DATE: Thursday 22nd June 2017 ISSUE 19 Our Purpose: The Monmia school community is committed to providing innovative programs that stimulate and challenge each student to develop lifelong learning skills and strategies. We provide a safe, nurturing environment where teachers, students and parents work in an effective partnership. www.monmia.vic.edu.au.Ph: 9364 1007 MONMIA MESSENGER Warm Regards, Lorraine Bell Principal Dear Monmia Families, WHAT I NOTICED THIS WEEK Leadership are fortunate to preview the student reports as we are proofreading them. Your children ’s reports are a celebration of their effort and achievement. I would like to congratulate all the teachers for their intensive work on these reports. There are hours of work in each child’s report. Please enjoy reading them next week. Our Junior School Councillors were wonderful ambassadors at a new kindergarten we visited on Tuesday-Thornhill Drive Kindergarten and again on Thursday at Kids Retreat. The Preps and 1/2 students had a wonderful Wednesday at the Bike Ed program thanks to our partnership with Taylors Lakes Secondary College. BITS & BOBS Please remember that Student Led Conferences are held on Wednesday 28 June. Ray White, one of our sponsors, are hosng an In-Room aucon at Monmia on Wednesday 28 June at 7 pm. They will be using the Community and Staff PL room for their prospecve buyers. We are grateful for the support of Peter Travalos and his Ray White team. Please remember to enrol for Code Camp in the school holidays. Students should only wear Monmia school uniform. A black windcheater or top is not our school uniform. Wearing different coloured long sleeve tops underneath the Monmia polo top is also not school uniform. Hoodies are not allowed as they are dangerous when children are playing aside especially in games of ggy or chasey. Our students represent our school wherever they go and therefore they should be in school colours and their uniform should be clean and dy. Thank you for your help with this. END OF TERM Please remember that Friday 30 June is the last day of term and that we finish at 2:30pm. As many staff members have planned holidays to which they may be leaving for at the end of the school day, we kindly request that you ensure that your child/children are picked up on me. If you cannot pick them up at this me please book them into Camp Australia. Any child leſt aſter 2:45pm will be sent to Aſter Care at Camp Australia where you will be charged for the service. The office will be closed at 3pm and the school will be vacated with no staff present aſter this me. Please do not ask office staff to mind children if you are going to be late. Please make alternave arrangements. We like to help as much as we can however teachers and office staff finish work as of 2:30pm on Friday 30 June 2017. Term 3 commences on Monday 17 July 2017 at 8:50 with a whole school assembly as usual.
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DATE: Thursday 22nd June 2017 ISSUE 19
Our Purpose: The Monmia school community is committed to providing innovative programs that stimulate and challenge each student to develop lifelong learning skills and strategies. We provide a safe, nurturing environment where teachers, students and parents work in an effective partnership. www.monmia.vic.edu.au.Ph: 9364 1007
MONMIA MESSENGER
Warm Regards,
Lorraine Bell Principal
Dear Monmia Families,
WHAT I NOTICED THIS WEEK
Leadership are fortunate to preview the student reports as we are proofreading them. Your children’s reports are a celebration of their effort and achievement. I would like to congratulate all the teachers for their intensive work on these reports. There are hours of work in each child’s report. Please enjoy reading them next week.
Our Junior School Councillors were wonderful ambassadors at a new kindergarten we visited on Tuesday-Thornhill Drive Kindergarten and again on Thursday at Kids Retreat.
The Preps and 1/2 students had a wonderful Wednesday at the Bike Ed program thanks to our partnership with Taylors Lakes Secondary College.
BITS & BOBS
Please remember that Student Led Conferences are held on Wednesday 28 June.
Ray White, one of our sponsors, are hosting an In-Room auction at Monmia on Wednesday 28
June at 7 pm. They will be using the Community and Staff PL room for their prospective
buyers. We are grateful for the support of Peter Travalos and his Ray White team.
Please remember to enrol for Code Camp in the school holidays.
Students should only wear Monmia school uniform. A black windcheater or top is not our
school uniform. Wearing different coloured long sleeve tops underneath the Monmia polo top
is also not school uniform. Hoodies are not allowed as they are dangerous when children are
playing aside especially in games of tiggy or chasey. Our students represent our school
wherever they go and therefore they should be in school colours and their uniform should be
clean and tidy. Thank you for your help with this.
END OF TERM
Please remember that Friday 30 June is the last day of term and that we finish at 2:30pm. As many
staff members have planned holidays to which they may be leaving for at the end of the school
day, we kindly request that you ensure that your child/children are picked up on time. If you
cannot pick them up at this time please book them into Camp Australia.
Any child left after 2:45pm will be sent to After Care at Camp Australia where you will be charged
for the service. The office will be closed at 3pm and the school will be vacated with no staff
present after this time. Please do not ask office staff to mind children if you are going to be late.
Please make alternative arrangements. We like to help as much as we can however teachers and
office staff finish work as of 2:30pm on Friday 30 June 2017. Term 3 commences on Monday 17 July 2017 at 8:50 with a whole school assembly as usual.
Dear Parents and Guardians, What is cyber bullying? Cyber bullying includes teasing, spreading online rumours or sending unwanted or threatening messages or defamatory material using a range of technologies. Children using the internet can be cyber bullied or harassed through internet services like email, chat rooms, instant messaging, social networks or through websites. Bullying through mobile phone technologies such as text messaging is also considered cyber bullying. Whilst cyber bullying can have a damaging effect on children and young people, parents can encourage them to take control of the situation. This may be done by: advising children not to reply to any messages from a bully. Often if bullies don’t
receive a response they will give up learning how to block a bully, so they can’t make contact keeping a record of the harassing messages and any replies which may help parents,
or the authorities, if necessary, to find out who is sending them keeping usernames and passwords secret. If someone misuses a username and
password to post damaging information about a child it can be difficult to remove children recognising that if messages are threatening, a parent or guardian should be
told immediately. Cyber bullying, if threatening, is illegal and can be reported to the police
contacting the website administrator (often known as the webmaster) to ask for content to be removed, if bullying information has been posted on that website
Parents can help protect their children by: checking the privacy settings for your internet services visiting the Cyber smart websites for information - www.cybersmart.gov.au and
www.bullyingnoway.com.au/ talking to the child’s school if cyber bullying is happening at school reporting threatening messages to the police contacting the Cyber safety Contact Centre on 1800 880 176 for advice. Family Activity How Cyber smart are you? Join Sam and complete the Kids Quiz on www.cybersmart.gov.au and learn how to be safe on line. Have fun! The information above was directly taken from the cyber smart website and I hope you found this article helpful. Warm Regards, Lucy Vorpasso
Assistant Principal - Student Engagement and Wellbeing
SPOTLIGHT ON BOUNCE BACK A WELLBEING AND RESILIENCE PROGRAM
Monmia is a Bucket Filling School! We fill buckets and we don’t dip!
We use our lid to keep our bucket full and keep the drops in! I love how the Bucket Fillers Philosophy has been embraced by our school community this year. I know that we can keep filling other people’s buckets and make Monmia Primary School a warm, positive and caring place to be. When we all fill other people’s buckets then all community members benefit from these acts of kindness. There is so much to acknowledge at Monmia Primary School! Here are some ‘drops’ for you to read.
Remember that when you fill someone else’s bucket, you fill yours as well so keep filling buckets Monmia! Happy Bucket Filling!
Kind Regards,
Lucy Vorpasso
Assistant Principal - Student Engagement and Wellbeing
IMPORTANT DATES FROM THE DIARY
Enrolments for 2018 are now being taken. If you have a child that will be turning 5 before 30 April 2018 and you want to enrol them for Prep, please see Ros or Norma in the office for an enrolment pack. Parents/Guardians enrolling their child will need to provide their child’s birth certificate or passport as well as their completed immunisation certificate. Appointments for school tours are available on request and can be booked by calling Norma or Ros in the Office on 9364 1007. If you know of neighbours or relatives living in our area who want to enrol their children for 2018 please ask them to contact the school for an enrolment pack. To secure a place in our Prep 2018 intake School Council has stipulated a $50 non-refundable deposit. This security will be deducted from the 2018 Essential Student Learning Items - Bookpack. Enrolments will not be accepted without the deposit or the required certificates. Confirmation of enrolment will include a gift for each 2018 Prep student of a Book Box and book to start them on their reading adventure!
TERM 2 Fri 23rd June Wed 28th June Thurs 29th June Fri 30th June
Money and / or un-
sold chocolates due back
Student Led
Conferences Year P-6 classes
Excluding 1/2B Curriculum Day Student Free Day Last day of Term 2 Early dismissal 2.30pm
TERM 3 Tues 18th July Wed 23rd August Mon 28th August - Fri 1st Sept TERM 4 Mon 6th Nov Mon 11th Dec Fri 22nd Dec
Student Led
Conferences 1/2B only Father’s Day Stall 5/6 Canberra Camp Curriculum Day Student Free Day Christmas Raffle
Drawn Last day of Term 4 Early dismissal 1.30pm
PRA - Eliah Z For practising her reading everyday and
recording the books herself in the diary.
PRB - Mariah K For trying so hard with your writing. I love how
you are stretching the sounds.
1/2 A - Brandon C For showing confidence and resilience during the
Bike Ed excursion.
1/2 B - Matthew T
For working with a partner to create an
information text!
1/2 C - Caitlyn G For always being co-operative when working with
others. Keep up the great teamwork Caitlyn!!
1/2 D - Leon J For riding carefully and responsibly, obeying the
rules during our Bike Ed excursion.
3/4 A - Fai F
For creating and publishing an engaging
narrative title “The Haunted Abandoned
Mansion”.
3/4 B - Jordan W
For fantastic super deluxe burger effort for his
inquiry project. Congratulations Jordan
3/4 C - Han C
For her adorable short story and storyboard - I fell
in love with the characters.
3/4 D - Havin H
For working hard to complete her 3 writing
pieces. Congratulations Havin!
5/6 A - Valerie O
For always having a positive attitude towards
tasks and activities.
5/6 B - Erfan G
For actively listening and for sharing information
during classroom discussions.
5/6 C - Tommy V
For always being a focussed learner who
constantly puts in 5 star effort in everything he
does!
5/6 D - Yung - Ming
For working hard to complete an informational
report on Ned Kelly, that included a number of
fantastic features and facts.
Dear Parents/Guardians, Just a reminder that there is only 1 week until the final payment is due for the 5/6 camp. Instalments can be made at anytime at the office. CSEF money can be used. The last date for payment is Monday 17th July. Regrards 5/6 PLC
SCHOOL BANKING
Please note there will be no Commonwealth Student Banking on Thursday 20th July, 2017. Student Banking will commence in Week 2 of Term 3.
Sports: Basketball, Volleyball, Handball, Softball and Kanga Cricket Friday Friday 23 June v Sydenham Hillside Primary School Hillside Campus (away game) Friday 30 June v Overnewton Taylors Lakes Campus (home game) Friday 21 July v Saint Mary Mackillop Catho-lic Primary School (home game) Friday 28 July BYE Friday 4 August v Cana Catholic Primary School (away game) Friday 11 August v Mackellar Primary School (away game) Friday 18 August v Overnewton Keilor Campus (away game) Friday 25 August v Sydenham Hillside Primary School Sydenham Campus (home game) Friday 1 September BYE Friday 8 September FINALS
FAMILY &
FRIENDS
NEWSLETTER
Meeting Sched-ule
NEXT MEETING:
Friday 21st July At 9.00am
In the Community Room
President Kirsty Curwood Vice President Sharon DiBella
Our Cadbury chocolates bars are due to be sold and money returned by this week. Please make sure that all money and any
unsold chocolates bars are returned by this Friday 23rd June.
We also have a special prize giveaway for one special
family. All you have to do to be in the draw to win the prize is
return your chocolate money to your child’s classroom teacher before Friday 23rd June and your name will go in the draw.
The lucky winner will be drawn at assembly on Monday 26th June. This is our way of saying THANK YOU for returning your money on
time and helping the school raise much needed funds.
STUDENT LED CONFERENCE Information The student led conference is a structured conversation conducted by your child about their learning. It is a self-reflection of the way in which they have progressed through semester 1, as well as demonstrating next steps for future learning growth. This is a valuable opportunity for your child to share their learning goals and successes experienced through effort thus far. All student led conferences will be held in your child’s learning space. The student led conferences will take place on:
All online bookings will open on Friday 9th June. Please ensure you arrange a suitable time for the student led conference using the online booking system. To make your booking go to: www.schoolinterviews.com.au Enter THIS school event code qtjps, then follow the 3 steps Booking system closes on Tuesday 27th June, 3.30pm Each student led conference will be for duration of 10minutes. Your child will be expected to lead the conference discussion in the presence of their teacher and a parent/guardian. If you have specific questions /concerns you would like to discuss please arrange a meeting time outside of the Student Led Conference with your child’s teacher. Specialist Teachers will be available on Wednesday 28th June for parents/guardians to speak to them regarding Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Languages- Japanese and Physical Education learning. This is not a Student Led Conference. The Specialist Teachers will be in the Languages room from the following times listed below. Bookings are not required and parents/guardians will be seen as they enter.
The Student Led Conference is an opportunity for students to open communication between school and home, it teaches self-evaluation and reflection and focuses on goals setting and learning. Come along so that we can work together to support the learning of your child. Vineta Mitrevski Assistant Principal- School Improvement
Wednesday 28th June Year P-6 classes, excluding 1.2B 2.30pm-7.30pm
Tuesday 18th July 1.2B 2.30pm-7.30pm
Tonia Burridge (Visual Arts Teacher) 4.00pm-5.00pm
Cassandra Ward (Performing Arts Teacher) 4.00pm – 5.00pm
