Diary dates Tue May 31 UNSW Science Testing

Thu June 2 School Tour 9.15am

Thu June 2 Sausage sizzle orders due back 9.30am

Tue June 7 Sausage Sizzle

Wed June 15 Sport/Captain photos orders close

MULGRAVE PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

TELEPHONE: 9795 2477 FAX: 9795 4884

www.mulgraveps.vic.edu.au

Thursday

26th May 2016

Principal News I hope families enjoyed having their children home on Monday, our Curriculum Day. Teachers have been very busy

working with students on assessment of academic progress and beginning the formal mid-year report writing process.

Staff have been providing excellent teaching and learning programs this year and supporting our students to reach their

individual potentials.

A lot of work was also down around our buildings and grounds on Curriculum Day. Thank you to staff who assisted with

this. Mrs. Suzy Shaw and Mr. Stuart Hattwell participated in training as School Anaphylaxis Supervisors. Their

responsibilities now include verifying all staff have undertaken the appropriate anaphylaxis training and can correctly use

an adrenalin autoinjector device as well as providing twice yearly anaphylaxis briefings for staff.

SAUSAGE SIZZLE - A Sausage Sizzle lunch has been planned for Tuesday 7th June.

Proceeds of this fundraiser will assist the school to upgrade some of the outdoor areas

around the school. Order forms are available at the office and are also on Tiqbiz. Parents

can pay for this special sausage sizzle lunch order via Qkr! Orders must be received by

9.30am on Thursday 2nd June (no late orders can be accepted).

BILLY-CART INCURSION – What a very exciting incursion our Year ones and twos had last week. They were

involved in hands-on workshops and had to assemble billy-carts as part of their unit of study on “Transport”. They learnt

lots about technology and using tools, nuts, bolts, wheels and wood. They even were able to ride in the billy-carts

afterwards.

PREP MARKET INCURSION – Last Friday our Prep students

went on an excursion to Dandenong Market. They were

exploring food and other produce as part of their unit of study on

“Food”. This was an excellent opportunity for language

experience and to further develop vocabulary.

Term Dates 2016

T2 ends 24th June

T3 begins 11th July

T3 ends 16th September

T4 begins 3rd October

T4 ends 20th December

WALK SAFELY TO SCHOOL DAY – Friday 20th May – Many of our students took the opportunity of

walking to school, all or part of the way on Friday on Walk To School Day. Now in its 17 th year, the National

Walk Safely to School Day is an annual event, when all primary school children are encouraged to walk and

commute safely to school. This is a community event seeking to promote Road Safety, Health, Public

Transport and the Environment.

TENNIS REGIONAL FINAL—Last week our two Division tennis winners, Rhys and Savneet, played at the

Regional finals. The level of competition was very strong and both boys played extremely well. Rhys was in pool A and he won 2

out of his 5 matches while Savneet in pool B won 3 of his 5 matches. This is a fantastic achievement and places both boys within the

top 15 strongest tennis players across all eastern metropolitan Melbourne primary schools. Congratulations to both boys on such an

outstanding effort.

EDUCATION WEEK – Thank you to parents who visited our school last week during Education Week. This was an opportunity to

visit your child’s classroom and view the technology that is being integrated into the curriculum. Mrs. Mann gave a talk on “How

much screen time is too much?” This presentation will be made available to all families. Our major open day will occur during

Literacy and Numeracy Week, a bit later in the year when we will have much more happening in that special week!! Please

remember that you are welcome to visit your child’s classroom at any time – just have a talk with the teacher.

Have a good weekend Liz Watkins

Principal

PRINCIPAL PROBLEM SOLVER

Last weeks problem solver was: Who is Daniel Andrews?

Answer is: An Australian politician who is the 48th Premier of Victoria, a post he has held since 2014.

Congratulations to: Arelyna S

As we haven’t had too many entries, I will trial something new!

There will be a puzzle and entry box under the television at the office, if students would like to participate

in the next puzzle!!

WHY NOT TRY SOMETHING NEW!

Dandenong Market Excursion

THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL GROUP PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE AT

A COST OF $14.00 EA.

THEY WILL BE ON DISPLAY IN THE OFFICE.

HOUSE CAPTAINS, JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL, CRICKET, SOFTBALL, TENNIS

& VOLLEYBALL

ALL ORDERS NEED TO BE PLACED BEFORE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15

GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS

AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE

**FROM THE OFFICE**

Are your contact details up to date?

If you have moved, changed jobs or changed phone numbers recently please make sure

you let our office know so we can keep our details up to date. In the event of your child

being ill or injured it is important we are able to contact a parent or care giver as soon as

possible.

Have you provided us with your child’s

Immunisation Status Certificate?

By law, your child must have an immunisation status certificate to enrol in primary school.

What is an immunisation status certificate?

It is a statement showing the immunisations your child has received. By law, you must provide an immunisation status certificate to the primary school when enrolling your child. If your child has not received any immunisations, you must still provide a certificate. The school keeps a copy of the certificate so that, in the event of a disease outbreak, unimmunised children can be quickly identified and excluded from school until the risk of infection has passed.

If we do not have a copy of your child’s certificate, their

immunisation status is recorded as unknown and they will be

excluded from school in the event of a disease outbreak.

Individual letters will be sent home to families who have not

provided certificates. If you receive this letter please ensure you

provide the requested certificate as soon as possible.

Student of the Week Awards – Term 2 Week 5 Class Name Reason

PA

Brodie S For a great attitude in class

PJ

Jazzabelle K For working really hard in writing. Well done.

PM

Zaid R For working hard to learn his letters and sounds.

PT

Krystal S For using compliments to fill people's buckets.

1L

Kuba D For his enthusiastic presentation of his heli-carrier. Well Done!

1WB

Ellena D For taking responsibility for her learning and asking for extra help with her

maths.

2L

Sultan A For his enthusiasm and contribution in Maths.

2W

Tiahna D For her good work in Maths this week.

3P

Jad N For great participation in our money unit of work. Great to see you using the

strategies we explored.

3S

Anastasia A For her wonderful persuasive writing this week.

4L

Theo E For being a positive and bubbly class member and great work on his Aus-

tralian timeline poster.

4M

Delphi M For an amazing narrative which was both terrifying and entertaining!

5E

David N For his excellent thinking skills.

6M

Harry D For showing empathy and kindness.

The KidsMatter awards are given to students who show courage in situations of

adversity, show leadership skills in different ways around the school and show

kindness and empathy towards all members of the Mulgrave Primary School

Community.

Level Name

Kids Matter Awards – Term 2, Week 4 Junior School William T

Senior School Holly R

http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAMQjRxqFQoTCNK6s7Xd3scCFWbbpgodOnAJ_Q&url=http://www.northkalgoorlieps.wa.edu.au/kids-matter.html&psig=AFQjCNFpgdy8ZTRrmhmDh5B9vVW9qWIMnw&ust=1441502501067784

Student of the Week Awards – Term 2 Week 6 Class Name Reason

PA

Summer T For working hard to learn letters, sounds and always trying her best.

PM

Cilicia A For trying her best and having a positive attitude every day.

1L Dave S For displaying such impressive maths skills and helping out his friends.

1WB

Scott M For giving an excellent presentation on his transport project.

2L

Stanley R For his detailed presentation of his ice breaker for his transport project.

2W

Noah B For his great work during explanation writing this week.

3P

Marko M For thinking carefully about feedback he has been given and setting suitable

learning goals.

3S

Omar R For his amazing speech about his Queensland holiday.

4L

Bowie G For a fantastic presentation about her family. Great work!

4M

Christopher D For working fantastically during our unit on time. You showed 100% effort.

5E

Jayden N For working well in a group during topic rotations.

5T

Jacinta J For her helpful and positive attitude towards all members of the class.

6M Luka M For working hard to lead others in topic rotations.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO HOLDERS OF A MEANS TESTED CONCESSION CARD

Hi Everyone Over the past two weeks the children have been involved in many interesting activities, which have helped them

to enhance their overall developmental skills. During art and craft we made beautiful pictures with rocking boat

using a variety of natural colours. This is now displayed in the middle room and looks great. We also made jelly

fish with felt material and stuffing, the children enjoyed sewing the fish and decorating them with googly eyes

and smiley faces. In science we experimented making the strongest bridge. The children worked in two teams

and were encouraged to work collaboratively to design and form the strongest bridge. The bridges were put under

a safety test, Faiza's team passed the safety test, hence it held the heaviest items and proved to be the strongest

one. Well done Faiza and team!

The children also loved designing and painting egg potato head, which looked sensational. On Friday we cooked

yummy pasta on the children's request. The children were also engaged in several physical games such as: ball

line tiggy, relay, dodge ball, revenge, octopus, tennis and the funny game, Grandma's undies, which was quite

hilarious. We also enjoyed building with magnetic blocks, solving puzzles, designing with hama beads, role

playing as a teachers and students, drawing and many more.

Kind Regards Meena Our Extend Superstar is......Charlie C for Participating in all the art and craft activities. Well done Charlie! Our Extend superstar is... Jennifer C for confidently exploring activities and socialising with others. Well done Jennifer! The Program activities for next week are: Monday 30th of May Art and craft: Aboriginal dot painting Tuesday 31st of May Wheeler Hill library Wednesday 1st of June Hurdles Thursday 2nd of June Science: Skelton building Friday 3rd of June Clay figures

MULGRAVE PRIMARY SCHOOL WINTER HOLIDAY PROGRAM BOOKINGS ARE OPEN!

To check out what’s on, visit our website at

extend.com.au and book via the Parent Portal.

Extend OSHC at MGPS

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS ARE NOW

AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICE!

SICK BAY ROSTER TERM TWO

Friday, May 27 Louise Czosnek

Friday, June 3 Yeva Manukyan

Friday, June 10 Joanna Tartaglia

Friday, June 17 Maria Ulas

Friday, June 24 Julie Piening

TERM THREE

Friday, July 15 Anne McNee

Friday, July 22 Lucy Meszaros

Friday, July 29 Melinda Collard

Friday, Aug 5 Rachael Kasap

Friday, Aug 12 Sharon Krause

Friday, Aug 19 Sarah Munnings

Friday, Aug 26 Joy Singh

ADVERTISING