Thursday 26 October 2017...Many hands make light work and we had the whole junior school and many ES...

Thursday 26 October 2017

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Thursday October 26 Prep Hands on Science Incursion Saturday October 28 50th Birthday Celebrations Display 1.30pm & Twilight Fete 3pm to 8pm Monday October 30 Assembly 2.45pm – PAC Tuesday October 31 Yr 5/6 Incursion Wednesday November 1 Yr 1/2 ACMI Excursion Friday November 3 Yr 5/6 SDSSA Summer Sports R2 - Postponed to be rescheduled Prep Transition Session 2 2.00pm – 3.00pm World Teachers Day Monday November 6 Curriculum Day – No students required at school Tuesday November 7 Melbourne Cup Day – No students at school Friday November 10 SDSSA Summer Sport R3 – Away Pinewood Remembrance Day Ceremony Wednesday November 15 EMR Basketball

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YEAR 1/2 SLEEPOVER There was much excitement last Friday when our Year 1/2s returned to school for their late stay/sleep over. Teamwork skills were organised prior to the students sitting down together for dinner. The sleepover assists students in preparing for camp in Year 3, developing their independence and resilience skills. For some children this is the first time they have slept overnight away from their families. Thank you to the Year 1/2 teachers and Mrs Frieda Apostolopoulos in particular for organising the late stay/sleep over. Many hands make light work and we had the whole junior school and many ES staff assisting. Thank you to all involved who helped make it a great experience for our Year 1/2 students.

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CHANNEL 10 APPERANCE Thank you to Carolyn Datson for organising the visit from Mike Larkin and Channel 10 on Monday night. It was such a great opportunity to showcase our school and the upcoming events. How brilliant were our children! They looked fantastic, behaved beautifully and were great representatives of our school. Mike was very giving of his time allowing for questions and just hanging out with the kids and community. His great sense of humour had everyone laughing. Thank you to everyone who came along and in particular to the students.

SCHOOL’S 50 B’DAY CELEBRATION AND FETE WOW – what a week! We started with a high with our special 60s/70s dress up day and special assembly. Thank you to Liz Jeffrey’s for being our special guest sharing life at MWHPS in the early days and Mrs Sandra Douglas for educating our students about life in the 60s/70s. We had a visit by Mike Larkan and will be finishing the week celebrating our 50 B’day in style. It has been an exceptionally busy week with much preparation for this weekend’s celebration. Claire Furlong and Jane Gough have been printing, laminating and preparing the display boards highlighting our school’s journey over the past 50 years. Leonie Griffin has practically lived all week at the school, ensuring all arrangements have been coordinated and organised. A mammoth task. Then there are the background workers - the parent volunteers and the MWHPS staff who have dedicated their time organising stalls and assisting with preparations. A huge team effort. I would like to recognise the main key committee members for their astonishing efforts.

- Leonie Griffin (Fete manager extraordinaire) - Airlie Anderson-Weir (financial control, raffle organiser) - Deb Stathakaros (Fete Assistant Manager) - Jane Gough (50 year booklet and Commemorative Event) - Claire Furlong (Commemorative Display)






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An outline of this weekend’s event: (See Fete page for more information) Golden Jubilee Celebrations – In the PAC 1.30pm PAC opened to guests 2.00pm Official Ceremony with special guests:

Steve Dimopoulos (local State member) Rebecca Patterson (Mayor of Monash) Stuart James (Deputy Mayor of Monash)

3.00pm Official ceremony ends. However the PAC will remain open. School Fete 3-8pm 3.00pm Fete commences 6.45pm Raffle prizes drawn on the entertainment stage 7ish Band starts

8.00pm Fete Closes Please note that parking will be available on our school oval and in the surrounding streets PREP TRANSITION Each year there is a Welcome BBQ for our new preps and their families – hosted by our current Prep families and School Councillors. Prep D, Prep M families and Councillors - please keep Tuesday 21 November free for this event. Further information will be sent home on Monday.

Session 2 Friday 3 November, 2:00pm – 3:00pm For the parents – Leanne Pollock – Speech Pathologist (How to help your child’s language development) Session 3 Wednesday 17 November, 2:00pm – 3:00pm For the parents – Prep Teacher presenting on last minute PREParations WELCOME TO PREP BBQ (with 2017 Prep parents and students) TUESDAY 21 November, 5:30pm – 7:00pm *further information will be provided closer to the event* Session 4 Friday 1 December, 9:30am – 12:30pm PREP ORIENTATION MORNING Children will need to bring a hat and their morning tea including water in a named drink bottle. In For the parents – Uniform Shop/ Tea, Coffee and Chat






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CURRICULUM DAY Just a reminder that students will not be required on Monday 6 Nov. We will be having our last curriculum day for the year. Staff will be undertaking professional learning in mathematics further developing consistent practices and approaches. We will also be looking at how we engage and challenge students in mathematics. BUILDING WORKS – 2 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT Over the September holidays a working group (consisting of staff and our School Council President) met with DET (Department of Education and Training) representatives and architects to discuss plans for the rebuild of Building C. Over the last couple of weeks, we have met once again to look at possible concept drawings. After consultation with the committee and additional staff, we have provided a final wants and needs list. Once complete, the final concept drawing will be included in upcoming newsletter editions. In the meantime, storage containers will be delivered to school and in approximately four weeks, the portables will arrive. The current year 1/2 classes will move into the portables in preparation for works over the xmas break. We will need to box up items in Building C, ASAP. Much to do! Please let me know if you are able to assist with boxing and moving of items. WORLD TEACHERS DAY Due to our big event this weekend, we have postponed World Teachers Day till Friday Nov 3. Let’s celebrate….

Appearing on National TV Our upcoming school fete Our amazing parents and staff for their efforts in preparing for the fete That we made it through a huge week!

Until next week

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Sharon Reiss-Stone Principal






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Curriculum News:

Our first prep transition was last Friday. It was great to see our new preps enjoying our wonderful prep room. They did some reading, maths and games. They were all very enthusiastic and had such a great time. Thank you to all the staff who made it such a success. Our next session is Friday Nov 3 at 2pm.

Also looking forward to wonderful fete on Saturday! See you there! Physical Education NOTES:

Thanks for supporting Walk To School! Only a few weeks left so leave the car behind (or

park a little further away) and walk to school.

Thank for supporting Mike Larkin’s visit. As you can see from the

photo, Mike loved looking at our tree in the prep room. All the

students were fantastic and it was such a great way to promote our

school.






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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SPORTING STARS!

We have had some very successful students last season with Tanna awarded the Coach’s Award and Will T awarded Most Valuable Player for their basketball team. Mahine and Teani have made it to the next round of selection trials for representative netball. Congratulations! If you have a sporting achievement, we would love to know about it. Interschool Sport: We would love to have parent help for the interschool sport this term. Please see your class teacher if you are free. Round 2 POSTPONED: Nov 3rd V Parkhill HOME ** Please NOTE: Due Mount Waverley

Secondary College having a testing morning, this round has been post-poned. We will let

you know when we are able to reschedule.

Round 3: Nov 10th V Pinewood AWAY (To be confirmed due to Remembrance Day Service event)

Round 4: Nov 17th BYE

Round 5: Nov 24th V Syndal South HOME

Round 6: Dec 8th V Burwood East HOME

Thanks

Carolyn

Carolyn Datson Assistant Principal






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Poppy Appeal

To assist current and former members of the Australian and Allied Defence Forces and their dependents in need, our school community is selling the following items:

Poppy Badges - $2.00 and $5.00 Wrist bands - $3.00 Bag tags and Key Rings - $4.00

Thank you for your support, SRC

Christopher 1/2A for creating a fantastic clay pinch pot and jellyfish oil pastel picture






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MWHPS Twilight Fete

“Flavours of the World” Sweet Stall

We need your help!

The Parents Association is holding a sweet stall at our fete and we would love it if all our families could assist us in making it a success! The fete is a celebration for all families at our school, so if you are able to make a traditional dish reflective of your family’s heritage that would be great. Next week each family will receive 2 plastic plates & bags with instructions & an ingredient list. Ideas for things to make..... Cakes, slices, biscuits, sweets, ideally something from your traditional culture or homeland to go with our "flavours of the world" theme. Please support your school by making a couple of items, the cake stall is a great fundraiser. Any queries to Alison 0411 653 541 or krishna 0438 550 178






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Extend OSHC at Mount Waverley Heights Primary

School

Hi everyone!

Last week at Extend we had a very creative week. We made blindfold portraits where the children wore blindfolds and try to paint different people and objects. They really enjoyed it

and had a good laugh when they took to blindfolds off to see what they had created. We also made peg puppets this week which was a huge hit. The children either used pegs or paddle

pop sticks, and later used them in our extend theatre to create puppet show which they invited the other children to participate and watch. We made zucchini slice this week which the children loved, and there was even a request to make it every week!! On Friday we got

our lab coats out and made lemon volcanoes. We used the lemons natural acidity and mixed it with food colouring and bicarb soda, to create a bubbling, foaming lemon volcano. The

children then loved being able to experiment and see what they could use to keep the volcano erupting.

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Fate this Saturday, come down and say hello to

us at our stall.

Friendly Reminder: Term 4 means hats and sunscreen needs to be worn to play outside. Children who don't

have a hat will not be able to play outside. If you have a spare hat you want to leave at the service for your child please feel free to drop it off and we have a had tub we can store it in.

Coming up next week:

Monday October 30: Hama beads, Revenge Tuesday October 31: Sports Clinic

Wednesday November 1: Cooking: Blueberry muffins, Rounders Thursday November 2: Creative painting, Balloon games

Friday November 3: Science: Egg drop challenge, Playground

AND OUR EXTEND SUPER-STAR OF THE WEEK IS.....

Zoe A 1/2 TM

For always bringing a positive attitude into after school care, and for always helping educators and peers to pack-up.

From Rylie and the kids at Extend. :)

Extends Food Drive:

Please remember we are running a food drive at Extend to donate to the Uniting Care Connections Christmas food drive. We will accept non perishable donations throughout the

term, please come and see us at After School Care to donate! Thank you to those who already have we really appreciate your donations.






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Only 2 sleeps to go! The last 8 months of planning are about to come to a head…we have awesome entertainers, some

fantastic food, fabulous fun activities for the kids and adults PLUS some great bargains for everyone.

The site has been broken into zones to make it easy to plan:

The 50th Display opens at 1.30pm with official

proceedings starting at 2pm. The Fete starts at

3pm. Ride Wristbands can be picked up from

the Information and Tickets stand near the

office after 3pm. See you Saturday!

ZONE 2 Eat, Drink and Be

Merry We have a BBQ, Thai, Greek, Woodfired Pizza and a café keeping you fuelled for the

afternoon.

ZONE 3 Kids Zone

From fairy floss to face painting; jaffa smashing to choc tossing; hat designs to sno cones…something for

everyone

ZONE 1 50th Celebrations

A walk through history exploring all aspects of life in

our school. Pick up your commemorative wine and

books here too!

ZONE 4 Amusements Jumping Castles, Rock Climbing Wall, Chair-o-

Plane, Tea Cup and Saucer ride, Laughing Clowns, Animal Farm and more

ZON

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ZONE 6 The Market Village

We have books, plants, clothes, Tupperware, Candles, Salt Therapy products, Hats,

Cakes and more






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Thank you to our Fete sponsors …

MOUNT WAVERLEY

4.45pm






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And a big thank you to our major sponsor…






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Some of the Food and Drink available at the Fete We cater to meat lovers and vegetarians, and have enough variety to satisfy everyone. Our food stalls will

all be operating from 3pm until 8pm (unless noted differently below) so bring the family for afternoon tea

and dinner

Café Thanks to the lovely people at Berengarra, we have the coolest coffee

and the best baristas. The coffee will be delicious, come and enjoy a cup or two.

Tea, coffee and hot chocolate will be served with some sweet treats.

You can have a seat away from the hustle and bustle of the fete, compare the

goodies you have bought and won, refresh with a lovely cuppa and go out and do it

all again. The café will be operating from 1.30pm.

Decorate your own cupcakes It may get a little messy but that will just add to the fun! It is simple – buy a cupcake, add your own

toppings…from icing to sprinkles…the range will be amazing so let your imagination go nuts! The best

bit? Once you have decorated it you get to eat it!

BBQ Due to the outstanding success of the egg n’ bacon rolls at our last couple of

events they are making an appearance at the fete, but strictly limited to early birds, so don’t

miss out!

The BBQers will be serving up delicious sausages and we’ll throw in bread, sauce, mustard

and onions – we’ll even give you a napkin too!

But that’s not all, delicious hamburgers (including a vegetarian option) will be flipped on the grill as well.

Thanks to the local Rotary team for helping us out on the grill!

Woodfired Pizza

Woodstack Fire and Food will be offering wood fired pizza with a range of toppings to

satisfy your pizza craving. Just ask our Year 3 and 4 students how good these pizzas are!

Greek Taste Temptations

Let’s Meat Up will be providing a tempting fare – Souvlaki and those thick hot chips we all

wish we could make! The boys at Let’s Meat Up Greek Grill will be cooking up a storm on

their chargrill with choices of meat such as lamb, chicken or pork belly. Good luck deciding

which you prefer, ‘cos it will be a little bit like eeni meeni minie mo!!!

Tantalising Thai

For something a little different try the range of Thai food that will be available at Thai

Grandma’s Kitchen. Spring rolls to noodles…and maybe a few international dishes

thrown in!

**Soft drinks, juice and water will be available at the BBQ stall and the Popcorn stall




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