PowerPoint PresentationWe hope the presentation ahead will provide
a little snapshot of school life at MMPS for our current
Preps.
Please take a look at our slide show and have a read of some of the
information we have put up about teaching and learning.
We wish we could meet you in person and would love to answer any
questions you may have via phone or email.
The Staff at MMPS
Thank You Prep Helpers! School Values Meet the Principles Meet the
Prep Teachers Prep at MMPS Special Prep Events Reading Writing
Phonics and Spelling Maths Prep Play Areas (2 slides) Yard
Supervision First Aid
Social and Emotional Learning The YouCanDoIt! Program Prep and Year
4 Buddy Program Music and Performing Arts Instrumental Music
Lessons Physical Education Languages (LOTE) Visual Arts Digital
Technologies Parents Involvement and SEC Communication Environment
Year 6 Leadership Program Year 6 Reflections (2 slides) Out of
School Hours Care (OSHC)
Thank you to these confident Preps for helping us to bring you a
snapshot of Prep life at MMPS!
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Children at MMPS spend time learning about our school values. These
values are embedded in all we do at school.
School Values
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I’m Mrs Adcock!
Moncrieff!
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Special Prep Events We love linking our learning with immersive,
hands-on
experiences. These are just a few of the special activities we have
enjoyed in the past!
Learning about transport in the
community by making our own
vehicles.
‘Tt’ is for Tiger Toast!
Learning about ‘Ff’ and comparing the needs of humans and animals
in an Inquiry unit.
Learning about indigenous flora and
fauna
Keeping healthy and learning about the letter ‘Vv’ with veggie
soup!
Learning to cross the road safely with Mr Page!
Book and Movie Dress up Day!
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For more information, please see the Victorian Curriculum.
Reading together using strategies. Partner reading is an important
part of our daily reading routine.
Fostering a love of literature, through regular visits to our
school library.
Reading … a snapshot
Writing … a snapshot
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Tearing and sticking when making a class collage helps to make our
fingers strong for writing. We went on a worm fact hunt in
non-fiction texts and wrote them around our collage.
One-on-one conferencing with children about their writing.
Relevant and engaging stimuli… sometimes even alive and
wriggling!
Making ‘wormy words’ out of playdough!
Wormy Writing! We linked our focus on the letter/sound ‘Ww’
with some interesting reading and writing activities!
Phonics and Spelling … a snapshot
Phonics learning is based on rich, hands-on experiences, and linked
with quality children's literature.
For more information, please see the Victorian Curriculum.
‘Ww’ is for ‘Wild Thing!
‘Ii’ is for ice- cream! We used 3D shapes to make our ice- cream
cones.
The children love to investigate patterns in sounds. We add to our
charts while we are learning about a sound/letter.
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Maths … a snapshot For more information, please see the Victorian
Curriculum.
Learning to count back and keep fit at the same time! Pattern and
shape
Number recognition and
Prep Play Areas
This is one of the Prep playgrounds. Children in older year levels
have separate playgrounds of their own.
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Play Areas Preps have a variety of play areas to choose from in
addition to their own playground... here are some of their
favourites!
The Oval
Yard Supervision
Children are supervised at all times by several Yard Supervision
Teachers before school, during recess & lunchtimes and after
school.
Children can easily recognise and find an adult to help them by
looking for the bright yellow vests and jackets.
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First Aid Room
Our lovely First Aid Officer Lorraine Stuart is wonderful at
helping children with their inevitable bumps and bruises. She also
manages student medications and allergies.
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Social and Emotional Wellbeing Be You (operated by Beyond Blue) is
a platform which provides educators with knowledge, resources and
strategies for helping children and young people achieve their best
possible mental health.
At Mount Martha Primary, we place high value on children's mental
health. We are an accredited BeYou (formerly KidsMatter) school.
Please see the Be You website for more details. Mindfulness is an
important part of our day, especially after busy
playtimes! GoNoodle is one of our favourite ways to practice our
mindfulness.
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You Can Do It!
Learning about Organisation… with a sock sort!
Learning about Resilience and
Prep & Year 4 Buddies
All Prep Classes have a Year 4 Buddy Class. Every year, the
teachers and students work together to allocate each prep a special
Year 4 buddy.
Buddy classes do special activities together and sometimes each
lunch together. The Preps enjoy having a familiar face out in the
yard that they can go to for help if they need it, and the Year 4
students always make us proud of the way they shoulder this new
responsibility with confidence and maturity.
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Music and Performing Arts
Children attend music classes regularly. Music teacher Leanne Rault
runs a Junior Choir (starting in Year 1) and a Senior Choir. Junior
Concerts (Prep-2) are run every second year.
Years 3-6 make a movie every year with the help of a specialised
director, and hold a Film Festival at the Rosebud Cinemas.
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Instrumental Music Program Individual music lessons can be arranged
for children interested in learning how to play an instrument.
Lessons can be undertaken at different ages depending on the
instrument.
Instrumental lessons available: - Piano - Clarinet - Saxophone -
Flute - Violin - Guitar - African Drumming
Please contact the school for further information.
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Physical Education and Sport Keeping active is a big part of life
at MMPS. As well as regular PE lessons, there are many ways that
children can pursue an active lifestyle…. - Perceptual Motor
Program (PMP). Preps refine their gross motor
skills through a series of fun, hands-on activities. - Morning
Jogging Club - Colour Run and Obstacle Course - Swimming Lesson
(Prep-Year 2) - Swimming Carnival (Years 3-6) - Inter School Sports
- Cross Country
….. and many more!
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LOTE Japanese and Indonesian
In Prep, children begin learning Japanese. They begin learning
Indonesian in their senior years. They love attending regular
Japanese lessons throughout the Year with ‘Sensei Nikeas’.
A real highlight is our annual ‘Japanese Day’ during which they
enjoy participating in Japanese cultural activities and games,
practicing their language skills and even sampling some
sushi!
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Visual Arts Children enjoy attending Specialist Visual Art lessons
regularly. Junior school students are taught by Mrs Meagan Kohlman
and Senior students are taught by Mrs Julie Christie.
I’m Mrs Christie
Digital Technologies ..… or ‘Digitech’ for short!
Children look forward to attending their regular Specialist Digital
Technology lessons in our school computer lab.. They use ipads and
PC computers and experiment with all sorts of digital skills …
coding, Augmented Reality and green screen capabilities just to
name a few!
Augmented Reality
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Parent Involvement There are many opportunities for parents to
connect with our school community from becoming involved in our
Social Events Committee (see following slide) to assisting in
classrooms.
In Prep, parents enjoy helping with morning reading, assisting with
incursions and excursions and joining in with special days such as
making Tiger Toast, Veggie Soup Day, the Teddy Bear’s Picnic, Book
and Movie Dress-up Day, Let’s Keep Healthy Day, Community Workers
Day… just to name a few!
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Social Events Committee (SEC)
The SEC (Social Events Committee) are a welcoming group of parents
and caregivers who are instrumental in organising school social
events and fundraisers. There are many opportunities for parents
who would like to become involved in this aspect of school life,
ranging from big to small!
Every two years, the SEC organises s the MMPS Carnivale! There are
rides, showbags, food, games, stalls and entertainment. This is a
huge community event and is very much enjoyed by all.
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Assemblies
Compass
There are many different ways to communicate with teachers and stay
connected with your child’s learning. Check out some of our blogs
to see what we have been up to at school lately!
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Sustainability Pledges
Fun at Gardening Group!
The Preps also love dumping the compost bins from the
classrooms!
Repurposing the old for the new on Gold for Green Day
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Year 6 Leadership Program Mount Martha Primary runs a leadership
program for students in Year Six. They select a role, write an
application and make a presentation about how and why they would be
an outstanding leader in that area. This also allows them to pursue
ways that they can channel their individual interests and
contribute meaningfully to our educational community.
In the slides that follow, we are pleased to share the reflections
of some of our 2020 leaders, as well as short descriptions of what
their leadership role entails.
Year Six Leadership Areas isea, icare – Ambassadors for Dolphin
Research
LOTE (language other than English) Student Representative
Council
Digital Technologies Prep Peer Support KidsMatter/BeYou
Environment TravelSmart
Nude Food
Art
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Year 6 Urban Camp
Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) Children are able to choose from a
wide range of both structured and unstructured activities,
including: - art and craft - cooking, - play dough - various
indoor/outdoor games, - puzzles - construction - dancing/music - a
limited amount of computer, video and
playstation/WII.
Hours Before School
information.