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Hi All, On Monday 23rd October it is a Curriculum Day. The students are not required at school on this day. Swimming has been going great! Everyone has been enjoying the lessons and are learning so much. This program is as much about the swimming as it is about the students gaining the ability to organise and change themselves at the end of swimming. There are often quite a few items that have been lost during the swimming program. Please check lost property after swimming. Look for an excursion notice for Werribee Zoo happening in week 4. If you have not returned your Acceptable Agreement form yet, please do so as soon as possible. There are spare notices at the office if you have misplaced yours. Hello, families, As we near the end of term , there is plenty going on around our school. Water inquiry: The junior school classes have decided on a fundraiser for the conclusion to our water inquiry. Classes will be raising money to buy clean drinking water for communities in need. The money raised will be donated to Childfund, a Sydney-based charity organisation. More information on the great work they do can be found at https://www.childfund.org.au/gifts/clean-water. Fundraising sale – As a part of the clean water fundraiser there will be stalls set up out the front of school on Thursday 29th (second last day of term). Students will be selling various items at reasonable prices ($1, $2). Planning days There will be changes to next week’s specialist timetables to allow staff to meet in teams to plan for next term. As opposed to having their specialist classes throughout the week, your child will have all of them on the one day allowing their teachers to meet up. Please refer to your child’s teacher for more information as this may affect when your child will need to bring in their library bags, runners etc. Student led conferences All classes will be conducting Student Led Conferences 26th and Tuesday 27th. This is an opportunity for your child to lead you through some of the work they have produced this year, and to talk about their learning. Please ensure your child is present, as they are leading this session. If you wish to speak to your child’s teacher about something other than this, we encourage you to make a time outside of Student Led Conferences as children are only allocated 10 minute slots. Early finish on Friday Please note that school will end at 2.30 on Friday the 30th. Junior School Assembly The final Junior Schoo Assembly will take place this Friday 23rd, and will be hosted by Bec/Lucy and Damien’s classes. All are invited. Lost property There is a very large amount of very good quality, but unnamed clothing that will be taken away to charity on this Thursday 29th. Next time you are near the Red Brick building, please stop by and have a look through. June 6th Hi everyone.We are almost halfway through the year! The JS teacher have a few reminders/notices to pass on:
May 10th Hello everyone, Week 4 has come up so quickly. A couple of messages/reminders for this week. For our Term 2 inquiry unit on Water, the whole school will be attending a Wetlands excursion. Permission notes will be handed out soon. The JS teachers would love if there are any parents with expertise in water who would be willing to come and speak to the JS students, please approach your child’s class teacher to express your interest. This Friday, 12th May will be our second Junior School assembly for the term. Anya and Kay’s grades will be performing. All are welcome to attend. On Monday, 8th May you would have received a note regarding our school opinion survey. Please fill this out and send it back to your child’s teacher. A reminder about start of the day, all JS students are welcomed into the classroom at 8.45am. Parents are required to supervise their children if you arrive before this time. For those students in the red brick building, the doors at the back of the building are for student access. School begins at 9am, whilst most classes are doing fine motor activities, it is important for a smooth transition into the day that you are on time, thanks. Anya has commenced JS choir for 2017. It is a lovely opportunity for the students across the whole JS to meet other students whom aren’t in their home grade, or even in the same building! Anya had a great turn out from the kids on Monday, please ask your child about this. Finally, as the weather cools down please ensure you are sending a jacket along to school. It is hard to predict what the weather will be like, but we do need to send students outside at breaks for fresh air and a run around, so it’s important that the have appropriate clothing. Also please label all clothing, especially jackets and jumpers that can be taken off, so that our lost property pile doesn’t explode! Lastly, please make sure you send along spare clothing for your child, a spare pair of undies and pants. This should be kept in the bottom of their school bag, for those times when accidents occur. Thanks JS teachers. April 18th Welcome back to Term 2. We have an exciting and busy term ahead. To kick off we will all be participating in a Team Building incursion. This was organised as part of our Term 1 Inquiry that focussed on personal and interpersonal skills, the unit was called Let The Games Begin! Our Term 2 Inquiry will focus on sustainability, the Unit is titled Why We Need Water? Junior School Assemblies will start in Week 2. Check out the schedule below to make sure you don’t miss the week that you child’s class performs. Junior School Assembly Timetable The Assembly will take place on Friday morning at 9am in the Hall
Students will need to continue wearing sunhats until April 30th. A reminder that there will be no school next Tuesday 25th April as it is Anzac Day. |
March 16th
The end of term is fast approaching and there are several new items to put on the Calendar, as well as some reminders.
This Friday (17/3) is Ride to School Day. The idea is that we ride to school on bikes, or anything with wheels. Walking is also encouraged. If you do have to take the car, I hear if you walk the last 300 metres it will be considered a walk!!
Prep Parent Reading and Writing Information night will be held on 29th March at 7.00pm. A note will be coming home soon with details.
School Photos will be taken on 28/3/17. Be beautiful and be on time!
A reminder to please always come to school on time as the activities at the beginning of the day are important to help children to settle in. It is also important for children to begin to develop some independence by taking in their own bag etc rather than rushing.
Jo the Library teacher is requesting that all children bring a library bag as some books are coming back quite bedraggled.
By now all grades have a Class Rep. Check with your teacher to find out who it is. You may want to send information this way.
At the end of term there are some dates to remember.
- On the last Friday (31/3) we finish at 2:30pm
- On this last day (31/3) there is a Family Picnic on the oval from 5:30 -7pm. This is to say good-bye to Louise so let everybody know!
- Louise’s last Assembly will be on the last Monday (27/3). Afterwards there will be tea and coffee in the Library.
- On the last Thursday (30/3) there will be a whole school Engagement and Well-Being event. More to follow!
Keep posted on the DLJ for any more updates.
March 2nd
Dear Families,
This term our inquiry unit is called ‘Let The Games Begin’ and we will be focusing on the skills needed to play fairly and work cooperatively in groups.
Starting next week (week 6), the maths topic we will be focusing on is Place Value. Talk to your child about the numbers you see in the environment and discuss what they know about these numbers.
As of this Friday (3rd March), the prep students will be attending school every day and we look forward to continuing their learning in the classroom.
Next Monday 6th March is Clean Up Australia Day – each class will be participating in some related activities.
Monday 13th March is Labour Day, so please do not send your child to school on this day.
Also, school photos will be held on Tuesday 28th March.
Please remember to send hats and rubbish free lunches every day.
Students must bring a library bag to their library session if they would like to borrow a book to take home.
February 6th
Dear parents,
Welcome to a new school year, and to our new foundation parents – welcome to Brunswick South West! It is a very exciting time of year for all of us here in the school but in particular in our class as we welcome our new foundation students. Getting to know each other and settling into classroom routines will be our focus for the first few weeks.
Specialists & other important routines
Every Monday we will have show & tell in our classroom. This gives students’ the opportunity to share something special with a small group. Please note they don’t have to bring in something to share, but if they do have one item this is their opportunity.
Below is when our home grades have their specialist lessons. For art and PE, it would be best on those days that the students wear sneakers and clothes that can get a little paint on them.
Phaedra
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 9am Assembly | |||
| 10am Art | 12.50pm Chinese | 12.50pm Library | |
| 11.50 PE | 2.30pm Chinese | ||
| 3pm Chinese |
Chantel
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 9am Assembly | |||
| 10am PE | 12.50pm Chinese | 11.50pm Library | |
| 11.50 Art | 2.30pm Chinese | ||
| 3pm Chinese |
In our double grade this year we have 2 students who have severe allergies that can cause an anaphylactic reaction. They are allergic to a range of foods including nuts, dairy, soy, eggs, kiwi fruit and shellfish.
All students have been informed that they are not to share any food that they bring to school. If you want to bring any treats in to share with your child’s peers for birthdays or other special occasions, we would appreciate it if it could be something other than food. We would really appreciate your support in keeping these students safe and healthy in our classroom.
As part of our participation in the Victorian government’s Resource Smart Schools program, students are encouraged to bring lunches that have no wrappers/packaging. We can recycle fruit and vegetable scraps in the worm farm and we can recycle paper and cardboard. Other lunch rubbish/left over food goes back into lunchboxes and is taken home. Possibly it can be re-used or recycled at home.
To our returning grade 1 and 2 parents, we will begin the home reading program shortly. Could you kindly return your child’s reading folder from last year so that we can send home new reading diaries.
The classroom is open to students from 8:45 am onwards. Please feel free to come inside with your child in the mornings after this time. If you need to meet with us to discuss anything we will happily make an appointment for before or after school. We can both be contacted by email at: collins.phaedra.r@edumail.vic.gov.au and scrimshaw.chantel.k@edumail.vic.gov.au
We have Parent Share Time coming up in week 3. In the meantime, please feel free to drop in before class and introduce yourself if you haven’t already!
Kind regards,
Phaedra Collins & Chantel Scrimshaw – rooms 1/2.