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Manifold Heights Primary School Newsletter Principal: Barry Rowland Assistant Principal: Peta Mundine Business Manager: Jessie Burney Administration: Jacquie Clancy

Date: 20th June 2019

Important Dates JUNE

Fri 21st June Parent Teacher Interview Bookings Close, 4pm

Tues 25th June Woolworths Earn & Learn Program Ends

Wed 26th June Parent Teacher Interviews, 12pm - 7pm (PUPIL FREE DAY)

Thurs 27th June Prep Letterland Parade, 9:15am, Multi, All Welcome

Fri 28th June Term 2 Ends, 2:30pm

Casual Clothes Day, Gold Coin Donation

JULY

Sat 6th July Mano Community Garden

Sun 14th July Working Bee

Mon 15th July Term 3 Commences

Sat 20th July Trivia Night, 7pm

Fri 26th July VSSS Rehearsal

Tues 30th July Whole School Photo Day

Wed 31st July Prep Minibeast Wildlife Incursion

Upcoming Event Consent Forms and/or Payments Due

Victorian State School Spectacular (VSSS) Rehearsal 26th July ASAP

Prep Minibeast Wildlife Incursion 26th July 2019

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE TO ORDER THROUGH THE OFFICE OR ONLINE Digital Entertainment Books are available for online ordering only. Please head to

http://www.entbook.com.au/1131v43 to order yours today.

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Mid-Year Student Reports and Interviews

Mid-Year Student Reports go home tomorrow (Friday 21st June) and this will allow time for parents to analyse them prior to next Wednesday’s (26th June) Parent Teacher Interviews. Thank you to parents who have made appointments for interviews via the COMPASS system, for this upcoming Pupil Free Day.

I have asked teachers to try hard to keep to agreed appointment times and not keep parents waiting – we ask parents also to respect the 10 minute interview time slots. We all benefit if we keep on schedule. Interviews are an opportunity to reflect on student learning and achievements in the year to date and to confirm improvement strategies and set goals for Semester 2. Thank you to teachers who have spent many, many hours in recent weeks completing assessments, moderating their judgements with peers and preparing these Reports.

New Business Manger Appointed

We wish Jessie all the very best for her pending Maternity/Family Leave – we expect that she will be with us until the end of this term.

Our new Business Manager will commence in this important role on the first day of Term 3 – Kate Dangerfield was the successful applicant to this recent selection process. Kate has been a Business Manger previously. I am very confident that Kate will make a very positive and immediate impact with us, combining with Jacquie in our General Office Admin team.

Change to Seniors End of Year Bike Ride

The Queenscliff Bike Ride (QBR) planned for December last year was disappointingly cancelled due to some extreme wet weather conditions. Staff have reflected on this annual activity and we have decided that it will no longer be a feature of our extra-curricular program for Seniors. We will in future conduct a Seniors full day bike ride/lunch activity, along the Barwon River in December. Further details of this will be communicated in Term 4.

Whilst the QBR has quite a tradition at Mano, it is becoming an increasingly difficult activity to conduct safely, to fully meet changing Department of Education & Training guidelines and to maintain a very high percentage of student participation. Bike Education sessions will continue to run for Seniors as will an annual Grade 6 Camp. This matter has been recently discussed at the June School Council meeting.

Woolworths Earn & Learn Promotion

We currently have received in excess of 17,000 stickers from Mano families! These have been added to the recording sticker sheets (thank you to students who have helped with this task) and with the promotion activity finishing on Tuesday 25th June, let’s see if we can so achieve even more! Completed sheets will be ‘traded in’ for free school resources, with classroom teachers suggesting how best to enhance our programs – this could be hand on maths materials, art supplies, sports equipment, games and puzzles, literacy resources and reading materials. A big thank you to all who have helped collect the Earn and Learn stickers form Woolworths stores.

Term 3 Pupil Free Day

Term 3 begins on Monday 15th July at 9 am, with a regular weekly Whole School Assembly.

Schools can have four Pupil Free days per calendar year and we propose to have our 3rd on FRIDAY 9th AUGUST (end of week 4 of Term 3).

I know some families have asked for plenty of notice of an upcoming Pupil Free Day, hence this notification. On this day staff will be engaged in a range of professional development activities focusing upon literacy, numeracy and well-being.

Cadbury Chocolate Drive

We have a limited number of Cadbury Fundraiser Chocolates available to purchase from the Office for $40.00 per box (normally $60). Please note these chocolates have an expiry date of August 2019.

Barry Rowland

Principal

Science News The Middles have been investigating magnets and how they attract and repel. They linked this topic with mathematics by measuring the distance between repelling magnets. (pictured)

A big thank you goes out to the families that donated boxes. The Senior students have been using them as light boxes to explore how light travels. We no longer need shoe box donations.

Thanks. Ms Jehu

How to read the dots page of your child’s report:

On Friday, 21st June Semester 1 reports will be sent home with students. Reports will also be available to be downloaded through

the Compass Portal and App. The report contains information on your child’s work and progress this semester, and will include a

graphical summary of your child’s level of achievement, as well as individual student comments written by teachers.

The example above shows the range of student growth and achievement at this point during the year. The yellow band marks the

expected level for students in your child’s grade. Black dots mark your child’s current level of achievement.

The numbered dots (6, 12, 24) show your child’s level when he/she was last assessed for a subject, with the specific number

referring to how many months ago that assessment was made. English and Maths are reported on every semester. Inquiry

subjects are often taught within a 2 year cycle, so (in some instances) the last occasion your child was assessed in that curriculum

area may have been 12, 18, or 24 months ago. The dotted line shows growth since the last time your child was assessed.

It is important that this page be read along with the comment written by your child’s teacher. This summary, written comments, and our Parent Teacher Interviews are all jigsaw pieces which fit together as a part of our Reporting Process.

Sports Report Geelong North Division Netball Championships Last Friday the Boys Netball Team competed in the Geelong North Division Netball Championships at the Geelong Basketball/Netball Stadium in South Geelong. The boys qualified by winning the Geelong West District Championship the week prior. The team played very well to finish third overall. Congratulations on a great tournament. RESULTS: Manifold Heights 13 drew with Holy Spirit 13 Manifold Heights 14 defeated Mandama 6 Montpellier 11 defeated Manifold Heights 8 Manifold Heights 12 defeated Our Lady Star of the Sea 10 Geelong North Division Soccer Championships On Monday the Girls Soccer Team competed in the Geelong North Division Soccer Championships at Myers Reserve, Bell Post Hill. The girls qualified by winning the Geelong West District Championships last week. The team played very well to finish equal second in their division. Well done girls on a great effort. RESULTS: Manifold Heights 0 drew with Montpellier 0 Holy Spirit 8 defeated Manifold Heights 0 Kardinia International 1 defeated Manifold Heights 0 Manifold Heights 3 defeated Oberon 0 Thank you. Mr Grant

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parents are invited to book a ten minute Parent Teacher Interview with their child’s teacher and/or specialist teachers on Wednesday 26th June between 12pm-7pm. This day will be a Pupil Free Day.

Bookings for Parent Teacher Interviews are now open and will close TOMORROW, 4pm.

Bookings are unable to be made after Friday 21st June, 4pm. This will ensure teachers have sufficient time to prepare for your child’s interview.

This year all bookings will be made online using our Compass Portal. Compass can be accessed at https://manifold-vic.compass.education or by using the Compass iOS or Android apps. Once you have logged into Compass under ‘My News’, you will see a notification for Parent Teacher Conference with a prompt to ‘Click here for Booking’. Follow the prompts to either ‘Start Booking’ or follow the instructions in ‘Show How to Book’.

Please note Parent Teacher Interviews will only be scheduled on an alternate day or time in exceptional circumstances.

If you require any assistance with booking a Parent Teacher Interview on Compass or would like to make a booking with a specialist teacher please contact Jacquie or Jessie in the Office.

Woolworths Earn & Learn

The Woolworths Earn & Learn Program commenced on Wednesday 1st May and will run until Tuesday 25th June.

Redeeming rewards from this program will help the school to update educational equipment and resources.

Please collect the Earn & Learn stickers when shopping at any Woolworths store, complete the sticker

sheets and drop into the box located at the School Office or in the Mano box located at Woolworths -

Pakington Strand BEFORE Thursday 27th June.

Blank sticker sheets are available from the Office.

Piano Lessons At School Mrs Karen King currently has two positions available to start lessons in Term 3.

Due to the Senior school already at maximum numbers and to balance out the program throughout the school, these positions should be filled first by students in Grades 1, 2 or 3.

If your child is interested in learning the piano/keyboard and would like to perform for their class at the end of each term, please contact Karen on 5224 1885 for more information

Thank you.

Sixteen students from Mano are participating in the dance section of the Victorian State Schools Spectacular at Melbourne Arena

on Saturday 14th September. There are two performances (1:00pm and 6:30pm). The VSSS will be filmed for broadcast by

Channel 7. The 2019 theme is Made Of Stars.

Tickets are now on sale via www.ticketek.com.au/spectacular

Adult:$40 Child Under 15: $20 Concession: $30

Buy 10 tickets and get one adult ticket free (the 11th ticket is free) by calling Group Bookings on 1300 364 001.

The best seats to buy in order to see our students are in Sections 7, 8, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31.

Maths @ Mano Numeracy in the Preps

In the Prep department we have been focusing on Rich Learning

Tasks. Rich Learning Tasks extend and challenge all children no

matter the level they may be working at.

Have a go at this activity that Prep children tackled earlier this term:

Here are some work examples from the Preps (using 10 legs):

SCHOOL BANKING School Banking day is FRIDAY

Remember, Friday is School Banking day and students should bring in their weekly deposit. For every deposit made at school, students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for an exclusive School Banking reward item in recognition of their regular savings habits. School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school, raising 5% on every deposit made through the school (to a maximum of $10 per individual deposit). If your child has lost their book, they can bring their money to school in a sealed envelope with a note on the next School Banking day. We will issue them with a replacement. Term 2 Super Savers Rewards (pictured) include:

Yeti Fluffy Notebook

Icicle Slapband Ruler

Manifold Heights PS Week beginning 17th June 2019

Coordinator: Georgie Petrovski

Hi Everyone!

Reminder: Camp Australia Cancellation Process

If your child is not attending the OSHC program on any day they are booked, you must let us know via phone on the Manifold

Heights OSHC mobile phone service number which is 0405 422 142. We are to follow correct procedures in locating children who

have not shown up at the service. Please ensure you communicate via call or text if your child is not attending the OSHC program

service and there is a prior booking for the day.

Anyone who is interested in joining OSHC please feel free to pop in and have a chat with us and see what before and after school

care looks like.

Thanks. Georgie

Community Notice If you have any unused toys or recyclable equipment that you feel would be useful for

any craft or art activities we would really appreciate any donations. Thank you.

OSHC ROOM ACTIVITIES

Beads

Board games

Story Writing

Mano’s before and after school care

program is run by Camp Australia.

More information can be found at

Proud suppliers of the

Manifold Heights

Primary

School uniform Open: Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm

Saturday 9.00am – 1.00pm

Compass School Manager

You can download our Compass app for FREE at the App

Store (iPhones) or Google Play Store (Android). Just search

Manifold Heights Primary. This is a great method of

communication between the school and our parent community!

You can receive notifications about upcoming events and

notify the school of student absences.

You can now use CompassPay to consent and pay for

excursions online! CompassPay is a quick and easy way for

parents to consent and pay for an event at anytime from

anywhere. Compass Pay is a secure

payment portal and will not store any payment information

you enter.

- ‘We make kids smile’

OSHC school number:

0405 422 142

Customer Service:

1300 105 343

Sonya Kurul Sales Consultant Barry Plant 5221 4011 0456 751 665 skurul@barryplant.com.au 59 Gheringhap Street Geelong, 3220

Music Lessons AT school

Piano, keyboard, Guitar, Ukulele, Drum or

Singing Lessons

During &/or After School Hours at School

To enrol in, or to obtain more information

please contact Meagan:

mbmt@bigpond.com

Providing Music Lessons in local schools since 1985.