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Wednesday 5 November 2014 – Week 5-11
DIARY DATES TERM 4
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Sat 8 Nov
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Tues 11 Nov
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Wed 12 Nov
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Thurs 13 Nov
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Tues 18 Nov
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Thurs 20 Nov
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Mon 24 Nov
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Tues 25 Nov
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Wed 26 Nov
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Sat 29 Nov
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Mon 1 Dec
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Tues 2 Dec
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Thurs 4 Dec
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Tues 9 Dec
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Wed 10 Dec
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Thurs 11 Dec
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Frid 12 Dec
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Tues 16 Dec
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Frid 19 Dec
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Wed 28 Jan
Working Bee 9am-12pm
Prep Kelly Sports
Prep & School Transition
Hoop Time Grade 5/6
Community Engagement &
Wellbeing Meeting 9.30am
Prep Kelly Sports
School Council Meeting 7pm
Twilight Picnic 5.30-7.30pm
Kids Car Ed Grade 1/2
Prep Kelly Sports
Parent Helpers Morning tea –
10.45-11.45am
State Election Stalls
Kids Car Ed Grade 1/2
Grade 6 Parents Transition
Session – 7pm
Prep Kelly Sports
Prep Incursion – Drama Toolbox
‘Fairytale Fiasco’
Grounds Committee Meeting 7pm
Festa del Canto Grade 3/4
Grade 6 Orientation day
Year 4/5 Transition session.
School Council Meeting 6.30pm
Grade 6 Big Day Out
Grade 6 Morning Tea
Classroom Celebration & BBQ
Grade 6 Graduation 5-8.30pm
Last day Term 4 – 1.30pm
Uniform Shop Open 9am-2pm
Back To Earth - Spring Competition
School. We were thrilled to receive this prize as it will
ensure that we can commence the creation of the
Brunswick North Urban Food Garden on the back oval.
We had an exciting impromptu end to the
presentation with the whole school dancing the
Zorba. Vasili has plans to include snippets of the
presentation and snapshots of our journey creating
the BNPS Urban Garden on his TV show, which will be
very exciting.
I will keep you posted on any more developments.
Italiano – Coro dei Bambini Workshop
The Year 3/4 students commenced another extracurricular activity in Italiano today. The Italian Choir
Workshop had their first workshop today in the MultiPurpose Room. Over the coming weeks they will be
singing contemporary and Italiano folk songs with
Kavisha Mazzella, a wonderful Italian-Australian singer
and students from two other primary schools –Princes
Hill and Brunswick South West.
The following workshops are scheduled for:
-Workshop 2 - Princes Hill PS- Monday 17th November
from 9- approximately 12pm.
-Workshop 3 – Brunswick South West PS- Monday 23rd
November from 9- 12pm.
All of this is in preparation for a wonderful “ il grande
spettacolo“ Concert on Friday 12th December from
6.30-7.30pm at Princes Hill PS.
I can remember what a wonderful night it was last
year and I am certainly looking forward to seeing our
students perform. There will be a small supper
prepared by the parents at Princes Hill PS afterwards.
Inter School Sports (ISS)
Last Thursday our students, staff and parents met on
The Brunswick District Interschool Sports Program
the back oval to welcome the following guests to our
commenced last week for our Year5/6 students. They
school. Mayor Meghan Hopper on her first official
are playing Soccer, Kanga Cricket or Volleyball catch at
engagement, Robert Millard CEO of Metropolitan
Brunswick North Primary School or at one of the other
Waste & Resource Recovery Group, Simon Spencer
schools in the District as follows:
Veolia Environmental Services and Vasili Kanidiadis.
Round 2 Friday 7th November –vs Brunswick East PS at
They presented the Back to Earth Initiative Spring
BNPS
Garden prize of $5,000 to Brunswick North Primary
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Pearson Street West Brunswick 3055
Phone: 03 9383 1400
Fax: 03 93860583
OSHC: 0405 435 341
Email address: brunswick.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Principal: Ms Sonia Abdallah
Round 3 Friday 14th November –vs Brunswick South
West PS at BSWPS
Round 4 Friday 21st November –vs Brunswick South PS
at BSPS
Round 5 Friday 28th November –vs Margaret Mary PS
at BNPS
Each ISS Round is played on Friday mornings and
students are required to wear appropriate footwear
for sport and bring their school hat and water bottle.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed that there are no
cancellations due to inclement weather.
Good Luck to our Year5/6 students.
Parent Information
The Department has publishing a very informative fact
sheet for parents on cyberbullying and what to do or
not do, if you find your child in this situation.
It is really important as a parent to have access to the
latest advice, so that you can give your child the best
support.
I have attached the information with this week’s
newsletter.
Community Engagement
Thursday 13th November
Sub-Committee
(SC)
At our next Community Engagement & Wellbeing SC
meeting we will be working on developing a Draft
BNPS school calendar of fundraising events for 2015.
We have scheduled the meeting in the Aftercare room
at 9.30 am. All welcome.
Regards
Sonia Abdallah
L’angolo italiano
Studenti have been using their listening and speaking
skills while we are learning about Pulcino Pio. We
have also listened to the multi-lingual version of the
popular canzone to see how knowing italiano e
inglese helps us understand other languages too. It is
quite an eye opener for the students. Compito is
concluding with our last piece next week. The start of
each class, since the beginning of the year, has been
checking compito and helping to remind studenti
what they are missing. They are encouraged to collect
spare sheets from our contenitore located outside our
room. Keeping up with compito is a really valuable
skill that they can then bring to secondary school. Our
busta di plastica will be collected next week for final
assessment of our compito portfolio. Signorina Giulia
has had a wonderful time travelling around Australia,
and this long weekend (il ponte,) she has been in
Tasmania. We look forward to seeing her again on
Friday. The Coro dei bambini have had their first
workshop here at BNPS with Kavisha. They had a
lovely time meeting children from other schools
singing along with them. Grazie.
Pre-Loved Uniform Stall
Brunswick North Primary would like to extend an
invitation to parents, to have the opportunity to
purchase pre-loved uniform items at the School
Welcome Picnic held at the beginning of the year, and
again at the School end of year Twilight Picnic which
will be held this year on Thursday the 20th November
2014.
The office is currently accepting donated School
Uniform items to be included in the sale.
You can find a labelled Uniform drop off box in the
front office at present for your convenience.
The school would be grateful to receive School hats,
Clothing, Shoes and School bags.
Thank you for any assistance you are able to provide.
We respectfully require that the items donated be in
good condition.
Parentline
Parenting is not always easy. From time to time, all
families can benefit from extra support.
Parentline is a Department service which began in
1998. It provides information, support, and referral
services to parents from 8am to midnight seven days
a week.
Whether you’re struggling with everyday tasks, or
simply wish to discuss parenting ideas, Parentline is a
valuable source of counselling and assistance.
The qualified and experienced social workers and
psychologists who staff the service answer
approximately 13,000 calls per year from parents
from all backgrounds looking for support and advice.
They will work with you to better understand your
relationships and personal situations to help you to
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Pearson Street West Brunswick 3055
Phone: 03 9383 1400
Fax: 03 93860583
OSHC: 0405 435 341
Email address: brunswick.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Principal: Ms Sonia Abdallah
develop strategies which are tailored to your
individual needs.
Parenting is challenging, but Parentline can help you
to develop positive coping strategies, allowing you
more freedom time enjoy your time with your
children.
1/2W
Albie
Fredrickson
F/L
India Pappas
FM
Alex Stevens
F/O
Ella MacIntyre
F/S
James
Cannizzaro
F/W
Mishca
Jefferies
ICT
Ms Louise
Italiano
Nicholas
Parthimos
Music
Ms Lina
Esodia
Skapetis
Frances
BorehamDelaney
3/4 Campers
Ms Sonia
Principal
Vangelis
Karvounis
You can ring Parentline on 13 22 89.
Student of the Week
To be presented on
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Monday 10 November 2014
5/6B
Keira Fahey
5/6M
Helen George
5/6S
Eloise
Barnewall
3/4B
Lachlan Attard
3/4C
Archie Laslett
3/4D
Tisha Dangol
3/4M
Dilashree
Gurung
3/4S
Kevin Sun
1/2A
Angus Lupson
1/2B
Robert
Asllanaj
1/2C
Mariana
Christoforou
Monty
Campbell
Whole Class
1/2L
1/2M
1/2N
Pranav
Dhavala
For always working so well
and completing all tasks at a
high level. Great Work!
For working so well in
Literacy rotations. Keep up
the wonderful work.
For always coming to school
ready to learn and being a
lovely student.
For his excellent enthusiasm
during grade 3/4 camp.
For being an amazing
camper, and always having
a positive attitude.
For her positive attitude and
terrific efforts on all
activities at camp. Well
done!
For being such a positive
and responsible camper.
Well done! Dilashree.
For showing great
enthusiasm and
organisation in his
classwork.
For always listening
wonderfully and working
hard.
For his recent fantastic
behaviour whilst in the
classroom.
For always having a go and
trying her best! Keep it up!
For being productive and a
great listener at all times.
For working well together to
develop a terrific learning
community!
For working hard and
independently. Great job
P.E
For writing on amazing
procedural text about how
to make a bottle trumpet.
Well done!
For always making sure she
completes her neatest
handwriting.
For doing a wonderful
illustration and piece of
writing about Father Bears
Surprise.
For creating a fabulous
fairytale character puppet in
Buddies. Well done, Ella!
For being such a responsible
‘helping hand’ in our
classroom. Well done!
For her enthusiastic and
very entertaining reading of
‘Giraffes can’t dance’.
For doing such a great job in
the Library/ICT Centre while
I was away. Thank you!
For being such a hard
worker. Always trying his
best, with a smile, and
never going up. Bravo.
For her great performance
at assembly!
Very good cricket skills.
For being such wonderful
campers and making our
camp so enjoyable.
For making a great effort
with settling in and
mastering English. Well
done!
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Pearson Street West Brunswick 3055
Phone: 03 9383 1400
Fax: 03 93860583
OSHC: 0405 435 341
Email address: brunswick.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Principal: Ms Sonia Abdallah
Brunswick North Primary School
TERM 4, 2014
School Grounds
WORKING BEE
Saturday 8th November 2014
It’s on again! Come when you can
between 9am and 12pm
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Meet at the Oval Shed to sign up.
Bring gloves, if you have them and wear sturdy shoes and long pants
Children welcome.
The main job will be cleaning up around school in preparation for Election
Day
Stocktake of marquees and equipment
Cleaning water troughs
Watering Fantasy Garden and Veggie Planter
Drain Clearing
Weeding
We will go through general tasks and a safety briefing at 9-9.15 am.
Other jobs include the usual weeding, sweeping, drain-clearing, soft-fall raking,
pothole filling and general maintenance. We'll also teach anyone interested in
helping water over the summer exactly what's involved.
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Pearson Street West Brunswick 3055
Phone: 03 9383 1400
Fax: 03 93860583
OSHC: 0405 435 341
Email address: brunswick.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Principal: Ms Sonia Abdallah
BNPS Parents & Friends News
Events
Upcoming Activities include:
Event
Date
Location
2015 Prep Parents Morning Tea
Wed 12th Nov
After Care room
P&F Meet
Thurs 13th Nov, 7.30 pm
tbd
State Election Stalls
Saturday 29th Nov
BNPS
End of Term BBQ
Friday 12th Dec
BNPS
PRE-LOVED UNIFORM STALL
BNPS Parent’s and Friends would like to extend an invitation to
parents, to have the opportunity to purchase pre-loved uniform
items at the upcoming Twilight Picnic on Thurs Nov 20.
We will collect any donations for the stall from this Monday
10th until Friday 14th Nov. There will be a labelled box in the
front office for your convenience. We would be grateful to
receive School hats, Clothing, Shoes and School Bags.
Thank you for any assistance you are able to provide!
We respectfully request that the items donated be in good
condition.
Any questions please email Vicki on
victoriagordan@yahoo.com.au or call on 0404 832 280
Can you remember your first child starting Prep? Did
you know anyone?
Come and help us welcome the 2014 Prep Parents.
WHEN: Wednesday 12th November 9-15 to 10.15 am in
the After Care Room
If you are interested becoming a member of the BNPS Parents & Friends Group, receiving more
detailed P&F news or would like to provide some feedback or suggestions, please send us an email
at bnps.pandf@gmail.com
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Pearson Street West Brunswick 3055
Phone: 03 9383 1400
Fax: 03 93860583
OSHC: 0405 435 341
Email address: brunswick.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Principal: Ms Sonia Abdallah
The State Election is fast approaching on
29 November. Please mark it in your diary.
We are looking for a few people to help to set
things up. These are not big jobs: Help with the
BBQ, Co-ordinate the Coffee, Help source
Volunteers for the day. Need more info, talk to
Lucy on 0414 808 906 or email
menting@bigpond.com
Volunteer Coordinator Needed
Looking for a person to help us
coordinate the volunteers for the day.
Interested? Email
bnpspandf@gmail.com or talk to Lucy
on 0414 808 906
With thanks, the co-ordinating team
Lucy, Sophie & Miss Lina
ARE YOU CRAFTY?
Looking for a few people to
help prepare for the day.
Organise drinks, check
BBQ’s, collection of items
Talk to Lisa or Email the P&F
if you can help
We are looking for crafty
parents to donate pieces for
the Election Craft stall. Please contact
Belinda Newick on 0407 207 788 or email
belindanewick@hotmail.com
Thank you for your contributions!
For more information
about a stall contact
those below or
Email bnps.pandf@gmail.com
Cake
Craft
Fiona Stevens,
Jessica MacIntyre
Vanessa Hood
Belinda Newick
Jody Newman
Sausage Sizzle
Lisa Croft
Coffee
?? vacant
Calling all
Barista’s
Love to make the perfect espresso? We would
love your help on Election Day. Contact Lucy
on 0414 808 906 or at menting@bigpond.com
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Pearson Street West Brunswick 3055
Phone: 03 9383 1400
Fax: 03 93860583
OSHC: 0405 435 341
Email address: brunswick.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Principal: Ms Sonia Abdallah
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Pearson Street West Brunswick 3055
Phone: 03 9383 1400
Fax: 03 93860583
OSHC: 0405 435 341
Email address: brunswick.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Principal: Ms Sonia Abdallah
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Pearson Street West Brunswick 3055
Phone: 03 9383 1400
Fax: 03 93860583
OSHC: 0405 435 341
Email address: brunswick.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Principal: Ms Sonia Abdallah
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Pearson Street West Brunswick 3055
Phone: 03 9383 1400
Fax: 03 93860583
OSHC: 0405 435 341
Email address: brunswick.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Principal: Ms Sonia Abdallah
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Pearson Street West Brunswick 3055
Phone: 03 9383 1400
Fax: 03 93860583
OSHC: 0405 435 341
Email address: brunswick.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Principal: Ms Sonia Abdallah
__________________________________________________________________________________________
Pearson Street West Brunswick 3055
Phone: 03 9383 1400
Fax: 03 93860583
OSHC: 0405 435 341
Email address: brunswick.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
Principal: Ms Sonia Abdallah