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

COCKATOO PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

A Great Place To Be!

NO. 27 Friday October 12th 2018

Dates to Remember

October

Tuesday 16th HPV Colour Fun Run & Sausage Sizzle

Thursday 18th Kmotion begins

Friday 19th 3/4 Health Rivers Incursion

Monday 22nd

3/4 Camp

Grade 5/6 Museum

Wednesday 24th Life Ed Begins

3/4 Camp return

Thursday 25th Grade 5 Soccer Day

Monday 29th Life Ed Finishes

Tuesday 30th PFA Hot Chip Day

November

Tuesday 6th Cup Day


WELCOME TO TERM 4!!!

It is so nice to see the sun shining…and even more wonderful to see all our fabulous students returning to school looking refreshed and ready to go for an amazing term of learning! Across the school students will be studying Mini Beasts in one form or another and I cannot wait to see what incredible things they show and tell me about as part of their learning. There are so many students here who love to share what they learn and I encourage you all at home to ask them not just “How was your day?” but “What did you learn today?” or “What’s the creepiest crawliest mini beast you have learnt about so far?” Maybe you even find one or two in the garden! Division Aths

A huge congratulations to those students that made it to Divisional Athletics, you all did our school super proud! Congratulations to Ava, and Lachie who go onto the next level (Regional) next Thursday.

It is that time of year again where we require students to be wearing hats at all times when they are outside. That’s not all to being sun smart though, as the saying goes:

Meredith Smith Acting Principal


COCKATOO PRIMARY SCHOOL STAFF SHOPPING TOUR

SATURDAY OCTOBER 20TH

WE HAVE LIMITED AVAILABLE SEATS FOR OUR ANNUAL STAFF

SHOPPING TOUR AND INVITE PARENTS TO JOIN US ON THIS FUN DAY. DEPARTS COCKATOO 7.15AM & RETURNS APROX 6.00PM

(LOCATION FOR DEPARTURE STILL TO BE CONFIRMED) $44 upfront with a $10 refund from the commission cheque.

Please contact Gayle or leave a message at the office if you would like to join us. Payment must be paid in cash to the office, in an envelope with your name clearly

marked on it. Money is due no later than Monday 15th.

OUTLETS WE ARE VISITING: SOCIAL CLUB BOOKS (new premises, 3 rooms of books)

NATIO (Gift packs, make up, body lotions, fragrances and other great goodies) CHRISTMAS ELVES (amazing super big store, everything Christmassy)

TIRELLI (New outlet, very upmarket stylish womans fashion S-XL. Checkout their website) TAKING SHAPE (Fashionable plus size clothing 12-26)

LINEN FACTORY (Manchester) BARKLY SQUARE (Lunch Stop with many food choices)

FIVE STAR OUTLET (Clearance warehouse for large retailer selling kitchenware and giftware)

FOOTSCRAY MEGA OUTLET (Racks of clothes, bargains for entire family) BONDS (socks,underwear,sleepwear and active wear for entire family)

NEWMANS (Chocolate outlet, has expanded into next-door)

To avoid any confusion we request

that money and permission forms

are returned together in a clear

plastic zip lock bag or envelope.


We would like to wish the following students a very Happy

Birthday.

Emily KeilyEmily KeilyEmily KeilyEmily Keily Trevor Anderson

Ayla ApplebyAyla ApplebyAyla ApplebyAyla Appleby Ben LutzBen LutzBen LutzBen Lutz

Grace KruzicevicGrace KruzicevicGrace KruzicevicGrace Kruzicevic

Isabel DIsabel DIsabel DIsabel D’Argaville’Argaville’Argaville’Argaville

Madeline McLeanMadeline McLeanMadeline McLeanMadeline McLean

Brax HoganBrax HoganBrax HoganBrax Hogan

Gerard AlvarezGerard AlvarezGerard AlvarezGerard Alvarez

SSSSasha Carrollasha Carrollasha Carrollasha Carroll

Lucy PorterLucy PorterLucy PorterLucy Porter

Blake BrownBlake BrownBlake BrownBlake Brown

Jenny RevellJenny RevellJenny RevellJenny Revell

Ruby WatsonRuby WatsonRuby WatsonRuby Watson

Dash DinnieDash DinnieDash DinnieDash Dinnie

Zoe LyallZoe LyallZoe LyallZoe Lyall

RRRRayne Dinnieayne Dinnieayne Dinnieayne Dinnie

Noah AllyNoah AllyNoah AllyNoah Ally

Kaelan KruzicevicKaelan KruzicevicKaelan KruzicevicKaelan Kruzicevic----KingKingKingKing


2018 Monday

cooking Tuesday

Wednesday

sport Thursday

Friday

computers craft examples

week 2

15/10-19/10

pumpkin soup

Oil Pastels

Drawing Soccer

Oil Pastel

Drawing Computers

week 3

22/10-26/10

pizza

Art Exhibition Afl Art Exhibition Computers

week 4

29/10-2/11

meatball

spaghetti

Halloween Afl Halloween Computers

week 5

5/11-9/11

rice paper wraps

Beados Basketball Movie Night Computers

week 6

12/11-17/11

banana bread

Make A

Board Game Basketball

Make A

Board Game Computers

week 7

19/11-23/11

burritos

Games Night Hockey Games Night Computers

week 8

26/11-30/11

toasties

Advent

Calendars Hockey

Advent

Calendars Computers

week 9

3/12-7/12

carbonara

Make Your

Own Teddy Tennis

Make Your

Own Teddy Computers


week 10

10/12-14/12

mac & cheese

Volcanoes Tennis Volcanoes Computers

week 11

17/12-21/12

gingerbread

Clean Up

Week Fun Games

Clean Up

Week Computers

To Contact O.S.H.C. call the School Office

on 5968 8017 between 8.30am and 4.30pm or ring 0408 566 957or 5968 0256

at all other times. Enrolment Forms

For 2018 are available at the office or Out of School Hours Care

Just a reminder that the canteen is open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

NOTNOTNOTNOT Monday & Tuesday.

If would like to help in the Canteen between 10.30am and 2.00pm please leave your details with the office staff and Judy will get back to you.

Issue 7 is due in by Friday 26th October 4pm Remember all orders are to be done through the LOOP no cash accepted at school


1st Cockatoo Scouts

Karaoke NightKaraoke NightKaraoke NightKaraoke Night

Calling All YoCalling All YoCalling All YoCalling All Youth aged 8uth aged 8uth aged 8uth aged 8----14yrs14yrs14yrs14yrs

1st Cockatoo Scouts are running a Karaoke Night giving everyone the

chance to get together and have fun.

Where - 1st Cockatoo Scout Hall

75 Pakenham road Cockatoo

When - 26th October 2018

Time - 7.00pm to 9.30 pm

Cost - $ 5.00 entry

Soft Drink & Lolly Bags $2.50

Fairy Floss & Pop Corns $3.00

Hot Jam Donuts $1.50 each

Parents Welcome to Stay No Alcohol Allowed

Prizes To

Win


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 4

Grades F, 1 & 2 – Week 2 Commencing – Monday 15th October

Numeracy Students will be revisiting counting and sequencing numbers, and place value

Students will be revisiting counting and sequencing numbers, and place value. Students will be;

• Developing their understanding of units, tens, hundreds and thousands, and placing numbers into the correct columns

• Ordering numbers

• Writing numbers in expanded form A home activity you could do with your child this week could be to get your child to find a number and ask them to identify the value of each digit.

Literacy Reading Writing Spelling Students will be working on a range of activities focusing on the development of word choice.

Reading: Students will be listening to the teacher read Charlotte’s Web, they will make a Venn Diagram describing the similarities and differences between the characters using the two text types (book/movie).

A home activity you could do with your child this week could be to choose a character from a book or movie and discuss the features of that character.

Writing: Students will be developing their characters within a narrative. They will be focusing on what their character looks like and exploring the characters features. Students will be;

• Developing a character for their narrative, describing its features and likes/ dislikes

• Using adjectives to describe their character

• Writing a paragraph using all the information about the character A home activity you could do with your child this week could be write the features of a character from a book or movie.

Spelling: Students will be revisiting verbs and adjectives based on the characters from “Charlotte’s Web” A home activity you could do to support your child’s development would be to write down adjectives and verbs from a favourite character chosen from a book or Movie.

Inquiry

Students will be exploring minibeasts and discussing “what is a minibeast?” Students will then classify minibeasts according to their features.

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

Mini Beasts: Students explore Japanese culture and insects and write insect in hiragana and kanji.

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

F: Students learn to develop their drawing skills. Grade 1/2: Students learn to develop their drawing skills.

Music Ash Bourke

Christmas Carols & Dance

P.E Ash Bourke

Cricket

Personal, Social & Cultural Learning

Homework Reading and sight words

SPECIAL EVENTS:

16th October- RACV fundraiser, colour fun run. Please make sure that students come to school in a white or black top and appropriate running shoes.

THE

JLC

ROCKS!


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 4 Grades 3/4 – Week 2

Commencing – Monday 15th October

Numeracy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data

Topic- Decimals Students will be:

• Looking at decimals as part of a whole

• Comparing fractions with decimals

• Converting fractions to decimals and percentages Daily automaticity activities according to student’s needs related to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You can support your child at home by helping them practice their times tables

Literacy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data Reading Writing Spelling

Reading: This week, students are looking at narrative texts and using the inferring strategy to assist with reading comprehension. They will try to identify the author’s point of view. Writing: Students will be discussing narrative texts and how characters can be described. We will be looking at adjectives to help with descriptions of characters. Spelling: This week students will be looking at adjectives

Inquiry Science, Technology, Humanities & Creative thinking

Students will be immersing into our new topic of Mini Beasts. They will be preparing for the unit ahead, including an introduction to bugs, insects, ecosystems and life cycles


Japanese Technology: Students research new and interesting technology coming from Japan.

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

Students learn to develop their drawing skills.

Music Ash Bourke


P.E Ash Bourke

Soccer


Students will be continuing to look at Mindfulness and learning to calm themselves in stressful situations Home Activity – Talk to your child about the different activities they did that day

Homework Reading at least 4 times a week – reading diary needs to be signed by a parent or guardian and returned to school each Friday. Practise times tables. Maths worksheet

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Colour Fun Run – Tuesday October 16th

Sausage Sizzle for HPV – Tuesday October 16th 3/4 Healthy Rivers Incursion – Friday October 19th

3/4 Camp at ADANAC – October 22nd – 24th Life Ed van – October 24th – 29th


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 3

Grades 5/6 – Week 2 Commencing – Monday 15th October

Numeracy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data

Topic – Chance and Probability This week students are working on using words, decimals, fractions and percentages in relation to how likely or unlikely events are going to happen. Home Activity-Discuss the likelihood of things happening during the day. E.g. What are the chances of the queen visiting us at home.

Literacy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data Reading , Writing, Spelling

Reading- Students will be working on word formality and the author’s purpose of using particular words. Writing- Students will be understanding the text structure of a narrative and using alliteration to make their writing more interesting, They will be looking at the story about A Date with a Dung Beetle. Spelling- Students will looking at onomatopoeia. We will be completing activities around this concept. Home Activity – Discuss what onomatopoeia is and come up with some examples of it together.

Inquiry Science, Technology, Humanities & Creative thinking

Students will continue to look at this terms topic – Mini Beasts. This week our focus is on students understanding the habitats and adaption features of a mini beast.


Japanese Technology: Students research new and interesting technology coming from Japan.

Visual Arts Leah Stephenson

Students learn to develop their drawing skills.

Music Ash Bourke


P.E Ash Bourke

Cricket


We will be discussing mindfulness, including what it means and its importance. Home Activity – Talk to your child about mindfulness.

Homework Reading at least 4 times a week – this needs to be noted in their diary, signed by a parent and returned to school each Friday. Graph the bugs you see in your garden as a side by side column graph on graph paper, either as 2 separate days or 2 separate areas.

SPECIAL EVENTS: WEEK 1 Colour Fun Run-Tuesday 16th of October

Regional Athletics – Thursday 18th of October

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