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Newsletter No. 1 ~ February 8, 2019 www.mountviewps.vic.edu.au 9560 0471 [email protected] 9560 8750 School Leadership Message – Glenn Butler, Christian Holdsworth and Bianca Gatherum Welcome back to Mount View for the start of the 2019 School Year. It has been wonderful to see all the students looking refreshed and keen to be back with their friends and to learn and achieve. As I move around the school it is clear that the students are energised and quietly confident in their new classrooms having been through a comprehensive transition program late last year. Over the holiday break a great deal has been achieve in improving the school facilities. The new Eastern Playground has been completed as well as the extensive works in the entrance to the school. Other works completed include new carpeting through the corridors of the Building A, a new Administration Office, new Assistant Principal’s Office and a new Collaborative Planning Room for Staff have all been created in order to improve accessibility and communication within the school. A new 5 Mod portable classroom was installed adjacent to the Walden Field. This will be ready for two Year 4 classes from next Monday. This means that we will be able to use a school owned double room to create a Multi-Purpose Room to be used for Out of School Hours Care, class group activities and incursions. I would like to take the opportunity to thank all those who worked at school over the holidays to ensure that we were ready and able to make a flying start to the 2019 School Year. In particular, I would highlight the work of Tony Lee, Nigel De Kauwe and Jamie San Martin for managing the buildings and grounds work. Their dedication is of great support to the 1,100 students at Mount View. The students in the seven Prep classes have made a great start to their primary school education. A very big thank you to the Prep Team and all staff members who work in support of the Prep students. A happy group of five and six year olds are engaged and inspired by these dedicated teachers. As the year progresses we will notice the increasing confidence in the students as they build their knowledge, skills and conceptual understanding in all learning areas. Student Leaders 2019 Congratulations to our Student Leader for 2019. We are all very proud of these students and wish them every success as they work with their teams and peers. The badge presentations to each of these leaders took place at the Assembly on Monday afternoon this week. If any parents were unable to attend the Assembly a formal photo opportunity can be arranged through the Office. Photographs of all of our Student Leaders will be displayed in the front foyer area. School Captains Matthew Y Elissa P School Vice-Captains Rohan P Prisha R Macintosh House Gemma P Jennifer L Gallagher House Jack P Jessica P Townsend House Charlotte C Stephanie S Shepherd House Emily K Senon R Performing Arts Sanjay P Mackenzie E Visual Arts Eyad K Keira L
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Newsletter No. 1 ~ February 8, 2019
www.mountviewps.vic.edu.au 9560 0471 [email protected] 9560 8750
School Leadership Message – Glenn Butler, Christian Holdsworth and Bianca Gatherum
Welcome back to Mount View for the start of the 2019 School Year. It has been wonderful to see all the
students looking refreshed and keen to be back with their friends and to learn and achieve. As I move around
the school it is clear that the students are energised and quietly confident in their new classrooms having been
through a comprehensive transition program late last year.
Over the holiday break a great deal has been achieve in improving the school facilities. The new Eastern
Playground has been completed as well as the extensive works in the entrance to the school. Other works
completed include new carpeting through the corridors of the Building A, a new Administration Office, new
Assistant Principal’s Office and a new Collaborative Planning Room for Staff have all been created in order to
improve accessibility and communication within the school.
A new 5 Mod portable classroom was installed adjacent to the Walden Field. This will be ready for two Year
4 classes from next Monday. This means that we will be able to use a school owned double room to create a
Multi-Purpose Room to be used for Out of School Hours Care, class group activities and incursions.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank all those who worked at school over the holidays to ensure that
we were ready and able to make a flying start to the 2019 School Year. In particular, I would highlight the work
of Tony Lee, Nigel De Kauwe and Jamie San Martin for managing the buildings and grounds work. Their
dedication is of great support to the 1,100 students at Mount View.
The students in the seven Prep classes have made a great start to their primary school education. A very big
thank you to the Prep Team and all staff members who work in support of the Prep students. A happy group
of five and six year olds are engaged and inspired by these dedicated teachers. As the year progresses we
will notice the increasing confidence in the students as they build their knowledge, skills and conceptual
understanding in all learning areas.
Student Leaders 2019
Congratulations to our Student Leader for 2019. We are all very proud of these students and wish them every
success as they work with their teams and peers. The badge presentations to each of these leaders took
place at the Assembly on Monday afternoon this week. If any parents were unable to attend the Assembly a
formal photo opportunity can be arranged through the Office. Photographs of all of our Student Leaders will
be displayed in the front foyer area.
School Captains Matthew Y Elissa P
School Vice-Captains Rohan P Prisha R
Macintosh House Gemma P Jennifer L
Gallagher House Jack P Jessica P
Townsend House Charlotte C Stephanie S
Shepherd House Emily K Senon R
Performing Arts Sanjay P Mackenzie E
Visual Arts Eyad K Keira L
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Language Arts Akshaya K Melody T
Green Team Sophie L Harry L
Junior School Council Srinitha V Akeira S
Health & Well-being Adheesha M Harshi D-K
ICT Daniel M-M Patrick H
Science Ishika B Aparna M
Facility Ethan G Adwait P
New Eastern Playground
The school year began with the opening of the new Eastern Playground for students. This new playground
has been built through the collective fundraising efforts of the Parents Association and the Twilight Carnival
Team. The total cost of construction including equipment and rubberised softfall was a touch over $100,000.
As the Eastern Playground is so popular a timetable for student use is in place giving equal access to the
students during school time. Open access is available to all year levels before and after school. Teachers will
publicise the timetable with students in the classrooms. Softfall for the Southern Playground has been ordered
and will be pumped in within a couple of weeks. Maintenance of the Southern and Western Playgrounds is
on-going in order to ensure continued student safety.
Parent Approvals
All parents are asked to complete the approval forms as early as possible so that we can begin a full range of
key programs. Approval is sought for:
Healthy Eating Policy
PG Videos
Use of students’ photographs in school publications (Website, iNewsletter, Displays, Yearbook)
Headlice Checks
Communications (email addresses, parent helpers, parent class groups)
Walks to Local Environment
All forms can be accessed through Compass – Course Confirmation – 2019 Start of Year Approvals
Tell Us About Your Child – Interviews
Each year we build the home/school partnership through regular communication between teachers and
parents. A key feature of this strategy is to conduct the ‘Tell Us About Your Child’ – Interviews. All parents can
book times to meet with the teachers through Compass. These sessions are provided so that parents can tell
the teacher everything they need in order to tailor the learning and the learning environment to best suit the
needs of all students. It is too early for the teachers to provide an academic assessment of the students – that
takes place at formal mid-year interviews and through regular, on-going chats between the teachers and
parents.
Uniform
All students are required to wear hats and covered footwear while playing outside in the school grounds. It is
great to see students wearing runners so that they are able to fully enjoy outdoor activities. Please note that
students are not to wear sandals to school.
The school’s Sun Smart Policy indicates that all students should wear a school hat while playing outside. The
single exception is when playing cricket - the bowler may take his/her hat off to improve their bowling action.
The hat must be put back on at the completion of the over.
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Medicines
All students’ medicines are to be stored at the Health Centre under the supervision of the nurse. Parents are
asked to send all medications to the Health Centre with all of the student’s details and dosage requirements
clearly labelled. Students who use asthma medications are able to keep their puffers with them at all times.
Executive Leadership Roles & Responsibilities 2019
Principal- Glenn Butler Assistant Principal - Christian Holdsworth
Assistant Principal – Bianca Gatherum
Occupational Health and Safety
OHS Compliance Management
Emergency Management
Asbestos Management Curriculum & Pedagogy
Implementation of the Victorian Curriculum & PYP
Community
Camp Australia Liaison
Work with Art Show Convenors
Carnival – Convenor
Parents Association liaison Communication
Website
Newsletter
Teacher concerns Learning Environment
Facilities’ Procurement PYP Team Leader
School Organisation
Daily Organisation Daily Bulletin Casual Relief Staff
Professional Development
Teacher Professional Development Program
Teacher Performance and Development Planning
Community
School Council
Parents Association liaison
Pre-Service Teachers
Secondary Work Placement
Art Show – Building and Facilities Co-ordination
Carnival – Co-Convenor
Communication
WeChat (Mandarin) moderator
Learning Environment
Cleaning Contractor liaison
Grounds and Facilities Students with Special Needs / Program for Students With Disabilities
Catering for the students e.g. ILPS, SSG
Funding applications
Student Welfare & Child Safe Facilitator – DHHS & Child First
School Organisation
Specialist & Yard Duty Timetabling
Assemblies, Meeting agenda
School Calendar Assessment and Reporting
Grade Expert moderator
Parent/Teacher Interviews co-ordination
Semester Reporting
Whole School Assessment
Community
Canteen liaison
Parent Information Sessions co-ordination
Education Week
Art Show – work with Art Show Convenors
Carnival – Co-Convenor
Transition K – P, 6 – 7 and Whole School
Communication
Compass – events, news feeds, bookings
Translators
Yearbook
School Photography Health and Wellbeing Team Leader
Student behaviours
Student Clubs & Activities
Student Wellbeing programs
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Cybersafety – Parent Workshops
Mount View Primary School iNewsletter
Dear Parents
Please follow the link to subscribe to the
iNewsletter.
http://inewsletter.co/1n6W71/subscribe/
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Accessing School Documentation on Compass
One of Mount View’s main communication portals is Compass. Compass is used across
the school for a variety of reasons, such as:
Attendance
Report access
News Feed (year level specific
information, notices, messages)
Booking of parent-teacher
conferences
Event approvals and details
Calendar (event dates)
Online student approval forms
School fees
School documentation
School Documentation
Where possible, school wide notices and
documents, including the Newsletter, will be
placed in the ‘School Documentation’
section of Compass. Please take some time
to familiarise yourself with this area of
Compass.
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