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

What’s in this Issue?

News and Views 1

Art News 2

Soiree Night 2

Wishing Well 3

Premier Reading

Challenge 2016

3

Canteen Menu 4

October brithdays 5

Xmas raffle 5

Pool Party 6

CSEF 7

Calendar 8-9

News and Views...

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

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

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 300 22nd November 2016

We Went to the Zoo Last Tuesday was a long and tiring day for the Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students because we went to the zoo. It was tiring, but it was a really exciting day as well. The 4 hours that we were there seemed to pass by very quickly – until I felt my sore feet at the end of the day. It’s a good thing that the zoo is an enclosed area because the boys in my group seemed to run from place to place all day. I was sure they would get tired eventually, but I think that only happened when we got onto the bus to come back to school. It’s been a while since I visited the zoo, and things have definitely changed there over that time. I was really im-pressed with the quality of the enclosures – especially the Asian themed elephant section. The students had a great day and there has been plenty of work associated with the excursion back here at school. SLU Market The year 5s & 6s held their annual SLU Market last Friday – AND raised over $1,000 for charity. It was a fantastic effort by all in-volved. I don’t know whether it was the busiest stall in the market, but there seemed to be plenty of students willing to pay their mon-ey and throw wet sponges at me when I was suited up and ready to go. Of course I wasn’t the only one who put their head through the hole for a good cause; I saw Krista Carpenter & Christen Anderson. I think it is a wonderful thing to have students doing an activity such as this for the benefit of others in the com-

munity; something that I have not seen done quite so effectively in other places. Well done!

Wishing Tree Speaking of doing something for somebody else in the community, the Wishing Tree is a great example of how MDPS people have done this over a period of time. This year’s tree is in the school foyer, and you can take a star and bring it back attached to a wrapped, appropriately targeted gift and put it under the tree. The gifts are dis-tributed by Steps Outreach, and one of them may be the only gift that a child receives this Christmas. Reporting Day Don’t forget that next Wednesday is a student free day, so designated to enable teachers to complete the gruel-ling task of writing student reports for the second half of the year. House Sports Day Don’t forget, also, that next Wednesday is the date for the rescheduled Mount Dandenong Primary School

House Sports. They will be held at Kalorama Oval. Keep your fingers crossed for a day without rains, but also

without too much sunshine.

Premier’s Reading Challenge I presented (most) Reading Challenge certificates at last week’s assembly – some people had completed the challenge, but the system had not recognised them. That situation has now been resolved, thanks to Julie Fran-cis and a helpful reading challenge official. There is now a large poster in the school foyer congratulating those who completed the challenge.

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Art Folios

Please return the Art folio to school so we can collate and store the artwork for

Semester 2 which will come home at the end of Term 4.

Thank you, Liz Kennedy, Art Teacher

An outstanding perfor-

mance by the choir at

the Angliss Hospital last

Wednesday.

Soiree Night

The Soiree night is TOMORROW Wednesday, 23rd of November from 7-8.30 pm

This is an opportunity for all students in grade 3 to 6 to perform.

Entry is by gold coin donation.

Delicious snacks and drinks will be sold at interval. Everyone is welcome

Claire Somerville. Music Teacher.

2017 Student Numbers As you can imagine, there is al great deal of planning and modelling that goes into the structure of the school each year. Much of that work is determined by what we know about how many students we will have attending the school. The more we know, the sooner we know it, the more well organised the school can be. With this in mind, I ask that you please let us know as soon as possible if your children will be moving to another school in 2017. Of course we would also like to know why the move has come about as well – there may be something that we can do to enable you to stay associated with Mount Dandenong Primary. Have a good week Rick Scott




Premier’s Reading Challenge 2016

Congratulations to the following students who completed this year’s challenge –

Alex Betts Juanita Bott Oliver Brammer Fresa Caratagan Stella Cotton Quinn Forward James Johnson Tynesha Johnson Erin McPeake Rio Neish Natasha Rowe Stephanie Rowe Alice Standish Henry Standish Eloise Vernon Travis Vernon

Wishing Tree

There is only 5 weeks until Christmas! Each year we set up our own Wishing Tree in the foyer.

The Wishing Tree provides an ideal way to teach children to think of others, especially those less fortu-

nate.

Simply choose a tag from the tree:

BLUE – for children in Grades Prep – 2

GREEN – for children in Grades 3 and 4

RED – for children in Grades 5 and 6

Purchase and wrap an appropriate gift, attach the tag and

place it under the tree. Including your child in the choice and

wrapping of the gift is a great idea!

The gifts will be collected on Monday 12th December and will

be passed on to “ Steps Outreach Service” (Concern Austral-

ia) which provides support for young homeless people.

Thank you for your support.

Liz Kennedy

This is a list of suggestions if you are unsure what to buy for the Wishing Tree. Any NEW

items that you think are suitable would be appreciated.

0-5 years: a strong plastic toy, Duplo, cars, dolls, books, dinosaurs, Peppa Pig, Octanauts, In The Night

Garden, Giggle and Hoot etc toys. Look in the pre-school section in any of the major stores.

5-12 years:

Girls – Barbies, Lego, tea sets, books, Smiggle products, stationery.

Boys – Lego, cars, football/soccer ball/basketball, books, torch

Teenagers :

Girls – make-up or body lotion set (Body Shop gift set or Dove travelling set), nail

polish, diary / journal, soap /

bubble bath set, candles, perfume, backpack.

Boys – cap, sports equipment, wallet, drink bottle, backpack, Lynx travelling set, sports

socks and art equipment.




Friday’s Possum Café

Friday’s Possum café has been providing our student community with some great nutritious food options this term and continues to be sup-

ported by Ben Higgs from Wild Oak restaurant and the parent communi-ty who have given both their time in the café and as our resident weekly bakers. We have also contributed to our annual fundraising tally consid-erably with our snack service, supporting our student and school com-

munity and services.

I would also like to congratulate our SLU students for putting in the effort and consideration in offering nutritiously healthy stall options at their market last Friday and raising over $200 for the MAI WIRU FOUN-

DATION. Supporting communities in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytiatjara (APY) lands in northern SA run positive programs and

support Indigenous Australians improve their health through improved nutrition. Great work students we are really proud of you giving back in

such a positive, important and healthy way.

We only have 2 weeks of service left for the year so get in and get order-ing.

Our last service will be December 2nd.

Please ensure orders are in promptly Thursday morning for a Friday ser-vice, clearly labelled with name and class on the front of an envelope

with the correct change enclosed.

A big wholesome thank you to our keen and savvy wholefood bakers the past couple of weeks, Adele, Jackie, Alix and our parent helpers during

service. This could not run without you all and any suggestions for meals and baking options moving forward are appreciated.

Students bring your gold coins so you can sample our awesome snacks and always keep an eye out for our free tasters!!

Happy eating!

Date Roster

Friday 25th November

Resident Baker

1. Shauna King

2. Melanie Hailstone

Amanda Fallon

Friday 2nd December

Resident Baker

1. Bianca Robertson

2.

Adele Cotton

Don’t miss out on your copy of the fantastic 2016 Mt Dandy School Magazine. We will only have a limited number of cop-ies available, so to guarantee you don’t miss out, please complete the order form below and return with $10 per copy. The magazine contains an entry from every student, photos and great memories of the special events and happenings throughout the year.

Please provide ……………………………………………………………….. of grade ……………….

With ……….. copies of the 2016 Mt Dandy Magazine. Enclosed $8 per copy.

Mount Dandy School Magazine 2016

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October

Birthdays




Elle Naturale Olinda

“Enrich Enliven Restore”

We offer the following massages: relaxation, sports, deep tissue, all stages of pregnancy

Natural Facials Reflexology Scrubs

Also available by appointment: Kinesiology with David Smith Naturopathy with Deb Perry Reiki with Lisa Cunningham Psychology with Ian Clark

Sacred Womb Healing with Barbara

Call/text Melinda on 0411 622 445 or call 03 9751 0199




Book Club orders

for Issue 8 must

be placed with Scholastic by Fri-

day 4th December



November 2016

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thurs Fri Sat Sun

1

Melbourne Cup

Public Holiday

2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15

P - 2

Zoo Excursion

Prep Parent

Info Night

7:30 pm

16 17 18 19 20

21

School Council

22

1/2 GP Penpal Picnic

23 24 25

Scienceworks 5/6

26 27

28 29

Student Free Day

30

House Athletics

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December 2016

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thurs Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3 4

5

School Council

6

Prep Parent BBQ

7 8 9

Grade 6 Fun Day

Rush HQ

10 11

12

13

BBQ & Walk with

Ken

14

Grade 6

Graduation

15

Presentation Night

16

Grade 5/6 Pack

Day

17 18

19

Working Bee

From 2:30 pm

20

Last Day Term

1:30 pm Finish

21 22 23 24 25

Christmas Day

26

Boxing Day

27 28 29 30 31

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