School

Community

News

Number: 5 Date: 2nd March 2016

Welcome to Term 1 - week 5, 2016

Parent Concerns and Complaints Throughout the year decisions, actions

and incidents occur that could cause

concerns for parents. The school has a

policy on how parents can attend to their

concerns. This policy also covers

incidents that regress from a concern to a

complaint. A crucial process in the case

of any concern or complaint is

understanding the school’s

Communication Guidelines. Both the

Parent Concerns and Complaints Policy

and the Communication Guidelines have

been included in this newsletter.

Parking of Cars in local streets Reminder to please respect our

neighbours when parking in local streets.

Please do not park over driveways.

Locals need access in and out of their

homes.

Staff Car Park Parents are reminded that the staff car park is

for staff use only during school hours:

8.45am – 3.45pm. Pedestrian entry or exit

through the car park gate is also not allowed

– it is important to limit the mix of cars and

adults/children for safety purposes.

Children arriving on bikes must get off their

bikes and walk through the school grounds

making sure they keep within the yellow

lines.

Hot Cross Bun Drive The PFA have organised the Hot Cross Bun

Drive again this year. Orders forms will go

home tomorrow via the classroom with the

eldest child.

Pupil Free Days 2016 The following pupil-free days have

been approved by School Council for

2016.

Friday 3rd June

Monday 15th August

Monday 31st October

DATES TO DIARY 2016 Friday 4th March

School Photos (9.00-1.30pm)

Class & Individual

Saturday 5th March

Bush Dance Picnic

Monday 7th March

MPSSA District Swimming

12.00-3.00pm Caulfield

Swimming Pool Carnegie

PFA AGM Meeting 9.30am Hall

Thursday 10th March

House Sports - Track Events

Year 3-6 (9.00am –2.00pm)

Duncan McKinnon

Monday 14th March

Public Holiday - Labour Day

Tuesday 15th March

School Council 6.30pm

AGM 7.30pm

Friday 18th March

Working Bee Twilight

Wednesday 23rd March

House Sports - Field Events

Years 3-6 (9.00am-2.00pm)

Held at Tucker Rd Primary

Prep Open Morning 9.15-10.00am

Thursday 24th March

Last day of Term One

Dismissal at 2.30pm

School Camp Dates for 2016

Year 6 Camp

Monday 18th April to Wed 20th April

Camp Marysville

Year 5 Camp

Wed 16th Nov to Friday 18th Nov

Sovereign Hill

Year 4 Camp

Wed 16th Nov to Friday 18th Nov

Maldon

School Photos Friday 4th March School photos (individual/class

groupings/family, groups/school

captains/house captains) will be taken

on Friday 4th March commencing at

9.00am. School uniform must be worn

for all photographs.

Order forms were distributed via the

classroom on Thursday 25th February

and are to be brought to school on photo

day, not before. Family photo

Canteen News

Reminder

Orders are to be written clearly on a lunch

bag in blue, black or red ink, any other

marker is difficult to read. Please do not

sticky tape lunch bags up. A reminder to

enclose .10 cents for a bag if an envelope

is used.

*Please note ‘Fruit Tubes’ are now

0.60c

Incorrect money could result in

disappointed children.

Canteen Roster Thursday 3rd March

Kylie Brkic Kate Wengier

Tuesday 8th March

Sisira Attanayake

Thursday 10th March

Kellie Lardner Carmela Batsis

Rinat Shenfeld

Tuesday 15th March

Paula Howard

Thursday 17th March

Anna Leech Kathleen Beattie

Tuesday 22nd March

Rebecca Thompson

Students nominated for the TRBPS Values

Award for 29th February 2016

Sean Maddison Lily Barthelson

Eden Presser Kalan Crawford

Max Enright Cody Price

Taine Workman Mohamad Haidar

Peter Glass Aiden Brkic

Rita Kon Omkar Joshi

Jazzy Liebenberg Lily Carlino

Sebastian Grinberg William Blyth

Lennon Mitchell Yuzuki Igami

Lucy Warren Ruby Arnheim

Joni Deriboklou Louisa Lazar

Eden Rossinsky Veljko Jovanovic

Andrew Langworthy

Tucker Road Pen Fundraiser Please hand your order form in by

Monday 7th March. Anyone who has 5 or more orders will

go into the draw to win one of two

special pens valued at $80.00 The money raised will go towards our

fabulous library program as well as

helping The Children’s Charity Network

Literacy Programs.

EARLY YEARS LITERACY NEWS

Classroom Helpers Program 2016

Would you like to help out in the classroom?

Would you like to receive training as an effective

Classroom Helper?

An information session will held on:

Wednesday 9th March, 9am – 9.30am

Parents’ Resource Room (entry via uniform shop)

The training program will be starting on Wednesday 16th March 2016 and will run on Wednes-

days from 2pm – 3.30pm, two sessions in Term 1 and four in Term 2. This program trains

helpers to participate meaningfully within the classroom literacy program.

If you are interested in learning more about the course you may contact Miia Karvinen, P-2

Literacy Coordinator or return the slip below to attend the information session.

TUCKER ROAD BENTLEIGH PRIMARY SCHOOL

EYL ‘Classroom Helpers’ Information Session

I will be attending the information session on Wednesday 9th March 2016 in the Parents’ Resource

Room at 9am.

Name:______________________________ Phone Number:_____________________

Child’s Name:______________________ Grade:______________________________

Please note that there will be no facilities available for child minding on the Wednesday and during the

course of the program. As this course provides quality training you will need to make provisions for

your young children to be cared for elsewhere during those sessions.

The Patch update Over the summer our garden thrived producing plenty of corn, tomatoes, kale, capsicum, silver beet and pumpkin.

This term I have been working with the grade 1& 2's,so far we have started growing seeds, seeds included are leeks,

Brussel sprouts, broccoli, beans, kale and carrots. We are running an experiment with the carrots growing some from

pots and some direct into the garden to see which grow quicker. We have also been collecting seeds for planting later

this year. Included are spring onions,red onions,

broccoli and hundreds of carrot seeds. The children learn that collecting of seeds helps to sustain the veggie garden

program in turn helping our primary school by less spending. Next week we start to learn about composting and how

this will help to reduce landfill. Pip Dyt and the green team are in the process of improving our composting throughout

the school.

At Sunday's working bee there was lots to do at Tucker Rd Primary, this included work in the Veggie Patch. I had three

parents and about 5 children helping in the garden and look at the result!! Work included the spreading of Organic

compost, digging out couch grass around the beds, removal of all the old corn, kale and Tomato plants and a general

tidying up readying the beds for our next lot of planting. Thank you to these SUPURB HELPERS.

I was also given a couple of plants to grow in the school grounds. Now to work out where. Thank you to Danke( sorry

if I spelt your name incorrectly).

Please feel free to contact me direct if you would like to lend a hand.

Helpers need especially in school holidays

Regards

Kim- Veggie garden coordinator. kaitken47@gmail.com

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Calling for volunteers – we need your help!

Our students really enjoy participating in the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program and to keep this program running we need your help. The program requires a volunteer School Banking Co-ordinator to facilitate the banking and distribution of School Banking rewards. This only takes a small amount of your time one day a week and the Commonwealth Bank will provide support in how to run the program. Your help with the program will greatly benefit students as they develop vital saving skills and also help our school with fundraising. Currently, School Banking day is Tuesday If you are interested in volunteering for this great program, please fill in the tear off section below and return it to general office.

Yes, I would like to help with School Banking!

Name: _____________________________________

Phone: _____________________________________

Email: ______________________________________

Availability: __________________________________

PLACES AVAILABLE - BENTLEIGH EARLY

CHILD EDUCATION CO-OP

If you're looking for a close-knit community and homely environment for your child's care this year, we would love to give you a tour through our centre. With nutritious meals cooked daily, high educator to child ratios and excellent staff retention, your child will feel secure to grow and learn through our daycare and kinder program. Call 03 9557 1705 to book a tour.

BRUTHEN STREET KINDER-

GARTEN

OPEN DAY Come and meet our dedicated teachers and let your child

experience the engaging indoor and outdoor spaces

SATURDAY 16TH APRIL 2016

10.30 am – 12.30 pm

2 Bruthen St Moorabbin 9555 5384

www.facebook.com/BruthenStreetKindergarten

www.bruthenstreetkindergarten.com.au

Glen Eira, Bayside & Kingston residents welcome

SMALL CLASS SIZES

U9/10 Futsal (5 Vs 5) players wanted for the

Tucker Rd Futsal team

Futsal players wanted to start the Tucker Rd Futsal team.

Previous experience in Soccer or Fusal is highly regarded.

Once the team is established, uniforms will be ordered and a venue arranged

for weekly matches.

Any questions, please contact Seth 041 557 1040.