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

Date: 16th May 2019

Important Dates MAY

Fri 17th May Cake Stall Plate Drop Off, 3:00pm - 4:30pm, Canteen

Sat 18th May Federal Election BBQ & Cake Stall

Mon 20th - Fri 24th May Education Week

Book Fair, 3:30pm

Tues 21st May Mano Open Day, Tours @ 9:30am & 12pm

Parent Information Session - Helping Your Child With Maths, 2:30pm, Staffroom

Wed 22nd May Open Afternoon in Classrooms, 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Thurs 23rd May Whole School Breakfast, 8am - 9:30am

Fri 24th May Prep Grandparents Morning, 9:15am - 11am

Tues 28th May Geelong North Division Cross Country Championships

Wed 29th May Winter Lightning Premiership (Football & Soccer)

School Banking Parent Information Session, 8:30am, Staffroom

Fri 31st May VSSS Rehearsal

JUNE

Sat 1st June Mano Community Garden, 9:30am

Wed 5th June Winter Lightning Premiership (Netball & Tee Ball)

Mon 10th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday - NO SCHOOL

Wed 12th June Prep Supreme History of Toys Incursion

Upcoming Event Consent Forms and/or Payments Due

Cadbury Chocolates Fundraising Money/Unsold Chocolates ASAP

District Cross Country Consent & Payment Monday 20th May

Winter Lightning Premiership Consent Monday 27th May

VSSS 31/05 Rehearsal Consent & Payment Wednesday 29th May

Prep Supreme History of Toys Incursion Friday 7th June

DO YOU HAVE A STUDENT STARTING IN PREP NEXT YEAR?

If you have a student due to start school in 2020, please collect an enrolment form at the General Office.

Our cut off date for Prep 2020 is Friday 31st May 2019.

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Education Week – ‘Celebrating Careers’ Commencing Monday 20

th May

There will be lots on next week at Mano, as we celebrate this special week as a learning community.

We hope you can join us! See page 7 for full details of activities available during Education Week at Mano.

2019 is the 75th year of Education Week and it aims to positively profile and celebrate the strengths and achievements of Victoria’s government education sector.

Education Week 2019 is all about celebrating careers and pathways. It is an opportunity for schools, TAFEs and Tech Schools to showcase the work they are doing to support students in their career pathways. Education Week is an opportunity to showcase and celebrate excellence in education through open days, exhibitions and special events. It is a great opportunity for schools to open their doors to the community and showcase the great work they are doing.

Our Assembly on Monday morning will have some special components and Thursday’s Dress Up Day and Whole School Breakfast promises to be memorable.

Tuesday’s Maths session for parents begins at 2:30pm in the Staffroom and will share our numeracy programs and how maths can be supported at home.

NAPLAN Testing Our Grade 3 and 5s have completed this national testing program this week.

Four tests were arranged – Language Conventions, Writing, Reading and Numeracy.

The tests will be assessed by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) staff, with results coming back to schools around mid-Term 3. This will be in the form of individual student reports and also collated whole of school data. Student reports are confidential documents containing personal information about each student and how their results compare to others in Australia. The reports will be passed on to parents as soon as possible after they are delivered to the school from the VCAA. Schools regularly set targets for improving Literacy and Numeracy learning growth for students, with NAPLAN results being aligned to this work (externally assessed work is very useful to be combined with ‘in school’ assessed work, when setting targets for improvement and reflecting upon current practices).

School Council Parent Member Vacancy We presently have a parent member vacancy on School Council. This is due to the resignation of a parent member. The term of office would be until March 2020. The next scheduled School Council meeting is Monday 17th June at 7:30pm in the Staffroom. School Council meets twice per term (so 8 meetings for the calendar year).

For more information please feel free to contact myself via the Office and we would be happy to allow a potential parent to come along to the June meeting and ascertain if they wished to make a longer commitment, after attending this meeting.

Election Day BBQ and Cake Stall Our Multi Purpose Room will be used as a Polling Booth for Saturday’s Federal Election.

In the Multi carpark from 9am to 1pm some wonderful Mano parents will be conducting a BBQ and a Cake Stall and they need your support!

If you are voting at this booth please bring along your purse or wallet and make a purchase – contributions to the Cake Stall can be made on Friday (preferably dropped off to the Canteen between 3:00pm - 4:30pm) or directly to the stall itself on Saturday morning. Thank you to all involved in advance of what I’m sure will be a successful activity.

Canteen News Vicki our Canteen Manageress does a terrific job and is most excited to be providing breakfast for us on Thursday 23rd May (Dress Up Day for Education Week).

Thank you to the large number who have pre-paid and placed their breakfast order, helping Vicki to be very ready for 8am on this day!

A few reminders / notices about canteen operations: * They cannot process orders with foreign coins (yes, they have had quite a few of these lately!). * Credit is not provided for lunch orders but emergency lunches and snacks are available from Jacquie in the Office upon request. * Senior students do gain experience in food handling and serving on Fridays and they are really appreciated on the busiest day of the week. * The very recent CoGG Health Inspector visit has reported most positively on our Canteen and its operations. Well done and thank you Vicki!

How to Build Your Child's Numeracy Skills from Years 3 to 6: General tips Support your child's learning by giving them opportunities to discuss and engage in Maths. Your child will begin to connect the importance of maths with everyday activities. Including navigating public transport, choosing the best item to buy, budgeting, and cooking. Talk positively about Maths so your child also values it. If your experiences in Maths at school were less than ideal, avoid making comments like “I was bad at Maths at school”. Comments like these can lower your child’s expectations of themselves. They can also perpetuate myths about people being good or bad at Maths. If you did well at Maths in school, avoid jumping in with answers or solutions. Encourage your child to talk about how they might work out Maths problems. This helps boost their confidence and deepens their understanding. Maths today is not about learning by repetition. Today, the focus is on recognising that there are many ways to get an answer. Rather, it is important to be able to explain how and why you chose the approach you did. There are many activities you can do at home to help explore maths with your child. When participating in these activities, avoid associating them with speed. Expecting your child to work quickly on maths can cause Maths anxiety. Try to focus on the process and not the outcome.

For further information, go to Connecting online https://www.education.vic.gov.au/parents/learning/ Pages/numeracy-years-3-to-6.aspx

Barry Rowland, Principal

Cadbury Chocolate Drive Discounted Chocolates

We have a limited number of Cadbury Christmas Edition Chocolates available to purchase from the Office for $20.00 per box (50% off). Please note these chocolates have an expiry date of 25th May 2019.

PA MAX COLLETT - Max has done a fantastic job this week ensuring that iPads are charged and stored away

safely. Thank you for being such a magnificent helper Max!

PH ALEX MULLER - Alex is a thoughtful classmate who willingly helps out with tasks to keep our classroom safe and

organised. Awesome Alex!

PT HARRIET PALMER - Harriet always makes sure she is using our class materials safely and responsibly. She

is a real role model to her peers in Prep T. You are a star Harriet!

1A NOAH MILNE - Noah is a respectful and responsible member of 1A who always uses technology safely. You are a

great role model Noah!

1C NOAH POWER - Noah correctly finds the Student Portal when accessing Sunshine Online. He is a trustworthy

monitor when shutting down the computers at the end of the day. Appreciate it Noah!

1S BADEN FOREMAN - Baden is a very responsible member of 1S. He is always eager to share his work on Seesaw,

then he ensures he puts away his technology correctly. Brilliant Baden!

2B HAMISH DODEMAIDE - Hamish uses technology effectively in the classroom to build his mathematical skills. He is a

whiz on Mathletics. Magnificent work Hamish!

2C COOPER JAMIESON - Cooper always uses ICT responsibly and effectively in the classroom. He takes pride in his

work and continually tries his best at all set tasks. Magnificent Cooper!

2O HUDSON HOOD - Hudson uses ICT responsibly for his learning. He confidently assists others to search for

programs/apps. Fantastic work, Hudson!

MC TRAE BECKLEY - Trae is a responsible ICT monitor in MC. He ensures that his peers’ iPads are charged and ready

for each school day. Terrific Trae!

MG GRACE REED - For always having her iPad at school, charged and ready to use. Grace makes use of her iPad

responsibly to assist in her work toward achieving set learning goals.

MM VANESSA JOVANOVSKI - Vanessa uses technology in a very safe and reliable manner. She is efficient when using

apps and assists others to log-in correctly. Vanessa also places her device back carefully where it belongs. Awesome!

MS MIKAYLA JONES - Mikayla is a responsible and respectful member of MS and always ensures that she is using her

iPad with a purpose and encourages others to use school technology safely. Magnificent Mikayla!

MW REMI CHMIELEWSKI - Remi always ensures that she has her iPad at school and that it is charged and ready to go at

the beginning of each day. She is respectful of the rules and always ensures she uses it safely. Amazing Remi!

SB RAIDAN MEGEE - Raidan was a keen ‘sparkie’ in our classroom in Term 1. He continues to give a helping hand to

anyone in need of some tech tips and continues to organise, look after and manage the school technology

responsibly. He is also responsible when using his iPad. Great work Raidan.

SN SIENNA MCINNES - Sienna was able to give Mr Seeckts some wonderful instructional feedback about this week’s

Big Write and how he can best support the SN students when creating the Home Talk resource. Superb Sienna!

SS JESSICA BURROWS - Jessie leads by example in our classroom, showing great responsibility in using her iPad at

the right time, in the right way. Way to go Jessie!

SV MATTHEW CHAPMAN - This week Matt has proved to be a valuable member of SV by adding to class discussions and trying his best when doing his work. Magnificent Matt!

PERF

ARTS

TYSON BROWN - For his enthusiastic attitude towards the class dance presentation.

SCIENCE ANGUS COOPER - For his passionate sharing of scientific knowledge.

Art Award Kaisercraft are kindly sponsoring a weekly Art Award this term.

Each week one student will receive a $10 Kaisercraft voucher.

This week’s Art Award goes to: VIVIAN THOMSON for her outstanding creativity.

CompassPay & Qkr!

From the 20th May 2019 we will be replacing payments for camps, excursions and activities previously paid through Qkr! with Compass Pay, to simplify our payment and permission system for events.

Qkr! will now only be used for Essential Student Learning Items, Building Fund Donations and some fundraising events.

The Compass Pay procedures will not only ensure all events can run smoothly, safely and effectively, it will also have the following benefits for both parents and teachers:

No more lost or misplaced notes/permission slips

More efficient communication for parents regarding events

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.

When there is an excursion, what will happen? The excursion permission note will be sent home. You will also receive an email with details of the upcoming excursion or “event” if your email address is up-to-date in Compass. You will then have to log into Compass to complete payment and consent. (You do not have to update your details – this information is already within the system.) When you have consented and paid via Compass the permission note does not have to be sent back to school. What type of card can I use? Credit or Debit Mastercard or Visa cards can be used in CompassPay. Will you receive confirmation of payment? YES. You must have a valid registered email address in Compass and you will receive an email confirmation that your payment was processed. What if I can’t remember a transaction that appears on my statement? Transactions will appear on your statement as ‘COMPASSPAY.COM’. If you are unsure what a payment is for:

Log in to Compass and go to the My Payments tab (under Tools menu); OR Go to www.compasspay.com and enter the basic details of the transaction/credit card.

Please contact Jessie or Jacquie at the Office if you have any further questions about CompassPay.

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 will open on Monday 27th May, 4:30pm and close on Friday 21st June, 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.

Science News

Mrs Jehu is on the hunt for some cardboard boxes with lids approximately shoe box size. If any families have some they would like to donate that would be greatly appreciated.

This week the Middles have been getting creative and made some impressive balancing toys! (pictured)

Thanks. Ms Jehu

Scholastic Book Fair You are all invited to our Scholastic Book Fair during Education Week. There will be a broad range of books to cater for all students. Looking at past experiences, students have thoroughly enjoyed browsing and reading the books on display. It is a fun week! For your convenience, we will have Eftpos facilities available. Library staff would appreciate any helpers willing to assist with sales and supervision during the Book Fair. Please contact the Office or Mrs Bencic if you are able to assist.

Date: Monday 20th May – Friday 24th May Venue: Library Time: 3:30pm - 4:15pm National Family Reading Month of May is to celebrate books. “Research shows that family reading time is one of the BEST ways to grow a child’s interest in the wonderful world of books. Kids who read, succeed!” Have fun reading together!

Thanks. Mrs Bencic

Maths Parent Information Session– Helping Your Child With Maths Tuesday 21st May 2:30pm - 3:30pm - Staffroom

Join us in the Staffroom to discuss and celebrate Maths@Mano.

Please indicate below if you plan to attend.

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Maths Parent Information Session - Tuesday 21st May 2:30pm - 3:30pm - Staffroom

Parent Name: …………………………………………………………………………..

Child’s Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………….

Grade:............................................................................................

Cadbury Chocolate Drive Thank you to those families who have participated in the Cadbury Chocolate Drive during Term 1. We ask that families please return money and any unsold chocolates to the office as soon as possible. Payment can be made at the office (Cash or EFTPOS), Bpay or Qkr! We still have a number of boxes left, if you would like to sell additional boxes please collect these from the office.

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.

Maths @ Mano

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HAVE A GO at this task and show Mr Hambrook or Mr Fleming!

What’s happening in Grade 2

At ‘Mano’ we want our students to be problem

solvers and explorers when thinking about Maths.

Talk at home about ‘Real Life’ problems and using

everyday math language builds self-confidence in

our children.

In Term 2 the Grade 2s have been learning about

Addition. Our focus has been on learning different

strategies such as doubling, counting on and the

jump strategy to help us solve

addition problems. We have been

playing a number of warm up games such as

Addition Challenge, Around the World and Back to

Back to tune us in and then using concrete

materials such as counters, dice and hundreds

charts to assist us solve Addition problems during

independent practice. We have also been learning

about time and how to read an analogue clock.

Task of the Week Use numbers 1-9 ONLY once

to make 3 accurate sums. You can cut them out if you need. The last one has been started for you!

Education Week at Mano this year will be 20 – 24th May. Come along and join in some fun activities at School!

Book Fair will run after school each day in the Library from 3:30pm

Monday 20th May – Welcome to Education Week – at Assembly 9:00am

Tuesday 21st May – Mano Open Day, School Tours for prospective Prep parents and students 9:30am or 12:00pm

Tuesday 21st May - Parent Maths Information Session, 2:30pm – 3:30pm in the Staffroom - Helping your child with Maths

at home. Tom Fleming and John Hambrook – our Math Specialist Teachers will be running an information session for parents in

the Staffroom. Check out the information about this session included in this newsletter.

If you are interested in attending please complete the slip on page 5 and return to the Office.

Wednesday 22nd May – Open Classrooms Afternoon, 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Parents and friends are invited to come along and visit the classrooms to see the school in action. Grade levels will be

organising their own program for the afternoon.

Preps - Mindfulness in the Prep area

Grade 1s – Multi-Purpose Room – Parent Guest speakers talking about Careers

Grade 2s – 12:30pm – 1:30pm – Parent Guest speakers talking about Careers. N.B. At 2:30pm – Grades will be in Specialist

classes. 2O - Art 2B – P.E. 2C – Performing Arts

Middles – Digital Technologies Breakout in the Middles Classrooms

Seniors – Normal classroom program SN – Science Specialist

Thursday 23rd May - Whole School Breakfast and Dress Up Day, 8am, Lower Terrace

The whole family is invited to attend – hope you have put in your breakfast orders.

Students arriving at school should go to the check in table to be marked present for the morning and pick up their Breakfast

orders.

Breakfast will be served any time from 8:10am onwards

Games and activities are planned for students by the School Leaders from 9:00am – listen out for the announcements

‘Tails’ – Prep – 2 on the Oval

‘Simpsons’ – Grades 3 – 6 on the Basketball Court

9:00am - A performance by our State School Spectacular performers in the Multi-Purpose Room & 1C will perform ‘Roar’.

A coffee van will be on site for parents wanting a nice hot wake up coffee!

This year’s dress up theme is ‘Celebrating Careers’. Come along dressed as what you think you may like to be when you

grow up. What will your Career be?

Some ideas: engineer, scientist, mathematician, bricklayer, builder, plumber, pilot, sportsman, racecar driver, accountant,

baker, shop keeper, doctors, lawyers, teachers, truck drivers, footballers, musicians, chefs, accountants, nurses.

Thursday Lunchtime – Maths Activities for Students – run by Mr Hambrook and Mr Fleming.

Friday 24th May – Prep Grandparents Morning, 9:15am – 11am

Prep Grandparents are invited to come along to visit the Preps from 9:15am – 11:00am to share some of their favourite toys and

play memories.

Thanks.

Mrs Bath

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.

Blank sticker sheets are available from the Office.

Help Save the Gorillas by Recycling Your Old Phones

After attending the Werribee Open Range Zoo the Grade 5s are inspired to help and are calling on you!

Our school is supporting gorilla conservation by collecting old phones and devices to be recycled

+ We accept all mobile phones, smart phones, tablets and associated accessories in any condition

+ We take data security seriously. Full data clearing services can be arranged for free when we book the free courier.

Funds raised through the recycling of mobile phones are donated to support Zoos Victoria

and our conservation partners, Gorilla Doctors, who provide life-saving medical care to

fragile wild gorilla populations in Africa.

There is a collection box at the Office for your old phones.

Thanks. Ms Jehu & Grade 5 students.

Sports Report

School Sport Victoria Netball Team

Last Thursday, the Western Metropolitan Region Netball Trials were held in Altona. Sienna McInnes was nominated and

selected to attend these trials.

All at Manifold Heights would like to congratulate Sienna on being selected to attend the trials and we wish her well in her future

netball pursuits.

School Sport Victoria Soccer Team

Last Wednesday, the Western Metropolitan Region Soccer Trials were held at Point Cook. Ben Dimovski was nominated and

selected to attend these trials.

We would like to congratulate Ben on reaching this level of competition and wish him well in his future soccer endeavours.

Thanks.

Mr Grant

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. Term 2 Super Savers Rewards (pictured) include:

Yeti Fluffy Notebook

Icicle Slapband Ruler We will be holding a School Banking Information Session at our school: Time: 8:30am Date: Wednesday 29th May Location: Staffroom Please join us and find out more about the School Banking program and how your child can get involved.

Manifold Heights PS Week beginning 13th May 2019

Coordinator: Georgie Petrovski

Hi Everyone!

This last week we have been focusing on some OSHC goals. Pushing our chairs in before we leave our seats, hanging our bags on

a hook and remembering to put our dishes in the sink. We will continue to have three goals each week to help promote good

behaviours, habits and OSHC routines.

For the art and craft side of things we have had painting activities every morning and afternoon for children who wish to participate.

We have been going outside close to every morning and afternoon to enjoy the last of the sunny weather. We have had other

self-initiated activities including beads, Lego, board games, group games, cubby house, story writing, cards, construction, drawings

and more.

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:

5229 7257

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.