PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

DIARY DATES

Tuesday 7th December Transition

Tuesday 7th December Student Banking Last day

Friday 10th December Gr 5/6 End of year excur.

Friday 10th December End of year reports

Monday 13th December Grade 6 Graduation

Friday 17th December Term 4 end 1:30pm finish

NEWSLETTER N0.37 2ND DECEMBER 2010

NOTICES DUE BACK BY

Monday 6th December Gr 5/6 End of year excursion

Monday 6th December Grade 6 Graduation form

BERWICK LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL Phone: 9707 1766 Fax: 9796 2198

E-mail: berwick.lodge.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Visit our Websites : http:// www.berwicklodgeps.vic.edu.au,

Camp Australia/Out of School Hours Care: 9769 8251

DECEMBERBER 17TH END OF TERM 4 1:30PM FI NISH

EMBRACE THE FESTIVE SPIRIT:

HERALD SUN

You may have seen in yesterday‟s Herald

Sun children from our school featured

on page 1 and in an article on page 5 in

relation to our new Premier, Ted

Bailleau‟s edict that issues of “political

correctness” should not deter schools

from conducting traditional Christmas

celebrations and festivities. Berwick

Lodge has provided non-denominational,

approved Christian religious education

classes for many years. Yesterday‟s

concert was in keeping with this

program. In saying that, “political

correctness” has never been a

consideration in our decision-making and

our R.E. staff; led by Lisa Badenhop, are

to be complimented for their dedication

and enthusiasm that they bring to their

R.E. classes. The photos of our children

on pages 1 & 5 in the nativity scenes

were simply stunning.

PARKING FINES IN COLLINS

CRESCENT

A number of parents have been issued

with parking fines for parking their cars

illegally in Collins Crescent since work

began on our BER project last week. If

you were booked on the first day that

work began and believe that you have a

strong case for the fine to be reviewed,

please contact me at the school to

discuss your case.

STAFFING CHANGES

We have now finalised our teaching staff

for next year, subject as always, to

unforeseen last minute changes! Emily

Nolde, Andrew Searle and Ashleigh

Jacobs will be leaving us at the end of

this year and Amy Carlile and Lyn

Chudleigh will be leaving early to mid

term 1 next year. In thanking, Andrew,

Emily and Ashleigh for their respective

contributions to our school, I wish them

every success and happiness in the

future.

Fiona Froelich is returning from Family

Leave, having worked in a number of

grades at our school for several years

prior to taking leave. We have also

appointed two graduate class teachers to

our school. Robert Kelly and Lucy

Harding will be joining us in 2011.

Robert is known to many people at our

school already – he has been working at

our school during this year already in a

variety of grades as a Casual Relief

Teacher. Robert‟s special interests

include journalism and multimedia

studies; in particular film making. Robert

will be taking a Year 6 class in 2011.

Lucy is a qualified palaeontologist in

addition to her teaching qualifications

and has been a research scientist in a

previous career. Lucy‟s passion for

teaching led her to forgo a successful

career in scientific research, which

included a stint in Antarctica. Lucy is a

keen sportsperson also and will be in

charge of a Year 5 class next year.

CONGRATULATIONS ERIN

Erin, one of our Year 5 students has

been acknowledged by our former

premier, John Brumby, in a ceremony at

Parliament House for her contribution to

the MS Read-a-thon. Erin raised $1,745 -

coming top 5 in Victoria and top 15 in

Australia. That was a fantastic effort by

Erin, all the more so because it was in

support of a very worthy cause indeed.

WHAT A GREAT MOSAIC

MURAL!

Work is nearing completion on the

stunning mosaic mural on display on the

exterior wall of our senior area

classroom building (visible from our main

courtyard). Children in our senior grades

have been working diligently on this

wonderful project with Helen Harmer, a

mosaic artist, and our Visual Arts

teachers Julie McLeod and Jo Zammit.

The mosaic has a theme in keeping with

our You Can Do It student wellbeing

program and is a wonderful example of

our school‟s outstanding visual arts

program. Well done everyone. Please

take the time to enjoy this great piece of

artwork.

F R E Q U E N T L Y A S K E D

QUESTIONS (FAQ’s)

Q. How do you work out which

teachers teach where?

A. Firstly, in consultation with each and

every teacher. Teachers have significant

input into where they teach. Secondly,

the overall needs and priorities of the

school are considered. Sometimes the

wishes of individuals are secondary to

the needs of the school. I can say that we

have an open and inclusive process for

the allocation of teaching responsibilities

for our staff and I believe that this is a

most important pre-condition for

success.

QUOTABLE QUOTE

‘If rarity is the measure of value, then

the lessons of hindsight will never be

worth much.’

HENRY GROSSEK

ASS ISTANT PRINCIPALS’ REPORT

GRADE PLACEMENT 2011

Class lists for 2011 will be placed on

display tomorrow afternoon (after

3:00PM) in the following locations: The

Library office windows and doorway, the

Performing Arts Room windows, the Art

Room external door and side windows

and the Staffroom windows at the front

of the administration building. These

final class lists are a result of an

extensive consultation process within

teaching teams, as well as across teams.

Individual placement of all children has

been carefully considered, taking a range

of criteria into account. Parent support

of our decisions regarding class

placement will be greatly appreciated.

Students will be told their 2011 grade by

their class teacher tomorrow afternoon.

ORIENTATION MORNING

Next Tuesday morning our current

student in Years Prep to 5, new students

to the school for next year and our 2011

prep students will participate in a whole

school transition program from 9:30AM

until 1:30PM. (the new prep students

will arrive at 9:45AM) The aim of this

program is to familiarise all students with

their class group and teacher for 2011.

Students will have the opportunity to

play in their 2011 play areas and meet

some new friends throughout the

morning. Lunch orders will be collected

and returned to their 2011 classroom.

Students transferring out of the school

(Prep to Year 5) will be involved in a

range of cross age activities in the

Library and Art Room for the morning.

Most of our current Year 6 students will

be attending their respective Year 7

transition programs. Those not involved

have been invited to assist in the new

prep classes for the morning.

LAST DAY ARRANGEMENTS

Parents are reminded that school

finishes on Friday 17th December at

1:30PM. Due to the early finish time

Camp Australia will operate their

program from 1:30PM until 6:30PM.

Students not booked into after school

care need to be picked up, or make their

way home as soon as possible. The yard

will be supervised by staff between

1:30PM and 1:45PM. After this time

children remaining in the grounds will be

directed to wait at the office area and

parents will be contacted.

PARENT HELPERS MORNING

TEA

Thank you to those

parents who have

responded to the

invitations that were

sent home with

students last week

for our annual

Parent Helpers‟ Morning Tea. This will

be held on Tuesday 14th December at

11:00AM in the school gymnasium. If

you have been one of our wonderful

helpers and have missed out on an

invitation we apologise for missing you.

Please feel most welcome to attend

the morning tea.

COLES SPORTS FOR SCHOOLS

DOCKETS

Some families have sought information

regarding the final number of dockets

collected by our community for this

program. We were notified by Coles

earlier this week that due to the

overwhelming response to this incentive

their timeline for counting of dockets

and notifying schools has been extended.

We should be notified of our final tally

before the end of the school year. We

will keep you informed.

S I N G A P O R E V I S I T 2 0 1 1

INFORMATION EVENING

Parents of Years 4 and 5 students should

have received a letter regarding our

plans for a visit of students to Tampines

Primary School in 2011. An information

session will be held next Wednesday 8th

December at 7:00PM for parents of

current Year 4 and 5 students who

would be eligible to participate in this

exciting visit. If you did not receive your

letter please contact the office to

indicate your interest.

LYNNE BRENNER & DEBBIE CUSACK

GRADE 2Z MELBOURNE AQUARIUM EXCURSION

On a rainy Thursday

morning grade 2Z, 2B

and 2L were stuck at

the front office

b e c a u s e t h e

Melbourne Aquarium

bus was late. The bus

got at school after 9:30am. On the bus

me, Hannah and Miss Ziino were sitting

in a three. When we got there we ate

our snack. Our tour guide Tess showed

us around. At first we went to the coral

reef. There we saw some eagle rays, a

turtle and lots of fish. After that we went

to see the jellyfish and the crabs. There

our stickers glowed!

Continually, we went to see the

octopuses. They were very big! Then

we went to see the feeding. Kate was

feeding the sea animals. After that we

saw the penguins. Following this we had

to do a quiz. Ours was a seahorse. The

last thing we did was touching the

starfish. After that we went back on the

bus because unfortunately we couldn‟t

go to the gardens to eat lunch because it

was too wet. So we went back to school

to eat lunch. Overall I had fun!

Written by Elizabeth 2Z

On Thursday the 25th November, grade

2Z, 2L, 2M, 2V and 2B went to the

Melbourne Aquarium. In the morning the

bus was late so we had to wait for the

bus to come. Then the bus came so we

went inside but we had to squish in

together. I was in the middle. I did

nothing much on the bus. Finally we got

there.

First we had our snack then we went

inside. We saw a penguin light up but not

a real one. At the start we saw a tiger

shark, a turtle and stingrays. Second we

went to the jellyfish and the king crabs.

They were big and the jellyfish were

different sizes. Next we went to the

octopus. There were two of them. One

was camouflaging with the rocks and the

second one was looking at us. Next we

went to the sharks and I saw a big mouth

from a shark. It was bigger than me! It

was about the size of a person! Next we

went through the fish bowl and we saw

people feed the turtles and the stingrays.

The stingrays were big! The two turtles

put their head in the bucket. It was really

funny! The stingrays were going over one

of the divers head! Next we went to the

penguins. In the morning a baby penguin

was born. They were king penguins and

other different penguins. After that we

went to see the starfish and we got to

touch one. Then we went back on the

bus and we went back to school and had

lunch.

Written by Alicia 2Z

On Thursday the

25th of November

2Z, 2L, 2B, 2V and

2M went to the

M e l b o u r n e

Aquarium. The bus

was late. When it

arrived we got on

and it was a very

long bus ride! When

we got to the Aquarium we had our snack.

Then we looked at the coral reef. I liked

the coral reef because it had a lot of fish.

Then we looked at jellyfish. There were big

ones and there were small ones and there

were crabs in that room too. They were

so big! I liked them. Then we looked at an

octopus. It was big too. I liked it too.

We walked in the fish bowl room but we

had to run because Kate was feeding the

sea creatures. Then we saw the penguins. I

liked the penguins the most. They were

cute and they were funny. Some were lay-

ing eggs. Then we did a quiz, our answer

was a clown fish. It was fun. After that we

saw some fish in a big tank, it was cool!

We patted some starfish. This was so fun!

Then we came to school again. Overall I

had a great time.

Written by Brodie 2Z

Last Thursday the 25th of November, all of

the grade 2 classes went to the Melbourne

Aquarium by bus. First we all went to the

coral reef. We saw a turtle trying to itch

its shell. It was great! Next we went to the

jelly fish and crabs and then the octopus.

The octopus was big! We were rushed

through the fish bowl to see the feeding of

the fish, turtles and stingrays. Overall I had

a great day!

Written by Josh 2Z

On Thursday 25th of

November class 2Z, 2B,

2L, 2M and 2V went to

t h e M e l b o u r n e

Aquarium. First we went

to the coral reef. Second

we went to see the jelly fish and crabs. The

crabs were big and the jelly fish were small.

Thirdly we went to the giant octopus and

forth we went to the fish bowl to see the

feeding of the sea animals. It was fun!

Written by James 2Z

On Thursday 25th November 2Z, 2L, 2B,

2V and 2M went to the Melbourne

Aquarium. It took us a long time to wait

for the bus because the bus was late.

When we got to the Melbourne Aquarium

we had our snack. When we finished our

snack we went inside to the Aquarium.

When we were inside it looked so cool!

The funniest part was the turtle scratching

its shell on the plant. I had a fun time there

but we didn‟t get to eat at the park

because it was too wet.

Written by Matthew 2Z

On the 25th of November 2Z, 2L, 2B, 2M

and 2V went to the Melbourne Aquarium.

We went by bus. When we got there we

had our snack in the foyer. Then Tess took

us to the coral reef. We saw lots of fish,

like the white spotted eagle ray. Then we

went to the jellyfish and big crabs. The

crabs were very scary! When we were in

there everything white glowed!

We then went to the big octopus. It was

huge and very scary. After that we had to

hurry through the fish bowl because Tess

wanted us to see the feeding. We then

moved on to the penguins and got to sit in

a pretend boat. Then we did a quiz. After

the quiz we got to touch a fresh water sea

star. Overall it was great!!!

Written by Hannah M 2Z

On Thursday 25th

of November 2Z,

2L, 2B, 2M and 2V

went by bus to the

M e l b o u r n e

Aquarium. The bus

was late but that

didn‟t matter because we still got to see a

lot.

First we got to see the coral reef. Then we

went to see the jelly fish and the king

crabs. Next the biggest octopus ever! We

got to see Kate feeding turtles and sting

rays! Kate was one of the feeders in the

Aquarium. We even got to see the cute

penguins. We went through a little quiz

and we got to see the fresh water animals

like frogs. At the end we got to touch star

fish. My Parent helper was James‟ mum. All

of the classes had a great time.

Written by Ayden 2Z

On Thursday 25th November 2Z, 2L, 2B,

2V and 2M went to the Melbourne

Aquarium by bus. First we visited the coral

reef. We learnt that all sea creatures move

different ways. I liked the green turtle.

After that, we went to see the king crabs

and sea jellies, the king crabs eat dead

things and they are huge! The sea jellies are

cute! Next we went to watch the fish,

stingrays and turtles get fed (Kate fed

them)- it was funny when the turtle bit

Kate!

Finally we got to touch a starfish. Did you

know that if a starfish loses its leg it can

grow into a new starfish! Overall I had a

great time!

Written by Eric 2Z

On November the 25th 2Z, 2V, 2M, 2B and

2L went to the Melbourne Aquarium but

the bus was late and came at 9:30am. Once

it arrived we got on and started the long

d r i v e t o t h e

Aquarium. We sang

songs and watched

movies. My partners

on the bus were Alli

and her mum Cherie.

When we arrived at

the Aquarium we

had to walk heaps

and then we had to

go to the toilet.

First we saw the

Coral Reef. I saw the

Triggerfish, the Eagle ray and a cheeky

green turtle who was scratching its back. I

saw school fish and colourful fish, it was

amazing! After we saw the coral reef we

went to see the jumping jellyfish. Some

were pink, some were blue, some were so

tiny you had to use a telescope to see

them. Oh yeah, there were crabs too.

There were king crabs and other crabs.

Next we went to see some octopuses.

There were two in one big tank. Then we

went to see the sharks but we rushed

through the Fishbowl because Tess wanted

to see the animals get fed. After that here

comes the fun part, we went and saw the

penguins! Unfortunately we didn‟t get to

see the baby penguin.

Written by Rahni 2Z

On Thursday 25th November 2Z, 2L, 2B,

2V and 2M went to the Melbourne

Aquarium on a bus. First we arrived at the

coral reef, it was fantastic! Second we

appeared at the jellyfish and crabs. They

were wonderful! Thirdly the octopus were

amazing! That octopus was enormous!

When we had to rush through to watch

the feeding, it was funny! We had a great

time!

Written by Patrick 2Z

On Thursday 25th November 2B, 2M, 2V,

2L and 2Z went to the Melbourne

Aquarium by bus, we went to go see the

coral reef first. I liked seeing the leopard

sharks and the giant clam and sea turtles.

After that we saw the jelly fish and giant

crabs. We got to see the jellyfish polyps

then we got to see an octopus.

Then we got to see the sharks (in fact my

group was the sharks!), it was cool! After

that we went to the fish bowl which was

the shark part. Then we saw the penguins.

They were cute. It was my favourite part.

Then we got to touch some animals. At the

end we got back on the bus and we went

home.

Written by Hannah W 2Z

GRADE 2Z MELBOURNE AQUARIUM EXCURSION CONTINUED. . .

Moonlit Sanctuary Summer School Holidays

Young Ranger Program

Environmental Activities, Native Animal Care, Fun and Games in January 2011.

Wednesday 5th, Friday 7th, Monday 10th,

Wednesday 12th, Friday 14th, , Monday 17th,

Wednesday 19th, Friday 21st, Monday 24th,

Friday 28th.

Cost: $39.00 per day, or $105 for 3 days. Bookings essential - suitable 8-14 years.

Hours: 10AM – 3PM

Wear closed-toe shoes and long pants and remember

your hat. Lunches: BYO or available for $7.50

Moonlit Sanctuary 550 Tyabb-Tooradin Rd, Pearcedale Ph. 5978-7935

Web: www.moonlit-sanctuary.com Open daily between

10am and 5pm

BLPS Parents and Friends News Next Meeting: Thursday 10th February at 1.30pm in the after school care building. First one for the Year. Everyone is welcome including toddlers. PFA welcomes anyone wanting to join the fun and

make a difference.

Current events AGM MEETING FOR PFA: Our AGM was this morning for 2011 we welcome President – Sarah Hartnett, Vice

President- Andrea Douglas, School Council Rep – Sam Cline, Secretary - Nikki Taylor, Assistant Secretary – Tracy

Walsh , Treasurer – Jodie Norton. Also we would like to welcome the new mums that have joined our PFA. Thanks to

everyone who helped and supported The PFA this Year.

OUTDOOR TWILIGHT CINEMA: We are having an outdoor cinema on the oval at the end of term (Friday 10th

December). Please come and enjoy watching Despicable Me with your school community or bring your friends. Bring

your picnic rug, chairs or some pillows, get comfortable and finish off the year with a great night on our oval. We are also

having a sausage sizzle and popcorn will be available. There will be a coffee Van and we are trying for an Ice-Cream Van.

This will be a great night!!! If you need to notice for the night you can get it from the office. Family tickets are $20.00. If

weather inclement it will become a drive in at Akoonah park Berwick.

Sunscreen: The PFA has purchased Sunscreen Roll-ons sold at the office for $6.00 per roll on. These are a great thing

for all children to have in there bags now that the Sun has come out. We will be selling this at the start of Next year also

but why wait, get some now for the end of school year and school holidays.

RECIPE BOOK: I would firstly like to thank everyone who made the time to email or give us recipes for the Recipe

Book. Because of time constraints and printing issues we have decided to hold on to recipes until next year. We will

recontact everyone as soon as we know what is going on. If you know someone in printing or someone who can donate

paper please let us know so we can keep costs down.

I would like to personally thank ALL the mums who were able to come and help us for the Hotdog Lunch we had on

Tuesday. Without your help we could not have got everything done.

Also I would like to thank Rose Hughes, Belle Burgess, Andrea Douglas, Jodie Norton, Sam Cline and Karen as well as the

couple of dads who came to help at the Election BBQ we had a great morning before we were flooded out. Thanks again

for taking the time to volunteer for this event.

Sarah Hartnett - PFA President

The PFA would like to thank you for your continued support.

Ainsley PM Jackson PM Emily PM Jasmine PM Salena PC Elle Louise PC Oscar PC

Jessica PL Emily PL Keely PT Nilma PT Tahlia PT Meg PT James PL

Liam PL Marcelo PM Sayaara PM

SCHOOL AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who received awards over the last week.

Teams Under 9 to Under 16

Especially looking for Under 16 players

Registration Day at the Club

Sunday 13th February 2011

10.00am —12.00noon

Registrar:

Rosemary Westwood 0403 583 240

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Casey Panthers Junior Soccer

Club are holding a coaches

information night on Wednesday

December 8th, 7pm at Oatlands

Primary School. You are invited

to come along and see how our

club is getting ready for season

2011. We will also be discussing

coaching courses for parents and

helpers who may wish to involve

their children in the club. For

more information please Darryn

Ricketts on 0400 800 807 or

1300 500 057.

FOR SALE

CASIO CTK-481 electronic keyboard, over 100 song bank, 100 rythym,100 tones with song

book controller with stand $100.00 Phone 0427 509 805

BMX GT jumps bike 2008 red good condition $150.00 Please phone 0427 509 805

Alkira Secondary College Boys uniform for sale

2 x long pants size 14/72 $15ea, 3 x long sleeve shirt size 12 $15ea, 1 x sports shorts size 14/

XS $20., 1 x sport top size 14/XS $15. Please phone 0419 566 509 after 3.30pm

LOST

Watch, black wristband, blue analogue face please return to 6P

Grade 6 windcheater „AF‟ on label please return to Adam 6W

SEEKING WITNESS

If anyone witnessed a car backing out of a driveway in Collins Crescent into a silver Fairmont.

The incident occurred on Monday morning this week between 8:45and 11:00am about 100

metres from the school, could you please contact Andrea 0423 677 280.