Principal’s Report 1 – 2

This week in the Principal’s Report the follow-

ing topics are covered:

* Remembrance Ceremony

* Staffing 2019

* Parent / Helpers Morning Tea

Diary Dates

Fri 16th Nov - Prep Transition No. 3 - 2:15-3:15pm

School Dental Program - Phase 1 (Day 2)

Mon 19th Nov

WALKATHON

(Grade 3-6 @ 9am)

(Prep - 2 @ 9:45am)

Wed 21st Nov - Class 1S Park Walk 2pm

Fri 23rd Nov - Prep Transition No. 4 - 2:15-3:15pm

Sat 24th Nov

BENTLEIGH FARMERS’ MKT 8am-12:30pm

STATE ELECTION POLLING BOOTH - in hall

Mon 26th Nov - RAINBOW DAY DRESS UP (gold coin)

Tues 27th Nov - Class 2J Play in Hall 5:30pm

Thurs 29th Nov

School Dental Program - Phase 2 Visit

Instrumental Concert 6pm in Hall

Fri 30th Nov

FOUNDING FATHERS &

THE BAND-SHES CONCERT

5:30am

Wed 5th Dec– Class 3L Dance 6pm in Hall

Thurs 6th Dec

Parent/Helpers Morning Tea 10:30am

Year 4 Play - time TBA

Tues 11th Dec

Excursion - Melb. Zoo Grade 1M & 2S

Wed 12th Dec - Class 1S Park Walk 2pm

Wed 12th Dec - Class 1A & 1S Dance 4:30pm

Wed 12th Dec Class 5S Greek Dance 6pm

Thurs 13th Dec Class 5T Greek Dance 6pm

Mon 17th Dec

AWARDS ASSEMBLY - HALL @ 9AM

Wed 19th Dec

GRADE 6 GRADUATION 6PM

Friday 21st December

EOY Grade 6 Performance 12:30pm Hall

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL YEAR

1:30PM Early Finish

Principal’s Report - Maria Shearn

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

15th November 2018 Term 4 / Week 6, Issue 3

Bignell Road East Bentleigh 3165

Phone: 9570 3525 Fax: 9579 0205 Email: east.bentleigh.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

SCHOOL VISION:

East Bentleigh Primary School provides a rich, inviting, child-focused

environment ensuring that all students feel safe and stimulated. Our students are

able to achieve their full academic, creative and social potential, equipped for the

challenges of lifelong learning. Students develop into healthy and confident

individuals, actively contributing to the world in which they live.

Hello everyone,

I can’t believe that when this newsletter goes out there will be only effectively 5

weeks left of school for 2018. We have a few very busy weeks coming up at our

school.

We are well into our 2019 Prep transition program and Saturday 24th November will

see our school being used as a polling booth for the state election, as well as

hosting our monthly Bentleigh Farmers’ Market from 8am till 12:30pm.

End of year class performances will begin soon. Sue and I are really looking forward

to attending these performances over the next few weeks and watching the

culmination of many weeks’ work by your children and their teachers.

I hope you have noted down all the remaining important dates from the calendar -

there are so many of them - especially the ‘Founding Fathers and The Band- Shes’

concert. Tickets are available through TryBooking or in person/by phone at the

office. It is important we have an idea of numbers for catering purposes, so if you

are planning to attend, now is the time to purchase your tickets.

Student Leaders at Remembrance Ceremony

Last Friday I accompanied our fabulous student leaders to the Bentleigh RSL to take

part in Remembrance Day. They were terrific ambassadors for our school. Thank you

Summer, Hilel, Elly and Hila. I was very proud of you all.

“Last Friday, Mrs Shearn, the school captains and vice captains attended the memorial ceremony

at the RSL. It was a very solemn event, however, it was still enjoyable. At the ceremony, flowers

and wreaths were placed on the shrine and all of us paid our respects. After the ceremony, we made

our way to the RSL for a delicious morning tea. It was a memorable experience and we thank all

the soldiers who fought for our country.”

Continued next page……………….

** REMINDER **

FOUNDING FATHERS and

the BAND-SHES CONCERT

Friday 30th November

at 5:30PM

Tickets now on sale via

www.trybooking.com/

YLZG

or the school office.

East Bentleigh Primary School acknowledges Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders both past and present.

Principal’s Report - Maria Shearn

Staffing As you know, planning for 2019 has been going on in earnest over the past few weeks. After an extensive

process we are now in a position to advise our provisional class structure and accompanying staffing allocations for

2019.

Provisional classes for 2019 are:

Prep M - Stewart McCallum

Prep A – Alison Hackett

Prep D – Donna Leibowitz

Class 1L – Lee Jellis

Class 1S – Laura Siu

Grade 1M – Leah Morrissy

Grade 2S - Jenny Small

Class 2A - Anne Wilson

Class 2S - Sarah Boyd

Class 3D – Dagmar McNamara

Class 3M – Denise McDonough

Grade 3R – Kate Raynor

Class 4A - Amanda Kershaw

Grade 4/5G - Jill Griffin

Class 5A – Anna Pittito

Class 5C- Celia Hopkinson

Grade 5/6K -Julia Kantor

Class 6T – Tanja Boxelaar

Class 6S - Shelley Krycer

Specialists - Marie Seif - French; John Seeary PE; Janette Arvanitakis - Art/Performing Arts/ Learning Support; Nikki

Gordon - Kitchen Specialist, - Garden Specialist - TBA

Children in the mainstream will be informed of their rooms and spend time with their teachers on Monday 17th

December. Steiner classes will move into their new rooms, in Week 9 – beginning on 3rd December. Individual teachers

will advise parents when this will happen for their class.

Please note that I say this is a provisional plan, because sometimes things happen that may necessitate some change

in the New Year.

Parent / Helpers’ morning tea On Thursday 6th December at 10:30 am, the staff will provide a special morning tea to all

our wonderful helpers at our school. We are very lucky at East Bentleigh Primary School to have so many school

community members prepared to give up some of their time. I know not all of you will be able to come, so I would like

to take this opportunity to thank all those people who have given their time and expertise to help support our school in

any way at all throughout the year. Your efforts are all very much appreciated

by everyone in the East Bentleigh Primary School community. ** Thought **

Until next time…………...Maria Shearn - Principal

End of Year All Ages Concert Event FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE BAND-SHEs

Preparations have begun for the EBPS party of the year. The parent band is back in the rehearsal studio and the

lycra is coming out of storage. Mark your calendar to come and join the fun on Friday 30 November in the school

hall. Tickets now available on www.trybooking.com/YLZG or the school office.

WE NEED YOUR HELP! This will be the community’s evening of celebration, and there are 2 ways you could

contribute: 1. Volunteer for an hour or so on the night.

2. Donate an item for the Silent Auction fundraiser.

We know our community is full of practitioners, service providers, artists… this is a wonderful opportunity to share

your business with us while also supporting the kids! If you would like to do either of these things, or get involved

in any way, please contact LUCY ANGELL on lucy@moremovement.com.au or 0400 582 910.

(Mum to Reuben in Prep S)

Sue’s News

Student Leaders attend School Council meeting

Our Student Leaders attended School Council on Monday night. They introduced themselves and spoke about their

achievements in 2018. We had representatives from the following leadership positions:

School Captains and Vice – Hilel, summer, Hila and Elly

House Captains – Milly and Jessie

Junior School Council – Jamia and Eliza

Digital Technology – Dia and Oum

Environmental – Amelia and Sunny

Music – Honami

Library - Manu

The Student Leaders described their role, talked about their achievements and what they enjoyed doing the most

and suggested some improvements for next year. They then asked the School Council questions about:

What they do?

How are you elected?

How often do you meet?

Who runs the meetings?

How do you solve difficult decisions?

It was a very rewarding experience for both our Student Leaders and School Councillors.

Sue Jackson - Assistant Principal

REMINDER

Parent Information - French News

Parent Information

MUSIC NEWS Dear Parents,

As 2018 comes to a close we have a few musical events happening shortly that you will need to be aware of.

Following the Grade 2 information session on Wednesday 14th November, the Grade 2’s will be trialling Violin,

Viola and Cello so that we are able to get a rough idea of allocations for teachers next year. Students are

able to change their minds of course as there is a long time between November and the beginning of Term 1

next year, however it allows us plan accordingly.

This will happen in the morning session of Wednesday 21st November.

We have the Steiner Orchestra Concert on 29th of November which features Steiner Instrumental students

from Grade 3 - 6 and the Extension Orchestra.

The students will be performing with their class to showcase what they have been working on during the year.

The night will begin at 6pm and we hope to run it as smoothly as possible to ensure that we finish in a timely

manner.

Students will need to be at school no later than 5:45pm in full school uniform so we can start on time.

The Founding Fathers Concert is the following night at 5:30pm. Please come and support this wonderful event

which really helps provide so much for our school and celebrates the talent of our parents too. Tickets are

available at the school office or www.trybooking.com/YLZG

Monday 10th of December is our final Soirée for 2018. We will be showcasing the individual talents of some of

our wonderful students. Please let us know as soon as possible if you would like to have your child perform, first

in best dressed as time is limited.

2019

As we go into planning for next year please if you have any queries or concerns come and see me and we

can look into trying to make your child’s music studies as positive as possible. Communication is key and

sometimes your students have concerns that they may be too shy to tell us in person. Please do not leave

issues to fester over the holidays as we want to start the year afresh and in the best way possible for your

students.

I am in every day at school or you can contact me via email: felicitecheine@gmail.com

Following the great initiatives in sustainability around the school the Instrumental Music Team will be shifting to

paperless communication and the practice book will not be used next year.

We will all be communicating via email only, so we will be setting this up over the break so please make sure

to check your Inboxes and Junk Mail Folders for our emails.

Felicite Heine - Instrumental Music Coordinator

Parent Information

Year Ones visit to The Royal Botanical Gardens On Friday 26 October all the Year One Children and their teachers and parent helpers set out for a wonderful adventure in

the magical realm of The Royal Botanical Gardens. Our day began with a morning snack on the lawns surrounded by the

Banana Palms and old growth trees. Each class was then greeted by a guide who invited us to don our imaginary magic

gloves that would assist us to gently explore the touch and texture of the myriad of plants we would encounter. Each guide

told the children stories along our journey about some of the special plants of the gardens, including the story of ‘The

Grandmother Tree’, a 10,000 year old Red River Gum tree that became fossilised in the Murray River, and the ‘Lightning

Tree’, which was lovingly repaired by the staff after it was hit by lightning and carries the scar. Around the roots of the tree

were many little openings reminiscent of fairy doors.

The children loved the fragrant herb garden where they were encouraged to crush and smell the herbs and search for

things that smelled like toothpaste, liquorice and lemon. Beautiful pot pourri bags were created by each child from

generous baskets of lavender, rose petals and lemon verbena.

In the Children’s Garden we scrambled through mossy tunnels and over rocky bridges, finishing at the tree palace. In this

magical space we created flower and leaf crowns from reeds and resources found in the gardens.

Our day finished with lunch, observed closely by a very friendly kookaburra, followed by a riveting and timely tale told by

parent Chris in 1S about Hans and his adventures with his magic hat. Chris cleverly incorporated one of our flower crowns

into this retelling.

A wonderful day was had by everyone.

Some comments from the children……..

‘This was the very best day of my life. Can we please come back again’? – Siena 1A

‘I loved smelling the pot pourri and making my flower crown’. - Lia 1A

‘I love it here, there is so much space and grass and they don’t mind if I do a somersault’. - Conan 1A

‘We made flower crowns and used plants and flowers we found on the ground, it was really fun. My favourite part was see-

ing the big trees’. - Catherine 1M

‘We learnt some plants are used for medicine’ - Isabella 1M

‘My favourite part was when we climbed the River Red Gum and we saw a kookaburra’. - Finn 1S

‘My favourite part was making crowns and pot pourri’. - Mirrin 1S

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