Monday 10th September - Curriculum Day - Student free day

Thursday, 30th August, 2018 TERM 3 WEEK 7

KEY DATES

AUGUST

Fri 31 Grandparents Day G1&2

Fri 31 Book Week Parade

FRI 31 Assembly 2.45pm

SEPTEMBER

Tue 4 G1 Mont De Lancey Excursion

Wed 5 G2 Mont De Lancey Excursion

Mon 10 Curriculum Day - Student Free Day

Wed 12 Zoo Excursion - Preps

Fri 21 Footy colours Day

Fri 21 Footy Pie Day

Fri 21 End of Term 3 - 2.30pm Dismissal

OCTOBER

Mon 9 Term 4 Commences

Wed 10 Step into prep - 9.15-10.15am

Thu 11 Division Athletics

Thu 18 Art show

Wed 24 Colour Fun Run Thu 25 School Tour 9.15-10am

NOVEMBER

Mon 5 Curriculum Day – Student Free

Tue 6 Melbourne Cup Day Public Holiday

Wed 7 Step into prep - 9.15-10.15am

Wed 7 Parent Information Session

2019 Prep Students - 6.30pm

Wed 7 Gr 3&4 Camp Oasis Mt Evelyn

Thu 8 Gr 3&4 Camp Oasis Mt Evelyn

Fri 9 Gr&4 Camp Oasis Mt Evelyn

Thu 15 School Tour 9.15 - 10am

DECEMBER

Mon 3-14 Swimming Program

Tue 11 Gd 6 Orientation Day for

Transitioning into High School

CURRICULUM DAYS

Term 3: September - Monday 10th

Term 4: November - Monday 5th

TERM DATES 2018

Term 3: 16 July to 21 September

Term 4: 8 October to 21 December

Term 1: 30 January - 5 April, 2019

TIMETABLE

Commences 9.00am

Recess 11.00 - 11.30pm

Lunch 1.40 - 2.30pm

School Finishes 3.30pm

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Principal’s message continues pg 2:

From The Principal

Book Week

I am very much looking forward to the Book Character Parades

tomorrow morning. I will be getting into the spirit of things and there will

be Adidas prizes for our best dressed students as judged by a panel of

experts (myself and the School Captains).

NAPLAN

As parents would be well aware, NAPLAN is in the media this week. In

fact, the media knew the results before we did and as I write this, I am

unable to provide more clarity around our own results, due to a timing

issue with the release of data to schools. That said, I am confident that

our students will have again done well and it is important to remember

that the NAPLAN is a snapshot in a child’s learning progression. It is not

the be all and end all and I have never asked a prospective job

applicant how they went on their NAPLAN test. At MPS, we use a

tailored suite of assessment tools to identify student progress, in order to

teach every child at their individual point of need. Our assessments are

diagnostic and give us far quicker feedback than the NAPLAN ever will.

By the time families get their results, they will be 3 months out of date

and your child will have already moved on. We will have done reading

benchmarks for the whole school since then (multiple times), completed

multiple Big Writes and completed numeracy assessments, on top of a

range of formative assessments that enable us to adjust our teaching as

required. Students who require additional extension or intervention will

have been getting that support throughout this time and their Individual

Learning Plans will reflect their own goals. The NAPLAN will help us to

identify areas where we as teachers can improve our practice and rest

assured, we will work collaboratively to crunch the numbers as we

maintain our “continuous improvement” focus. Early next month, the

aggregated data will be presented to school council before I relay that

information via subsequent newsletters. To the students, well done on

giving it your best shot. Know that your teachers are here to help

support you as you focus on the areas you need to improve on next

and best wishes for the remainder of the year.

Parent Opinion Survey

The closing date for the online Parent Opinion Survey has been

extended to Sunday 2 September 2018. Parents can submit completed

online surveys until 11:59PM Sunday 2 September 2018. MPS greatly

appreciates the support of all families in completing the survey. Your

feedback will assist us to craft our 2019 Annual Implementation Plan so

that we can provide your children the best education we can.

Capital Works Update

Last week, Stuart Hattwell, our School Council President Ed Meszaros

and I joined representatives from the Victorian School Building Authority

and the North East Victoria Region’s Provision and Planning team to

interview and select the architects that will design and guide our

stadium and modernisation project.

The panel’s decision was unanimous in selecting Tectura as the architects for our project. Tectura have

experience working with many schools and their presentation showed a strong understanding of the brief,

including the importance of our Australiana theme. I am excited by the opportunity to work with them and

over the coming months, we will hopefully plan for a first class facility to benefit our students and the local

community. On Tuesday October 9th (2nd day of Term 4), Tectura will be holding a community forum at MPS to

provide some insight into the proposed works and to obtain feedback from the broader community to ensure

we deliver the best possible value for the school and the Mulgrave community. The forum will begin at 7pm

and we look forward to seeing as many families represented as possible.

Traffic

The MPS school rules are respect, safety, responsibility, resilience and listen. In the past, I have written articles

about traffic safety around the school and even this morning, met with representatives from Monash Council,

including the Mayor Paul Klisaris and Deputy Mayor Shane McCluskey, to explore ways we can alleviate

congestion around the school. I do recognise that this is a significant issue, but it is one that is beyond our

immediate control. It is our hope that we will establish a pick up/drop off zone in the reserve along Maygrove

Way at the rear of the school, but this will take some time to organise, as the Monash council must agree to it

and then fund it in a future budget. Until such time as we can get council on board, I urge all families to treat

each other with respect on the roads and put safety first. I understand that it is easy to be upset by another

driver, but sometimes we make mistakes and in most cases, it is not the intent of the driver to upset others.

What should not occur is verbal or physical abuse, particularly when students are present. As adults we have

a responsibility to model the school rules around the neighbourhood and do our best to maintain a calm

demeanour to show our children what it means to be both respectful and resilient. I would really appreciate

everyone’s understanding and cooperation in this matter.

Curriculum Day

A reminder that our curriculum day with Dr. Andrew Fuller is coming up on Monday September 10th. Please

make alternate arrangements for the care of your child, as the school will be closed for the day.

End of Term 3

An early reminder to all families that students will be dismissed at 2:30pm on Friday September 21st. Students

who are not collected by 2:45pm will not be supervised, as staff have other duties to attend to. If you cannot

pick your child up by 2:45pm, please book them into the after school care program. Please contact Extend to

make a booking.

Charles Spicer - Principal

Hi all,

Its Una and Theo back for another article. This article will be about the Teachers vs. Students Basketball game.

The basketball game was usually meant to happen on the 8th of August but because of the rain we

postponed it until the 22nd of August. The game started at 2:30pm and went until around 3:00pm.The teachers

won by 2 POINTS! Everyone thought that they were going to smash the student. Everyone played the best

they could and had amazing sportsmanship.

This time we decided to interview a couple of teachers

Mr Boyle-

How do you think you played? -

I think I played ok, it was good to see the staff and students having fun playing a game that I love

What was your tactic? –

My tactic was to pass first and share the ball around so everyone got an opportunity to score.

How do you think you will go in our soccer game that’s coming up? -

I was fairly confident coming into the basketball match, however we only won by 2 points, to be honest I am

a little nervous for the upcoming soccer match because I have seen how good the students are at lunchtime.

Miss Peel-

How do you think you played? –

I think I played okay, and I really enjoyed it.

What was your tactic? –

Mr Spicer and I had a tactic to pass fast and score

How do you think you will go in our soccer game that’s coming up? –

I am more used to playing with my hands than my feet because I play footy. I am really excited.

Una and Theo - School Captains 2018

Keep up dated with the latest news and

important information, & payment method

from Mulgrave Primary School phone App’s.

We, the arts Captains, would like to thank everyone who participated in the colour day fundraiser last week.

We successfully raised $396.00 and are well on our way to completing our year six graduation Mural. Our

wooden flowers have been delivered to the school and the grade sixes have started planning their flower

Designs and are looking forward to start painting their flowers.

The mural will be painted these school holidays and should be ready for the art show and graduation.

We look forward to completing the Mural.

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Date Name

31st August Joanna Tartaglia - 6J

7th September Lucy Meszaros - 3T &1T

45th September Anne McNee 2L

21st - September Jenny Moolenaar PL & 2H

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Art Show Information

Where: Mulgrave Primary School Hall When: Thursday October 18th 2018,

Term 4

What’s happening on the night:

Beautiful artworks by Mulgrave students on display

A live silent auction of all class canvases

A passport/treasure hunt activity. Winners announced at assembly

after the show. Art supplies raffle A yummy sausage sizzle A performance by the school choir Face Painting A cupcake decorating competition!

Student of the Week Awards

Class Name Reason

PB Hannah L For working as a productive member of her writing group.

PM Savannah F For sharing her wonderful thoughts and ideas during class

discussions

1T Valerie D For demonstrating beautiful manners to her teachers and

peers.

1W Ayla O For writing an excellent information report. Well Done!

2L Zaid R For being a helpful and enthusiastic member of 2L.

2S Jerzey W For working hard during maths lessons.

3B Matthew S For trying really hard this week in class.

3T Charli-Jo B For being a helpful and inclusive member. Well done!

4D Ananya G For being such an outstanding munchkin!

4F William T For putting effort into his learning by staying on task and

making good choices. 5R Caitlin H For being a positive role model for the rest of 5R.

6J Andy X For always having a positive attitude and infectious smile.

The Wellbeing awards are given to students who show courage in situations of adversity,

show leadership skills in different ways around the school and show kindness and empathy

towards all members of the Mulgrave Primary School Community.

Wellbeing Awards – Term 3, Week 5

Level Name Reason Junior School Chloe K For being a caring and supportive friend.

Senior School Violet O For demonstrating persistence and enthusiasm

during 3/4 sports. Well done Violet!

TERM 3 - WEEK 5 - AWARDS

Student of the Week Awards

Class Name Reason

PS Devmi UB For the amazing effort with her Big Write on seals.

IT Kaan T For trying his best in class and participating in group discus-

sions.

1W Aadam N For trying his best with his spelling word.

2H Samadhi For working hard to find the meanings of the technical lan-

guage used in explanation texts. 2S Visal K For being kind to others and listening well.

3T Nicolas K For his fantastic work with figurative language this week.

4T Holly G For being brave and taking risks in her reading aloud.

5P Jad N For sharing ideas and always participating during writing.

5R Ben C For sharing his ideas and thoughts about our classroom text

during reading time. 6J Theo C For being an all-round spectacular classmate and friend.

You’re a champ!

The Wellbeing awards are given to students who show courage in situations of adversity,

show leadership skills in different ways around the school and show kindness and empathy

towards all members of the Mulgrave Primary School Community.

Wellbeing Awards – Term 3, Week 6

Level Name Reason

Junior School Evie P For being a supportive and caring friend.

Senior School Nicholas D For working really well in our body session.

TERM 3 - WEEK 6 - AWARDS

Specialist Awards

July - 2018

Level Name Reason

Scientist of the Month

Junior

School

Bronwyn P For her great effort in science, eager participation in all class activities and

her thoughtful contributions to discussions. Well done Bronwyn

Middle

School

Charlee A For doing her best in science and always working hard to further her

understanding of what we are doing. Great job Charlee.

Senior

School

Manny M For his great enthusiasm and participation in science, especially with the

robots and ICT. Great work Manny.

Artist of the Month

Junior

School

Mylah K For creating very cute clay bunny and joining her clay using the scoring

technique.

Middle

School

Spencer M For his neat and colourful dot painting of a kangaroo.

Senior

School

Charlie L For displaying very neat and refined painting skills when painting her clay

self-portrait

Performing Artist of the Month

Junior

School

Oliver G For his wonderful enthusiasm and effort when learning about rhythm.

Middle

School

Alexis S For demonstrating excellent leadership skills during Wizard of Oz rehearsals

with staff and students from Wheelers Hill SC.

Middle

School

Ananya G For demonstrating excellent leadership skills during Wizard of Oz rehearsals

with staff and students from Wheelers Hill SC.

Senior

School

Hasan D For his wonderful focus and enthusiasm when learning to play the ukulele.

Athlete of the Month

Junior

School

Ruby M For putting in her best effort when practising athletics, especially her shotput

technique.

Middle

School

Ruben R For having an amazing can-do! Attitude in every single PE lesson. Great work!

Senior

School

Ben C For his fantastic enthusiasm during athletics training. Keep it up!

Chinese Specialist of the Month

Junior

School

Siena G For always working hard in all her task and show amazing learning attitude in

Mandarin class

Middle

School

Demi L For always working hard to completed all her task in class and show a good

learning attitude in Mandarin class

Senior

School

Georgia H For always actively participating in class activities and showing a good

learning attitude in Mandarin class.

MPS-PFA

Mulgrave Primary School Parents and Families

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! Just sending a huge THANKS out to everyone who helped out with the Father’s Day Stall on Wednesday and

sorting the gifts on Tuesday. Your help was very much appreciated.

HAPPY FATHER’S, GRANDFATHER’S, and to “all the special people in our childrens’ lives”.

Enjoy the family time on Sunday.

Craft-er-noon Session 2 – Sunday September 9th in BER

We had a great time at our first craft-er-noon session last term and are looking forward to the next one in

September. If you are a bit crafty – or would like to be, come along bring your current project or start one, your

lunch and join with other Mulgrave craft enthusiasts.

Scholastic Book Club

DUE 7TH September The Scholastic book club has arrived, and the

catalogues have been sent home for perusal. The

book club is a great opportunity to purchase books at

some great prices that will not only get kids excited to

read but will also provide extra reading resources in the

classrooms and library for our kids. Download the Scholastic LOOP app from google play or app store and get your

order in by Friday 7th September.

DON’T FORGET TO PUT YOUR ORDERS IN BY SPETEMBER 7th

Term 3 - Dates for your calendar

31 August – Book Week Parade

7 September – Book Club orders DUE!

9 September – Craft-er-noon session 2

21 September – Footy Pie Day

Back when my son was a newborn, our newly-formed coffee group often found ourselves messaging each other in

the middle of the night, while we were awake feeding our babies. I remember someone suggesting that we make

our coffee get-togethers at 3am. It was a joke, but the most comforting thing about it was knowing that, at that

moment, I wasn’t alone. While everybody else was asleep, there were others out there, doing the same thing.

Six years and one more child later, I’m just needing a little reassurance that once again, I’m not alone because

wow, getting my kids out the door in the morning? Definitely a challenge. I know I’m not the only one (tell me I’m

not the only one) who repeats, “Get dressed” commands in ever-increasing tones and frequencies over and over

and over again. Who cajoles another bite of breakfast into my daughter, who despairs when my son takes forever

to put on his shoes.

I think there should be a dedicated area in the school playground or childcare carpark where parents can gather

and celebrate making it through another morning.

There are others out there – maybe you’re one of them – in homes all over the place, doing the same thing. (I’ve

even pondered on a possible name for this – The Patient Parent Puddle? The Commiseration Corner? The Got-Out-

The-Door Get-Together?)

I’ve tried many things to make getting out the door less painful. Here’s what we’ve found works at our place – for

now, at least. A routine

A list of things that need to get done, in an easy-to-follow pattern, with a reward at the end. Right now, a simple

Google image that I printed off and stuck on our fridge seems to be doing the trick. It shows the things that need to

get done before we leave the house on a school/childcare morning and is mostly to help my six year old take

responsibility for what he needs to do. Go to the toilet, eat breakfast, get dressed, brush his teeth, pack his bag,

and put his shoes on.

The rule is the kids need to do their jobs before they can play. (This hardly ever happens but it’s important for later

on in the process). I set the oven timer, and if all the jobs are done when the timer goes off, he gets to put a small

magnet on the fridge. Once he accumulates seven magnets, he gets $2, which he can spend at the two dollar

shop, school tuck shop, or save.

Getting up before the kids

It’s taken me years to do this. Back when the kids had unpredictable waking hours, it just wasn’t doable. I never

knew when I was going to be pulled out of a deep sleep and so I just couldn’t bring myself to do it to myself with an

alarm earlier than absolutely necessary. Now, they know to stay in their room until a certain time so I set my alarm

for an hour before this and get myself sorted before they’re up.

Humour

The kids respond better to this and it instantly lightens the atmosphere.

Why is it so much easier to be serious than light-hearted? For me it takes consciously flicking a switch to engage my

playful brain. The kids respond better to this and it instantly lightens the atmosphere. We talk gibberish or sing at the

breakfast table, make finger puppets out of the kids’ socks while they’re putting them on, or just go along with

whatever imaginative buzz they’re on that morning.

Knowing what makes my kids tick

My son loves to race me to get dressed. We call out updates to each other from our bedrooms, “I’m getting my

pants on!”, “I almost have my jumper on!” The finale is when we race across the hall and jump on the other per-

son’s bed. Whoever gets there first wins the getting dressed race.

My son loves to race me to get dressed.

It must be said that this strategy does not work for my three-year-old daughter. She has no interest in mum’s

made-up competitions. What works for her is laying down a challenge. “I bet you can’t get dressed by yourself.”

Sure enough, she usually disappears into her room and returns a few minutes later with a smug smile on her face

and in a (very) unique, (very) layered, (very) multi-coloured clothing creation.

Letting it go when it all turns to custard

I’m learning to accept this and let the control go.

As much as I’d love a perfectly smooth morning where my kids do as they say as soon as I ask, it never happens.

Let’s face it, kids are kids. They’re going to screech, yell, complain, ignore me, and get distracted occasionally.

Probably more than occasionally. I’m learning to accept this and let the control go. Yesterday morning my son got

distracted playing and no matter how many reminders I gave him, he wouldn’t budge. Eventually it got to within a

couple of minutes of the timer going off and he said to me, “I don’t care about getting a magnet today, Mum.” I

had to choose to lose the battle to win the war.

Of course, you learn pretty quickly as a parent that things change. What works today may not work tomorrow. On

days like today, it helps to know there’s others out there, fighting the same morning battlefield. See you in the

Commiseration Corner.

By: Keryn Grogan

Extend OSHC at Mulgrave Primary School

Hi Everyone,

Happy Father’s day to all our wonderful dads. I hope you will all have a fantastic day on Sunday!

Kids Club competition: Congratulation to Faiza for making to finalist. From this point onwards, Faiza's victory is de-

pending on your votes, please go to extend.com.au website and vote for Faiza! We really appreciate your sup-

port!

During the past couple of weeks, the children have explored several activities. In art and craft, we made beautiful

Fairy houses, Funny Rock people, Winter painting, and in another art activity we made fabulous pictures with alu-

minium foil.

In science, children had an opportunity to experiment with Oil and water and had so much fun creating fireworks

in the bottles.

Once again, our master chefs were engaged in making many healthy dishes. Our Sweet Potatoes Spaghetti Pizza

and Pumpkin soup were delicious, so was the Watermelon Krispy slice. Last week, for the great start of the day we

added refreshing Strawberry milk shake, French toast and pancakes to our breakfast club, and loved them. We

also celebrated multicultural day with yummy Indian delight called Burfi!

Auslan sign language is advancing well. The children are now learning to sign numbers and everyday vocabulary.

Apart from these activities, our mystery rock finding challenge was also fun and last Friday our working bee, gave

everyone an opportunity to keep our school environment clean and tidy.

Physical activities are always fun part of our program, we played several games such as: Basketball, 40-40, Pac

Man Tiggy, Guards and Soldiers, Line Tiggy, Cops and Robbers, Kabbadi, Bean bag challenge, Golden Child and

many more.

Next weeks activities are;

Monday 3rd September: Art and Craft - Cool newspaper Cat/ Volcano and Ice-cream

Tuesday 4th September: Science - Bouncing egg/ Silly Bananas

Wednesday 5th September: Art and Craft Collage/ Duck ball

Thursday 6th September: Specialist Cooking - Fruit scones / 123 bumble bee

Friday 7th September: Community Link - Afternoon tea with senior citizen/Board games

Kind regards

Meena

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Our Extend Superstars are:

Joshua W For building his confidents to come to the program without assistance. Well done Joshua!

Thasith W For using his manners! Well done Thasith keep up the good work!

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This season we are introducing some exciting new activities at our holiday programs including, goodie

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