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Dear Parents, For the last two weeks Ms Amanda Prosser and myself have been attending the Microsoft World Wide Global Forum in Barcelona, Spain as guests of Microsoft. It was a wonderful Forum where we spent time with schools and educators from all across the world. As a Microsoft World Wide Tour School we were asked to contribute in a number of Forums but particularly around System Change. What stood out to us was how well our school is recognised and so well known all over the world. We were constantly asked for information around what we do and how did we get to the position we are now. Schools all over the world recognise they need to change to prepare their children for the 21st Century. Our school is recognised as an exemplar in this field. We also had a chance to look at the exhibitions presented by over 300 of the most innovative school teachers in the world. It was so rewarding to see and learn from what these teachers have accomplished and the passion they exhibit for what they do. A special thank you to Loretta who filled in for me whilst I was away. Whilst in Barcelona we had the privilege to visit a school, who had previously visited us at Silverton, to see what changes they had made. This was truly a most rewarding experience and we both came away with some new learnings. It was pleasing to also see that they had taken away many ideas they saw when they visited us last year and had since implemented in their school. What stood out to us was how advanced our school was and what impact we have had on schools all over the world. This is something our school community can be very proud of. CAMP Thank you to all of our teachers who gave up their private time to attend both the Grade 4 and 6 Camps this year. We understand this can be an imposition on their private lives but appreciate the fact they want to ensure the children in our school get to experience this. CHESS Congratulations to our Chess Team who competed at Deepdene PS last week. They came away successful in taking first place. Well done to the boys involved. GARDENS Dawn is seeking help from some parents who would like to work with her in updating an area of the school gardens. She has arranged a terrific plan and now needs help to do it. If you are able to help out please see Dawn at school. Regards

Tony

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MARCH 28th Earth Hour Division Tennis 31st Chess competition APRIL 2nd House Cross Country 4th LAST DAY TERM 1—school Finishes at 2:30pm 22nd First Day Term 2 (Tuesday) 24th Anzac Day activities 25th ANZAC Day—No School 28-2nd May BOOKFAIR 30th OPEN NIGHT MAY 7th Mother’s Day Morning Tea School Tour @ 9:30am for 2015 8-9th Mother’s Day Stall 13-15 NAPLAN 19-23 EDUCATION WEEK 28th School Photos

Protecting Our School

If anyone notices any unusual

activity at the school outside

school hours, please call the

Springvale Police on 8558-8600

From the Principal’s desk Students of the Week Birthdays Bookfair details From the Assistant Principal’s desk Community News Silverton Tit Bits Chess News What the 3/4’s have been up to School Banking World’s Greatest Shave Mathlete of the Week Sponsors/Advertisers

THINGS DUE BACK

Instrumental Music—Instalment #2 due

STUDENTS OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who have been awarded ‘Student Of The Week’ certificates

PS Xavier Merton 34S Jack Mills

PI Courtney Bux 34I Adela Kovacic

PL Fatima Mohammadi 34L Ismeta Duratovic

PV Leandro Flett 34V Eurisha Chhin

12E Jordan Jacobs 34E Kemal Cuturic

12R Diamond Khim 34R Nia Symeonidis

12T Melita Bolbol 56T David Keov

12O Tyler Walker 56O Ty Gerardi

12N Caitlyn Hall 56N Hayden Rohringer

12S Tashana Doorgain 56P Matthew Gillies

56S Brandon McCurdy

PS Ben Harper 34S Gagan Narendra

PI Amelia Janikowski 34I Stian Steenkamp

PL Shawn Chelackal 34L Alexis Dimitrakopoulos

PV Sanudhi Gunaratne 34V Felicity Liagourdis

12E Pili Evile Peni 34E Sean Javillonar

12R Caleb Armstrong 34R Christian Tevaseu

12T Anthony Crake Souri 56T Adrian Sekulovski

12O Rachel Heard 56O Madyson Bradford

12N Kate Herrera 56N Daniella Stevic

12S Christopher Ngov 56P Toby Cianciarulo

56S David Dimoski

BIRTHDAYS

Anmol Gandhi Paige Kay Taio Harbis Kayla Gower

Isabelle Leeman Peyton Peni Josh Lantouris Michelle Pena

Jaiking Tu Tashi Thakur Aizeen Karedia Thisanma Heva Dewage

Harley Caruana Philopatear Baselyous April Hoang Atul Ansu

Logan Sa Jacob Nathan Krisha Upadhyay Abey Mathew

Nirupama Saradhy Nina Rachele-Burtt Lulu Rachele-Burtt Milia Tasic

Georgie Karanasios Rohan Mathew Ava Roberts Pili Evile Peni

Dean Ninic Patricia Perez Luca Yannas Houston Vea

Arpit Mehay Maddy Bradford Jennifer Duong Chloe Milnes

Arushee Padmanabhan Isobel Isac Keuna Mills

Wednesday 26th March 2014

Book Fair

Silverton Primary School will host a Book Fair on (28th

April-1st May) including Open Night-30

th April). Funds raised will help purchase books for the

library. Families and the community are invited to attend this fun reading event that helps inspire children to become lifelong readers.

When: The Book Fair will be open Monday 28th April from 3:30—4pm

And daily from 8.30-9.00am- 3.30-4pm on Tuesday 29th to Thursday 1st May

Where: Learning Resource Centre (Library)


SILVERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL: Student Wellbeing - Loretta Sutherland

QUOTES FOR PARENTS and CHILDREN: If you want your children to be intelligent, read them Fairy Tales. If you want your children to be more intelligent, read them more Fairy Tales. Albert Ein-stein FRIENDSHIP We all want our children to be happy. Having friends helps happiness—but it needs skills. What is friendship? Spending time together. Sharing ideas and treats. Having fun. Respecting each other's differences. Loyalty, sticking up for each other. Caring for each other's safety and wellbeing. Both of you working on the skills to keep your friendship going.

Friendship Skills. How to be a friend. Mums, Dads & Kids “Read the VERBS together.” Always try to DO these things Talk - be interesting, keep up with what's going on around you, eg. TV, sports, music, shared interests - so that you have something to talk about. Share the conversation, so that you each get a chance to be listeners and talkers. Listen to what your friends are saying and ask questions about it. Praise your friends when they do something well. Use your manners, Say please and thank you. Friends like to be pleasant to each other. Think of yourself as being a friendly person, look friendly and be friendly - and others will find you friendly. Be helpful - do things for your friends without keeping a score on who's done the most favours. Give back things you have used or borrowed from each other (this is a good idea for brothers and sisters, too). Be aware of others' feelings - think before you speak. (Sometimes it is a good idea to keep your thoughts to yourself rather than upset people's feelings.) Handle conflict - by being clear about what you want and how you will compromise. Share your time with other friends. Be honest about your feelings, eg. "I don't think this is a good idea because…" But don't always try to be the leader - try out other people's ideas. Try to understand people by thinking about things from their point of view.

DON’T Don't brag about what you've got or done. No put downs - you wouldn't like it if someone did this to you. No prejudice - don't make comments about country, colour, religion or physical appearance. "If you can't find anything nice to say about someone, say nothing," is a good motto for everybody. Don't take over - let others tell their own jokes and news. Don't argue and get upset if your friend doesn't agree with you about something. That's O.K. She has the right to an opinion too. Don't fight your friends' battles. You can support your friends by helping them to deal with their problems: o Be a good listener

o Help them to stay safe.

o Encourage them to try.

o Be there when they need you to be.

o Help them to make good choices.

o Encourage them to look for help from trusted adults.

o Don't talk about them without their permission. Being 'popular', and having real friends, is not always the same thing. Most adults would think themselves really lucky to have one true friend - someone they can trust and rely on for their help and support when they need it. Real friendship lasts through good times and bad times.

Remember: You are a unique (only one like you) person with lots of different sides to your character, so you can have different friends who share your different interests, eg. friends at school, in your street, in sport clubs, in your family, etc. Good friends can play with other people sometimes and still be friends. It’s good to have a good friend but it’s good to have other friends too.

Thanks for taking the time to read these messages

SILVERTON SCHOOL OATH I will have pride in

Silverton Primary School and obey the School Rules

I will be a good citizen and respect others

I promise to respect and care for the environment

I will try to be the best person I can I will aim for excellence

TEACHING AND LEARNING

Successful learners take an

interest in ‘What’ they are do-

ing and ‘How’ they are

doing it. Adopting some or all

of the following behaviours can

help maintain and

improve:-

Getting along with others,

Working together and

Increasing rates of

Achievement

VALUABLE LEARNING HABITS

As HELPFUL BEHAVIOURS

Pride Risk Taker

Communicator

Open Minded

Caring

Well Balanced

Inquirer

Thinker

Reflective

Knowledgeable

NEVER GIVE UP

ENCOURAGE OTHERS

DO YOUR BEST

Who Can Help Me At School?

My Teacher The Teachers in my Learning Centre My Specialist Teachers Mrs Sutherland-Assistant Principal My Student Mentoring Leader Other School Staff My School Student Representative My Peer Mediators Building Resilience is Learning

To Be Smart & Strong

“Every child deserves a champion

- an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection

and insists that they become the best they can possibly be.”

Rita Pierson EDUCATOR

SILVERTON

TIT BITS

NEED A LIBRARY BAG?

Royal Children's Hospital Tote bags for $2.50, can be

ordered through the Uniform shop or the Office.

We are awaiting a shipment and you can pre-order now and they will be delivered to your child

when they arrive. These are great not only for Library bags

also very handy multi purpose bags.

CARTRIDGE RECYCLING

If you have a printer, fax or photocopier at home that has

cartridges or other consumables that you need to dispose of we

now have a box in the office for you to put them in.

MOBILE PHONE RECYCLING

Help SIDS and Kids Victoria by recycling your old mobile phones.

There is a drop box in the office foyer for you to put them in.

This will also help the environment!

UNIFORM SHOP

Opening Times

Mondays from 8:30—9:30 am and

Wednesdays from 2:45—3:30 pm

HOUSE POINTS

Melaleuca (Blue) - 17 points Banksia (Green) - 19 points Grevillea (Red) - 14 points Acacia (Yellow) - 14 points

COMMUNITY NEWS

Details of these items are displayed on noticeboard near Media Centre

YARD AWARDS

Talia 12O - Pride Melissa 12S - Caring Nyaak 12N - Pride Josh R 56N - Pride

Anul 12O - Pride Reeya 12N—Caring Amelia 12E - Pride Gracie FI - Pride

Sofia FI - Risk Taker

ROCKIN’ THE RESERVE Sat March 29 Mulgrave Reserve, Wheelers Hill Wineries—Boutique Breweries—Local Food Stalls SPECIAL GUESTS James Reyne, Kate Cebrano, Chantoozies, Russell Robertson, Phil Cebrano. Limited Tickets. www.rockinthereserve.com GIRLS JUNIOR FOOTBALL—WAVERLEY PARK HAWKS Girls aged between 9 & 15 come and join the 2014 Waverely Park Hawks Girls teams! First game—weekend 5/6 April. Trainging starts March at Columbia Park, Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill. For more info go to www.wphawks.org.au or infowphawks.org.au or call Darren 0411 498 950 MUSIC SCHOOL www.CharterisMusicSchool.com: It's Never Too Early or Too Late to Play Music & Sing! We offer kids piano, singing, piano-&-singing classes, key-board ensemble & more at an affordable price in Dandenong North. Our classes are fun and our students have the oppor-tunity to take part in prestigious performance events NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH GREATER DANDENONG Public Forum Dates 2014 Rooms 3 & 4, Paddy O’Donohue Centre, 18-32 Buckley St, Noble Park from 7:30pm—9pm. Wed May 21—guest speaker Sergeant Pat Green Wed Sept 17—representative from the White Ribbon Organisation, includes Annual General Meeting Wed Nov 19—David Mann from 3AW—Man about Town A light supper will be provided. RSVP Dawn 0407 325 030 SPRINGVALE CITY SOCCER CLUB Fun & exciting training sessions held on Tuesday & Thurs-day from 6:00—7:30pm for children aged between 6—12 years. Contact Fred on 0422 166 437 NORTHVALE NETBALL CLUB Players 11yo and under wanted. Northvale Netball Club is a well established, family oriented netball club, competing in the Waverley City Netball Association competition on a Saturday, at the Waverley Netball Centre, Glen Waverley. Teams train Monday nights. For information contact www.northvale.com.au or [email protected] NORTH DANDENONG JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB Players must be at least 7 years old. First time Under 8, 9 and 10 players will receive a free pair of team socks. Pre-season training in March and April. For information call Meagan on 0403 907 192 or Colin on 0418 420 164 EXCEL TENNIS—NOBLE PARK NORTH 2c Bakers Road, Mel Ref 80 K10. Munchkin Tennis 4-7yrs. Junior Group Coaching 7-17years. Squad Training. Cardio Tennis. Adult Group Coaching. Pri-vate Coaching. Competition Available. Term 2 commencing 23rd April. www.exceltennis.com.au [email protected] Phone 0409 426 917 or 9533 5375. FREE Jnr tennis racquet for all new enrolments aged between 4—13 when a full term enrolment is made prior to the beginning of term DANDENONG WOLVES FOOTBALL CLUB Seeking new players for ages 9-13. Training held Monday, Wednesday & Friday at from 6:30pm at WJ Turner Reserve next to the school. Call Sinan 0404309367 or Dogan 0421 950 450 KEYSBOROUGH FOOTBALL & NETBALL CLUB Registration Day 30th March from 9am til 11am at Keysborough Football Club, Cnr Cheltenham & Stanley Roads, Keysborough. Call 9798 4751 or 0402 053 082 or email [email protected]


http://www.CharterisMusicSchool.com

SCHOOL TOUR

Next Tour date for 2015

enrolments is Wednesday

7th May at 9:30am

(please call school to

book)

bouncED News www.bounced.com.au

DEAR PARENTS/GUARDIANS,

BOUNCED IS A GREAT RESOURCE FOR YOUR CHILD TO ACCESS FROM HOME TO

COMPLETE TASKS SET BY YOUR CHILD’S TEACHERS.

SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE LOGGING ON TO SUNSHINE BOOKS AND

READING AN ONLINE BOOK AND COMPLETING ACTIVITIES. IT MAY ALSO INCLUDE

LOGGING INTO STUDY LADDER AND COMPLETING MATHEMATICS AND

COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE WORK THEY ARE DOING IN CLASS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BOUNCED PLEASE CONTACT YOUR TEACHER.

IMPORTANT

FOR THOSE THAT HAVE IPADS/IPODS AT HOME, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE

PROGRAM ‘PUFFIN WEB BROWSER’ FROM THE APPLE STORE, IT WILL LET YOU

ACCESS AND USE FLASH ENABLED SITES.

CHESS NEWS

On Friday 21st March Milan, Nicholas, Jarrod,

Max, Pili and Dinil went to Deepdene Primary School to

participate in a chess competition. After competing in five

games the boys were awarded 1st overall on

the day.

Congratulations

Boys! A special thanks to

Miron for all his hard work with the team.

http://www.bounced.com.au

COOKBOOK RECIPE

Are you the person who submitted

the recipe for the

Hidden Veg Bolognese?

If so can you please either call the

school office or send a note and

let us know so that we can put

your name on the recipe for the

Cookbook

Thank you!

WHAT THE GRADE 3/4’s HAVE BEEN UP TO


WORLDS GREATEST SHAVE One of our Parents, Tiffany Duncan, mother of Jade in 12O, is

participating in this Event to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation.

If you would like to sponsor her please go to the website, worldsgreatestshave.com and follow the instructions.

Kids, a cow, paint and glue. Curious?

Over the next 6 weeks Silverton is bringing the farm to the classroom with the Picasso Cows program. The program celebrates one of Australia’s biggest agricultural Industries, the dairy industry, and also teaches kids that milk doesn’t just come from the supermarket!

Some 5/6 students will get to design and paint a life-sized fibreglass cow based on the theme ‘Fuel for Life’– documenting their findings from start to finish in a learning journal. It’s interactive fun with an important educational message.

We often hear from nutrition experts that Australian children aren’t having enough calcium every day and that dairy foods such as milk, cheese and yogurt are one of the biggest sources. Despite this, most primary school kids aren’t having enough.

This program will tie in with our classroom nutrition education, teaching children about the importance

of the five food groups, including dairy foods, for good health and wellbeing.

And that’s not all! Our school is one of several schools in the region participating in Dairy Australia’s Picasso Cows program, creating some healthy competition! At the end of the program there’ll be a presentation day and the winning school will be awarded $250.

Hi my name is Olivia

Mooton John

RETURN YOUR LIBRARY BOOKS !!!

ALL Library books must be returned to school by Monday 31st March.

Any books not returned by this date will be assumed lost and

an invoice will be sent home for the cost of the book.



Mathlete of the Week

Bavanthi

Wijesinghe

03 — 09 March

Milica

Gagic

10— 16 March

North

Dandenong

Junior

Football Club

Garry Sweeting Pavilion

Lois Twohig Reserve, Carlton Rd,

North Dandenong Est. 1971

Club rooms: 9795 7797

Enquiries: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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