30th October, 2019 — Week 4 Term 4, Issue 17

MYRNIONG SCHOOL VALUES

Co-Operation Respect Acceptance

Resilience Do Your Best

MYRNIONG PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

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Acting Principal: David Garner

School Council President: Ainsley Bellette

Blow St Myrniong, 3341

Phone: (03) 5368 7232

Outside Hours Care: Phone (03) 5368 7027

Message from the Principal

Newsletter Term 4 Week 4 Art Show What a wonderful display of our student’s artistic talent last week in the Art Show. I was blown away by the volume of high quality work that our students have produced in just 10 months this year. Thank you to Mrs Van for the wonderful art pro-gram you have implemented this year, and well done on all the hard work setting the Art Show up last week. Also, a big thank you to Mrs Van’s daughter, Erin, the Myers family and Megan Sammut for their hard work in supporting the running of the Art Show. I hope many of you were able to come and enjoy the show last week. Camps and Excursions Last week our Year 5s enjoyed a big two day experience at Sovereign Hill, our Year 1 and 2 students headed off to Earth Ed in Ballarat for a Science excursion and seven of our senior students went on the Somers Camp for 9 days. This week, Mrs Ihlow, Mrs Burquest and I took our choir to the Ballan and District Health Care for an afternoon of song and music which was a fan-tastic experience for all. On Friday this week, Mr Marquand and I are taking our Year 6 students to Ballarat for the Kanga 8s cricket tournament. Fair to say, it’s a bust term already! Pupil Free Day A reminder that next Monday is a Pupil Free Day for teachers to engage in Semester 2 Assessment and Reporting. We hope that all families enjoy an extra-long weekend and a chance to relax before the silly season begins. Code of Conduct Reminder As the year wears on, it is timely to remind all members of our school community – students, staff, parents and the wider community – of our Myrniong Primary School Code of Conduct. I have attached it again to this newsletter and cannot stress enough how important it is that we maintain our sense of community and always engage with each other in a respectful and constructive manner. This includes face-to-face and phone interactions, as well as through written avenues, including social media. We have such a fabulous school and strong sense of community and I ask that we continue to uphold these values and expectations together. Finally, our Swimming Program is only 2 weeks away and we have had a huge uptake this year which is fabulous. I hope this program with Paul Sadler to be a positive change/improvement on many levels. Until I see you in person. Regards, David Garner

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Monday 21st October

Ava G - for always displaying a positive attitude and trying her best.

Kurt B - for a fantastic effort in writing.

Marlie Chapman, - for talking like a mathematician.

Lazarus A - for always being kind and helpful. Miss Lindus

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Nick M - for having a good attitude and helpful nature.

Jack T - for his excellent bug documentary during investigations.

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Natalia - for always being a good friend to everyone.

Rani King—for being a caring and responsible class member

Phoebe T - for her great effort on “show, don’t tell” in her writing.

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Monday 28th October

Imogen B—for an imaginative story.

Adele W - for amazing writing.

Linda A—for her enthusiasm towards her learning.

Jesse S - for being a fantastic participant at the Sovereign

Hill School'.

PRINCIPAL’S AWARD

Mabel A - for her positive attitude at our Sovereign Hill experience.

Frankie B - for her outstanding work during investigations—well done!

Jack A - for dancing really well even when he was tired.

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Emily B - for an excellent effort with her Japanese Pokemon design.

Sienna Wallace - for always showing respect to everyone!

Tess M - for helping with the art show display.

Gus F - for his great effort in his writing.

Nell Lidgett—for her constant display of the school values - great leadership Nell!

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UPCOMING DATES

30th Oct Wed - Working Bee—2:30-4:30pm

31st Oct Thu - Special Lunch Day

1st Nov Fri - Kanga 8’s Cricket

4th Nov Mon - Student Free Day—Report Writing

5th Nov Tue - Public Holiday—Melbourne Cup 7th Nov Wed - Concert tickets on sale 11th Nov Mon - to Thursday 14th SWIMMING 12th Nov Tue - School Council Meeting 18th Nov Mon - to Thursday 21st SWIMMING

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS Frankie B Koby L Ellie Mc

Eowyn P Ari D Seth RG

Kurt B Addison F Addison C

Dresden D Aayla W Janna R

Levi S Jed F Hollie D

Lucy W Gwen P

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20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Jan-Mar

45%

Apr-June

60%

July-Sep

74%

Oct-Dec

76%

Booklist

Vol Levy

TOTAL LEVIES PAID TO DATE:

SWIMMING Swimming dates are from 11th Nov - 22nd Nov (Mon-Thurs). There is no swimming on the Friday. If you have a credit or the CSEF money sitting in your ac-count and wish to use it for swimming, can you please let Karen know. Please note : tha t sw imming must be pa id in fu ll pr ior to commencement. If you have outstanding excursions / camps, these must be paid for prior to swimming. As per school council guidelines, all excursions/ camps must be paid prior to attending. SPECIAL LUNCH DAY Just a reminder that our special lunch day is tomorrow— Thursday 31st October.

School Fees / School Accounts

School Statements have been sent out via email. If you are not receiving statements can you please contact Karen to check your email. This is our preferred way rather than sending a hard copy home.

FOUNDATION TRANSITION DATES Fri 29th November 9:30-11am Tue 10th December 9:30-1pm If you can, please organise your child’s uniform by Friday 1st Nov so that we can ensure that we have it all delivered for the last transition day on 10th December. Payment doesn’t need to be paid until the uniform is picked up. If you haven’t provided a copy of your child’s birth certificate and immunisation, can you please bring that to the next transition day.

LOST PROPERTY The lost property baskets are still overflowing from last term. There is a full basket/bag that came back from the Junior Camp. Can you please take a minute to have a look if anything belongs to your child. We will soon be taking the bags to the salvo’s. Can you please ensure everything is labelled. There are many drink bottles that have not been labelled. Names fade in time so please check all items and rename if not clear.

UNIFORM

We will be introducing a Skort into our school uniform for the girls. They will be $20 each and range from sz 2– sz 16. and are in the uniform shop now if you wish to have a look. Anyone wanting uniform for next year, can you please put your order in within the next week. We are currently out of sz 10, 12, 14 short sleeve polo’s. If you need these, please call Karen to order asap.

WORKING BEE—Tonight—30th October. If you have a spare hour or two this afternoon, please come along to our working bee. Our gardens need weeding. BYO gloves! CONCRETING Our school is looking at having some concreting done over the holidays. If any parent is a concretor, can you please ring the office as we would like to arrange a quote.

SCHOOL BANKING Our School Banking day is THURSDAY

Bank Books need to be at the office by 10am.

In 2020 our Grade 3 students enter our BYOD (Bring your own device Program)

Why BYOD iPads only? For a number of years we have been utilising iPads across our classrooms and more recently in our P-2 classrooms. Our students and teachers enjoy working with this device because it has; ● A great range of educational apps

● Quick and easy access to the internet

● Great built in features (camera, microphone and speaker)

● An operating system that is easy to use

● Mobility of the device

● Connectivity to other school devices (projectors, interactive whiteboards, computers and the school network)

Why use iPads for learning? The key success factor for any Netbook or iPad program is not necessarily the selection of the device but rather is the use of devices by engaged, supportive and prepared teachers within the context of a broader pedagogical change program. (Keane, Lang and Pilgrim 2012) Digital technologies are increasingly transforming the way we work, live, learn and play, offering new opportunities, better tailoring educational choices, and unprecedented access to services and resources. Social media, online games, multimedia, cloud computing, interoperable systems and mobile learning have become a pervasive and neces-sary part of everyday life. BYOD @ Myrniong Primary School iPad models Student wishing to participate in the schools BYOD program will need to have an iPad that meets the following re-quirements: 1. iPad Air or above

2. Wi-Fi only (No 3G/4G sim cards are to be installed in any device while at school)

3. No iPad mini’s, as the screen is too small 4. No first issue iPad 2’s as the current IOS is not compatible with many new APPS.

5. The iPad needs to be in a protective case to prevent accidental damage (preferably a drop rated case)

6. A screen protector to stop the screen from becoming scratch and broken

SCHOOL PARKING

It has been brought to our attention that many cars are parking in the School Loading Bay and the Disable Parking.

Can you please ensure that you DO NOT USE these parks for drop off and pick up’s.

XMAS RAFFLE

We are know accepting donations for our Christmas Raffle . Our fantastic xmas

hampers are made up of your donations. If you would like to donate can you

please bring your donations to the school office. Should each family donate 1 item

we should have many hampers up for prizes. The raffle is drawn at our School

Concert on 4th December.

XMAS RAFFLE TICKETS These will be sent home later in the next few weeks. Should you require extra tickets they are available at the office.

Our school concert is only 5 WEEKS away. Your children will be starting to get excited about practising for the concert. We will start selling tickets on Wednesday 6th November at the school office. The concert is at St Bernard’s Parish Hall (Gisborne Rd), next door to McDonalds) on Wednesday 4th December commencing at 6:30pm. Tickets will be $10 per adult and $5 per child, (family tickets are $25 (2 adults and 2 children). Children under 2 are free. This is a fully seated venue with plenty of room. There will be a full dress rehearsal on Monday 2nd December from 12-1:30pm.