THIS WEEK AT M.P.S.

Wednesday 23rd October

Grades 3-6 orienteering

lessons at school

Clubs for all students,

1.45-3.05pm

Friday 25th October

Fresh Fruit Friday

Friday Fundraiser

Assembly 3pm, Gr 3/4

presenting

Monday 28th October

Pupil free day

Tuesday 29th October

Teddy Bear’s Picnic,

Prep, Grade 1 and

kinder students

Wednesday 30th October

Clubs for all students,

1.45-3.05pm

Friday 1st November

Grade 6 Graduation

photo taken

Grade 5/6 RSL writing

competition judging

Kickball, Grades Prep-2

Fresh Fruit Friday

Friday Fundraiser

Assembly 3pm, Gr 2/3

presenting

Saturday 2nd November

Market and Fair

fundraiser, 9am- 3pm

Monday 4th November

Bike Ed commences,

Grades 3 and 4

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday November 5th

Melbourne Cup holiday

Principal’s chat

Hi everyone,

Thank you to those who helped out at our Working Bee yesterday. It was

great to see both adults and children working away to get our school yard

ready for our annual Market Day. Thank you to the following families for

contributing their time or money towards the day – Carr, Gross, Hamilton,

Layne, Maclaurin, Robertson, Walmsley, Howard-Scholes, Cox and Ray.

The garden beds were weeded and mulched, areas were tidied up and

swept and the Fairy Garden got some great attention. The school grounds

are looking lovely!

Last Wednesday we had our School Council meeting. During the meeting

we looked at the Parent Opinion Survey and the Student Attitudes to

School Survey. There were high results in both the parent and student

surveys in the areas of effective teaching, high expectations and school

connectedness. The student’s Attitude to School survey is undertaken by

the students in grade 4 to grade 6 and the results were very positive in all

areas of the survey. The Parent Opinion Survey showed that our school

could improve on teacher communication regarding student progress. The

uEducateUs management system is designed to help with this

communication. uEducateUs will enable teachers to upload student work

with feedback, so parents can see how their child is progressing at different

points in the year, outside of reporting times.

Next Monday 28th

October is a Pupil Free Day. School staff will use this

day to review teaching and learning from this year and continue planning for

2020.

Lastly, don’t forget to put your name down on the roster for our Market Day. We still have lots of slots left, particularly around lunchtime and early afternoon. If you can’t get into the office to fill in the roster, please

complete the roster sent home last week and send it back to the office or call the office to book a time in.

Thanks,

Alisa

Newsletter no 29

October 21st, 2019

There will be NO newsletter next week due to the pupil free day on

Monday 28th October.

Reminders

This week’s Fresh Fruit Friday volunteers are Peta Ballinger

and Brenda Misso.

Market Day raffle books are now OVERDUE. Please return all

books (even if unsold) and money to the office immediately.

Don’t forget to volunteer to help on Market Day! There is a

roster in the office or you can complete and send back the rostering

note sent home last week.

The Prep–2 Kickball excursion permission forms are on

uEducateUs and need to be approved electronically by parents

by Wednesday 30th October.

A reminder that Race the Train Colouring Competition entries are

due at the office by Friday 1st November.

Don’t forget to encourage your child/children to start collecting

sponsorship if they are participating in the Race the Train

fundraiser on Saturday 16th November.

Tea towel fundraiser order forms are coming home this week

so please look out for them. Payment is required at the time of

order.

What’s happening in the classroom? Positive behaviour awards:

At assembly on Friday the following students will be receiving awards:

Prep/1: Karen for always taking time to create her illustrations (be your

best)

2/3: Florence for great data collection and graph work (be your best)

3/4: Joel for showing improvement in his reading (be your best)

5/6: Liam for persisting with challenging tasks and giving his best effort to

his literature circle group roles and discussion (be your best)

Clubs: Last Wednesday all teachers held “clubs” which students

participated in for a 90 minute session. Danica ran a cooking class,

Kathryn supervised the Fairy Garden construction group, Robert ran

coding and Melissa had the students making juggling balls which they will

then use for learning circus skills. All students chose the club which they

participated in and whilst some did not get their first choice, groups will

change in four weeks so students have the opportunity to try something

different. There was a real buzz in the school grounds as students

excitedly cooked, planted, coded and juggled their way through the

Birthdays

L to R: Isla, Ollie, Jack and James

Positive behaviour awards

L to R: Angus, Auzzie and Eva

Absent: Scarlett

Young Leaders Friday FUNdraiser

Please leave orders with your classroom teacher.

Available each Friday are: Homemade Sausage rolls $2.50, Juice

Box $1.50 and Popcorn $1

session! Thank you to Nick Layne who is the driving force behind our new fairy garden which is taking shape up the

back of the school.

Grades 3 and 4 Bike Education: All students in Grades 3 and 4 will be completing a two week bike education program commencing on Monday 4th November. Please ensure that your student has a bike and helmet ready for this program. Please contact the school if your child DOES NOT have access to a bike.

Community Connections

ASQ: Thank you to ASQ who have kindly donated plants for our fairy garden. Natalie and Liz from ASQ came to the school on Wednesday to help the students plant the plants during Clubs time.

Congratulations to the Merlo family on the safe arrival of baby Sophia last week.

Thank you

To Charlie and Maggie for being brave and talking to Maldon shop owners regarding our upcoming Shopping

Spree. It isn’t easy to approach people you don’t know but Charlie and Maggie did brilliantly!

Sport

Region Athletics: Congratulations to Izaak who ran very well and placed 8th in his 800m event at the Region

Athletics held in Bendigo last week.

Can you help?

We have a family desperately seeking a three bedroom house in Maldon to rent, effective immediately. If you can

help or know of someone who can please contact the office.

Extra curricular catch up

2019 Mt Alexander Primary Schools Chess Challenge: Well done to Arlen, Maggie, Ed and Liam on their

participation in the Chess Challenge this year. All four students played well with Ed and Arlen achieving Credit

certificates and Liam and Maggie earning participation certificates. A big thank you to Megan Walmsley who stayed

with the students on the day and Ray Stevenson who worked with the students prior to the competition to ensure

that they were competition ready!

What’s happening in our Community?