Volume 7/2017
19th May, 2017
Sunshine North Primary School
65-71 Suffolk Road, North Sunshine 3020, Phone: 9311 2400, Fax: 9311 2578
Dear Parents/Carers and Friends,
Principal: Ken Ryan
DATES TO REMEMBER
EDUCATION WEEK
Monday, 22nd—26th May
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
Wednesday, 24th May
1/2 PUFFING BILLY
EXCURSION
Monday, 5th June
DIVISION X COUNTRY
Tuesday, 6th June
QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Monday, 12th June
EDUCATION WEEK ~ BACK TO SCHOOL
NIGHT
WEDNESDAY MAY 24TH, 6.30 PM - 7.30 PM
All students, parents and friends are invited to an exciting
celebration at Sunshine North Primary School. For the past 8
years, we have celebrated Education Week with our “Back to
School Night”.
• On this night, all current students can buy a Map to Discovery
for only $1 from the Office on the night, for their chance to
win an iPad.
• Follow the map to discover interesting and exciting activities
around the school and join in on the activity—but don’t forget
to have your map stamped by the staff member!
• Once students have 6 stamps on their map they can enter the
draw for a new iPad.
• At 7.30 we will all gather in the school hall to celebrate and to
announce the winner of the iPad.
We hope to see you all there!
MULTICULTURAL DAY
Tuesday, 13th June
SCHOOL COUNCIL
Monday, 19th June
3/4 MELBOURNE
MUSEUM EXCURSION
Wednesday, 21stJune
WMR CROSS COUNTRY
Thursday, 22nd June
5/6 IMMIGRATION
MUSEUM EXCURSION
Wednesday, 21stJune
P/T/S INTERVIEWS
Thursday, 29th June
LAST DAY OF TERM 2:
2.20 PM FINISH
Friday, 30th June
REMINDERS!
BOOKLIST FEES 2017:
$140 per student
$80 with valid CRN
NAPLAN Testing: Parents of students in Years 3 and 5, I would like to
thank you for the support and encouragement that you gave your child last
week as all of our Year 3 and Year 5 students sat 3 days of NAPLAN
Testing in Literacy and Numeracy. It can be a stressful time for
students, but I know that a lot of work is done at school assisting
students to understand and prepare for sitting and working through an
assessment booklet.
Well done to all the students who sat the test and all that can be asked is
that you try and do your best effort on the day, which I am sure you did.
The school, parents and students will not know the results of these tests
until September.
Lateness:
We have many children who come to school after the first bell
has rung. Please ensure that your child is at school before 9.00am so that
they are in their class prior to their lessons beginning. The first session in
class is a very important part of the school day as it helps children to get
ready for their learning causing fewer disruptions for the other students
and the teacher in the class. Students who are late each day miss up to 17
days of learning each school year.
Thank you for your support in helping us to provide the best learning
environment for your child/children.
KEN RYAN
Principal
Everyone at Sunny North wishes the following students, who celebrated their birthday this
week, a very Happy Birthday:
*Angelina in 1/2G
*Sarah in 5/6S
*Noon in Prep C
*Naba in Prep T
We hope that you had a wonderful day!
The following students will be celebrating their birthday next week:
*Jonathan in 3/4N
*Kenshin in 1/2G
The Sunny North family wishes you all a very Happy Birthday – have a great day!
LEARNING AND BEHAVIOURAL VALUES 2017
Our Core Values are statements of belief about attitudes, skills, and approaches to learning that we want to foster in
our students. They are intended to permeate and to be reflected by every aspect of school life, in and out of the
classroom, as well as home and community life. In addition, they can be seen as broad statements of purpose that
focus the school’s energies in curriculum, programs, and policies.
Sunshine North Primary prides itself on being a safe and happy learning environment. Every 2 weeks we
focus on a particular value that contributes to this.
SETTING GOALS:
What does it mean to be good at Setting Goals? It allows you to choose where you want to
go in your learning and what you want to achieve, then you know what you have to concentrate on
and improve. You should have a Reading Goal, a Writing Goal, a Numeracy Goal and a Personal Goal.
Good Goal Setters say:
“I know how to achieve my goal.”
“I know why my goal is important.”
“My goal is realistic and challenging.” “I know what my road blocks are in achieving my goals.”
Your goal needs to be SMART:
S = Specific
M = Measurable
A = Attainable
R = Relevant, Rigorous, Realistic and Results Focused
T = Timely and Trackable
In setting goals, you should say:
“I will…………………...which will help me to………………………………..”
“I will know I have achieved this when……………………………………...by……………………………………”
How do you know if you are good at Setting Goals?:
Students who set goals will improve their learning.
You are able to see what you have done.
Increase your motivation to achieve.
You increase pride and satisfaction in your work.
Sunshine North has many wonderful enrichment programs and opportunities for student involvement
which contribute to their rich and well rounded learning experience at SNPS. The programs we offer
are: Visual Arts, Physical Education and Sports, Performing Arts, Languages (Vietnamese), the Kitchen
Garden Program, Breakfast Club, S.R.C, the Rainbow Room, and SPARKS just to name a few.
Years five and Six investigated colour, shape, space and brush techniques to create an acrylic
painting of their ideas around “Reflection”. They produced wonderful pieces of art. Here are a few
of their creations. The remainder are on display in the hall way outside the Art Studio. Mrs Hannon
has Selena’s hanging in her office.
Ms Ina Messig—Visual Arts Specialist
Sunshine North VS Christ the King ~ 5th May:
reports!
We are back with the interschool sports
The results for Newcombe were 3 sets in our favour, we had an awesome
match , everyone put in a great effort!
Next we have the football team results, the scores were 69-6 in our favour.
Adrian scored 3 goals, Michelle scored 1, Yasar scored 2, Jules scored 2,
Tavita scored 2 and Timmy scored 1. Overall everyone played very well.
Now we have the Tee ball team results, the scores were 9-19 so sadly we lost but everyone put in
lots of effort!
Lastly we have the netball team results. The mix team scored 4-13 so sadly we lost, but the girls
team scored 9-1 in our favour.
Sunshine North VS Harvester ~ 12th May: We are back with what you have been waiting for
another sports report!
Here we have the netball results both mixed and girls’ team won with the score of 10-0 for girls
and 7-1 for the mixed team.
Now for the tee ball results. Unfortunately we lost with the score of 17-25 but we tried our very
best until the very end.
Next we have the Newcombe results—we had the victory of 3 sets to 0.
Last but not least we have football with the score of 47-49. Sadly we lost by 2 points but we won’t
ever give up.
Thank you to our wonderful coaches Mrs Messig, Mrs White, Miss Chircop and Mrs Woodford for
coaching us during our games.
• The 1/2 team are VERY excited about their upcoming
excursion to PUFFING BILLY! This is part of our inquiry unit
on toys from the past. Please make sure you return your
permission forms ASAP but definitely before next
Wednesday!!!!
• If you have any toys from your childhood that you are
willing to share with us please let David, Maries, Hattie or
Gail know – we’d love to see them. We will be sharing toys
from our childhood over the coming weeks with the children.
• We’ve also been learning about Volume and Capacity this
week, as you can see by the photos . It’s been pretty messy
but lots of fun, as we experiment with pasta, sand and Unifix
blocks.
•
Hope to see you all at the Back to School night
next Wednesday!!!
Mother’s Day Stall: Thank you very much to the wonderful parents in the
PFA. The Mother’s Day Stall was another great success. We hope that all the
mums at Sunny North had a wonderful Mother’s Day on Sunday and enjoyed
their presents.
AN ENORMOUS THANK YOU! from Mrs Hannon
Thanks to our wonderful volunteers who worked endlessly cooking
sausages and onions at Sunshine Bunnings on Saturday, May 13th. With your
amazing support we were able to raise over $1,150 for our school!
Miss Gatt
Allan Chapman (Xavier’s dad)
Siobhan Hannon
Susan Kidd
Stacey Alderson (Amelia’s mum)
Mrs Taylor
Mr Ryan
Minh Nguyen (Leo Vu’s dad)
Mrs Camilleri
Tiffany Ledovski (Nikita & Felix’s mum)
Matias Galvan (Adrian & Jonathan’s dad)
Ms Lomen