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MILGATE’S NEWSLETTER
IB World School
Landscape Drive | East Doncaster Vic 3109
9842 7744 www.milgateps.vic.edu.au
2016 | Term 4 | Week 9
PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE CAROLS NIGHT | Thursday 8 December at 7pm
Parents, grandparents and friends are invited to come to the Milgate PS Carols Night on the basketball court area and enjoy the singing. The students have been practising their singing and are all ready to perform. Bring along your own chair, rug and picnic as there will be no food for sale. We are hoping for a beautiful summer evening at this wonderful community event. Just a reminder that this is an alcohol free event. Parents are welcome to take photos or video but are asked to respect others and not stand in front of them when they are watching the performance. There will not be a DVD created for the night as we did not get the minimum numbers required to place an order.
Choir students are expected to be here from 6:30pm to get ready, all other students from 6:45pm for a 7pm start. Thank you.
BIKE ED | Year 4
Our Year 4 students have been enjoying their Bike Ed this week, learning valuable bike skills and safety when riding on the road. They have had fantastic weather for the week. Today they are going for a day long bike ride around the local area and having a picnic lunch along the way. What a fantastic opportunity and they will all be much better bike riders after this experience. Thank you to the Year 4 teachers, parent volunteers and Mr James Will for organising and running this program for the students.
END OF YEAR Celebrations | Friday 9 December
Our Year 1 – 6 students will be celebrating their year with end of year special celebrations. Years 1 and 2 will have a dance / disco session and a BBQ. Years 3 and 4 will have a variety of activities including a jumping castle and pizza lunch. Year 5 is going to ‘Bounce’ and Year 6 will be going to ‘Funfields’. All students are looking forward to these days to celebrate the year with their friends and teachers.
PLANNING WEEK for 2017
Next week teachers will be planning in their 2017 teams for Term 1, 2017. While the teachers are planning the learning program, the specialist teachers will be teaching their classes.
We develop a love of learning DIARY DATES | Next Week Mon – Fri PLANNING WEEK Mon 5 Dec Assembly | 2.45pm Tue 6 Dec YR 6 | Orientation Day for
Secondary School Thu 8 Dec Carols Night | 7pm Fri 9 Dec End of Year Celebrations
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tue 13 Dec YR 6 | Graduation | 7pm Thu 15 Dec Reports available on Compass Mon 19 Dec Meet new 2017 Teacher/Class Tue 20 Dec LAST DAY | 1pm Dismissal
2017 DATES
Mon 30 Jan CURRICULUM DAY Tue 31 Jan CURRICULUM DAY Wed 1 Feb First Day | Years 1 - 6 Thu 2 Feb First Day | Foundation
[8.50am – 12.30pm Fri 10 Mar CURRICULUM DAY Tue 18 Apr SCHOOL PHOTOS | Siblings Wed 19 Apr SCHOOL PHOTOS Full calendar details available in Compass.
REMINDERS
LATE ARRIVALS [after 9am bell] Students must report to the Office to be signed in by an Office staff member.
EARLY DEPARTURES [before 3.30pm] Parents are required to have an Office staff member record the early departure BEFORE collecting your child from their classroom.
Parents are still required to enter their approval into Compass afterwards.
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MILGATE’S NEWSLETTER
IB World School
Landscape Drive | East Doncaster Vic 3109
9842 7744 www.milgateps.vic.edu.au
2016 | Term 4 | Week 9
HOMEWORK
In 2017 we will be reviewing student homework at Milgate PS. Recently members of our leadership team were lucky enough to attend a presentation by Alfie Kohn at Templestowe College. Alfie Kohn writes and speaks widely on human behaviour, education and parenting. His fascinating insights into progressive schools and choices for children were deeply thought provoking. He talked about homework and the research around this in terms of impact on student learning. The research and his presentation has caused us to reflect on student homework and the value of it in terms of student learning. We want to look at a different type of homework for 2017. Part of the homework will include Reading and Spelling for all year levels and the other part of homework will include activities / projects related to the Unit of Inquiry and some other suggestions. Further information will be available at the beginning of 2017. Alfie has written articles about Homework which are available on his website and he is the author of fourteen books and many other articles. If you would like to read any of his works, please go to http://www.alfiekohn.org/.
Yours sincerely, Debbie Mierisch | Principal Karlie Gooding | Assistant Principal
CAROLS NIGHT | Thursday 8 December at 7pm
GRADE ITEM CHOIR White Christmas
We Three Kings All I Want For Christmas Is You
FOUNDATION Jingle Bells All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Mandarin)
YEAR 1 - Beard - Nose
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Away In A Manger
YEAR 2
I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus Do You Hear What I Hear?
YEAR 3 - Recorders - Bells
Frosty The Snowman Carol of the Bells
YEAR 4 - Many props - Drums
Little Drummer Boy Deck the Shed With Boughs of Wattle
YEAR 5 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Joy To The World
YEAR 6
So This is Christmas (War is Over) Ding Dong Merrily On High
STAFF We Wish you a Merry Christmas
VEGGIE PATCH UPDATE
Last Friday some of our Year 4 students inspected the crops in the veggie patch and started cleaning up the garden beds in preparation for summer. We were very excited to see that we had some carrots that had grown over the months gone
by!
MILGATE’S NEWSLETTER
IB World School
Landscape Drive | East Doncaster Vic 3109
9842 7744 www.milgateps.vic.edu.au
2016 | Term 4 | Week 9
BIKE EDUCATION | Year 4
Our Year 4 students have been involved in their annual Bike Education Program during this past week. We have been extremely lucky with the weather and the students have all progressed extremely well. We had 6 students on Monday morning who couldn’t ride a bike and they are now up and riding. They went out on their first ride outside the school grounds on Wednesday. It is amazing to think that these students weren’t able to ride on Monday and are now quite confident on their bikes.
On Friday we have our ride/walk to Westerfolds Park, the students are really looking forward to this and it will be a great challenge. Many thanks to our Year 4 teachers and the parents who have assisted in making our 2016 Bike Education Program so successful. You support is greatly appreciated as always.
STUDENT REPORTS AND PORTFOLIOS
Teachers are currently writing student reports and these will be available for parents to access on COMPASS from Friday 16 December. Students will also take home their portfolios on Friday 16 December. The portfolios showcase the students’ learning and the students are looking forward to talking about their learning with their parents.
CURRICULUM DAYS / PUPIL FREE DAYS
In 2017 the following days will be Curriculum / Pupil free days. There will be no school for students on these days and the teachers will be participating in professional learning. The dates are as follows:
Monday 30 January
Tuesday 31 January
Friday 10 March
OFFICE NEWS
Book Packs | Collection Days
Thursday 15 December 8:30am – 9.30am
3.00pm – 6.00pm Friday 16 December 8:30am – 9.30am
3.00pm – 4.00pm School Banking Students who would like to redeem their rewards need to place their order by Mon 5 Dec 2016 in order to have them delivered this year. Orders placed after this date will be delivered in Term 1 2017. Only limited rewards are available this year [see redemption form at the back of the newsletter]. All tokens not used in 2016 will be carried forward to next year.
Doncare Christmas Donations Milgate is calling on families to donate gifts for children aged 1-12 and non-perishable food items for families living in the Manningham Area who are struggling financially this Christmas. Please place donations under the Christmas Tree located in the Office foyer by no later than Friday 2nd December. No second-hand items, chocolate, baked beans, canned soup or books please. Thank you for your generosity. COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Located outside the Art room. Recent articles include:
Carols Celebrations | Various
Parent Seminar | Tackling Anxiety and Building Resilience in Young People | Tue 6 Dec 7pm
Victorian School of Languages
Sports | Camps | Holiday Programs
Donvale Preschool | 2017 Enrolments
Cath’s Family Day Care
Outback Pat Bag Tag
All reward items are only available while stocks last
Name: _________________ Class: _________________ Student ID: _____________
School Banking Rewards Program Some great 2016 & 2015 rewards are still available!
I would like to redeem 10 tokens for a: Outback Pat Bag Tag Wriggly Glow Worm Outer Space Savers Money Box ET DVD
ET DVD Outer Space
Savers Money Box Wriggly Glow
Worm
Outback Pat Bag Tag
All reward items are only available while stocks last
Name: _________________ Class: _________________ Student ID: _____________
School Banking Rewards Program Some great 2016 & 2015 rewards are still available!
I would like to redeem 10 tokens for a: Outback Pat Bag Tag Wriggly Glow Worm Outer Space Savers Money Box ET DVD
ET DVD Outer Space
Savers Money Box Wriggly Glow
Worm
Outback Pat Bag Tag
All reward items are only available while stocks last
Name: _________________ Class: _________________ Student ID: _____________
School Banking Rewards Program Some great 2016 & 2015 rewards are still available!
I would like to redeem 10 tokens for a: Outback Pat Bag Tag Wriggly Glow Worm Outer Space Savers Money Box ET DVD
ET DVD Outer Space
Savers Money Box Wriggly Glow
Worm
Outback Pat Bag Tag
All reward items are only available while stocks last
Name: _________________ Class: _________________ Student ID: _____________
School Banking Rewards Program Some great 2016 & 2015 rewards are still available!
I would like to redeem 10 tokens for a: Outback Pat Bag Tag Wriggly Glow Worm Outer Space Savers Money Box ET DVD
ET DVD Outer Space
Savers Money Box Wriggly Glow
Worm
SUMMER HOLIDAY FUN – COMING SOON Get ready for a ‘Sensational Summer’ of fun! Summer Holiday Club is coming to your school and it is going to be one of our greatest holidays yet. Here are just some of the feature theme days coming up: At the movies SING (PG) The movie event of the Summer is here. We're off to meet Dapper Koala Buster Moon and see the world's greatest singing competition! Science Spectacular Interactive Science Session - Bubble, Bubble, POP! Mini Scientists get ready, it's time to experiment! With a take-home Science notebook. Flying Hole in One Frisbee Golf Course - Will you be first to score a flying hole in one? A colourful and wildly fun indoor obstacle course awaits and we're ready to score! Plus, you’ll get your own take-home Frisbee! Inside Out Nesting Dolls - Design and take-home your masterpieces. Will it be a footy team? A music band? The choice is yours!
Program Details To find out more about what’s on at our Holiday Club program on site and to book visit www.campaustralia.com.au/holidayclubs
We look forward to seeing you and your family soon. From The Team at Camp Australia.
