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Term 2 Issue 4 14/06/2019
14th June 2019 TERM 2 ISSUE 4
Monday 15th
July
Curriculum
Day
TERM 2
WEEK 9
18th—21st June
Grade 5’s
Kids Helpline
Incursion
4th June
Homestead
Kinder Visit
Prep Rebecca
5th June
Homestead
Kinder Visit
Prep Lauren &
Prep Buket
WEEK 10
28th June
Last day Term 2
2:30pm Dismissal
اذا كنت بحاجه الى مساعدة لفهم هذه المالحظة يرجى االتصال باالدارة العامة للمدرسه
Bu notu anlamada herhangi bir yardima ihtiyaciniz olursa, lutfen genel ofisini arayin.
DATES TO REMEMBER
PRINCIPALS REPORT
TEACHING AND LEARNIING AT
RHPS
I have spent the beginning of
Thursday in the grade 6
classrooms. Being in
classrooms is such a pleasing
way to begin the day and
reminds me of why we do what
we do at RHPS. Staff are
continuously learning,
challenging their practices and
ensuring they are using data to
inform their teaching. I was so
pleased to see how students in
the grades I visited today were
applying their learning and
challenging themselves and
their peers to participate and
contribute at a very informed
level. At RHPS we know the
importance of developing oral
language, critical and creative
thinking skills and extending
students’ vocabulary.
At present, classes across the
school are concentrating on
ensuring academic vocabulary is
explicitly taught and students
are becoming skilled at adding
to their peers thoughts or
respectfully challenging their
points of view. Developing oral
language and complex thinking
strategies allows reading
pathways to be developed
within the brain. When students
are given opportunities to
contribute to classroom
dialogue in extended and varied
ways, they can explore the
limits of their own understand-
ing. At the same time they
practice new ways of using
language as a tool for
constructing knowledge.
By engaging students in
dialogue, teachers can:
- explain ideas
- clarify the point and purpose
of activities
- 'model' scientific ways of using
language
- help students grasp new,
scientific ways of describing
phenomena.
STATEWIDE LEADERSHIIP
CONFERENCE
Last week Alex, Pat, Hung, Matt
and I attended the Statewide
Leadership Conference
organised by DET (Department
of Education and Training). We
ensured the days we attended
were directly aligned to our
roles within the school and our
Strategic Plan. We were all
involved in attending sessions
delivered by experts from
across the world. It was
extremely affirming to hear
from these experts that our
direction at RHPS is on point in
preparing our students to be
well equipped, global citizens.
As mentioned above, the
emphasis we place on
developing students’ oral
language and creative and
critical thinking skills was
highlighted by the experts when
discussing student voice and
agency, improved student
outcomes and accessing
opportunities.
STUDENT LEADER BREAKFAST
I had the pleasure of having
breakfast with our School
Captains, Biannca Greer and
Aidin Murica this morning
before school. I enjoy hearing
the students’ thoughts, ideas
and suggestions for RHPS. This
breakfast ritual also provides
me with an opportunity to note
the leadership capabilities of
our school leaders and how
they apply these to their role
within the school. A credit to
all!
See Julie, Aidin and Biannca
pictured enjoying their
breakfast.
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STORY TIME
On Wednesday, our staff, Lauren Bird (Foundation Leader), Adrianna Galioto (Speech Pathologist) along
with support from Salwa and Tamara (our Multicultural Education Support Staff) conducted the first of our
Story Time sessions held in our 21C space. This initiative will be held every Wednesday afternoon and is for
parents and their pre-schoolers. The aim of this initiative is to be interactive and highlight the importance of
reading to children and talking and listening to them. Well done to those involved.
See further information in this Newsletter.
CURRICULUM DAY TERM 3
Our next Curriculum Day will be held on Monday July 17th, the first day of Term 3.This will be a pupil free
day which provides an opportunity for staff to participate in Professional Learning. We will be involved in
Cultural understanding training for the morning and will have Dr Julie Hamston continue her work with us
centred round integrating a Dialogic Approach in building language for learning across the curriculum. We
look forward to furthering our knowledge and practice from participating on the day.
Please see flyer below as Big Childcare will be available for those who require their service on our
Curriculum Day.
Yours in learning,
Julie Lowerson
Principal
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Speech Pathology News
My child and technology
Watching TV:
When watching TV:
Ensure that your child is watching a high quality show that is
educational and suitable for their age.
Make sure that they can understand what is going on in the episode.
Ensure that they can take away valuable information or experiences from the show.
If your child can’t understand what they are watching, this can potentially reduce your child’s ability to pay attention and
solve problems (Common Sense Media, 2013).
This website reviews many TV shows and apps to identify what may be suitable for your child:
www.commonsensemedia.org
Share screen time: Research shows that by sharing screen time with an adult, children can learn more from it (Lerner and Barr, 2015).
When your child is watching a screen, talk with them. Ask them to describe what they are seeing and what
they are enjoying.
Draw from your child’s knowledge and past experiences when
watching a show.
For example, if there is a dog in the show, talk about your dog at
home.
When using a tablet, use it together and talk about what they are
doing.
It’s hard to escape from computers, TVs, iPads and other computer technologies. Does this mean our children should
be using it to learn language?
It’s important to note that the best way for children to learn is by talking with others, playing hands on games and
exploring the world around them, NOT via computer screens.
Despite this, children spend increasing time on computers as they grow up.
Although you can use these strategies to help your child learn through the TV and from screens, it is important to note that
children learn best through real life experiences and interactions with people. Therefore, it is important to set a time limit
on how much screen time your child can have.
For more information visist: http://www.hanen.org/
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Premiers’ Reading Challenge update
The aim of the Premiers’ Reading Challenge is to promote and instil a love of reading in our students.
It’s not a competition but a challenge for each student to read more and to read more widely.
Roxburgh Homestead Primary School currently has 141 students registered for the challenge.
Well done to the students who are currently taking part in the challenge and a big congratulations to the
17 students who have already met the challenge for 2019!
Challenge requirements:
There are more than 1200 titles on the challenge booklist! You can access these lists at the following website https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/events/prc/Pages/booklist.aspx#link74. In order to meet the challenge students from F-2 need to read or experience 30 books during this period.
Students from 3-6 must read 15 books during this period.
The challenge will run until the 6th of September so keep entering your books up until this time using the website https://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/Challenger/WebLogin.aspx.
It’s not too late to register!
Spare forms are in the office along with a helpful guide on reading with your children. You can access this
guide via our school website, on the external links section called Literacy and Numeracy Tips.
If you have any further questions regarding the Premiers’ Reading Challenge, please see your child’s
classroom teacher.
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YEAR 6
WEEK 6
Latife Ugur – presenting an impressive Blue Moon Project.
Anthony He – achieving such fantastic results in all areas of the curriculum.
Ethan Greer – always making good choices and staying focussed.
WEEK 7
Yuksel Demirel- Always maintaining a positive attitude to his learning and behaviour.
Phoenix Lowe – working hard when researching his natural disaster.
Bahar Erciyas – always striving to achieve her best.
We would like to thank Alan , one of our
valued parent volunteers.
Alan has kindly offered his time to help
Johnny make improvements within our
school grounds. Together they have built
retaining walls around the school which
look great and they have
improved the grounds immensely.
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Dear Parents,
At Roxburgh Homestead Primary School we are NOW going paperless and
cashless in regard to all notifications and communication between the school
and our families.
We are NOW using the Compass School Manager App
for ALL our school communications and payments regarding your child/ren.
This includes excursions/incursions consent, payments, absences, School re-
ports, Student Led Conferences, updating your contact details, Newsletter and
all updates and notifications regarding our school.
It is essential that you download the Compass School Manager App on your
phone or device.
If you are currently using Compass for a child attending another school you
can still add Roxburgh Homestead Primary School on the same App and simply
“Switch User.”
If you require any assistance in downloading the App or obtaining you User
Name and Password, please come to the office or contact the school on
9305 1688.
االهالي االعزاء،
)كاش( للتواصل بين المدرسة في مدرسة روكسبر هومستيد االبتدائية االن ال نستعمل أي ورق لطباعة الرسائل أو نتعامل مع العملة النقدية
والعوائل.
( .Compass School Manager App) االن المدرسة تستعمل آب خاص للتواصل والدفع الخاصة بأوالدكم اآلب كومباس الدارة المدارس
لي هذا يشمل الموافقات على السفرات الداخلية والخارجية والدفع والغيابات المدرسية والتقارير المدرسية والمقابالت بين المدرسين واالها
وتحديث معلموماتكم الشخصية وجريدة االخبار االسبوعية وكل الرسائل الخاصة بالمدرسة.
((Compass School Manager Appتحمل كومباس على التلفون أو الكمبيوتر. أنه من الضروري أن
اذا كنت تستعمل كومباس ألوالدكم الذين يذهبون الى أي مدرسة أخرى فأنت بأستطاعتك أن تظيف مدرسة روكسبر هومستيد االبتدائية على
نفس اآلب وببساطة تتنقل بين المدرستين.
صالاذا تحتاج الى أي مساعدة بتحميل كومباس أو لمعرفة أسم المستخدم والكلمة السرية الخاصة بك الرجاء الحضور الى إدارة المدرسة أو االت
.88615099بنا على
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