Newsletter€¦ · Newsletter No. 12 ~ July 20, 2018 9560 0471 [email protected] 9560 8750 School Leadership Message – Glenn Butler, Alison Rees, Christian Holdsworth

Newsletter No. 12 ~ July 20, 2018

www.mountviewps.vic.edu.au 9560 0471

[email protected] 9560 8750

School Leadership Message – Glenn Butler, Alison Rees, Christian Holdsworth and Bianca Gatherum

Welcome back to another sensational term! It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces flood into school this morning. Everyone looked relaxed and happy to be back and ready to take on the challenges of another term. We hope that everyone has had a wonderful relaxing holiday; spending precious time with family and friends.

The end of Term 2 was a sad time for us as we farewelled much loved staff members; Alicia Guild, Narelle Levey and Anna Ritchie. We wished them all the very best for the move to their new schools and educational adventures.

The smooth continuation of our students’ education is always our utmost priority. Despite the short time frame, we have worked hard to ensure that the transition for our students is as uninterrupted as possible. The start of the new term gives us the opportunity to welcome our new staff members. Individual classes have already been notified of their new teachers ~ today we’d like to officially “Welcome” them to Mount View and introduce them to the whole community. They are:

o 1AP – Miss Bianca Gibbs

o 2NL – Miss Monica Liang

o 5AR – Mr Chris Cheverton

o 5HG – Mr Joshua Kamoen

*** Name changes to classes will happen in the next few weeks. At the moment we are still using the Term 2 class names.

Term 3 is a very exciting term at Mount View. Here’s just a peek:

Next week our Junior School Council is hosting their annual Market Day Stalls. Tuesday July 24th is the day to mark in the calendar. A number of students have decided to take action and to raise funds for some very worthy charities. All of the proceeds on sale at these stalls have been made by students with all funds raised being donated. It’s fantastic to see our students being passionate and service minded in helping others.

In just over a months’ time, we’ll be inviting the community and beyond to come and join us in celebrating the Arts when we open the 34th Mount View Art Show. Opening Night is Wednesday August 22nd and is an event not to be missed. It is one of our school’s major fundraising events for the year, so please sell those raffle tickets! More information about the Art Show is in this newsletter edition.

We have 3 camps going out over the next 6 weeks:

• Our Year 6 skiers head off on to Mt Buller for their ski camp on Wed August 1st until Friday August 3rd.

• Year 3 students have their first camp experience. They head off for 3 days to Lake Dewar Lodge in 2 groups:

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o Camp 1 - 3AS, 3OJ & 3SW from Monday August 6th to Wednesday August 8th

o Camp 2 - 3AG, 3BS, 3FB & 3SK from Wednesday August 8th to Friday August 10th

• Year 4 students go to the YMCA Camp Manyung at Mt Eliza. In order to provide greater access and opportunities to the students (and a bed of their own!), the Year 4 group also break up into 2 smaller groups:

o Camp 1 - 4NW, 4JB, 4LS from Monday August 20th to Wednesday August 22nd

o Camp 2 - 4EH, 4AO, 4JT, 4KK from Wednesday August 22nd to Friday August 24th

Year 1 & 2 students have their 10 day swimming program starting on Monday August 27th and running until Friday September 7th

Year 5 students will be being very creative and musical as they prepare for the Year 5 production to be performed at Wesley College on Tuesday September 18th and Wednesday September 19th

We get to meet our 2019 Preps as they take part in the first 3 sessions of their Transition program. It’s great to see some of our “experienced” Prep students taking the lead and mentoring the younger children as they take part in the 6 session program.

To top it all off, our Year 6 students will be inviting the entire Mount View community to join them in the last week of term as they “show off” their understandings, talents, knowledge, thinking, creativity – everything they’ve learnt and developed over their 7 years of primary schooling - at their Exhibition celebrating the transdisciplinary theme of Where We Are in Place and Time.

Keep an eye out on Compass for more information about all of these events and more!!

Principals in the Classroom – Alison Rees

Exhibition – A Beginning

Every year in Term 3 we celebrate the success of our Year 6 students with the annual PYP Exhibition. Arguably the most important assessment-based event of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP), the Exhibition represents over ten weeks' work for the students who have each chosen their own subject area to investigate.

The Exhibition requires students to engage in a collaborative inquiry process that involves them identifying, investigating and offering solutions to real-life issues or problems in the context of their local and global communities. It provides the platform for students to display the skills, attitudes and behaviours developed throughout their schooling experience in the IB PYP. This year the transdisciplinary theme being investigated is Where We Are in Place and Time.

Every year we see a vast collection of print, multimedia, concept and interactive work be produced by the students and displayed in the school's Senior Learning Centre culminating in an evening when all members of the community can come and share in the learning.

On Wednesday it was my pleasure to be invited by the Year 6 team to work with all their students on revisiting and reflecting on their understandings of the IB Primary Years Programme. I had the BEST time. Our current Year 6 students are AMAZING and I can’t wait to see what they achieve over the next 10 weeks of independent learning. Their questions and conversations were of an extremely high level; showing a real depth of knowledge and understanding (also remembering that they are 11 and 12 year olds!) Their comments were insightful as they tackled a task that I often get teachers to do when learning about the PYP. It was my honour and pleasure to work with our students and the Year 6 teachers and if the 100 minutes that I spent with them is an example of their commitment and enthusiasm for Exhibition – we are in for an absolute treat at the end of term.

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Being at School ~ The Importance of Full Time Attendance

We all want our students to get a great education, and the building blocks for a great education begin with students coming to school each and every day. School participation helps students to develop important skills, knowledge and values which set them up for further learning and participation in their community. Research tells us that children and young people who regularly attend school and complete Year 12 or an equivalent qualification have better health outcomes, better employment outcomes, and higher incomes across their lives.

There is no safe number of days for missing school. Your child is expected at school each day. Every Day Counts

Schooling is compulsory for children and young people aged from 6 – 17 years unless an exemption from attendance or enrolment has been granted. Missing school can have a major impact on a child’s future. One of the most common misconceptions when it comes to school attendance is the theory that it matters least of all in the first few years. In fact the opposite is true. Evidence shows that if attendance rates can be improved from pre-school to Year 1, then greater benefits will accrue in later years of schooling. We know that developing a culture of regular attendance patterns in the early years is a strong predictor of learning and life opportunities. Each day a student misses puts them behind, and can affect their educational outcomes. A student missing one day a fortnight will miss four full weeks by the end of the year. By Year 10 they’ll have missed more than a year of school. It is important that children develop habits of regular attendance at an early age.

References: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/parents/behaviour/Pages/attendance.aspx

What chance has your child got of being successful?

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What sort of start is your child getting?

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Late Arrivals Process

We understand that sometimes students arrive late to school and this can be for a variety of reasons. Parents need to be aware of the process for late arrivals and the fact that this is recorded on the student’s record.

Start of school at Mount View is at 8:50am. At that time, teachers mark rolls for the morning and students begin learning. Yard duty teachers are in their areas from 8:35 – 8:50am. After that, they head to classes to begin learning sessions.

Any student who arrives from 9:00am onwards is considered late, and MUST sign in at the Office.

At that time, parents of Prep and Year 1 students need to escort their child to the Office, complete the paperwork and take them to class.

Last week there was a very luck near miss when one of our late arriving Preps turned and ran back out to the car as it was driving off. It was only through the very quick actions of another parent that he wasn’t hit by the car.

To all parents – PLEASE:

ensure that your child is at school on time for an 8:50am start.

discuss the Late Sign In process for those rare times when this might happen

discuss road safety with your child and how they are not to leave the safety of the footpath or approach moving vehicles.

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ICAS – Bianca Gatherum

ICAS – Digital Technologies Awards

Students in Years 3-6 had the opportunity at Mount View to take part in the international competitions (ICAS) run by the University of New South Wales. ICAS provides an opportunity for all students to gain a measure of their own achievement in an external assessment situation. They also provide schools and teachers with comprehensive reporting of results and give parents helpful information regarding their child’s performance in the areas of Computer Skills, English, Mathematics, Science, Spelling and Writing. Mount View teachers use this information for planning learning and assessing students.

All students will receive a certificate and an individual student results letter including information on which questions they answered correctly as well as the average mark for the state. The student results letter is useful for highlighting students’ areas of strength or weakness. Certificates are awarded for High Distinction (Top 1%), Distinction (next 10%), Credit (next 25%) and Merit (next 10%) of achievements, as well as for Participation.

Students ICAS Digital Technologies certificates will be sent home with students on Monday 23rd July.

We will be recognising and presenting ICAS Digital Technologies - High Distinction awards at our whole school assembly on Monday 23rd July @ 2:50pm. The students receiving these awards are:

• Year 4 – Siddharth M, Marcus L, Andy W, Vivienne H, Jian-Yu

• Year 6 – Daniel C, Garv S

Parents may log on to www.eaa.unsw.edu.au to obtain students results, using the students TAP-ID and PIN which is outlined in the student’s results letter.

Bianca Gatherum

Assistant Principal

From Junior School Council

JSC Market Day - Tuesday 24 July 2018

The Junior School Council is holding their annual Market Day next Tuesday 24 July. Students have chosen charities they would like to raise funds for and have been preparing items they are going to sell at their stalls. There are 40 stalls and items will range from 50c to $5. Please support this event by sending a little money (preferably change) with your child next Tuesday so they can support these stalls by buying their goods.

Staff News

Congratulations to Emily Payet (Carkeek)

For those families who have been at Mount View for a number of years, you will pleased to celebrate with us the news that Emily Payet (Carkeek) gave birth to a baby boy, Jasper, on July 5th. Both mother and baby are doing very well. Jasper’s new big sister, Chelsea, is very excited to be welcoming a baby brother to her family. I know that you will join us in sending Emily, her husband Dave, Chelsea and Jasper our very best wishes.

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Staff Professional Learning Program

The start of the term started with two intense days of learning for our teachers and Education Support Officers (ESO). There were five workshops held on-site over these two days. All teachers and leaders were involved in a 2-day IB PYP workshop and the ESO were looking at Foundations for Teaching Literacy. The four IB PYP workshops focused on different aspects of learning which included:

the pedagogy of inquiry and how this engages the learner and allows them to transfer their new learning across disciplines and how this is such a transdisciplinary approach

concept-based learning. Teachers explored the impact that concepts have on learning and teaching and the importance of a conceptually rich curriculum.

the concept of Action and how we get children to take authentic action in order to demonstrate their understanding of their new learning

transdisciplinary learning. Teachers discussed constructivism and how learners make meaning through inquiry and making connections across and between disciplines.

The PYP workshop leaders were exceptionally experienced practitioners who came from across Asia Pacific – Adelaide, New Zealand and Singapore. We were incredibly fortunate to be able to share in their knowledge and to have them leading the development of our understandings. All of them complimented our staff on their understandings and commitment to learning and

A very big “Thank You” to our own Debbie Brewster. Debbie is Mount View’s resident speech pathologist and she developed and led the 2-day program for our ESO. We are extremely fortunate to have Debbie working with our MVPS students and teachers. Her knowledge and expertise in the development of language and literacy development is extensive, the manner in which she presents and guides learning is gentle and inviting and everyone walks away feeling valued and enriched. Thank you very much Debbie.

Reminders from the Office

Have you paid your child’s school fees?

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Parenting Ideas ~ Children’s eSafety

Technology is a wonderful thing as long as it is used safely and responsibly. We take safeguarding and on-line safety very seriously at Mount View PS. We want to work with you to keep your children safe. Please be aware that if we have any concerns about children accessing inappropriate computer games or social media sites, we will contact you to discuss our concerns.

No doubt that over the holiday period your children have spent more time using technology than what they might during the school term. It is important that parents are aware of the different social media that children begin to access/want to access during this time, and to be prepared before it’s too late. Whilst the legal age is 13 to sign up to various online accounts, we know that children are likely to sign up to these things with or without parent consent before they are of the legal age.

We know that parents have continuing issues in regard to children participating safely online and she thought this link may be useful. Office of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner:

https://www.esafety.gov.au/education-resources/iparent

It’s a brilliant website with a lot of useful information.

The poster below has come from another school and very simply lays out some guidelines for keeping yourself – your children – safe on the internet. You might like to spend some time discussing these with your children.

Ref: http://www.aldbury.herts.sch.uk/e-safety/

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Thanks to everyone in the Mount View community who bought Coles vouchers.

We were able to purchase heaps of sporting equipment which has been distributed to each class across the

school for students to have greater access to

sports equipment!

STATE Cross Country These 7 superstars headed off on a road trip to Bundoora Park on Thursday to compete amongst the “Best of the Best” at the State Cross Country Championships. It was a fantastic day and the girls were outstanding ambassadors for our school. Emily K competed in her age group and finished the race with a strong finish. She is to be commended on her cross country success this year. Emily showed dedicated to training as she ran up and down stairs on a cruise during her holidays.

Liyana, Cynthia, Elissa, Saskia, Asmi and Aanya competed as multi class athletes and all have shown huge improvements in their stamina over the course of the cross country season. A highlight has been the connections they’ve made with each other and also with other multi class athletes from various schools across Victoria.

Special congratulations goes to Saskia who was the Multi Class State Champion for her age. Elissa and Cynthia ran personal bests and both finished 2nd in their age groups! The girls finished using every last bit of energy they had! Well done girls!!

Special mention to the wonderful families who came along to support the team throughout the cross country season. We couldn’t do it without you!

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Merryn Ashcroft

Girls Division Soccer Tournament On the 19th of July, 24 girls went to Gardiners Creek to play in a Division Tournament with other schools.

Mount View had two teams: one blue team, and one gold team. The Gold team’s first game was against Huntingtower. Unfortunately, Mount View Gold lost one goal to 0. On our second game, we played and won! The scores were 1 to 0. After a win and a draw, we played Mount View Blue. During that game, everyone was defending well, made good goals and Gold beat Mount View Blue 4 to 0. Mount View Blue did a great job on defending even though they lost.

After all the competitions, the supervisors were counting the scores. There was a draw between three schools. When all the teams were back on the bus and we were heading home, Mr. Schultz told us that MOUNT VIEW GOLD HAD WON THE TOURNAMENT!!!!

We are so happy because we are now going to Regionals Soccer.

Lois – Yr 6

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Wednesday August 22nd at 7:00pm – Spectrum Opening Night

Buy your tickets at the door. It’s only $25 for great food, drinks, entertainment and 1st chance to see the show. A fantastic social night out for the grownups and another great way to support the school.

Thursday to Sunday August 23rd to 26th

Bring the family along to the show over the weekend.

Share an amazing experience with your children viewing art works by artists from around Australia and perhaps purchase a lovely art work.

Children ENTER FOR FREE!

We need your help to get the word out about our Art Show. Every dollar raised through this major fundraiser benefits every child at Mount View.

How can you help? What is your support of our school? This week every eldest child was given:

One (1) book of 5 raffle tickets @ $5.00 each to sell. (Additional books can be collected from the Office once the first book has been sold.) Has your child brought this home? Has your family started selling tickets? There are more books available at school of you would like to take them to work to sell. Every dollar helps!

Next week every eldest child will be given:

One (1) Mount View Art Show flyer to distribute either to non-MVPS relatives or friends or to have displayed within their local area, e.g. milk bars, etc. Can you do this please?

We ask that you take it to a shop, business or community noticeboard and ask to have it displayed until August 26th. This will greatly extend our advertising of the show to the wider community.

Also, if you are able to collect a few more Art Show flyers from the school office and put them in your neighbour’s letterboxes, we would greatly appreciate it.

Have you visited our Mount View Art Show website to see learn about the guest artists and all the exciting things that are happening over the weekend? No – here’s the address - https://mountviewartshow.org/ - to share with family and friends

If you’re a Facebook user, can you please Like Us and Follow Us on Facebook so we can get the word out to the wider community? The address is: www.facebook.com/MountViewArtShow

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Art Show Raffle Tickets If every Mount View family (all 800) completely sold their book (5 tickets only), that would put $20,000 into our fundraising coffers!! If some families were able to take an additional book (or several books) of raffle tickets to their workplace and approach colleagues, then we might hit $30,000 just on the raffle alone. Just imagine what we might do for our school with that money!

Please remember to sell ALL your Art Show raffle tickets (5 in total @ $5.00 = $25.00) There are great prizes to be won. The raffle ticket books were sent home with your eldest child this week. Early Bird Draw TO GO IN THE EARLY BIRD DRAW AND HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THE EARLY BIRD PRIZES, PLEASE RETURN YOUR FULLY SOLD BOOKS BY 9:00AM MONDAY AUGUST 6th. The Early Bird Prizes are the UNLIMITED RIDE WRISTBANDS FOR THE CARNIVAL IN TERM 4

We still need your help to get the word out about our Art Show. Every dollar raised through this major fundraiser benefits every child at Mount View.

Looking forward to a fabulous Art Show next term and wonderful prizes for this year’s raffle.

Parents Please Note:

In order to support the Art Show setup and event in the GP Room, Camp Australia – Before and After School Care – will be

moving to the MVPS Staffroom on the afternoon of Wednesday August 15th.

They will be working out of there each day until the

afternoon of Tuesday August 28th. Entry will be via the main Office door.

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The Department of Education and Training (DET) or Mount View Primary School does not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser.

No responsibility is accepted by the DET or Mount View Primary School Council for accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.

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