NO. 11 Friday May 3rd 2018 Dates to Remember€¦ · This edition of book club is due: Monday 7 th May . Cockatoo Primary School No 3535. Website – Earthworms! “This week, 1/2E

Cockatoo Primary School No 3535. Website – www.cockatoops.vic.edu.au

COCKATOO PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

A Great Place To Be!

NO. 11 Friday May 3rd 2018

Dates to Remember

May

Monday 7th Ramo meeting 7:30pm

Thursday 10th Mother’s day stall

Tuesday 15th NAPLAN – Language conventions & Writing

Wednesday 16th NAPLAN – Reading

Thursday 17th NAPLAN – Numeracy

Thursday 24th EDEC Cross country

Friday 25th Ramo Disco

Tuesday 29th PFA Hot Chip Day

To any parents that may have helped in sick bay last year, we are missing some sheets and blankets. Can we please ask to have a look and return ASAP if they turn up. Thank you Admin team


This week has been an exciting time at School.

On Monday, we bid farewell to our senior students and teachers as they departed on their grade 5 and 6

camp to Forest Lodge Farm. Camp is always a wonderful time getting to know others and your own inner

abilities when away from home. I loved seeing all of the grins in the photos.

We hope you all have a restful weekend. Thank you for being wonderful ambassadors of our

school.

Thank you so much to our PFA for all of the work you do! This week you have filled the

classes with the yummy smell of hot chips and I have been so jealous of the scrumptious Anzac biscuits

I have seen carried back from the PFA kitchen. Thank you once again for taking the time to provide

opportunities for our students.

Today, Friday the 4th of May I had the absolute pleasure of presenting our Prep- Grade Four students

with their ‘Student of the Month awards’. I would like to take this time to personally congratulate each

and every one of them on their award and hope that this is one of many they will receive.

Tuesday the 15th of May our Grade Three and

Five students will begin their 2018 NAPLAN

tests. NAPLAN stands for National Assessment

Program- Literacy and Numeracy. Students,

within these grade levels, across the country complete a series of timed, standardised tests. The testing

timetable is as follows;

The results of the tests will provide important information to schools about what each student can do,

and will be used to support teaching and learning programs. Parents will receive a report indicating their

child’s level of achievement. Each student’s level of achievement will be reported against the national

minimum standard. Background information (student name, gender, date of birth, language background

and Aboriginality) will be collected as part of the National Assessment Program. This information is

treated confidentially and held securely to ensure that every student’s right to privacy is maintained.

If you have a student participating in this year’s NAPLAN test these helpful hints might be useful;

• Make sure your child gets lots of rest the night before each test

• Get ready for school the night before to avoid rushing and your child getting frustrated

• Make sure your child has breakfast each morning before school

• Be encouraging and let your child know that their best is always good enough

If you would like any further information or to discuss your child’s involvement within the 2018 NAPLAN

test please contact Meredith Smith, Acting Principal by Thursday the 10th of May


Grade 5 and 6

camp, 2018


We would like to wish the following students a very Happy Birthday.

Cael Allan

Grace Langhorne

Ella O’Brien

Ruby Street

Rachyl O’Connor

Zeb Kill

Emily Nicholls

Riley Watson

Abbie James

Charlene Gaykaman

Ava Gelastopoulos

River Crowley

Declan Angus

Madison Waller

Izzy Smith

Rielle Menere

Kiana Logiudice

Heath Ritchie

Georgia Leitch

Eliza Owen


2018 Monday cooking

Tuesday Wednesday

sport Thursday

Friday

computers

craft

examples

Week 4

7/5-11/5

Butter

Chicken

Fridge

Magnets

Soccer

Fridge

Magnets

Computers

To Contact O.S.H.C. call the School Office

on 5968 8017 between 8.30am and 4.30pm or ring 0408 566 957or 5968 0256

at all other times. Enrolment Forms

For 2018 are available at the office or Out of School Hours Care

* Please let OSHC staff know if your child will be attending KMOTION.

Thank you

Just a reminder that the canteen is open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

NOTNOTNOTNOT Monday & Tuesday.

Unavailable – Slushies will not be available until term 4

If would like to help in the Canteen between 10.30am and 2.00pm please leave your details with the office staff and Judy will get back to you.

Amanda Flint will be the coordinator of book club. I would like to thank you all for your continued

support of me and the scholastic book club. Chris Rounds

This edition of book club is due: Monday 7th May


Earthworms!

“This week, 1/2E and the JLC have

been learning about worms. We did

some investigating and some reading

about them.” – Rachel G SRC

Throughout our literacy sessions, we have been learning lots of interesting facts about earthworms. We

also went on a worm hunt and managed to find a worm tunnel down on the bottom oval!

Facts we know about worms!:

“Worms breathe through their skin” – Indie W

“Worms have cold blood” – Ruby E

“Worms have no eyes, teeth, arms or legs!” – Brock F

“In winter, worms dig deep burrows so they can keep warm” – Owen G

“Worms make hard soil into soft soil when they dig tunnels it lets the water get in” – Emily N &

Jackson W

“Worms have no bones!” – Brax H

“Worms suck in their food instead of chewing it” – Ryan K

“Worms can go 2 months without eating any food!” – Abbie J


PFA Page * Cooking every Wednesday

* Mother’s Day Stall Thursday 10th May & Friday 11th May

* Hot Chip Day Tuesday 29th May

The PFA Team are very excited to continue the Cooking Program at Cockatoo Primary School this term. Cooking will run every Wednesday on a rotating timetable. It takes quite a few weeks to get through all the

grades in the school. Every student in the school will enjoy learning to cook some delicious recipes. All

recipes will be made “from scratch”, no jars of sauce or packets of pasta sauce etc will be used. We want all students to learn to cook, and learn the basic skills required.

Each grade is divided into small groups, so that everyone is included and all group members get a turn to

stir, mix, etc. While the items are cooking, students clean up and do their dishes. When the items are

cooked, the students will be able to eat what they have made...... all students will be making Anzac Biscuits.

Mother’s Day Stall - Thursday 10th May

PFA will be holding a Mother’s Day Stall at school on Thursday morning 10th May. We have sourced gifts from all over Australia (and beyond) so students at our school can purchase gifts for

their Mum, Grandma, Nanna, Special Person….. at very reasonable prices. We have gifts ranging from $1 to $12. Please send your child along with their spending money & a

plastic or carry bag to put their purchases in.

Grades attend the Mother’s Day Stall one at a time with their Teacher. If any Dads (or Mums) want to pop in to do their own shopping the stall will be open from 9 ‘til 11am on Thursday 10th May & from

1.30 ‘til 2pm on Friday 11th May. Please help support our School and do your Mothers Day Shopping

at our Stall.

If there are any Mums or Dads out there who can help us set up the Mother’s Day Stall on

Wednesday 9th May from 2pm onwards we would really appreciate your help. If you’re able to help Wednesday 9th May from 2pm, Thursday 10th May from 9.15am ‘til approx 11.30am or Friday

11th May from 1.30pm onwards please come along to the Brekky Club Room. We really do need your help to make sure these events can run for the kids at our school.

PFA Bucket of Hot Chips, Cold Drink and a Cadbury Chocolate Break

We’re fundraising this term with a

“Freshly Cooked Bucket of Hot Chips & Cold Drink plus a Cadbury Chocolate” on Tuesday 29th May.

Students will be able to purchase a cold drink (milo, cordial or water) and a freshly cooked bucket of hot chips and a Cadbury Chocolate for $5.00. Please fill out the order form & get it back to the Office by

Monday 28th May.


Saturday 5th May 9am – 4pm

Sunday 6th May 9am – 2pm

55 Second Ave Cockatoo

House hold items

Furniture

Pictures

Soft toys

Vintage/Old jewellery

Games

Rustic wedding items

+ much much more

EFTPOS available

Cockatoo Country Market This Saturday

8.30am – 1.30pm Pakenham Road, Cockatoo


NEW CLASSES – Term 2!

Ballet Glee Club

Private singing lessons

(Tuesdays with Alanna Oliver)

Thursday Ballet 5-7 yrs (RAD based) 4:00-5:00pm Ballet 8-10 yrs (RAD based) 5:00-6:00pm

Glee Club 10-13 yrs 6:00-7:00pm

Tiny Tots / Glee Club – Jrs / Glee Club Adults / Adults Jazz/ Kids HIP HOP / Teens HIP HOP / Ballet / Private singing

WEB - emeraldcityschoolofdance.com

MB - Katherine 0413 507 696

EMAIL - [email protected]


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 2

Grades F, 1 & 2 – Week 4 Commencing: Monday 7th May

Numeracy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data

Students will be extending their knowledge and understanding of measurement to measure and classify length. Students will be;

• Identifying mathematical language for example longer and shorter

• Informal units of measurement. For example, using blocks to measure an items length

• Formal units of measurement. For example, using a ruler to measure an items length

• Predict measurement results based on their prior knowledge and observations

• Make a student height classification table

• Match items, based on their length to the correct worded problem A home activity you could do this week could be to order items or distances

around the home based on their length.

Literacy Reading Writing

Spelling Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data

Reading: Students will be reading a variety of nonfiction (factual) texts integrating the Unit topic of Sustainability.

Students will be researching facts about worms, their habitat, diet and adaptions for survival. Within their texts they will be identifying;

• Nouns

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Technical/ topic specific information

• How to identify a perspective in a text based on the language

A home activity you could do with your child could be to go to the local library to

research worm facts. Writing: Students will be creating a whole class information text about worms. This is in preparation for them to write an information text independently. Students are expected to include a variety of text features to format their informative writing including glossary and index pages.

A home activity you could do to support your child’s learning is to ask them to present facts daily about worms. Verbally creating an information text this will your child when writing their texts in class.

Spelling: Students will be extending their topic knowledge of worms while extending their visual memory of common words. Students will be;

• Identifying and sorting letters and numbers

• Identifying and sorting initial phonemes (sounds) in words

• Identifying and sorting digraphs in words (two letters making one phoneme)

• Identifying syllables in words

• Identifying long and short vowel digraphs A home activity you could do to support your child’s development would be to discuss words, their meaning and classifying them into nouns, verbs and adjectives.

THE

JLC

ROCKS!


Inquiry Science, Technology, Humanities & Creative thinking

Students will be making a present and card for their Mum, Grandparent or Aunty. Our inquiry topic- sustainability is integrated into our literacy rotations

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

Colour: Students use Japanese numbers (kanji) and colours to colour in a picture of Pikachu. Students need to correctly match both the numbers and colours.

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

Skill development

Music Ash Bourke

Learning to read music notes

P.E Ash Bourke

Fundamental motor skills

Personal, Social & Cultural Learning

Homework Reading and sight words.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Good luck to Students attending the GATEWAYS program on Monday the 7th of April. We know you will

have an amazing time and be wonderful ambassadors of our school. Mother’s Day Stall Thursday the 10th of May. Students are welcome to bring some money to buy a gift for their Mum, Nanna/ Grandma or Aunty. Thank you to our wonderful PFA for sourcing wonderful items for sale. We will have some very lucky ladies opening their presents Sunday morning. We would like to say thank you to all of the ‘Mums’ for everything they do and we hope you enjoy your special day.

Reminder to all families that our school now has two fruit breaks every day. The first is at 10am and the second is at 12:30pm. The fruit break is an important part of our student’s day. Not only does it increase their daily intake of fruits and vegetables (always a good thing) but it helps to give the body, which has a follow on effect to the brain energy to enable it to focus.


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 2

Grades 3/4 – Week 4 Commencing – Monday 7th May

Numeracy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data

Topic- Worded problems Students will be able to:

Solve problems at their level that may include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We will be looking at the strategies that will help students answer the questions, such as drawing a picture, working backwards, drawing a table, etc.

Daily automaticity activities according to student’s needs related to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You can support your child at home by helping them practise their times tables. This will help them with multiplication, division, fractions, area.

Literacy Students will be working on a range of activities based on their assessment data Reading Writing Spelling

This week students are working on developing their ability to infer from the information given, find literal information or use different cues to work out new words. Students will be developing their craft as a writer when writing persuasive pieces. This may include sentence structures, work choice, editing and the use of rhetorical questions. This week’s persuasive piece involves writing a letter to persuade a member of parliament to do more for the environment in respect to renewable energy. You can help your child by discussing how energy is used in the house and what can be done to save energy. This week students will be working through a range of spelling tasks that may include prefixes, plurals and silent letters. Feel free to discuss and reinforce these ideas with your child through the use of home texts and home reading.

Inquiry Science, Technology, Humanities & Creative thinking

Students are learning about renewable resources such as wind power, solar power, tidal power, hydro-electric power.

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

Cultural Connections: Students use prompt cards to follow the story about a boy and girl from Japan. Students increase their understanding about important cultural differences between Japan and Australia.

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

Skill development

Music Ash Bourke

Music videos

P.E Ash Bourke

Cross country preparation

Personal, Social & Cultural Learning

Gratitude

Homework Reading at least 4 times a week – reading diary needs to be signed by a parent or guardian and returned to school each Friday. Maths homework sheet Practise times tables.

SPECIAL EVENTS: WEEK 4

Monday 7th April GATEWAYS for selected students Wednesday 9th May Grade 3/4T Cooking

Thursday 10th May Mother’s Day stall

Documents

NO. 11 Friday May 3rd 2018 Dates to Remember€¦ · This edition of book club is due: Monday 7 th May . Cockatoo Primary School No 3535. Website – Earthworms! “This week, 1/2E