Important Dates

AUGUST

Mon 17th - Fri 21st Book Fair in the Library from 3:30pm

Fri 21st Victorian State Schools Spectacular Regional Rehearsal

Weds 26th Art Show - A World of Colour!

Fri 28th Geelong Botanic Gardens Excursion - Prep students

Mon 31st Chocolate Money due back today!

SEPTEMBER

Mon 31st

- Fri 4th

Literacy & Numeracy Week

Thurs 3rd Carnivale Meeting in the staffroom at 7pm

Tues 1st Dress up day/Fancy Dress Parade - Mad Hatters Tea Party! 150 years of Alice in Wonderland!

Weds 2nd Author Visit - Aly Walsh

Thurs 3rd Fathers Day Stall- gifts are $5 per student

Fri 4th Fathers Day Stall for those students who missed out

Thurs 10th - Sat 12th Victorian State Schools Spectacular - Hisense Arena

Fri 18th Term 3 Ends - 2:30pm finish

Contact Us

Manifold Heights Primary School

Strachan Avenue

Manifold Heights 3218

P: 03 5229 9643 F: 03 5229 2997

www.manifold.vic.edu.au

manifold.heights.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au

Manifold Heights Primary School Newsletter Principal: Barry Rowland Assistant Principal: Peta Mundine

Business Manager: Kylie Roskosch Administration: Anna Clausen

Date: 20th

August, 2015

The new Qkr! App is available for families of students at Manifold Heights Primary School. Qkr! By

Mastercard can be downloaded for free from Apple’s app store for iPhone or from Google Play for

Android phones. After downloading the app type in MNPS after tapping the magnifying glass in the

top right of the home screen. You can pay for various school excursions/activities and fundraising

events right now using Qkr! If you are having difficulty downloading the app, a handy ‘How to’

guide can be found on the school website or can be obtained from the office.

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NAPLAN results released - Details of 2015 NAPLAN testing for Grade 3 and 5s have just been released to schools for distribution.

Individual NAPLAN reports will be issued tomorrow in sealed envelopes. Our teaching staff will begin next week to analyse individual, class, year level and whole of school results. I anticipate that this will lead to literacy and numeracy program modifications and additional personalised support for students.

Mano ART Show - WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28th 5-7 p.m. Exhibits of Art work will be on display across all year levels and this promises to be a great community event. Please come along and join us. The General Office is the starting point for all visitors.

Literacy / Numeracy Week - Commencing Monday 31st – schools across Victoria will be celebrating this week with a range of activities for students. Building the lifelong literacy and numeracy skills that all of our students need, is one of our highest priorities. One special activity in this week will be the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the story ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Some family problem solving activities will be shared to help link learning at school and at home, during this

week in particular.

Chocolate drive - All chocolate drive payments are due back to the General Office by MONDAY AUGUST 31st. Many, many thanks to all the families who have supported this School Council driven event. If you would like a second box of chocolates please ensure the money from your first box is returned to the office.

School Maintenance DET grant - We have been pleased to hear that $130,000 of funding will be received by Mano to address numerous maintenance issues. Much of this is painting work in the Multi, Middles and Seniors buildings. Funding to upgrade some of the tired components of the Admin/Juniors building we hope will be announced in future Education Department Capital Works funding rounds. Until then, we will action enhancing the areas funded as noted above with the appreciated $130,000 received.

Canteen - A friendly reminder that the canteen is still closed, so we will not be accepting any lunch orders. We are still investigating different service providers and we hope that the canteen will be back up and running in the coming weeks.

Let’s keep Unleashing Potential Barry Rowland Principal

Woolworths Earn & Learn stickers! It’s that time of the year again! We are collecting stickers from Woolworths. Sticker

sheets are available for collection from the office foyer. These stickers must be stuck on a sticker sheet and once your sticker sheet

is completed you may put it in the purple Earn & Learn box!

HOLIDAY PROGRAM AT MANIFOLD HEIGHTS PRIMARY!

Team Holiday is a multi-award winning holiday program provider for children and teens across

Melbourne and greater Victoria and are now starting up at Manifold Heights. We provide full-day

activities to over 35,000 children aged 5-15 every year. Our programs are perfect for working

families or for kids who are just looking for fun activities to do during their holiday break.

95% of families rate Team Holiday as the better than any other program they've ever used.

Fast Facts:

• Our service is fully approved for Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebates.

• We provide a huge variety of theme days and activities Monday to Friday throughout most school holiday periods.

• We open at 8am and close at 6pm, however you can drop off as late as 9.30 and pickup as early as 3.30pm

(provided we're not on an excursion!). We do not offer half days.

• Activities include sports clinics, swimming, cooking, giant outdoor games, pamper princess days, scooter riding days,

arts and crafts, loads of incursions ans excursion and much, much more! Check our website outs for upcoming

themes www.teamholiday.com.au

• We provide two programs: a 5-12 year old program and a 10-15 year old program.

• Team Holiday only employs fully qualified staff, all with working with children checks, first aid, anaphylaxis training,

asthma training, lifeguard/austswim certificates and are either qualified teachers, studying in the field or coaches in

specialist fields.

• Team Holiday welcomes all children from any school. You can choose to enrol into as many, or few days as you like.

• For more information, please visit www.teamholiday.com.au or call 03 9532 0366 to speak to one of our friendly team

members.

http://www.teamholiday.com.au/#!manifold-heights/cbox - check us out on the Team Holiday website!

If you are paying for an excursion, please

remember that we require your child’s

permission note and payment at the same

time. If you know you have a credit on your

account please write “Credit” on your child’s

permission note and we will offset the

money against that excursion.

Entertainment Books are for sale at the

school office OR online via:

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/1131v43

Did you know? Digital memberships are also available! These

memberships allow you to connect to 4 different devices so your whole

family can have access!

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Art Show Blog Head to https://manoartshow2015.wordpress.com/ and you will see how clever and how busy Mrs Mundine has been!

PH MORGAN BLAKE - For showing kindness and respect to his classmates, and for working well with his partners during co-operative

learning tasks! Great job, Morgan!

PS RUBY BURNS - For being polite and courteous by letting others out of doors before coming in! Super job, Ruby!

PT SASHA IVANITSKIY - For demonstrating the 5L's and being a respectful Prep T class member! Keep up the great work, Sash!

JB THOMAS MOORE - For being a respectful class member by listening, taking turns and being patient! Terrific, Thomas!

JF ASHLEY CLINGAN - For always being prepared before commencing a task and for showing confidence when contributing his ideas

to class discussions! Great work, Ashley!

JH HUNTAH DINGLEY - For making room for others on the floor and opening the door for students and closing it to keep the classroom warm!

JO WILL NOLAN - Will has displayed a thoughtful attitude and respect towards others in the classroom! Keep it up, Will!

JS BEN MAWSON - Ben has demonstrated a wonderful, positive attitude and tonnes of resilience at our Supatramp excursion this week!

Bounce on, Ben!

MA LILI RAMSEY - For using the most beautiful manners and being very respectful of others! You're a legend, Lili!

MB LARISSA RAUBER - For listening and showing respect for others when working in co-operative learning groups and often modelling

a leadership role where she shares her knowledge with the group! Fantastic work, Larissa.

MP THOMAS KENNETT - Thomas has shown an improvement in demonstrating good manners and respect in the classroom! Keep up

the good work, Thomas!

MS DANIELLE COLMENARES - Danielle has settled in beautifully to Middle S and already shows the Mano values every day! Danielle,

we're so lucky to welcome you to our class!

SB POPPY KEEGAN - For showing respectful manners to her peers and by consistently showing the 5L's in the classroom! Perfect,

Poppy!

SC RILEY MCARTHUR - Your holding open of doors for all at Western Heights Secondary last Monday was thoughtful, respectful and

Matrix Magic! Impressive. Riley!

SV SAM HICKS - Sam shows a great amount of respect to his peers by allowing them to come out of buildings first before he walks in!

Sensational, Sam!

SW JACOB DOBSON - Jacob has been a supportive and caring class member this week showing our new arrival around the school and making sure that they are prepared for each lesson! Amazing, Jacob!

Art News Thank you to everyone who has helped with Art Show preparations. We are still hoping to borrow some Art easels for the night. Any size would be great including small kindergarten style easels. The Art Show is open from 5:00 until 7:00pm on Wednesday 26th August. Please note that families and friends can arrive at anytime during this time frame. There will be one more working bee this Friday anytime between 9:00 and 11:00 am. Terima kasih dari Ibu Walker

Art Award

Kaisercraft are kindly sponsoring a weekly Art Award this

term. Each week one student will receive a $20

Kaisercraft voucher. This week’s Art Award goes to:

ERIN CASTLE - For her excellent attitude and her

creative work!

Library News

An invitation for everyone to attend our Term 3 Book Fair. All profits go towards purchasing new resources and enhancing our lovely Library. The support from the Mano community is always greatly appreciated.

Book Fair Date: Monday 17th -Friday 21st August

Time: 3.30 - 4.15 Place: School Library

Did you know you can pay for your chocolate box via the Qkr! App? Thank you to those families who have

paid via Qkr! or swapped their coins for notes, this makes receipting money on our end a lot easier!

A big thank you to

Rianna (SC) for

her efforts in

selling Cupcakes

for the RSPCA

cupcake day!

Rianna and her mum raised a whopping

$122.50!

Thank you to everyone who supported

them by buying a cupcake.

Flight Centre Bay City

Shop 1191 Westfield Geelong

Mano’s before and after school care

program is run by Camp Australia.

More information can be found at

www.campaustralia.com.au

Music Lessons AT school

Piano, keyboard, Guitar, Ukulele, Drum or

Singing Lessons

During &/or After School Hours at School

To enrol in, or to obtain more information

please contact Meagan:

mbmt@bigpond.com

Providing Music Lessons in local schools since 1985.

Proud suppliers of the

Manifold Heights Primary

School uniform

Open: Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm

Saturday 9.00am – 1.00pm

LOCATION

162 Moorabool Street

Geelong VIC 3220

Telephone : 5221 9199

Email : Bellarine@noone.com.au

Cheap Flights, holidays and travel deals

- ‘We make kids smile’

OSHC school number:

5229 7257

Customer Service:

1300 105 343

You can download our Skoolbag app for FREE at the App Store (iPhones) or Google Play Store (Android). Just search Manifold Heights Primary. This is a great method of communication between the school and our parent community!