Dear Parents/Caregivers, We thank our families sincerely for your continued support and involvement in our fabulous school throughout Term Two. Our final school day for this term is Friday 28th June with a 2:30pm finish. Please mark this on your calendar. Students return for Term Three on Tuesday 16th July. Monday 15th July is our final Student Free Day where all staff will be involved in professional learning activities. Staffing Update We have a number of staff taking long service leave next term and I know you join me in wishing our staff a wonderful and well deserved break. Our Assistant Principal Kerry Lee will take long service leave for Term Three and Mrs Jenny Jeffrey will replace her as our Assistant Principal during this time. Arrangements for Mrs Jeffrey’s replacement are currently underway and we will notify the families of students in this class by the end of this week. Mrs Sue Leahy will be our Year 5/6 Professional Learning Team Leader during Term 3. Mrs Robyn Paige will take long service leave for the first three weeks of next term and Mrs Chris Kerr will replace Robyn in the office. Mrs Keah Otto will replace Mrs Chris Kerr. Mrs Carolyn May is also taking long service leave for Term 3 and Mr Calen Douglas will replace Mrs May. We farewell Miss Emma Hind and wish her all the best for the future as Miss Donna Campbell returns from long service leave to Year 4 next term. Semester One Student Reports Written Student Reports have been provided to all students to take home today. Please let us know if you do not receive your child’s report. Organised, timetabled parent teacher interviews will be offered towards the end of Term 3. Our parent information session

explaining AusVELS and the changes to your child’s Semester One report was well attended and we thank our parents for giving your time to receive this information. Included with your child’s report today is a brief explanation of the changes. If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher. Student Dress Code We are very proud of our school and the reputation we have earned for excellence in education. The wearing of school uniform is one way we actively demonstrate our pride and our belonging. We expect all of our students will be in school uniform at all times while at school and on excursions. Beleza supply new school uniforms and we often have second hand uniforms so please call us. The holidays are the perfect time to check your child has all he/she needs in terms of school uniform. Students are not to wear jewellery unless for medical, cultural or religious reasons and these can be discussed with school staff. Small, plain studs or sleepers can be worn if your child’s ears are pierced. Make up and nail polish should be removed before coming to school and hair should be kept tidy and long hair tied back neatly. Shoes should allow students to participate in all educational activities safely. Black school shoes or runners are appropriate in winter. On behalf of all of the staff at Mount Clear we wish our families a very safe holiday. Enjoy your time with family and friends and we look forward to seeing everyone back on Tuesday 16th July. Have a wonderful holiday. Take care. Chris Simmons Principal

From Chris

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Newsletter No. 19

25th June 2013

DATES TO

REMEMBER

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June 24th—28th

Grades 4—6 Swimming

June 25th

Reports go home

June 28th

AIS Display 12-1pm

Last day term 2

2.30 dismissal

July 15th

Staff Professional Day

Student free day

July 16th

First day term 3

IN THE CLEAR Care

Respect

Honesty

Personal Best

Breakfast Club Every Tuesday and Thursday 8.00—8.30am Room 15—next to the gym

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FOUNDATION Jaxson Carter Jaxson has had a wonderful term of learning!! He has found his wings and is ready to fly!! Well done. Jye Whelan For his exceptional attitude to EVERYTHING he does! He always does his personal best, is a kind classmate and is all-round WOW!! Grade 1 Kaylee Wilson Projecting her voice beautifully when speaking. Alexis Carver Being creative on the computer. Will Tasic Having a ‘red hot go’ during maths. 2/3C Cherilyn Richardson Getting along well with others, always using her manners and being a wonderful helper 2/3G Hesah Alghonime Her brilliance. She is reading writing and speaking in a spectacular manner 2/3S Ella MacPhail Always having a huge smile, being a wonderful helper and a respectful classmate 3/4C Samuel Ploeger Always doing his personal best and having very neat work! 3/4T Imogen Butt Always being positive and giving everything a ‘red hot go’ 5/6C Grade Award For an awesome first half of the year! 5/6J Josh Pryor His clear and articulate thinking and speaking 5/6L Kara Jaruga Always listening to and acting upon feedback and advice to improve her learning

Students of the Week

This week sees the culmination of the program, with Vicki spending her last official time working with the 5/6 artist group. We are absolutely thrilled with the way in which our students have responded to this special opportunity. We are amazed and very proud of the work they have achieved. The discoveries they have made throughout the journey will undoubtedly support them in their future learning. A big thank you goes out to Vicki. We feel incredibly lucky to have been partnered with her through the AIS program. You are all invited to a gallery walk in the 5/6 learning area this Friday beginning at 12 o’clock where the student’s work will be displayed. If you are unable to make it you can always access the blog: http://mountclearps.global2.vic.edu.au/

PANDA AWARDS FUNI Charlize Heatley Having a fantastic smile while she’s doing her brain shaking thinking. WANG WANG Josh Speedie Being an all round Wow student!

Confidence

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This week’s winners are

Sharnae Barclay 3/4T

It’s Not Okay To Be Away

Please send a note or contact the school if your child is going to be absent:- Phone: 53301844 Fax: 5330 1526 Email: mount.clear.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au SMS: 0438 701 844

Junior School Council

What was Seemore

thinking???

Maybe yoga?

Confidence means knowing that you will likely be successful and that people will like you. It means not being afraid to make

mistakes or to try something new. It means looking and sounding confident.

Examples of confident behaviour are:

raising your hand in class to answer a hard question,

doing hard work without asking for help,

sharing a new idea with a teacher or the class, starting a conversation with a new classmate and standing up straight and

speaking with a firm voice.

Positive Habits of the Mind that help develop a young person’s Confidence include:

I Can Do It - thinking that I’m more likely to be successful than I am to fail.

Accepting Myself - not thinking badly about myself when I make a mistake.

Taking Risks - thinking that it’s good to try something new even though I might not be able to do it.

Being Independent - thinking that I Can Do It!

We have a large amount of lost property. Please drop in to reclaim those lost jumpers.

EDUCATION MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE

Families are reminded that there is financial support available for education costs. If you are a Health Care Card holder, you may be eligible to claim EMA. If your application was successful first semester and your situation has not changed you do not need to reapply for second semester. If your card has changed or your student is new to this school please complete paperwork available from the office. Applications close August 2nd. Late applications cannot be accepted.

Term 2 Events: A huge thank you to the following people who were the Co-Ordinators for the following events for Term 2: Mothers Day Stall/Sharyn Bryans, Hot Food Day/Kathryn Flind, Education Week Morning Tea/Renee Littlehales, Chocolate Drive/Michelle Pryor. And a special mention to all the mums, dads and grandparents that also helped with the Working Bees and at the events, we could not do it without you. Next Team Meeting: If you are interested in helping organise our events, our next meeting will be on Friday 26

th July at

10am in room 15. We will be looking at next term’s events and the market day planning. Term 3 Events: Next term is turning into another busy one for us. We have: Father’s Day Stall, Afternoon tea catering, Hot Food Day, Election Day BBQ,

Disco catering and intensive planning for the Market Day. Keep your eyes on this page for more details and ways that you can help. Have a Happy and Safe School Holidays. See you in Term 3.

Mount Clear Primary Pandf

Renee Littlehales

mcprimarypandf@gmail.com

Chocolate Drive: Thank you to everyone who returned their fully sold box in time to go into the draw for a $50 gift card to Coles/Myer. Congratulations to Connor Batstra-Lloyd 3/4C who won the gift card and congratulations to Gryffyn Temple-Sharpe 5/6J on winning the movie tickets. If you still have a box at home, please return money by the end of the week. Also, if you would like to sell an extra box over the holidays, please contact Michelle on 0417 584 304 or contact the office. We still have some left over and we need to sell them all to get the best profit on this fundraiser. All money raised is going towards new take-home readers and shelving for the library. We are hoping to make $5000.

BALLIANG EAST PRIMARY SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS !

Calling all past teachers, students and parents! Please come and join us in celebrating our 100th Birthday on Saturday Nov 16th 2013.

Some activities on the day will include a tour of the school, a dinner, a celebration cake, roll calls, a time capsule and opening of the Centenary Garden. WE NEED YOUR HELP! We are seeking all photos and memorabilia to include in a commemorative book which will be available for purchase and displayed on the day. In addition, if you know of anyone who can help with our search, please inform them of our upcoming event. Please contact the school to register your details for an invitation: Phone: 03 5369-5148 or email us at: balliang.east.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Ballarat Futsal 3rd term school aged rosters

starting after school holidays

5-a-side indoor soccer and no

experience needed

Fun, fast and action packed

Contact Corey now on

0437 935 991 or

corey@australianfutsal.com

www.ballaratfutsal.com

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Junior tennis players wishing to play in the forthcoming summer season for Mount Clear Tennis Club in the Buninyong and District Tennis Association are requested to register their interest by contacting: Donna Leeson Phone: 0400 579 960 by the 20th July 2013 Beginner to advanced levels catered for. Games are played on a Saturday morning @ 9am, season commences October 12th 2013.