PUPIL FREE DAYS 2023 (TheirCare will be running their day care programs at school on all student free days)
- Monday 10th July - Three way conferences
- Monday 6th November - Report writing day
2023 TERM DATES
- Term 2: 24th April - 23rd June (2:30pm finish)
- Term 3: 10th July - 15th September (2:30pm finish)
- Term 4: 2nd October - 20th December (1:30pm finish)
FRIDAY ARRANGEMENTS As mentioned last week, we dismiss for the term break on Friday at 2.30pm from the gymnasium. Our whole school assembly commencing at 2.10 pm will feature a musical highlight with Mr Cai’s string players putting on a short performance for our listening pleasure. 3 Way Conferences are on Monday, July 10 from 9.00am and school resumes for students on Tuesday, July 11 at 9am.
BUILDING WORKS Like an episode of Grand Designs, the previously promised deadline for us moving into the new Grade 3/4 hub passed without any joy. At this stage, the great move looks like being at the end of week 2 next term. We’ll let you know when we know.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS I would like to take this opportunity to wish the whole school community a happy and restful holiday break wherever this may take you. Our building works continue over the break with a range of other maintenance tasks being completed on site over the next two weeks. As always, if you notice anything suspicious happening around the school that can’t be accounted for by the aforementioned scheduled works, we encourage you to ring it in to the Heidelberg Police.
Happy holidays everyone!
Kind regards,
Bill Kersing
Principal
Reports and 3 Way Conferences Reports will be available on Thursday 22nd June at approximately 4:30pm. I would like to thank the teachers for the huge amount of thought and work that has gone into providing these reports. For those of you who do not know, reports are generally completed after hours and on weekends. From time to time, errors can slip through into the published document. If this is the case, please speak to the staff member who wrote that comment.
Just another reminder, there is no school for any student on 10th July and Theircare will be offering their service (please contact them for details). Your child is expected to attend the conference with you.
For those families who have booked a time, classroom 3 Way Conferences (and 2S Get To Know you Interviews) will be happening in your child’s current classrooms. For our Specialist and Additional Support teachers, interviews will happen (only for those who have booked a time via Compass):
Term 2 Reflection It certainly was a busy term. We have moved into new classrooms, had classrooms moved to Jilinga, Mothers’ Day Stall, a Curriculum Day and Professional Practice Day, Open Days, Information Evenings, a Year 4 Camp, Year 4 Democracy Incursion, Year 3 to Year 6 Cross Country, the Royal Australia Navy Band Melbourne visit, Year 6 Interschool Sport, Smile Squad, an Emergency Evacuation Drill, an author visit in Year 3, Year 2 Excursion to Bundoora Park, swimming for Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2, and our School Wide Positive Behaviour Support Reward Day. I am sure I have missed many other activities, too. Busy times!
Holidays Have a great mid-year break. If you are out on the roads or travelling to holiday destinations, please stay safe and we will see you all on Monday 10th July for 3 Way Conferences, and on Tuesday 11th July for the first day of Term 3.
Patrick
SWPBS Disco Dance Celebration Congratulations to all our students who have displayed positive behaviour across Semester 1. On Wednesday, we celebrated with a disco themed free dress day and dance.
The students were hugely enthusiastic and had a fabulous time dancing in the sunshine at recess and lunch.
Smile Squad Thank you to all the families that have used the Smile Squad Dental service this term whilst it has been visiting Viewbank.
Please remember that if any students may have been missed, or any late forms not processed, students can still be seen at the Banyule Community Health dental clinic. They will still be seen under Smile Squad, at no cost.
The Smile Squad team will return to our school in approximately 12 months’ time to complete another round of dental examinations and supply another delivery of dental packs to help support our students to maintain good oral health.
Emergency care - If any student requires emergency or urgent care in between our visits, they can also attend the Banyule Community Health dental clinic. Please call 9450 2000 and ask for a Smile Squad appointment.
I’d like to wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday. This term has been very busy and with the colder weather, the holidays are a perfect time to rest and recharge.
Stay safe and see you in Term 3.
Gill
TERM 3 EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY CHARGES AND PERMISSIONS We would like to inform you that the charges for Term 3 extra-curricular activities have been uploaded on Compass today. Please note that all permissions and payments are required by Tuesday, 11th July. These activities have been designed to enrich and diversify the educational experience of our students. Kindly note that these activities are offered on a user-pays basis.
For families facing financial challenges, we can arrange a flexible payment plan for extra-curricular activities to suit your needs.
Please reach out to me directly for a confidential discussion, and we will work together to explore alternative arrangements.
Kind regards,
Lucy Addati
PE AND SPORTING UPDATE FOR TERM 2
Hello Parents/Guardians,
Once again, it has been an action packed and eventful Semester 1 of Physical Education and Sporting events at Viewbank PS. There has been great enthusiasm, excitement and enjoyment shown by students. Below is a recap of the highlights and accomplishments from events, activities and incursions that happened throughout Semester 1:
Swimming:
- At the start of Term 1, we had approximately 70 students from Grade 3 - 6 participate in our Swimming Trials at Watermarc.
- We then had approximately 40 students compete at the District Swimming event.
- In March, we had 12 students represent our school at either Divisional or Regional Swimming. Well done to the following students for making it to Division or Region level: Max Berry, Inaya Bhardwaj, Josh Cadusch, Anne Carpenter, Luke Cullen, Darragh Finn, Madison Ford, Johan In, Harrison Kent, Joachim Lai, Alex Palmer and Rubi Parker.
District Soccer Round Robin:
In late March, we had 28 Grade 6 students participate at the District Soccer Round Robin at Banyule Flats Reserve. Both teams played with positive competitive spirit and determination. We had some fantastic matches that finished with exciting penalty shootouts. Well done to both the Girls and Boys soccer teams.
Tennis:
In late February we had 3 students from the school compete in the District Tennis Trials. Well done to Imogen Kingham, Long Dam and Harrison Kent for participating at the event.
Athletics:
- In March we had many students from Grade 3 -6 participate in our Athletics Trials at the school. This involved Shotput, High Jump, Triple Jump and 1500m events. Well done to everyone that competed and gave each event a go.
- On March 9th, Grade 3 – 6 students participated in our School Athletics Carnival at Willinda Park. Students participated in a series of athletic events and cheered on their fellow classmates/friends. It was awesome to see everyone try their very best and enjoy themselves.
- At the end of March, we had 70 students compete at the District Athletics event. It was a magnificent atmosphere at the event, with all Viewbank students cheering on and encouraging each other. Resilience, kindness, and determination were displayed throughout the day. We had some awesome results for both the track and field events.
- Well done to the following students who have made it to Divisional Athletics which will be held next term on the 6th September: Josh Cadusch, Melinda Tan, Anastasios Patroungas, Alex Palmer, Henry Cahir, Blake Cameron, Anne Carpenter, Samuel Jacobs, Daniel McDermott, Vibha Sathish, Pierra La Rosa, Jade Clencie, Vihaana Holkar, Beau Martin, Kaiah McLauchlan, Zara Samad, Joachim Lai, Darragh Finn, Edward Osborn and Muhammed Hassan.
Cross country:
We had our Grade 3-6 School Cross country event at Price Park in early May. Congratulations to the following students who placed at the top of their age group:
- U9s: Freya O’Reilly, Georgia Kent, Zara Vasic, Riley Cadusch, Alex Carnovale, Henry Carr
- U10s: Imogen Kingham, Kaiah McLauchlan, Melinda Tan Daniel McDermott, Quinn Trounce, Will Booth
- U11s: Jade Clencie, Inaya Bhardwaj, Charlotte Yule Josh Cadusch, Harvey Woo, Zachary O’Reilly
- U12/13s: Vibha Sathish, April Harris, Salwa Al-Saidi Cruz Trounce, Cory Devlin, Lennox Watt
District Cross Country was held at Banyule Flats in late March, we had approximately 60 kids represent Viewbank at this event. Well done to the following students that qualified for Divisional or Regional Cross Country: Inaya Bhardwaj, Josh Cadusch, Jade Clencie, Darragh Finn, April Harris, Daniel McDermott, Zachary O’Reilly, Vibha Sathish, Jeremy Seletto, Cruz Trounce and Harvey Woo.
We also want to wish Josh Cadusch the best of luck when he competes at the State Cross Country event in July.
Interschool Sports:
Grade 6 students commenced their first season of Interschool Sports in Term 2. Students participated in Football, Netball, Tee-ball, and Tennis sessions each Friday. We have ISS finals at the start of Term 3 for the Netball A and Football teams. Fingers crossed we can have some success at the finals.
Incursions:
- Fireball Tennis clinic Students from Foundation to Grade 2 were lucky enough to participate in Fireball Tennis clinics in Term 1.
- AFL Victoria sessions Students in Foundation to Grade 6 also took part in AFL sessions that were ran by AFL Victoria.
- Ultimate Frisbee Incursion (Grade 5/6s) The Grade 5/6 students participated in an Ultimate Frisbee session that was conducted by Coach Approach. This was a great experience for many students that have not played much Ultimate Frisbee before.
Well done and congratulations to all students who participated in these events, activities and incursions mentioned above. Everyone should be proud of themselves for their efforts. Also, a massive thankyou to all teachers and parents for helping at the events, without your help these events would not be possible.
Upcoming PE/Sporting events for Term 3:
- Interschool Sports (Grade 6 students only) – Season starts on Friday 21st July
- Softball Round robin (selected grade 6 students only) – Tuesday 29th August
- Division Athletics (Selected students) – Wednesday 6th September
- F-2 Junior Cross Country – Date and information to be confirmed
I hope everyone has a wonderful break over the school holidays.
Thanks,
Lucas Prell
Year 5 Inquiry Report This term the grade 5s have learned about design and innovation. They are doing a a big overall project divide by 4 groups. Mrs Boness and her group are making prototypes, they are a mini version of something really big like Kaela’s one she is making a mini aeroplane to test if it works. Engineers (like civil) make mini prototypes and test them over and over again til it works. The image below is Kaela’s one. They take a lot of time to make it prefect and then making it a real life one. This one comes under the heading of innovation.
Mrs Taylor’s group are doing videos about anything and then they take out the sound and make new sounds using found and natural instruments. Some are doing vides about the school valves while others a doing a movie type story about anything they want it to be. I think this comes under the heading of design and innovation.
Miss Birse’s group are doing a poster about how to take care of the pot plants then some people are designing the pot plants by using posca markers. They can design only 3 pots.Then they are going to plant some succulent plants and they are giving them to all the grade 5 classes and equally sharing them. Here is a picture of some of them. This comes under the heading of design.
Lastly, is Miss Lane’s group. They are doing lesson designed to teach younger kids and have a fun activity. Some decided to do a booklet or Kahoot, some are doing a worksheet or to follow a long activity. This comes under the heading of design.
By Vihaana
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Lower Plenty Bakehouse will be providing the school with fundraising Lunch Orders every Thursday. These lunches have been implemented via our Parents and Friends Committee. All money raised will be used towards our major school upgrade.
Our Term 3 Fundraising Lunch Order Dates are:
- Thursday 13th July (Orders closing on 10th July, 3:00pm)
- Thursday 20th July (Orders closing on 17th July, 3:00pm)
- Thursday 27th July (Orders closing on 24th July, 3:00pm)
- Thursday 3rd August (Orders closing on 31st July, 3:00pm)
- Thursday 10th August (Orders closing on 7th August, 3:00pm)
- Thursday 17th August (Orders closing on 14th August, 3:00pm)
- Thursday 31st August (Orders closing on 28th August, 3:00pm)
- Thursday 7th September (Orders closing on 4th September, 3:00pm)
- Thursday 14th September (Orders closing on 11th September, 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 3 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.
Entertainment Book 20% of the membership goes directly to support our fundraising at Viewbank Primary School. https://www.entertainment.com.au/current-promotion
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 $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
STRINGS - MR CAI
- Email: cai66@optusnet.com.au
- Phone: 0403 490 078
GUITAR/BASS GUITAR - Alec
- Email: alec.stalder@gmail.com
DRUMS/BEGINNER KEYBOARD - Michael
- Email: michaelfindlaymcnab@gmail.com
- Phone: 0451 394 540
PIANO/KEYBOARD – Tiaryn Griggs
- Email: tiaryngriggs@gmail.com
Our school has partnered with an independent provider called TheirCare to provide exceptional Outside School Hours Care services for our school community.
The program is available for all children at Viewbank Primary School from 6:30am until 9:00am in the morning and from 3:30pm until 6:15pm each school day.
During School Holidays & Pupil Free Days the service will operate from 6:30am until 6:15pm.
Families wishing to use this service can visit the TheirCare website: www.theircare.com.au
Families are eligible for a Government Rebate called the Child Care Subsidy which can reduce the cost per session by up to 85%.
More information can be obtained by contacting the school or ringing TheirCare Support Team on 1300 072 410.
TheirCare provides a stimulating and safe environment for all children. During sessions, children develop life-skills, friendships, confidence and creativity through play-based programs.
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- Unit 3/30 Heaths Court, Mill Park
- T: 9436 4005
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- Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm
- Friday 9am to 3pm
- Saturday 9am to 12pm
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