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Newsletter Issue: 10
Wednesday 22nd April 2015 Like us on
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Grade 3/4 Camp
Today we farewelled the last group of Grade 3/4 students who are attending their 3 day camp at Camp Sunnystones at Merrimu , north east of Bacchus Marsh. The camp has been a great success with the students experiencing so many new activities. Again we’d like to thank the staff who
attended, the students for maximizing their experiences, families for preparing their children so well and Jess Greenbaum for her coordination.
Here are a couple of shots from this week’s group.
Naplan
The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)
has on its website information about NAPLAN.
The annual National Assessment Program – literacy and numeracy
(NAPLAN) tests will be held on 12, 13 and 14 May for all students in Years
3, 5, 7 and 9. Students will participate in tests for reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy.
Literacy and numeracy are fundamental skills we continue to use well into
adulthood; and if children are not going as well as they should in these
areas, then parents and teachers need to be aware of this as soon as possible.
Remember that NAPLAN is not a test that can be studied for, and students
are not expected to do so. What is taught in the classroom is what ends up
being assessed in NAPLAN.
For more information please refer to the ACARA homepage at
http://www.acara.edu.au
ACARA’s General Manager, Assessment and Reporting, Dr Stanley Rabinowitz, talks about NAPLAN at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06C3_xqzrDY
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR - 2015
For the full calendar go to mooneewestps.vic.edu.au
Thur Apr 23rd
Mon Apr 27th
Wed Apr 29th
Wed Apr 29th
Thur Apr 30th
Mon May 4th
Fri May 8th
3/4 Camp Sunnystones (3)
Assembly 9.00am
Ceres Excursion—Rm’s 6, 21 & 22 9.00am
Rm 15 Bake Sale 1.30pm-2.30pm
Secondary School’s Expo 4.00pm
Assembly 9.00am
Mother’s Day stall 9.00am—1.30pm
Letters sent home
Mon Apr 20th
Tue Apr 21st
State School Spectacular
Fun Run Info
Principals’ Report Continued
Welcome
We welcome Patrick O’Connor to Moonee Ponds West Primary. Patrick is replacing Amy Dinsdale while
she is on family leave and has previously taught at MPW while teachers were absent.
Transition Evening
Thank you to Vicki McCormack (6-7 Transition Coordinator) and staff who presented at last night’s transition information evening for families. Documentation relating to the process of placement in year 7 at
a secondary school will be sent home on Friday to families of students in year 6.
Determination of year 7 placement is via the secondary schools and all questions relating to that process
is to be directed via the primary school.
There is a Secondary school expo to be held on the 30 April from 4.00 – 7.00 p.m. in the school’s gym to
provide a further opportunity to families for both gathering additional information and discussing particular details about the curriculum and programs secondary schools provide.
Education Week
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. It also features themed activity ideas.
To find out more about Education Week and the value of maths and coding, visit:
www.education.vic.gov.au/educationweek
Lost Property
As of next Monday lost property at MPW will operate in a slightly different way. Lost property will be
located in the gym in three large plastic bins. There will be one each for: school uniform, other clothing
and hats, drink bottle and lunch boxes. At present lost property is located at the Lennox Street of the
Eglinton Street building. Could you go past this area to check if any items belong to your family. To assist
further could you ensure that all items are labelled. From next week the bins will be checked on a regular basis. Any unnamed uniforms will be washed and put into our second hand uniform shop and unnamed clothes will be donated to a local charity.
ANZAC Day Ceremony
As you may be aware, 25 April marks the 100th Anniversary since the landing at Gallipoli. For your information, the annual City of Moonee Valley ANZAC day Commemoration Ceremony will be held at the
cenotaph in Queen’s Park, Moonee Ponds on Sunday, 19 April commencing at 3:00 pm.
Enjoy the rest of the week
Jeff, Fiona and Randal
Community Partnerships Meeting
A reminder that the next meeting of our committee is this Thursday from 7.00 p.m. – 8.00 p.m. in the
Principal’s Office. We look forward to seeing you all there.
Music Incursion
Our next Music incursion is to take place on Monday the 1st June. There will be two sessions, one at
10.00 a.m. and the other at 11.30 a.m. in the school’s gym.
The class times will be:
10.00 a.m. – Rooms 1, 4, 6, 10, 11/12, 14, 17, 20, 22, 23
11.30 a.m. – Rooms 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21
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EDUCATION WEEKLY NEWS
Community Partnerships Continued…
Our performer is Bernard Mangakahia who will be presenting ‘Mana – The Spirit of Polynesia’.
Travelling through Polynesian cultures including Native American Indian, New Zealand Maori, Hawaiian
and Samoan, Bernard discovers with each the idea of family, challenges and pride.
Mana The Spirit of Polynesia embodies dance, music, multicultural themes, history, geography, the importance of learning about heritage and the power of self-belief and respect.
MANA is the inner strength and confidence that comes from a sense of identity. Bernard Mangakahia
inspires everyone to discover their own MANA.
For additional information you might like to visit http://www.nexusarts.com.au/view_performer_details.php?id=71
We look forward to seeing many parents attend.
Bake sale
Hi everyone! My name is Harriet.
Last term, some students in Rm 15, including me,
read a book called “Trash”.
The book was about kids living on a dump site in
Manila. They were living amongst endless mountains of rubbish, human waste, germs and despair.
Those poor kids don’t deserve to live like that.
Mothers Day Stall
Come and buy that special gift for Mum on
Friday 8th May.
That is why we are running a bake sale next
Wednesday April 29th at lunch time near the library.
Presents will range from $1.00 up to $5.00
We are donating the money to Team World Vision,
a trustworthy charity that works with these kids.
Please bring $5 (or more if you
are hungry!) to help us out.
Cards and wrapping paper will also
be available for $1 each
We do need helpers on the day so if you could
spare some time to help out on the day between
9-11am, please contact Jenny Burge via the
Office.
Let’s help those children!
Cupcakes, fudge cake, cookies,
lemon slice and more await!
MPW Photography Exhibition
Attention Moonee Ponds West Photographers!
Do you enjoy taking photos?
We are offering all students the chance to take an interesting
photo and enter it into the
MPW Photography Exhibition
The theme for this exhibition is “Nature”
4.
To enter your photo in the exhibition:
1.
Take your interesting Nature Photograph
2.
Print your photo, no smaller than A4 size
3.
Provide a title and name your photograph
Deliver it to Justine in Room 16 by Friday 29th of May.
If you have any questions, please see Justine in Rm 16 on Fridays
Stay tuned for more Photography tips in the next newsletter
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EDUCATION WEEKLY NEWS
TRANSITION NEWS
Reminder
As advised at the Transition evening, a reminder to all Gr/6 students to please ensure that all residential addresses are updated at the office. This will ensure your application for Year 7 placement
has the correct details.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Missing scooter
A scooter has gone missing from our yard over school
holidays.
It is a 3 wheel, mini-micro scooter which is pink in colour with hot pink handlebars.
If you have any information on where it may be or if
you have seen it at all, please contact Dearbhail in the
office.
Thank you.
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