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‘Striving for Excellence’

Open since 1887

Principal -Kevin Warne

Assistant Principal – Allyson Dixon

School Council President – Matthew Postill

Telephone - (03) 57931288

Fax - (03) 57931412 Web - www.puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au

Email - [email protected]. au

Alamein Road

Puckapunyal, Vic, 3662

Postal: Military P.O.

ABN: - 74134967962

Term 2 Issue 6

May 28th

, 2014

Thursday

29th May

Visiting Artist

‘To Federation and Beyond’

Friday

30th May

District

Cross Country

Monday

9th June

Queen’s Birthday

Public Holiday

Tuesday

10th June

School Council

Meeting

Friday

13th June

Pupil Free Day

Report Writing Day

Tuesday 24th June

Student Reports to come

home

Wednesday

25th June

Parent/Teacher

Interviews

Friday

27th June

Last Day

of Term 2

Website Address -

http//www.puckapunyalps.vic.edu.au/

Inside this Issue: DSTA Message/Birthdays 2

Please Help 2

Positive Behaviour Awards 2

Canteen Lunches 2

Student Awards of the Week 3

Teaching/Learning Focus Week 6 4

Pumpkin Fun 5

Multi-age Activity – Education

Week

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Parent-Teacher Interviews 7

Jane’s Handy Hints 8

School Book Fair 8

Puckapunyal PS Shopping Tour 9

Good luck to our 62 students who are representing our school at the Seymour

District Cross Country Carnival. The District Cross Country Carnival will

involve 4 schools and will take place this Friday (30th May) at Lighthorse Park,

Seymour. Good luck, kids!

Approximate Race Times: 11:20 Boys 9 years and under, 11:35 Girls 9 years and under, 11:50 Boys 10 years,

12:05 Girls 10 years, 12:20 Boys 11 years, 12:35 Girls 11 years, 12:50 Boys 12 years

and over, and, 1:05 Girls 12 years and over.

9 & under boys 9 & under girls 10 Yr boys 10 Yr girls

Rhys Billen

Amy Franks Jack Chetcuti Sophie Spinaze

Lachlan Thompson

Somaiya Harriden Tristan Murphy

Saskia Truter

Carter Grant

Hannah-Rose Simmonds Jake Tanis Jade Ryder

Ethan Calle

Nannah Taylor Lochlon Nabbs Emma Harbert

Erol Yildiz

Amelia Pearse Samuel O’Connor-Hudson Shelby Marston

Oliver Kenny Ashby Murphy Bryce Williams Casey Grant

Noah Chetcuti

Naomi Pennycook Kade Altas Eden Free

Nathan Munn

Raelene Lazaro Declan Esqueria Jamie Clark

11 Yr boys 11 Yr girls 12 & over boys 12 & over girls

Mackai Harriden Giselle Andrew Ethan Neilson

Isra Elsheikh

Matthew Sharrad

Skye Saunders Nic Franks

Elaf Elsheikh

Alex Waugh

Emily Gourlay Mark Porter

Mara Beveridge

Ben Postill

Holly Hastie Ethan Bowerman Melanie Waszczuk

William Burn

Taylah Studte Patrick Broughton

Sarah King

Isam Elsheikh

Sofia Lopez Lachlan Taylor Janelle Paz

Connor Claasen

Xtina Chalson-Riley Liam Sullivan

Ryan Cox

Shanay Muirhead Ethan Adams-Hastings

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$10,000 up for grabs – The Herald Sun is offering

$10,000 to the school that can collect the most

mastheads between Sunday 1st June and Saturday 14

th

June. It is adjusted according to the number of students

so all schools have an equal chance. The masthead is

the title on the front page, “Herald Sun” and the date

needs to be included with it. If you’re unsure just bring

in the entire front page. There is a collection box in the

foyer. Thanks so much for your support…and spread

the word!!

Healthy Habit – Help kids be active for 30-60 minutes

a day. This can be tricky in the midst of busy, modern

day living. Here are a few suggestions:

-Walk or bike-ride to and from school

-Jump on the trampoline

-Dance to some music

-Kick the footy, throw the netball/basketball

-Play in the park

-Take the dog for a walk

There are lots more…try to build physical activity into

your daily and weekly routine. We are all more likely

to keep up exercise if it’s a daily habit.

Creative Play – Last year we collected lots of different

toys for students to play with at lunchtime, and it would

be great to continue that. If anyone has toys their

children no longer use, especially dolls and dolls

clothes, Lego and other blocks, cooking utensils, ‘dress

ups’, ‘Matchbox’ cars, trains and tracks, puppets,

marbles etc….we can use them. Thankyou!!!

Enjoy your week!

Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide.

POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR REWARD

UPDATE

The lead changes again – well done Melba

House! Keep up the positive behaviour

everyone. Remember that it’s not only the

winning house that gets the end-of-term prize

but also the top positive behaviour achievers in

each class.

CURRENT SCORES Melba- 196 points

Hume- 194 points

Bradman- 174 points

Chisholm- 173 points

***Sunday Nights - a

great night to check

for Head Lice. ***

Happy Birthday to Amy

Franks who is having her birthday

on Thursday.

On behalf of the Puckapunyal

Primary School Community, we

wish Amy a very Happy Birthday!

***Have you heard your child read today? We encourage all students to practise their

reading at home about 5 nights per week. Therefore, by now, most students should have

read at least between 70-75 nights. Well done if you have kept up!

The School Canteen is open for Lunch Orders again

this Friday.

This week the menu is - Party Pies / Sausage Rolls $1.00 ea or 3 for $2.50

Chocolate/Strawberry Milk $2.00 each

Apple/Orange Juice Popper $1.50 each

No charge for tomato sauce

In a perfect world, all of our students would be

achieving well every day at school. We would love to

have all children succeeding and aiming high.

However, that is not always the case. There are some

things that we can all do to help. We need your

help.

We still have far too many students arriving ‘unready’

for school, each and every day. While most of our

students and their families are absolutely terrific at

preparing for school, not all are.

Firstly, all of our students need to have a filling and

nourishing breakfast before they get to school. That

way they can concentrate better and give their best right

from the beginning of the day. Studies show that there

is a direct link to poor school performance and not

eating breakfast!

Secondly, a good night’s sleep is essential. Some

of our students are too tired before they start class. It is

no wonder they struggle with the classroom demands.

Kids cannot concentrate or learn when they are tired.

School begins at 9 a.m. Too many students are not at

school on time. This means that the late students

miss out on important teaching instructions. It also

means that teachers have to stop teaching the class in

order to direct the late comer. Late students affect

everybody!

We thank the families who are doing well to help in

these areas. If anyone needs help, please let us know

We can help.

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Defence School Transition Aide Message Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth

and satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing

schools, beginning school for the first time and even

returning for another school year can be daunting for

students and parents. It is great to see parents eager to

support their children at this time and be an integral part

of their education. If you have any concerns, or just feel

like a chat about school and your child, please find me!

SWAPP Select Program

I have information about the ADF partners career

assistance program if anyone is interested.

NEW UNIFORM

We have recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive

that includes shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some

parents have been waiting on this to arrive.

Best wishes for the week.

Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide

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Congratulations to the following students who

were ‘Students of the Week’ for last week.

Winners – Alexandria Calle, Max Chetcuti, Jesse

Carter, Charlie Skipper, Trey Ward, Sophie

Spinaze, Ethan Calle, William Burn and Daniel

Boucher. These students were selected because

they were modelling ‘Honesty’. This week

teachers are looking for students who are

modelling ‘Respect.’

Congratulations to the following students

who were ‘Authors of the Week’ for last

week. Winners – Riley McCabe, Matilda

Turner, Chloe Hogan, Christiana McCabe,

Jackson Birmingham, Noah Chetcuti, Shelby

Marston, Ethan Neilson and Casey Grant.

These students were selected because they

showed great skills as an author.

1/2 I in Room 9 won the

Yard Duty

Competition Trophy. Janae Sennar and Teagan

Nabbs collected the winning

trophy this week.

Defence School Transition Aide Message Back at school: I trust that everyone has had a smooth and

satisfactory beginning to the school year. Changing schools,

beginning school for the first time and even returning for

another school year can be daunting for students and parents.

It is great to see parents eager to support their children at this

time and be an integral part of their education. If you have any

concerns, or just feel like a chat about school and your child,

please find me!

SWAPP Select Program

I have information about the ADF partners career assistance

program if anyone is interested.

NEW UNIFORM

We have recently had a new shipment of uniform arrive that

includes shorts, tops, tracksuit pants and hats. Some parents

have been waiting on this to arrive.

Best wishes for the week.

Sue Ranger, Defence School Transition Aide

Congratulations to Claudia

Carrick and Mitchell

Carrick who both received

‘Recycling Cans’

Awards this week.

Every little bit counts!

Did you hear

Matilda Ingle

read her writing

about Australia

at assembly this

week? We did!

She did a fantastic

job! Come along

and see who reads

next week.

3/4 A in Room 11 won

the Middle School

Times Tables Trophy this week. Tristan Murphy is very

happy with his classroom’s

effort.

5/6 P in Room 1B

won the Senior

School Times

Tables Trophy this

week. Liam Sullivan and Josh

Esqueria are both very

happy with their

classroom’s win.

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Each week in the newsletter, we will give families a summary of the Teaching/Learning Focus for the week.

That can help families by: being aware of what classrooms are covering; with discussion topics at the dinner table when

discussing school (eg. ‘How are you going with addition in Numeracy this week?’); helping their children study at home, etc.

Parents have indicated that this information would be very useful. We also ask families to be aware that schools are very busy

places and events can be unpredictable at times. We therefore must remain flexible. That means, we can plan to cover certain

topics at particular times and have to change them according to arising needs.

Junior School – Preps/Foundation Rooms 3 & 6 Literacy: We will continue to develop early writing skills with a focus on pencil grip, capital letters and full stops. We will

be focusing on the letter ‘Uu’ and the sound it makes. We are also encouraging students to use finger spaces in their writing.

We are encouraging the use of Golden words within our writing.

Numeracy: We will practise counting to 20 by 1s. We are learning about the number 11. We are also looking at ordinal

numbers (1st, 2

nd, 3

rd, etc.), as well as 2D and 3D shapes within the environment.

Junior School – Year 1s Rooms 3, 8 & 9 Literacy: We will continue to revise our writing skills, correct letter formation, use of dotted thirds and the construction of

sentences. We have been continuing to focus on questions, commas, nouns and exclamation marks within our writing. When

writing we are looking and thinking about the sounds within our words. We are also trying to use resources such as

dictionaries/devices to assist us with our spelling.

Numeracy: We will continue to work on addition and subtraction and the different methods used to solve these equations.

We are also looking at the properties of 2D and 3D shapes and making comparisons. We are focusing on where we can see

2D and 3D shapes in the environment.

Junior School – Year 2s Rooms 8, 9 & 10 Literacy: We will continue to revise our writing skills, correct letter formation, use of dotted thirds and the construction of

sentences. We have been continuing to focus on questions, commas, nouns, verbs and exclamation marks within our writing.

When writing we are looking and thinking about the sounds within our words. We are also trying to use resources such as

dictionaries/devices to assist us with our spelling.

Numeracy: We will continue to work on addition and subtraction and the different methods used to solve these equations.

We are also looking at the properties of 2D and 3D shapes and making comparisons. We are focusing on where we can see

2D and 3D shapes in the environment.

Middle School - Years 3/4 Rooms 10, 11 & 13 Literacy: During writing sessions over the next few weeks, we will work on persuasive text and narratives. We will also be

focusing on prefixes.

Numeracy: We will continue to learn fractions and 3D objects. Tables facts will be practised throughout the

Senior School - Years 5/6 Rooms 1A&1B Literacy: During writing sessions over the next few weeks, we will continue to work on narratives and procedural texts.

We will also focus on prefixes.

In reading we will be focusing on fluency and expression while also identifying key words and phrases during note taking.

Numeracy: We will continue work on place value (including decimals), processes, fractions and decimals. Another focus

will be continued work relating to prime numbers, composite numbers, factors and index numbers. Tables facts will be

practised throughout the week.

Congratulations to Kobe Leak,

William Burn, Josh Esqueria and

Shelby Marston who each won the

raffle prize for ‘Positive

Behaviour’ this week. Well done,

kids!

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Writing in room 10! 2/3D have been working on making our writing more interesting as part of the editing

process. Here is how Hamish made his writing more interesting by adding and changing

some words.

Version 1: On the weekend I played with my pet rabbit. He’s very cute and tame. I like

holding him and Oliver prefers to pat Wallace on the ground.

Version 2: On the weekend I played with my awesome pet rabbit. He’s really cute and

tame. I love holding him and Oliver prefers to pat Wallace on the ground.

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Thank you to the families who attended our Multi-aged Activities last Friday. It was a fun way to finish off

Education Week. We hope that families enjoyed the sessions. It was great to see students of all ages working

together doing something a bit different to the normal school day.

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The VVCS – Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service is a free counselling service which supports those affected by war and service-related mental health and well-being conditions. To improve access for ADF memebrs and their families at Puckapunyal Base VVCS Victoria now has an outposted

service located conveniently at Seymour Medical Clinic . VVCS is a specialised, confidential community mental health service for Australian veterans, peacekeepers, their families and *eligible ADF personnel. VVCS staff are experienced and qualified psychologists and mental health social workers. VVCS provides:

Individual, couple and family counselling

Crisis counselling and after hours telephone counselling through Veterans Line

Psycho educational Group Programs

For further information please call VVCS on 1800011046

VVCS supporting Australian veterans and their families

On Wednesday 25th

June, we are having Parent/Teacher Interviews. The day will be a normal school

day where students arrive at 9:00 a.m. and are dismissed at 3:30 p.m. The interviews will begin from

2:00 p.m. and finish at approximately 6:30 p.m. From 1:15 p.m. the students will have a supervised

lunch outside and will be participating in sporting activities with our specialist teachers who do not

teach grades.

The aim of Term 2 Interviews is to discuss your child’s June Student Report and his/her educational

progress so far. The reports will come home on Tuesday 24th

June.

Please select a preferred time slot below and return the Parent/Teacher Interview Form to school by

Wednesday 18th

June so we can try to accommodate your availability as best as possible.

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Parent/Teacher Interview Form

FAMILY NAME: ……………………………………………………………………………………..

Child’s Name:…………………..……………..Year:…...…….Teacher:.…………………………….

Child’s Name:…………………………………Year:…………Teacher:……………………………..



Preferred Interview Times (please tick preferred time box)

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

4:30p.m.-5:30p.m. 5:30p.m.-6:20p.m.

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Keep practising to read and write! Enjoy your children!

Learning Words

If a word is used regularly by your child in writing, provide help with learning to spell the

word after writing.

Ask your child to:

Look at the whole word carefully

Close their eyes and picture the word in their mind

Say the word and trace it in the air

Say the word again

Write the word

Check their spelling with the correct word

Enjoy helping your child to spell those “tricky” words!!!

The School is having a Book Fair. It will be a great opportunity to buy fantastic books for

cheaper prices and help the school with some needed

fundraising.

When: Monday 16th June

Where: Puckapunyal Primary School

Please save some coins!

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Puckapunyal Primary School

Alamein Road, Puckapunyal

03 5793 1288

[email protected]

Expressions of Interest School Fundraiser

Melbourne Shopping Tour October 18th 2014

Make a day of it with family & friends.

It is a great chance to start preparing for Christmas. The cost will range from $46 - $75 per head depending on our numbers,

so the more attending the cheaper the cost. Thank you for your support.

* The cost will cover the coach, lunch & visiting eight

factory outlets. * Departing from the front gate on the Base 7.00am

Pick up at Broadford Railway Station at 7.20am * The outlets will be confirmed once we have enough numbers to make the booking. * Please give me a call at school with your name, phone

number and how many seats you would like to book by June 3rd. I will call you back by July 30th to confirm the price. After confirmation, a $20 per head non-refundable deposit must be paid within the week to confirm your seat.

* The balance of the cost is required to be paid at the school office no later than 8th October.

Simone Hall: Business Manager

Puckapunyal Primary School 5793 1288

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