hooptime Regionals

Divisional Athletics

Thursday 13th October Gr 5 Family Life Program

3/4 Hooptime Regionals

Friday 14th October 5/6 Interschool Summer Sport

Tuesday 18th October Gr 5 & 6 Family Life Program

Tuesday 25th October Gr 6 Family Life Program

22ND SEPTEMBER 2011

NOTICES DUE BACK BY

Monday 10th October Hooptime Regionals

Thursday 13th October PFA Meeting

Thursday 20th October Shopping Tour

BERWICK LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL Phone: 9707 1766 Fax: 9796 2198

E-mail: berwick.lodge.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Visit our Websites : http:// www.berwicklodgeps.vic.edu.au,

Camp Australia/Out of School Hours Care: 9769 8251

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT SENIOR SCHOOL FILM

FESTIVAL What a wonderful night‟s

entertainment it was. On Monday

evening the second Berwick Lodge

Film Festival was screened at the

Drum Theatre in Dandenong.

Children in grades 5 & 6 were

involved in all aspects of the

production – from script writing to

editing to creating the sound score

and of acting and filming of the

scenes. Stage Fright Productions

were our consultants and Marcello,

who attended Monday evening‟s

presentation and was involved

with last year‟s filming project was

„blown away‟ by the progress we

have made in just our second year.

Our J-Rock team provided the

pre-film entertainment – a truly

spectacular performance and the

„red carpet‟ greeted everyone as

they entered the

theatre.

Congratulations

to all staff

members and

students – you

„did us proud‟ as

the colloquialism goes!

FREE FRANKSTON ARTS

CENTRE TICKETS First in best dressed! I have

received two complimentary

tickets valued at a

total of $36.00 to a

Musical Matinee

supported by Bill

Livingstone and the

Best of British Pops on

Friday 4th November

2011 at 1.30pm at the3 Frankston

Arts Centre. The Frankston Arts

Centre provides a wide range of

excellent productions throughout

the year at highly affordable rates.

In the school holidays in particular

there is a lot on for our kids. Just

check in to their website for

details: www.artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au

THANK YOU Gee how this term has flown!

Thank you to everyone for your

contribution – enjoy the break if

you are having a holiday or even

just a few days off and let‟s return

refreshed for a great term 4.

FREQUENTLY ASKED

QUESTIONS (FAQ‟s) Q. What is the most unusual

program offered at Berwick

Lodge since its opening?

A.I would have to say our

equestrian program way back in the

mid 1990‟s. We had a teacher,

Michelle Wilde, who was an

accomplished horse rider with a

passion to implement an equestrian

program at our school. Well, for

that year we had a team of children

who trained with Michelle Wilde

and rode in equestrian events

representing our school. Michelle

secured sponsorships to ensure

that our students were dressed in

appropriate gear in our school

colours and they did very well.

QUOTABLE QUOTE

‘Passion is the fruit of

success’

HENRY

GROSSEK

Friday 23rd September 2011 2:30pm Finish

Monday 10th October 2011 Term 4 Starts

BERWICK LODGE FILM

FESTIVAL Congratulations to staff and students involved in this years‟ BLPS

Film Festival and J-Rock Performance. The evening was

most enjoyable with families, students and staff getting into the

spirit of the gala event by dressing for the occasion. Guests and stars enjoyed „walking the red carpet‟ and

I am sure that the paparazzi have some great photos of the arrivals.

The show began with a live encore performance of „Beautiful Monster‟,

our J-Rock item recently featured at the Hisense Arena.

The audience then enjoyed the

screening of a range of short films and

photo stories highlighting the acting

talents of our senior students and providing plenty of laughs.

The Film Festival showcases our students‟ skills in writing scripts, sourcing props, locations and

costumes, filming and editing. We were extremely impressed with the

growth shown since our inaugural film festival in 2011. This sentiment

was echoed by the families in attendance.

We congratulate the staff and students on the hard work they

have put into this project. We are proud of their efforts and grateful to

families who have supported the event through their attendance on

the evening.

FOOTY COLOURS DAY Last Thursday all classes participated in a Junior School Council „Footy

Colours Day‟ to raise funds to support the BLPS sponsor children,

Oshdi in Sri Lanka and Pheear in

Cambodia. The

students enjoyed the day and raised $638 towards the

sponsorship costs. Congratulations to

the Junior School Council for this initiative. It is most rewarding to

see our students supporting children who live in less privileged

communities.

PFA CLOVER COTTAGE

DINNER Last night community members and

staff attended a most enjoyable evening at Clover Cottage. The

PFA team had done an excellent job of making arrangements for this

event and had a plethora of raffle prizes for participants to win.

Thank you to the PFA for organising this event which was a great

opportunity for diners to socialise and support the school at the same

time.

SUNSMART HATS IN

TERM 4 Families are reminded that in line

with our „Sun Smart Hat Policy‟ all students are required to wear a

Sun Smart hat during outdoor activities and

at play times during Terms 1 and 4. Children are encouraged to find

their slouch, bucket or legionnaires hat ready for the first day of term.

HOLIDAY HEAD LICE

CHECKS During the two week holiday break, we would appreciate the support of

every family in the school in the detection and total eradication of

any live lice and/or eggs that are found in children‟s hair. While we

realise that families are busy, we feel

that it would be a most worthwhile exercise in eradicating lice from the school.

To be successful, every family

would need to commit some time to:

Check their children‟s hair at least twice over the holidays. (Eg: Week

1 and Week 2) If any live lice are found, treat

immediately. (Complete follow-up checks and treatment.)

If any eggs are found, apply lots of conditioner, and patiently remove

all eggs. If every family was

diligent in this exercise, we would be able to break the head lice

cycle in the school. We thank you in

advance for your cooperation, and look forward to „Lice-free Term

4 at B.L.P.S.!”

END OF TERM 3 EARLY

DISMISSAL Parents are reminded that Term 3 ends tomorrow. In line with our

usual practice for the end of term the students will be dismissed from

their classrooms at 2:30PM.

We extend holiday wishes to all of our families and hope that all

students will return refreshed and healthy for a busy Term 4!

LYNNE BRENNER

AND

DEBBIE CUSACK

ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS’ REPORT

Enrolments for 2012 are now being accepted! Enrolment forms are available from the school office. Original birth certificates and immunisation certificates need to be sighted by the office at the time of enrolment.

SCHOOL COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S REPORT BERWICK LODGE FILM FESTIVAL

On Monday night, I had the privilege of attending the Berwick Lodge Film Festival at the Drum Theatre in

Dandenong. What a fantastic night this was! It was fun to see our students and their families

walk the red carpet and then be photographed by the “paparazzi”.

The Grade 5 and 6 students have spent the past term writing, filming, editing and creating short

films and photo stories. Monday saw all their hard work pay off as their stories and films were

screened. It was great to see everyone so enthusiastic about sharing their project with our

school community. We were also treated to an encore performance from our J-Rock cast.

Congratulations to all our “Lodgie Award” winners.

Finally, thank you to our Grade 5/6 team for their tireless support of our students and their assistance with

producing these photo stories and short films. A special thank you to Lois Smethurst and Marcello for their

overall guidance.

CLOVER COTTAGE

Last night, the PFA held their Clover Cottage Dinner. This was a fun night attended by our

staff and families. The food was amazing as usual and there were lots of great prizes won on

the night. I think a certain few people went home with car loads of goodies!

Thank you to the hard working PFA team who ran this successful night. Special thanks must

go to our PFA president, Sarah Hartnett and our MC on the night Andrea Douglas.

I would like to wish all our staff, students and families a very safe and restful (hopefully) holiday break and looking

forward to a great Term 4.

Jodie Norton School Council President

SCHOOL COUNCIL DIRECTORY

President: Jodie Norton Principal: Henry Grossek

Vice-President: Michelle Sarjeant DEECD Members: Lynne Brenner

Minute Secretary: Lois Smethurst Sue Naismith

Correspondence Sec.: Michael Tabone

Parent Members: Prashad Sujenthiran PFA Co-Optee: Samantha Cline

Craig Benedick

Carolyn Mehr Lesley Lees

Contact Details: Phone: 9707 1766 Fax: 9796 2198

Email: norton.jodie.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

PREP LIFE EDUCATION VISIT

I liked when the movie came on. Jamison

Harold bumped his head all the time. Erin

I like Harold because he was funny. Ryan

I liked doing magic with Harold. Charli

I had a magic finger when I touched the board. Stephanie

He was very funny, Anakin

We helped Harold sort out his food and I had the Yabby. Zak

I liked Harold because he was so funny. Zubair

Possum invited Harold to her thank you party. Samundra

Prep W

HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER?

Please ensure you let the school office know if you have changed

address or updated mobile phones with new numbers.

This information alleviates stressful situations on students when they

are ill and we cannot contact parents

2011 Premier‟s Reading Challenge

Congratulations to all students who have completed the 2011 Premier‟s Reading

Challenge.

This year 370 Berwick Lodge Primary School students completed the challenge from

Grades Prep to 6 with a massive total of 11,500 books finished.

Certificates will be distributed next term. The Honour Roll listing the names of students

whose parents‟ have given consent will be published on Sunday 27th November 2011 in The Sunday Age.

Congratulations to the following students who have completed the 2011 Premier’s Reading Challenge.

Caeden M 4DR

Katia B 4S

Dimi E 3D

Happy Reading!

Bernadette Kelly

Congratulations

A number of students from Grades 3 to 6

recently undertook the ICAS English reading

assessment which is run by the University of

NSW. All students who participated should be

extremely proud of their efforts.

Special recognition is given to the following

students who received Credit or Distinction

Awards.

Distinction

Lachlan and Sophie (Grade 6),

Kaaviyansiri (Grade 3)

Credit

Shenelle, Ebony and Joshua (Grade 5),

Phoebe (Grade 4),

Joshua, Eric, Stephanie, Damien and Flynn

(Grade 3)

What a super effort.

Footy Dress Up Day

On Thursday 15th September 2011, the JSC had a Footy

Dress Up Day. All of the students looked fantastic in their Footy colours and really enjoyed showing support for their teams.

We had two competitions running on the day; the longest

coin line and the coin line that had the most amount of money. The team that had the longest coin line was

Richmond, and the AFL Team that had the most money in their coin line was St. Kilda with $119.25, second was

Collingwood with $104.20 and third was Hawthorn with $96.55.

Through your donations we raised $638.00 which is going towards our World Vision Sponsor Children, Pheear and

Oshdi and their communities in Cambodia and Sri Lanka.

The winners of the best dressed competition were: Ella (PC), Kane (PL), Emily (PM), Stevan (PW), Keely (1C),

Deegan (1M), Dani (1J), Mickayla (2F), Ella (2L), Summah (2G), Jacinta (2Z), Molly (3B), Cooper T and Josh C (3D),

Darion (3K), Stephanie (3M), Victoria (4DR), Brodie (4L), Abbey (4R), Megan (4S), Kayla (5C), Myles (5H), Fischer (5T), Jade (5W), Lizzie (6K), Keely (6N), Marnie

(6P), Tahlia

Thank you for your continued support

Vanessa Stevens and

Lianne Morgan

On behalf of the Junior School Council

Berwick Lodge Film Festival I walked into the building, the ground covered with the red carpet. I looked up and saw the film posters. It was the finally the night of the Berwick Lodge Film Festival and boy was I excited! But, before I tell you about this, let’s go back to where it all began. It was Term 2, the term we started writing our stories. Once I had written my story, I read it out to the class, and I was very proud of it. Later on, the class chose three stories to be made into film. The three that were chosen were Renee’s, Vanessa’s and Eden’s. I think that they were chosen because they were interesting and they kept you guessing about what was going to happen next. When that was finished, we were all put into one of the three groups. I was put into Renee’s group. We then had to go over our story, which I think we did really well as we mostly worked together as a real film team.

Our next step was to delegate the roles to everyone. We had to co-operate so that it would be fair. In the end, everyone was happy with the characters that they were going to play. When we started filming, I felt really excited about it. I also got to work with people who I normally don’t work with and I found that we worked quite well together. My favourite part of film was when I was in the bushes looking for the lights. Editing the film was my favourite part. I got to use iMovie to edit our film and I also

got to help make the effects and sounds. It was awesome because I got to watch the movie as we were changing it. But now back to the Film Festival, I really enjoyed watching everyone’s hard work and effort that had gone into making the movies. It was a real hand on activity and we all learnt heaps. I would highly recommend this again for next year.

By Ethan S. 6N

And now for some comments from our Grade 5 and 6 students about the Film Festival……

Lachlan R 6P: “I really liked the movies!”

Jackson B 5C: “We got to have photos taken on the red carpet!”

Jordan H 5C: “We got to dress like celebrities and walk down the red carpet!”

Leida M 6P: “I loved performing in J-Rock!”

Edward C 5T: “There weren’t many people when I came so I wasn’t embarrassed!”

School Name OSHC Coordinator: Dorien Erasmus

We are proud of another successful term at BLOSHC. Thank you to the school, parents and children for your valued support. See you next term with a bunch of new experiences to share. Last day of School Don’t forget to book your child in for the last day of term on Friday 23

rd September 2011. The program will run from

2.30pm – 6.30pm. Hope to see a few new faces! Holiday Club Let Camp Australia make your kids smile these holidays. Please visit www.campaustralia.com.au to book online for the holiday program at Berwick Fields and join in the fun and excursions planned for the holiday. Register Online

Visit our website to register www.campaustralia.com.au. Once registered you can make bookings and cancellations, view your statements and manage your details anytime of the day online.

Before school care: 6:45am – 8:45am After school care: 3.30pm – 6.30pm

Star of the week: Campbell L 4R: For most improved behaviour. Well done! Take care over the holiday period. Dorien and the OSHC team

BLOSHC NEWS

Continued…...

Aidan W 5T: “There was at least a metre of space in the foyer, so you didn’t run into anyone!”

Cailan B 5W: “I loved the J-Rock performance because it was fantastic!”

Cooper F 5W: “I loved all of the Grade six films!”

Rachel G 5H: “It was an educational experience to make the films and it was really good to share them!”

Coby R 5H: ‘I think it was a good experience to find out how to make photo stories and to let people see what you’ve done!”

Renee W 6N: “I liked how we had the trailer at the start of the films and played the films after!”

Keely P 6N: “I liked every last bit of it and especially the trophy I received!”

Jodie F 6K: “You could see all the hard work that everyone put into their films. It was great!”

Ryley A 6K: “I liked our film because it was awesome!”

Parents & Friends Association NEXT MEETING: Thursday 13th October 2011 at 1.30pm in Room 16.

Everyone is welcome, including toddlers.

2ND HAND UNIFORM SHOP: Our next 2nd hand uniform shop will be open in the school

canteen on Tuesday 25th October 2011 from 2.30pm until 3.15pm.

CLOVER COTTAGE

A huge thank you to everyone who came to Clover Cottage Dinner last night, we

hope you all had a fantastic night and enjoyed your meal as well as catching up with

friends.

Congratulations to everyone who won the prizes and were successful with the

auctions.

A big thank you to all the companies who donated goods for our night and supported our school.

It was hugely appreciated.

Current Events

PIE & SLICE DRIVE: Thank you to all the families who bought pies and slices from the

Emerald Bakery. We hop you enjoy your delicious treats.

Some of the great fundraisers we have for Term 4 include a Walk-a-thon, Shopping

Tour, Drive In Movie Night and a Halloween Disco. We look forward to your support for these

events.

DRIVE IN MOVIE NIGHT: Do you own or work for a company that would be

willing to advertise on the “big screen”? The school is more than happy to assist in the

creating of a presentation. We are hoping to sell tickets to the school and wider

community.

SHOP TILL YOU DROP!

SHOPPING TOUR: Our shopping tour is coming up on Saturday 5th November 2011, please

return your forms and payment by Friday 20th October 2011. Places are limited so

get in quickly. We will be visiting lots of shops that include toys, kids clothes,

Manchester and kitchen wares just to name a few. Come and have a great day out

with morning tea and a 2 course lunch which is included in the price.

SUPERMARKET VOUCHERS: A huge thank you to everyone who is sending in their Coles

and Safeway Vouchers. Keep collecting as the more Sports for School Vouchers/Earn and Learn

Points we have the more sports equipment and educational resources our children can utilise.

PAUL‟S CAPS: The Junior School Council are collecting the Paul‟s Caps to raise money for our

sponsor children Pheear and Oshdi in Cambodia and Sri Lanka. Money raised will go towards

education and school supplies, building materials for new classrooms and clean, safe drinking

water.

Wishing all our families a very relaxing and happy holiday. Thank you so much for

your support this term We appreciated all your help with our fundraisers and in

supporting our school community.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

COMMUNITY NEWS

NARRE WARREN-BERWICK BLUE LIGHT

DISCO

BERWICK LEISURE CENTRE,

MANUKA ROAD, BERWICK

SATURDAY 8th October 2011

For Students in years 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 only

Times 6:00pm to 10:00pm

COST: $10.00

Any enquires to Narre Warren

Police Station 9705 3111

LOST

Grade 6 Jumper “RW6N” on the tag. We would

really appreciate if Grade 6 parents could check

their children‟s jumpers. If found please return to

6N or the office. Thank you!

Advertisements published by the school are accepted in good faith and should not be regarded as an

endorsement of any product or service.

Parents and members of the school community are advised to investigate any service or product to

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