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Principal: Robin Stickland Assistant Principals: Joy Cook and Helen Murphy

What’s On? July 24 Ski Camp 25 Second hand Uniform

Sale 26 Free Dress Onesie Day August 4 Alumni Tours 5 Assembly 9 Crazy Hair Day Senior Soiree 14 Year 5 Camp 15 Year 5 Camp 16 Year 5 Camp 19 Assembly

Book Character Dress Up Day

20 Maths Community Event

21 Fathers’ Day Stall Yr6 Foundation Incursion School Council 23 Level 4 Sport 26 Yr 6 Camp Start 27 Grade 2 Excursion 29 Fathers’ Day Stall F-5 30 Fathers’ Day Staff F-5 30 Yr 6 Camp End

Acting Principal’s Report Vermont Primary School Spring Fair – 19th October, 2019

87 days to go

Please make sure you have in your diaries or on your family calendar, our Spring Fair on 19th October from 11am to 4pm. It is going to be a fantastic day and community event. There will be many rides, stalls (food and activity) and various community groups sharing their passions. Volunteers – Leading up to the Spring Fair we will be looking for many volunteers to help out on the day – helping to run stalls, setting up and packing up on the day. Soon parents will be formally asked to see if they will be able to spare an hour or so on the day. 2019 Parent Opinion Survey We use the annual Parent Opinion Survey data as an indicator of school performance and it is a very important step towards improving student learning at Vermont Primary School. Each year, an anonymous survey of random parents is taken. We use this information to inform and direct our plans for school improvement. Our current Strategic Plan that can be seen at www.vermontps.vic.edu.au was developed using information from this survey. The survey this year will be conducted online by ORIMA Research Pty Ltd and only takes 15 minutes to complete. The survey link will be sent out this week so that it can be can be accessed via desktop computer, laptop, tablet or mobile at any convenient time up until closing on Sunday 11th August. If chosen, we strongly encourage you to take the time to complete the survey as your opinions are important to us and will be reflected in the organisation of the school. Many parents over the years will have completed these surveys. All information is confidential. For further information, please speak to you child’s teacher or visit: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/management/improvement/Pages/performsurveyparent.aspx

PO Box 53 Nurlendi Road Vermont 3133 Telephone: 9874 2511 Fax: 9872 4170 Out of School Hours Care: 0419 208 028

We aim to be nut free and rely on parents to assist us on achieving this goal.

Vermont Primary School http:www.vermontps.vic.edu.au vermont.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

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Term Three Academic Meetings Term Three Academic Meetings will be held in the last week of term on Monday 16th September and Tuesday 17th September from 3.45pm to 8.30pm. These are an important opportunity to discuss how your child is progressing academically, socially and behaviourally – so please save the date. Further information on how to book your interview will come out later in the term.

Engagement and Wellbeing House Points Congratulations to Nurlendi for achieving 1st place in the House Points for the fortnight. The results are as follows:

Terrara Cantley Nurlendi Canterbury

Fortnight

70.97 2nd

41.91 4th

83.02 1st

70.03 3rd

Yearly

551.51 1st

426.75 3rd

489.86 2nd

417.22 4th

Student of the Month: July This month we focused on the Vermont Primary School value: “To Be Responsible”. Teachers have been impressed with the responsibility shown by students towards their peers, their teachers, their learning and belongings.

Congratulations to the following students who have been recognised by receiving a Student of the Month award for July!

Foundation

0AB – Sashane

0BM – Heiden 0HT – Mittroy 0NL – Charlie Y 0RM – Ronav

Year 1

1AP – Mackenzie

1JR – Christian 1MG – Annie 1SB – Eric O

Year 2

2DW-

Christopher

2KJ – Sarah 2LS – Daniel 2PS – Jackson

Year 3

3CQ – Emily

3KY – Hardit 3RC – Namploy 3RF - Victoria

Year 4

4AM – Stephanie

4JH – Michael 4JS – Aasha 4SD – Joshua

Year 5

5AS – Bailey

5GP – Ava 5KM – Breanna 5PA – Raymon

Year 6

6AW – Emily

6BP – Annika 6JS – Ben 6ZA – Charmaine

Specialist Areas

Art Jai K

P.E. Reiner H

Digital Technologies Eli X Careena W

Music Alice W

L.O.T.E. Oscar W

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The Resilience Project in Foundation Foundation students have been working on helping others and developing empathy. We have looked at recognizing how different people are feeling using their faces and body language as clues. Empathy helps us understand other people’s points of view and we are talking a lot about thoughtfulness, kindness and compassion for our family, friends and the people we meet. Ask your own children how they have helped somebody this week and share with them how you have helped someone too!

Resilient Kids Conference Top experts discuss various issues affecting children and teens – 1 day only! Speaking topics include:

Raising Happy & Resilient Kids

Understanding & Responding to Self-Harm

Growing Up Online

Growing Our Boys

Anxious Kids When: 7th September, 2019 (Saturday) 8:45am – 3pm Cost: Only $89 for the full day - Ticket price does not include food and beverages on the day Where: Crossway Centre, 2 Vision Drive, Burwood East, Melbourne VIC Bookings Essential: For more info please see flyer attached and visit: resilientkidsconference.com.au Kindness Boomerang Please watch the following short video with your family. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwAYpLVyeFU It shows the impact on a community when an act of kindness gets ‘paid forward’ or passed on from one person to another. Give Kindness Boomerang a try and pay kindness forward to your family and friends. You will make their day!

Vermont Primary School Curriculum LITERACY – EAL

In order to improve English skills, try to use more sophisticated words. Previously, we talked about alternatives for “SAID” – exclaimed, cried, remarked, announced, grumbled, uttered… In this newsletter are alternatives for FAST

brisk quick rapid

speedy dash rush

supersonic high speed accelerate

Display these in your house on post-it notes and see how many you can use in your conversations!

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STEM - Family Maths Share

Foundation to Year 2- Happy Halving Can you split each of the shapes below in half so that the two parts are exactly the same?

Year 3 to 6- Rectangle Tangle

The large rectangle above is divided into a series of smaller quadrilaterals and triangles. Each of the shapes is a fractional part of the large rectangle. Can you untangle what fractional part is represented by each of the ten numbered shapes?

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eSmart – Is it Ok to Post?

Use this QR code or CLICK HERE to let us know you have read the article! Welcome back to Term 3 and I hope everyone was able to find some warmth over the holidays, be it by the heater or in the sun somewhere up north! My family and I, were very fortunate to have four weeks in northern Western Australia travelling the Gibb River Road. This is an old cattle route that runs between Derby (near Broome) and Kununurra (near the NT border). We travelled through some amazing countryside from gorges to deserts to beaches all under a deep blue sky. We were keen to share our experiences with family and friends and this meant thinking carefully about how we would do this in an eSmart manner. Sharing photos on social media has become such a normal part of life, that we too often do it without thinking – posting photographs of ourselves, our children and sometimes other people’s children. Every family has different points of view on posting photos – some are comfortable putting their children’s photographs online others are not. It is important that we respect these varying points of view. It is important not to assume that your beliefs in this area, are shared by everyone. We ask, that all parents, do not share photographs and/or videos of children at Vermont Primary School events without parental permission of all concerned. Our eSmart program teaches children that it is particularly unsafe to post photographs of themselves in school uniform. So what can you do if someone posts photographs of your child/ren without permission. This can require careful handling so as not to alienate or create conflicts with other parents. Commonsense Media suggest the following:

Without judgment, ask the person who posted it to delete it, or crop it so your kid isn't in the picture (easy to do with today's image-editing tools). Say, "I'm not ready for this yet."

Ask the poster not to tag the photo with names -- and definitely not location. That will limit exposure.

Ask the poster what his or her privacy settings are. If their profile is private and not public, only their friends can view their images which limits the audience for your child's photo.

If you're OK with a photo but only want certain people to see it, ask the poster to enable settings that limit who can see the photo to a small circle.

Ask the poster to instead use a private photo-sharing site such as Picasa or Flickr that requires a log-in.

If you meet with resistance, explain that you're worried about your kid's privacy. Once a photo is online, anyone can share it.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact or visit me if you would like further information on this or any other cyber safety issue. You can use the QR code or link at the top of the article to let me know you have read it. Julie Hall eSmart Co-ordinator hall.julie.j1@edumail.vic.gov.au Student leadership Policy Review We are in the process of reviewing this Policy and would like to invite feedback from our Community. The current Policy can be found by clicking here If you have any questions or you would like to share your feedback please contact Julie Hall Acting Vice Principal by 2 August 2019. hall.julie.j1@edumail.vic.gov.au

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SSV State Cross Country Champion 2019 Last Thursday, Oscar W competed in the School Sport Victoria State Cross Country Championships at Bundoora Park, Bundoora. To qualify, Oscar won the Nunawading District and Whitehorse Division Cross Country events and finished 2nd in the Eastern Metropolitan Region Final. In the State Final, Oscar competed against the top 100 students in Victoria from both State and Independent schools. He ran a strategic race and produced a personal best time to become the 10 Year Boys 2km Victorian State Champion!

Oscar has now qualified for this year’s National Cross Country Championships which will be held in Wollongong in late August. As a School community we are extremely proud of Oscar’s achievements and wish him well in his future sporting endeavours. T Ball Last Thursday, the T Ball mixed team played in the division final. They played 3 matches. The first match they won 12 - 3. The second match they won 28-0. In the final match both teams had 2 wins and zero losses. Vermont Primary won the deciding match 20-0. This meant that they were undefeated and Division champions. In the last week of August they will play in the Regional Finals. Well done and congratulations to all the boys involved. Netball The Netball Mixed team won the District championship last term and last Friday went to the Division Finals. We played three games and unfortunately played against some very skilled teams and lost. Everyone tried their best and the school is very proud of their achievement. Level 2 Literacy News Students at Vermont Primary School learn about a wide range of different Writing genres as part of their literacy development. In Level 2, the students have begun Term 3 by investigating the different features of persuasive writing. Importantly, students have been learning to distinguish the difference between fact and opinion by looking at different statements and determining whether they can be proven as fact or simply expressed as what somebody believes in. It has been great to see the students explain their reasoning and come up with their own examples of facts and opinions. Using this knowledge, the students will later begin to investigate how to complete pieces of writing that persuade the reader by offering plausible opinions with factual support.

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Community Information

FLUTE LESSONS AT SCHOOL

Natasha Taneja

Would you like to start your child in flute lessons at the school?

Lessons can be organised during school hours, recess/lunch breaks or before/after school

ABOUT NATASHA

Natasha is an experienced flute teacher with a Bachelor of Music with Honours from the University of Melbourne. She

specialises in classical and baroque music and is experienced in teaching primary aged children (including having established

herself as the flute teacher at Vermont Primary School for several years now). Students are able to enjoy concerts,

competitions and AMEB exams as well as playing for leisure. Natasha is flexible, organised and loves to pass her passion for

music and learning onto her students – she believes passion is contagious! Natasha’s lessons focus on fun, improvement and a

lifelong love of music.

If you would like to find out more about lesson times and prices feel free to contact Natasha via email:

natashamusic@outlook.com

Or alternatively see Mr Fraser in the music room

ALUMNI TOUR

On Sunday 4 August 2019 we are conducting a morning guided tour of the school grounds and buildings for past students, staff and parents.

Tours commence at 10am, 10.30am & 11am and will run for approximately 1 hour. At the conclusion of the tours tea and coffee will be served. This event will conclude at 12noon. Please be aware this

tour is not for prospective families they are for our Alumni Community. We look forward to meeting with you.

For bookings please use the following link https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=505626

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ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE BOX HILL SALVATION ARMY

Zoey 3CQ performing her keyboard solo Emily 3RF Cello Solo

On Friday 19th July, our School Orchestra travelled to the Salvation Army in Box Hill for a performance. We also brought along

six Yr10 students from Vermont High School to play with us and had some of the teachers from our school join in as well – Mr

Hoskin (saxophone), Mrs Monypenny (Clarinet), Mr Fraser (Bass Guitar & Drums) and Mr Straughan (Conductor). Altogether

we had almost 40 members in our Orchestra. We played five songs as a group and had four students play solos. The songs we

played were Mickey Mouse March, Rainbow Connection, Thinking Out Loud, Counting Stars and Beethoven’s Ninth and the

solo performances were by Zoey 3CQ (Keyboard), Emily 3RF (Cello), Alice 3RF (Keyboard) and Liana 6JS (Flute).

The day was very enjoyable, and a great opportunity to perform in a new environment, on a proper stage.

Travis Fraser Music Coordinator

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Senior Soiree Concert

When: Friday 9th August at 7pm

Where: Vermont Primary School Stadium Who: Orchestra, Dance Group, Rock Band, Yr4-Yr6 solos/duets & Groups

Price: $5 each (children 12yrs and under are free)

Dear parent/guardian, The Senior Soiree Concert will be in week 4 of this term on Friday 9th August at 7pm in the school stadium. Please note, this is a community event and a parent/s are required to attend and supervise their child/ren. We expect the event to run for approximately 7pm-8:30pm depending on how many requests we have for students to perform solos. Students who are wishing to perform solos must be from Yr4-Yr6 as students from Foundation-Yr3 where given the opportunity to perform solos at the Junior Soiree last term. Students who are from younger year levels are welcome to perform on the night if they are part of instrumental groups like the School Orchestra. Only the solo performances will be restricted to student in Year 4-6. If your child would like to perform a solo or will be attending as part of a music group then please fill out the slip below and return it to Mr Fraser. Solo acts are limited to one song per performer. Duets or small group performances are also welcome. Tickets for the event are $5 per adult. Children 12yrs and under are free. Tickets will be available at the school office approximately 2 weeks before the event. Tickets will be able to be purchased via QKR and collected from the door on the evening. Please don’t send money back with this form. Thank-you, Mr Travis Fraser Music Coordinator

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Senior Soiree Concert

I ______________________________________________________ (parent/guardian) can confirm that my

child ___________________________________(student name) of _____________ (class) would like to attend the

Musical Soiree to be held at the school on Friday 9th August at 7pm.

(Please Circle) Dance Group Orchestra Rock Band Solo Duet/Group

If your child is looking to perform a solo, please list the title of the piece and instrument here:

Title of piece: __________________________________________ Instrument: ___________________________

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We would like to thank the following companies for their contribution to our Spring Fair

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