IMPORTANT DATES
- Saturday 19th March 2022 - Working Bee - 9am to 12noon
- Wednesday 6th April 2022 - JSC Casual Dress Day - Royal Children's Hospital
PUPIL FREE DAY
- Wednesday 13th July 2022
- Monday 31st October 2022
FUNDRAISING BAKERY LUNCH ORDER DATES - Lower Plenty Bakehouse
- Thursday 24th March (Orders closing on 21st March, 3:00pm)
- Tuesday 5th April - Hot Cross Bun Family Fundraising packs (Orders closing on 1st April, 3:00pm)
- Thursday 7th April (Orders closing on 4th April, 3:00pm)
2022 TERM DATES
- Term 1: 28th January (Students start 31 January) - 8th April (2:30pm finish)
- 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 4: Anglesea Recreation Camp - Wednesday 18th May to Friday 20th May
- Year 5: Lady Northcote Recreation Camp - Tuesday 4th October to Friday 7th October
- Year 6: Canberra Camp - Monday 6th June to Friday 10th June
WORKING BEE After a lengthy hiatus, our termly working bees recommence with a planned working bee to take place this Saturday, March 19 from 9am. The focus will largely be on readying the tennis court area in the north west corner of the school to eventually relocate our vegie patch ( due to the 2022-2023 building works). In addition, there are plenty of other works to complete, including the spreading of mulch and general tidying and sweeping. Hopefully you and your family can find an hour or two to help this Saturday morning.
BADGE PRESENTATIONS House Captains badges will be presented this Friday afternoon at 2pm, at a special Grade 3 to 6 assembly on the Tiger Turf. Parents of recipients are cordially invited to attend. Badges will be presented by Richmond AFLW player, Gabby Seymour.
Final badge presentations to Japanese, Sustainability and Arts Captains will be made at assembly on Monday, March 28.
SPORTING NEWS It has been a busy sporting calendar in Term 1, with swimming and athletics dominating. Last Friday’s Athletics carnival reportedly went very well, and it was great that we could finally free the shackles of Covid and take part in the day’s activities. The carnival serves as the selection trials for the District event to be held on Friday, April 1. And, as reported last week, we have representatives swimming at the Regional swimming carnival on March 22 – results will be published in next week’s newsletter.
PUPIL FREE DAY We held a successful pupil free day on Tuesday, March 15, focussing on two school wide initiatives for 2022. The morning looked at Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) with a school team delivering professional development for their peers. PLCs are an approach to school improvement in which groups of teachers work collaboratively at the school level to improve student outcomes. Key to the success of this work is the capacity for these practices to build collective efficacy (effect size of 1.57) and shift teacher mindsets, i.e. teachers believe that they are responsible for the success of every student in their school and, more importantly, that they are capable, collectively, to progress the learning of all students regardless of their background.
In the afternoon we then spent time enhancing our knowledge of the School Wide Positive Behaviour Support system, which has been mentioned frequently in previous newsletters this year. My sincere thanks and congratulations to the staff members who ran the sessions – we are very fortunate to have such leadership skills from within, with passion and commitment to match.
REMAINING PUPIL FREE DAYS FOR 2022 School Council recently approved and endorsed the final two pupil free days for 2022, so please pen these into calendars asap! The next pupil free day will be held on Wednesday, July 13 to enable the conduct of three way conferences throughout that day and into early evening. The final pupil free day for 2022 will be on Monday, October 31 (the day before Cup day), which has been tagged as a report writing day for staff.
NATIONAL YOUNG LEADERS DAY Grade 6 Team Leader, Sharon Groves and myself will be privileged to attend the National Young Leaders day at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre next Wednesday, March 23. Each year, all of our Grade 6 elected school leaders attend the day to hear the leadership stories of prominent Australians and to take away key learnings to enhance their own leadership at our school. This year’s speakers include swimmer Cate Campbell, Test Cricketer Damien Fleming, Pilot Lachie Smart, the youngest pilot to fly solo around the world and Emmy award winning writers, actors and directors Guy Edmonds and Matt Zeremes. It promises to be a valuable day, with recounts written by the students to feature prominently in next week’s newsletter.
I hope you can make Saturday’s working bee, and it will be nice to also see footy back in Melbourne this weekend. Wherever your weekend takes you, I hope it is enjoyable.
Kind regards,
Bill Kersing
Principal
EDUCATION SUB-COMMITTEE School Council sub-committees are open to non-school council members, allowing members of the school community to have an opportunity to be involved in school planning and council matters. The Education sub-committee meets once a term and consists of a small group of staff and parents, working together to develop and review policies for the benefit of the school community. The committee is for people interested in developing policies in line with Department guidelines and the community’s educational aspirations for its children. Policies are statements of purpose, which are implemented on Council’s behalf to achieve many of the objectives stated in our School Strategic Plan as well as areas, which need to be addressed to ensure our programs and practices are followed in accordance with the needs of the community in mind. Consultation is sought from various branches of the school community according to the purposes of the policy.
The Term 1 meeting of the 2022 Education sub-committee will be held on Tuesday, 29th March at 6.30pm in the school staffroom.
At the first meeting we will look at the Department Policy Template Portal which provides the templates for all our policies and begin the review of several policies.
If you are interested in attending, please email me: gillian.nicholls@education.vic.gov.au
We are extremely excited to be able to share PROJECT+ with you!
PROJECT+ has been developed to ensure The Resilience Project continues to support the wellbeing of students and the wider school community. Twice a term, they will be sending out PROJECT+ (a bit like a traditional Newsletter) with a whole range of additional ideas, activities and resources that can be used by the whole school community.
The first edition of PROJECT+ can be accessed here - Making Connections and Supporting Your Children
Smile Squad will be at Viewbank PS on the following dates:
Please return the Smile Squad Permission Form for your child as soon as possible.
On Friday 18 March 2022, Viewbank Primary School is participating in the National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence (NDA). Students are encouraged to add some orange to their uniform to help raise awareness about the NDA and bullying prevention.
Enjoy your week,
Gill
OSHClub (Outside School Hours Care) Please be aware that if your child is not registered with OSHClub they will be unable to access the program in an emergency. Therefore it is highly recommend that you register your child/ren for OSHClub in case you may need it one day.
School Tours We will be running school tours on a Tue, Wed, Thu at 9.30am for prospective families from 29Mar. Please call the office to make a booking.
Enrolments We are currently accepting enrolments for 2023 and are happy to assist with any queries.
Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.
If you have a valid means-tested concession card, such as a Veterans Affairs Gold Card, Centrelink Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card, or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. There is also a special consideration category for asylum seeker and refugee families.
Payment amounts this year are $125 for eligible primary school students. Payments are made direct to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions and sporting activities for the benefit of your child.
It is important that funding made available in 2022 supports students to participate in school trips, camps and sporting activities this year rather than being held for future years. This funding can also be used in conjunction with any funding accrued from previous years. Please note these activities will only take place if they meet COVIDSafe requirements.
If you applied for CSEF through our school last year, you do not need to complete an application form this year, unless there has been a change in your family circumstances.
If you would like to apply for the first time, please complete the attached application form and return to the office with a copy of your card.
You can also find out more about the program and eligibility, on the Department of Education and Training’s Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund web page.
Check with the school office if you are unsure, and please return completed forms to the school office as soon as possible.
Kind regards,
Lucy Addati
Business Manager
2022 Hot Cross Bun Fundraiser Lower Plenty Bakehouse will be providing the school with a fundraising Hot Cross Bun drive. This drive has been implemented via our Parents and Friends Committee. All money raised will be used towards our major school upgrade.
Orders need to be placed in advance via Compass Canteen. Ordering will close on Friday 1st April at 3pm. The Hot Cross Buns will be delivered to the school and sent home with the students on Tuesday the 5th of April. Please select the 5th of April as your sitting date when placing your order.
Thank you for your support.
2022 VIEWBANK PRIMARY SCHOOL EASTER RAFFLE $1.00 per raffle ticket, great prizes to be won!! Please return all sold tickets to school by Friday 1st April, 2022. Raffle to be drawn on Monday 4th April, 2022. Please ensure name and phone number are clearly written onto all sold tickets.
All money raised will be going towards our school's major upgrade fundraising project.
Thank you for your support.
Lower Plenty Bakehouse will be providing the school with fundraising Lunch Orders every second Thursday during Term 1. These lunches have been implemented via our Parents and Friends Committee. All money raised will be used towards our major school upgrade.
Our Term 1 Fundraising Lunch Order Dates are:
- Thursday 24th March (Orders closing on 21st March, 3:00pm)
- Thursday 7th April (Orders closing on 4th April, 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 1 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
- Phone: 0422 690 842
PIANO/KEYBOARD - Ella
- Email: ellac.blackburn@gmail.com
- Phone: 0410 938 840
DRUMS - James
- Email: orangejimmy@gmail.com
- Phone: 0405 845 628
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