DATE: Friday 6th November 2015 ISSUE 33

Our Purpose: The Monmia school community is committed to providing

innovative programs that stimulate and challenge each student to develop

lifelong learning skills and strategies. We provide a safe, nurturing

environment where teachers, students and parents work in an effective

partnership. www.monmia.vic.edu.au.Ph: 9364 1007

MONMIA MESSENGER

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Dear Monmia Families,.

GREAT THINGS WE NOTICED THIS WEEK

Preps and Yr 5 students sharing their learning at Monday morning assembly - creative dioramas of environments.

Excited Prep students watching the arrival of their new furniture.

Delicious array of cultural dishes to celebrate Multicultural Lunch.

A strong community spirit evident at this weeks Monday Morning assembly as well as our Multicultural Lunch Day.

Our families braving the weather yesterday to attend the multicultural lunch.

Many students and parents/ guardians dressed up in their cultural costumes.

Launch of our Monmia app and our school website.

Congratulations to Mrs Renda for coordinating a successful Multicultural Lunch. The team of people who worked alongside her, including parents/ guardians was also greatly appreciated, particularly the many people serving food out to our students. Even though the event was held in the gym as opposed to the courtyard due to the weather, it still allowed everyone the ability to move around and taste test many foods from many different cultures. Thank you to our families for providing ALL the food.

Our enrolment numbers for next year are being finalised and planning for school organisation has commenced. Thank you to those families who have notified us that they are definitely leaving Monmia. If there are any more families who have not yet notified the school please do so by

Monday 9 November.

We have a thorough transition process. The placement of students takes approximately 4 weeks to complete, as there are many factors to be taken into consideration. The process moves through a number of stages to ensure students are in a grade that will maximise their learning and social opportunities and that grades across the school are evenly balanced.

Besides the “in depth” contribution of the class teachers, children also have input in nominating students with whom they work well not necessarily their friends.

At Monmia we are fortunate to have such wonderful teachers, who work exceptionally hard in

professional learning communities to ensure all children receive the same educational opportunities.

Reminders:

Third and final 2016 Prep Orientation session will be held next Tuesday 10th November. We

encourage new prep families to join us in the Staff PL room to participate in a

session to Build Strong Community Partnerships.

Mrs Bell will be returning next week on Monday 9th November after her Long Service Leave.

We hope she has enjoyed her time relaxing.

DATES FROM THE DIARY

Tue Nov 10 Prep Orientation Session 3

Tue Nov 17 School Council Meeting

Tue Dec 8 Grade 6 Secondary School

Orientation Day

Thur Dec 17 Grade 6 Graduation Night

Fri Dec 18 Last day of school for 2015

Early dismissal 1.30pm

Wed Jan 17 Twilight Picnic

If your family is leaving Monmia please

complete the following form and return

as soon as possible to the Office

Planning for 2016 School Year

Child’s Name:

Child’s Year Level in 2016:

New School in 2016:

Reason for transfer:

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REMEMBRANCE DAY POPPY APPEAL

This term we will be selling poppies, wristbands, pins and bag tags for Remembrance Day. The costs of these items are $1-$10 and they will be

available for sale at the Office .

The proceeds from the sale of these items allow the RSL (Returned Services League) to assist the men and women who served during the war and to support

their families.

Ask your child/children for the school magnet that was distributed on Thursday 6th Nov which

has key information regarding school website, school app details and twitter details.

Warm Regards,

Lucy Vorpasso and Vineta Mitrevski Assistant Principals

PRA Osanne L for always doing her best work with fantastic writing. Thank you

for always being a helpful and caring person.

PRB Jeeya L being able to talk about bravery in front of all the prep students. I

love your positive thinking!

1/2A Aadi L for his great work on measuring the perimeter of objects.

1/2B Krystiana P for always completing tasks enthusiastically and sharing her

ideas with others!

1/2C Allegra S for being such a creative thinker! Your ideas are fantastic!

1/2D Nasif A for continuing to achieve his goals by working hard in all he does!

Keep challenging yourself and putting in three star effort in

everything you do! Well done!!

3/4A Ella K for always demonstrating 5 star listening. Well done Ella and keep up

the great work!

3/4B Olivia T for collecting facts for her information report and placing them in

the correct sequence by using sub headings.

3/4C Josese K for really improving his reading this year! Well done Josese. And

a great job with learning your multiplication facts too!

3/4D Jordan S for doing an excellent job with her homework….it was a pleasure

to read. Congratulations Jordan!

3/4E Amelia A for using strategies to help her read more fluently. You have

improved so much Amelia!!

5/6A Ammar A for always displaying a positive attitude and putting maximum

effort into his learning.

Judy Y for excelling in her Mathematics Workshop Project and writing

exceptional poetry using mood, theme, powerful words and interesting

perspective.

5/6B Baran H for working diligently in Maths Workshops this term and creating

jumbo cereal box to scale.

5/6C Josh K for your care and accuracy when plotting and identifying coordinates

on the Cartesian Plane.

5/6D Julia J for a beautifully designed birdhouse in maths workshop - such

attention to detail!

5/6E Connor T for your contributions during our visit to Keilor Secondary

College.

Languages Ethan R of 12D for focusing more in Japanese classes this term which has

allowed him to improve his work presentation and complete class tasks. Well

done Ethan! Keep it up!

Thank you to all students, parents and staff who helped with Japanese Week. Winners of the Mascot competition will be announced next week.

Melissa Broso Japanese Teacher

SPOTLIGHT ON BOUNCE BACK

A WELLBEING AND RESILIENCE PROGRAM

THE FOCUS FOR THIS WEEK IS: BRAVERY HELPS

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Dear Parents and Guardians,

There are community helpers who show responsible courage and bravery as part of their everyday jobs. Fire-fighters, doctors, paramedics all show acts of heroism but they have specific rules to follow in high pressure situations to ensure that everyone remains safe. Being a hero is showing another kind of courage. When someone is a hero it means that they do something brave so somebody else can be safe. Not many people are in situations where they can be a hero. Sometimes it is foolish to try to save someone else if you do not have the skills or resources to do it with and the danger level is very high. It could end up with both of you being hurt. Think carefully. The best way to help them is often to get help. Being foolish is not the same as being brave or showing courage. Being foolish is doing something scary and unnecessary that could seriously hurt you or someone else. It is a dangerous and silly form of courage because:

the person doing it, is only doing it to impress someone else

the person feels pressured to do it

the person will gain something tangible from it but it is not worth the risk they are taking

the person has not learnt the skills to do something safely

the person could get seriously hurt or hurt others in the process. Family Activity As a family discuss every day, famous people or fictional characters you consider being a hero. Share why you think this person is a hero and what characteristics the hero has. I hope you found this article interesting and useful and I look forward to any feedback you may have.

Warm Regards,

Lucy Vorpasso

Assistant Principal Student Engagement and Wellbeing

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Monmia is a Bucket Filling School! We fill buckets and we don’t dip!

We use our lid to keep our bucket full and keep the drops in! I love how the Bucket Fillers Philosophy has been embraced by our school community this year. I know that we can keep filling other people’s buckets and make Monmia Primary School a warm, positive and caring place to be. When we all fill other people’s buckets then all community members benefit from these acts of kindness. There is so much to acknowledge at Monmia Primary School! Here are some ‘drops’ for you to read.

Remember that when you fill someone else’s bucket, you fill yours as well so keep filling buckets Monmia!

Happy Bucket Filling!

Kind Regards,

Lucy Vorpasso

Assistant Principal

Student Engagement and Wellbeing

Student Engagement and Wellbeing

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Weather permitting we will be walking to the away games at Taylors Lakes and

Mary Mackillop.

The bus cost for the Keilor game will be $6 per student.

Sports: Basketball, handball, teeball and volleystars

FRIDAY 06/11 vs Mary Mackillop (AWAY)

FRIDAY 13/11 vs Mackellar (HOME)

FRIDAY 20/11 vs Overnewton Keilor Campus (HOME)

FRIDAY 27/11 BYE

FRIDAY 04/12 vs Keilor (AWAY)

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