PUPIL FREE DAY (OSHClub available)
- Wednesday 13th July 2022
- Monday 31st October 2022
FUNDRAISING BAKERY LUNCH ORDER DATES - Lower Plenty Bakehouse
- Thursday 23rd June (Orders closing on 20th June, 3:00pm)
2022 TERM DATES
- Term 2: 26th April - 24th June (2:30pm finish)
- Term 3: 11th July - 16th September (2:30pm finish)
- Term 4: 3rd October - 20th December (1:30pm finish)
2022 SCHOOL CAMP DATES
- Year 3: Arrabri Lodge Camp - Monday 8th August to Wednesday 10th August
- Year 5: Lady Northcote Recreation Camp - Tuesday 4th October to Friday 7th October
- Year 6: Camp Coonawarra - Monday 18th July to Friday 22nd July
END OF TERM DISMISSAL Just a reminder that, as is customary, term concludes on Friday, June 24 at 2.30pm with an early dismissal. School resumes for Term 3 on Monday, July 11.
THREE WAY CONFERENCES You will have seen information earlier this week about booking times for our three-way conferences on Wednesday, July 13. Please note – this is a pupil free day, already approved by School Council.
REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY Yesterday, the Regional Cross Country event was held at Bundoora Park. Five of our students – Joshua Cadusch, Jade and Julia Clencie, Harvey Woo and Zach O’Reilly – earned the right to participate in this event having placed at the Divisional event last week. We are so proud of all students!
STOP PRESS – the students placed as follows in their events:
Boys 9/10 Years 2 km event
- Joshua Cadusch 1st (7 minutes and 36 seconds)
- Zachary O’Reilly 39th
- Harvey Woo 50th
Girls 9/10 Years 2 km event
- Jade Clencie 21st
Girls 12/13 Years 3 km event
- Julia Clencie 23rd
Congratulations to all students for brilliant efforts! Best wishes to Joshua who will now compete at the state championships on July 14!
TERM THREE EVENTS Whilst our focus is still fairly and squarely on Term 2, it is timely to draw your attention to the key dates in a fairly busy term ahead of us. As mentioned above, we have the 3 Way Conferences scheduled for the first Wednesday of Term (July 13), closely followed by the Grade 6 camp to Bairnsdale in Week 2 (July 18 to 22). It will be the Grade 3s turn when August 8 dawns, with their three day camp taking them to Arrabri Lodge in Warburton East. Grade 5s have their Family Life program from August 2, whilst our 2023 transition program for our Foundation students has three events in Term 3 with Story Land (August 9), Maths Land (August 24) and PMP Land (September 6). We are also hosting a chess tournament on September 1 to usher in spring! School Council is scheduled for August 9 and September 13, and early notice – our Term 3 working bee is to be held on Sunday August 14. Lots of dates there to commit to memory or, preferably, jot down some where!
We are expecting the building company to begin setting up in late August – we will let you know all of the arrangements when we know them!!
A short week and a brief Principal’s report this week. The winter solstice beckons next Tuesday!
Have a great weekend.
Kind regards,
Bill Kersing
Principal
Respectful Behaviours within the School Community Every member of our school community has a right to feel safe and be protected.
The Department of Education and Training has released the Respectful Behaviours within the School Community Policy that describes the positive behaviour expected from parents, carers, and other adults in Victorian school communities. The policy sets clear standards of behaviour to create a safe, respectful, and inclusive learning environment for students, staff and adults.
There are also resources to support safe and respectful relationships in our school community, including information about getting involved in the school, advice on how to raise a concern or complaint, and parenting support resources. You can find the new policy and these resources here.
You may also see a new poster up around our school, promoting positive behaviour.
School Uniforms It was lovely to see many families taking advantage of our ‘special’ second hand uniform sale on Wednesday afternoon. Being able to purchase school uniform items for $2.00 is certainly a bargain.
Could I please request/beg that all uniform items, especially jumpers be clearly named so that misplaced items can be returned to students.
Sadly, our lost property bin (near the music room) always seems to be overflowing with un-named jumpers. We cannot return items if we do not know who they belong to. Five or ten minutes spent clearly naming items can save a lot of stress and lost time down the track.
Please, please, please!
New Uniform Items We have recently had numerous requests to add a warm weather jacket to our uniform as well as a winter beanie. We have spoken with our supplier and they will hopefully be able to provide the garments in the coming months. I realise it may be too late for this winter but we will be ready for the next arctic blast.
The weather jacket is fleecy lined and will have a waterproof outer shell. It will not have the school logo on it, so it will be perfect for weekend wear as well. The green beanie will have VPS sewn onto the front. Like our school hat, we would prefer that the school beanie is only worn at school.
I will let you know when both items will be available for order. If you would like to have a look at the weather jacket, there is a sample available in the school foyer, just inside the front door.
Have a lovely week.
Gill
3 Way Conferences You can now book your child's 3-Way Conference by logging into Compass. These are being held on Wednesday 13th July between 10am and 7pm and is a Student Free Day. If you have any difficulties with booking these, please contact the office on 9459 1512.
PLANNING WEEK Next week (June 20 - 24) will be Planning Week across the school.
Throughout the week, all classroom teachers will be timetabled to spend a whole day planning for Term 3, along with the other teachers in their team. Specialist and Support teachers also receive time throughout the week to plan for the following term. Teachers meet together to reflect and provide feedback on the learning that has occurred across this term, discuss student data that has been collected and use this information to form future planning.
The teaching and learning for Term 3 will be discussed and planned, with planners being developed for English and Mathematics. Inquiry units, will be also be reviewed and planned. Common assessment tasks will also be documented and excursions and in school activities researched and booked.
Planning Week allows our staff the opportunity to engage in professional discussions and develop the rich, differentiated learning programs that allow our students to engage fully in their learning.
Teaching teams will plan on the following days with students having specialist lessons for the day:
- Monday – Year 2 and Year 6
- Tuesday – Year 1
- Wednesday – Year 3 and Year 4
- Thursday – Foundation and Year 5
- Friday – Specialists
Parents And Friends - YOU ARE INVITED! On Thursday the 9th June, we attempted to have the 2022 Annual General Meeting for the Viewbank Primary School, Parents and Friends Committee. Unfortunately, we only had 3 parents and 2 staff members turn up.
So, on Tuesday 21st June at 7:30pm, we are having a short (30 minutes) meeting via Webex (details below), to give a brief introduction to the P&F as well as to hear some of your ideas. You may think that you don’t have the knowledge or skills to be able to contribute, but this is not true – everyone is welcome. For those of you who may have been on a committee at a kindergarten before, your time commitment would be less, as the saying goes ‘many hands make light work’.
Our current P&F President is Carol, and this is her last year as a parent at the school. We desperately need more parents, guardians or even grandparents to be involved.
Money raised by the P&F in the past has contributed to the Tiger Turf and playground upgrades - projects that directly benefit the students and the community. With our major school upgrade beginning later this year, there will be plenty of projects that will require some extra funds.
If you cannot make it, but would still like to be involved, please contact the office.
P&F Meeting – Online via Webe - Tuesday 21st June at 7:30pm
Please see Compass for meeting link, meeting number and passcode
Have a great weekend.
Patrick
School Tours We run school tours on a Tue, Wed, Thu at 9.30am for prospective families. Please call the office to make a booking.
Enrolments We are currently accepting enrolments for 2023 and are happy to assist with any queries.
Kind regards,
Lucy Addati
Business Manager
School-wide positive behaviour support reward
Junior School Council News
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2022 Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser - 14th July Delivery (Orders Close 4th July)
As part of our plan to improve Viewbank Primary School, we will be running a fantastic Cadbury® Fundraiser Drive.
Fundraising activities such as this make a vital contribution towards improving our facilities for the benefit of our children. In anticipation of a successful fundraising drive, we thank you for your support. All money raised will be used towards our major school upgrade.
We are pleased to announce that for this drive we have four options:
- CADBURY® FREDDO & Friends Carry Box. Selling for 50 cents an item ($60 per box),
- CADBURY® Goody Bars Carry Box Selling for $1 an item ($60 per box). The NEW Cadbury Fundraising Goody Box!
- The Natural Confectionery Co. Lolly Box. Selling for $3 a bag ($60 per box). Pre-mixed convenience!
- Make a donation only. If would like to make a donation only and not receive any chocolates.
Chocolates can be purchased or donations made via Compass Canteen. Please see attached a Parent User Guide on how to order via Compass Canteen. Please note a 35 cents order fee will be charged at check out.
If you wish to participate in this fundraising activity please place your order by Monday 4th July.
Chocolate boxes will only be provided to families who have paid before the due date.
Purchased chocolates will be sent home with the children on Thursday 14th July.
Viewbank Primary School Parents and Friends
Due to parent request the Lower Plenty Bakehouse will be providing the school with fundraising Lunch Orders every Thursday during Term 2. These lunches have been implemented via our Parents and Friends Committee. All money raised will be used towards our major school upgrade.
Our Term 2 Fundraising Lunch Order Dates are:
- Thursday 23rd June (Orders closing on 20th June, 3:00pm
Orders need to be placed in advance via Compass Canteen. Ordering will close the Monday before the lunch date at 3pm. All of Term 2 lunch dates are now open for orders, and can be placed in advance for the whole term if you choose to do so.
Please see attached a Parent User Guide on how to order via Compass Canteen. Please note a 35 cents order fee will be charged at check out.
Parent assistance is required on Lunch Days from 10:30am to 12:30pm to assist with the packing of our orders. If you are available to assist in anyway can you please email the school at viewbank.ps@education.vic.gov.au so your name can be added to our roster.
Thank you for your support.
ICY POLE FRIDAY Students are able to purchase icy poles over the counter at lunchtime every Friday. All icy poles cost $1.00 each.
Lunches must be ordered online using the CLASSROOM CUISINE website.
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WEEKLY SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE - Every Friday 8:45am to 9:15am, next to the music room. Jumpers with the school logo, long and short sleeve school polo tops and school dresses will be $5.00 and all other items $2.00. We are currently asking for donations of any unwanted reusable school uniform items to sell at our stall.
Instrumental Music Enrolments Can all students who would like to join our school instrumental music programs please inform the relevant teacher below of your expression of interest.
SINGING WITH GABRIELLA - Gabriella
- Email: favrettogab@gmail.com
- Phone: 0413 676 733
SINGING WITH JADE - Jade
- Email: jadefaving@gmail.com
- Phone: 0413 834 933
STRINGS - MR CAI
- Email: cai66@optusnet.com.au
- Phone: 0403 490 078
GUITAR/BASS GUITAR - Alec
- Email: alec.stalder@gmail.com
PIANO/KEYBOARD - Ella
- Email: ellac.blackburn@gmail.com
- Phone: 0410 938 840
DRUMS - Michael
- Email: michaelfindlaymcnab@gmail.com
- Phone: 0451 394 540
PHONE NUMBER: 0448 075 422
EMAIL: viewbank@oshclub.com.au
A PLUS SCHOOLWEAR Our uniform supplier is A Plus Schoolwear which is located at 41-43 Northern Road Heidelberg West. Open hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday’s from 9am to 4.30pm (closed on weekend and public holidays).
You can also purchase your uniform online at www.aplusschoolwear.com.au