Newsletter No 20

August 7th, 2017

Principal’s chat

Today we welcomed Melissa Usher to our team at Maldon. Melissa is

replacing Alisa in the grade prep/1 classroom. Melissa is very excited to

be working at Maldon and is keen to get to know you all, so pop in and say

hi!!

Alisa will be spending the next two weeks supporting Melissa in the

classroom, however most of her time will be spent in the office where I will

be passing on my pearls of wisdom before I take leave on August 18th.

Alisa is looking forward to taking over the role of principal and leader.

This Wednesday we will be holding parent teacher interviews from 9:00am

- 6:00pm. If you haven’t already done so then please return your form

indicating your attendance/non-attendance as soon as possible.

As discussed in last week’s newsletter, information in regards to the

Parent Opinion Survey will be sent home to every family today. The letter

contains a link to the online survey and any other information that you may

need to know. Please remember that the survey provides the school with

useful information for future planning so we would appreciate you taking

the time to complete it. The survey is open between Monday 7th August

and Friday 27th August.

Last Friday we welcomed our visitors from

Japan. Despite the very cold weather

everyone had a fun day filled with activities

and excitement. I am very proud of how all of

our students represented our school on the

day. A very big well done to Tia and Isaac

who read their speech in Japanese. They had

spent many hours practising at school and

home. Some of our other students were also

able to practise their Japanese language

skills thanks to the work that they do each

week with Jaimee.

A big thank you to Nicole and her team of

helpers in the kitchen– the food was delicious.

Also thank you to all the parents who braved

the cold and helped out with the tabloid

sports. The day cannot run without

volunteers and your support is very much

appreciated.

Here are some thoughts from Grade 4/5

students about Japanese Day:

Liam A – It was awesome to meet our

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday 16th August

Science Fair, 2.15pm-5.00pm

Wednesday 16th August

School Council dinner and meeting,

6.30pm

Friday 18th August

Farewell morning tea for Jodie,

10.30am. All parents welcome

Thursday 24th August

Athletics Day

Wednesday 30th August

Book Week dress up day

Friday 1st September

Bloke’s Breakfast

Thursday 14th September

School Concert

Monday 18th September –

Wednesday 20th September

Grade 3 and 4 camp

Grade 5 and 6 camp

THIS WEEK AT M.P.S.

Tuesday 8th August

AFL 9s, Gr 5 and 6

Sports committee meeting, 9am

Market and Fair meeting, 3.30pm at the Kangaroo Hotel

Wednesday 9th August

Athletics clinics, Gr Prep-6

Parent teacher interviews, 9am-6pm

Finance committee meeting, 2.30pm

Thursday 10th August

AFL 9s, Gr 3 and 4

Assembly, 3pm

Friday 11th August

Friday Fundraiser

Monday 14th August

CASEA program, P/1A, 9.30am-10.30am

Japanese buddies and to

make new friends. I was

able to say some words

in Japanese to my buddy

and my buddy mostly

spoke English so she

was easy to understand.

Georgia – I found the

day really fun because

we did lots of games and

I really enjoyed the train

ride. I liked opening gifts from my buddy and learning about Japan.

Amabel – I enjoyed meeting my buddies and getting to know them. I

also liked learning about Japan. I learnt about how they live. Both of my

buddies live in small houses.

Alannah – I liked it when we did all the games and activities because I

got to do them with my buddies. I loved the train ride because I learnt

more about my buddies and was able to see all their wonderful gifts.

We are currently in week three of the CASEA Program. The focus this week is on assisting the children to recognise when they are feeling upset so that they can then stop and think about what is happening and how they can manage a situation by using “STOP, THINK, WHAT’S MY PLAN?

Warm regards,

Jodie

What’s happening this week?

Due to parent teacher interviews on Wednesday classes will

be covered by Liz, Jaimee, Kathryn and Kellie.

What’s happening in the classroom?

Library: There will be NO LIBRARY on Wednesday due to parent teacher interviews.

Young leaders:

Birthdays

Grace and Will

Eagle Eye award – Dakoda and

Callan

Artist of the week take 2 – Theo

(apologies to Theo for last week’s

name error)

Classroom awards – Learning

rule

L to R: Sophia, Lillian, Essie, Liam

and Remy

Young Leaders Friday FUNdraiser

Please leave orders with your classroom teacher.

Available each Friday are: Homemade Sausage rolls $2.50, Juice

Box $1.50 and Popcorn $1

Stop

Think

What’s my plan?

Coliban Water science morning: Grade 4 to 6 students enjoyed a morning working with Rob Craven from

Coliban Water. The students learnt about the water systems around the area and then played a game which

involved them, in groups, creating their own water system.

School community

Science Fair:

Required for the science fair:

Pop tops - can be dishwashing liquid ones

Paper towel rolls/gift wrap rolls

1.25litre or smaller plastic bottles

Old CDs

Polystyrene

Please leave donations at the office or with Colleen in the Grade 6 room.

Library volunteers needed: We need some handy hands to put the children’s returns away each week. If you have some spare time on Wednesday afternoon or any time on Thursday to help out it would be very much appreciated. Please let the office know if you can help out.

Fresh Fruit Friday:

Volunteers for this week: Nicole Funston and Genna Hines

Volunteers for next week: Josh Broughton and Anita Mason

Thank you

To the McMullan family for the donation of mandarins for students to enjoy.

Office Information

Term 3 netbook instalments: If you have a child in Grade 4,5 or 6 and have elected to pay the netbook lease fee in instalments the term 3 instalment of $25 is now overdue. Students are unable to take their netbooks home until this instalment is paid. Please contact the office if you are having difficulty making this payment.

Permission notes and payments to be returned:

Grade 3-6 AFL 9s permission form is now overdue. Please return immediately.

Grade 3 and 4 Coastal Forest Lodge camp final instalment of $60 is due on Friday August 25th.

Grade 5 and 6 Roses Gap camp final instalment of $55 is due on Friday August 25th.

A reminder that all current permission slips are available on the school website www.maldonps.vic.edu.au if

you didn’t receive or have lost your hard copy.

Fundraising news

Market and Fair, Saturday 4th November, 2017: The next Market and Fair meeting will be held straight after school tomorrow, Tuesday 8th August at the Kangaroo Hotel. ALL WELCOME!

Extra curricular catch up

Instrumental music: On Saturday several Maldon Primary students performed at the DTM student gig in

Bendigo. According to Drew and the parents who attended Scarlett, Reuben, Conrad, Archie, Tom and Maddy did a

fantastic job and they should be very proud of themselves.