“A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.”– George Santayana

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

And just like that the first term is over!

We have received some amazing news this week, OSPS has won the Chadstone Loves Local competition! Thank you very much to all the OSPS parents and friends who supported the competition by purchasing goods from the particpating retailers and popping the tokens into the OSPS chute! Thank you to the staff who promoted the competition and families for sharing the posts far and wide. We will receive $20,000 worth of school supplies as the winning prize!

School Council have a 1 year casual vacancy position to fill. After discussions on the expertise and skills that would be beneficial to the school community, it was decided by School Council to ascertain if there was anyone in the parent community who has an architectural or building background and is available to help School Council with their deliberations as they arise. If anyone has these skills and is interested in being a part of School Council, please e-mail School Council President Nadia Beauchamp schoolcouncil@oakleighsouthps.vic.edu.au or Principal Ron Cantlon ron.cantlon@education.vic.gov.au

I’d like to wish everyone a very restful break. It’s been an extremely busy term as usual but the children have settled back to the routines of school and are enjoying each day.

Tomorrow we have our annual Easter Hat Parade at 9am on the junior running track. Everyone is welcome to come along and see some of the amazing creations proudly paraded by the children. The junior Easter raffle winners will be announced after the parade.

I’d like to remind everyone to go on to Mathletics, Reading Eggs, myON and read over the holidays as much as they can. It’s important to touch base with these activities regularly and not take a holiday from them for your own benefit.

There will be a final school assembly tomorrow afternoon which will be streamed to the parents. The senior (years 3-6) Easter raffle winners will be announced then.

We’ll see everyone back at school on Monday 19th April.

Enjoy the holidays

Ron

Principal

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SCHOOL MATTERS

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Happy holidays to all our families. 

Please stay safe over the break and enjoy some much deserved family time.

Plesae continue to isolate and get tested if you are feeling unwell. 

LOST PROPERTY

Thank you to the parents who sorted and returned named items to classrooms yesterday.

All unnamed and illegible named clothing will go into the second hand uniform shop after Thursday lunchtime. Note, any unnamed drink bottles and containers that are still in lost property after the last day will be disposed of.

Please name all your children’s belongings, it is astounding the amount of unnamed clothing and items left in the school.

SUNSMART MEASURES

Recently the school has been made aware of instances where some students were badly sunburnt at a recent swimming sports carnival. A school policy council sub-committee has been formed to review our Sunsmart and Dress Code policies and we look forward to advising the community of the review. Numerous actions have been implemented to improve sunsmart measures at school. We sincerely apologise to the families affected and will ensure that an instance like this will never happen again.

The measures include but are not limited to:

• Sunsmart messaging on classroom Interactive White Boards and/or on the white board
• UV Index displayed daily on office TV with direct live feed from the Bureau of Meteorology
• School Council Policy Sub-committee formed to review the Sunsmart and Dress Code Policy
• School Council Policy Sub-committee investigating a PSW (Primary School Wear) light weight summer long sleeve top for school council approval
• Personal suncreen, clearly labelled and kept in a sunscreen tub in classrooms
• Arrangements in classroom for students to be reminded and have time to apply their personal sunscreen
• Improvements in teachers role modelling Sunsmart measures
• All staff have been involved in discussions and again received information round Sunsmart policy and practices

YEAR 2 TEAM

YEAR 2 TEACHER PROFILES

Miss Philipsen has been teaching for 7 years at O.S.P.S. Amy is an avid baker and loves trying out new recipes and baking techniques…and then sharing the sweet treats with her family and friends. She is always excited when a new cookbook arrives from overseas! Miss Philipsen loves all animals, you will often see her spending time at the zoo with her younger cousins during the school holidays. She has a beautiful bunny rabbit, Buster who is turning 10 years old on Easter Monday!! Miss Philipsen is also getting ready for her brand new little puppy, who she is picking up just after the school holidays.

This is Miss Lema’s second-year teaching and what a fabulous year it has been so far! Gabbi is a huge Richmond Tigers supporter and loves to go to the footy! Her hobbies include running, rollerblading, shopping and spending time with her family and friends! She loves trying new restaurants and is always excited to try new cuisines. Her dream is to travel and visit new parts of the globe! She loves to embrace her Greek and Uruguayan culture and take part in lots of traditional events. Her weaknesses are chocolate and puppies!!!!

Miss McArtney grew up in Chelsea with her mum, dad and brother. Tayla has been teaching for 7 years and 2 of those years were spent teaching in London where she loved travelling to and exploring many different cities. While she is missing overseas travel, she’s swapping it for exploring Australia and she has even started going camping (wish her luck!). She has a huge sweet tooth and loves anything sugary, especially cupcakes. Her hobbies include playing netball, running and reading. In her spare time she enjoys hanging out with her friends and family.

Miss Chris is in her first year of teaching and is excited that it is with the students at OSPS. Outside of work, Steph loves spending time with her family and friends. You will either find at the beach or out for brunch. Miss Chris barracks for the mighty Tigers and enjoys going to as many games as she can throughout the season. She is very friendly and kind, so if you see her outside, go up and say hi!

Mrs Le loves all things Japanese, so you’ll often find her speaking a little to her class. In her spare time, Siobhán enjoys doing yoga, going on walks in nature, as well as spending time with her friends and family. She is very excited about becoming an aunty for the first time in August! During the footy season, Mrs Le can be seen cheering her beloved football team St Kilda. She’s still waiting for them to win the flag!

Miss Lenehan works two days in the week. Mel was a professional ballet dancer before becoming a school teacher. She loves keeping fit. If you’re around the Botanical Gardens on a weekend you may either see her running the tan track or wandering inside the gardens admiring the scenery. Mel L has a 20 month old son named Hunter. She absolutely adores the time she spends with him on the days she’s not working.

Mrs van Delft has taught year one, four and now year two at OSPS. Mel had another life before being a teacher which saw her live overseas and work at major sporting events. Mrs van Delft has a young son and enjoys spending time with her family outside of school. Most of her students know that chocolate is her favourite food and that she enjoys exercising and warm weather. Mrs van Delft is enjoying sharing her teaching duties with Ms Lenehan in 2LV this year! We think our class is lucky to have two teachers instead of one!

Mr Rice has worked in a range of schools since graduating as a teacher in Adelaide. He has been a classroom teacher from Prep to year 6, as well as teaching Art and Drama as a specialist teacher! John is a set designer and has worked freelance in theatre productions for the last 20 years, more recently building the flying car for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang here at Oakleigh South in 2019. John has travelled the world and his favourite destination is the Greek Islands. He enjoys reading, cinema, cooking, house renovating, gardening and entertaining friends. So far this year, he has had a terrific time teaching his wonderful year 2 class and is looking forward to a great year filled with lots of fun and learning!

YEAR 2 STUDENT SHOWCASE

YEAR 2 DINOSAUR INCURSION

The Year 2 students have been going WILD about their Integrated Studies topic, ‘Hear Them Roar!’

You could be mistaken to think that you were in a dinosaur park on Monday, with a variety of dinosaurs and palaeontologists roaming the school grounds. The clever and creative dress ups made our very first Dinosaur Day lots of fun!

Throughout the term we have been learning about different classifications of animals, dinosaurs and prehistoric animals.

We have used skeleton clues to help us identify different animals and dinosaurs and we also learnt about teeth and how they tell us what kind of food an animal eats.

On Monday, students participated in an exciting incursion where they learnt about some of the dinosaurs believed to have lived in Australia, located and identified fossils of some of the most iconic dinosaurs of the past and they even participated in a fossil hunt!

YEAR 4 EXCURSION  – NOTE FROM TOUR GUIDE

I am a tour guide at the MCG and this morning I was fortunate to take a group of your students on a tour of the ground. What a pleasure it was!

As a group they were well mannered, excited, yet attentive and complied with the touring rules well.

The students exhibited a keen and diverse curiosity and asked many questions, the best of which was “Why are they called a flight?” in relation to the several sets of stairs we were required to climb as a consequence of no lifts allowed.  Of course most questions related to the ground and its features.

I do wish to commend the students and the teachers for their behaviour and the way in which they represented their school.

Please pass on my commendations to the staff involved. The group was the first to tour today. It was remiss of me not to get the staff members’ names.

With my kind regards.

Ralph
MCG Tour Guide

VALUED STUDENT AWARDS

Valued Student Awards

Years 5-6

OSPS SPORT

YEAR 6 INTERSCHOOL SPORT

The Year 6 ‘Summer Fixture’ has been completed with all students representing the school extremely well and enjoying their chosen sport.

Congratulations to the following teams who will progress to Summer finals in Term 4.

• Basketball Boys
• Flag Rugby Girls
• Flag Rugby Boys
• Softball Girls
• Softball Boys
• Volleyball Mixed
• Cricket “Eagles”

Year 6 interschool sport continues in Term 2 with students participating in their chosen Winter sport. Activities include: Aussie rules football, soccer, tennis, sofcrosse and netball.

We wish them all the best.

AFL OAKLEIGH AUSKICK

AFL OAKLEIGH AUSKICK

Each Saturday morning from April 2021- August 2021

Oakleigh Auskick commences the 2021 season on 24th April and finishes on the 21st August (18 weeks). Cost for this entire season is $100 and you can register now on line or anytime during the season at www.aflauskick.com.au Auskickers receive a backpack including a football and other great footy stuff.  Memento’s of the season in the form of trophies and medals are presented to all Auskickers. Boys and girls 5-12 years are eligible to participate. Children must be 5 years of age or turn 5 years in the season.

Venue – Oakleigh South Primary School Riley Street, South Oakleigh.

When held – Each Saturday morning .

Time – Kinder, Preps and Grade 1  (9-10.30am) Grades 2-6  (9-11am)

Experienced coaches oversee the weekly program. Some parental help is required to assist these coaches with the running of the program no experience necessary.

For more information contact the Oakleigh Auskick Coordinator
Mr Kerry Ryan 0413 691 885

LITERACY CORNER

JAPANESE NEWS

In term 1, all Year 6 students wrote a letter to a Japanese student at Tamba Higashi Primary School. Unfortunately, we couldn’t visit Japan this year and it is very difficult for them to visit us this winter.  Nonetheless we are keeping our strong relationship by exchanging letters. We are looking forward to receiving a letter back from students in Tamba in Term 3. Year 6 students worked hard to complete their work and I am so proud of them! They introduced themselves by name and wrote about their interests, favourite foods and sports and information about their families. Here are some beautiful examples.

CAMP AUSTRALIA

COMMUNITY NEWS

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