Newsletter No 26 25th August 2016.pub

School Vision
Inspiring a passion for learning and personal
excellence, whilst preparing students to
become globally responsible citizens.
25th August, 2016
Newsletter No: 26
DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR
PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
MPS Soirèe Musicale
Monday 29th
AUGUST
MPS Soiree 6pm in the Hall
Thursday 1st
SEPTEMBER
District Athletics payment due
Friday 2nd
Father’s Day stall
Monday 5th
Finance Meeting 5pm
Every two years, we look forward to our MPS Musical
Soirèe, or as we might say in French, Soirèe
Musicale. So, what is a soirèe? A soirèe is a
gathering, in this case, of like-minded people to enjoy
a feast of musical talent from the students, and some
teachers, at MPS.
The MPS Musical
Soiree is open to
any student with a
musical
or
performance talent
who would take
pleasure in sharing
this with others who
appreciate and
support
their
musical journey.
P & F Meeting 7pm at Royal
Hotel
Thursday 8th
District Athletics at Ballam
Park
Mornington Secondary College
Year 7 2017 Parent Info Night
Friday 9th
P & F barbecue 3pm - 4pm
Mod 2 Como House Excursion
payment due
Mod 2 Swimming payment due
Monday 12th
School Council Meeting
5.30pm
Wednesday 14th
Grade 6 PYP Exhibition
Thursday 15th
Citizen of the Term Assembly
Friday 16th
End Term 3
School finishes at 2.30pm
The MPS Soirèe
Musicale will take
place on Monday 29th August in the school hall, 6—
7.30pm.
Teacher Performance & Development
All staff in Government Schools undertake a P&D
process each year. This involves the development of
a performance plan at the beginning of the year that
outlines goals and targets that will be pursued to
further student learning outcomes. Each of the goals
outlines a set of strategies that will be implemented
and the evidence that will be provided that indicates
the goal has been achieved.
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.morningtonps.vic.edu.au
Phone: 5976 5500 Fax: 5975 8219
A further important component of the process at MPS
is the classroom observation I will undertake with each
of the teaching staff. Each observation, of
approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour, will be followed by
a professional conversation to discuss areas of
strength and further improvement. Some of the focus
areas this year relate to giving effective feedback to
students. There is a body of research indicating that
when ‘feedback’ processes are improved, students
achieve better learning outcomes.
Educational research also indicates that a key factor in
student learning is the quality of the teaching that
takes place each and every single day. The P&D
process is integral to teacher improvement.
Through the various strategies implemented at MPS,
we will continue to focus on improving teaching and
learning. Collaborative planning; professional
development and an effective ‘performance and
development’ process support this on-going
endeavour.
State Schools are Great Schools!
Prep/STAR Enrolments, 2017:
Enrolments for 2017 have commenced.
School tours will continue over the coming weeks.
Please call the school office to book a tour.
Silvio Vitale
Principal
Mornington Primary School is
A great place to educate!
MORNINGTON PS PYP EVALUATION –
PARENT HELP REQUIRED.
As you would know from previous newsletter items, on
5th, 6th and 7th of September, two visitors from the
International Baccalaureate will visit our school to
complete our very first IB Primary Years Programme
Evaluation. Staff and School Council have all worked
towards this Evaluation throughout the year and it is a
very exciting time for us. As part of this Evaluation, the
two visitors; Nick and Alex, would like to talk to a group
of MPS parents about their impressions of the PYP,
their perspective of our school and how they believe
their child‘s learning is progressing. Ideally we would
like to have a representative group of parents from
across the school. This is not a question and answer
session, but rather a discussion about your perspective of our school – there are no right and wrong
answers. If you would be willing to come to school
on Monday 5th September at 3pm to talk to Nick and
Alex as part of a group for about 30 minutes could
you please contact Susan Mattingley either at the
office or on 59765500.
M.P.S. SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB ISSUE 5 & 6
There is still plenty of time to check out our two
fabulous book club catalogues.
For prompt
processing book club orders need be returned to
school or ordered on line by Tuesday 30th August.
Please note: Late orders are always accepted. For
all book club/fair enquiries please contact Anne
Garlick
VICTORIAN PREMIERS READING CHALLENGE
Congratulations to the following students who have
now completed this year’s reading challenge:
JTS: Isabella Masina
MTK: Holly Arrowsmith, Jessica Colman, Macy
Langford and Rachael Walk
MTM: Annabelle Bowyer-Smyth, James Harris,
Hannah Santoreneos and Nikki Taylor
MTW: Lamita Tabet
STBS: Jorja Hunt, Emma Kelly and Tyler Tueno
STFW: Amelia Barrette, Narissa Colman, Helena
Haase, Jai Hamad and Caitlin Quinn
There are only 3 more weeks before the challenge
closes so please enter your books on line, get a
parent/guardians signature and return it to school to
be eligible to go into the weekly draw for a Coles/
Target voucher. This year’s challenge will close on
Friday 9th September. Please note: no late entries
can be accepted. For all reading challenge enquiries
please contact Anne Garlick, Challenge Coordinator.
PARENTS AND FRIENDS BARBEQUE
Will be held on Friday 9th September 3.00pm - 4pm
$2.50 per sausage (no pre orders needed).
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.morningtonps.vic.edu.au
Phone: 5976 5500 Fax: 5975 8219
OLYMPICS DAY
Last Friday we held an Olympics Day where all the
students dressed up as their favourite athlete or sport
to raise money for sports equipment for disadvantaged
children. In total we raised $443.50. Two students in
each class received medals for their fantastic outfits.
Unfortunately, the weather did not go as planned so our
sport activities were cancelled.
Matilda and Poppy, House Captains.
SCHOOL PHONE NUMBERS
Please note our telephone number is
OFFICE - 5976 5500
Before / After School Care - 5976 5559
Mobile for Before / After Care - 0409 136 288
MESSAGE FROM MADAME CALDER
Bonjour tout le monde! Hello Everyone!
Allez-allez au boulot!
Come-on let’s get to work!
Smiles,
Madame Calder
French
Phonetic
English
On corrige les phrases
On cor-reej lay frar-zir
We are correcting sentences.
Jeanne d’Arc est médievale.
Jar-nn dark ay may-dee-ay-varl
Joan of Arc is medieval.
Le château est construit pour
défendre.
Lir shar-toh ay cons-troo-wee poor
day-fon-drir
The castle is built to defend.
Touchez la tête, touchez le nez !
Too-shay lar tair-T too-shay lir nay
Touch the head, touch the nose!
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.morningtonps.vic.edu.au
Phone: 5976 5500 Fax: 5975 8219
SHOOTING STAR AWARDS
PTF : Cam Poutney for being knowledgeable by
working hard to improve his number skills and sharing
his thinking.
PTB : Khaleigh Garbang for showing improved
confidence in her writing and her M100 words.
PTB : Mackenzie Ridgway for her commitment to
improving her expression and fluency when reading
aloud.
PTC : Jake Salina for being reflective by thinking about
his writing and always checking it.
PTS : Daisy Worth for being knowledgeable by
consistently demonstrating her understanding of
THRASS,
JTC : Jasmine Bond for being principled and caring by
working hard on her learning tasks and helping other
students.
JTF : Jessi Hammond for being reflective by showing a
greater interest and increased effort to improve her
learning.
JTH : Rein Haase for being reflective by accepting feedback on his readers theatre performance.
JTK : Mollie Dentry for displaying all the attributes of the
learner profile by having an excellent attitude to her
learning and for being a risk taker by having a go at
tackling challenging activities independently.
JTM : Storm Leitch-Prowd for being a thinker by
showing excellent improvement in his writing by
showing more of his thinking.
JTS : Ysabella Mendoza for being a reflective
communicator by thinking about the most efficient way
to measure and share her strategies confidently with
others.
MTK : MTK for being risk takers by trying new things on
camp and going out of their comfort zone.
MTM : Ethan Corcoran for being a thinker and
knowledgeable by using a great strategy to help solve a
Maths problem.
MTP : Rohaan Raman for being balanced and reflective
by displaying a wonderful attitude on camp and
producing a great ‘colour, symbol, image’ for reflection.
MTS : River Gray for being balanced and reflective by
knowing when to work hard and for putting 100% effort
into his learning of fractions.
MTW : Rachel Kelly for being knowledgeable by
planning her writing in detail.
STBS : Jade Sollner for being a wonderful
communicator by sharing her work with peers so that
she can receive feedback.
STBS : Jorja Hunt for being principled and reflective
by working hard on her exhibition and setting
realistic and challenging goals.
STF : Charlotte Hoetzel for being balanced and a
risk taker by showing an enthusiastic attitude to
learning new strategies for multiplication and
division. She didn’t give up and, with practise,
achieved a better understanding.
STW : Megan Bale for inquiring and being
knowledgeable by working incredibly hard to have a
great understanding of her mini exhibition topic.
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.morningtonps.vic.edu.au
Phone: 5976 5500 Fax: 5975 8219
THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.morningtonps.vic.edu.au
Phone: 5976 5500 Fax: 5975 8219
MOD 3 CAMP REFLECTIONS
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.morningtonps.vic.edu.au
Phone: 5976 5500 Fax: 5975 8219
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.morningtonps.vic.edu.au
Phone: 5976 5500 Fax: 5975 8219
Email address: [email protected]
Website: www.morningtonps.vic.edu.au
Phone: 5976 5500 Fax: 5975 8219