Newsletter No 22, Thursday 23 July 2015

Mount Waverley Primary School, Park Lane, Mount Waverley 3149

Ph: 9807-1480 I Fax: 9888-1495 I Email: mount.waverley.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au I Web: www.mountwaverleyps.vic.edu.au

SPECIAL EVENTS

HOUSE ATHLETICS

Congratulations to all the children in Years 3-6 who competed at the House Athletics last week. Thank you to all the parents and teachers for helping out on the day.

Results: 1st Murray 766 points, 2nd Glenelg 722 points, 3rd Barwon 654 points, 4th Goulburn 528.

DISTRICT SOCCER

Congratulations to all the Year 6 girls who competed at the District Girls Soccer

Competition last Friday. In wet and muddy conditions the girls made the final which they lost 1-0. It was the first time MWPS

had made the girls final so this was an outstanding result to be runner ups for our

district. Well done!

TERM 3 24 July Tree Planting Day Division T Ball Coal Creek Year 1 27 July Division Netball Parent/Teacher Interviews 28 July ICAS English 29 July Parent/Teacher Interviews 30 July Coal Creek Year 2 31 July BOOK SWAP 1 August WORKING BEE 10 August Yr 6 IMAX 11 August ICAS Maths 30 OCTOBER Graduation and Group Photos

IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

REMINDERS Permission forms & payments: Yrs 3/4 ,4,5 & 6 Swimming overdue Yrs 1 & 2 Coal Creek overdue Yr 6 IMAX Excursion due 29 July

2015 P&F MEETING DATES

August 12 September 9 October 14 November 11 December 9

EARN NEW RESOURCES FOR MWPS

Anyone who shops at Woolworths can collect stickers to place on sticker sheets. The sticker sheets and collection box are

outside Mrs Martin’s Office.

You will earn one sticker for every $10 spent.

AUDITIONS FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GIRLS CHOIR

Years 1 – 6 Girls are invited to participate in a group workshop on Friday 7 August at 2.30pm.

The Choir Staff members facilitating the workshop create a relaxed, fun, positive atmosphere.

No previous music experience is necessary to attend the workshop which will held in the Great Space at school. Following the workshop further information about 2016 classes will be posted to you.

Students will receive information fliers regarding the workshop this week.

MATHS GARDEN

We are ready to commence Stage 1 of the Maths Garden! We are looking for people who have access to materials and are experienced with concreting

and paving that would be able to help us out. If you are able to help us could you please leave your details at the General Office by Friday 31 July.

Book Swap Please send your swap books with a permission slip and gold coin to the Library as soon as possible. A GOLD COIN on FRIDAY 31st even if you are not book swapping would be appreciated as it will help support the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. Jacqueline Griffeth Teacher Librarian

GOLD Mihir G, Angus R, Tile B, John S, Eric B, Keira G, Esha G

SILVER

Hitani C, Sunny Z, Billy R, Kiara A, Gina K, Seyara F, Nitara M, Vishwa P, William A, Tanya S, Kalani P, YongFeng J, Jia Xing T, Sinethya P, Michaela J, Amir K, Olivia A, Nicholas C, Grace R, Nelini W, Hayden J, Tessa G, Sam A, Lachlan B, Ria P, Bella T, Sophie S, Reva M, Shreya N

ACHIEVEMENTS/CURRICULUM

Rubbish Free Lunch Day Winners Week 1 Term 3Congratulations to our winning classes for last week’s Rubbish

Free Lunch Day. The winning Prep class was PF with 100% rubbish free lunches in their class. The winning Junior

School classes were 1C, 2B and 2C with 96% rubbish free lunches in their class. Due to the House Athletics last

week, there are no Middle School or Senior School winners for this week. Our winning classes are rewarded with

15 minutes extra recess! Congratulations!

CLASS SCORE CLASS SCORE CLASS SCORE CLASS SCORE

PA 82%

1C 96%

3B House Aths 5A House Aths

PB 95%

1D 90%

3C House Aths

5B House Aths

PC 74%

2A No result

3D House Aths

5C House Aths

PD 89%

2B 96%

3/4Y House Aths 5D House Aths

PE No result

2C 96%

4B House Aths 6A House Aths

PF 100%

2D 82%

4C House Aths

6B House Aths

1A 71%

2E 87%

4D House Aths

6C House Aths

1B 76% 3A House Aths 4E House Aths 6D House Aths

COLLECTION OF DATA ON STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

All schools in Australia, including Independent and Catholic

schools, will participate in the Nationally Consistent

Collection of Data on School Students with Disability 2015.

The Data Collection is an annual count of the number of

students with disability receiving educational adjustments

to support their participation in education on the same basis

as students without disability. All education agencies are

now required under the Australian Education Regulation

2013 to provide information on a student’s level of

education, disability and level of adjustment to the

Australian Government Department of Education and

Training. Data will be de-identified prior to its transfer and

no student’s identity will be provided to the Australian

Government Department of Education and Training.

The collection of this information from states and territories

will inform future policy and program planning in relation to

students with disability.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact

the Principal, Greg Paine on 9807 1480 or the Victorian

Department of Education and Training Data Collection

Hotline on (03) 9651 3621. For questions after 7 August

2015, please call the Australian Government Department of

Education and Training on 1300 566 046.

Vicki Martin Assistant Principal

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD HEAT HOOPS Boys & Girls 5-9 years Fridays 3.45pm—4.30pm Junior Gym at Huntingtower School starting 24 July Cost: $50 Registration: WWW.HTHEAT.COM.AU NUNAWADING BASKETBALL Headstart Program Boys & Girls 6 to 12 year olds Tues/Wed 4.10pm Sunday 1pm $70 Spookhoops Skills Night Casual training Fridays 4pm 3-5 yr olds 4.15pm 6-12 Yr olds $3 entry Nunawading Stadium, Burwood Hwy, East Burwood Email: info@ausbasketball.com.au FROGS BASKETBALL 5-12 yr olds starting 22 July Oakleigh Recreation Centre Wednesdays 5.00pm $55 chadstonebasketball.com.au WAVERLEY BLUES Boys & Girls Under 9s & 10s are invited to play in an end of season game on Sunday 26 July 10am Mt Waverley Reserve Fleet Street Mt Waverley Free sausage sizzle Reg by 23 July peter.wendy@optusnet.com.au MINI MATILDAS 6 weeks Soccer Program for girls 7-12 years old. Fridays 5-6pm starting 24 July Waverley Victory Home Ground, Brandon Park Reserve, Ferntree Gully Rd, Glen Waverley Reistered players $25 New players $45 Email: girls@waverleyvictory.com.au Phone: 0417 128304 MT WAVERLEY NETBALL CLUB: Spring Season is here! Expressions of interest are welcome for players and parent coaches. Please feel free to contact Joanne 0402 275 590 or Alison 0421 433 705 BUILDING LEGO Burwood Neighborhood House 1 Church Street Burwood 7 Aug 4.00-8.00pm 8 July 9.00am—4.00pm POTTERY FOR CHILDREN 8 week pottery program for children Tues/Thurs 4.30—6.00pm Cost: $144 Bookings: manager@waverleyclc.org.au or 9807 6011

GENERAL INFORMATION

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING (DE&T) SCHOOL NURSE VISIT Alison Baker is the visiting Primary School Nurse from the Department of Education and Training (DE&T) who will be attending our school late Term 3 or early Term 4. During her visit she will conduct the Prep student health assessments and, if necessary, see other students in the school as requested by parents and / or teachers (written parents’ consent required). All parents of Prep students will have received the school nurse -prep students questionnaire last week which need to be returned to their child’s teacher in the sealed envelopes provided. These are confidential documents which are lodged directly with the DE& T School Nurse. The purpose of the Primary School Nurse visit is to provide all Victorian children with the opportunity to have a health assessment and link children, families and school communities to services available in the community, providing information and advice that promotes health and wellbeing. Parents are invited to contact Alison Baker directly on 0412 161 473 if there are any issues they wish to discuss. Parents of students (other than Prep students) that wish their child to be seen by the school nurse need to complete a Referral form available from Vicki Martin or their child’s teacher. All completed Prep Student Questionnaires and Referral forms need to be returned to the class teacher by Wednesday 22 July. Vicki Martin Assistant Principal

SECOND HAND UNIFORMS

If any families are in great need of uniform items and find it

difficult to pay for these please come to the Office and we

may be able to arrange clothing items through the Second

Hand Uniform stock. We know that with such

a period of very cold weather it can sometimes

be a challenge to dress our children warmly.

YEAR 5&6 PARENTS’ MORNING TEA

There will be a morning tea for all year 5&6 parents on Monday 3rd August , in the Staffroom after Assembly.

Please bring a plate. We hope to see as many parents as possible. Mechelle G Parent Class Rep 5B

WORKING BEE DATE Term 3: Saturday 1 August Term 4 : Saturday 7 November

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

We can all look after our garden beds at school.

Schools Tree Day, held on the last Friday of July (24th July 2015), is a special day for Australia’s school children. As budding environmentalists they are doing their bit for our country by planting native trees and shrubs and beautifying our school grounds. Over 250,000 school children were involved in last year’s event. Tree Day shows us how easy and what fun it is to help our environment and connect with nature.

“Planting native trees in our school is a great way to ensure that plenty of habitat is provided for our native wildlife,” says Earnest Eco-Earth. “It’s also an important way that we can contribute to the environment and help fight climate change at a community level.”

This year 400 plants will be planted along the back fence garden, around the back of the portables, with the aim of making the gardens look better and to provide a place for our local wildlife to eat and live safely. This will be our 15th Annual Tree Planting Day at MWPS and will go towards our school maintaining its BIODIVERSITY Star as part of the AUSSI Resource Smart Schools Program.

A colouring competition is being held again this year with fabulous environmentally themed prizes on offer. Colouring sheets can be obtained from classroom teachers or from the COMPETITIONS page of the MWPS SUSTAINABILITY blog (see tab above or click on the word COMPETITIONS). The link is: http://sustainabilityatmwps.global2.vic.edu.au/competitions/

This year there is a Junior entry (Prep – 2), a Senior entry (Yrs 3-6) and a teacher/parent entry. This way the whole family can be involved!

All entries must have the child’s/adult’s name and class on the front and can be given to Ms Leary (Room 31) or left at the Office. The competition closes on Friday July 31st. No late entries will be accepted.

For more information on Planet Ark’s Tree Planting Day click on the link: http://treeday.planetark.org/

SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT UPDATE