“You always pass failure on the way to success.” – Mickey Rooney

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

The students who have qualified for the district athletics carnival are practising each lunchtime preparing for Wednesday 31st August. Thank you to the staff who assist Mr Mooney training the students to be their best.

O.S.P.S. is celebrating a very exciting whole school event this Friday. It’s the Book Week Dress up day! Our staff literacy team have organised a fun day for all year levels, including a costume parade, buddy reading across the whole school and Coral Vass who is an author, will be our guest speaker. It will be fantastic to see the whole school come together celebrating books and reading!

Our school swimming program continues next week with our prep students heading off to GESAC for their 5-day program. There has been wonderful support of this program from the preps, with some classes having the whole class attending. Not only is it so important for children to learn swimming skills and water safety, but the experience of travelling on a bus and organising themselves with drying and dressing is an important learning activity too. I’m sure the preps and their teachers will have a fun time.

Enjoy the week ahead.

Ron
Principal

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SCHOOL MATTERS

OSPS BOOK FAIR

After a two year break due to lockdowns, the OSPS Scholastic Bookfair has returned. The Bookfair will take place from Tuesday 6th September to Thursday 8th September. The books will be on display in the school library, but ordering and payments will take place online on the scholastic website.

Your child will receive a brochure the week before Bookfair with the order form and a place to write your receipt number on the back.  Children will be given time to come into the library, browse the books then make a ‘wish list’. They will have help from staff to write down the name of the books they are interested in on the wish list. I will be taking photos of the display and they will be uploaded to the OSPS Facebook page and distributed via Compass and the newsletter so parents can also view the books for sale.

Once you have made your purchase, please fill out the order form with your child’s name, class, the item number, title of the book and the price and the completed payment receipt form. It is very important you write down the name of the book and the price, as often more than one item can have the same price. Once your child returns the completed forms to their teacher, they will be given the books from the display in the library. Should we sellout, it is possible for me to reorder certain items. Please allow 2 weeks for the orders to come in.

Sally – Librarian

PUPIL FREE DAY

On Monday September 5th, staff at Oakleigh South Primary School will be released from their scheduled duties to focus on the improved delivery of teaching and learning.

This is a professional practice day for staff and a pupil free day at school which was endorsed by School Council.

Regular before and after school care will be operating on that day.

VICTORIAN STATE SCHOOLS SPECTACULAR TICKETS ON SALE

The 2022 Victorian State Schools Spectacular brings together government school communities from across Victoria to produce a 3-hour live show including music, dance, circus arts, puppetry and skating.

This year’s show will be performed to an audience of about 12,000 people at John Cain Arena on Saturday 10 September, over 2 shows at 1 pm and 6:30 pm.

Talented Victorian students will feature on stage, while many other students will work behind the scenes, gaining unique, on-the-job, professional experience.

A very dedicated group of OSPS year 5 students are performing on stage in dance and choir.

For a fun, family entertainment experience, and to cheer on students from the audience, be quick to secure tickets through Ticketek.

https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=STATESCH22

Adult tickets cost $40; children aged under 15, $20; and concession, $30.

Buy 10 tickets and get one adult ticket free (the 11th ticket is free) by calling Group Bookings on 1300 364 001.

ILLNESS

It can be difficult for families to know when their child is sick enough to need to stay home from school. For safety’s sake, if your child seems unwell you should always keep them home from school and seek medical advice.

Families can experience problems when trying to take time off to care for an ill child at home. However, it is important that parents focus not only on the wellbeing of their own child, but also upon the wellbeing of other children and the staff. If you need to administer Panadol/Nurofen before school, then your child should not be at school.

If your child has vomited or had diarrhoea, they must be completely well for 24 hours before returning to school.

RECYCLING BREAD BAGS

Did you know?

In Australia, only 18% of plastic packaging is recycled.

Our School is participating in the Wonder Recycling Rewards program.

Send along to your child’s teacher EMPTY bread bags, so they can be recycled and earn the school some sports equipment.

We need to collect 25kg of empty bread bags (any brand of bread bags), up until 9th September.

Start collecting now!

SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP CLOSED

The uniform shop will be closed this Friday the 26th August due to the OSPS Book Week celebrations.

STUDENT SHOWCASE

YEAR 1 SHOWCASE

Nǐn hǎo! Hola! Bonjour! This term in Year One we have been lucky enough to travel around the seven continents! We have been learning all about each continent’s size, weather, countries, animals, cultures, cuisines and famous landmarks. We did some cooking in Asia, making rice paper rolls, and we made amazing drums in Africa, learning all about Djembe Drumming! In North America, we weaved wool around icy-pole sticks to make Ojo De Dios (which means God’s eye) and in South America we made beautiful masks, just like the carnivals in Brazil! Last week we had to put our beanies and gloves on as we went to Antarctica, which is the biggest and coldest desert in the world!

Last week was also Science Week; in Year One we were able to learn about the different types of science and we had fun experimenting and exploring. At the start of Science Week, we all joined a webinar with Parks Victoria, learning all about marine science and the wonderful animals, plants and creatures living in Victorian waters. We also learnt how we can do our part to help protect them! On Friday, we did science rotations within the Year One classes. We learnt about air forces, doing an experiment with balloons, straws, string and sticky tape, and an experiment about sound vibrations, using paper cups, scissors, tape and string. It was awesome!

We even integrated our continents subject and did an experiment linked to Antarctica, learning how blubber works on animals to keep them warm. We put our hands in a zip-lock bag with butter covering the outside (just like the fat on whales, seals and some penguins) and put our hand in icy water. Strangely enough we couldn’t feel the cold! How ‘cool’ is that!

LITERACY CORNER

One scary Halloween evening, I opened my cupboard to change into my spooky and scary Halloween costume and I saw a blue and red chalk under my shirt! I was very excited to pick it up and draw with it! I drew a dangerous monster and suddenly… the monster came to life! I screamed, “AAAHHHH A MONSTER!” Everyone was scared and ran out of the house! I was courageous to fight the monster so I punched him and he went flying into outer space! I had saved the day. The end.

Saahir, 1CG

BOOM!!! “What was that?” said Aria. I ran to see what was that, it was some chalk! I picked it up and I went to try it out on my chalk board and whatever I drew came to life! Well I thought that so I tried that and guess what? It actually does! So I drew a puppy and it came to life! Then I drew some puppy food and it also came to life! So next, I drew two little puppy bowls connected together and it also came to life! I fed him but when I came back the chalk colour had gone! “What should we do?” I said. I thought if I put it back in its spot will its colour come back? No it didn’t work, so then I tried washing it and it worked. “YAY!” I said. Now I want to go to sleep. The next day I hid the chalk so nobody will find it. The end.

Aria, 1AM

RESILIENCE PROJECT

YEAR 1 TRP SHOWCASE

In The Resilience Project we have been learning to have an ‘Attitude of Gratitude’. This means taking a step back and being mindful and grateful for all of the wonderful things we have in our lives. Our Year One students were able to look at different scenarios of times when things didn’t go so well and how to change our outlooks to Attitude of Gratitude!

For example, if it was a rainy day and you couldn’t go out to play with your friends, don’t be sad, think about all the plants getting a good drink of water (and all of the puddles you will get to play in later!). We have also looked at different reactions to problems. The Years Ones understood that it’s okay to get upset but it’s not okay to have a bad reaction that could then hurt someone else.

The Resilience Project taught us some calming down strategies, like bubble breathing or yoga, to help us make a good reaction in those tricky times. These are all parts of what makes a good friend! We even came up with our own friendship recipes- with a pinch of kindness, a cup of patience and a sprinkle of understanding we have some pretty delicious friendships in the making!

VALUED STUDENT AWARDS

VALUED STUDENT AWARDS YEAR 5

SPECIALIST VALUED STUDENT AWARDS

GEM

YEAR 1 GEM

G – I am grateful for my parents because they can look after me and I am grateful for my iPad because I can access Reading Eggs and Mathletics easily.

E – I show empathy by stepping into other people’s shoes and I always ask others if they are ‘okay’ when they get hurt.

M – When I get a wrong answer in Mathletics, I always keep a positive attitude and say, “It’s okay to make mistakes. I can do better next time.”

Shreeya, 1NM

PARENT CORNER

It takes a Village – Safety Net
25th August – 7:00 – 8:30pm
Feel empowered to recognise and respond to bullying behaviours – with Bully Zero.

Body Confident Children and Teens
1st September – 7:00 – 8:15pm
A seminar for parents and community members providing practical knowledge and tips on promoting positive body image in the home with the Butterfly Foundation

Online Gaming – support your child to respond to risks
14th September 7:00 – 8:00pm
Understand the connection between online gaming and the risk of gambling and addiction.

READING EGGS PARENT INFO SESSION

So, your school uses Reading Eggs - Join our Parent session to find out more about the program & how you can support your child at home.

During this session one of our product experts will walk you through the key areas of Reading Eggs, and how it can help foster your child’s love of reading!

Host: Brendan Colley
Date and Time options: Monday, 19 September (8.00 pm – 8.30 pm)
Click here to register

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