Principal’s Prattle

School Address and Contact Details ph: (03) 51271512 Fax (03) 5126 1149

Email moe.ps.south@edumail.vic.gov.au Web Address http://moe-southst-ps.vic.edu.au

DATES FOR THE DIARY

2015

Labour Day Holiday-

Monday 9th of March

Whole school Athletics Carnival– Wednesday 11th of

March.

School Photos- Wednesday 18th of

March.

Just a reminder that Monday 9th March is a public holiday. There is no school on this day.

Next Wednesday we have our whole school athletics day at Joe Carmody Athletics Track

Newborough. It is fantastic to see we have a number of parent helpers and it would be even more

fantastic to see a large number of parents to support the children during the day. These days are

a great community event and require all hands on deck for it to be a great success. See you all

there.

Student Leadership

Our school Captains were announced at last week’s assembly. These children will be very good representatives for our school and I look forward to meeting with them on a regular basis to discuss learning, the school environment and other views they may have about our school. Our school captains, as voted by their peers and endorsed by staff are:

Alex Van Hienen Connor Hart

Ellie De Van Der Schueren Macey McCartney

All the students were really proud of themselves with equally proud families.

We also had our School Captains presented on Monday.

Blue House Captain - Josh Koot Vice Captain – Amelia Reid

Red House Captain – Luke Summersgill Vice Captain – Ethan Street

Yellow House Captain – Danielle Taylor Vice Captain- Kristy MacDonald

Green House Captain – Kaylie Sherriffs Vice Captain- Logan Mathison

We will also have a Student Representative Council with representatives from each class who will

look at student leadership and fundraising as well. We will work at looking to get the school

captains and our SRC working together effectively.

School Council Elections

We recently concluded our School Council elections on the 28th of February in accordance with DEECD regulations. The number of nominations for both staff and parent representative positions were equal with the number of vacant positions. Nominations were as follows:

Anna Di Nuzzo Staff Rep 2 years

Margaret Forrester Parent rep 2 years Rochelle Jennings Parent rep 2 years

Kerren Cake Parent rep 2 years Lisa Elliott Parent rep 2 years

Adrian Koot Parent rep 2 years Heather Mason Parent rep 2 years

We will elect office bearers on Tuesday the 17th of March at the next Council Meeting.

Moe South Street Primary School

Volume One Issue 6 5th March, 2015

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EBM INSURANCE

Attached with the newsletter is a letter from EBM about taking a personal insurance policy on your child. This is an

option for all parents to do privately if they wish, our obligation as a school is to pass it on to you if you wish to take

additional insurance out for any personal injury then you can enter into a private arrangement. Please read the

attached letter.

STUDENT MANAGEMENT

Parents would be aware that we operate a Reflection Room where students are counselled for any aggressive

behaviour in the yard. The reason we do this is to help students think about their behaviour, guide them in building

strategies to cope with challenging situations and make good choices. As you would also be aware, we provide an

extra 15 minutes reward play on a Friday afternoon to say “thank you” to all the children who have played nicely in

the yard all week – in other words, we are rewarding those who do the right thing. Any child who has been in the

Reflection Room during the week is not given this reward, instead, they are supervised inside. Please be very clear

that they are not given a second punishment but rather they are not given the reward that the other children have

earned.

ELECTRONIC EMAIL

A number of families are requesting to have their Snippets sent via email. At present we will still send a paper copy home to all eldest in the family. Just a reminder, Snippets are available on the school website (www.moe-southst-ps.vic.edu.au) as well. I would like to start receiving Snippets by email

ELDEST IN THE FAMILY AT SCHOOL:…………………………………

EMAIL ADDRESS:…………………………………………………………………………

SIGNED:…………………………………………………………………………………………

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HOT CROSS BUNS

“Snack Attack” Canteen is offering TRADITIONAL Hot Cross Buns for children on Wednesday 25th March and

ALSO the opportunity for families to purchase packs of 6 of these delicious buns – in 4 flavours.

Order forms will be sent home today, please offer them to your neighbours, family, friends and we will happily order them for you. Fresh baked on the morning of delivery, and cheaper than supermarkets, you will be helping our canteen fundraising. Family orders will be delivered on Tuesday 24

th March for pick up from 2PM at the

Canteen.

Forms and money must be returned to school by FRIDAY 13TH

MARCH.

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SCHOOL PHOTOS

We have school photos coming up on Wednesday 18th of March so we are requesting that parents

return their envelopes with the correct money in it by Friday the 13th of March. We can’t actually

give you change because the money goes to a private company (Spargo Photography) with your

order, therefore we would appreciate it if you could have the correct money organised for each

individual envelope please. If you have more than one child and you are unable to put individual

payment in each envelope, then you are able to put the total amount for the siblings in the eldest

sibling’s envelope and be sure to mark on the empty envelopes that their payment is in their older

sibling’s envelope. All envelopes are to be handed in either before or on the day.

VEGGIE GARDEN NEWS

We’ve had a busy week in the outdoor classroom making chutney and green tomato pickles.

Please keep bringing the jars in and put them in the box provided on the table outside the staffroom. The kids are enjoying Thursdays in the outdoor classroom having animals visiting every week.

Rebecca Wolfenden

Easter Fundraising - Casual clothes day Friday March 13th, 2015. A casual clothes day will be held on Friday March 13th, 2015 for a gold coin donation. We are asking kindly, for families to donate Easter eggs/gifts for our annual Easter Raffle. Children will be sent home with raffle books shortly, for the price of 50 cents each or $5 a book. The raffle will be drawn on Wednesday 25

th March.

Through your kind donations each year we raise funds for various projects around the school, and this year we are aiming for new basketball rings, which the kids are very excited about. Your efforts are greatly appreciated, thanks again. Robyn Wildblood.

SCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL

Just a reminder that the whole School Athletics Carnival will be held on Wednesday 11th March at the Joe Carmody Athletic Centre, Newborough. We will be travelling down by buses on the day and we would like to thank the Canteen for covering the cost of the buses. You will need to bring enough food and drink to last the whole day and to wear their house colours along with appropriate clothing for physical activity. No money is allowed. Our team for the WVPSSA Athletics Carnival to be held in May will be selected after our carnival. Mrs. Ross.

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