PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Eisteddfod

We had over 100 students performing in the Eisteddfod

this year, which was fantastic. I really enjoyed

watching the choirs on Monday. I was so PROUD of

all of our students. They were all in uniform, black

shoes, ribbons in their hair, they looked wonderful and

sang beautifully. Both choirs received Honourable

Mentions. Many of our other students performed well

either individually with instruments or in duets. A big

thank you to Miss Bicker, Ms McGann, Carole Cook

and especially one of our mums Katie O’Donnell.

Katie came to school each week helping to prepare our

senior choir.

Indi Spratt has been selected and invited to perform at

the Eisteddfod's Gala Concert on Saturday at the

Mildura Arts Centre, after her great achievement at the

Eisteddfod with 1st Prize for Primary Guitar Duet, 2nd

in her solo and HM for her Secondary School duet (she

teamed up with a secondary student). Congratulations

Indi.

Cleaning Contract

After approximately 30 years of service to our school,

we will be farewelling Greg Taylor Cleaning Services.

We thank and appreciate Greg for his commitment in

keeping our school lovely and clean. Greg is moving to

Tasmania and we would like to wish both he and Mary

well.

The successful tenders for our cleaning contract were

Jon and Viv Whitchurch of ACE Cleaning Service. We

are looking forward to working with their company.

Junior School Council

Next Monday June 26th Junior School Council will be

having a sausage sizzle to raise funds for State

Schools’ Relief.

State Schools’ Relief ensures that every student

regardless of their background can fully participate in

education. Having a uniform and looking like everyone

else ensures that all students feel included and valued.

The service promotes each child’s dignity because the

service is run anonymously through schools. They

have supported tens of thousands of young Victorians

and their families, clothing 1 in 60 kids for each school

year.

In the past we have used the services of State Schools’

Relief for MSPS children and families who were in

need.

DIARY DATES June 26 Junior School Council Sausage

Sizzle June 28 Naidoc Day June 29 Prep Teddy Bears Picnic June 30 Junior School Council Ice Bucket

Challenge (2.15pm) June 30 Last day of Term 2 (2.30pm

dismissal) TERM 3 July 17 First day of Term 3 July 24 & 25 3 Way Conferences August 7 Curriculum Day August 8 Regional Hockey – Swan Hill August 11 Schools Sports Day FOCUS: SAFETY This week students are thinking and speaking about safe behaviours in the classroom and in the playground. Students are focusing on being buddies to their fellow students in order for our school to be as safe as it can be.

Thursday 22nd June 2017 Week 10 Term 2 (There are 2 inserts in this week’s Newsletter)

NEWSLETTER NO.19 Thursday 22nd June 2017

I am so pleased Junior School Council have chosen to

donate to State Schools’ Relief as it feels like kids

helping kids.

NAIDOC

Next Wednesday June 28th we will be celebrating our

NAIDOC day. The NAIDOC committee have planned

and organised cultural activities for the students. We

have a number of community members also coming to

work with our students. Thank you to Miss Snow and

Aunty Kathy for organising this celebration.

School Reports

Your child’s school report will come home on

Thursday June 29th. Three way conferences will

happen Monday July 24th and Tuesday July 25th.

Information and appointment times will come home

soon.

End Term 2

Term 2 will end at 2:30pm on Friday June 30th.

Debra Chandler

Principal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NEWS In order to encourage further problem solving at home,

I will include a weekly problem in the newsletter. For

the rest of Term 2, a correct entry will win a voucher

from Juice Bar Centro. Just write the answer on a piece of paper with your

name and grade and drop it into Mr Kent’s office each

Friday.

Mr K’s Problem No 16

The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's

age is the son's age reversed. How old could they be?

Answer: 51 and 15 Lilah White 4O

Todays problem:- Mr K’s Problem No 17

The time John took to ride to work doubled each day

across a week (Monday to Friday). Each morning he

left at 8:00am. On Monday, he got to work at 8:05am.

What time did he get to work on Friday?

Name:

Grade:

Mathletics Awards

Mathletes of the Week

Lilah White – 4O

Charlie Mills 1T

MathsOnline Awards

This week, I present the MathsOnline award to Aden

Owens 5H.

Aden has successfully completed 43 lessons on

MathsOnline so far in 2017.

Well Done Aden.

Mr Roger Kent

Assistant Principal

GRADES 1 & 2 SWIMMING

We have made a decision to postpone our swimming

week due to the cold weather. Fortunately a week has

become available in Term 4. Grade 1 and 2 students

will now do their swimming from 23rd – 27th October,

2017 (Week 3 of Term 4). This will also provide

families with a further opportunity to pay for students

to be involved in the swimming program.

SPORT NEWS

Division Lightning Premiership On Tuesday our grade 5/6 boys’ and girls’ football and

hockey teams competed in the Division Lightning

Premiership. The girls’ football team tried hard but

were defeated in each of their matches. The boys’

football team won 2 of their 3 games and finished

runners up. In the hockey both the boys and girls

teams played extremely well and managed to win all of

their games. Congratulations to all of the students who

represented the school on the day. Thank you to the

parents who lent their support to the teams.

INTEGRITY HONESTY RESPECT COURAGE

AFL 9’s

Yesterday we had over 50 students compete in the

Division Lightning Premierships AFL 9’s Competition.

We had 2 girls teams and 3 boys teams competing with

other schools. All students did a fantastic job at playing

this variation of AFL.

Well done to the following students who won the Boys

Championship; Josh Carli, Oliver Marr, Tague Morris,

Isaiah Puafisi, Spenser Seward, Sam Cumming, Dash

Hopgood, Will Norton, Cooper Penny, Shaun Watson,

Josh Stephens, Jerome Mobourne-Terrick and Flynn

Bobstchinski.

Mrs Kingsley and Mrs Spratt

ART NEWS

Congratulations to the following Prep students on

achieving Art Awards this week:

Prep R Zachary Thompson

Judd Russell

Prep O Indy Whitford

Thomas Maynard

Prep H Layla Adams

Lexie Marr Nicki Rivett and Holly Siladi

Art Teachers

NEWSLETTER NO.19 Thursday 22nd June 2017

EISTEDDFOD

We have the following results from the Eisteddfod:

Montanna Avery

2nd - 11 & 12 Years String Solo

Theo Maybury

2nd - 12 Years and under Percussion Solo

Grace Wager

1st - Preliminary/Grade one AMEB Solo

Yelda Sivlim

2nd - Preliminary/Grade one AMEB Solo

Trinity Osborne Honorable Mention: Preliminary/Grade one AMEB

Solo

MSPS Percussion Group 1st - Primary School Percussion Group

MSPS Band 2nd: Primary School Instrumental Group

MSPS Flutes 2nd: Primary School Instrumental Ensemble

Indi Spratt & Laura Costa Honorable Mention: Secondary School Duet

Indi Spratt & Warren Setu 1st - Primary School Duet

Emily Tyers & Yelda Sivlim 2nd - Primary School Duet

Grace Wager & Trinity Osborne Honorable Mention: Primary School Duet

Yelda Sivlim

2nd - 11 & 12 Years Woodwind Solo

Indi Spratt 2nd - 11 & 12 Years Guitar Solo

Ruby Spratt Honorable Mention: 10 Years Piano Solo

Junior (1/2) Choir

Honorable Mention: Primary Schools Choir Grades

1 and 2

Senior (3/4/5/6) Choir

Honorable Mention: Primary Schools Choir Grades

5 and 6

Cassandra Bicker

Performing Arts Co-Ordinator

GRADE 6 TRANSITION REMINDER

Parents are reminded that Secondary College Selection

Sheets for 2018 are due tomorrow, Friday 23rd June,

2017. These forms are parents’ opportunity to select

which secondary school they would like their child to

attend next year. Parents who have children attending

non-government schools or who are leaving the

district, please still return the form indicating your

plans for 2018. If you have any questions, please

contact your child’s classroom teacher.

WORKERS OF THE WEEK

PH Lexie Marr 3/4B Morgan Maddigan

PO Thomas Maynard 4K Chloe Baynes

PR Alexander Skipsey 4O Allexandra Lanyon

1M Olivia Hibbard 4S Riley Glare

1T Bella Gane 5B Dhanya Lotia

1/2D Dani Fraser 5H Jett May

2N Kaelan Zielonka 5J Tyler Whitford

2S Elouise Luke 5T Kiara Chaplin

2T Cayla Chaplin 5Z Isha Shah

3B Shion Gardner 6C Jacob Lane

3G Rory Pullen 6D Ryan Watson

3H Liam Foss 6S Sophie Elton-Murphy

3S Motahar Najafi 6W Farida Ibrahimi

SPORT AWARD

Bailey Mills 6S

PERFORMING ARTS AWARD

Tom Helms 2N

BAND AWARD

Montanna Avery 6S

ART AWARD

Jaxan Taylor 2N

SCIENCE AWARD

Cooper Rayson 3B

AUSLAN AWARD

Harry Ough 6W

INTEGRITY HONESTY RESPECT COURAGE

JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL

Sausage Sizzle

On Monday 26th June, we will be having a Sausage

Sizzle to raise money for the State School’s Relief

Program. State School Relief is an organisation that

helps to ensure that every student, regardless of their

background, can fully participate in education. Sausage

Sizzle order forms can be handed in to the Leadership

team at the Canteen.

Last day for orders will be Friday 23rd June.

Lolly Jar Raffle Throughout the last week of school, we will be holding

a “Lollies in the Jar” raffle. Tickets are 20c each, and

the winner will be announced on the last day of school.

Tickets will be on sale at lunchtimes in front of the

canteen starting Tuesday 27th June. All money raised

will go to the State School’s Relief Fund.

ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE! This is huge news! There will be an ice bucket

challenge on the last day of school, Friday 30th June at

2.15pm. Each class will have a jar to donate money

into. The 4 classes that raise the most money, will

have a bucket of water and ice poured on their

teacher’s head. So bring in any money you can if you

want your teacher to be one of the lucky ones. You can

also donate into other teacher’s jars, including

specialist teachers like, Mr Kennedy, Mrs Powell, Miss

Bicker and Mrs Siladi. All money raised will go to the

State Schools’ Relief Fund.

Brooke Kingsley

Junior School Council Co-Ordinator

PARENTS CLUB

General Meeting

The General Meeting that was scheduled for Monday

26th June has now been postponed. We will advise

when a new date has been arranged.

Second Hand Uniforms

Any families needing spare jumpers, jackets please

come to the Parents Room on Monday from 8.45am

and after assembly. We have many pieces to choose

from. It’s been freezing in the morning and still

students with no warm clothing!!! $2.00 WOW a

bargain. If your child has lost their jumper/jacket the

lost property is behind the art room. Don’t forget to

NAME your child’s uniform then they will be returned

to the classroom. Thanks to our Parents Club

volunteers. Lyn Bozzi

Parents Club President

OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS Before and After School Care:

We have places available every day. Before School

Care opens at 6.45am until 8.45am with breakfast

available. If you receive 100% Child Care Benefit, the

fee will be $7.29 per session. Our activities include

table tennis, board games, running races, colouring and

puzzles. After School Care starts at 3.30pm until

6.00pm with snack and fruit available. If you receive

100% Child Care Benefit, the fee will be $10.99 per

session. Our activities include indoor and outdoor

play, Play Station, Xbox, Netflix, basketball, downball,

skipping and craft.

Vacation Care:

Some days are available for the upcoming school

holiday program which will operate from 8.00am until

6.00pm Monday 3rd July to Friday 14th July. If you

receive 100% Child Care Benefit, the fee will be $8.96

per session plus excursion costs if attending on

excursion days. The excursions these holidays will be

a visit to Benetook Chook Farm, a tour of the Eco

Village and Landfill and a tour of the Mildura Arts

Centre and Rio Vista House. Other activities during

the program includes Super Hero dress up day, Pyjama

day and celebrating Naidoc week with art and craft and

cooking Johnny Cakes and Damper from the Flavours

of the Coast Koori Cookbook.

If you would like more information or would like to

book in for any of these programs, please contact the

OSH office on 5018 6028 or email:

oshp@msps.vic.edu.au

Kerri Abbott

Out Of School Hours Coordinator

NEWSLETTER NO.19 Thursday 22nd June 2017

WOOLWORTHS EARN & LEARN This year we will be participating in the Woolworths

Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will

be able to get new educational resources for our

school/early learning centre – and all we need you to

do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths.

From Wednesday 26th July to Tuesday 19th September,

we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn

Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn

Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco

and gift cards). Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn

Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet

and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet can be

dropped into the Collection Box here at the school or at

your local Woolworths.

At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some

great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers

lots of items ideal for our students – including

resources for Maths, English, Science and some

fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for

our library. If you’d like to know more visit

woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

COMMUNITY NOTICES

BRAINTEASER

This week’s Brainteaser:

Which team won the NRL State of

Origin Game 2 this week?

Your

answer:……………………………..

Your

Name:………………………………

Your Grade:……………….

Cut out this box with your answer, name

and grade and place it in the brainteaser

box at the front office. Each week, one

lucky entrant will win a prize!

________________________________

Last week’s answer: Japan

Winner: Lilah White 4O

Last week’s answer: Mother’s Day

Winner: Tahlia Stone 2S