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Thursday 15 March 2018
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TERM ONE 2018 Monday 19th March Assembly 2:45-3:30pm Wednesday 21st March School Council AGM Harmony Day Dental Van Thursday 22nd March Dental Van Friday 23rd March Dental Van SDSSA Athletics Carnival Years 5/6 Monday 26th March End of term awards assembly 9am Thursday 29th March Last day of Term 1 Assembly 2:15-2:30pm TERM TWO 2018 Monday 16th April Term Two starts Monday 23RD April Assembly 2:45-3:30pm Wednesday 25th April ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Monday 7th May CURRICULUM DAY Thursday 31st May School Photos – Please note change in date
Refer to the website for Notices http://mountwaverleyheightsps.vic.edu.au/parent
-information/
WHOLE SCHOOL COMMUNICATION NIGHT Thank you those who attended the school communication night. It was great to have your support. Thank you also to the Professional Learning Teams (PLTs) who provided a snapshot of the main curriculum areas of focus for 2018. As you heard, there is much happening once again to improve our practice. There is also much to celebrate! I am always amazed at the level of confidence our students demonstrate when presenting in front of an audience and last week’s event was no exception. Well done to Zara, Maheer, Emma and Natasha for discussing how they use the ‘Word Choice’ trait to improve their sentences. I definitely know who to employ to revise and enhance our weekly newsletter! Information regarding maths, wellbeing and literacy were provided on the night. If you were unable to attend, but would like a copy of the handouts, these can be found on our website.
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TEDDY BEARS PICNIC Friday afternoon was buzzing, as our annual Teddy Bear’s picnic took place. The students were super excited and it was great to have so many additional 3 and 4 year olds to join in the fun! A huge thank you to Georgia, Amy and Helen who organized the activities. PERSONAL BESTS (PBS) & READING One more week of collecting data before we announce the class that will be coming to the PB BBQ on Wednesday March 28. Don’t forget to sign your child’s reading log or diary so that their reading counts. Here are the most recent results…. Annual General Meeting / SCHOOL COUNCIL
The Annual Implementation Plan (AIP) and Annual Report will be presented to the school community as part of the AGM on Wednesday 21 March at 6:00pm, in the staffroom. Our School Council meeting will follow the AGM. Parents are welcome to attend the AGM. Please ring/email the school office if you would like to attend. Please note that our new school council members will be in attendance from this meeting onwards.
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ANOTHER COUNCILLOR NEEDED Due to work commitments, a current School Council member has had to resign from School Council. This means we have a vacancy in the parent member category. If you would like to be on School Council, please see me ASAP. We are desperately seeking assistance. Parents Association – FUNDRAISING EVENTS As you might be aware, we were unable to fill committee roles for the Parents Association this year. However, I would like to thank Deb Woods who volunteered to organise the Easter Raffle. We are asking each family to donate to the hampers. Suitable donations include chocolate Easter eggs, Easter themed sweets, Easter books, Easter crafts or stickers, new Easter soft toys and baskets/pretty boxes to make up the hampers. Please check donated items are within the used by date. Donated items can be left in the big box outside the Office or labelled ‘Easter Raffle’ and placed in the class tub. Raffle tickets will be sent home shortly. We still need someone to organise the much loved Movie Night. The coordinator will need to establish a small group of people to purchase decorations and food items, organise the movies, count money and rallying volunteers to assist with cooking and supervision. UPCOMING DATES TO REMEMBER
CURRICULUM DAY - Our third Curriculum Day will be held on Monday May 7. Professional learning will be undertaken on the 6 +1 Writing Traits. Please not that OSHC will be provided as long as there is enough interest.
SCHOOL PHOTOS – Thursday May 31st Let’s celebrate…
A well-attended Whole School Communication Night and Teddy Bears Picnic event. Hyuga W (3/4S) for coming 1st place in the 50 meter Butterfly and Breaststroke events at the
Regional Sports Swimming! He is now off to Eastern Metropolitan Regionals tomorrow (Friday 16th) to compete in both events – go Hyuga!!
The contribution to Science of Professor Stephen Hawking. A truly inspirational man, considered to be one of the ‘great minds’ of our times.
Until next week,
Sharon Sharon Reiss-Stone
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Curriculum Our Teaching and Learning Framework, REACH is an evidence based approach and implemented in all our classrooms. Teachers structure their literacy sessions around this framework and this assists us to best meet the learning needs of our students. The ‘revisit’ phase aims to review learning and rehearse key concepts. Sharon and I regularly visit classrooms and listen to students read during their REVISIT/ ‘Read to Self’ time. It has been amazing to watch our students come into the classroom and settle quickly into their reading routine. Students unpack their belongings and begin reading very quickly at the start of the day. This reading time is very valuable because students develop their reading behaviours, work on their reading stamina and practice the reading strategy focus for the week. Remember this time is important, so please ensure your child is on time. If you are free to listen to students read during this time please let your child’s class teacher know. If you have any questions about our reading program please see Sharon, myself or your class teacher.
The Raising Children website is a site for Australian mothers, fathers, grandparents and anyone else who has responsibility for the care of children. RCN is a great source of information for parents. The website includes a wide range of professionals and agencies who work with parents every day – general practitioners, maternal and child health nurses, child care workers, preschool teachers, school teachers, social workers, psychologists and so on. http://raisingchildren.net.au/
Thanks
Carolyn
Carolyn Datson Assistant Principal
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Our School Banking day is FRIDAY! Bank Books will be returned the following Monday.
Should you be interested in finding out more then please refer to https://www.commbank.com.au/personal/kids/school-banking.html
This week’s artists of the week are Prep D! They all did amazing
work drawing Kandinsky Circles using
great colour combinations. Well
done!
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End of Term Easter Raffle!
The Easter Raffle will be held on Thursday 29th March 2:15pm at final assembly.
We are asking each family to donate to the hampers. Suitable donations include chocolate Easter eggs, Easter themed sweets, Easter books, Easter crafts or stickers, new Easter soft toys and baskets/pretty boxes to make up the hampers. Please check donated items are within the used by date.
Donated items can be left in the big box outside the Office or labelled ‘Easter Raffle’ and placed in the class tub.
Raffle tickets will be available to purchase soon.
Hampers will be packed on Tuesday 27 March at 9am in the PAC. If you are available, please meet in the kitchen area. Babies and toddlers welcome (carer to supervise). Many hands make light work.
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Extend OSHC at Mount Waverley Heights Primary School
Hi everyone!
We had such a fun filled week, last week at Extend. A highlight of our week was cooking on Monday. The children made homemade pancakes topped with fruit and honey. They were
delicious! The children loved trying different variations of fruit toppings and making fruit faces on their pancakes. It was lots of fun! Science was fizzing this week as we made all different types of fizzing colours. I challenged the children to draw a picture with food dye and try to
get the picture to fizz with bi-carb and vinegar. The children loved giving it a go and experimenting with all different colours. Last week we enjoyed some arts and craft with
imagination creation, making our own dot-to-dots and painting all different plaster animals. It was a week full of creativity.
“It was so cool to see different colours fizzing up, the ingredients we had were bi-carb soda,
vinegar and food colouring.” - Ruby
“Today was an awesome day, the pancake cooking activity was delicious and Jakes sports clinic was super fun. I'm so glad I joined in.” - Ariana
Coming up next week:
Monday 12: Cooking: Blue berry muffins, Sports Clinic By Jake G
Tuesday 13: Imagination Creation, Ball Sports
Wednesday 14: Science: Hovercrafts, Playground
Thursday 15: Celebrity Heads, Group games
Friday 16: Specialist afternoon: Chess Club, Yoga By Jocelyn
AND OUR EXTEND SUPER-STAR OF THE WEEK IS.....
Sophie K ¾
For being such a good friend to everyone at Extend and for always bringing a smile and positive attitude every day.
From Caitlin and the kids at Extend. :)
AUTUMN HOLIDAY PROGRAM BOOKINGS ARE OPEN!
Book 14 days in advance to receive early bird prices.
We have heaps of fun activities planned these school holidays and can’t wait for you to attend!
Have fun with science experiments, participate in a bunch of craft activities with access to a plethora of art media, and get
active with a variety of outdoor sports and team games. Join in on all this and more at Extend’s Autumn Holiday Program.
To check out what’s on visit our website at extend.com.au and book via www.LookedAfter.com
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AUTUMN HOLIDAY PROGRAM BOOKINGS ARE OPEN! Book at least 14 days in advance to receive the lowest rate. Participate in our fun-filled activities, including a science experiment to learn about making butter, cooking healthy coconut fudge and participating in DIY bowling!
To check out the daily schedule, visit our website at extend.com.au and book via LookedAfter.
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