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E-mail: macarthur.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Principal: Lynn Lyles School Council President: Peter Musson

Term 2 7 April – 27 June Term 3

14 July – 19 September Term 4

6 October – 19 December

Term Dates 2008

W a l l a c e d a l e a n d

Ca vend i sh Pr ima r y Schools to engage in a

day of group activities. The focus of the day is

“Reading Together”.

Children in grades Prep/1/2 will travel by

bus to Cavendish PS and children in grades 3/ 4

will attend Branxholme – Wallacedale PS. Grade 5

and 6 students from all three schools will meet

here at Macarthur for the day. This is a great

opportunity for children

to meet and work with other students and

teachers as well as engaging in some high

q u a l i t y l e a r n i n g activ it ie s. I have

attached a permission note to this newsletter

for all parents to sign and return to school. There

will be no cost for this

excursion as it has r e ce i ve d r e g i on a l

funding.

Uniform Order This is the time of year that we need to put in

our order for school jumpers if we are to have

them made by our suppliers. We intend to

place an order for

jumpers by the end of this term so we are

planning to have jumpers available for parents to

try for size next Wednesday afternoon

Clubs Program The Clubs program

began last week on Friday afternoon and it

was a resounding success according to all

involved, children, staff and parents. It was

fantastic to see our children experience

such a range of activities and to see so

many parents involved once again. Activities

this year included:

Tie- Dying: Leonie Dyson

C o l l a g e : M a r i t a

Peterson, Pam Hunter Stuffed Toys: Sue Logan

Dance: Suzy Millard

Darts: Jan Wilson Wooden Photo Frames:

Adrian Stevens

Cooking (Pizza Wheels): Tammy Dark

Cooking (Alphabet P a nca ke s ) : A nn a

Wortley

Thanks to all volunteers and to Mrs Wilson for

her hard work in coo r d ina t ing a nd

organising the program.

Working Bee Thanks to the many

parents who attended last Friday’s Working

bee. The grounds received a much

needed clean up and it is great to see the

amphitheatre looking so tidy again. Trees and

plants were pruned,

cupboards painted for

Miss C’s classroom and w o r k b e g a n o n

i n s t a l l a t i o n o f cupboards in our new

library. Thank you to

everyone concerned.

P r e p One Tw o Excursion Sleepover This Friday is a very

exciting day for our Prep, One and Two

students. They are travelling to Geelong to

spend a day at the Fairy Park as their major

excursion for the year.

Children in grades one and two will end the

day with a sleepover at school. This is the first

stage of our camping and excursion program

which prepares children for the camps they

attend as they move to higher grades in the

s choo l . Tea c her s

attending the excursion will be Mrs Wilson, Miss

C, Sylvia Luke and Suzy Millard. I will also stay

overnight with students at the school sleepover.

The brave dad to sleepover with the boys

this year is Adrian

Stevens. Thanks Adrian. Group Day Next Week as part of Literacy and Numeracy

Week our students will combine with children

from Branxholme –

From the Principal’s Desk

Newsletter Date 3rd September 2008 Issue 28 2008

MACARTHUR PRIMARY SCHOOL

Office Hours 2008

Monday - Friday

8:00am - 9:00am

Monday - Friday

1:00pm - 4:00pm

National Asthma Week, 1-7

September 2008,

“Asthma is serious –you

can take control”.

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Collect 1111 bags - receive $100 sports equipment (general pack 1 of 1 x basketball,1 x football, 2 x netballs, 2 x playballs (21cm),2 x playballs (15cm), 2 x soccer balls, 2 x plastic whistles, 2 x whistle lanyards,1 x large mesh

bag) Collect 1111 - receive $100 Cricket Pack Collect 3333 - $300 General Pack2 Collect 3333 - $300 Netball Pack Collect 5555 - $500 General Pack 3 Collect 5555 - $500 Soccer Pack

Diary Writing in Miss C’s room

(September 10th) at 2pm onwards. Order forms will be available on this day from Carolyn Malseed

or Leonie Dyson our Uniform Coordinators.

There will also be an opportunity for new parents to view our whole school uniform. An order form for School uniform items including dresses, trousers, shorts, hats etc will be available early in 4th

term.

Parent Surveys Thank you to all parents for the promt return of the parent surveys. We have had a 100% response rate. This is a fantastic result as the more surveys we receive the more information we have about

our school which assists us with future planning and development of school improvement strategies.

Lynn Lyles

Canteen Wed 3 Narelle Cassidy Frid 5 No Canteen Mon 8 Jenny Nield Wed 10 Marita Petersen Fri 12 Leonie Dyson

Special Birthday wishes to

- Sarah Cassidy (7th) - Nikki Milgate (9th)

•By collecting Wonder White bags you can get sports equipment for your school

•Start collecting specially marked empty Wonder bags until 30th September 08.

Thankyou to the whole parent community for completing the Parent Opinion Survey. We have received a 100% return. This is the first time this has happened & demonstrates your commitment to our school.

Groups – Clubs - 2008

Times: Activity 1 1.30 – 2.15 Activity 2 2.20 – 3.05 Assembly Students will need art smocks for Craft and Tie Dye activities. Also: For Tie Dye students will need to bring a t-shirt, polo shirt, pillow slip or other, to dye. For cooking activities bring lunch box or other container. For woodwork bring a photo – 15cm x 10cm (6” x 4”) Clubs 2008 Weekly Rotations

Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H

Carly Harry Leah Nikki Thalia Bailey Riley Addison

Kyle S Lucy Hamish Taylah Sam Zoe H Brae Claire

Charlie Kyle T Jayden Hannah Temika Skyla Hay;ey Victoria

Ruby Chelsea Tahlia Laura N Sarah Will Kate Zoe

Darcy Johnathon Chantelle Indi Travis Jessica Samuel Adrian

Casey Laura A Kelsey Aaron James Sean Jim Tenayha

12/09 12/09 10/10 10/10 24/10 24/10

Cooking –

Anna- 2/3

G F E D C B

Craft Marita-456

H G F E D C

Tie Dye– Leonie-Art

A H G F E D

Jan-Darts, Hookey

B A H G F E

Cooking –Tammy 2/3

C B A H G F

Craft Sue – 4/5/6 D C B A H G

W/work- Adrian E D C B A H

Suzy-fitness-P/1 F E D C B A

MACARTHUR PRIMARY SCHOOL

Legend:

PD Professional Developmnt Conf Conference

SC - School Council MPS - Macarthur Primary

School

LL Lynn Lyles JM Jacinta Mulder

SC Sharna Cunningham JW Jan Wilson

SM Suzy Millard JT Jullie Timms

SL Sylvia Luke

PO Box 36 23 Russell Street

Macarthur Vic 3286

Phone: 03 55761 245 Fax: 03 55761 333

E-mail: macarthur.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

ABN 32 438 396 193

MACARTHUR PRIMARY

SCHOOL

We’re on the web! www.macarthurps.vic.edu.au

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Week

September 1 Games mornng 9:30-11:00 Multi Age Grps

2 3 4 - Art 5 - 4/5/6 Boating @ Portland - P-2 Excursion / sleepover

6

7 8 9 10 - Cluster Day

11 - MARC - LL - HDEN Hamilton

12 Door Display

Clubs

13

14 15 JM/LL LITM PD

16 17 -9:45 Music Viva

Concert -1:30 Wild Action - School Cncil

18 - Art 19 End of Term

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21 Holidays 28

Holidays

22 Holidays 29

Holiday

23 Holidays 30

Holidays

24 Holidays 1 October

Holidays

25 Holidays 2

Holidays

26 Holidays 3

Holidays

27 Holidays 4

Holidays

5 6 - Term 4 7 8 9 10 11

Numeracy interviews

I would just like to take a moment to thank Macarthur Primary School and the parents who responded to my request for numeracy interviews with the Grade One children. From time to time the University requests that as a part of an Education student’s development, that we gather information from children about Numeracy or Literacy knowledge. This is important for our research into the aspects of what children enjoy and know about these areas. Unfortunately we needed two children, one boy and one girl, chosen randomly, so some children may have missed out, therefore again I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of those parents of Grade One students, who responded to my request and especially the two children I interviewed.

Regards Sheralyn Jewell

3rd Year education student

Deakin University.

EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) The second instalment of the EMA has arrived at school. Cheques can be picked up from the Office between 8 – 9:00am each morning and after 12:40pm each afternoon.