December 13th— Week 910 Term 4, Issue 40

MYRNIONG SCHOOL VALUES

Co-Operation Respect Acceptance

Resilience Do Your Best

MYRNIONG PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

DATES TO REMEMBER

Dec 14th Thu - Parent/Teacher Interviews (1:30-5:30pm) Dec 15th Fri - Grade 6 Excursion Dec 18th Mon - Whole School Excursion Dec 19th Tue - School Council Dinner 5pm Dec 20th Wed - Final Newsletter - Special Morning Tea (10:30-11:30) Dec 21st Thu - Santa Visits 9:30 - 11am - School Assembly 1-1:30pm - Early Dismissal 1:30pm - Final Student Day 2017 Dec 22nd Fri - Curriculum Day - Pupil Free Day

SCHOOL CONCERT

TONIGHT

Children to be there at 6:30pm

F-1 W F-1V

Michael C - for being an enthusiastic and well mannered member of the class.

Emma B - for being a responsible and helpful class member.

Grade 2C Grade 3I

Beau S - for being respectful to all

class members.

Grade 3/4L Grade 4/5 BN

Makai P - for showing a positive attitude towards learning and making amazing choices.

Grade 5M

Grade 6K

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Max M Angus P Sinead Y

Jay F Hudson B Zaine C

Samantha H Magenta G Ella F

Matilda B Milly V Billy G

Panagiotis S

A.B.N 18 297 726 276

Principal: Mr. Allan Peach

School Council President: Ainsley Bellette

Blow St Myrniong, 3341

Phone: (03) 5368 7232

Outside Hours Care: Phone (03) 5368 7027

Seth W - for the great effort he puts into his projects.

Rufus M - for completing an excellent report on “Space” for homework.

Mitchell J - for his fantastic year in Grade 6 and good luck next year.

Noah B -for up-levelling his writing by editing for 30 minutes.

“ One Day at a Time!”

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PRINCIPAL AWARDS

FOUNDATION TRANSITION

A very big thankyou to all parents you attended our 2018 transition. A

reminder that foundation student s start Monday 5th February at 9am.

If you haven’t already organised a testing date, please contact

Miss Wickson or Mrs Van.

PARENT / TEACHER INTERVIEWS

A reminder, that Parent Teacher Interviews will be conducted at our

school tomorrow commencing at 1:30 and concluding t 5:30pm.

THANK YOU A very special thank you to the Savvidis Family for kindly

donating some furniture to our school. The filing

cabinets and shelving will certainly be put to good use and

our school appreciates the picking up and delivering of all

items. Thank you.

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Our final assembly for 2017 will be conducted on Thursday 21st Decem-

ber commencing at 1pm and concluding at 1:30pm in our School Build-

ing. All students will be dismissed for the Christmas Holidays at the end

of the assembly.

YOUNG LEADER ASPIRING LEADER

2018 ENROLMENTS

Due to the high level of interest,

our school is currently accepting

new enrolments for the 2018

School Year.

SCHOOL BANKING

Banking has finished

for the year

“Treat others the way you want to be treated”

Matty M Summer M

SCHOOL BOOKLIST

Could all unpaid 2017 Booklists and outstanding accounts be paid by 15th December.

ICE-CREAM / ICY POLE FRIDAY

Friday, is our last Icy Pole/ Ice Cream Friday for 2017. Icy Poles .50c and Ice-Creams $1

END OF YEAR EXCURSION

Our whole school will be going to Ballarat for our end of year excursion. The day will begin with a movie at the

Ballarat Regent Multiplex followed by grades participating in a variety of exciting activities. Permission slips

were given out last week. Please return with payment of $15 asap.

VOLUNTEERS—SPECIAL MORNING TEA

Our school is inviting all school volunteers to a Special Morning Tea on Wednesday

20th December between 10:30—11:30am. This is a way of thanking all of our

wonderful volunteers for their valued, continual and vital support during 2017.

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING

Our final School Council Meeting for 2017 will be conducted on Tuesday 19th December at 5pm at “The

Barkly”, Cnr Main Rd and Barkly St, Ballarat.

LOST PROPERTY

As the end of the year is quickly approaching, our school is asking all students and parents to check our lost

property basket. The basket (located in our first aid room) is over flowing and all items must have an owner.

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MUSIC

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Cooper B

For doing a great job memorising our choir dance moves.

TOTAL LEVIES PAID TO DATE:

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Jan-Mar

46%

Apr-June

65%

July-Sep

72%

Oct-Dec

78%

Booklist

Vol Levy

I received an email from the North Pole today informing me that Santa and his very special helper will be visiting our

school on Thursday the 21st December at the following times:

P/1V - 9:30am P/1W - 9:40am Grade 2C - 9:50am Grade 3IR - 10am Grade 3/4L - 10:10am Grade 4/5BN 10:20am Grade 5M - 10:30am Grade 6K - 10:40am

** Santa will be available for photos at the office at 10:50am

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2018 BEGINNING DATES

January 29th Monday - Teachers resume duty

January 30th Tuesday - Curriculum Day

January 31st Wednesday Grades 1-6 begin school

February 5th Monday - Foundation students begin school

2018 TERM DATES

TERM 1 30th January to 29th March

TERM 2 16th April to 29th June

TERM 3 16th July to 21st September

TERM 4 8th October to 21st December

Teachers resume duty on January 29th

2018 HOURS OF ATTENDANCE

School Begins - 9am

Session One - 9am - 11am

Recess - 11am - 11:30am

Session Two - 11:30am - 1:30pm

Eat Lunch in Classrooms: 1:30am - 1:45pm

Lunch Play - 1:45pm - 2:30pm

Session Three - 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Dismissal - 3:30pm

DUTY OF CARE - 8:45am - 3:45pm

MISS MAHER

Congratulations to Miss Maher who has accepted an ongoing Teaching Position at Black Hill Primary School in

Ballarat. Our school thanks Miss Maher for her contribution and wishes her all the very best for the future.

FAREWELL

Our school wishes our departing staff Mrs Bellette and Mr Rasmanis all the very best in your

future endeavours,

careers and family life. Our school thanks you for your support, commitment and contribution to our school.

FUNDRAISING

Our school would like to thank our fantastic fundraising committee (Deb, Belinda, Kylie, Janet and Sallee) who have

done a wonderful job this year raising funds for our school. A lot of time and hard work has been put towards all of

our functions. To date we have raised $33,000.00 with expenditure of $23,0000.

Our funds have been spent on an Outdoor Shelter, Science Equipment, Popcorn Machine, Urn, Barbeque, Esky

and Outdoor Furniture.

We will be carrying forward the balance of our funds for next year of when we will be putting a kitchen in the senior

building which will be used for cooking, canteen, school functions etc,

The following functions / fundraising activities are what we have done this year :

Pie Drives x 2, Special Lunch Days x 7, Movie Night, Hot Cross Buns, Easter Raffle, Bunnings Barbeque, Mother’s

Day Stall, Christmas in Winter, Trivia Night, Wine Sales, Father’s Day Stall.

If anyone has any suggestions for fundraising for next year, please advise our fundraising committee.

F/1 L1 F/1V L2 Grade 1/2 L3 168 Miss Wickson 23 Mrs Van Egmond 22 Mrs Lacy 24

BELL Frankie F CABRIE Jacob F HUBBLE Lochlain 1

CLASS

LISTS

2018

BORG Seth (new) F CLAYTON Levi F LUPPINO Braeden 1

BORGELT Flynt F KING Rani F PASCOE Eowyn 1

DANIEL Layla F MAWHINNEY Penelope F THOREN Max 1

O’BREE Hunter F PERERA Louis F VANDERKLIFT Milly 1

OLTHOF Lachie F SAMMUT Liam F WHITE Eliza 1

O’SHAUGHNESSY Alannah F SWINTON Lennox F WISE Adele 1

PEARSON LUCIUS F TODD Jack F AYRES Peggy 2

SACCO Levi F TOFFOLON Phoebe F BRYANT Coop 2

SMITH Jonathan F TROLLOPE Hannah F BURNS Adyson 2

STEWART Mason F WELFARE Aayla F FISH Kelly 2

WHITEHOUSE Khloe F WOODROFFE Seth F DOWD Lennon 2

FISHER Jack 2

ABELA Linda 1 BARWICK Daniel 1 Freeburn Reibling Patrick 2

BURLING Ike 1 CHAPMAN Marlie 1 GREGSON Harry 2

CRANE Fletcher 1 COLHOUN Michael 1 LISTER Callum 2

CUCKOW Zaine 1 ETHELL Phoenix 1 MCCALL Rhys 2

GATT Aiden 1 GARDNER Audrey 1 MILLS Jack 2

MARSH Juniper 1 KAY Sebastian 1 OLTHOF Cooper 2

MYERS Max 1 MCGILLIVRAY Ellie 1 O’Shaughnessy Charlotte 2

NEDINIS Eloise 1 THOMSON Olive 1 PEEL Dakota 2

YOUNG Sinead 1 WERNICKE Dexter 1 RIDDELL Connor 2

SMITH Logan 1 RODRIGUEZ Janna (new) 1 CORNWILL James (new) 2

BELLMAN Kurt (new) 1 BORG Alex (new) 2

Grade 3/4NS L4 Grade 3/4C L5 Grade 5/6M L6 Grade 5/6 L7

Mrs Norris/ Mrs Sanders 26 Mr Crilly 26 Mr Marquand 23 Mr Greg Kitchen 24

BAKER Emily 3 AGUIS Dayna 3 BALLINGER Milly 5 BELLETTE Cooper 5

BARWICK Olivia 3 AUSTIN Makayla 3 COUCAUD Frankie 5 CUTAJAR Lachlan 5

BURNS Jaxson 3 BELLETTE Lachlan 3 SMITH Lawson 5 FISHER Jessica 5

GATT Tyler 3 DEKKER Ari 3 NICHOLSON Justin 5 MARSH Rufus 5

KING Annaya 3 GLEESON Abbie 3 O’CONNOR Ivy 5 MILLS Emmy 5

MYERS Bethany 3 GOETZ Lola 3 PEEL Makai 5 MISITI Nicholas 5

MYERS Isabelle 3 MENCHINI Summer-Lee 3 PIKE Hamish 5 NORMAN Tom 5

O’CONNOR Oscar 3 MISITI Natalia 3 RIDDELL Tyler 5 PARKES Gwendolyn 5

SALMON Lucy 3 STANLEY Nathan 3 WALLACE Charlotte 5 SHELTON Finlay 5

SAMMUT Marlee 3 WALL Kade 3 YOUNG Cayd 5

SAVVIDIS Panagiotis 3 WALLACE Sienna 3 BURNS Dakota 6

SHELTON Beau 3 WOOD Tyler 3 BEARD Matilda 6 BRAY- DIGNAN Milli 6

WHITEHOUSE Noah 3 BROWN Harry 6 COUACAUD Casey 6

ABELA Daniel 4 BURQUEST Hudson 6 CRANE Addison 6

AGIUS Lazarus 4 BRITTON Noah 4 HARBRIGHT Adam 6 CURWEN-KING Tristan 6

AYRES Mabel 4 BURNS Dyanah 4 HANNAH Owen 6 GATT Bailey 6

CRANE Tyler 4 DAVENPORT Beth 4 HAZELMAN Francesca 6 FISH Johnny 6

FISHER Lily 4 DEJONG Mitchell 4 HILDER Declan 6 HORAN Samantha 6

GEORGAKAKIS Andonia 4 FENWICK Jed 4 MENCHINI Bailey 6 MARION Oscar 6

GLEESON Ella 4 FRISCH Addison 4 MULLANE Rachael 6 MOURKAKOS Noah 6

GOETZ Magenta 4 PASCOE Fynn 4 ROBERSTON Sofia 6 MOUSTAFA Zain 6

HARBRIGHT Alice 4 POPPLE Georgie 4 SANTOS Rohan 6 RIDDELL Rylie 6

KAY James (Campbell) 4 ROBERTSON Jacob 4 VAN ANDEL Torsten 6 STANLEY Aaron 6

LISTER Declan 4 SALMON Neal 4 WELFARE Jhye 6 WALL Seth 6

MYERS Tess 4 SANTOS Jade 4 WHITEHOUSE Charlee 6

RYAN-GRECH Seth 4 SMITH Jesse 4

WALLACE Xavier 4 BROOK Brodie 4