Muswellbrook South Public School Newsletter 57 Maitland Street, Muswellbrook NSW 2333 EMAIL: [email protected]Telephone: (02) 65431896 Fax: (02) 65433475 TERM 3 WEEK 9 Wednesday 19 th September 2018 PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Dear Parents and Carers, Firstly, a big thank you to all MSPS families and community for your cooperation and understanding with the unexpected closure of the school on Wednesday due to the interruption of the town water supply. We started the day with water which unfortunately then ceased. Thank you to our local council for your help and assistance during this time. A very big thank you to our staff who quickly adapted to the situation and worked diligently to help with the departure of children. It is also a timely reminder to please keep the school up-to-date with any changes to phone numbers, address and family details. This week our teachers have been spending time in their Stage teams planning for Term 4. This allows us to increase consistency across classes and ensure high quality programming for all students. At these meetings teachers also plan rich assessment tasks and find opportunities within the curriculum for all students to be challenged and supported. Part of this process includes analysis of student work samples, which then guides the creation of the next series of lessons to ensure students’ development continues to progress. We call this process ‘knowing our impact’, that is what difference are teachers making to students’ outcomes. Ideally we want one year’s growth for one year’s teaching. To ensure this, teachers continually monitor students’ progress through in- class assessment and then modify their teaching programs accordingly, making sure that students are presented with content that allows them to improve their skills and knowledge. If students are not making the desired progress, our teachers respond quickly because they are constantly monitoring student development, and then they change what they are doing. They go over content again in a different way or they provide a variety of alternate learning activities to build students’ understanding. This way teachers are in a constant cycle of plan, teach, assess, evaluate and plan again, all in an effort to sustain student learning and ensure that for every year of teaching, we have a year’s worth of learning. Yours in education, Glen Kite Principal Assembly – Friday 21 st September Friday 21 st September is a Primary assembly that will start at 11am in our school hall. 3RED will be presenting a class item. PSSA, White, Bronze & Silver PBL Awards will be presented. All parents & carers are warmly invited to attend. Please note entry is via the front gate only. K-2 Attendance Hero Each week, the K-2 classes like to acknowledge those students who come to school each day, ready to learn, by awarding two students as ‘Attendance Heroes’. These lucky students get to wear a super hero cape for the morning and also win a lunch order valued at $5 the following week. To be an Attendance Hero and get your name in the draw, you must be ere very day eady n-time! Congratulations to the Term 3 Week 8 Attendance Heroes Jessie V of K GREEN and Kyden S of 2 YELLOW. Please note if your child is sick, please do not send your child to school, as it may cause others to be unwell. PJ says - “Everyone can be an attendance HERO – Here, Every day, ready, On-time”. “Muswellbrook South Public School Official”
Dear Parents and Carers, Firstly, a big thank you to all MSPS families and community for your cooperation and understanding with the unexpected closure of the school on Wednesday due to the interruption of the town water supply. We started the day with water which unfortunately then ceased. Thank you to our local council for your help and assistance during this time. A very big thank you to our staff who quickly adapted to the situation and worked diligently to help with the departure of children. It is also a timely reminder to please keep the school up-to-date with any changes to phone numbers, address and family details. This week our teachers have been spending time in their Stage teams planning for Term 4. This allows us to increase consistency across classes and ensure high quality programming for all students. At these meetings teachers also plan rich assessment tasks and find opportunities within the curriculum for all students to be challenged and supported. Part of this process includes analysis of student work samples, which then guides the creation of the next series of lessons to ensure students’ development continues to progress. We call this process ‘knowing our impact’, that is what difference are teachers making to students’ outcomes. Ideally we want one year’s growth for one year’s teaching. To ensure this, teachers continually monitor students’ progress through in-class assessment and then modify their teaching programs accordingly, making sure that students are presented with content that allows them to improve their skills and knowledge. If students are not making the desired progress, our teachers respond quickly because they are constantly monitoring student development, and then they change what they are doing. They go over content again in a different way or they provide a variety of alternate learning activities to build students’ understanding. This way teachers are in a constant cycle of plan, teach, assess, evaluate and plan again, all in an effort to sustain student learning and
ensure that for every year of teaching, we have a year’s worth of learning. Yours in education, Glen Kite Principal Assembly – Friday 21st September Friday 21st September is a Primary assembly that will start at 11am in our school hall. 3RED will be presenting a class item. PSSA, White, Bronze & Silver PBL Awards will be presented. All parents & carers are warmly invited to attend. Please note entry is via the front gate only. K-2 Attendance Hero Each week, the K-2 classes like to acknowledge those students who come to school each day, ready to learn, by awarding two students as ‘Attendance Heroes’. These lucky students get to wear a super hero cape for the morning and also win a lunch order valued at $5 the following week. To be an Attendance Hero and get your name in the draw, you must be
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n-time! Congratulations to the Term 3 Week 8 Attendance Heroes Jessie V of K GREEN and Kyden S of 2 YELLOW. Please note if your child is sick, please do not send your child to school, as it may cause others to be unwell.
PJ says - “Everyone can be an attendance HERO – Here, Every day, ready, On-time”.
Mural Presentation On Tuesday Andrew Davis visited MSPS to donate an amazing four-panel artwork. Andrew is a local artist with an interest in social inclusion and respect for all people. He firmly believes that everyone has the capacity to make the world a better place, and they can overcome many obstacles in their lives, to do great things. Andrew has run over 30 projects across the Hunter, Central Coast and Lake Macquarie Districts with a focus on acceptance and overcoming obstacles, like disability, mental illness and social exclusion. This work titled ‘The Journey Home’ was created for the 2015 St Heliers Heavy Horse Field Day, and was exhibited at the event. Students from Muswellbrook South Public School and Challenge Services worked on the painting, depicting horse and cart from earlier Heavy Horse event. Andrew previously donated a second work with Muswellbrook South PS on the theme of community, completed for the school’s World Harmony Day event (2016), for which Andrew was an Ambassador, that year. MSPS would like to thank Andrew for this very generous donation and his ongoing support of our school.
WEEK 8 AWARD WINNERS Congratulations to the following students who received PBL awards at last week’s infant’s assembly. MSPS are proud of your efforts! White Award – 5 Merits Cooper L White Award – 25 Pebbles Bryson Mc, Ryan R, Charlie J, Patrick G, Connor C, Cooper L, Alicia-Anne B Bronze Award – 50 Pebbles Alyssa B, Chloe C, James G, Jacob W, Connor S, Phoenix M, Riley W, Schyler V, Kobi P, Silver Award – 75 Pebbles Tyrese M, Anthony B, Liam C
Please note: Children are not permitted to bring slime to school. It is a safety risk and can cause a mess. Thank you for your co-operation.
Toonschool On Tuesday, students from Stage 2 and 3 participated in a TOONSCHOOL workshop with Joffa, a visiting presenter. Students expressed themselves using the art of cartooning. The workshop focused on promoting growth mindset, with Joffa using his excellent sense of humour to keep the students entertained. The students thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Thanks Joffa!
Interhouse Debating MSPS recently completed their House Debating Competition. Stage 3 students from each of the sports houses debated against each other in the heats and the finals were completed last week. A big congratulations to the winning house, Skellatar, who was represented by Aurelia, Ebony, Thomas and Angus, coached by the wonderful Mrs Felan. Well done to all Stage 3 students who participated in the competition and thankyou to all those teachers who gave up their lunchtimes to coach them. We look forward to seeing how our debaters go in the interschool debating competition next term.
TERM 3 WEEK 9 Wednesday 19th September 2018
Muswellbrook South was represented by a junior boys, senior girls and senior boys touch football teams at a Gala Day held in Scone last Wednesday. Congratulations to all those students who participated displaying great skills and sportsmanship. Well done. Thank you to our wonderful supporters and a special thank you to Mr Wild and Miss Marshall for accompanying the teams. .
A very big thank you to our community for helping MSPS collect Coles Sports for Schools vouchers. Our school collected an amazing 59000 vouchers! This enabled our school to receive all of the sports equipment below.
This equipment will be used across the school for physical education classes, our sports programs, during break times and carnivals. Thank you very much for supporting this wonderful initiative.
SCONE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL – Do something different for a fun and entertaining evening. 6:30-10:30pm Saturday 22nd September at the Senior Citizen's Centre, Oxford Road, Scone. The evening starts with wine and delicious supper, then a diverse program of 8 short films, followed by coffee and dessert. All the films are Australian, with many award-winners and films that have screened around the world. Films star Boori Monty Prior, Tara Morice, Liv Hewson, John Wood and Dan Wyllie. Meet our film guests and vote for our People’s Choice Award. Due to insurance requirements, under 18s must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian. Tickets are $30 and available at Hunt a Book in Scone or from our website. Sunday 23rd September, 11am - a casual encore screening of the films only. Tickets $15 from Hunt a Book or from our website. A delicious morning tea will be available from 10.30am. Everyone is welcome. www.sconefilms.org.au www.facebook.com/sconefilms Tel: 0428-508326
