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Newsletter No 9 Thursday, 26 March 2015
SPECIAL EVENTS
HARMONY DAY
On the ropes
Mount Waverley Primary School, Park Lane, Mount Waverley 3149
Ph: 9807-1480 I Fax: 9888-1495 I Email: [email protected] I Web: www.mountwaverleyps.vic.edu.au
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
TERM 1 REFLECTIONS
Although Term 1 2015 has provided some unexpected
challenges, through tragic circumstances and our thoughts
remain with those families affected, Mount Waverley
Primary School also has much to celebrate.
HIGHLIGHTS
Sporting events, incursions, excursions, a working bee and
a great deal of professional learning for teachers has all
added value to the learning environment of our great
school. However, for me it was Harmony Day that stole the
limelight of our Term 1 highlights. This concept alone
resonates with my own philosophy and the need for all of
us to seek to understand the cultures and religions of other
countries. The students put a great deal of effort into
preparing their outfits for the day and I thank parents for
supporting the event with an array of culinary delights.
COOKBOOK
The P & F cookbook is an exciting fundraising opportunity
and I look forward with great anticipation to the recipes
being provided and the final product coming to fruition
later in the year.
END OF TERM
At Mount Waverley we have a highly professional and
dedicated staff who are no doubt looking forward to a wellearned break. I wish the whole community a safe and
happy holiday.
Greg Paine
PRINCIPAL
IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES
27 March
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
Early Dismissal 2.30pm
13 April
CURRICULUM DAY (No students at school)
14 April
Students return to school
16 April
Yrs 3-6 House Cross Country
17 April
SCHOOL PHOTOS— Class, individual & siblings
20 April
Yr 2 Kids Car Ed
21—24 April
Yr 5 Camp
27 April
Yr 1 Kids Car Ed
REMINDERS
Permission forms & payments:
 Yr 6 Camp deposit overdue
 Prep—Yr 3 Swimming Program due 27 March
 ICAS closed
2016 ENROLMENTS
Sibling Enrolment Forms for 2016 are now
available from the Office.
Enrolment forms for new families to the
school will be available from Monday 13 April.
EARLY FINISH
Remember that school finishes at 2.30pm on the last
day of this term, Friday 27 March.
TERM 2 OPEN NIGHT AND SCHOOL TOURS
Enrolment Forms and information will be
available at:
SCHOOL STARTS
Open Night Tuesday 19 May 6.30—8.00pm
The first day of next Term, 13 April, is a
Curriculum Day.
School Tour Saturday 23 May 11.00—12.00
noon
Students return to school on Tuesday 14 April.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Hi, I’m Earnest and I
care about the
environment.
Congratulations to the following students who
attained Silver and Gold Certificates in recent weeks!
GOLD
Remember to switch
off the TV, computer
or radio if you are
not using it. Have a
great holiday and
think about the
environment when
you are at home.
Mia M, Nathan K, Alanah S, Chrystal Z, Andy S,
Alexander W
SILVER
Hitani C, Jasmine J, Hiruki M, Kayla S, Charli S,
Kenneth C, Matthew W, Ashley W, Mia D, Ethan L,
Elsie W, Alex T, Forest L, Anirudh S, Dylan S,
Arianna T, Imogen J, Mineth N, Shivank A
Rubbish Free Lunch Day Winners Week 8 Term 1
Congratulations to our winning classes for last week’s Rubbish Free Lunch Day. The winning prep class was with
Prep E with 95% rubbish free lunches in their class. The winning junior school class was 1D with 95% rubbish
free lunches in their class. The winning middle school classes were 3B, 3D and 3/4Y with 100% rubbish free
lunches in their class. The winning senior class was with 6A with 100% rubbish free lunches in their class. Our
winning classes are rewarded with 15 minutes extra recess! Congratulations!
CLASS
PA
SCORE
88%
CLASS
1C
SCORE
86%
CLASS
3B
SCORE
100%
CLASS
5A
SCORE
59%
PB
83%
1D
95%
3C
95%
5B
96%
PC
85%
2A
81%
3D
100%
5C
81%
PD
76%
2B
83%
3/4Y
100%
5D
95%
PE
95%
2C
91%
4B
91%
6A
100%
PF
No result
2D
86%
4C
95%
6B
No result
1A
92%
2E
81%
4D
No result
6C
96%
1B
No result
3A
91%
4E
No result
6D
96%
SCHOOL PHOTOS
Advanced Life Photographers will be at the school on Friday
17 April to photograph all classes, siblings and individual
students. This is the first Friday after school resumes for
Term 2.
Instructions for ordering photos online have been sent
home with the youngest students. Orders can be done
online. Order envelopes will be sent home on the first day
of next term for those who have not completed online
orders. It is important to note that Sibling
Photo orders must be in by 15 April, 2 days
prior to School Photo Day.
Please read instructions carefully.
MWPS NEWSLETTER
At the moment families receive
the newsletter via email and it is
also available on the school website, as well as being
displayed on the P&F Noticeboards near the Prep and
Senior classrooms.
As of next term the newsletter will be distributed via
Compass, therefore it is very important that all
families are registered on Compass. If you are not yet
registered and are uncertain of how to go about this
please contact the Office or Jen Dynan (ICT
Coordinator).
GENERAL INFORMATION
WORKING BEE DATES
th
Term 2: Saturday 16 May
Term 3: Saturday 1st August
Term 4: Saturday 7th November
SRI CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTIONS
A SRI Christian Instructions Parent Consent Form will be distributed to
all families in the first week of Term 2. It is intended that Christian SRI
lessons will commence early in Term 2. There will be a cost of $10 to
cover the student workbooks.
The SRI Christian Instruction program gives students the opportunity to
explore Christian beliefs and values. SRI Christian Instruction is an extra
-curricular activity delivered by accredited volunteers associated with
Access Ministry.
LOST PROPERTY
All items of clothing and other lost
items that have not been collected from
lost property by the end of term will be
donated to the Second Hand Uniform
Shop or to our charity clothing
collection.
SECOND HAND UNIFORMS
Your child will only be eligible to participate in SRI Christian Instruction
if you return the consent form to school.
SRI ISLAMIC INSTRUCTIONS
The school has been approached by Arkan Toledo seeking to deliver SRI
Islamic Instruction at Mount Waverley Primary School in 2015. It is
intended that Islamic SRI lessons will commence early in Term 2. There
will be a cost of $5 to cover the student workbooks.
The Second Hand Uniform shop will be
open again in Term 2, on Monday 20
April 9.10-9.30am.
The Islamic Special Religious Instruction program gives students the
opportunity to explore Islamic beliefs and values. SRI Islamic
Instructions is an extra-curricular activity delivered by accredited
volunteers associated with Arkan Toledo.
Mechelle G
Coordinator
If you would like your child to participate in SRI Islamic instruction
please collect a parent consent form from the Office.
Your child will only be eligible to participate in SRI Islamic Instructions if
you return the consent form to school.
PARENT CLASS REPS
The following teachers still need a Parent Class Rep for this year. 6A - Loretta Leary, 6C - Chris Low, 5D - Wendy Ball,
4C - Tom Boyle, 4B - Erin Harman, 3A - Chris Parker, 1B - Leasyl Richards and Prep F - Kate Orr.
If you are able to help in this role or would like some more information can you please contact Emily Johnston at
[email protected] as soon as possible
COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD
Host Families Needed For New Exchange Students in 2015
Many girls and boys aged between 15 and 18 from exciting countries like Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Canada,
Japan, Switzerland, Brazil, Norway, Sweden, Argentina, Finland and Austria are hoping to come here to study for 3, 5 or 10
months from July this year and stay with a volunteer family that is willing to host and welcome them and can afford an extra
member at the family table. If you feel you could do this for them for the length of their stay or even some of it, please contact
Klaus Schumann on (03) 97584279 and let Klaus know of your interest.
PARENTS AND FRIENDS NEWS
The MWPS Cookbook fundraising project has kicked off and we now need your recipes!!
Each family should have received a flyer last week outlining how you can submit recipes online to
our cookbook. We’ve received a handful of recipes so far – so thanks heaps to those families! Our
cookbook is a celebration of the multiculturalism of our school and wider community and would
like as many multicultural recipes as we can get. We’d LOVE to get as many recipes as possible
submitted by the start of Term 2 so that we can start the big task of editing, formatting and pulling
the cookbook together. Maybe picking your favourite family recipe and submitting it online could
be a fun family project to do over the school holidays.
Before submitting your recipe we encourage everyone to check out the list of recipes that we have
already received to avoid duplications. You can access this recipe list by logging onto Compass
(see the link under ‘MWPS Cookbook’ in the ‘News’ section) or going onto the MWPS website (go to
www.mountwaverleyps.vic.edu.au and click on the ‘MWPS Cookbook recipes’ link under the Forms
section on the left hand side). This list will be updated daily. Then simply go into the Create A
Cookbook website as per the instructions in the box below to submit your recipe.
To submit your recipe please go to:
www.createacookbook.com.au
Click on the “Submit recipe” tab near the top of the screen. This will take you to a page where
you can select Mount Waverley Primary School in the drop down box. Once you have selected
our school simply click on the ‘click to access recipe form’ tab and follow all the prompts.
If you have any questions at all about the cookbook, experience any problems
submitting a recipe or would like to donate your time helping us with this project,
please feel free to contact cookbook coordinators Kerrie Richards and Narelle
Bethune via [email protected].
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PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS
CITIZENSHIP
ACHIEVEMENT
34Y
Gisele A for always using excellent manners
and for being co-operative when working with
others. Great job!
Joel K for always contributing good ideas to discussions
and completing work to a high level. Well done!
3A
Maisie B for being a considerate class
member who is friendly and polite towards all
her peers.
Pranav D for willingly exploring and sharing different
strategies for adding and subtracting numbers mentally.
3B
Rhea G for always showing respect and
kindness to her peers and her willingness to
share with others.
Lucas J for his excellent work ethic and positive
participation in all learning areas.
3C
Julian C for always being a good citizen. He
always demonstrates a positive attitude and
tries his best. Awesome work!
Sarina Z for her improved dedication towards her class
work. She is more regularly completing work within set
time frames. Keep up the great work!
3D
Adhvik B for always being polite and thinking
of others. Well done Adhvik!
Beatrice L for always giving an amazing effort with the
creativity and presentation of her schoolwork.
4B
Katelyn T for trying her best on all camp
activities and even holding a snake in the
reptile house.
Emily WS for her great achievement in reaching 22
crates in the camp crate climb.
4C
Carter C for helping others in his group and
being respectful and polite. Also making a
smooth transition back into class.
Tile B for being so upbeat and engaged in camp, even
when stepping outside his comfort zone.
4D
Michaela J for working with a friend to create a
group card that was presented to Camp Oasis
staff. What a lovely gesture Michaela!
Matthew B for a huge improvement in his effort,
concentration and quality of work produced in the
classroom. Keep it up Matthew.
4E
Aryan M for participating in all activities whilst
at camp and encouraging his fellow group
members. Well done!
Mia D for stepping out of her comfort zone to participate
in the camp talent show. It is great to see your dancing
talents out on display!
5A
Lily S for always being a kind and helpful
member of our class and for helping other
teachers clean up. Well done!
Daisy J for her excellent debating skills on the topic
"School should start at 9am and end at 5pm'. Great
persuasive skills. Well done!
5B
Maria K for always being a beautifully
mannered, polite and positive member of 5B!
Subu B for continually completing outstanding
standards of work and always putting in 100%.
5C
Jason H For always being a positive and
friendly student who works well with all his
peers.
Oliver C For doing a fantastic job representing MWPS
at the Gateways Program. Well done Oliver!
5D
Riley S for always being polite and considerate
to others. Riley also has an excellent work
ethic.
Laura W for excellent achievements in writing, being
able to express herself using all her senses.
6A
Chelsey D for always having a go at
everything and trying her best.
James H for committing to his job as School Captain
with great fervour.
6B
Partalie K for her resilience and for being
courteous towards other class members.
James M for making an excellent start to Year 6 and
completing challenges placed before him.
6C
Jiny J for showing wonderful organisational
skills in the way she has managed her tasks
and brought back all notices on time.
Ivan Z for showing excellent work ethic in completing all
his tasks to a great standard, showing initiative when the
situation calls for it.
6D
Sophie P for always being willing to help those
who need it and supporting others when
completing learning tasks.
Neha M for taking a risk during Reach Rookys and
dancing in front of the entire group.
Mount Waverley Primary School
EVENTS PLANNER Term 2 2015
RFL = Rubbish Free Lunches
WEEK
Week 1
Monday
13 April
Curriculum Day
20 April
School Council
Week 2
Yr 2 Kids Car Ed
27 April
Yr 1 Kids Car Ed
Week 3
Week 4
Week 6
Week 7
14 April
21 April
Target Tuesday
Year 5 Camp
Wednesday
15 April
4 May
Prep/1 Swimming
BOOK FAIR
5 May
Target Tuesday
Prep/1 Swimming
Friday
State Swimming
School Photos
22 April
23 April
24 April
Year 5 Camp
Monash Rotary Club
ANZAC Service
28 April
Thursday
16 April
Year 3-6 House
Cross Country
RFL
Year 5 Camp
29 April
Division Tennis
6 May
30 April
RFL
17 April
Year 5 Camp
Yrs 3&4
Mt Waverley Library Visit
7 May
8 May
Prep/1 Swimming
Yr 6 Sport – (by)
Prep/1 Swimming
12 May
NAPLAN
Prep/1 Swimming
Year 6 Camp
13 May
NAPLAN
Year 6 Camp
BOOK FAIR
BOOK FAIR
18 May
EDUCATION
WEEK
School Council
Years 2/3
Swimming
19 May
Target Tuesday
Regional Tennis
ICAS digital
technologies
Years 2/3 Swimming
20 May
BOOK FAIR
OPEN NIGHT
BOOK FAIR EVENT
25 May
Years 2/3
Swimming
26 May
District Cross
Country
Years 2/3 Swimming
27 May
1 June
2 June
Target Tuesday
3 June
BOOK FAIR
1 May
Earth Hour
Yr 6 Sport – Round 1
Yrs 3&4
Mt Waverley Library
Visit
RFL
BOOK FAIR
14 May
RFL
NAPLAN
Prep/1 Swimming
Year 6 Camp
BOOK FAIR
15 May
Earth Hour
Prep/1 Swimming
Year 6 Camp
Yr 6 Sport – (bye)
21 May
22 May
Yr 6 Sport – Round 4
Years 2/3 Swimming
RFL
Years 2/3
Swimming
28 May
RFL
Years 2/3
Swimming
ICAS Science
4 June
RFL
Week 8
BOOK FAIR
29 May
Years 2/3 Swimming
Yr 6 Sport – Round 5
State Tennis
5 June
Earth Hour
Division Cross
Country
Yr 6 Sport – Round 6
WILD ONESIE DAY
World Environment Day
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Sat/Sun
Yrs 3&4
Mt Waverley
Library Visit
CHANGE THE WORLD IN
5 MINS- MOBILE PHONE
COLLECTION WEEK
11 May
Prep/1 Swimming
Week 5
Tuesday
8 June
QUEEN’S
BIRTHDAY
9 June
10 June
11 June
15 June
School Council
ICAS Writing this
week
16 June
Target Tuesday
ICAS Spelling
Regional Cross
Country
17 June
18 June
RFL
Yr 5
Night of the
Notables
22 June
23 June
24 June
Year 6 Reach
Rookies
Reports to go
home
25 June
RFL
RFL
12 June
Yr 6 Sport – Round 7
Subway Lunch
Yrs 3-6
Music Night
19 June
Yr 6 Sport – Finals
26 June
LAST DAY OF
TERM 2
WORKING
BEE
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT UPDATE
MWPS CONTINUES TO SUPPORT EARTH HOUR
Our Environmental Sustainability policy encourages all members of the school community to be active and
responsible in their actions towards the global environment. The overarching theme of our whole school
curriculum is: It’s Our Choice! In an effort to minimise our ecological footprint, MWPS has chosen to implement
regular Earth Hours at school and asks the school community to support this event at home and at work.
This event has been created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced. Earth Hour
uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for
action on global warming. All you need to do is turn off all of your lights for one hour. Easy!
We will be supporting this program at school again on Friday, May 1st (as this Friday is the end of the term
and early dismissal prevents our Earth Hour from occurring) by switching off all of the lights in the school and
any unnecessary electrical equipment in each classroom for one hour between 2.30 and 3.30pm. Throughout
the year, there will be many more Earth Hours celebrated in our school in an effort to make a difference and to
making Earth Hour part of our everyday lives at school, home and at work.
What is Earth Hour?
Earth Hour was founded by WWF in Sydney in 2007 and has now been embraced by 7001 cities and 152 nations
across the globe. And in 2014, Earth Hour will focus attention on one of the world’s most iconic and threatened
places: Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
As always, Earth Hour only works if you’re part of it. WWF is launching a special Earth Hour television event
with Channel Ten to reveal the true story of what’s happening to the Great Barrier Reef due to climate change
and more. Then they’ll turn out the lights to make a stand for the Great Barrier Reef.
On Saturday 28th March Earth Hour supporters will get together at small and large gatherings around the
country. They’ll tune in to the must-see TV special, before turning out the lights to remind the world that it’s
lights out for the Great Barrier Reef if we don’t stand up to protect it.
The organisers of the fifty best – most original, inspiring, impressive or unique Earth Hour gatherings – will then
win a ticket to Camp Earth Hour on the Great Barrier Reef.
How will you celebrate Earth Hour in 2015?
There are many ways to get involved, from spreading the word or holding your own Earth Hour event, to making
Earth Hour part of your everyday life at home and at work. You also get your own Earth Hour page which
allows you to see the direct effect that you are having when you invite friends and family to get involved too. Go
to http://earthhour.org.au/about/ to find out more and register.
The planet can supply for our need, but not for our greed. It’s
Our Choice!
Loretta Leary Environment Co-ordinator
Change The World In Minutes
The Senior Environment Team have undertaken a challenge to CHANGE THE WORLD IN 5
MINUTES. This can easily be achieved by taking small actions towards making our community a more sustainable place
to live in. Next term the challenge is to recycle as many mobile phones and mobile phone accessories as possible.
So we ask that students please bring to school any old phones and accessories for recycling. Students, parents and
friends may bring in these things any time from today. Each class will have a small collection box. During Week 3 the
Senior Environment Team will call for a five minute collection of all mobile phones and parts for recycling. These will
then be collected by Mobile Muster as part of our commitment to Zoos Victoria to help save
endangered gorillas in the wild. For more information on this program go to
www.zoo.org.au/callingonyou
Imandie, Ella and Chanuth
Environment Captains
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS WILL ARRIVE MAY 1ST 2015
Inside the book you will find hundreds of vouchers with up to 50% off, and 2 for 1 offers from
restaurants, fine & casual dinning, cafes, movie cinemas, family holidays, attractions and lots
more.
You’ll have over 12 months to use the book, until June 2016. It’s a great value, as you only
need to use the book 3- 4 times to get the money you spent on the book back.
A copy of the book will be sent home to families Friday 1 MAY (not April, error in notice sent
home on Friday). If you do not want a copy of the book please fill in an “opt out of book”
form and return it to the office by FRIDAY 27 MARCH (last day of term)
The cost is $65 with $13 from every book sold going towards the school for our children.
If you wish to purchase a digital version for your smart phone you can do this online at:
www.entbook.com.au/1806q87
For more details contact Rosy on 0418 516 902 or via email on [email protected]
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“NO” ENTERTAINMENT BOOK PLEASE
(Please return to the General Office by Friday 27 MARCH 2015)
Thank you but we DO NOT want the 2015 Entertainment book sent home.
Youngest Child’s Name: ___________________________Class__________
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- Ali M. (Member since 2009)
CONTACT:
Mt Waverley Primary School
Rosy Linden
0418516902
[email protected]
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Mount Waverley OSHC phone: 0426 631 940 Coordinator: Karen Newham
REMINDERS
OSHC NEWS
Hello Everyone,
A kindly reminder that Monday 13
April is a curriculum day. We will be
operating a service from 7am to
630pm. If you do need care please
go to www.campaustralia.com.au to
book the day.
It’s that time of the term again!
Camp Australia Autumn holiday
program is now open for bookings.
An exciting program has been
planned with an excursion to the
movies. Incursions we will be
making super hero bears, trying to
catch a spy by cracking the code
and making your own movie to take
home on a dvd!
Please go to
www.campaustralia.com.au to book
the days required.
How to get started before using our
programs register online for an
account. Registering is quick and easy.
Visit our website to begin
www.campaustralia.com.au
Once registered you can make
bookings and cancellations, view your
statements and manage your details
anytime of the day online.
Save on Care You can save 50% or
more on Before and After School Care
fees with the non-means tested Child
Care Rebate. Almost all families are
eligible. To find out more call our
Customer Service Team on 1300 105
343 Monday to Friday.
Have a great week.
Karen
WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
AFTER SCHOOL
CARE
BEFORE SCHOOL
CARE
MENU
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Easter Craft
Group games
Cooking
Easter Craft
Group games
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Active games
Easter Craft
Group games
Easter craft
Active games
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Fresh fruit
Fresh fruit platter
Fresh fruit platter
Fresh fruit platter
platter
Saladas with
Sandwiches w/
choice of spread
Fresh fruit platter
Sandwiches with
Choice
Choice of spread
of spread
Choice of
Sandwiches
Popcorn
Salad sandwiches