Berwick Lodge Primary School, Newsletter, April 2011

DIARY DATES

Friday 8th April Term 1 Finishes 2.30pm

Wednesday 27th April Term 2 begins

Tuesday 3rd May 2nd Hand Uniform Shop

Friday 13th May Interschool Winter Sport

NEWSLETTER N0.10 7TH APRIL 2011

NOTICES DUE BACK BY

Thursday 7th April 5/6 Camp Coolamatong

Deposit

Interschool Winter Sport

Friday 5th May Singapore Trip 2nd instalment

BERWICK LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL Phone: 9707 1766 Fax: 9796 2198

E-mail: [email protected]

Visit our Websites : http:// www.berwicklodgeps.vic.edu.au,

Camp Australia/Out of School Hours Care: 9769 8251

CANTEEN IS NOT OPEN ON TUESDAYS

BER UPDATE Julie Alliston, General Manager,

DEECD BER Team, contacted me

last week to tell me to that she

needed more time to respond to our

request for details/access to our

remaining BER project funds so that

we could manage the use of these

funds in line with National BER

Guidelines ourselves. This was the

essence of the deal that was

brokered between the DEECD (via

Julie Alliston) and me (on behalf of

BLPS) last year in accord with

undertakings given us by the then

Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard.

As we had agreed to downgrade our

template building from a notional $3

million facility

to a notional $2

million building,

we believe it is

reasonable to

expect at least a

$1 million sum

available for our management on a

companion project.

Julie Alliston had originally informed

me that she would need about 2

weeks to respond to our request –

assuring me that the DEECD was

working toward the achievement of

our aim. Julie explained that as the

BER Team‟s workload had been

increased recently, she would need

more time. In thanking her for

alerting me this, I informed her that

we could wait a little longer. That

was a week ago and I expect to hear

from her soon.

Yesterday David Chandler, a

member of the BER Orgill Taskforce

visited our school for the third time

since work on our project

commenced in early December.

David is a member of the Taskforce

that is operating under the authority

of the federal

government to

ascertain „value

for money‟ for

BER projects

across Australia.

He was very

unimpressed with the lack of

progress on our project, in addition

to several construction issues. David

has assured me that he will visit our

school at least twice more before

our project is completed. I

understand that he is seeking urgent

talks with APP, our project

management company in order to

speed things up and address several

construction issues.

I will keep you informed!

FAREWELL TO LINDA

LUNDBERG Linda is leaving us today as she has

accepted a fulltime

position in office

administration at

Coral Park P.S.

On behalf of all at

Berwick Lodge I

wish to thank Linda for her valuable

contribution to our school in recent

years and wish her every success in

her new position.

TERM ONE COMPLETED Gee! Time moves by so quickly –

term 1 is over already. It has been a

great term in many ways – our new

students, including our Preps have

settled in very well, we‟ve had some

great social events, fundraising and of

course lots of learning taking place.

Do have an enjoyable break if you

are taking time off and hoping Easter

is a time of peace and relaxation for

everyone.

FREQUENTLY ASKED

QUESTIONS (FAQ‟s) Q. Why are children dismissed

early on the last day of term?

A. That‟s a decision made

possible because of

government regulations.

Schools can dismiss children an

hour early at the end of terms

1, 2 and 3 and 2 hours early at

the end of term 4.

QUOTABLE QUOTE The road to despair is sign posted

‘perfectionism’.

HENRY GROSSEK

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

ASS I STANT PR INCIPALS ’ REPORT

APPROPRIATE CLOTHING AND

FOOTWEAR

During the recent Crazy Dress

Day and the House Athletics

Day several children presented

at school wearing inappropriate

clothing and footwear. This

indicated to us that it may be

timely to remind families of the

expectations with regard to

what their children are wearing to school. At all

times students are required to wear clothing which

covers their shoulders and body adequately and

footwear that provides adequate cover and

protection for school related activities and playing in

the playground. For example, school shoes or

sports shoes are preferred and sturdy sandals are

acceptable. No thongs, high heeled shoes,

moccasins or other soft soled shoes are to be worn.

Teachers may make the decision to withdraw

students from activities if they feel that

the child is inappropriately attired or

has unsatisfactory footwear. The

school will attempt to contact parents if

this is the case.

HEAD LICE CHECKS

During the two week holiday break, we would

appreciate the support of every family in the school

in the detection and total eradication of any live

lice and/or eggs that are found in children‟s hair.

While we realise that families are busy, we feel that

it would be a most worthwhile exercise in

eradicating lice from the school.

To be successful, every family

would need to commit some time

to:

Check their children‟s hair at least

twice over the holidays. (Eg: Week

1 and Week 2)

If any live lice are found, treat immediately.

(Complete follow-up checks and treatment.)

If any eggs are found, apply lots of conditioner, and

patiently remove all eggs.

If every family is diligent in this exercise, we will be

able to break the head lice cycle in the school.

We thank you in advance for your cooperation, and

look forward to „Lice-free Term 2 at B.L.P.S.!”

CAMP AUSTRALIA NEWS

Yesterday we met Dorien Erasmus who will be the

new coordinator for our before and after school

care program. Dorien will commence her duties on

the morning of Wednesday 27th April. Dorien has

previous experience as a program coordinator with

Camp Australia and is familiar with our program

having worked with Domenic and Olivia in the past.

She is looking forward to working with Jess and

Emma and meeting the children of BLPS and their

families. Please introduce yourself to Dorien and

make her feel welcome.

SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

The City of Casey offers a range of activities and

events to suit children of all ages during the school

holidays. The program for the Autumn Holidays

2011 is available from the school office.

END OF TERM ONE

Parents are reminded that Term 1 ends tomorrow

(Friday 8th April). In line with our usual practice for

the end of term the students will be dismissed from

their classrooms at 2:30PM.

Term 2 will commence for students and

teachers on Wednesday 27th April.

LYNNE BRENNER & DEBBIE

CUSACK

SCHOOL AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who received awards over the last week:

Kane PL

Phoebe PL

Montaya PW

Stevan PW

Samudra PW

Caleb PW

Hayden PC Molly PC

Ashan PC

Saritha PM

Katie PM

TEACHING CONFIDENCE

Things to Say to Communicate “Accepting Myself”

“You are not a bad person because you received a bad mark.”

“One mistake does not make you a bad person ! We all make mistakes.”

“I‟m glad you didn‟t seem to put yourself down when you made that mistake in class.”

“A slump in form, or a poor test result doesn‟t change the person you are.”

“Isn‟t it interesting? Fred just made a few mistakes in maths, but he‟s a

terrific book monitor, football player, friend, and son! What does that say

about Fred?”

“You can get a poor result, you can come to school with old socks on. You

can fall over in assembly. You‟re still likable and capable. Remember,

everyone makes mistakes.”

“You are you, warts and all. Be confident in knowing that when you make a

mistake, it doesn‟t take away your good points.”

HAVE YOU CHANGED YOUR ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER?

Please ensure you let the school office know if you have changed address or updated mobile phones with new numbers.

This information alleviates stressful situations on students when they are ill and we cannot contact parents

You Can Schools Program

Working with Canteen and the Sony Foundation, Berwick

Lodge Primary School will be collecting old mobile phones

to be recycled. The funds from these mobile phones will

go to much needed funds to build youth

cancer centres across Australia.

The more mobile phones we collect and

recycle the more educational tools Berwick

Lodge Primary School will receive. These

could include video cameras, laptops, and

possibly Interactive Whiteboards which will

be a great addition to our school.

There is a collection bin in the front foyer, located outside

Mrs Cusack‟s office. Please hunt around at home, or ask

your friends, neighbours, work colleagues and local

community groups, to look for any old mobile phones and

place them in the collection bin located in the school

foyer.

Please help Berwick Lodge Primary

School support a worthy cause.

Vanessa Porter

On behalf of the Junior School

Council

EMA 1st INSTALLMENT ARE NOW

AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE

SCHOOL OFFICE BETWEEN

8:30AM - 4:00PM

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Grade 5/6 Interschool Winter

Sports commences in Term 2 and

we need Parents/Grandparents to

assist with football, soccer, netball,

kickball and T-ball teams. If you are

keen to assist either as a coach or

assistant, we would love to have

your help. Your passion for helping

children learn team sports is important to us and so we

would like to invite you to join us on Friday mornings.

For further details please contact Sue Naismith on

9707 1766. Please note you will need to be available

Friday mornings from 9:00am - 11:00am during Term 2 on

a weekly basis

We look forward to

hearing from you!

SCHOOL PHOTOS HAVE ARRIVED!

The school photos have arrived at the

school this week. Please make sure that

you check with your teacher if you have

not received them. Alternatively you can

contact School Pix on 1300 766 055.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

This year all Grades 3 to 6 children will be participating in the Fantastic Fridays Program in Term 2. This program

will run on Friday afternoons (2:30 to 3:30) starting from Week 2 and will run for approximately 8 weeks. It is an

elective program where students will be mixed with their peers to learn a variety of different subjects outside the

normal curriculum areas of Literacy and Numeracy. The elective programs on offer are:

Gymnastics

J-Rock

Lego

Cooking

Art / Craft

Construction

Billycarts

County Fair

Fashion / Jewellery Making

Science and Technology

We have a number of teachers allocated to the various programs but are asking our school community for some

support. If you have any expertise in any of the following areas and would like to participate in the program we

would greatly appreciate your time and experience. These activities require different

materials and resources and we would greatly appreciate any donations to support our

Fantastic Fridays Program. These could include- construction materials such as wood,

screws, wheels, art supplies, foam cups etc

Please see Traceye Rapinett for information or details about the

program.

We are very excited to be underway with rehearsals for J Rock 2011! Due to the overwhelming number of

interested students, it was impossible to provide everyone with an on stage role. However,

thank-you so much to all students who auditioned, everyone should be very proud of their

efforts.

Helpers Needed:

We would really love to hear from any parents, guardians, friends or grandparents who would

be interested in joining the production team to assist with costuming and/or sets/props! If you

think you would love to help in any way, please pass on your name, a contact phone number

and your child‟s name and grade to the office: Attention Tahnee Planner.

Costume Needs:

We are looking for any unwanted garments of the following colours to fit 9 – 12 year olds:

plain white, black, grey and smoky purple.

If these could be passed onto to me that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for

all your support and I hope you have a lovely holiday break!

Tahnee Planner

Performing Arts Teacher

Parents & Friends Association NEXT MEETING: Thursday 5th May 2011 at 1.30pm in Room 16.

Everyone is welcome, including toddlers. The PFA welcomes anyone wanting to join the fun and help make

a difference.

2ND HAND UNIFORM SHOP: Our next 2nd hand uniform shop will be open in the school canteen on

Tuesday 3rd May 2011 from 2.30pm until 3.15pm. We would like to thank all those families who have

donated as they have assisted other families in our community.

Current Events

MOTHERS DAY STALL: Thursday 5th May, 2011. Our stall is being held on the

second Thursday in Term 2. Forms need to be returned by Tuesday 3rd May 2011. We have

a huge selection of wonderful quality presents for that special Mum or Grandmother in your

life. You can purchase up to 4 presents per child at $5..00 per present. If you missed out on

your form, spare copies are available at the office.

SUNSCREEN: We have roll-on sunscreen available for purchase at the front office for $6.00 per stick.

They are a great compact size and are very useful for all children to have in their bags now with our lovely

sunny weather!

MOBILE PHONE RECYCLING: Please remember to bring in your old mobile phones and support our

Junior School Council. Don‟t forget, the more phones we collect, the more Sony products we get

as a reward.

THANKYOU

Thank you to all those Mums and Dad (Stan) who helped us with our Hot Dog Day on

Tuesday. We appreciate all the hot dog cooking, bun slicing and delivering to classes.

Without you, the day would not have been the success it was.

Sarah, Andrea and the PFA committee want to thank everyone who has supported our fundraising events

in Term 1. The success of the disco, drive-in night and hot dog day, is thanks to our whole school

community, our students and families who attended the events and those

volunteers who helped run them. We wish everyone a safe and happy

holiday and look forward to your continued support in Term 2.

DRIVE-IN SPONSOR

Lollipops Playland and Café

Brechin Drive, Narre Warren 3805

Phone: 9705 9655

Mad Fun—Face Painting

www.madfun.com.au

Phone: 1300 980 828

Mansfield Street Food Mart

157-159 Mansfield Street, Berwick

3806

Phone: 9796 1001

R J Sanderson & Associates

Shop 12, Parkhill Plaza, Berwick

3806

Phone: 9705 2500

BUSINESS ADVERTISING

Free up your weekends!

Need more time for other things in life?

Let me do your housework—it costs less than you think!

Available Monday to Friday

References available from other clients.

No subcontractors

Call me today for a chat about how I can help you

Call Angela

0401 661 727

Advertisements published by the school are accepted in good faith and should not be regarded as an endorsement of any product or service.

Parents and members of the school community are advised to investigate any service or product to determine its suitability to meet their family's needs prior to accessing it.

Mel’s Guidance Counselling

Specialising in:

▪ Relationship / Family violence

▪ Grief / Bereavement, including suicide

▪ Anger Management

▪ Depression

▪ Family Breakdown

▪ Child / Adolescent

Issues

▪ Teenage pregnancy

▪ Eating Disorders

▪ Self esteem

▪ Personal Development

You can also visit my website:

www.melsguidancecounselling.com.au

Please call Melissa

on 0413 333 547 to

arrange an

appointment

CRYSTAL CLEANING

SERVICES P/L

For all your carpet/upholstery and

general cleaning needs

Special Offer 3 rooms/3 seats

Professionally steamed cleaned for $77.00 incl. GST

Free deodorising Free stain treating

Other services: Vacate clean-up/ready for sale

For bookings & enquiries contact Steve 0411 752

279

$1.00 from each booking goes back to BLPS.

Plus $1.00 to Royal Children's Hospital

Timbarra P-9 College

School Tours

School Tours for interested parents

of Year 7 students for 2012 are now

available on the following date.

Tuesday 3rd May 2011 at 10.00am

Year 7 Information Evening

Tuesday 10th May 2011 7.00pm - 8.00pm in School Gym

Bookings are essential and can

be made by contacting the

school office on 9704 2744

Parkhill Drive, Berwick 3806

PO Box 2255 Fountain Gate 3805

Ph: 03 9704 2744

Fax: 03 9705 6044

[email protected]

www.timbarrap9.vic.edu.au

COMMUNITY NEWS

COMMUNITY NEWS

GUIDE DOGS VICTORIA

I am the event coordinator at Guide Dogs Victo-

ria and I am currently working on a brand new

event called Victoria‟s Biggest Dog Wash. This is

the first ever Guide Dogs Victoria Event where

the public are invited to bring along their own

dogs for a fun day out.

It will be held at Flemington Racecourse (The

Ascot)

Sunday 10th April 2011

9:00am - 4:00pm

Details at: www.guidedogsvictoria.com.au

YARRA VALLEY RAILWAY

Easter Holiday Rides

Hourly 10:00am - 4:00pm

Opening Dates: 10th, 13th, 17th, 20th, 22nd - 26th April

2011

Yarra Valley Railway also invites you to attend a family

movie night “On The Green” at Rochford Winery on

Friday 8th April 2011.

Gates open at 6:00pm

FERRIS BEULLER‟S DAY OFF

For more information visit our website at

www.yvr.com.au

FREE GOLF CLINICS

Tuesday 19th April 2011

Berwick Golf Range

295 Beaconsfield-Emerald Road

1 hour classes

MUST BOOK!

All Equipment Supplied

Lessons from a qualifies golg professional

Don‟t worry if you‟ve never tried gold before

COME AND HAVE FUN IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Telephone: 9796 1898

BERWICK AUSKICK

Auskick Berwick is about to start again - learning new footy skills,

how to play as part of a team and of course having a chance for

the family to spend time together in a

great, fun, safe community sporting

environment.

Registration Day: Saturday 9th

April 2011

Arch Brown Reserve - 9:00am

Registration online is available at

www.aflauskick.com.au.

By registering online you will be

eligible for free tickets to an AFL game.

Registration cost is $60 which includes your backpack (with footy

and other goodies), insurances and costs to the clinic.

A BBQ will be supplied on the day and we will be selling AFL

Team Football Jumpers for a cost of $50 (CASH ONLY). We will

also be taking orders for shorts, socks, etc.

Please invite your friends and family along to this great clinic.

The First Auskick Day is Saturday 30th April 2011 -

Arch Brown reserve at 9:00am

We are also looking for 24 Grade 3/4 and Grade 5/6 for

the GRID GAME the Carlton vs Adelaide match on

Saturday 23rd April 2011 - Etihad Stadium at 7:10pm

Please call Sally on 0405 006 106 for further information

2011 SACRAMENT OF

CONFIRMATION

St Michael‟s Catholic Church, Berwick, invites

Catholic children currently in Year 6 or above to

prepare for the sacrament of Confirmation.

Preparation begins with a Parents Meeting on 4th

May 2011 either at 1.30 pm or at 7.30 pm in St.

Michael‟s Stadium. This meeting is a compulsory part

of the Program and failure to attend will mean your

child cannot make their Confirmation this year. For

more information, please contact St Michael‟s Parish,

Berwick, on 9707 1355 or email

[email protected]