Mansfield Primary School

Mansfield Primary School

Apollo Street, Mansfield 3722

Telephone 5775 2325

Fax 5775 1914

Principal: Paul Volkering

Assistant Principal: Hazel Bell

Email:

mansfield.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website:

www.mansfieldps.vic.edu.au

Newsletter 10

26th July, 2012

IMPORTANT DATES:

27th July Fun Friday pre-schoolers visiting 11.30am-12.30pm Final day for ski payments for 3rd August School assembly 3pm 30th July Uniform shop open 8.45am 3rd August Skiing program commences No canteen 6th August No canteen 7th August Tree planting 5pm 1.30-3.30pm 10th August Skiing week 2 17th August Skiing week 3 20th August Curriculum Day pupil free 21st August Book Week commences 24th August Skiing week 4

support as we head into the important second semester. This week some of our level 4 students were fortunate enough to be asked to appear before a television camera to record a weather segment that will be screened on Channel Ten, the Southern Cross Network. Our media team were able to select another student from level 4 and all ten students involved, acquitted themselves extremely well. Advice about the screening times for the MPS students will be sent home once we know the dates. Our winter Ski program commences next week, August 3rd. Parents are reminded of the need to have paid for the week’s skiing by the Friday prior to attendance. We trust that our skiing families realise the organisation and need to provide emergency details to the Department of Education Security when children are in the snow, hence the need to finalise numbers and payments in the week prior to travel. It is also good to see our popular Student Welfare coordinator, Nicole Comerford, back at school, despite still recovering from a serious knee injury. Also back after leave is our Assistant Principal Mrs Hazel Bell. We also welcome Mrs Caterina Wilkinson, who takes over from Lesley Dunlop, who is teaching at our Mt Buller Campus for T 3. Replacing Mrs Julie McInnes for T3 is Ms Louise Pullar. On behalf of the school community we pass on our condolences to Julie and Bruce McInnes and family. Julie’s youngest sister, Anita passed away recently while Julie was overseas. A card and flowers were sent to Julie and Bruce on behalf of the school

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Welcome back to Term 3. A warm welcome is extended to several new families and students who will commence enrolment at Mansfield Primary School this term. Our enrolment at the moment is 270 students, slightly more than at the commencement of the year. Firstly and most importantly, thanks to each and every one of our parents who continue to support us in the work we do in attempting to provide the best possible learning environment for your children. Education is not an exact Science, it has many emotional ups and downs and we as teachers experience nearly all of those emotions daily. We endeavor to do the best we possibly can, often with limited resources at our disposal. The current government are devolving more and more responsibility to schools and we are certainly the “masters of our own destiny”. Therefore it is crucial that our parent community project a positive attitude in relation to the importance of schooling. So thanks for your unending

community. Our thoughts and prayers are with Anita’s family. HELP NEEDED.

We are in urgent need of some more Parent helpers to help cut fruit for the students every Friday morning. Just come along to school every Tuesday morning at 9:00a.m and ask Lisa in the school office for directions.

Parenting Ideas

This week’s Parenting Ideas publication is centred on Consequences. Taking time to read these information sheets, will enable you to have some skills up your sleeve when dealing with your children’s behaviours. Consequences are an important part of our work here and increasingly students and all young people need to become aware of the consequences of their actions. This learning process involving consequences starts in the home and is supported at school. Take a positive step toward more effective parenting and read this week’s article. I hope you enjoy the reading and good luck in that ever rewarding experience of being a good parent. SCHOOL COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

Any parents who would like to become involved in the school are invited to join the Community Development and Fundraising committee. This committee meets and organises school activities to help support the school. It would be great to know that some newer members of our community could pitch in and join this vital group. Charlotte Lindsay is the current convener of this committee, so if you are interested, please let the school office know and Charlotte will contact you. Paul Volkering Principal.

SKIING PAYMENTS-IMPORTANT CHANGES

This year payments for skiing, snow boarding and cross country skiing must be paid one week before the children attend. Please note that if your children are intending to commence the skiing program on Friday 3rd August

payments must be made by tomorrow, Friday 27th July.

Payments received after tomorrow cannot be accepted and

the children will not be able to attend skiing for the

following week.

CANTEEN

Our school canteen will not be operating on Friday 3rd and Monday 6th August. Please ensure that your children have lunch on those days. FUNDRAISING

At the end of Term 2 our fundraising team ran two successful events. The cake stall at the Farmers Market made $783 and the Ice Age film night also made $530. Thank you to all of our families who supported these successful events and a special thanks to Charlotte Lindsay and her team of wonderful volunteers.

THANK YOU

Thank you to John and Ros Adams, past parents and school council president, who donated a child’s violin to our school music program. The violin was much loved by their daughter Demalza.

EDUCATION MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE (EMA)

If you hold a current Health Care Card and did not apply for EMA at the start of the year, please call into the school office to complete an application form for semester 2. Parents and Guardians who have already applied do not need to complete this form again. Closing date for semester 2 is Friday 3rd August.

MOBILE PHONE NUMBERS

With the commencement of the skiing program next week it is very important that we have accurate contact details. Please ensure that you advise us of any new details especially a change of mobile phone numbers. SKI RESULTS

Little Buller Spur: 2XU Giant Slalom Div 4 1st Dan Walker 2nd Warwick Crawford Div 5 1st Angus Hill (Mt Buller Campus) 2nd Ollie Walker 3rd Findlay Fulton-Richmond (Mt Buller Campus) Summit: 2XU Giant

Slalom Div 4 1st Dan Walker Div 5 1st Tamar Stafford (Mt Buller Campus) 2nd Ollie Walker

MBRC Buller Cup U12 2nd Angus Hill (Mt Buller Campus) U14 Div 3rd Dan Walker 4th Warwick Crawford Congratulations to all of our students who competed in these events!

ELECTRONIC CORRESPONDENCE

Thank you to the families who have provided their email addresses for the distribution of our school newsletter. If you have elected to receive your newsletter electronically you will not receive a hard copy of our next edition. The newsletter is also available on our school website at: www.mansfieldps.vic.edu.au

Dan & Ollie Walker at Mount Buller

STAR STUDENTS 28th June P1A Daniel Carter For his enthusiasm towards reading independently. P1B Bill Stacey For working to stay on task. P1J Toby Cotterill For his fantastic effort to learn his magic words. 23C Millie Walsh For her great enthusiasm and willingness to help others. 3BN Annabelle Mondin For her improved concentration and strong decision. 45L Jessica Corpe For her dedication and team effort during webquest. 5PM Ella Sculz For always showing confidence when presenting to the class. 6JM Britney Allen & Warwick Crawford Top effort in cross country by reaching state level. Phys Ed Oliver Walker For being an excellent team player.

STAR STUDENTS 19th July P1A Charlie Hall For his outstanding effort in story writing. P1B Tara Matthews Her improved efforts in hand writing. P1J Mary Ball For trying very hard to write her numbers correctly. 2SC Xavier Khunnell For not giving up when he gets stuck during maths. 3BN Kaitlyn Mason For her excellent work habits and co-operation with her team mates. 45L Sammy Hardiman Writing excellent spelling sentences. Well done! 5PM Jem Herbert For showing patience when working in difficult situations.

NEWSLETTER DATES 2012

August 9th & 23rd

September 6th & 20th

October 18th

November 1st, 15th & 29th

December 13th

From the School Chaplain

Bouncing back

We lost 4 chooks to a fox a few months ago. This happened in the middle of the day when the chooks had been let out to wander freely. The remaining hen and rooster were

traumatised, but within a few days the hen was again laying an egg a day and the rooster was waking us up at dawn. They had bounced back from their ordeal.

A month ago we heard a chook-type shriek and dashed out to see what was happening. The rooster had hidden himself in the shed and the hen was nowhere to be seen. After an anxious search we found her cowering under a bush. The rooster is now called "Mr Chicken" for his lack of bravery. The next day, she laid an egg and he crowed at dawn.

A week ago there was another commotion. The rooster had raced for the protection of the shrubs near the house and the hen was found in the dam about to go under. As the menacing hawk took off from a nearby tree, we grabbed her, dried her off and put her back in the shed. She laid another egg and Mr Chicken crowed.

We have a hen and a rooster who keep on bouncing back from unpleasant events.

When people keep on bouncing back from unpleasant or challenging events we call it resilience, the ability to get on with life and to learn from experience. It is something we try to instil in the students.

It's not that we deliberately put difficult experiences in their way; it's just that life is full of challenges. We can go and hide in the shed (so to speak), or come out again and get on with life. Further, different people show resilience in different ways. Our hen lays eggs and our rooster crows. In learning resilience in the face of an ordeal, one child will quietly get on with life and be internally stronger, while another will show their strength to the world. Either way, it is right for them. Sue McDonald (Sue is employed under the National Schools Chaplaincy and Student Well Being Program. The opinions expressed here are her own.)

PONY CLUB FUNRAISER National Theatre of Great Britain smash hit production, War Horse, at the Arts Centre, Melbourne. Wednesday January 30th, 2013 1pm. Tickets $100 each plus return bus trip $25.00 (numbers dependent) Enquiries to Fenella Ritchie: ritchie.mark@bigpond.com

I love 5PM because:

• of the people in it • we have great fun • we do fun projects • Mrs.MacMunn makes sport fun • everyone is funny and nice • I have friends • Mrs.MacMunn is organised with everything • of the nice and caring people • of the activities • Mrs.MacMunn is a great teacher to me • of the heater, the couch and nice people and nice teacher • it has great and enthusiastic students • the heater is there for me • you are a class who shows lots of independence in your learning, you are fun to be with and are growing into fantastic future leaders of the school • our class members are caring • it’s warm • it has lots of nice people in it

REGULAR BUS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS

1. A child at school not travelling home on the bus must bring a written dated note. 2. Each term one note to inform us e.g. “Bill” is not travelling on the bus on……………………..(day of the week). 3. Bus Passes are only granted for emergencies—not social reasons. Casual bus passes will not be issued. 4.Bus requests must be in writing and to the school. Please note bus drivers cannot give permission.

My child………………………………………………………………………………………………………..will not be travelling

on the……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Bus Route on ………………………………………………………………………………….day of the week during

Term 3, 2012.

Signed…………………………………………………………………………………………(Parent/Guardian)

�ews from our Mount Buller Campus

Tabloid Sports

The Tabloid Sports is where we run seven activities at once. Every ten minutes we rotate the students around so everyone gets a go. The activities are based on developing our eleven motor skills. These are: Forehand Strike; Two handed Strike (backhand); Vertical Jump; Kick; Punt; Throw; Catch; Run; Leap; Dodge and Ball Bounce. Our station is based on Kicking and Punting. We have got the students kicking to people, targets, off cones and the ground. The people running our station are Warwick, Jack, Josh and Angus. We found that the younger kids have different attention spans than the older kids so we had to modify our activity a lot. One thing that we liked best was the student’s enthusiasm. It made the activity so much more fun to run. We really enjoyed running the Tabloid Sports and we hope it will be just as fun for the rest of the term.

By Jack Fergus (Gr.6) and Warwick Crawford (Gr.6)

Our tabloid sport was ball bounce. At first we didn’t think we would complete all the activity, but we ended up having too much time. So we had to think of more ideas to fill the time. Our picture shows one of our filler activities it was tunnel ball where students had to bounce the ball as they ran back to the front of the line. We are really looking forward to running our next tabloid sports session. By Talullah Madden (Gr.5) and Accalia Paine (Gr.5)

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