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The Mount Dandy News Top of the mountain, top results.

What’s in this issue?

News and Views 1

School Sub Committees 2

Art News 2

Canteen 2

Mind and Maths Matter 2

OSHClub 3

Keeping sibling peace at

home

4

Learning about NZ with

Nikki Burgess

5

News and Views...

Parent Helpers in the classroom As Semester 1 draws to a close we’d like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful parent helpers. This

year has seen an increase in the number of parents supporting the teaching and learning programs for our chil-

dren. Parents have been helping with Literacy, Numeracy and other classroom programs as well as supporting

our specialist classes. Thank you all very much for your valuable contributions and we are looking forward to

working closely with you in Semester 2.

New Landscaping We currently have two landscaping projects underway. The first is the embankment adjacent to the top basket-

ball court which is having a retaining wall built that will be the future site for our chicken pen and vegetable gar-

dens. The second project taking place is the replacement of paths and retaining walls in the Helen Dixon em-

bankment. This will make the embankment safer for our students to use. We ask that all students stay well away

from these areas whilst works are underway.

2.30pm Finish on Friday Please remember that all students will be dismissed at 2.30pm on Friday. Out of School Hours Care will be avail-

able from 2.30pm. Any students catching the bus towards Olinda will be walked to the bus stop to catch the

2.21pm bus. School recommences on Monday July the 15th.

Parent Teacher Interviews—Tuesday 25th and 26th June Parent teacher interviews are an integral and vital component of the student reporting process and a highly valu-

able part of the student learning journey. Therefore it is important that each family attend an interview with

their children’s teachers. If you haven’t organised an interview time please visit your child’s teacher to do so.

Grade 56R will be having their interviews early next term.

Reminder—Electronic Newsletter and Notification System—Sign Up Now! Please remember to sign up for electronic newsletter, calendar and updates via the tiqbiz website, the App Store

or search through Google Play. This service is available on all smart phones, tablets and desktops. From the

start of next term we will be going paperless. Those who are unable to access the newsletter electronically

can collect a copy from the office on Tuesday afternoons.

Welcome Back Katharine This week we welcomed back Katharine King who has been on a week-long conference in Bali. We hope that

you had a great time.

Thumbs Up To:

Tabatha and Juanita Bott and Mary Spratt for completing the Premiers Reading Challenge

Phoebe Dixon who is competing in the show jumping equestrian event during the holidays representing

Mount Dandenong PS

To the Barnes and McKinnon families for transporting some new vegetable garden fruit boxes to school

The Barnard family for donating the fruit boxes for our new vegetable gardens

Prep G for their wonderful and first ever grade assembly last Friday.

To Nikki, Max and James for all of their hard work and effort to

teach the Middle School about New Zealand culture and

Rakau Sticks

We would like to thank all of the magnificent staff and students at Mt Dandy for a fantastic Semester 1 and wish our entire communi-

ty a safe and enjoyable holiday.

Thank you, Michael Leonard and Sue Gibson.

Mount Dandenong Primary School Farndons Road, Mount Dandenong 3767 www.mtdandps.vic.edu.au

Telephone—03 9751 1136 Fax—03 9751 2332 [email protected]

What’s On

TERM TWO

Tues 25th & Wed 26th June

Parent Teacher Interviews Wednesday 26th June

Drama Incursion

Friday 28th June

Last day Term 2, 2.30 pm finish

Monday 15th July

First day of Term 3

Thursday 18th July

Year 6 Sexuality Education

22nd—26th July

Years 3—6 swimming program

Monday 29th July

Curriculum Day—Pupil free day

Purpose Statement Mount Dandenong Primary School values our unique environment and close community. It is a place for creative opportunities and academic

excellence, nurturing respect, happiness and independence.

Issue 178 25th June 2013

REFUGEE SEWING GROUP

The local Refugee Sewing Group, run

by Jenni Garrett, are making warm

clothes for their families and are

looking for donations of fleecy and

other winter fabric.

Educational toys, puzzles, shape and

colour activities, simple picture story

books, would also be appreciated. If

anyone can anyone help, please see

Julie at the office.



The Mount Dandy News

School Council Meeting Monday night Monday 29th July 7:15pm

Educational Sub Committee Thursday prior to Council Thursday 25th July 4:00 pm

Buildings and Grounds Committee Monday, 1 week prior to Council Monday 22nd July 4:00 pm

Finance Sub Committee Prior to Council Monday 29th July 6.30 pm

Fundraising Committee As informed by Kylie Gilson Tuesday 16th July 8:00pm

School Sub Committee Meeting Times

CANTEEN—Open Thursday

Homemade sausage roll $3.50

Pizza—Margarita, Hawaiian $3.50 Sushi—Chick, tuna, California, veg. $2.50

100% apple/orange juice $2.00

Chocolate milk $2.00

Art News Looking for a way to keep warm in the school holidays? Visit an Art gallery!

National Gallery Victoria (www.ngv.vic.gov.au)

Monet’s Garden Exhibition - from 10th May – 8th Sept

Indigenous Art - The Ian Potter Centre at Federation Square

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (www.mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au)

Archibald Prize Exhibition from 8th June – 7th July.

This art event is awarded annually to the best portrait of a distinguished Australian.

Heide Museum of Modern Art Bulleen (www.heide.com.au)

Burrrinja Cultural Centre Upwey (www.burrinja.org.au)

Tarrawarra Museum of Art Healesville (www.twma.com.au)

Enjoy! Liz Kennedy, Art teacher

STAND

MIDcaughtDLE

Mind and Maths Matters

Fun Fact Mount Dandenong P.S first opened in 1897. Our school is 116 years old!

Have you seen our centenary wall of tiles just near the staffroom?

Quizzle Last week’s….

I understand.

This week’s…

Answer in the newsletter next term!

Maths Game

‘Knockout Nine’

Materials: two six sided dice

2-4 players

Each player writes the numbers 1-9 on a piece of paper. The first player rolls the dice. The player may cross out the numbers shown on the dice OR the sum of the two numbers.

Eg. If a 4 & 2 are thrown the player can cross out 4 and 2 OR 6. When 6 numbers or less are left only a single dice is used. The

player’s turn continues until the player cannot cross off any more numbers.

The remaining numbers are totalled and this is the score for that round.

After five rounds the player with the smallest total wins!

http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au

http://www.mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au

http://www.heide.com.au

http://www.burrinja.org.au

http://www.twma.com.au




OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program

This Week’s Activities – Week 8

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before Care Activities

Advanced Colouring Yarn Bug Finger Knitting Knitting Hama Beads

Brekky

Cereal & Milk, Juice (No

sugar), Toast (White/

Wholemeal) & Spreads,

Yoghurt & Fruit




Porridge




Yoghurt & Fruit




Cheerios




Milk & milo

After Care Activities

Yarn Bug

Giant’s Treasure

Cardboard Roll Puppets

Ship, Shark, Shore

Minute to win it Games!

Cooking Club!

Gingerbread men

Skipping

OSHClub

Movie Night!

Movie: ‘Peter Pan’

Afternoon tea

Fresh sandwiches & fresh

fruit

Nachos! carrots, salsa and

fresh fruit

Mini Pizzas and

Fresh fruit

Toasted ham and cheese

sandwiches & fresh fruit

Salada’s, cheese, vege-

mite and fresh fruit

Parent Information

Make sure your child/ren bring their hat as: No Hat = No outside play.

Ensure all enrolments are to be signed in and out when your child arrives and is collected at the end of the day.

OSHC program phone: 0419915649 OSHClub Head Office: 03 8564 9000

Coordinator: Lina Corrone Assistant: Samantha Clarke All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancella-

tions can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

Our very first official OSHClub movie night on Friday was such a suc-

cess! We will be holding our next movie night in August, which will

be a themed ‘Pyjama/Onesie Movie night! Keep an eye out for more

details to come!

During the week, the children really enjoyed participating in our

‘Minute to win it competition!’ The activities combined lots of balanc-

ing, concentrating, throwing and hand/eye coordination.

As we approach the end of term, we will be making 3D snowflakes,

making gingerbread biscuits and painting our cubby houses.

Come and join in all

the fun!

We look forward to

seeing you at OSH-

Club!

From Lina and

Samantha.

P.S Have a wonderful

holiday break!

http://www.oshclub.com.au




KEEPING SIBLING PEACE AT HOME Posted by: Michael Grose

How do you respond when kids fight and argue? Do you make a plea for peace, order the combatants to their bedrooms or find out who

caused the infraction?

It’s almost impossible to stay out of kids’ fights as they’re usually noisy, and invariably at least one child will come to you to inter-

vene.

Sibling fighting is so common these days that it seems to be the first commandment of childhood: Thou shalt fight and argue with your

brother and sister until your parents can’t stand it any longer.

Parenting ideas research suggests sibling fighting is a concern in three out of every 4 families with more than one child.

It helps to have a realistic attitude to children’s disputes. Kids are learners when it comes to resolving conflict so physical means,

name-calling and bickering are commonly their preferred tools.

Conflict itself is not harmful, but the way disagreements are resolved is the big issue for parents.

There are two broad approaches you can take when kids fight – get involved or stay out of it. You need to be lead by their age and

maturity, and ability to sort things out themselves, as well as the nature of the problem itself. Some issues such as seating rights on

the family couch are not worth fighting over so wise parents will stay right out of this issue.

If you decide to remain neutral then bear it, beat it or boot them out when they fight is your best policy. That means put up

with the fight if you can, go into another room or send kids outside if they are fighting.

This approach works when sibling fighting is for the purpose of involving parents, which it often is. It gets you out of the picture.

Parents are as predictable as washing machine cycles always responding to kids’ cries for help so kids soon work out they have a

great way to keep mum or dad busy with them. If this is the case, then break the pattern by refusing to become involved. “You

guys can work this out for yourself” is the idea.

There are times when you just can’t ignore a fight and your assistance is needed to resolve the dispute. If this is the case, let them

know you’ll help them work out a solution to their problem but avoid taking sides, which they invariably want.

Use kids’ conflict as a teachable moment where you can coach them to resolve their relationship issues in more socially acceptable

ways, than hitting, yelling and sulking. Here’s some ideas when they fight:

1. Focus on emotions first. Get kids to calm down before you talk with them. This may mean they sit on their own or go out-

side and let off steam physically. Validate their emotions. ‘You seem pretty worked up about this.” ‘Yep, I can see you’re mad at

your sister.’

2. Focus on the problem, not the fight. Ignore the ‘she hit me first’ type arguments kids often put forward. Drill down onto

the issue at hand. If it’s a dispute over TV-watching then focus on better ways of sharing the TV rather than focusing on the the

fight.

3. Get them to see two sides the story. The hardest part in any dispute, whether in a family or an international conflict, is to

get those involved to see the other side of the story. Listen to your kids and try to get them to see the situation from the other’s

viewpoint. “What do you think your brother wants?” It’s also useful to get kids to think about their own responses and look for

better ways to respond next time. “What were you thinking when you took your sister’s toy?” “What would you do next time?”

4. Restore the relationship. Focus on relationships rather than on problems. With young children, in particular, the issue they

were fighting about is generally long-forgotten by the time a parent intervenes. An apology, a hug or a joint treat are some ways to

help restore relationships with kids.

The measure of a strong family is not so much whether siblings fight, but will they pull together when the chips are down. This is

the case in most families. Kids love each other hard, and unfortunately for a parent’s peace of mind, they’ll fight just as hard too.

Effective parents know that kids generally need to be given opportunities to resolve their own relationships issues themselves. But

they also recognise that some sibling disputes offer valuable opportunities to teach kids the skills to resolve conflict without resort-

ing to power or other less savoury means.




3/4A have Epals (school children that they write to) in New Zealand. To help 3/4A

learn more about New Zealand we asked Nikki Burgess (Max Thornton’s Mum) to

come in and teach us more about it, as she is from New Zealand. Here are some re-

ports from 3/4A on what they have learned.

OLIVIA AND AMY’s…FACTS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND Max Thornton’s Mum Nikki came to 3/4A. She showed us some things from New Zealand. We have Epals in New Zealand. We saw the Haka dance. Nikki brought in some Poi’s for us to see, they are used in dancing. New Zealand is a small country similar in size to Great Britain or Japan. It has a population of only 4 million people. It’s also gloriously uncrowded! The people are called Kiwi’s because of the birds. New Zealand is also known as ‘The land of the long white cloud.’

max and leo’s… facts about new zealand!

New Zealand is the only country with Kiwis

The Maori have lots of legendary stories called myths

They have special dances with Poi’s

We learnt “head, shoulders, knees and toes” in Maori

We learnt about the Haka and watched a movie of Max doing the Haka when he was five

The All Blacks Icon on their T-shirts is called the Silver Fern

The Fern tree is native to NZ

Poi’s are for dancing and girls mostly use them

Boys are the only ones who can do the Haka

‘Kia Ora’ means Hello!

LEARNING ABOUT NEW ZEALAND with NIKKI BURGESS

RAKAU STICKS

Nikki has also worked with 2/3B, 3/4A and 3/4S during Friday Fun and held a Rakau

Stick making workshop. Rakau sticks are traditional music sticks used by Maori peo-

ple. Nikki and Max taught the children a sequence to follow along with. It looked and

sounded amazing! The Middle school would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to Nikki,

Max and James for all of the time and effort they put into helping us learn more

about New Zealand.




Hope for those suffering Learning,

Concentration and Behavioural Difficulties! A natural, drug free program developed in Israel is giving hope to kids in Melbourne. Intelligence Integration program

has helped thousands of children and adults in Israel and the USA experiencing difficulties with reading (dyslexia),

writing (dysgraphia), auditory processing disorder (APD), attention deficit (ADD/ADHD) and concentration.

Anthony Andrews, teacher of Intelligence Integration Australia says that contrary to popular perception, learning dif-

ficulties has nothing to do with our academic capacity. Usually they represent the inability of the body to carry out

tasks. Intelligence Integration Australia has been and can be a natural alternative for many of these difficulties. It is

referred to as “the physical natural foundation of learning” because it looks to the body as the primary source of such

difficulties. Anthony argues that while medications may treat symptoms, finding the root source of the difficulty and

building key neural networks that can improve these abilities with a natural treatment, can help to resolve or signifi-

cantly improve the problem altogether.

“A prestigious health magazine in Israel calls this program one of the 100 milestones in the history of

alternative health”

A parent says: “My daughter was diagnosed with auditory processing disorder. Anthony’s program was more affordable than

other programs. Our daughter went from failing at school to getting top marks, being voted House Captain and a confident

public speaker. Her teachers remarked she became a completely different child after doing the program. I highly recommend this pro-

gram to all parents.”

www.intelligenceintegrationaustralia.com.au

Phone 0425703353

DO YOU HAVE A 3, 4 OR 5

YEAR OLD?

A local mum and qualified primary teacher is

seeking 52 children aged 3 years, 0 months to 5

years, 6 months for her Honours in Psychology

research project through the University of New

England.

The study aims to compare the effectiveness of

iPads with hands-on learning materials for pre-

schoolers. Participation in the project involves 1

-2 hours of time, spread over five days, in your

own home. Each child is randomly allocated to

either the iPad condition or the concrete mate-

rials condition and plays a specific game once a

day for five days.

Each participant receives a picture book after

the fifth session as a thank you gift.

For more information or to register your child,

please contact Kirsty Pitman at

[email protected]

This project has received ethics approval from

the Human Research Ethics Committee at the

University of New England, approval number

HE13-066. Please note the research is not affili-

ated with nor being conducted through Mount

Dandenong Primary School; this item is just

included as a community notice.

Thanks for considering the request.

Kind regards, Kirsty Pitman

(22A Baynes Park Rd, Monbulk, 9752 0416)

Come And Ride

The Yarra Valley Railway

These School Holidays!

Enjoy a Ride on our Walker Railmotor though the historic tunnel

We operate Wednesday and Sunday throughout the school holidays

Rides depart Healesville station hourly 10am to 4pm

For more information visit our website at

www.yvr.com.au

Fruity Friday Parent Roster Term 3 Can you spare some time on Friday morn-

ings to join our team of parents who prepare

the fruit platters? Come and join us in the staffroom and meet

other parents for a coffee and chat while you

chop. It is a great way to get involved with

our school and meet other community

members. We would like some new parents

to add to our roster for about half an hour

to prepare the platters on FRIDAY morn-

ings. Are you free? If you are available, please give your name to Sue Gibson

or Julie Francis in the office.

http://www.intelligenceintegrationaustralia.com.au




Kalorama and Mt Dandenong Volunteer

Fire Brigade

Christmas in July

TRIVIA NIGHT

Saturday 13th July

@ 7pm

Olinda Community Hall (Cnr Olinda-Monbulk Rd and The

Georgian Olinda)

$20 per person (To be paid prior to the evening)

BYO Drinks and Snacks

Lots of fun games and prizes

Silent Auctions Prizes for best Christmas

themed table and guests

For tickets call CHRIS: 9728 1216

OR 0408 663 738

All advertisements placed in this newsletter are placed in good faith. The school however is not responsible for the quality of goods and services

offered. The placement of advertising is provided as a community service and the school does not endorse any products listed.




Kilsyth Basketball

School Holiday Camp Monday, 1st July to Friday, 5th July covering

ENROLMENT FORMS AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE

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