PUPIL FREE DAYS (OSHClub will be available on these days)

• Monday 1st November

TERM DATES

• 2021 TERM 3: Monday 12th July - Friday 17th September (2:30pm finish)
• 2021 TERM 4: Monday 4th October - Friday 17th December (1:30pm finish)

2021 CAMP DATES

• Year 5: Lady Northcote Recreation Camp - Tuesday 5th October to Friday 8th October

PARENTS AD FRIENDS BAKERY LUNCH DAYS

• Thursday 16th September (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Lockdown)

We have almost made it! A huge thank you to all members of our school community for the collective efforts made during Term 3 to make the best of difficult circumstances as two further lockdowns impacted heavily on everyone. Congratulations to our students for your resilience and determination, to the staff for continuing to adjust and adapt whilst providing a program of remote learning and the parents and guardians for everything that you have done trying to support this learning whilst also trying to manage your own employment and households as well. Let’s hope the return to onsite is sooner rather than later.

COMPASS NOTIFICATIONS As I write this, the road map to a return to onsite learning hasn’t been articulated as yet. The moment any information becomes available, I will be sure to share it, so please keep your Compass notifications set during the holidays. As mentioned in previous newsletters, whilst the Grade 5 camp to Lady Northcote in Bacchus Marsh is very unlikely, we are holding our nerve until the last minute just in case there is the chance to get it over the line, so there will definitely be communications in that regard during the break.

THANK YOU It is with some sadness that we farewell Karen Butler on Friday. Karen has been with us for more than two terms in an Acting Assistant Principal role and her impact on school operations has been significant. Karen has a terrific work ethic, and has shared her skills (especially in data management and excel) with all staff as well as managing the demands of her ‘daily operations’ role very professionally. We wish her well in her next endeavour.

OSH CLUB HOLIDAY PROGRAM The holiday program will run over the break EXCEPT for September 28 and 29, when our power upgrade takes place. Users of the service will have received advice about arrangements in recent days.

FOOTY DAY I trust that today’s activities appealed to, and engaged, most of the children. The students and staff ‘passing the footy around’ video was fun and thanks to the specialist team for putting together a range of challenging and interesting activities. I figure the Bulldog and Demon supporters in our community are counting down the sleeps until the big day on Saturday week – it is shaping as a great game.

Whilst we enter a two week holiday break without the freedoms that we would like, I hope nonetheless that everyone enjoys the break and fingers crossed for a quick return to school in Term 4.

Kind regards,

Bill Kersing

Principal

WE MADE IT! Congratulations everyone for your perseverance and hard work throughout Term 3.

In true Viewbank spirit, we have pulled together and made the best of the tricky circumstances we find ourselves in. It certainly hasn’t all been smooth sailing and I know many of us have had to dig deep to find the motivation in order to remain positive each day.

Enjoy the holidays and the simple pleasures of slowing down, slipping out of set routines and sharing time together. You have certainly earned it.

Finally, I’d also like to extend my thanks to Karen Butler for all that she has contributed to Viewbank during her time as Acting Assistant Principal.

Stay safe and take care

Gill

Thank you to the wonderful Viewbank community I would like to thank everyone for the support that I have received since joining Viewbank earlier this year. It has been a privilege to work with such wonderful children, dedicated staff and caring parents. One of the real strengths of Viewbank is the spectacular staff; the teachers and support staff are dedicated, professional and caring. It is always exciting to work with our students, parents and carers at Viewbank because it is evident that education is considered a collaborative effort. I have learned a lot from the Viewbank community during my time here and will take those experiences and lessons with me for years to come.

Wishing all students and families a safe and restful break.

Karen Butler

Remote Learning: Limited Access

Access to school grounds is limited to:

• school staff
• students attending on-site learning
• contractors, including cleaners and maintenance workers
• outside-school-hours-care (OHSC) staff, enrolled children and their families.

If you need to collect or drop off anything at the school please call the office and a staff member will meet you at the main gate (Gate 1) on Nevin Parade.

Thank you for your understanding and stay safe.

Lucy Addati

Business Manager

This week, so many of our super students and staff donned their favourite footy and sporting colours and participated in the Viewbank Primary School ‘pass-the-footy’ video challenge! We saw backyards, parks, streets, kitchens, school, garages, pets, tricks and much more as we virtually passed the footy and other things around. The smiles on the faces of the students and staff were wonderful to see, and we’re sure that the whole Viewbank community will love watching the final video during our special ‘footy day’ today. Here is the link to watch the video for yourself!

Bakery Lunch Orders - Every Second Thursday

Lower Plenty Bakehouse will be to providing the school with fundraising Lunch Orders every second Thursday. These lunches will be implemented via our Parents and Friends Committee and all money raised will be used towards our major school oval upgrade.

Orders need to be placed in advance via Compass Canteen. Ordering will close the Monday before the lunch date at 3pm.

Please see attached a Parent User Guide on how to order via Compass Canteen. Please note a 35 cents order fee will be charged at check out.

​​ICY POLE FRIDAY Students are able to purchase icy poles over the counter at lunchtime every Friday. All icy poles cost $1.00 each. Due to COVID-19 Guidelines, this event has been cancelled until further notice.

BOOK WEEK "Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2021 Book Week Competition. It was wonderful to receive so many entries and picking the winners was not an easy task. This marks the end of Book Week 2021 and from the favourable feedback we have received, it appears everyone enjoyed this years festivities. Time to start planning for next year!"

Keep students entertained during school holidays through Victoria's Big Build

A collection of educational activities and opportunities based around the road and rail projects of Victoria’s Big Build are now available for students on FUSE.

Students can explore and connect with the Big Build projects in ways that will capture their imagination and creativity through science, technology, design, arts, mathematics and history. They can also explore future career opportunities in the Big Build projects.

Some of the activities on offer include:

• Minecraft Mini Melbourne — exploring a scaled model of Melbourne in Minecraft Education Edition
• Metro Tunnel Mastermind — learning about construction and tunnel boring machines through games and activities
• Regional Rail Revival — playing railway activities and games online. Suitable for primary school students.

To access the activities and resources, refer to the Big Build FUSE page.

CLASSROOM CUISINE provides lunch orders to our school on a MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAYS.

Lunches must be ordered online using the CLASSROOM CUISINE website.

Extra Curricula Clubs We have a range of weekly extra curricula activities that students are invited to participate in. Some are free and others require parent payment. If your child wishes to join please encourage them to go along on the scheduled day or you may like to contact the school office or the classroom teacher to discuss participation.

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SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE - Every Friday 8:45am to 9:15am, next to the music room. Jumpers with the school logo, long and short sleeve school polo tops and school dresses will be $5.00 and all other items $2.00. We are currently asking for donations of any unwanted reusable school uniform items to sell at our stall.

Instrumental Music Enrolments Can all students who would like to join our school instrumental music programs please inform the relevant teacher below of your expression of interest.

SINGING WITH GABRIELLA - Gabriella

• Email: favrettogab@gmail.com
• Phone: 0413 676 733

STRINGS WITH MR CAI - Gabriella

• Email: favrettogab@gmail.com
• Phone: 0413 676 733

GUITAR/BASS GUITAR - Alec

• Email: alec.stalder@gmail.com
• Phone: 0422 690 842

PIANO/KEYBOARD - Ella

• Email: ellac.blackburn@gmail.com
• Phone: 0410 938 840

DRUMS - James

• Email: orangejimmy@gmail.com
• Phone: 0405 845 628

PHONE NUMBER: 0448 075 422

EMAIL: viewbank@oshclub.com.au

A PLUS SCHOOLWEAR Our uniform supplier is A Plus Schoolwear which is located at 41-43 Northern Road Heidelberg West. Open hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday’s from 9am to 4.30pm (closed on weekend and public holidays).

You can also purchase your uniform online at www.aplusschoolwear.com.au