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NEWSLETTER NO.27 THURSDAY, 5 TH SEPTEMBER, 2013 WEBSITE ADDRESS is burwoodhps.vic.edu.au/ TUESDAY 10 TH SEPTEMBER SCHOOL PRODUCTION WEDNESDAY 11 TH SEPTEMBER REAL LIFE ADVENTURES THURSDAY 12 TH SEPTEMBER SCHOOL PRODUCTION FIRE BRIGADE VISIT - PREPS FRIDAY 13 TH SEPTEMBER SUMMER SPORT LEVEL FOUR TUES,WED,THURS 17-19 TH SEPT NUNAWADING CRICKET CLINICS THURSDAY 19 TH SEPTEMBER SAUSAGE SIZZLE SUPER HEROES DAY (SRC FUNDRAISER) FRIDAY 20 TH SEPTEMBER END OF TERM THREE 2.30PM DISMISSAL MONDAY 7 TH OCTOBER TERM FOUR COMMENCES FRIDAY 11 TH OCTOBER SUMMER SPORT MONDAY 14 TH OCTOBER SCHOOL COUNCIL TUESDAY 15 TH OCTOBER ROAD SAFETY MAGIC SHOW LEVEL TWO THURSDAY 17 TH OCTOBER ART SHOW 5.30-8.00P.M. SUNDAY 20 TH OCTOBER WHITEHORSE FESTIVAL CIVIC CENTRE MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY 21 ST TO 23 RD OCTOBER LEVEL THREE CAMP THURSDAY 24 TH OCTOBER PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT - KINDERGARTEN FRIDAY & TUESDAY 25 TH & 29 TH OCTOBER DOVE PUPPETS - KINDERGARTEN TUESDAY 5 TH NOVEMBER MELBOURNE CUP DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY TUESDAY 12 TH NOVEMBER PREP 2014 INFORMATION NIGHT FROM THE PRINCIPAL … Esther Wood BRAINSTORM STUDIOS ONE WEEK TO GO! I hope you are as excited about seeing your child perform as we all are. I have been able to have a “sneak preview” and I know you will not be disappointed . The combined efforts of staff and parents (and of course the students) will be realised next week as the students “strut their stuff” on stage. The script is amazing, the songs wonderful, the costumes magnificent and the students perform like veterans of the stage. Mrs Whiteoak is to be congratulated on presenting a school performance of such a high standard and one that every student participates in. A reminder that our school performance is an integral part of the school’s curriculum and it is expected all students will attend on both nights. Tuesday 10 th September is the first night of our school production and Thursday 12 th is the second night. A WONDERFUL NIGHT IS IN STORE FOR YOU ALL!

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NEWSLETTER NO.27 THURSDAY, 5TH

SEPTEMBER, 2013

WEBSITE ADDRESS is burwoodhps.vic.edu.au/

TUESDAY 10TH

SEPTEMBER SCHOOL PRODUCTION

WEDNESDAY 11TH

SEPTEMBER REAL LIFE ADVENTURES

THURSDAY 12TH

SEPTEMBER SCHOOL PRODUCTION

FIRE BRIGADE VISIT - PREPS

FRIDAY 13TH

SEPTEMBER SUMMER SPORT – LEVEL FOUR

TUES,WED,THURS 17-19TH

SEPT NUNAWADING CRICKET CLINICS

THURSDAY 19TH

SEPTEMBER SAUSAGE SIZZLE

SUPER HEROES DAY (SRC FUNDRAISER)

FRIDAY 20TH

SEPTEMBER END OF TERM THREE – 2.30PM DISMISSAL

MONDAY 7TH

OCTOBER TERM FOUR COMMENCES

FRIDAY 11TH

OCTOBER SUMMER SPORT

MONDAY 14TH

OCTOBER SCHOOL COUNCIL

TUESDAY 15TH

OCTOBER ROAD SAFETY MAGIC SHOW – LEVEL TWO

THURSDAY 17TH

OCTOBER ART SHOW 5.30-8.00P.M.

SUNDAY 20TH

OCTOBER WHITEHORSE FESTIVAL CIVIC CENTRE

MONDAY TO

WEDNESDAY

21ST

TO 23RD

OCTOBER

LEVEL THREE CAMP

THURSDAY 24TH

OCTOBER PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT -

KINDERGARTEN

FRIDAY &

TUESDAY

25TH

& 29TH

OCTOBER

DOVE PUPPETS - KINDERGARTEN

TUESDAY 5TH

NOVEMBER MELBOURNE CUP DAY – PUBLIC HOLIDAY

TUESDAY 12TH

NOVEMBER PREP 2014 INFORMATION NIGHT

FROM THE PRINCIPAL … Esther Wood

BRAINSTORM STUDIOS

ONE WEEK TO GO!

I hope you are as excited about seeing your child

perform as we all are. I have been able to have a

“sneak preview” and I know you will not be

disappointed . The combined efforts of staff and

parents (and of course the students) will be

realised next week as the students “strut their

stuff” on stage. The script is amazing, the songs

wonderful, the costumes magnificent and the

students perform like veterans of the stage.

Mrs Whiteoak is to be congratulated on

presenting a school performance of such a high

standard and one that every student

participates in.

A reminder that our school performance is an

integral part of the school’s curriculum and it is

expected all students will attend on both nights.

Tuesday 10th

September is the first night of our

school production and Thursday 12th

is the second

night.

A WONDERFUL NIGHT IS IN STORE FOR

YOU ALL!

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FEDERAL ELECTION 7TH

SEPTEMBER

This Saturday our school is a

polling booth area. In order to

ensure the safety of our

community members, the staff

car park will be locked. At the

last election there were a few

situations that caused concern to

us as some people jostled for

parking spaces as well as allowing young children

to be walking between cars…a danger in itself.

I would recommend that you try to vote as early as

you can. A barbeque will be in action from

8.30am and I thank all of those parents who have

volunteered their time to cook and serve.

NO HAT, NO PLAY

It is school hat time again.

As of Monday 2nd

September, all students are

required to wear hats outside during recess and

lunchtime. Any student without a

school hat, will need to sit in the

designated area. If you know your

child has lost his/her hat now is the

time to purchase one. Please make sure

your child’s hat is clearly named!

Please ensure your child wears the appropriate

school hat.

2013 WRITING COMPETITION RESULTS

DISTINCTION (top 10%)

Holly Pratt Grade 6

CREDIT (top 30%)

JunYao Lim Grade 4

Ritvik Sharma Grade 4

Yasmyne Chung Grade 6

Prep M- Sami McConville - for her outstanding

effort in diary writing this week. Keep up the great

work!

Prep W- Karcya Coulson- for a big improvement

with her writing. Keep up the great work!

Grade 1/2A- Tori Watanabe - for writing a good

story about her trip to Candy World.

Grade 1/2E- Whole Class - for their constant

enthusiasm and outstanding performance in every

production rehearsal.

Grade 1/2T- Antonia Samaras - for excellent

narrative writing about a mini-beast. Well done!

Grade 1/2WM- Cindy Leung – for a fantastic

drawing of your mini-beast enclosure. Fantastic

effort!

Grade 3/4A- Maxx Coulter - for respecting the

rights of others and showing kindness to all.

Sensational!

Grade 3/4G- Tony Wang – for excellent work in

all areas of Mathematics. Well done!

Grade 3/4J- Isagani Veloira – for completing an

interesting and confident off the cuff speech. Well

done!

Grade 3/4P- Cienna Riley - for a great

improvement in her handwriting. Keep it up!

Grade 5/6 A- Kateland Young – for always

committing herself to all class activities and her

willingness to lend a helping hand. You rock!

Grade 5/6L- Jessica Cheong –for putting time

and effort into practising her song and actions for

production.

Grade 5/6M- Jack Hamilton - for his brilliant

and descriptive news report on our class novel

“Rowan of Rin”. Awesome work!

Grade 5/6H- Matthew Choi – for great

participation and sportsmanship at softball. Well

done!

HOMECRAFTS – Chloe Findlay 3/4P – for

doing a fabulous job when she was in Duty Group.

Chloe was super organised and in control when

doing all those dishes!

VISUAL ARTS- Bobby Duffin – for his focus

and independent working while creating Tim

Burton characters in Art. Well done!

Jasmine Kim – her focussed

planning and excellent designs for her Tim Burton

project. Well done!

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FAILURE IS A GOOD TEACHER

Uninterrupted success is less satisfying than

success intertwined with failure. That is not rocket

science. A study at the University of Colorado

Denver Business School concludes that success

may be sweeter, but failure is the better teacher.

We have a tendency to ignore failure or try not to

focus on it. Vital lessons for the future are

overlooked in the rush to put a brave face on

disappointment.

How many students feel downcast because they

fare worse than their friends in tests and exams?

They have been so brainwashed into thinking of

education as a race where one must clear every

fence, that they are unable to put their results into

context.

Most well-known successful people have either

come up the hard way or had to overcome periods

of chronic self-doubt, where the whole world

seemed to be against them Winston Churchill was

absolutely miserable at school. J.K.Rowling

received a mountain of rejection slips before

finding a publisher for the Harry Potter novels.

There are hundreds of examples of people who

learned from their failures, bounced back and

found success.

I love the thoughts of Benjamin Franklin “I didn’t

fail the test. I just found one hundred ways to do it

wrong.

And this one is fantastic by Robert Schuller

Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure…it just

means you haven’t succeeded yet.

We should all keep this in mind!

NUNAWADING CRICKET CLUB

Thanks to Mr Robert Nash, Nunawading

Cricket Club will conduct cricket clinics at

school on 17th

, 18th

and 19th

September during the

Physical Education sessions. It is wonderful to see

local sporting clubs give so generously of their

time to provide the opportunity for students to

learn new sport skills.

Maybe we have a future Test cricketer in the

making

MEASLES

We have been alerted that there have been

reported cases of measles in students at local

schools.

CLASS FORMATION

The process for student placement for 2014 will

commence in a few weeks as staffing becomes

clearer. We aim to have well-balanced classes of

students that take into account each student’s

social, emotional and academic development and

friendship groups.

Class compositions are based on Level groupings

(Level One – Prep; Level Two – Grades One and

two; Level Three – Grades Three and Four and

Level Four – Grades Five and Six.)

We endeavour to make optimum use of prior

knowledge teachers, parents and others have of

each student prior to class placement.

This is a lengthy process and entails much

discussion and sharing of information between

staff.

If there is any information you consider

important for the school to be aware of, please

put it in writing and return to me before

Monday 7th

October, 2013.

Consideration beyond this date will

not be considered.

WEBSITE NEWS

Remember to check the website for news, photos

and updates, especially the “What’s on” section on

the home page.

www.burwoodhps.vic.edu.au

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Racism ……It stops with me

This week in 3/4G and 3/4A…..

we learnt about how important it is to stop racism.

Here are some of the things we learnt:

In America, about 50 years ago white people

had to sit at the front of the bus and black

people had to sit at the back. If a white

person got on, and the bus was full, a black

person had to get off. This was the law.

The law was called segregation.

A woman called Rosa Parks decided not to get

up for a white man on the bus and she had to

go to jail.

After that, all the black people refused to get

on the bus until the law was changed.

Martin Luther King gave a speech 50 years

ago, where he said “I have a dream.”

He wanted little black boys and girls to be able

to hold hands with little white boys and girls

so they could all be friends.

People listened to Martin Luther King and the

laws were eventually changed.

A couple of months ago a footballer called

Adam Goodes experienced racism.

Racism hurts peoples’ feelings.

It’s now against the law to be racist.

There is now a campaign called “Racism…..it

stops with me” to help young people learn not

to be racist.

In our grades we have taken the pledge. Will

you join us?

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COMMUNITY NEWS

KEEP THESE DATES FREE TWO GREAT FUNDRAISERS COMING UP IN TERM FOUR

RECYCLE YOUR WASTE If you have any of the following you want to recycle:-

stainless steel*copper*aluminium* brass*car parts*clothes lines* lawn mowers*computer

towers* white goods* TVs*sinks*car batteries*taps & plumbing* colourbond

fencing*guttering*roof sheeting* pots & pans*soft drink cans and much more!!!

you will be able to put them in a special skip, available from 17th

October to 28th

October, and

the school will receive payment for the weight of the waste.

FAMILY PORTRAITS On Saturday November 30

th Vision Portrait photographers will visit the school to take family portraits of all

of the family. Delivery before Christmas guaranteed!!

MORE DETAILS ON BOTH EVENTS COMING SOON, BUT PLEASE

MARK THESE DATES IN YOUR DIARY

FUNDRAISING NEWS

1. Chocolate Drive – Thank you to the families who have returned payments. Money is due to Mrs

Fahey’s office by 13th

September.

2. Election Day –

TOMORROW we will be BAKING CHOC-CHIP COOKIES in the school kitchen –all helpers welcome

(bring your baking trays!), so please join us if you can.

There are still a FEW GAPS IN THE SAUSAGE SIZZLE ROSTER FOR SATURDAY – please let

Vicki Fahey know tomorrow if you can help.

THANK YOU to all those who have put their name on the roster – the roster will be sent home with

your students TOMORROW.

Thank you for your support!

Vicki Fahey on behalf

Classroom Co-ordinators

A very big thank you to the following parents who have helped us enormously

in the last week:-

Josephine Nash – for her help in bagging and distributing chocolates

Stella Hewson, Deb Richards, Chris Bould, Sharon Schachter, Josephine Nash,

Anita Fanfulla, Angela Emmoglou, Julie Pratt and Amanda Brown for the

Father’s Day Stall.

Special thanks to Amanda Brown for all the purchasing for Father’s Day.

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KITCHEN NOTES

Entering the kitchen today I was

greeted by the waft of perfume

from our Jasmine plant. Aah!

Spring!! It’s a beautiful time in the

garden at the moment as the warm

weather seems to have brought it to

life again The broad beans are

growing taller by the day, beetroot

bulbs are popping out of the ground

and the chickens are providing us

with a very generous bounty of eggs.

How lucky we are at Burwood

Heights to have our wonderful

garden.

Level Three children have enjoyed

this sweet treat made from the last

of the Winter apples. I hope you will,

too.

Apple, brown sugar and ginger

slice

Ingredients

170 g Butter, at room

temperature

1 cup Brown Sugar

3 Coles Brand Free Range

Eggs

1 cup Self-raising Flour

1 tsp Ground Cinnamon

1 1/2 tsp Ground Ginger

1 Grated Lemon Zest

3 Jazz Apples, quartered,

cored

1 tbsp Demerara Sugar

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C or

160°C fan. Grease and line base and

sides of a 19cm x 29cm slice pan.

2. Using an electric mixer, beat

butter and brown sugar until light

and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time,

beating well after each addition.

Sift together flour and spices. Fold

into butter mixture with lemon zest,

until combined. Peel and chop 1 apple

and mix into batter.

3. Fill prepared pan, smoothing

top with a spatula. Bake for 10 mins.

Remove from oven.

4. Thinly slice remaining apples

and arrange over batter. Sprinkle

over demerara sugar. Bake for

another 20-25 mins, or until a

skewer inserted comes out clean.

Cool in pan.

Level Three parents visited us

for lunch

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OSHClub News

After School Care Program

Program Update 05.09. 2013

Hi Everyone!

We're quietly plodding along towards the end of Term Three and I am happy to say that our

numbers this term have been improving fantastically. A big thank you to all who have been regulars

to OSHClub and a big welcome to all our new people and to the ones who have joined us again

after a long break.

Since we're welcoming Pooja back to the group, I thought I'd let her tell us about her experience

while she was off doing her Cert 3 placement.

Hi everyone,

I (Pooja) am back from my work placement at a Long Day care centre. The experience was

enriching, and different. I worked with a 5 months - 6 years age group and the work and activities

involved were quite different to the 6-12 age group I usually work with.

As much as I enjoyed time at the Day Care centre, I'm happy to be back. More importantly, it was

touching to see that the kids were happy to see me again. I'm grateful to the kids as well as the

parents for being patient with me moving in and out of the program.

Have a great week :)

OSHC TEAM

Next Week's Activities

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

ACTIVITIES

Frogs and Lillipads (Game)

Bossy Ball! Beans! Balloon Basketball

Colour Changing Milk (Science)

ACTIVITIES

Honey and Carrot Cookies

Paper Plate Sun Catchers

Icy Pole Stick Flowers

Corn Pikelets Winking Pencil Toppers

Parent Information

OSHC program phone: 0423 225 807

Coordinator: LINDSAY

Assistants: SEAN, ANTHONY, KERRIE, POOJA, ALEX, RICHELLE

OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000

All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an

account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via

your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the

program.