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Malvern Valley Primary School
NEWSLETTER
Forthcoming Events
Issue No. 6
5th May 2015
Working Bee Thank You
We had a great turn up to the working bee on Sunday so we
accomplished heaps as you may have seen as you came to
school on Monday. Thank you to the following families: Wright
Family, Routley Family, Amis Family, Holden Family, Kim Family, Rado
Family, Loeding Family, Barwick Family, Smith Family, Singh Family,
Lai Family, Anstee Family, Flood Family, Clark Family, Mole Family, Davie Family,Osboldstone Family, Benson Family, Lightbody Family and Badge Family.
To join School Council members on Monday 25th May @ 7pm
in the Sherwood Centre and contribute to our School Review.
Please go to the Skoolbag app for the school
calendar
PA News—p2
Learning at MV—p3
Malvern Valley Way—p3
Being Active @ Malvern Valley—p4
Students of the Week—p4
Our Values—p4
Being Creative at MV—p5
OSHC News—p6
Canteen News—p7
Footy Tipping—p8
Sponsors—p9
Advertising—p10
Notices that went home:
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The School Review is the last part of the 4 year cycle which began with the development of a Strategic Plan in 2011. During the previous School Review we identified areas that we wanted to improve and we used this to develop our current
plan. Each year since then we have broken our goals into steps and these are the
foci in our Annual Implementation Plans which guide us in that year. Our progress has been recorded in our Annual Reports. This year we complete the cycle
with a Self Evaluation and an external review of the 4 years looking at Student
Learning, Student Engagement & Wellbeing and Transition.
Groups within the school are being invited to contribute to our Self Evaluation:
staff, students, parents, School Council. On the 25th May, parents are asked to
come along and give their feedback on the past 4 years and ideas for the next 4
years.
This year’s Annual Report will be available on our website shortly and hard copies
are available at the office.
Next week our Grade 3 & 5 students will be doing the NAPLAN on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday. If your child is in one of those classes please have
them here in plenty of time as rushing can be distressing and if they are calm they
are more able to do their best.
If your child isn’t doing NAPLAN, please show respect by being on time and not
interrupting by coming in late.
ENROLMENTS FOR 2016 ARE OPEN
If you have a child who is eligible for Prep in 2016 and will be coming to school
please follow the link below to get the enrolment form. Alternatively, come to
the School Office and pick up an enrolment form. Fill it out and return to the
school office bringing the birth certificate and immunization records.
http://mvps.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2014/08/Student-Enrolment-Form.pdf
Malvern Valley Primary School is committed to providing an educational program that
Supports students to be life-long learners
Promotes opportunities for all in a stimulating and caring community
Encourages student to make a positive contribution to local and global communities
Over the first 3 months of the school year, MVPS students have continued to impress by riding, walking and scooting to school.
So far this year, we’ve averaged an Active Travel Rate of 59%. With the mornings remaining very chilly, it takes an amazing
effort to jump out of bed and brave the conditions to get to school on your bike, scooter or by foot. As we head into winter,
hopefully we can continue the great momentum and keep our active travel rate above 50%!
Cheers,
Tristan
School Council News: School Partnerships; Facilities; Promotions; Education
Parent Association:
Collection of IOUs for Mother’s Day Stall
Students with IOUs from yesterday’s Mother’s Day Stall can pay for and collect their gift purchases from Canteen this Wednesday.
Special thanks to Steph, Eva, Claire, Leanne, Lauren, Koula, Angie, Le-Hua, Anna, Pam, Jenja and Iryna for helping run the stall.
The children really enjoyed the chance to purchase something for their Mum or the other special women in their life.
***Change of Date for Movie Night***
Please note that our annual family Movie Night will now be held on Friday 19th June at the Phoenix Park Community Hall. Kids
get your thinking caps on! What movie would love to see? Each class will be asked to come up with their Top 5 movie choices
later this week.
Learning at Malvern Valley
Learning at Malvern Valley
Sounds like Science!
Did you know that there are sound frequencies the human ear cannot hear? Elephants can
hear much lower tones than us and dolphins can pick up sounds that are higher than our ears
can hear. A week and a half ago, the 1/2 classes had an incursion from Monash University,
all about sounds! The presenter showed us that sounds move through the air like a long
slinky stretching out and contracting and explained that sound is created by vibrations, like
a beat on the skin of a drum. We investigated the difference between noise (being scattered
sound) and musical notes (being patterned sound). Everyone made a pipe flute and observed
how the long straws produced low notes and the short straws produced high notes. It was a
thoroughly informative session and provided us with much to discuss and further explore.
Miss Katsineris
Malvern Valley Way:
Community: Inclusion & Belonging
As a member of a community we have a SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
This means thinking that it is important to be a good citizen and to help build a world with fairness and justice for all where everyone feels safe and secure. It means being sensitive to the feelings of others, acting honestly, and treating others (especially
those who come from different backgrounds) with respect, caring and reaching out to people in need, and working towards protecting the environment. (YCDI Program)
What does it look like, and sound like? What are we doing when we are being socially responsible, inclusive :
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Have a chat with your child about these and come up with some examples for each of the them—a Y chart is a good way
to record your ideas.
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The send your examples back to the classroom.
This discussion can be used to build empathy which is an important part in developing the understanding behind being socially responsible . Understanding brings cooperation in putting social
responsibility into action.
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Being Active @ Malvern Valley
Sporting School Program
This program is the new program that is replacing the Active After School Sport Program and while there are some differences it
is mostly the same.
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The programs are for 5 sessions only and are for 45 minutes which means
the after school programs finish at 4.30pm
Students of the week
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Participants have to provide their own fruit and drink as afternoon snack is not included in the program.
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In this program the sports can be offered during the school
Evelyn G
Prep J
day so we are trialling Table Tennis on a Monday lunchtime,
Thomas C
Prep L
thanks to the Table Tennis club that operates in the Phoenix
Park Hall. A staff member will be going with the students for
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1/2F
those sessions.
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Basketball and Hockey are being offered after school and there will be 2 coaches for
each session so that we can divide the participants
into smaller
groups
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Monday—Basketball
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Wednesday—Hockey
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3.45—4.30pm
Children can be signed out of OSHC into the Sporting School program and then signed back into
OSHC as previously—please inform Kerry if your child is involved in a
sport.
Parents are welcome to stay and be involved and we do need a parent helper for
both Monday and Wednesday after school to do the role and be on hand to help the
coach as required.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO BE ON TIME TO PICK UP YOUR CHILD. If you are late
your child will be booked into OSHC and you will be charged.
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1/2K
Emo D
1/2M
David S
1/2P
Aurora C
3/4B
Stella E
3/4C
Niveda S
3/4T
Emma L
5/6F
Jade L
5/6M
Gaylene Fehlberg
OUR SCHOOL VALUES
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All children can learn
Respect - having regard for yourself, others & property
Tolerance – respecting differences and not expecting others to think, look, speak or act just like you
Cooperation – working together for the good of everyone
Resilience – being able to bounce back and to make the most of a situation when unexpected things happen
Friendliness – caring, taking an interest, making welcome, sharing with others
Confidence – having faith and trust in yourself
In our community these values are demonstrated when:
 Students have the opportunity to learn in a positive, caring environment and are encouraged to become self-motivated, life-long learners
 Effort and success are acknowledged and celebrated
 Teaching and learning programs support all students to learn and to develop a range of skills and strategies that enable them to be
critical and creative thinkers
 Every student is encouraged to achieve his/her personal best and show a commitment to improvement in skills, knowledge and
behaviours
 Students demonstrate the You Can Do It foundations of – confidence, organisation, persistence, getting along, resilience
 Students are encouraged to work co-operatively and collaboratively with their peers and other members of the school community,
and to be active and responsible citizens
 Students are expected and empowered to develop responsibility for their learning and behaviour & feel secure in accepting challenges
Diversity enriches our school and is valued and respected Partnerships between students, staff, parents and the wider community are
fostered
Being Creative @ Malvern Valley
Performing Arts Drama Incursion
On Wednesday 29th April, all students from Grades Prep to 6 attended a drama incursion
titled ‘Jack Flash and the Jumping Beanstalk’, presented by Nick, Emma and Zack from the
New Zealand Playhouse. The show was fast paced, humorous and exciting and included
plenty of costume changes, singing and audience interaction.
This was a great opportunity for all students to see a professional production in the lead up
to our own school concert in September as students were able to see dramatic techniques,
processes and conventions that we have focused on in class in action.
OSHClub News—Kerry Prendergast
Program Update
Throughout the week we had some visitors come and visit our program.
They were all of the animal variety.
Zara’s guinea pig had babies and we were delighted to see the baby guinea pigs.
Tracey has a new addition to her family named Gus and he also came for a visit.
REMINDERS
Charges will occur if 24hours noticed is not provided for BSC and ASC.
Late pick up will incur a $2.00 per minute fee.
OSHC program phone: 0434637943
Coordinator: Kerry Prendergast
Assistants: Tracey Fletcher and Ash Rak
OSHClub Head Office: 03 85649000
All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at
www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancellations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day
bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.
Dads Drinks
This Friday (8th May) is the second Friday of the month which means
that it is time for the dads to get together for a drink, pizza or fish and
chips at the Chadstone Bowls Club on Chadstone Rd. It is a very relaxed atmosphere and a good laugh is had by all so come along on Friday after 6.00pm. We will also have the footy on the big screen.
If you have any questions please give me a ring - Rich Davey
0418726906.
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Canteen News
CANTEEN NEWS
Thank you so much for all your help in canteen – Aimee Barwick, Jacqui de Boer, Nella Gandolfo, Anna
Brooks, Jacky Suarez, Le-Hua, Rhoda Gavin, Angie Macauley and Thien.
We need 3 Volunteers for each morning shift in canteen and there are plenty of spots left on the roster so
if you are able to help, please don’t hesitate to contact me on 0425 782 697 or at [email protected].
Online canteen makes ordering your child’s lunch super easy. Just go to www.ouronlinecanteen.com.au to
register and place your order. Snacks for sale at recess remain cash only, so please provide your child with
a snack on Wednesday’s or money to purchase from the canteen window.
Looking forward to feeding you this week. Cheers, Steph
SESSION A: 9AM TO
NOON
SESSION B: NOON TO
3PM
WED APR 29
WED MAY 6
WED MAY 13
A: Le-Hua, Rhoda Gavin,
A: Kerry Kyloh, Ritu (from A: Le-Hua
Angie Macauley
10am)
B: Trinh Lew, Vicki ChrisB: Thien
B: Aimee Barwick, Anna
tofilopoulos
Brooks
WED MAY 20
WED MAY 27
WED JUNE 3
A: Claire Burzacott, Kerry
A: Le-Hua
A: Kerry Kyloh
Kyloh
B:
B: Rhoda Gavin
B: Aimee Barwick
WED JUNE 10
WED JUNE 17
WED JUNE 24
A: Le-Hua, Trinh Lew
A: Claire Burzacott, Kerry
A: Le-Hua
Kyloh
B: Trinh Lew, Anna Brooks
B:
B: Angie Macauley
Footy Tipping
MVPS AFL Tipping Comp 2015 - Round 5 Report
We have a record 71 tippers in this year’s comp and this is our first newsletter report.
Straight to our top 10 first 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
36 - tearsinthegrass
33 - Hot Pies
32 - Team Loeding
32 - Hawks Rock!
32 - Recalcitrant
32 - Tigeriffic
32 - Woof woof
31 - Nishil
31 - Febey Boomba
31 - Jack Crow
There are 7 tippers just outside our top 10 on 31. They are: Josh Sheffield, Hinterstoisser, Tiger Mum, Peter Sturton-Gill, Topfish, Scott Williams and Yankee Tipper. As ever, margin is critical.
Round 5 was also our ## Teacher Appreciation Round ##. So how did the teachers go?
9 - Mrs Fehlberg
8 - Josh Sheffield
8 - Yankee Tipper (Mrs Long)
7 - Mr Bugler
7 - Daniel Fenton
6 - Miss F (Ms Frattin)
6 - Lord AFLdemort (Ms Pritchard)
6 - Mrs Mac (former teacher)
So Mrs Fehlberg wins the $20! Right? Wrong. Anyone who knows anything about footy tipping knows Mrs Fehlberg doesn't do
footy tipping. I just threw that in there for a giggle. So Mr Sheffield wins the $20! Right? Well, not exactly. See, a curious thing
happened. Mr Sheffield and Mrs Long both tipped 8 and both had EXACTLY THE SAME MARGIN (81). Michael Jamieson as
I live and breathe, what are the chances!?! What does that mean? It means the round prize is a tie and Mr Sheffield and Mrs
Long win $10 each. Congrats to both, but I recommend they don't spend their prizes all at once.
Happy tipping,
Mike Ison for the Malvern Valley Parents Association.
MVPS
Malvern Valley thanks the
following Sponsors
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SCHOOL
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