ROCKBANK
Term 2 Week 4
11th May 2017
Primary School’s
Newsletter
97-105 Westcott Parade Rockbank Victoria 3335
03 9747 1210
www.rockbankps.vic.edu.au
Our Year 3—6 students had a wonderful time at the
Skateboard Workshop in April.
A message from our Principal ...
It has been an exciting and busy fortnight since our last newsletter. We have all
been very impressed with the way students have prepared for their NAPLAN and
congratulate them on giving it their best. We look forward to seeing some positive
results later in the year.
Curriculum Day
Tomorrow, Friday 12th May, will be a Curriculum day, so students will not be required at
school. We will see you all on Monday ready for a new week of learning.
Mother’s Day
I would like to acknowledge the amazing turn out for our Mother’s Day breakfast
this morning. It was wonderful to see so many Mothers and Grandmothers in the
gym enjoying themselves. Thank you to all the staff and parents who contributed
to the success of the morning. I would also like to thank all the parents who
helped with the Mother’s Day Stall. Without your help, we would be unable to
provide such wonderful programs for our students. I would like to thank Lyn
Courtice, Kristy Drake, Tristin Hluschko, Natacha Kolak, Diane Hanmer and Sharon
Alton for their contributions to ensuring that the Mother’s Day festivities were a
success. We wish all Mothers and Grandmothers a wonderful day on Sunday.
Absences
Please inform the office if your child will be absent. We will be sending notes
home with students to confirm reasons for absence. Please ensure that these are
returned in a timely manner, so that we may update our records. If your child is
going to be absent, a call to the office in the morning would be appreciated.
Meeting with teachers
Please feel free to organise regular meetings with your child’s teacher or check in
with them regularly about your child’s progress. Teachers are more than happy to
provide you with any necessary information and to provide you with tips on how to
help your child improve in literacy and numeracy.
Have a great weekend.
Daryl Spiteri
Principal
Dates to
remember
Friday 12th May
Curriculum Day
(student free day)
Tuesday 16th May
Cross Country
(some Year 3—6 students)
Friday 19th May
Walk Safely to School
Day
22nd—26th May
Education Week
Friday 26th May
Winter Sports
(Years 3—6)
Australia’s Biggest
Morning Tea
Tuesday 30th May
Healthy Eating
Presentation
(Years 5/6 & parents
welcome—see attached flyer)
Friday 2nd June
Winter Sports
(years 3—6)
Reminders from
School News
the Office
You may have seen
the
name "FlexiBuzz"
and noticed a change
in logo when you
visit your Tiqbiz app
or desktop site. This
is the result of the
recent purchase of
Tiqbiz by an
Australian tech
company .
Bank Account details for
direct deposits
For parents/guardians
wanting to pay school levies/
camps/excursions etc. by
direct deposit, we now have
this available.
BSB No. 313-140
Account No. 12055616
(Bank Australia)
We will be
continuing to use the
app to communicate
with you and
FlexiBuzz will retain
all of the features
that were available
with Tiqbiz.
Please make sure you put
your surname and what
payment is for in the
description part of deposit.
Absences
To ensure you have
the most up-to-date
version of the app we
would recommend
running the app update as soon as
possible.
If your child is going to be
absent from school please
call the office on 9747 1210
between 8:30am and
8:50am.
If you are using the
desktop site, you will
now go
to web.flexibuzz.com
It’s runny nose season!
Cold and flu season is upon us. We go
through many boxes of tissues to stay well.
If you can donate any boxes of tissues, it would
be greatly appreciated.
School News
Date: Friday 26th May
Time: 8am—8:30am
Where: Multi Purpose Room
Details: Our Friday Morning
Breakfast Club will be a
gold coin donation to
support Australia’s Biggest
Morning Tea.
School Production
School Production tickets are selling fast!
See the office to purchase your tickets.
School News
NO LUNCH ORDERS
Friday 26th
Healthy Lunch Provided for
all students
The theme for this year’s Education Week is Healthy Mind, Healthy Body.
Here is a calendar of events happening at school over the week:
DAY
TIME
EVENT
Reading in Classrooms
Monday 22nd
9:15—9:45am
Parents/Grandparents/Aunts/Uncles—
welcome to visit the classrooms.
Reading in Classrooms
Tuesday 23rd
9:15—9:45am
Friday 26th
11:00am
Parents/Grandparents/Aunts/Uncles—
welcome to visit the classrooms.
Healthy Lunches Provided for All Students
NB: No lunch orders on this day
Students choose a morning activity:
Every Day
9:00—9:15am
Walk around the oval, dance in the hall,
skipping or playground obstacle
School News
Walk Safely to School Day
TABLOID SPORTS
2:15—3:00pm
House Teams Tabloid Sports Event
School News
Active Kids
This week, we have some great tips on recognising the different types of physical and sedentary behaviours. Remember, 60
minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity every day is recommended.
School News
Mothers Day Breakfast
Thanks to Diane for organising such a wonderful Mothers Day event on Thursday.
The breakfast was a great success.
Celebrating Our Successes
House Points
Missen
370
Peacock
480
Fisher
910
Harrison
790
Celebrating Our Successes
Student of the Week Award Recipients
Yellow Classroom (Prep—2) Gwyneth Achieving an excellent standard in reading and writing.
Miss Mundie
Jaxon
Including his classmates in activities and working hard to learn his words.
Blue Classroom (Prep—2)
Brigid
Having a go and trying your best during writing time. Well done!
Jai P
Showing great Active Listening skills during Learning time. Well done.
Molli
Demonstrating creativity and extending her understanding when writing a
Miss Lane
Green Classroom (3—6)
Mr. Leech
Orange Classroom (3—6)
Narrative.
Emilee
Supporting a visitor from Grade 2 in the Life Ed van this morning. Well done!
Josh
Always using kind words and encouraging your friends and teachers.
Areeb
Lending your umbrella to students walking home in the rain!
Keldan
Including younger students in your footy game. What a great first week at
Rockbank! Welcome!
Mrs. Carmichael
Mrs. McClelland
We are Respectful We are Learners We Value Togetherness We are Safe
Community News
What
have
beenlearning?
learning?
What
havewe
we been
Grades 3—6
Mr Carmichael
In Orange 3-6, we have been developing our skills in narrative writing. While we know that every
narrative has a title, orientation, problem, sequence of events, solution and coda, we have
recently discovered that the magic is in the detail.
Using the seven perspectives (shape, colour, size, number, position, texture and doing) as a
guide, we have been crafting a range of descriptive paragraphs to describe settings and
characters.
“The castle is big and beautiful. In front of the classroom is a moat and behind it is a rainbow.
There are deers, swans and ducks near the castle. Behind it is Tinkerbell. The people in the castle
are happy and dance in the ballroom. There are twenty one people is the classroom. There are
many plants and trees. Tinkerbell is flying happily. The animals are enjoying their afternoon.”
Sophie, Grade 3
“One stormy night, there was a big forest. It was scary and dark with big trees. It was cold and
frightening. In the forest was a castle. It was a big and scary castle – a big scary death castle. In
the castle was a big, mean ruler names Hero O’Brien. He was the most dangerous killer in the
whole world and he was the scariest man in the world too.”
Tejay, Grade 4
“I can see that the beautiful ocean is a huge, salty place that you can swim in. It is full of sea
creatures. I can see that the sea is a greenish-blue colour. I can see that the sea is a curvy place
for all these cute creatures to live in. I can
see that the sand feels crunchy and salty. The
coral feels very rough. I can see that there is
one hundred fish swimming in the ocean.”
Nykia, Grade 5
“Faith is a kind girl with black hair and blue
eyes and she has a birthmark shaped like an
owl on her lower back. She is sad about the
plane crash that destroyed her family. She
was adopted and raised by lions and she is
kinder than ever.”
Brylee, Grade 6