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th March, 2011

CONGRATULATIONS

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Buzy Kids

INSIDE... ............................................. -Family Fun

Fiesta

-Parent

Appointments

-Walking School

Bus

-Pre-Service

teachers

-Parent Helpers

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KITA

Performing Arts

Lauren Caruso, one of Parkwood Green’s grade 6 students

recently competed in the Victorian Track and Field State

Championships at Olympic Park in Melbourne. Lauren won 3

gold medals for her efforts in Triple Jump, 80m hurdles and

the 400m events and a bronze medal in the Long Jump event

for her age group. Lauren has now been selected to

represent Australia in the Pan Pacific Games held in

November this year. We wish you all the best in November

Lauren.

Her younger sister Emily is also following in her sister’s

footsteps as she participated for the first time at the

championships and managed to win a silver medal in shot put

for her age group. Well done Emily on such an achievement

for your first go at State Championship level.

Congratulations on a fantastic effort Lauren and Emily.

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DATES TO REMEMBER

Monday 28th

March – School Council AGM (6:30pm)

Monday 28th

March – ESL Morning Tea

Wednesday 30th

March - Subway Lunch

Wednesday 30th

March - Gr 6 Planetarium Excursion

Friday 1st

April – Gr 1 Community Helpers Day

Sunday 3rd

April - PWGPS Family Fun Fiesta

Tuesday 5th

April – Gr 3&6 Athletics Carnival

Wednesday 6th

April – Gr 3 Robot Incursion

Thursday 7th

April – Gr 3 Robot Incursion

Thursday 7th

April – Gr 4&5 Athletics Carnival

Friday 8th

April - Last Day of Term 1, 2.30pm finish

Wednesday 27th

April – First Day of Term 2

KITA PERFORMING ARTS This term the Grade 5s have been learning about many

different aspects of ASIA.

Last week the KITA (Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan and

Australia) performing company came out to our school

and performed many different cultural dances from

ASIA including Kung Fu and Tai Chi to Tae Kwon

Dance and Hip Hop Funk.

The incursion was conducted in the new BER building

and was a very hands on experience. The students

thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS Each year Parkwood Green has a number of pre-service teachers from various universities completing placements within the classrooms. Throughout 2011, our school has been allocated a high number of pre-service teachers who are currently studying education courses. Many students and parents are familiar with our pre-service teachers, as they do a fantastic job to assist within the classroom and with extracurricular activities. Pre-service teachers are welcomed into our school as members of the community, however, are not a replacement for the classroom teacher. Please continue to support them in their teaching and learning.

EASTER EGG RAFFLE School council will run a special Easter egg raffle for

the students and staff at Parkwood Green. All students

and staff will have their name put into a hat and one

student from each class will be lucky enough to win an

Easter egg.

If you don’t want your child tp participate, please let

your classroom teacher know by Friday 1st April.

BUZY KIDS TRAFFIC SCHOOL Last week Grade 2 students visited the Buzy Kids

Traffic School in Mill Park. They learnt lots of

interesting safety information about riding bikes, being

a safe pedestrian and also travelling safely in a car.

Students learnt that the safest place for them to travel

is in the back of a car with a booster seat. They also

learnt about the importance of wearing a helmet when

riding a bike or scooter and how to wear it correctly.

Students enjoyed riding the bikes around the track and

following the rules of the signs and traffic lights. They

were also able to relax and enjoy a run around in the

play centre.

Thank you to all the parent helpers that came along to

make it a great excursion, we all appreciate your

assistance.

WALKING SCHOOL BUS The Walking School Bus™ is a fun, safe and active

way for primary school children to travel to and from

school. The bus operates with a volunteer ‘driver’ at

the front of the group and a volunteer ‘conductor’ who

supervises from the rear.

The bus travels along a set route which is safety

audited by council and picks up passengers along the

way. The passengers are the children.

The bus is powered by leg power and operates rain,

hail or shine.

Each volunteer undergoes a Police Check, Working

with Children Check, short training session and will be

registered as a Melton Shire Council volunteer.

The success of the program relies on the assistance

of volunteers, so if you have a free hour one morning

or afternoon a week to walk with a group of children to

or from school we would like to hear from you!!

More volunteers mean more buses.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or would

like your child to participate in this fabulous, fun, free

program come see either Simone Iachini, Yeliz Latif or

Rhowena O’Sullivan.

FAMILY FUN FIESTA NEWS Here is our pricelist for the day, we will be using a

ticket system where $1 = 1 ticket. Tickets can be

purchased from designated areas around the school.

PRICE LIST

DUNK THE TEACHER $2 FOR 3 THROWS

CRAFT $1 FOR 2

LUCKY DIP $1

FACE PAINTING $1

ELLIE & OLLIE TATTOOS $1 FOR 2

CRAZY HAIR $1

STICK LOTTO $1 FOR 3 CHANCES

DICE TOSS $1 FOR 3 CHANCES

DUCKY POND $1 FOR 3 CHANCES

LUCKY BOTTLE $1

FAIRY FLOSS $1

AMUSEMENT RIDES $4 EACH

WRISTBAND $30 UNLIMITED

RIDES

DRINKS $1

FAIRY FLOSS $1

SNOW CONES $1

ICE CREAMS $1 to $2

BBQ FOOD $2 to $4

HOT CHIPS $2

PLANT STALL $2 to $4

OVAL ACTIVITIES FREE

PARKING

There may be a high level of parking congestion.

Please be mindful of parking laws and respect the

neighbours of our school.

VOLUNTEERS

We still need volunteers for the afternoon shift from

1pm to 4pm, if you can help please call Sharelle on

0406 321 337.

PRE-PURCHASED WRISTBANDS

Receipts will be issued and sent home with the child

that was on the order. Wristbands can be picked up

on the day of the fiesta from the Art Room Office

Window from 10am. All wristbands will be placed on

the arm by a volunteer therefore please ensure that

the people who need the wristbands are with you

when you collect the wristbands.

DAYLIGHT SAVING

Remember to turn your clocks back 1 hour before you

go to bed on Saturday the 2nd

of April.

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PARENT APPOINTMENTS There have been a number of incidents lately where

parents have come to the school and expected to see

a particular staff member (often the principal, vice

principal or a teacher) immediately. Invariably they are

disappointed that the particular staff member is

actually doing something else and cannot abandon

what they are doing to speak with them straight away.

Similarly, some parents ring the school and expect to

speak to certain staff members immediately, or leave

instructions for staff members to ring them back by a

certain time. While the vast majority of parents realise

that schools are busy places, and get busier as they

get bigger, a small group still expect staff members

should be “on call‟, or that they, as parents, can give

instructions to staff members regarding meeting times,

and phone conversations etc. It is a little bit like going

to the doctors, or the dentists, or virtually any other

professional organisation – an appointment is always

the best way. There is a very high likelihood that the

person who you wish to speak to has a very busy day,

and cannot continually abandon their tasks to stop and

talk to any of the 1800 parents associated with the

school who may want to have an impromptu chat.

Appointments are the way to go. When ringing to

make an appointment or to ask for a return call you

will be asked what the matter is concerning. This way

the receptionists can direct your call to the most

appropriate person. Almost everyone who rings will

want to talk to the principal. This will happen 100

times every day. However, in most circumstances, the

principal is not the best person to speak with regarding

your issue. So the receptionist will ask what the call is

concerning and direct the call accordingly. An

appointment will not be made for callers who refuse to

disclose what the call is about. This way parents will

get to speak with the most appropriate person, in the

least amount of time.

PJB William Adams PSK Emilia Lukacevic

PMC Ryan Martinovic

PKU Nikolas Puts

PAE Ashleigh Camilleri

PTL Ilija Ognenovski

PRC Talia Grundy & Joshua Zammit

PAP Neisha Ellul & Emma Thomas

PTR Adrian Latife & Alexandra Wood

PKM Jakem Setka & Sierra Schembri

PBK Ethan Brne & Chanel Frazzetto

1FM Chloe Vasileski

1LA Lucas Mammoliti and Gemma Caton

1TK Jonathan Zayets-Drenovski

1BR Sara Cogger

1BZ Alex Friedrich and Alanah Najdovski

1NW Catherine Spooner and Jonathan Miloshis

1ST Rieley Caruso & Raghav Chegu

1BC Rico Neri & Makayla Mitrovski

1KY Kiani Ulloa and Rithik Goli

1SI Lochie Stewart & Piaf Cartlidge

1BA Christian Watton & Kiara Spicuzza

2CA Jayden Cassar & Leah Spiteri

2LS Mia Hawkins and Sebastian Synaphet-Cruz

2KC William Stone and Anita Rogers

2CM Callum Johnston & Jaimee Rea

2JI Enton Tran & Lachlan Smit

2NR Jacob Kitanovski

2CZ Aaron Livingstone & Tyson Gill

2VS Caitlin Hillier

2YL Karla Elmekdessy

2AH Gemma Tarrant & Jacob Della Salandra

3CW Kirsty Gander

3NT Damon Caruana

3HD Chelsea Nguyen & James Iuele

3SM Aidan Dawson-Bogle & George Psarros

3RM Alliyah Mendoza & Kaiarn Rongo

3LS Alexis Schembri

3TJ Rhea Verma & Siddharth Bramendran

3RP

4AL Terry Katsouris & Mariem Chakik

4TC

4BH Maria Kostovska

4CG Keely Tomkinson

4ST Daniel Larrad-Hogan & Julijana Grozdanovska

4DM Rachelle Weedon 5SK Kayla Gucevski 5CT Emmerson Cavanagh 5ML Charlotte O'Brien & Selin Kuyucuogullari 5KJ Taylah Vetere 5SB Rinoa Ha 5 MB

6DK. Naomi Fanani 6BK

6DG Ben Thomas

6KD Sarah Koutsouras & Nathan Kerrison

6KM Alana McKirdy and Jesse Hickford

PE 2LS & 2CA

ICT 1NW & 5MB

MUSIC 3LS & 3CW

ART 5ML & 1TK

PARENT HELPERS

Next term we are inviting parents to assist in

classrooms with our Literacy Block. Parents who

completed the Parents Helpers Course last year will

be able to start assisting in classrooms from the

beginning of Term 2. In the coming week,

classrooms will have timetables displayed for

parent helpers to indicate which times they are

available to help.

For other parents who would like to assist, we will

be running a Parent Helpers Course in the first week

of next term in two sessions. Parents who work in

rooms MUST have completed this course and also

have a current Working with Children Check.

If you are interested in attending either of the two

sessions, please indicate this by returning this slip to the

office or your teacher, no later than 9am, Tuesday the 5th

April. If you have any further questions, please speak to

Sarah Afiouni or Amy Crawford, located in Room 35.

Parent Name ___________________________________

Child and Grade _________________________________

I would like to attend the Parent Helpers Course on (tick)

THURSDAY 28th APRIL at 9.15am – 10am

THURSDAY 28th APRIL at 3.45pm – 4.30pm