Classroom News
Stand Up Project (SUP) Information Evening- TONIGHT
Wednesday 5th March 6pm
Dear Families of APS,
Dr Zach Grieg, founder of the Stand Up Project, will be hosting an information session on Wednesday 5th March at 6pm.
Our Year 5 + 6 students were recently involved in the SUP program training, and 25 represents were selected as SUP Leaders, who will be teaching their peers all about bullying, upstanding and positive behaviours.
The event will be co-facilitated by SUP’s founder, Dr. Zach Greig, and our Year 5 + 6 SUP Leaders. The aim is to inform you about the program our student leaders have developed and provide families and teachers with valuable insights on bullying in Australia.
Dr Greig will also share practical strategies to support children in preventing and responding to poor behaviours when they see them.
The session details are as follows:
Date: Wednesday 5th March
Time: 6-7pm
Location: Staff Centre (upstairs in the Admin Building)
For more information about SUP, please visit their website at www.thestandupproject.com.
If you have any questions in the interim, please contact Jessie jessie.neil@education.vic.gov.au
What is Harmony Week?
Harmony Week is from the 17th of March to the 23rd of March. This is where we all celebrate our diversity and bring together Australians from all different backgrounds. It is mostly about showing and using inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone.
Learn More by tapping on this link: (Click Here)
How are we celebrating it across the school
At APS all classes will be participating in activities during the week, including Specialist classes. For example, in Mandarin, students will learn to sing the ‘Happy Birthday,’ song and make birthday cards in different languages. In Performing Arts, students have been learning the indigenous song, ‘Inanay Capuana’, which they will sing at assembly on Friday 21st March. Parents are welcome to come along and watch us sing!
Friday, 21st March - wear orange!
We are hoping most students will wear orange on the day, as it signifies social communication and meaningful conversations. Remember it is okay if you don’t have an orange top on but we are encouraging everyone to wear something orange.
From,
The Multicultural Leaders,
Jeremy and Olivia 6A
Ride 2 School Day
On Friday the 21st of March the National Ride To School Day will be held. It would be a pleasure if you could refrain from driving your children if you live close enough to walk, scoot or ride.
What is the National Ride To School Day?
National Ride to School Day is a day where many people in a school ride, scoot, skate and walk to school. This improves their physical health and mental health. They will also have more fun riding to school than driving.
On the day we will be going around to classes and record who skated, scooted, walked and rode to school. The top three classes were most students who have skated, scooted, rode and walked will be rewarded with a certificate created by us! Even though we have an amazing number of people who ride scoot, skate and walk, we want to increase that number to almost every single person.
From the School events action team (Augie 6M, Mark 6M & Cassius 6A)
Clean Up Australia Day - Year 6
Hi Everyone!
We are Ella and April the Environmental and Sustainability Captains, and on Monday the 3rd of March it was Alphington Primary Schools Clean Up Day. We had a big clean-up of the yard at the end of lunch. Lots of people dressed in green and we had a donation fundraiser. In total we raised a whopping $284.20! We plan to use this money to revamp the veggie garden. Thank you all so much for your support and all the donations! See you all soon!
April 6A & Ella 6M
SRC News
Elections for class SRC reps are being held. There will be reps for all classes in Years 1-6. The process for electing the reps is as follows:
- SRC candidates prepare a short speech to present to the class.
- Class members vote for one person.
- The two students with the most votes are elected as SRC reps for 2024.
