HIRA CAVE m Month Date 19th February, 2015 - Term 1 Issue 03 Event February 20 Grade 2-6 Swimming (last day) February 23 Year 11&12 Volleyball and Tennis/Year 7 Information Evening/Prep Tea With Teachers February 24 Year 8 & 9 Information Evening / Grade 1 Tea With Teachers February 25 Year 10 Information Evening / Grade 2 Tea With Teachers February 25 NO SCHOOL FOR PREPS February 26 VCE Art Excursion / Grades 5&6 Interschool Sports February 26 Year 11 & 12 Information Evening / Grade 3 Tea With Teachers March 03 Grade 2 South East Water Incursion MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dear Parents, We are currently in week 4 and by the time we know it, it will be the end of Term 1. Hopefully your children have settled well into school life. There are a number of important things that you need to take note of. Updating Information Please ensure your information is kept up to date on our school records, so if you have changed address or phone number please inform the office as soon as possible. This includes emergency contact numbers. If your child has a medical condition such as asthma or allergies, please inform the office and provide the office with any medical documents that are necessary in case of an emergency. Absences, Notes & Punctuality Ensure your child is not absent from school for trivial reasons. If your child is sick or unable to attend school, please make sure that you contact the office and provide a reason. If you are unable to contact the school, then you must write a note and advise the school as to the reason why your child was absent. School attendance is of utmost importance. Also, please keep in mind that students need to be at school no later that 8:40 am. The first bell rings at this time and student attendance is taken. If a student is late a record of their lateness is kept. Students miss out on vital work in the early parts of the day. It is the parents’ responsibility to ensure that their child arrives to school on time. Sareh Salarzadeh PRINCIPAL SCHOOLNURSING PROGRAM - SCHOOL NURSE VISIT Annwen Doonan, your visiting primary school nurse from the Department of Education and Training, will be attending the school during Term 1 to conduct the Prep grade health assessments. Annwen is also able to see other children as requested by parents or teachers (with parents’ consent). The purpose of the visit is to provide all Victorian children with the opportunity to have a health assessment; to link children, families and the school to services available in the community; and to provide information and advice that promotes health and wellbeing. Parents of students (other than Prep students) who wish their child to be seen by the school nurse need to complete a Referral form that is available at the school office. This completed Referral form needs to be returned to the school office. Hulya Ucler CALLING ALL MUMS………… MT. HIRA MOTHERS CLUB NEEDS MORE MEMBERS TO RUN ITS UPCOMING MOTHERS DAY STALL. IF YOU HAVE SOME SPARE TIME WHY NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON OUR LIST OF HELPERS. MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE NEEDED TO ASSIST WITH FUTURE FUND RAISING EVENTS. THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND SOCIALISE WITH OTHER MUMS SO COME AND SEE US AT THE OFFICE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU’D LIKE ANSWERED. MESSAGE FROM THE VCE COORDINATOR YEAR 7-12 INFORMATION EVENINGS Mt. Hira College will be conducting a series of Information Evenings for Year 7-12 students and their parents during next week. These meetings will be held in the Library on the following dates; Year 7 Monday 23rd of February, 2015 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm Year 8-9 Tuesday 24th of February, 2015 from 6:30 to 7:30pm Year 10 Wednesday 25th of February, 2015 from 6:30 to 7:30pm VCE (Year 11 & 12) Thursday 26th of February, 2015 from 6:30 to 7:30pm The purpose of these information sessions is to outline the structure of the relevant year level programs offered at Mt. Hira College and to explain upcoming events, transition programs, uniform, presentation, assessment, student expectations and extra-curricular opportunities for 2015. This includes an overview of the relevant year level handbooks which includes information about subject outlines, student examination preparation, key dates, scholarships and student organisational skills. It is essential that parents and students attend the relevant Information Evening in order to ensure that they are able to make informed decisions regarding all opportunities provided to them by Mt Hira College. All students are expected to attend. Students who do not make a satisfactory effort to attend the event may be excluded from participating in extra-curricular activities afforded to them by the College. All Form Teachers for the relevant year levels will be in attendance at the evening. Please ensure that you have completed the form that your child will have received from the college which includes further information about the information evenings. Completed forms should have been returned to Mr. Stock (Year 7-9) or Mr. Campbell (Year 10-12) by Tuesday the 17th of February, 2015. Secondary Interschool Sports Participation MT. HIRA V. The secondary interschool sports program commences next week when our VCE students participate in the sports of Volleyball and Tennis. Over the first 3 terms of the year our students will have the opportunity to participate in a range of interschool sports. There are a couple of important things to consider with this though; with the significant increase in student numbers the school now has many more students from which to select our teams. This unfortunately means that some students will not be selected when sporting events are taking place because there are often limits on the amount of players that most teams can have. School staff members will look at who most deserves to be selected, ability, attendance, behaviour and general attitude when selecting participants. A major consideration for selecting players will be school attendance. If a student has an attendance rate of below 80% then they will not be considered for Interschool Sports participation. In the event that a student is absent then please contact the school to keep us informed. Further to that if they attend the doctors and get a medical certificate then this will help to cover their absences and be taken into consideration when selecting sports teams. Students attending interschool sport competition will need to be dressed appropriately in the full school physical education uniform. Well done and best of luck to all students who get selected to represent Mt Hira College in any interschool sports event over the course of 2015. WALLARANO BATSMAN Irham Danial Tahir Katy Abdullah Bloch - MVP (most valuable player) Mohammed Efe Akram Bilal BOWLER’S Abdullah Tahir Abdullah 2 Efe Danial Alkram SCORES WERE : MT. HIRA = 61 / WALLARANO = 212 I really think that the cricket team did well today, even though we lost. The final scores were Mt. Hira 61 and Wallarano 212. Our most valuable player was ABDULLAH BLOCH in year 5 because he scored the most runs. I think the team did a great job while balling. Next time, we will try our best to win. From Irham Muhamad-Kadir MESSAGE FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COORDINATOR Starting 2015 Positively Starting 2015 Positively The majority of Mt Hira College secondary school students have commenced the year in a very positive fashion. Whether it be uniform, attendance, academic effort or performance most students have met or gone above the schools expectations, which is fantastic! We sincerely hope that students will work hard to continue to maintain these efforts. Tim Campbell VCE COORDINATOR The majority of Mt Hira College secondary school students have commenced the year in a very positive fashion. Whether it be uniform, attendance, academic effort or performance most students have met or in some cases gone above the schools expectations, which is fantastic! We sincerely hope that students will work hard to continue to maintain these efforts. As a school our expectations of our students are high and we are working hard to help students achieve their potential. In order for students to give themselves the best opportunity to be successful it is very important that they follow basic school policy and focus on attending school as often as is possible as well as consistently attending all classes on time with the correct materials. Well done to all secondary students on a good start to the year and keep up the good work. Andrew Stock MIDDLE SCHOOL COORDINATOR PRIMARY NEWS It has been a very hectic start to the year with swimming, sports and academic requirements. The grade 5s and 6s have been very active creating a product and making an advertisement for this. They have been very enthusiastic and engaged in this project which is fantastic to see. Swimming Grades 2s to Grade 6s have been involved in the swimming program at North Lodge Swimming Academy. Tomorrow is the last day for swimming and I heard that the students have made great developments in swimming and confidence in water. I would personally like to thank all parents who have assisted during this program. The Grade Preps and Grade 1s will begin their program on Tuesday 17th March. and how you can help your children strive in their education. Next week we have the Grade Prep, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3 information afternoons and I invite and encourage all parents to attend these important sessions. Head bands and Hair Ties Many girls have been wearing head bands with flowers and other attachments to them. All headbands must have nothing on them. They need to be a plain headband in navy, white or burgundy. Hair ties also need to be in navy, burgundy or white. If students’ hair is longer than their shoulders they must have all of their hair tied back. Preps The preps have started full days this week having the Wednesday off. The same goes for next week and then they will be full time starting on Monday 2nd March. The preps have settled in well and seem to enjoy school life and routines. House Captains and SRC Representatives On Monday morning at the Primary Assembly the students were presented with their badges for House Captains and SRC by the Principal Ms Sareh Salarzadeh. The following students were awarded with badges; Blue House - Irham Muhamed-Kadir and Alissa Mohamed-Mokhtar Yellow House - Ilayda Yan and Sami Abouzolf Green House - Aidid Yassin and Dilara Zeybek Red House - Emre Ozyurek and Beyza Sadoglu The SRC students are; 4H – Inaaya Hanif and Insyirah Muhamed-Kadir 4M - Golly Musaghazi and Aliyah Yassin 5S - Suni Musaghazi and Akram Broury 5K - Danial Yousef and Valbona Bajrami 6Y - Irtiza Zaidi and Madina Ghous 6N - Ali Demirovski and Leya Wazeer Interschool Sports The Grade 5 and 6 students really enjoyed their first interschool sports day last Thursday and participated with enthusiasm and good sportsmanship. I wish the students good luck this week as they compete against Keysborough Park Primary School. Tea with the Teachers This week we have had the Grade 4, Grade 5 and Grade 6 information afternoons. These sessions allow you to meet the teachers and discover their expectations and what skills and knowledge the teachers are developing Coryn Bretag PRIMARY COORDINATOR HOW THE LIBRARY WORKS Library hours Monday-Friday 8.20am – 4.00pm Closed Recess 10.30am – 10.50am Open Secondary Lunchtime 12.30pm – 1.10pm Open Primary Lunchtime 1.15pm – 1.45pm Open After school 3.30pm – 4.00pm Librarian Mrs Aydin Library Rules All bags are to be put in the bag bay. There is no running, eating or drinking in the library. Noise is to be kept to a minimum. Return books to their proper places. The library environment needs to be respected so all staff and students can enjoy it. The library needs to be tidy when you leave. Issuing (borrowing) books Books are issued during library lessons, before school, lunchtimes (for secondary students only) and after school. To get a book issued : 1. Give the librarian your name and class you are in. 2. The librarian will issue your book for one week for primary and two weeks for secondary. Primary students are allowed to borrow two books and secondary can have three books at a time. (If you have an overdue book, this must be returned or renewed before you can get another book out. The librarian will hold the book on reserve for you.) Returns Always return your book into the return box in the library. Renewals If you have not finished the book, bring it back and the librarian will reissue it for you. Over dues Once a week an overdue list is sent to your teacher. If your name is on the list you must return your book or see the Librarian to get the book renewed. Once a month if the student has an outstanding overdue library book a late fee will be charged and there will be no borrowing until the book is returned. Books not for loan Some of our books cannot be borrowed because they are too popular to leave the library or maybe they are too valuable. Read these books in the library. What do I do if . . . *I damage or lose a book? Come and see the librarian straight away. Bring the book with you if it is damaged so we can see if it can be repaired. If it is too badly damaged or if you can’t find it we will ask you to replace it or pay for the book. If you deal with the problem straight away, you’ll be able to use the library sooner. *My name is on the overdue list and you are sure that you returned the book? See the librarian straight away. It may be that you returned the book after the list was printed or the book has got back on the shelves without being marked off. Whatever the reason we can deal with it best if we know straight away. *My friend asks you to get a book out for them? SAY NO. If you take a book out in your name you are responsible for it and if the book is overdue or mislaid, YOU will be asked to locate it or pay for it. *My friend wants to read the book you have out? Take the book back to the librarian with your friend so she can have it issued in their name. ILKAY AYDIN LIBRARIAN NEW ITEM ON THE CANTEEN MENU KISIR (TABOULI) - Large $3.50 Small $2.50 FRESHLY MADE TO ORDER ONLY PLEASE
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