Melton South Primary School

PO Box 2043

Melton South, 3338

Tel: (03) 9743 2922

Fax: (03) 9743 0986

Email: melton.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.meltonsouthps.vic.edu.au THURSDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2018

This newsletter is available from our school website www.meltonsouthps.vic.edu.au or

the Melton South Primary School Skoolbag App.

Thursday 18th October Canberra Camp Information night 5.30pm school library

Friday 19th October Book Club Orders due today

St Anthony’s Parish Fete 3.30pm to 7.30pm

Monday 22nd October After School Sports commence

Wednesday 24th October 2019 Prep Transition 9.30am to 10.30am

Grade 1/2 Mini Athletics Carnival

Grade 3D Bridge Road Opening Ceremony

Thursday 25th October Art Room 3.30pm —Prop making for Djerriwarrh Parade

Monday 29th October to Friday 2nd November Grade 5/6 Canberra Camp

Wednesday 31st October Prep Mini Athletics Carnival

Grade 5/6 Rugby

Friday 2nd November Last day for payment for Grade 3/4 Weekaway Camp

Tuesday 6th November Melbourne Cup Day Public Holiday

Wednesday 7th November Payment due for Grade 1 History Box Incursion

Payment due for Grade 2 Brimbank Park Excursion

Thursday 8th November Grade 1 History Box Incursion

Saturday 10th November Djerriwarrh Festival—parade 11.00am

Monday 12th November Grade 2C/2D Brimbank Park Excursion

Wednesday 14th November Grade 3/4 MPSSA Basketball

Thursday 15th November 2019 Prep Transition 2.00pm to 3.00pm

Friday 16th November Grade 2A/2B/2E Brimbank Park Excursion

Wednesday 28th November Let It Shine—School Expo

Thursday 29th November Grade 3/4 Kanga Cricket Gala Day

Monday 3rd December Grade 6 Graduation Evening

Wednesday 5th to 7th December Grade 3/4 Weekaway Camp

Monday 10th December Curriculum Day—STUDENTS NOT TO ATTEND SCHOOL TODAY

Tuesday 11th December Grade 6 Students Secondary School Orientation Day

2019 prep transition 9.30am to 10.30am

Thursday 20th December Whole School Breakfast

Friday 21st December Last day of school for 2018—school finishes at 1.30pm

Wednesday 30th January 2019 School commences—Term 1 2019

Melton South Primary School Mission:

Melton South Primary School is a progressive community who lead the way.

Together we create motivated, respectful learners who achieve excellence.

STAFF, STUDENTS, PARENTS AND CARERS ALL HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AT

MELTON SOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL.

EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE SAFE EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE RESPECTED

EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LEARN

Parents/carers are reminded that our school values include students, staff and members of our school community.

Staff members are more than happy to discuss any concerns you may have but you are reminded to do so in a

respectful and courteous manner. Unacceptable behaviour or abuse will not be tolerated in any circumstances.

PERSONAL PROPERTY: Personal property is often brought to school by staff, students and visitors. DET does not

hold insurance for personal property brought to school and it has no capacity to pay for any loss or damage to such

property. If your child brings a bike or scooter to school please also send a lock so it can be secured in the bike

shed.

GRADES 2019: Teachers devote many hours to the development of new grades, taking many factors into

consideration. If you have any specific requests, please put them into writing to the Principal marked Confidential

and hand into the office by Friday 2nd November. All requests will be given due consideration. Please note that

only requests received by this date will be considered.

To assist with this process, we ask any families/students who are moving to another area and not returning to

Melton South Primary School in 2019 to notify the school office as soon as possible. This information is critical for

class structure and staffing.

STAFFING FOR 2019: The leadership team is busy interviewing staff for 2019. At this stage we are planning the

following grades: Prep—6 grades Grade 1—7 grades Grade 2—5 grades

Grade 3—5 grades Grade 4—4 grades Grade 5—4 grades

Grade 6—4 grades

Specialist classes for next year are still being finalised.

PARENT OPINION SURVEY: Thanks to the parents that filled in the Parent Opinion Survey , I will provide results

to the community over the next couple of weeks. We use the data from the Attitudes to School Survey completed

by students, the Staff Opinion Survey and the Parent Opinion Survey to assist with planning in 2019 and beyond.

CANBERRA CAMP: At this stage we only have 11 families that have indicated they will be attending the

Canberra Camp information session tonight. This is a wonderful opportunity to ask questions about the

accommodation , places we visit and how we will be communicating with families etc. Entry for this information

session will be through the gates near the canteen or the car park at the back of the school.

PREP 2019 ENROLMENTS: If you have a child turning 5 on or before the 30th April 2019 please return a completed enrolment form to the office immediately with a copy of your child’s birth certificate and immunisation record. We look forward to seeing our 2019 prep students on Wednesday 24th October for the first prep transition. When enrolling your child, please bring birth and immunisation records.

RIDING BIKES: Students and parents are reminded that bikes and scooters are not to be ridden in the school grounds. If you ride your bike to school please get off the bike and walk it to the bike shed.

PARKING AROUND THE SCHOOL: As the school is growing larger every term, we ask all parents and carers to be

very cautious when dropping and picking students up. We are aware of the congestion in the streets and the car

park around the school and ask that everyone obeys the road rules and is patient with others.

Mrs Marilyn Costigan, Principal

BOOK CLUB: Book club orders were sent home last week. Please return all orders with payment by tomorrow Friday 19th October. For your information, parents can order and pay for their book club orders online. Refer to your book club order form for more details.

AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS: Will commence on Monday 22nd

October and finish on Thursday 6th December for students in

Grade 1-6. Sports for this term will be Soccer and Rugby. This is a

free program and students MUST attend both Monday and

Thursday sessions from 3.30pm to 4.30pm. There are a limited

number of places available for this program so the first 24

students to register will be accepted. If your child is interested in participating, please

collect a form from the office.

SECOND HAND UNIFORM: Any donations of unwanted uniform items that your children have outgrown would be greatly appreciated.

GRADE 5/6 RUGBY: Good luck to the students in grade 5/6 who will be representing our school at the Rugby Gala day on Wednesday 31st October at McPherson Park.

WALK TO SCHOOL MONTH: October is Walk to School Month. Students are encouraged to use

active transport (walk, ride, scoot, walk part of the way and skateboard) to and from school from

October 8th to November 2nd. This initiative is supported by the Melton Council. There will be

different activities happening to help promote this event. It is also a good time to discuss road

safety with your child.

DJERRIWARRH PARADE

The Djerriwarrh Parade is coming up fast on Saturday, 10th November and we are presenting “The

Rainbow Fish” by Marcus Pfister. The Art team is holding a workshop next Thursday 25th October at

3.30pm in the Art room. We are making cardboard fish for the

children to wear, so we need lots of help to complete the costumes.

Our float number is #9 and we need to be in High Street no later than

10.30am. This year Coburns Road will be closed so make sure you

have plenty of time to park your cars and walk down as it might be a

long walk.

If you and your child/ren are walking with us in the parade make sure

you have filled in a contact detail form. Children will need to be

collected at the end of the parade in Mackenzie Street like last year.

Children need to be dressed appropriately for the weather conditions.

If it is hot please ensure that students wear their school hats, have a

drink and are wearing sunblock. If it rains make sure they have a

raincoat and an umbrella.

It looks like it’s going to be an exciting day so let’s all enjoy it!!

TEETH ON WHEELS Hi Everyone, Exciting news! Teeth on Wheels will be returning to our school for the children’s 6 monthly dental visit’s. To make filling out the consent form easier you can now complete your Child’s consent form online by following the link below.

https://teethonwheels.com.au/consent-eform It only takes 5 minutes to complete and by reducing the amount of paper being used, we will be helping the team out by being more environmentally friendly. The date of the children’s dental visit will be starting on Monday the 19th of November 2018, so please ensure if you didn’t complete a form at the start of the year to have this completed ASAP! If you have any questions regarding the consent form or your child’s dental appointment please don’t hesitate to contact the Teeth on Wheels team on (03) 9338 1191.

Bring – Your books,

pencils, colours and etc.

When School Term 4 - On Fridays

Time 4.30 pm – 6.00pm

Cost $ 0 ( free) PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

Where Melton South Community Centre 41 Exford Rd Melton South Enquiries: 0422 404 748

Kruch Homework Club

SCHOOL BANKING IS EVERY THURSDAY AT MELTON

SOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS Congratulations to the following students who have received awards this week. These

awards are made to students in recognition of achievement and will be presented at

assembly on Monday 22nd October at 2.40pm in the school gymnasium.

0CLASS Name Reason for Award

PB Samarvir Dhaliwal For settling into his new class and showing whole body listening.

PC Nathan Gale For settling into his new class and showing whole body listening.

PD Victoria Seu For caring for her friends and showing respect to others.

PF Noah Brien For demonstrating how to make 12 using materials.

PG Zavier Papp For his excellent reading and moving up 2 levels!

1A Davonta Rechichi For always having a growth mindset.

1B Ryan Haynes For demonstrating improvement in his writing

1C Noah Tairi For making improvements in his writing.

1D Ash Waldock-Tucker For always showing respect and kindness to his peers!

2A Arish Prasad For demonstrating our school values and being a safe and respectful student.

2B Noah Farrow Planning a detailed procedural text on ‘How to play Pokémon Go!’

2C Eric Toor For working out the capacity of water in a container during Numeracy.

2D Temperance Klaebe For working hard in Mathematics to record many examples of volume and capacity .

2E Matua Tewhatu For his excellent recount about his holiday. Well done!

3B Adam Wadelton Michael Kayumba

Working hard on his note taking skills. Showing a growth mindset and developing his confidence to contribute during Guided Reading sessions.

3C Lufi Viligia Presenting persistence to achieve her reading goal

3D Dominic Johnson For becoming more independent in getting organised when arriving at school.

4A Reannon Lambert For using her summarising skills well in reading- when listing information about amphibians.

4B Logan Wilson Demonstrating kindness and compassion towards others.

4C Faustin Saidi For showing compassion and kindness towards others.

4D Madison Deane Having a go at unknown words when writing. Well done Madi.

5B Ella Fielding Showing support to other students in the classroom.

5C Kawana Kidwell For creating a great summary of his reading in Literacy.

6A Waleed Chaudry His mature and helpful attitude towards welcoming a new student to MSPS

6B Helaina Johnson Her diligent and responsible attitude to learning.

6C Taliah Lino For always completing work to a 5 star standard

6D Shoni Tongia For always following our school values

LOTE Paige Sayers (1E) For finishing all her French tasks and always ready for extra activities.

PE Raj Virk For his excellent Long Jump technique.

PE Ruci Waqavonovono For trying hard and helping with rugby training

ICT 6C All student’s showed excellent effort in creating their games.

ICT Franky Horvath Showing excellent work throughout the whole ICT lesson.