Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new. –  Og Mandino

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

After a very busy, but productive term, I’d like to wish everyone a very restful breakover the holiday period. I hope you get some much needed family time and maybe even a little getaway!

Tomorrow we have our annual Easter Hat Parade on the junior running track. Everyone is welcome to come along and see some of the amazing creations proudly paraded by the children grade by grade. This year the junior easter raffle prizes will be announced at the assembly in Friday.

I’d like to remind everyone to spend some time on Mathletics, Reading Eggs, myON and to read over the holidays as much as they can. It’s important to touch base with these activities regularly and of course participate in lots of fun activities too.

The final school assembly will be on Friday afternoon at 1.50pm which will be streamed to the parents on OSPStv. The senior and junior Easter raffle winners will be announced then.

We’ll see everyone back at school on Tuesday 26th April.

Enjoy the holidays

Ron
Principal

TERM DATES / QR CODE

SCHOOL MATTERS

The Victorian Government offer a Sports, Camps and Excursions Fund for families who hold a valid means-tested concession card are eligible to apply. A special consideration category also exists.

A payment of $125 for eligible primary school students and $225 for eligible secondary school students will be paid directly to the school to be used toward camps, sports and excursion costs for the student’s benefit.

CSEF payments to schools will commence from 1 March onwards. Schools are able to continue processing applications until the end of Term 2.

Click here for further information CSEF Website

Please click here to apply – https://www.education.vic.gov.au/PAL/csef-application-form.pdf

STUDENT SHOWCASE

PERFORMING ARTS PROFILES

Mrs Bathols loves baking yummy cookies, cakes and cupcakes in her spare time. She also enjoys walking and running with her dog and enjoying the lovey summer weather. Mrs Bathols also likes to water ski and spend time with her three children.

Mrs. Barnard teaches Junior School Music (Years Prep to Year Three), and also directs Junior Choir with Mr Mietzcke and helps to coach the V.S.S.S Massed Choir. In her spare time Mrs. Barnard enjoys playing the piano or flute, singing with her daughters or going to see live theatre, including musicals and plays. She enjoys going for walks or to the beach.

Ms Stevenson is excited to return to Oakleigh South Primary school this year and join the Performing Arts team. She loves dancing, singing and musical theatre with some of her favourite productions being Aladdin, The Lion King, Wicked, Cats & Phantom of the Opera. Ms Stevenson is a proud mum to her daughter Poppy and they love visiting the beach, going for walks and watching the Demons play football!

Mr Mietzcke is the Senior Performing Arts teacher.  He is passionate about providing opportunities for students to sing, play, dance or act for audiences. His hobbies include playing Double Bass in a bluegrass band, experiencing live music, riding his motorbike and watching the mighty Saints play. He is the proud father of 2 daughters who are both studying at university.

P – 3 PERFORMING ARTS

Year Preps- Concepts of Rhythm and Pitch

The Year Prep students have been learning the concepts of beat, rhythm and Pitch in Performing Arts. They responded to a range of compositions by using their voice, movement, body percussion and non-melodic percussion instruments. Students matched pitch when singing and they learnt a variety of chants. They have begun to learn the Music notes whilst playing xylophones, metallophones, resonator bells, glockenspiels and a Marimba.

Year Ones- Concepts of Rhythm and Pitch. Solfege (Curwin Hand signs) and notation

The Year One students have been exploring the elements of Music, Dance & Drama by learning songs, dances, games and actions to develop inner hearing, spatial awareness and respond to beat and rhythm. Students have been learning the Solfa hand signs to develop singing in pitch, along with using instruments to improvise and compose simple rhythms.

Year Twos- Concepts of beat, rhythm, and pitch. Learning notation whilst using tuned percussion.

The Year Two students have been learning the concepts of beat, rhythm and pitch in Performing Arts through singing, movement, drama and instrumental play. The students have continued to use Solfa hand signs to help develop pitch when singing. They have learnt the musical notation Taa (crotchet) and Ti (Quaver), and Zaa (crotchet rest). The Year Twos have been introduced to Classical Composers such as Mozart and Beethoven.

Year Three- Concepts of Beat, Rhythm and Pitch. Drumming.

The Year Threes have explored the musical concepts of beat, rhythm, pitch and tempo. They have performed raps, chants, and sung popular songs. The students have played a variety of non-tuned and tuned percussion instruments to accompany a variety of songs from different cultures. They are learning to play a variety of rhythms and drumstick techniques whilst playing on the bucket drums, djembes, and floor drums.

4 – 6 PERFORMING ARTS

Year 4- Production The X Factory

The Year 4 students have spent the first half of this term learning the songs for this year’s production, The X Factory. Auditions for main roles have been happening over the last month and it has been fantastic to see so many students auditioning and singing solo for the roles they are interested in.  The Year 4 students have also had the option of joining in the Senior Choir. They’ve been working hard learning the new songs and singing different parts and harmonies with the Year 5 & 6 students.

Year 5- Ukulele & Victorian State Schools Spectacular

Year 5 students have been learning to play the Ukulele in their performing arts classes. They’ve been learning chords and practising different songs to perform as a class. The student’s skills have been improving every week and they are looking forward to working on a song composition for term 2.

Year 5 students have once again been given the opportunity to participate in the Victorian State Schools Spectacular in both Mass Choir and Mass Dance. The students participating in dance had their first mass rehearsal on the 17^th March where Oakleigh South Primary School was the host, welcoming schools from the local area. Professional choreographers and dancers came to the school to teach the students the first half of the six routines they will be performing in the show and the students worked extremely hard to learn the choreography.

Year 6- Production Moana

The Year 6 students have been working hard learning the songs from our production of Moana Jr. This year they have the added challenge of learning the correct pronunciation of some songs, which will be performed in Tokelauan and Samoan. Auditions for main roles will be starting shortly and it will be an exciting time to see students show off their talent and skills.

OZ HARVEST FEAST PROGRAM

In Term 2, the Year 5 students will be participating in an exciting new program called FEAST. During the course of this unit of work the students will learn about food waste, nutrition and develop basic cooking skills as they work together to write a school cookbook!

The program has been developed by Oz Harvest, Australia’s leading food rescue organisation, to help raise awareness about reducing food waste, food insecurity and the importance of healthy eating. The program forms part of our STEM and English curriculum this term as students learn problem solving, design and production skills, collaboration, communication, procedural texts and important life skills. We hope they bring some of these great skills home to test on you!

Our school is lucky to have been provided with a whole suite of resources for this program including cooking equipment and teaching resources through philanthropic donation to Oz Harvest valued at over $1500.

VALUED STUDENT AWARDS

VALUED STUDENT AWARDS Year 6 & Specialists

OSPS SPORT

YEAR 6 INTERSCHOOL SPORT SUMMER FINALS RESULTS

GET ACTIVE VICTORIA

The Get Active Kids Voucher Program helps eligible families get their kids involved in organised sport and active recreation activities. Eligible children may receive up to $200 to cover the costs for membership and registration fees.

For more information on the Kids Voucher Program and how to apply for them please visit the website here – https://www.getactive.vic.gov.au/vouchers/

PARENT GROUP

Parent Group AGM

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