Newsletter No 9 Thursday, 3 April 2014

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Mount Waverley Primary School, Park Lane, Mount Waverley 3149 Ph: 9807-1480 I Fax: 9888-1495 I Email: mount.waverley.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au I Web: www.mountwaverleyps.vic.edu.au

Friday 4 April—Last day of Term 1. 2.30pm EARLY DISMISSAL Free Dress Day Subway lunch (if pre-ordered) Year 6 Sports Finals Tues 22 April First day of Term 2 Wed 23 April P & F Meeting Fri 25 April ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY Sat 24 May Bogan Bingo Fri 27 June End of Term 2.

IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES

WORKING BEE Last Sunday we were very pleased to welcome so many members of the school community to the working bee. As a result of Loretta Leary’s exceptional planning, she ensured the best possible outcome for the day. We thank her for her dedication to and leadership of the sustainability program at MWPS. (See photos inside this Newsletter)

BASKETBALL CLINIC This week at MWPS we were very fortunate to have Sedalle Threaat Senior (ex NBA PLAYER) and Lanard Copeland (ex NBL HALL OF FAME ATHLETE), as well as a few students from the Australian Basketball Academy, organise a free clinic for our students. The students in Years 3-6 had an amazing opportunity to learn skills from professionals in the sport. Thank you to Tom Boyle for organising this special event.

TERM 2 ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS Next term Chris Parker and Danielle Bonacci have a wonderful opportunity to take up the role of Acting Assistant Principal at Mount Waverley Primary School for Term 2. Chris will be Acting Assistant Principal for 2 days, Monday and Tuesday and Danielle Boncacci will be Acting Assistant Principal for 3 days Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Mrs Araxia Kalendenian, an experienced teacher well known to the children and school community, will work in partnership with the teachers to ensure continuity of the teaching and learning programs. I am sure you will join me in congratulating Chris and Danielle on their new leadership positions for next term.

2015 SIBLING PREP ENROLMENTS If you have a brother or sister who will be attending Prep at our school next year and you haven’t completed an Enrolment form, could you please collect one from the General Office URGENTLY so that we are able to establish the number of vacancies for other families wishing to enrol at MWPS.

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS The school will break for the holidays tomorrow Friday, 4th April at 2.30pm and resume on Tuesday 22nd April at 9am. The extra day is due to the Easter Monday Public Holiday. I wish everyone a safe and relaxing break.

Have a Wonderful Holiday, Mary Azer

TOMORROW

FRIDAY, 4th APRIL

Last day of Term 1

2.30pm EARLY DISMISSAL

(Subway lunch if pre-ordered)

FREE DRESS DAY

PAYMENT REMINDERS….. 2014 SCHOOL ACCOUNTS OVERDUE Year 6 CAMP Monday 28 April

Purchase “Pink Ladies” chocolate BILBIES for

Easter because they do not contain Palm Oil.

Congratulations to the following students who attained Silver and Gold Certificates in recent weeks!

GOLD Ruchith N, Rachael L, Vasili T, Leon F, David G,

Minwu H, Minjae K

SILVER Ameesha W, Rowan B, Seo Young L, George D, Alannah L, Elise L, Sanuda S, Amelia M,Chiara F, Thauka H, Kai S, Leila C, Matthew R, Eldrick H, Gianna Z, Chelsie P, Natalie W, Edison L, Ethan H, Oscar D, Hannah K, Tariq S, Dom T, Soobeena S, Elsie W, Sid R, Isabella M, Matthew L, Kabeer S, Annabel P, Andy D, Jeremy D, Irene K, Grace Y, Oliver C, Louise W, Jade L, Nathan K, Adrian B, Kris K, Hayley S, Raphael F, Imogen J, Tom M, Rachel S

RUBBISH FREE LUNCH DAY WINNERS

RUBBISH FREE LUNCH SCORES:

Congratulations to our winning classes for last week’s Rubbish Free Lunch Day. The winning Prep class was PC and the Junior school winners were 2A. 4D won for the Middle school and the winning Senior class was 5A. Our winning classes are rewarded with 15 minutes extra recess! Congratulations!

CLASS SCORE CLASS SCORE CLASS

SCORE CLASS

SCORE

PA 82% 1E No result 3C 72% 5B 95%

PB 79% 2A 95% 3D 69% 5C 81%

PC 84% 2B No result 3/4Y 80% 5D No result

PD No result 2C 72% 4A 61% 6A 70%

1A No result 2D No result 4B 76% 6B 79%

1B No result 2E No result 4C 58% 6C 95%

1C No result 3A No result 4D 100% 6D 79%

1D No result 3B 95% 5A 100% 6E 81%

OUR HISTORIC OAK TREES Please read the following important message: The large Oak trees (near the Library) will be cordoned off and students will not be allowed to tramp around the trees anymore. This practice has caused considerable stress to the trees and compacted the soil to the point where no water can penetrate the surface. As a result, the trees are under significant risk of becoming irreparably damaged. The trees will be cordoned off until they have recovered significantly enough. Please note that both students and parents will still be able to use the seats around the trees. Please speak to your children about the significance of

these 100 year+ trees to the school and about looking

after them and not picking off acorns, leaves or branches.

Don’t forget to save the date—Saturday 24th May! Our DONATIONS TEAM have been busy knocking on doors! If anyone has contacts with any businesses that may be willing to donate to this fabulous Fundraising Event, please contact us below. THANK YOU in advance!

Dan Fitzgerald 0419-680-099 Tina Fitzgerald 0414-258-403

Rosy Linden 0418-516-902 Bec Woods 0400-305-278

HAVE YOU LOST ANYTHING? We have a HUGE pile of clothing that is sitting unclaimed in the Senior Learning Area. It must belong to someone! If it is unnamed, it will be

donated to our Second Hand Uniform shop. PLEASE take a look to find your child’s lost clothing.

FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Thank you for all your support and encouragement over the last three years. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here and am so very proud of MWPS.

Thank you also to all the well wishes I have received for my future position. All the very best for 2014.

Lynn Ordish

SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT UPDATE #6 WORKING BEE THANK YOU BIG THANKS to all of the families and especially the staff who came to Sunday’s Working Bee. A lot of work was done and the school environment benefitted from the hard work. We would like to acknowledge the following families and staff for their hard work and generous donation of time: FAMILIES: Lam, Ma, Harrison, Siriwardana, Batten, McLean, Richards, Birch, Fernando, Menuka, Jayathilake, Liu, Zhan, Ashcroft, Crawford/Goddard, Xu, Shaw, Gaedke, Shaw, Rintoul/Davis, Jackson, Yardley, Saleeba and Lim. STAFF: Mr Barraclough, Mr Rooks, Mrs Azer, Mrs Griffeth, Mrs Ordish, Mrs Noblett, Ms Leary, Mrs Kannegieser, Mrs Ashcroft, Mrs Woods, Sue Pugliese, Miss Peters, Miss Bonacci, AND.. Peter Alexander and Barry Roberts. Harry J and Aaran P, Environment Captains

LIFE HABITS – WIN-WIN

This week’s life habit is thinking win-win. Thinking win-win is to consider both sides of the situation. Thinking win-win isn’t always easy, but if you persevere until the end it will turn out to be a great result. Help each other out in the yard and try to accept other people’s opinions. Always tell the truth and obey others.

EARTH HOUR THANK YOU We are really proud to announce that all classes participated in Earth Hour by not using power from 2.30-3.30pm last Friday, 28th March. Also, a BIG THANKS to those classes that also did an Earth Hour activity. The photos are below.

Harry J and Aaran P, Environment Captains

ICT Leaving a trail : Technology is great, but every time you use it you leave a trace of yourself. It could be in an email, a text or an uploaded image. We speak about this at school, especially in the senior area, where students are more likely to be using social networking. Your digital footprint : Almost everything you do with technology leaves a trace: something called a digital footprint. Your digital footprint is a bit like a map of everywhere you’ve been with your technology - everyone you’ve spoken to (and sometimes, what you’ve said), every image or comment you’ve posted, and every file you’ve downloaded. Digital footprints are very hard, in fact almost impossible, to erase. Here are some examples: Text messages and emails can be saved by the person you sent them to and forwarded to many more people than you ever intended. Students are very familiar with using screen capture to save messages and pictures forever. You can delete a blog, or a comment or image you’ve put on a site like MySpace or Facebook, but you don’t know how many people have downloaded it before you delete it – and a copy is always saved in the site’s archive. Last year we looked at a simple site that traced the history of our school website. We saw pictures of Year 6 students when they were in Prep, proving that, whilst the photos have been deleted they are still available if you know how to look. Even a one-on-one IM chat can turn into a public conversation if the person you’re talking to decides to record or copy it. Technology is great, but you do need to take some care about how you use it. Some online clips that we have shared with students: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/digital-footprint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9udrvJNTEww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE

BASKETBALL CLINIC AT MWPS This week the Year 3, 4, 5 &6 students have participated in a basketball clinic run by the AUBD. The students had an absolute blast with the likes of Sedalle Threatt a 15 year NBA Veteran and Lanard Copeland NBL Hall of Famer, along with students of the AUBD coaching them. They learnt specific skills and had an opportunity to play some games and ask questions with Sedalle and Lanard. The AUBD provides a basketball specific Holiday Program that is ideal for busy parents who want to ensure that their children have a fantastic school holidays! The program caters to all primary aged children of all skill levels. Participants will experience a mixture of basketball specific training, games, crafts, competitions and activities. The AUBD Institute provides 3 meals throughout the day and allows for early drop off and late pick up (8:30am -5:30pm). Please visit www.aubdinstitute.com.au or call 0452366695 for further information and to book your spot.

SAVE THE DATE

This year’s MWPS major fund raising event is a Bogan Bingo

evening run by professional bogans who have a licence to make

you laugh!

The night will be half game show, half party and is an adults only event. One Bingo caller calls out the numbers and his budding DJ plays songs from the 80s and 90s. Together with some jokes, tributes and spontaneous air guitar competitions, you’re in for a great night! There will be plenty of games, challenges and opportunities to participate in some hilarious fundraising activities which could win you awesome prizes! A professional licensed BAR will also be available on the night to purchase Beer, Wine, Spirits and soft drinks. If you are up for some friendly rivalry and good humour come along and release your Inner Bogan! The name of the game is FUN, not forgetting the socialising with parents within our school community. Talk to your friends and join your bookings together to sit at the same table. Come help make Bogan Bingo a night to

remember!

Details on how to book tickets will be sent home soon.

BOGAN – Australian (especially teenage) slang for someone who is not `with it' in terms of behaviour and appearance. Poor sense of dress, style and language.

ORIGIN - this word emerged in Melbourne's outer-Western and outer-Eastern suburbs in the late 1970s and early 1980s and is now commonly used Australia-wide. It was added into the Oxford Dictionary in 2012.

CLOTHING - "acid wash" jeans, all black clothing, Jeans torn across the knees, very short shorts, Band t-shirts, Flannelette shirts

FOOTWEAR - Desert boots, ugg boots, moccasins

HAIR STYLE - "mullet" style haircut, Long fringe, Long hair, dreadlocks.

BINGO - A game in which players mark off

numbers on cards as the numbers are drawn randomly by a caller. The winner being the first person to mark off all their numbers.

Saturday 24th May, 2014

Any questions please contact any of our Bogan Bingo committee people

Dan Fitzgerald 0419 680 099

Tina Fitzgerald 0414 258 403

Rebecca Woods 0400 305 278

Rosy Linden 0418 516 902

Time: 7.30pm to midnight

Venue: Holy Family Hall

Stephensons Road

Mount Waverley

Price: $20 per person

Early Bird Rate = $17.50 per

person (if booked and paid by

2/5/14)

Dress: BOGAN attire a MUST!

BYO: Plate of food for your table

A sense of humor

As many friends as you wish

Spare change

(for some serious fund raising

challenges)

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R & B GATEWAY LAWN SERVICES—Garden/lawn maintenance, gutter cleaning, rubbish removal, pruning/

trimming and much more! No job too big or small. Residential, Business, Body corporate & Strata Blocks. Call for a free quote now on: 0400-418-510

MINIBALLERS BASKETBALL CAMP—5-12 yrs. 9am-3pm on Mon 14 & Tues 15 April at Oakleigh Rec

Centre, Park Rd, Oakleigh. ($90 for 2 days). Prizes and giveaways presented by Ivan Platenik & Elias Palioyiannis. Enrolments and enquiries to 0425-725-394

PARENTING ADOLESCENTS 10-15YRS PROGRAM—a 5 week program will cover a number of topics

including: Understanding adolescent development; setting boundaries and limits, consequences, anger, self care. Held at Monash Youth & Family Services, Clayton Community Centre, Cnr Cooke & Centre Rd, Clayton on 15, 22, 29 May and 5, 12 June 2014. 7pm-9.30pm . No fee but bookings are essential: Call Libby or Jenny at MYFS on 9518-3900

COLLINGWOOD FOOTBALL CLUB HOLIDAY PROGRAM—Only 150 spots available. Meet superstar

Dane Swan, Fun footy activities, see inside Collingwood’s elite training facilities, 2 tickets to Collingwood v Nth Melbourne game on 19 April, training singlet, Subway lunch and so much more! Wednesday 16 April, 9.30am drop-off-3.30pm pick-up. Call 8412-0000 or visit magpi.es/holidayprogram

NETBALL CLINIC SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM—TUESDAY 15 April, Waverley Netball Centre, Cnr

Waverley & Jells Rd, Glen Waverley 9.30am-12pm (registration 8.45am) Cost $10 per child. Register online at www.monashuniversitycentral.com.au

CITIZENSHIP ACHIEVEMENT

3A

Sonakshi S for being a great friend. She always considers

others in the decisions that she makes. Great effort!

Nudara L for consistently completing her homework to an

excellent standard. Keep up the awesome work!

3C

Pramath T for making a conscientious effort to follow all

instructions given in class. Keep up the good work

Pramath.

Kayla L for putting that extra effort into her homework to help

her achieve perfect spelling scores two weeks in a row. Well

done Kayla.

3D

Gloria R for a wonderful Term 1. Gloria has given 100%

to all school activities.

Sayyaab J for a fantastic effort he is displaying to do his very

best persuasive and narrative writing.

4A

Andrew Z for being a friendly class member who

maintains a positive attitude to learning opportunities.

Avindri DS for demonstrating a range of effective maths

strategies for solving problems.

4D

Annabel P being a positive and co-operative class

member who willingly assists hers peers when needed.

Thanks for bringing a lot of joy into our class.

Louise W for increasing her contribution to class discussions

and showing growth in her self-confidence. It's great to have

you sharing your ideas and opinions!

5A

Imandie A for always being a good citizen and showing a

great commitment to her role as Junior School Council

Representative.

Jacob N for showing an excellent improvement in his work and

getting full scores on his spelling and times table tests.

5B

Cosi F for always displaying a friendly nature and a

willingness to help out any of his fellow peers. Well done

Cosi!

Dylan S for consistently completing his homework each week

and putting in a fantastic effort. Great work Dylan!

5D

Angelina D for always being a good friend and having an

excellent work ethic.

Racheal Z for her excellent writing piece when writing a diary

entry from Naveed's point of view.

6A

Henry C for being a kind, friendly and cooperative class

member who displays a positive attitude at all times.

Rachael K for consistently producing work of a very high

standard in all learning areas.

6B

Briana R for her always respectful and courteous

manners. Briana, your positive demeanour helps to

foster a positive classroom culture!

Matthew L for the very high standard of work he has produced

so far. Keep up the meticulous attention to detail and you will

continue to excel, Matthew!

6C

Jordan G for always having such a positive attitude in the

classroom and making everyone feel welcome.

Vickie W for both the excellent presentation and content of

her Epilepsy Human Body project. Great job Vicky!

6E

Thomas B for being organised and such a great support

to his peers with his ICT skills.

Jeffrey P for his excellent start to the year and for putting in a

great effort in all areas of the curriculum.