Mentone Park

Primary School Broome Avenue, Mentone 3194

Phone 9583 4935 mentone.park.ps@education.vic.gov.au

www.mentonepark.vic.edu.au

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Reaching Higher

Welcome to Cameron's Corner

NEXT WEEK

We cannot wait for the return of all of our students after this coming long weekend. It has been a

very long wait and we particularly want to welcome back our Year 6 students, as they complete their

final year a MPPS. No doubt, it is a year that they will eventually be telling their own children about.

My thanks to the staff for doing a wonderful job of delivering remote learning. There is so much to

take out of this and as a team we will work through the benefits and consider new ways to establish

a more up to date reporting method, so that families do not need to wait for mid-year reports to

understand how their children are going and what it is that they are learning.

The use of online platforms such as Google Classroom and Google Slides has given parents greater

insight into their child’s progress and the nature of ongoing assessment has provided a more

immediate feedback mechanisms. Over the second half of this year we will be developing and

trialling efficient reporting processes to enhance the learning pathways for all students, and parents

will have the opportunity to provide feedback on these new initiatives.

Mid year reports will be made available via Compass on June 26 and the opportunity for parent

Teacher Conferences will be made available in early Term 3 when we have greater clarity regarding

Covid-19 and our ability to provide face to face meetings. Secure virtual methods such as Zoom or

Google Meets will also be considered.

RETURN TO SCHOOL PROTOCOLS

Saved in the School Documentation tab is a document outlining our return to school protocols in

detail, with references to the Department of Education documentation. Please rest assured that

every precaution has been taken into account to make sure our school is perfectly equipped for full

student return next week. Cleaning has been occurring twice daily, hand sanitiser is in every

classroom and social distancing measures have been and will continue to be in place until further

notice. Whilst the Return to School documentation has all of the details, here is a brief summary.

School operates on normal times, with and 8:50 starting bell for a 9am start. Please do not

be late.

Foundation families may drop students on the grass area outside the room.

All other parents are not to enter the school grounds. This is the advice of the Chief Medical

Officer.

Please remember all social distancing measures are in place and need to be adhered to.

Foundation – 2 students may like to bring coloured pencils and a pencil case or even a mug

to store their pencils in. School pencils that were supplied through the book order will not be

able to be shared this term due to the need for disinfecting after each use.

School cleaning will occur twice a day, totalling 9 hours per day.

Drop off will be the busiest part of the day. Please ask siblings to collect each other and

meet at a predetermined place. Staff will be on duty after school to assist.

ENROLMENT FOR 2021

It may seem strange to be asking for enrolment forms this early and in the current climate but we

have been receiving a number of enquires and bookings for tours already. If you know of anyone

who is looking to start school next year please ask them to get in touch. I am offering socially

distanced school tours and personalised phone calls for any families interested in our great school.

FACEBOOK LIVE NEXT THURSDAY

Next Thursday at 8pm I will be appearing with our local member of parliament Mr Tim Richardson as

part of his 8@8 segment. This is a great opportunity to promote our school and talk about all of the

amazing things our staff and students have achieved and will continue to strive for. Any chance I

have to promote our school I will grab with 2 hands.

COMPASS DOCUMENT STORAGE

Some parents have noted that after a period of time, generally a week, some Compass posts will

disappear. This can be frustrating when you need to download a form or access a sheet so I have set

up a Community Section for the permanent storage of school documentation. Simply follow the links

described below and you will see a number of recently posted documents. If there are things that

you would like to see there please let us know and we will make them available.

Kind Regards,

Cameron.

MPPS Calendar of Events

JUNE

Monday 8 Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

Tuesday 9 Grades 3 to 6 Return to Onsite School

Tuesday 16 Prep 2021 Parent Information Session 6.00pm

Friday 26 Last Day of Term 2, 2.30pm dismissal

Reports made available via Compass.

JULY

Monday 13 First Day Term 3

Wednesday 22 Prep 2021 Transition Session: Prep Classroom Experience 9.15am – 10.15am

World Oceans Day

Competition!

In honour of World Oceans Day on Monday 8th June, the

Marine Ambassadors and Green Gang are running a

competition!

You can draw a picture, make a collage or make a recycled

toy! This competition is optional and for the first time, online!

What your piece needs to include:

Drawing Collage or Toy

Sea animal of your choice

Ocean related

Background

Colour (not just black and

white)

Sea animal of your choice

Ocean related

Recycled materials

How to submit:

After creating your masterpiece, take a photo of it and send it

through to your teacher on Google Classroom by the 8th of

June. The Marine Ambassadors and Green Gang will choose a

winner from each year level when they return to school on the

9th of June.

Good luck!

WELCOME BACK TO CLASSROOM CUISINE!

FOR THE REMAINDER OF T2 WE WILL BE OPERATING A REDUCED MENU AND DAYS OF SERVICE

WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS from 29TH MAY!

We're going to maintain our 8.30am on the day cutoff, however if at all possible

it would help us enormously to PLAN and AVOID FOOD WASTE, while there are so few

children at school and business is uncertain, if you could PLEASE ORDER THE NIGHT BEFORE!

(Or even further in advance if you can!)

NEW LOOK MENU! Our Food Prep Kitchen is a hive of activity in the morning. We've often marvelled as our business has grown, what we can achieve in our 'tiny' space and how many people we

can squeeze in to do what we do! Obviously, a return post lockdown, with thoughts around social distancing, has forced us to rethink this and on a practical level there's

really no other option than to reduce the number of items on our Menu while we find our way. The idea of pairing back the menu was a bit sad, so rather than taking on this

negative - we're using it as an opportunity and we've come up with some cool new menu ideas! These are choices we think your children will enjoy, but also things that we can

prepare in a different 'time window' to the normal shoulder to shoulder setting of our Salad, Sandwich & Fruit Chopping kitchen. Our inspiration is the cooler weather and we've

created a new take on some old winter favourites. While there's only a small number of

children at school it's an ideal time for us to give them a whirl!

*SAUSAGE ROLLS, *GOURMET VEGIE PARCELS, *GF VEG (No sausage!) ROLLS &

*SAVOURY SCROLLS.

As you know we don't serve hot food so these recipes will be made in our kitchen & baked in

the morning. They've been tried out with much success on our 'home schooled, ISO

Children!' and are really good SERVED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. We've found the

healthier compromise by rejecting traditional pastry and instead are using wraps for the outer

casings. These new versions have all the comfort of the originals without the unhealthy

pastry! See the Our Menu page for more details!

We look forward to resuming our service and continuing to delight your school communities

with our Lunch Service.

kind regards, Geraldine, Alison and the Classroom Cuisine Team.

www.classroomcuisine.com.au

Orders from Issue #4 are due via LOOP by Wednesday 10th June.

If you would like to place an order please do so via LOOP on the Scholastic Website or App. The ordered books are delivered to your child in their classroom. If you would like to order as a gift, please mark this option on your order so they can be sent to the office for your collection, instead of to the classroom.

POLO SHIRTS FOR SALE After the introduction of the new Mentone Park polo shirts, we have a small supply of

brand new old style polo shirts available for purchase here at the office.

Size 4 – short sleeved polo

Size 12 – long sleeved polo

Size 14 – short sleeved polo

If you are interested in purchasing one of these shirts for only $15 please contact the

office.

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