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The Oak Leaf |
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Address: Willett Avenue, Oak Park VIC 3046
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Issue 27
August 30th 2024 |
Oak Park Primary School will work collaboratively to provide a stimulating, safe and challenging learning environment that promotes resilient, innovative thinkers.
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Calendar of Events
Term 3 Events:
Term 4 Events:
Principal's Column
Father’s Day Stall, BBQ and Maths Mingle – Thanks
I wanted to extend a heartfelt thank you to our school community for making this week’s events such a success. It was wonderful to see so many families take the time to attend our Father's Day BBQ and Math Mingle. Your presence and participation truly made these events special for everyone involved.
A special thank you goes to our dedicated staff for their hard work in organising these events. Your efforts ensured everything ran smoothly, and the positive feedback from families is a testament to your commitment. Also a big thank you to every parent and the PFA for hosting the Father’s Day stall. A wonderful opportunity for our students to purchase some lovely and affordable gifts. Thank you all for your ongoing support and engagement with our school activities. $400 School Saving Bonus - 2025 Every student enrolled in a Victorian government school for the 2025 school year will receive $400 support. It will help cover the cost of school uniforms, textbooks, and school activities like camps, excursions and sports. You don’t need to apply to access the support. From November 2024, parents and carers will receive an email from the Department of Education providing details on how they can access the $400 bonus. The $400 School Saving Bonus is available for each child. That means a family with three school-aged children will receive a total of $1,200. The School Saving Bonus is available in addition to other financial support including the Affordable School Uniforms program and the Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund. To learn more about what the $400 can be spent on, and other support available, visit vic.gov.au/school-saving-bonus School Representative Council – Great job hosting your ‘Thank You’ event
This week, our Student Representative Council (SRC) hosted a special thank you lunch for our staff, turning their idea into a reality with impressive results. The SRC not only provided personalised thank you cards for each staff member but also took on the roles of waiters and servers during the event.
The lunch was a wonderful opportunity for our students to show their appreciation for the hard work and dedication of our staff. It was a great success, and our staff thoroughly enjoyed the experience. This initiative is a fantastic example of our students' creativity and leadership, and it was heartening to see them bring their idea to life in such a meaningful way. Well done to our SRC for their efforts! Kind regards, Michael Gill Principal WHAT'S HAPPENING @ OAK PARK
2025 Foundation Transition
We are looking forward to welcoming parents/guardians of our 2025 Foundation students to our Foundation transition sessions next term. During these sessions your child will get to meet one of our 2024 Foundation teachers, participate in some activities in the classrooms and meet some of their 2024 peers. Please see attached our timeline including the dates, times and important information for our 3 transition sessions as well as our final ‘Meet the Teacher’ session. If you already have a child at Oak Park Primary School and you will be enrolling that child's sibling for 2025, but have not yet completed an enrolment form, please email Fran to complete an enrolment form as soon as possible. [email protected] You may also collect a form from the office. 
WHOLE SCHOOL
WHAT'S COMING UP
School Saving Bonus
Information You may have seen the recent announcements of the School Saving Bonus, as part of the Victorian Budget 2024/25. We are sharing the information we know about when and how families will be able to access this support. Eligibility The School Saving Bonus is available to parents and carers of every child enrolled in a government school. It is a one-off support of $400 to assist with school costs. If your child attends a government school, you do not need to apply or do anything to receive the School Saving Bonus; the funds will be provided to your child’s school. If you are a parent or carer of more than one child, you will receive the $400 School Saving Bonus credit for each child. It will be available to families in 2025 and will be in addition to existing and continuing means-tested supports for camps, sports, excursions and uniforms (CSEF and State Schools Relief). How families will receive the School Saving Bonus Cash will not be paid directly to individuals or families (or paid in cash to families from schools), it will be received as a credit on their school family account to help meet the cost of activities and uniforms. The Department of Education is working on the implementation of the school saving bonus and further information and guidance will be provided to schools and families soon, ahead of the implementation in 2025. Assembly Timetable
School Concert
Moana Production
Our production is on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th of September. All students are required to attend both nights. If your family has approved absences on these dates or you know you are going away please email Melanie ASAP. We are currently making costumes for all students and choreographing dances so Melanie needs to be aware of absences. Tickets will be going on sale soon. Please refer to the weekly newsletter and Compass notes for further details. 2024 Parent/Caregiver Opinion Survey
The 2024 Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey has been extended until the end of term3, Friday 20th September. We would ask that all families who were invited to participate. Trivia Night Fundraiser
Bring family & friends for what I’m sure will be a fun night! Form a team to compete for victory whilst raising funds for Oak Park Primary School. $10 per person entry @ Oak Park Community Sports Club. 
P.F.A News
MEETINGS: Below are the PFA meeting dates for the reminder of the year to put in your diary! Meetings start at 7.30 pm and are held in the staffroom at the school. All are welcome to attend. Term 4 Tuesday 8 October Tuesday 12 November Tuesday 3 December (mtg/end-of-year celebration) Wednesday Walkies with Zoe
We have been having a wonderful time walking Zoe this Term. This week was a windy one, but we all stayed safe and walked on with the wind. Zoe was very happy. Thank you to all that join us on our walks, Zoe and I look forward to it every week. For those who don’t know, each Wednesday Zoe and I go on a walk around Oak Park. If you have local excursion permission, you are welcome to join us. Please meet us at the start of lunch on a Wednesday in front of the 5/6 building. Maree 5/6 Classroom Teacher 
Maths Mingle
A huge thank you to our staff and school community for a wonderful Maths Mingle afternoon. It was so lovely seeing families and students enjoying and sharing maths games together. We hope that you will enjoy playing some of the games at home – thank you to all who attended.
Team Kids
Team Kids have another amazing Spring Holiday program planned! Come along and experience the TeamKids difference.
JUNIOR SCHOOL NEWS
Foundation Fathers Day/Special Persons BBQ
What a special afternoon in Foundation for our ‘Father’s Day/Special Person’s BBQ. Thank you so much to all the dads and family members who came down to share a BBQ, play some games and take part in our celebration. It was such a nice afternoon! Thank you to the Foundation teachers for organising the day, the preservice teachers for helping to run the afternoon and Michael for cooking up the BBQ.
Inquiry Open Classroom
On Friday 7th of September at 3:15pm we would like to invite you to view our model of Oak Park Primary school. During this time the Grade 1 classrooms will be open for you to view our Inquiry learning for term 3. This Term we have been looking at our local community and features within it e.g., the roads, streets, landmarks etc. We then used this knowledge and located places on maps and took a walk around the school to aid us in the drawing a map of OPPS. We have applied our understanding to design and create a 3D model of the school. We hope to see you there. Thank you The Grade 1 Team. SENIOR SCHOOL
Grade 6 to Year 7 Orientation Days
Tuesday 10th December 2024 & Wednesday 11th December 2024. SPECIALIST
Performing Arts
All concert information now on website Dear Families, All concert information is now available on our website. Please go under "Parent Information" > "Concert 2024". Or click on this link. https://www.oakparkps.vic.edu.au/concert-2024.html Physical Education
Athletics Carnival Time I am pleased to announce the students who will be representing Oak Park PS at the Glenroy District athletics carnival for 2024. Please open the attached document to view all the information for the event. As you may see, we are responsible for running the Girls Discus as well as the Finish Line Assistant. So, if you are free to help me out with an event that day, could you please get in touch with Liam Stay tuned for a compass event for all students who qualified! Details: When: September 3rd Where: Meadowglen International Athletics Stadium (146/156 McDonalds Rd, Epping VIC 3076) Time: 9am - 3pm Community News
Auskick
Oak Park Saints Cricket Club
YEAR 6-7 TRANSITION @ GLENROY SECONDARY COLLEGE
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