ASCOT NEWS
13th June 2019, Term 2, Issue 4
We value: Multi-age learning, High Expectations for all, Diversity, Creativity & developing positive Relationships
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FROM THE PRINCIPAL TEAM
E SAFETY PRESENTATION
Thank you to Michael for organising the eSafety presentation for parents that took place last night at AVPS. The audience was treated to an extra special presentation by Greg from the eSafety Commission (who usually addresses much larger community/municipal groups) and were most appreciative of the high quality, comprehensive, thought provoking and entertaining presentation! Thank you Greg.
Please find below, two documents that were shared at the presentation and click on the link above to access further (very useful) eSafety resources for parents.
Thank you to Michael for organising the eSafety presentation for parents that took place last night at AVPS. The audience was treated to an extra special presentation by Greg from the eSafety Commission (who usually addresses much larger community/municipal groups) and were most appreciative of the high quality, comprehensive, thought provoking and entertaining presentation! Thank you Greg.
Please find below, two documents that were shared at the presentation and click on the link above to access further (very useful) eSafety resources for parents.
| esafety_office_parent_summary.pdf |
| oesc_about_us_overview_sheet_march2018_v2.pdf |
STUDENT REPORTS
Semester 1 reports will be available for parents/carers to DOWNLOAD via COMPASS on the last day of term 2, Friday 28th June 2019. Instructions on how to access your child's report will be placed in the next newsletter as well as sent to you via the COMPASS news feed. Hard copy reports will no longer be distributed.
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS (PTI)
Parent Teacher Interviews will be held across two afternoon/evenings in the first week of term 3.
Wednesday 17th July 3.45pm - 7.30pm and Thursday 18th July 3.45pm - 5.00pm.
We will use COMPASS for the first time to book PTI's. Instructions on how to book will be provided to you, via the COMPASS news feed from Monday 24th June. When you use COMPASS to book a PTI with your child's teacher, it will be a time that you choose, which suits you and your family. You can also let us know if you require an interpreter.
REMINDER: You must have access to COMPASS to access your child's report as well as book Interviews. Please see the office if you require your username/login information as soon as possible. Parents without access to the internet or devices, please see the office to arrange a hard copy report and/or book an interview.
Semester 1 reports will be available for parents/carers to DOWNLOAD via COMPASS on the last day of term 2, Friday 28th June 2019. Instructions on how to access your child's report will be placed in the next newsletter as well as sent to you via the COMPASS news feed. Hard copy reports will no longer be distributed.
PARENT TEACHER INTERVIEWS (PTI)
Parent Teacher Interviews will be held across two afternoon/evenings in the first week of term 3.
Wednesday 17th July 3.45pm - 7.30pm and Thursday 18th July 3.45pm - 5.00pm.
We will use COMPASS for the first time to book PTI's. Instructions on how to book will be provided to you, via the COMPASS news feed from Monday 24th June. When you use COMPASS to book a PTI with your child's teacher, it will be a time that you choose, which suits you and your family. You can also let us know if you require an interpreter.
REMINDER: You must have access to COMPASS to access your child's report as well as book Interviews. Please see the office if you require your username/login information as soon as possible. Parents without access to the internet or devices, please see the office to arrange a hard copy report and/or book an interview.
SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS
Our previous newsletter outlined details of the recent School Review process. In this edition we will share further evidence of our school achievements and an area identified for improvement, which all featured in our school review report.
We are very proud of the achievements of our students and staff, who have worked very hard and accomplished some very impressive results, extending far and wide; way beyond the small sample of data sets outlined below.
Our previous newsletter outlined details of the recent School Review process. In this edition we will share further evidence of our school achievements and an area identified for improvement, which all featured in our school review report.
We are very proud of the achievements of our students and staff, who have worked very hard and accomplished some very impressive results, extending far and wide; way beyond the small sample of data sets outlined below.
STAFF OPINION SURVEY Use of High Impact Teaching Strategies RESULT 2017 - 43% positive endorsement RESULT 2018 - 93% positive endorsement IMPROVEMENT: 50% improvement |
STAFF OPINION SURVEY Interest in Improving Practice RESULT 2017 - 57% positive endorsement RESULT 2018 - 86% positive endorsement IMPROVEMENT: 29% improvement |
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT -NAPLAN TARGET: To improve percentages of students making high relative growth in NAPLAN measures in writing and number to at or above 25% RESULT: Writing: 29.63% students in Year 5 making high relative growth Number: 33% of students in Year 5 making high relative growth |
FOCUS FOR IMPROVEMENT - Student Agency & Voice
This area was selected in the review process for AVPS to focus on in the future, identified via the following data sets, as well as via student and parent forums.
This area was selected in the review process for AVPS to focus on in the future, identified via the following data sets, as well as via student and parent forums.
STUDENT ATTITUDES TO SCHOOL SURVEY Student Agency and Voice AVPS RESULT 2018 - 64% positive endorsement STATE RESULT 2018 - 71% positive endorsement |
PARENT OPINION SURVEY Student Agency and Voice AVPS RESULT 2018 - 64% positive endorsement STATE RESULT 2018 - 81% positive endorsement |
AVPS is planning for Student Agency and Voice to be a focus on for improvement throughout the next School Strategic Plan. We have already responded by establishing a 'staff' Student Agency Voice and Leadership team, who facilitated a professional learning session with teaching and non teaching staff this week. Part of this learning involved increasing familiarity with Amplify (click link). This is a practice guide for school leaders and teachers. It explains how to create the conditions, employ the practices and develop the behaviours, attitudes and learning environments that are conducive to student voice, agency and leadership.
We plan to work together with our staff, students, School Council and the wider school community to establish our new Vision, Values, Targets, Goals and Key Improvement Strategies in the process of developing our new School Strategic Plan 2019-2022 over the coming months.
ANNUAL REPORT MEETING
Please join our School Councillors on Monday June 24, 7:00 pm in the staff room, where the 2018 AVPS Annual Report will be presented to celebrate achievements, identify opportunities for improvements and outline some of the plans currently in place to address these. We will also seek input from attendees to begin shaping the direction of the new school vision and values for our new AVPS Strategic Plan 2019-2022.
We hope to see you there. Click this link to register: AVPS School Council Annual Report Meeting 2019
CAMP DEPOSIT - DUE NOW
Our 2019 school camp, for year 3-6 student has been confirmed for December 2-6 in Lorne, Victoria.
Dates:
Year 5/6 Camp - Monday 2nd - Wednesday 4th December
Year 3/4 Camp - Wednesday 4th - Friday 6th December
Parents who have not yet paid a $50 deposit have been requested to action this via COMPASS. Please note, the deposit can also be paid at anytime at the office of by telephone. The due date for the deposit is Thursday 27th June 2019. This deposit will confirm your child's place at camp and determine the final camp cost (the number of students who attend will determine the final cost).
We anticipate the total cost of camp will be between $320-340, inclusive of the deposit.
A schedule of installments and confirmation of final costs will be communicated mid July.
We plan to work together with our staff, students, School Council and the wider school community to establish our new Vision, Values, Targets, Goals and Key Improvement Strategies in the process of developing our new School Strategic Plan 2019-2022 over the coming months.
ANNUAL REPORT MEETING
Please join our School Councillors on Monday June 24, 7:00 pm in the staff room, where the 2018 AVPS Annual Report will be presented to celebrate achievements, identify opportunities for improvements and outline some of the plans currently in place to address these. We will also seek input from attendees to begin shaping the direction of the new school vision and values for our new AVPS Strategic Plan 2019-2022.
We hope to see you there. Click this link to register: AVPS School Council Annual Report Meeting 2019
CAMP DEPOSIT - DUE NOW
Our 2019 school camp, for year 3-6 student has been confirmed for December 2-6 in Lorne, Victoria.
Dates:
Year 5/6 Camp - Monday 2nd - Wednesday 4th December
Year 3/4 Camp - Wednesday 4th - Friday 6th December
Parents who have not yet paid a $50 deposit have been requested to action this via COMPASS. Please note, the deposit can also be paid at anytime at the office of by telephone. The due date for the deposit is Thursday 27th June 2019. This deposit will confirm your child's place at camp and determine the final camp cost (the number of students who attend will determine the final cost).
We anticipate the total cost of camp will be between $320-340, inclusive of the deposit.
A schedule of installments and confirmation of final costs will be communicated mid July.
Kind regards
Sue Osborne & Michael Downing, AVPS Principal Team
Sue Osborne & Michael Downing, AVPS Principal Team
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Please click on the heading above to access important reminders for AVPS parents and /or guardians, which are updated fortnightly.
OPTIONAL/ EXTRA CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES @AVPS
Please click on the heading above to discover how your child / children can become involved in extra curricular programs at AVPS.
Please click on the heading above to access important reminders for AVPS parents and /or guardians, which are updated fortnightly.
OPTIONAL/ EXTRA CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES @AVPS
Please click on the heading above to discover how your child / children can become involved in extra curricular programs at AVPS.
NEWS FROM THE SPORTING FIELD
Cross Country
On Wednesday the 5th of June, seven students from AVPS went to the Moonee Ponds Primary Cross Country Primary Girls and Boys/Mixed Division Finals, all students ran their hardest and did amazingly well. Three of those students; Sophie. W, Hazel, B and Jordy. W, have progressed to the Western Metropolitan Primary Cross Country Primary Mixed Region Finals! They will be competing on Thursday the 20th of June at Brimbank Park, a massive congratulations and good luck to these three students!
Interschool Sports
Sadly, we had to cancel another ISS game due to bad weather on the 31st of May, but thankfully the weather was fine for us on Friday the 7th of June and we were able to play! AVPS played against Moonee Ponds West, the scores for the games are below.
The scores were:
Cross Country
On Wednesday the 5th of June, seven students from AVPS went to the Moonee Ponds Primary Cross Country Primary Girls and Boys/Mixed Division Finals, all students ran their hardest and did amazingly well. Three of those students; Sophie. W, Hazel, B and Jordy. W, have progressed to the Western Metropolitan Primary Cross Country Primary Mixed Region Finals! They will be competing on Thursday the 20th of June at Brimbank Park, a massive congratulations and good luck to these three students!
Interschool Sports
Sadly, we had to cancel another ISS game due to bad weather on the 31st of May, but thankfully the weather was fine for us on Friday the 7th of June and we were able to play! AVPS played against Moonee Ponds West, the scores for the games are below.
The scores were:
AFL |
NETBALL GIRLS TEAM |
NETBALL MIXED TEAM |
TEE BALL |
24 – 6 MPW won |
26 – 1 MPW won |
2 – 1 MPW won |
22 – 11 MPW won |
AVPS students came back excited by their improvement on the field! Our final game is this week, if you would like more information please look at the window outside of Unit 4.
Parents of 5/6 students please look on Compass for the event ‘5/6 Sports Morning’ and give your approval, the 5/6 team and I have organised a surprise for the student to make up for the cancelled games due to the bad weather we have had these past few weeks.
PE
The SEDA Cricket clinic is still running every Tuesday, students are learning the skills associated with cricket by engaging in skill-based games. Due to the large number of SEDA coaches, students are lucky enough to have one-on-one coaching! Students skills are developing fast and every session is full of laughter.
AVPS is getting ready for the Athletics carnival in Term 3, the majority of PE lessons are focusing on the sports involved in Athletics such as High Jump, Shot Put, Hurdles, Relay running and much more! We are lucky enough to use our Sporting schools grant to have Manny from Athletics Australia, who is a jumps expert, to come out and take the lessons. Manny trains Olympic level athletics and we are very grateful for the knowledge and experience she is sharing with us.
Cheers,
Britt Stephenson
Parents of 5/6 students please look on Compass for the event ‘5/6 Sports Morning’ and give your approval, the 5/6 team and I have organised a surprise for the student to make up for the cancelled games due to the bad weather we have had these past few weeks.
PE
The SEDA Cricket clinic is still running every Tuesday, students are learning the skills associated with cricket by engaging in skill-based games. Due to the large number of SEDA coaches, students are lucky enough to have one-on-one coaching! Students skills are developing fast and every session is full of laughter.
AVPS is getting ready for the Athletics carnival in Term 3, the majority of PE lessons are focusing on the sports involved in Athletics such as High Jump, Shot Put, Hurdles, Relay running and much more! We are lucky enough to use our Sporting schools grant to have Manny from Athletics Australia, who is a jumps expert, to come out and take the lessons. Manny trains Olympic level athletics and we are very grateful for the knowledge and experience she is sharing with us.
Cheers,
Britt Stephenson
SCHOOL COUNCIL NEWS - reminder
Our next meeting is the most important one for the year: The AVPS Annual Report Meeting - Monday 24th June 7pm
This is a great opportunity to celebrate our school's achievements as well as consider the future direction of the school. AVPS has undergone a comprehensive School Review in Term 1. The results of the review provides the foci of our new four year School Strategic Plan 2019-2022. As part of this, AVPS would like to invite community members to take part in a Values and Vision activity at the Annual Report Meeting which will help define the Values and Philosophy of the School.
If you would like to have a say in what matters to you, then please come and take part in this meaningful activity. AVPS is fortunate to have such an engaged and enthusiastic Parent Community and your feedback is needed and valued. Please come along and support our hardworking School Councillors on June 24 as we present the Annual Report and talk about the role of School Council. Click on this Eventbrite link to register your interest: AVPS School Council Annual Report Meeting 2019
I look forward to seeing you there!
Helen Millar - School Council President
Our next meeting is the most important one for the year: The AVPS Annual Report Meeting - Monday 24th June 7pm
This is a great opportunity to celebrate our school's achievements as well as consider the future direction of the school. AVPS has undergone a comprehensive School Review in Term 1. The results of the review provides the foci of our new four year School Strategic Plan 2019-2022. As part of this, AVPS would like to invite community members to take part in a Values and Vision activity at the Annual Report Meeting which will help define the Values and Philosophy of the School.
If you would like to have a say in what matters to you, then please come and take part in this meaningful activity. AVPS is fortunate to have such an engaged and enthusiastic Parent Community and your feedback is needed and valued. Please come along and support our hardworking School Councillors on June 24 as we present the Annual Report and talk about the role of School Council. Click on this Eventbrite link to register your interest: AVPS School Council Annual Report Meeting 2019
I look forward to seeing you there!
Helen Millar - School Council President
PLEASE HELP ISAAC SUPPORT A WORTHY CAUSE
Dear students,
My name is Isaac and I’m in year 6 unit 4, and I’m on a mission to collect plastic bottle tops. For my term challenge I decided to research about helping hands supported by Envision. They turn plastic bottle caps into filament/string that they run through there 3D printer to create prosthetic hands. So I need all of you to tell your parents don’t throw out the plastic bottle tops because I need you to bring them in and put them in this box. I am going to set boxes up in every classroom to collect them and at the end of each week I will come around and collect them from your box. But the bottle caps have to have a 2 or a 4 on them other wise the people who make them can’t recycle the other bottle caps. And before putting it into the box please make sure they are cleaned.
Thank you
Isaac
Dear students,
My name is Isaac and I’m in year 6 unit 4, and I’m on a mission to collect plastic bottle tops. For my term challenge I decided to research about helping hands supported by Envision. They turn plastic bottle caps into filament/string that they run through there 3D printer to create prosthetic hands. So I need all of you to tell your parents don’t throw out the plastic bottle tops because I need you to bring them in and put them in this box. I am going to set boxes up in every classroom to collect them and at the end of each week I will come around and collect them from your box. But the bottle caps have to have a 2 or a 4 on them other wise the people who make them can’t recycle the other bottle caps. And before putting it into the box please make sure they are cleaned.
Thank you
Isaac
FUNDRAISING NEWS
AVPS FURNITURE FUNDRAISER
As a result of our capital works upgrade, AVPS has a large amount of excess furniture or miscellaneous items that need to be 're-housed , re-used or re-cycled'. We are very keen for these items NOT to end up as land fill, so please make us an offer or donation for any of the items appearing in the gallery below (click arrows to scroll). Items will be sold on a first come first served basis, most are available for immediate collection. Some items, such as the staff room and waiting room furniture will not be available until new furniture is delivered, in which case we will reserve the item/s for you.
Please see Kylie or Christina in the office to purchase or reserve an item, or call them on 03 9370 6507 to 'make us an offer'.
Please also contact us if you know of a charitable organisation that may benefit from unsold / excess items. Thank you.
AVPS FURNITURE FUNDRAISER
As a result of our capital works upgrade, AVPS has a large amount of excess furniture or miscellaneous items that need to be 're-housed , re-used or re-cycled'. We are very keen for these items NOT to end up as land fill, so please make us an offer or donation for any of the items appearing in the gallery below (click arrows to scroll). Items will be sold on a first come first served basis, most are available for immediate collection. Some items, such as the staff room and waiting room furniture will not be available until new furniture is delivered, in which case we will reserve the item/s for you.
Please see Kylie or Christina in the office to purchase or reserve an item, or call them on 03 9370 6507 to 'make us an offer'.
Please also contact us if you know of a charitable organisation that may benefit from unsold / excess items. Thank you.
OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS CARE (OSHC)
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OSHC phone: 0423 795 247
Coordinator: Dee Seneviratne |
How to get started before using our programs you must register online for an account. Registering is quick and easy. Visit our website to begin www.campaustralia.com.au
Once registered you can make bookings and cancellations, view your statements and manage your details anytime of the day online. Keep in mind we are able to take bookings at short notice to help busy families.
Save on Care. You can save 50% or more on Before and After School Care fees with the non-means tested Child Care Rebate. Almost all families are eligible. To find out more, call our Customer Service Team on 1300 105 343 Monday to Friday
Once registered you can make bookings and cancellations, view your statements and manage your details anytime of the day online. Keep in mind we are able to take bookings at short notice to help busy families.
Save on Care. You can save 50% or more on Before and After School Care fees with the non-means tested Child Care Rebate. Almost all families are eligible. To find out more, call our Customer Service Team on 1300 105 343 Monday to Friday
Please access files below to view the OSHC fortnightly report and/or the Camp Australia Holiday Program.
Dee and the OSHC team
Dee and the OSHC team
| camp_aust__week_seven_newsletter.pdf |
COMMUNITY NOTICES
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