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Cockatoo Primary School No 3535. Website – www.cockatoops.vic.edu.au

COCKATOO PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be! NO. 27 Friday October 20th 2017

NOTICES SENT HOME Eligible Bus Travel 2018 2018 Bushfire Season Survey PFA Hot Chip Day PFA Out of Uniform grocery item day


October

Tuesday 24th

Wednesday 25th

Thursday 26th

Friday 27th

Monday 30th

Tuesday 31st

Wednesday 1st

Tuesday 7th

Wednesday 8th

Friday 10th

PFA hot chip day

Life Education Van

Life Education Van

PFA grocery Item Out of Uniform Day

Life Education Van

Grade 5 Soccer day

Grade 3/4 Phillip Island Camp



Melbourne Cup – No School Today

Grade 5/6 Puberty Incursion

PFA grocery Item Out of Uniform Day


Principal’s Report

Bushfire Relocation Survey Thank you to the many parents who have already returned the Bushfire Relocation Survey sent out yesterday. This survey will provide very important information regarding managing procedures on days of extreme. The deadline for returning the survey is Wednesday 25th October 2017.

Emergency Management Plans Our school and OSHC Emergency Management Plans are currently being updated to ensure that they replicate any changes to current regulations. The plans will be tabled at School Council before being finally approved by DET. As we are in a high fire risk area we are asking that all parents provide updated mobile phone details to the office. A note will be sent home next week to enable you to do so. This will enable us to communicate directly with you through your mobile phone device in the event of an emergency.

Regional Athletics Congratulations to Sasha Carroll and Lachlan Brook who represented the Dandenong Ranges district at regional athletics on Wednesday. Sasha placed a very admirable 5th in long jump, jumping a massive distance of 3.77metres. We are very proud of Lachlan’s placing of 4th in shot put where he managed to record a massive 11.16 metres. Well done to both students who have done exceptionally well in their journey to this level! Cup Eve and Cup Day The school will be closed for Cup Day on Tuesday 7th November 2017. The day prior is traditionally always very quiet as many families take the opportunity to extend the weekend to a four day break. If you are travelling for an extended weekend break, please drive carefully and stay safe. Our staff will be at school on Cup Eve and will be using the day as an opportunity for professional development. We will have a focus on literacy and numeracy planning and the development of our Annual Implementation Plan for the 2018 school year. Relief teachers will be employed to provide the school program, as instructed by the class teacher, to the students who arrive on Monday. Historically, low numbers attend on Cup Eve so, consequently, there will be no canteen operating on this day. Thanks to those who have already let us know that their child will not be attending school on Cup Eve. Carols Night – A Date to Save in Your Diary The school’s annual Carols Night will be held on Monday 11th December 2017. The PFA will provide food on the night before the concert commences at 6.30PM. Each grade of students is currently organising their routines to present on the night. Teachers will be available for a “Meet and Greet” session on this night which provides an opportunity to meet your child’s 2018 teacher.


On Tuesday the 17th of October the RACV Energy Breakthrough team held our first ever Colour Fun Run. This fundraiser was to raise money for modifications to our cart and resources for our team. It was a fantastic day and everyone who participated enjoyed getting covered in coloured powder. Both

ovals were our coloured checkpoints and kids enjoyed racing from one to another. A big thank you to all those who gave up their time to help out on the day.


We would like to wish the following

students a very Happy Birthday.

Amelia Henry

Zoe Lyall

Rayne Dinnie

Noah Ally

DON’T LET YOUR

CHILDREN MISS OUT!!!!

To prevent your child missing out on an incursion

or excursion, please make sure ALL payments are

made by the due date, which is usually the day

before the event (unless otherwise specified) so

money can be processed and permission forms

returned to the teachers.

To avoid any confusion we request

that money and permission form are

returned together.


What’s happening next week……

CAN ALL STUDENTS PLEASE BRING A HAT TO LEAVE AT OSHC

To Contact O.S.H.C. call the School Office or ring 0408 566 957or 5968 0256

at all other times. Enrolment Forms For 2017 are available at the

office or Out of School Hours Car

RETURN SLIP

SICK BAY HELPERS

WANTED

Dear Parents,

If you are willing to help the school by stripping the beds,

making them and washing the linen from the Sick Bay on

a Friday and returning the linen the next week, please

complete this slip so that we can make up a roster for the

year.

I am willing to be on the Sick Bay Roster.

Name: ………………………………………….

Phone: …………………………….

Eldest Child: …………………………………..

Grade: …………..

Term 4 2017

Monday

Cooking – Tuna Pasta Bake

Tuesday

craft/free play

Volcanoes

Wednesday

Sport Netball

Thursday

craft/free play/cooking – Pesto Basil Pasta Volcanoes

Friday

computers Computer

Art-Craft


PFA Page * Cooking Program Every Wednesday (and a few Mondays)

* Hot Chip Day Tuesday 24th October (next Tuesday)

* Christmas Hamper – Out of Uniform Day Thursday 26th October

(next Thursday)

The PFA Team are very excited to continue the Cooking Program at Cockatoo Primary School during fourth term. Cooking will run every Wednesday (and a few Mondays) on a rotating timetable. It takes approximately 4 weeks to get through all the grades in the school. Every student in the school will enjoy learning to cook some delicious recipes. All

recipes will be made “from scratch”, no jars of sauce or packets of pasta sauce etc will be used. We want all students to learn to cook, and learn the basic skills required.

This week we made “Fried Rice” with 5/6S, 5/6M, 1/2E and 1/2E. FS made Pasta Salad. If you wish to contribute to the program, you can make a financial donation at the Office towards the ingredients.

The PFA Team volunteer their time to run this Cooking Program at Cockatoo Primary School. If you are interested and available to come in on any

Wednesday (or Monday) to help with the Cooking Program, we would really appreciate your help. We would like to have one adult supervising each small group of students. All recipes are provided, and a copy of each recipe will be sent home with students, so they can make their recipes again at home in the

future. We would love you to come along and help teach the students at Cockatoo Primary School to cook.

Cockatoo Primary School would like to thank the Cockatoo Country Market for their generous grant to continue running our Cooking Program.

PFA Bucket of Hot Chips, Cold Drink & Cadbury Chocolate Break

Next Tuesday 24th October is our “Freshly Cooked Bucket of Hot Chips & Cold Drink plus a Cadbury Chocolate”. Students will be able to purchase a cold drink (milo, cordial or water) and a freshly cooked bucket of hot chips and a Cadbury Chocolate for $5.00.

Please fill out the order form & get it back to the Office by Monday 23rd October.

There will be a “Christmas Hamper - Out of Uniform Day” on Thursday 26th October. Students can wear free dress to School in exchange for a grocery / pantry item or items to the value of $2.00 ……..

Items could include canned goods, packets of pasta or biscuits, jars of food, sauce, jams and spreads, packet cakes, dried fruit, breakfast cereals, tea, coffee, milo, sugar, flour etc. All items must have use by dates until at least 30.06.2018. No fresh ingredients such as bread or milk please.

Please send grocery item (or $2.00 payment) on Thursday 26th October.


Student Achievements 2017


Singing lessons for all ages, All styles

FIRST LESSON FREE ellenmccarthymusic.com.au

0403 756 156 2 Auhl Rd, Emerald


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 4 Grades F, 1 & 2 – Week 3

Numeracy Number - Subtraction Foundation: Subtraction Grade 1: Subtraction Grade 2: Repeated Subtraction (Division)

Literacy Reading Writing Spelling

Creating and Making - Informative texts Reading: Understanding the features and structure of a text - Informative Writing: Students will create an information report on their favourite toy using their knowledge of text features and structure Spelling: Use of strategies to decode weekly text: Meaning Sound Look Inquiry Connections

Inquiry Science, Technology, Humanities & Creative thinking

Life Education Van: Foundation - Ready, Steady, Go!: what our bodies need to be healthy and the benefits of physical activity) 1/2 - Growing Good Friends: positive relationships and safe behaviours around others

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

Visual Arts - Wendy Dene Celebrations – Gratitude Trees

Music - Ash Bourke Christmas Carols

P.E - Ash Bourke Athletics

Personal, Social & Cultural Learning

Life Education Van

Homework Reading and sight words SPECIAL EVENTS:

Life Ed Week: FS: Monday 9-10am FA: Thursday 2:30-3:30pm 23rd Sarah A’s 30th Birthday!!!!!!!!!!! 1/2T: Wednesday 10-11am (1/2S week 4: Monday 30th) 24th Hot Chip Day 1/2E: Wednesday 2:30-3:30 25th FA Cooking 2:30-3:30pm


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 4 Grades 3 and 4 – Week 3

Numeracy Interpreting Data, Automaticity, Problem Solving Literacy Reading Writing Spelling

All strategies together, Information Text Topic words

Inquiry Science, Technology, Humanities & Creative thinking

Inventors and Inventions

- Toys

- Medical Inventions

- Transport Inventions

- Gadgets


Visual Arts - Wendy Dene

Penguin collage

Music - Ash Bourke

Christmas Carols

P.E - Ash Bourke

Athletics


Gratitude

Homework Comprehension worksheet Daily reading Practise times tables

SPECIAL EVENTS: Tuesday 24th October – PFA Hot chips Wednesday 25th October – 3/4T Cooking Thursday 26th October – 3/4T Life Ed van Friday 27th October – 3/4P and 3/4J Life Ed van Don’t forget Grade 3/4 camp next week (October 30th – November 1st)


INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 4 Grades 5 & 6 – Week 3

Numeracy

Daily Automaticity activities (10 minutes) Statistics and Probability

Literacy Reading Writing

Spelling

Informative Text Genre-Inferring meaning from diagrams, making connections, and finding the main idea Informative Topic words

Inquiry

Science, Technology, Humanities & Creative thinking

‘Weird and Wonderful Things’- Why can some diseases be cured/not cured


Visual Arts - Wendy Dene Grade 5 – Scratch paper Christmas cards Grade 6 – Scratch board mortars

Music - Ash Bourke

Christmas Carols

P.E - Ash Bourke


HHoommeewwoorrkk Regular Reading – Aim for five nights each week. Inquiry/Literacy- based on Information reports

SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK

24th Hot chip day 25th 5/6M – Life Education

5/6R-Cooking 26th 5/6S – Life Education 27th Grade 5 soccer day

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