Newsletter No 10 Thursday, 16 April 2015 SPECIAL EVENTS On the ropes READING BEFORE SCHOOL Year 5&6 met author Prue Mason who has written the final book in the Through my Eyes series, Years 3&4 enjoyed a presentation by Stephan Pastis, from the U.S.A. promoting the latest book in his Timmy Failure series. UPCOMING LIBRARY EVENTS Scholastic Book Fair Education Week Book Swap 31 July Book Week 24-28 August Library Open Saturday 29 August Visits to Monash Library Premiers Reading Challenge 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 Assistant Principals Peter Hough Vicki Martin Welcome back and we trust you have all enjoyed a relaxing break and an opportunity to spend some time with family and friends. Term Two will be another very busy term, with plenty of things happening across the school over the coming months. On our Curriculum Day this Monday teachers undertook a professional learning program focussing on Deep Thinking for Deep Learning as part of the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning global project in which MWPS has been selected to participate. What is Deep Learning and why do we want to be involved in this project? Deep Thinking for Deep Learning focusses on evaluating, reviewing and refining our teaching and learning practice to ensure our students build their skills to become creative problem solvers, who engage in both the breadth and depth of learning that focuses on both academic concepts, content and critical thinking skills. In order for our students to develop strong problem solving and critical thinking skills, learning needs to take place in a structured environment where learning is relevant and purposeful. At MWPS, we are constantly seeking to improve, evolve and refine the quality of teaching and learning to ensure our students achieve, not only the best possible learning outcomes but also develop the thinking and problem solving skills needed to succeed in an ever changing and increasingly complex world. It is essential we continue to support and empower our teachers to evolve and refine their knowledge and skills if we are to ensure the best possible learning opportunities and outcomes for our students. We would also like to take this opportunity to extend a very warm welcome to five new students and their families. Emma G, Nicola G(Yr2) and Mia G (Yr5) have made the move from Perth, Shreesh V (Yr4) from Carnegie PS and Thiru N (Yr5) has moved to Mount Waverley from India. On behalf of the entire Mount Waverley community we welcome Emma, Nicola, Mia, Shreesh and Thiru to our school. Don’t forget the school photographers, Advanced Life Photography, will be taking class, individual and family photos this Friday. It is important students wear their full school uniform and attend school on time to ensure they are present at their scheduled time slot. Next week our Year 5 students travel to Beechworth to participate in the school camping program. We wish them all well and look forward to hearing and seeing their many new adventures and experiences on their return. Special thanks to the coordinating teachers and parents accompanying the group. Have a wonderful time! IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES 17 April SCHOOL PHOTOS— Class, individual & siblings 20 April Yr 2 Kids Car Ed Preps RSPCA Visit 21—24 April Yr 5 Camp 27 April Yr 1 Kids Car Ed 1 May Year 6 Winter Sport Commences 4—15 May Prep Yr 1 Swimming 6 May Year 3 Scienceworks 7 May Year 4 Scienceworks 8—20 May Book Fair 12—15 May Yr 6 Camp 18—29 May Yrs 2/3 Swimming REMINDERS Permission forms & payments:  Yr 6 Camp deposit overdue  Prep RSPCA Visit due 17 April  Religious Instruction Permission due 21 April  Yrs 3&4 Scienceworks due 24 April  Yr 6 Winter Sport due 29 April ACHIEVEMENTS Congratulations to the following students who attained Silver and Gold Certificates in recent weeks! Hi, I’m Earnest and I care about the environment. GOLD Alicia J, Crystal M, Matthew A, Sarina Z, Sunny Z, Zoe K, Geet J, Seyara F, Gisele A, Max K, Brayden J, Kris K, Cammy N, Nelini W. Remember to use the recycling bins for paper and cardboard. Start the term caring about the environment! SILVER Hitani C, Martin J, Georgia C, Charlotte W, Isabella M, Isabelle N, Emily M, Hayden J, Gina K, Amina D, Sophia A, Jack A, Nudara L, Michaela J, Senuja R, Matthew B, Eunjae K, Saoirse M, Dylan W, Kiara W, Kenneth Z, Veboda W, Krisha N, Minal N, Gina K, Amy M, Loukas T, Matthew R, Aditya C. Rubbish Free Lunch Day Winners Week 9 Term 1 Congratulations to our winning classes for Week 9 Rubbish Free Lunch Day. The winning prep class was with Prep D with 95% rubbish free lunches in their class. The winning junior school classes were 1D and 2C with 95% rubbish free lunches in their class. The winning middle school classes were 3C and 3/4Y with 100% rubbish free lunches in their class. The winning senior class was with 5D with 100% rubbish free lunches in their class. Our winning classes are rewarded with 15 minutes extra recess! Congratulations! CLASS PA SCORE No result CLASS 1C SCORE 91% CLASS 3B SCORE No result CLASS 5A SCORE 78% PB 89% 1D 95% 3C 100% 5B 85% PC 80% 2A 91% 3D 92% 5C 66% PD 95% 2B 91% 3/4Y 100% 5D 100% PE 90% 2C 95% 4B 75% 6A 91% PF 85% 2D 80% 4C No result 6B Excursion 1A 79% 2E 85% 4D 91% 6C 96% 1B 86% 3A No result 4E 95% 6D 88% RUNNING CLUB 2015 We are looking at beginning Running Club again starting on Monday the 20 April. However, to begin again we need few more volunteer parents to help supervise, otherwise we will be unable to have a Running Club this year. All you need to do is stand in a position around the school block between 1.35 and 2.30 on a Monday and watch and encourage all the students running past. If you can help every week, or every second week, or are happy to be an emergency helper please email [email protected] with details of how you would like to help and your contact email and phone number . Running Club requires at least 7 committed parents every week . Running Club is open to all students and has no cost attached, so if you can help it would be great to be able to run this program again this year. Merryn Ashcroft P.E Teacher. GENERAL INFORMATION SECOND HAND UNIFORMS MWPS NEWSLETTER The second hand uniform shop will be open on Monday 20 April, 9:10-9:30am. 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. Items are priced from $3-$8 so please bring small denominations as we are unable to change large notes. We are located in the foyer of the Hall and volunteers are most welcome. For those parents who volunteered to help on the CAP form please meet me in the foyer at 9:00am. Mechelle G Coordinator SCHOOL PHOTOS Advanced Life Photographers will be at the school tomorrow to photograph all classes, siblings and individual students. Orders can be made online or students can bring order envelopes to school on the day. Sibling Photo orders should have been in by 15 April. This 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). 2016 ENROLMENTS Sibling Enrolment Forms for 2016 are now available from the Office. Enrolment forms for new families to the school are now available. TERM 2 OPEN NIGHT AND SCHOOL TOURS Enrolment Forms and information will also be available at: Open Night Tuesday 19 May 6.30—8.00pm School Tour Saturday 23 May 11.00—12.00 CHESS CLUB WORKING BEE DATES Term 2: Saturday 16 May Term 3: Saturday 1 August Term 4: Saturday 7 November Classes begin on April 24 and are held each Friday at lunchtime. Flyers are available on the display stand outside the Office. 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. 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 PARENTS AND FRIENDS & COMMUNITY NEWS Calling all recipes by 30 April! Time is ticking along quickly and in order to get our Cookbook edited and formatted in time to be published by Term 4, we really need as many recipes submitted to our cookbook as soon as possible. We have received a number of delicious recipes already but we really need to get another 150 recipes to make our cookbook a success! Don’t worry if you can’t find a recipe that reflects your cultural background. We simply want a diverse range of recipes in our Cookbook, so just submit a recipe that you know your family loves. We have now also decided to let families submit more than one recipe, so if you have a couple of recipes that you can’t choose between, please don’t hesitate to enter them both. We really need everyone’s support to make this cookbook a success so please help us out by visiting: 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. Before submitting your recipe - please check out the list of recipes we have already received. Most recipes submitted so far are sweet based, so if you have a favourite breakfast, lunch, main meal or side dish then we'd love to have it. You can access the recipe list by logging into Compass (see the link under ‘MWPS Cookbook’ in the ‘News’ section) or going onto the MWPS website (go into www.mountwaverleyps.vic.edu.au and click on the ‘MWPS Cookbook recipes’ link under the Forms section on the left hand side). Thank you! Kerrie Richards and Narelle Bethune PARENT CLASS REPS NEEDED A STORY FOR EVERYONE To a child a book is not just a book; it’s a journey to wherever their imagination wants to take them. The Lions Club of Wheelers Hill invites you, as parents, to take your children on a journey of excitement to their Book Sale at Blackflat Community Centre – Cnr. Waverley and Springvale Roads in Glen Waverley on 16 & 17 May. There will be 100’s of books for children of all ages. We have 4 teachers that are feeling a bit left out as they don't have a parent class rep. 6A - Loretta Leary, 6C - Chris Low, 5D - Wendy Ball and 4C - Tom Boyle. If you are able to help can you email Emily at [email protected] as soon as possible. In these higher classes there isn't a lot that you have to do as a rep. Prices for these books range from $0.50 to $2.50. Doors will open at 8.00am on Saturday and at 9.00am on Sunday. We also have 1000’s of books for adults. COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD SYNDAL SOUTH / WAVERLEY BLUES AUSKICK - Saturday mornings at 8 or 9am Waverley Blues Football Ground Charles Street, Mount Waverley. Season Starts 18th April. Enquiries Phil 0418993596 GLEN IRIS VALLEY TENNIS CLUB & VIDA TENNIS FREE Hot Shot tennis for local primary school children Weekdays 4.00-5.30pm Also 50% off Ladies Tennis Contact: 0407 477798 [email protected] PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS CITIZENSHIP ACHIEVEMENT Prep A Daniel L for helping other people. Jenuli for having a go at sounding out unfamiliar words when writing. Prep B Sienna C for always trying her best to adhere to classroom and school rules. You are a great role model! Aisling C for her terrific work ethic. Aisling remains on task and completes her work to the best of her ability. Well done! Prep C Swasti V for being a wonderful friend and looking after all her classmates. Serena G for fantastic work during maths and for always participating in class and answering questions. Prep D Alethea D'S for always following our class rules and routines appropriately. Alethea is always ready to learn and do her best. Arjun S for working hard to carefully listen and record the sounds he can hear in the words he is writing. Prep E Si Eun L for always being such a ready classroom helper. Si Eun cleans up without being asked, helps her classmates when they need a hand and always with a beautiful smile. Kyle S for his willingness to present his ideas, knowledge and understandings of topics being discussed in class. Kyle often presents interesting points of view. Prep F Sophie S for the way you always come into class ready to start the day. Thank you. Jack M for the attitude you have to every activity. We like how you always have a go! 1A Gloria X for always being so kind and helpful to your friends. Well done! Benji T for being such an enthusiastic writer. Keep it up! 1B Charlotte C for always coming to school with a cheerful and positive attitude. William A for continually challenging himself during our maths sessions. 1C Frank W for making a greater effort in class to present his work neatly. Melody Z for working conscientiously in class to produce her best work. Congratulations Melody! 1D Riley C for bringing in a cocoon and taking care of it every day. Our whole class learns lots of things thanks to Riley. Jeremy T for making excellent progress in reading this term and for trying extra hard in writing. 2A Keira G for making decisions independently. Well done Keira! Liam A for becoming more organised in the morning by unpacking his bag independently. Keep it up! 2B Emily A for being thoughtful and showing kindness towards others. Emmanuel D for making excellent progress in reading this term and for trying hard in writing. 2C Shivya U for being a kind and friendly member of our class. You always come to school with a smile on your face! Aadi P for always sharing interesting information during class discussion time. Well done! 2D Jacob G for being helpful and friendly to others. Well done. Keep it up. Alyssa G for having a passion for reading and for taking such a keen interest in our shared stories. 2E Shivas H for being an attentive listener at all times. Thehan L for always making a conscientious effort with his book work. Well done Thehan.