Thursday 15th October, 2015

From the Principal Literacy Week Next week Parkdale Primary celebrates Literacy Week. Ms Coe and Mrs Strong have been busy organising numerous engaging activities for the week. This year’s theme is “Fables, Myths and Legends”, with a strong focus on oral language. On Monday all students are encouraged to wear a mask representing a character from either a Fable, Myth or Legend. During the week all classes will construct, write and present their own Fable, Myth or Legend. Hats Term 4 - No Hat, No Play A reminder all children need a hat this term. Hats need to be wide brimmed and navy. Caps are not part of the Sun Smart Policy, Hats can be purchased at the office for $8. Please label your child’s hat. Enrolments or Leaving Parkdale PS 2016 We are currently planning for the 2016 school year. If you know that your child will not be attending Parkdale Primary next year could you please let us know as soon as possible. This assists us with class structures and staffing. Sports Uniform 2016 Current Grade 4 students going into Grade 5 and any new students in Grade 5 will try on sports uniforms very soon. The cost of the uniform is $55.00 - $60.00 for the sports top and shorts. Once the children have tried on their sizes a note will be sent home with each child with their size for both the top and shorts. Parents will need to check this carefully and confirm the size by signing and returning the form. Sample sizes are available at the office for you to confirm your child’s size. Please note: The shorts are a small fitting. Gateways Challenge Well done to the Grade 3/4 and 5/6 children who have participated in the Gateways Challenge this week. Over the course of a day teams rotate through a number of Challenge activities. The focus is on teamwork and a strong emphasis on creativity, lateral thinking and problem solving skills. Aerobics Challenge Good luck to the Aerobics team who are competing on Saturday in Geelong for the School Aerobics Challenge. The girls have been training hard, I am sure you will have a fun day. Thank you to Miss Duff and Miss Anderson who have been training the girls.

October

Friday 16th Grade 1 Incursion

Saturday 17th

Aerobics Challenge

Monday 19th - Friday 23rd

Literacy Week

School Council Meeting 7.00 pm

Tuesday 20th

Fair Meeting 2016

Thursday 22nd Whole School

Literacy Incursion

Friday 23rd School Ball

Grade 2 Cricket Clinic

Thursday 29th Rugby Gala Day

November

Tuesday 3rd Melbourne Cup Day

Public Holiday

Sunday 8th Working Bee

9.00am - 12.00pm

Thursday 12th Prep Incursion

Thursday 19th

Prep 2016 Information Evening

From The Principal ……. Cont’d Unpacking the daily MYTERN Message: Judging ourselves and others

Judging the roads that people have chosen is very easy to do. Discuss the fact that there are no wrong roads, as every road is either building your health or your resilience. Look for examples where you or someone else has been on a red road and were able to navigate back onto the green, outlining the positive aspects of such an experience. Talk about why it can be difficult to identify why you may have chosen a rough road when you are on it, as you are far too busy navigating the bumps. It is often only when it is well and truly in your rear vision mirror that you can appreciate the reasons for travelling such a challenging road. So don’t be too hard on yourself or others. It is not the choice of road that shapes your experience; it is

how you respond to it that counts.

Leanne Bradney Principal

It's easy to fall into the

pattern of judging the roads

that we and others take. No

roads are right or wrong -

they are either red or green

- building our health or

building our resilience. All

good.

WHAT’S HAPPENING?

PREP Next week is Literacy Week. Our topic is Fables, Myths and Legends. The excitement will kick off on Monday when children are to wear a mask of a character from one of these themes.

We will be making masks during class time so each Prep will have a mask at school. They do not need to bring one.

There will be no Literacy rotations on Thursday due to a special incursion for Literacy Week.

In the next couple of weeks we will be making dioramas in our Discovery Sessions. Each child needs to bring in a shoe box for this activity.

GRADE 1 This week children have enjoyed searching our schoolyard for different Mini-Beasts! We are looking forward to learning more about Mini-Beasts at our hands on ‘Creepy Crawly’ incursion tomorrow. Thank you to those people who have brought in bug books for us to share with the students!

To kick off our Literacy Week activities next week, students have been asked to wear a mask to Assembly on Monday from their favourite Fable, Myth or Legend. If you could please do your best to read a fable, myth or legend at bed time, or to fit in with our literacy theme of oral language you could tell your own story!

Just a reminder lunch orders are available Wednesdays and Fridays. Please make sure you let your child know if you are ordering an online lunch order through Qkr.

GRADE 2 Our CAFÉ focus this week is ‘Expand Vocabulary: Tune into interesting words’. The children have been looking for and discussing ‘emotive’ words when reading. At home, encourage them to think about whether the author of their book has used any ‘strong’ or ‘emotive’ words and why. Is it to make them feel something, persuade them or see the author’s point of view?

This week in Maths we continued to focus on ‘Numbers and Place Value to 1000’. We encourage all children to try out the ‘Number’ activities on Mathletics if they haven’t already done so.

The children have also delved deeper into our Inquiry topic, ‘Habitats Around the World’ this week with a focus on Grasslands. They shared some interesting questions which will steer them towards further investigation.

Look out for our latest ‘Grade 2 Newsletter’ which was sent home this week. We are geared up for a busy and exciting term!

GRADE 3/4 Next week is our celebration of Literacy. We are focussing on Fables, Myths and Legends. Please take time to read a selection of this genre to your children at home prior to next week and help them to choose a character and make a mask for Monday’s parade.

The children are also participating in a SEDA Soccer Clinic on Tuesday mornings and are really enjoying this experience.

On Monday of next week, students from Parkdale Secondary College will be teaching the children sports' skills as a part of their assessment tasks. We look forward to these activities. It is always nice to keep the connections going with our local secondary students.

We are also commencing our assessment tasks in preparation for End Of Year Reports. It is important then, that children are at school, unless they are ill, over the next few weeks. Congratulations to the following AR Certificate recipients: Cooper S, Cooper W, Bianca S, Tiffany B, Chloe C, Hanna A-T, Olivia H, Veronica W, Sarah W, Erika K, and Finn G.

GRADE 5/6 Our students have now been introduced to their Science Project for this term and they should be consulting Internet Science sites for ideas about the kind of experiment they wish to investigate. They have all been given guidelines to follow in addition to a range of suitable websites that can aid their research. This will be a Home based project.

All students are continuing to work on Data and Graphs in Maths sessions.

Our first of three Sex Education sessions has taken place today and your children may well ask you a range of questions that are related to the content of this programme.

Good luck to the GATEWAYS, Athletics and Aerobics teams this week. Grade 6 students should ensure they have Memory Book materials at school.

LIBRARY BORROWING—Prep to Grade 2 Just a reminder that children need to bring their Library bag and book each week. Some children are very good about the bag and then are disappointed when they cannot borrow because their last book hasn’t been returned. Please check at home to ensure all books are returned.

KINGSTON DIVISION ATHLETICS AT DUNCAN MACKINNON ATHLETICS CENTRE 7th October 2015 Results 1500m: Meg W 3rd, Zoe Mc 12th, Tarkyn O 1st, Katie G 11th, Mitch R 5th , Hannah S 11th, Sanuj R 4th 800m: Harvey J 6th, Tarkyn O 8th, Mitch R 8th, Katie G 10th, Sanuj R 9th, Ella O’T d.n.f. Triple Jump: Lola B 5th, Sascha P 5th, Ella O’T 5th Long Jump: Jaime J 5th High Jump: Meg W 1st, Jaime J 1st, Charlie A 5th, Matthew M 7th, Bayden L 8th Discus: Ashton P 4th Shotput: Will W 9th, Milly W 9th Hurdles: Hannah W 1st, Olivia C 4th, Kate W 1st, Ashton P 5th, Harley H 4th 100m: Hannah W 4th, Sascha P 3rd, Kate W 1st 200m: Lucy W 3rd, Milly W 1st, Harvey J 4th, Jack Mc 8th 4x100m Relay 9/10 y.o. Hannah W, Meg W, Lucy W & Zoe A 2nd 11 y.o. Jaime J, Sascha P, Jamie D & Olivia C 2nd 12/13 y.o. Milly W, Ella O, Hannah S & Kate W 1st 11 y.o. Campbell B, Mitch R, Brodie M & Jack M 8th 12/13 y.o. Lochie S, Ethan C, Sanuj R & Jack W 4th

PARKDALE PARENT’S ASSOCIATION (P.P.A.)

Donations of your clean, unwanted uniform, preferably in small sizes (4 - 8) are required for the 2016 Prep Second Hand Uniform sale. If you have any items of uniform that your children have grown out of, please send along to the school office.

Many thanks …

Samm Hughes President, Emma Salah Vice President, Paula Fleming Treasurer and Kate Ashley Secretary.

CANTEEN

Thank you to the parents who will be supporting Lil in the Canteen during the next week: Friday 16th October 10.00 - 12.30 Kate Ashley 10.00 - 12.30 Megan Foley 12.00 - 2.30 Vanessa Young 12.00 - 2.30 Andrea Webster Wednesday 21st October 10.00 - 12.30 Bernadette Baker 12.00 - 2.30 Caroline Giblin Friday 23rd October 10.00 - 12.30 Vivian Queiroz 10.00 - 12.30 Mel Rowe 12.00 - 2.30 Sharon Bradley 12.00 - 2.30 Katrina Bruce Wednesday 28th October 10.00 - 12.30 Sofia Iatropoulos 12.00 - 2.30 Simone McCurdy Friday 30th October 10.00 - 12.30 Volunteer required 10.00 - 12.30 Volunteer required 12.00 - 2.30 Jody Lowe 12.00 - 2.30 Beck Parks

This week’s Friday Special is: Pasta Napoli $4.00

Qkr! PAYMENT OPTION FOR CANTEEN LUNCHES

We have introduced the Qkr! payment system for Canteen lunch orders.

Orders can be entered on line, processed at school and delivered to the children at lunchtime.

The Qkr! App can be downloaded by following the instructions on the following page.

Please remember: • Order and pay on line and let your child know. • Each child needs their own order, please do not combine orders. • Orders must be submitted by 9.00am. • You do not need to send a paper bag to school. • Please ensure that the quantity of items is correct and not over ordered. You are still able to send cash along in a paper bag to order lunch, but using Qkr!is our preferred method of ordering and payment.

Qkr! No bag, no cash, no fuss -

Qkr!

Quicker online ordering

Know that your child will receive lunch

Removes the hassle of finding the correct money and a paper bag

STALL HOLDERS WANTED -

CHRISTMAS HANDMADE MARKET

I am looking for expressions of interest from potential stall holders for a local Christmas Handmade Market. Possible dates: Saturday November 28th, Sunday November 29th or Sunday December 6th Venue: TBC in Seaford/ Carrum Downs area.

All items must be handmade (and submitted for approval).

Stall costs: $40 for a stall 1.5m x 2m and $75 for a double space 1.5m x 4m. A $100 security bond will be charged. This will be paid in cash in an envelope with your name on it, and will be refunded at the end of the market following inspection and successful cleaning and pack up of your site. Stall holders must provide own trestles and display stands. Call Carol Ray on 0432617730

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