Mansfield Primary School

Mansfield Primary School Apollo Street, Mansfield 3722 Telephone 5775 2325 Fax 5775 1914 Principal: Julie McInnes Assistant Principal: Tom MacMunn Email: mansfield.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.mansfieldps.vic.edu.au

Newsletter 9 7th June, 2017

IMPORTANT DATES: June 9th 1/2 Swimming lesson Division cross country June 12th Queens Birthday public holiday June 14th National Buddy Day June 16th 1/2 final swimming lesson Assembly 2:45pm June 17th Working Bee 2pm-4pm June 21st Regional cross country June 29th School walkathon June 30th Last day of Term 2 Assembly 1:45pm

SENSORY GARDEN Thank you so much to the following families who have purchased a mini fruit tree for the sensory garden. We will endeavour to plant the trees at the working bee and place a plaque underneath with your child’s name on it. Hopefully the trees will be ripe with fruit next year and we can have a ceremonial fruit picking assembly. Eight trees have been donated. Molly Jacob (Chris and Amy Jacob) Carl and Deane Sauerbeck (Sam Hicks & Bernhard Sauerbeck) Jessica Andrews (Lisa James & Raymond Andrews) William Lindskog (Tracey and Ulf Lindskog) Hunter, Jasper and Astrid Jackman (Camella & Lyndsey Jackman) FEES Please pay or make arrangements to pay off your school fees. Your school fees make such a difference to the resources we are able to place in classrooms. Your children are the recipients of all school fees. Please note that students who have not paid school fees cannot be included in the subsidised school skiing program. CROSS COUNTRY Unfortunately I was unable to attend the cross country event at the Botanical gardens last Friday due to a conference, however, I heard that it was a terrific day. Congratulations to all the students and teachers who attempted the challenging course. An extra big congratulations to the students who came within the top 8 and are now moving to the next round of competition. BUILDING FUNDING Next week, we interview department architects. It’s beginning to feel like the process is under way. Stay tuned….

Monday is a Public Holiday

NO students at school

PRINCIPALS REPORT Hello Families, Last Monday I had the privilege of accompanying our grade 5/6 students to Shepparton for the sports carnival Ms Jen Driessen had organised. It was a fabulous day and although our students found the competition somewhat challenging, we all thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Many thanks to Ms Driessen for giving our students such opportunities and to the parents who came along to cheer. WORKING BEE It’s that time again…..our second working bee for the year. Please keep the 17th June (2.00pm-4.00pm) free, if possible. Our last two working bees have seen an amazing amount of work carried out and it was all due to the outstanding attendance of our families. We are so grateful to be able to tick off some long standing projects. This working bee will focus on placing our family pavers in the sensory garden, planting fruit trees, weeding and pruning and many more small jobs. We always stop work at 4.00pm. An afternoon tea will be provided. Please come along….many hands make light and fast work.

PRINCIPAL AWARD I have introduced a Principal award, which will be announced at each school assembly. The awards are for students who have displayed exemplary behaviour. Lachlan Francis was presented for his award as he displayed leadership skills in supporting one of our students on the bus. Lachlan displayed courage and resilience. Piper Kirkwood received her award for going out of her way to show kindness to another student. She remained in class, during lunch, to help another student pack up. What a generous and thoughtful student. ELSIE LEATHAM A huge congratulations to Elsie Leatham who won a competition to meet author Andy Griffiths. Elsie, along with her Mum and Dad travelled to Melbourne where Elsie got to meet and interview Andy. She had a wonderful day. VICTORIAN STATE SCHOOL SPECTACULAR

Every year thousands of students from Victorian government schools showcase their talents at the Victorian State Schools Spectacular. This year’s show explores themes of creativity, freedom of expression and self-empowerment. It will be held at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena on Saturday 16th September. Tickets are available from ticketek.

Cheerio, Julie McInnes GRADE 5/6

As part of their consolidation of learning about the Taungurung Clans the grade 5 and 6’s had a special visitor on Monday 5th June. Lee Healy is a Taungurung Elder who is also a Linguist and Project coordinator for Taungurung Clans Aboriginal Corporation. She presented the school with her Taungurung language book which will be in the library for all to access. There were many curious questions and Lee was an excellent presenter offering loads of knowledge and understanding to the audience.

S2S AND SPORT NEWS

On Friday 26th May Grade 4s braved the weather and hiked to Mt Stirling.

At Razorback hut we sat in front of the warm toasty fire and ate lunch. After that we did the manikin challenge like last year’s Grade 3 camp. I thought the hut was great. By Nathan Cronin.

We started to walk Baldy Loop at 1:30 and arrived back to the bus at 2:30. During the hike some people got a lot of leeches on them, because we were hiding in the grass. When we arrived at the bus, Ruby noticed that she had a leech on her hand. Ms Driessen had to burn it off. By Jade Rau.

DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY

It was a successful District Cross Country day on Friday 2nd June. All grades 3 to 6 walked down to the Botanical Gardens and competed against the others schools from the District. Special congratulations to Amy Les, Jess Dolling, Tasia Ciarma, Indi Nicholls, Mia Ciarma, Isabel Petersen, Hannah Allen, Talia Appleton, Eadie Lindsay, Hilary Murakami, Sam Guppy, Mckenzie Tanner, Will Friday, Spencer Tanner, Hunter Jackman and Toby Cotterill for making it through to Division. We wish them the best of luck at Yea.

DIVISION SPORTS DAY

Mansfield Primary participated in the Division Sports Championship day for the first time ever on Monday 29th May. It was a massive day out, with nearly 90 students heading to different arenas around Shep and Mooroopna. We entered 1 mixed Tee Ball team, 1 Boys and 1 Girls Soccer team, 1 Netball team, and 1 Boys and 1 Girls AFL football team. It was a great day out and every team represented Mansfield Primary extremely well. Thank you to all those parents and teachers involved in coaching or supplying uniforms, or being helpers on the day. It was very appreciated by the children and myself. Jen Driessen AFL On the 29th of May the 5/6 boys went to Shep to play AFL football. We played 5 games and our coach was Sue. I would like to say a thank you to Sue for coaching us. It was a fun day, so I encourage everyone to do it next year. Thank you. From Julian Bruno The 5/6 Girls joined with St Marys to make a Girls AFL football team. We played 2 games, we won 1 out of 2 games. We had a great day playing football. I would like to say a big thankyou to Ms Driessen for encouraging us and for all her effort and time. Thank you. From Indi Nicholls SOCCER On Monday, May 29th the Grade 5 and 6 students had the opportunity to participate in regional sports. There were 4 sports to choose from. Mansfield Primary School entered a boys and a girls team in soccer. Some of us play in the local competition however some of us learned as we went. A big thank you to Kai Suggate, Max Les and Mathew Empey from the Secondary Collage who spent many hours teaching us the skills and strategies of soccer, came along to Shepparton on the day and provided much appreciated advice and encouragement. Both teams participated in 4 games and played gallantly with some good defending and attacking.

By Lola Edmonds and Lenni Pinder

Puzzle 4

Maths fun for you to try at home.

Here is the 4th Maths puzzle of the MPS newsletter! Encourage your child/ren to sit and

have a go at this one, with or without you. Solutions will be printed with the next newsletter.

Fill in the grid squares so each column, row and diagonal add up to the given sum.

The sum is 60.

Solution for puzzle 3:

16

28

24

32 4 24

12 20 28

16 36 8

The Subaru Victorian Interschools Snowsports Championships will be held in August 2017.

Please refer to

http://www.vicinterschools.com.au/ for dates and further information.

The Victorian Interschools event entry price is $51.00 per event.

If your child/ren are intending to compete in the

Victorian Interschools Snowsports for Mansfield/Mt Buller Primary School in 2017, please contact the

office on 03 5775 2325 for an entry form.

If parents (team managers $67.00) need lift passes during competition times please contact

coordinator before close of entries. Competitor lift tickets one day = $40.00

Entry forms need to be received by Sue Steel (Mt Buller Campus) no later than Friday 30th June at

3:00pm.

http://www.vicinterschools.com.au/

KIDS YOGA TUESDAYS @ 4.15pm FIELDS OF YOGA STUDIO 3/5 Collopy Street Mansfield 0407 206 010 $10.00 per student (35 minute class) Fields of YOGA KIDS YOGA classes, are so much FUN. Ella plans the weekly lessons to a theme – ‘Happy Puppy/Native Animals/Balance on Jelly Fish/Float the Boat/Rest & Relax/Yoga Nidra’. Kids Yoga is integrative, engaging, non competitive, resourceful and informative. Ella blends the scientific benefits of YOGA with the postures and philosophies that incorporate games, Sanskrit language, science, art, music and movement. Yoga is a wonderful art form and is known as a martial art. Kids are empowered to learn how to love and respect themselves, love and respect others and respect and love the world they live in. Ella is a registered Level 1 Yoga Australia teacher, has a Working with Children Check, is a YMCA staff member and has over 600+ hours of Yoga Teacher Training. For further information, visit the website: www.fieldsofyoga.com.au for KIDS and adults Yoga classes or call 0407 206 010.

NDIS information sessions are being held at many locations throughout Melbourne and regional areas. Attending more than one

session or one series is highly recommended for any person that may be affected by the

NDIS. Workshop 3: Putting your NDIS plan into action Date: Tuesday 20th June Venue: Delatite Hotel, Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm Lunch provided on the day. Cost: FREE Workshop 4: Advocating on behalf of your child Date: Tuesday 18th July Venue: Delatite Hotel, 95 High St, Mansfield, Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm Lunch provided on the day. Cost: FREE

https://www.ndis.gov.au/event/

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Dance 4 Kids With Tegan

$3 per child

195 Mt Buller Road @ Mob Fit United 10:15am

Ages 4-11 years old Every second Saturday

May 27th June 10th June 24th

50% of proceeds go to Relay For Life