Almands Avenue, Roxburgh Park, Victoria, 3064

Telephone: 03 9303 9335 Facsimile: 03 9303 9338

Email: roxburgh.park.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au www.roxburghparkps.vic.edu.au

ROXBURGH PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL No 5485

“Achieving Excellence Together”

Newsletter Our school values: Honesty • Empathy • Co-operation • Trust • Respect

18th May, 2017

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Temos

Ari

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Anthony

Prep C - Ms Marino

Hoane

1A - Ms Moon

Angie

1B - Ms Buc & Ms Asta

Jamie

1C - Ms Thompson

Jesse

2A - Ms Finnigan Eric

Dear Parents and Guardians,

We would like to recognise our students and their families who have achieved the difficult goal of 100% attendance for the month of April. 100% Attendance for April.

The following students have been at school every day.

PA Retal, Maya, Tiya, Jasmine,

Chenelle, Moses, Tanush, Divya

PB Abrar, Elia, Hasan, Ali, Martine,

Zainab, Aya, Seray

PC Aitulagi, Huda,Hawra

1A Zaid,Amelia, Gryphon, Mahmoud,

Carlos, Annabella, Hoane, Cruz, Gia

Linh, Tasha, Tejah, Mehmet, Leny

1B Muniba, Noor, Heidi, Yashica,

Ashhad

1C Mason, Maather, Lujayen, Kina,

John, Justice, Penny, Grace, Fatma,

Sash, Alina

2A Milad, Abdullahi, Saranur, Mirna,

Mikail E, Mikail H, Umut, Ayva

2B Youssef, Lailah, Sirin, Batuhan,

Melisa, Amira, Kasim, Sophie, Yunus,

Lakshan, Mohamed, Lorelai

2C Tiana, Rashad, Schmidt, William,

Zara, Jamie, Amina, Burak, Yara, Hadis,

Andirya, Sariah

3A Laith, Malaq, Azemina, Megan,

Harper, Nerissa, Sarah, Salman,

Varish, Tyrell

3B Shazer, Leo, Ayah, Abdirahman,

Porchinnne, Millennial, Jaffar, Kane,

Arianna, Salma

3C Farouk, Yesmin, Angie, Oshana,

Hadi, Idrees, Rodney, Rami, Beyza,

Daniel

4A Dylan, Noah, Ananiaz, Crystoria,

Tanu, Jieh

4B Yusuf, Rania, Eloise, Khadija, Ehab,

Juzair, Ahmed, Hassan, Bashir, Christano

4C Hamza, Oj, Younis, Simeon, Alosi,

Ugur, Omar, Courtney, Charlotte, Rasha,

Fowsiya

5A Lennox, Chaddy, Nawal, Amani, Fares,

Jaiveer

5B Ahmad, Selina, Ibrahim, James,

Malishaka, Finest, Benjamin, Naomi,

Lamar, Zarnab

5C Laura, Ekin, Mazen, Samir, Nouha,

Rami, Muhammad, Dale, Beyza, Salv

6A Sarah ,Kade, Parinitta ,Ece ,Zaid,

Petone, Pahan, Abdul, Precious Fillifilli

6B Bora, Christina, Rayan,

Huda,Yousif,Fadi

6C Hafsa, Maryam, Daniel,Yasir,

Maab,Rhiley, Callum, Bilal, Anjie,

Areeba,Mitchell

6D Faouzi, Alexander, Aysu, Christie,

Sevda, Jamal, Karley, Vina, Younes,

Zeinab

FlexiBuzz App

FlexiBuzz (formally known as Tiqbiz) is an app that is available for use on many different devices. We are using this app to communicate with parents. We are currently using FlexiBuzz for: Newsletters Calendar Absence notifications We encourage every parent / guardian to download the FlexiBuzz App and add Roxburgh Park Primary School to their inbox. You will be able to submit student absences via the app, authorised by your signature, electronically signed straight onto the screen with your finger.

Helpful Hints: When finding "our name"

type in Roxburgh Park Primary School in the "find" section.

When ticking, all families need to tick "Whole School" as well as the categories unique to you eg. Grade 2.

Use FlexiBuzz for an Absence Note: 1. Go to your FlexiBuzz app. 2. Tap on Whole School 3. Tap on Absence 4. Fill in your child's name,

grade, reason for absence and date

5. Sign and add your email for a reference.

This message is sent directly to the school email.

OSHC

For Outside School Hours

Care please contact Camp

Australia on 1300 105 343

DATES TO REMEMBER

- 19th May – 5/6 Sport (Home)

- 24th May – Grade 1 Minibeast Incursion

- 26th May – 5/6 Sport (Away)

- 7th June – Grade 3 Imax and Shrine Excursion

- 13th – 23 June - Grade 2 Chicken Hatching program

you can do it

AWARD

Angie & Sara 2A, Ehab & OJ 4C

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

GRADE

STUDENT

Prep A – Ms Temos

Prep B - Ms Richardson

Gabriel

Prep C - Ms Marino

Layla

1A - Ms Moon

Tejah

1B - Ms Asta

Grace

1C - Ms Thompson

Lujayen

2A - Ms Finnigan

Mikhaill

2B - Ms Free

Batuhan

2C - Ms Mandaliti

Burak

3A - Ms Rosella

Whole class

3B - Ms Baido

Hana

3C – Ms Buc/Ms Brereton

Gulusum

4A – Ms Monsone & Ms Ciantar

Jad

4B – Mr Moat

Eloise

4C – Ms Leditschke

Musaab

5A – Mr Penhall

Amani

5B - Ms Garita

Sarah

5C - Ms Jankievski & Ms Fry

Saad

6A – Mr Urbancic

Sarah

6B – Ms Oram-Parkinson

6C – Mr Wright

6D – Ms Davenport

Aleasha

Performing Arts - Ms Verde

Visual Art Award - Ms Borg/Ms Fitzpatrick

Junior – Justice 1B Senior – Mark 5A

You can do it Award

Staff Award

Chris Walker – for making

our school so wonderful

through maintenance and

his presence each day.

Principal Award Rumaysa, Zainab & Maryam

from grade 6 for an

outstanding singing performance at assembly.

All students have now begun the Challenge. It is good to see so many of you in the library before the bell changing your books. The library will be open before school every day for students to change their library books and access the computers if they need to, until the end of the Challenge on August 12th. If you need any assistance or further information please see Chris in the library. Parents welcome. Thank you. Chris Quayle VPRC co-ordinator

Dear parents,

As you know our fundraiser this year is a Cadbury chocolate

drive.

We would like to remind you to return your money and/or

unsold chocolates to the school ASAP.

We thank you for your continuous support.

Kind regards,

Roxburgh Park Parents and Friends.

Wow word of the week

Are you the WOW word of the Week Champion?

Every week in the newsletter there will be an interesting or unusual wow word

written with its meaning from the dictionary.

Can you put that word in an amazing sentence? If so, write it on a piece of paper,

include your name and grade and pop it in

the box in the office. If your sentence is the most impressive, then you will

feature on our WOW writer champion board displayed in the foyer of the office.

Winner announced each week at assembly.

Happy writing! Lisa EL

This weeks word below!

LAST WEEK’S Wow WINNER

Someone once dropped a slice of cheese from their sandwich on the

pavement outside and no one dared to pick it up. It just sat there and

it got mouldy and grimy. To this day it is still one the pavement.

Maddison T 6B

TATTERED – old and torn.

Step Into Prep

This program is open to all children eligible for school in 2018.

Session times: 2-3pm

2017 Program Details Literacy – Join in our fun story time! Share the reading of one

of our favourite ‘Big Books.’ Make a puppet or character from

the story. Act it out!

Maths – Design a new toy! Number rhymes, songs, games,

counting activities. See if you can build a tower, run in a race or

swat a number!

Performing Arts – Join in the fun of listening, singing and moving

to music! Hear our own RPPS choir sing!

ICT – Have fun exploring the ICT lab! Use Ipads in the

classrooms and play games like Reading Eggs and Mathletics on

our own classroom laptops!

Investigation -Discover our science area! Make a ‘Hairy Harry!’

Grow your own plants, play in the home corner and make

interesting things using playdough!

Teddy Bears Picnic – Bring your teddy along to school and enjoy a

picnic in our beautiful playground. Sing songs, play games and

share your bear stories!

Book now! Ring the school on 9303 9335 to book for one,

two, three, four or all five sessions.

Step Into Prep The ‘Step into Prep’ transition program prepares pre-

schoolers for their entry into primary school. The

sessions mirror many of the activities and routines

that the children will be presented with when they

begin school. The staff are caring and supportive and

the activities have educational merit and are

interactive and fun.

Session dates and times for 2017:

26th May – 2:00 pm – 3.00 pm

2nd June – 2:00 pm – 3.00 pm

9th June – 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

16th June – 2.00pm – 3.00pm

23rd June – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

For all enquiries, please feel free to contact the

office on 9303 9335

Upcoming Payments All excursion money sent to school MUST be in an envelope or a zip-lock bag with the Child’s name, grade and amount written clearly. Too many times we

are receiving money with no accompanying details of which child to credit.

Event Date of Event

Cost of Event

Payment Due

2017 Book Fees Term 1 $170.00 Due Now

Grade 1 Minibeast 24th May $10.00 Due Now

Grade 3 IMAX & Shrine 7th June $25.00 24th May

Grade 2 Chicken Hatching 13th June $5.00 6th June

Congratulations to the Mathletics classes of the week

Gold - 6D Silver – 2C Bronze- 2A

Week ending 12th May 2017

READY, SET, GO!

Starting Prep in 2018?

Ready, Set Go! is a Pre-Prep Program designed to help

students that are enrolled at Roxburgh Park Primary

School for 2018 settle into the school environment and

assist them in preparing for school.

The sessions will focus on:

●Establishing daily routines

●Developing speaking and listening skills and vocabulary

●Participating in reading and writing activities

●Counting and exploring maths concepts

●Developing social skills and forming relationships

●Groups activities and turn taking

●Developing fine - motor and gross – motor skills

Where: Roxburgh Park Primary School

When: Fridays – beginning Friday 28th April 2017

Time: 9:15am – 10:15am (we will begin with 1 hour sessions

and extend them as the year progresses)

Cost: Free (your child must be enrolled to start prep at

Roxburgh Park Primary School in 2018)

For further information, please contact the school on

9303 9335

Every class should have pet.

I believe the class shouldn’t have a class pet.

My first reason is if someone is allergic to the pet it will be bad. They will have to go to the

hospital and maybe even die!

Next is at recess or lunch, the pet will run out of the classroom. The kids will follow it onto

the road and the will get run over by the cars!

On the other hand who is going to feed the pet on the holidays? There will be no teachers

at school!

As you can tell this is my opinion why we shouldn’t have a class pet!

By Umut 2A

Would you want your toy to talk?

I strongly believe that a talking toy would be a great idea.

Firstly, if your brother or sister are in high school and they don’t want to play with you, you

can just play with your amazing talking toy. This is an amazing idea because at least you are

doing something useful.

Another reason is if you don’t have a brother or sister you can draw with your talking toy or

it can help your mum clean the house and do the dishes. This is a marvellous idea because

you are helping your mum and not asking her “What shall I do?”

Finally, if your mum and dad are always busy and they go to work your talking toy can take

care of you. This is a great idea because if no one takes care of you someone can knock on

your door and kidnap you.

These are the reasons why having a talking toy is a fabulous idea!

By Batol Al-Mahdi 2C