Melton South Primary School

PO Box 2043

Melton South, 3338

Tel: (03) 9743 2922

Fax: (03) 9743 0986

Email: melton.south.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.meltonsouthps.vic.edu.au THURSDAY 11TH OCTOBER 2018

This newsletter is available from our school website www.meltonsouthps.vic.edu.au or

the Melton South Primary School Skoolbag App.

Thursday 11th October Sausage Sizzle After School

Tuesday 16th October Regional Athletics

Thursday 18th October Canberra Camp Information night 5.30pm school library

Friday 19th October Book Club Orders due today

St Anthony’s Parish Fete 3.30pm to 7.30pm

Monday 22nd October After School Sports commence

Wednesday 24th October 2019 Prep Transition 9.30am to 10.30am

Monday 29th October to Friday 2nd November Grade 5/6 Canberra Camp

Wednesday 31st October Grade Prep to 2 Mini Athletics Carnival

Friday 2nd November Last day for payment for Grade 3/4 Weekaway Camp

Tuesday 6th November Melbourne Cup Day Public Holiday

Saturday 10th November Djerriwarrh Festival—parade 11.00am

Wednesday 14th November Grade 3/4 MPSSA Basketball

Thursday 15th November 2019 Prep Transition 2.00pn to 3.00pm

Wednesday 28th November Let It Shine—School Expo

Thursday 29th November Grade 3/4 Kanga Cricket Gala Day

Monday 3rd December Grade 6 Graduation Evening

Wednesday 5th to 7th December Grade 3/4 Weekaway Camp

Monday 10th December Curriculum Day—STUDENTS NOT TO ATTEND SCHOOL TODAY

Tuesday 11th December Grade 6 Students Secondary School Orientation Day

2019 prep transition 9.30am to 10.30am

Thursday 20th December Whole School Breakfast

Friday 21st December Last day of school for 2018—school finishes at 1.30pm

Wednesday 30th January 2019 School commences—Term 1 2019

Melton South Primary School Mission:

Melton South Primary School is a progressive community who lead the way.

Together we create motivated, respectful learners who achieve excellence.

GRADE 1/2 CAMP: We have lots of lost property from the grade 1 and 2 camp last term. Please come to Room 11 on Monday 15th October after school to collect anything your child may have lost. Anything not collected after this date will be donated to a charity.

STAFF, STUDENTS, PARENTS AND CARERS ALL HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AT

MELTON SOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL.

EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE SAFE EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO BE RESPECTED

EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO LEARN

Welcome back to school for term 4—I hope you all had an enjoyable break and are rested and

ready for the last term of 2018. As you can see from the dates on page 1 of this newsletter we

have a very busy term ahead.

Parents/carers are reminded that our school values include students, staff and members of our school community.

Staff members are more than happy to discuss any concerns you may have but you are reminded to do so in a

respectful and courteous manner. Unacceptable behaviour or abuse will not be tolerated in any circumstances.

GRADES 2019: Teachers devote many hours to the development of new grades, taking many factors into

consideration. If you have any specific requests, please put them into writing to the Principal marked Confidential

and hand into the office by Friday 2nd November. All requests will be given due consideration. Please note that

only requests received by this date will be considered.

To assist with this process, we ask any families/students who are moving to another area and not returning to

Melton South Primary School in 2019 to notify the school office as soon as possible. This information is critical for

class structure and staffing.

PREP 2019 ENROLMENTS: If you have a child turning 5 on or before the 30th April 2019 please return a completed enrolment form to the office immediately with a copy of your child’s birth certificate and immunisation record. We look forward to seeing our 2019 prep students on Wednesday 24th October for the first prep transition. When enrolling your child, please bring birth and immunisation records. PERSONAL PROPERTY: Personal property is often brought to school by staff, students and visitors. DET does not

hold insurance for personal property brought to school and it has no capacity to pay for any loss or damage to such

property. If your child brings a bike or scooter to school please also send a lock so it can be secured in the bike

shed.

PARKING AROUND THE SCHOOL: As the school is growing larger every term, we ask all parents and carers to be

very cautious when dropping and picking students up. We are aware of the congestion in the streets and the car

park around the school and ask that everyone obeys the road rules and is patient with others.

Mrs Marilyn Costigan,

Principal

WALK TO SCHOOL MONTH: October is Walk to School Month. Students are encouraged to use

active transport (walk, ride, scoot, walk part of the way and skateboard) to and from school from

October 8h to November 2nd. This initiative is supported by the Melton Council. There will be

different activities happening to help promote this event. It is also a good time to discuss road

safety with your child.

BOOK CLUB: Book club orders were sent home this week. Please return all orders with payment by Friday 19th October. For your information, parents can order and pay for their book club orders online. Refer to your book club order form for more details.

AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS: Will commence on Monday 22nd

October and finish on Thursday 6th December for students in

Grade 1-6. Sports for this term will be Soccer and Rugby. This is a

free program and students MUST attend both Monday and

Thursday sessions from 3.30pm to 4.30pm. There are a limited

number of places available for this program so the first 24

students to register will be accepted. If your child is interested in participating, please

collect a form from the office.

TODAY—THURSDAY 11TH OCTOBER 3.15PM

SAUSAGE IN BREAD CANS OF SOFT DRINK

SECOND HAND UNIFORM: Any donations of unwanted uniform items that your children have outgrown would be greatly appreciated.

WHOLE SCHOOL LEARNING INTENTIONS LI—Learning Intentions

SC—Success Criteria

Year Reading Writing Maths

Prep LI: Good readers understand

the purpose of informative

texts is to inform or teach and

can include features include a

contents page, glossary,

pictures and index.

SC: I can identify contents page, glossary, photographs and indexes in a text.

LI: Good writers can use capital

letters at the beginning of the

sentence.

SC: I know I need to use a capital

letter at the start of my writing.

I can start my sentence with a capital letter.

LI: Good mathematicians: can

use a tens frame to add two

numbers together.

SC: I can use a tens frame to add two numbers together.

Year 1 LI: Good readers know what a

just right book is.

SC: I can choose a book that

is interesting. I can check that

is just right using the five

finger rule.

LI: Good writers capital and lowercase letters correctly SC: I use capital letters for proper

nouns. I use capital letters at the

start of sentences. I use a capital

letter when writing the word ‘I’.

L.I: Good mathematicians

understand how to partition

numbers using place value.

SC: I can use concrete materials, pictures and diagrams to make numbers.

Year 2 LI: Good readers are able to

identify tier words.

SC: I can recognise when an author has used tier 1, 2, or 3 words.

LI: Good writers are able to practise

their writing goals.

SC: I can use capital letters and full stops in my writing.

LI: Good mathematicians are able

to collect data.

SC: I can collect data through using tally marks. I can create a graph using my data.

Year 3 LI: Good readers understand

the structure of an

explanation text.

SC: I can become familiar with structure of an explanation text.

LI: Good writers write neatly and legibly. SC: I can write using correct letter

formation, placing letters on the

lines, using upper and lower case

letters and leaving spaces.

LI: Good mathematicians are able

to represent fractions of

collections.

SC: I can use skittles to represent

my collection. I can divide my

skittles into equal parts. I can

draw a picture in my maths book

to record my thinking.

Year 4 LI: Good readers can

determine importance in non-

fictions texts they read.

SC: I can find and record 4-5 facts and circle the most important facts.

LI: Good writers develop their

computer skills in word processing.

They use these skills to complete a

short story.

SC: I can use my knowledge of simple, compound and complex sentences to write a short story.

LI: Good mathematicians can

carry out calculations in another

currency as well as in dollars and

cents, and identifying both as

decimal systems.

SC: I can use a digital converter.

Year 5 LI: good readers understand

what skimming and scanning

is for.

SC: I can skim information to

make a general observation of

what I’m reading. I can scan to

find quick facts.

LI: Good writers consider an

audience when they are writing.

SC: I can write a personal journal

entry, use a plan or graphic

organiser to help me plan my story,

inform the reader of what I did on

the holidays in an engaging and

entertaining way and using humour

or suspense in my writing.

LI: Good mathematicians

understand the relationship

between fractions decimals and

percentages.

SC: I can select a value, create

an equation that is equivalent to

one, use my knowledge of

conversion to check my thinking.

Year 6 LI: Good readers are able to

identify the important parts of

a text. (Determine Importance)

SC: I can identify 3 important

ideas in the text. I can use a

sticky note to record these

ideas.

LI: Good writers plan, draft, edit and

publish imaginative texts.

SC: I can publish my narrative

without errors. I can illustrate my

narrative to match the text.

LI: Good mathematicians can

interpret data from a variety of

sources ie digital sources.

SC: I can draw conclusions from

data I have sourced from a

variety of sources. I can display

data in variety of ways ie column

graph, pie graph. I can write

mathematical sentences about

my data using fractions, decimals

and percentages.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students who have received awards this

week. These awards are made to students in recognition of achievement

and will be presented at assembly on Monday 15th October at 2.40pm in

the school gymnasium.

0CLASS Name Reason for Award

PB Tamyin Medcraft For trying her best to complete her reading and writing activities.

PC Agamvir Dhanoa For following classroom rules and expectations.

PD Aagam Cheema For settling into the classroom with ease - great start!

PE Fesi Pesalili For showing whole body listening during mat time.

PF Micheal Moscatiello Castro Ambesi For listening to his sounds in writing.

PG Nart Altok For his excellent holiday recount where he sounded out all of his words.

1A Cooper Huppert For writing an excellent recount.

1B Kiara Myslinski For always showing respect and kindness to her peers

1D Skylah Tutaka For a great effort writing her spring holidays recount. Keep it up!

1E Harley Learmonth For such a fantastic effort with his writing this week. Well done!

2A Eliza Hinchcliffe For her enthusiasm and effort while recording data to make a skittles graph

2B Tyson Nunan Laffan Great effort when writing your holiday recount postcard.

2C Maddison Walters Accurately using tally marks to create a bar graph.

2D Max Healy-Phillips Accurately using tally marks to create a bar graph.

3C Callum Butler For consistently demonstrating our school value, ‘Everyone has the Right to Learn’.

3D Hargundeep Kaur For independently having a go in completing set numeracy tasks.

4A Zaki Noori For being able to accurately locate and list the most important facts from his reading.

4B Zach Gee For reading independently in an improved and focussed manner. Well Done!

4C Max Watson For listening attentively in class and working independently.

4D Braeden Mayhew For working independently during his literacy tasks Well done.

5A Adam Abdallah Great work converting base ten fractions to decimals.

5C Ethan Tasevski For displaying great understanding of his learning goals and how to achieve them.

5D Corey Patman Having a great start to Term 4 !!

6C Adam Malouk For creating a detailed narrative story for his prep buddy!

6D Jay Davis For consistently contributing to class discussion.

LOTE Jayda Chircop 3C For learning French at school and practising what she learns at home.

PE One Tapaatoutai For having great control with his cricket batting technique.

PE Reazyn Leaupepe For bringing his expertise about Rugby to share with his classmates.