From the Principal’s Desk

Dear Parents, Students and Friends

Vietnam Veterans Many thanks to our group of our Senior students, Alex Poynter, Anastasia

Minuzzo, Cailey Noons and Maya Rodwell who all attended the annual

Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Service at Greensborough Memorial Park

last Saturday. The group laid a floral tribute on behalf of Montmorency South

Primary School along with several other schools. I asked Alex Poynter to write

something for our newsletter.

From Alex:

Montmorency South Primary School were invited to send a group of students

to represent our local community at the annual Vietnam Veterans

Commemorative Service. The service was held at Greensborough Memorial

Park, on Saturday August 15th. Each year this service is held on the Saturday

before the 18th August, which is Long Tan Day. This is the official Vietnam

Veterans Day and is on the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan at which

eighteen Australians lost their lives in combat.

Most schools in the area were represented and the Vietnam War Veterans

were delighted to see so many children and families turn up to pay their

respects.

The students learned a little bit of history about the Vietnam War and about

the sacrifice that many soldiers made.

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TERM 3– Week 6

August 20 2015

What’s Coming Up?

2015 Aug

Mon 24 Prep –Year 4 Hockey Clinics

Fri 28 P and F Rarebears

Fundraiser

Sun 30 School Working Bee

Sep

Thur 3 District 1500m Event

Willinda Park

Fri 4 Leading Image Photos

Graduation Class 2015

Captains -Performing

Arts, Visual Arts,

Sustainability, Library

Junior School Council

Tues 8 District Athletics

Fri 18 Term 3 finishes

2.30pm

Oct

Mon 5 Term 4 commences 9.00am

Nov

Mon 2 Report Writing Day

NO STUDENTS

Dec

Wed 9 Carols By Candlelight on the

oval

Thur 17 Last day of school year for

students

Fri 18 2015 Evaluation & 2016

Planning Day for Staff

August is ES Month Education Support staff, as we know, do all the vital non-teaching jobs that keep our

school, Monty South, running. They are a vital link to the delivery of public education

and an integral part of our school community. I take this opportunity to thank the following staff for their superb efforts in making

MSPS the fabulous school it is:

Business Manager – Sharon Shaw; Administration Staff – Chris Simpson, Pam Watson,

ICT Manager- Matt Atkins Integration Aides – Gail Lewis, Marie Smythe, Fiona

Toohey, Ingrid Addison-Harris, Cathy Kent, Vicky Mules, Carole Brown, Mick

Dewdney, Nancy Nolev, Maddie Thomas, Kate Little, Glenn Farrington, Jay Reynolds,

Librarian – Clare Iob, SAKG staff-Jenna Farrington –Sears and Cathryn Hulme.

We will be holding a special lunch on Monday to celebrate the ES contribution to our

school.

Learning at MSPS Over last year and this year, on a fortnightly basis, I have had the pleasure of being

able to ‘walk’ through our school classrooms. Here is a snapshot of some of the

learning we have found. Year 3 - Making students thinking visible

Year 3 reciprocal reading teacher focus group

Birthdays

Aug 21 –28

21 Ruby Johnstone

Naomi Dique

Cadel McColl

22 Elliott Gradzki

Phoenix Phillips

Coad

Spencer Keyt

23 Oliver Scott

Leah Fernandez

Mia Zapulla

Jake Zapulla

26 Eliza Millett

Noah Dewdney

27 Charlie

O’Donnell

Alexis McIntosh

28 Joseph Barker

MANY HAPPY

RETURNS

Year 5- Justifying their point of view

Year 1-Learning Intentions

More Books for the Library We have just purchased another $4,000 worth of books for our library. Titles include many nonfiction books as well as the ever

popular fiction.

Titles include:

Ice Age and the Woolly mammoth Through the Jungle

Pharoahs Life on Venus

Trex and Apatosaurus Moon & Sun Dogs

Every Drop Counts The Giant Frog

Big Ted and the Mystery Black Barn Dear Rosie

Places on Earth Flying Colours

Yarrambat Primary School Visit After last week’s visit from Beveridge PS, we again hosted staff at our school -this time from Yarrambat Primary School. The

purpose of this visit was to see our Prep Investigations set up and discuss the whole program with the Prep Team.

Parents and Friends Our Parents and Friends have been very active and organised a series of events for the school. This has been happening all

through the 2015 year and I have listed below the events still to come. I would like to thank our P and F Committee, led by

President, Nicci Green. All through my time at Monty South, the school has had wonderful support from P and F. This year

again, their efforts have been tremendous and it has enabled us to beautify the area between the Prep end of the main

building and the Senior classrooms. The P and F role is not only fundraising but also to promote community involvement

through our parent community. If it was not for this group, we would not have the Movie Nights, the Mother’s and Father’s

Day stalls nor the welcome morning teas that occur at the beginning of the school year. So I wanted to take this opportunity to

thank them for their great contribution to our school and to urge you to support them in their events.

Event/Activity Date

TERM 3

Movie Night Thurs 23rd July

Second Hand Uniform Sale Fri 8th August

Monty South Lucky Draw -

Rarebear’s Night Fri 28th August

Father’s Day Stall Tues 1st Sept

Tupperware with Celia Tight Wed 16th Sept

Footy Colours/Hot Dog Day Thurs 17th Sept

TERM 4

Mojo Fundraiser Fri 9th October

School Disco Fri 30th October

Icy Poles Each Friday

Second Hand Uniform Sale To Be Confirmed

Christmas Carols and Raffle Wed 9th December

Athletics We held a very successful Athletics Day last Wednesday and I would like to congratulate all involved. Thank you to the

organisers –our PE staff, Chris Cameron, Danni Rowles, and Neil Whitehead for all their efforts, despite being sick in the weeks

leading up to the event. I would also like to thank the staff for their efforts as they just have such a positive attitude and make

sure the students are encouraged and supported.

We received this email from Willinda Park.

I just wanted you to pass on my thanks to Chris, the staff, parents and students for doing such a wonderful job packing up

everything, keeping the grounds clean and cleaning the toilets as expected.

Many thanks again,

Sue Schnaars :)

Willinda Park Caretaker

And of course, we cannot hold these events without support from our parents. Many thanks to:-

Karen Lloyd

Elle Phillips

Amanda Boyd (Ava Grzechnik's Mum)

Judith Walsh

Richard Hutchinson

Neil Mackay

Zena Nicolson

Libby Hammond

Nushin Dehestani

Liqin Dai

Lindsay Cook

And anyone else who just came along and helped-we are truly grateful.

Reminder –WORKING BEE Sunday August 30

We have chosen to create a concrete ‘car road/ racetrack ’

for the students to drive, race and push their cars along at

playtimes. The teachers have noticed that many of the

younger students enjoy bringing their cars to school and

driving along any surface they can, so why not create a

racetrack for them!

We will create 2 racetracks- one a figure 8 and the other a

longer wiggly line that will weave between trees and rocks.

Both will be on the embankment near the sandpit. Not

only will this provide more play space, but hopefully will

add to the usability and look of that area.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Leanne Sheean

Principal

Our lucky Paper Pickup raffle winners

YEAR 2 Classroom Clippings The Grade 2 students have been doing a sensational job at expressing their ideas through poetry. This piece from

Ashwin Siva in 2C is truly phenomenal and the teachers are very impressed. Keep up the great work Ashwin!

Death School and the Demoncrest poem

Left is the way to the river Nile

If you went that way you’ll be in denial

Right is not right because there lies the red bench

If you went that way you’d die of quench

So forward is now your only conception

But will it lead to death or protection?

But whatever you do just listen to me

Because whatever you see is what you shall be

YEAR 5 Classroom Clippings

Athletics carnival

Yesterday, Wednesday the 19th, grades 3 to 6 went to Willinda Park for the annual athletics day. They had lots of activities including shot put, long jump, discus and more. I am sure every student had a great time on this special occasion. Our favourite bit was the teachers and students race. The teachers won by a mile, then Strix came 2nd, Ninox 3rd, Otus 4th, and Tyto 5th. This all ended with a paper pickup. Thank you all the teachers and helpers who came and a special thanks to Danny Rowles for organising and Chris Cameron for running this wonderful event. Congratulations to all the year 5's who made it through to district and good luck.

In Class

In class, the grade 5's have been working on volume, perimeter and area. We have learnt to write down the formula for each equation which can get repetitive but does pay off. In writing we have been working on explanation texts and have wrote one about the axis of rotation. Our inquiry questions have been fun and get your mind working for ideas on how to present. We have been loving the space matrix sheet in Daily 5 and we thank whoever came up with this idea.

By Brayden Kellam and Alex Cole

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Isabel Villarreal 4R For her enthusiasm when making her movie during clubs Maya Bennette 2W For giving appreciations naturally without being prompted Linus Shaw 2W For giving appreciations without prompting Pip Hanson PD For always being willing to share her ideas in class discussions Amaani Budhwar PD For being a kind and caring classmate. Evie Simon PH For her fantastic reading during guided reading this week. Well done :) Zeke Larsen PH His hard work and dedication to all class tasks. Well done Zeke :) Marcus Hogan 2R For working hard to be an attentive listener. Jem Pearsall PM For taking risks and extending himself with his writing. Keep it up Jem! Annabel Apostola PM For the fantastic concentration she showed during yoga. James Thorn PC For being a good friend, helping to cheer up at friend at the Prep Breakfast Ethan Brearley 3R For his great enthusiasm towards Athletics! Ella Morter 3R For her zest for class work, homework and her friends. Matthew Ward 4R For showing resilience when he fell over at athletics Celine Rodwell 1M For asking thoughtful questions and making connections Cadel McColl 3J For always demonstrating our Tribes values of mutual respect and attentive listening. Isabella Sadowsky 3J For the fantastic effort she has made with her animal report.

Sporting News

Compass If you are having any difficulty with your Compass login please contact the office on 9439 6201.

Working Bee- Sunday 30th August 2015

Following the success of our last working bee, we have decided to continue along the plan of having a project to complete along with general maintenance tasks. We have chosen to create a concrete ‘car road/ racetrack ’ for the students to drive, race and push their cars along at playtimes. The picture below will give you an idea of what we are planning- although on larger scale!!!

We have been extremely lucky enough to have the concrete works donated and the track will be laid before the working bee so that we can landscape and finish off the area ready for the children to play with on Monday morning!!! Along with this there are general maintenance tasks that need to be done and we would love as many hands to help as we can. Thanks to those who have already committed to coming along. Useful tools- shovels, wheelbarrows, brooms, ladders. (If you bring tools, please make sure you label them so we can return them if left at school) 9.30 start and as usual lunch is provided and children are more than welcome.

At 17/08/2015

Income Expenditure Balance

Icy Poles $ 1,399.10 $ 830.75 $ 568.35

Easter Raffle $ 2,547.60 $ 115.00 $ 2,432.60

Hot Cross Buns $ 1,884.25 $ 696.50 $ 1,187.75

Hot Cross Afternoon Tea $ 706.00 $ 696.50 $ 9.50

Mothers’ Day $ 2,315.20 $ 1,996.50 $ 318.70

Pie Drive $ 6,211.00 $ 4,560.00 $ 1,651.00

Bricks $ 5,048.00 $ - $ 5,048.00

Footy Colours Day (RCH) $1,337.60 $ 1,337.54 $ 0.06 ($985 donated to RCH)

Entertainment Books $ 65.00 $ - $ 65.00 (Commission on sales paid out in Nov)

Movie Night $ 2,831.85 $ 1,807.72 $ 1,024.13 Second Hand Uniform Sales $ - $ - $ 897.50 RareBears Night $ 351.27 $ - $ 351.27

Fathers’ Day $ - $ 2,512.13 -$ 2,512.13 (stock bought, sale not held yet)

Sticky Beaks Lunch Bags $ 64.00 $ - $ 64.00

Christmas Raffle $ - $ - $ -

CBA Banking $ 902.59 $ - $ 902.59

Aussie Farmers Direct $ 153.01 $ - $ 153.01

Playground Current Yr $ - $ 3,718.36 -$ 3,718.36

$ 25,816.47 $ 18,271.00 $ 8,442.97

Playground Landscaping 27/07/2015

$ 19,500.00

Surplus from 2014

$ 15,781.64

$ 3,718.36

Templestowe College

are presenting

THE MUSICAL on

Friday 4 September at 7.30pm

and Saturday 5 September,

2.30pm and 7.30pm.