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DATE: Thursday 2nd June 2016 ISSUE 14
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
Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/MonmiaPS
Dear Monmia Families,
GREAT THINGS I NOTICED DURING THE WEEK
Thank you to all the families who came and visited the classrooms during our
Education Week. It was lovely to see photos on Twitter with parents/guardians
enjoying the activities in their children’s learning spaces.
Our School Leaders visited Monmia Kindergarten last Thursday and had an enjoyable time
engaging with the younger children. Please see the photos on Twitter.
Curriculum Day on Friday provided staff with further professional learning on “Creating the
Learning Environment” building on Hattie’s ‘Visible Learning’
research and Marzano’s ‘Classroom Instruction that Works’. Working with our partner schools
Keilor PS and University Park PS engaged all teachers in
enthusiastic discussions and activities.
What a great day the House Athletics Carnival was with students, parent/guardian
helpers and Year 3-6 staff all participating in glorious sunshine. As I was on sick leave, I was
still able to enjoy the events and see the winners through tweets on our Twitter page.
https://twitter.com/monmiaps The power of social media allows us to view activities even
when we are not there. I hope parents/guardians who were unable to attend the day were able to
enjoy the tweets throughout the day. A very big thank you to Justin Belovitch and Tan Ly for
setting up the equipment and
activities for the day. Thank you to the Parent/Guardian helpers who willingly gave up their
time to
assist and thank you to all the staff who assisted with all the events.
CANTEEN
The school has been informed by Jude Fina Foods that the canteen will be closed on Wednesday 8
June as there is no one available to manage it on this day. The canteen will be open on Monday 6
June and Friday 10 June. We ask that families make other arrangements for this day. A notice was
sent home to every family on Wednesday.
PLEASE REMEMBER NO LUNCH ORDERS ON WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE.
CAKE AND COFFEE with our PC is on Monday 6th June after assembly. All welcome, topic
“Growth Mindset.” Warm Regards,
Lorraine Bell Principal
Enrolments for 2017 are now being taken. If you have a child that will be turning 5 before 30 April 2017 and you want to enrol them for Prep, please see Ros or Norma in the office for an enrolment pack.
Parents/Guardians enrolling their child will need to provide their child’s birth certificate or passport as well as their completed immunisation certificate.
Appointments for school tours are available on request and can be booked by calling Norma or Ros in the Office.
If you know of neighbours or relatives living in our area who want to enrol their child/ren for 2017 please ask them to contact the school for an enrolment pack.
To secure a place in our Prep 2017 intake School Council has stipulated a $50 non-refundable deposit. This security will be deducted from the 2017 Resources and Materials Charge. Enrolments will not be accepted without the deposit or the required certificates.
Confirmation of enrolment will include a gift for each 2017 Prep student of a Book Box and book to start them on their reading adventure!
SPOTLIGHT ON BOUNCE BACK! WELLBEING AND RESILIENCE PROGRAM
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Bullying is everyone’s problem. Our teachers take reports of bullying seriously and respond to incidents quickly in order to stop it so everyone is safe and happy. If someone in our school is being bullied, it spoils things for all of us. So we all have to work together to make sure that nobody gets bullied. Bullying is an expression of power and thrives on an audience. Bullies frequently assert their superiority before an audience called bystanders. Bystanders can be part of the problem because they reinforce the bully’s behavior by their laughter or their silent acknowledgment of the bully’s power. Bystanders can help stop Bullying. If you don’t do anything to help someone who is being bullied and bully someone too, then you have made a bad decision. You can’t blame other people for your bad choices. Even if you take part in the smallest way by laughing you will be part of the problem. It is not OK to say “someone else started it” or “someone else made me do it” or “everyone else was doing it too”. If you are a bystander and choose not to do anything to stop it, then you are guilty of hurting that person as well. Bystanders should show disgust and find the courage to tell the person that what they are doing is wrong and mean and that they should stop it. Let the teacher know if someone is being bullied. If you know that another child is being bullied, then the responsible thing to do is to ask a teacher for help. This is not dobbing, but it is being very helpful. By telling a teacher, you are trying to help someone who is in trouble. It takes courage and kindness to do this for someone. Teachers need to know about bullying so that they can help the person being bullied and counsel the person doing the bullying so the behaviour stops. Even if only one person reports bullying, this can make a big difference in making sure everyone feels safe and happy. Family Activity Please discuss the important role of the bystander with your child and discus what he or she will do if they see or hear bullying happening.
THE FOCUS FOR THIS WEEK IS: HELP TO STOP BULLYING
Values that underpin Bounce Back!
Warm Regards,
Lucy Vorpasso Assistant Principal - Student Engagement and Wellbeing
Student Engagement and Wellbeing
Introducing…
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
Education Week
A big thank you to all the families who attended the opening of Education Week on Monday, at our whole school assembly. It was a delight to see many families take advantage of our open classrooms all day every day during Education Week. Teachers and students alike were pleased to see the family involvement during this week and look forward to seeing even more families next year. We value your thoughts and feedback and are asking, “What did you think about Education Week at Monmia P.S?” Send your thoughts via your child using this return slip.
Education Week Family Feedback
What were the positives? What did you like? _____________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ What are some recommendations for next year that could be considered improvement? ________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ Thank you for taking the time to provide further ideas for future improvements.
Vineta Mitrevski Assistant Principal
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HOUSE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL On Tuesday 31 May, students in grades 3-6 competed in the House Athletics Carnival. Congratulations to all of the students who competed and put in their best effort in sprints, hurdles, high jump, long jump, discus, shot put and team games. Well done to all of the members of green house, our winning house for the day. There were some great individual performances on the day from students who won several events. They include Lay K (34D), Diana T (34T), Cooper R (34B), Madison P (34B), Keeley C (56A), Michaela C (56A), Jordan S (56A), Cecilia M (56A), Anthony D (56A), Jack H (56D), Ater R (56C), Dash N (56D). Thanks to the following parents/family members who came to help out or support our students on the day: Brad and Kelli Claxton, Sharon Di Bella, Juanita Howell, Josh Renda, Marisa Barberi, Joseph Barberi, Satish Shettigara, Ros Garwood-Webb and Joanne Shaw. We can’t run an event like this without your support and we appreciate it greatly. Thanks also to all of our fantastic staff members who ran the events, as well as Mr Tan Ly who arrived very early to help set up.
KEILOR DIVISION CROSS COUNTRY CARNIVAL On Wednesday 25 May Thomas V (56A and Jordan S (56A) represented Monmia at the Keilor Division Cross Country Carnival. Thomas and Jordan both put in fantastic efforts in their 3km events. Thomas finished in 2
nd place and Jordan finished in 10
th place. You should
be very proud of your performances. Thomas has now qualified to represent Monmia at the Western Metropolitan Region Cross Country Carnival on Wednesday 8 June. Good luck,
Thomas
PRA Milan Z - for always trying his best and writing some fantastic sentences
with correct spelling of new words. Great Job!!
PRB Kelvin T - for working hard to learn all his letters and numbers. You have
grown so much and I am very proud! Keep it up!
1/2A Joyson B - for writing a great subtraction story for our class book.
1/2B Alana A - for making great efforts to improve her work, especially in her
handwriting!
1/2C Hunter D - for showing an improvement in her fluency when reading.
3/4A Jordan W - for participating in all events during the Athletics Carnival and
trying his best!
3/4B Noah G - for using coding and clarifying an unknown word during
Independent Reading. He explained the strategies he used.
3/4C Ninweh S - for always putting 100% into her learning. Great job Ninweh!
3/4D Natalia A - for volunteering to speak at the whole school assembly about
BULLYING…. NO WAY!!!
5/6A Tamara Z - for your presentation on space! Amazing effort!
5/6B Uy N - for completing and publishing his persuasive piece on “ Should
students wear a uniform?” Well done!
5/6C Esra E - for outstanding effort and organisation with classwork and with
homework. You’re amazing!
5/6D Robbie S - for always sharing his fantastic ideas and information to the class
during class discussion. Well done Robbie and keep up the great work!
DATES FROM THE DIARY
Mon 13 June Queens Birthday
Public Holiday
Fri 17 Jun Semester 1 reports sent
home
Wed 22 June Student Led Conferences
2.30pm - 7.30pm
(NOT PREP B)
Thurs 23 June Student Led Conferences
Prep B only 4pm-7.30pm
Fri 24 June Last Day of Term 2
Early Dismissal 2.30pm
Mon 11 July First Day Term 3
Thurs 25 Aug Fathers Day Stall
Fri 16 Sep Last Day Term 3
Early Dismissal 2.30pm
Out of Uniform Day - Footy
THeme
Mon Oct 3 First day of Term 4
Sun Oct 16 Monmia Carnival Day
Tue Dec 20
Last day of school for 2016
Early dismissal 1.30pm
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CANTEEN NEWS As of the start of this term, Jude Fina Foods, our school canteen provider, will be opening for three days only - MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY. Unfortunately, they are no longer able to provide lunch orders every day. This has been due to a drop in families using this service. Please remember that from next term there will be no lunch orders on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
MONMIA FAMILY & FRIENDS
President
Kirsty Curwood
Secretary
Diana Masalkovski
Treasurer
Tracy Alexopoulos
NEXT MEETING
Friday 10th June
2.00pm
Community Room
Cadbury Freddo Frog boxes went home a couple weeks ago and its good to see so many have been sold and money returned back to the school before the due date.
Just a reminder that this year Family & Friends have two prizes that we are giving away to two lucky winners who return their money within the due dates.
The first prize was given away earlier this week to our lucky winner Phillip. M of 3/4D.
The prize was a exciting Smiggle gift pack.
We are also giving away a SECOND mystery prize to everyone who brings their money back by Friday 3rd June. Your names will go into the draw and again, the winner will
be selected at assembly on Monday 6th June. So get selling if you want to be in the draw to win our amazing second prize.
CARNIVAL COMMITTEE
The Monmia carnival is approaching in October and we are hoping to add some more enthusiastic helpers to our fabulous Carnival Committee. Meetings are held every month where we discuss ideas and possibilities and make decisions about the carnival which is
due to be held on Sunday 16th October. If you are able to commit some time towards this wonderful event please come along to the Community room on Monday
20th June at 6pm for our next meeting or you can email Kirsty [email protected] or Diana [email protected] for more details.
CADBURY FREDDO FROG FUNDRAISING BOXES
BUNNINGS BBQ
Monmia will be holding a sausage sizzle at Bunnings at Watergardens on Sunday 31st July. This is a fantastic opportunity for Monmia. We are hoping to get some parents who are free on this day to come volunteer some time to cook sausages and/or sell the food and drinks. Even if its just an hour of your time it would be a huge help. If you are free and happy to dedicate some time on this day please return the volunteer request form
that went home last week as soon as possible.
OSHC TIMES Hello everyone
This term has been really great as we have lots to do. Week 1 saw all learning about endangered and protected animals.
Some children did not know that a lot of animals fall in this category and they found it new. Some such animals are the
whales, bears and tigers.
Week 2 was all about ANZAC Day. A large painting of ‘field of poppies’ were done by all children and it looked beauti-
ful. Week 3 children learnt about the importance of family and its values. Week 4 became more exciting with mother’s
day activities. Mothers were happy to receive foam daffodil flowers in vases at the end of this week and were thrilled to
know that their children made it for them. All children talked about their plans for mother’s day.
Week 5 solar powered woodcraft windmill was given to each child to be constructed. Educators helped the younger chil-
dren and the following week the children were telling how they felt when their windmill worked under the sun. They
were all super excited!
Week 6 & 7 was all about kindness and education respectively. Posters and kindness board was made. This week (week
8) we are learning about snow formation in line with the winter season!
Here are some pictures of the recent activities.
Updating enrolment details It would be greatly appreciated if all parents can go to parents’ portal on campaustralia website to check and update their
children’s enrolment forms. Important details such as medical conditions, doctor’s details, changes in contact details and
pick up authorisations must be updated to ensure smooth operation of service. Alternatively you can call the customer
service and update details as well.
Rani
Act of kindness poster
Display of random acts of kindness
INTERSCHOOL SPORT SEASON 2 SPORTS: HANDBALL, BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL, VOLLEYBALL AND KANGA CRICKET Friday June 10 vs Overnewton Taylors Lakes Campus (away) All sports at Overnewton Taylors Lakes Friday June 17 vs Keilor Primary School (home) Friday June 24 vs Mackellar Primary School (home) Friday July 15 vs Cana Catholic Primary School (away) All sports at Cana Friday July 22 Bye Friday July 29 vs Overnewton Keilor Campus (home) Friday August 5 vs Emmaus Catholic Primary School (away) All sports at Emmaus Friday August 12 Bye Friday August 19 vs Keilor Views Primary School (away) Softball, handball and volleyball at Keilor Views Basketball at Mary Mackillop Kanga cricket at Green Gully football ground Friday August 26 vs Sydenham Hillside Primary School Sydenham Campus (home) Friday September 2 vs Sydenham Hillside Primary School Hillside Campus (away) All sports at Hillside
