M T M A R T H A P R I M A R Y S C H O O L

COMING EVENTS

NOVEMBER

Monday 30th

Years 3 - 6

Literacy Incursion

DECEMBER

Tuesday 1st

Years 3 - 6

Literacy Incursion

Wednesday 2nd

2016 Prep Transition (3)

Session 9.15 - 10.30am

Lyn Thomas Piano Concert

370 Craigie Rd Mt Martha

6.45pm

Monday 7th

Year 5 & 6 Film Festival

6 & 8pm Rosebud Cinema

Bookings are essential

Wednesday 9th

Year 5 & 6 Film Festival

6 & 8pm Rosebud Cinema

Bookings are essential

Year 1 End of Year Movie

Excursion

Thursday 10th

Prep Birdlife Incursion

9 - 1pm

Friday 11th

Year 4 End of Year

excursion to the beach

11.30am - 2.00pm

Prep excursion to the

Enchanted Maze

10.00am - 2.30pm

Tuesday 15th

Year 5 End of Year

Break Up at the beach

10.30am - 2.30pm

Year 6 Graduation

Ceremony

6.30pm in the Gym

Wednesday 16th

Year 3 Breakup Max

Magician incursion

Year 2 Walk to Balcombe

Estuary BBQ at school

Year 6 Luna Park Break up

8.30am—3.30pm

Banksia Bulletin Thursday 26th November, 2015

Principal Report

PSW SHOP HOURS AND STUDENT SUPPLIES PICK UP DAY

WEDNESDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2015

Please note the following important times.

Student supplies will be available for collection from the Staff Centre 8.00am – 12.00pm 3.00pm – 6.00pm PSW Uniform shop hours: 9.00am – 12.00pm 2.00pm – 4.00pm. PLEASE NOTE PSW is offering a 5% discount from now until their last selling day on Tuesday 15th December. PSW will resume usual hours for 2016 on Tuesday February 2

nd 2016 at 8.45am.

Start of School 2016 - a note for your calendar that students in Years 1- 6 (not

Prep) commence school for 2016 on Friday 29th January. Teachers will be at

school on the 27th and 28th of January undertaking important professional

development and planning to ensure a successful start to the year.

Transitions - Our 2016 Prep students enjoyed their second transition visit last

Tuesday. It is great to see the students building familiarity with the school and

enjoying themselves. You can almost see their confidence building. Parents have

participated in information sessions, while their children are in the classroom gaining

information on our approaches to English and Mathematics. Our final transition visit

is next Wednesday 2nd December. At the other end of the school our Year 6

students are starting preparations for finishing at Mount Martha Primary School.

The secondary college Orientation Day is on Tuesday 8th December and planning

for Graduation is well underway.

Instrumental Music Concerts - We certainly have some very talented musical

performers at Mount Martha Primary School! Last night was the first of our

instrumental music concerts with another tonight and our piano students next

Wednesday 2nd December. These performances give our students the opportunity

to showcase their progress and talent with their instruments in front of an audience.

Thank you parents for your assistance and support of our music program.

Lost Property - With the end of the year rapidly approaching now is the time to

check your child’s belongings. We have quite a collection of lost property which we

would love to return to the owners. The lost property is mainly unnamed jumpers but

we do have other items as well. Checking lost property is a great way to save some

of the expense of replacing uniform, lunchboxes, drink bottles etc., for the 2016

school year.

Kind regards

Martin Page

NEXT SCHOOL COUNCIL

MEETING

10th December

at 6.30PM

in the Staff Centre

Mt Martha Primary School strives to empower students to be active learners who make a positive impact in a changing world.

Mt Martha Primary School will again be supporting the Mt Martha Lion’s Club

with their Annual Christmas Raffle. I am sure you have seen the wonderful

contribution they make to our community. You should have now received a book

of five Lion’s Club Raffle Tickets.

The tickets are $2.00 each and the school receives 80c out of every $1.00 they receive.

As a further incentive to sell all your raffle tickets

Mt Martha Lion’s Club sponsors have kindly donated the following prizes:

1 x $35 KFC voucher

9 x Dominos free traditional pizza vouchers

4 x $5 McDonalds voucher

If you require any extra books of tickets please call at the School Office.

All tickets sold or unsold need to be returned to the school by

Friday 4th December to be eligible for the draw on December 23rd

.

STUDENT SUPPLY PICK UP DAY

&

PSW SHOP HOURS

WEDNESDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2015

Please note the following important times.

Student supplies will be available for collection from the Staff Centre

8.00am – 12.00pm

3.00pm – 6.00pm

PSW Uniform shop hours:

9.00am – 12.00pm

2.00pm – 4.00pm

PLEASE NOTE PSW is offering a 5% discount from now until their last selling day on

Tuesday 15th December.

PSW will resume usual hours for 2016 on Tuesday February 2nd 2016 at 8.45am.

LYN THOMAS

PIANO CONCERT

370 CRAIGIE RD

MOUNT MARTHA

WEDNESDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2015

6.45PM

MT MARTHA CARNIVALE’

SATURDAY 5TH MARCH 2016

The Mt Martha Carnivale’ is getting bigger and bigger each year. It’s a fun and fantastic day for all and

this year we are holding it on a Saturday. We do require much help on the day and also require assis-

tance with pre event organisation; can you or your group of friends help out in any way at all?

WE DO NEED YOUR HELP!!

If you want to be part of the 2016 Carnivale’, even if it’s only a few hours of your time, please fill in the slip

below and hand it to the school office or email Trish Pell on pelly44@gmail.com. We will keep you on an

email list so you can choose what you would like to be part of. Thank you so much!!

Trish Pell – PTA President

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I would like to help with the 2016 Carnivale’ and be on the contact email list.

PARENT NAME: ____________________________________________________________________________

CHILDS NAME AND CLASS: __________________________________________________________________

CONTACT NUMBER: ________________________________________________________________________

EMAIL: ____________________________________________________________________________________

SPORTS NEWS

Jogging Club LAST DAY! Jogging club will be finishing up on Friday 27th November. What a huge year it has been and a huge credit to those students who regularly attend and have a go. At our final assembly, the class that has managed to complete the most kilometers in 2015 will be announced.

Victorian Gymnastics Championship

Earlier this month, Jessica in Year 4 went to Geelong to compete in the Victorian Gymnastics Championship, competing against the best 16 girls in Victoria in her age group. In the finals she had to compete on four apparatus (Floor, Bars, Vault, and Beam). Jessica was competing in the under 11’s and achieved some awesome results across all apparatus. She finished 1st on Vault, 2nd on Bars, 4th on Beam, 5th on Floor which gave her and overall ranking of 1st Place.

Jessica is now level 5 under 11’s Victorian Champion of 2015. Well Done Jessica!

Missing Uniforms

All our sporting activities require uniforms and equipment. We had students represent our school in summer & winter sport, cross country, athletics - please check if you have any uniform items and return them to school ASAP. They are important for our sporting teams for 2016.

Cameron Sweatman

PE teacher

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EMMA KAMAN SCHOOL OF DANCE

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Classes held at MMPS Gym & Mt Martha House.

Contact Emma on 0419 173 406 emmakaman@gmail.com

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Breathing Room Yoga Mount Martha Community House

Accessible & affordable vinyasa yoga Feel energised, balanced and refreshed

All welcome, even if you can only touch your toes on a good day!

Daily Mon-Fri - 6.15am-7.15am,

Tuesdays 9.30-10.30am, Saturday 6.45am-7.45am

Contact: Fiona Lansley: 0405 10 30 60 to book.

Our school purpose is to ensure a high quality and engaging learning program that builds on the capability of every student.

M T M A R T H A P R I M A R Y S C H O O L

Mt Martha Primary School

Glenisla Dve

Mount Martha 3934

Phone: 5974 2800 Fax: 5974 3634

Absence Line 5973 7700 or visit the school website

E-mail: mount.martha.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.mtmarthaps.vic.edu.au

Office Hours 8.30am-4.15pm Monday - Friday

OSHCP: 0407 438 858

Uniform Shop: 1800 337 396

Tuesdays: 8.45am—9.45am

Thursdays: 3.00pm—4.00pm

Cash, credit card & EFTPOS facilities.

Sorry, no cheques accepted

Online ordering available at: www.psw.com.au

PSW Frankston

21 Playne St, Frankston

(03) 9769 6510

Shop Hours Sun & Mon Closed. Tue to Fri 8.30am-4.30pm

& Sat 9am - 2.30pm.

SCHOOL TERMS 2016

TERM 1 29th January to 24th March 2016

TERM 2 11th April to 24th June 2016

TERM 3 11th July to 16th September 2016

TERM 4 3rd October to 20th December 2016

CONTACTS

A friendly reminder to families and friends that Melrose Dve is reserved for STAFF PARKING. Please use Eco Park or Glenisla Dve.

Mt Martha Primary School strives to provide a safe environment for

students, staff and visitors. Please alert the office to any hazards.

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