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The Mount Dandy News Top of the mountain, top results.

What’s in this issue?

News and Views 1&2

Lucky Jars 2

Art News 2

Vocal Ensemble 2

OSHClub 3

Fruity Friday roster 4

MS Walk and Fun Run 4

News and Views...

Chestnut Festival – This Sunday Once again we are participating in the annual Chestnut Festival. The Mt Dandenong Pre School team have been work-

ing very hard to prepare and plan for what is shaping up to be a magnificent event. This year we are selling our lucky

jars, cakes, fairy floss and corn on the cob and so we will require a number of parent helpers. If you are available to

help out for an hour or so please leave your name with Julie at the office. Don’t forget to visit our stall to not only purchase one of the fore mentioned items but to see some of our students’

top quality work which will be on display. See you there!

ANZAC day news. Thank you to the Duffy and Rowe families who represented our school at the Dawn Service in Kalorama last Friday

morning. I attended the Mt Evelyn service and was very pleased to see over 2000 people in attendance. On Wednesday the School Captains and I are heading to the Dandenong Ranges National Park to attend the Legacy

ANZAC Day Commemoration Ceremony. They will lay a floral tribute on behalf of our community. This Friday our SLU students are running their annual ANZAC memorial service from 9am and parents and community

members are invited to attend.

Oval Open for Use Our school oval was finally open for use today and AFL goal posts have been installed at the SLU end of the oval. By

next week goal posts will be installed at the other end as well. It was excellent to see the fun our students had at re-

cess playing football and soccer and running around on the wonderfully restored surface. We will manage the surface

carefully and it may have to be closed for use from time to time to ensure it continues to flourish.

NAPLAN The 2014 NAPLAN period is rapidly approaching. This can be a time of great stress for children and parents alike,

however I would again like to state that the NAPLAN tests are simply a one off snapshot of your child’s learning. Yes,

we all want our children to do their best and teachers have been working hard to ensure that our students are familiar

with the process (although tests are never “taught to”). In terms of teaching and learning, it is business as usual at Mt

Dandy and although we will do the odd practice test to ensure our students are aware of time frames and the struc-

ture of the tests, we will continue to teach the curriculum according to our scope and sequence and following our

agreed programs in writing, spelling, numeracy and reading. We strongly believe that by improving the quality of our

teaching methods every day, the NAPLAN will take care of itself. With this in mind we would urge all parents to have a

conversation with their children in Years 3 & 5 and support the school in taking the anxiety out of the situation. Yes,

we would like students to do their homework and in particular, read every night, but that is our expectation every day

and not just for the next few weeks. So please find the time to chat with your child and remind them that this is one

test and it will not determine their destiny – that will be determined by their ongoing determination and dedication

towards lifelong learning!

Principal Visit to Mt Dandenong Yesterday I was lucky enough to host the Dandenong Ranges Principals Network Leadership Team meeting. After

much discussion about the current state of education and what our future directions might be as a network I conduct-

ed a tour of each of our classrooms. The feedback that the leading Principals provided was that the school has a close

community feel about it and that each classroom was orderly and the students were clearly engaged in their learning.

They said it was a lovely school and that I should be proud. Well, I most certainly am and I thank all of our teachers, staff, students and families for working so hard to make MDPS

the magnificent learning institution that it is.

Winter Weather Expectations Over what is likely to be a wet and cold winter we would like to encourage all students to ensure that they have ap-

propriate clothing. It can be very cold outside and students should have a coat or warm parker at all times. Recently

we have had students complaining of headaches and feeling ill after spending recess time outside, in the cold, without a

jumper on. On days where there is a little light drizzle or a light shower we expect that the students go outside to play.

However if it is raining or extremely wet we have indoor wet day timetables. Please ensure your child has appropriate

clothing that is clearly named. Thank you

Thumbs Up To: Jackie and Tara for their efforts to get the Fruity Friday program up and running again

Duffy and Rowe families for representing Mt Dandy at the Dawn Service

The SLU students for continually using cyber safety protocols and expectations as part of the 1:1 iPad program

Thank you, Mike Leonard.

Mount Dandenong Primary School Farndons Road, Mount Dandenong 3767 www.mtdandps.vic.edu.au

Telephone—03 9751 1136 Fax—03 9751 2332 [email protected]

What’s On TERM TWO

Friday May 2nd

ANZAC Memorial Service 9 am

Sunday May 4th Chestnut Festival

Wednesday 7th / 8th May Mothers Day stall Monday 19th May

School Council Monday 9th June

Queen’s Birthday holiday

Purpose Statement Mount Dandenong Primary School values our unique environment and close community. It is a place for creative opportunities and academic

excellence, nurturing respect, happiness and independence.

Issue 209 29th April 2014



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Lucky Jars! Mount Dandenong PS are starting to organise our Lucky Jar stall again for this year’s Chestnut Festival.

We are asking parents to donate TWO JARS full of fun or inter-

esting things, for example, the jars may be full of hair ties and clips or marbles or plastic farm animals or fun erasers and novelty paper clips, (if you are filling your jar with lollies, please choose the wrapped variety). These are just a few examples, the sky is the limit! The Lucky Jar Stall is very popular amongst children of all ages and we appreciate your donation. Please bring your jars to the office, thank you.

Dandenong Ranges Open Studios –

an invitation to observe an artist’s life

The weekend of the 3rd and 4th May the studios

of over 30 artists living and working in the Dan-

denong Ranges will be open to the public. This is a unique opportunity for you and your chil-

dren to observe the work of these artists. We have

been fortunate to have some of these artists give

their time and expertise to inspire and work with

our children at school in the past few years.

For further information and to download the guide-

book please go to the website,

openstudios.org.au

The Jarmbi Gallery at Burrinja, Cnr Glenfern Road and Matson Drive Upwey also have the Dandenong

Ranges Open Studios Group exhibition “Balance”

from 22nd April – 18th May. Liz Kennedy

Vocal Ensemble - Chestnut Festival -

For our Vocal Ensemble team, please meet at

12 midday on Sunday 4th May at Kalorama Oval.

Permission notices need to be returned by next Wednesday 1st May please.

T-shirts will be handed out on the day and stu-dents need to wear long black pants and or a

white skivvy if it is cold on the day. T-shirts then need to be returned after the performance.

Thank you,

Debbie Leticq-Cromb

Your assistance would be much appreciated for a couple of hours on the

Chestnut Festival stall Our goal for the stall is to raise $2000 towards a new microphone system and stage curtain for the Multi-

purpose room

Sunday 4th May 2014 If you are available please let Julie know at the office or email me at [email protected] or text

Kylie on 0439 553 371. THANKYOU!!!

Chestnut Festival

Roster Lucky Jars Cakes Fairy Floss BBQ Corn on Cob

8am - 10am Janine Leonard Erika Barnard Tricia & William David Sleightholme

10am - 12noon Nikki Burgess Michelle Lawrence David McCluskey

???? Christopher Sutton

12noon - 2pm Sarah Davy Megan Ferguson Colleen Forward

???? Kylie Gilson

2pm - 4pm Jenny Lutz ???? Zac Pitts

???? Kylie Gilson

ANZAC Assembly 2014 will be held on Friday, May 2nd in the multipurpose hall

"Audacity"

The theme for this year's ANZAC Day Commemoration assembly is

honouring the courage, bravery, and selflessness shown by serving men

and women of the Australian Forces, past and present.

The Senior Learning Unit students will once again, lead Mt Dandenong

Primary School's ANZAC assembly.

Each grade will lay a wreath or bouquet, these will be taken to the epi-

taph at Five Ways after school.

We are asking for each child to bring a flower or greenery

which will be made into their classes' wreath or bouquet.

Parents, relatives and friends are welcome to attend.

Thank you, Trish




OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program

This Week’s Activities – Term 2,Week 1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before Care Activities

Hama beads Mad scientist finger pup-

pets Origami petals Free box construction 2 snap

Brekky

Cereal & Milk, Juice (No

sugar), Toast (White/

Wholemeal) & Spreads,

yoghurt



Wholemeal), Spreads &

Milk & Milo



Wholemeal), Spreads &

Raisin Toast




Fresh fruit




Milk & milo

After Care Activities

‘Creation Day’

4:15 – 5:15pm

Slime creation

&

Dancing

‘Get Creative’

Art/Craft Club!

4:15pm – 5:15pm

Make your own play

dough

&

123 basketball

‘Active After school

sports games’

4:15pm – 5:15pm

Handball

&

Making sherbet

‘Cooking Club!’

4:15 to 5:15pm

Apple crumble

&

Coke explosion

‘Friday Fun Day’

4:15pm – 5:15pm

Magic water wells

&

Dress up

Afternoon tea

Fresh sandwiches & fresh

fruit

2 minute noodles& fresh

fruit

Nachos, salsa and fresh

fruit

Toasted ham and cheese

sandwiches & fresh fruit

Crackers with dip, car-

rots and fresh fruit

Parent Information

Make sure your child/ren bring their hat as: No Hat = No outside play.

Ensure all enrolments are to be signed in and out when your child arrives and is collected at the end of the day.

OSHC program phone: 0419915649 OSHClub Head Office: 03 8564 9000

Coordinator: Lina Corrone Assistant: Samantha Clarke All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancella-

tions can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

A Big welcome back to Term 2 from everyone at OSH. We hope you

had safe and fun holidays, and are thrilled to see all the smiling faces

back at school.

Last week we celebrated ANZAC day with some colouring, construc-

tion and of course some baking! ANZAC biscuits have never tasted so

good! The kids did a fantastic job! Some of the girls even worked on a

fabulous animal play, which they performed for everyone.

This week in OSH we

are becoming mad sci-

entists during our SCI-

ENCE WEEK!! We will be creating gooey, green slime, taste

tingling sherbet and our very own rainbow play dough. We

will also try out some exploding experiments that will blow your mind. Finally we will finish the week with some beautiful

magic water wells.

So come along and join in with the fun, we love seeing new

faces at OSHclub!!

http://www.oshclub.com.au




As some of you may be aware, I am fundraising for this year’s MS Walk and Fun Run on Sunday June 1st at Albert Park Lake for either a 5km or 10km walk or run. Multiple Sclerosis is a degenerative disease of the cen-tral nervous system and affects people in different and life-altering ways.

I am seeking assistance from students and their families who might be interested in helping to fundraise with me and form a “Mrs LC” team or families who would just like to do-nate. Once registered with the link below, students with their families, may like to fundraise on my behalf and/or walk with me on the day.

I am happy to share my unfolding story with the school community and I would like to repay MS Aus-tralia for all of their support. Fund-raising directly assists myself and others with MS, to manage symp-toms (which are often invisible to others) so that I can continue to be a productive teacher, mother, wife and friend. My profile page can be accessed with the link below.

http://register.mswalk.org.au/2014-MS-Walk-and-Fun-Run-Melbourne/DebbieLC

http://register.mswalk.org.au/2014-MS-Walk-and-Fun-Run-Melbourne/DebbieLC




Susunil Indian

Imports

Market at work

Wednesday 30th

April

Opening 11 am till 3pm

in the staff room and sur-

rounds

Beautiful woollen shawls,

silks and cottons

Leather bags and shoes

Pants ,tops, jewellery and

more . . . .




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