“Learning never exhausts the mind.” – Leonardo Da Vinci

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

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 in Prep, Year and 2.

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 tomorrow (Thursday) at 1.50pm which will be streamed to the parents on OSPStv. The senior and junior Easter raffle winners will be announced then.

Next term will see the Year 6 students move to their new learning space, while the administration part of the building will move to the year 5 building. There is lots of packing and movement in preparation for this huge move.

We’ll see everyone back at school on Monday 24th April when we will be in full swing preparing for the Autumn Family Fete.

Enjoy a wonderful break.

Ron

Principal

SCHOOL MATTERS

ROTARY COMMUNITY RAFFLE

Thank you so much for all your support with the raffle. The response has been amazing!

The Rotary Raffle Books are now OVERDUE however books can still be returned Thursday 6th April. Please return to your classroom teacher either

• Sold raffle book with $20 in an envelope
• Partially sold raffle book with correct cash in an envelope
• Unsold raffle book

If you have lost your raffle book, a Statutory Declaration will need to be filled in and returned to the office.

A Statutory Declaration is required to be handed in to Rotary for any lost books so they are all accounted for. Hard copies will be available at the office. As a school Principal, Ron Cantlon is able to sign the Statutory Declaration. 

Thank you.

CAMPS, SPORTS & EXCURSIONS FUND (CSEF)

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.

Please click here to apply – CSEF Application Form.

Those families that were eligible in 2022 will be rolled over, you do not need to reapply.

If you have any issues please contact Carlyn carlyn.backers@education.vic.gov.au

STUDENT SHOWCASE

YEAR 3 SHOWCASE – FARMING AND GARDENING

The Year 3 students have flourished, ravishing in the farming and gardening program with the passionate Mrs. Dwyer and zealous Mr. Wilde.

Our integrated studies unit encompasses learning about sustainability, biology, propagation and life cycles.

The Year 3 students have had the opportunity to propagate their own plant and decorate their very own miniature pot! The little pots have a tiny succulent leaf or stem planted in some rich potting soil.

The students have also been involved with the care and management of the school ducks and worm farms.

They have learnt what Evie and Mia – our two school ducks – like to eat and how to take care of them. Mrs. Dwyer and Mr. Wilde have dedicated a significant amount of their lunch times and outside-of-class times to the preparation and leadership of this program.

During the milking experience and demonstration, we were reintroduced to Ushi, a beautiful, wide eyed Jersey cow. This was a very special moment for us because Ushi was a part of our partnership with Chesterfield Farm some years ago and was looked after in school for a full term by the year 3 children and teachers.

Mrs Dwyer led the children who were in year 3 at the time through bottle feeding Ushi each day. We had a beautiful moment when Mrs Dwyer walked across and Ushi clearly recognised her and became quite excited to see her. We were also introduced to Ushi’s calf, Tino, who was in the petting zoo as well as meeting our last Oakleigh South calf, Chessie, and her brand new 6-week-old calf during our tractor ride around the grounds.

“I really enjoyed the nursery because there were so many cute animals” (Bella 3AN)

“I enjoyed feeding the horse because it gave me lots of attention” (Nina 3AN)

“I was so happy because I saw my first ever kangaroo and even got to feed it” (Mina, 3RH)

“I enjoyed hand milking the cow, its so cool helping on the farm” (Ivy, 3RH)

“I enjoyed the tractor ride because it was my first ever time on a tractor and I saw lots of animals” (Jacob 3ML)

ANZAC COMMEMORATION SERVICE

On Wednesday 5th of April, 18 of our Student Voice and school leaders along with Mr Morrey and Mr Kerr went to the Shrine of Remembrance amongst a 3,500 strong crowd to attend an ANZAC service for schools.

It was a tremendous service reflecting on the lives of those soldiers lost and the sacrifices made for our freedom.

Vinuki and Hugo (our school captains) laid a special wreath and we were even fortunate to have a brief chat with Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC CVO when she arrived at the service.

All students represented the school with distinction and certainly learned a lot from the stories told on the day. A huge thank you in particular to Mr Morrey for ensuring the day ran smoothly and to Miss Kassiotis for organising.

RESILIENCE PROJECT

VALUED STUDENT AWARDS

YEAR 1 VALUED STUDENT AWARDS

YEAR 3 & SPECIALISTS VALUED STUDENT AWARDS

LITERACY CORNER

YEAR 3 LITERACY CORNER

Our year 3 children have been hard at work this term refining their amazing writing skills in the narrative and persuasive genres. Whilst the children had one eye on NAPLAN until just a few weeks ago they were still taking the opportunity to have fun with their writing and take risks to up-level their work to make it grab the readers attention straight away. Just look at these amazing persuasive writing introductions on the topic “It is important to learn to cook”.

“I shoved more sticks into the campfire that I had made. I wanted by sausages to be crispy, so I added more until…the sausages burnt! I wish my mum had been there to teach me how to cook. I finally realised how important it is to learn to cook and I will convince you to agree with me with three very strong reasons”. (Isaac, 3DD)

“The whisk just wasn’t working. I tried the spoon in the mixture, but it still didn’t mix well. Then I saw a spatula. Plop, splash! The mixture landed everywhere! I really wish I had my parents with me to teach me how to cook. I suddenly realised that I should have listened to them when they tried to teach me. I will convince you about the benefits of being able to cook with my three strong reasons”.  (Nina, 3AN)

When I was whisking my gooey mixture, the whisk was swirling around very slowly in the mixture, so I decided to speed it up from level five to sixteen. When I put the whisk to level sixteen the mixture leapt out of the bowl, the whisk went haywire, and the mixture went everywhere. Next time I will learn properly before I try a new recipe. Cooking is a marvellous skill to have  so let me convince you with my mind blowing reasons! (Giannah – 3ML)

OSPS SPORT

YEAR 6 INTER SCHOOL SPORT

Last week our Year 6 students participated in the Bentleigh District Interschool Sport Summer finals.

All our students represented themselves and the school extremely well. Games were played in good spirit and enjoyed by all.

Thank you to all the coaches who have supported the Year 6 sport program this term. Newt term we begin the winter Sport fixture.

PARENT GROUP

YEAR 4 CHICKEN NUGGET DAY

On Friday, Parent Group hosted their first chicken nugget/spring roll and hot chip day for the Year 4 students.

Once the lunch bell rang, students filled the hall foyer while they waited patiently for their food to cook.

The feedback received was positive with lots of students asking when they could have their next hot chip day.

Thank you to the Parent Group volunteers who gave up their time for this event and for the teachers that helped in the hall with distributing the food orders.

PARENT CORNER

THE RESILIENCE PROJECT CONTINUES IN 2023

We are so excited to be working with The Resilience Project (TRP) this year again to support and foster the Mental Health and Wellbeing of our students and whole school community.

The Resilience Project is committed to teaching positive mental health strategies to prevent mental ill-health and build young people’s capacity to deal with adversity and challenges in everyday life.

Check out the link below ‘Introducing TRP to Parents and School Community’

https://oakleighsouthps.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Introducing-TRP-to-Parents-and-school-Community.pdf

COMMUNITY NEWS

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