TERM 3 2019

Monday 9th September School Banking Day

Sporting Schools Football – pickup 4:30pm

10am Musica Viva concert – Water, Water Everywhere

Thursday 12th September District Basketball

Tuesday 17th September School Council - 7pm

16th – 19th September Bike Ed – Grades 3 & 4

Thursday 19th September Footy Colours Day

Last Day Term Three for Students 3:15pm dismissal

Friday 20th September Curriculum Day – No Students

Staff Attending BERRY STREET EDUCATION DAY 4

TERM 4 2019

Monday 7th October First Day Term Four

7th – 11th October Artist in Residence

Friday 11th October School Concert - 7pm

Monday 14th Oct – 16th Dec Junior Swimming Program

28th-31st October Grade 5 Camp - Sunnystones

Tuesday 5th November Melbourne Cup Holiday – No School

7th-8th November Grade 1/2 sleepover

Tuesday 17th December Grade 6 Graduation

Friday December 20th Last Day Term Four – 2:15pm dismissal

Principal: Mrs Tara Hulonce abn: 21 860 290 195

m: Po Box 736 Portland 3305 e: bundarra.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

w: www.bundarraps.vic.edu.au p: 03 5523 4122 f: 03 5521 7355

Direct Deposit: Bundarra Primary School BSB: 063536 Acc: 00901409

Children are not actively supervised at school until 8:30am.

Week 8 Term 3 Thursday 5th September 2019

Hamish Blake

Savannah Whitley-Sherwood

Keira O’Callaghan

Caitlin Peters &

Will Shelton

Zahra Nancarrow

NAPLAN RESULTS

Results are available

to be collected.

Parents & Guardians

will need to collect

these from their

child’s teacher.

12L

What an amazing SUPER student Eric is.

He has morphed into a very

independent young man this year. Eric is

a SUPER listener and is showing SUPER

confidence to answer questions and talk

to others. He is SUPER friendly and has

SUPER beautiful manners. Eric has

worked so hard to be a SUPER writer and

SUPER speller. He is a SUPER STAR at

reading. Eric has a SUPER special sense

of humour and delights in sharing jokes.

If you need your washing machine or

fan fixed call Eric. Or maybe you need

to send a message or need a light

technician? Yep, call in the expert, Mr.

Eric. Wow Eric!! What a SUPER STAR you

are! We love having you in the 1/2 L

team.

Natalie has made an amazing

transformation into a super confident and

diligent student this year. She has

blossomed into a mature student and has

shown awesome improvements in reading,

writing and maths. Natalie has improved

her handwriting and loves to draw and

create things. She enjoys talking and

learning new words. Natalie is a wonderful

and caring friend to everyone and always

makes us feel happy with her bubbly

personality. Natalie likes to discover and

explore new things and is working hard to

be resilient. Keep up the brilliant work,

Natalie. We are very proud of the fantastic

things you are achieving and the good

choices you are making.

Notes from Mrs Hulonce…

NAPLAN 2019-

Yesterday we received our 2019 NAPLAN results and

members of the leadership team have had a quick

look. We have a few things to be quite proud of:

GRADE 3

Reading- 85% ABOVE National Minimum Standard,

10% AT and 5% BELOW.

Writing- 90% ABOVE minimum standard, 5% AT, 5%

BELOW.

Spelling- 75% ABOVE standard, 5% AT, 20% BELOW.

GRAMMAR- 80% ABOVE, 10% AT and 10% BELOW.

Numeracy- 57% ABOVE, 38% AT standard, 5%

BELOW.

GRADE 5

Reading- 82% ABOVE minimum standard, 14% AT

and 4% BELOW.

Writing- 71% ABOVE minimum standard, 29% AT

standard, none BELOW.

Spelling- 89% ABOVE standard, 4% AT, 7% BELOW.

GRAMMAR- 82% ABOVE, 14% AT and 4% BELOW.

Numeracy- 100% ABOVE standard.

GROWTH between Grade 3-5

We look at growth because it is one of the indicators

of student improvement between testing years. We

aim for at least a years expected growth in a 12

month cycle- or two year’s worth of growth in

NAPLAN terminology. We like to see HIGH growth,

which is above the expected 2 year’s growth. (NR-

means no Grade 3 result to compare)

Reading- High, 10, Medium 8, Low, 5 NR, 5.

Writing- High, 8, Medium 8, Low, 7 NR, 4.

Spelling- High, 10, Medium 8, Low, 5 NR, 5.

Grammar- High, 10, Medium 9, Low, 4 NR, 5.

Numeracy- High, 16, Medium 7, NR, 4.

We will follow our annual data map and analyse this

data more rigorously in the future weeks to

determine causes, impacting factors and future

actions. I just wanted to share the positives so far-

well done to our fabulous team of teachers,

education support staff, parents and of course our

fantastic students!

I am super proud of you all! Well done Bundarra!!!

Have fun!

‘Resilience is not what happens

to you. It’s how you react to,

respond to, and recover from

what happens to you’

Resilience

The ability to cope with unexpected

or unwelcome changes or

challenges in life.

Life is full of changes, some that we

like and some that we don’t like.

Being resilient or being able to

bounce back can help us deal with

these challenges more easily. We

can build our resilience by thinking of

it as a muscle that can grow and get

stronger with practice. Every time

you manage something difficult your

resilience muscles get stronger and

you are better able to deal with

situations each time they arise.

Resilience can be described as:

Bouncing back after difficult times

Dealing with challenges and still

holding your head up

Giving things a go or trying your

best

Being strong on the inside

Being able to cope with what life

throws at you and shrug it off

Standing up for yourself

Go online: Tell your family what you have

learnt about resilience and how

you practice it at school.

Brainstorm ideas about how you

can practice resilience at home

too!

Foundation’s lesson focused on the

function of keyboards. After

discussing how they work, FM

‘assembled’ their keyboards and

were challenged to consider

creative keyboard functions.

“My special key would make

pandas appear in the room” - Bella

What special key would be on your

keyboard? A key which

automatically completes your

homework? Orders you ice cream?

Makes your classmates hop on one

foot?

Our school concert this year will

take place on Friday 11th October.

Students will be working with our

Artists in residence to create a

magical Circus themed

performance for you! Tickets will be

available for purchase towards the

end of term. We will let you know

when they are available.

Bundarra Primary School Lunch Order Menu

Hot Food

Roast Chicken, Lamb or Beef Gravy

Roll- $5.50

Vegie Burger (Lettuce, Tomato,

Cheese and Mayo)- $5.50

Lasagne- $3.20

Spag Bol- $3.20

Hawaiian Pizza- $3.00

Steamed Dim Sim- $1.20

Baked Bean Jaffle- $3.00

Homemade Soup (Pumpkin, Veg or

Chicken and Corn) - $2.50

Salad Rolls

Roast beef, chicken, ham, corn beef.

(Lettuce, tomato, beetroot, cheese,

carrot)- $6.50

Sandwiches

Vegemite Sandwich- $2.00

Lunch Pack

Vegemite or cheese roll, Cheese stick,

Sultanas, apple or banana- $5.50

Meat & Salad Bowl

(Your choice of meat, boiled egg,

carrot sticks, mini tomatoes and

cheese- $5.50

Snacks

Apple or Blueberry muffin- $2.50

Biscuits and cheese- $2.50

Popcorn- $1.00

Yoghurt- $2.50

Fresh fruit- $1.50

Drinks

Nippy’s Milk (choc, strawberry or

honeycomb)- $2.80

Golden circle fruit drink Orange,

Orange mango, sunshine punch,

apple)- $2.00

Please make sure you write your

order clearly on a paper bag with

your child’s name and class along

with the correct money. Orders are

to go in the lunch order tub in your

child’s class room.

Lunch orders are available every Thursday and Friday.

Short Street Takeaway and Cakes. 80 Short Street Portland. 5521 1021

In three easy steps you can order your child’s

Subway lunch online:

1. Sign Up at www.subsforyou.com

2. Register your Student (Select

Bundarra as Teachers Last Name)

3. Cut off time for orders is

7:30am on the day of the

lunch day. (If you could order the

day before, that would be great.)

AVAILABLE EVERY WEDNESDAY