Newsletter No 16

June 26th, 2017

Principal’s chat

Welcome to the last week of what feels like a very long term!! It has

certainly been a very busy term.

Twice a year every child receives a portfolio, containing samples of

learning, and also a progress report. The portfolio and report

include:

A page reporting academic achievement in a range of domains in relation to the Victorian curriculum. It will indicate where your child is in relation to the standards i.e. at standard, above standard, well below standard etc. This is the page with the dots on it.

A teacher comment.

A comment from our specialists teachers – Visual Arts, Performing Arts and LOTE (Japanese).

A comment from the Principal.

A checklist of skills in a range of academic areas. This is a representative list only and does not cover everything. The checklists indicate what your child has achieved and areas for future learning and improvement.

A checklist of “Ready To Learn” indicators which indicate achievement in relation to personal and interpersonal skills that we consider to be very important.

Samples of your child’s work throughout the semester which is intended as evidence to back up what the other parts of the report say about progress.

A student reflection in relation to their learning.

A section for parent reflections which parents need to complete before retuning the portfolio to school.

When completing the checklist of skills all students are assessed at the

appropriate academic level for them. Below is an indication of the

expected level for each grade level.

Grade Prep - Foundation

Grade 1 - Level 1

Grade 2 - Level 2 Grade 3 - Level 3

Grade 4 - Level 4

Grade 5 - Level 5

Grade 6 - Level 6

At the top of the checklist of skills it will indicate the Victorian

curriculum level your child is being assessed at. It is important to

note that some students are assessed above or below the expected

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday 4th August

Japanese Day

Wednesday 9th August

Finance committee meeting, 2.30pm

Wednesday 16th August

School Council dinner and meeting,

6.30pm

Thursday 24th August

Athletics Day

Friday 1st September

Blokes Breakfast

Thursday 14th September

School Concert

Monday 18th September –

Wednesday 20th September

Grade 3 and 4 camp

Grade 5 and 6 camp

School holiday care is being offered at the school for the

upcoming holidays. Please see information under School

Community below.

THIS WEEK AT M.P.S.

Thursday 29th June

Making the Leap transition at C.S.C. (selected grade 6 students)

Division football (selected students)

Assembly, 3pm

Gr 6 Christmas window judging, 3.45pm

Market Day meeting, 6.00pm-7.00pm at Kangaroo Hotel

Friday 30th June

Friday Fundraiser

Last day term 2, 2.30pm dismissal

Monday 17th July

First day term 3

level depending on their academic level and their individual

learning needs.

In Mathematics we use a topic based approach where we work on three

topics per term, spending three weeks on each topic, and complete pre

and post testing. Therefore, only six of our twelve topics for the year

have been covered and we thought that it was important to highlight that

some areas of mathematics are yet to be taught.

Your child’s portfolio and report will be sent home with your child

tomorrow. Please take the time to read through it with your child

and celebrate their achievements. If you could complete the parent

reflections section of the portfolio that would be great. After the school

holidays, we require the portfolio to be returned along with the

checklists. The Semester 1 report (with the dots) is intended for you

to keep, so you can take it out of the portfolio.

At the end of the year you will receive the portfolio again with additional

samples for the rest of the year, the completed checklists and the second

semester report. At this time, you will be able to keep all of this as a

record of your child’s year.

Parent teacher interviews will be scheduled in term 3 to follow up

school reports. If you have any questions or would like to discuss your

child’s report sooner, then please contact your child’s teacher.

Enjoy reading the portfolios and reports - the teachers certainly put a lot

of hard work into ensuring that they are comprehensive and

individualised.

Enjoy the rest of the week and I hope that you all have a relaxing break – see you next term.

Warm regards,

Jodie

What’s happening this week?

Alisa will be attending a Principal’s conference tomorrow and will

be replaced by Kellie.

School community

Fresh Fruit Friday: We require more helpers to enable us to complete the term 3 and 4 Fresh Fruit Friday roster. Please complete and return the pink form sent home last week (more forms are available from the office) by this Wednesday 28th June so the roster can go out before the holidays.

Volunteers for this week: Vanessa Healy and Anita Mason Volunteers for first week of third term: Nicole Funston and Josh Broughton

School holiday care at Maldon Primary School: Analeigh, from after school care, is offering school holiday care for the coming school holidays, July 3rd-7th and July 10th-14th. Care is available Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm with a minimum booking of 5.5 hours. If you are interested in utilising this service please contact Analeigh on 0431 745 097 or Mt Alexander Family Day Care on 5470 6284.

After school care at Maldon Primary School: We currently have the following vacancies in after school care:

2 places on Monday 2 places on Wednesday

1 place on Thursday 2 places on Friday

Analeigh is at the school from 3.15pm - 6pm everyday so pop into the music room/library to enquire or contact Mt Alexander Family Day Care on 5470 6284.

Birthdays

L to R: Tarkyn and Hugh

Artist of the week– Francis

Eagle Eye awards – Alice and

Grace

Classroom awards – Learning rule

L to R: Jacob, Yoshi, Ryder and

Liam

Office Information

DET data collection forms: Last week a data collection form was sent home with the eldest child in each

family. All families are asked to complete this form and return it to the office by this Friday June 30th. The

information on family occupation and education is used to determine the level of funding the school receives so it

is vital that our database information is accurate prior to the next student census in August.

Term 3 netbook instalments: If you have a child in Grade 4,5 or 6 and have elected to pay the netbook

lease fee in instalments the term 3 instalment of $25 is due on Friday July 21st, 2017.

Permission notes and payments to be returned:

Grade 6 Christmas windows judging reply slip is due back tomorrow, Tuesday 27th June.

Grade 3 and 4 Coastal Forest Lodge camp third instalment of $60 is now OVERDUE. Please pay

immediately. The fourth instalment of $60 is due on Friday 28th July.

Grade 5 and 6 Roses Gap camp third instalment of $70 is now OVERDUE. Please pay immediately.

The fourth instalment of $70 is due on Friday 28th July.

Grade 5 and 6 Preparation for Puberty permission form and payment is due back on Tuesday July

18th.

What’s happening in the classroom? Melbourne Victory soccer clinics:

Young leaders:

Fundraising news

Market Day meeting: Don’t forget the Market Day meeting this Thursday 29th June from 6.00pm to 7.00pm at the Kangaroo Hotel. The meeting is aimed at gathering information, ideas and skills for Market Day which is on Saturday 4th November this year. Even if you cannot be on the committee we would love to have your input at this meeting. Come along, have your say and enjoy your first drink on us!

Young Leaders Friday FUNdraiser

Please leave orders with your classroom teacher.

Available each Friday are: Homemade Sausage rolls $2.50, Juice

Box $1.50 and Popcorn $1

Community

HOW TO BE A ROCKSTAR

DON YOUR BEST ROCK AND ROLL OUTFIT AND GET READY TO BUST SOME SWEET DANCE MOVES!

Release your inner rock legend with air guitar, dance moves and hit song lyrics! Hilarious high energy fun for the whole family promoting body positivity and feeling like a rock star by multi-award-winning comedian Tessa Waters.

'To explain exactly what this performance entails is quite impossible, what I can tell you is Tessa Waters will make you

laugh till you cry. ★★★★★' Great Scott Media

Thursday 13 July Show starts 2:00pm

All tickets $10 Ages 3 – 8

Children 2 and under free

Mini rockstars must be accompanied by a parent or carer

Phee Broadway Theatre

Mechanics Lane Castlemaine

Tix available at pheebroadwaytheatre.com

The Castlemaine Visitors Information Centre

Box office on the day

FRUIT WANTED

My name is Amanda and I am the owner/operator of

Olive Branch Preserves in Maldon.

I hate to see fruit going to waste so I am putting out

a call for fruit that you do not want i.e. lemons/

limes/grapefruit/oranges/quinces/rhubarb/

mandarins/plums/apricots and anything you would

like put to use.

You and I can negotiate the exchange details.

Please call me on 0401 507 275

Thank you in advance

The Holiday Intensive Swimming Program (HISP) is a concentrated swimming and water safety program conducted over five consecutive days. The intensive nature of the swimming program allows for a greater opportunity for consolidation of swimming and water safety skills and progression. Providing swimming lessons during the school holiday period provides a great alternative to swimming lessons throughout the term for families with busy schedules. For those already enrolled into the Castlemaine Fitness Swim and Survive, this program will assist you in consolidating skills you need to complete to achieve that next level, or to kick start your progress into a new level.

Key Program Features Focus on developmental areas Opportunity for skill progression AUSTSWIM qualified instructor

Lesson length 30minutes

$40.00 per person Monday 3

rd July from 10.30 – Friday 7

th July

At Castlemaine Fitness Centre

23A Lyttleton Street, Castlemaine

Call 54723695 Limited spaces ensure to book.