MITCHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS – 22nd April 2015 294 Mitcham Road, Mitcham, 3132 Telephone: 9873 1551 Facsimile: 9873 4505 DIARY DATES 2015 TERM 2 2015 Kym Lardner Author Visit Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd April 3/4 Murrundindi Visit Email: [email protected] Web: www.mitcham.ps.vic.edu.au MITCHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL FETE Saturday September 12th 2015 PRINCIPAL’S VALUE OF THE MONTH—Responsibility FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK Friday 24th April Dear Parents, Mitchkids Starts Working Bee Friday 24th April 10.00 to 11.ooam Thanks to the following parents who assisted at last Saturday’s Working Bee: Stephanie Western, Delphine Song, Bee Yoong Soh, Nidhi Sharma, Adam and Lucille Matthews, Rob Webb, Yuki Mogi, Lijimol Sebastian, Cathy Perry, Ghazaleh Ranjehshahi and April and Peter Walsh. Staff member Val Berardini also attended. Scholastic Bookclub Orders Due Tuesday 28th April Robotics Friday 15th May to Friday 22nd May. Open Day Many jobs were accomplished and the school looked spick and span on Monday. Cockle Bay School Exchange We had a tremendous week with our 12 Cockle Bay School students Saturday 16th May 10.00am– 1pm and their four teachers. On Thursday a group of 27 students from Mitcham and Cockle Bay went into the city by train and then walked to the Victoria Market. They went through the delicatessen section, food section and general merchandise section. After the Monday 18th May 11.30am—1pm children had eaten a snack and bought mementos, we got on a Working Open Day tram and travelled to Flinders Street. From there the group walked Thursday 21st May 10.00am– 1pm to Federation Square, where everyone ate their lunch. After lunch we walked to Hosier Lane, after which we walked to the School Photo Day MCG, where we had a guided Tour and spent 30 minutes in the Tuesday 26th May Museum of Sport. From there, when our time expired, we walked to Richmond station and caught a train back to Mitcham station, from where we walked back to school. Grandparents /special friend Day Lunch orders will be available Mondays and Fridays throughout the year. School banking is on Wednesdays This was an excellent day, well spent and all the children really enjoyed themselves. On Friday it was back to school and our visitors spent the day with their “new” classmates. We finished the school day with a special assembly and a video montage of the week’s events. Thanks to parents who sent up photos and videos which we were able to incorporate into displays. All our visitors spoke to the assembly about their week and what the differences were between their school and ours. Uniform shop . Unit 12/100 New St Ringwood. New Online Ordering Options. Go to the school website to downMr Ryan Pilkington spoke on behalf of the Cockle Bay teachers and load the Order Form. Hats are available at the office. thanked Mitcham Primary School for arranging such interesting FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK CONT and unique experiences for their children and presented a thank you card and a beautiful picture of a native New Zealand bird to the school. The staff provided our teacher guests with afternoon tea and then we prepared for a BBQ dinner for the visitors and our host families. On Saturday morning, it was back to the airport and farewells were said. I want to thank our 12 incredibly generous host families for their kindness and generosity. Many of them took their billeted child to see and do some amazing things and the week would not have been the incredible success that it was. I would also like to highlight the great work that our teachers did in planning, booking, welcoming our guests into their classrooms, meeting our guests at the airport and travelling to the airport to say goodbye. The School Council were also very supportive of this venture and their support was well-rewarded. We look forward with great anticipation to a return visit to the land of the long white cloud. NAPLAN testing Parents are reminding that shortly, Grade 3 and Grade 5 children will be undergoing NAPLAN testing. Because of the security that the test booklets must be kept under the Office will not be entered by anyone whom I have not authorised. There is a requirement for a double lock security system to be in place and we meet this requirement. Montessori Compliance Testing I am pleased to advise parents and the School Council that we met all the requirements of the Montessori Australia Foundation Compliance testing with flying colours (and are the only Australian Government school to have done so according to the MAF web site). Many independent Montessori schools have not attained this honour either. Sincere congratulations to our staff members who made this happen. It is a strong and clear recognition of the excellent quality of our program. Referrals and intervention Some parents may not be aware of how we deal with matters involving children when they fall behind, have a significant learning difficulty or a speech disorder. If a class teacher becomes aware of a deficit, learning difficulty, behavioural issue, speech imperfection or other issue needing attention in a child’s makeup, they will normally contact parents to discuss this. We do have several intervention programs: MiniLit normally for children in Grade 1 or 2, for remediating reading difficulties and a numeracy intervention program. We have access to a DET Psychologist and a DET Speech Pathologist, but their time is very limited and we may be lucky enough to have between 10 and 15 children seen every year and sometimes more than that. Participation in all our intervention programs is determined by Mrs Wood and me, because we are in the best position to ascribe priorities across the school. Parents are welcome to discuss your child’s needs with us, but we will have a much more comprehensive knowledge of what needs there are across the whole school. External Master Plan We are making good progress on this task and shortly hope to see final drawings and specifications. Planning for the new sand pit is also well-advanced. Annual Report The School’s 2014 Annual Report was presented at the previous School Council meeting for ratification. Any parent wishing to read the report should ask at the office. Kind regards, Ian Sloane Principal FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S DESK New Zealand Visitors: great prep art work in the corri- The grade 5 students will be involved in the making and decoWe had a wonderful week with dor area near the Prep rooms. rating of ceramic poppies with a the Cockle Bay students. On Fri- Mosiac Artwork: day night we had a farewell BBQ We have placed three pieces of visiting artist at the end of April and beginning of May. with all the hosting families. It mosaic artwork done by the stuwas a lovely night and a great dents with Ms Ricardo’s guidway to end the week. On Satur- ance on the wall near the flag day morning all families and pole. These show the school four of our staff went to the air- motto ‘Thinkers, Learners, port to see the students and Leaders’. We will have more moCockle Bay staff off. There were saic pieces going up around the some emotional moments and school in the near future. the children were sad to say good bye to each other, but they all boarded the plane and arrived back in Auckland safely. Corridor Displays: Please take the time to look at the Art displays in the main corridor between rooms 5 & 6. The Coral Reef art work has been done by the 3/4 grades and the other display has been done by the students in grades 5 & 6 ANZAC Service: and the Montessori Cycle 3. Our grade 6 students went to a commemorative ANZAC service at Box Hill today. Our school captains took a wreath to lay at the memorial. The service was organised by the RSL and Rotary. Some local schools were given the opportunity to attend. There is also a display of some Chess: Chess club starts today, Wednesday 22nd April and will continue until the last Wednesday of term, 24th June. Regards Heather Wood Assistant Principal Mitcham Primary’s Birthday Stars The students below celebrate their birthdays from 20th April to 26th April. Megan 5/6C Carly 1-3J Alyssa 1/2N Tissa 1-3M Tarsha 4-6W Students Of the Week Prep B Seth 1.2N Alec 3/4P Le Yan 3/4H Ella 5/6G Tao 5/6W Elaheh 5/6W Ryan HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET? Konnective is a mobile app solution that will allows us to communicate with you, our parents, straight to your smartphone. We send news, events, photos and more so that you can be even more connected with your children’s activities and events at the school. Using the Konnective app, you can add events directly to your phone's calendar, set reminders for things you need to do and receive important alerts (similar to a text message) as soon as they are released. Speak to the office for more details. SUPER SCIENCE! ROBOTS EXPLORE UNDERWATER VOLCANO! When mysterious lumps of pumice stone washed up on beaches in Tasmania, Australia, Rebecca Carey knew that they must be coming from an underwater volcano. Rebecca is a Tasmanian volcanologist (someone who studies volcanoes), and she had been tracking the travelling pumice for more than a year. She knew these large chunks of floating solidified magma were coming from a huge underwater volcanic eruption around 1000 kilometres north of Auckland. The eruption was first noticed by a plane passenger who saw large rafts of pumice floating on the water. Rebecca is now travelling to the volcano that produced the pumice, aboard US ship Roger Revelle, to find out more about its eruption. Researchers are keen to take a closer look as we know little about deep underwater volcanic magma eruptions. We are interested in how those pumice particles are transported once they leave the vent,” says Rebecca. Rebecca says the team will use two robots to find out more about the Havre volcanic eruption. One is an autonomous underwater vehicle, called Sentry. The other is a remotely operated vehicle, called Jason. More information Find out more about the voyage and ask the scientists a question Pumice rock found by Rebecca Carey. JOKE TIME! Ever heard of the chemistry student who was reading about helium? He just couldn't put it down! Know any good science jokes? Send them in and we’ll publish them! OTTERLY LOVE! With Mother’s Day approaching I thought this photo was timely! EDUCATION WEEK Education Week will be celebrated at Mitcham Primary School from Saturday 16th May until Friday 23rd May 2015. We have several activities planned to enable all members of the school community to visit and participate in this week. Saturday 16th May: Open Day- 10:00am - 1:00pm. Monday 18th May: Grandparents’ Day- 11.30am - 1:00pm. Wednesday 20th May: Prep Information Evening - 6:00pm - 7:00pm. Thursday 21st May: Working Open Day – 10:00am - 1:00 pm. Crack the code with maths! is the theme of this year’s Education Week, 17-23 May 2015. The Education Week website now features information for parents and students about the value of maths and computer coding education, and the diverse study options and rewarding career paths it can lead to. To find out more about Education Week and the value of maths and coding, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/educationweek GRANDPARENTS’ DAY Monday 18th May 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Grandparents’ and Special Friends’ Day will be held at the school on Monday 18th May. This is a wonderful opportunity for extended family members to connect with our school and spend time in the classroom with the children. You may also like to bring a small picnic lunch and a drink to share with the children whom you are visiting. We look forward to seeing you. School photo day is on Tuesday 26th May If you wish to purchase a family photo please collect an envelope from the school office. SCHOOL BANKING School banking takes place every Wednesday. To help reward individual savings efforts, every time a student deposits into their Youthsaver account through School Banking, regardless of the amount, they’ll receive a Dollarmites token. Once they’ve collected 10 tokens, they can redeem them for a variety of exciting reward items. They’ll also receive a certificate when they reach certain savings milestones. OSHClub News Before School / After School Care ProDear Mitcham OSHClub Parents, It was nice to see the children excited and happy first week back after the short break. Last week we worked on designing our own garden. We are still dropping preps in the morning and collecting in the afternoon from their classes. We will continue the same and let you know when the things change. This term we will be working to develop a veggie patch outside the OSH room next to the windows. Your ideas and suggestions in this matter will help us to work on it. We are looking for some pots and thermocol boxes for our veggie patch. Along with that we are also working on the patchwork project. Children are enjoying working with fabric. We need some books for our library. Donation in this matter will be highly appreciated. Parents when you are in look at our Quality Improvement Plan Tree, new arrangement of the room and feel free to give feedback/suggestions. Your input is highly valuable to us. Remember bookings can be made right until 12pm the night before, or you can book on the day by calling or leaving the text message but there will be an extra charge of $3.00 for bookings within 24 hours. If you’re ever stuck and would like your child to attend After School Care you can call me or leave a message on 0422 097 497 and I will get back to you. For some reason if you need to cancel the child from attending the after school care session you can cancel online or leave a text message on the program phone (0422 097 497) if it is on the day. Please remember to update the contact details (Especially the phone numbers, address and any medical condition) on the enrolment form if there is any change. You can do so online. NEXT WEEKS ACTIVITIES Before care activities After Care Activities Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Animal habitat & Premiers reading challenge Alphabet art & Evacuation procedure Sharing circle & Kids catch up meeting Watering and weeding our garden & Silent ball Animal habitat & Kids catch up meeting Alphabet art & Skipping rhyme game Sharing circle & Hangman Watering and weeding our garden & Kick the ball Friday Leadership Development & Line tiggy Leadership Development & Broken window Parent Information OSHC program phone: 0422 097 497 Coordinator: Jagruti Shah Assistants: Lekky Le (Permanent) Mona Chhed and Victoria Horn (Casuals). Alex is on placement for the first three weeks. OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000 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 cancellations can also be managed via your online account. 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