2nd September 2021 Principal s Message

2nd September 2021

Principal’s Message Dear Parents, GRADE 5 VIRTUAL INCURSION On Friday, our Year 5 students got the chance to attend a virtual incursion delivered by Museums Victoria. They have been learning about how environmental impacts alter landscapes and habitats for animals in our Integrated Studies unit. The students enjoyed expanding their knowledge about climate change and how it will affect our future. It was lovely to see all the students engaged throughout the session. Many students shared fantastic ideas about how to reduce our carbon footprint and they each chose a personal goal to work towards with their families to combat climate change. MONDAY MORNING GREETING It was once again wonderful to have well over 650 attendees to our Morning Greeting with our special guest, our Principal Karen Jenkin. It was wonderful to see all of the students’ faces as she unmuted herself and said hello to them all!

I will send out a link to the next greeting on Sunday. Looking forward to seeing everyone then. PLANNING DAY – FRIDAY 10th SEPTEMBER Each term teaching teams across the school are allocated a day in which to collaboratively plan for the next term. This term, as we are working remotely for planning week, we will have all staff planning on Friday 10th of September. This ensures that families have consistency and a clear plan from all teachers for the week, rather than rotating different teacher teams on each day. Teachers will conduct a morning check in at 9am for students via WebEx, and activities will be uploaded on Seesaw, but they will not be available for communication or feedback on this day and will not be conducting other WebEx sessions whilst they prepare for term 4.

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A DAY IN THE LIFE… In next week’s newsletter I would love to share “A day in the life of…” from the perspectives of students, staff and parents. If we have some students and parents who would like to write something short that gives a snapshot of your day we would love to hear from you. As we all balance our various roles and navigate the challenges that we are facing it would be great to share some of our day to day activities. If our pieces could take the structure: • Today I woke up and… • Before I started my tasks for the day I… • By lunchtime I had already… • My afternoon included… • In the evening I… • When I began getting ready for bed, I reflected on 2 things that had worked really well for

me today and that gave me joy, which were… LEARNING FROM HOME INFORMATION FOR PARENTS Staff work hours at home will be 8.45am-3.45pm all school days. Staff are not required and will not necessarily be available outside of these hours. Wherever possible please communicate with staff during these hours. Outside of this staff will respond the next school day. Please see the links below for advice, tips and resources for parents and carers to support your child’s continuity of learning and wellbeing from home. • headspace • Student Mental Health and Wellbeing resources for advice • Advice for students about how to adapt during COVID-19 • Resources for learning from home • Translated resources for learning from home LEAVING OUR SCHOOL With the exception of Year 6 students, please contact our school office if you are leaving our school for any reason at or prior to the end of Term 4. We are working out numbers of classes for 2022 and need to know our student numbers for next year. Andrew Thomas Acting Principal

https://headspace.org.au/covid-19/

https://www.education.vic.gov.au/Documents/school/teachers/health/mentalhealth/quick-guide-to-student-mental-health-and-wellbeing-resources.pdf

https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/students?Redirect=1

https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/learning-home

https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/education-advice-your-language?Redirect=1



Bonjour, Pinewood Primary School community. I would like to share some of the French work produced by the students in different year levels this week. Some grades are enjoying online activities on Linguascope and Languagenut or online quizzes that cannot be shared in the newsletter. Many year 5 and some year 6 students are preparing PowerPoint presentations for an interschool French competition. Their work looks amazing! Join us in wishing them good luck! Their efforts and extra time allocated to this task are remarkable. Mademoiselle Mahony and I are proud of all our students who are submitting their French work every

week. We encourage everyone to be consistent and practise their French regularly. Make good use of the

online platforms!

Meilleures voeux, Madame Vinga

We're so excited to share that the next issue of

Book Club for 2021 is out now. Issue 6

In this Issue , there are 45 titles priced at $5 or less...! Please place all orders online at www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP

by TODAY Thursday 2nd September 2021.

Parents will have an option of a $7.50 home delivery fee if they wish Last year we raised a huge amount of reward dollars

which were put towards much needed educational resources for the school.

Please contact me if you have any questions Fiona (Sienna's Mum 4F) at [email protected]



OSHClub News OSHClub Theme Days! Last week was Book Week and to celebrate OSHClub’s love for books, we decided to have two themed dress-up days that represented books currently enjoyed by the children. Wednesday was full of wizards and witches for our ‘Harry Potter Day’. Children were very impressed with the Hogwarts badges that we made and wore. Friday, we embraced our inner kings and queens as we celebrated ‘Medieval Day’ with crowns and wands galore. This Friday we are getting sporty with a ‘Footy Colours Day’ that should be great fun! Holiday Care Bookings and Brochure Reminders: Holiday Care bookings can be made online up to 5 days before the session commences. To make bookings after this time, please contact our Service directly on our mobile number listed below. Late bookings will incur an additional $4.00 fee. We want to reassure you that if any days of our Holiday Care program are unable to go ahead (because of lockdown) you will not be charged for any fees for your bookings that are affected! OSHClub families, please keep an eye out for the Holiday Care brochure coming to your email inbox this week! The brochure will provide you with the theme and description of each day, allowing you to choose which days may interest your children. Please book in as we are very excited about all the fun activities that we are planning for your children! The Holiday Care brochure is also on display in the Parent’s Area of OSH-Club and we have spare copies for you to take home if you would like. Hoping we see some warmer weather coming our way now that it is Spring, allowing for all of our OSHClub families to get some well-deserved sun! Paige Crane, Stephanie Voon and the OSHClub Team. Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0409 906 462

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This week in art we explored “Letters” and the many ways in which letters can be expressed as art images. As always, we received amazing responses from the students who applied their individual creativity to the task, resulting in these magnificent art works. We also continued

to receive some fabulous insect work which reflected great skill, detail and some amazing three dimensional effects. It is really interesting to note the ways in which involvement in the creative arts may be useful for managing stress and increasing wellbeing at this current time. Recent research suggests that engagement in creative tasks may:

• Reduce stress and cortisol levels

• Increase creative flow and wellbeing

• Boost self esteem and a sense of accomplishment

• Assist in the development of concentration and engagement We are so grateful for the parental support of the Visual Arts program at this time and the assistance you are providing the students with, regarding materials, resources and implementation. Kindest regards, Francine Combes and Hayley Wilson



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