Newsletter No. 16 ~ September 14, 2018

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Coming Up at Mount View…

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School Dates 2018 Term 4: 8th October – 21st December 2019 Term 1: 31st January – 5th April Curriculum Days – 29th & 30th January and 7th & 8th March (No students) Term 2: 23rd April – 28th June Term 3: 15th July – 20th September Term 4: 7th October – 20th December. Please note: At our September School Council Meeting we will ratify our four listed Curriculum Days.

School Council Message – David Lee

Hello!

Hope everyone had a terrific holiday break - can't believe we're already here into mid October!

One of the highlights over the break was finding out that Mount View had won a government grant from our Pick My Project campaign!

For a school that has over 1,000 students and two main playgrounds - $198,800 is going to be incredible for our students and others in the local community. It will create new learning possibilities and experiences, and lots of fun and joy as well.

Thank you so so much to everyone who voted and recruited others as well - every vote made the difference.

A special thank you to Merryn Ashcroft who brought this to life with her vision, genuine passion and tireless efforts - it's going to be amazing!

Have a wonderful weekend,

David

School Leadership Message – Glenn Butler, Alison Rees, Christian Holdsworth and Bianca Gatherum

Twilight Carnival 2018

Mount View Primary School is seeking community volunteers to assist with the planning for this year’s Twilight Carnival

which is set for Friday, 16th of November. The overall event is being co-ordinated by a team comprised of school

leadership and parents. A great deal of the scope, logistics and focus work has already been completed in order to

ensure the best activities are available.

We are now calling on everyone to put themselves, and their friends forward, to take responsibility for the individual

aspects of the Twilight Carnival. Small teams need to plan for a range of community. The success of the Twilight

Carnival is readily achieved when we have broad, representative community involvement in the planning. We

encourage the involvement of all parents to ensure that we can share in the success and friendship created by a

Twilight Carnival.

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The range of activities to be organised by small groups are:

1. Community Foods – Co-ordinator

a. Chinese – Group Co-ordinator

b. Indian – Group Co-ordinator

c. Sri Lankan – Group Co-ordinator

d. Spanish – Group co-ordinator

e. Traditional Australian – Group Co-ordinator

f. Other recommendations – Group Co-ordinator

2. Refreshments – Co-ordinator

a. Soft drinks and water

b. Zooperdoopers/Frozen ice Treats

3. Food Trucks – Co-ordinator

4. Year Levels Stalls – Co-ordinator

a. Lucky Jars – Group Co-ordinator

b. Chocolate Toss – Group Co-ordinator

c. Other recommendations – Group Co-ordinators for each

5. Community Stalls – Co-ordinator

6. Student Performances – Co-ordinator

a. MVPS Choirs

b. MVPS Bands

c. Dance

d. Individual performers - various

e. Other schools’ performances

7. Purchasing – Co-ordinators

a. Foods

b. Drinks

c. Miscellaneous items

8. Marketing/ Communications – Co-ordinator

a. Signage

b. Facebook/Instagram

c. Flyers – Group Co-ordinator

9. Raffle – Co-ordinator

10. Silent Auction – Co-ordinator

11. Tickets/Wrist Bands – Co-ordinator

a. Pre-sales – Group Co-ordinator

b. On the day sales – Group Co-ordinator

12. Rides – Co-ordinator

a. Commercial Rides x 12

13. Fun Activities – Co-ordinator

a. Dunking Machine

b. Jumping Castle

c. Sponge throwing

d. Inflatable maze

14. Stage/Sound System – Co-ordinator

15. Set Up Crew – Co-ordinator

a. Marquees

b. Power

c. Water

d. Furniture

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16. Pack Up Crew – Co-ordinator

a. Marquess

b. Power

c. Water

d. Furniture

The list above indicates the many opportunities for everyone to assist in the planning for the event.

Twilight Carnival Meeting

I encourage everyone interested in helping to come along to the Twilight Carnival Meeting to be held in the Staff Room

on Wednesday, 17th of October at 7 pm so that we can get the plan underway.

SunSmart

In line with the school’s SunSmart Policy, all children are required to wear a school hat while playing outside during

Terms 1 & 4.

Late Arrivals and Pick Ups

Parents are reminded to ensure that their children attend school on time each day. The school day begins at 8:50 am

and all children should be picked up by 3:45 pm each afternoon.

Traffic

Adherence to the road rules around the school is vital to ensure the safety of students and the community. Many

community members share our alarm at the behaviours of many drivers at school drop and pick up times. While

responsibility for adhering to the road rules rests with each driver, the community has an expectation that the school

take responsibility for traffic management. However, the expectation that teachers and school leaders take

responsibility for managing traffic is beyond the scope of the role of educators. VicRoads and the police have authority

to enforce the road rules, not the teachers. The school will begin recording the number plate details of offending

motorists and these will be passed onto VicRoads and the police. The following behaviours will be reported:

U turning in Shepherd Road

Parking across driveways near the school

Double parking

Parking close to the school crossing

Pedestrian jay walking between cars

Recommended positive behaviours are:

Parking 200 - 300 metres from the school and walking to and from the car to the school

Walking to school from home

Be aware of other drivers and their cars

Courteous driving

Use the school crossing

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Child safety at Mount View PS

Reminder:

Please make sure that you wait behind the line until the supervisor sounds the whistle twice before crossing the road.

It is also important that parents take their children via the school crossing.

Student Accident Insurance Cover

Parents and guardians are reminded that the Department of Education and Training and Mount View Primary School do not provide accident insurance or ambulance cover for students. Parents and guardians of students who do not have student accident insurance and/or ambulance cover are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including the cost of ambulance attendance, transport and any other related medical costs.

Student accident insurance and ambulance cover policies are available from some commercial insurers and can be obtained by parents and guardians for individual students. For further information please check with your personal insurance company.

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ICAS Mathematics and English– Bianca Gatherum

Our final two ICAS results for students in Year 3-6 have been completed and congratulations to the following

students. Students will receive their English certificates ONLY on Monday 15th October. We are still waiting on the

arrival of the Mathematics certificates.

Mathematics Distinctions English Distinctions

Congratulations to the following students who received a HIGH DISTINCTION in ICAS English and Mathematics.

English certificates will be awarded at assembly on MONDAY 15th October.

MATHEMATICS ENGLISH

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Year 4 students going back in time to Preschool!

Last term several year 4 classes visited the kinder

students at Appletree Hill pre-school. They spent

time playing with and getting to know the

students, making mud pies in the sand pit and

creating master pieces at the craft table! Suzanne

Kirby who is the director at Appletree Hill, taught

some of the current year 4 students and they

were delighted to find their photos on the ‘Class

of 13’ noticeboard. The kinder students and the

year 4 students enjoyed spending time together

and may end up being ‘buddies’ as part of the

Year 5 and Prep buddy program in 2019. Building

relationships within our community is an

important part of the transition process from

kinder to school and we are looking forward to

working with all the 2019 prep students at the transition sessions in term 4. After the holidays the

remainder of the year 4 classes will visit the kinder.

Kellie Stewart.

Mount View Badminton team

Congratulations to all that competed at MSAC on the 11th of

September. The students displayed great team work and

resilience throughout the competition. Special thanks to Ken, Kim,

Kitty and Mrs Carson for their help with training and coaching

prior to the event and on the day.

We had 4 teams compete, with our teams in the second division

finishing 4th and 5th out of 12 teams and our teams in the open

division finishing 2nd and 5th out of 8 teams. Well done again to all.

Junior Hooptime

Well done to our year 3 and 4 students who represented Mount

View at Dandenong basketball stadium on the 10th of September, it

was a great achievement by all as it was Mount View’s first time

entering into a junior hooptime competition. Our students

displayed great teamwork throughout the day and most of all, they

had fun doing so. A special mention to our All-star Girls team who

are moving onto regional hooptime in term 4. A warm thank you to

all parents, teachers and Holmesglen students who helped make

the day run smoothly.

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Senior Hooptime

Huge congratulations to all of our year 5 and 6 students who competed

against school in our district at Nunawading basketball stadium on the

12th of September. It was a great day to be a part of and the students

enjoyed what the day had to offer. A big thank you to all of the parents,

teachers and Holmesglen students who helped make the day a success.

A special mention to our All-star Girls team as they won the grand final

by 2 points and are moving onto Division Basketball and regional

hooptime next term.

Simon Orenshaw

Division Athletics

The sun was shining as we headed to Knox Athletics track for the Division Athletics Carnival.

23 students finished in 1st or 2nd place and will continue through to the Regional

Championships next week. It was fantastic to see the students showing independence in

warming up prior to their event and getting to their event on time. Congratulations to our

Division Athletics Squad on a fantastic day!

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Junior Athletics Carnival

Our Junior Athletics Carnival was a

great day despite the cold, windy

weather.

Students participated in a range of

athletics events including 70m, 100m,

300m and hurdle races as well shot

put, discus, vortex and long jump.

A huge thankyou to the all the parents who volunteered their time to assist.

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