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MWPS Messenger Issue 14, 18 May 2018 Page 1 of 11
PERMISSION FORMS AND PAYMENTS
DUE BY:
May
Fri 18 ..................... Yr 1 Werribee Mansion (by 4pm)
June
Fri 1 ....................... Yr 6 Reach Rookies Fri 1 ....................... Yr 5 Camp 2nd Instalment Fri 15 ..................... Yrs 3-6 House Athletics
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
May
Wed 16–Wed 23 ... Book Fair Mon 21 ................. Yrs 5-6 Swimming Program starts Mon 21 ................. Yr 3 Healsville Sanctuary Excursion Tue 22 ................... Open Night Wed 23 ................. District Cross Country Thu 24 ................... Yr 1 Werribee Mansion Excursion Tue 29 ................... ICAS Science
June
Tue 5 ..................... Wild Onesies Day Thu 7 ..................... Yr 6 Reach Rookies (Workshop 1) Fri 8 ....................... Curriculum Day – Student-free day Wed 13 ................. ICAS Spelling Thu 14 ................... ICAS Writing Wed 20 ................. Yr 6 Reach Rookies (Workshop 2)
July
Thu 19 ................... Yrs 3-6 House Athletics Tue 24 – Fri 27 ...... Yr 5 Camp Tue 31 ................... ICAS English
August
Tue 14 ................... ICAS Mathematics Wed 15 ................. Parents and Friends Meeting 7:30pm
October
Wed 17 ................. Parents and Friends Meeting 7:30pm
Students do not attend school on Public Holidays
or student-free days
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
Recently the media and Federal Government released information regarding funding and educational reform as a result of the latest Gonski report. Although I personally believe that many of the points made in the report, we already achieve and implement, there is always room to improve in any system and some of the key priorities and recommendations listed below are all critical for preparing our students for the future. The article below has been taken from the latest Victorian Primary Schools Principal’s Association report. GONSKI 2.0 – THROUGH GROWTH TO ACHIEVEMENT
The Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools, led by Mr David Gonski AC, reported to the Australian Government on 29 March 2018. The final report Through Growth to Achievement contains three identified priorities, 17 findings and 23 recommendations that will inform the national agreement on school reform being negotiated between the Australian Government and all states and territories in 2018. The report acknowledges the achievements of schools and school systems to date, and their ongoing commitment to continuous improvement. The report seeks to build on this effort and identifies three priorities:
Deliver at least one years’ growth in learning for every student every year
Equip every student to be a creative, connected and engaged learner in a rapidly changing world
Cultivate an adaptive, innovative and continuously improving education system.
The report makes recommendations across five areas of reform:
1. Laying the foundations for learning 2. Equipping every student to grow and succeed in a
changing world 3. Creating, supporting and valuing a profession of expert
educators 4. Empowering and supporting school leaders 5. Raising and achieving aspirations through innovation
and continuous improvement.
A CHILD SAFE SCHOOL
ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE TOGETHER Issue 14: Friday, 18 May 2018
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WHOLE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY
Every Monday at 9am in the school hall. Everyone welcome.
COMPASS PARENT PORTAL
https://mwps-vic.compass.education
2018 SCHOOL TOURS
Tuesday, 22 May .......................... 12pm
Wednesday, 23 May .................... 10am
Thursday, 24 May ........................ 12pm
Saturday, 26 May ......................... 2pm
2018 Term Dates
Term 1: 29 January* - 29 March
Term 2: 16 April – 29 June
Term 3: 16 July – 21 September
Term 4: 8 October – 21 December
Mount Waverley Primary School
37-45 Park Lane
Mount Waverley VIC 3149
Telephone: (03) 9807 1480
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mountwaverleyps.vic.edu.au
Principal: Mr Greg Paine
Office Hours: 8:30am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday
during school terms
MOTHER’S DAY
I hope all of our wonderful mums were pampered with love last Sunday. Thanks so much to Tina Kolivas and her team of helpers for organising our fantastic Mother’s Day Stall.
Greg Paine Principal
ACTING ASSITANT PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
WEEK 5!
Well, we have had a busy time over the last few weeks but that is why it is so important for everyone to keep in mind ‘work/life’ balance. I try to make sure that I spend as much time with my family as I can because they grow up so fast! Fun and active things that we can do together as a family helps me be happier and more productive in my work environment. Ensuring that our children understand how to balance everything in their lives is extremely important for their development. NAPLAN
I am always impressed by the dedication of our teaching staff. The Level 3 & 5 teachers have continued to work hard this week ensuring that all of their students have remained calm and relaxed during the NAPLAN testing. It is always important to keep these kinds of things in perspective and helping the students understand that NAPLAN is looking at what they have learnt over all of their years in primary school so far and that the information helps schools understand the effectiveness of teaching programs, as well as providing data that helps the school know what to focus on in our Strategic Plan. SCIENCE AT MWPS
As I was walking around the school this week, I was impressed with our Science program. When I walked in the door I was greeted by a room full of budding scientists eagerly engaged in their scientific research and experiments! Sometimes you forget how lucky we are to have such an amazing program at our school, run by Science teacher extraordinaire, Phil Kairns. Not many schools have the ability to provide a dedicated science program in the primary school setting and it is fantastic to see how excited and interested each of the students are. Continued..
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This week it was a Level 4 class that I was able to observe, they were doing a chemical investigation unit where their Learning Intention was to safely perform and record observations of chemical reactions. To say that the students were loving what they were doing would be a major understatement!
I hope that everyone gets some time to relax and do what makes you feel happy over the coming weekend! Tania Hunter Acting Assistant Principal
PRINCIPAL AWARDS
3A Amelia C
3B Hannah M
3C Jenuli W
3D Anushka B
3E Emily E
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STUDENT VOICE
Over the last few weeks, our Student Council Representatives have been liaising with their class to develop ideas for a Playground Code of Cooperation at Mt Waverley PS. All SC Representatives asked their class “How can we improve the behaviour, and respect one another in the playground?” Each class was asked to provide feedback by recording three main responses on sticky notes and bringing along to the next meeting.
SC Representatives then created an Affinity Diagram (a Student Voice tool), which grouped the ideas into three categories.
1. Problem solving, Communicating, Conflict Resolution and Respect 2. Respecting the environment 3. Safety/Physical
Now that Student Council have completed the Affinity Diagram, they will be matching the students’ ideas to our school values Respect, Empathy, Integrity, Resilience and Curiosity & Creativity assisting them to create the MWPS Playground Code of Cooperation.
SC Representatives have enjoyed the process and are looking forward to finalising the MWPS Playground Code of Cooperation in order to introduce it to the whole school, ready for playtimes. We would like to say a big thank you to Mrs. Knight and Miss. Caglicubukcu, along with all of our Student Council Representatives, for their efforts in using Student Voice to devise this valuable code.
Amanda & Thomas Student Voice Leading Teachers
NUMERACY
VISUAL MATH IMPROVES PERFORMANCE
Mathematics in schools has for many years been seen and taught as a number based learning system, and we have encouraged students to regularly practise their mental computations, written sums and algorithms. However educators and teachers now recognise the importance of using visual representations in mathematics learning and the overall impact that this approach can have on student learning. The following article on the website youcubed (www.youcubed.org) discusses this valuable strategy. We encourage all parents to read this article to appreciate the way in which our understanding of the focus of mathematics teaching and learning is progressing. Erin Harman Strategic Plan Leader - Mathematics Continued..
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Mathematics educators have long known that engaging students in visual representations of mathematics is extremely helpful for their learning. Some of the world’s top mathematicians engage almost entirely with visual mathematics For example, Maryam Mirzakhani, arguably the most important mathematician of our time, works almost entirely visually. In news articles she is shown sketching ideas on large pieces of paper on her kitchen table, Maryam joked to reporters that her 3 year old daughter probably thinks she is an artist. Despite the importance of visual mathematics at high levels of mathematics (and all other levels) there is a common perception that visual mathematics is only needed as a crutch for more abstract mathematics. Curriculum guides suggest that students work with physical manipulatives and drawings to help them learn abstract mathematics. Older students often develop the idea that manipulatives are for babies and can’t possibly be useful in higher levels of math. The widespread lack of appreciation of the visual nature of mathematics relates to the misconceptions that exist about the nature of mathematics. Visual mathematics is an important part of mathematics for its own sake and new brain research tells us that visual mathematics even helps students learn numerical mathematics. In a ground breaking new study Joonkoo Park & Elizabeth Brannon (2013), found that the most powerful learning occurs when we use different areas of the brain. When students work with symbols, such as numbers, they are using a different area of the brain than when they work with visual and spatial information, such as an array of dots. The researchers found that mathematics learning and performance was optimized when the two areas of the brain were communicating (Park & Brannon, 2013). Additionally, they found that training students through visual representations improved students’ math performance significantly, even on numerical math, and that the visual training helped students more than numerical training.
What is Visual Mathematics?
Through decades of work with students, teachers, high-tech companies, politicians and others we have learned that people are excited and inspired when they see mathematics as pictures, not just symbols. For example, consider how you might solve 18 x 5, and ask others how they would solve 18 x 5. Here are some different visual solutions of this problem.
Each of these visuals highlights the mathematics inside the problem and helps students develop understanding of multiplication. Pictures help students see mathematical ideas, which aids understanding. Visual mathematics also facilitates higher-level thinking, enables communication and helps people see the creativity in mathematics. Mathematics is a subject that allows for precise thinking, but when that precise thinking is combined with creativity, openness, visualization, and flexibility, the mathematics comes alive. Teachers can create such mathematical excitement in classrooms with any mathematics question by asking students for the different ways they see and can solve the problems and by encouraging discussion of different ways of seeing problems. When we don’t ask students to think visually, we miss an incredible opportunity to increase students’ understanding and to enable important brain crossing. This article contains excerpts from Jo Boaler’s new book, Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students’ Potential Through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages and Innovative Teaching Park, J., & Brannon, E. (2013). Training the approximate number system improves math proficiency. Association for Psychological Science, 1–7.
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MWPS WORKING BEE
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PARENT OCCUPATION GROUPS
A couple of weeks ago Parent Occupation Group forms went home to all families in Years Foundation – 6 to complete. It
is important that this form is completed accurately and returned to the school by Friday, 1 June 2018 as this
information is used by DET to allocate funding to schools.
Administration Team
TISSUES REQUIRED URGENLY
Each semester we request that EVERY student bring to school a LARGE box of TISSUES for use in the classroom. If you see any on special, we’d love a few extra boxes for our Specialist Teachers—please leave them at the Office. Thank you.
PARENTS AND FRIENDS NEWS
MOUNT WAVERLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWS
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2018/2019 ENTERTAIMENT MEMBERSHIP FUNDRAISER
Mount Waverley Primary School is fundraising with the Entertainment fundraiser this year, and we’d appreciate
your continued support.
Your 2017 | 2018 Entertainment Membership is expiring on 1 June 2018. Please continue supporting our School by
purchasing the 2018 | 2019 Entertainment Membership from us today. Hundreds of great value offers are ready for your
enjoyment, while also helping our fundraising!
https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/1806q87
“I love the savings we accumulate by using our Entertainment Vouchers. I always use them ...have them in my wallet and am elated to "buy
one get one free" or get 25% off...it gives me a real buzz. After reaching the price of the book it's even more rewarding. Always buy one
every year!” – Ann M
Using a few of these offers will cover the cost of your Entertainment
Membership!
Mt Waverley Primary School
Rosy Linden
0418516902 [email protected]
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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MWPS OPEN NIGHT
You are invited to
Education Week Open Night
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
The Department focus for Education Week 2018 is
Celebrating The Arts
What ’ s On?
Visit displays of Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Media Arts 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Musical Presentation in the Hall 6:30 - pm 7:00
You can also enjoy our buskers and a sausage sizzle
Book Fair in the Prep Open Space 3:30 - 8:00 pm
Prospective parents are welcome to join us.
School tours available on:
Tuesday May 22 - 10:00 am
Wednesday May 23 - 10:00 am
Thursday May 24 - am 10:00
Saturday May 26 - 2:00 pm
Mount Waverley Primary School celebrates academic excellence and outstanding results. We are proud of our diversity and the wide range of programs we offer.
MOUNT WAVERLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL
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LIBRARY NEWS
THE BOOK FAIR IS HERE!
Open night is on Tuesday, 22 May and the Book Fair will be open for sales after school until the evening ends. Open Night is also extremely busy and is a great time to help! If you can help in the library, please let the library or the office know. Thank you in anticipation for your support!
2019 FOUNDATION ENROLMENTS
2019 Prep Enrolment forms can be obtained from the General Office. On completion of the enrolment form, it is to be submitted to the General Office by Friday, 1 June 2018 with the following documents:
Birth Certificate (if born in Australia) or Passport
Current Visa documents ( if applicable)
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register Statement stating that the child has received all vaccines required by 5 yrs of age ( this must be submitted as soon as it is available as per DET Enrolment requirements)
Proof of address if you reside in the Mt Waverley Primary School catchment area. The documents accepted as proof of address are either a 12 month rental agreement with a Real Estate Agent or current Home Contents Insurance.
RUBBISH FREE LUNCH DAY WINNERS WEEK 4 TERM 2
Congratulations to our winning classes for last week’s Rubbish Free Lunch Day. The winning prep class was Prep E with 100% rubbish free lunches. The winning junior school class was 1C with 92% rubbish free lunches. The winning middle school class was 3E with 100% rubbish free lunches. The winning senior school class was 5E with 96% rubbish free lunches. Our winning classes are rewarded with 15 minutes extra recess! Congratulations!
CLASS SCORE CLASS SCORE CLASS SCORE CLASS SCORE
PREP A 94% 1D 87% 3C 76% 5C 88%
PREP B 89% 1E 79% 3D 86% 5D No result
PREP C 88% 2A 75% 3E 100% 5E 96%
PREP D 89% 2B 78% 4A 80% 6A No result
PREP E 100% 2C No result 4B 85% 6B No result
PREP F 75% 2D 91% 4C 79% 6C 91%
1A 83% 2E No result 4D 92% 6D No result
1B No result 3A 80% 5A 79% 6E No result
1C 92% 3B 87% 5B 82%
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MATHLETICS CERTIFICATES
GOLD
Marcus Y, Ewan C, Vivian F, Reva M, Matilda L, Jasmine J, Amabelle L, Oscar D, Purvi S, Erica D, Charlotte E, Mia M, Vishwa P, Saranya S
SILVER
Vivaan S, Seth J, Olivia L, Felix D, Zachary K, Sanvi P, Ethan D, Aryan L, Harrison M, Joshua T, Kyra B, Grace F, Ivan L, Chloe Y, Zachary C, Vass V, Sophie S, Lalita S, Ria M, Nelini W, David W, Jimmy H
COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD
ST LUKE’S PRESCHOOL OPEN DAY: Saturday 26 May; 10am-12pm; 94 Essex Road, Mount Waverley. Come and meet our experienced educators and see our beautiful learning environment for preschool children. Any enquiries, phone 9807 9710.
