From the Principal’s Desk (as written by the A.P.)

Dear Parents, Students and Friends

It is hard to believe that we are approaching the last three weeks of Term 3. We have certainly packed a lot into the past eight weeks:- Open Morning, Prep 2018 Information Night, NAPLAN, Country and Culture Day and this week the Year 4 Camp.

Our Year 4 campers returned to school on Wednesday looking tired but full of happy stories of their adventures at Arrabri Lodge. Once again, our students were able to experience some wonderful activities ranging from the giant swing to travelling on Puffing Billy. These camping opportunities allow the students to get to know each other in a different setting – cementing some old friendships and building others. Thank you to all the Year 4’s students for your enthusiastic participation and a big thank you to the following staff who attended the camp:- Dan Anderson, Lori O’Neill, Eliza Crellin, Rosie Morton, Mick Dewdney, Kate Little, Michael Tindale, Steve Tsounas, Brittany Middleton and Megan Street.

Student Reports

Our staff have been very busy writing the students’ reports. Our teachers continually assess throughout the year, so as to check on each student’s level of understanding and achievement of tasks that have been completed and what we need to work on with your child to build on their skills.

As this is the first time, the teachers are reporting against the Victorian Curriculum there has been an increased level of dialogue as they moderate with each other about the progress of the students. We will send out further details about the Victorian curriculum with reference to reporting in the coming weeks.

Our favourite topic –PARKING!!!!

Whilst many of you would be saying –“not again” unfortunately, I have to raise the issue –yet again. This time about the 2 minute parking area on Grand Boulevard.

The parking signs clearly indicate a limit of 2 minutes (at school start /finish times), but every day this car park is full, with parents parking here and going in to the school to drop off or collect their children, taking well in excess of 2 minutes. The result being that it adds extra congestion around the school by forcing those parents who just want to kiss and drop off to circle around until parking spots become available.

The extra congestion also means that it increases the risk of an accident and possible accident involving a child being hit by a car. This is always my worry and my worst fear at the end of the day.

Can I respectfully ask that all parents who need to go into the school to drop off / collect their children find a more appropriate place to park? Alternatively, they could arrange for their children to walk into school by themselves or walk out to the car to meet them.

Adam Kerr (Crossing Supervisor) is always willing to help and he is often cross and expresses his thoughts to me with the way many parents park inappropriately.

Newsletter No.9 Term 2 June 8, 2017

What’s Coming Up?

2017 Term 2

June Mon 12 Queen’s Birthday Public

Holiday –no students Tues 13 Attitudes To School Survey –

years 4-6 Mon 19 Year 5 Leadership Program

with Montmorency SC Reports go online this week

Wed 21 Parents and Friends Meeting 7.30pm

Thurs 29 P and F Movie Night Moana

Details TBC Fri 30 Whole School Wellbeing Day TERM 2 ENDS 2.30pm Dismissal

Term 3 Commences Monday 17th July 9.00am

July Mon 17 School Resumes

Year 6 Camp to Sovereign Hill

Wed 19 P and F meeting 7.30pm

Aug Wed 2 Three Way Data Reporting

Conferences NO STUDENTS

Reconciliation Week.

On Friday the 26th May, our school captains, Mia Zapulla, Atticus Speakman-Rush, Mia Maywald and Will Hammond, joined with several other students from schools across Eltham as part of the Nillumbik Shire Council Flag raising event, as part of the Reconciliation Week celebrations. Mia Z and Atticus gave a speech in recognition of National Sorry Day. They spoke about what it meant to the students at Montmorency South Primary School. Our four captains were great ambassadors for our school. We are very proud of them.

Movie Night – Thursday June 29th Just a reminder that the Parents and Friends group are holding a family movie night on Thursday June 29th. This year’s movie is ‘Moana.’ Advertising is available at our Movie Night for $50 per advertisement. This is a great opportunity to advertise to you local community. If there are any parents that have their own business or if you know someone or work for someone who would be interested in advertising at our movie night please email to mspsadvertising@gmail.com mspsadvertising@gmail.com along with your advertisement (in a jpeg or other file suitable to be loaded into MS Powerpoint). Advertisements and payment need to be received by FRIDAY 23RD OF JUNE.

MSPS Achievers-

Congratulations to our singers from the last two weeks- Hudson Young, Zac Zaga, Ollie Crawford-Condie, Jake Zapulla, Evie Watson-Jones and Jimmy Timmons - who led the assembly in

singing the National Anthem. We appreciate their willingness to assist our whole school. Congratulations to Amelie Vulich, who has been selected to represent Team Vic swimming team and will be competing in the Pan Pacific Games in Adelaide in December this year.

What a fantastic effort by Annalies Veldman who cycled 70kms over two days. She demonstrated her resilience, determination and positivity especially on day 2 when she was riding in very wet and cold conditions. Ariel Johnston and Jamie Cracknell were the proud recipients of the Principal’s Powerful Owl award. These awards are presented to students who exemplify our

Monty South values. Well done!

Update on Leanne Thank you to all of those parents and students who have inquired about Leanne and her progress. She is on the mend and finding it hard to take the time to relax. She has already attended School Council last Tuesday night and we may see her pop in sometime next week. We wish her all the best for a speedy recovery.

I hope you have a relaxing break over the long weekend. Take care.

Merriel Hayes

Assistant Principal

Birthdays

June 9 - 22 9 Isabella Sadowsky 10 Jaiden Loza Noah Dabab

Hannah Phillips 11 Millie Panou Lachlan Anderson Thomas Short 12 Jazzy Steward Chanel Rochfod 13 Amalia Gomez Jemima Edwards 14 Veya Ricks Kira Collins 16 Tommy Everett Max Wendler

April Hammond Oliver Laidler Testi

17 Gideon Tran 18 Phoebe Hogan 19 Oliver Brown Imogen McIntosh 20 Jesse Zaga

22 Ben VanDijk 24 Henry Edwards Charlotte Ryan

Patrick and Alice collect the sports award for Strix

Ava and Dylan collect the sports award for Otus

Paper pick up raffle winners

From the Business Manager Dear Parents

Did you know that donations to our School Building and Library funds are tax deductible?

End of financial year is approaching. By donating to our School Building or Library Funds before the 30th June you can claim the full amount of money that you donated on your tax return.

The Department of Education & Training grants are insufficient to keep our buildings in their best condition or provide our students with all the library resources they need but at Monty South we have an ongoing commitment to these projects.

Voluntary contributions are incredibly important to our school. They assist in ensuring we can maintain and update school facilities, our library materials and a range of other vital projects.

School Council has a suggested voluntary amount of $100.00 per family for each fund but we are happy to receive as much or as little as you can afford. Every donation you make over $2 is tax deductible and it all goes to towards providing better resources and facilities for our students.

Voluntary contributions are incredibly important for our school. If you would like to contribute, you can donate via Compass payments under Course Confirmation/School Payments where you can alter the suggested amount to be what you would like to contribute. Alternatively, you can give us a call in the school office or pop in and see us.

Many thanks. Judith

Students of the Week - Week 7

Maddison Wright 2D For showing attentive listening in all curriculum areas and specialist classes. Well done! Stefan Adams 1L For his super effort in Mathematics, using different strategies to solve addition problems. Scarlett Laver 4C For settling in to MSPS so well and giving everything a go. Adam Grandage 1W For always contributing to class discussions with well thought out and valuable responses. Lucien Brady 1W For being an active and responsible contributor during group activities. Kira Collins 2T For challenging herself by showing the data using a pie graph. Well done Kira! Natalie Toohey 1V For working collaboratively in her Inquiry group, always making sure everyone's ideas are being heard. Oscar Henningsen 3G For always displaying a positive attitude towards learning and being open to suggestions on how to improve his writing skills. Felix James Kalla Mandengue 5N For his thoughtful approach to solving a problem with a friend. Ruby McGowan 4A For writing a detailed and interesting narrative. Taree Burton 4L For going above and beyond to improve her learning. Excellent work! Marisa Bonacci PR For all her hard work on her codes. Well done! Audrey Ulehla 3M For being a positive class member who consistently makes her classmates feel good by giving them appreciations for their successes. Micah White 3M For showing an increased positive attitude towards his learning and challenging himself. Reese Cameron 5H For the fabulous start she has made at MSPS. We're glad you’re here! Lily Von Tunk 5J For the fantastic effort she put into her book advert poster. Maisie Walsh 5J For her endearing and inclusive nature and for being a friend to all. Adison Salisbury PD For an awesome narrative that included lots of 5 star words.

Students of the Week - Week 8

Hunter Sinclair 1A For being an engaged participant during maths! You did a wonderful job collecting data in a variety of different ways! Well done! Grace-Bella Alm 6H For being a positive, enthusiastic and encouraging member of 6H. Aysha Aksoyoglu 2R For working well with others to solve open-ended maths problems. Alex Reddrop 2R For coming up with many creative ideas to write about. Archer Hopleythompson 2R For working hard to create an entertaining narrative. Jenna Deery 1L For coming to school with a smile on her face and having a positive attitude towards the school day. Madison Halbert 1W For being a kind, inclusive girl who always has a positive attitude. Eliza Crawford 5N For volunteering to make a video about Monty South for students in Holland. Cleo Geralis 1W For having an awesome attitude towards her schooling. Well done Cleo! Sophie Bird 2T For always focussing on her work and setting a good example for others. Eryn Seabridge 3G For working hard on improving your accuracy when reading. Alex Peacock PR For always doing her personal best work. Well done! Ava Di Carlo 2D For settling in well into our class and giving all tasks a go. Well done! Everleigh Coyle PB For collaboratively working in her group during our Inquiry unit. Joshua Anderson PB For actively participating in classroom discussions. Eliza Slee PD For fantastic improvement in writing. Sophia Li PD For sharing fantastic ideas during reading. Yindi Twohig PS "For always trying her personal best and encouraging others to do the same." Remy Hansen PS "For writing a personal best procedure about how to make a kaleidoscope - well done super star!" Jack Noseda 2C For his wonderful work, comparing and contrasting male and female lions. Hunter Sinclair 1A For being an engaged participant during maths! You did a wonderful job collecting data in a variety of different ways! Well done! Tom Rohweder 1A For your fantastic efforts to decode words when reading and beginning to use expression when reading aloud! Madden Glen 2P For being a superb mathematician in his approach to tackle open ended problems

FOUNDATION Classroom Clippings

This week in Prep… The ‘100 Days of Reading’ wall is gaining more and more members each week. This area celebrates the achievement of reading100 books and recording them in the student’s reader diary. This week Clover Keyt, Tom Fleming, Lily Jones, Sebastian Drljo, Harrison Brown and Oliver have been added to our display. Fantastic job! Learning Focuses

Maths – This week we have revisited addition and have been using the count on strategy to help us solve addition problems. When it comes to counting on, we have learnt that you start with the largest number then we add the remaining number to reach the total. Students have also been learning about length of time, in regards to morning, midday and night, by relating it to what activities they complete during these times.

Reading – In our reading sessions, we have been focusing on ordering the events and information in the texts we are reading. This is to assist us with our recalling skills. We have also been learning about syllables and that they help us break up words, which helps us

when we are sounding out. Writing – This week we have continued with the topic of procedural writing. Students have been busy making whirly birds and hamburgers in class and have been recording the ingredients or materials they used and the steps they completed to create their final product. Prep Investigations – We have been working hard on designing and constructing our own kaleidoscopes. Students were required to think about how their kaleidoscopes would look and the colours they wanted to use. We also used our procedural knowledge from reading and writing to help us. Inquiry – The students have continuing to research what emotions and colours look like in nature. They have been doing this by brainstorming in small groups. Students have been allocated into one of the 3 emotions (anger, happiness and sadness) and will eventually be creating something that represents their emotion.

Premier’s Reading Challenge P-2 All students at MSPS will be participating in the Premiers' Reading Challenge. The challenge goals will be reached at school for students in Prep-Year 2. If you would like your child's login details so you can books as well, please speak to your classroom teacher. All children will receive a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the challenge. Each child who completes the challenge will have the opportunity to have their name appear online on the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge Honour Roll. Please access your Compass account if you wish to give permission for your child's name to appear on the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge Online Honour Roll. If no response is given by the due date, we will assume permission has not been granted.

YEAR 1 Classroom Clippings

Over the past few weeks, some Year 1 students have enjoyed the opportunity to participate in ‘Makey Makey Club’. Makey Makey club operates each Tuesday lunchtime in the Prep Investigations area and consists of a range of STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) activities aimed at a Year 1 age group. Some of the activities provided include making origami, building with lego and making electrical circuits.

Other lunchtime activities that operate include Library and Board Games on a Monday and Wednesday and there is soon to be a Year 1 Mathletics club on a Thursday lunchtime.

Next week your child will be involved in:

Reading

The students will be beginning to learn about ‘Making connections’ when they read a text. They will be discussing how texts can relate to themselves and their personal experiences and what it reminds them of and why.

Writing The students will be continuing to learn about Information Reports and how to compose and construct them. They will be using a familiar toy or object from home to write an information report about.

Spelling The students are continuing to work on different spelling rules in their spelling classes. They are also learning how to apply these rules when spelling unknown words.

Mathematics The students will revising and expanding on their understanding of subtraction. They will be learning different strategies to use when solving subtraction problems and will consolidate this through a range of hands on activities and games.

Inquiry The students have been working in groups to create their own narrative using the photography and editing skills that they have learnt this semester. They have composed narratives and drawn them onto storyboards and are now working on taking photos and editing them.

Premier’s Reading Challenge P-2 All students at MSPS will be participating in the Premiers' Reading Challenge. The challenge goals will be reached at school for students in Prep-Year 2. If you would like your child's login details so you can books as well, please speak to your classroom teacher. All children will receive a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the challenge. Each child who completes the challenge will have the opportunity to have their name appear online on the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge Honour Roll. Please access your Compass account if you wish to give permission for your child's name to appear on the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge Online Honour Roll. If no response is given by the due date, we will assume permission has not been granted.

YEAR 2 Classroom Clippings

Our hard working Year 2 students have been busily working away on several aspects of their learning journey.

In reading, we have finished our compare and contrast unit. This week we are completing our CARS and STARS benchmark testing before tackling our next unit on Fact and Opinion.

In writing, we have completed our writing moderation piece and are re-visiting our explanation and narrative work that we have worked on throughout the term.

In maths, we have been looking at different types of graphs, involving tallies, bar graphs and line plots. Students have enjoyed collecting, organising and presenting data. They have created graphs including number of pets and a highlight was an m & m graphing activity based on colour. We are continuing to look at open-ended addition and subtraction problems also.

Premier’s Reading Challenge P-2 All students at MSPS will be participating in the Premiers' Reading Challenge. The challenge goals will be reached at school for students in Prep-Year 2. If you would like your child's login details so you can books as well, please speak to your classroom teacher. All children will receive a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the challenge. Each child who completes the challenge will have the opportunity to have their name appear online on the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge Honour Roll. Please access your Compass account if you wish to give permission for your child's name to appear on the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge Online Honour Roll. If no response is given by the due date, we will assume permission has not been granted.

YEAR 5 Classroom Clippings Dear Parents, You are invited to attend the Year 5 Expo – ‘Does It Matter if It’s Black or White?’ During weekly Inquiry sessions, the students have investigated scepticism, questioning their beliefs and challenging their ideas. They have been learning about being sceptical with common superstitions, how to balance competing evidence and science experiments. The students have been very busy this term preparing for the Expo. Students have investigated many contentious beliefs, from the myth of big foot to the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle. Each student will have their own presentation showing information presented on their chosen topic, through posters, puppets, Keynote presentations, costumes, 3D printing and much more. Visitors will be asked to follow the directions through the BER to experience the whole expo. It is expected that the Year 5 students stay at school until 4.30 under the supervision of their classroom teacher. Senior School Expo Date: Thursday 29th June Time: 12.30– 4.30 Where: BER building

Upcoming events Monday 12th June: Queen’s Birthday public holiday Tuesday 13th June: Standing Up to Racism (new date; one session) Friday 16th June

Crazy Hair Day (gold coin donation)

Intraschool sport & Interschool sport versus Sherbourne Primary School

Monday 19th June: Montmorency Secondary College Primary School Leadership Program Thursday 22nd June: School photo catch-up day (no class photos) Tuesday 27th June: Maths Game Day, students can bring in a mathematical board or card game to share with other students during the day. Thursday 29th June: The Year 5 Expo will be in Week 11 on Thursday from 12:30 - 4:30 with a break for recess. Students will present their inquiry projects.

Premier’s Reading Challenge 3-6 All students at MSPS will be participating in the Premiers' Reading Challenge. The challenge goals will be reached at school for students in Prep-Year 2. If you would like your child's login details so you can books as well, please speak to your classroom teacher. All children will receive a certificate of completion at the conclusion of the challenge. Each child who completes the challenge will have the opportunity to have their name appear online on the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge Honour Roll. Please access your Compass account if you wish to give permission for your child's name to appear on the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge Online Honour Roll. If no response is given by the due date, we will assume permission has not been granted.

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Reading Students are developing their vocabulary through class discussions based around an image with a rich question. For example, do you know how Lake Taupo in the middle of New Zealand’s North Island formed or what an anthropormorphic diving suit is? In the coming weeks students will be continuing to develop their research skills. They will be practising the process of reading a passage of text and taking brief dot-point notes to capture the information for later use in writing.

Writing

Students are now well underway with their information reports on their inquiry topics. We’re moving into the revising, editing and publishing stages so that means students are typing up their reports on their iPads. This is a great opportunity to think about how professional articles are published. That means considering titles, images, captions and features such as bibliographies.

Maths

Students are continuing to work on their 3D shapes rich task. For this unit they will need to bring in a cardboard box to deconstruct, such as a cereal box. The students are enjoying finding the properties of prime and composite numbers and binary numbers during their maths workshops.

Inquiry At home students should be finishing off their inquiry poster and home choice project (e.g. iMovie, Keynote, model or costume). In Week 9 (begins Monday 12th June) students will discuss five open questions visitors at the Expo could ask about their inquiry project. Then at home they will find a way to display those questions at the Expo. Of course, the information reports are well underway at school.

Junior School Council

CRAZY HAIR DAY

On Friday the 16th of June, our school is going to have a crazy hair day. We are doing it because we want to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation. For crazy hair day you will need to wear school uniform but do whatever you want with your hair. Please bring a gold coin donation if you are participating. Thanks for supporting the Leukaemia Foundation. We can't wait to see your hair!

Written by Sophie and Callum JSC

Darcy Chapman (5N) is supporting the Leukaemia Foundation by participating in the World’s Greatest Shave. Darcy will be having his head shaved on Friday 16th June in Tom Norris’s room at the commencement of the school day.

If Darcy raises over $200.00 in donations, the Chapman family will donate an extra $200.00.

There will be a World’s Greatest Shave box where you can place any donations.

MATHS

STEM

FRENCH

MSPS Parents & Friends Group Hello Everyone, Term 2 is ending very soon and we have one more fun event for our school community. Movie Night – Moana – Thursday June 29 Flyers are around school Don't forget to fill in your payment slip and return to school. Pie Drive Thank you to Violette and her crew, and a thank you to all that purchased pies, we hope you are enjoying in this cold weather! Our next Parents and friends meeting will be held on Wednesday 21 June in the staff room. Everyone is welcome!