PRINCIPAL’S REPORT DIARY DATES Friday 20th November 20th Anniversary Fete 3:30-8:30pm Monday 23rd November Gr 1/2 Joffas Toonschool Tuesday 24th November Gr 3/4 Joffas Toonschool Tuesday 24th November Second Hand Uniform shop 2.30-3.15pm Monday 30th November School Council Sub Comm Monday 7th December School Council Meeting Wednesday 16th December Gr 5/6 Casey Race/Cranbourne sports Friday 18th December Last day term 4—1:30 finish Monday 1st February First day term 1 2010 NEWSLETTER N0.36 19TH NOVEMBER 2009 NOTICES DUE BACK BY Friday 4th December Gr 5/6 Casey Race/Cran. sports 20 TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY BERWICK LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL Phone: 9707 1766 Fax: 9796 2198 E-mail: [email protected]Visit our Websites : www.berwicklodgeps.vic.edu.au, http://berwicklodgeps.globalteacher.org.au TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES 2010 We have now completed our staffing schedule for next year, based on an overall enrolment of 725 students. This is a drop of 15 students on our census date enrolment figure in February. We welcome back Sandra McCrum who has been on Leave Without Pay for the past two years. Geoff Ablett also returns, after a year as the Mayor of the City of Casey. Geoff is, however, returning on a part time basis of one day per week. Joining us for the first time is Katherine Woskoboenko, a graduate teacher. In the grade lists below you will notice that Karise Dell is grade sharing with Geoff Ablett. This is because Karise will be on leave one day per week in 2010 to undertake post graduate studies in student wellbeing. You may not recognise the name, Jodie Luketic. That is because Luketic will be Jodie Donnellen’s married surname following her forthcoming marriage. We have made a number of changes to our non grade support provision. Rose Scavo will be providing grade support to our grade 3/4’s because these grades will be our largest next year with class sizes being 28 or 29 per class. This year Heather Mathews provided that support to our Prep grades which were 2 to 3 students above the 21 enrolments per grade notional ideal. Our current prep numbers for next year are 19 or 20 children per grade. Of the 29 grades we will have next year, we will have only 4 composite classes. Whilst we do not have a problem with composite classes, in recent years we have chosen to have fewer of them rather than more. In the grade 5/6 area we have just one composite class. Given the numbers of children we will have in grades 5 and 6 next year it was not possible to have 7 straight grades without having lopsided numbers across the two grade levels. Alternatively, we did not want to create 7 composite classes as the straight grade option provided some logistical benefits this year. As you will note, we have placed Sue Naismith, one of our most experienced teachers in the composite grade. I am very pleased that we have been able to maintain our allocation of Additional Assistance teachers who will be working primarily in the junior grades in the areas of literacy and numeracy. On the extension side of programs, our ICT (LEEP) extension program has been highly successful this year and will be continued. It will be augmented next year with a new program – Mathematics extension for our senior students. This program will be delivered by Robert Barr, two days per week. Mathematics is a passion of Robert’s and after several years as a member of our Additional Assistance team in the junior grades, this will enable our talented students in mathematics to benefit from Robert’s expertise in mathematics. PREP AREA Prep C: Sharon Chandler Prep T: Michele Tan Prep L: Alvina Lim Prep W: Katherine Woskoboenko Prep M: Sandra McCrum 1/2 AREA Grade 1C: Helen Chisholm Grade 1K: Bernadette Kelly Grade 1J: Ashley Jacobs Grade 1M: Angela Maskery Grade 2B: Leonie Brown Grade 2M: Lianne Morgan Grade 2Z: Kylee Ziino Grade 2V: Sarah Vine Grade 2L: Trish Luke 3/4 AREA Grade 3P: Tahnee Planner Grade 3DA: Karise Dell (0.8)/Geoff Ablett (0.2) Grade 3/4R: Traceye Rapinett Grade 3/4K: Gloria Knight Grade 3/4P: Vanessa Porter Grade 4DR: David Ryan Grade 4M: Jaclyn McLennan Grade 4S: Andrew Searle 3/4 Support: Rose Scavo (0.6) 5/6 AREA Grade 5E: Emily Nolde Grade 5L: Jodie Luketic Grade 5J: Rochelle Jinks Grade 5/6N: Sue Naismith Grade 6W: Paul Whitehead Grade 6C: Dianne Casciannelli Grade 6P: Nick Pryor CONTINUED …..
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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
DIARY DATES Friday 20th November 20th Anniversary Fete 3:30-8:30pm
Monday 23rd November Gr 1/2 Joffas Toonschool
Tuesday 24th November Gr 3/4 Joffas Toonschool
Tuesday 24th November Second Hand Uniform shop 2.30-3.15pm
Monday 30th November School Council Sub Comm
Monday 7th December School Council Meeting
Wednesday 16th December Gr 5/6 Casey Race/Cranbourne sports
Friday 18th December Last day term 4—1:30 finish Monday 1st February First day term 1 2010
NEWSLETTER N0.36 19TH NOVEMBER 2009
NOTICES DUE BACK BY Friday 4th December Gr 5/6 Casey Race/Cran. sports
20TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY
BERWICK LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL Phone: 9707 1766 Fax: 9796 2198
Families are reminded that tomorrow is our school’s 20th Anniversary Fete
and the PFA have been very busy working towards making the evening a
success for all. The children are very excited and looking forward to the
many attractions of the fete. Pre-ordered show bags and ride wristbands
will be distributed to the children at school tomorrow. There will be some
show bags for purchase at the fete and tickets for the rides will also be
available. Parents should be aware that it is expected that children will be
accompanied by an adult at the fete. We look forward to seeing lots of families enjoying themselves tomorrow
evening.
PREP TRANSITION 2010 This week we had the pleasure of
meeting our 2010 Prep students when they visited the school for the first of
their transition sessions. The children took part in a tour of the school with
their parents and prep staff. It was great to see so many happy students
proudly wearing their ‘I’m enrolled at Berwick Lodge’ t-shirts. Our specialist teams are looking forward to meeting
our 2010 Preps over the next two weeks.
STUDENTS IN THE GROUNDS
OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS We have noticed that several students
are arriving at school very early each morning and playing in the playground
without adult or guardian supervision. We remind parents that our staff are
on duty from 8:45AM to 9:00AM in the morning and 3:30PM to 3:45PM
in the afternoon. Dom Marie, our OHSC Coordinator can be contacted
directly on 9769 825I if parents would like further information about the
excellent before and after school care programs.
We have also observed a number of students who appear to return to
school after hours, some as late as 6:00 to 7:00PM in the evening. We are
concerned that these students are placing themselves at risk as there is no
supervision at this time and there are many areas of the school yard that are
isolated. On occasions children have been seen trespassing on the roof of
the school and the potential dangers of this practice should be evident.
Students have been reminded of the risks involved with being in the grounds outside of the supervision
times and we appreciate parent support in this matter.
LYNNE BRENNER & DEBBIE
CUSACK
PARENTS WANTED FOR
COVERING BOOKS IN THE GRADE
3/4 AREA. YOU WILL BE SUPPLIED
WITH CONTACT AND BOOKS.
CONTACT JACKIE IN ROOM 27.
COMMUNITY NEWS FREE TO GOOD HOME—Kittens black, grey or tabby 6 weeks old and ready to go phone 9702 5592 FOR SALE—Robotic roboraptor (hardly used) $50.00, WII game pokemon battle revolution (hardly used) $50.00, Playstation 2 game Tak and the power of Juju $20.00 phone 0407 152 632 GARAGE SALE—Saturday 21st November 9:00am 5 County Drive, Berwick. Heaps of boys and girls toys and clothes, DS games, books, fabric etc
FIND OUT ABOUT … Uniform, books, parent contributions,
timetables, buses,
Homework Club, camps, computers, peer
support and mediation, welfare support,
Parents and Friends Association, canteen,
library, reports, home/school
communication……
and anything else you have a question
about!!
Please join us for an informative
evening where we can answer any
questions and deal with any
anxious feelings you have about
the transition to secondary school.
For further information, please call :
Wayne Smith – Community Links Co-ordinator,
or
Carice Williams, Year 7 & 8 Sub-School Leader
or
Jan Baulch, Year 7 Student Manager.
Telephone: 9796 6839
Celebrate Casey Kids 5 to 12 – Update Celebrate Casey Kids 5 to 12 (CCK 5-12) is a
community group of Casey primary schools, parents,
community workers and service providers.
Learning through Sharing Day
The CCK 5-12 Learning through Sharing Day was held
last month in celebration of children’s week. Doveton
Heights choir opened the morning with Indian Toms
Toms and Home among the gum trees’. The morning
was a great success with 10 local schools participating
and displaying projects that provided an opportunity
to students to actively show their achievements, and
share their ideas amongst the City of Casey primary
school community. The students showed knowledge
and enthusiasm and thoroughly enjoyed the
opportunity to talk about their achievements. There
were two wonderful presentations by students from
Casey Grammar and Lynbrook Primary School. There
were also displays by Christians Helping in Primary
Schools, who did a wonderful talk to the students on
how to work together, Casey Cardinia Library
Corporation, Healthy 4 Life and the SHARE project at
the City of Casey, a disability awareness program for
primary schools. Teachers, parents, grandparents,
City of Casey Children’s’ Services staff and other
community members all expressed feedback in
relation to the participation throughout the day, with
particular emphasis on the increased confidence of
the project presenters and the high level of pride
demonstrated by all participants.
I invite you to join the working party or add your
name to the email distribution list to stay in touch
with the ongoing work of the group. The next meeting