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14/03/2019

Issue 4

PRINCIPAL: Angie O’Hare

PHONE: 9736 2233 WEBSITE: http://www.mtevelynps.vic.edu.au/website/ EMAIL: mount.evelyn.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Mount Evelyn Primary School NEWSLETTER

Principal’s Report CALENDAR

MARCH

Tues 19th

Whole School Athletics day

Wed 20th

L5 - YHSC day

Thurs 21st

Harmony day

Fri 22nd

Level 6 Sports Round Robin Day

Mon 25th

Level 2 Community Walk

Tues 26th

School photo day

Foundation 2020 tour &info night

Wed 27th

Whole school African Drumming Incursion

Thurs 28th

STUDENT FREE DAY

APRIL

Tues 2nd

Billy Tea Bush Band Incursion & family evening

JSC Hoodie for Autism Day

Thurs 4th

Levels 5 & 6 Expo

Production Payment due!

Fri 5th

Whole School Assembly

Last day of Term 1–

Early dismissal 2.30pm

Upcoming Reminders and

Key Dates

Mon 6th May

Student Free Day

Wed 8th May

Mother’s Day Stall

Mon 3rd & Tues 4th June

School Production

BILLY TEA BUSH DANCE - Tuesday 2nd April

It was with great pleasure and admiration that I had an opportunity to interview one of our amazing students at the whole school assembly last Friday. Milly is a year five student who always demonstrates our school values and is an outstanding role model for our students. This week Milly is participating in The World’s Greatest Shave to raise money for blood can-cer research. She is also donating her hair to a wig maker. Our JSC declared Wednesday, March 13th as crazy hair day at Mount Evelyn PS. Students were invited to come to school with “crazy hair” and bring a gold coin donation for cancer research. Milly has also added her own piece to this newsletter.

My name is Milly. I am 10 years old and in grade 5B. This year I decided to be shave my beautiful thick hair on the 13th March to help raise money for the leukaemia foundation as a part of The World’s Greatest Shave. Did you know that each day 35 Australians are diagnosed with blood cancer - that’s one Australian every 41 minutes and, though research is improving, one Australian loses their battle with blood cancer every two hours. I am hoping to raise money to not only help fund research but to also raise

awareness. So far I have raised over $1300. Thank you to the school community for helping out by having a crazy hair day on March 13th and bringing a gold coin donation. An amazing $430 was raised which helped exceed my new target of $1500. People can also donate directly to my campaign by looking up my name Milly Tesoriero on the website www.worldsgreatestshave.com and hitting the donate button. Thank you for your time Milly

Arriving at School on time

One of my favourite times of each day is greeting families as they arrive at school each morn-ing. It is an absolute pleasure to see the enthusiasm with which most of our students arrive at school and this enthusiasm is mirrored in the faces of many parents. Our students are excited to see their friends and to find out what learning will be happening that day.

Thank you to the many families who ensure their children arrive at school on time every day. Punctuality is an important life skill and a great habit to form early in life. Ideally students should arrive at school no earlier than 8.45am which is when the playground is supervised by teachers. This also allows enough time for our students to enjoy a quick catch up with friends before the music signals the start of the day.

Class teachers open classroom doors at 8.50am to enable students to unpack their bags and be ready to start work at 9am. Students who regularly arrive at school after this time miss important instructions and information for that day. They are more unsettled and less ready to learn than their peers.

If your child arrives at school after the 9am bell, please accompany them to the school office to sign them in. They are not to be sent to classrooms without a late arrival card. Your coop-eration in ensuring your child is on time is greatly appreciated.

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Congratulations

Congratulations to Lochie, one of our year 6 students.

Last week Lochie participated in the Yarra Valley

Division Swimming Carnival. He achieved a third place

in the under 12s backstroke and a fourth place in the

under 12s breaststroke.

Well done Lochie. You make us proud!

Berry Street Educational Model

Our students were fortunate to have a four day weekend with the Labour Day holiday followed by a student free day. Teachers spent the day participating in Berry Street Educational Model training. This was the third of four days of training and the pro-gram has already had a huge impact on student wellbeing at our school. Day three focused on building student resilience and student stamina. Nurturing stamina is building the muscles of learning one repetition and one day at a time. (Witter 2013) We know that struggling students have not had the opportunity to explicitly build the skills they need to complete their work in an independent and sustained way. With training and a deeper understanding of brain development our teachers are better able to support students to “Be the Best they can Be”.

Harmony Day

Next Thursday our students will be celebrating Harmony Day. They are invited to wear a touch of orange (hair tie, socks etc.) and participate in activities in their classrooms and across their levels. Harmony Day is about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone and this is a message that we reinforce daily at Mount Evelyn PS. Our diversity helps makes Australia a great place to live and we enjoy different cultures, foods, ideas, minds, music and art that come from all over the world. It would be great if families could reinforce this learning at home by having a discussion about Harmony Day and what it means to you.

Have a great week,

Angie and Helen

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MEPS Newsletter Dear Parents/ Guardians,

We will be holding our Parents’ Association Annual General Meeting on Friday March 15th at 2.30pm.

Parents and carers are invited to join us for an afternoon tea from 2.00pm in the community room to meet each other and find out more information, then stay for the AGM at 2.30 to officially join the committee.

The Parents Association is made up of parents and carers who are wish to enhance the Mt Evelyn Primary School Community. The main goal of the association is to encourage engagement throughout the school (between families, students, and teach-ers) as well as raise funds for projects not covered by standard government funding.

Within the committee there are four (4) executive roles that are required in order for the Association to operate;

President: Chairs monthly meetings; Spokesperson to and for parents; Delegating tasks for all activities.

Vice-President: Acts in place of President as required.

Secretary: Prepares and distributes agendas for each meeting; Records and distributes minutes for each meeting.

Treasurer: Responsible for keeping accurate records of all transactions; Prepares monthly report; Authorise expenditure of

PA funds (in conjunction with President and Principal).

Detailed Position Descriptions are available at the office.

All parents and guardians of Mount Evelyn Primary School are regarded as members of the Parents’ Association, and welcome to attend meetings. For those individuals that would like to have input, and voting rights, please complete the below registra-tion form. Please note that a registration fee of $1.00 per annum is required.

If you would like to join the Parents’ Association in 2019, please complete the following form/s. Membership and Nomination forms can be returned to the office or directly to the AGM (Friday March 15th, 2.00pm).

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Membership form – Mount Evelyn Primary School Parents’ Association

Yes, I would like to be a financial member of the Parents’ Association, receiving monthly agendas and minutes, and attending meetings as frequently as possible, to have my say, and vote on decisions to help make our school great for years to come.

Name: _____________________________ Phone: ____________________________

Email: _____________________________________________

Office use: $1.00 registration fee received Yes / No Date: __________________

Confidentiality agreement received Yes / No Date: __________________

Nomination form – Mount Evelyn Primary School Parents’ Association, Executive Committee (please circle)

President Vice- President Secretary Treasurer

Nominee*: Signature:

Moved by*: Signature:

Seconded by*: Signature:

* All individuals must be a parent/ guardian of a student attending Mt Evelyn PS, and be a financial member of the Parents’ Association.

PA News mtevpa@gmail.com

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Out of School Hours and Vacation Care

Highlights from OSHC April 2019 Vacation Care Program

Day/Date Program

Mon 8th April Multi Media Day

Tues 9th April Athletics Sports Incursion

Wed 10th April Inflatable World Excursion

Thurs 11th April Street Dance Incursion

Fri 12th April Messy Day

Mon 15th April Go Kart Incursion

Tues 16th April Reading Cinemas Excursion

Wed 17th April Basket Ball Incursion

Thurs 18th April Easter Activities

Fri 19th April GOOD FRIDAY CLOSED

New families enrolling into our service are continually commenting on, “How cheap it is after subsidy is applied” or Why didn’t l

do this sooner”…. Please if you are thinking of enrolling your child into our service pop in and l can give you a quote. Socialisa-

tion is very important in the younger years and the OSHC environment provides an educational and fun program. Tuesday 12 th

March Curriculum Day “Sports Day” was very engaging and the children and staff had heaps of fun! Leadership skills and team

work were our main foci and our activities reflected this. Our next Curriculum Day on March 28th is a dress up as your favour-

ite “Super Hero” day. I am looking forward in seeing some wonderful creations. Curriculum Day and April Vacation Care book-

ings are now open to families. Please remember all childcare accounts are now linked to the ATO by the Federal Government.

Any outstanding account at the end of the financial year will be paid directly to the childcare when lodging your tax return.

Thank you all for your ongoing support – Mel

The 2019 Enrolment and booking forms for Curriculum Days, Vacation Care and Out of Hours Care are available on our school

website, at the school office, OSHC front entrance and from the OSHC office. Session hours for before school care are 6.30am

to 8.45am (Hot breakfast available until 8.00am) and after school care is from 3.30pm to 6.30pm. Curriculum Day and Vacation

Care begins at 6.30am and finishes at 6.30pm.

Please phone, email or make an appointment to speak to Melissa if you have any queries about the new subsidy rates or about our three programs. The OSHC office is located in the learning street and is open Monday – Friday 6.00am – 2.00pm, email osh@mtevelynps.vic.edu.au or phone 9736 2233

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Mt Evelyn Chess Club.

The Mt Evelyn Chess Club started up again

Monday 11th Feb, 7pm - 9pm at Hardy House, the RSL Hall, 49 Birmingham Road Mt Evelyn. All welcome – beginners to players. Is anyone available to run the Chess Club from early May to mid July as Tim will be overseas. Email Tim on therlihy-au@gmail.com or phone 0419 102 380. This club is supported by the Mt Evelyn Township Group, the Mt Evelyn RSL and a grant from Yarra Ranges Council to purchase the competition standard chess sets and clocks. Gold coin donation.

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