WEEK 4

Friday 9 November Cricket/Softball/T-Ball a bye

AFL playing at Heffron Park

WEEK 5

Monday 12 November SRC Assembly

Thursday 15 November Kindergarten Orientation – Literacy, Numeracy and Best Start

Friday 16 November Cricket/Softball/T-Ball at Pioneers Park

AFL playing at Heffron Park

WEEK 6

Monday 19 November 1White Assembly

Year 6 Iceblock Day

Thursday 22 November Kindergarten Orientation – Positive Education and Gym Display

Friday 23 November Softball/T-Ball at Heffron Park cnr Bunnerong and Jersey Roads

Cricket at Booralee Park

AFL playing at Heffron Park

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Hello everyone,

Sunday Remembrance Day

This Sunday marks 100 years since the end of World War One. At 3.00pm on Friday, a special

Commemoration Service will be held in our assembly area. Our Student Captains will lead the Service

and all students will be in attendance. Parents involved in pickup are invited to arrive early to

participate in this moment of remembrance.

Kindergarten Orientation underway

Kindergarten 2019 commenced their transition to school today Thursday 8 November. It will run for

three weeks and finish on Thursday 22 November. It was great to see so many parents at the meet

and greet and the information session. Being interested in your child’s education is one of the

greatest gifts you could give your child.

MALABAR PUBLIC SCHOOL Week 4 Term 4 8 November 2018

Parent Bulletin

Halloween Disco

I congratulate all of the students on the manner in which they conducted themselves during the

Halloween Disco last Friday night: all the children had a great time but were also able to maintain a

wonderful sense of cooperation and self-discipline despite the loud music, crazy costumes and

flashing lights! On behalf of all the students I thank:

Natalie Martin and the Year 6 parent helpers for organising this Halloween event and the members of

staff who came along to help with supervising the children in the hall.

Our Vegetable Garden

What a great job our Stage 3 gardeners are doing. The gardens look great and we have only just

started in this area. Look for more vegie gardens in the future. The staff loved a fresh bean salad

taken from the garden for lunch on Wednesday. Thanks to Ms Gore, Ms Borthwick and Mr Firase for

their hard work in the maintenance of the gardens. With our Kitchen/Garden program a focus in

2019, it was a positive sign of the potential this program will have with our students.

Car Parking- Malabar RSL

Please be considerate of neighbouring residents when parking in the streets surrounding the school.

In particular, do not block driveways or park on nature strips. We have also been asked to remind

parents not to park in the Malabar RSL carpark when attending a school event such as the Halloween

Disco as this space is reserved for club patrons only.

THANK YOU MORNING TEA for all helpers and volunteers, e.g. reading parents, library helpers,

Scripture, walkathon, lost property, BEAR reading, Year 6 farewell & bar-b-que helpers, P&C, canteen

helpers, class parents, plus any other parents/grandparents who have volunteered in any capacity

during this year.

Date: Tuesday 19th December

Place: Library

Time 10.30am – 11.00am

Student Leaders 2019

We take the election of year 5 students into leadership positions next year very seriously. In the

coming weeks all Year 5 students will participate in student leadership discussions on the qualities

and expectations that student leaders are expected to display. This will include what qualities make a

good leader. The Year 5 students will then be involved in a process to decide on 6 girls and 6 boys

who will be introduced to the school, with voting to take place in the coming weeks. Our student

leaders are pivotal in the success of our school and the selection process has been designed to

ascertain the best candidates. I look forward to celebrating the successful candidates on

Presentation Day. I hope to see you at Malabar as the year closes to an end.

Have a good weekend!

Neil Atwell

Principal

KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION

Kindergarten orientation dates are –

15 November – Literacy, Numeracy and Best Start

22 November – Positive Education and Gym display

These mornings will be run from 9.30am to 10.30am. Parents and children are expected to attend all

sessions. Morning tea will be provided for parents.

VISUAL ARTS SHOW

The biennial Visual Arts show will be presented on Wednesday 5th December 5.00pm – 7.00pm. This

year the artworks will be displayed in classrooms. Please drop in to the school and visit your

children's classrooms at any time between 5.00 and 7.00. The students have been creating artworks

using various techniques, inspired by picture books and great artists. We are looking forward to a

colourful display showcasing imagination, hard work and creativity. Hope to see you there!

STUDENT LEADERS FOR 2019

Each year in Term 4, we invite students in Year 5 to consider whether they have the desire and the

skills required to be student leaders as they move in to Year 6. While all students in Year 6 are seen

as leaders through the examples they set in all areas of their academic, sporting and social

behaviours, some students are given specific areas of responsibility. These specific roles include

School Captains and Vice Captains, House and Vice House Captains, SRC, Green Warriors,

Kindergarten Buddies and Library monitors.

The School Exec team each year reflects on the process to nominate and elect our school leaders and

works towards a system that is fair, unbiased and truly reflective of the capabilities of our student’s

capacity to perform well in the more formal roles they may wish to nominate themselves for. Being a

School Captain, Vice-Captain or House Captain requires students to have a level of confidence and

poise when speaking in front of large groups. They are expected to have exemplary behaviour and to

take initiative where appropriate to assist teachers and their peers.

This year, we are having a two-step process to nominate and elect our future School Captains. The

first is on Tuesday November 20th where students in Year 5 who wish to nominate themselves for a

role will spend time with Mrs Gore participating in a leadership seminar and from this, they will

present an impromptu speech to their peers in Year 6 and Year 4. This audience will participate in a

first round vote to narrow the field down to six female and six male students. The students with

the highest votes after this pre-section vote will have two weeks to “campaign” with a poster outside

Mrs Gore’s room and time to write a formal speech. The formal speeches will be held on Tuesday

December 4th in the hall in front of all students from Years 2 to 6. These students will then have the

opportunity to vote for their choice of School Captains and Vice Captains.

House Captains will be voted upon on the same day. The process to be nominated and elected for

House Captain will be less formal. Students will need to nominate themselves for the role and present

a speech to students in their house from Grades 2 to 6 who will vote for their future House Captains.

Students who have been pre-selected for the School Captain roles are also able to nominate

themselves for House Captains.

In the case where students are voted into two roles, the counting panel will refer back to student’s

nomination application where they will have communicated their order of preference for the roles

they are nominating for. These nomination forms have been given to Year 5 students today and are

due to Mrs Gore by the 15th of November.

The results will be shared with the whole school at the Presentation Day on Tuesday the 18th of

December at 11am in the grassed playground near the deck area. This is after the Infant’s assembly

and before the Primary assembly to enable all students and parents to be in attendance of this

exciting announcement.

We wish all our Year 5 candidates the best of luck!

Mrs Gore and the Stage 3 Teachers.

Thank you to all of the Kindergarten parents who

supplied food for the Kindergarten Orientation

Program morning tea.

A friendly reminder the program will continue on

Thursday the 15th and the 22nd of November and we

appreciate your continued support with supplying food.

Please bring the food to the library before school.

Many thanks,

Jennie Lawson

Feelin’ Ghouly at the

Halloween Disco On Friday 2nd November

Year 6 hosted a

spooktacular Halloween

Disco.

Despite the extremely hot weather there was

excitement among all students as they

transformed into their best blood-curdling

outfits.

Only the brave dared to enter the dark, creepy

hall where a scare fest of hairy monsters,

ghostly creatures, ferocious werewolves, lifeless zombies and evil

devils grooved to the disco beats.

A highlight of the night was the photo booth where hauntingly

fantastic characters all posed for some gruesome pictures.

Thank you to everyone who helped with the discos organization and

the amazing helpers on the night.

We also thank the

students of Malabar

Public School for

making the 2018

Halloween disco an

unBOOlievable night to

remember.

Term 4

Assembly Roster 2018

Week Class Positive Education Award

Captains

1 3-6 3W Self-Regulation

School Captains

2 K-2

2W Knowing personal character strengths

Hunter Captains

3 3-6

6W &5/6B

Knowing personal character strengths

School Captains

4 K-2 1B Showing Perspective

Phillip Captains

5 3-6 SRC Showing Perspective

School Captains

6 K-2 1W Being a good friend

Macquarie Captains

7 3-6 5W Being a good friend

School Captains

8 K-2 KW/KB Showing Gratitude

King Captains

9 3-6 Stage 2 Showing Gratitude

School Captains

10 Presentation Day Tuesday 18

th Dec

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CANTEEN IS ONLY OPEN FROM WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY