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Principal’s Message

Marnebek News

Newsletter Number 9

Thursday 20th June, 2019

Dates to

Remember

Friday 21st June—

Ivan’s pies deliv-

ered

Wed 26th, Thurs

27th, Fri 28th—

Inquiry Expo—

please see page 2

for details and

times

Friday 28th June—

Last day term 2—

1pm finish

Monday 15th Ju-

ly—term 3 begins

www.marnebek.vic.edu.au

Students travelling on buses to and from school

The Department of Education has introduced a computerised system to mark students on and off the school bus runs

which Westernport Bus Lines have now had to put into place this term.

This system checks when students get on & off the buses allowing the Department to see how the bus service is being put

to use and also confirm that no students are left on buses.

With the new system we are required to know by 2.30pm if a student’s travels plans involving the school buses have

changed for that afternoon. This then allows us time to log onto the computer

system and change the students travel details.

All information concerning bus travel must be directed to the school office either by phone call or via the student’s com-

munication diary.

Under no circumstances should this be done via Seesaw. Seesaw is for use of classroom base

activities only.

Seesaw should also not be used to inform of a student absence or relating to any excursion

information.

Dear Parents and Carers, As this is my final newsletter as Acting Principal of Marnebek, I wish to thank all of the stu-dents and staff, School Council members and the entire school community for their fantas-tic support over the last few years. I commenced in the Acting Principal role Term Four 2016. Over this time we have made many positive changes at Marnebek. These have included the introduction of Literacy and Numeracy Rotations - supported by parent helpers and volunteers, the development of our Community Connections Program as well as an extensive building program to improve opportunities and outcomes for our students across both campuses. Whilst I have greatly enjoyed my role leading the school, I decided not to apply for the recently advertised Executive Principal position as I wish to dedicate more time to family and my commitments outside of school. I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome back to Marnebek School—Jenny Hamilton – who was with us previously in the role of Assistant Principal of the Senior Campus. Jenny will commence the role of Principal beginning Term Three 2019. I wish Jenny all the best with this exciting role and I am sure you will all join me in making her feel warmly received. I look forward to the next chapter in the Marnebek journey. Kind Regards Kathy Weston


You are invited to attend

The details WHAT: This term the students at Marnebek have been learning about Festivals and Celebrations Around the World.

Come along to see the students work, showcasing what they have been learning about. There will be team design challenges, individual creations and samples and displays of work from all classes.

WHERE: The Main Campus Multipurpose Room

WHEN:

Wednesday 26th June 2019

8.30am-10.00am and 2.00pm-4.00pm: Open to parents and community.

Thursday 27th June 2019

8.30am-10.00am and 2.00pm-4.00pm: Open to parents and community.

Friday 28th June 2019

8.30am-10.00am: Open to parents and community.

Classroom 402

This term in 402, we have been

busy completing some of our SPEC

tasks- looking at life skills, our-

selves and the world around us.

Our favourite activity was making

volcanoes! We had to do this out-

side because it got really messy.

We would like to share our volcano

recipe with you all.

You will need: a cup, spoon, bicarb

soda, vinegar and red food dye.

Pour vinegar into the cup, and then

put some food dye in it. Then get

some bi-carb on the spoon and mix

it in. Watch the magic happen!

Sheralyn and Aleesha


Classroom 604

On Friday 14th June Marnebeks first ever seniors Hockey team won the SSSSA final and brought home the Plaque that will hang in the office at the seniors campus.

Our first match was an absolute thriller, the score was 12 all. This lead to a penalty shootout. Three shots each team for goal, unfortunately we lost 2/3 to Ashwood.

Our second match was against Heather-wood, we won 7/2. Our third match we played against Rossbourne/Emerson and we won 7/1 and our third match was against Naranga and we defeated them 9/0.

These combined results lead us to the grand final which played against Ashwood. Marnebek played like a team utilised their skills on the field and won the match 3/0.

Congratulations to our senior mixed hockey team Sandra and Priscilla were so proud of your determined attitude and relentless effort and we brought home the plaque. Well done!

Sandra and Priscilla

Moonlit Sanctuary Keeper Club

Kids enjoy environmental activities, animal encounters and native animal care.

Day includes: interactions with dingo, python, off-limits animals, feeding animals & food prep, animal enrichment activi-ties. Learn about our animals, their conservation and the environment. For ages 7-14 years.

Winter 2019 school holiday dates:

Week 1: 1 July, 2 July, 3 July, 4 July, 5 July

Week 2: 8 July, 9 July, 10 July, 11 July, 12 July

Cost: $90.00 per day, or $250 for 3 days (pro rata for additional days).

Maximum 16 children per day.

Bookings essential as spaces are limited

Dress for the weather and wear closed-toe shoes, long pants and remember your hat or raincoat. BYO lunch or pur-chase at the café.

Moonlit Sanctuary

550 Tyabb-Tooradin Rd, Pearcedale

Phone 5978 7935

Web: www.moonlitsanctuary.com.au

Open daily between 10am and 5pm


"Ideas to Support Your Childs Learning at Home"

Homework idea 1

Reward reading and resilience

Keep a visual record of the wushka reading your child does at home.

Plan a fun activity you could do together when your child has read X number of books.

Build vocabulary and conversing skills

If there is a WUSHKA book your child particularly enjoyed, plan an outing or activity that relates to the book. For example, if the book is about pets, visit a pet shelter. This will help your child to develop and use new language from the book, and converse on a topic of interest.

Homework idea 2

Show that maths is used everyday

Make a meal together. Look for all the maths opportunities and encourage your child to participate.

Ask your child to count: get X number of items.

Use directional language such as the bowl is on top of the plate. The spoon is in the left drawer.

Use language around fractions – fill/empty it to half.

Read any numbers on the packets and boxes and talk about why they are there and what they mean

Use language around cooking times. Talk about terms such as minutes, vs. seconds or hours.

Look at the numbers on heat dial. Discuss safety around heat. Discuss hot, cold, and warm temperatures

Community Connections Program

The Community Connections program team have

had a fantastic start to the school year. Actually we

were still experiencing amazing things on Boxing

Day 2018 when a large contingent of students and

staff witnessed day one of the Boxing Day test.

Before we knew it the holidays had finished and

our sailors were having fun learning new skills on

how to sail a yacht on Port Phillip Bay whilst our

other students and staff were at Albert Park watch-

ing the F1’s strut their stuff at death defying

speeds. Every week a class from either the juniors,

middles or seniors were visiting the national sports

museum or the sky deck at the Eureka building.

Our students have been entertained every week-

end either through watching the Collingwood Net-

ball girls or visiting the MCG, AAMI Park or Marvel

Stadium to cheer on their favourite AFL, NRL or the

Melbourne Rebels Rugby Union team.

Term Three will see more classes visit the National

Sports Museum, the Sky Deck, Cranbourne racing

Turf Club, as well attending AFL and NRL matches

on the weekends.

Gumbuya World is a fantastic theme park with so

much to offer out students. A date will be set in the

near future and we anticipate that the entire school

will be involved in this amazing adventure.

Russell and Ann – Community Connections


CHILD SAFE STANDARDS. Standard 7: Strategies to Promote Child Empowerment and Participation Marnebek School is an accredited School-wide Positive Behaviour Support school (SWPBS). This framework supports our school to create a positive school climate by explicitly teaching and acknowl-edging positive behaviours in our school community. The development and implementation of the Marnebek Behavioural Expectation matrix has included student voice, participation and feedback and is specifically designed to ensure consistency in the promotion of positive behaviour in our school. This poster can be found on our school website School-wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) is an evidence-based framework, which supports schools in creating a positive school climate and an open, responsive management system for all school community members. Under SWPBS schools are supported to develop of a set of behavioural expectations and procedures for explicitly teaching and promoting positive behaviour.


FUNDRAISING NEWS!

You can purchase Entertainment Books through us for

Australia, NZ and Bali! The Entertainment book is great

value at $70 (AUD) and includes offers you can start using

straight away. 20% of every membership sold contributes

to our fundraising.

IVAN’S PIES

Pie delivery will be on Friday 21st June and must

be picked up on this day.

The whole school will be participating in the Woolworths Earn and Learn Program. Students, families and staff are encour-aged to collect sticker's from any Woolworths store and ei-ther attach them to the sticker sheet or pop them in the col-lection boxes in the office area at both Main and Senior cam-pus.

On completion of the collection time which runs from 1st May till 25th June, we will collate the stickers and hopefully earn lots of points to receive a range of new equipment for our school.

We also have collection boxes at the Hunt Club and Cran-bourne Centro Woolworths stores.

Thanks for supporting this program.

KEEP INFORMED ON WHATS

HAPPENING AT MARNEBEK SCHOOL

Download the FLEXI BUZZ APP

Search and Download the APP from your app store.

Register, Choose Whole School, Choose Your Childs classroom

NEED HELP TO DOWNLOAD? Contact the office on 5996 3858

We use the flexi buzz app to send out communication to our families.

Flexi buzz can be used for a variety of tasks:

Let the school know of student absences

When the school buses are running late

Send messages if you need to contact staff

Links to QKR for any payments, school website for information and flexi schools for lunch orders

Language Translation

The FlexiBuzz language translation tool helps people who’s first language is not English. With the click of a button,

your message can be understood in over 90 different languages. You post in a particular language and people simp-

ly select their preferred language to read it in.

Self Managed Lists

There is no managing of phone numbers or email lists. Each person registers, then simply ticks on information they

want to receive. And should they need to, they'll also find it easy to change their selection at any stage.

Scheduled Push Alerts

Plan ahead by scheduling push notifications to be sent at a future date. You have complete


You can pay for your school items and activities through the QKR app or access QKR through your

computer at https://qkr.mastercard.com/for-everyone-australia/

All you need to do is Register. Add your child.

Start your payments through your credit

card Have a

query? - contact the General office on 59963858

2019 School Dates

Term dates:

On the last day of each term students will be dismissed at 1pm.

Term 2: 23rd April – 28th June

Term 3: 15th July – 20th September

Term 4: 7th October – 20th December

Curriculum Day dates:

These are student free days:

Tuesday 11th June

Wednesday 6th November

SSG Dates:

Students will finish school at 12pm on these dates

30th July

22nd October

Marnebek School supports and promotes the principles and

practices of Australian democracy, including a commitment to:

a. elected government; and

b. the rule of law; and

c. equal rights for all before the law; and

d. freedom of religion; and

e. freedom of speech and association; and

f. the values of openness and tolerance.

Our Vision: Marnebek School believes in providing a stimulating and engaging environ-ment, which enables students to embrace learning and achieve their full potential. We

do this by building their social, emotional and physical wellbeing; empowering students to become active and valued members of their community.

Our Mission: Marnebek School is a sup-portive learning community where every-one is encouraged to be responsible, safe,

respectful and resilient. We enable stu-dents to become active in their learning by participating in engaging programs that prepare them for the future.

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