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Number 25/14 Wednesday August 20 2014

From Robyn

Youth Forum – ‘Bayside Says No to Bullying ‘at Brighton Town Hall (August 13)

Fifteen Year 5 students from HPS along with students from Brighton Beach PS, Beaumaris PS,

Sandringham PS and St Leonards College attended the first Bayside Youth Forum for Primary

Schools. The theme of this forum was ‘Bayside Says No to Bullying’. We are proud to say the

initiative for this forum evolved out of the work HPS and Brighton Beach Primary School

commenced in 2013 as a result of the Bully Stoppers project grant and our aim to promote

student voice through joining together our student representative groups and taking a stand

against bullying.

The students have taken on the responsibility of becoming leaders against bullying in all its forms.

Participating in mixed groups, the students attended workshops specific to bullying, wellbeing and cyber

safety. On our returning to school they have completed evaluations of the day and commenced planning to take

action. They were all very excited to be ambassadors for Bayside’s ‘Say NO to Bullying’ campaign. We thank

Kelly Edwards and the team at Bayside City Council’s Youth Services for helping us to make this event

possible. Thank you to Alicia Blundell-Smith who attended the forum with our year 5 students and participated

in the workshops. The students had a wonderful day and were able to clearly articulate their opinions.

Please make sure to read Lexie Ferguson’s reflection included in this newsletter.

Other School Student Wellbeing news:

We are currently completing the four training modules to become a KidsMatter School as part of the

implementation of the revised HPS Student Engagement and Wellbeing Policy. KidsMatter Primary is a

mental health and wellbeing framework for primary schools and is proven to make a positive difference to the

lives of Australian children. KidsMatter Primary provides the proven methods, tools and support to help

schools work with parents and carers, health services and the wider community, to nurture happy, balanced

kids. KidsMatter Primary is a flexible whole-school approach to improving children’s mental health and

wellbeing for primary school students. Through KidsMatter Primary, schools undertake a two-to three-year

implementation process in which they plan and take action to be a positive community; one that is founded on

respectful relationships and a sense of belonging and inclusion, and that promotes:

social and emotional learning (including evidence-based social and emotional learning programs)

working authentically with parents, carers and families, and

support for students who may be experiencing mental health difficulties.

We are currently utilising the KidsMatter Framework to build on the work that we have already been doing

with Social and Emotional Learning at HPS with programs such as, Restorative Practices, Friendly Kids

Friendly Classrooms, Bounce Back, Friend for Life, Peacemakers, Cyber Wise and the Bully Stoppers

Program initiative.

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Seven principles underpin the KidsMatter Primary framework. They have been informed by research and the

experiences of primary schools that successfully implemented KidsMatter.

The seven guiding principles are:

1. The best interests of children are paramount,

2. Respectful relationships are foundational,

3. Diversity is respected and valued,

4. Parents and carers are recognised as the most important people in children’s lives,

5. Parents and teachers support children best by working together,

6. Students need to be active participants,

7. Schools, health and community agencies work together with families.

The KidsMatter Framework has four components and these are:

1. Positive school community. 2. Social and emotional learning for students.

3. Working with parents and carers.

4. Helping children with mental health difficulties.

We are currently completing component 2 as part of our teacher Professional Learning this term.

Seeking Parent Participation for Module 3:

I will be seeking an interested parent to attend the third module with our Student Wellbeing Team

representatives either during term 4 or early in 2015, please let me know if you would be interested to attend

the training. To express your interest please speak to me directly by the end of this term.

This week I have started a new award and these are part of our recognition of students who are displaying

Hampton Community Spirit and the School Values. It is called the ‘Hampton Primary Citizenship Award’.

3 students were chosen to receive the Citizenship Award this week:

Audrey Smart,

Josie Wong, and

Gemma Elliott.

They received this award displaying the HPS value of ‘friendliness’, through being very understanding and

inclusive in the playground. Well-done girls!

Assembly News:

Well done to Yellow Gums (Foundation B) for their lovely and clear performance of the

National Anthem!

The performances by the Drum Line were amazing they didn’t miss a beat; they were in sync and each

member remembered all of their lead roles throughout the performances. Well done to Brent

O’Mara, Oliver French-Medic, Tommy Randall and Traci Cenedese. The Drum Line was

skillfully lead by Peter Validevoo and they performed the pieces of Hampton Cats and Rim

Magic.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

2014

AUGUST

Tue 26 House Athletics Carnival Gr 3-6

Sandringham Athletics Track

Sat 30 Battle of the Boots

HPS VS ST MARYS

SEPTEMBER

Thurs 4 Fathers Day Stall

Fri 5 Beaut Blokes Day 9-10am

Sun 7 Movie Fundraiser for HPS

Thurs 11 Art Trail 3.30 to 7.00

Fri 19 End of Term

2pm Assembly

2.30 finish

OCTOBER

Mon 13th to Thurs 15th “RINDERCELLA”

NOVEMBER

Sat 21 HPS Christmas Party Trivia Night

2015

FEBRUARY

Fri 27 Twilight Carnival

Hampton

Achievers

Congratulations to Poppy Mitchell,

Stephanie Gavnoudias and Holly

Fletcher who received a GOLD

medal in aerobics. Well Done

Girls!!!

Reminders:

Athletics Day – Tuesday August 26

Dads’ Footy Day HPS vs St Mary’s – Sunday

August 30

Father’s Day Stall - Thursday September 4

Movie Day - Dendy Brighton – Sunday

September 7

Have a happy and safe week!

PLEASE NOTE:

HOUSE ATHLETICS DAY

HAS BEEN CHANGED TO

TUESDAY 26TH AUGUST

On Wednesday 13 August, 15 grade 5 students along

with Mrs Blundell participated in the ‘Bayside says

no to bullying' conference at Brighton Town Hall.

The main purpose of the day was to educate the

grade 5 students on how to deal with bullies and

bullying type issues. These grade 5 ambassadors will

now begin sharing their knowledge with the

Hampton community. The day was filled with many

enjoyable moments and was a great opportunity for

students to share their ideas with other students from

local schools.

By Lexie Ferguson

MUSIC-5/6 PRODUCTION

WE NEED YOU! Could you please assist in your child's production by helping

us build some production sets!

We have 3-4 main scenery flats to make. By a 'flat' I mean a freestanding 2D

scene image painted on plyboard and secured for stability and safety at rear with

pine framing and support brackets. I can supply direction and scaled images of

what we need and I will just require some people to help cut out image and build

framing and brackets. Please note NO design and painting of flats is required

outside of building structure!

We need approx 4 handy "men" to come help this Sunday 24th August, 12.30pm-

onwards in the BER. We will need someone to collect timbers from Bunnings

prior and deliver to BER (preferrably on the Saturday) and then cut and form

flats on the Sunday. The design will be drawn on flats and all ready to be cut and

framed on the Sunday so we don't envisage more than an afternoon if we have a

crew of 4 or more.

You do not need to be a fully fledged builder (however we wouldn't say NO to

it!) but just have some handyman skills and own tooling to help out. If you think

you can help please call Tarsha Mautone on 0409409755 or email me at tmeehan-

[email protected]. If you offer such skills but are unavailable to help this

Sunday please still contact me.

School Notification – Important Health message Reminder Dear Parents,

Anaphylaxis is a severe, rapidly progressive allergic reaction that is potentially life

threatening. The most common food allergens in school aged children are peanuts, tree nuts,

eggs, cow’s milk, fish and shell fish, wheat, soy and sesame.

There are a number of students in many classes who suffer from life threatening allergies to

insects/bites stings and various foods and that can cause anaphylaxis. It is important to

understand that some children can become seriously ill by eating or simply coming in contact

with these foods.

As a school we are asking you to avoid sending nut and nut products within your child’s

lunch or play lunch. This support will be extended to excursions and class parties when they

arise. We appreciate that these restrictions can cause problems for some parents as some

children can be fussy eaters, however the health and safety of all students must be considered

for all of us.

All schools have a duty of care to each and every student. The key to prevention of

anaphylaxis is knowledge of students at risk, awareness of triggers (allergens) and prevention

of exposure to these.

The Victorian Government’s Anaphylaxis Guidelines came into effect July 2013 and

Hampton primary School Anaphylaxis Policy can be accessed from our web site.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the school nurses.

Kind regards

Susie Lohan and Jo Bergman (school nurses)

Thursday 4th September

Each class will be rostered on the day to purchase a gift for Dad!

$1

Father’s Day cards

bottle opener key rings

frisbees

jelly beans back scratchers pens

$2

chocolates

photo holders

magnets

playing cards tool key chains toffees

puzzles can coolers water bottles

$3

torches

fun games

tape measures mugs

$4

carwash packs

shoe shine sets

flashing glasses travel mugs

$5 binoculars

desk clock/pen caddy

BBQ tools

‘wheel’ clocks grooming sets

LIBRARY NEWS THEME OF THE WEEK

BOOKS & READING

This is Children’s Book Week so pop into the

Library and grab some books and get reading!

OUR NEW BOOKS

Mermaid Magic (REE), Toby Jones & the secret of the missing scoreboard (PAN), Discuss

dynamo (JF KET), The birthday mix-up (JF RIP), The secret door and other stories (BLY),

Watercolor (751CLA),

Post Impressionism (759WIG), Impressionism (759WEL), Monet (759MON)

COMING EVENTS

The Melbourne Writers Festival is on this week and includes some family fun with an

exhibition of Terry Denton’s & Andy Griffith’s Treehouse illustrations and a visit by

Sally Rippon. Details at

http://www.mwf.com.au/whats-on/?event=1228

Hairy Maclary fans might enjoy a visit to the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery to see

Lynley Dodd: a Retrospective featuring 59 original sketches and drawings from her

Hairy Maclary,

Slinky Malinki, Scarface Claw and Schnitzel Von Krumm stories. Until 21st September.

http://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/EXHIBITIONS/Lynley_Dodd_A_retrospective

Make sure you curl up with some great books this week.

Alison & Jennie

http://www.mwf.com.au/whats-on/?event=1228

http://mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au/EXHIBITIONS/Lynley_Dodd_A_retrospective

Children’s Book Week – 16-22 August 2014

This week is Children's Book Week - a celebration of books, authors, reading

(and, of course, libraries!). The theme for this year is Connect to reading –

Reading to connect - enjoying the experience of exploring stories, and travelling to other worlds.

This is the week in which the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) announces its annual book award winners.

Each year the school library purchases all the shortlisted books in all but the Older Readers categories. These will be on display (and available for borrowing)

in the library from this week. I really encourage you to read and enjoy these books with your children - they

are generally the 'creme de la creme' of locally published books in their category, from this past year. They will stimulate the imagination, encourage

the search for information and hopefully foster a life-long love of reading.

Wishing you a wonderfully literary week! Alison

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