Volume 25 Issue 29 Thursday 12 September 2019

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term dates 2019 term 1 30 jan - 05 apr term 2 23 apr - 28 jun term 3 15 jul - 20 sep term 4 07 oct - 20 dec

16 SEP YEAR 4-6 MUSICAL ‘QUEST’ AT BUNJIL PLACE. ARRIVE 6.30 PM FOR 7.00 PM SHOW. 18 SEP SRC CHIPS FUNDRAISER-WEAR SPORTS COLOURS—GOLD COIN DONATION 18 SEP SPECIAL CANTEEN FOOTY DAY—PAYMENT VIA QKR BY 6TH SEP-NO LUNCH ORDERS TODAY 20 SEP LAST CANTEEN DAY 20 SEP LAST DAY OF TERM 3. SCHOOL DISMISSED AT 2:30 PM 07 OCT TERM 4 BEGINS. 09 OCT CANTEENS OPENS FOR TERM 4. jim bell, principal jenny reid, assistant principal jo-anne doran, assistant principal

DATES TO REMEMBER

N APLAN 2019 Reporting Individual NAPLAN student reports were dis-tributed last week. As a school, we are very

pleased with the outcomes which we have achieved over the years and this year is, again, no exception! We have been reviewing our results against the State and national averages and we are very pleased to report on our very positive comparisons. At Year 3, for each of the assessment areas of Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation, and Nu-meracy, Brentwood Park Primary School, once again, significantly surpassed the State averages!

YEAR 3

At Year 5, for each of the assessment areas of Reading,

Writing, Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation, and Nu-

meracy, Brentwood Park Primary School, once again,

significantly surpassed the State averages!

YEAR 5

S chool Canteen Bellbrook Catering would like to advise that commencing in Term 4, the canteen will be

open each Monday. Lunch Orders will be available Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There will be NO lunch orders on Wednesday 18th September due to Special Footy Lunch day. The canteen will be open for snack and drinks during recess and lunchtime. Bellbrook Catering would like to wish Brentwood Park Primary School staff, students and families a safe and happy holiday break. Your last canteen day for term 3 is Friday 20th September (inclusive), your first canteen day for term 4 is Wednesday 9th October.

A Musical Note This year’s production is entitled ‘Quest – An

Adventure in Fantasy Land’. All students in Years Four, Five and Six will be performing on stage at Bunjil Place on Monday, 16th September! Tickets are on sale and are available via the Bunjil Place website! A promotional flyer is in this week’s newsletter! Linda Moore, performing arts teacher

C hinese Language and Culture Our delegation of students and staff departed on their

educational and cultural trip to Jiangsu, CHINA, along with the other Victorian schools, at 12:05 a.m. on Wednesday 11 September.

In preparation for the trip, extra curricula classes were held each Monday from 3:30 pm to 4:20 p.m. to expand upon their introductions of self and friends as well as to order food and barter in the market places!!

As protocol directs, a gift will be presented to our sister school, Yangzhong Experimental Primary School, on behalf of our school and visiting delegates.

The student delegates have been busy working under the direction of visual arts teacher, Bree Stribbles, on collectively creating an artwork to be presented. All students have been involved in the process of creating ‘Australiana’ themed prints and having them printed

on a banner to form the outer and inner borders around a collectively coloured central piece featuring a lizard.

The final artwork is certainly one for which the students, Bree and our school can exhibit pride!

Term 3 Week ending 06 September, 2019

0BC Avery for making a fabulous start to BPPS. 0JF Angel for working hard to improve her reading skills. 0JH Aathish for showing persistence in your writing just like ‘Pete!’ 0LP Hashir for being an AWESOME mathematician who knows all about the friends of ten! 0SM Eric for being so organised during swimming lessons. 0TL Giselle for being able to spell the first 20 Oxford words. 1AB Montana for working hard each day to improve your reading. Well done! 1HG Indy for your sensational organisation with your belongings at swimming. You did an AMAZING job! I am so proud. 1KC Jak for giving swimming a red-hot-go! You went from crab to fish, awesome work! 1MK Isabella for creating meaningful connections when completing her reading journals. 1NC Brax for your very entertaining narratives. They are awesome. 1NG Lithum for showing an amazing improvement at getting dressed independently whilst at swimming. Super job! 1TN Sienna for doing an amazing job learning her swimming skills this week. Well done! 2AD Super 2AD for showing wonderful teamwork this week. You’re all so kind and considerate towards each other. 2AK Amy Harvey for a great job re-reading and editing his work. 2CM Zoya for making great contributions during your visits to our buddy grade. 2CV Hargan for her excellent narrative and amazing effort!! 2RG Super 2RG for demonstrating wonderful team work this week as part of a challenging week. Well done! 2SY Dhruvil for excellent efforts in swimming. Well done! 3CH Dimi for following and supplying detailed mapping instruction during our maths lesson this week. 3DK Elizabeth for being a kind, helpful and thoughtful member of the class. 3MF Zachary for his detailed information report on eagles. Well done! 3MS Sanuka for being a conscientious worker and always trying hard to achieve your learning goals! 3SA Shreya for the detailed information report you wrote this week. Great work! 4BM Hayley for always persisting, even when things are tough! 4CP Sehajpal for his fantastic ability to solve the maths problem. 4EC Tiara for using a lot of interesting WOW words in her big write this week. Well done!

Term 3 Week ending 06 September, 2019

4SM Harini for her interesting use of connectives and vocabulary. Great job, Harini! 4VG Bianca for applying and researching her convict on the First Fleet. 5EB Indi for doing an amazing job in Words Our Way and thinking of lots of words to add to your group sort. 5JG Tarleah for her positive attitude towards the classroom rehearsals and activities! You make the classroom fun! 5LF Nirupama for working consistently hard on your reading comprehension. Well done! 5LM Ujin for his well written information report about Russia. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it! 5SI Mia for making fantastic improvements in her comprehension skills. You’re a superstar! 6JA 6JA Thanks for a wonderful term and working hard through many visitors-See you next term. 6JP Daniel for writing a fantastic persuasive piece for our cold write. Well done! 6LM Chase for being a kind, friendly member of 6LM and following the BPPS values. 6MB Olivia for completing a well thought out and detailed Reading Journal.

SPECIALIST CLASSES

LOTE. Chunyan n/a LOTE. Daisy 5LF for your fantastic job completing writing actively this week! P. Arts. Linda 4VG for your enthusiasm during costume allocation! You will all look terrific on stage! P. Arts. Larissa 2AD for a great job in the music sessions. P.E. Jim 6JA for an amazing session developing their gymnastic skills. P.E. Mel 5LM for brilliant jumping and pivoting over the wooden horse. V. Arts. Jessica 6JA for working productively to complete the painting of your clay. V. Arts. Bree 3SA for great work on your collage. D.Tech. Lisa

P LEASE DIRECT MONEY FOR EXCURSIONS, ETC TO YOUR CLASSROOM TEACHER - NOT TO THE OFFICE.

Please hand money and permission slip in sealed envelopes to classroom teacher first thing in the morning. By following this process teachers are aware that your child will be attending the excursion and mark them off

their lists. Money is collected by office staff and processed each morning and a receipt given back to teachers along with permission slips. All money is tallied and banked daily – no money is left on the premises. If you wish to pay by credit card, a proforma is available from the office. This can be filled out with details and placed in a sealed envelope and handed to your classroom teacher

Please deliver cash in a sealed envelope with your child’s name and grade on the front by 9.30 a.m. If you have a number of children attending an excursion you can place all money and permission slips in the one envelope with children’s names and grades on the front and deliver to one of the children’s teachers. The office staff will be able to allocate money to the children’s particular items and distribute permission slips and receipts back to teachers. Enve-lopes are available at the office. If you have a large amount to be paid or need to process an EFTPOS transaction through a savings account you can make arrangements to pay at the office. We also have a new Qkr payment system on our Skoolbag app. If you download our Skoolbag app and Qkr payment app you can now pay for your child’s excursion on line.

All change will be delivered to the children in the afternoon. Re-imbursements will only be made under certain circumstances – they will be made by cheque (no cash transactions are made).

Notices are sent out with a final collection time – please adhere to this time. All money and permission slips are required to be sent back by this date – otherwise your child will not be able to attend. This enables us to confirm bookings and numbers with bus companies and organisations we are visiting. Also we need to send details to the De-partment of Education Emergency Management for all excursions, camps, etc. We also need to accommodate students who will not be attending.

We would appreciate it if parents could please follow these processes.