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Number: 22 Date: 5th August 2015

Tucker Road, Bentleigh Primary School -

No: 4687

16 Tucker Road Bentleigh 3204

P.O. Box 1341 Moorabbin 3189

Phone: 9557 2044

Fax: 9557 2181

Web Site:

http:/www.tuckerroad.vic.edu.au

Email:tucker.rd.bentleigh.ps@

edumail.vic.gov.au

DATES TO DIARY 2015 Thursday 6th August Casual Day

Friday 7th August

Grade 6 Movie Night

Monday 10th August

PFA Meeting 9.30am

Wednesday 12th August Grandparents Day Year 2

Tuesday 18th August School Council 8-00pm

Saturday 29thAugust School Trivia Night

Friday 4th September Fathers Day Stall

Thursday 17th September Moorabbin District Athletics

Friday 18th September

Fathers Breakfast Year 1

Last Day of Term

School Camp Dates for 2015 Year 4 Camp

Wednesday 18th-Friday 20th November

Maldon

Swimming Programs Program 1

Monday 24th August-Thursday 3rd

September (Years 3-6)

Program 2

2nd September - 11th September (Preps)

Students nominated for the TRBPS Values

Award for the 8th August 2015 were:

Darcie Biel Taine Workman

Levi Dobbs Rory Boag

Johnny Valavanis Noel Back

Alexander Pantelios Aaron Brabner

Liam Dyson Lihi Barel

Jaimie Ferguson Lily Bree

Madeline Sibraa Charlie Clifton

Hugo Heppingstone Willis Reidy

Jackson Morrissey Chelsea Bach

Amelie Rasmussen Josh Gough

Ashleigh Domaschenz

Danielle Pedersen

Newsletter Term 3 week 4 BullyStoppers Initiative As part of the Bully Stoppers Program we have been working with the

Bayside City Council Youth Forum on ‘Bayside Says no to Bullying’ as an

avenue for the students to voice their concerns and discuss issues around

bullying. On Wednesday July 29th the Bayside City Council hosted a ‘Say No

to Bullying Forum’ at the Brighton Town Hall for a representative group of

years 5 and 6 students from Sandringham PS, Hampton PS, Brighton Beach

PS, Beaumaris PS, Sandringham East PS, Gardenvale PS, St. Finbars PS and

St. Agnes PS. The School Captains and the Year 5 SRC members attended the

Forum on behalf of TRBPS.

The students attended a variety of workshops to discuss the issues of bullying,

wellbeing, friendships and cyber bullying. This forum provided students with

an opportunity to actively participate in raising awareness in the local

community around the issue of bullying. Students were given time to discuss

and brainstorm strategies that can be used to address bullying in schools and

the local community. This forum was hosted by the Bayside Mayor Felicity

Frederico and students listened to and worked with various expert guest

speakers, including ‘Project Rocket’. Students gathered ideas and strategies

that they can use to promote positive behaviours back at their school and to

take a stand against bullying. The students really enjoyed the day and are

currently writing their own reflections which will feature in next week’s

newsletter. Thank you to Mrs Rachel Kushnir and Mr Peter Seddon who

accompanied the students on this day.

KidsMatter News KidsMatter is an Australian mental health and wellbeing initiative set in

primary schools and in early childhood education and care services – like

preschools, kindergartens and day care centres. It’s not a program, but a

framework that helps these places take care of all their mental health needs.

At Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School we are at the beginning stages of

implementing this framework.

To find out more about KidsMatter, we are inviting parents to attend either

one of the briefings to be held at the school. An invitation was sent home

early this week with the eldest child in the family. Please return the reply slip

if you are attending either one of the sessions. Sessions are scheduled for

Monday August 10 at 9.30am - Parents Resource Room or September 8 at

7pm in the Hall.

Working Bee News Last Sunday morning August 2, we held a working Bee at the school under

the guidance of the BAGs team. It was very successful and those who

attended managed to complete the various work projects scheduled for this

Working Bee. Please see the report on the next page from Kel Segbedzi, the

team facilitator. Thank you to all of the families that attended to make sure

our school is always well presented and safe. Thank you to Mr Kel Segbedzi

for coordinating this event on behalf of BAGs. As I have said many times

before, we really appreciate your effort and commitment to the school.

BOOK CLUB REMINDER

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY.

ISSUE 5

Orders are due back to the school by

FRIDAY 7TH AUGUST 2015

Late orders will NOT be processed until the next issue. Therefore expect a delay with every possibility of stock being sold

out. Please make sure your child’s name and grade are on all order forms and on the envelope marked “BookClub”.

Payments can be made by the following:

Cash - no change given

Cheque - made payable to Scholastic Australia Pty Ltd.

Credit Card - no minimum limit.

Extra Brochures are available on the table outside the General Office.

You are not only encouraging your child to read, but you are helping the school each time you place an order.

For any Book Club queries please contact Book Club Helpers

Canteen News

Reminder Orders are to be written clearly on a

lunch bag in blue, black or red ink, any

other marker is difficult to read. Please

do not sticky tape lunch bags up. A

reminder to enclose .10 cents for a bag

if an envelope is used.

** NOW AVAIALBLE

POTATO BAKE $3.50

A GREAT VEGETARIAN OPTION

Canteen Roster

Thursday 6th August Shirley Mandy Griffiths

Tuesday 11th August

Anna Lake

Thursday 13th August

Maria Verginis Shae Golden

Tuesday 18th August

Lisa Robinson (10.45) Yovitz Bell

Thursday 20th August

Adeline Raymer Carmela

Tuesday 25th August

Alzira Redfern (11.30) Kerri Collins

Thursday 27th August

Kylie Brkic Natalia Tripp

Tuesday 1st September

Nelle Johnston Yovitz Bell

Thursday 3rd September

Shirley Mandy Griffiths

Tuesday 8th September

Kate Wengier Zuhra Balic (10.30am)

Thursday 10th September

Maria Verginis Carmela

Tuesday 15th September

Anna Lake

Thursday 17th September

Dianne Anton Adeline Raymer

Tuesday 6th October

Nelle Johnston Yovitz Bell

Thursday 8th October

Shirley Mandy Griffiths

Tuesday 13th October

Anna Lake

Thursday 15th October

Maria Verginis Natalia Tripp

Levelled Literacy Intervention (LLI) news and Maternity leave. On behalf of the school community I would like to wish Mrs Hope Ahern and

her husband Brent our very best wishes for the impending birth of their first

child. Hope’s final day at TRBPS will be August 7. We wish both Brent and

Hope great excitement and congratulations as they enter the next phase in their

life as parents. Best wishes Hope for the future!

The LLI program will continue to be implemented by Mrs Leonie Wallis; a

past teacher of TRBPS who has been on Family Leave. Leonie will be

working part time and will ensure that this program continues to be

implemented effectively for the remainder of the term. Leonie will work

closely with Mrs Ahern and Mrs Mehl to learn all about this literacy support

program and understand where the students are placed so she can continue to

assist their literacy progress. If you have any concerns please contact Mrs

Marie Chalas to discuss your child’s needs. Welcome back Leonie!

Have a great week!

Mrs Robyn Farnell

Principal

Working Bee Thank you The working bee on Sunday 2nd of August was a well-attended affair with a

great number of essential tasks completed.

These ranged from clearing and raking of playgrounds and sandpits, mulch

general maintenance to scoping out of future works including repurposing of

the rear shelter shed and an office refurbishment. The team have identified

several other opportunities that we would like to tackle if we can similar levels

of support for the last 3 working bees of 2015.

The BAGS team would particularly like to thank the following attendees,

James Ireson, Martin Day, Andrew Lardner, Tim Ellis, David Metzke, Ronen

Saig, Eliza Bennett, Stacey Knight, Tripp Family, Diarmuid O’Malley,

Andrew Robinson and the Segbedzi Family for giving their valuable time and

efforts to ensure the school is well maintained for the TRBPS community.

Kel Segbedzi PREMIERS’ READING CHALLENGE Only 1 month to go to complete the challenge.

When you have finished please print out your list and return it to the library,

so I can verify the results.

Happy Reading Everyone!

Robyn Donoghue

Prep Enrolments 2016 Enrolments are due by Friday 7th August After this date restrictions

may apply.

P.F.A Cadbury Chocolate Fundraiser Thank you to all the families that are

participating in our Chocolate Drive.

Thank you to all the families that have

already returned payment and to those that

made a donation in lieu of selling

chocolates.

We would ask that ALL money and unsold

chocolates be returned to the school by

MONDAY 10TH AUGUST.

If you have returned payment and are able

to sell another box please enquire at the

office.

Once again thank you for your support.

Parents & Friends Association

Reminder Book Parade

Wednesday 19th

August 9:15am

Tucker Road will be having a

dress up parade to celebrate book

week.

Students can come dressed as

their favourite book character or

as their favourite book!

Authors of The Warlock’s Child

series, Paul Collins and Sean

KidsMatter KidsMatter is an Australian mental health and wellbeing initiative set in primary schools and in early childhood education and

care services – like preschools, kindergartens and day care centres.

It’s not a program, but a framework that helps these places take care of all their mental health needs.

At Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School we are the beginning stages of implementing this framework.

To find out more about KidsMatter, we are inviting parents to attend either one of the briefings to be held at the school. An

invitation was sent home early this week with the eldest child in the family. Please return the reply slip if you are attending

either one of the sessions.

Tucker Road Bentleigh Primary School

Invites you to the

KidsMatter Briefing

Monday 10 August at 9:30 am – Parents Resource Room

Tuesday 8 September at 7 pm – Hall

School Banking Rewards now available! Term 3 The reward items touching down to earth in Term 3 are (available while stocks last):

Cosmic Light Beam Torch Glow-in-the-Dark Solar System

For every deposit made at school, no matter how big or small, students will receive a cool Dollarmites token. Once students have

individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for these exclusive School Banking reward items in recognition of their

continued savings behaviour. There are 2 new items to come in Term 4 as well!

Remember our school earns 5% commission on every deposit made (to a maximum of $10 per individual deposit).

If your children are not currently involved in the School Banking program and you would like to know more, please ask for a

2015 School Banking program Information Pack from the School office.

Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and don’t forget that <day> is School Banking day!

Woolworths Earn & Learn is back! We are excited to be taking part in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. You can help our school by collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Points. Just collect Woolworths Earn & Learn Points when you shop at Woolworths between Wednesday 15th July and Tuesday 8th September 2015. We will redeem these for awesome educational resources for our school.

Simply stick the stickers onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Points sheet and once it's completed, just bring it back to school and drop it in the collection box in the main office, or drop it into the Tucker Road Primary School collection box at your local Woolworths store. The more we collect, the more we can redeem. There are thousands of products available through the Woolworths Earn & Learn program, and we'd like to get lots of new gear! Products in the range include resources for mathematics, English, science, art & crafts, sports gear, library supplies and more. We are grateful for your support and look forward to a successful program. If you have any questions, please ask at school.