MILGATE’S NEWSLETTER IB World School Landscape Drive | East Doncaster Vic 3109 9842 7744 www.milgateps.vic.edu.au 2016 | Term 1 | Week 2 PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE Welcome back to everyone for 2016. It is great to see everyone well rested and returning to school enthusiastic and excited. We had a very smooth start to the year. All staff and students are ready for another year of learning at Milgate PS. We look forward to the learning through inquiry units in the IB Primary Years Program linked with the Australian / Victorian Curriculum. All year levels will receive bulletins each term providing an outline of the curriculum for the term. We welcome all the new Foundation students who have started at Milgate this year. They have all settled well into school and are enjoying their learning each day at Milgate. They are very enthusiastic making new friends and actively engaging in their learning and all aspects of school. The Foundation students met their Year 6 buddies last year and received a letter from them during January. They have enjoyed spending time with their Year 6 buddies who also look forward to working with their Foundation buddy. There are a number of new students in other levels throughout the school and we welcome them also. CHINESE NEW YEAR Monday 8 February | Year of the MONKEY At Milgate we enjoy celebrating our community's cultural diversity, so we invited our students to celebrate Chinese New Year with us by wearing something red today. Walking around the school it’s great to see so many students dressed in red, some are even wearing traditional Chinese costume. Gong Xi Fa Cai – Happy New Year. GETTING TO KNOW YOU INTERVIEWS Each year we hold these information sharing sessions between parents and teachers. To provide the best possible learning environment for your child relevant background information such as family circumstances, medical or health information is useful for teachers to know. If you would like to arrange a time please do so from your homepage in Compass – the link is on the top-right of your screen in your News Feed. IMPORTANT: If you have already made a booking on Tue 16 Feb at 6:00 / 6:10 / 6:20pm you will need to rebook another time please. Our apologies for this but staff are not available at these times, please rebook and select another available time. ASSEMBLY During 2016 assemblies will commence at 2.50pm on Mondays in the Stadium. We have a class in the Stadium until 2.40pm so parents are requested to wait in the Stadium Foyer until the Stadium becomes available. Some weeks there will not be an assembly as we have Milgate Mix-Ups instead, please see the calendar in Compass for all the dates. Yours sincerely, Debbie Mierisch | Principal Karlie Gooding | Assistant Principal We develop a love of learning DIARY DATES | Next Week Mon 8 Feb Assembly 2.50pm Wed 10 Feb FOUNDATION Assessments Fri 12 Feb District Swimming [9.30am – 1pm] Full calendar details available in Compass. REMINDERS LATE ARRIVALS [after 9am bell] Students must report to the Office to be signed in by an Office staff member. EARLY DEPARTURES Parents are required to have an Office staff member record the early departure BEFORE collecting your child. 9842 7744 [email protected]Balanced Caring Communicators Inquirers Knowledgeable Open-Minded Principled Reflective Risk-Takers Thinkers
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MILGATE’S NEWSLETTER
IB World School
Landscape Drive | East Doncaster Vic 3109
9842 7744 www.milgateps.vic.edu.au
2016 | Term 1 | Week 2
PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE Welcome back to everyone for 2016. It is great to see everyone well rested and returning to school enthusiastic and excited. We had a very smooth start to the year. All staff and students are ready for another year of learning at Milgate PS. We look forward to the learning through inquiry units in the IB Primary Years Program linked with the Australian / Victorian Curriculum. All year levels will receive bulletins each term providing an outline of the curriculum for the term. We welcome all the new Foundation students who have started at Milgate this year. They have all settled well into school and are enjoying their learning each day at Milgate. They are very enthusiastic making new friends and actively engaging in their learning and all aspects of school. The Foundation students met their Year 6 buddies last year and received a letter from them during January. They have enjoyed spending time with their Year 6 buddies who also look forward to working with their Foundation buddy. There are a number of new students in other levels throughout the school and we welcome them also.
CHINESE NEW YEAR Monday 8 February | Year of the MONKEY
At Milgate we enjoy celebrating our community's cultural diversity, so we invited our students to celebrate Chinese New Year with us by wearing something red today. Walking around the school it’s great to see so many students dressed in red, some are even wearing traditional Chinese costume. Gong Xi Fa Cai – Happy New Year.
GETTING TO KNOW YOU INTERVIEWS Each year we hold these information sharing sessions between parents and teachers. To provide the best possible learning environment for your child relevant background information such as family circumstances, medical or health information is useful for teachers to know. If you would like to arrange a time please do so from your homepage in Compass – the link is on the top-right of your screen in your News Feed. IMPORTANT: If you have already made a booking on Tue 16 Feb at 6:00 / 6:10 / 6:20pm you will need to rebook another time please. Our apologies for this but staff are not available at these times, please rebook and select another available time. ASSEMBLY During 2016 assemblies will commence at 2.50pm on Mondays in the Stadium. We have a class in the Stadium until 2.40pm so parents are requested to wait in the Stadium Foyer until the Stadium becomes available. Some weeks there will not be an assembly as we have Milgate Mix-Ups instead, please see the calendar in Compass for all the dates.
Yours sincerely, Debbie Mierisch | Principal Karlie Gooding | Assistant Principal
We develop a love of learning DIARY DATES | Next Week Mon 8 Feb Assembly 2.50pm Wed 10 Feb FOUNDATION Assessments Fri 12 Feb District Swimming [9.30am – 1pm]
Full calendar details available in Compass.
REMINDERS
LATE ARRIVALS [after 9am bell]
Students must report to the Office to be signed in by an Office staff member.
EARLY DEPARTURES
Parents are required to have an Office staff member record the early departure BEFORE collecting your child.
IMPORTANT: STUDENT SAFETY We have received a number of complaints and ask all our families to please be considerate of others and abide by the road rules. Staff Carpark To ensure the safety of all our students there is no parent access to the staff carpark for parents at any time. Please do not use the driveway as you will block the flow of traffic. Parents and students are not to walk through the carpark entrance or the middle of the carpark as cars may be going in or out. Please follow the paving/lines only.
Accessing School Grounds | Landscape Drive
When entering or leaving the school from Landscape Drive, all parents and students are requested to use either the steps/paving between staff carpark and Administration building or the yellow marked lines across staff carpark.
Street Parking
Car parking is available in both Landscape Drive and Serpell Road. To ensure you are not fined by local Council or Police please ensure you abide by all parking signs and ensure you are parked legally.
3 minute parking | Landscape Dve - this is for quick drop-off and pick-ups ONLY. Do not park your car, do not leave your car, do not park longer than the specified time.
U-Turns are not permitted along Serpell Rd or in Landscape Dve.
Double parking is illegal.
Children exiting vehicles must be done on the kerb side of the road.
Do not park in or across a resident’s driveway
Disabled Parking
There are 2 disabled car parks in Serpell Road and 1 disabled car park along Landscape Drive that can be used by permitted parents or grandparents. The disabled car park in the staff carpark is for the parents of students with a disability only.
CSEF APPLICATIONS Eligible parents / carers may claim the CSEF (Camps, Sports & Excursion Fund) amount of $125 per year if they meet the following criteria:
Have a student attending a registered Government or non-government Victorian primary or secondary school
o on the first day of Term one o on the first day of Term two
Have a Veterans Affairs Gold Card or an eligible Centrelink Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card or be a temporary foster parent
Forms must be submitted before February 29 2016.
Forms are available at the office and parents must produce their relevant card with the application.
CAMP AUSTRALIA Before and After School Care
Welcome back to Camp Australia for 2016. We hope that everyone had a great Christmas and enjoyed their holidays. We wish to extend a special welcome to the new families joining us at Milgate this year for Before and After School Care and we hope that you enjoy your time with us. We currently have some staff away, Melissa Wilkinson is doing a placement for Uni and shall return on Monday 15
th
February while Sui Ling is having an extended break and will return to her role at the end of the month. In the interim I shall be acting as Co-Ordinator in Melissa’s absence and we shall have Harriet Last helping us with both BSC and ASC. Suzenna will be helping us in the mornings and in the afternoon we shall see various assistants. Finally just a few reminders, could you please bring in your child’s Immunisation records for us to sight and we would also appreciate it if you could provide your children with a drink bottle whilst attending BSC and ASC. Mel Rennie [Co-ordinator]
COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD Any relevant material is posted on our noticeboard [located outside the Art room] as a service to our school community. Recent articles include:
Our Lady of the Pines | Community Fete [Sun 20 Mar 11am – 4pm]
Beverley Hills Football Club | Girls Footy & Registration Day
Irabina | Various workshops
Eltham Rugby
Doncare | Op Shop Volunteers
2016 TERM DATES From To
Term 1 27 January 24 March
Term 2 11 April 24 June
Term 3 11 July 16 September
Term 4 3 October 20 December
MILGATE’S NEWSLETTER
IB World School
Landscape Drive | East Doncaster Vic 3109
9842 7744 www.milgateps.vic.edu.au
2016 | Term 1 | Week 2
SCHOOL NEWS
2016 STAFFING We welcome a number of new staff to Milgate PS this year [see names below in blue].
Our staff for 2016 are as follows:
YEAR LEVEL TEACHERS
Foundation Carly Jones, Julie Parker, Shona Williamson, Emma Ketteridge, Sally Robinson.
Year 1 Sarah Brown, Lyn Sanders, Jessica Jensen, May-sem Wong.
Year 2 Sue Lloyd, Kirsty Wright, Ange Alexandrou.
Year 3 Trina Williamson, Ana Kostidis, Linda Hill, Danny Gamble.
Year 4 Fiona Bashford, Stephanie Iacuone, Kellie Harman.
Year 5 Megan North, Jasmine Cergol, Ash Price.
Year 6 Caitlin Day, Claire Harvey-Beavis, David Mander.
Specialists: PE Art Mandarin Performing Arts EAL
James Will Judy Gallagher Ping Nixon Jenny Ferris Sharon Harrison
Office
Ann Rowlands, Kristy Hourmouzis. Business Manager – Shirley Pettitt (Term 1)
First Aid Assistant
Esther Smith
Classroom Support
Sabrina Foster, Catherine Noel, Penny McNaughton, Alex Gaythorpe, Jane Robinson, Susan Prentice, Naomi Barnett, Jodie Selby, Carolyn Gray, Stacey Harman.
Intervention / Support
Paula Botha
Library Technician
Karen Jensen
IT Technicians Naveed Arshad, Daniel Rognoni
Grounds / Maintenance
Graydon Dobson
ALLERGIES | Nuts & Nut Products A most important issue for us each year is that we have a growing number of students who suffer from a variety of severe allergies.
At Milgate we have a number of procedures and practices to ensure that appropriate precautions are in place. We ask that you be very conscious of the danger that nuts and nut products (e.g. peanut butter, Nutella / chocolate spread, muesli bars, etc) pose for these children.
We ask you to support the health of these children by not sending nuts or products containing nuts to school in your children’s lunches.
If you are sending food for sharing, perhaps for a birthday, we ask that you inform your child’s teacher prior to the day, so parents of these children are given the opportunity to provide a special treat for them on the day.
دانش آموزی در ........................ حضور دارد که به آجیل و مغز میوه حساسیت دارد. پس بنابراین ما
از آوردن هر گونه آجیل یا محصوالت آجیلی مانند بادام زمینی، میوه درخواست می کنیم تا دانش آموزان
های مغزدار درختی )گردو، فندق، گردوی مغز نازک، هسته کاج، کاشو( و نیز هر گونه غذایی که حاوی
مغز میوه است به مدرسه خودداری کنند.
مات احتیاطی داریم. مایلم از ما سلسله مراتب و روالی برای اطمینان از اجرای اقدا Milgateدر مدرسه
شما درخواست نمایم تا در خصوص خطراتی که آجیل و محصوالت مغز میوه ای )مانند پینات باتر، نوتال
/ شکالت های نیمه مایع که روی نان مالیده می شود، میوزلی بارها، و غیره( می تواند برای این بچه ها
داشته باشد، بسیار هشیار باشید. ه غذایی را برای به اشتراک گذاری با دیگران می فرستید، شاید بعنوان یک تولد، از شما اگر چنانچ
درخواست می کنیم تا معلم فرزندتان را از پیش آگاه کنید بگونه ای که این فرصت را در اختیار والدین
این بچه ها قرار دهید تا بتوانند در آن روز اقدام متناسبی را معمول نمایند. ری شما سپاسکزاریم. از همکا
MILGATE’S NEWSLETTER
IB World School
Landscape Drive | East Doncaster Vic 3109
9842 7744 www.milgateps.vic.edu.au
2016 | Term 1 | Week 2
COMPASS | Parent Portal
How can I contact my child’s teacher? How do I provide consent for my child to attend an
event [such as an excursion]?
STEP 1: From your Compass homepage just select Send email to [Your Child]’s teachers.
STEP 2: Type your subject and remove any teachers you do not want to email on the right of the screen. Type your message and select Send.
IMPORTANT: Emails are for non-urgent matters and will be answered by teachers within 48 hours. For issues requiring immediate attention please call the Office on 9842 7744.
Paper consent forms will no longer be sent home, instead the details will be posted in Compass and you will receive an email alert to enter your consent online.
STEP 1: On your Compass homepage you will see an alert for Event Consent/Payment Required [see below]. We currently do not process payments through Compass, any messages referring to consent/payment are only for consent purposes at this stage.
Click on the link for more information.
STEP 2: Select the Process Now [Online] box.
STEP 3: The next page will display:
Event details
Consent details [you will need to enter your NAME here]
Medical information for your child [please only record anything in here that is in addition to what our records indicate]
Parent / Guardian Contact Details [please only record anything here that is in addition to what our records indicate]
Select Submit Details.
IMPORTANT: If you need to update your family details it is most important you send these to the school rather than enter details in Compass [such as address, home telephone or mobile numbers].
Where do I find Notices or Activity enrolment forms?
STEP 1: From within Compass select Community | School Documentation.
STEP 2: Select and navigate through the folders and files listed down the left of the screen. To view any files you just need to select Download File on the right of your screen.
