PRINCIPAL’S COMMENTS

18th August 2017 Issue 13

It is hard to believe that once again we are reaching the halfway point in a term. This term is going very quickly. The next few weeks we have 2 camps and swimming so the school will be buzzing with excitement and activity. All we need now is for the weather to settle and the sun to shine so we can get some vitamin D to resist the cold and flu bugs that are going round.

Last Thursday I attended the Brimbank and Melton Area Principal Forum where over 150 principals were in attendance. The agenda covered the following

1-School Change that leads to improvement

2-Building teacher capacity within schools

3-Building practice excellence in Literacy and Numeracy.

In the past few weeks I have been concerned with the number of students arriving at school too early in morning. Children are not supervised until 8.30am, therefore no students should be on school grounds before 8.30am. We thank you for your cooperation. If you have any concerns please contact me directly at the school. Student safety is a priority at Movelle.

Government schools have volunteer programs where parents/guardians can directly participate in school activities in agreement with the school and classroom teacher. These opportunities cover things like helping in the school canteen, helping with school excursions and school events; assistance with reading and maths programs; and participation in environment committees and cultural groups. Times for Parent helpers must be on agreement with the classroom teacher.

Parents/guardians who assist in the school must have a valid WWCC (Working with children’s check) Parents/ guardians must enter through the main school office and sign in through VPASS.

Parents/ guardians are not permitted in classrooms without prior arrangement with classroom teacher.

Parents/ guardians must ensure that they allow their children to settle in for the day and this includes allowing the students to get themselves organised in the morning to commence their learning at 9am.

Parent who are not signed in parent helpers must leave the classroom by 9am.

PRINCIPAL’S COMMENT

DATES TO REMEMBER

21st —25th

Aug

Book Week Book Fair Carnival At Library 8.40am-9.00am 3.30pm-4.00pm

22nd Aug

Dress up as your favourite book character Day Parade at 9.15am G.P. Room

21st - 25th Aug

5/6 Camp Alexandra Adventure Resort

25th Aug

School Assembly School Gym 2.45pm—All Welcome

29th Aug

Father’s Day Stall For Grade 3/4 Campers only

31st Aug -1st

Sept

Father’s Day Stall

30th Aug –

1st Sept

3/4 Camp Grampians

30th Aug

–21st Sept

Swimming Program Grade P-2 Paul Sadler Swimland Taylors Lakes

14th Sept

Curriculum Day No students at school

21st Sept

P-2 Sleepover

22nd Sept

Last Day Term 3 2.30pm Finish

SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS

SCHOOL OPERATING

TIMES

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Movelle School Values: Compassion, Respect,

It has been wonderful to see students showing

Movelle pride both in the classroom and the

yard. I have been noticing the students taking

pride in themselves and respecting each other.

In particular I have noticed students who are

always in FULL UNIFORM. These students

have been acknowledged and praised for their

Movelle pride. We are very fortunate to have

such a nice uniform at Movelle. Student who

do not come to school in uniform will be given

a courtesy reminder for parents. School

uniform, at any school in this region is

compulsory, unless we have an out of uniform

day. Karen Wood

Principal

As of next term we are changing it up a little

with our communication. School assembly will

now be held weeks 3, 6 & 9 of each term. This

will give us a chance to facilitate more learning

time for the students in their classroom. We are

also looking into moving the newsletter dates as

well and starting a Movelle Facebook page to

communicate quickly to parents with

notifications about what is happening at

Movelle. Keep an eye out for further updates.

ASSEMBLY & NEWSLETTER

MOVELLE PRIDE & UNIFORM

Movelle Programs

Building New Skills

Bikes Over Lunch Time (BOLT) This program provides an

opportunity for students to

understand the mechanics of a

bicycle and how to carry out

basic repairs and maintenance

whilst building ‘teamwork’.

This group can’t wait to get started every Monday.

Cooking Over Lunch Time (COLT) These MasterChef meet every

Monday to cook up a storm.

Teamwork, co-operation and

friendship makes this class a

whole lot of fun whilst

developing a life skill that will

hopefully come in handy in the future.

South Port Youth Team run both BOLT & COLT and we

plan to keep them on board for next term.

African Drumming Music

& Dance Group

Students involved in the African Drumming Program are building skills and confidence in music, rhythm and dance, leading to performances at School Assembly and the Arts Show.

This is ‘HARD WORK’ on the hands, but these students are dedicated and pushing through regardless.

This Project is sponsored by the School Focused

Youth Service

For more information, contact Carmen Dimech PWO Movelle

Primary School.

CANTEEN NEWS Spaghetti

Lasagne

Mac & Cheese

These have Halal Certification

Our School Father’s Day Stall will be held on:

Tuesday 29th August for Grade 3/4 campers only

Thursday 31st August & 1st September

Children can purchase a gift for Dad. A great selection of gifts will be

available price from $0.60—$8.00

BOOK FAIR CARNIVAL

Great Books at Bargain prices

Books may be purchased Monday 21st to Friday 25th

August Before school 8.40am to 9.00am After School 3.30pm to 4.00 pm

Cash Only

Responsibility, Resilience Page 3

ROOM NAME REASON

Prep/1C Dat Luong Ilija Rajak

For settling well in his classroom and working well with other

students.

For trying his best in our writing sessions and using the sentence

starters to help him write a full sentence.

Prep/1H Dawt Chin Zaw Khai Tlal Jadoon

For being a reflective learner. She has settled in to her new classroom beautifully and is working very well on her own and with others. Well done Dawt Chin! For making great connections in his learning. He is very good at thinking about what new learning reminds him of, from his prior experiences. Well done Tlal!

1/2 C Alanah

Phung

Kevin

Nguyen

For never giving up and persisting in her learning to trade, while

adding 2 digit numbers.

For making great connections to new vocabulary learnt, while

reading.

1/2 BL Nguyen-Jackson

Chelsea Hill

For his determination with his narrative writing. Well done Jackson!

For her persistence working with money. Well done Chelsea!

3/4 T Innocent Amito

Maxwell

Wilson

Chantel

Imrie

For being very responsible and accountable for her own learning, by moving to a place on the carpet away from distraction.

For his ability to link new learning with prior knowledge.

For showing persistence in working out money problems using the vertical process.

3/4 TL Caprice Lyons-Jones Stormie Lambert

For her determination with writing an engaging orientation. For reflecting on her goals and how to improve.

5/6 P Mai Trinh

Honey Muriwai Hathaway

For using her prior knowledge of numbers to make connections when working out percentages. For persisting to work out percentage and discounts of amounts 50, 25, 10 and 5 percent.

5/6S Omar Karim

Natalie

Surbevski

For making smart choices during our learning time, that have

helped him to achieve his goal in maths this week.

For having a positive attitude towards feedback and using it to

revise and improve her information report about Australia.

5/6 U Brian KN

Daniel Phan

For showing great determination to independently enhance, his

information report by adding a large variety of text features.

Great effort Brian!

For showing great determination to independently complete in-

formation reports linked to our inquiry lessons. Great effort

Daniel!

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TERM DATES 2017

Term 1 1 February to 31 March

Term 2 18 April to 30 June

Term 3 17 July to 22 September

Term 4 9 October to 22 December

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PREP ENROLMENTS 2018 Do you have a child who

will be turning 5 years

of age by 30th April 2018

Please ask at the Movelle Office for

an Enrolment form.

Outside School Hours Care Program

BEFORE SCHOOL CARE PROGRAM

6.45am to 8.45am

AFTER SCHOOL

CARE PROGRAM

3.15pm to 6.30pm

Located at: Resurrection Primary School

Enrolments

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All enquiries call

Program Contact Number

0408 477 328

Head Office Number

03 8564 9000

(8am-6pm Mon-Fri)

Absence Approval Form

Dear Teacher,

My child .........................................................................

Room ……………………………………………..

Was absent on ...............................................................

Due to .............................................................................. …………………………………………………….

Signed: .............................................................................

Date: .................................................................................