PRINCIPAL’S COMMENTS

15th May 2015 ISSUE 7

Don’t forget our SunSmart Policy. Hats to be worn during

Terms 1 and 4.

Last week I was in Thailand in

very warm weather, but coming

back to Melbourne reminds me

just how cold our winters get.

Please make sure your

child / children are

dressed appropriately

for the cold weather.

Last week, some of our senior

students competed in the District

Cross Country Carnival. Students

had to run either 2 or 3

kilometres, depending on their

age. Whilst our students tried

really hard and had a good time

on the day, none of our students

will go on to compete at the next

level. To all students – well done!

A special thank you to Mrs.

Brooks for always being a very

effective and professional

Principal in my absence.

Next week is ‘Education Week,’

18th May - 22nd May

and as part of the week we have

put in place some school displays

at the Brimbank and Keilor

Shopping Centres. These displays

will proudly show our students’

work. I hope you can make some

time to go and have a look at the

displays. Thank you to Mrs.

Graham and Ms. Gavran for

setting the displays up.

During Education Week, on

Thursday the 21st, we will be

“Opening Up” our classrooms to

visits from parents and

prospective

enrolments

throughout

the day.

All classes will welcome parents

and friends into their room to see

just what happens during class

time. Students may be involved

in any classroom activity, or

specialist classes.

However, in the morning, we will

be having our school photos

taken and some classes may be

involved with that between 9 and

11am. So if possible, please visit

after 11:30am.

Parents are asked to make sure

their children come to school on

Thursday in school uniform for

class photographs. Class photo

envelopes have already been sent

home for parents/ carers to order

the selected pictures of their

child and or the class that they

are in. Parents are asked to fill in

the details and return the

forms with the money by

Thursday the 21st May.

DATES TO REMEMBER

18th May School Assembly 2.45pm

18th—22nd May

Education Week Book Fair 8.45am - 9.00am 3.30pm - 4.00pm

21st May Open Day at Movelle 11.30 am - 3.30pm

21st May SCHOOL PHOTO DAY Students are to come to School in full uniform

22ndMay Interschool Sports Home

29th May Interschool Sports Home

1st June Fundraising Money due for “Read a Book each day in May “

5th June Curriculum Day No Student at School

8th June Queens Birthday Public Holiday No Student at School

SCHOOL PHOTO

THURSDAY 21ST MAY EDUCATION WEEK

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Movelle School Values: Learning, Respect,

Bill Hunt Principal

NAPLAN TESTING

BULLDOGS FRIENDLY SCHOOLS

PROGRAM

MATHLETICS NEWS For the month of April, the following

students have achieved a

Silver Certificate Award

in Mathletics.

3/4 Students:

Amanda La

5/6 Students:

Brandon Aquilina

Congratulations!

HAIR LICE We have recently had a number of cases of head lice in the school. Parents are reminded to check their children’s hair regularly to prevent infestation. If you find lice or nits (eggs) in the hair of any family member, please treat the whole family.

Chemists have a range of products available to treat head lice or nits. Any child or adult can be easily infected by head lice.

Regular checks and prompt treatment are the only means of keeping this problem under control.

Thank you to everyone for your assistance.

As part of the ‘Bulldogs

Friendly Schools Program,’

we were able to give away 37

footy tickets last week for

students and families to

attend the “Bulldogs versus

St. Kilda football game.”

This week we had a visit from

2 current bulldog players to

work with students in grades 3 and 4. They took

the students through a footy clinic which was a lot

of fun for everyone.

Thank you to the Western Bulldogs Football Club

for their support.

Students in grades 3 and 5 took part in the

Literacy and Numeracy Naplan testing. This took

place over three days and students were involved

in completing assessment tasks in Reading,

Writing, Grammar / Punctuation / Spelling and

Numeracy. These assessments will provide a

snapshot of how our students are doing at their

respective grade levels. The results of the tests will

be known later in the year. Naplan testing is only

a small part of a comprehensive set of

assessments that students do throughout the year

that our teachers collect and grade students on. If

you have any questions regarding your child’s

progress, please speak to your child’s teacher as

soon as possible.

PARENT CAR PARK RULES

May I remind some parents to

drive very carefully in our parent

car park and to behave in a

courteous and friendly manner to

other parents / carers and always

obey the instructions and advice

given by the car park attendant when he is on

duty. Having access to the parent car park is on

condition that parents / carers obey these rules.

These rules are in place for the safety and

protection of you and your children as they enter

and leave our school. Failure to comply with these

requests, may result in some parents / carers not

being allowed to use the car park.

Page 3 Teamwork, Responsibility, Resilience

ROOM NAME REASON:

Prep/1B Tony Tran For working hard to

hear the sounds in

words when

writing.

Prep/1H Sifan Abagaro For always being

ready for learning

and for thinking

hard about the

letters and sounds

in words.

1/2 C Christina Ng For writing

extended sentences

about living things.

1/2 S Jarrah

Podesta

For asking

questions during

reading.

3/4 T Karen Sopi For moving up to

Level U in reading.

3/4 P Daniel Tran Writing a

persuasive text that

included an

example with each

argument.

5/6 U Kim Nguyen For demonstrating

her ability to add

examples, evidence

and links in her

persuasive writing.

5/6 L Mei Ting Su Constantly

improving her

writing of

expositions literacy.

5/6 M Inayah

Osmanagic

Working hard to

summarise a

difficult topic in

reading and being

polite to those who

helped her.

EXCELLENCE AWARDS

LITERACY

ROOM NAME REASON:

Prep/1B Sariah

Searle

For trying her best to

order numbers from

1-10 on Alice The

Camel.

Prep/1H Peta

Vaifo’ou

For trying very hard

to read and write the

numerals from 1—10.

1/2 C Jada

Jovevski

For giving the class a

great explanation

about the difference

between squares and

rectangles.

1/2 S Chantel

Imrie

For challenging

herself to try harder

math problems.

3/4 T Mai Trinh For working hard on

fractions.

3/4 P Irae

Suamasi

Demonstrating his

understanding of

multiplication and

division facts.

5/6 U Linda Lai

And

Darrien

Tahakura

For their consistent

effort to learn two

digit by two digit

multiplication

strategies.

5/6 L Johnson

Nguyen

For developing

different strategies in

multiplication with

decimal numeracy.

5/6 M Kayla

Vergara

Abrigo

Helping who were

having difficulty with

multiplication

problems.

EXCELLENCE AWARDS

MATHEMATICS

APPOINTMENTS WITH

CARMEN DIMECH

Welfare Officer

Due to the growing demand for service through our

Welfare Officer, we ask that you book an appointment

at the front office or by calling 3966 8892. Your

appointment will be confirmed by office staff or

Carmen as soon as possible.

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TERM DATES 2015

Term 1 29 Jan to 27 March Grades 1-6 2 Feb to 27 March Grade Preps

Term 2 13 April to 26 June

Term 3 13 July to 18 September

Term 4 5 October to 18 December

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