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Postal Address: Marcus Avenue, Mount Waverley, VIC, 3149

Telephone: (03) 9802 3168 Facsimile: (03) 9886 1571

Email: mt.waverley.north.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.mtwavnth.vic.edu.au

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Principal Team Report

Issue 13: 16 August 2018

AUGUST

Monday 13th-Friday 17th

-MWNPS Book Week

Thursday 16th

-Prep 2019 Orientation Morning #2 (9.30-10.30am)

Friday 17th

-Year 3/4 Excursion to the Melbourne Museum

Thursday 23rd

-PFA Meeting (7pm)

Saturday 25th

-School Open Day (10-12pm)

Monday 27th

-Year 5/6 Excursion to Scienceworks

Thursday 30th & Friday 31st

–Father’s Day Stall

SEPTEMBER

Friday 7th

-Prep 2019 Orientation Morning #3 (9.30-10.30am)

Term 3: 16 Jul – 21 SeptTerm 4: 8 Oct – 21 Dec

Book Week

We have had an amazing time celebratingBook Week this week with many activitiesand visits from members of ourcommunity to share in the love of readingwith our students.

Highlights of the week have included the visit by the outstanding children’sauthor Morris Gleiztman who provided a master class to our students on the skilland role of an author and also our Book Week Dress up Day. We were delightedto see the amazing effort students had put in to their costumes and participationon the day. Thanks to the parents and carers who supported the students totake part in the day.

CongratulationsTo our Year 5/6 Hooptime Basketball teams who had a great day at theNunawading Stadium on Wednesday, 1st August. Our students represented ourschool with great sportsmanship and team work on the day. We congratulate allwho took part and are delighted and excited to announce that our team hasprogressed to the Regional Finals.

To our Netball Teams who enjoyed a fantastic tournament last Monday at KnoxRegional Centre. Again the behaviour was exemplary from all of our studentsrepresenting the school with many wins and losses on the day. Congratulationson the great determination and resilience shown by all our Netball players onthe day.

To our students who entered and participated in the Science Talent Search. Thecompetition took place recently, and whilst we await results due in October, wewould like to acknowledge and thank the students for their amazing scientificresearch and compilation of the results, as well as Anthony Malelis and SallyClarke for their time and dedication to our school Science Program.

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Community NoticesAGTV German Poetry Competition

On Tuesday August 7th a selected group of students from Years 4, 5 and 6 competed in the AGTV German PoetryCompetition at Amsleigh Park Primary School. Students learnt a German poem by heart, and recited it to a panelof judges. This was a great opportunity for students, not only to speak German outside of the classroom, but alsoto meet students of German from other schools in the area.

A huge congratulations to all students who participated:Rachel D, Divya, Trinity, Amanda, Yash, Iris, Sanya, Ananya, Lavanya, Grace, Ella C and Husna.

Your effort and enthusiasm when learning and practising your poems should be congratulated.

Results from our school:Divya (Grade 4 – 3rd place)Yash (Grade 5 – 1st place)Iris (Grade 5 – 2nd place)Ella C (Grade 6 – Honourable Mention)

Traffic Around the School

A serious reminder to all families regarding the safety on the roads around our school. Over the last few weeks Ihave received numerous complaints regarding the parking, obstruction and unsafe nature of the drivers droppingchildren to and from our school. I have witnessed this first hand over the last few days and am genuinelyconcerned regarding the conduct of drivers and the safety of our students. Please obey all road rules, parkingrestrictions and drive safely around the local school roads. Please do not mount the nature strips with yourvehicle, and do not open the school car park gates. Cars must be parked and stationery before a child enters andexits a vehicle. Children should only exit a vehicle directly on to the nature strip.

Mount Waverley Police Station have been contacted regarding poor driving behaviour and continue to patrol thelocal streets. Thank you for your support with this matter.

Swimming Carnival

A wonderful day was enjoyed by our Year 3-6 students on Monday, 30th July at Huntingtower Sports and AquaticsCentre for our annual Swimming Carnival. Students demonstrated great improvements in their swimming abilitiesfollowing the Year 3-6 Swimming Program over the prior two weeks. At the carnival, students completed across arange of individual and relay events, with the final results as follows:

1st: Lechte 2nd: Barry 3rd: Coleman 4th: Muir

A big thank you to our Parent helpers for helping the event run smoothly on the day, and to our staff for all theirefforts in putting the day together.

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Natalie Grieve and Andrew James

School Performances

All students throughout the school are excitedly preparing for our upcoming School Performances which will takeplace later this term.

Prep: The Three Billy Goats GruffYears 1&2: Eddie the Penguin Saves the WorldYears 3-6: The Wizard of Oz

Stay tuned for more details on dates and ticket sales over the coming weeks. All students throughout the schoolare performing in these productions and are therefore expected to attend on the evening of the performance.

PFA - Thank You

Thank you to all of those who helped and supported the recent PFA Pizza Lunch. It was a great success withfantastic feedback from both students and parents.

Father’s Day Stall

Our Father’s Day Stall will be held across Thursday 30th August and Friday 31st August and provides anopportunity for students to purchase a special gift for their father or special person.

Parent Opinion Survey

If you received an email in the last few weeks with a link to complete the Parent Opinion Survey we encourageyou to do so to provide us with your feedback. Approximately 30% of our parents and carers within the schoolcommunity were randomly chosen to allow us to hear the voice of our community. It gives great affirmation ofthe things we are doing well and also the things we can improve on. As a school we always welcome feedback.Thank you to those who have already completed the survey.

Legacy

We are proud to support the wonderful work of Legacy by fundraising in support of agreat cause. Items for sale include wristbands, pens, stickers and badges. Our SchoolCaptains will be visiting each classroom over the coming week to provide an opportunityto purchase, and purchases can also be made at the school office before or after school.

School Open Day – Saturday 25th August, 10am-12pm

We look forward to welcoming new and prospective parents to our next School Open Day, to be held onSaturday, 25th August, from 10am-12pm. Our last school open day was well attended, and this is another greatopportunity to explore the school environment and meet some of our wonderful teachers.

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Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Bass Lessons

From beginner to advanced - learn pop, rock, classical and more! All learning abilities welcome.

Contact Sarah - Phone: 0488 666 838 Email: sjsmusic@outlook.comWeb: www.sjsmusic.com.au

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