Newsletter 23rd August 2024

No.3/T3-2024


Principal's Message

Hi everyone,

What a busy week we have had. Children have been completing their art works for the Art Show, our girls’ soccer team played in the Southern Metro Finals (see sports report from John) we had our book parade on Thursday and our House Athletics Carnival today (see sports report from John).

Our very own golfing champion – Maximus Brennan- 5T

Maximus was recently invited to join the junior squad at Southern Golf Club after a try-out process. This means he can now attend advanced squad training and is eligible to play in the Saturday morning competitions at the club.

He has been a member for about six weeks and has only completed one other 18-hole round and one 9-hole round, which we had to cut short due to rain.

Earlier this month, we entered the Saturday morning competition again, and Maximus bravely played all 18 holes (4.5 hours of golf). We were already incredibly proud that he made the junior squad and is beginning to practice playing full 18-hole rounds, which is quite a long day, even for Maximus’s energy.

To our surprise, he played exceptionally well over the weekend and ended up winning the club's Stableford competition for the day—a remarkable achievement, even with his higher handicap. There were over 200 adult players with varying handicaps, and he won the day! Congratulations to our golfing star!


Book Week – 21st- 25th August- Week 6

On Thursday morning we held our Book Parade, lead by Paul Bolmat and two of our Library leaders – Charlie and Gia. It was a bouncing and musical parade with many popular songs being played. It was wonderful to see so many of our students in beautifully crafted costumes, clutching their favourite books to help us identify some lesser known but much-loved characters. We were invaded by Mr. Men and Ms. Women characters, and a Roman philosopher, to name just a few. Thank you, parents, for investing the time in preparing for this exciting event.





Art Show – Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th August

Wow! I hope you managed to visit our Art Show yesterday and this morning (open until 12 noon). The breath of talent is incredible. Well done to Janette Grunfelder for all her hard work in putting together this favourite annual event. The art work on display was varied and of an excellent quality, demonstrating the value that our teachers put into the teaching of the arts at our school. It was wonderful to see so many families coming to view the collective efforts of our students after school on Friday and this morning. Each and every child had an art work on display- well done to you all. Enjoy some photos from the event.

 




Absences

Every day at school counts. We know that across the winter season students are better off staying at home if they are laden with coughs, colds and flu, but the sooner they are well again, they need to be at school. The longer a child is at home and the more days they miss, the more anxious and disconnected from their peers they become.

Parents and carers, we do ask that you log your child’s absence on Compass, but please record detailed reason. ‘Parent Choice’ is not a valid reason to stay home from school so we will be following up with absences recorded this way. If you are unsure of how to record the absence reason on Compass, please either phone or call into the office and we will help you.

Punctuality

It seems that this is a topic we are required to write about in our newsletter regularly, as we still have far too many children arriving late for school.

How does being late for school impact on your child’s learning?

5 minutes per day is

25 minutes per week

17 hours per year

221 hours per school life

Doesn’t sound much but then there are the other impacts.
Good punctuality is essential for all children if they are to achieve their full potential academically and develop employment and life skills. Lateness has a negative impact on the child, his or her classmates and staff.

Children arriving late to class often miss important learning opportunities as well as messages and information. Students who arrive late to lessons are likely to miss the teacher’s introduction when the aims of the lesson and learning objectives are explained and task instructions given. This hinders the child’s understanding of the lesson and affects progress. In all cases, a child arriving late interrupts the lesson, disrupting teaching and learning for all.

 

Stay safe and healthy!

Sue Jackson - Acting Principal

 

 



Literacy @ EBPS

Grade 56G & 56S            

Blackout Poetry

This term grades 5/6GS have been learning how to write a range of different poems.

Blackout Poetry is a very different style of poetry. The idea is to play with an existing text to create something of your own. You don’t need to come up with words; but the challenge is to make meaning from what’s already there.

All students had one page from the classic book ‘Alice in Wonderland’ to work with. They looked for words or phrases that were interesting or particularly descriptive. The next challenge was to use these words and phrases to make new meaning using the theme ‘The Olympics’ or a topic of their choice.

The rest of the words were ‘blacked out’ and students illustrated their poem.




By Jill Griffin - 56G Classroom Teacher



Numeracy @ EBPS

Maths 4AR

We used school friendly playing cards for the following activity. Normal playing cards may also be used. In pairs the students need to solve the following problems using the following approach: Reading the question to understanding the problem, physically manipulating the cards to devise a plan, carrying out a plan - grouping the cards, checking their calculations and recording results in a systematic manner and looking back to check calculations and that the question was answered and making sure all solutions were found.



Try this at home!

Class 4AR and Anna Pititto - Classroom Teacher



Science Week







Sports Report

HOUSE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

House Athletics Carnival Results

Congratulations to all of the students from Grades 3-6 who participated in the House Athletics Carnival at school on Friday.

I would also like to thank all the parents and staff who helped out and made the days’ events a success. It couldn’t happen without you all! 

Now for the winning House!!!

1st Banksia (Green) 352 Well done!

2nd Jacaranda (Blue) 272 

3rd Waratah (Red) 260

4th Kurrajong (Yellow) 186

Congratulations to all Houses!!

Students will be notified next week if they have made the District Athletics Team which will compete on the 9th September.





GIRLS SOCCER


Our Girls Soccer team competed on Monday at the Southern Metro Finals. Out of 8 schools only 1 would go on to the State Finals.

We dominated the first game against Dandenong South eventually winning 3-0 although we created many more chances. Harkaway proved a tough opponent second up; we scored first but they quickly equalised. A great goal from Alisia proved the difference with 5 min left on the clock.

We had to beat Woodlands in the final game to progress due to their superior goal advantage. After a goal was disallowed to us, Woodlands grabbed two goals before half-time. To the girls credit we rallied and an amazing goal from Siena tied the scores with 6 min left. We had chances but couldn't get that goal and ultimately bowed out of the competition. 

Thanks to Sue and the parents for supporting the girls on their great run this year. 

Scores:

3-0 Vs Dandenong South PS (Goal Scorers Alisia 2, Healey)

2-1 Vs Harkaway  PS (Healey, Alisia)

2-2 Vs Woodlands PS (Lucy, Siena)

By John Seeary - PE Teacher

Potato Olympics Update


Review written by Ali, Lucy and Ben

Some highlights of the Potato Olympics included:

  • Students smiling and having fun
  • Creating the potatoes and giving them a name and country
  • Measuring the water during diving and figuring out the winners
  • Trying to win gold, silver or bronze medals and cheering on people in your class
  • Playing against your friends
  • Visiting different classrooms and their teachers
  • Having the younger students succeed

Some things that were challenging included:

  • Our potatoes becoming damaged
  • Not winning when we really wanted to
  • Being disqualified!

Overall the Potato Olympics were really fun and not only helped us learn about Olympic events and maths, but also tested our resilience and allowed us to be creative.

Thank you so much to the Spud Sisters for donating our potatoes, the event would not have been as amazing without your support. For more information on the Spud Sisters please visit www.spudsisters.com.au.





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THANK YOU TO SPUD SISTERS - WHO KINDLY DONATED THE POTATOES USED AT OUR RECENT POTATO OLYMPICS!



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