Lodgers Magazine Issue 02, 2018

LODGERS BERWICK LODGE PRIMARY SCHOOL

MAGAZINE

www.berwicklodgeps.vic.edu.au @berwicklodgeps

Issue 02 2018

STEPPING INTO PREP Introducing Miss Gray…

Inside this issue, we meet our newest LODGER and Prep F’s brand new teacher.

THE GOLD RUSH Our Grade 5 LODGERS reflect on their recent adventure camp to Sovereign Hill in Ballarat.

INSIDE: SENSORY GARDEN

LODGERS TV

MRS KING

Snaps of interesting things in the garden.

We interview Rob Jenkins the voice behind LODGERS TV.

Why do our LODGERS love Mrs King?

Learning for Life| © Berwick Lodge Primary School




LODGERS MAGAZINE Principal Henry Grossek

Assistant Principal Sandra McCrum

Assistant Principal

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR… Welcome to issue two of LODGERS magazine!

Angela Maskery

Hot on the heals of our first issue, here

Sovereign Hill, a great interview with

is another edition of LODGERS

the voice behind LODGERS, a meeting

MAGAZINE! As it has been such an

with the newest LODGER on staff ‘Miss

exciting and busy term, this issue could

Gray’ and a page of funny photos.

have been hundreds of pages long. I

There is also a new teacher appreciation

resisted, but did add an extra two

feature and a crossword puzzle, too.

School Council President Brian Gardiner

Business Manager Jodie Norton

Office Team Julie Begley Susan Wookey

Writer and Editor Rob Kelly

pages.

So, that’s enough from me! I better In the last few weeks, we have had

start writing Issue 3.

Special thanks to:

open night, visits from the CFA, two

Annie from Prep

school camps, radio shows, a special

Tayla from Prep Jessica from Grade 3

visit from Beaconsfield Primary and

Holly from Grade 4

Upper Beaconsfield Primary School

Veda from Grade 4 Jesse from Grade 5 with Belinda Gray and Rob Jenkins

leaders, inter school sport and so much more. There weren’t enough pages in this magazine to fit it all in. So, I’ll try and squeeze them into our next issue

Front Cover Photo: Skye O and Kyra C

Back Cover Photo: Layla G

instead.

For now though, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for the fantastic feedback I received about this magazine via social media. I am

really pleased you are enjoying the

content and plan on bringing you much

Rob Kelly

more over the coming few months.

Visit our social media pages @berwicklodgeps or visit our school website at www.berwicklodgeps.vic.edu.au Telephone: 03 9707 1766

So, to business! What’s inside this issue? We have a one-page feature pertaining to the Grade 5 camp to

Until next time, keep learning for life!

Best,

LODGERS Spotlight What have our LODGERS been learning about at school?

Annie from Prep says…

“We have been learning about length in maths. It is fun.”

Tayla from Prep says…

“I have been learning to write sentences.”

Veda from Grade 3 says…

“The key to success is knowledge - which means the more we know, the better we can be.”

Holly from Grade 4 says…

“In class, I have learnt about sign language. Sign languages is a type of communication. I have learnt about this because it is my inquiry learning project topic.”

Jess from Grade 4 says “I have been learning about the Semaphore Flags in our inquiry learning unit.

I did a lot of researching for my project.”

Jesse from Grade 5 says…

“This term, we have been learning about history and how people lived in the old days. I have learnt about the Gold Rush and the Eureka Stockade.”

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CAMP: SOVEREIGN HILL The Gold Rush…

Imagine travelling back in time to the hight of the Victorian Gold Rush in 1860. What would it look like? What would it smell like? Well, our Grade 5 students don’t have to use their imaginations to answer the questions - they’ve actually been there!

Last week, our Grade 5 LODGERS went on a three day adventure camp to Sovereign Hill in chilly Ballarat.

For those of you who don’t know, Sovereign Hill is an open-air museum in Golden Point, a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria.

Our Grade 5 students have been camping at Sovereign Hill for years.

Lachlan B from 5W said, “Exploring Sovereign Hill was amazing. The show ‘Blood On The Southern Cross” was cool - especially with all the sound and light effects.”

Mannat K from 5C said, “Camp was amazing. I

have never been on a better camp or had a better experience. I was very happy when I found gold in the river.

Both the gold mines we visited were interesting, too.”

Skye O from 5K said, “It was a blast from the past walking through Sovereign Hill. I learnt that life wasn’t easy for people back in the 1800s.”

Steph from 5C said, “It was a fun camp and my favourite part was panning for gold.”

Navish from 5C said, “Sovereign Hill was a great place to learn about Australian History. I learnt that people were treated very unfairly on the gold fields. I felt like I was walking through history.”

It sounds like the experience was worth its weight in gold.

Written by Rob Kelly

THE VOICE OF LODGERS We hear his voice every week on

When he’s not narrating Lodgers, Rob is

About narrating Lodgers, Rob says:

LODGERS TV, but we never see him. Rob

the news editor for his local community

“I love narrating LODGERS because I

Jenkins provides the famous voice behind

radio station in England called Coast FM.

taught for a couple of years in South

Berwick Lodge Primary School’s very own

Rob writes local news stories for the

America and my wife is a primary school

television show, LODGERS. Rob has been

station’s website and reads the news in

teacher in England, so it’s really

narrating the series since it began on

the mornings on air. For six months each

interesting to see how schools do things

Vimeo in 2017. Every week, his voice is

year, Rob also presents a two-hour show

differently in other countries.”

heard by thousands of people across the

all about movies with lots of great music

school community and many more

and interviews.

We think Rob makes LODGERS TV (and our new LODGERS PODCAST series) the

thousands of people worldwide, thanks to the success of the online program.

success that it is. Thanks Rob! A new

Away from his professional life, Rob

series of LODGERS has been broadcast

enjoys many hobbies. Each New Year’s

during Term 2. Check the episodes out on

When LODGERS launched late last year, it

Eve in his home town there is a huge

Vimeo.

received over 1,500 plays in the first

party where everyone dresses up in

week of it’s upload to Vimeo. The first

costumes and fills the streets in

series grew and grew in numbers and

celebration. It’s Rob’s favourite time of

finished with an incredible 24,000 plays

the year and he loves collecting great

for the 2017 Christmas Special.

costumes to wear.

“I think the teachers and pupils at Berwick Lodge are doing a great job. I wish we’d had robotics classes and a radio studio when I went to school.”

Written by Rob Kelly with thanks to Rob Jenkins

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STEPPING INTO PREP… Stepping into Mrs Forte’s shoes is no easy task, but Miss Gray is happy to give it go. “I’m very exited! I have been looking forward to it.”

Introducing Miss Gray…

We all remember our first day at school. Stepping into prep for the first time is daunting. Thankfully the wonderful teachers of Berwick Lodge Primary School work hard to ensure the transition is as smooth as possible - and we think the newest LODGER to join Berwick Lodge Primary School would agree.

When talking about her LODGER colleagues, Miss Gray said, “They're beautiful people and very supportive.

It’s going to be a great year!”

When asked how the students were feeling about the change Miss Gray said they were coping well. “The class is wonderful and everyone has adapted really well to the change. They are as excited as I am to be here.”

Taking over from Mrs Sophie Forte (who recently left to have a baby), is Miss Belinda Gray. Miss Gray is a graduate teacher and has been appointed to teach Prep F for the remainder of 2018.

Written by Rob Kelly Miss Gray will be working alongside Miss Jacqui Quelch, Miss Michele Tan and Mrs Carla Conway. The team have welcomed Miss Gray with open arms.

From all of us at Berwick Lodge Primary School, we wish Miss Gray all the best and encourage our school community to drop by and say “Hi” to our newest LODGER.




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Sensory Garden

OUT OF BOUNDS… From Berwick Lodge to Ballarat…

ROBOCUP JR

The Robocup Junior competition in Ballarat is only a few days away. But what is it? And how does it relate to our STEM extension learning program at Berwick Lodge Primary School?

RoboCup Junior is a STEM and project-oriented

Simple Soccer and Riley Rescue. The

educational initiative that promotes local,

competition will help our LODGERS understand

regional and international robotic events for

the importance of STEM and how the subjects

students. The competition is designed to

of science, technology, engineering and

introduce coding and robotics to primary and

mathematics connect and interconnect.

secondary school children.

Miss Michele Tan (Leading Teacher in ICT) said, Created in a true cooperative spirit, the

“I’m really looking forward to a great time and

RoboCup Junior Educational Competition

spending the day with awesome kids.”

encompasses not only engineering and IT skills, but extends right across a school curriculum.

Our LODGERS are looking forward to the competition, too! So, wish us luck and have a

This semester, a select group from our Grade 5

listen to our next LODGERS PODCAST to hear all

and 6 STEM extension learning classes have

about our special day.

been selected to build and program robots in preparation for the regional RoboCup Junior

The competition will be held at Earth Ed, at Mt

competition being held in Ballarat on

Clear College, Olympic avenue, Mount Clear,

Wednesday, June 6 2018. Along with mentors

Ballarat.

Mr Kelly, Miss Tan and George Spiridis, we have three groups attending the competition, each participating in different categories - On Stage,

Written by Rob Kelly

FUNNY PHOTOS…

MEET MRS KING Long live the KING! There’s only one Mrs King! In 2018, she is the Grade 5/6 Wellbeing Co-ordinator of Berwick Lodge Primary School! Here are a few reasons why our LODGERS love Mrs King…

“Mrs King is a really kind teacher and she is dedicated to making sure we understand new learning skills.”

- Lachlan from Grade 5

“I love that Mrs King cares about everyone. If you’re hurt or upset, she helps you deal with it.”

“Mrs King is a nice and caring teacher who you can learn from in many ways.”

- Navish from Grade 5

- Kalina from Grade 5 “Mrs King is nice and caring.”

- Steph from Grade 5

“Mrs King is a great role model. She is fun and smart and is the KING of teaching!”

- Skye from Grade 5

“Mrs King is amusing and fun.

She makes learning interesting and is a really kind teacher.”

- Mannat from Grade 5

Berwick Lodge Primary School Website: www.berwicklodgeps.vic.edu.au Address: 139-145 Mansfield St, Berwick VIC 3806 Phone: (03) 9707 1766