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Newsletter No 15, Thursday 21 May 2015
SPECIAL EVENTS
YEAR 6 PHILLIP ISLAND CAMP
The Year 6 students went on their camp at the Phillip Island Adventure Resort from 12-15 May. The wet weather threatened to
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and dampen everyone’s spirits. However, our host was accommodating to our requests and organised a wet weather program for us which allowed our students to experience the thrills of indoor activities such as Crate
Climb, Rock Wall and Circotron. They also got to challenge themselves in Minute to Win It.
On the third day, it was safer to go outside so we finally got to do the outdoor activities. The two most popular activities were
the Giant Swing and the Twin Flying Fox where not just the students, but also the teachers and parent volunteers, got to experience the exhilaration! There were also activities such as Initiative Course and Team Rescue which really tested the students’
problem solving skills and teamwork. Photo Hunt, Boulderwall and Low Ropes made up the rest of the outdoor program.
The night program consisted of a Movie Night, Trivia Night and Talent Show. The latter comprised 32 acts and it was fantastic to
see a variety of talents being showcased by our students!
The Year 6 students enjoyed the camp despite the inclement weather at the beginning. There is no doubt one of their highlights
would have been being able to spend time and do things with their friends. They should all be commended for being so flexible
and adapting to the changes in the program, and for conducting themselves so excellently throughout the camp.
The camp would not have been the success it was without the support provided by the parent helpers George Moutsios, Ian
Taylor, Sam Wickramaratna, Dewa Ketut Kariawan and Arun Thenabadu. A big thank you also to Miss Kemp, Miss Kumakura, Ms
Harman and Miss James (student teacher) for their help. Finally, thanks should also be accorded to Ms Leary for her role in first
aid and also to Mr Low, Mr Rooks and Miss Chalmers for doing a splendid job at making the camp a great experience for our
students!
The thrilling and dizzying
Cirotron
Students being tested on their problem solving
and teamwork
Yr 6 Phillip Island Camp………...
Last week the very excited year 6s headed off on camp to Phillip Island, this camp went for four days and three nights. On our
way to Phillip Island we stopped at San Remo to watch the pelicans feed. Unfortunately just as we where going to watch the
pelicans it started bucketing rain so we could not stay and watch That didn't bother the Year 6s though because we where all
just so happy to be on camp and having fun together! Finally we arrived at camp many kids got a surprise to find that it was
luxury style compared to all the other camps we have been on. That night we all snuggled up in our pjs and watched a movie.
Throughout the other days we did many fun activities including; 18m high Giant Swing, 200m twin Flying Fox, Crate Climb,
Rock Climbing, The Circatron, Ropes Course, Initiative Course, Team Rescue and heaps more! On the last night we had every
single student perform an act for the Year 6 Talent Show of 2015. There where some amazing acts and everyone should be
extremely proud of their efforts! The weather wasn't very kind, but the Year 6s had a fantastic time! A massive thank you to
all the teachers and parents that came along. It wouldn’t have been the same without you!
Lila O School Captain
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
IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES
The Principal’s Pen
2016 Prep Enrolment
We have recently received unprecedented interest in both Prep
enrolments for next year and also enrolments throughout other
year levels. While it sends a positive message that Mount
Waverley Primary School has an outstanding reputation, it also
potentially places a strain on physical resources and increases
complexities with regards to staffing.
If you have a sibling to enrol in Prep for 2016 I encourage you to
enrol them immediately as a matter of urgency to assist with
workforce planning for next year. To ensure small class sizes next
year I may need to close enrolments at some stage next term.
Working Bee
Thanks to Loretta Leary for organising the working bee last
Saturday. The small group of parents and staff achieved a great
deal and managed to clear both of the shipping containers and
line them with cupboards for more effective storage. Some
internal spaces were re-designed and general cleaning tasks have
made the school look spick and span for Education Week.
Camps
Over recent weeks both the Year 5 and Year 6 students have been
to camp. Year 5 attended The Old Priory in Beechworth a few
weeks ago for a historical education camp while last week Year 6
attended The Phillip Island Adventure Camp which provided a
wide range of challenging and exciting activities. I thank all staff
and parents who attended these camps and made them possible
for our students. As is often the case, the camp staff commented
on the exemplary behaviour of our students.
Open Night
Thanks to staff for giving up their time on Tuesday evening to
celebrate learning at Mount Waverley Primary School. The theme
of the night was ‘Technology in the 21st Century’ and it was
fantastic to see so many devices on display and being utilised.
Although technology continues to change it has always had a role
to play in learning. Throughout my career I have seen technology
change from: whole school ABC songs over the PA system; Behind
the News on TV; listening post for literacy skills; computers;
projectors, interactive whiteboards to iPads and laptops. With all
technology it is important to remember that the learning is the
focus and the technology is the vehicle for the learning to take
place. I congratulate the Mount Waverley staff on their
commitment to embrace new technology to engage our students
in learning tasks.
Thanks also to Jacqueline Griffeth for organising The Book Fair and
James Maccaulay for organising the musical performances to
complete a fantastic evening.
Greg Paine
18—29 May
Yrs 2&3 Swimming
22 May
Walk to School Day
22 May
Year 6-Year 7 Transition Important Date
All Applications for Year 7 Placements
forms to be returned to Mount Waverley
Primary School
26 May
District Cross Country
29 May
State Tennis
1 June
Division Cross Country
3 June
ICAS Science
5 June
WILD ONESIE DAY
Yr 5 Gold Rush Incursion
8 June
QUEENS BIRTHDAY HOLIDAY
9 June-10 June
Yr 3 & Yr 4 Science incursion
11 June
Yr 3-6 Music Night 6.30pm see Compass/
Tiqbiz for notice
15 June
ICAS Writing this week
Annual Reporting Meeting Monday 15 June
7.00pm Staffroom
16 June
ICAS Spelling
Regional Cross Country
23 June
Yr 6 Melbourne Museum
REMINDERS
Permission forms & payments:
 Yr 6 Melbourne Museum overdue
 Yr 5 Gold Rush due 3 June
 Yr 3 & 4 CSI Lab forensics due 5 June
WORKING BEE DATE
Term 3: Saturday 1 August
Term 4 : Saturday 7 November
ACHIEVEMENTS/CURRICULUM
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Library News
Hi, I’m Earnest and
I care about the
Environment.
Remember to
recycle .Place
recyclable items
such as cans,
paper , cardboard ,
plastics into
correct recycling
bins .
Scholastic Book Fair is over for another year. As we
organise the orders and pack up the trolleys yet
again, I must thank all the families who supported
the library by purchasing something from the book
fair, and especially the fantastic parents who
helped on the cashier’s desk.
GOLD
JiaYuan W, Ashkii S, Naomi K, Emily W-S, Michaela
J, Amina D,
SILVER
Mia O, Mihir G, Saranya S, Kenneth Z, Liam A, Mia
M, Jeremiah L, Minal N, Matthew A, Krisha N, Alyssa
G, George D, Hayley C Shivas H Roger M, Olivia A,
Samantha J, Senuja R, Aryan M, Arnav C, Isabelle
N, Subu B, Jia Xing T, Martin J, Georgia C, Sonal M,
Anirudh S, Raymond Z, Sophia A, Kaela M, Julia K
Rubbish Free Lunch Day Winners Week 5 Term 2
Congratulations to our winning classes for last week’s Rubbish Free Lunch Day. The winning prep classes were PC
and PE with 95% rubbish free lunches in their class. The winning junior school classes were 2B and 2C with 96%
rubbish free lunches in their class. The winning middle school classes were 3B, 3C and 3D with 100% rubbish
free lunches in their class. The winning senior class was 5D with 88% rubbish free lunches in their class. Our
winning classes are rewarded with 15 minutes extra recess! Congratulations
CLASS
SCORE
PA
No result
CLAS
S
1C
PB
PC
PD
PE
SCORE
CLASS
SCORE
SCORE
100%
CLAS
S
5A
87%
3B
94%
1D
87%
3C
100%
5B
61%
95%
2A
88%
3D
5C
81%
96%
3/4Y
100%
83%
80%
2B
5D
92%
6A
88%
Camp
48%
95%
2C
96%
4B
PF
No result
2D
No result
4C
No result
6B
Camp
1A
86%
2E
4D
82%
6C
Camp
1B
88%
3A
83%
92%
4E
95%
6D
Camp
GENERAL INFORMATION
STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS…Walk Safely to School Day
Just a reminder that tomorrow is Walk To School Day .
Years 3 - 6 Music Night 2015
Thursday the 11th of June, 6:30pm onwards.
Please see Compass/Tiiqbiz for notice
WORKING BEE
We would like to thank the following families and staff for their important and
fabulous contribution to Saturday’s Working Bee. Many jobs were undertaken and completed successfully,
ensuring that the school’s grounds remain beautiful and safe for the community.
Families: the Ritlewski Family, the Davis/Rintoul Family, the Rooks Family, the Jasmin Family, the
Mawson Family, the Morrison Family, the Linden Family, the D’Silva family, the Wijerathne Family, the
Baard Family, the Boucher/Darlington Family, the Clowes Family, the Richards Family, the
Jurangpathy Family, the Jackman Family,
Staff: Mr. Parker, Mrs Noblett, Mrs Winston, Mrs Woods, Mr Rooks, Mrs Bailey, Sue Pugliese,
Mrs Leary and Mr Paine.
Working Bees are an opportunity for the community to give back to the school in helping to maintain and
beautify the grounds. We are looking forward to greater community support in 2015 to ensure that our
grounds can be effectively maintained without outsourcing to private contractors. Please come along to our
next Working Bee It will be a great opportunity to get to know the staff, students and
families of the school, whilst performing an invaluable community service.
OUR NEXT WORKING BEE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY 1ST
AUGUST 2015 FROM 9am -2pm.
COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD
Oakleigh Parenting Workshop Oakleigh Services Training Centre- Wednesday 27 May,3,10,17 June 1pm till 3pm
St . Luke’s Preschool 94 Essex Rd Mount Waverley 3149 Open day Saturday the 23 MAY 1Oam till 2.00 noon
Batesford Community Hub Peer Support Program- 4th June 4pm till 5.30pm Thursday 8 week program
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT UPDATE
MWPS Senior Environment Team is challenging our school to participate in this event by holding a WILD ONESIE DAY on
FRIDAY 5TH JUNE. Students are asked to dress in a wild onesies or dress like an animal. A GOLD COIN donation is requested.
Introducing GALLIPMOOLI
GALLIPMOOLI, the cow, has joined MWPS Senior Environment students in the classroom as part of Dairy Australia’s Picasso
Cows program. GALLIPMOOLI was named by our Senior Environment Team, who are learning all about the Australian dairy
industry as part of the educational program designed to teach children about where dairy foods come from and the health
benefits of consuming dairy foods such as milk, cheese and yogurt.
Armed with glue, paint and loads of enthusiasm, the students chose Dairy Farmers Who Became Soldiers During WW1 as
their dairy learning focus, which has seen GALLIPMOOLI transformed from a blank life-size fibreglass cow, into a piece of art
with an important educational message!
The students have been documenting their findings from start to finish in a learning journal which they will showcase with
GALLIPMOOLI at a presentation day later this term, where MWPS will be going head to head with other schools from Victoria
for a chance to win $250 if selected as the winning school! Stay tuned for further updates on GALLIPMOOLI’s progress at
MWPS!
PARENTS AND FRIENDS
Rotary Raffle Tickets Prep – Yr 5
You will have received a booklet of raffle tickets to be sold in conjunction with Rotary
Club. Please return ticket stubs and payment in an envelope with your child’s name &
class clearly marked on the envelope. Any unsold tickets or booklets need to be returned to the
General Office again named, so that they be accounted for and re-allocated if required.
MWPS COOKBOOK NEWS
1. WE HAVE A TITLE!
Congratulations to Ethan Lin from 4E for his winning entry into the Cookbook Title competition! Ethan's title was picked as the
winner by Mr Paine from over 175 entries. The name of our Cookbook will be......'MOUNT WAVERLEY MELTING POT' which nicely
represents both cooking and the diverse range of cultures we have at our school (and that is what our Cookbook is all about). At
this week's assembly Mr Paine presented Ethan with a laminated copy of his title entry form and a voucher entitling him to a free
Cookbook. Well done Ethan - and thank you so much to all those students, staff and parents that submitted entries into the
competition. There were lots of great (and some really funny!) entries.
2. WE NEED SPONSORS TO ADVERTISE IN OUR COOKBOOK
Do you or someone in your family work for or own a business that would like to place an advertisement in
our school Cookbook? This month we have been inviting local Mount Waverley/Pinewood businesses about
advertising in our Cookbook to help us cover the costs involved with professionally printing the book. We now
open this invitation up to school families or associates who may like to purchase advertising space. The 3
different size ads are as follows: 1/4 page - $250; 1/2 page - $500; Full page - $1,000 (and there is the option of
paying for the ad in the next financial year if that is required). The Cookbook team will work with businesses to
design a unique photo ad that will be placed within the chapters of the book (some ads may even include some of our MWPS
students, parents and/or staff!). Please contact Kerrie Richards on 0428 588887 or [email protected] if you or anyone
you know is interested.
3. CALLING FOR VOLUNTEER PHOTOGRAPHERS
We are also looking for another 1 or 2 volunteer photographers in June / early July for photo shoots with local businesses to shoot
fun and unique ads for our cookbook. Shoots may take place after school hours or on weekends, so if you or anyone you know has
had training in photography, is comfortable shooting photos to go into a professionally printed Cookbook and is available sometime
throughout June / early July then please contact Kerrie Richards on 0428 588887 or [email protected].
We are also looking for volunteers who may like to help us with the production of the advertising photo shoots. Help may be required in the form of assisting the Cookbook team to design the photo ads with local businesses, getting any props ready, and to
help on the day of the photo shoots as needed. Please contact Kerrie Richards on 0428 588887 or [email protected] if
this is something you might like to help with.
4. LAST CALL FOR RECIPES
If you've been meaning to submit a recipe into the cookbook but have not yet done so then now is your last last chance! We are
testing and editing all recipes and are aiming to have this processed finished by the end of May - so your recipe really needs to be
submitted ASAP if you want it included. Thanks again to all the families who have submitted so many wonderful tasty dishes!
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 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).
PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS
Citizenship
Achievement
34Y
Jazmin for being a responsible class member
who is always willing to help others Great job!
Oscar for a fantastic attitude and focus during Naplan
Well Done!
3A
Eldrick H for demonstrating beautiful manners
and for maintaining a positive outlook.
Ashley W for consistently producing homework that is of
a very high standard.
3B
Patricia K for always displaying beautiful
manners and always trying her very best. Well
done!
Ava R for always approaching her class work
enthusiastically and confidently. Keep it up!
3C
Lucy D for being organised. She always gets
her classwork completed on time and to an
excellent standard. Well done!
Julia T for always displaying impeccable
manners to all her teachers and class peers.
Well Done Julia!!
Gianna Z for always doing her best work. She gives
everything 100% of her effort, even if it's new or tricky.
Awesome work!
Andy H for always giving a fantastic effort in all his
swimming activities. A great job Andy!!
4B
Oscar R for always displaying a great attitude
when helping teachers and his peers.
David R for being so inquisitive during our Science
lessons and conducting excellent research into the
topics he wants to learn more about. Well Done!
4D
Jack A for being a keen helper during worm
bucket duty. Thank you Jack!
Nudara L for putting in an outstanding effort with
everything she does in the classroom. Well done
Nudara!
4E
Elsie W for being proactive with her 60 second
science group work, thinking ahead to ensure
her group finishes on time.
Caitlyn C for displaying a positive and caring
attitude in class and always offering to help
others.
Liam S for creating a detailed short narrative about a
dangerous game of hide and seek.
5B
Sinethya P for being a kind, caring and friendly
class member in 5B. Keep it up Sinethya!
Emily M for having a positive attitude, challenging
herself and always trying her best in all of her work.
5C
Maruf A for always displaying a wonderful
personality and building positive relationships
with all his peers.
Vas T for displaying great leadership skills and
making good decisions.
Grace Y For consistently producing work of a high
standard and giving her best efforts in all her tasks.
6A
Portia H for showing great courage on the
Giant Swing at Yr 6 Camp.
Forest L for displaying a great skill in drawing.
6B
Jenna A for displaying her kind and friendly
nature and assisting her peers in completing
the difficult camp activities.
Kallista A for her excellent effort put into all her camp
activities and always giving of her best.
6C
Gabrielle D for using good manners all the time
and her willingness and ability to interact and
work with different people.
Sophia A for the amount of detail and effort she puts into
every piece of work. Your willingness to extend yourself
is truly admirable, Sophia!
6D
Dayana R for making an excellent start at
MWPS and settling in well with her new class.
Jemima M for putting herself out of her comfort zone on
camp by going on the giant swing, flying fox, circa-tron
and her excellent piano piece at the talent show.
3D
5B
5D
Hamish Y for putting in lots of effort to improve his
handwriting and spelling. Keep it up Hamish!
Emma R for concentrating on working hard to improve
her maths skills.