NEWSLETTER 26th April, 2017

ISSUE 11

DET International CRICOS Code - 00861K

From The Principal…

Dear Parents/Carers

Yesterday the school was closed for ANZAC Day. The ANZAC Day public holiday presents us with an opportunity to pause and reflect.

So how is ANZAC day relevant to us as a school community? The ANZAC spirit represents a sense of purpose and direction. The original ANZAC’s knew what they had to do, they knew of the dangers and the difficulties but they did not let those difficulties stop them from obeying their orders. However, the soldiers on the ground stayed until their leaders decided it was time to withdraw.

This is the important message that we want to share with our students and it links so well with our school value of perseverance. Every day there are learning expectations that are set in every classroom. There are the expectations that students will wear a full school uniform and be punctual every day. There is the expectation that our students will persist with all learning tasks.

I would like to challenge our students to not focus on the difficulties that they perceive to be in the way of meeting these expectations, but to think of the ANZAC’s and others who have followed them, push the difficulties to one side and persist with tasks even when there are challenges.

Another school value that is represented by the ANZAC spirit is the acceptance of responsibility. We should aspire to accept responsibility for everything that we do. It is easy to accept responsibility when everything goes well. However, it is inevitable that sometimes things will go wrong. Sometimes games that started well go wrong. Sometimes our students behave in ways that are against the wishes of parents and teachers. I encourage our students to reflect on the ANZAC spirit and take responsibility for their actions.

The ANZAC spirit also demonstrates our value of respect The ANZAC’s watched out for one another. Imagine how good our school would be if every day we watched out for one another and helped each other at all times and were accepting of one another’s differences.

Finally, the ANZAC’s showed intense national pride throughout their time in Gallipoli. We expect that every day every student will represent themselves and their family in the best way possible. Imagine how good our community would be if we emulated the ANZAC’s commitment to mateship, bravery, innovation and intense pride in our everyday life.

Last Monday morning our whole school assembly took the form of a special ANZAC Day ceremony. Students proudly wore medals that were earned by members of their families for service.

Madeline and Abigail wore medals that were awarded to their great grandfathers from both sides of their family. Lindsay Leamon served in New Guinea in the Airforce from 1942 -1945. Edward Collins served in the Middle East from 1940-1946.

Ryan stood proudly at the service with the war medals of his great grandfather, Jack Fowler, pinned to his chest. These were awarded for service during WWII. Jack recently turned 100.

Ebony displayed service medals that belonged to her great grandfather, Jack Gaynor, who served in WWII. Ebony also displayed her great, great grandfather’s Star and Pacific Star medals that were awarded for service in WWI.

Oscar proudly wore the medal of his great grandfather, Len Bartlett. The Pacific Star was awarded to Len for service in the Air Force during WWII.

Harrison and Lachlan proudly wore their grandfather’s service medals from the Australian Defence Force.

Lucy wore medals that were awarded to her great uncle, William Granland, for service in WWII.

Anne Babich

Principal

Congratulations to the following students who earned Mathletics Certificates last week.

Silver Certificates

Bronze Certificates

Gold Certificates

From the Acting Assistant Principal

Dear Parents/Carers

It was so wonderful to see a number of students wearing family medals at our ANZAC assembly. You may have noticed that Ms Babich was wearing a very special medal which is called the Centenary Medal. This was established by the Australian Government in 2001 as part of the Australian system of honours and awards. This medal is to commemorate the centenary of federation and to honour the contribution made to Australian society by its citizens and other persons. Ms Babich received this medal

from John Howard when he was Prime Minister in recognition of the contribution made to Australian society for her work as a Principal in Victoria.

On Tuesday morning, I attended the ANZAC memorial service in Rowville with our school leaders Ashna, Oscar and Zitian. As part of the service our leaders presented a wreath alongside other members of the community. It was a moving ceremony and our leaders did a wonderful job demonstrating all of our school values throughout the ceremony. Thank you to our leaders for representing our school so well.

ANZAC day is an opportunity for us all to reflect on how others sacrificed so much for their nations and families. The time to stop and reflect is such an integral part of the learning process. As a staff we took time last week in our professional learning workshop to think more deeply about reflection. We discussed how we reflect as learners ourselves and how we support our students to reflect on their own learning. We reflect to move forward and develop as individuals. I look forward to spending time in classrooms this week to discuss learning reflections with students throughout the school.

On Monday 1st May we will be officially saying farewell to Stuart Boyle. He will be coming in for our school assembly in the morning. Following assembly we are inviting parents and carers to attend a morning tea in the staff room to farewell Stuart. Stuart spent two and a half years at Rowville Primary School and had a huge impact on our community. His knowledge and work around student learning, curriculum and student wellbeing at Rowville Primary School has been invaluable. He will be greatly missed and we wish him all the best with his new role as Principal at Belgrave South Primary School.

Have a wonderful week ahead.

Liam Jury

Acting Assistant Principal

Sebastien L Zarah M

Aanya P

Akil B

Albena R

Amza I

Ashley H

Ava P

Chloe P

Claire S

Disha A

Dylan L

Ebony G

Farah O

Giuseppe R

Grace C

Hailey S

Harrison B

Jackson K

Jad E

Jayda-Lee S

Jazmin M

Jenna C

Jordan F

Joseph M

Josephine F

Joshua F

Lachlan B

Lauren K

Luke E

Lulu R

Mariam I

Nathaniel B

Neha C

Olivia H

Oscar S

Prachee A

Sienna M

Siobhan L

Siobhan N

Sophie K

Steven B

Tayla K

Temperance L

Titus W

Zac B

Ziad B

Celina B

Elizabeth H

Jayden A

Jonathan L

Kaylee A

Lance F

BOOKCLUB

The brochures for Scholastic Bookclub issue 3 were distributed to all grades this week. There are lots to choose from and you are sure to find something of interest. Keep an eye out for the Gold Coin Books, which are very good value. Remember that every dollar spent earns rewards for our school which enables us to add new resources to the library for everyone to enjoy. Orders are due back Monday 1st May, 2017.

VICTORIAN PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE

The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge (VPRC) consent forms were distributed last term. It would be great to see as many students as possible registered for this year’s Reading Challenge. The consent forms are due back by Friday 28th April, 2017.

The students in Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 will be sharing 30 books with their classroom teachers. Students in Years 3 to 6 are challenged to read 15 books. At least 10 must be from the booklist and 5 can be free choice. Remember to record the title and author of any books you have read over the holidays or any books that you have already finished reading this year.

If you would like further details on the Reading Challenge go to www.education.vic.gov.au/prc or come and see us. All enquiries are welcome.

Grace Searl and Jackie Hicks.

Reading Challenge Co-ordinators

Commonwealth Bank School Banking

School Banking is every Friday at Rowville Primary School

If you would like to open a school bank account please go to your local Commonwealth Bank branch and mention

Rowville Primary School. Our school receives $5 for every new account opened. Information packs are available on

the information stand in the school foyer.

“Seed Donations Needed”

Please leave at the office or kitchen We are hoping that families will donate a packet of seeds or send along seeds that you have collected from your own home vegetable and herb patches (please package and name).

As our menu in the Stephanie Alexander kitchen program is also based around our Italian language learning, we would like seed types that would grow produce that is used in Italian cooking.

SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUB

ISSUE No: 3

DUE ON:

Monday 1st May, 2017

Please make cheques payable to Rowville Primary School

All enquiries to Jackie Hicks – Library

Spare Clothes From time to time, students may require a change of clothing, particularly as we enter into Winter. Could we please ask that a spare set of uniform and under garments are placed in your child’s school bag in case they are required. This may save parents needing to come up to school during the day.

Bronwyn Richards & Cindy Gardiner

Canteen Team

Rowville Kids Café News Thank you to our helpers for Term 2

Monday 1st May K. Nelson

Tuesday 2nd May L. McConnochie

Wednesday 3rd May B. Moylan

Thursday 4th May S. Macdonald

Friday 5th May S. Schmidt &

HELP NEEDED

A copy of the full café menu is available on the website: rowville.ps.vic.edu.au

Specials Menu POPCORN MONDAY Freshly Popped Popcorn $1.00

SUSHI HANDROLL TUESDAY Lunch order only

Crispy Chicken $3.20

Tuna and Avocado (GF) $3.20

Avocado & Cucumber (V, GF) $3.20

Teriyaki Chicken $3.20 Soy Sauce will only be provided on request –please note on order

Wacky WEDNESDAY Lunch order only

Chicken Chippies (bag of 6) $3.00 a bag

Please help our volunteers. We’d love to return lost property to students. Please name items sent to school, especially windcheaters and jackets. If you have lost a uniform item, please regularly check the red lost property bins in the corridor of the main building.

Walkathon Please send in your completed sponsorship form together with money collected to school as soon as possible.

Entertainment Books Rowville Primary School is once again selling the Entertainment Books/Digital Memberships as part of our fundraising efforts. The Book/Membership is $70 and an order form is enclosed in this newsletter. Alternatively you can purchase online at; https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/187w714

Mothers Day Stall

Mothers Day Stall - Tuesday 9th May from 11.00am to 1.00pm All gifts are $5.00 each. Students are able to buy gifts for the special people in their lives.

Please bring a plastic bag on the day to carry your gift home. If you would like to help on the Mothers Day stall, please come on the day at 10.45am. You will need to sign in at the office.

Please make regular checks to ensure your child has all absences and late arrivals to school approved on Compass.

Parents are notified on the top right section of the Compass home page in the news feed if there are late arrivals or absences to be approved.

Absences can be entered in advance on Compass by Parents.

Once an absence is entered, there is no need to telephone the school to notify us that your child is absent for the day.

We thank you for your assistance in this matter and ask you to telephone the school should you have any queries regarding this process.

NEITHER ROWVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL NOR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING ENDORSES THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OF ANY PRIVATE ADVERTISER. NO RESPONSIBILITY IS ACCEPTED BY ROWVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL OR THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE ACCURACY OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN ADVERTISEMENTS OR CLAIMS MADE BY THEM.

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