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The Mount Dandy News Top of the mountain, top results.

What’s in this issue?

News and Views 1&2

Free Fruit Friday 2

Canteen 2

School sub committee 2

OHSC this week 2

New Bin Systems 3

Bunnings Fundraiser 3

Ladies Night 3

Heroes Fancy Dress Day 4

Beauty is the Beast 5

News and Views...

Beauty is a Beast

It has finally arrived! This week our Grade Sixes get to put all of their hard practice into action and present

Beauty is a Beast to the Mt Dandy Community. Along with a number of the staff and parent volunteers much

work has been done to prepare for this production. Be sure to purchase your tickets for Thursday or Friday

night.

There will be some cakes available for purchase from the canteen for the Wednesday morning show for our

Grade 3-5 students and tea/coffee, cold drinks and snacks available during the evening shows. See you there!

School and Production Imagery Expectations

Please remember that it is expected that any video or photographs taken at school, including at the production

or other performances, are not to be shared via social media sites such as Facebook or MySpace. Uploading

video to YouTube or other video hosting sites is also not permitted. Those breaching these expectations may

face legal action. MDPS has specific signed approval to post some student images on our website or use in our

newsletters. The protection of our students is our number one priority.

Free Fruit Friday News

Our current funding for this fabulous program is about to expire. We are still researching possibilities including

corporate sponsorship to keep the program alive. If you know of any potential sponsors and /or you would like

to sponsor the program please contact the office at your earliest convenience. At this stage the program will

not operate in Term 4.

MDPS Community Footy Tipping Competition

True to my word (rare when we are talking about football tipping) I managed to win the MDPS Community

Comp and the $100 Kmart voucher which I will use to purchase books for Mt Dandy. Close behind me were

the Thornton and Gailis families who received a $50 and $20 Kmart voucher respectively.

AusVELS Curriculum

Recently Sue and I attended a briefing for school leaders to explain how Victoria’s state school curriculum will

change next year to incorporate National standards (AusVELS). AusVELS is the Foundation (Prep) to Year 10

Curriculum for Victorian government and Catholic schools for implementation from 2013. AusVELS outlines

what is essential for all Victorian students (up to year 10) to learn and includes the Australian Curriculum

F-10 for English, Mathematics, History and Science. It provides a single, coherent and comprehensive set of com-

mon achievement standards which Mount Dandenong Primary School will use to plan learning programs for our

students, assess their progress and report this improvement to parents.

Curriculum in the four subject areas mentioned above is now ready for implementation. States other than Victo-

ria have started with the implementation process already, as their existing state based curriculum was generally

out of date. In other words, Victoria’s schools have the least amount of work to do in meeting the new National

standards, as the curriculum taught presently in state schools is already considered to be world class and way

ahead of the other states and territories. Agreement has been reached by collective State and Territory Educa-

tion Ministers that all students across Australia must learn the four areas above, as their ‘democratic right’. This

will be the first time in our nation’s history that every child is learning about and working towards the same

standards.

Drink Bottles and Hats

With the warmer weather coming on, now is a good time to remind students and parents about drink bottles. In

order for our brains to function at their best, hydration is essential. At MtDandy PS we encourage students to

have a drink bottle on their table and of course, we have many fountains to drink from when outside. We all

know that dehydration leads to fatigue, headaches and other physically draining symptoms that interfere with

learning. In order for each child to give themselves the best chance at a productive day, drinking plenty of water

is the healthy and sensible solution.

From the start of Term 4 all students are required to wear school approved broad brimmed or bucket hat at

recess and lunchtime. It is part of our Sun Smart program and those not wearing school approved hats will need

to play in the undercover area near the junior playground.

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Issue 148 11th September 2012

Mount Dandenong Primary School Farndons Road, Mount Dandenong 3767 www.mtdandps.vic.edu.au

Telephone—03 9751 1136 Fax—03 9751 2332 [email protected]

What’s On

TERM THREE

Tuesday 11th—14th September

Grade 6 Production

Wednesday 19th September

Grade 5 Production

Thursday 20th September

Vocal Ensemble Excursion

Friday 21st September

Last day—Free dress

Friday 28th September

Bunnings BBQ

TERM FOUR

Monday 8th October

First day back at school

Tuesday 9th October

Fundraising Meeting

Thursday 8th November

Prep-2 Zoo Excursion

Thursday 29th November

Art Show

Tuesday 11th December

Presentation Night at Yarra Valley

Purpose Statement Mount Dandenong Primary School values our unique environment and close community. It is a place for creative opportunities and academic

excellence, nurturing respect, happiness and independence.



The Mount Dandy News

School Council Meeting Monday night Monday 17th September 7:15 pm

Educational Sub Committee Thursday prior to Council Thursday 13th Septem- 3:45 pm

Facilities Sub Committee Monday prior to Council Monday 10th September 4:30 pm

Finance Sub Committee Monday night of Council Monday 17th September 6.45 pm

Fundraising Committee See Kylie Gilson Tuesday 9th October

OHSC Sub Committee Wednesday fortnight prior to Council Wed 5th September 8:30 am

School Sub Committee Meeting Times

OSHC This Week!

Every morning OSHC provides a huge selection of breakfast foods including Cereals, Hot Breakfasts, Fruit, Juices, Toasts and

more! Enrol or book your child in now! Contact the Front Office, or speak to a member of the OSHC Team now.

HOURS OF OPERATION/COSTS – BSC($12)7:30-8:45 and ASC($14)3:30-6:15

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Activity

Food

FREE FRUIT FRIDAY Years Prep—2

Volunteers for the week of Friday 14th September

Maxine, Di, Julie and Annie Thank you volunteers.

CANTEEN Thank you to the following volunteers who will be preparing this

week’s delicious canteen lunch

Thursday 13th September 9am—Victoria

11:30am—Maxine and Sarah

News and Views... continued from page 1

Book Fair 2012

This year’s Book Fair was a resounding success. It was extremely popular, with our community purchasing many books with over $3000

worth of books and stationary sold. This means that Mt Dandy will receive over $1000 worth of books for our Reading Café program. It is a

great result and a magnificent way to celebrate our Literacy and Numeracy Week celebrations.

Michael Salmon Author Visit

Michael Salmon the author and illustrator of many children’s books visited Mt Dandy last week and presented to our Grade Prep to 4 stu-

dents. He was highly entertaining and motivating. His illustrations of 2 of our students were a hit with the kids. He also took the time to

personally sign a bookmark for every student. It was a wonderful opportunity for our students to interact with a ‘real’ author and be in-

spired to enjoy literature even more.

Visit to Grade 1/2PW

Last week I had the great joy of watching the Grade 1/2PW students present their Dinosaur projects to the class. I was overjoyed to see

the in-depth research that had taken place, the high level of engagement and the very successful and supportive team work that each of the

groups displayed. The students were in mixed ability groups and each student played an important role in their projects. Well done to the

1/2PW team.

OSHC invoices will be late

Unfortunately there is currently a glitch in our OSHC system that we are trying to rectify as quickly as possible. This means that invoices

will be issued as soon as it is fixed. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Thumbs up to:

Mahni and Charli L for both passing their Jazz and Tap exams. Both girls have worked extremely hard at this

Hunter Greenall for his effort to win the Best and Fairest for his football team

Cheryl Sinclair and Lena Stewart for helping with the book fair

Kai L, Max P and Jasper H for winning the Staff Story Books Challenge

Thank you, Michael Leonard and Sue Gibson.




BUNNINGS SAUSAGE SIZZLE Friday 28th September

Dear All, We are hoping to raise $1200 at the Bunning sausage sizzle this year. Unfortunately we are on the Friday because there are so

many organisations wanting a weekend time slot that Bunnings Bayswater now has a policy that if you had a weekend last year, you won’t be

offered one the next.

Money raised will be spent on updating the books in each of the classrooms as part of the Reading Cafe initiative.

We are hoping that there will be 13 people available to assist us on the roster this year please.

To secure your preferred station and time slot please email me on [email protected] or text on 0439 55 33 71.

If you are not available to help on the day perhaps you are able to donate any of the following items: paper napkins, foil trays, disposable

gloves, tomato sauce, mustard, soft drinks (coke, coke zero, lemonade) or bottled water.

Many thanks for your assistance,

The Fundraising Committee

Time BBQ Money Prep

8.30-10.30 x x x

10.30-12.30 Dailan Hatherley x x

12.00-2.00 x

12.30-2.30 x x x

2.30-4.30 x x x

You’re invited...

An invitation for all the women from the school community to join in a social night

at The Pig and Whistle on the Thursday, 20th September from 7.30pm

onwards. Hope to see you there.

Congratulations... to the Higgins family on the birth of Sydney Francis Higgins, brother for Maeve.

mailto:[email protected]




Our Junior School Council have organised a...

“Heroes Fancy Dress Day”. Please come to school dressed as your favourite HERO! It could be

any person or any job!

(Nurse, Spiderman, Footy Star etc.)

Please bring a gold coin to support the Royal Flying Doctors Service,

who will be coming to our school at the start of Term 4 to teach us

about the important work they do.

A not for profit organisation, the RFDS is an emergency service that relies on the generosity of the Australian public to keep the Flying Doctor flying. Please show your support for

this much needed service.




Auditory Processing Testing

Life can be very challenging for children with Auditory Processing

difficulties as they often feel confused

and misunderstand verbal instruc-

tions. These frustrations can manifest

into many learning issues and behav-

ioural patterns.

Auditory Processing can be

EASILY & GREATLY improved.

Individual Auditory Processing testing

takes 50 mins and will pin point any

issues a child may be experiencing.

$145, includes full report.

For bookings and enquiries, contact

Katharine King

0410 402 487.

FRENCH LESSONS IN THE

HILLS Newly arrived in Mt Dandenong, I am

French, mother of 2 children, Mi-chelange (in year 6 at the primary

school) and Eileen (4 years). My back-ground: Corporate International trade, public relations and tourism. French

teaching in International French Cultural centres and in primary schools in

France.

Other languages available: Italian and Spanish.

Contact Maj-Britt,

M: 04 20 28 24 10, H: (03)9751 2712,

Email: [email protected]

GRADE 6 PRODUCTION 2012

“BEAUTY IS THE BEAST”

TICKETS $10 (Mt Dandenong PS students free, other

students $5.00)

ON SALE IN THE SCHOOL NOW!

VENUE: Mt Dandenong P.S. Multipurpose Hall

PERFORMANCE DATES:

Thursday, 13th September 7.00pm,

Friday, 14th September 7.00pm

Light refreshments will be on sale during the intervals

Mt Dandenong PS Grade 6 students invite you to come

along and enjoy an evening of music, dance and drama.

* * *The new SLU Band will be playing from 7.00 pm

before each performance * * *

FREE listing on the

For school families that register their business on

the website by 31st Oct 2012 (usually $100 - $150).

You may recall receiving a flyer recently advertising

the new directory. This is a major fundraising initia-

tive for the school. In order for the directory to be

attractive to businesses in the broader Yarra Ranges

we need to start populating the site.

Your assistance will be very much appreciated and

will allow us to drawing fundraising from the wider

community rather just from parents at the school.

p.s. Jane Barnes will be in touch with anyone who has already paid for a listing

mailto:[email protected]




Dandenong Ranges National Park

Spring in the Forest 2012 Junior Ranger Program—Thur 4 Oct & Fri 5 Oct 2012

The sculptures of William Ricketts are beautifully displayed in

a fern garden dominated by towering Mt Ash trees. Junior

Rangers will experience a short Ranger guided tour of the

Sanctuary and later can create their own sculpture to take

home.

Junior Rangers and their family are encouraged to visit the

Sanctuary at least 30 minutes before the start of the sched-

uled activity to wander the garden to complete a mystery quiz.

Bookings Essential phone 9751 1300

Thur 4 Oct 10.00am–11.30pm & 1.30pm–3.00pm

Fri 5 Oct 10.00am–11.30pm & 1.30pm–3.00pm

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