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CHPS eNewsletter

March 30th , 2017 – Term 1 Week 9 Croydon Hills Primary School

Principal’s Report It’s been a busy week to finish off a very positive first term. This week we have had:

Grandparents Day for the

Prep students to show their special guests their new school. Our new Preps had a wonderful time, especially sharing lunch after having had their Passports stamped at all the interesting learning spaces around the school.

Resilience Project with

Hugh sharing with the Junior and Prep students

Middle School Dancing

Amana Tweedie had the Year 3s & 4s rocking in the Stadium

Wakakirri rehearsals for the

senior students

A reminder that tomorrow is a

Free Dress Day, with a

Superhero theme if you are able, otherwise something appropriate and comfortable. Please send your student/s with a gold coin donation, which will support the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

CHAPS Easter Eggs The prize collection which we shared in a photo last week has expanded even more with the generosity of our school community. Thanks again to CHAPS for this terrific initiative. Raffle tickets can be bought back until 9am Friday

Calendar

2017

March

Friday 31st Term 1 Ends, 1.30pm finish

April Monday 17

th Easter Monday

Tuesday 18th Term 2 begins

Monday 24th

Curriculum Day

Tuesday 25th ANZAC Day

Thursday 27th Canteen – Super Sundaes

May Monday 1

st CHAPS Meeting, 7pm

Tuesday 2nd

House Cross Country

Monday 8th Mothers’ Day Stall

Tuesday 9th NAPLAN, Y3 & 5

Wednesday 10th NAPLAN, Y3 & 5

Thursday 11th NAPLAN, Y3 & 5

Saturday 20th

CHAPS Barefoot Bowls

Tuesday 23rd

District Cross Country

Tuesday 23rd

Canteen – Sausage Sizzle

NOTICES GOING HOME THIS WEEK: Premier’s Reading Challenge Honour Roll Form

PLEASE CHECK YOUR COMPASS FEED REGULARLY

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when the draw will take place. Prize winners will be announced over the PA and will come and collect their prizes to take home with them (unopened!!). CHAPS is also providing a small Easter treat for each student, which will be distributed tomorrow. Special dietary needs have been catered for, so all that remains is for students to enjoy! A reminder that school finishes on Friday at 1.30pm. Students do not need lunch, but

please pack their normal morning snack. Students return to start Term 2 on Tuesday April 18 after Easter Monday.

It is worth noting again that we have a Curriculum Day on Monday April 24, which is the day

before the ANZAC Day holiday. This is the 2nd week of term. Have a safe and relaxing break and enjoyable Easter.

Graeme Caudry - Principal

ANZAC Badges The school has a range of ANZAC Day badges, wrist bands and bag tags available for sale, in support of the RSL. Senior students will be visiting classrooms first week back next term, so please send your students with money if you wish to purchase – prices range from $1 - $10.

Rubbish Free Lunches

Congratulations to JLS, who won the award for rubbish free lunches last week! 72% of their class had a rubbish free lunchbox last Monday and their class is the winner of the globe. Reminder: every Monday is rubbish free lunch day!

Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Croydon Hills Primary School is excited to be participating.

The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 8 September 2017.

Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books.

All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and can choose to have their name included on the online Honour Roll. If you would like your child‘s name to appear on the Honour Roll, please sign the form sent to all families on Compass and return it as soon as possible..

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To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklists and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc

Sports News Interschool Sport Last week we played against Kalinda in Interschool Sport. Results:

SPORT

Your score

Opposition

score

Winning school

TENNIS

219 322 Kalinda

BASKETBALL GIRLS 24 4 CHPS

BASETBALL OPEN 22 11 CHPS

CRICKET 48 33 CHPS

ROUNDERS GIRLS 13 7 CHPS

ROUNDERS OPEN 16 5 CHPS

TEEBAL GIRLS 24 4 CHPS

TEEBAL OPEN 25 10 CHPS

VOLLEYSTARS 1 2 Kalinda

Tomorrow, we are paying our last match for the term, against Great Ryrie Primary School. I would like to extend a very big thank you to all the parents who have assisted us this term with sports coaching, scoring or supervising. We are in the throes of selections for Term 2 Interschool sport. The Year 6s will be placed in a sport first, then we fill the vacant spots with the Year 5s. The trials have started and final teams will be completed soon. The sports which are being offered are Football, Soccer, Netball A – Girls only, Netball B – Mixed, Netball C – beginners, Tennis, Softball Boys & Softball Girls, and Volleystars. We will need the assistance of parents again next term, as we don’t have enough staff for the 9 teams. There will also be a Friday Fun Group as we did this term. This will be for the children who were not selected to play a sport, as our numbers don’t allow for all children in the senior school to be in a team. If you are able to assist with a sport, please contact the school through your class teacher.

House Cross Country House Cross Country for Years 3 - 6 will be held on Tuesday May 2

nd, commencing at 9.00am. All students in these years will

be expected to participate in this event. House Cross Country is also used to determine our Cross Country team, which will represent our school on Tuesday May 23

rd at the District Cross Country Competition. The top 10 students in each age group will

be running at Park Orchards on this day. The event will go live on Compass soon, so could I ask parents to please get onto this immediately as the permission for the House Cross Country is needed as the students will be running outside of the school boundary into Yarrunga. Please note this is not an optional participation event, but a compulsory of the PE curriculum. We will also be doing a practice run during PE lessons prior to the event, so that students know where they are running. They will be given a map in their classroom, however, nothing is better than actually doing the track itself. I would also appreciate the assistance of as many parents as possible to man the corners and supervise in areas outside of the school grounds, as we do not have anywhere near enough staff to do this. A letter will go home with a map to those parents who are able to help out. There will be a letter attached on the bottom of the Compass window, which you can fill in and return to the class teacher if you are able to help out. Thank you very much for your time if you are able to assist us. Noreen McMenaman - Sport / PE

Art Corner

Congrats to our Term 1 Palette Award winners Ben S (SLD) Grace (SNR) and Kara B (MBB).

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Wooden Chairs Please…. I am calling out for any wooden chairs that are sturdy and that you may be looking to send to the Charity stores. This is for an art/design project for Level 4 next term. I am in need of a few, so if you do have any that could be donated to the art room I would be most grateful.

Thank you and have a lovely Easter. Claudia Michielin - Visual Arts Teacher

Canteen News SUPER SUNDAES – THURSDAY 27th APRIL Orders forms will be distributed for Super Sundaes first day back next term. We are splitting the serving time for this special day, Prep & Junior at Recess and Middle & Senior classes during Lunchtime. Sundaes are available in Chocolate or Strawberry for $2.00. Not available to order on Flexischools.

SALAD PACKS Please note Salad packs are no longer available to order on a Friday due to the large volume of orders and limited volunteers.

FLEXISCHOOLS ONLINE ORDERING This service is available from Monday to Friday via the Flexischools website - lunch orders can be placed online until 9am each day. We are however trialling a “late orders menu” which is a very limited menu and will be open for 1 hour from 9am -10am. This option is solely for emergencies and not for regular lunch orders. Please plan ahead and place orders early. Due to limited help we would not be able to accommodate a large volume of late orders. Please Note – Sustainable Bags are NOT suitable for online ordering . A paper bag will be provided.

PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM ALL ONLINE ORDERS AS WE HAVE AN INCREASING NUMBER OF

STUDENTS WITHOUT AN ORDER AT LUNCHTIME. ALLSUCCESSFUL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION EMAIL FROM FLEXISCHOOLS. Please call the Flexischools help line on 1300 361 769 if you have any queries.

MONDAYS – ONLINE ORDERS ONLY Please note the canteen is open 5 days per week. ALL orders placed for Mondays must be done online via the Flexischools website, no manual orders will be accepted.

MONDAY VOLUNTEERS If anyone is available on a Monday on a monthly basis to assist with Canteen Duty, we would love to hear from you. We require help from 11.30am – 2pm, but we will be grateful if you even have only 1 hour to spare. Please contact Karen in the Canteen if you can help.

MONDAY MEAL DEALS (only available via online ordering till 9am)

Mini Meal Deal - $4.00 Small Cheesy mite Scroll from Bakers Delight, Oak Flavoured Milk and Anzac cookie. Mega Meal Deal - $5.50 Wedges with sour cream or tomato sauce, Oak Flavoured Milk and Anzac Cookie. The canteen is no longer open after school.

AFTERSCHOOL SALES The canteen is no longer open after school.

ROSTER Term.2. Tuesday 18

th April – Ruth Donaldson.

Karen Cyster - Canteen Manager

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Uniform News

SALE ITEMS Size 4 girls V Neck Windcheaters and Cardigans are available for $5, while stocks last. Girls Bootleg Pants $21.00 (reduced from $27.00) Rain Jackets (size 4 & 6) $15.00 (while stock lasts)

TARTAN ORDERS We are now taking orders for girls’ tartan pinafores and skirts.

Year 6 Hoodie Update The process is progressing well, artwork will be finalised this week. Approximate time of delivery, mid-late March. 2017 Uniform Shop Opening Hours: Monday 8.30am to 10am Thursday 2.30pm to 4pm

Orders can be placed any day through FlexiSchools.com.au. Your order will be processed during normal opening hours and delivered home via your child’s classroom. Order Forms can also be left at the office.

Orders and enquiries can be made by phoning the Uniform Shop during our opening hours.

All orders will be sent to your child’s classroom, unless otherwise specified. Anissa Silver - Manager

The Fathering Project Info Night Wednesday 3rd of May 2017, 7.30pm in the Pavilion (next to Stadium)

Dear Dads and Male Caregivers,

Croydon Hills Primary School is very dedicated to community, inclusion and wellbeing. We would like to invite all Dads and

significant male caregivers to attend a relaxed social event to discover more about this innovative project.

“It’s completely changed my life, my outlook. I’m happier in my life. I can’t thank The Fathering Project enough. It has

completely changed my life for the better and I will be forever grateful to The Fathering Project.” Luke – electrician and father of 3

boys.

We will have pizza, cold drinks, snacks, tea and coffee available so for catering purposes you must RSVP to

sartori.mia.m@edumail.vic.gov.au by Thursday 27th of April.

If you would like a snapshot of the project and some great resources for dads go to www.thefatheringproject.org or search ‘The

Fathering Project’ on youtube.

HEALTHY COPING STRATEGIES IN THE SENIOR SCHOOL

I have recently spent 2 sessions in the Senior School classes to discuss Healthy Coping Strategies.

Coping is the term used for how we ‘deal’ or ‘manage’ the challenges, disappointments, adversities etc in our lives. Developing

Healthy Coping Strategies leads to increased Resilience and Happiness in our lives.

Firstly, your children were able to identify many of the challenges we may face in our lives not only as children but as adults.

We then discussed the difference between Healthy and Unhealthy strategies. Your children were able to identify many of the

unhealthy strategies. The healthy strategies was a bit more of a challenge….many of the responses were ‘just don’t think about

it’ ‘ignore it’ etc. It was important for the kids to learn that those responses are not actually strategies and are ‘easier said than

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done’. A Coping Strategy specifically is something that actually changes the way you think or feel so it has a physiological

response. The kids were thrilled to learn that many of the things they love doing are healthy coping strategies, for example sport,

music and drawing.

‘Why do people choose the unhealthy strategies?’ We then discussed the very important issue of how the unhealthy strategies

are often a ‘quick fix’ so they feel immediate relief from their big thoughts and feelings but the long term outcome is detrimental,

usually due to the addictive nature of these strategies, such as alcohol, food and video games to name a few.

Secondly, we focused in on the healthy strategies and how your children can benefit from practising and having a range of

different strategies. We specifically focused on the 3 key strategies that research says have the strongest wellbeing outcomes

and they are; 1. Belly Breathing; 2. Positive Self-talk; 3. Asking an adult for help.

They then made a Coping Card which they will keep with them where they feel it will serve them best as a reminder. Please talk

to your children about these cards and if possible open up a discussion about how you as a parent cope with things. As a school

we are very focused on giving kids the skills they need to have resilience and good mental health for life.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like any more info regarding this program.

Regards, Mia

CHAPS NEWS

EASTER RAFFLE!!!!! CHAPS would like to express their sincere thanks to all those families who donated

to this fun (and delicious) fundraiser 😊

Donations were awesome and we have a large number of prizes to give away to the lucky

winners! Raffle tickets are drawn tomorrow

morning, with winners announced over

the PA system

BAREFOOT BOWLS!!!! Time to kick off your shoes, and enjoy a social night with parents, teachers and friends. Saturday May 20

th,

2017 from 6pm at Ringwood Bowls Club. Book in early for your chance to win a door prize!

NEXT CHAPS MEETING: May

1st 7.30pm. What fun we had on Monday night! CHAPS got to have some hands on science fun with Mrs Kitching! We even got to do our

very own science experiment as we learned about what has been planned within the Science Curriculum for our kids this year. THANK YOU MRS KITCHING!

CHAPS committee chaps@croydonhps.vic.edu.au

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Birthdays this week: Monday 27th - Rose MDG, Jarem MFP Wednesday 29th - Aliyah MPB Today - Regan MPB, Alex SDE Tomorrow - Eva PAG, Alannah MPB, Will MKU, Eva SLD, Cody SNR

Holiday Birthdays: Saturday 1st April - Angus JBJ, Samantha SAH, Tyler SLD Sunday 2nd - Ella SDE Monday 3rd - Jet JBJ, Eli MJM, Lilian SKF, Chai SNR, Lucy SNR Tuesday 4th - Lawson JTC Wednesday 5th - Abby PAG, Milan MBB, Oscar SDE Thursday 6th - Tyler JLS, Keele SKF Friday 7th - Zoe PKK, Anshruta JMP, Katrina MBB, Abbie MRT, Carson SJT Saturday 8th - Darcy JMP, Olivia JMP Sunday 9th - Addison A JLS, Addison M MAP, Damon SNR Monday 10th - Peter PSH, Curtis JLS Tuesday 11th - Shannen SNR Wednesday 12th - Jack JSY Thursday 13th - Emma PCV, Annie MPB, Joshua P SAH, Joshua B SKF Friday 14th - Mia PSH Saturday 15th - Maddie JJC, Martha SKF Sunday 16th - Cooper PAG, Ashton & Jasper PCV, Ella H SNR Congratulations! We hope you enjoy your special day!

Our Eco Leaders Visit Phillip Island On Wednesday, Mrs Kitching took the Eco Leaders to Phillip island for a day to learn about the environment, local and school environmental problems and how we can change them. Our school’s biggest problem was how much rubbish is floating around the school, so please DO NOT LITTER

While we were there we got to build little houses for the little penguins, we played some games and we get to go back in September and do this activity called Kids Teaching Kids. We had a lot of fun and we can't wait to go back soon.

Also, we would like everyone to go onto the website www.penguins.org.au and pledge to use bubbles instead of balloons. When you do balloon releases, the birds can eat the balloons and die.

By Cherrie and Kailey (Eco leaders)

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TOMORROW is the

Junior School Council’s Good Friday Appeal On the last day of term, students are encouraged to wear free dress to school. The theme this year is Superheroes (or if you don’t have a

Superheroes costume, just plain old free dress is fine)

Please bring a gold coin donation for the Good Friday Appeal. The money goes towards a very worthy cause, raising funds for The Royal Children’s Hospital.

Last year, over 45,000 children were admitted to The Royal Children’s Hospital and over 90,000 children were treated in emergency.

For more information about this initiative,

see the following website: https://goodfridayappeal.com.au

SCHOOL CROSSING INFORMATION - TERM 2 RETURN, APRIL 18TH

PLYMOUTH RD SCHOOL CROSSINGS

Please note that neither the pedestrian crossing outside Good Shepherd, nor the flag-operated crossing outside Luther College, will be supervised on Tuesday

April 18th (1st day of Term 2). Children from Luther & Good Shepherd do not return to school until Wednesday.

If your children use either of these crossings, please explain the situation and encourage them to use the light-operated crossing outside Good Shepherd on

April 18th.

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Professor Anne Buist presents Parenting with a Mental Illness

Free Seminar April 4th, 2017, 7.00pm to 8.30pm

Isaac Schweitzer Room, The Melbourne Clinic

Anne Buist is a Professor of Women's Mental Health at the University of Melbourne and has run parent-

infant units for nearly thirty years. She directed the beyondblue postnatal depression program screening women for perinatal depression

and now consults on perinatal research projects and on cases in the legal system and for protective services around parenting with a mental illness.

Join us for this important talk on Parenting with a Mental

Illness.

Tuesday 4 April 2017 7:00 pm — 8:30 pm The Melbourne Clinic Isaac Schweitzer Room

130 Church Street Richmond VIC 3121

(Enter via Tweedie Place)

FREE TO ATTEND Gold Coin Donation

Welcome

Contact Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Vic) to book your seat:

Call: 03 9826 1422 Email: admin@mentalhealthvic.org.au

www.mentalhealthvic.org.au

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