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

COCKATOO PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be!A Great Place To Be! NO. 23 Friday August 30th 2019

Dates to Remember August

Saturday 31st Ramo Delegation Home

September

Sunday 1st

FATHER’S DAY

Wednesday 4th

China Disco Fundraiser

Thursday 5th Ramingining Delegation Arrive

Saturday 7th Ramingining Movie Night

Sunday 8th Luna Park with the Ramingining Delegation

Tuesday 10th China Delegation Depart

Ramo Birdsland and Macdonalds

Wednesday11th EDEC Girls Footy

Community BBQ with Ramo


On Tuesday we celebrated our appreciation, learning and knowledge of

Japanese culture and traditions. The dress ups were impressive and I

especially loved the headbands some students made.

The day began with the Taiko drumming performance. Some of the

feedback was;

‘Amazing!’ ‘It was sooooo loud!’ ‘One drum, so many noises’‘I want to

do that!’

After recess the students moved around four activities in mixed ability and age groups. The activities were Origami,

Koinobori, Tamaire and Hiragana bingo. These learning opportunities were incredible and the student all gained a lot.

Huge thank you for our sushi fairies (aka PFA) who ordered, packed and

delivered some students special lunches to the classroom.

Sensai Rohan Buttenshaw put a huge amount of work into this event. He is

an asset to our school and we thank him for this event- Bring

on 2020!


Friday we held our last Bike Ed session, for the grade three students. Grade four students will begin Bike Ed in term

four. Huge thanks to Mal Doswell and Tom Fielding for their help throughout the program.

This term we also had some senior students help out. Jayden, Brett, Sean and Brady. You guys are amazing and I have

loved watching you nurture and develop a love of riding amongst the grade three students. Keep it up boys!

ONE MOB

Saturday, in the early hours of the morning the 2019 Ramingining delegation arrive back into Melbourne airport. We

are super excited to hear all about their trips and see their beautiful faces. I know they have been missed

tremendously. Detailed in this newsletter are the community events when the Ramo kids are visiting our school. You will notice a

change in activities, please note these changes were unavoidable but their visit will still be one of the best and

include what they program is about- THE KIDS.

I would like to encourage every family to come along to these events. It is amazing to see our kids interacting with

the Ramo kids and we love catching up with all of our families.

Thursday night our wonderful School Council were able to participate in the annual School Council dinner. This is an

opportunity for all EDEC school council members to come together and celebrate the unity, togetherness and impact

they are able to have within each of our schools.

At tonight’s dinner we were treated to a wonderful

presentation by Sarah Johnson. Sarah, after

working in schools and wanting to do more

developed and is now running this successful

program opening up students minds to gratitude,

empathy and mindfulness.

We were all inspired and reflective during and

after hearing Sarah speak. It made me think about

our wonderful school, sensational parents but,

most importantly our remarkable students. I am

grateful I have had the opportunity to learn with

your brilliant children!

What are you grateful for? Please take some time,

as a family to share what you are grateful for.

Personally I would like to thank every student,

Parent and Grandparent who has made my time as

being Pretend Principal enjoyable. It has been an

adventure- that I have loved because of the

support and encouragement you have all provided.

This is especially true of the Staff! I am so proud to call them my colleagues and friends. We have an amazing team

here at Cockatoo and we stick together and support each other incredibly well.

Thanks Again!

Sarah Barnes


We would like to wish the following students a very Happy

Birthday.

Harry Keily

Ivy Keily

Jacob Crawford

Annie Glasson

Declan Kruzicevic - King Regan Lougheed

Poem Bean Hugh Cook-Palmer

Makenzie Fox-Strucelj Kadence Gatt

Jolie Appleyard Taya Clearihan

Edward Dewar Brock Feltham

Marcus Trnka Kade Leinkauf

Amahli Urquiola Tahlia Blackwell

Rebecka Mylas Taj Porter

Lachy Mackenzie Maui Porter

Kayden Waterstone

Lily Aschenbrenner


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 3

JLC – Week 8 Commencing – Monday 2nd September, 2019

Numeracy Students will be finishing their data collection and graphing rotations and moving onto Time.

Students will be working on fractions and proportions. Students will be doing a pretest on fractions during this week. Foundations:

• Using hands on activities to share amounts between two people Grade 1’s and 2’s:

• Showing different ways to make a half and quarters

• Representing fractions on a number line

• Finding equivalent fractions An activity to do at home is to let your children help with the cooking at home. Ask questions while cooking using the language of, fair, equal, half, whole, even, same, unequal, uneven, quarter, thirds.

Literacy Reading Writing

Spelling Students will be working on a range of activities focusing on the development of word choice.

Reading: Students will be reading the fairy tale “Goldilocks” and “Little Red Hood”. Students will be making predictions about the book before and during reading. Students will be comparing the characters within the texts. A home activity you could do with your child is to read a variety of Fairy Tales with them. Look at the similarities between different fairy tales. Writing: Students will be finishing their fairy tale. Students will be;

• Using their plan to finish their story

• Read over their story to edit

A home activity you could do with your child this week could be asking your child to: Foundation: Practice their sounds and writing sight words Grade 1 & 2: write a sentence and check they have used a capital letter at the start of a sentence and a full stop. Students can also try find errors error’s in their writing and circle them. With access allow students to use a dictionary / internet to check correct spelling. Spelling: Students will be practicing identifying letters and sounds of the alphabet, using stretchy snake to looking at the different vowel sounds and identifying vowel clusters within words to spell A home activity you could do to support your child’s development would be to get your child to get them to spell sight words that appear in their reading book and read car number plates identifying the letters.

Inquiry

Science, Technology, Humanities & Creative thinking

Inquiry will be imbedded throughout literacy and numeracy using the Fairy Tale topic.

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

F - Body: Students learn the parts of the body and label an image. 1-2 - Family: Students learn to ask and answer about the members of theirs and others families.

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

F - Students learn to tell their stories from week 6. They describe what is happening in each picture whilst talking about settings and characters. They then learn about animation and storyboards. 1-2 - Students learn about a media artist in the graphic design and advertising industry. They consider where and why people make media artworks. They then learn about character development and story settings and begin creating their own character.

Music Ash Bourke

PP..EE Ash Bourke

Personal, Social & Cultural Learning

Revising the routine and rigor of a learning environment and staying on task during class time. Students work in fluid, differentiated groups, exposing them to a range of peers.

HHoommeewwoorrkk Reading and sight words Practice telling the time on both analogue and digital clocks with your child


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 3

3/4 – Week 8 Commencing – Monday 2nd September, 2019

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

Topic- Multiplication and Division Students will working on multiplication and division problems. You can help your child at home by looking for patterns around the home and how some patterns form a stronger result than others.

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

Reading: Students will be reading out the story they have written as part of their portfolio task. Encourage your child to read at least four nights per week and remember to write these in their reading diary. Writing: Students will be writing their goals from camp and if they felt they accomplished them. Students were asked to set goals to challenge themselves while on camp and this week they will give themselves feedback on how they went. Spelling: Students will be continuing to work on homophones and giving hints to help remember which word is which. Activities you could do at home to support this learning helping your child practise their spelling words.

Inquiry

Students will be developing their understanding of fairytales. They will be looking at myths and legends.

Japanese Rohan Buttenshaw

Working in Japan: Students complete their research project and present their findings to the class.

Visual Arts Leah Stephens

Students learn about a media artist in the graphic design and advertising industry and the processes behind their work. They then consider story principles and the elements of media arts as a way of communicating meaning. Students begin character development for their A3 storyboard.

Music Ash Bourke

PP..EE Ash Bourke

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Students will be focusing on resilience and confidence this week. Activities, to explicitly teach the concepts, will happen daily during circle time, group tasks, automaticity and mindfulness.

HHoommeewwoorrkk Read at least 4 nights each week

SPECIAL EVENTS:

China Disco – Wednesday 4th September

Ramo come down – Friday 6th September


PARENT INFORMATION BULLETIN – Term 3 SLC – Week 8 Commencing – Monday 2nd September, 2019

Numeracy

Number –Number patterns

Students will be working with number patterns that sequence, whole numbers, fractions and decimals.

Literacy

Reading- Students will continue to be working in differentiated groups investigating the epic poem

Beowulf. Students will be identifying and interpreting old English language and placing it within

modern understandings.

Spelling- Students will be examining different kinds of figurative language including simile, metaphor

and personification and examining pop culture and poetry for examples of each

Writing- Students will continue be experimenting with writing poetry in the historical epic traditions,

using poetry to describe narratives and investigating the history of poetry and the oral traditions

surrounding mythological works.

Inquiry Students are researching Beowulf and using their work across the core learning areas.

Japanese

Rohan Buttenshaw

Japanese Anime: Students watch a video from Studio Ghibli catalogue and make observations about

cultural and value differences they hear and see.

Visual Arts

Leah Stephenson

Students learn about a media artist in the graphic design and advertising industry and the processes

behind their work. They then consider story principles and the elements of media arts as a way of

communicating meaning. Students begin character development for their A3 storyboard.

Performing Arts

Ash Bourke

P.E

Ash Bourke

Personal, Social &

Cultural Learning

Circle time discussions will also focus on how mutual respect contributes to everybody’s well being.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

2nd Harper’s Hair day

5th Ramo Arrive


Tuesday the 10th of September, The whole School community are invited to join the Ramo kids for an afternoon of fun and discovery at; Birsdland Reserve Address: 271 Mt Morton Rd, Belgrave Heights VIC 3160 at 4pm, straight after school. We will play, explore and form relationships together until 5:30. At 5:30 everyone is invited to join the Ramo group for dinner at Tecoma McDonalds. Parents are responsible for all costs and to transport and to supervise their child during the event.

Wednesday the 11th of September, the Whole

School Community are invited to come and

celebrate our annual Community Barbeque.

The barbeque will begin at 5pm, in the undercover

area.

BYO all food, drinks, cutlery, sauces etc.


Come join the Ramo Mob to watch

the movie “Wonder Park” on:

SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER Tickets sold at the door:

$20 A FAMILY

OR $5 PER PERSON

St Lukes Church

1 Mc Bride Street, Cockatoo

Food from 5pm. . .

MOVIE STARTS AT 6pm

SELLING:

HAMBURGERS

SAUSAGES

DRINKS

POPCORN

HOT JAM DONUTS

LOLLY BAG


Sunday 8th of September Luna Park with the Ramo kids

Entry prices

$39.95 child

$49.95 adult

Luna Park opens at 11am and closes at 6pm.

This is an event that our guests from

Ramingining always look forward to with

our Cockatoo Kids.

Come for a great day for the whole family and

stay for as long or as little as you can.

Hope to see you all there for a fun filled day of laughter and

memories

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