December 5th, 2018 — Week 9, Term 4, Issue 36

MYRNIONG SCHOOL VALUES

Co-Operation Respect Acceptance

Resilience Do Your Best

MYRNIONG PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

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Acting Principal: David Garner

School Council President: Ainsley Bellette

Blow St Myrniong, 3341

Phone: (03) 5368 7232

Outside Hours Care: Phone (03) 5368 7027

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Max M Sinead Y Louis P

Hudson B Zaine C Magenta G

Samantha H Matilda B Milly V

Panagiotis S Tyler W

Message from the Principal

Transition and Information Session We are certainly coming to the pointy end with lots of fabulous events and celebrations of both the year that has almost gone, and the New Year to come. Last Friday we had our final Kinder-Foundation transition session with our 28 Foundation stu-dents. While the children were busy in Art and meeting their buddies again, Miss Wickson, Mrs Ludewig and I welcomed their parents to the school community with an Information session and Morning Tea. It is wonderful to have so many new faces, yet also so many of the younger siblings of our students joining the Myrniong family. Thank you to Miss Wickson and Mrs Ludewig for their organisation of this program, and also to the parents and students who spoke to our new families last week. Later this week and into next week we have many events that are worth highlighting:

Friday 7th December: volunteers morning tea Monday 10th December: Year 6 Assembly and Lions Club Awards Tuesday 11th December: Year 6-7 state-wide orientation day Wednesday 12th December: School Concert @ 6:30PM Friday 14th December: Year 6 Excursion Monday 17th December: Whole School Excursion Tuesday 18th December: 9-11AM transition to 2019 classes Tuesday 18th December: Parent-Teacher Interviews

Uniform We have noticed the standard slipping slightly over the past couple of weeks. Quite a number of casual clothing items, as well as some very short shorts. Please note school council will be reviewing the uniform policy, in particular to detail shorts to be of an appropriate length. If you need to purchase new uniform or see what second-hand items we have, please come to the office and see Karen. Our students look so smart and respectable when they are dressed in full uniform. Community Grant Last week I attended the Ballan and District Community Bank’s Annual General Meeting to accept a $5000 Community In-vestment Grant to put towards our ‘Shade Sail Project’. It is such a wonderful initiative by them, and without this successful grant application, we simply would not have the budget to replace our depleted shade sails over the playground. I am also seeking quotes for a more permanent structure, as we simply cannot keep up with ongoing maintenance and costs every time one of our shade sails tear. So keep your eye on this early next year. 2019 Staff Structure Lastly, I will be sending home a note early next week with our 2019 staff structure published. This note will detail which teacher is teaching which class, as well as our specialist programs and teachers and also outline the support programs we will have in place for 2019. In the last week of term, on Tuesday 18th December, students will meet their next year’s teacher and class as we have a transition morning planned this day. I hope to see you at one or more of these fabulous events in the coming weeks. Kind Regards David Garner

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” ~ Aesop

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Jessica F - for the incredible project work that she has done this year.

MONDAY 26th NOVEMBER

F/1W

F/1V

1/2BI

Fletcher C - for his co-operation and willingness to help others.

Penny M - for her interesting

writing during Investigations. Jack Mills - for trying hard to build resilience at school.

3/4 FS

3/4 C

5/6 M

5/6K

Panagiotis S - for applying himself during Mathematics.

Jade S - for writing an excellent ocean poem.

Hamish P - for being a helpful and kind friend.

Harry B - for his design of a tsunami proof town.

None given

None given

YOUNG LEADER

YOUNG LEADER

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDs

Harry B - for all round great

leadership across the

school.

Fynn P - for improved behaviour of sharing and co-operating.

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Gwen P - for her positive year in Grade 5.

MONDAY 3rd DECEMBER

F/1W

F/1V

1/2BI

Linda A - for her enthusiasm during concert rehearsal.

Lenny S—for his continued efforts to improve his writ-

Callum L -for lots of effort writing his poem.

3/4 FS

3/4 C

5/6 M

5/6K

Daniel A - for applying himself during writing.

Dee Dee B - for having a positive attitude to school.

Jyhe W - for a positive attitude to his learning.

Sofia R - for excellent work choreographing of her groups concert item.

PRINCIPAL’S AWARDs

Samantha H - for great leadership in the yard.

Nathan S - for contributing to our class discussions with great ideas.

Rohan S - for excellent work choreographing of his groups concert item.

SCHOOL BANKING

A reminder, Thursday is

our School Banking Day.

Please ensure that bank

books at the office before

recess.

Please NOTE:

Our LAST SCHOOL

school banking day will be

13TH DEC

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““If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself ”

XMAS RAFFLE Our Christmas Hampers for our raffle are made up of donations from our families. Should each fam ily donate a sm all item w e will have many wonderful hampers to raffle. We are in need of donations so if you can assist please bring it to school by Monday 10th as it drawn at our school concert. XMAS RAFFLE TICKETS Don’t forget to purchase your raffle tickets! CONCERT The students are madly practising for our school concert, you should have now received information on what your child needs to wear. This shouldn’t be made to be complicated or hard as it is a fun time for the students. If you have any concerns regarding costumes or need assistance we are here to help, please contact the school.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Dec 6th Thu - Special Lunch Day Dec 7th Thu - Helpers Morning Tea - 10:30-11:30 Dec 10th Fri - Assembly Grade 6 Dec 11th Tue - School Council Meeting 5pm (Flannigan’s—Bacchus Marsh) Dec 12th Wed - School Concert 6:30 start St Bernard Primary School Hall Dec 14th Fri - Grade 6 Excursion - Reports sent home Dec 17th Mon - Whole School Excursion—Ballarat - Reports sent home Dec 18th Tue - Transition to next years classes - Parent Teacher Interviews 1:30-5:30 Dec 19th Wed - Grade 6 Graduation– 6pm Dec 20th Thu - Final Assembly—2pm - Early dismissal—2:30pm

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LOST PROPERTY As we are getting closer to the end of the year can everyone please check the lost property box. There are many items in there including toys, drink bottles, containers as well as the dreaded jumpers with tags.

SCIENCE EXCURSION Last Friday our Grade 5/6’s went to GTAC in Parkville for a Science Excursion. They learnt about coding and robots and had a fantastic time.

SPECIAL LUNCH DAY TOMORROW IS OUR Special Lunch Day END OF YEAR EXCURSION End of year permission notes went home last week. This will need to paid for prior to the excursion. The Whole school will go to the movies at the Regent Theatre then the F/1/2’s will go to Funbugs and the 3/4/5/6 will go to the Aquatic Centre. Should you need another permission form, please see the office. If you have a credit on your account or (CSEF money, - Camp, Sports, Excursion payment, this can also be used, you will need to advise Karen that you want to use this). 2019 BOOKLIST & LEVIES Booklist and Levies information will be sent out next week after our School Council Meeting.

END OF YEAR EXCURSION Please ensure you have returned your permission slip with payment by Wednesday 12th December as we need to confirm numbers.

BALLAN LIONESSES

The Ballan Lionesses have generously sponsored awards for students at our school. The awards will

be presented at our final school assembly on Thursday 20th December commencing at 2pm and

concluding at 2:30pm. Our school greatly values and appreciates the partnership and looks forward

to continuing and developing this partnership in 2019.

BACCHUS MARSH LIONS CLUB AWARDS

The Bacchus Marsh Lions Club have also kindly donated awards which they will giving out at our last

Monday assembly on 10th December

ACTIVE AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS—MINOR GAMES Just a reminder that Tuesday was the last week for Minor Games for the Term. We hope your children have enjoyed this activity.

Star Swimmer!

3/4 SF are very proud of our superstar swimmer Tess Myers! On Saturday the 24th of November Tess completed a 5 km swim!

Congratulations Tess and well done!

2018 HOURS OF ATTENDANCE

School Begins - 9am

Session One - 9am - 11am

Recess - 11am - 11:30am

Session Two - 11:30am - 1:30pm

Eat Lunch in Classrooms: 1:30am - 1:45pm

Lunch Play - 1:45pm - 2:30pm

Session Three - 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Dismissal - 3:30pm

DUTY OF CARE - 8:45am - 3:45pm

2019 TERM DATES

TERM 1 31st January to 5th April Grade 1-6 commence on Thu 31st Jan Foundation commence on Mon 4th Feb With no attendance on Wednesdays for all February

TERM 2 23rd April to 28th June

TERM 3 15th July to 20th September

TERM 4 7th October to 20th December

Teachers resume duty on January 29th

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20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Jan-Mar

51%

Apr-June

64%

July-Sep

72%

Oct-Dec

78%

Booklist

BOOKLISTS (Levies)

Can all levies please be paid by 7th December due to

financial reporting.

TOTAL LEVIES PAID TO DATE:

CANTEEN

Icy Pole and Ice Cream Friday

Icy Poles 50c (Friday’s only)

Dixie Cups $1.50 (Friday’s only)

Cookies - 50c & $1.00 (Wed/Thurs)

Canteen open—Wed / Thurs / Fri

BUNNINGS BARBEQUE—Saturday 16th February (Melton)

Our school has been lucky enough to be given a Bunnings Barbeque very early

next year. We need 4 people at each session for this to run. If you are able to

help out, can you please complete the form below and return to the school office.

I can help with the Bunnings Barbeque on Saturday 16th February.

Please tick the time below. We will need 4 people at each session.

Name : ___________________________ Ph: _________________

Time available : 8am-10am ____ 10-12pm____ 12-2pm____ 2-4pm____

With the School Holiday fast approaching, keep of copy of these in your bag/wallet and

pass onto family and friends. For every 10 received by Readings in Melton, they will

donate 1 movie ticket to the school which we put into our raffles.