Newsletter No 14

180 O'Hea Street, Coburg,3058P.O. Box 196, Pascoe Vale South, 3044 Phone: 03 9354 1660Fax: 03 9354 8206OSHP: 03 9354 9989Email:coburg.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov .au http://www.coburg-north-ps.vic.edu.

CURRICULUM DAYNext Thursday 23rd May is a Curriculum Day at Coburg North Primary School. Students are not required at school on this day as the teachers will be attending Professional Development at an offsite location. The teaching staff are attending a course in order to further our knowledge in Literacy teaching and learning. As we all know learning is a life long journey and a part of every profession is to improve what we do and how we do it on an ongoing basis. The OSHP will be running on Thursday 23rd of May. All families wanting to use the service must notify the program by Wednesday 22nd. The cost for the day is $60.00. Remember 50% of out of pocket expenses will be returned to you by the Federal Government. Parents will need to provide their child with morning tea, the program will provide lunch and afternoon tea.

OPEN DAYWe are hoping to have many visitors on our Open Day this year. We usually have many prospective parents looking through the school but we would love to have more of our current parents and extended family taking the opportunity to spend time in their child’s class and also looking in other classes in the school. The specialist subjects of Art, Music and Physical Education will be running on this day so you will have an opportunity to see what happens in these classes as well. A full timetable of activities on this day will be sent home early next week.

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SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING REPORT FOR MAY

The CNPS School Council met on Thursday 9th and we reviewed and accepted the finance and subcommittee reports (from the Education, Buildings and Grounds, Parents and Friends, OSHP and Communication subcommittees). The feedback to council on the first farmers market was unanimously positive, and we trust that this will be a great community building and fundraising initiative going forward. In other news, we have had a vacancy on school council and Megan Eddie has kindly returned to council duties to fill the gap, while existing council member Paul Sutton was elected to the role of treasurer. The Buildings and Ground sub-committee will begin the next phase of work on the playground maze on Sunday 19th May.

Ray MaddenPresident, CNPS Council

My name is Paul Sutton and I am new to the School Council this year.I have lived in Coburg for six years with my wife, Tamara, and three daughters - aged five, three and eight months. My eldest daughter, Ada, started in Prep this year. I am a furniture-maker by trade and have a bachelor of Fine Arts and Grad Dip in Arts Management. Both my parents and my wife’s parents were teachers so I have a great appreciation for education and educators. I value access to high quality schooling for all children and I believe that our school should offer a broad and exciting range of experiences and programs.

School Councillors

Standing from left: Kyla Mamic, Helen Zull, Ray Madden, Megan Eddy, David Munoz, Paul Sutton, Blair HockingSeated from left: Alyce Testaz, Owen West, Jo Harrison. Absent: Olympia Tzanoudanis

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National Walk2School DayFRIDAY 24TH MAY It’s National Walk 2 School Day! Let’s keep the great support continuing on from last year. We are asking that students, parents and staff either walk or ride to school, if possible, on this day. If you can't walk all the way maybe you can use the “Part-way is okay” idea where you stop the car, a reasonable distance away from the school, and walk or ride the rest of the way. I challenge all students to see if their grade can have the highest number of students participating! Lyn Evans

LOST PROPERTYLost Property (First Aid Room) has a lot of unclaimed school uniforms that do not have the students name on them. Please check lost property before next Monday 20th May if your child is missing anything.Anything unclaimed after Monday will be donated to the second hand uniform stall.

IT’S ON AGAIN – WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN STICKERSIt’s that time of year again – Woolworths are running their Earn & Learn promotion and it’s an easy way to get fantastic educational equipment for Coburg North Primary School.Just collect your stickers every time you shop and stick them on the sheets provided at Woolworths and drop your completed sheets into the box at the office.Extra sheets available at the School OfficeThank You

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Prep Mother’s Day BreakfastOn Friday, May 10th, the Prep students had a Mother’s Day Breakfast. There was toast with jam, Vegemite or honey. There was a choice of tea or coffee to drink.

The children presented their Mums with cards, placemats and handmade flowers. Each student had a photo taken which will eventually form a gallery in the Prep hallway.

Special thanks to Ms Mamic and the Grade 5 students for their assistance on the special day.

We hope all the Mums in the School Community had a very “Happy Mother’s Day”.

AUSLAN Incursion As part of our unit ‘People Who Help Us’ the Grade 1 and 2 students had an incursion from AUSLAN Australia. We were lucky enough to have James, a person born deaf, and his interpreter, Cheryl, visit us. We learnt all the things deaf people can do, some basic signs and how to spell our names. Here are some student reflections:

Today at school James and Cheryl came. He could not hear us. We learnt how to spell our names in sign language. I loved them visiting. Polly D

Today at school we had a visit from James. We learnt about sign language. We also learnt how to do our names in sign language. We learnt that deaf people know how to drive a car. Jesse M

Today we had a deaf person come to our school. We learnt how to say stop and hot and cold. We learnt how to spell our names. To wake up, they put a device under their pillow to connect to the alarm clock. Daniel M

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 NEWSLETTER VIA EMAIL The newsletter is now available via email.  To receive a copy sign up via the website:http://www.coburg-north-ps.vic.edu.au/.  The Subscribe to Newsletter button is on the right hand side of the screen below the calendar.  Click it (not the Register option on the top of the screen) and fill in your details and you should receive next weeks newsletter direct to your inbox

RESPONSIBLE STUDENT AWARD Week Ending: 10/05/13

Student

Grade Right/Responsibility As demonstrated by:

Aria 2A Communally responsible Teaching others your spelling strategy to help their learning during spelling.

Hamish 2A Personally responsible Your fabulous doubling techniques in maths.

Aimee 2A Personally responsible your creative alliteration poetry.

Edwin 2B Personally responsible for challenging himself on tricky number sequences.

Jack 3/4B Personally responsible for settling so well into your new school

Aiden 3/4B Communally responsible for showing other grades how to be responsible chicken monitors

Kai 1B Personally Responsible Re-telling what he has read in great detail.

Khaled 34A Personally Responsible - as much work as possible

working so hard to improve your persuasive writing and handwriting.

Alex 2B Personally responsible for completing all set tasks on time.Izobell 1A Personally Responsible Helping other students pack up their

belongingsHarris PA Personally Responsible A great effort in completing set tasks.Juliet PB Personally Responsible For being an excellent listener.

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DIARY DATES 2013

May17 Interschool Sport V Coburg at home22 Open Day at Coburg North Primary

Evening Prep Information Session for 2014 @7:00PM23 PUPIL FREE DAY24 WALK 2 SCHOOL DAY

Interschool Sport V Moreland away25 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade Prep AJune7 Interschool Sport V St Bernards at home8 Coburg North Farmer’s Market - Grade Prep A10 Queen’s Birthday Holiday20 Family Dance Night

22 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 1A25 Junior School Parent Teacher Interviews26 Senior School Parent Teacher Interviews27 School Council Meeting28 Last day of term 2 2:30 dismissalJuly13 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 1A15 First day of term 327 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade Prep BAugust10 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade Prep B24 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 3/4 ASeptember14 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 3/4 A20 Last day of term 328 Coburg North Farmer’s Market - Grade 2AOctober7 First day of term 312 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 2A26 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 3/4BNovember9 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 3/4B23 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 5/6ADecember14 Coburg North Farmer’s Market – Grade 2B

Bunnings BBQ20 Last day of term 4 1:30 dismissal

YARD DUTY SUPERVISIONYard supervision from: 8:45am to 9:00am Recess and Lunch 3:30pm -3:45pm After 3.45 any students not picked up will be taken to the Office to be collected from there.

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Parents that cannot pick their children up on time are recommended to enrol them in the After School program.

COBURG NORTH PRIMARY PRESCHOOL STORY TIME 2013Every Thursday morning from 9:00am until 10:00am in the Community Room.

Come along and join in with stories, music, dance, play and craft activities.Meet other parents and children in your local area. This session is

free and is run by our prep teachers. Ring the school on 9354 1660 for more detail

THE MORELAND SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM information and enrolment forms will be available for the July 2013 School Holiday Program from Monday 27 May 2013 with a closing date for bookings of Wednesday 12 June 2013. Forms are available from:

Local Primary Schools in the municipality; Council’s website and; Citizens Services Centres – Monday to Friday between 8.30 am to 5.00 pm. Coburg Offices, 90 Bell Street, Coburg Brunswick Offices, 233 Sydney Road, and Glenroy, 796N Pascoe Vale Road, Glenroy

INTRODUCTION TO AUSLANAn introduction to the basics of Australian Sign Language (AUSLAN) that will allow you to communicate with members of the Deaf Community in both social and work situations.Dates: 9 May—27 June 2013Days: ThursdayTime: 12.30pm—3.00pmDuration: 8 weeks (includes some homework activities/practice)

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS AND BASIC WORD PROCESSING This introductory course will give you the confidence to perform basic word processing tasks on a computer.Location: Mill Park Library 394 Plenty Road, Mill ParkFridays, 10th May—26th July 2013 for 10 weeks from 1.30 –3.30pmCost: $22 (eligible for subsidised training), $165 (not eligible)For more details ring PRACE on 9462 6077 or visit our website: www.prace.vic.edu.au

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