Mentone Park Primary School Newsletter: September 2017

PRINCIPAL'S REPORT

Dear Parents,

JUNIOR G
As you would have recently heard Sue has chosen to take some Long Service Leave for Term 4. I’m sure you will join with me in wishing her a well-deserved break. We are very pleased that Mrs. Jo Bon and Mrs. Gillian O’Connor are able to take the class and continue the educational journey for the remainder of the year.

VISION MEETING

As per my letter last week please indicate via the attached link if you would like to attend one of the Vision Information Sessions during October. This will be an opportunity for you to hear about the strategic direction the school is on and how we can all work together to provide a wonderful educational journey for your children.

Please click here to register

NEW COMPUTERS IN THE SENIOR SCHOOL THANKS TO YOUR GENEROSITY

Recently we have purchased 30 new Lenovo Netbooks for the senior school. These will be set up over the holidays in a mobile charging trolley ready to be used at the start of Term 4. A large portion of the funds raised recently from the numerous PFA events have been committed to this purchase so not only do the staff thank you for your generosity but more importantly so do the students who will benefit from our new laptops ……… THANK YOU!!

CLUBS

Don’t forget to check out the rest of this newsletter for application forms for Chess Club and the Limelight Performance Club. The trial days last week were a great success and if the participation was any guide we will be running a very successful clubs program during Term 4. Mr. Hardie and Miss McDonald are also setting up a lunchtime Coding Club, Mrs McCallum will be running a Mandala Drawing Club and Mrs Lough will be running a Junior and Senior Choir! Details will be available early next term.

FOOTY DAY

Thank you to everyone for an amazing Footy Day this week. The colour and excitement was great to see and I loved the enthusiasm and team spirit displayed by all students. Thank you to PFA for the organisation of the lunch, Mr. Riley and Mr. Hardie for the parade and, most importantly, all of our Grade 5/6 students who ran the activities for all students to enjoy. As always they represented Mentone Park PS perfectly.

Photos of Footy Day can be found on our School Facebook page and there are also some below.

I hope everyone has a wonderful break. It is a chance to sleep in a little without the school lunch rush and enjoy some quality time with the kids. With the weather starting to warm up a walk or a play in the park becomes a more viable options than sitting by the heater trying to stay warm.

Lastly, if your team is playing this weekend, and I know after Footy Day we have a few Cats and Tigers supporters, ….. Good luck.

Best Wishes

Cameron Agars

Principal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL'S REPORT

Hi Everyone!

What an amazing term. It flew by! Highlights for me were definitely the Middle School Camp, Athletics, Footy Day, Play is the Way and walking in and out of each area of the school chatting with students about their learning! We really do have the most amazing kids at Mentone Park!

Congratulations to everyone on such a successful term of collaborative learning!

Next Term, we will be holding an open day to showcase our Play is the Way Behaviour Education approaches! This will be held during Children's Week in October. Stay tuned for information in the first week of Term 4.

Have an awesome holiday break and enjoy some quality family time together!

And... on behalf of Mr Hardie, Mr Roberts, Signora Beer and Mrs Unwin - GO the mighty TIGERS!!!

See you all next term!

Alison Lough

Assistant Principal

FOOTY DAY PHOTOS!!

FROM THE OFFICE

Dear Parents & Guardians,

Please note all signed permission forms and any payment must be given directly to your child/ren’s teachers. This allows the teachers to check and mark off each child’s permission form and payment.

Payments for Excursions/Incursions can be made via Qkr under School Payments using the EXCURSIONS 2017 TAB

Families can enter the amount they owe and also add a note e.g CERES Excursion

HOW CAN I TRACK MY QKR PAYMENTS?

Some parents have been experiencing difficulties when making Qkr payments.

For example to pay for Footy Day

Select

Fundraising

Events 2017

Special Food Day
Footy Day

Add to Cart

Checkout

Tap 'Confirm and Pay' to submit your payment

To check if your payment has gone through successfully follow the steps below to view your receipts.

SPARE CLOTHING
Please ensure that you pack extra underwear and clothing for your child/ren. Due to OHS guidelines, we are no longer allowed to provide underwear.

Please feel free to phone or come into the office if you have any questions.

We are more than happy to assist with showing you how to use Qkr and Flexibuzz.

LOST PROPERTY

We have a large amount of lost property at the moment including lunch containers, drink bottles, jackets and jumpers. Please check the classroom next to Performing Arts for any lost property.

Thank you,

Patti, Jane and Trish

Administration Team

SPECIALIST IN THE SPOTLIGHT

ART SHOW

ART

BUTTONS REQUIRED

Hi MPPS families,

I'm looking for bright and all sizes of buttons to use in Term 4.

Please send along any buttons from home and place in the Button Bag at the Office.

Thank you for your help!

Noela Unwin

LUNCHTIME CLUBS

PFA

EARN & LEARN

Thankyou to all our families for collecting and sending in Woolworths Earn and Learn Stickers! Now that the program has ended, we need all your stickers and sticker sheets (even if partially completed) in to school by this Friday, for counting and returning to Woolworths. Every sticker counts, please make sure you get them all in to school by Friday!

OSHCLUB

SCHOOL BANKING

SCHOOL UNIFORM

Working With Children Check Reminder

All parents/guardians, visitors & volunteers to the school MUST sign in & out of the school and display their WWCC in a lanyard, which is available at the school office.

The Department of Education requires any person involved in an activity where children may be present to have a current WWCC or have supplied proof that they have applied for a WWCC with the Department of Justice. All schools are required to comply with the Working with Children Act 2005.

Volunteers are expected to carry the WWCC card on their person at all times when working or volunteering at the school or during school related activities.

There is no fee for this check. Apply now by visiting: www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au

COMMUNITY SERVICE & ANNOUNCEMENTS

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