Mount Waverley Primary School

Phone 9807-1480 Fax 9888-1495 Email: mount.waverley.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.mountwaverleyps.vic.edu.au

NEWSLETTER No 28 THURSDAY,13 SEPTEMBER 2012

Next FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER – 2.30pm EARLY DISMISSAL

From the Principal…

NAPLAN RESULTS Students in Years 3 & 5 who sat this year’s NAPLAN testing program will receive their results early in Term 4. Although the release date for reports is later than in previous years, students will once again be assessed against national benchmarks in the key areas of assessment which include Reading, Spelling, Writing, Grammar, Punctuation and Numeracy. Parents will be informed of the date that student reports will be issued as soon the exact release date is known.

HOOPTIME SUCCESS On Tuesday a number of Year 5 & 6 students participated in the Hooptime Basketball Tournament at the Nunawading Basketball Stadium. In a fantastic result, our boys All Star team won and one of our Future Stars team also won. Both of these teams will now progress to the next stage of Hooptime with the All Stars team also heading straight to the Monash/Waverley Division basketball event. Congratulations to all students and to our teachers, Mrs Kyriacou and Mr Keleher for their dedication in training the students each lunchtime. Champions one and all!

GREEN DAY Wednesday’s ‘Green Day’ celebrations provided a terrific focus on the sustainability aspect of our curriculum for students. It was great to see so many classes actively involved in gardening works, weeding, mulching and general tidy up activities. It’s always good to see students involved in activities which build pride in our school and which also reinforce the message that we are all responsible for the preservation of our environment. Many thanks to Mrs Leary and teachers for organising the activities that were so greatly enjoyed by students on the day.

LAST DAY ARRANGEMENTS FOR TERM 3 Next Friday 21st September is the last day of Term 3. Students will be dismissed at 2.30pm from classrooms. Students should check lost property before the end of term to retrieve any lost items of clothing. School will resume at 8.50am on Monday 8th October.

PARENTS PERMISSION FOR COLLECTION OF STUDENTS On several occasions this year, the school has had to deal with distraught parents who have arrived late to pick up their child, only to find that a well-meaning parent has decided to take their child home without notifying the office or the child’s parents. If parents find a child who has not been picked up on time in the yard, please bring them to the General office, so that staff can attempt to contact parents or make the appropriate arrangements for the care of the child. Children should never be taken from the yard without direct parental permission. Thank you for your assistance with this request.

PARKING REQUEST I have again been made aware of an unpleasant parking incident which resulted from a parent parking in close proximity to a neighbour’s driveway entrance. The heated exchange that followed was distressing for the parent concerned and should act as a reminder to park carefully to avoid obstruction of driveways and residents access to their property.

Trevor Saunders

IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES Thur 17 Sept School Council Meeting 7.30pm

Fri 21 Sept Footy Day – Gold Coin Donation End of Term 3 – 2.30pm Dismissal

Sun 23 Sept Nottinghill Bunnings Sausage Sizzle from 8am

Mon 8 Oct First Day of Term 4

**NEW LUNCH MENU & PROVIDER** The new ONLINE menu (with ordering instructions) will be sent home today from our new lunch provider – “Miss Peppercorn”. Lunches will ONLY be available on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This new menu will commence at school on the first day of Term 4, Monday 8th October. You can set up an account now at: www.misspeppercorn.com.au

Please note that you will no longer be able to order lunches from our old supplier, Gourmet Delish after Term 3.

YOUNG AUSTRALIA GAMEMAKING AWARDS (YAGA Awards)

Once again this year, we had a team of students who entered the Victorian computer game making competition. Students were invited to create their own computer game using a program called Game Maker. They were asked to rise to the challenge and write a game that taught the concepts of persistence, endeavour, pushing through to win and overcoming obstacles as encapsulated by a hero in Australian history. Congratulations go to Kate T (6C) who won second prize and Alex W and Jordan M (both from 6A) who won third prize. Congratulations also to Thomas B (4B) and Ethan D (3B), who received commendation awards for the high standard of their games.

ICAS RESULTS 2012 Writing Skills Students from our school achieved outstanding results when they participated in the recent ICAS Writing Skills test. Of the 90 students who participated, 30 of them received certificates of Credit. An excellent result was obtained by, Tahnbee S, who received a High Distinction, as well as Sophia A, Michelle O, Indiana W, Geoffery W, Thisara S, Chris F, Chloe P, Davern V, Kavini V, Anisha G, Charli K, Tikiri S, Kate T, Serena X and Grace Y who received Distinctions. Spelling Students also participated in the ICAS Spelling Competition. Of the 87 entries, 24 received certificates of Credit. An excellent result was achieved by Prathik B and Jack M, who received High Distinctions, as well as Kris K, Luca L, James M, Michelle O, Adam T, Daniel T, Andrew W, Jungang F, Felicity H, Elizabeth K, Ivan L, Geoffery W, Chehak K, Matthew L, Cynthia C, Chris F, Tim H, Daniel Q, Eric S, Davern V, Shaunna W, Charli K, Tikiri S, Max W, Lalita W and Serene X, who received Distinctions. Congratulations to all students who participated. Bradford Rooks

Hi, I’m Earnest and I care about the environment.

Thank you to everyone who wore GREEN to school and donated a

gold coin for our Green Day. We raised a wonderful total of:

$609.35

Dylan P 1B

‘You Can Do It’ Champion of the

week for:

“Confidence”

Congratulations Dylan!

MWPS GOES GREEN FOR GREEN DAY Yesterday we held our first Green Day. Students dressed in Green and participated in green day activities across the school. The day started with a senior assembly and a

junior assembly with special guest Amber Anile from the Orang-utan Project. Amber educated the students about the Orang-utan Project and what we can do to help conserve their habitat and save these precious people of the forest from extinction. Classes then enjoyed a day of Green fun1. The activities included gardening, making nature mosaics, writing green poetry, painting pots and planting beans in them, writing and performing plays and all manner of green crafts were made. At lunch the whole school had a picnic on the basketball courts and celebrated the day with a Nude Food Rubbish

Free Lunch. Students and staff donated money for the Save The Bilby Fund and the Australian Koala Foundation. This money helps to continue our adoption of Elliot and Yogi koalas at Ballarat Wildlife Park and also the help save the bilby from extinction. We raised $609.35. A fantastic

effort! Congratulations and thanks go to all the staff for making the activities fun and environmentally friendly, the students for dressing in green and participating enthusiastically during the day and Amber Anile for coming out to speak to the students. A big THANK YOU to Anish G and Lalita W, our school’s environment captains for running the assemblies and making the day run smoothly. Loretta Leary, Environment Co-ordinator

ENVIRONMENT CLUB During Term 2 and Term 3, the Junior Environment Club has been meeting

once a week at lunchtime to create an artwork about Endangered Animals. Four of Australia’s endangered species were chosen when coming up with the design. The Baw-Baw frog, Eastern Barred Bandicoot, the Helmeted Honey Eater and the Leadbeater Possum have all been represented on the mosaic mural. Special thanks to Miss Horrocks (Pre Service Teacher from Victoria University) for her outstanding creative leadership with this project!

STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS…. Lilian lives in Kenya. Kenya is located on the east coast of Africa, shares borders with Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. The climate ranges from hot and humid on the coast to cool and temperate in the highlands. Rainfall is unreliable throughout much of Kenya and less than one-fifth of the land is suitable for agriculture. 6D have written a letter to Lilian our sponsored World Vision child from Kenya. “Dear Lilian, Hi, this is 6D from Mount Waverley Primary School. In our class we have 27 people and 1 teacher. We share a classroom with another Year 6 class. In Year 6 we do a lot of fun things because it is our last year in primary school. This year we worked hard on making a mini movie out of clay and filmed with a camera. It was heaps of fun! We have gone on a class trip to Ballarat. That was where lots of gold was found a long time ago. Also we got to go camping with all the year six’s near the sea. We went for 5 days and we got to stay in a cabin with our friends. There were lots of activities like walking to the beach, a huge swing, sailing in a boat and lots more. Also, this year some of the Year 5’s and 6’s did Wakakkiri. Wakakirri is when you tell a story through dancing/acting. That also was really fun! We went off to compete against other schools, unfortunately we didn’t make it to the finals but we had loads of fun. It was a great experience that we would never forget. At the end of the year, the Year 6’s have a special party called Graduation. Graduation is a celebration for finishing primary school and going off to high school. We are all looking forward to it! Do you go to school? If you do, do you play outside with your friends? Have you visited any special places?” Year 6D students

LIBRARY NEWS TERM 3 EVENTS What an exciting term! We’ve had Book Week and all its associated activities, author Kym Lardner came to see the Preps, our students got up to all sorts of extreme reading in their efforts to win that photo competition (congratulations Lila), a staggering 98% of our students complete the Premier’s Reading Challenge, reading an equally staggering 28528 books, Grade 3’s enjoyed a special visit to the local library to watch a dramatic performance and all our children from Prep to Grade 4 have been to the local library to find out about the services it offers and be issued a borrower card. Best of all, more than 82 families and more than 130 children came to the Library for National Reading Hour Day. Right through from 10 in the morning until after 4pm, the place was buzzing with Mums, Dads, Mums and Dads, Grandparents and lots of children. We’ll definitely have to do that again! Look for some great pictures from the day over the page and do drop in the library to see more photos on display behind the loans desk. Thank you to Mrs Noblett and Mrs Burns and Miss Richards, who also supported the library by coming on the day. It was a very satisfying turnout and a great sign in the National Year of Reading that MWPS families value reading! WRITER’S AWARD 2012 BOOK At last the much sought after book is ready for borrowing, having spent a week in the library for everyone to see. It seems only fair that the young authors themselves are the first students to borrow the book, so come to the library on Monday to either borrow or reserve it. We have decided that it should be an overnight loan only until every featured child has a chance to take it home, then after that, it can be borrowed for the usual period, so that you have an opportunity to show it off to extended family and friends. OVERDUE BOOKS The children are allowed to borrow books for the holidays, but we are hunting down any books that have been overdue for more than a month. You may receive a notice, but feel sure the books have been returned. If so please drop in and have a chat and we will check the shelves again. Some parents have already spoken to me, and should just keep a lookout over the break. You will notice the cost of the books has been included on the note. THIS IS NOT A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT BUT ONLY THERE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW VALUABLE OUR BOOKS ARE AND HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT COLLECTION, WHEN BOOKS ARE SO EXPENSIVE TO BUY. Many books fly in from all over the place at the end of the year and many mysterious disappearances are then resolved…in the meantime please keep looking. PTO Parent Helpers – thank you so much all the wonderful people who have helped out in the library this term, especially Ursula Sutherland, Julia Mawson and Susanna Harris, who give so many hours and without whom I could not manage, and our super-book-covering team, who take home books by the bag, and bring them back meticulously covered! BOOKS FOR PARENTS There is a small collection of books about the ways parents can foster reading at home, and help their children to switch on to the delights of books. A recent addition is aimed at parents with 0-7’s at home – The Ultimate First Book Guide. It’s full of great titles that work especially well at particular ages and lots of good advice. If interested, just pop in to the library and borrow any of these resources under your child’s number. Jacqueline Griffeth-Teacher Librarian

PHOTOS FROM OUR NATIONAL READING HOUR DAY IN THE LIBRARY:

BIG WORKING BEE THANK YOU Due to the inclement weather, last week’s Working Bee was unfortunately cancelled. However, 4B, 4C and some dedicated parents worked extremely hard on Tuesday and moved 4 cubic metres of gravel, cleaned up the sandpit area, picked up all of the rubbish and weeded the gardens. It was an excellent effort and much was achieved. A VERY SPECIAL THANKS go to parents Michelle Lamers, Naomi Fornaro, Daniel Leong, Cathy Birch, Gordon Allison and teacher Mr Rooks, as well as the students of 4B and 4C for their tremendous efforts. The school grounds are looking FANTASTIC! Look out for our next Working Bee early next term! Loretta Leary, Environment Co-Ordinator **A special thank you to Matt from “PlainPallets” for donating wooden pallets to our school. If you need any pallets for home, p lease support his family owned business at 88 Garden Rd, Clayton or visit www.plainpallets.com.au

MATHLETICS CERTIFICATES Congratulations to 1A, 1B, 1C, 3B, 4C and 6A for being the Top Mathletics classes last week, and 2D and 5C on being awarded the trophy for showing significant improvement in their certificate tally the last two weeks! Congratulations also to the following students who attained silver and gold certificates in recent weeks! SILVER: Jack A, Hannah K, Nudara L, Jenny M, Xavier T, Mirae S, Amelia G, Lily B, Chloe B, Aditya, Christos K, Ava G, Grace Y, Matthew L, Oliver C, Liam K, Johnny M, Hannah R, Olivia S, Partalie K, Ethan D, Imogen J, Amilie H, Alycia K, Eric P, Liz W, Jack D, Paul H, Jason X, Finn P, Alex W, Georgie L, Blair B, Matthew L, Yash G, George M. GOLD: Ian J, Lucas J, Ethan L, Andrew Z, Louise W, Jayden K, Samuel S, Amelia S, Malin P, Jonathan D

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS CLASS EXCELLENCE AWARD CITIZENSHIP AWARD

Prep A Sam T for working super hard and recording your

learning in our Math Journals. Keep it up Sam!

Samson K for using lovely manners and working nicely with

your class mates. Well done Sammy!

Prep B Tharu H for always working so hard during maths and

using excellent strategies to solve problems.

Michelle V for being a good friend to the members of Prep B.

Prep C Rina S for writing an interesting and detailed Fairy Tale

story. Keep up the great writing, Rina!

Adhvik B for always demonstrating kind and considerate

manners to all students in Prep C. What an amazing quality, Adhvik!

Prep D Liam S for his beautiful story writing and fantastic ending.

Great work Liam!

Matthew W for his enthusiastic participation in the Life Ed

Van. Fantastic effort Matthew!

Prep E Aanya S for writing a wonderful fairytale story. Well done! Sara P for always playing well with others and sharing. Well

done!

Prep F Lucy D for your excellent effort during Maths sessions.

Will R for your persistence and your efforts to be resilient.

1A Leah S for always taking pride in her work! Well done! Vidushi W for being a great friend to others in the class!

1B Sam E for writing an excellent description about his

character for his information report.

Dylan P for having high morals and for being an honest

student.

1C Hunter B for the terrific writing he has been doing. Keep

up the great work Hunter!

Grace C for always being polite and using her manners.

1D Roger L for being the quiet achiever. He tackles all tasks

independently, completing them to the best of his ability and always takes great pride in the presentation of his work.

Tariq S for bringing fun and laughter into our classroom. He

always has a cheery disposition and huge smile that makes us all want to do the same.

1E Amelia G for making great progress with her reading.

Keep up the fine work, Amelia!

Joshua O for always being thoughtful and considerate of

others.

2A Arnav C for putting in a great effort with your public

speaking. You are doing a fantastic job. Keep up the practice. Well done.

Daniel T for always thinking of others and their feelings. You

are very considerate to all of your class mates. Well done. Keep it up.

2B Carl L for always working to the best of his ability and

putting effort into his work. Well done!

Vincent C being a kind, caring and supportive class member

who is always considerate of his peers. Thankyou Vincent!

2C Marisa P always displaying a great attitude towards

learning and working to the best of her ability.

Stacey M for being such a great helper around the

classroom.

2D Abby D, for demonstrating a diligent attitude toward her

studies by starting her work straight away.

Lachlan S for playing nicely in the yard and treating his

teachers and peers with respect.

2E Scout M for always completing all tasks excellently.

Great effort Scout!

Marcus W for always using his manners and being kind to

his peers. Thanks Marcus!

FOOTY DAY- lunch order extension date Don’t forget you can order a special lunch of either a Hot Dog or Meat Pie (full size, not a party pie). Orders MUST be received no later than TOMORROW, Friday 14th September for our Footy Day on Friday, 21st September.

** A SPECIAL THANK YOU to PLUMROSE for providing the hot dogs for a great low price**

For a gold coin donation (for the State School Relief fundraiser), your child can dress in their favourite footy (soccer, rugby etc) team colours. The money goes to schools that are less fortunate then us, to buy uniforms and books for their students.

SECONDHAND UNIFORM SHOP NEWS The next sale for second hand uniforms will be next term. For new parents please contact me before the end of term to arrange a time. We are in need of winter uniforms, rain jackets and school bags. All items can be left at the General Office. Thank you to all who have volunteered and supported us this term. Mechelle, Volunteer Parent 0409-706281

BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLE Thank you to the many parents that have offered to help – however there are still plenty of spaces left on our roster if you can assist for an hour or two on Sunday, 23rd September at the Nottinghill Bunnings Store. If you can assist, please email me on: BBurns@savantec.com.au A roster will be published in next week’s Newsletter. Thank you. Bruce Burns, Co-ordinator

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

ASHWOOD MILO CRICKET – Starts on Friday, 19th October, 5.30-6.30pm at

Ashwood Cricket Club, Essex Heights Reserve. All enquires to Tim 0411-960404 or

Greg 0408-303041 or go to http://in2cricket.com.au in the signup box type: Ashwood.

FREE HOOKIN2HOCKEY – ‘Come & Try’ Introduction to Hockey Session. 1.5hr sessions with

fun & coaches in an enthusiastic environment. All players welcome - please feel free to bring along

a friend. Aimed for Under 8’s, Under 10’s and Under 13’s. 10am Sunday 21 October Monash

University Hockey Pitch, Monash University Hockey Club, Wellington Road, Clayton Register with:

Con D'cruz 0403 567996

BASKETBALL FOR BEGINNERS – Head Start Program is an introductory skills program for 6-

12yrs to prepare them for club basketball. 3 new levels – Aussie hoops, Rookie Level & Club

Ready at Nunawading Basketball Centre, Burwood Hwy, East Burwood. Call 9415-6112 or

www.mebainc.net

KELLY SPORTS MARVELLOUS MULTI SPORT – The children will partake in a variety of

sports including tennis, basketball, soccer and cricket. Commencing Tuesday 16th October at this

school from 3.40pm-4.40pm for Prep-Yr 4 students. Application forms available from stand outside

General Office.

WAVERLEY SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION – School Holiday Softball Batter Up Program. 1-4

October 10am-12pm daily. $60 per child. Come and join the fun. Visit

www.softballbatterup.com.au.

EASTERN BULLS BASKETBALL CLUB for boys and girls U8 & U10 programs. Beginners and

experienced players are all welcome. Full training sessions held at Forest Hill Secondary College.

Free uniforms including training uniform! Registrations now open. Call Rachael on 0413-629807

or Iain 0412-329912