““The learning process continues until the day you die.” – Kirk Douglas 

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Our productions are a credit to everyone involved, the children’s teachers and parents who all helped to make ‘Moana Jnr’ an incredible show. These productions take hours and hours of rehearsals not to mention the time put into costumes, sets and lighting. Thank you everyone.

Don’t forget there are still some tickets available for tonight and tomorrow nights shows. These can be bought online at Trybooking.com or at the door.

RUOK? Day was a great success last Thursday as the children dressed up as their favourite ‘Superhero’ or in the colour yellow, to represent the RUOK day. We will be finishing off the week by celebrating with the Footy Colours Day on Friday. It’s great to see the children and staff being so involved on these days once again.

Just a reminder there will be a whole school assembly on Friday at 1.50pm before the children will be dismissed at 2.30pm. The assembly will be online on OSPStv. The link is https://sites.google.com/education.vic.gov.au/ospstv/home

Lastly, remember to keep on reading and do your Mathletics and Reading Eggs whenever you can. Have a restful break whether you are at home or away on holidays.

See you all back at school on Monday 3rd October.

Ron

Principal

TERM DATES / QR CODE

SCHOOL MATTERS

YEAR 6 PRODUCTION – MOANA

Opening night of Moana was fabulous – if you have not booked tickets to see the show – get along to support our year 6’s and school. Tickets are available to purchase at the door.

Today, Tuesday 13th Sep is the 4pm matinee performance in the school hall. Perfect for picking up your children, giving them a quick snack in the playground and heading to the show – it will finish by apx 5.15pm.

7pm Wednesday 14th Sep         Cast 2
7pm Thursday 15th Sep             Cast 1

Please note all children in attendance must be accompanied by an adult.

Tickets can be purchased via www.trybooking.com.au and search ‘OSPS Moana’.

Here is the direct link
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/941414

Ticket Prices:             Adult $15.00
Child: $10.00

Children under the age of 4 can sit on the knee of an adult in the seated area.

Any questions other please contact Assistant Principal Nikki Virtuoso nikki.virtuoso@education.vic.gov.au

GU ZHENG INSTRUMENT

Mandy from grade 6 plays a traditional Chinese instrument called the Gu Zheng.

This instrument has 25 strings, and is tuned to the pentatonic scale which has 5 notes per octave.

Special nails are attached to 4 different fingers, and the strings are plucked and pushed to change their pitch.

Mandy has been learning for nearly 2 years and is already playing at an examination level 5.

R U OK? DAY AT OSPS

R U OK??- Be an OSPS Upstander!

Our school community celebrated all ‘SUPERHEROES’. From our amazing parents, emergency front line workers, our friends, teachers and the list goes on and on.

Our school officially took part in R U OK DAY? Thursday 8th September. Promoting and instilling once again in our students the importance of being UPSTANDERS and supporting our friends when they are in need. Asking the very important question R U OK? And the important questions and support that come straight after.

R U OK DAY this year is was on Thursday 8th September.

OSPS FOOTY COLOURS DAY

OSPS Footy Colours Day is on Friday the 16th September.

We look forward to seeing everyone dressed up in their favourite team’s colours.

It doesn’t have to be AFL, it can be any sport you like! We are raising money for the Fight Cancer Foundation and are asking for at least a gold coin donation.

We’ll be doing the annual longest kick competition, Footy Day Parade and also the staff vs Yr 6 students game as well. It should be a great way to end the term!

JAPANESE DRESS UP DAY

Please keep in mind that the weather in October can be unpredictable. Be prepared for both hot and cold weather when dressing up and be SunSmart. There is no cost involved in this celebration.

Let’s make this Dress-up Day our best celebration ever!

ARE YOU LEAVING OSPS?

It’s that time of the year where we are looking ahead to 2023 in terms of student numbers and staffing.

If you know you will NOT be returning to Oakleigh South in 2023 can you please advise me ASAP on the following email.

ron.cantlon@education.vic.gov.au

This does not include the Year 6 students who will be leaving for secondary schooling next year.

STUDENT SHOWCASE

DIVISION ATHLETICS

2 weeks ago the OSPS Athletics team competed at the Bentleigh District Athletics Championships. It was great to be back competing after the last 2 years of cancelled events. The team performed brilliantly under perfect skies at Duncan McKinnon Athletics track. The team won the Athletics Shield and 44 children who finished 1st or 2nd now head off to the next stage of competition, early in Term 4.

Outstanding performances on the day ( Note: R denotes  – new District Record )

Lidia V – 1^st 100m (R), 1^st 200m, 1^st 4 x 100m

Kathleen H – 1^st 80m Hurdles, 1^st – Triple Jump, 1^st  – 4 x 100m Relay

Sonia N – 1^st 80m Hurdles, 1^st 4 x 100m Relay

Laura C – 1^st 100m, 1^st 4x100m Relay

Anushka – 1^st 800m, 1^st Discus

Christina K – 1^st 100m, 1^st 4 x 100m Relay(R)

Elise H  – 1^st 80m Hurdles, 2^nd 100m, 1^st 4 x 100m Relay (R), 1^st Golden Baton (R)

Lucia S  -1^st 200m (R), 1^st Long Jump (R), 1^st 4 x 100m Relay(R), 1^st Golden Baton (R)

Karlos W – 1^st 100m, 2^nd 200m, 1^st 4x100m (R)

Eli O – 2^nd 100m, 1^st high Jump, 1^st 4 x 100m Relay

Michael K  – 1^st 100m (R), 1^st Long Jump, 1^st 4 x 100m Relay

Jai D’A – 1^st 800m (R), 1^st 1500m (R)

Andrew Mc  – 1^st 80 m Hurdles, 1^st Triple Jump, 1^st 4 x 100m Relay (R)

Cooper S – 2^nd High Jump, 1^st 4x100m Relay, 1^st Golden Baton

Oskar D  – 1^st 100m, 1^st 200m (R), 1^st 4 x 100m Relay (R), 1^st Golden Baton (R)

9/10 Boys – Masaki, Cuan, Sundosh and Karlos

12/13 Boys – Andrew, Cooper, Ewan and Oskar

12/13 Girls – Christina, Misaki, Elise and Lucia

Golden Baton – Elise, Cooper, Oskar and Lucia.

A Big thank you to our wonderful Athletics Captains – Andrew, Michael, Oskar and Lucia who run the training sessions and lead by example..

Thank-you to all the grade 6 teachers who run individual training sessions and Miss Gunning for her expertise with the Relay teams.

Year 5s- The grade 5s began the term learning the game of sofcrosse, which some students will be playing for interschool sports next year. They then moved onto team invasion games such as Endball. They then had a short stint playing mini cricket. The term was finished off with teamwork-based games such as Matball. Each Thursday the grade 5 children have been training for their Interschool 2023 Winter Sports and next term will do the same for their 2023 Summer Sports. The children are very excited.

Year 6s- The grade 6s began the term refreshing their basic skills of throwing, catching, and kicking. They then moved onto learning how to play hockey, developing their hand-eye coordination, and finished off the term putting all the skills they’ve worked on this term into action by playing team-based throwing and catching games such as European Handball.

PARENT GROUP

PARENT GROUP CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Get all these dates into your calendars or diaries so you don’t miss out on the amazing events and special days. Parent Group are delivering to our parents and students for the rest of Term 3 and 4.

We have a wonderful Parent Group, they are always looking for more helpers. If you can spare any time please e-mail osparentgroup67@gmail.com

Thank you Parent Group

FATHER’S DAY STALL DONATION

With the success of the recent Father’s Day stall, Parent Group was honoured to be able to donate $1000 to a local non-profit organization, Kingston Men’s Shed on behalf of the school.

Speaking with their secretary they were extremely grateful for the generous donation.

The flyer explains in more detail what the Men’s Shed do in the community.

PARENT CORNER

Anglicare Box Hill Therapy for people aged 10-23 and their families to address conflict from issues such as violence, anxiety, bullying, depression, eating disorders, family breakdown, gaming or internet misuse, grief, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, sexual or physical abuse, sexual identity & gender issues, school refusal, and social isolation.

Phone: Meridian Intake on 03 9896 6322

Email: meridian@anglicarevic.org.au

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.

PARENT RESOURCES & WEBINARS

Below is a list of upcoming resources that parents might find useful, as well as information regarding upcoming parenting webinars, including an online gaming support webinar.

KIDS HOPE AUS and KidsMatter

https://kidshope.org.au/resources/kids-matter

KidsMatter and KIDS HOPE AUS. share the overall aim of improved quality of life and mental health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals and families and are working together to support access for children and families at KidsMatter schools to the KIDS HOPE AUS. mentoring program for primary school children.  KidsMatter is a mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention initiative especially developed for primary schools and early childhood education and care (ECEC) services. The KidsMatter website offers schools, ECEC services, families, and health and community professionals access to a wide range of free information sheets and resources for families and other resources that benefit those working with parents, families, schools and ECEC services to optimise children’s mental health and development.

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

COMMUNITY NEWS

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