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Seabrook Primary School

Locality: Seabrook

Phone: +61 3 9395 1758

Address: 83 - 105 Point Cook Road 3028 Seabrook, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.seabrook.vic.edu.au

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25.01.2022 SCHOOL TOURS ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Alternatively, please watch our new Seabrook Primary School virtual tour below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LItt3oxHkUM&feature=youtu.be

24.01.2022 ISSUE 8 IS OUT- PLACE YOUR ONLINE BY FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 https://www.scholastic.com.au/media/5754/bc820.pdf Dear Students and Families,... This year has been a challenging one in many ways. So to round out the year we have the last issue of Book Club for 2020 issue 8. Take the opportunity to see what you or others in your family might like for Summer Holiday reading. It is also a really good issue for finding great gift ideas for the season. The Book Club Team at Seabrook would like to thank all the students and families for supporting Book Club through this year as it is a great way for us to help with resources and books for the school. We wish you a safe end to the year and look forward to sending home lots of great, fun and entertaining reading material to carry you through the Summer holiday. Take care, Seabrook Book Club Team

21.01.2022 CAUTION INSTALLING NON-APPROVED APPs During this extraordinary time, we request that families be very cautious and vigilant about NOT allowing the installation of non-approved software onto school managed devices (includes 1to1 and BYOM MacBook’s). A number of unapproved/unverified apps are being circulated and installed onto school and personal devices, potentially putting family and child privacy at great risk. A couple of these well known apps are now having law suits ...filed against them for misleading and sharing private information from user devices. Although we worked hard to try and get student devices (Years 3-6) upgraded before the holidays, not all students received our major update in time. For those that did receive this, then the SEABROOK Self Service APP is where children must install approved apps from, no exception. For all other devices, we strongly advise caution against installing anything new, unless you read it as approved through the usual school information portals (including from your teachers). The Years 3-6 MacBook SEABROOK Self Service app also contains year level specific bookmarks. Now is a more important time than ever to help protect yourselves against malicious software and to seriously consider your families privacy first. Generally speaking, if it’s free, then there is a good chance there will be a trade off. We thank the families who have reached out first, obtaining advice before installing any new apps. A good reminder to us all, that Acceptable Use Policies of both the Education Department and our school still need to be adhered to for all 1to1 and BYOM devices. Policies related to online bullying, installing of apps, and ensuring only G-rated (age appropriate) content are all still enforced, even when at home. Please stay safe online during this difficult time.

21.01.2022 DROP OFF AND COLLECTION PROCEDURE COMMENCING MONDAY OCTOBER 12 https://www.seabrook.vic.edu.au//seabrook_drop_off_and_col

20.01.2022 At the footbridge, opposite Ravenswood Ct, Seabrook, some students from grades 3,4 and 6 threw plastic bottles into Skeleton Creek! But the activity had a purpose: the five GPS-equipped bottles are being tracked to see where they finish up. Led by Dr Kavitha Chinathamby, RMIT Aquatic Scientist, the ‘Litter Trackers’ project aims to investigate the movement of litter items, which may be trapped in stream-side vegetation, collected by litter traps, or transported along the wate...rway eventually ending up in Port Phillip Bay. For the Litter Trackers project, 20 Melbourne waterways have been selected, with 15 launched so far including Werribee River and Kororoit Creek. The Victorian state government-funded project is a collaboration between RMIT and Melbourne Water. The GPS-equipped bottles will be retrieved later by the RMIT Litter Trackers project. Students were sparked with passion and enthusiasm and on the walk back home, students took action by filling a large Coles plastic bag they found with litter. Once students got back to school, some students stuck around to categories the rubbish into recyclable or general waste. Miss Easson is very proud of all the students who attended the excursion, it was heart-warming to see students so inspired by this litter project’ Thank you to everyone who was involved and to the students who attended - you were fantastic, engaged and attentive, also in the brief talk beforehand, on why litter is an important environmental issue. KEEP TRACK OF THE LITTER TRACKERS! The journey of the bottles released are tracked via the Litter Trackers website (tagged as 'Seabrook P.S_1 - P.S_5): https://www.rmit.edu.au//resea/aquest/rmit-litter-trackers

18.01.2022 CYBER SAFETY Dear parents and carers, Owing to recent media coverage this is a timely reminder for everyone to please ensure that you are vigilant when your children are using their computer or tablet device at home. ... You/your child signed a user agreement through the school about appropriate use of computers and it is important to remind parents/carers about keeping your child/ren safe while they are online, protecting them from unsuitable content and bullying on line behaviour. Children need to be monitored consistently and positioned in an open area of the home. It is important for their safety that they are not left unattended in their bedrooms, with their doors closed using a device. It is suggested by experts that a child’s computer or device is not left in their room overnight, and that it is perfectly reasonable for adults to keep the devices secure until the following morning. While our school uses filter technology to trigger unsavoury language and unsuitable websites, other home devices your child could have access to may not have these safeguards. Devices, however can be configured to restrict access to certain sites and allow parents to set limits on daily use to protect children. We want to remind parents that children can easily enter sites that are designed for an older audience and be enticed to give away personal information which is potentially harmful, or view material that is unsuitable. It is important to be aware that there are specified ages for different social media websites, usually thirteen years and above. Children under the age of thirteen should not be using the following sites, Facebook, Tik Tok, Instagram, .These sites may seem harmless on the surface but police warn that unsuitable videos can have embedded images of animals or other messages to lure in unsuspecting minors exposing them to adult themes or can be used by predators to befriend children on line. We want to help you keep your children safe and strongly recommend that parents/carers take the time to view the following sites to learn more about protecting your child/ren when on line: http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/ http://www.education.vic.gov.au//bullystoppers/smsocial.pdf Thank you for your continued support, Nicole Lockwood Assistant Principal - Seabrook Primary School

17.01.2022 CURRENT ISSUE OF OUR NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 18 https://www.seabrook.vic.edu.au//media/issue_15_reduced_si

15.01.2022 MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF HEALTH OFFICER https://www.seabrook.vic.edu.au//chief_health_officer_mess

15.01.2022 CHANGES TO THE MACBOOK 1to1 PROGRAM New EDUCATION MacBook Air RETINA Models as of this week. Price changes, specification improvements, storage increases, new keyboard design, included USB-C adapter, 3yr warranty, 3yr EDU insurance, and 3yr AppleCarePLUS. The older entry level Gen 1 silver MacBook Airs are no longer available. Payment plans now open for 2021 (Release 12). Orders also still open for those wanting the new model for this year (Release 11.2).... https://www.apple.com/au/macbook-air/specs/

11.01.2022 Members of the grant committee (Miss Easson and Mrs Cook) applied for a $5,000 grant. If we are awarded with the money, it will go towards making our vegetable gardens into wicking bed. What are wicking bed? Watch the video and listen to some amazing grade 4 students and our helpful volunteer Angela, explain the process. You want to change your vegetable beds into wicking beds too!

09.01.2022 IT'S TIME TO SMILE! A big hello to our amazing Seabrook community. https://info887988.wixsite.com/visualarts/teacher-video

07.01.2022 FOUNDATION (PREP) ENROLMENT OPEN FROM 22ND OF JUNE https://www.seabrook.vic.edu.au//foundation_enrolment_xuno

04.01.2022 CURRENT ISSUE OF OUR NEWSLETTER - ISSUE 18, DECEMBER 9 https://www.seabrook.vic.edu.au//media/issue_18_reduced_si

04.01.2022 ISSUE 13 OF OUR NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 4 https://www.seabrook.vic.edu.au//1604465635issue_13_reduce

03.01.2022 NEW UPDATE AS OF TODAY: May 25 All children who have been loaned a school iPad or MacBook will need to keep using these devices until after the approaching school holidays. Your child MUST bring it into school every day, and return home with the same device until further notice. This is in case there is another Covid-19 outbreak (local or state) where the school may be forced to temporarily close. Your children won’t then need to be reissued another school device. Please kee...p looking after and using these school loaned devices until Monday July 13, 2020 (first day of Term 3). Apology for any confusion which may conflict with information previously sent out by your teacher who was working from previous advice.