17th May 2018

What’s On…... MAY 18th SDSSA Cross Country 18th Year 1 Excursion to Yarrabee 21st Junior Assembly P-2 21st-25th Education Week 21st Year 4 Moonlit Sanctuary Excursion 23rd Grandparents & Special Friends Morning Tea 9am-11am 23rd Open Night for Parents 6pm-8pm 25th Winter Sport for Year 6 28th Senior Assembly Yrs 3-6 29th ICAS Testing-Science 31st Prep Incursion— Responsible Pet Ownership JUNE 1st Winter Sport for Year 6 4th Junior Assembly P-2 4th Excursion to Mont de Lancey Education Centre for 2F, 2K & 2M 5th Excursion to Mont de Lancey Education Centre for or 2C, 2J & 2T 6th Year 3 Excursion to RSPCA 8th Winter Sport for Year 6 11th Queens Birthday Public Holiday. No children to attend on this day. 13th ICAS Testing—Spelling 14th ICAS Testing—Writing 14th Prep Excursion to Rain, Hayne & Shine 15th Prep Excursion to Rain Hayne & Shine 18th Senior Assembly Yrs 3-6

Dear Parents,

EDUCATION WEEK Education Week is held from 21st May to 25th May. To celebrate Education Week, Pinewood PS will be conducting an ‘Open Morning’ on Wednesday 23 May from 9.15-11.00 am for parents, grandparents/ special carers. Visitors are then invited to come over to the hall and enjoy some morning tea from 10.45-11.30. The school will be open again in the evening from 6.00-8.00pm. During this time parents are encouraged to visit their child’s classroom and attend a short musical concert in the hall performed by different year levels. Concert performance times will be:

Prep- @ 6.00 pm

Yrs 1 and 2 @ 6.30 pm

Yrs 3,4,5 and 6 @ 7.00pm

I would like to extend an invitation to all families of Pinewood PS to visit the school during the specified open hours on Wednesday 23 May as the teachers and students are very excited to share with you some of the learning that goes on in the classrooms and specialist rooms. This year’s theme is ‘Celebrating the Arts.’

NAPLAN Congratulations to our Yr 3 and Yr 5 students for trying their very best at each of the NAPLAN tests this week and for valuing learning so highly. Congratulations also to our dedicated staff for providing students with solid learning experiences and demonstrating a committed approach to quality teaching and learning. MOTHER’S DAY STALL Many thanks to our dedicated Parents Club for organising a fabulous Mother’s Day stall last week. The students were very excited about attending the stall and purchasing a gift for their Mum or the special carer in their life.

SCHOOLS VISIT PINEWOOD PS Over the last two weeks, we have had principals and teachers from many other schools visit Pinewood PS to observe teaching and learning in various areas of the curriculum.

Principal’s Message

The following schools visited Pinewood PS to observe and discuss Literacy, with a particular focus on Writing, -Wattle Bank PS, Oakleigh South PS, Amsleigh Park PS, Huntingdale PS, Wheelers Hill PS and Mulgrave PS). Our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) program was observed this week by Mulgrave PS. Next week, we are hosting a group of 7 schools who will be attending Pinewood PS to observe teacher and classroom application of our new ‘instructional model’. The schools visiting are: Auburn Secondary College, Elsternwick PS, Mitcham PS, Rockbank PS, Monee Ponds PS, Sunshine North PS and Brunswick South PS.

As the principal of Pinewood PS I am continually impressed with the high calibre of teaching and learning that occurs at the school. A strong staff commitment to high quality, ongoing professional development and a deepening understanding and knowledge of the ‘developmental continuum of learning’ in all curriculum areas, underpins much of the schools success.

Come along and join in the fun at the Pinewood School Disco. Karen Jenkin Principal

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WORLD ART EXPO 2018 CALLING FOR PARENT HELPERS AND VOLUNTEERS

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are calling on representatives from the parent community to assist in the preparation and hanging of art work for the 2018 school Art Show.

Duties will include: Mounting and name labeling of student art work- can be carried out at school or home at your conven-

ience Hanging (pinning) student art work on the day before the Art Show opening- Tuesday September 4th

Volunteers can nominate either or both of the above duties.

A short meeting will be held in the art room on Monday 14th May at 3.00pm to discuss duties and register interest. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please feel free to drop into the art room any time be-tween 3.30pm and 4pm Monday & Thursday to register interest.

Thank you in advance, Fran Combes & Susan Tate - Art Teachers

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Last Friday we held the annual Mothers Day Stall where the children were able to purchase something special. Thankyou to our wonderful helpers for their assistance on the day, it was yet again another successful event: Amy, Millie, Seirlin, Catriona, Kellie E, Michelle W, Koula, Cindy L, Scott, Robyn F, Pri, Sarah S, Laini, Nicole, Suzanne & Kylie.

School Disco - Friday 25 May

Pre-Purchased Tickets $5 Please return Disco order Form with money

strictly by 9am Monday 21st May (Tickets at the door $8)

This year we are only holding ONE School Disco

Juniors (Prep – 2) 5:30pm – 6:45pm (merchandise on sale from 5pm) Seniors (Grade 3 – 6) 7:30pm – 9:00pm (merchanise on sale from 7:30pm)

SECOND HAND UNIFORM

The Pinewood Community has shown a lot of interest in having a second hand uniform store. Due to the huge amount of time this requires, storage, planning etc, we have opted to try a FACEBOOK page where the Parents & Families of Pinewood are welcome to post photos of their items for sale. Everyone is welcome to join, please check the page out for more details.

UNIFORM

Pinewood Primary School uniforms are now available from:

PSW 288-290 Stephensons Rd, Mount Waverley

Phone: 9768 0335

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SAVE THE DATE We are excited to announce Pinewood’s second students Art Show

WORLD OF ART—A CELEBRATION OF NATIONS At Pinewood on Wednesday, 5th September 2018

Further details to follow next term!

Francine Combes & Susan Tate, Visual Art Teachers

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Ali T. 3B For the outstanding effort you show in al lof your work. Well done, Ali! Ethan M. 3B For being a kind, caring and helpful member of 3B. Well done, Ethan! Catherine R. 3K Well done on your improved effort and focus during writing. Cameron F. 3K Congratulations on the extra effort you have been making in your writing. Well done! Xander V. 3L For the fantastic effort and confidence he has shown in writing. Well done for including three reasons in your persuasive writing Dylan B. 3L For his fantastic participation and perseverance to complete four laps during Cross Country training. Well done! Nicholas B. 3C For the great organization skills you show every day before recess and lunch to ensure your lunchbox is free from rubbish. Great work! Kiana N. 3C For the fantastic effort you have been putting into your mental Maths each morning. You have been working hard and have shown improvement as a result! Natalia V. 4C For having the confidence to speak up more in class especially during class discussions. Keep it up! Shan Shan Z. 4T For the fantastic effort she puts into completing all class activities. Well done Shan Shan! Farjad I. 4T For the positive and enthusiastic attitude he displays at school. Keep up the great work Farjad! Maddie J. 4W For her excellent effort in class , especially with her maths fraction work! Maddie has gained confidence and skill when working with fractions! Well done! Dylan W. 5A For working really hard on your persuasive writing. You have been very enthusiastic and displayed a very hard work-ing attitude to improve your writing. Fantastic job! Emily H. 5A For working incredibly hard on simplifying, adding and subtracting fractions and building on her knowledge of equivalent fractions. Excellent job Emily! Keep it up! Veronika M. 5D For the increased effort and confidence she has shown in Mathematics tasks. Keep up the wonderful job! Mitch D. 5D For his positive and enthusiastic attitude towards learning activities. Well done for listening and acting upon instructions.

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Ishan S. 5H For your hard-working attitude during our persuasive writing lessons. It is great to see your writing improve. Keep up the effort! Lachlan S. 6C For his continual improvement in all aspects of his writing including some very challenging maths worded problems for his peers to solve. Great effort Lachlan! Shantel C. 6C For always trying her best in class and working hard to improve it up level., her persuasive writing piece. Keep it up Shantel! David T. 6D For the outstanding writing pieces he has produced. David is a skilled writer who has produced many fantastic reviews and persuasive texts this term. Keep up the great work, David! Zen Y. 6D For her excellent organisational skills. Zen always submits her homework early and demonstrates great organisation in the classroom. Well done, Zen! Damon L. 6H For his increased efforts to seek clarification before beginning a task he is unsure about. Youssef G. 6H For your kind nature and the willingness to put the needs of your friends before yourself. You should be very proud of yourself. Benjamin F. 6U For his consistent work habits and for contributing in class discussions regularly. Well done, Benjamin! Elisha S. 6U For her fantastic organisational skills and for always being so helpful. Keep it up, Elisha!

This week we're travelling back in time to the Medieval period where kings and queens ruled. Children will have the opportunity to create crowns, construct castles and catapults, design their own coat of arms and try weaving their own bracelets. On offer will also be a range of cooking activities; jelly-making for afternoon tea and chocolate crackles! Since it officially feels and looks like winter, there will be lots more indoor activities including twister and dodge ball.

As always, any further questions about iParentPortal and bookings can be directed to Maddie or James.

Have a lovely week everyone! James, Maddie & the OSHClub Team :) M: 0409 906 462 E: pinewood@oshclub.com.au W: www.oshclub.com.au

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STUDENT OF THE WEEK YEAR 3 —YEAR 6

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TERM DATES

Term 1 2018

Years 1-6 Tuesday, 30th Janu-

ary - Thursday, 29th March 2018

Prep Thursday, 1st February—

Thursday, 29th March 2018

Term 2 2018

Monday, 16th April – Friday, 29th

June 2018

Term 3 2018

Monday, 16th July – Friday, 21st

September 2018

Term 4 2018

Monday, 8th October – Friday, 21st

December 2018

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!! Happy Faces !!

Those children who ordered Book Club would have received, delivered to their classroom their Book Club

order this week

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