TERMTHREE

FRI 10 August Grade 1/2

FRI 24 August Foundation

FRI 7 September Grade 5/6

FRI 21 September Grade 3/4

President Gabrielle MarchettiVice President Jeremy SchreursTreasurer Jeremy SchreursCommunity Gabrielle Marchetti,James HenryBuilding and Grounds James Henry OSHC Monique Dawson

SCHOOL COUNCIL

Policies Marg WeymouthCommunity Partnerships Monique Dawson, Jane ScammellMembers Madeleine Aikenhead, Petra StockDET Marg Weymouth, Trevor Strolla, Ivana D’Aprano

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3 august 2018 issue 10

NEWSLETTER

Sibling Enrolments Now Open

New Basketball Ring

from the

Colour Run Fundraiser

Thank you

WHAT’S INSIDE LE NOTIZIE DI TREVOR, GRADE 3/4 , 5/6 ,SPECIALISTS,

BSPS NOTICES COMMUNITY NOTICES

AUGUSTWED 8 Notification of Secondary Placement

for year 6 Students

MON 13-WED15 3/4 Mt Evelyn Camp

THURS 16 Whole School Science Day

THURS 23 BSPS Parent Forum 6-7.30pm

SEPTEMBERTUES 4 School Council Meeting 7pm

TUES 11-THURS 20 Foundation Swimming

FRI 21 Last Day of term 2.10 Assembly

CALENDAR DATES

ASSEMBLY DATES

56 Brunswick Road BRUNSWICK EAST 3057 . t 9380 1231 . e brunswick.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

LE NOTIZIE

DI TREVOR Before we get down

to business, I have an important task for

everyone to complete. Stop what you’re doing, take out a pen and mark Thursday 23rd August in your calendar as our Parent Twilight Forum from 6.00-8.00pm. A flyer is attached to this newsletter with more information about the sessions that will run on this night.

This is the second time we have run an event like this, our first one back in 2016 was highly successful. In an informal and lively atmosphere, this forum will provide a platform for the presentation of some key improvement areas at BSPS this year and beyond.

Just when you thought we are all set for term 3, we have a couple of new faces joining our school. Jessica Saracino is working on Thursdays in 3/4 back filling for Ivana, Claire Murphy is working part time in Foundation on Thursdays and Cameron Tranter is joining us casually supporting students in the 5/6 area. Please join me in welcoming Jessica, Claire and Cameron to our school.

Some of the kids can barely contain their excitement with the installation of our new basketball ring being finalised on Wednesday. Unfortunately the old ring had to be removed due to it not being OH&S compliant and, in its absence, we have had some very frustrated students. Some of the profits from our Colour Run back in term one have allowed us to purchase and install a brand new basketball ring, so everyone’s persistence has paid off. It’s great to see a tangible result from our fundraising efforts.

This week Steffie, Elke, Sarah and myself spent two days attending the Leading Professional Learning Communities course. This course consists of eight modules undertaken between now and the end of the year and supports schools to implement Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). This is one of the actions outlined in our Annual Implementation Plan and supported by the introduction of our Literacy, Numeracy and Engagement and Wellbeing PLCs. The time over the two days allowed us to network with other schools and get a picture of where our school sits. This was

affirming for us, with many of the ideas discussed already aligning with our structures here at BSPS

Our second round of Student Led Conferences proved to be a positive beginning to the term. One of the key improvement strategies in our new strategic plan is to embed learner agency and student voice. Our aim for our students is for them to be actively involved in their own learning rather than learning ‘happening to them’. We are so proud of our kids and how maturely they’ve taken on this challenge. Even our Foundation students shared their goals with a passion and excitement far beyond their age! Please note our teachers are always available for those chats, both formally and informally and regularly meet with parents during the term.

Please remember that our school yard is supervised from 8.45am – 9.00am in the morning and then from 3.30pm – 3.45pm in the afternoon. Any child in the yard outside of these times will be sent to Out of School Hours Care (OSHC). Recently we have had children arriving as early as 8am and as there is no supervision at this time this is a serious safety concern.

Finally this week, many of you have been asking for some photos from the Winter Solstice festival. The following link should take you to a selection of snaps from the evening: https://bit.ly/2Osyc5X Thanks to our resident photographer, Robert Wagner, for capturing the highlights of a wonderful evening.

Have a wonderful fortnight,

Trevor.

PArEnt OPiniOn SurvEyThe Department of Education and Training have released the 2018 Parent Opinion Survey. This survey is delivered to a random sample of parents from every Victorian school. Approximately 90 families have been selected from BSPS and will receive a letter and invitation to complete the survey online. This feedback is important and helps us work on ways to improve our service.

SCHOOl POliCiES Attached with this weeks newsletter are some school policies for community comment.

Please submit any comments to

brunswick.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au by next Friday 10 August.

MARG &

TREVOR’S BLOG

YEARS 3/4

FOUNDATION

YEARS 5/6PE NEWS

PERFORMING ARTS

Accountability and initiative in the 5&6 area!

During our social and emotional learning sessions, we have spoken about accountability and initiative. We have also come up with six behavior expectations that we all want to put in place in the 5&6 area.

These are:

� Being accountable for our own learning and actions

� Actively listening

� Being self-aware and considering our effect on others

� Cleaning up after ourselves

� Caring for class resources

� Speaking and acting kindly towards others

Identificare le emozioni!

In Italian literacy we have been learning to identify emotions in images, inferring the meaning and the story behind an image and making connections between information in print and images. It is a great opportunity to explore our emotions too! Can you guess our emotions? Choose from: allegria, amore, calma, rabbia, tristezza, paura!

MARG &

TREVOR’S BLOG

YEARS 3/4

FOUNDATION

YEARS 5/6PE NEWS

PERFORMING ARTS

Our 3/4 students have been really busy learning Angoli! They are having lots of fun with them and they are very proud of their work. Ottimo lavoro ragazzi!

In PE this term we will be focusing on Athletics, in particular, 100m & 200m sprints, shot put, discus, long jump, triple jump, high jump and 1500m races.

All children in Grade 3-6 will be participating in a combined 3-6 Mini Athletics Carnival at BSPS which will be held on the Friday the 24th of August.

This carnivale will help to determine the children that will be heading off to the Division Athletics Carnival in Week 7.

Most of the trials will be held on the day, with some being held during PE and class time, so please make sure your child is wearing appropriate shoes for running everyday.

Those children who will not have turned 9 by the end of this year will not be able to participate in the Division Carnival, but WILL be able to have a fun time at the BSPS Mini Athletics Carnival, getting in plenty of practice for next year!

BSPS NOTICES

SCHOOl COunCil rEPOrtSchool Council met on Tuesday July 31 with a very full agenda!

The Council endorsed the school’s Strategic Plan for the period covering 2018 and 2021, as well as the Annual Implementation plan for the coming year. If you’re interested in learning more, the upcoming parent seminar is a great opportunity to hear what’s ahead. Council also endorsed the upcoming Italian camp.

The Community & Fundraising committee reflected on the success of June’s Winter Solstice and shared plans for Term 3 including the Trivia Night and Father’s Day preparations. We also agreed a new budgeting approach that will increase the transparency of how we spend the funds that we raise. A first example is the new basketball ring being installed this week!

The Buildings and Ground Committee shared the great work they’re doing on a Masterplan to best use the space that we have, and potentially increase our use of the adjacent parkland, as the school grows.

And finally, following our recent visit from Minister Merlino, we finalized a follow-up letter to him outlining some additional funding requirements that help the school in years to come.

Jeremy Scheurs

School Council Vice President

FAtHErS DAy FEStivitiES

To celebrate Fathers Day at BSPS we will be holding a raffle; a cake and craft stall for the kids; and Eureka coffee orders. There’ll be plenty of opportunities to find a gift for dad, someone special,.. or maybe even for yourself!

Keep an eye out for -

� Raffle tickets

� Enter the raffle for the chance to win one of ten amazing prizes donated by Brunswick businesses and people. Tickets will be coming home in school bags in early August.

� Fathers Day stall - Friday 31 August

� Gifts will range from 50c to $30 and will include baked items, crafts and some small gifts. Keep an eye out for the hand-knitted beanies and hand-carved chopping boards!

� Can you bake something for the stall? Collect a plate, bag and instructions from the office the week of the stall.

� Can you help on the day? We will need the help of parent volunteers to run the stall on the day. Please contact Petra Stock petrastock@hotmail.com if you can help.

� Coffee orders

We will also be organising coffee orders through Eureka Coffee.

More information will follow as we get closer to the event!

A BACk tO SCHOOl WOrking BEEA working bee will be held on Sunday 5th of August between 10am and 1pm.

This will involve a range of lovely outdoor activities including mulching, cleaning and some minor reconfiguration works in the playground.

If parents could indicate interest a week in advance this will assist us in confirming the extent of what we can achieve.

Please contact the school via email to register interest and availability.

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BSPS PARENT TWILIGHT FORUM

In an informal and lively atmosphere, this forum will provide a platform for the presentation of some

key improvement areas at BSPS this year and beyond.

Date: Thursday 23rd August

Time: 6.00-8.00pm

Where: Brunswick South Primary School

56 Brunswick Road

East Brunswick

Cost: FREE

6.00-6.30pm – Our New Strategic Plan – A Journey of Whole School Improvement

We are delighted to launch our new School Strategic Plan with three clear and defined goals we will

work on together over the next four years. Come along to hear and see what this looks like in action

and discover how we’d like you to help us reach our targets. This session will be facilitated by Trevor

Strolla and Marg Weymouth.

6.30-7.15pm – School Wide Positive Behaviours & Restorative Practices

Catherine Mannella our Engagement and Wellbeing Leader will share with you some of the mechanics

of these two initiatives and help you develop a greater understand of the ‘what and why’. Catherine will

share our journey so far at BSPS and how these initiatives are helping to improve student, staff and

parent wellbeing in our school.

7.15-8.00pm – BSPS Parent Engagement Workshop

Presented by some of our wonderful school councillors, this workshop will be a hands on session where

you will lead discussion and input into parent engagement at BSPS. We will look at what parent

engagement is and how aligning all stakeholders in a child’s life can have a huge impact on all aspects

of their wellbeing. The work from this session will inform the development of our new Parent

Engagement Policy later in the year.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN: https://www.trybooking.com/XIEV

Cretan Brotherhood Hall, 148-150 Nicholson St, Brunswick East

BYO food, Drinks available from barTables of 8 - Team theme dress up Buy tickets - https://www.trybooking.com/XFWJ

BSPS Trivia NightSat 25 August, 7pm to 11pm

BSPS Book Parade 24th August 2018 - 9am Dress up as a book character, Gold coin donation

Opening soon - Our refurbished library

The Moreland School Holiday program brochure will be available for the September/October 2018 School Holiday Program from Friday 10 August 2018, 5pm,

Families are able to make a casual booking via our online booking system by visiting council’s website from Friday 10 August 2018, 5pm. Bookings will close on Friday 24 August, 5pm 2018.

Brochures are available from:

Local Primary Schools in the municipality; Council’s website and; Citizens Services Centres – Monday to Friday between 8.30 am to 5.00 pm.

o Coburg Offices, 90 Bell Street, Coburg o Brunswick Offices, 233 Sydney Road, and o Glenroy, 796N Pascoe Vale Road, Glenroy

If you have difficulty accessing any information or general queries, please contact Council on Ph: 9240 1111. Regards Mena Matheas School Holiday Program Officer | Moreland City Council 90 Bell Street, COBURG 3058 | Locked Bag 10, MORELAND 3058 Ph: 9240 2427 | Fax: 9240 1212 mmatheas@moreland.vic.gov.au Monday to Wednesday 9.30am to 5pm

SAT AUG 11TH

COMMUNITY NOTICES

Oak Park Leisure Centre’s beloved elephant needs a fresh new look before it is moved to its new home at the entrance of the redeveloped Oak Park Outdoor Pool.

We are looking for the most vibrant and creative design that represents and celebrates the diversity of the Moreland community. The winning design will be painted on the elephant for the whole community to enjoy. All designs submitted to the competition will be prominently displayed at the centre.

Pascoe Vale Road Main Street, Pascoe Vale VIC 3044(03) 8311 4600 activemoreland.com.au

ELEPHANT DESIGN CONTEST

OAK PARKLEISURE CENTRE

HOW THE CONTEST WORKS

1. The Oak Park Leisure Centre is an important community hub, where people of all backgrounds, ages, ability and faith will come to exercise and socialise. Your school’s design needs to reflect or

celebrate the vibrant, diverse community we live in.

2. Using the A4 elephant template provided, students can use as many colours as they like to draw their representation or celebration

of their community. From your students’ designs, select a winner to

represent your school.

3. Each primary school can only submit one entry, scanned and emailed to active@moreland.vic.gov.au at Moreland City Council

using the subject line Oak Park Elephant Competition. Please scan

in full colour, at 600dpi, A4 size.

4. The winning school will be chosen by the Mayor and notified by Friday 24 August. Their design will be painted onto the Oak Park

Leisure Centre elephant for the whole community to enjoy.

Terms and conditions apply – Visit the website for more details

COMPETITION CLOSES 5PM, MONDAY 20 AUGUST

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Make a plan for the changes before July 2nd, 2018.

This handy checklist will help you get ready for the changes.

Learn more about

the new Government

Child CareSubsidy

If you don’t already have one, register for a MyGov account, as this is how the government will communicate with you.

Get organised with your tax returns. To get the right subsidy you will need to complete your tax return.

If you are receiving Special Child Care Benefit, JFA or Grandparent Child Care Benefit payments, visit the Department of Education and Training website to find out exactly how these changes will impact you.

Complete the CCS Assessment in the Centrelink section of your MyGov account

Create your bookings with Camp Australia (if you haven’t already)

When prompted by the Government, log into your MyGov account and confirm the enrolments for Outside School Hours Care

Information contained in this flyer is a guide only. For further information, visit https://www.education.gov.au/ChildCarePackage

Not sure how the Government’s Child Care Subsidy will affect

your family?

We’re here to help.

We’ve compiled a list of key things you need to know, and how it may change

your child care payments.If you do not confirm your enrolments, you will have to pay the full fee.

!The CCS

Log on to find out how yours has changed

Great kids have great dads

A three-week interactive program for dads Great parents bring up great kids and you can be that father or father figure you’ve always wanted to be. In these sessions we will talk about what being a dad means to you and the ways you can raise healthy, happy kids. The sessions will be based on the ‘Parents Building Solutions’ package which delivers the topics participants want to discuss. These topics can include communication, discipline, resilience and feelings. These sessions will be facilitated by Joanne Templeton from Parentzone Northern and Cal Revell from Brotherhood of St Laurence. Parentzone Northern is the regional parenting service for the Northern Metropolitan area of Melbourne. Parentzone and the programs it offers are funded by the State Department of Education and Training and the Australian Government Department of Social Services.

KEY DETAILS Time: 7 – 9 pm DATE: Wednesdays 5, 12 and 19

September 2018 Venue: Coburg Early Years Centre 1 Wardens Walk

Coburg

Cost: FREE Bookings: Bookings are essential as places are limited. To make a booking visit: moreland.vic.gov.au/parent-information Bookings close: Wednesday 5 September 2018

For more please phone 9240 1111. D18/235236 2018/JULY10/DSD876

Screen Time Do you find it difficult to get the children off the computer or away from the TV?

Is screen time starting to become dominating or excessive?

This session considers how powerful screen time and social media actually are – along with the traps to avoid excessive use and practical strategies for families.

This session will be presented by Melinda Vander Reest, Consultant from Early Life Foundations. Melinda is a passionate children's advocate with more than 28 years of experience working with young children and their families in Community and Independent settings. She has Early Childhood and Primary training as well as a Bachelor of Special Education and an Advanced Certificate of Child and Family development. As part of her role at Early Life Foundations, Melinda mentors educators working in the Early Childhood sector as well as providing support to teachers implementing the play-based pedagogy Walker Learning. Melinda is a sort after speaker and facilitator across Australia and has experience consulting internationally.

KEY DETAILS Time: 7 – 9 pm Date: Tuesday 7 August 2018 Venue: Moreland Civic Centre,

90 Bell Street, Coburg (Enter via Urquhart Street)

Cost: $11 per person Bookings: Bookings are essential as places are limited. To make a booking visit: moreland.vic.gov.au/parent-information

Bookings close Monday 6 August 2018 For more information please phone 9240 1111. D18/241384 2018/JULY10/DSD875

Wishing Away Worries

So what is normal and who is doing all the worrying?

Fear and anxiety are part of a normal range of emotions, but there seems to be an increasing number of parents and carers who believe their children worry too much.

This interactive workshop will look into:

How to deal with emotions Learn how others might deal with worries Get some strategies to help you and your

child deal with anxieties Learn how to begin to change the anxiety

levels you and your child may be experiencing

This session will be facilitated by Parentzone Northern, the regional parenting service for the Northern Metropolitan area of Melbourne. The State Department of Education and Training (DET) and the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) fund Parentzone and the programs it offers.

KEY DETAILS Time: 7 – 9 pm Date: Wednesday 15 August 2018 Venue: Moreland Civic Centre,

90 Bell Street, Coburg (Enter via Urquhart Street)

Cost: FREE Bookings: Bookings are essential as places are limited. To make a booking visit: moreland.vic.gov.au/parent-information

Bookings close Tuesday 14 August 2018 For more information please phone 9240 1111. D18/234848 2018/JULY10/DSD877