Mansfield Primary School

Mansfield Primary School Apollo Street, Mansfield 3722 Telephone 5775 2325 Fax 5775 1914 Principal: Julie McInnes Assistant Principal: Tom MacMunn Email: mansfield.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.mansfieldps.vic.edu.au

Newsletter 12 10th August, 2017

IMPORTANT DATES: July 28th-Aug 18th Yr 4 skiing on Stirling August 3rd-Sep7th Prep swimming lessons Aug 4th-Aug 25th Yr 5/6 skiing on Buller August 14th-18th Science Week August 17th Colors Day August 18th Read-A-Thon sponsorship money due Assembly 3:00pm August 21st-25th Book Week August 21st Book Week Parade School council meeting August 28th Young Men Old Mountains parent info session 6pm August 31st Yr 3-6 athletics carnival September 1st Assembly 3:00pm September 12th District Aths carnival September 13th Tea towel orders due September 15th P-2 athletics carnival Assembly 3:00pm September 22nd Final day of Term 3 early dismissal at 2:30pm

plaques were going to be presented to your children. Unfortunately due to a lack of foresight and an overcrowded assembly, this did not occur. The presentation will definitely occur at our next assembly on Friday 18th August. I apologise for inconveniencing you. SCIENCE WEEK/BOOK WEEK Next week is Science Week. Teachers are busily planning a day of science related activities for students. Students will participate in a rotation of activities on Monday 14th August from 9.00am -1.30pm. Each of the unit teachers has been asked to create a science activity. The children should be very engaged and excited at what is being planned. Thanks to Ms Lesley Dunlop for her initiative and organisation of this week. We are fortunate to have such dedicated teachers. The following week is Book Week. This is always a highly anticipated date on our school calendar. A note will be sent home this Friday with details of what is happening during Book Week. We have a team of dedicated teachers who are fine-tuning the details. Thanks to Mrs Bernie Scott for leading this initiative.

PARENT SURVEY This week, 87 families have randomly received directions to log on and complete the parent opinion survey. It is very important for our school data that parents complete the survey. Please contact Lisa Gray at the school office if you experience any difficulties logging on. The survey is anonymous. We are only able to see the participation rate. At this stage, 30% of parents selected have completed the survey. Let us see if we can have 100% completion rate. The survey closes on the 27th August. Thank you to those parents who have completed or received the survey. As in previous newsletters, this week we highlight a component of the parent opinion survey: REPORTING The three areas whereby schools report to parents include academic, welfare and administration.

Read-A-Thon money due back

Friday 18th August

PRINCIPALS REPORT Hello Families, This month it is all happening; skiing, Science Week, Book Week, parent survey, staff survey and the list continues. Although it’s only August, it is the time that we begin looking at student numbers, grades and staffing for 2018. By the end of August, we are well on our way to planning for next year. So, if you know of anyone intending on enrolling their child in our school for 2018, please encourage them to do so as soon as possible. APOLOGIES: Fruit tree plaques for parents who donated a tree I wish to apologise to the following families; Lindskog, Rademaker, Sauerbeck, Jackman, Andrews and Jacob families. We asked you to attend assembly as the presentation of the fruit tree

ACADEMIC REPORTING: As a staff, we report to parents by:

Writing formal reports

Writing Individual Learning Plans and having meetings to discuss the ILP

Recording progression points within the reports

Phone calls

Parent/teacher interviews and incidental interview

Communication books

Visual learning pages

Email

SSG meetings

Primary care meetings

WELFARE REPORTING: As a staff, we report to parents by:

Phone

Red folders notes

Purple folder notes (positive behavior)

Interviews

Postcards

SSG meetings

Primary care meetings

Email ADMINISTRATION REPORTING:

Notes to families

Newsletter

School App

Text messages

Phone calls

Brochures and fliers

Availability/personal contact within the office

THANK YOU A huge thank you to Tracey Lindskog who has kindly donated a box of brand new children books. These books will be placed in our school library for all students to read and borrow. We also wish to thank Pearson for their kind and generous donation. GOODBYE Last Friday we said goodbye to one of our much respected and loved teacher aides. Tina Stewart has taken up a position at the Autistic centre. Tina has been with us for over 10 years and she will be sadly missed. We wish her happiness and success in her new venture. An appointment to replace Tina will occur in the next week. Parents please make sure if your children are walking or riding bikes/scooters to and from school they are aware of the roads around them. There was a near accident at the main round about near the Delatite Hotel last week.

Cheerio,

Julie McInnes

WINTER SPORTS

Thermal underwear (top & bottoms) are still available from the school office this winter.

Cost $15.00 per item. Sizes 8 to 12.

They are a great source of warmth for alpine activities.

PARENT OPINION SURVEY 2017 WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO TELL US WHAT THEY THINK Our school is conducting a survey to find out what parents think of our school. The Parent Opinion Survey is an annual survey offered by the Department of Education and Training that is conducted amongst a sample of randomly selected parents at each school. It is designed to assist our school in gaining an understanding of parents’ perception of school climate, student engagement and relationships with our parent community. Our school will use the survey results to help inform and direct future school planning and improvement strategies. The survey will be conducted online by ORIMA Research Pty Ltd and only takes 15 minutes to complete. The survey can be accessed via desktop computer, laptop, tablet or mobile at any convenient time within the fieldwork period from Monday 7th August to Sunday 27th August. Approximately 30% per cent of parents will be invited to participate in this year’s survey. All responses to the survey are anonymous. The survey results will be reported back to our school at the end of September. For further information please visit: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/management/improvement/Pages/performsurveyparent.aspx

2017 KEEPSAKE TEA TOWELS

Creating Lasting Memories!

Our limited edition, 2017 tea towel design will be made up of self-portraits drawn by all our children.

The pictures and names will be arranged all together as a commemorative design for the whole school then screen printed in blue onto premium 100% white cotton tea towels.

Don’t forget to order a few extras for family members and your keepsake box. Tea towels can be ordered by completing the form that went home with your child and returning with payment to school in an envelope clearly marked “TEA TOWEL ORDER”.

Funds raised from tea towel sales will be put towards our new playground equipment & the school to summit program.

If you need another order form please contact the office.

Thank you for your continued support!

POTS…PLANTS…POTS…PLANTS…POTS

Junior School Council is holding a stall

@ ‘The Teachers Open Gardens’

Next term But we NEED some help!

We are asking for donations of pots, potting mix and cuttings or succulents that we can pot and sell!

We also need a couple of parents to help out with potting etc. Please see your JSC member or Mrs Wareham if you can help.

Week 4

Maths fun at home.

Encourage your child/ren to try these, with or without you. Solutions will be printed in the next newsletter.

3. Look at this number.

45 The digits add to 9. List other numbers less than 100 that have digits that add to 9. ………………………………………………………………………….. 4. Complete this chart.

Look at the shaded columns, what pattern do you see? ………………………………………………………………………….. Solutions for Week 2: 5a - 4, 18, 20, 24, 28, 36, 52, 60 and 98 b - A number is even if it has 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 in the one place. 15. 13, 18, 43, 58, 103 and 148

x2 x4 x8

3 6

5 20

7 56

9

11

Family Counselling & Parent Support

It’s free and it’s confidential

Parenting Support and Education You are welcome to book a session with

one of our counsellors to discuss any parenting issue. For example

understanding children’s emotions and managing difficult behaviours.

If you would like to discuss this or any other aspect of parenting please come and talk to one

of our family counsellors at: Mansfield Family & Children’s Centre

10 Davies Street, Mansfield

Phone 5775 8601

101 Days of Prep Celebration Yesterday, on that day, I was very happy because we dressed up and I was nervous. I played with my friends and we played footy. Dekoda chased me and Chance and I played horse - William L. I had some ice-cream - Hayley Rose It was exciting when we ate ice-cream in lunch and dressed up - Maya We made butter - Gypsylee It was very fun because I got a sausage and I got an ice-cream. So I played with my friends - Xaviera I loved the ice-cream and I was happy. And I liked my Grandpa’s walking stick. I liked dressing up and I liked seeing my friends dressing up - William H. I was nervous because I was scared - Isaac I liked to dress up and I ate ice-cream - Olivia I was happy and I was proud. We had ice-cream and hot dogs - Carl I really liked the ice-cream and I had sausage in bread. We dressed up and did a treasure hunt and played footy - Jack C. I am very happy because we had a sausage and ice-cream - Chance The other day I had a sausage and ice-cream. We dressed up on ‘101 days of Prep’. We had a parade. I loved the day. It was a great day. We had the celebration in the Nobian - Ivy I went outside. I played Chasey so I liked the day with Chance - Dekoda I am under the shade tree - Lachie Yesterday I got home and I was really excited to go back to school. I saw a dingo at the desert - Paige On the celebration me and my friends had ice-cream and sausages. When we finished we went to play - Katie I am very happy because we had 100 days - Ben I got ice-cream and a sausage in bread with sauce. I liked the celebration of Preps today. I loved the 100 days of Prep - Harper