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NEWSLETTER MAIDEN GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 1592 Number 1 5 February 2020 Principal’s Report Dear Parents, On behalf of the School, I welcome our 570 students, new and connuing, to Maiden Gully Primary School for 2020. I am pleased to report that our twenty-six classrooms appeared calm and well organised on my visits today and since we arrived back. Our teachers were well organised following the many hours in- volved in relocang to new rooms and preparing for the return of students. Well done to all involved! Our well wishes are with Mrs Bri Daffy and Mr Travis Pool who recently finished their me with us. Mrs Daffy is due to have her first baby in the coming weeks and we know that she will be an outstanding mum. Mrs Daffy is a most organised teacher and I am confident that she will carry out these qualies into mother- hood. She will be missed and we wish her and husband Josh all the best. Mr Pool commenced a new role at our Regional Office over the holiday period. Travis is working with helping other schools im- prove their results in Literacy for the next two years. Mr Stacy Fiske has been appointed as Mr Pool’s replacement and brings with him a wealth of teaching experience and curriculum knowledge to our school. Following a number of new appointments late last year I am also pleased to welcome, Mrs Shonia Cunningham (Grade 5), Mrs Lauren Coghill (Grade 2), Miss Chelsea Goulden (Grade 2) Miss Karlee O’Donnell (Grade 1), Miss Ivy Yuan (Chinese), Mrs Vicki Redwood (Music / Drama), Mrs Carli Turner and Mrs Annie James to our school. For 2020, our class grouping have been organised into four teams. 2020 will also deliver class sizes of an average 21.9 stu- dents across our school. This year students will experience specialist teachers in the areas of Chinese, Drama / Music, Visual Arts and Physical Educaon. Over the coming weeks, I will be asking classroom teachers, if they have not done so already, to ensure that parents are con- nected through the use of the classroom Dojo. When used ap- propriately, this will ensure that there are many opportunies for communicaon between home and school. I am expecng that teachers will use and check this daily. I trust that parents will do the same and will be encouraged to communicate with teachers in this manner when they are unable to pop-in. Families are asked to ensure that all medical records of students and emergency contact details of families including mobile phone and residenal records are kept up to date. Finally, it was excing to see our students arriving to school on me, in uniform and happy to be returning to school. All stu- dents are reminded as part of our Sun Smart policy that they are expected to wear a school hat during Terms 1 and 4. COMMUNITY BARBEQUE Families are encouraged to keep the evening of Monday 10 th February free for this year’s community Barbeque. The evening will com- mence with an opportunity to meet our teachers in their classrooms from 5.30pm – 6.00pm. A barbeque and live entertainment will be held between 6.00pm and 7.00pm. The evening also provides families and staff with a chance to meet each other. 2020 MGPS KEY DATES- TERM 1 9 WEEK TERM- STARTING 29 th Jan - 27 th MAR 10 MON FEB COMMUNITY BBQ EVENING 5:30-6pm Open Classrooms 6-7pm BBQ Evening 11 TUES FEB Partners In Print Evening- Prep @6:30PM 11 TUES FEB SAFER INTERNET DAY 26 WED FEB CURRICULUM DAY – INFORMATION EX- CHANGE – no students required at school 27 THU FEB YEAR 6 EARTH ED EXCURSION 4 WED MAR AGES & STAGES READING EVENING @6PM 6 FRI MAR INVESTITURE – SCHOOL LEADERS @9AM 11 MON MAR LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 13 FRI MAR BULLY STOPPERS ASSEMBLY 19 THU MAR GRADE 6 SHOWCASE MORNING 20 FRI MAR SPECIAL CANTEEN LUNCH 20-22 MAR WONTHAGGI - HPV 27 FRI MAR EASTER PARADE- 9-11AM 27 FRI MAR SCHOOL FINISHES 2:30PM

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NEWSLETTER

MAIDEN GULLY PRIMARY SCHOOL NO. 1592

Number 1 5 February 2020

Principal’s Report

Dear Parents,

On behalf of the School, I welcome our 570 students, new and

con�nuing, to Maiden Gully Primary School for 2020. I am

pleased to report that our twenty-six classrooms appeared calm

and well organised on my visits today and since we arrived back.

Our teachers were well organised following the many hours in-

volved in reloca�ng to new rooms and preparing for the return

of students. Well done to all involved!

Our well wishes are with Mrs Bri+ Daffy and Mr Travis Pool who

recently finished their �me with us. Mrs Daffy is due to have her

first baby in the coming weeks and we know that she will be an

outstanding mum. Mrs Daffy is a most organised teacher and I

am confident that she will carry out these quali�es into mother-

hood. She will be missed and we wish her and husband Josh all

the best.

Mr Pool commenced a new role at our Regional Office over the

holiday period. Travis is working with helping other schools im-

prove their results in Literacy for the next two years. Mr Stacy

Fiske has been appointed as Mr Pool’s replacement and brings

with him a wealth of teaching experience and curriculum

knowledge to our school.

Following a number of new appointments late last year I am also

pleased to welcome, Mrs Shonia Cunningham (Grade 5), Mrs

Lauren Coghill (Grade 2), Miss Chelsea Goulden (Grade 2) Miss

Karlee O’Donnell (Grade 1), Miss Ivy Yuan (Chinese), Mrs Vicki

Redwood (Music / Drama), Mrs Carli Turner and Mrs Annie

James to our school.

For 2020, our class grouping have been organised into four

teams. 2020 will also deliver class sizes of an average 21.9 stu-

dents across our school.

This year students will experience specialist teachers in the areas

of Chinese, Drama / Music, Visual Arts and Physical Educa�on.

Over the coming weeks, I will be asking classroom teachers, if

they have not done so already, to ensure that parents are con-

nected through the use of the classroom Dojo. When used ap-

propriately, this will ensure that there are many opportuni�es

for communica�on between home and school. I am expec�ng

that teachers will use and check this daily. I trust that parents

will do the same and will be encouraged to communicate with

teachers in this manner when they are unable to pop-in.

Families are asked to ensure that all medical records of students

and emergency contact details of families including mobile

phone and residen�al records are kept up to date.

Finally, it was exci�ng to see our students arriving to school on

�me, in uniform and happy to be returning to school. All stu-

dents are reminded as part of our Sun Smart policy that they are

expected to wear a school hat during Terms 1 and 4.

COMMUNITY BARBEQUE

Families are encouraged to keep the evening

of Monday 10th

February free for this year’s

community Barbeque. The evening will com-

mence with an opportunity to meet our

teachers in their classrooms from 5.30pm –

6.00pm. A barbeque and live entertainment

will be held between 6.00pm and 7.00pm.

The evening also provides families and staff

with a chance to meet each other.

2020 MGPS KEY DATES- TERM 1

9 WEEK TERM- STARTING 29th Jan - 27

th MAR

10 MON FEB COMMUNITY BBQ EVENING

5:30-6pm Open Classrooms

6-7pm BBQ Evening

11 TUES FEB Partners In Print Evening- Prep @6:30PM

11 TUES FEB SAFER INTERNET DAY

26 WED FEB CURRICULUM DAY – INFORMATION EX-

CHANGE – no students required at school

27 THU FEB YEAR 6 EARTH ED EXCURSION

4 WED MAR AGES & STAGES READING EVENING @6PM

6 FRI MAR INVESTITURE – SCHOOL LEADERS @9AM

11 MON MAR LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

13 FRI MAR BULLY STOPPERS ASSEMBLY

19 THU MAR GRADE 6 SHOWCASE MORNING

20 FRI MAR SPECIAL CANTEEN LUNCH

20-22 MAR WONTHAGGI - HPV

27 FRI MAR EASTER PARADE- 9-11AM

27 FRI MAR SCHOOL FINISHES 2:30PM

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Children not wearing hats from Monday will have a designated

shade place to remain in during their play �mes.

Please refer to the list below in regards to rooms/

teachers for 2019.

Prep – Paris Craig (Room 1)

Prep - Danielle Lamprell (Room 2)

Prep – Jamie Stagg (Room 3)

Prep – Siobhan Walkden (Room 4)

Prep – Bev Mar�n (Room 6)

Grade 1 – Pa+y O’Brien (Room 13)

Grade 1 – Karlee O’Donnell (Room 14)

Grade 1 – Mandy Gladman / Zoe Needham (Room 8)

Grade 1 – Bre+ Pa+erson (Room 7)

Grade 2– Dominic Loverso (Room 18)

Grade 2 – Chelsea Goulden (Room 17)

Grade 2 – Vicki Schavoni (Room 28)

Grade 2 – Lauren Coghill (room 27)

Grade 3 – Andree Gloury (Room 10)

Grade 3 – Samantha Vroom (Room 9)

Grade 3 – Brad Topp – Lowe (Room 15)

Grade 4 – Julie South (Room 26)) Grade 4 – Jessica Ballard (Room 25)

Grade 4 – Simon Turnbull (Room 24)

Grade 4 – Mel Lowther (Room 23)

Grade 5 – Shonia Cunningham (Room 22)

Grade 5 – Stacy Fiske (Room 21)

Grade 5 – Ingrid Hopkins (Room 16)

Grade 6 – Kylie Freer / Carli Turner (Room 12)

Grade 6 – Mel Ancrum / Laurel Prowse (Room 11)

Grade 6 – Jake Condon (Room 20)

Drama / Music– Vicki Redwood / Lisa Fi+

PE – Karly O’Toole / Neil Byers

Art –Jess Kelly/ Annie James/ Zoe Needham

Chinese – Ivy Yuan

SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS

What is a school council and what does it do?

All government schools in Victoria have a school council. They are legally formed bodies that are given powers to set the key di-

rec�ons of a school within centrally provided guidelines. In doing this, a school council is able to directly influence the quality of

educa�on that the school provides for its students.

For 2020, school council elec�ons must be completed by March 31st.

This year we have the following members due to re�re:

Elec�on Timeline for 2020

Wednesday 5th February 2020- No�ce of elec�on and call for nomina�ons

Wednesday 12th February 2020- Closing date for nomina�ons

Friday 14th February 2020 - The date by which the list of candidates and nominators will be posted

Wednesday 19th February 2020 - The date by which ballot papers will be prepared and distributed

Wednesday 26th February 2020 - Close of ballot

Thursday 27th February 2020 - Vote Count

Friday 29th 2020 – Declara�on of poll

Tuesday 24th March 2020 – Special first council mee�ng to appoint Community Members (the principal will preside)

Tuesday 24thMarch 2020 – First council mee�ng to elect office bearers (the principal will preside)

(Parents will find a+ached to this week’s newsle+er, further informa�on regarding the role of school council and the elec�on pro-

cess)

Parent Members DET Members Community Members

Kris Manson, Sheryn Kelle+,

Duncan Thomson, Kirsten Rabbi+

Jordan Ancrum,

Pa+y O’Brien

Sco+ Pigdon

Arrow program – Deidre Bouwmeester

Business Manager – Jade Aldridge

Recep�on – Ann Ridge / Ros Winterton

Educa�on Support Personnel –Kelly Seeary, Holly Stuchbree,

Tania Taylor, Helen McCoomb, Kylie Rothenberger, Teresa

McNamara, Tammy Aus�n and Sally Dobeli.

STUDENT NETBOOK COMPUTERS

Over the holiday break we took delivery of our new net-

book computers. The computers have been imaged and

are ready for use.

This year the cost of providing netbooks to our students

will exceed $30.000.00 aOer the annual parent contribu-

�on is deducted. The expecta�on is that all children in

Years 3-6 will par�cipate in the program. The cost to fam-

ilies this year will be a $150.00 per student for students in

Years 3, 5 and 6 and $175.00 for students in Year 4. (The

students in Year 4 receive a new model device with higher

specifica�ons)

Earlier this week, families received a user agreement and

once signed and netbooks paid for, they will be given out

to the students.. All students in grades 3 to 6 are ex-

pected to pay for these prior to Friday 8th March. These

details were sent to families also this week and will allow

families to retain the device at the end of the leasing peri-

od. Collec�on details will be include in next week’s news-

le+er.

Craig Arrowsmith

Principal

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SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTIONS

WHAT IS A SCHOOL COUNCIL AND WHAT DOES IT DO?

All government schools in Victoria have a school council. They are legally constituted bodies that are given powers to set the key directions of a school within state-wide guidelines. In doing this, a school council is able to directly influence the quality of education that the school provides for its students.

WHO IS ON THE SCHOOL COUNCIL?

For most school councils, there are three possible categories of membership:

A mandated elected Parent category – more than one-third of the total members must be from this category. Department of Education and Training (DET) employees can be Parent members at their child’s school as long as they are not en-gaged in work at the school.

A mandated elected DET employee category – members of this category may make up no more than one-third of the total membership of school council. The principal of the school is automatically one of these members.

An optional Community member category – members are co-opted by a decision of the council because of their special skills, interests or experiences. DET employees are not eligible to be Community members.

Generally, the term of office for all members is two years. The term of office of half the members expires each year, creating vacancies for the annual school council elections.

WHY IS PARENT MEMBERSHIP SO IMPORTANT?

Parents on school councils provide important viewpoints and have valuable skills that can help inform and shape the direc-tion of the school.

Those parents who become active on a school council find their involvement satisfying and may also find that their children feel a greater sense of belonging.

DO I NEED SPECIAL EXPERIENCE TO BE ON SCHOOL COUNCIL?

Each member brings their own valuable life skills and knowledge to the role, councillors may need to develop skills and ac-quire knowledge in areas that are unfamiliar to them. What you do need is an interest in your child’s school and the desire to work in partnership with others to help shape the school’s future.

HOW CAN YOU BECOME INVOLVED?

The most obvious way is to vote in the school council elections, which are held in Term 1 each year. However, ballots are only held if more people nominate as candidates than there are positions vacant.

In view of this, you might seriously consider

standing for election as a member of the school council

encouraging another person to stand for election.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO STAND FOR ELECTION?

The principal will issue a Notice of Election and Call for Nominations following the commencement of Term 1 each year. All school council elections must be completed by the end of March unless the usual time line has been varied by the Minister.

If you decide to stand for election, you can arrange for someone to nominate you as a candidate or you can nominate your-self in the Parent category.

DET employees whose child is enrolled in a school in which they are not engaged in work, are eligible to nominate for parent membership of the school council at that school.

Once the nomination form is completed, return it to the principal within the time stated on the Notice of Election. You will re-ceive a Nomination Form Receipt in the mail following the receipt of your completed nomination.

Generally, if there are more nominations received than there are vacancies on council, a ballot will be conducted during the two weeks after the call for nominations has closed.

REMEMBER

Ask at the school for help if you would like to stand for election and are not sure what to do

Consider standing for election to school council this year

Be sure to vote in the elections.

Please feel free to contact me for further informa�on.

Craig Arrowsmith

Principal

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Canteen News

Welcome to the Maiden Gully Primary School Canteen.

Canteen is now open for pre-ordered lunches and counter

sales.

Canteen Lunch is served every day at 11am.

Snacks and drinks are available every day from 11.10 am to

11.55am.

A how to order lunch is a>ached to

menu which has been sent home.

If you didn’t receive one, spare notes

are available from the Canteen or

office foyer. If you order via QKR please

update your child's classroom numbers

Lets do Lunch Roster Note

To make our great Canteen run smoothly I desperately

need your help.

If you could spare 3hrs fortnight/month or term please fill

this note in and return to canteen asap or by Friday 7th

Feb-

ruary.

This no�ce was sent out last Thursday, if you didn’t receive

one, spare notes are available from the Canteen or office

foyer.

New helpers will start from 1st March

Could my helpers from last year if sAll available please

refill out this noAce.

COUNTER SALE HIGHLIGHTS

These items can be bought over the counter at the canteen

window from 11.15 – 11.55 am only. We are not open at

2pm fruit break

These items cannot be ordered with lunch unless stated on

lunch menu

A full list of items is available from school website or Can-

teen window

Rainbow Billabong Ice Cream $2.00

Watermelon Wedge 50c

Fruit Ice Pops 50c

Cereal Bag 50c

CANTEEN HIGHLIGHTS

Chicken Burger – a crumbed chicken breast fillet burger

served in a wholemeal roll with le+uce , tomato and may-

onnaise

Raspberry Muffin

Made in the Canteen only $2.00

Choc Coconut Brownie

Canteen made healthier version made with cocoa, coconut,

yoghurt, eggs, vanilla essence, flour and a li!le sugar $2.00

Teresa McNamara

Canteen Manager

Assistant Principal’s Report

Welcome back, I hope everyone has had a great break, is

refreshed and ready for 2020. We have another big year

planned for our School Community with plenty of opportu-

ni�es for students to get involved in throughout the year.

Community BBQ

Next Monday we are running a Meet the Teacher/

Community BBQ evening, which is a great way to kick the

year off with. Notes went home on Monday with all the

details listed, we hope to have as many families come along

to that as possible. Drinks and Sausages are all $1 and Leigh

Turner will be playing a set of his greatest hits for everyone

to enjoy! Come along and support the school.

InformaAon Exchange

We are running an Informa�on Exchange on Wednesday

26th of February for our Grade 1-6 Families. This is an op-

portunity to lead the conversa�on about your child’s learn-

ing, with your classroom teacher for 2020. Please keep an

eye out for the ‘Online Booking’ procedures in the news-

le+er next week.

Wellbeing Officer - Merilyn Ta>

As part of the Federal Government School Chaplaincy Pro-

gram we have con�nued to employ a Wellbeing Officer to

Maiden Gully Primary School- Merilyn Ta+. Merilyn has

been with MGPS for a number of years and is well known

throughout the school community. Merilyn lives in Maiden

Gully, is a classroom teacher and has a passion for student

welfare. She brings with her a range of experiences work-

ing with primary school students and in a variety of schools

over a long period of �me.

Merilyn’s role at Maiden Gully Primary School includes:

- Providing Wellbeing Support services as required

- Providing support for individual students

- Being accessible to parents as required

- Being a link person to Department Educa�on & Training

support services

- Being a link person to a wide range of outside support

agencies

To access Merilyn’s services, please see your classroom

teacher or Mr Ancrum for a permission form.

Thank-you.

Jordan Ancrum

Assistant Principal

CANTEEN HELPERS ROSTER

Term 1, 2020 8.50am – 12:00 noon

Thursday 7th February Gail Ring & Kye Watson

Friday 8th

Michelle Leigh

Monday 10th

Tuesday 11th

Wednesday 12th

Michelle Benne+

Thursday 13th

Georgia Squibb

Friday 14th

Kim Wallace & Rachel Davey

Fresh Fruit Friday

Volunteers are needed to help cut up fruit from 8.30am

Friday mornings. If you are able to assist, please come to

the Gym Foyer. Any help will be appreciated.

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Grade Name Students Name Reason for award

Prep C Lyla D For confidently coming into the room each morning with a smile on her face

ready for learning.

Prep L Prep Lamprell For se!ling in well to their new classroom and being ready to learn! Great job

everyone!

Prep S Prep S For a wonderful start to the school year.

Prep W Prep W For a great start to Grade Prep in room 4. Well done!

Prep M Prep M For an awesome and se!led start to the year. Well done Everyone!

Grade 1O Grade 1 O For making a great start to the year and displaying the school values.

Grade 1O’D Grade 1O’D For making a great start to the year and displaying the school values.

Grade 1P Grade 1P For making a great start to the year and displaying the school values.

Grade 1G/N Grade 1G/N For making a great start to the year and displaying the school values.

Grade Name Students Name Reason for award

Grade 2L Charlo!e S For displaying outstanding school values and se4ng a great example to others.

Great work Charlo!e!

Grade 2G Logan H For having a great start to the year and always having a posi�ve a4tude.

Grade 2 C Nate H For always being organised and ready to learn.

Grade 2 S Grade 2 S For a brilliant start to the year. Keep up the great work and showing great team-

work already.

Grade 3V Darby T For coming to school with a great a4tude by listening respec<ully and com-

ple�ng all of his work on �me. Awesome work Darby!

Grade 3G Harry C For displaying a sense of community by readily including all classmates

Grade 4B Maddie A For making new friends and se!ling in well at MGPS.

Grade 4L Arlen S For beginning to make changes in behaviour to get the most out of his learning

�me.

Grade 4S Jensen J For displaying all our school values on a daily basis. Love your approach to your

learning, Jensen.

Grade 4T Laila W For taking enormous pride in her work and being a friendly, posi�ve member of

the class.

Grade 3 TL Jack F For showing determina�on and persistence through his spelling test. Well done!

Grade Name Students Name Reason for award

Grade 5H Zarli B For always trying her best and demonstra�ng support toward her peers. Well

done Zarli!

Grade 5C Caleb B For demonstra�ng responsibility and commitment to his own learning by going

the extra mile to extend his own learning!

Grade 5F Hudson H For being brave and taking responsibility for his own learning and choices.

Grade 6F Bodhi Y For ensuring he understands the task and then concentrates to complete his

work to the best of his ability. A great start to the year, Bodhi.

Grade 6C Aiden F For quickly se!ling into the rou�nes and expecta�ons of Grade Six. Keep up the

great work Aiden!

Grade 6A/P Max E For being our Soundwaves segmen�ng champion this week – keep up the great

work Max!

Chinese

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The school’s preference is to email out the newsle+er

to as many parents as possible rather than provide

them in hard copy.

Please let us know if you require hard copies other-

wise they will be emailed.

Could you please complete the form below and return

this note to the General Office as soon as possible.

If you have completed a form previously, only com-

plete if there have been any changes.

Please complete the secAon below and Ack one of

the opAons.

Name of Student

……………………………………………………………………..

Grade……….. Room ……………………………

I would like to receive the newsle+er by email (no

hard copy provided) to the following email address(es)

………………………………………………………………………

………

I would like to receive the newsle+er in hard copy via

my eldest child in the school

Oshcare News

Welcome to Before and AOer School Care at Maiden Gully

Primary School for 2020.

We have plenty of vacancies for any new families that might

be thinking of using OSHCare. We welcome you to come

and talk to the staff at any�me.

I have rolled the a+endance roll over from last year. If noth-

ing has changed then there is no need to come and see me.

If you require addi�onal or changed days please contact

myself or the staff in the school office.

We will be picking up all new preps from their classrooms in

the aOernoon that will be going to AOer School Care, and in

the morning we will be taking all the new preps to their new

classrooms if they are in Before School Care. This rule will

apply un�l they are confident enough to do it for them-

selves (end of Feb).

All children will need a hat when they come to OSHCare. A

spare hat in their bag is a great idea. If your child doesn’t

have a hat, then they will have to stay inside to play.

Before School Care operates from 6.45am to 8.45am and

AOer School Care from 3.30pm to 6.00pm.

Helen McCoomb – OSHCare Supervisor

Ph: 5449 6429 Mob: Helen or Tayla/Ashlie 0401 882 250

Middle Mutterings

Welcome back to the school year for 2020!

We are super excited to be back into the swing of things

with our new grades… but with that, comes all the start-of-

the-year paperwork! Can we get a woohoo? …Anyone? J

Over the next couple of weeks, please keep an eye out for

notes and permission forms coming home (including Net-

books, Mobile Devices and PG Movies, as well as our Term

Overview and Parent Exchange Info) and return any notes

as soon as possible.

BookClub is also coming home, which is a great segue into

one of our focuses for the year: READING! Reading exercis-

es our brain, it’s like taking your brain to the gym! Reading

is a more complex task for the human brain than watching

TV, for example. Reading strengthens brains connec�ons

and builds NEW connec�ons. These connec�ons make all

learning easier. Our focus this year will be “Every Child.

Every Day.” More on this to come!

Monday, February 10th is our Meet the Teacher and Com-

munity BBQ Night, from 5:30pm to 7pm. We’ll all be in our

rooms un�l 6pm, when the delicious smells waOing from

the BBQ will draw us all out to the Netball Courts. We’d

love to see as many parents as we can for a great communi-

ty night.

Please make sure your child has their school hat and a drink

bo+le filled with water at school every day, as we are in for

a few hot days this week and beyond.

If you have any ques�ons or concerns, please Dojo your

class teacher.

Have a cracking week!

Sam, Brad, Andree, Julie, Jess, Simon & Mel L

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Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop will be open on Monday, 2 March, from 3.15

unAl 3.45pm. If this �me is not convenient, office orders are

s�ll available.

Orders with payment may be placed at the office at any �me

prior to 9.05am on Fridays. The order will then be filled on Friday

morning and delivered to your child's classroom.

Payments of cash, cheque, EFTPOS, credit card are accepted.

Orders and payment are also available on the QkR app. Any que-

ries may be made at the General office or call Anne+e on 0402

629377 or 54472100

Junior Jargon Grade 1 Reading

Welcome back to school. We have enjoyed geXng to know

your children. If there is anything that you think teachers

need to be aware of please have a chat with your child’s

teacher.

Children will have brought readers home by now, if you

no�ce that the reading level is different to what they were

bringing home last year please see your child’s teacher.

All children need to have their hats at school for recess

�mes.

A term overview and other notes will be sent home by the

end of the week

Have a fabulous week

Grade 1 Teachers

Senior Synopsis A warm welcome back to all families and students – hoping

you all had a relaxing and enjoyable Summer break.

Notes were sent home to families last week outlining

classroom expecta�ons, key dates and the many opportu-

ni�es for Senior Students this year. Any ques�ons please

don’t hesitate to contact your child’s classroom teacher for

clarifica�on. Please return PG Permission notes and Inter-

net/Mobile Device Agreements to classroom teachers at

your earliest convenience. Grade 6 students please return

ribbons for our Shared Vision Chandelier as well. Spare rib-

bons are available in Room 11 if you’ve misplaced yours.

Our Annual Community BBQ will be held on Monday 10th

February at 5:30pm. This is a great opportunity to pop in

to your child’s classroom for an informal chat to the teach-

er and catch up with other families in our Maiden Gully

community. For Year 6 students, this will be a perfect �me

to try on our Year 6 Gradua�on t-shirts before ordering.

We are looking forward to InformaAon Exchange on

Wednesday February 26th. Last year we received an over-

whelming amount of posi�ve feedback regarding this expe-

rience from both teachers and parents, and hope that it

will give everyone involved a chance to discuss any queries

or concerns about the year ahead.

Booklists – please make sure that you have sent all the

books and sta�onery listed on the booklist. Any hassles

with this please contact your classroom teacher.

Please make sure students have a named hat and drink

bo>le each day – the weather is warming up again, so it is

vital that we all stay hydrated and Sun Smart!

Have a great week!

Senior School Teachers.

Foundation Flutterings

• Preps have se+led in well. Thank you for all your sup-

port with quick drop offs in the mornings, it really does

help.

• For the Month of February, Prep students do not have

class on Wednesdays. You will only need to come in for

your tes�ng appointment which has been booked. If you

have forgo+en your �me, please see your teacher.

• If you have not joined up to your rooms Dojo account,

please do so. A lot of important informa�on is sent to par-

ents via Dojo.

• Partnership in Print Informa�on Night Tuesday 11th Feb

6.30pm in the library. This is an informa�on night for par-

ents about reading and what you can be doing at home to

help support your child’s reading.

Readers will then be sent home on Thursday 13th of Febru-

ary.

Please remember to send a spare change of clothes in your

child’s bag each day in case of an accident.

Thanks,

Founda�on Teachers

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READING – EVERY CHILD, EVERY NIGHT

At Maiden Gully, we expect all children to read a minimum of 5 nights each week. They are to fill in their Reading Diaries,

which is to be signed by parents.

The Home Reading Program is a vital part of the home-school partnership and helps your child to improve fluency and con-

fidence in reading. Home readers and goals are generally designed to be slightly easier than the work completed in class to

enable your child to prac�se the following:

reading words and books they know,

using phrasing and fluency,

monitoring and rereading for comprehension and accuracy,

gaining confidence in their reading ability through experiencing success and enjoyment.

Your role is to:-

• Encourage children to find 20 or more minutes of quiet �me to read (30mins by Grade 6).

• Encourage them to read the blurb of the story when choosing a book

• Encourage them to read as they would speak (with fluency and expression)

• Talk to your child and about the book

• Make predic�ons about what the book might be about or how the story might end

• Work to or prac�ce your child’s literacy learning goals

• Encourage your child to borrow from the library

Please ensure their reading book and diary is returned daily to class even if they have not completed it. NOTE: It is not ex-

pected that chapter or lengthy books are completed in one night!

Partnerships between the student, home and school will give your child the best opportunity to achieve to the best of their

abili�es.

If at any �me you wish to discuss your child’s reading progress, please make an appointment with the class teacher.

Thank you, and please enjoy the stories that you read together.

~ Reading takes you to another place when you have to stay where you are! ~

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