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Manifold Heights Primary School
Strachan Avenue
Manifold Heights 3218
P: 03 5229 9643 F: 03 5229 2997
www.manifold.vic.edu.au [email protected]
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Manifold Heights Primary School Newsletter Principal: Barry Rowland Assistant Principal: Peta Mundine Business Manager: Jessie Burney Administration: Jacquie Clancy
Date: 31st August, 2017
Important Dates AUGUST
Thurs 31st Fathers Day Stall
Carnivale Working Group Meeting - 7pm in the Staff Room - All Welcome
SEPTEMBER
Fri 1st Fathers Day Stall
Sat 2nd Community Garden Food Swap - 9:30am - 11:30am
Wed 6th Art Show 5pm - 7pm
Fri 8th Casual Dress Day (Raising Funds for Save the Children supporting the Child Hunger Crisis Appeal)
Seniors Badminton Clinic
Tues 12th Geelong North Division Athletics
Thurs 14th - Fri 15th Victorian State School Spectacular Rehearsals
Fri 15th Middles Badminton Clinic
Sat 16th Victorian State School Spectacular Performance
Mon 18th 2018 Prep Transition Day One 2pm - 3:15pm
Wed 20th Carnivale Working Group Meeting 7pm in the Staff Room - All Welcome
Fri 22nd Last day of Term 3
Seniors Bike Ride
OCTOBER
Sun 8th Working Bee 9am - 11am
Mon 9th First day of Term 4
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The Mano Art Show – Wednesday 6th September 5-7 pm
We invite all school community members and friends to come
along and be amazed by the talents of our students on show at
this event. Family decorated fish have been coming in and they
promise to make an awesome display. There will be a coffee
van onsite and we ask for a gold coin donation upon entry to the
Art Show, helping us to replenish the Art Room resources.
School Review
Parents wishing to meet our School Review Panel to reflect
over the past four years of school operations are welcome to
join us on Monday 4th September at 10am in the school library.
School Council have just had an extraordinary meeting to reflect
on the 80 page Self Evaluation Report.
Tom Lonergan Visit – Signed Footballs
On Monday at assembly we were thrilled to have Geelong Cats
champion Tom Lonergan visit. He spoke of his schooling,
football career and the upcoming finals series. He signed two
footballs which will be used as prizes for a competition – guess
Geelong’s score in the upcoming game vs Richmond at the
MCG Friday 8th September. Guesses can be submitted in the
box located at the Office.
Testing & Tagging
Each year we are required to have electrical appliances tested
and tagged. This is to ensure that items are not in use in the
school if they are dangerous (eg: frayed cords). It also helps us
to audit the whereabouts of all such items.
Book Fair
Many thanks to all of the families who shopped at the Book Fair
last week during Literacy and Numeracy Week. Families spent
$4,400 and the school has received a 40% commission to
purchase additional library resources.
Evacuation Drill
Another matter which requires our annual attention, is to
practice emergency evacuations. This week we conducted an
offsite evacuation to Peter Lowe Reserve just before recess on
Monday morning. Students were most responsible and should
we ever have a gas leak, fire or such, we should be ready to
respond accordingly and promptly.
Victorian State School Spectacular
Our State Schools Spectacular team are getting excited with
only 2 weeks until the rehearsals and performance at Hisense
Arena, Melbourne. This will be a lifelong memory and tickets are
still on sale from www.ticketek.com.au/spectacular/ . Thank you
to Mrs Orford in particular who makes the Victorian State
School Spectacular possible for our students.
Father’s/Special Person’s Day Stall
Today and tomorrow students can shop for gifts (all $5) and I
have seen some exciting creations in classes being made this
week too. A very happy day on Sunday to all the Mano Fathers/
Special Persons.
Barry Rowland
Principal
Literacy and Numeracy Week—Mano Problem Solving Competition Congratulations to all the Mano families who spent some time last week working through some maths problems.
Our lucky- dip winners from each area of the school this year were:
Prep – Max Wentworth
Juniors – Xavier Armstrong
Middles – Sean Flynn
Seniors – Enright Family
Two families successfully completed all questions correctly:
Siddarth Sivanesan – PB
Jack Logan – ML
Looking for ideas on how to help your children with Literacy and Numeracy at home?
This week attached to the newsletter are two information brochures with some ideas on how to help your children at home in
Writing and Mathematics (Addition and Subtraction Strategies).
VCOP (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation) is an approach to teaching and improving students writing that we
are beginning to use at Mano. It is based on the idea that ‘If you can’t say it, you can’t write it!’ and focuses on developing
students oral language as well as their understanding of how to improve their own writing through grammar, punctuation and more
interesting vocabulary.
Read the brochure to find out more!
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PB JEM BENSON - Jem has shown fantastic progress with his reading in the classroom. He respects others by working
quietly on tasks and works co-operatively with his group members. Congratulations Jem!
PH ASEEL BAIUK - Aseel is a respectful and considerate student. She always works quietly, without interrupting
others and supports classmates to complete their tasks. Awesome Aseel!
PT SCARLETT REICK - Scarlett has created some wonderful pieces of writing this week and has made sure she is
respectful of her classmates by working hard at her table. Sensational Scarlett!
JA IVY GRAY - is a respectful and responsible student who consistently makes the most of her learning time. She is
quick to support others with their learning and enjoys sharing strategies that help her achieve her goals! Go Ivy!
JB SAM SCHLOSS - Sam is a considerate and respectful student in JB. He always completes his work quietly and is
willing to help others who need help. You are Super, Sam!
JC SPENCER COLLINS for always being considerate and understanding towards his classmates during learning
time. Awesome Spencer!
JH LACHLAN SHERIDAN - For respecting those around him and allowing others to learn by using counters, shapes,
building blocks and dice, even when it was very messy! Top work Lachlan!
JO ISLA WARREN - Isla is a thoughtful member of the class and she allows others to complete their own work. Very
respectful, Isla!
MA OSCAR RIXON - Oscar is a considerate member of MA, he always allows others to achieve their best. Well done
Oscar!
MB SEAN FLYNN - Throughout the year Sean has become more and more respectful of how his peers learn and helping
others in their learning. Sensational Sean!
ML JED DALBY-HUGHES - Jed is a considerate and respectful student who allows his peers to work in their own way with out any judgement. Well done Jed!
MR ELIJAH RAMSEY - Elijah is respectful to his classmates by allowing them to learn in different ways. He did a fantastic
job in supporting his partner during their Inquiry work around 'Banning the Plastic Bag'.
MW WILLIAM LLOYD-JOHNSEN - William has been putting his best foot forward lately in the classroom and staying
focused on the task at hand to ensure that both he and those around him have the best opportunity to learn.
Wonderful William!
SG CHAS HERNI - For making an effort to get the best out of his learning time. Chas is able to determine when it is best
to work with peers, and when it is more beneficial to work alone.
SN LUKE FRASER - Luke shared some wonderful insights about his own learning and the power of rubrics during
reading rotations this week! Very impressive Luke.
SS LILLY MEEHAN - Lilly is a super caring and helpful classmate who always tries her best, and encourages others to
do the same. Lovely, Lilly!
SV FLYNN ISAACS - Flynn has shown that he can use a few different methods to produce a piece of work especially with his iPad. Fantastic Flynn!
MUSIC ALEX TYE - Alex shows respect in Music by allowing others to learn in their own way and by concentrating on his
own work. You are maturing into a fantastic musician, Alex!
Art Award
Kaisercraft are kindly sponsoring a weekly Art Award this term. Each week one student will receive a $10 Kaisercraft voucher. This week’s Art Award goes to: Jennifer Claridge for working enthusiastically and creatively on her wonderful Indonesian puppet.
Senior iPad – Bring Your Own
Device program
Mid-year evaluation
We are a little over halfway through the year and it would be
great to receive some feedback on how you perceive the BYOD
program is running and what could potentially be
implemented for the remainder of the year and 2018.
Please follow either the link or the QR code to the Google
Form and submit your feedback.
https://goo.gl/forms/kkcTHLOKC7rexHEt2
Many thanks,
Senior Staff
The Manifold Heights Primary School Art Show
Our Art Show is next week! We are all looking forward to a wonderful event on September 6th.
Please remember to decorate your fish and drop it at the Office BY 10AM TUESDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER. We are hoping to have a
fish representing each family of the school. The students have been working very hard to complete a variety of work to share with
our school community.
Please remember to have a look out our interactive website all about our Art Show-INSPIRED.
The link is:
https://manifoldheightsartshow2017.wordpress.com
We are receiving a variety of amazing fish for the Art Show project. Please keep them coming in!
Come along on the night, collect a brochure and be prepared to see a wide variety of fabulous work
created by all our students.
Thanks,
Julie Walker
Woolworths Earn & Learn
The Woolworths Earn & Learn Program commenced on Wednesday 26th July and will run until Tuesday 19th September.
Redeeming rewards from this program will help the school to update educational equipment and resources.
Please collect the Earn & Learn stickers when shopping at any Woolworths store, complete the sticker sheets and drop into the box located at the School Office or in the Mano box located at Woolworths - Pakington Strand.
Blank sticker sheets are available from the Office.
Sports Report
Summer Lightning Premiership
On Friday 25th August our senior students competed in the Geelong West District
Summer Lightning Premiership in the sports of Basketball and Volleyball. Six
Volleyball teams and four Basketball teams competed.
Many thanks to Mrs Hanrahan, Mrs Elliott and Mr Young for being parent helpers
on the day.
Thanks to the senior teachers—Mr Valentine, Mrs Seeckts, Mr Seeckts and
Mr Gibson—for supporting the day and making it a success.
Congratulations to the children who represented their school and to the girls
Volleyball team who were runners-up and the boys Basketball team who were
premiers. The boys defeated Chilwell 21 to 12.
Library News
The Book Fair during our Literacy and Numeracy week was very eventful. Students always
look forward to browsing the books on display and spending time reading and sharing their opinions
about their favourite books.
It was a very successful Book Fair as we sold over $4000 worth of books and the school receives
40% of profits which will go towards purchasing lots of new and exciting books for our school Library.
A very big thank you to all the staff who came together during a very busy week and contributed to making our Book Fair a
successful community event.
Sue Bencic
SCHOOL BANKING School Banking day is FRIDAY Remember, Friday is School Banking day and students should bring in their weekly deposit. For every deposit made at school, students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for an exclusive School Banking reward item in recognition of their regular savings habits. School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school, raising 5% on every deposit made through the school (to a maximum of $10 per individual deposit). If your child has lost their book, they can bring their money to school in a sealed envelope with a note on the next School Banking day. We will issue them with a replacement. Win a family adventure holiday at Tokyo Disneyland! This year, School Banking is running a Future Savers Grand Prize competition that will take one lucky School Banker all the way to Tokyo, Japan. The winner gets an unforgettable family trip, for up to two adults and three children, where they’ll explore Tokyo Disneyland with its amazing attractions, including the futuristic Tomorrowland, plus enjoy the fun rides at Tokyo DisneySea. Students who make 15 or more School Banking deposits by the end of Term 3, 2017 will be automatically entered into the draw. This is another great way to motivate students to save regularly and reach their savings goals.
If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for a 2017 School Banking program information pack from the school
Manifold Heights PS Week beginning 28th August 2017
Coordinator: Madeleine Sims
Hi all! I just wanted to start by informing you that unfortunately Christine will no longer be coordinating at Manifold Heights
OSHC as she has moved to a different service. This week I (Maddie) am filling in to coordinate, but as of next week we
should have a new coordinator at the service.
Can all parents with children that attend after school care please remind their child of the importance of reporting directly to
OSHC at the end of the school day. Camp Australia’s policy requires the police to be contacted with the name of any
student not in the room by 3:40pm.
Our mobile service phone is currently in the process of being replaced. Until further
notice can all phone calls be made to the landline service phone on
5229 7257.
Thanks.
Maddie & OSHC team
OSHC ROOM ACTIVITIES
Table tennis Basketball Colouring Lego Shops Football Father’s Day Crafts
Community Notice If you have any unused toys or recyclable equipment’s that you feel would be useful for
any craft or art activities we would really appreciate any donations. Thank you.
Mano’s before and after school care
program is run by Camp Australia.
More information can be found at
Proud suppliers of the
Manifold Heights
Primary
School uniform Open: Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm
Saturday 9.00am – 1.00pm
You can download our Skoolbag app for FREE at the App
Store (iPhones) or Google Play Store (Android). Just search
Manifold Heights Primary. This is a great method of
communication between the school and our parent community!
Have you downloaded Qkr (Quicker) yet?! You can pay your
excursions and other school payment items right now
using Qkr! To make payments immediately why not download
it today and take a look at our school on Qkr! Just search Qkr
in the app/google play store and sign up today! If you are
having issues please contact the Office.
- ‘We make kids smile’
OSHC school number:
5229 7257
Customer Service:
1300 105 343
Lloyd Moulton Sales Consultant Barry Plant 5221 4011 0434 587 881
Barry Plant 59 Gheringhap Street Geelong, 3220
Music Lessons AT school
Piano, keyboard, Guitar, Ukulele, Drum or
Singing Lessons
During &/or After School Hours at School
To enrol in, or to obtain more information
please contact Meagan:
Providing Music Lessons in local schools since 1985.
ABN 54 479 044 236
Safe, Friendly, Qualified
ADTA Member
Dominic Greco
DIA No. DI004455 Phone: 0427 600 346 Email: [email protected]
