Dear Parents and Friends,

State Schools Spectacular. Our second rehearsal went very well. Our students did a great job of maintaining their energy levels for the day. The afternoon was hard work because we were learning the choreography that we have to do for some of the songs which meant we had to watch the choreographer and the choir conductor and sing and move all at the same time! It is a pleasure taking our students out and about as their behaviour is outstanding. We have two more rehearsal days coming up and then the performance on Saturday 12th September. The show is always spectacular. All the performers and musicians are students from the public education system– a great way to showcase the incredible talent that exists in our public education system. If you have never been to watch a State Schools Spectacular show I hope you will consider buying tickets and coming along to support our students and to enjoy the fabulous show.

Pets visiting our classrooms. It is always exciting when pets visit our classrooms and we know our students love to share their much loved pets with their classmates. To ensure the experience is going to be a positive one you must always arrange a time with the classroom teacher to bring the pet in.

Lunch orders. We are very lucky that Kate and Kylie offer lunch orders to our students. Please do the right thing and have your order in on time. It causes confusion when parents contact Kate and Kylie directly to put in a late lunch order. All orders must go through the school as we need to have a record of which children have ordered lunch to ensure we are delivering lunches to the right children.

Conjunctivitis. We have had one case of conjunctivitis reported to us. If your child has a discharge from their eyes please have it checked by a doctor as a child with conjunctivitis must stay away from school until there is no discharge from their eyes.

Priority Review. Our school has been selected by DET to have a priority review. A priority review means we will have an independent reviewer work with us at school to see if there are any additional supports or changes that could be made so we are better supporting all our students to achieve their best. Our review days are in November and our reviewer will be here over four days to meet with parents, staff and students and to analyse our school data before writing a report outlining their findings and recommendations. I will keep you informed as I learn more about the process.

Warm regards, Carolyn Tavener.

Thursday 20 August 2015 - Issue #24

At Malmsbury PS we value: Respect, Honesty, Responsibility and Inclusiveness

Malmsbury Primary School

Newsletter

Learning, Sharing, Growing together.

Term 3 CALENDAR AUGUST Mon 24 Our Science Week/Book Week. 9am Reading down the street. Tues 25 9am School House Science quiz. 2:30pm Parents Club meeting. Wed 26 3:00-3:30pm Book swap and invite a special visitor to come and read to us! Thurs 27 Dress up Day! Dress up as your favourite book character and bring the book along too. 6:30pm Science night!!! Fri 28 Curriculum day. No students at school. SEPTEMBER Fri 4 Footy colours day. Erin’s magic show at lunchtime. $1 entry donation to help with Ensemble costs. Jump Rope for Heart Day. Thurs 10 Ensemble at State School’s Spectacular rehearsal, Melbourne. Fri 11 Ensemble at State School’s Spectacular rehearsal, Melbourne. Sat 12 State School’s Spectacular!!

Phone 03 5423 2284 Fax 03 5423 2044 Email malmsbury.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Web www.malmsburyps.vic.edu.au Twitter @MalmsburyPS

Enrol now for 2016!

Do you have a child starting school next year? Please call in and collect an enrol-ment form from the office. If you know of other parents who are wondering where to enrol their child, please encourage them to give us a call and come for a visit.

School banking details-

Bankmecu

BSB – 313 140

Acc. No. 12074523

Reference – your surname

Student Absences. Please remember if your child is absent from school, you must inform the school the reason for their ab-sence. You can send a note, tell their teacher, con-tact the school or send us a message via http://goo.gl/i0dKiJ

Malmsbury PS OSHC. Next week Zoe starts a four week teaching placement at Castlemaine Secondary College. Our OSHC service will continue as we have people who are able to run it for us. Grounds Maintenance Roster. Thank you very much to Sharon for cleaning the drink troughs and Leilani for spreading much. You can come up to school to do a job from the roster any time that suits you. The aim of the roster is to re-duce the need for working bees or to pay someone to come and do our yard maintenance. Working togeth-er we can keep our yard safe and looking neat. ► If you are working up a ladder e.g. clearing

leaves from gutters, you must have another person there with you to hold the ladder.

► If you can’t do your week, you must arrange a swap with another family and let the school know who you have swapped with and what date you now have on the roster.

► When you have completed one of the jobs, please let the office know so we can cross it off our list.

Thank you for helping our school to look cared for.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

AWARDS

Congratulations to the following students for striving to be the best

they can be.

Mathematician of the Week- Shaylee for demonstrating great num-

ber knowledge while learning about fractions.

Musician of the Week- Kiara for beautiful singing, enthusiasm

and positive behaviour. Emerald for whistle playing, singing

and dancing. Jack for excellent singing!

School Values Award- Oliver for making good choices all

week.

Week Beginning-

Families rostered on

Jobs to be done

August 17th Kolanowski Daly

*Tidying up the garden bed at the front of the school on the right. ( as

you face the school) *Whippersnipping the slopes near the basket-ball court. *Clearing leaves and weeds from the gutters along the front of the school.

August 31st Forrester Brentnall Kuyateh

*Tidying along inside the front fence near the French/Music room . *Whippersnipping along the front of the school past the recy-cling bin.

LEARNING, SHARING, GROWING TOGETHER

Some list poems from Grade 3/4.

We have a little burger shop,

It really is quite nice.

You will always want to stop,

And there’s also a box of mice!

Cocoa, mocha, chocolate custard,

Apple pie spread with mustard,

Watermelon, tomato and falcon,

String beans, yoghurt and an album.

We can drop your food to you,

We’re very quick and fast,

We might stop and say “Boo!”

On our way past.

By Isha and Erin.

Super dooper, trooper trooper’s animal shop.

It is very topsy turvey.

But if you make a stop,

Prepare to have a survey.

Winged pigs, ring ligs,

King kongs, big logs,

Cheetahs, reetahs,

T-rex, spinosaurs, lineosaurs.

Triceratops, lollipops, black panther,

Santa and a cow.

We hope you come to our shop,

It is open everyday.

So you can always make a stop to say

Hooray!

By Tobe and Eddie.

I have a little ice-cream shop,

It really is quite nice.

If you want you can come

And have some flavoured ice.

Marshmallow, apple pie, smelly cheese,

Nutella toast, lamb roast, honey bees.

Pet fleas, chicken teas, orange bumps.

Lemon, berry, monkey mumps.

Funkey humps, jumping beans,

Fabulous flips, bug beans.

I hope you come to my ice-cream shop.

By Eliza.

We have a little farm,

It really is quite cute.

It has a lot of charm

And is as small as a boot.

Chook, spider, pigs,

Donkeys, roosters, wigs.

Cows, sheep, goats,

Castles, dragons, moats.

Birds, cats, dogs,

Toads, fish, frogs.

We have a little farm.

It’s often quite near.

It really is a charm,

It’s always right here.

By Natalie, Rosie and Molly.

LEARNING, SHARING, GROWING TOGETHER

Some list poems from Grade 3/4.

I have a crazy zoo,

There’s lots of things to look at.

Some animals are new,

Some animals you can pat.

Tiger, koala, snake,

Hippo, giraffe, cake.

Fish, bird, platypus,

Crab, yabby, catapus.

T-rex, dog, cat,

Bug, lion, hat.

I have a crazy zoo,

There’s lots of things to look at.

Some animals are new,

Some animals you can pat.

By Kiara.

I have a pet store,

It is quite a treat,

And you might grow big feet.

It sells dogs, cats,

Bogs, rats,

Honking hats and tipped tats,

Crying crats, smist smats,

Wrong rats and triple trats,

Slorking slats, triple cats,

Massive bats, tiny drats,

Coco clats, birds and bats,

Cattering cats, cranching crats,

Slotting slats, srag srats,

Chinese chats,

Mice and rats,

Frogs and cats.

That’s my pet store.

Oh drats! Not much rats in crash.

By Sam. I went to a pet shop,

I saw a cat and didn’t stop.

Ugly dogs, cute cats,

Chubby rats.

Hamsters chasing rats.

Hamster tasting ducks,

Funny chicks eating chicken chips,

Goats cleaning clicking hands

Horses bucking the clicking goats,

Lion hunting for a cook,

Chooks fighting with a chook,

Rabbits biting a sheep that was cheap.

See you there,

With a pear,

Hope you like

My little shop,

Have a stop.

By Shaylee.

I drove past a pet shop,

I didn’t really want to stop,

Then I heard a big plop by the summer beach.

I went in and had a look and then I saw a goat eat-

ing a book.

I looked around, I saw a chook and he was reading

a chook cook book.

Sheep pooing everywhere,

I wondered why they go there.

Crocodiles clacking around,

Making an awful sound.

I wondered why they run this place,

It is like it’s run by a clown.

By Mia and Cameron.

There was a pig,

And he was big,

He wore a wig,

He did a jig,

He ate a fig,

There was a BIG, BIG pig!

By Conor and Brandan. (and they sang their poem

to the grade. It was very entertaining.)

LEARNING, SHARING, GROWING TOGETHER

Buddy reading.

Victorian State Schools Spectacular –

Get your tickets!

We are proud and excited to have some of our students participating in the 2015 Victori-

an State Schools Spectacular: What’s Your Story?

This year’s Spectacular will be held at Hisense Arena on Saturday 12 September, with

two shows at 1pm and 6:30pm. Channel 7 will film the three-hour Spectacular for broad-

cast.

For a fun, family entertainment experience, and to cheer on our students from the audi-

ence, be quick to secure discounted tickets.

Talented young circus performers, skaters, musicians, dancers and singers will feature on

stage, while many other students will work behind the scenes, gaining unique, on-the-job,

professional experience.

This program, run by the Department of Education and Training, helps to develop each

student’s performance skills, discipline, perseverance, cooperation and confidence under

the training of industry professionals.

Early Bird tickets – available for one week only from 10am on Monday 13 July

Adult – $38

Child Under 15 – $20

Concession – $33

General Admission tickets – available from 9am on Monday 20 July

Adult – $44

Concession – $33

Malmsbury students will be seated to the Western side of the stadium.

To purchase tickets visit www.ticketek.com.au/spectacular or phone

Ticketek on 132 849.

For more information about the event and program, go to the Spectacular Facebook and

website page:

https://www.facebook.com/performingartsunit

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/events/Pages/spectacular.aspx

Child Under 15 – $22

Don’t forget to collect your Earn

and Learn stickers from Wool-

worths and help our school earn

some fantastic resources!

COMMUNITY NEWS

JUMP ROPE FOR HEART

@ Malmsbury Primary

We will be participating in Jump

Rope for Heart on

Friday September 4th!

That means you’ve got lots of

time to get those

skipping ropes out and get prac-

ticing some tricky moves!

By being part of this program,

we can contribute to

minimising the incidents of heart

disease in Australia.

Sponsorship forms went home

on Friday 23rd July

There may even be some

mystery prizes involved!