2022 YEAR 6 VISIT
What a fabulous afternoon we had on Wednesday afternoon as we held the CPS traditional ‘Welcome Back BBQ’ for our 2022 year 6 classmates. It was fantastic to see this wonderful group re-connect and share their new experiences of secondary school. What a great group of young people!

FUNTIME LUNCHTIME CLUBS

There are great benefits of Lunchtime Clubs as they are an opportunity for students to have fun and interact with other students, who have similar interests and passions. It also allows students to increase friendships, promote socialisation, teamwork, co-operation and collaboration. Funky Friday, chess, disco, reading, colouring club are offered weekly by our teachers and support staff.

MUMS AND SPECIAL FRIENDS CELEBRATIONS
What a wonderful morning we shared for our ‘Mums and Special Friends’ breakfast! Our families enjoyed a range of tasty pastries and muffins from our wonderful friends at Temptation Bakeries and

A delicious coffee provided by Bonbeach Baristas.

Another very special community event on the Chelsea PS calendar!

EDUCATION WEEK
Last week we celebrated Education Week with an open afternoon showcasing some great maths games and activities with our families.

In our 111-year history we have seen many celebrations, events and changes.

Chelsea Primary School began in January 1912, with 65 students, in Hoadley's Hall, Main Road, Chelsea, Nepean Highway. Because of its oriental appearance, the local people called this hall “The Joss House”. Our brick school was built in Argyle Avenue and officially opened on 27 January 1915.
  

During the world-wide epidemic of influenza in 1919/20, the school was taken over for use as a hospital. The school children were transferred to the Congregational Church Hall.

A two-storey wing was built on to the school in 1921, and then another wing was added in 1927.

There have been many building and environmental changes over the years and more to come!

NEW BUILDING UPDATE
Our new building is moving on. The concrete foundations and flooring have been poured, and we can now see the outline of the performing art space, art room, decks, storage and multipurpose room. Next step is the steel construction. Over the next few weeks, we will be meeting with students and the VAEAI (Victorian Aboriginal Education Association) to gain ideas for an Indigenous inclusion in our new building.

2023 STUDENT ATTITUDES TO SCHOOL SURVEY

We value student voice to improve student engagement, wellbeing, and quality instruction, and we will be conducting a Department of Education survey in Years 4, 5 and 6 to find out more about what your child thinks and how they feel about school.

The Attitudes to School Survey (AtoSS) is an annual student survey offered by the Department of Education to assist our school to gain an understanding of students' perceptions and experience of school. Students will be asked about their thoughts and feelings in relation to their school, their learning, peer relationships, bullying and life in general. 

Students from Years 4, 5 and 6 will participate in the survey. Your child will complete the survey online during school hours using a purpose built secure online survey tool.  It is important to note that we are not in any way “testing” your child. Your child has the right to refuse or withdraw from the survey at any time. 

Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey. The student login is an assigned identifier that may be used to link data for statistical and research purposes only. All responses to the survey are kept anonymous in the response file. Personal identification data will not be recorded in the survey response file. This ensures that the confidentiality of your child’s responses is always protected.

This year the Attitudes to School survey will be conducted at school over the next two weeks. The survey takes around 45 minutes to complete and occurs during your child's class time.

The survey results will be reported back to the school in an aggregate form. All survey data that is made available in reports about cohorts of students only so that no individual student can be identified. Data suppression rules are used for schools with low student numbers per year level. 

If you would like more information, please speak to your child’s teacher or visit: https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/data-collection-surveys/guidance/attitudes-school-survey

NATIONALLY CONSISTENT COLLECTION OF DATA
Every year, all schools in Australia participate in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD). The NCCD process requires schools to identify information already available in the school about supports provided to students with disability.

Information provided about students to the Australian Government for the NCCD includes:

• year of schooling
• category of disability: physical, cognitive, sensory or social/emotional
• level of adjustment provided: support provided within quality differentiated teaching practice, supplementary, substantial or extensive.

This information assists schools to:

• formally recognise the supports and adjustments provided to students with disability in schools
• consider how they can strengthen the support of students with disability in schools
• develop shared practices so that they can review their learning programs in order to improve educational outcomes for students with disability.

The NCCD provides state and federal governments with the information they need to plan more broadly for the support of students with disability.

The NCCD will have no direct impact on your child and your child will not be involved in any testing process. The school will provide data to the Australian Government in such a way that no individual student will be able to be identified – the privacy and confidentiality of all students is ensured. All information is protected by privacy laws that regulate the collection, storage and disclosure of personal information. To find out more see (https://www.education.gov.au/privacy-policy).

Further information about the NCCD can be found on the NCCD Portal (https://www.nccd.edu.au).

If you have any questions about the NCCD, please speak with Jan Smith or Tanya Whiteside.

Friday 2nd June 
3/4 Melbourne Museum
Library Visit - Grade 1    9.30-10.15
Library Visit - Grade 5 & 2   12-12.45
ISS vs St Louis (A) 

Friday 9th June
Library Visit - Grade 3 & 2
Library Visit - Grade 4 & 1
Library Visit - Grade 6 & 2
ISS vs Aspendale (A) 

Monday 12th June
SOVEREIGN’S B’DAY

Friday 16th June 
Wear It Yellow Day 
Reports out
Winter Lightning Prem

Monday 19th June
PT interviews 3.30-4.45pm 

Tuesday 20th June 
Sport’s afternoon 1.30 
PT interviews 1.30-4.45 

Wednesday 21st June
PT interviews-3.30-4pm

Thursday 22nd June 
Chelsea’s Got Talent Show 

Friday 23rd June 
Last Day Term-dismissal 2.30pm

Monday 10th July
School returns

Last Friday along with the rest of CPS our beautiful Prep students attended their first ever school athletics carnival. They came to school dressed in their house colours, eager to ride on the bus, excited to participate and cheer on their house! The sack race and chicken toss were a real crowd pleaser among our mighty Preps. Even though the weather wasn’t in our favour, it didn’t stop the Preps from completing in every event. I believe we could have some future Olympians on our hands!

In literacy our preps have been introduce to our diagraph sounds ‘ch’, ‘sh’ and ‘wh’. We have been furthering our understanding of these sounds through phonic games like snakes and ladders, bingo and roll & sound. Students have also started expanding simple sentences and drawing a picture to match.  

In mathematics the preps have been focusing on creating number bonds to 10. We have been creating number stories that equal to 10. Students have loved using hands on manipulatives to show these number stories.  

Inquiry has had a strong focus on family. Students have been exploring the terms for family members and drawing their family tree. We have also been looking at names and why people are given their name. 

Wow, what an exciting first half of term 2 we have had in the junior years!

A massive congratulations to all students for their amazing efforts during Athletics Day! It was so wonderful to see everyone try their best and celebrate the success of their peers.
   

The year 1 and 2 students should also be very proud of their beautiful manners during our excursions to Ripponlea. Our students displayed all of the school values and did an amazing job of representing Chelsea Primary School, whilst they learned all about the history of the estate.

The Ripponlea excursion has been a great way for students to enhance their history knowledge in our Inquiry lessons, as well as complimenting our history focus in Literacy. We have also been learning all about narrative writing in year 1 and information report writing in year 2.

In Maths, the year 1 students have been working hard to improve their number sense in addition and subtraction. The year 2 students have been learning all things multiplication and division.

Well done on an amazing start to term 2 juniors! We cannot wait to see what more you achieve.

This term’s inquiry unit has delved into history. We have explored the indigenous culture and the concept of past and present. We focused on a book titled “Toys. Then and Now." From this we learnt about games children played in the past and the toys available to them in the past.

On Wednesday, during 3/4 sport, we played games from the past including: Sardines, tug of war, beanbag toss ,hula hoops, leapfrog and tag. The children had a ball and were spotted continuing with these traditional games the following lunch break.

To wrap up our unit on History, we are heading to the Museum to explore the Melbourne history exhibition and experience ancient history in the Earth Science and Dinosaur sections.

Hello wonderful Senior School families! May has been a jam-packed month of interesting and engaging activities in the Senior School, as part of the 8.5 week Term 2.  

Literacy 
At the start of May we started our fiction novel for Term 2 – Black Cockatoo – which is a fantastic short and gentle novel about standing up for yourself and family connections. The students have been developing their writing and reading skills, including expanding their vocabulary to include dialects of the traditional Aboriginal languages of northern W.A, such as: 

Yidiyidi: Cicada 

Gulyuyu: Budgerigar 

Dirrarn: Black Cockatoo 

Jarrambayi: Sand Goanna 

The visit by Stig Weymss – narrator extraordinaire - was AWESOME and has inspired our reconnection to the local Chelsea Library. The Grade 5s will visit the Chelsea Library on Friday 2nd June and Grade 6s on Friday 9th June.  

Mathematics 
During May, the Senior School have redeveloped our mathematics week to expand on our classroom lessons to include greater use of My Numeracy (tailored learning program linked to Essential Assessment), authentic examples, problem solving Thursdays and Maths Games Friday, to support their learning. We have been really impressed by how well the children have approached their numeracy so far this term, and the real-life examples they have been sharing in class. The topics we have focused on in May include:    

• Fractions and Decimals 
• Financial and Money Mathematics 
• Time / Timetables
• Geometry 

We all had a great time welcoming families into our classrooms for Education Week on Wednesday 17th May, where the children showed off some of their favourite maths games, including: Footy Maths, Blooket and PACMAN.   

Humanities 
This term, History has been our humanities inquiry focus, concentrating on colonial Australia in the 19th Century. The children have explored how to: 

• - Appreciate different perspectives of our national past; 
• - Empathise with the lives and experiences of people of the time (children of the 1800s), and 
• - Understand the impact of a significant event or person/s on our colonial history and present day.  

Sports 
Winter Interschool Sport has commenced, and the Grade 5/6 children have taken to their respective sports with gusto! The sport options include Aussie Rules, Netball, Soccer and T-ball. The Winter Lightning Premiership is on Friday 16th June, so please ensure that permission slips are returned to your child’s teacher beforehand.  

The Chelsea Primary Athletics Carnival took place at Edithvale Reserve on Friday 19th May – what a day! Across the track and field was as an awesome sea of blue, green, yellow and red athletes running, jumping and throwing their way to PBs (personal best results), house points, and fun-filled memories. The rain came and went but it didn’t dampen the spirits of our senior students. A huge thanks to the legendary parents who came and helped with measuring, recording results and supporting our kids in all events. It takes a village 😊  

Year 7 Placement – thank you! 
A final message of thanks to the Grade 6 parents for your submission of your Application for Year 7 Placement 2024 forms – Miss Ebbott has loved going through them all and progressing these critical documents for consideration 😊  

Please stay in touch with us with any questions, queries or doubtful points,  

Miss Smak, Miss A, Miss Ebbott and Mr Munday

Students have made a wonderful start to STEM this year, with their creativity, problem solving and enthusiasm always impressive.

Preps
The Preps started the year with design challenges, firstly building the tallest free-standing tower and then a paper plate marble maze. Here their spatial awareness was challenged as they tested and refined their designs. During our Physical Science unit, students investigated the way objects move. Students made chocolate crackles as they explored how their five senses are used to learn about the world around them and investigated how sound travels via air, string and water.

This term students commenced an Earth and Space Science unit, where they have focused on daily and seasonal changes that affect everyday life, observing and identifying features of the sky and learning about characteristics of weather.

Year 1 and 2’s
The grade ones and twos started the year exploring how their senses are used to learn about the world around them. During our technology unit, students familiarised themselves with basic scratch block coding. Through the “Great Adventures LEGO Spike” program students were introduced to understanding what a sequence is and following instructions. Students worked collaboratively to find ways of helping LEGO characters to take a boat trip, an arctic ride, drive a cave car and sound an animal alarm.

This term students commenced an Earth and Space Science unit, where they developed their science inquiry skills by investigating the path the sun takes in the sky, the phases of the moon and constellations. Students designed and made their own constellation and observed different weather patterns, linking these changes to the way we modify our behaviours.

Grade 3 and 4’s
During our Technology unit, the grade three and fours undertook scratch block coding challenges and through the “Quirky Creations LEGO Spike” program they used their understanding of sequences and design skills to find ways of helping LEGO characters by making a good morning machine, a big little helper, high-tech playground, rubbish monster machine and a literary randomiser.

In Earth and Space Science, students developed their science inquiry skills by investigating regular changes that occur due to earth’s rotation on its axis, including the cause of night and day. Students developed questions and conducted guided research about the sun, using digital technology to create their own quiz to reflect their knowledge and understanding.  

Grade 5 and 6’s
Grade five and six students commenced the year with a Technology Unit, where they completed scratch block coding challenges. During the “Crazy Carnival Games LEGO Spike” program students used their understanding of sequences and engineering design skills as they tested and refined prototypes, creating solutions to problems and improved upon ideas. Students worked collaboratively to make mini-golf, bowling fun, high stick hckey, a maze and junior pinball.

Students are finishing the semester with an Earth and Space Science unit, where they developed their science inquiry skills by investigating the planets of the solar system, including their location and distance from earth.  Students created an infographic to communicate their research and knowledge of the structure and power of the sun and were given the opportunity to learn about scale and relative distances.

Sustainability
In the junior years’ students focused on the impact of plastic waste on marine environments, undertaking a classroom plastic audit and drawing their plastic footprint. The grade five and sixes extended their understanding of their connection to the ocean and the many ways plastic makes its way into waterways.

Sickness
We currently have a high number of absences, both students and teachers, due to the usual coughs and colds and the COVID 19 virus.

Be vigilant and should your child/children be unwell, please keep them home. We still have a number of RATs here at school - should you need a box, please collect one from the office.

If any student tests positive, it is strongly recommended that they stay home for five days and, beyond that, until they are no longer showing symptoms.

Absences on Compass
As the cool weather is settling in, we are seeing more absences at school.  It is important to notify the school of your child's absence by 11am. Compass is a quick and easy way to notify us.  And it takes around 15 seconds.  I have attached a step-by-step guide for your reference.

Alternatively, should you need to log an absence please call the school and leave a message on our absence voicemail.

School uniform
Chelsea Primary School’s uniform policy, states that the wearing of full school uniform is compulsory.  Our school uniform needs to be worn without fashion accessories such as bright hairclips, multicolored scarves, windcheaters, stocking and leggings.  

We would appreciate it if ALL items of school uniform are labelled clearly as our Lost Property regularly overflows.  Students are encouraged to show pride in their uniform as a sign of our school value ‘Respect’ and be aware that they also represent the school in the community.  Jewellery (except for medical alerts) is not part of our uniform and should not be worn to school, particularly as it poses a risk if it becomes caught in the play equipment or sport lessons.

Recycling soft plastic bread bags for new sports equipment

We are collecting  soft plastic bread bags to redeem for new sports equipment.
There are collection points in every building.
Please see the link below for additional information.
https://www.wonder.com.au/articles/what-can-you-recycle
From The Green Team

Thank you for your support.

The Department of Education (DE) has released a new statewide Foundation (Prep) enrolment timeline. The timeline advises families when and how to enrol their child into Foundation (Prep) at a Victorian government primary school, including Chelsea Primary School. The new timeline will apply for children starting Foundation (Prep) in 2024. Submission date was Friday 28th July. All government primary schools will follow the new timeline in 2023 to support Foundation (Prep) enrolments for the 2024 school year.

If you are a current family or have friends or neighbours in our School Zone, please access enrolment information on our website or alternately pop into the office.

Symptoms of influenza (flu) can hit very quickly and may last several weeks. Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself and others from getting the flu. Annual influenza vaccination is recommended from mid-April each year and is free under the National Immunisation Program for those at higher risk of complications from the flu.

Keeping our school community well
Parents, carers and students are encouraged to practice prevention measures, including:

· washing and sanitising hands regularly

· avoiding touching eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands

· covering nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing · staying home if unwell and consulting a general practitioner (GP) or Nurse-on-call as required

· staying up to date with flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.

Flu vaccinations
Flu vaccinations can be booked through GPs and pharmacies, many of which can also provide COVID-19 vaccinations. Flu vaccination is recommended for everyone aged 6 months and over.

Some people are more at risk of complications from flu and are eligible for free vaccination as part of the National Immunisation Program.

COVID-19 booster
The 2023 COVID-19 booster dose is available for everyone aged 18 and above.

Getting your booster dose remains the best way to prevent severe illness or hospitalisation, especially in people aged over 65 and those at higher risk of severe illness.

You can have your booster dose 6 months after your last dose or COVID infection.

Children aged between 5 and 17 years who are at risk of severe illness can also receive a 2023 booster dose. You can get your next dose at your local pharmacy or GP. To find one near you, refer to the vaccine clinic finder.

Find out more
For more information about preventing flu, and immunisation, refer to: · Better Health Channel influenza flu immunisation fact sheet · Getting vaccinated against influenza.

Camps, Sports and Excursion Fund (CSEF) application is now open

The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) helps eligible families to cover the costs of school trips, camps and sporting activities.

If you have a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families.

The annual CSEF amount is $125 for eligible primary school students. The allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions and sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

Please find the application forms, information and CSEF distribution policy approved by School Council on Compass and Classdojo posted on Friday 10^th February.
The form must be completed and brought along with your valid card to the office. Otherwise, you are welcome to scan and email them to chelsea.ps@education.vic.gov.au

The concession card must have been valid on the following date: 30/1/2023. Parents application closes on 23/6/2023.
We advise to apply as soon as possible to have the allowance ready to use for upcoming camps, swimming and sporting activities.

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