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Newsletter No 12 Thursday, 30 April 2015
SPECIAL EVENTS
On the ropes
YEAR 5 CAMP AT BEECHWORTH
P&F SHARE AND CARE PROGRAM
Thank you to those families that have returned the Care and Share volunteer forms. We now have sufficient
volunteers for the program to commence. We have invited a representative from another primary school to visit
MWPS one evening to share how this program works at their school and will advise of the details as soon as they
have been finalised. If you would like to become a volunteer and haven’t filled out the form there are more available
at the Office.
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
STAFF CAR PARKS
In coming weeks additional signs will be
posted on gates and walls around the staff
car parks reinforcing that these areas are
for staff only. To prevent a potentially
embarrassing situation, I urge community
members to please adhere to this
restriction. Our staff must be able to use our facility freely
and be able to arrive and leave the premises for meetings
and appointments at any time of the day without their
space being taken by a member of the community.
Apart from staff not being able to access a space in their
work place, it has also concerned me that some parents are
accessing the staff car park at an unacceptable speed. Signs
with speed limits will also be displayed as our staff are
aware of the acceptable 5km hour speed limit in their
workplace car park.
The only exception to this rule is out of staff business hours
before 7.30am and after 5.00pm.
Car parks are dangerous places and should be avoided by
pedestrians at all times. I urge our community to please use
the paths provided and refrain from walking through or
loitering in our staff car parks.
Greg Paine
Principal
APPROVAL OF STUDENT ABSENCES
Parents/Guardians please ensure that you approve your
child’s absence on COMPASS.
SRI CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTIONS
SRI Christian Instructions will be commencing next week
(week 4). If you would like your child/children to participate
in SRI Christian Instructions, please return the Parent Consent Form with the payment of $10 to cover the cost of the
student books.
WORKING BEE DATES
Term 2: Saturday 16 May
Term 3: Saturday 1 August
Term 4: Saturday 7 November
IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES
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
12/13/14 May
NAPLAN Yrs 3 & 5
12—15 May
Yr 6 Camp
13 May
Yr 2 Kitchen Chemistry
18—29 May
Yrs 2&3 Swimming
19 May
ICAS Computer
Regional Tennis
20 May
Yr 1 Kitchen Chemistry
26 May
District Cross Country
29 May
State Tennis
3 June
ICAS Science
5 June
Division Cross Country
WILD ONESIE DAY
8 June
QUEENS BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY
15 June
ICAS Writing this week
16 June
ICAS Spelling
REMINDERS
Permission forms & payments:
 Yr 6 Camp final camp payment overdue
 Religious Instruction Permission overdue
 Yrs 3&4 Scienceworks overdue
 Yr 6 Winter Sport overdue
 Yr 1&2 Kitchen Chemistry due 4 May
ACHIEVEMENTS/CURRICULUM
SWIMMING CARNIVAL - PREP AND YEAR 1
On Friday 15th May all students participating in school
swimming lessons will be able to join in our Junior
School Swimming Carnival. All swimmers will be
involved in some novelty events and swimming races to
earn points for their house. Each class will participate
during their normal swimming lesson time. If you have
a current CPR certificate and a Working With Children
Check and would be happy to get in the water and have
fun, email [email protected]
We require 4 parent helpers in the water to be able to
run this event.
There will also be a Swimming Carnival for Year 2& 3
on Friday 29 May.
Merryn Ashcroft
P.E Teacher
Congratulations to the following students who
attained Silver and Gold Certificates in recent weeks!
GOLD
Michelle V, Eugene Y, Gianna Z, Thehan L,
Christian F.
SILVER
Vishnu S, Ashley W, Maria P, Sagarika A, Jacob G,
Jishnu S, Kenul E, Cameron G, Thisumi M, Kiara W,
Tanya S, Gaho L, Hitani C, Joshua F, Mihir G,
Evan K, Annika L, Ameesha W.
Library News
The Book Fair is coming! Week 5 and 6!
Every year the MWPS Library runs a Scholastic Book
Fair. This fund raiser for the Library is used to
provide not only books, but also furniture and
equipment, which is used and appreciated daily in our
Library by the children.
Books, ipads, our book spinners, alphabet mat, some
shelving, our ever-popular cushions, our non-fiction
book display carousel, signage and many other bits
and pieces that give our Library its vibrant and
welcoming atmosphere, are funded by the Scholastic
Book Fair.
The Scholastic Book Fair is enthusiastically embraced
by the children at MWPS and the strong support
given by so many parents every year is the reason for
its continuing success. Please look out for the form
coming home tomorrow and see if you can help out!
Thank you! Jacqueline Griffeth
The MWPS Writers’ Short Story Competition 2015
Students in Years 3-6 have been invited to take part.
To do so they will download the entry form and
instructions, which have been emailed to them.
Students in P-2 can ask their class teacher for an
entry form.
Rubbish Free Lunch Day Winners Week 2 Term 2
Congratulations to our winning classes for last week’s Rubbish Free Lunch Day. The winning Prep class was Prep E
with 100% rubbish free lunches in their class. The winning Junior School classes were 1C and 2B with 95%
rubbish free lunches in their classes. The winning Middle School classes were 3B and 3C with 100% rubbish free
lunches in their class.es The winning Senior class was 6A 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
95%
CLASS
3B
SCORE
100%
CLASS
5A
SCORE
Camp
PB
77%
1D
72%
3C
100%
5B
Camp
PC
76%
2A
86%
3D
95%
5C
Camp
PD
84%
2B
95%
3/4Y
87%
5D
Camp
PE
100%
2C
No result
4B
68%
6A
100%
PF
No result
2D
No result
4C
88%
6B
96%
1A
No result
2E
91%
4D
95%
6C
96%
1B
87%
3A
92%
4E
96%
6D
95%
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
even, if possible, 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 by switching off all the lights in the
school and any unnecessary electrical equipment in each classroom for one hour between 2.30 and 3.30pm.
As the official Schools Earth Hour Day was on the last day of Term 1 it was decided that we would postpone
it until tomorrow. 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.
WWF(World Wildlife Fund) invites Australians to walk, bounce or hop back into the wildlife spirit this June,
with the much-anticipated return of Wild Onesie Week 2015. WWF is challenging Australians to head off to
work and school and go about their day dressed head-to-toe as an animal during WILD ONESIE WEEK (which
includes World Environment Day on June 5). MWPS Senior Environment Team is challenging our school to
participate in this event by holding a WILD ONESIE DAY on FRIDAY 5 TH JUNE. Students are asked to dress in
wild onesies, dress like an animal or wear their favourite pjs on the day. A GOLD COIN donation is requested.
The funds raised will go towards our sponsored animals (which include koalas, a bilby, an orangutan, a
Tasmanian devil and a now critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum.) See our sponsored animals page on
the Sustainability Blog http://sustainabilityatmwps.global2.vic.edu.au/our-animals/ for more details.
Imandie, Ella and Chanuth Sustainable Environment Captains
Loretta Leary Sustainable Environment Co-ordinator
Change The World In Minutes
The challenge is to recycle as many mobile phones and mobile phone accessories
as possible.
Please bring to school any old phones and accessories for recycling. These will be
collected TOMORROW 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
GENERAL INFORMATION
SECOND HAND UNIFORM
Hi, I’m Earnest
and I care
about the
environment.
Earth Hour is
this Friday .
Switch off
lights and
computers.
The second hand uniform shop will be open on Monday 4th
May, 9:10-9:30am. Prices range from $3-$8. Please bring
small denominations as we are unable to change large
denominations.
We are located in the foyer of the Hall and volunteers are
most welcome. For those parents who put their name on
the CAP Form to volunteer please meet me in the foyer.
Mechelle G
Coordinator
Keep your recipes rolling in!
This week we have had many great and varied multicultural recipes submitted online to the school
Cookbook - THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED! We are still only about half way to the
minimum amount of recipes we need - so please keep them coming in. The recipes don't
have to be fancy - just good wholesome food that your family enjoys, from any culture!
Looking at our spread of recipes so far we can see that we especially need more recipes from
the following highly represented groups at our school - Indian, Chinese, Sri Lankan, Greek,
Malaysian, Korean, Vietnamese (we have no Vietnamese recipes yet), American, German,
New Zealand, Indonesian and Russian. If you have any recipes from these cultural
backgrounds we would LOVE to have them included in our Cookbook.
We also need to boost the 'Breakfast' and 'Lunch' chapters, so if you have a favourite recipe for either of
these then we'd love to have them.
We really need everyone’s support to make this cookbook a success so please keep your recipes coming in
ASAP!
Kerrie Richards and Narelle Bethune, Cookbook Coordinators
To submit your recipe 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.
Before submitting your recipe - please check out the list of recipes we have already received. You can
access the recipe list by logging into Compass (see the link under ‘MWPS Cookbook’ in the ‘News’
section) or by 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).
COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD
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Contact : 1300884733 [email protected]
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MOTHERS DAY STALL
Mother's Day is just around the corner!
We are going to be having a stall next week on Wednesday and Thursday. Each class will be
given a time to come and visit the stall, so keep a look out for your notice tomorrow.
The stall will also open on Friday during lunch time for anyone that may have missed out.
This year we're offering some great new products for Mum, just have a look below!
Key Rings and Metal Pens $3
Cera
Aromatherapy Socks &
Glass Tumbler $5
Soy C
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Gift
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$7
Light Up Lip Gloss & Ear Buds $6
MU
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8
Speaker with music dock $20
Phone Power Bank & Fleece Blanket $15
Pho
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$12
Soy Candle & Cable Knit Scarf $10
PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS
CITIZENSHIP
ACHIEVEMENT
Prep A
Eunice for helping other people when they are
upset.
Oliver for making connections between different objects
during a sorting activity. Great thinking!
Prep B
Mitchell C for having more confidence to share
your ideas with the class. Keep it up!
Grace C for your hard work and persistence on your
Magic 100 Words. It has paid off!
Prep C
Anaya H for being a great friend inside and
outside the classroom, by showing kindness to
everyone.
Mikayla L for her excellent work during computers,
listening beautifully and doing her best work.
Prep D
Elora C for always following class instructions
and doing exactly what is asked of her.
Zane L for working hard during all ICT sessions. Zane
always completes all activities to a high standard.
Prep E
Indy A for being prepared to have a go and
contributing her ideas and opinions with
growing confidence. A great job Indy.
Ethan C for the depth of his explanations about what
living things are and what they need to continue to grow.
Super work!
Prep F
Stephanie P for being kind and thinking of
others. You are so quick to jump up and help.
Thank you for showing us how to behave at
school.
Eesha K for knowing how to read your Magic 100
Words. Being able to read them really helps with your
reading and writing. We love how enthusiastic you are
about school.
1A
Andreas A for always playing so nicely in the
yard. Miss Willcox is very proud of you. Well
done!
Alyssa L for getting all your spelling words correct.
What a great effort!
1B
Tanya S for always kindly helping others.
Tanya's caring nature is an asset to our class.
Aritha J for the fantastic improvement in his reading.
1C
Ramit K for settling quickly into class following
an extended overseas trip. Well done Ramit!
Aneeha S for taking such a keen interest in all
classroom activities. Aneeha willingly contributes and is
always attentive!
1D
Min S for being a kind and considerate student
and for being respectful to all the other class
members.
Mia A for taking her school work very seriously and
finishing off everything in a neat and tidy manner!
2A
Kiah C for always being willing to help her
classmates and teachers.
Jasper W for making an excellent brochure using
Publisher. It was creative and insightful. Well done!
2B
Ava B for being an attentive listener at all
times.
Lalita A for always making a conscientious effort with
the presentation of her work.
2C
Emma L for always displaying lovely manners
and a caring attitude towards others.
Daniel C for making great progress in Maths this term.
Well done!
2D
Emma G for a fantastic start to Term 2 at
Mount Waverley Primary School. You are a
kind and generous class member. Well done
and keep it up.
Nathan S for showing a great improvement in his
attitude and efforts towards his work. Well done and
keep it up!
2E
Audrey E for being a fantastic helper in the
classroom. Audrey sees something that needs
to be done that isn't her responsibility but does
the task anyway. Well done Audrey!
Hayley C for taking care and really trying with her Maths
work, as well as taking an interest in the topic by
answering questions. Good work Hayley!