Monday 11th September 2017 The yard will be supervised before school from 8.45am and after school

until 3.45pm (Except Wednesday 3.30pm).

Students must not be left in the playground before or after school. Any student left unsupervised before 8.45am or after 3.45pm

(3.30pm Wednesday) will be sent to Camp Australia at a cost to parents/carers. Lunch eating: 11:00am–11:15am Yard time: 11.15am-12.00pm Recess: 2.00pm-2.30pm

School Finish: 3.30pm (Wednesdays 3.15pm)

Term Dates

Term 3: July 17 – Sept 22

Term 4 : Oct 9 – Dec 22

Important Dates

October 9th – 11th

Grade 3/4 Camp Rumbug

Pupil-Free Days 2017

Term 4- Thursday 12th October and

Friday 13th October- Concept-

driven curriculum in Mathematics

Camp Australia will be operating

out of hours care, subject to

minimum registration numbers.

Dear parents and carers,

Thank you for the amazing way in which learning areas were

presented and your teamwork on the Celebration of

Learning and Exhibition Evening. Student work presented and

teacher presentations were of a high standard and

demonstrated the breadth of learning and teaching in the

school. Great conversations amongst families and visitors to

the school!

Here are some examples of student learning across the school.

The Year 6 Exhibition was a fantastic event which showcased

the process of learning in a medium that totally engaged the

students for a whole term, and the audience on the night! I felt

so proud of our Year 6 students and the short films they

showcased. They definitely demonstrated a high level of craft

with the critical elements of film making. They developed their

own scripts, deconstructed short films and understood

elements of cinematography.

SCHOOL COUNCIL

Executive Officer: Philip Fox

President: Mark Hollis

Vice President: Erika Jonsson

Secretary: Raylene Varrone

Finance – Philip, Julie, Mark,

Justin

Health, Wellbeing & Canteen –

Melissa, Erika

Grounds, Building & Safety –

Bridget, Justin, Caroline

ICT – Rachel, Aaron, David

Education & Policy (Vietnamese

Immersion) – Chau, Kathy,

Stacey

Fundraising – Philip, Erika, Hazel,

Kiah

Office Hours

MON-FRI 8.30am - 4.00pm

Office Staff

Eloise: Monday & Wednesday

Jessie: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

Nicole: Monday & Tuesday

Rowena: Wednesday, Thursday &

Friday

Julie: Monday to Friday

PAYMENT DETAILS

Direct Deposit

Footscray Primary School

BSB:063 132

Account number 10090179

Please include a reference with the

student(s)’ names.

EFTPOS available at the office

Congratulations to Sam and Andrew for facilitating such

rich 21st century learning for our students. An exhibition

doesn’t just ‘happen’ without the input of all of the teachers

in the years before the Exhibition takes place. The work

that has gone into designing learning and developing the

inquiry process with the focus on skills over the years has

made the Exhibition experience a true inquiry process.

Have a wonderful tour to Vietnam which includes a visit to

our sister school next week. I look forward to being part of

this rich cultural experience that supports our students to

become internationally minded citizens.

Philip Fox

Principal

Year One News

In Grade One we are inquiring into How We Express Ourselves,

with our central idea being natural environments can inspire

creativity. We have been focusing on how and why the natural

environment inspires us, and how these environments are

expressed in different art forms.

At the beginning of the unit, we set up different provocations

which included images from Jeannie Baker books, artwork by

Andy Goldsworthy, poetry, and videos of Ludovico Einaudi and

Cirque du Soleil. All of these provocations and artists were

inspired by nature.

We have also been exposing students to various tone poems

which focus on particular environments such as rainforests,

jungles, the ocean and streams. In small groups, students

created their own movement acts where they were inspired by

nature and expressed their ideas through movement. Students

below were inspired by rain and how water moves and flows

during various rain conditions.

We also were very fortunate to have Anne, our new PYP

Coordinator, come into the Grade One classrooms to teach our

students about soundscapes. The students were so engaged in

this lesson and loved creating a whole class soundscape,

focusing on a storm as their natural environment. Students

generated sounds which they might hear within the storm, and

put these ideas into a sequence to create their soundscape.

They also loved listening to Anne playing the guitar, and were

able to incorporate music into their own soundscapes at the end

of the lesson.

Indigenous Literacy Day

On Wednesday 6th September, Footscray Primary School

celebrated Indigenous Literacy Day. We would like to thank

all teachers, students and families for such a successful

celebration of literacy learning and some incredible costumes!

All students participated in a whole day of creative and

innovative literacy-based activities in multi-age groups. Our

teachers organised highly engaging and exciting activities

that included book making, poetry slams, musical readers

theatre of Tiddalik the Frog, digital literacies about No Way

Yirrikipayi! and craft activities connected to Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander stories.

I would also like to thank families for their fantastic effort in

our FPS Great Book Swap. Many families have been bringing

in books over the last few weeks and this ensured that the

Book Swap was a big success. It was exciting observing the

engagement and enthusiasm in students eagerly sifting

through our huge collection of books. It was a wonderful way

to encourage literacy through the exchange of favourite

literature.

Our overall fundraising total was $880! Thank you to teachers

and families for all of their support towards the Indigenous

Literacy Foundation. The proceeds will go towards supporting

access to literacy resources in remote communities and

closing the literacy gap between indigenous and non-

indigenous students.

Kathy Winton

Literacy Leader

CALENDAR 2017

Term 3 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week

9

11

Vietnam Study

Tour Leaving

12

Grade 1 Excursion

Macedon Gardens

13 Grade 2 Incusion

Hands on Science

14 15

Week

10

18 19 20 21 22

Vietnam Study Tour Returning 12.45pm Whole school assembly

End of Term 3

1.30pm finish

Term 4

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week

1

9th October

First day Term 4

Grade 34 Leave

Camp Rumbug

10th

Grade 34

Camp Rumbug

11th

Grade 34

Camp Rumbug

Return

12th

Pupil Free Day

Concept Driven

Curriculum

13th October

Pupil Free Day

Concept Driven

Curriculum

Student of the Week

GRADE STUDENT AWARD FOR

00C Aarav Caring

Always showing a kind and caring nature at school.

Aarav loves to help his peers, is able to cooperate and

share with all students. Well Done Aarav!

01A Honore Commitment

His commitment to his reading, Honore has been

focused on his goal of making the bumpy smooth to

sound like a reading star. He has been challenging

himself by reading new books and using a variety of

strategies to solve and check tricky words in the

books. He has also been experimenting with changing

his voice to sound like the characters. Keep

challenging yourself Honore and you will continue to

grow as a reader!

01C Ben Commitment

For having an amazing positive approach to all aspects

of his learning where he has shown great dedication

and enthusiasm. Ben has been particularly impressive

with his writing endeavours. Well done Ben, we are so

lucky to have you in our class!

01D Crystal Enthusiasm

Enthusiastically creating a soundscape that was

inspired by nature and confidently sharing this with

your class.

02C Zara Enthusiasm

For showing enthusiasm during her class action. Zara

created a wonderful song that reflected her

understanding of our unit on inquiry around saving the

earth’s resources.

03B Lucy Inquirers

Over the last couple of weeks you have shown you are

a true inquirer as you continue to ask questions. Well

Done!

03B Summer Caring

In response to our class challenge to be kind, you

have shown a caring attitude by supporting your

friends and peers alike in their times of need. Well

done and keep up the good work.

04A Rayan Caring Demonstrating care and tolerance for the needs and

feelings of others. Keep up the fantastic work Rayan!

04B Maisie Cooperation

Approaching all learning with enthusiasm and effort!

Maisie has gained confidence in her ability to make

independent decisions. Excellent work, Maisie!

05B Tori Open-minded For listening to feedback about her writing and being

open to changing what she was writing about.