Burwood Heights Primary School is committed to providing a caring and challenging learning and teaching

environment that equips students with the social, personal and thinking skills to become valued members of

the Burwood Heights Primary School and local community.

NEWSLETTER NO.23 THURSDAY 14TH AUGUST, 2014

WEBSITE ADDRESS is burwoodhps.vic.edu.au/

FRIDAY 15TH AUGUST CRAZY HAIR DAY - SRC

WEDNESDAY 20TH AUGUST KEW TRAFFIC SCHOOL -

KINDERGARTEN

THURSDAY 21ST AUGUST COLONIAL DAY – WHOLE SCHOOL

MONDAY 25TH AUGUST PRIMARY PUBLIC SPEAKING

COMPETITION

NATIONAL LITERACY AND

NUMERACY WEEK

WEDNESDAY 27TH AUGUST SCHOOL COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE

MEETINGS

THURSDAY 28TH AUGUST ROAD SAFETY INCURSION –

KINDERGARTEN

BOOK WEEK SCHOOL INCURSION

“THE STORY OF ODYSSEUS”

FRIDAY 29TH AUGUST SUMMER SPORT

MONDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING

WEDNESDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER LEVEL FOUR CONCERT

FATHERS’/SPECIAL PERSONS NIGHT

AT KINDERGARTEN

DISTRICT ATHLETICS AT KNOX

ATHLETICS TRACK

THURSDAY &

FRIDAY

11TH & 12TH

AUGUST

STATE SCHOOLS SPECTACULAR –

DRESS REHEARSAL

SATURDAY 13TH AUGUST STATE SCHOOLS SPECTACULAR

FROM THE PRINCIPAL … Esther Wood

TERM THREE – HALF WAY!

It is incredible to think that we are already half-way

through Term Three and racing towards Term Four.

The OXFAM concert will be held tonight at Box

Hill Town Hall at 7.00pm. If you are able to attend

you will have a most enjoyable night and the money

raised is for a worthy cause.

OXFAM is an international confederation of

seventeen organisations working in approximately

ninety-four countries world-wide to find solutions

to poverty and what is considered an injustice

around the world. In all OXFAM’s actions, the

ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their

rights and manage their own lives. OXFAM works

directly with communities and seeks to influence

the powerful, to ensure the poor people can improve

their lives and livelihoods and have a say in the

decisions that affect them.

OXFAM has four main focuses for its resources.

These are: Economic Justice, Essential Services,

Rights in Crisis and Gender Justice.

CRAZY HAIR Day tomorrow where I’m sure we

will see a wonderful array of colour, decorations

and hair-styles. This is always a fun day, so join in

the fun.

YEAR SEVEN placements for 2015 will be

forwarded to parents next Wednesday, 20th August.

COLONIAL DAY will see the school filled with

students wearing clothes of yesteryear and playing

games that are all but forgotten. It promises to be a

day where history comes to life in every classroom.

PRIMARY PUBLIC SPEAKING Competition is

on Monday 28th August, where our two student

representatives will take on the challenge between

schools.

NATIONAL LITERACY AND NUMERACY

WEEK (week commencing 25th August) will have

plenty of exciting and challenging literacy and

numeracy activities during the day and many

interesting activities that can be done at home. …of

course the Parent Mathematics Information Night

will be a highlight for parents on Wednesday!

SCHOOL COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE

MEETINGS AND SCHOOL COUNCIL

MEETING will be conducted in the last week of

August.

FATHERS’ NIGHT at the kindergarten will be

held on the night of the LEVEL FOUR

CONCERT. What a night this promises to be!

REAL LIFE ADVENTURES heads to Ballarat

where these fortunate students will have a taste of

what life was like in Australia one hundred and fifty

or so years ago.

STATE SCHOOLS’ SPECTACULAR on

Saturday 13th September will showcase the talent

twenty of our students have as they join other

selected schools. Mrs Whiteoak and Mr Miet (and

the parents who have driven these students to

rehearsal) can then have a rest! This promises to be

a most “spectacular” performance by government

school students.

These are the major events still to come this

term…..besides the daily learning and teaching that

occurs.

REMINDER

For those students who have lost their school hat or

for those students new to the school, now is the

time to prepare for wearing a school hat to school

every day.

From Monday 1st September the school hat

should be worn at all times when the student is

outside.

Prep M: Victoria G for working hard to improve her

reading and writing.

Prep P: Yom D for a fantastic improvement in your

handwriting. You are a super star, well done Yom.

Grade 1/2E: Victoria N for persevering with her

reading to achieve excellent results. Keep it up

superstar!

Grade 1/2P: Matthew S for persevering with his Maths

work and successfully solving vertical addition

problems. Well Done!

Grade 1/2V: River T for creating some terrific sizzling

starts when writing Narratives. Superb!

Grade 1/2W: Meilei D-T for her fantastic effort not

only completing the Mathletics tasks set but achieving

100% in each task! You're a superstar Meilei

Grade 3/4A: Tricia L for working well in class and

trying her best when practicing her join up writing. Well

done, Tricia!

Grade 3/4C: Ryan S for being a good friend to a new

student, and for helping others in the playground.

Grade 3/4G: Byron B for trying his hardest in

everything he does - especially when working in teams.

Well Done!

Grade 3/4S: Rachael Rose for being a responsible roll

monitor and remembering to deliver the rolls every

morning. Thank you Rachael!

Grade 3/4S: Kennis X for making a great start at his

new school and writing a good recount about his

Homecrafts lesson.

Grade 5/6A: Katrina N for producing an exceptionally

neat and beautiful timeline, representing the events of

the story, ‘Home and Away’. Well Done! You’re a

Champ!!

Grade 5/6H: Jasmine L for actively participating in

class and striving to reach her personal best. Excellent!

Grade 5/6L: Lachlan H for producing high quality

homework last week. Awesome effort!

Grade 5/6M: Sydney A for a fantastic effort in Maths

Number group to show fractions in tenths and

hundredths as decimals.

HOMECRAFTS: Iefan G 34S for always showing a

cheerful face and a helpful attitude in the kitchen. You

are a Pasta Master, Iefan! Congratulations and Well

Done!

VISUAL ARTS: Thao D for her creative use of texture

and colour in response to the Ned Kelly painting series

by Sidney Nolan. Well Done!

LITERACY AND NUMERACY WEEK

Monday 25th to Sunday 31st August

Burwood Heights will be buzzing more than usual next

week, as we celebrate National Literacy and

Numeracy Week. The week aims to recognise the

achievements of students and the work of teachers,

parents and members of the community, who support

young people to develop strong literacy and numeracy

skills. All families are encouraged to highlight the

importance of literacy and numeracy, by exploring the

curriculum areas of Reading, Writing and Mathematics

through a range of fun activities. A big thank you to the teachers who have put much

thought and time into planning exciting activities for the

students. Please check out the whole school planner in

the newsletter this week as well as the Burwood Heights

website.

Vicky Papas (on behalf of the English and

Mathematics Committees)

Parent Mathematics Information Session

Date: Wednesday 27th August, 2014

Time: 7.00 p.m.

Venue: Room 6 (Mrs Coopers Room)

Suitable for parents of students in

any Year Level.

Experience the lesson format used

during Mathematic sessions, and gain

an insight into Mathematical problem-

solving.

No children during this evening

session, please.

Return the notice reply-slip to your child’s

teacher, and we will see you there.

Crazy Hair Day The SRC are holding a Crazy

Hair Day TOMORROW.

All students are welcome to

come to school with unique

and crazy hairstyles to help raise funds for

the State School’s Service. A gold coin

donation is requested to assist this caring

organisation. We look forward to seeing lots

of hair spray, glitter, curls and creativity!

SPOOK HOOPS BASKBALL FIXTURE

14th August

Tigers 3.50pm Court 1

Storm 4.25pm Court 3

Razors 3.50pm Court 5

21st August

Tigers 4.25pm Court 1

Storm 3.50pm Court 3

Razors BYE

28th August

Tigers 4.25pm Court 1

Storm 4.25pm Court 3

Razors 3.50pm Court 5

Below is the link to find out game times. A Term

fixture is now available.

http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-3686-0-0-0#Thursday

NEW UNIFORM OPTIONS We are considering adding a winter

tunic/skirt to the uniform options

available for girls. The tunic is

available in sizes 4 to 10 and the skirt

in the larger sizes. Girls could wear

black tights or leggings with either item. The cost is

approximately $40 and the bib is attached with

buttons to allow for growth.

A sample of the tunic is currently in the office – if

you would be interested in having one for your

daughter/s, please take a moment to have a look and

pass on any comments either for or against to me.

Vicki Fahey

READY FOR A NIGHT OFF FROM

COOKING???

Why not visit Grill’d at East Burwood

and help the school in the process! Grill’d has partnered with not-for-profit

organisation Smiling Mind to encourage

Australian’s to be more ‘mindful’ of their physical

and mental health. As such, Burwood Heights

Primary is proud to be a local recipient of the Local

Matters community donation program at Grill’d

East Burwood. Funds from the program will

provide Smiling Mind resources and materials that

will support the wellbeing and resilience of our

school community.

To jump on-board and support Mindfulness

Matters, get down to Grill’d at Burwood One

during August and pop your Local Matters token

into the Burwood Heights jar.

While you’re at Burwood One, also visit Mark at

Baker’s Delight who donates money to the school through his “Dough Raiser” program – just say

you’re from Burwood Heights and Mark will do the

rest!

Saturday 11th October

9.00am – 2.00pm

SELLERS WANTED! Now’s the time to clean out all those cupboards, toy

boxes, bookshelves and garages, and get everything

ready to sell at our Car Boot Sale in October.

Spaces are only $20

Don’t want to have a whole space to you self? Ask

a friend to share one!

Booking forms available from the school website or

the office.

Any questions please contact Cara Fowler

Phone: 0414 841 737

Adventure: Cool!

It was an early start as we headed towards the snowy peaks of Lake Mountain. We were all excited to see snow, some more than others because this was their first time. The sillybus was full of laughter and warmth as we discussed expectations, answers to Hot N Cold (homework) and sang songs that were cool. Quite a contrast to the cold, bitter air when we arrived.

Of course the first thing we wanted to do when we got out of the bus was touch the snow. A few were even game enough to pick up snow with their bare hands. They could really compare the difference that gloves make. We talked about insulation and explained how this barrier keeps us warm. The boys couldn’t resist tossing a few snowballs at each other and before long everyone was having a go.

Referring to a previous adventure, Kid vs Wild, you only have three hours to survive if you don’t have shelter. So our first mission was to build a shelter out of snow, commonly referred to as a quinzhee. Peter had packed some shovels so we started pilling some snow until we had a small mound. Tiredness set in so we didn’t build a big one. It was only big enough for some of us to stick our legs in. One of the benefits of having shelter is escaping the wind. We talked about wind chill and remembered the feeling of having the windows down in the bus.

A few days earlier we had made some toboggans out of hard plastic suitcases at school. We removed the hinge to separate the two pieces of moulded plastic and then added some rope for a handle. Thinking we had saved some money and shown some innovation, we were quite keen to try them out. Unfortunately we were not allowed so we had to hire some instead. Despite this, we still had a great time sliding down the hill.

It’s always funny watching people walk up the slippery hill but it gave us a good opportunity to discuss friction. Obviously snow generates low friction enabling us to slide down the hill with great fun. We would all complain about how hard it was walking up the hill with our big boots and heavy gear but eventually we’d end up at the top and excited to slide down again!

While we were just standing around, some of us could feel the cold settling into our bones. Walking up and down those hills certainly kept us warm. For lunch we’d organised some portable gas burners to heat up some soup and cook some sausages. We all enjoyed the hot food and could feel the warmth spread through our bodies. A couple tried some spicy chili powder to see if that warmed them up as well. I’m not sure how effective it was as they quickly rushed for some cold water to drink!

Standing around, we grabbed the opportunity to do a couple of experiments. First, we had two thermometers. We put one on the table and another we buried in the snow. Everyone made a prediction on the temperature and found out that the air temperature was 4◦C and the snow temperature was 0◦C. Next, we stuck some poles made of different materials in the snow. The poles were made out of wood, steel and copper. After leaving them for a while we picked them up with our bare hands to see which material conducted heat the best. We weren’t convinced which metal was the coldest but we all agreed that the wood was nowhere near as cold. Lastly, we tried testing different materials for their insulation capabilities. We had newspaper and straw to test. Using these materials made a big difference compared to having nothing at all.

Later on we went back to do some more tobogganing. We all lined up at the top of the hill and had a race down to the bottom. Before leaving we had to make a snowman (or to be politically correct these days, I guess we have to call it a snowperson. Although I don’t think any girl would want to look like the one we made!). Working together we shaped the snow into a kind of funny looking blob and added some features. On the way home we sang more songs, shared some fun highlights and had a spelling test. Everyone was tired and we were glad we had the weekend to recover!

Check out the blog for more information: bhpsrla.blogspot.com.au

Skip Back in Time On Thursday 21st August 2014, the students at Burwood Heights

Primary School with their teachers will take a skip back in time to the

1850’s to experience what school was like in Australia during this

time. If possible, the students and teachers will come dressed in

clothes inspired by the 1850’s.

With activities we have planned the students will experience a whole

day of how school life was in the 1850’s; how the classrooms were

organised and run, how school rules have changed over the years. It

will be an interesting experience for the students and teachers.

If you don’t have or want to dress up just come to school in you school

uniform. This is not a free dress day.

Looking forward to a great day,

Mrs Culvenor

History Teacher

OSHClub News

After School Care Program

Program Update 14.08.2014

Hi all,

This week at OSHClub was Dragon week! We’ve had so much fun creating dragon eggs and

kites and learning all about the mythical creatures!

Next week we are excited for Card game week!

We are looking forward to exploring a whole range of different card games and activities, as

we know lots of the children have card games that they LOVE! Please feel free to bring in

cards to show and share with others!

We are still looking for any donations of items/arts and craft supplies you think we would

enjoy!

Thank you to the fantastic response from parents and guardians regarding this.

If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to call us or come in to see us.

Have a great week!

The OSHClub Team

Next Week's Activities:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

ACTIVITIES

AASC

Multisport

Foldable

Pokémon

AASC

Basketball Colours Game

Design a

card game

ACTIVITIES

Playing Card

Holder

Pokémon

memory game

Easy magic:

Call out card

trick

Yu Gi Oh card

game

Uno cards

tournament

Parent Information

OSHC program phone: 0423 225 807

Coordinator: JESSICA Assistants: ELLIE, MARNI, MONALI OSHClub Head Office: 03 8564 9000 All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.