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Newsletter No. 13 Wednesday 8th May 2019

2405 Ballarto Road, Cardinia Principal: Mrs. Susan Wepster

Telephone: 03 5998 8323 https://www.facebook.com/cardiniaps

Fax:03 5998 8474

Email: cardinia.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.cardiniaps.vic.edu.au

DATES TO REMEMBER

May 2019

Friday 10th Mother’s Day Breakfast (7:30am)

Tuesday 14th—Thursday 16th 3 Day NAPLAN (Grade 3 & 5)

Friday 17th Volunteer Training (2:30pm)

Monday 20th— Friday 24th Education Week

Wednesday 29th Family & Friends Morning (9:00am—11:00am)

June 2019

Monday 3rd Division Cross Country

Friday 7th NO STUDENTS—Curriculum Day

Monday 10th NO STUDENTS— (Public Holiday)

Wednesday 12th School Council Meeting (6:30pm)

Tuesday 18th—Wednesday 19th Parent Teacher Interview

Thursday 20th First Aid in Schools Incursion F-2

Monday 24h—Fri 28th Naidoc Week—Acknowledgement and Celebration

Friday 28th End of Term 2 (Dismissed 1:30pm)

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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Welcome to week 3 of the term. It’s flying by!

Our lockdown last week was very successful. All children were accounted for and the

office notified within 6 minutes. Parents, if you are in the school grounds when a

lockdown is called, please go to the nearest building. Likewise, if you are here when an

evacuation is called, please go to the evacuation area on the basketball court or oval.

BER Classroom Doors – Please remember that when dropping off or picking up students

in the BER building, we need to use our class room external doors. Mrs Mattingley and

other staff often have private meetings in the offices at the end of the BER building and

these doors are for staff only for this reason. Thank you for your support and

understanding.

Some of our students have been bringing chewing gum to school. Please remind your

children that it is against school rules to have chewing gum at school.

I have had complaints from families that cars are being parked, or are stopping, in front

of the bus shelter. This is dangerous, and could lead to a serious accident. Please don’t

park or stop there.

Mother’s Day is almost here! Our celebrations start on Friday morning, please come

along for breakfast. I hope all Mums and Carers have a lovely day on Sunday,

Regards,

Susan

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ARE YOU UP TO DATE?

The following notices have been sent home recently for

events or excursions that are coming up. If you need a copy, please see our office staff.

2019 Term Dates

Term 1 30th January—5th April Term 2 23rd April—28th June

Term 3 15th July—20th September Term 4 7th October—20th December

Year Level Notice Went Home Due Date Cost

All Year Levels School Book Payments 01/11/20218 ASAP YES

All Year Levels Expression of Interest School

Camp 2019: Deposit $50.00 06/05/2019 11/06/2019 YES

All Year Levels Meal Deals: Friday’s $5.00 06/05/2019 14/05/2019 Yes

All Year Levels Popcorn: $2.00

Every Wednesday’s

Every

Wednesday YES

Grade 6 Transition Forms 02/05/2019 17/05/2019 NO

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WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK!

We value student voice as a means to improving student engagement, wellbeing and quality instruction and are conducting a survey to find out what your child thinks of our school. The Attitudes to School Survey is an annual student survey offered by the Department of Education and Training to assist schools in gaining an understanding of students' perceptions and experience of school. Our school will use the survey results to plan programs and activities to improve your child's schooling experience. Students from Year 4-6 at our school will participate in the survey. Your child will complete the survey online during school hours using a purpose built secure online survey tool. It is important to note that we are not in any way “testing” your child.

Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey. The student login is an assigned identifier that may be used to link data for statistical and research purposes only. All responses to the survey are kept anonymous in the response file. Personal identification data will not be recorded in the survey response file. This ensures that the confidentiality of your child’s responses is protected at all times.

This year the Attitudes to School survey will be conducted at our school between Thursday 1st May and Wednesday 15th May. The sur-vey only takes 20 minutes to complete and occurs during your child's class time. The survey results will be reported back to the school before the end of term 2. All survey data that is made available in reports are for groups of students only so that no individual student can be identified.

If you would like more information, please speak to your child’s teacher or visit: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/management/improvement/Pages/performsurveyat.aspx

STUDENT SURVEYS

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Family and Friends Morning 2019

When: Wednesday, 29th May

9:00am – 11:00am

Where: Cardinia Primary School

Who: Families and Friends of our wonderful students

Why: A chance to celebrate our Respectful Relationships program

What: A performance by the Choir, dance and instrumental performances.

You will complete the Respectful Relationships school value hunt, have a

chance to see the work our students have been busy completing and

contribute to our whole school G.E.M (Gratitude, Empathy, Mindfulness)

masterpiece. We’d love you to join us as we Celebrate our Respectful

Relationships program, then enjoy Morning Tea in the BER with the staff.

Mother’s Day Breakfast We will be holding our traditional Mother’s Day Breakfast

on Friday, 10th May 2019 at 7:30am.

Come along and have a scrumptious egg and bacon burger.

We will be asking for a gold coin donation per burger on the morning for this.

Each child will also be bringing home a gift, wrapped and with a card.

$5 needs to be paid at the office to cover the cost of the present by Monday 6th May.

AROUND THE SCHOOL

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Student Medication

If your child has previously had medication at school, to continue

administering medication a Medication Authority Form must be

completed for each medication and child.

We are unable to give students medication that is past its expiry date

so please come into the office to check dates. You may receive a

letter if the medication is about to expire. Any expired medication

will be disposed of.

Medication to treat asthma, an allergy or anaphylaxis does not

require a Medication Authority Form provided a student has an

Asthma Care Plan, an Action Plan for Allergic Reactions or Action

Plan for Anaphylaxis. This medication will always be kept in the

classroom.

Mothers Day Choir

As Mothers Day is this Sunday the 12th of May the Choir students will be performing a song on the 13th at assembly.

Please come along and listen!

Piano

We are giving away the piano in the library. It is quite old and doesn’t have a back on it. If you are interested please see the office.

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Woolworths Earn & Learn 2019

We are, once again, participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn

program.

Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources

for our school and all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at

Woolworths.

From Wednesday 1st May—Tuesday, 25th June we are collecting

stickers. Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers onto a Woolworths

Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet

can be dropped into the Collection Box either at your local Woolworths

or at our office. Any incomplete Sticker Sheets or loose stickers can be

handed into the school office or any of our local Woolworths

supermarkets.

If you’d like to know more visit teaching.com.au

HELPING YOUR CHILDREN WITH MATHEMATICS

There are a number of general principles which you might keep in mind

when you are helping your children.

Help our child’s teacher. Your child’s teacher is vitally interested in

your child’s mathematical development. Talk you the teacher

about how your child is going in mathematics and find out whether

there are any ways that can help your child. Supporting teachers if

they recommend any homework or home-based activities is

highly desirable. Speaking positively about the school and

teachers builds a positive feeling in the child about school and

learning.

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THANK YOU

A Huge Thank you to our mums who helped

out with Meal Deals this week: Deb Elstone,

Caitlyn Cortez, Tressa Walsh and Sarah

Moore.

FROM THE LIBRARY

We are asking for helpers to cover some new library books.

If you have had experience in contacting books and would like to

help, please see Mrs Friend in the school office.

BOOK CLUB NEWS

The Scholastic Book Club brochures have been

received and delivered to students yesterday.

If you would like to order items from this catalogue, please

ensure any orders placed are received at the office by close of

business Friday, 15th May together with payment. This will

ensure that orders are placed with Scholastic by their due date

and are delivered to the school quickly.

With book prices starting from just $2 you will no doubt find

some bargains.

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Meal Deals are back!

Please read the following information carefully so your child doesn’t miss out.

Meal Deals:

Will be on each Friday (unless otherwise advised)

Will be pre-order. Each Wednesday, in the newsletter, there will be an order form which will need to be returned, with payment, to the school by no later than the following Tuesday morning at 9am. No late orders will be accepted as we will be ordering food on the Tuesday each week.

Will cost $5 per order (unless otherwise advised for special Meal Deals). This includes a main and a treat. You may order an extra main, however we only allow 1 treat per child. You can also exclude the treat or order the treat only.

Payment can be made at the office or given to your child’s teacher.

If your child requires gluten free or has an allergy, please let us know and we can try to accommodate so they don’t miss out.

If you have any questions regarding the meal deal, please email Sarah Moore Moore.Sarah.S2@edumail.vic.gov.au

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Meal Deal for Friday 17d May 2019

3 Dim Sims and Fun Bun - $5

Please mark clearly your order below and put with your money into a brown paper bag and hand in at the office.

Payment due by no later than 9am Tuesday 14th May

No late orders will be accepted as ordering of food will take place on Tuesday

Student Name ___________________________________ Grade__________

Please choose from the following:

3 Dim Sims and Fun Bun

3 Dim Sims only ($3)

Fun Bun only ($2)

MEAL DEAL

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CAMP INFORMTION

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Expression of Interest

School Camp 2019

Yesterday expressions of interest forms were sent home for our 2019

whole School Camp.. This year camp will be held from Monday, 25th No-

vember— Thursday, 28th November and will be held at Phillip Island Ad-

venture Park.

To secure your child/ren place, please complete the Expression of Interest

form (there is also a copy included in this week’s Newsletter) and a

NON REFUNDABLE $50 Deposit per child to the office by

Tuesday, 11th June. Due to limited numbers payments and Expression of

Interest will not be accepted after this date.

If you hold a current Health Care or Pension Card you may be entitled to

apply for CSEF (Camps, Sports & Excursions Funds). Please see Mrs A or

Mrs Friend in the office for further information and an application form.

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HELPING HANDS —

PLASTIC BOTTLE LIDS

DONATIONS

The Junior School Council like to thank the school community

for all of the plastic bottle lids that have been received so far.

We want to let everyone we are still collecting the lids, it has

been great to hear stories of students asking grandparents

and to their family members to collect bottle lids from their

homes and workplaces. Some people have even asked their

local cafes to collect lids, this is great!

We are excited to see how many more lids we can get

throughout the year and the difference we can make as a

school!

Thank you from the JSC

FROM JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL