Cheltenham East Primary School Newsletter

Cheltenham East Primary News and Events

HUMANITIES

Yarning Circles

In term 2 the 3/4 classes visited CERES which is an environmental education centre, community garden, urban farm and social enterprise which is based in Brunswick East. 

 

A big part of their visit was connecting our students with, ‘country’ and educating them about varying indigenious practices. This resulted in our 3/4 students thinking about what they could implement back at school. One of the key suggestions was to replace circle time in our classes with yarning circles. 

 

A yarning circle is a place to talk, share, discuss, educate and have a yarn together, a place to build respectful relationships and a space to enrich students' learning experiences. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been using yarning circles for thousands of years.

 

Students will begin utilising the practices of yarning circles over the remainder of the year.  

 

Mr. Bourke - Leading Teacher

Mrs. Kerr - Humanities Leader

 

DOLPHIN RESEARCH INSTUTE

One of our students, Lola S in Year 6, has organised, on her own, a fundraiser for the Dolphin Research Institute.  Lola was a Marine Ambassador in 2021, and has continued this year to support the DRI whenever she can.

 

She has painted two beautiful watercolours of weedy seadragons and the DRI are raffling these off for two lucky winners.

 

Each raffle ticket is $2, and are available to purchase using the following link: https://www.dolphinresearch.org.au/support-us/make-a-payment/ (please label as Lola's Raffle and make sure your name and school is listed)

 

The DRI really want to do Lola's efforts and talent justice, so please support this awesome fundraiser (funds will go to the i sea i care program) and share with your friends and family.

 

Thank you,

Miss Doutch

 

NEWS FROM THE ART ROOM

Students have been exploring Threads and Textiles in art this week. Activities included paper weaving placemats, pulling threads from hessian, threading needles and stitching. Future fashion designers in the making! 

 

 

NUDE FOOD

 

PARENT OPINION SURVEY

The Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is designed to assist schools in gaining an understanding of families’ perceptions of school climate, student behavior, and student engagement. The school selects families at random and issues the survey details via email. The email for this year’s survey was sent to the selected families today. 

Approximately 30 per cent of parents/caregivers/guardians have been selected to participate in this year’s survey. The Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey will be conducted from Monday 15th August to Friday 16th September.

 

The survey will be conducted online, only takes 20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed at any convenient time within the fieldwork period on desktop computers, laptops, tablets or smartphones. The online survey will be available in a range of languages other than English. These include: Arabic, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, Chin (Hakha), Hindi, Japanese, Somali, Turkish, Punjabi and Greek.

 

The survey gives the school important feedback on areas of concern and also strengths as perceived by the parents. This has included parents asking for the school to have a stronger focus on grounds and maintenance, which has been a focus on the past two years. 

 

Regards,

Joshua Bourke – Leading Teacher

 

2022 SCHOOL CONCERT

 

This year’s school concert will look different to other years in an effort to remain COVID safe.

  • To celebrate the Year 6 students’ final concert, they will work with Mrs Digby to present their own production piece at a school hall performance in Term 4.
  • Year 5s are presenting the Gala Performance of the ‘My Best Self’ program from Dancesport Confidence on Sep 15th at St Louis de Montfort Hall, Aspendale.  The program has focused on Personal and Social Capabilities and Respectful Relationships this term.  (see newspaper article in Ballroom dancing to help students with confidence - Bayside News)
  • Years F-4 will present an end of term celebration in December on the oval with a ‘picnic – style’ outdoor event in warmer weather.

You will appreciate the flexibility we are all working with to ensure many wonderful experiences for our students, whilst managing safe conditions for our whole school community. 

 

Specific dates will be advertised closer to the events.

We look forward to the celebration performances in store for us all!

 

CEPS RECYCLING HUB

 

GREENHOUSE PROJECT

 

Thank you to everyone who has already donated their spare plastic bottles so far, we are well on our way to getting the greenhouse up and running.

 

We still need more bottles, so please continue to bring in your spare 1.25L and 2L bottles and put them in the donation box at the office. 

 

Please make sure to rinse the bottles before bringing them in so there is no spillage.

 

2023 FOUNDATION TRANSITION PROGRAM