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Manifold Heights Primary School Newsletter Principal: Barry Rowland Assistant Principal: Peta Mundine Business Manager: Jessie Burney Administration: Jacquie Clancy

Date: 9th November 2017

Important Dates NOVEMBER

Thurs 9th 2018 Prep Information Night 6:45pm

Mon 13th Pupil Free Day

Tues 14th Prep & Junior Sports Day 9 - 11am

Thurs 16th Afternoon Concert 4:30pm

Mon 20th - 29th Prep & Junior Swimming Program

Wed 22nd Seniors Blue Light Disco

Mano Carnivale Working Group Meeting 7pm in the Staff Room - All Welcome

Thurs 23rd Middles Christmas Concert

Tues 28th Mano Community Cuppa and Chat 2:30pm in the Staff Room - All Welcome

DECEMBER

Mon 1st Prep & Junior Swimming Program

Middles & Seniors Ball Games Day

Tues 2nd Community Garden 9:30am - 11:30am

Tues 12th Prep 2018 Transition Day Four 4 9:30 - 11am

Wed 13th Mano Carnivale Working Group Meeting 7pm in the Staff Room - All Welcome

Thurs 14th -15th Seniors Queenscliff Bike Ride

Tues 19th Mano Community Cuppa and Chat 2:30pm in the Staff Room - All Welcome

Wed 20th Grade 6 Graduation

Fri 22nd Last Day of Term 4

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School Review Outcomes Our recent School Review has highlighted 6 Key Improvement Strategies, which will collectively form the basis for our next 4 year Strategic Plan and be specifically actioned and sequenced into the 2018 Annual Implementation Plan (AIP). * Consistently embed an agreed whole-school instructional model across all curriculum areas and classrooms. * (Continue to) use PLCS, PLTs and other collaborative professional learning approaches to support teachers in building their capacity (practice excellence) to consistently implement the school’s instructional model. *Review leadership structure and develop an effective and staff endorsed distributive instructional leadership model. *Enhance efforts and arrangements that promote increased opportunities and learning success for every student through partnerships involving students, teachers, families and other stakeholders (community, DET regional, businesses) *Activate student voice, leadership and agency in own learning *Develop a consistent whole-school approach to health, wellbeing and inclusion We are currently developing action and targets around these six. This will be major foci for our school improvement plans and commitment to ensuring our school meets the high expectations of our community and that of the Department of Education.

Mano Cup Day Celebrations - Tuesday 7th November ‘We all got dressed up in costumes. There were 4 winners for each level. We had a parade in the Prep building. We had a picnic lunch on the oval’. Comments from Riley Samuels from JC, in the positon of ‘Principal for the Hour’ (after receiving her 150th token!).

Walkathon Sponsorships Many thanks to all those generous sponsors who supported the recent whole school Walkathon event. Over $3,200 has been received to date and this is a fabulous result! We hope all students will be able to finalise their sponsorships in the coming days. This year’s Student Leaders have some creative and exciting plans for these fundraising profits – details will be shared in coming newsletters.

Flag Flown at Half-Mast on Wednesday 8th November A State Funeral for The Right Honourable Sir Ninian Stephen KG AK GCMG GCVO KBE QC was held on Wednesday 8th November 2017 at St Paul’s Cathedral, corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets, Melbourne. Sir Ninian served as Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia from 1982-1989. He became the first Australian Ambassador for the Environment from 1989-1992. He was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1972-1982 and served as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria from 1970-1972. Sir Ninian served as patron for many significant Australian organisations and was honoured with numerous awards including a Knighthood of the Order of

Australia in 1982. He received the rare distinction of a Knighthood in the Order of the Garter in 1994. As a mark of mourning and respect, and in accordance with protocol, the Australian National Flag was flown at Man at half-mast all day on Wednesday 8 November 2017. I was most pleased to see that many students noted the flag was at half mast, enquired why this was so and some had the initiative to ‘google’ the reason.

MONDAY 13TH NOVEMBER – PUPIL FREE DAY Staff will be engaged in a second full day of professional development around the writing program of VCOP. Students have been embracing how Vinnie Vocabulary, Connie Connectives, Ollie Openers and Penny Punctuation related strategies, can really enhance their writing. Teachers will learn more about this important priority whole of school work, with regular classes resuming on Tuesday 14th November.

‘Lock In’ Drill Conducted Students and staff are to be acknowledged on how appropriately they responded on Wednesday when half way through morning recess time, we put into action a ‘Lock In’ procedure. In the case of a real emergency, our community needs to know how to respond whether this be during class time or break time. The Department of Education expects schools to practice its emergency plans and we try to ensure that students engage appropriately whilst trying to minimise possible anxiety related issues.

Assembly Performances Each week we try to ensure that assembly has some special components, giving students an opportunity to shine! At assembly this week we had Class ML sing ‘Here Comes a Bluebird’ and the wonderfully talented Dance Troupe perform. Our students and staff love to see parents, grandparents and friends of the Mano community join us at Monday morning assemblies. Annual Parent Surveying This year we had 64 responses to the annual Parent Opinion Survey (conducted by email via the Department of Education). Responses in general were very positive overall with the following results recorded: * Parent participation and involvement: 90% * School pride and confidence: 86% * High expectations for success: 91% * Student agency and voice: 85% * Promoting positive behaviour: 93% * Managing bullying: 80% * School connectedness: 91% These results together with those of students and staff will help us develop our next Strategic Plan and target school improvement in specific areas.

Barry Rowland

Principal

Walkathon 2017

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PB CALEB HART - For fantastic improvement in reading and writing by focusing on the task at hand. Keep up the great

work Caleb!

PH ASEEL BAIUK - Aseel always shows care and respect for her classmates, showing positive and safe behaviour.

Awesome Aseel!

PT LINCOLN DOWIE - Linc is a safe member of the Prep Community who always plays cooperatively with his friends

inside and out in the yard. You are a legend Linc!

JA LIAM DARGUE - Liam is a fantastic role model who always shows positive behaviour in and outside the classroom.

You are terrific Liam!

JB ETHAN GRIEVE - Ethan is a respectful member of JB and is a great role model. He is always safe when inside and

outside the classroom. Excellent Ethan!

JC MAISIE CSAR - Maisie applies safe behaviour to all situations helping to create a calm and safe environment for all.

Magnificent Maisie!

JH IVY TAYLOR-MOZSA - Ivy has continued to show wonderful manners when inside and outside of the classroom by

keeping her hands and feet to herself, assisting in her wonderful listening skills. Ripper effort Ivy!

JO AALIYAH DARGUE - Aaliyah plays safely, makes mature choices in group activities and offers assistance in

respectful ways. Awesome Aaliyah.

MA SARAH IVEY - for showing initiative and a wonderful empathy and caring for others in her Christmas donations

project.

MB ALEISHA STYLES - for consistently being a respectful and safe class member by always showing the 5L's and

helping others in the class to do the same. Awesome Aleisha!

ML MIA ELLIS-GEAR - Mia always keeps her hands and feet to herself. She respects the personal space of others and always behaves in a safe manner. Well Done Mia!

MR HUDSON DIGBY - Hudson is always safe and responsible inside and outside of the classroom. He constantly

displays positive behaviour. Top job Hudson!

MW WILLIAM LLOYD-JOHNSEN - William has been ensuring that while on the floor he has been keeping his hands and

feet to himself. He has been using 'Butterfly Hugs' to help keep his hands busy and to himself. Wonderful William.

SG EMILY FOOT - Emily is a most respectful member of SG. She puts 100% into any work she undertakes and always

allows others around her to do the same.

SN THOMAS KENNETT - Thomas is switched on to learn each and every single day and helps us to stay on target by

operating the classroom timer. Terrific work Thomas!

SS MARA ELLIS - for always being caring towards others and encouraging her peers to do the same.

SV KITAHNEE ENRIGHT - Kitahnee is an extremely safe person here at Mano, she understands the importance of helping her younger peers keep their hands and feet to themselves. Kickin’ it Kitahnee!

MUSIC JAYDEN LOCK - Jayden is always safe and responsible in the Music classroom and commits to every single activity

that we do, whether it be singing, playing instruments or doing theory. Go, Jayden!

Art Award

Kaisercraft are kindly sponsoring a weekly Art Award this term. Each week one student will receive a $10 Kaisercraft voucher. This week’s Art Award goes to: SADIE HURST for her wonderful attitude and her outstanding art skills.

2018 Essential Student Learning Items & Booklists

Invoices for Essential Student Learning Items and the Parent Payment Letter were sent to families on 1st November 2017. Essential Student Learning Items - $150.00 per student Includes your child’s Student Diary, Mathletics & Reading Eggs Online Subscriptions, Photocopied Resources, Assignment & Pro-ject Construction Materials, Life Education, Adolescent Education (Seniors) and selected Sports activities for Middles and Seniors students. Payment of the Essential Student Learning Items can be made directly to Vital Office with the Book Lists online or directly to the school via Qkr, Bpay, Credit Card, Eftpos, Cheque or Cash. We request payment for the Essential Student Learning Items is made by the end of Term 1, Thursday 29th March 2018. Book Lists- Variable Prep - $77.55 Juniors - $69.31 Middles - $66.65 Seniors - $72.46

Vital Office will provide the schools stationary packs again in 2018. All stationary items required by each year level will be listed online, login details have been included in the 2018 Parent Payments letter which was sent out via mail on 1st November 2017. All stationary packs will be delivered directly to the school the week prior to school commencing in 2018, eliminating home delivery fees. To ensure your order is delivered to the school the week prior to school commencing in 2018 please ensure your order is placed by Friday 15th December 2017. All book list orders received after Friday 15th December 2017 will incur a delivery fee of $10.00 per book list. Orders that are placed late may not be available for delivery the week prior to school commencing in 2018. Jessie Burney Business Manager

The Big Write and Talk Homework This term has been an exciting time for developing students skills in writing. We have begun implementing ‘The Big Write’ each fort-night. This is not a test, but is an opportunity for students to write uninterrupted and put into practice all the skills they have been learning in writing over the previous fortnight. Students are already producing some fantastic work - just have a look at some of the Prep’s stories in ‘The Big Write’ attachment with this newsletter. Don’t forget that all students will bring home their ‘Talk Homework’ two to three days before the Big Write so that you can help them build their vocabulary and ideas prior to writing (see the Talk Homework attach-ment with this newsletter for more information). The Staff will be learning more about assessing students writing and assisting students to set their learning goals, next Monday on our pupil free day. Thankyou for your help. Ms Bath and the Literacy Team

Mano’s Roving Reporters - New Episode Mano's Roving Reporters episode 6 is now ready for viewing. Please look up the link below to see http://manorr.global2.vic.edu.au/ You can also look up the link below to see 'Big Write Star' Sabine Chappell's (From ML) story published on our middles blog. http://middles17.global2.vic.edu.au/ Thanks. Ms Benson

Mano Cup Day Parade - Preps & Juniors Due to the inclement weather on Mano Cup Day the Preps and Juniors had a mini parade in the Prep building. The winners were chosen by the Junior School Council Judges The Prep Girl Winners were Bella Clingan and Lily Young The Prep Boy Winners- Charlie Bongiovanni and Lonigan Dingley The Junior Girl Winners – Maisie Csar and Zarli Pankhurst The Junior Boy Winners- Malachy Woods and Kirby Donaldson

Prep-2 Swimming Program

A reminder that Swimming Program monies and permission forms are due back to school by Friday 10th November.

The cost of the program is $70 per student.

Thanks. Mr Quinlan

Mano Shopping Tour Cancelled

Unfortunately the Mano Shopping Tour has been cancelled due to insufficient numbers. Those who had booked in have been contacted by the General Office to organise refunds. We will try and run the event again next year.

Friendly Reminder from the Middles

Just a friendly reminder that all Grade 4 students who participated in our Bike Ed Program need to collect their bikes if they are still at school ASAP. Unfortunately there are still quite a few bikes that have not yet been collected. Thanks. Ms Roach

Missing a bike? A bike was found on the last day of Term 3 which is yet to be claimed. If it belongs to you, please speak to a Middles staff member. Thanks. Mr Valentine

Mano Mo Men The 1st of November marked an important moment for a particular group of Mano Men who are tak-ing on an important challenge for men’s health. They are going to attempt to grow a ‘mo’ in support of Movember. Men are facing a health crisis that isn’t being talked about. They're dying too young and much before their time. This year, we’re taking action by raising funds for prostate cancer, tes-ticular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention. Donate today and we can be the difference. We can stop men dying too young. Please follow the link to our Movember page to donate otherwise drop some money into the General Office. https://moteam.co/mano-men?mc=1 Thanks. Mr Hambrook, Mr Gibson, Mr Valentine, Mr Quinlan and Mr Grant

Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) 2018 CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover to costs of school excursions, camps and

sporting activities. If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for

CSEF. A special consideration category also exists for asylum seeker and refugee families. The allowance is paid to the school to

use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.

Parents or legal guardians are required to complete a CSEF application form and lodge it with the Office for processing.

Application forms should be completed and lodged with schools by 2nd March 2018, as payments are made from March. However

schools will be able to accept and process applications up until the end of term two each year. Contact the office to obtain a CSEF

application form.

Please ensure a copy of your means-tested concession card is provided with your CSEF application form. If you were

eligible and received CSEF in 2017, your application will rollover to 2018 and a new application form is not required to be complet-

ed.

Jessie Burney. Business Manager

Sports Report Western Metropolitan Region Basketball Championships The Boys Basketball Team played in the Western Region Basketball Championships yesterday at the Altona Basketball Stadium in Altona Meadows. The boys finished seventh after winning one game and losing three games. It is a great achievement to reach this level of competition and we congratulate Matthew Jones, Brodie Digiandomenico, Rhys McWaters, Munashe Mudzekenyedzi, Mason McKenzie, Riley Hanrahan and Zac McInnes on their effort and success. Many thanks to the parents who have supported the boys and thank you to Denise Hanrahan and Brian McInnes for transporting the team yesterday. A special thank you to Mr Valentine for coaching the team during the year.

Walk to School 2017 Congratulations to the 256 students who participated in this year’s Walk to School by

walking, riding or scooting to school a total of 4,266 times from 9th October – 3rd November.

Certificates will be organised over the next two weeks and distributed to all students who

participated.

SCHOOL BANKING School Banking day is FRIDAY Remember, Friday is School Banking day and students should bring in their weekly deposit. For every deposit made at school, students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for an exclusive School Banking reward item in recognition of their regular savings habits. School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school, raising 5% on every deposit made through the school (to a maximum of $10 per individual deposit). If your child has lost their book, they can bring their money to school in a sealed envelope with a note on the next School Banking day. We will issue them with a replacement. Win a family adventure holiday at Tokyo Disneyland! This year, School Banking is running a Future Savers Grand Prize competition that will take one lucky School Banker all the way to Tokyo, Japan. The winner gets an unforgettable family trip, for up to two adults and three children, where they ’ll explore Tokyo Disneyland with its amazing attractions, including the futuristic Tomorrowland, plus enjoy the fun rides at Tokyo DisneySea. If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for a 2017 School Banking program information pack from the school office or visit commbank.com.au/schoolbanking

Manifold Heights PS Week beginning 6th November 2017

Coordinator: Kamaljit Kaur

Hi Everyone,

It has been a great week at OSHC. We are enjoying the sun while playing outside. Samuel, Charlie and Jem played with

Zoom pieces. Samuel made the spider trap with Zoom pieces. Juliet and Caeley made picture frames with cardboard.

Sai and Koji made paper boats with the help of origami. Vivian played with wooden musical instruments and made musical

notes. Jem, Charlie, Morgan and Caleb played with toy cars. Max and Jacob played with Lego. Raidan enjoyed playing with

monopoly. Arlin enjoyed reading books. Ruben, Jacob, Morgan and Max played football. There was a lot of fun.

I would like to thank all the children and families attending OSHC Club.

If you are looking to register for OSHC Club just log onto: www.campaustralia.com.au.

Reminder: Camp Australia Cancellation Process

Just reminding parents if your child is not attending the OSHC program on any day they are booked, you must let us know

via phone as we are to follow correct procedures in locating children who have not shown up. This will involve calling

parents, additional contact then if not located the police. So please ensure you communicate if your child is not attending the

OSHC

program.

Thanks.

Kamaljit (Kammie)

OSHC ROOM ACTIVITIES

Outdoor Games Origami Craft Activities Building Blocks Lego

Community Notice If you have any unused toys or recyclable equipment that you feel would be useful for

any craft or art activities we would really appreciate any donations. Thank you.

Mano’s before and after school care

program is run by Camp Australia.

More information can be found at

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