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Manifold Heights Primary School

Strachan Avenue

Manifold Heights 3218

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

Date: 28th May 2020

Important Dates MAY

Friday 29th May Grade 6 - Year 7 Transition Forms Due

Prep 2021 Enrolment Forms Due

JUNE

Monday 8th June Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday 9th June Face to Face Classes Resume, Grades 3 - 6

Friday 26th June Term 2 ends, 2:30pm dismissal

DO YOU HAVE A STUDENT STARTING IN PREP NEXT YEAR?

If you have a student due to be starting school in 2021, please contact the Office for an enrolment

form on manifold.heights.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au.

Our cut off date for Prep 2021 is Friday 29th May 2020.

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE TO ORDER ONLINE Good news! Many of the restaurants and cafe's that are closed offer takeaway! Take this opportunity to order

your membership today and support Manifold Heights Primary School. The membership has hundreds of takeaway, shopping offers online, including Hello Fresh, JB Hi-Fi and Woolworth’s. So while you are at home

take advantage and let locals support locals.

Please head to https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/1131v43 to order yours today.

Are You Using Compass Pay & Receiving Compass Notifications?

Each week the Office sends notifications to Parents and Staff through Compass. During Term 2 with all most all students

learning from home it is crucial that parents keep up to date with school notifications via Compass or keep updated on the school

website. All Home Learning communications are being posted to the home page of the school website.

If you do not have the Compass app and notifications set up correctly on your phone you could be missing out on important

updates.

Each family has a unique family code to log in to Compass.

If you need assistance logging in to Compass please contact Jacquie or Kate in the Office on 5229 9643.

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Mano has Reopened for Business!

With balloons on designated entry gates and Pharrell Williams singing his ‘Happy’ song over the PA system, our Preps, Grade 1s and Grade 2s have returned to school!

Teachers have been really, really looking forward to seeing their students return to face to face teaching and what a positive start we have had on Tuesday 26th May.

Students have been directed to practice some social distancing measures as are practical in a primary school setting. Hand sanitiser is readily available throughout the school, soap in all toilets is checked daily and refilled as needed and slight modifications to entry and exiting from buildings and classrooms is occurring. The additional Department of Education & Training (DET) funding for cleaning has been most welcomed and we now have a cleaner on site throughout the school day – 9am to 3:30pm. High surface areas are being regularly wiped, playgrounds wiped down, toilets cleaned and table tops as is possible, wiped throughout the school day.

On Monday 25th May our teachers used this DET allocated Pupil Free Day, to prepare for the transition from remote learning back to face to face teaching.

Parents and carers have been most respectful of implementing the ‘Stop, Drop and Go’ message, as they have ‘handed over’ their children to classroom teachers at the designated entry gates (Preps – Narmbool St, Grade 1s – Strachan Ave and Grade 2s – Manifold St). This has served us well as we have aimed to avoid excessive congestion and to reduce significantly adult presence on the school site, as we have been directed to do by DET. Plans to continue with designated entry and exit gates will continue over coming weeks. Upon their return we will ask Middles to enter and leave via the gate off Purrumbete Avenue (northern end of school property) and our Senior students to enter and leave via the gate off Purrumbete which leads directly into Manifold Street (southern end).

Classrooms have been buzzing this week, with children sharing proudly how their families have embraced home learning and what they have been looking forward to upon their return to school – the latter being mostly, to see and play with their school friends!

If you borrowed a school iPad to support remote learning and have now finished with it, can you please return this to the General Office.

Our Grade 3-6s continue remote learning and will commence back at Mano on Tuesday 9th June (after the Monday 8th June Queen’s birthday long weekend).

Approximately 20 of our Grade 3-6s are currently being supervised onsite, as they have no daily option for adult care at home – if this applies to you, please contact the school for approval of this via the DET required permission form.

Mid-year Student Reports

Our mid-year student reports will look a little different this year – they will contain a component which addresses Term 1 achievements and participation and also one for Term 2. They will not contain progression point dots, which have reflected achievement against Victorian curriculum standards (which shares with parents, teacher judgements as reflecting student

achievements below, at or above expected grade level standards). We anticipate that end of year Reports will do this.

For this round of reports, they will be available to families online via Compass during the last week of Term 2. Hard copies will be available upon request with the Office.

We are trying a ‘paperless round’ of Reports given the different version being produced after such an extended period of remote learning and also being environmentally conscious. Subject to the success or otherwise of this trial, end of year reports (December) will be possibly in paper copy for all (and available online via Compass as they have been for a few years now) or again paperless. Your feedback will be sought to inform future planning.

Barry Rowland

Principal

Back to School Thoughts From Some Grade 2 Students Kie: It’s so nice to be back at school with all of my class.

Chloe: Seeing my friends.

Flynn: We get to use the playgrounds again.

Spencer: Seeing Mrs Orford and getting help.

Violet: So I get to do more Maths.

Kenzie: I’ve missed seeing Mr Rowland.

Maisie: I just missed being at my school.

Sanny: I wanted to come back to school and I missed my friends.

PA WILL FREEMAN - Will has made a fantastic start back at school and has demonstrated our rules and routines

beautifully. He worked extremely hard during remote learning and should be proud. You’re wonderful Will.

PH WILLOW FORSYTH - Willow was a superstar during remote learning, consistently working hard to complete tasks

and sharing videos that showed careful thinking and effort. She has continued to take great pride in her work since

being back at school. Wonderful Willow!

PT LENNY JEANES - Lenny worked exceptionally hard during Remote Learning and completed his work to an

exceptional standard. He has settled back into school seamlessly and has been a great help to others in Prep T. You

are a legend Lenny!

1A CHARLIE DODEMAIDE - Charlie worked incredibly hard during Remote Learning and has transitioned beautifully

back into the classroom. He has taken great pride in the presentation of his work too. Terrific Charlie!

1C BOND O’MARA PASSIG - Bond was a superstar during Remote Learning. He showed terrific adaptability all

throughout. Great to have you back in person Bond!

1S HARMONY POWER - Harmony has made a fantastic transition back to Mano. She is leading by example in 1S by

having a ‘red hot go’ at all tasks. Superstar Harmony!

2B BADEN FOREMAN - Baden worked incredibly hard during Remote Learning completing his tasks to a very high

standard. He took great pride in his videos and showed off his wonderful sense of humour. Congratulations Baden!

2C JACK FRANCIS - Jack was a superstar during Remote Learning, always working hard to complete his tasks. He put

lots of hard work into his Space Research project and it was beautifully presented. Marvellous Jack!

2O KIE BUSHELL - Kie’s writing has improved and he is taking great pride in the presentation of his work. Fantastic Kie!

Bellarine Uniforms Update

Our retail stores will be open from 10am – 5pm Monday – Friday and 9am -12pm on Saturday mornings. The continued safety of our staff and customers is of paramount importance and physical distancing measures will be in place. Our retail staff will be working before and after trading hours to ensure extensive daily cleaning is conducted instore. Any uniform garments which are unpackaged, tried on and then not taken, will be separated out form stock and not handled for 24 hours as an additional precaution against COVID-19. We do not have fitting ranges which are used for ‘try on’ purposes.

As you can appreciate, we are required to limit the total number of people instore which includes staff and customers. Winter back to school is a busy time so we are still offering phone orders for delivery to home if families do not wish to come into the store. Families can either email their orders to bellarine@noone.com.au or phone the store on 5221 9199.

We appreciate your support and thank the school community for their patience during this challenging time. Our staff continue to be committed in providing the best possible customer service during these extra ordinary times.

Maths @ Mano

Game of the Week T2 - Week 7

At ‘Mano’ before we start our Maths lesson, we play a Maths warm up game! These are quick, engaging ways to start a Maths session and to get your brain into ‘Maths mode’

EQUIPMENT: Your hands Deck of cards

Game: ‘Last Hands Standing’ You can verse each other in your family or friends showing different ways to make the number that is first seen on the deck of card. E.g. 3- See picture above Shuffle your deck of cards. Take it in turns of picking up a card. It’s a race to show as many different ways you can make the number that is on the card using your fingers.

HAVE A GO at this task and upload your efforts onto your class See-Saw or Google Classroom!

CHALLENGE ACTIVITY

Using the picture below

2 points-What shape is your shower head? What other shapes do

you see? Draw them and label them.

5 points- How long does it take you to shower? In a week- what

was your quickest and your longest shower?

P.E. AT HOME WITH

MR HAMBROOK AND MR GRANT

TRICK SHOTS GALORE

Trick shots are successful, highly improbable or challenging tasks that require a great deal of

athletic finesse or luck. Trick shots are practiced in a wide range of conventional sports,

including pool, frisbee, football, soccer and basketball, as well as lesser-known games based

on physical activities.

At home there are many different things and items you can use to shoot or create a fun and

interesting ‘trick shot’. You can use socks, scrunched up paper, cushions or sports

equipment. You might shoot them into a bin, ring, goal, cup, drawers or even a box!

Physical movement during ‘Remote Learning’ is so important in so many ways for families, parents and children. Walking or stretching, will help ease muscle strain, relieve mental tension and improve blood circulation and muscle activity. Regular physical activity can also help to give the day a routine and be a way of staying mentally sharp and on task. It might only be for 10 minutes each day. They can be activities around the home and garden, it doesn’t have to be exercise or sport – play, dance, gardening, and even house cleaning and carrying heavy objects is all part of being physically active.

Have a go at what you can do

and load it onto your p.e.

classroom see-saw for

mr Hambrook and mr grant.

Welcome to Dream Country Last week The Middles finished up their reading of Roald Dahl’s ‘The BFG’. We spent the week completing a range of follow up

activities inspired by the story. One of those activities required the students to write their own dream, maybe it was a Trogglehumper (a nightmare) or a Phizzwizzared (a good dream), then they used materials they had at home to create a

dream jar to hold their special dream. Yet again The Middles lived up to their ‘Marvellous Middles’ title and produced some spectacular work.

Poppy MM Archer MW

Harriet MG Lenny MC

Max MS

Take 5 with the Seniors

It’s official. The biggest thing that Senior students (and teachers!) are missing in Remote Learning is the chance to just have a good old fashioned chat! To combat that, we’re jumping on the opportunity of a little space in the newsletter, to ‘take 5’ and catch up. This week, we’re hearing from Senior B.

Teacher Name - Miss Bruce

Favourite thing about working from home?

Getting to have my big, cuddly dog Bear with me all day. Toughest thing about working from home?

Missing all of the wonderful students from SB with their smiles and jokes. Also, sitting at a computer all day - this was no fun at all, I even had to get reading glasses! What are you grateful for?

Having a great team around me, my new coffee machine and my wonderful fiance. What’s your hot tip?

Brain breaks work. The quality of my work was always so much better if I stopped every couple of hours to walk around the block, rather than rushing through my extra long list of things to do. What are you looking forward to after restrictions end?

Marrying my wonderful fiance and going on a honeymoon. Unfortunately we didn’t quite make it down the aisle. Not to worry, it will be even better come January.

Student Name - Sasha Ivanitskiy

Favourite thing about working from home?

I like that there has been someone around that can help me with my questions and problems whilst I work. I also enjoyed going for a bike ride on my lunch break most days. Toughest thing about working from home?

My little brother distracts me when he finishes his schoolwork before I do. What are you grateful for?

I’m grateful for having my stepmum, dad or uncle always there to help me with schoolwork if I need it. What’s your hot tip?

Work out a schedule and try to stick to it. I also found out that taking notes is helpful too. What are you looking forward to after restrictions end?

Going back to school, seeing my friends and family that don’t live in Geelong, and hopefully going on a vacation by plane!

The classroom feels very lonely without all the wonderful students in it!

Mano’s before and after school care

program is run by Camp Australia.

More information can be found at

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Manifold Heights Primary

School uniform Open: Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm

Saturday 9.00am – 1.00pm

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You can download our Compass app for FREE at the App

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Manifold Heights Primary. This is a great method of

communication between the school and our parent community!

You can receive notifications about upcoming events and

notify the school of student absences.

You can now use CompassPay to consent and pay for

excursions online! CompassPay is a quick and easy way for

parents to consent and pay for an event at anytime from

anywhere. Compass Pay is a secure

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- ‘We make kids smile’

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0405 422 142

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1300 105 343

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