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Chelsea Heights Primary School Newsletter Term 3, Issue 1

Fri 11th August

House Athletics Lev 3– 6

Mon 14th August

Foundation 100th day of

school

Mon 21st August

Book Week Dress-up Day

Tues 22nd August

Father’s Day Stall

Sun 27th August

Term 3 Working Bee

29-30th August

Junior School Production

Thurs 31st August

Senior School Production

SAVE THE DATES:

Sat 14th October

CHPS Trivia Night

Fri 20th October

School Disco

August 2017

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Welcome back to Term 3!

Attitudes to School and Parent Opinion Survey Attitudes to School Survey Results are completed by our students in levels 4, 5

and 6. This anonymous survey was completed online for the first time and

students were asked to respond to questions in relation to:

Effective Teaching Practice

Teacher-Student Relations

Learner Characteristics eg. Attitudes to school work

Social Engagement eg. Friendship

Student Safety

Experience of Bullying

During the first week of term the results were distributed and we are very proud

to announce that the results were extremely positive and they were our best

results since 2012. The data also breaks the results into levels and gender which

has provided us with an insight into particular groups we need to target. These

will be distributed at the next School Council meeting and will be published in the

next whole school newsletter.

Parent Opinion Survey

The Parent Opinion Survey is another data source used in our self-evaluation and

your feedback and opinions play an important role in making our school the best

it can possibly be.

The 2017 Parent Opinion Survey will be completed online from 7th to 27th

August.

The Parent Opinion Survey is an Annual Survey offered by the Department of

Education and Training that is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected

parents at each school.

cont…….

Assistant Principal Report

Level 3—6 House Athletics

Book Week Dress up Parade

Working Bee 9am—1pm

School Concerts

2017 SCHOOL TERMS

Term 1 - Wed 1st Feb – Fri 31st March Term 2 - Tuesday 18th April - Friday 30th June Term 3 - Monday 17th July - Friday 22nd Sept Term 4 - Monday 9th Oct - Friday 22nd Dec

Curriculum Days: Tues 31st January 2017 Friday 12th May 2017 Friday 3rd November 2017

The School Day Start of School Bell: 9am

Fruit break: 10am

Morning Recess: 11am to 11.30am

(children eat 10-15 minutes before bell)

Lunch Recess: 1.40pm to 2.30pm

(children eat 10-15 minutes before bell)

End of School Bell: 3.30pm

It is designed to assist our school in gaining an understanding of parents' perception of school climate, student

engagement and relationships within our parent community. Our school will use the survey results to help

inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies.

The survey will be conducted online by ORIMA Research Pty Ltd and only takes 15 minutes to complete. The

survey can be accessed via desktop computer, laptop, tablet or mobile at any convenient time within the

fieldwork period from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August.

Approximately 30 per cent of parents will be invited to participate in this year's survey. All responses to the

survey are anonymous. Parents who have been randomly selected and invited to participate will receive a

letter the week beginning Monday 31st July.

Together with other surveys undertaken by the Department, the Parent Opinion Survey reflects the Education

State target "Happy, Healthy and Resilient Kids". The refreshed survey builds on the framework established for

the new Student Attitudes to School Survey and is aligned with three of the key priority areas:

1. Excellence in teaching and learning

2. Positive climate for learning

3. Community Engagement in Learning

The Survey results will be reported back to our school at the end of September. The Survey results will be

communicated to parents through the annual reporting process.

For further information http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/management/improvement/ Pages/performsurveyparent.aspx Pia Licciardo Assistant Principal

Assistant Principal Report cont….

Curriculum Report On Wednesday 19th July we were fortunate enough to

host a visit with Ingrid Lange who is a consultant from

a company called Solution Tree. Solution Tree is a

highly recognised organisation who provide schools

with Professional Learning around a wide variety of

topics, but a large portion of the work they do focuses

on the Professional Learning Community model which

Chelsea Heights Primary School began working within

in 2012.

Over the course of the day Ingrid was able to observe

students working in their classes, attend collaborative

planning sessions with teachers, participate in

discussions with the Core Leadership Team, and

attend a Professional Learning Team meeting with the

Junior School which is being led by Emily Neophitou in

Angelique Lowe’s absence.

Although Ingrid was here mostly to capture the

essence of a school that is truly working as a

Professional Learning Community and take her

findings back into her own work, we took the

opportunity to seek feedback based on her

observations. The big ideas of a Professional Learning

Community are: A Culture of Collaboration, A Focus

on Results and Ensuring that all Students Learn.

The key points that Ingrid noted were:

Chelsea Heights Primary School is 100% focused on

learning and this is evident everywhere you look,

from data walls to having examples of student

writing at all levels on display, from our mission

statement of ‘High Standards, High Expectations’

to students being able to refer to Learning

Intentions and what success looks like within a

lesson particularly in the Foundation area

Our students are happy, polite and engaged in their

learning

There is consistency in our approaches to teaching

and teachers have a very clear understanding of

what they are trying to help their students achieve

Assessment tasks and Proficiency Scales are

carefully designed to ensure we are able to pin

point the next steps in learning for each and every

student

Staff really know the students on both a wellbeing

and academic level. The Junior School Professional

learning Team meeting that Ingrid observed saw in

depth discussions based on a number of data

sources that was focused around teacher

accountability and performance. She was most

impressed with the way this meeting ran, and the

commitment to getting the best out of the students

that was demonstrated by the team.

It is a huge celebration to note how far our school has

come as a Professional Learning Community, and we

really value the feedback from Ingrid’s visit. We are on

a continual improvement journey, and stopping to

celebrate the great successes along the way is

certainly a pivotal and satisfying experience.

Aleesha Wood

Curriculum Leader

The Seussification of all Things Shakespeare

Junior Production - Foundation to Level 4 students

Ticketing and Co-ordination of the Production

Tickets are ONLY available via https://www.trybooking.com Search for Chelsea Heights.

Select Junior Production and purchase tickets for the:

Matinee on Tuesday the 29th August (12:00pm to approx. 1:30 pm) $7 all tickets or

Evening Performance on Wednesday the 30th August (6:30 pm to 8:00 pm) $10 adult/$7 child

How does it all work?

In order to accommodate all students in roles lasting long enough to showcase their learning, we have created a

‘roving style’ theatre performance. This means that the audience moves from one performance venue to the next

and the actors stay in the same place.

As our performance arenas are limited, we have split our audience into small groups, which rotate through 4

performance arenas. When purchasing tickets IT IS ESSENTIAL that you indicate a group i.e. Group 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. It

does not matter which group you select, as all groups rotate through each of the 4 performance arenas. Your group

will begin at one of the performance arenas and be led by a Seuss character on your Seussification journey through

the remaining performance arenas.

Your personalised ticket will let you know the order of your journey and where you start.

How many tickets can I buy?

At this stage only TWO tickets per family for EACH show (Matinee and Evening) are being released. This means a

total of 4 tickets over two performances per family.

The aim of the Matinee scheduled for Tuesday the 29th of August at 12pm is to cater for the people who are not

working and to alleviate the pressure on the evening show. This is to allow ALL families the opportunity to purchase

tickets to see their children.

Purchase your TWO tickets per performance and as groups reach capacity you will no longer be able to select tickets.

Remember that our performance arenas are intimate to allow audience and performer interaction and as a result we

can only fit 50 adults per group in the space.

If not sold out, more tickets will be released closer to the date of the show. If you have small children, please feel

free to bring them and sit them on your lap. This will expand the number of adult tickets available at each show.

ACT 1

Groups 1, 2 & 3 will rotate between Ms Peacock’s Foundation Classroom (Room 11), June Elliott Centre and Staffroom

to watch 3 short 10 minutes performances by the Foundation, Level 1 and Level 2 classes.

Groups 4, 5 & 6 will be watching a longer performance of 35 - 40 minutes in the gym that features ALL of the students

from level 3 & 4. There will be enough seating for all of the parents and friends from 3 groups.

There will be a brief INTERMISSION announced over the loud speaker after the first act has completed (after approx.

45 minutes). This intermission will be 10 minutes and will allow the swap of the groups.

ACT 2

Groups 1, 2, & 3 will combine and all go to the gym to watch the Level 3 & 4 piece. Groups 4, 5 & 6 will split into their

smaller groups and rotate between Ms Peacock’s Foundation Classroom (Room 11), June Elliott Centre and Main

Staffroom to watch the Junior School short drama pieces. Your tickets will tell you the order of the rotations specific

for your group. We will also release this information again closer to the performance date.

At the completion of ACT 2 an announcement will be made and you will be able to collect your child and sign them

out with their teacher (evening performance only) from their performance space.

Locations & Map

Please do not hesitate to con- tact me at school if you have

any further questions.

Lauren Heazlewood

Performing Arts

Rotations

Group 1 Ms Peacock’s

Room 11 June Elliott Staffroom

Intermission Gym Group 2 June Elliott Staffroom Ms Peacock’s

Room 11

Group 3 Staffroom Ms Peacock’s

Room 11 June Elliott

Group 4

Gym Intermission

Ms Peacock’s

Room 11 June Elliott Staffroom

Group 5 June Elliott Staffroom Ms Peacock’s

Room 11

Group 6 Staffroom Ms Peacock’s

Room 11 June Elliott

Senior School Production

The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet

TICKETS

Tickets are ONLY available via https://www.trybooking.com Search for Chelsea Heights.

Select Senior Production and purchase tickets for the:

Matinee on Thursday the 31st August (12:00pm to approx. 1:40 pm) $7 all tickets or

Evening Performance on Thursday the 31st August (6:30 pm to 8:45 pm) $10 adult/$7 child

How does it all work?

You can select your ticket and specific seat for the Senior School show. Please try to fill up the seats, rather than

leaving individual ones vacant. The show is in the gym, there will be a stage so that everyone can see the

performance.

How many tickets can I buy?

At this stage only FOUR tickets per family for EACH show (Matinee and Evening).

This is to allow ALL families the opportunity to purchase tickets to see their children. Remember that our

performance venues are intimate to allow audience and performer interaction, as a result we can only fit 250

adults in the seating.

There is a Matinee scheduled for Thursday the 31st of August at 12pm to cater for the people who may not be at

work on this day and to alleviate the pressure on the evening show.

More tickets will be released closer to the date of the show, if not sold out. If you have small children, having

them sit on your lap would help other families be able to purchase tickets to see the show.

The evening show begins at 6:30pm and will have a short intermission. We endeavour to finish the show at

8:45pm. You will be able to sign your child out with their teacher and collect them from the PA room (Level 5) and

the Grade 6 rooms (Level 6 and 5/6C) at the end of the Evening show only.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me at school if you have any further questions.

Lauren Heazlewood

Performing Arts

Christmas in July

Come and have a great night out and celebrate

Christmas in July. A 3 course meal for just $25.

Saturday 29th July 6.30pm at Milano’s Tavern in

Brighton. $5 from each ticket goes to CHPS. Plus a

raffle on night . Bookings on 0449 950 595.

Speaking of Christmas, this year PFA is going to

help all our families out with your Christmas Gift

ideas. We will be compiling and publishing a

recipe book of CHPS students’ favourite recipes.

Information will be coming out soon with how to

submit recipes for this book.

PFA CONTACT

If you have any queries, questions, concerns or

suggestions then please feel free to contact

Rowena Clayton at email address

chps.pfa@gmail.com.

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP

The second hand uniform shop will now be

open every Thursday afternoon from 3.15

until 3.45.

If your children have out grown any uniforms

still in good condition please donate them to

our shop though the office.

Chelsea Heights Primary School

Parents and Friends Association.

Save the Dates

Saturday 14th October

PFA will be hosting our Trivia Night, with fun,

games as well as trivia. ‘Bogan’ trivia is the

theme, so think about your costumes! More

details will follow soon, but start planning

early and get yourselves a group together to

book your table!

Friday 20th October

This is the night of this year’s school disco.

Again this will be run in two sessions,

Foundation to 3 followed by Levels 4-6. A BBQ

will be held between the two sessions. More

details to follow.

Walkathon 2017

Later this year we will be holding a new and

improved walk-a-

thon event. We

are planning a

new exciting

circuit for the

students to

complete. Lots of

planning is going

into making this a

“Dastardly Despicable’” load of fun.!

Breakfast Club will not be running from Monday

14th August to Friday 25th August as Before School

Care need to use the Green Zone for this period.

Nicole McDonald Breakfast Club Co-ordinator

Breakfast Club reminder Promotions Team On Friday the 30th of June (the last day of term 2) the

students of Chelsea Heights Primary School came

dressed in our favourite sports clothes to raise money

for Callum Dodson. Callum was a student of C.H.P.S

who graduated in 2006 and was our School Captain. He

is now 24 and has been diagnosed with a rare form of

cancer, located in his bowel. Callum’s mum, Mandy,

owns The Little Coffee Place on Wells Road and has

supported our school, both as a parent and a business

owner. All of the money we raised will be going towards

the family’s medical costs. We are proud to say we

raised $580 for the Dodson family.

The Promotions Team

Woolworths Earn and Learn is Back!

Chelsea Heights Primary School is very excited to announce that we will

be participating in this year’s Woolworths Earn & Learn program.

Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources

for our classrooms. All we need you to do is shop for your groceries at

Woolworths.

From Wednesday 26th July to Tuesday 19th September we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn

Stickers. You will receive one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor,

tobacco and gift cards).

A Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet will be in each classroom. Your child can bring their stickers

and place them on the provided sheet. Once this is completed the teacher will then drop it into our

Collection Box here at school.

At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to use the points we have accumulated to claim a variety

educational items. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including

resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our

library.

In 2016 we were able to collect just under 30,000 stickers, it would be great if we could aim to get

50,000 stickers this year. We will also be having a collection box in the Chelsea Woolworths, which will

hopefully allow us to gain even more Earn & Learn Stickers.

We thank you for all of your support with our Earn & Learn Program.

Official Launch of the Bicentennial

Skate and Youth Park

City of Kingston will be hosting the official

Launch of the Bicentennial Skate and Youth

Park between 4:00 – 4:45 pm on Thursday 3rd

August.

As CHPS is adjacent to the Park and a local

facility for students and local families, it would

be great if you could attend and that during

the launch there will be youth skating and

enjoying this new addition to the Bicentennial

Park precinct.

The launch will be a very brief proceeding with

a ribbon cutting and speech by government

funding bodies.

Proposed Edithvale/Chelsea/ Bonbeach Bus Route

Patterson River Secondary College is currently seeking feedback on a proposed new bus route

to better service students from the suburbs of Edithvale, Chelsea and Bonbeach. The proposed

bus would be operated via the school and require students to purchase tickets via the office

(similar to our Sandhurst Nuline bus). The proposed route would save a student one hour per

day in travel if commuting by public transport from Chelsea. If you live in one of these suburbs,

we would greatly appreciate if you could take the time to fill out a quick survey . The college

will use this information to make potential modifications to the route prior to getting quotes

from bus companies.

Click here to complete survey.

Click here for further details on the proposed bus route along with all existing bus routes.

Chelsea Heights Primary school uses Junior Rockers for music lessons held during school hours.

Please apply online at www.juniorrockers.com

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