NEWSLETTER

Meadow Heights Primary School

1ST DECEMBER 2016 www.meadowheightsps.vic.edu.au

Phone: 9305 2033 Fax: 9305 2712

PRINCIPAL: MARGARET LEACH

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and this school, do not endorse the products or services of any

private advertiser or notice contained in this Newsletter. No responsibility is accepted by the Department of Education and Early

Childhood Development or this school for the accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.

At Meadow Heights Primary School our relationships and behaviours are guided by the values of

Equality, Excellence and Respect

***** DIARY DATES 2016*****

DECEMBER

Friday 2 Gr 3/4 Excursion Latitude Melbourne

Friday 2 EAL Excursion Chipmunks

Monday 5 School Assembly 9:05-9:25am

Monday 5 12C PTMs 9:00 – 6:00 pm Tuesday 6 Year 7 Orientation Day (Govt Schools)

Wednesday 7 Gr 5/6 Excursion Luna Park

Monday 12 School Assembly 9:05-9:25am

Tuesday 13 School Council Meeting 6pm start

Wednesday 14 Grade 6 Graduation Evening

Thursday 15 Parent Teacher Meeting NO SCHOOL

Monday 19 Tabloid Sports

Tuesday 20 End of Term 4 (1:20pm finish time)

***** DIARY DATES 2017*****

JANUARY

Monday 30 Book Collection Day

Tuesday 31 Start of Term 1 (Grades 1 to 6)

FEBRUARY

Wednesday 1 Preps 1st day (8:50 –12:50pm)

ألسباب آمنة يرجى أبدا عدم إستخدام موقف سيارات المدرسين داخل المدرسة في أي وقت ممكن و شكرا لكم.VI LY DO AN TOAN, PHU HUYNH KHÔNG ĐƯƠC DUNG SÂN ĐÂU XE CUA NHÂN VIÊN TRƯƠNG TRONG BÂT CƯ GIƠ NAO

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2017 If your children are not returning to Meadow

Heights Primary School in 2017, please let the office know asap.

ألسباب آمنة يرجى أبدا عدم إستخدام موقف سيارات المدرسين داخل المدرسة في أي وقت ممكن و شكرا لكم.VI LY DO AN TOAN, PHU HUYNH KHÔNG ĐƯƠC DUNG SÂN ĐÂU XE CUA NHÂN VIÊN TRƯƠNG TRONG BÂT CƯ GIƠ NAO

Okul otoparkı okul personeli içindir, velilerin ve öğrencilerin otoparktan geçmeleri / kullanmaları yasaktır.

The 2016 Semester 2 PTMs will be held at MHPS on Thursday 15 December between 11:00 and 7:30 pm. Students are not to be sent to school on this day, but are to attend the meeting with their parent (guardian/carer). 1/2C PTMs will be held at MHPS on Monday 5 December be-tween 9:00 and 6:00 pm. 1/2C Students are to attend school on this day and are not to attend school on Thursday 15 December

Dear Parents and Careers,

MHPS NOW HAS A NEW SCHOOL APP!! We are now using an app to send instant

messages, newsletters and notices. From term 1 in 2017, the WHOLE SCHOOL will be using this app. It’s called tiqbiz.

The tiqbiz app will help our school keep parents fully informed and up-to-date with newsletters, notices, news and events. It’s easy

to use and also has the benefit of helping reduce our paper consumption by printing less. Therefore, starting in Term 1 2017, we will

not be printing and handing out paper newsletters to students on Thursdays anymore. The newsletter will be sent through a push

notification on the school app tiqbiz. But if you still require a hard copy, there will be some printed and kept in the office area each week.

At the beginning of the school year in 2017, you will receive a pamphlet that explains exactly how to download and join your child’s grade box.

These pamphlets will also give you the code you will need to join your child’s grade box.

This year, we have already had many parents from the Foundation team and 1/2 Grades join us in the trial of the app, and it has been a very success-

ful trial.

We look forward to easier and faster communication with you, and to share your child’s school life with you on tiqbiz in 2017!

If you have any questions, please see your child’s classroom teacher or myself.

Mrs Silvia Menelaou - eLearning Leader @ MHPS

Christmas Raffle 2016 The Christmas Raffle has begun! There is a fabulous display of prizes in the foyer of the office. Come into the Foyer and view the many prizes we have this year. Raffle Tickets - at $1 each they are a bargain ! 1st Prize: Samsung Galaxy Tab 8” + cover + soft toy 2nd Prize: Lego Pack; Helicopter and Lake Pup 3rd Prize: Sports Pack; 8 in 1 sport set, Yard soccer , Beach Soccer Ball 4th Prize: Game Pack; Pop & Hop Game, Who is it, Line up 4, Bugs building & Bop it Please note that all tickets both sold/unsold must be returned by Wednesday 14th December, 2016. The final draw will be held at school during the School Twilight Tabloid Sports Even-ing on Monday 19th December with the winners notified in person or by telephone & published in school Newsletter. Good Luck!

2016 Semester 2

Parent (Guardian/Carer) Teacher Meeting

Request Form for Thursday 15 December 2016

On Tuesday 29 November 2016 EVERY CHILD would have brought home a Parent (Guardian/Carer) Teacher Meeting Request Form. A time will be made available so that your child’s progress for Semester 2 will be discussed and their written report and Portfolio will be issued to you. We request a completed form from EACH CHILD, please complete and return the form to your child’s Home Group Teacher no later than Tuesday 6 December 2016. This will assist Home Group Teachers with coordinating times so that Parents (Guardians/Carers) will not have to wait for long periods between meetings. Every effort will be made to accommodate preferred time slots and confirmation of your appointment time/s will be sent home with your child on Thursday 8 December 2016. If your child did not bring a Parent (Guardian/Carer) Teacher Meeting Request Form home please inform your child’s Home Group Teacher so that you can receive one. Thanking you Domenica De Filippis

Grade 1/2G talking about their goals

with hand writing skills. Well done !

Congratulations on ‘handwriting awards’ as listed below and

given during this weeks assembly.

Some students have been awarded their pen licence in 3/4D.

The success criteria for a pen licence is: good posture,

correct pen grip, placing letter on the line correctly, correct

horizontal joins, correct diagonal joins, sloping letters in one

direction to not make our teachers dizzy ! Well done.

Berola & Chinda have

been awarded

improvement in writing,

better at planning and

having great ideas and

using paragraphs with

lots of details.

Congratulations

to Sebastian Vue

5/6F who re-

ceived a Hume

City Council

Education

Scholarship for

2017.

Congratulations to

Metin 12C who

received an award for

excellent participation

in Performing Arts.

Congratulations to

students in Performing

Arts and Visual Arts who

received “SHARE”

awards during assembly

this week. They each

received the award for

the effort they had

achieved for the

following:

S - Safe Kids

H - Happy School

A - Always try your best

R - Respect one another

E - Encourage

Responsible Behaviour

Everyone at Meadow Heights Primary School wish the following children a very Happy Birthday for the period 27th November to 3rd December, 2016. Jana El Hawari 12G Bilal Canpolat 34A Rameen Sarosh 34F Elifnur Furgan PA Omer Kumru 12G Zainab Parvan 12F Ali Natapu 34A Ali Albadran 56D

LIBRARY corner **CONGRATULATIONS**

The following grades have returned all the books they have borrowed from

the library:

EAL

PA

12D

12E

34F

56A

56C

Well Done and Thank You!!!!!

PARENTS -Please check with your child/children to see if they still have Library books

at home. Payment notices will be sent out next week for those students who still have

overdue books.

ألسباب آمنة يرجى أبدا عدم إستخدام موقف سيارات المدرسين داخل المدرسة في أي وقت ممكن و شكرا لكم.VI LY DO AN TOAN, PHU HUYNH KHÔNG ĐƯƠC DUNG SÂN ĐÂU XE CUA NHÂN VIÊN TRƯƠNG TRONG BÂT CƯ GIƠ NAO

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OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN NEEDS

VEGETABLE PLANTS AND SEEDS.

Can you help?

PLEASE DONATE NOW

!Please leave

donations at the office.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

BOOKPACK-EXCURSION/INCURSION PAYMENT FOR 2017

Dear Parents

School Council has approved a one off payment charge of $160 per student. (For all students this will include

the purchase of your child’s book pack, specialist supplies etc and up to 4 paid excursions/incursions)

Bookpack collection day 2017

Monday 30th January 2017

Between 10am – 12.30pm or 2pm to 3pm

Bookpacks must be collected on this day

Over many years Meadow Heights Primary School has ensured that children have access to the best possible

educational experiences that the school could provide.

The policy of the school is that all children have access to the programs, facilities, equipment and materials

needed to allow them to reach their educational potential. The cost associated with delivering our programs in

2017 will be in excess of $300 per child, including discounts for some excursions, subsidies for the school

camp and the school year book.

It is vital that all parents understand that while the Government provides many of the school’s educational

resources such as facilities and teachers, it does not cover the cost of consumables and extra educational

opportunities that the school puts in place to assist individual students.

The school council through the Principal and teachers have an ongoing commitment to the school community to

provide the best possible educational opportunity for each child who attends the school and they expect that all

parents have the same level of commitment to their child education.