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It has been a great week (and a bit) with all our students

back within the school grounds. All classes have settled in

well and are getting back into the routine of learning. The

focus has been on rebuilding our classes as collaborative

communities of learners, revisiting our classroom

expectations and routines, and developing and practicing

our wellbeing strategies through the Establishment Program.

Our literacy and numeracy program is in full swing and

students are working hard showing what they can do and

reassessing their learning goals. We have been extremely

proud of how the students have transitioned back into the

classroom environment. We also appreciate how our staff,

parents and carers have transitioned back into this new way

of working together.

A reminder that students’ reports will be shared with families

via Compass on Thursday 25th June. The last day of term

two is Friday 26th June and students will be dismissed at

2.20pm. Due to the ban on large gatherings we will not hold

an assembly. The first day back for students for term three is

Tuesday 14th July as the Monday is a student free curriculum

day. On this day staff will be participating in professional

learning around the teaching of reading and spelling along

with aspects of student voice.

Again I thank everyone in our school community for your

support during this term. I hope you all enjoy a well-deserved

relaxing and restful holiday period. Be well and stay safe!

NEWSLETTER

June 17th

2020

PRINCIPAL REPORT 87 Wilson Street

Moonee Ponds 3039 [email protected]

www.mpp.vic.edu.au https://mpp-vic.compass.education/

Out of Hours School Care: OSH Club : 0448 043 164:

MPPS Program

1300 397 735

Customer Service & Billing

Email:

[email protected]

www.oshclub.com.au

2020 Term Dates: Term 2 - 14th April to 26th June Term 3 - 13th July to 18 Sept Term 4 - 5th Oct to 18th Dec Dates to Note: Please note: All these dates/events will be

confirmed depending on COVID-19

advice from DET/DHHS.

June

24th - School Council Meeting July

13th - Student Free Curriculum Day 29th - School Council Meeting August

7th - Principals' Day 16th - Working Bee (TBC) 19th to 21st - Grade 3/4 Camp (TBC) 26th - School Council Meeting 28th - Student Free Curriculum Day September

2nd - MVIMP Soiree 7pm (TBC) 4th - PA Fathers Day Stall (TBC) 7th to 11th - Grade 5/6 Camp (TBC) 10th - Prep Familiarisation #1 16th - Science Day 17th - Prep Familiarisation #2 October

15th - Prep Familiarisation #3 25th - World Teacher Day November

3rd - Cup day holiday 5th - Outdoor Classroom Day 16th - Student Free Curriculum Day Parent’s Association Meetings (Via WebEx until further notice) August 13th, September 10th, October 15th and November 19th.

Access the latest school newsletter

through the Compass Newsfeed or

through the School Website at: http://

www.mpp.vic.edu.au/our-school/

newsletters/

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Term Three Camps (Year 3/4 & 5/6)

Two surveys were sent to our Year 3/4 and 5/6 parents/carers regarding our camps

scheduled for term three. We ask that each family responds to assist us with our planning.

Year 3/4 camp survey link here: https://tinyurl.com/34camp2020

Year 5/6 camp survey link here: https://tinyurl.com/56camp2020

When planning our camps, we will of course take into consideration any further DET or

DHHS updates to ensure the safety of our staff and students. We will be following DET

advice regarding students and staff safety, including extra hand hygiene, cleaning etc. If

any changes arise we will inform parents straight away. If camp were to be cancelled due

to the COVID19 pandemic parents would receive a full refund.

The return to school arrangements are again outlined below. Please note, these

arrangements will continue in term 3 unless informed otherwise by DHHS and DET. Any

further updates or changes will be communicated to families via Compass.

OSHClub

I share the news that at the end of term two we will be saying goodbye to Caitlin Ruyg.

Caitlin has taken another leadership position in another child care program.

We thank Caitlin for her leadership, support and friendly manner in which she has led the

OSHClub team over the past few years. We will miss her but wish her well as she builds her

leadership skills and attributes in her new and exciting leadership role. Good luck Caitlin!

School Council Update

At our April Annual general Meeting all new members were introduced and welcomed.

The new sub committees were formed (Finance, Education, Facilities, Out of School Hours

Care).

At both the April and May meeting we discussed changes to teaching/learning and school

operations relating to COVID 19 .

The Annual Report to the School Community was tabled and approved. This has since

been uploaded to the school website for public viewing.

The Engagement Policy was ratified after minimal feedback from the school community

(through the newsletter).

The School Council continues to work through the DET processes for our uniform and out of

school hours care providers. Once contracts are finalised this will be shared with the school

community.

PRINCIPAL REPORT (Continued)

https://tinyurl.com/34camp2020

https://tinyurl.com/56camp2020


Repeated Information

Return to school arrangements

Thanks to the families of our families that have been following the guidelines created for

the return to school. This includes the map (below) and also using the assigned exits/

entrances and being safe around the school.

We encourage families to continue:

demonstrating road safety - making sure you are clear of the road when you are

waiting on the footpath

practicing physical distancing when waiting at pick up or coming in at drop off times

showing care around the Bent/Fanny Street roundabout – please ensure you are clear

of the road, and don’t cross Bent Street at the roundabout – use the crossing near the

playground

using the dedicated crossings on Bent Street and Wilson Street

parking while following the road/street rules

following the Drop off Zone rules and guideline

arriving just after the bell at the end of the day so you do not have to wait for your

child/ren (there will be a teacher on yard duty until 3:35pm)

arriving at or just after 8:45am so that you can leave your child with the staff on yard

duty in the morning before they go into their class from 8:50am.

Please see the map for further details.

If you child is ill or is feeling unwell, they must not attend school. They must remain home

and seek medical advice.



Drop Off and Pick Up

Student are asked to arrive between 8.45-9am each day (as per normal routines) and

when they arrive say good bye to their parents outside the school gate (or in the yard

if needed) and then head into their classroom.

Students won’t line up before school or play in the yard before school. Teachers will

be in classrooms from 8.50am waiting to greet the students and begin the day.

At the end of the day students will be dismissed by their teachers and then will make

their way outside. Parents are asked to collect their child at the school gate or at a

meeting spot on the yard close to school exits. We then ask that you promptly leave

the school boundary or grounds to assist with social distancing.

The school gates will be designated and signposted as entrances or exits only. We ask

that you follow these directions to ensure adults are entering and exiting the school

grounds in one direction. This may mean walking to the next gate to enter or exit the

school grounds.

Hygiene routines

Students must wash their hands using the soap provided in classrooms upon entry to a

learning space (at the start of the day, after a break or upon change of class). Hand

sanitiser is also available in all classrooms as well.

Hand hygiene immediately before and after use of shared equipment is

recommended.

Students must wash their hands (or use hand sanitiser) after going to the toilet and

before and after eating.

No use of drink taps – students to bring their own water bottle and refill as required

from classroom taps.

Italian, performing and visual arts classes will occur in the student’s classrooms (and

not in their specialist’s rooms).

DET have also funded extensive and extra cleaning that will occur during the day and

after hours.

Recess and Lunch Arrangements

The school playground will only be open during recess and lunch break times and not

before and after school.

We also ask that students do not bring any play items or sports equipment from home

to school. Student will also be prohibited from playing touch or tag games during

break times.

There will be no lunch order service for the remainder of term two.

Adult access to the school

As per DET requirements access to the school will include minimising the number of adults

onsite.

Only MPPS staff and contractors will be permitted inside the school buildings.

All parental contact should be via email, phone or video conference where possible.

Parents dropping of important documents (i.e. enrolment forms, medical actions

plans, etc.) will be allowed to the school office.

We ask that during the school day parents enter via Wilson St entrance.



Physical Distancing for Adults

Adults in the school yard must adhere to physical distancing protocols and are asked

not to hang around and chat with other parents.

We encourage all families to discuss drop off and pick up routines with their child/ren

before they come to school. This will reduce anxiety in the morning and ensure

students can meet you directly after school.

The parent helpers program in the classroom will not operate and school assemblies

have been cancelled until further notice.

We thank all the adults in our community in advance by following these guidelines to

ensure the safety of our staff and students (which is paramount).

Library

Currently students are not accessing the library due to COVID19 restrictions. Students can

access books within the classroom libraries. Teachers will also be able to select and borrow

our library texts on their students’ behalf, to support student engagement with literature.

This process will continue for a little longer until we receive further notification from DET.

Any families that have library books that they wish to return are asked to use the following

process:

1. At home, wipe down the outside of the books with disinfectant before returning them

to the library.

2. Place the book in the appropriate “return tub” located outside the library. There will

be three tubs labelled as:

Picture Story

Fiction

Non Fiction

These books will then be processed by Olga (our Library technician) as per DET process. This

will include disinfecting them again and ensuring that they are isolated for the

recommended period of time before being re-shelved.

Uniform

Currently Noone Imagewear is not attending school on Tuesdays from 3-4pm until further

notice. Their store is open (and enforcing physical distancing practices) at 543 Keilor Rd,

Niddrie (phone: 9379 5037). They are open six days a week and can assist with any clothing

enquiries. The school operates a second hand uniform shop and does have limited

garments available. For this term we encourage contacting Carol in the office on 9375

2511 rather the normal process of calling our parent helper Gill.

If anyone has any questions or queries during this time, please email me via Compass or at

[email protected].

Matthew Bott

Principal


mailto:[email protected]


This feels like a good time for gratitude. When things are starting to

normalise again, taking a bit of time out to be grateful for things we

took for granted or things that were normal for a bit can provide us

with a moment of happiness. Don’t we all want that? Here are a

few ways we can practice gratitude in ourselves or our kids.

Write a letter (or email or even a text!) to someone to thank them

for something they have done for you. It could be a family member,

friend or someone who does something for you or provides you with

someone.

Create a gratitude jar, where you leave some post it notes by a jar

in your kitchen, lounge, bedroom or classroom and as you think of

things you are grateful for, you write them down and place them in

the jar. Just looking at it, fulling up, is a nice feeling.

Tell someone in person or on a video/

voice call that you are grateful for

something they have done to help you.

Write a list of things you are grateful for.

How many can you write?

Alice Hargreaves

MINDFULNESS


LIBRARY NEWS

Overdue books

To date we have 483 Library books overdue.

Please remind students to return all overdue Library books. Families

that have library books that they wish to return are asked to wipe

down the outside of the books with disinfectant before returning

them to the library.

Library books are to be placed on the Library trolley outside the

main entrance to the Library and not on the Library desk. The trolley

has been labelled Picture Story, Fiction and Non-Fiction.

Thank-you,

Olga

MPPS Librarian

LIBRARY NEWS


LEARNING Star… Name Reason

Foundation A –

Leigh Richardson

Alexis Pham For always showing great enthusiasm for learning

Foundation B -

Alice Hargreaves

Elodie Baylis Working hard on her writing- well done!

1/2 A - Jess Zach/

Maegan St Lawrence

William Dorrat For working hard and improving his writing skills.

1/2 B -

Mae Risson

Alannah Fenwick For rewriting an amazing ending for the Rainbow Fish and

completing some great narrative writing

1/2 C -

Shannon Radford

Flynn Rundle For always working hard and showing great improvement in

his writing - well done Flynn!

1/2 D -

Jenny Clark

Rhiannon McEvoy For striving to improve her maths and practising her addition

strategies at home.

1/2 E -

Antony Brock

Ivy Pape For the fantastic narratives you have been writing by

changing ideas and characters, and for the work you have

been doing to improve your handwriting- keep it up!

3/4 A -

Nicole Macrae

Anabel

Maclachlan

For using parapraphs and interesting sentences in her

adventure story

3/4 B -

David Kiddle

Jacob Ellis For including structure in his writing when constructing a

narrative.

3/4 C -

Candice Ryan

Eliza Bloom For working hard to plan, draft, edit and publish a narrative

she wrote. Well done!

3/4 D -

Lee Pregnell

Maeve Darwin

Holthuyzen

For enthusiastically participating in all the online learning

from home activities, and her openness to discussing and

sharing her learning.

3/4 E -

Stef Lipoma

Matty Yu For using his reading strategies to reflect on his reading.

5/6 A -

Libby Haigh

Brooklyn Crook An outstanding effort learning new concepts in maths

5/6 B -

Chris Mizis

Chloe Italia For using her maths strategies to solve problems and always

working striving to learn during maths sessions.

5/6 C -

Holly Coleman

Mohamed Abbi For thinking deeply and giving thoughtful responses when

reading.

Arts -

Christine Caminiti

McKenzie Walker

3/4 D

For her knowledge and contribution to our aboriginal rock

art lesson. We loved hearing your thoughts.

Italian -

Nancy Berardone

Rosemary Tendo For always completing her work to the best of her ability.

Physical Education -

Emma Grant

Henry Holderhead For displaying fantastic skills during the kicking unit with a

big smile on his face at all times!


ROCC Star… Name Reason

Foundation A –

Leigh Richardson

Mia Burlak For always showing respectful behaviour towards others.

Foundation B

Alice Hargreaves

Lucy Crostado For being a caring and respectful learner.

1/2 A - Jess Zach/

Maegan St Lawrence

Julian Brusi For being an inclusive friend

1/2 B

Mae Risson

Parker Hill For working really hard this week and demonstrating

optimism when completing his work

1/2 C

Shannon Radford

Allegra Kaplanis For being a helpful grade 2 leader, especially in our

measurement lessons!

1/2 D

Jenny Clark

Unal Ceylan For always being a respectful listener, and a respectful class

member.

1/2 E

Antony Brock

Amira Bider for being a helpful problem solver in the playground and a

kind and hardworking partner when working in the class

3/4 A

Nicole Macrae

Teagan Pape For being thoughtful when writing her reflection about her

learning this year.

3/4 B

David Kiddle

Ethan Bourne For being kind and inclusive when working with others

3/4 C

Candice Ryan

Liesel Whitehouse For being an optimistic and cheerful member of the class,

who asks thoughtful questions and is always ready to help

others.

3/4 D

Lee Pregnell

Macie Clements-

Kelly

For being a respectful and supportive class member as she

helps a class mate who is still Learning From Home.

3/4 E

Stef Lipoma

Grace Salter For being inclusive towards peers and showing our class

values.

5/6 A

Libby Haigh

Nicoli Di Florio For being a supportive and encouraging friend.

5/6 B

Chris Mizis

Liam Davis For always being a caring, respectful and polite class

member and be inclusive of everyone.

5/6 C

Holly Coleman

Ruby O'Dwyer For being an optimistic and resilient learner by asking

questions and trying her best in maths!

Arts

Christine Caminiti

Liliana Grbac 5/6 C

For always contributing to our arts classes in a caring and

thoughtful way.

Italian

Nancy Berardone

Sascha Nelso For being a collaborative and supportive class member in

Italian lessons.

Physical Education

Emma Grant

Isabel Walker For being a fantastic helper during the triple jump lesson!


Newsletter

The newsletter will be published for the first two weeks in February and then published fortnightly

thereafter. The newsletter is the main source of communication from the school and I urge everyone to

read it! The newsletter will be sent out to all families via Compass. Families will be able to access the

newsletter via Compass and on the school website.

How to access the school newsletter:

1. View it on the COMPASS Newsfeed: https://mpp-vic.compass.education/

2. Visit the school website:


MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

June 15 June 16 June 17

Newsletter

June 18

June 19

June 22 June 23 June 24

School Council

June 25

Reports published

via COMPASS

June 26

Last Day Term 3

2.20pm dismissal

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

July 13

Student-free

Curriculum Day

July 14

Term 3

Commences

July 15

Newsletter

July 16

July 17

July 20 July 21

July 22

July 23

July 24

School Athletic

Sports (TBC)

July 27 July 28 July 29

Newsletter

School Council

July 30

July 31

August 3 August 4

MVIMP Camp (TBC)

August 5

MVIMP Camp (TBC)

August 6

MVIMP Camp

(TBC)

August 7

MVIMP Camp (TBC)

August 10 August 11 August 12

Newsletter

August 13 August 14

Prim District Athletics

(TBC)


Year 3/4 Camp

(TBC)

August 20

Year 3/4 Camp

(TBC)

August 21

Year 3/4 Camp

(TBC)


Newsletter

School Council

August 27 August 28

Student-free

Curriculum Day

TERM 2 2020 CALENDAR

TERM 3 2020 CALENDAR

Please note: All these dates/events will

be confirmed depending on COVID-19

advice from DET/DHHS.

https://mpp-vic.compass.education/


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