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Newsletter No. 16 ~ September 14, 2018 www.mountviewps.vic.edu.au 9560 0471 [email protected] 9560 8750 Coming Up at Mount View… School Dates 2018 Term 3: 18 th July - 21 st September – Students finish at 2:30pm Term 4: 8 th October – 21 st December 2019 Term 1: 31 st January – 5 th April Curriculum Days – 29 th & 30 th January and 7 th & 8 th March (No students) Term 2: 23 rd April – 28 th June Term 3: 15 th July – 20 th September Term 4: 7 th October – 20 th December. Please note: At our September School Council Meeting we will ratify our four listed Curriculum Days.
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Newsletter No. 16 ~ September 14, 2018
www.mountviewps.vic.edu.au 9560 0471
[email protected] 9560 8750
Coming Up at Mount View…
School Dates 2018
Term 3: 18th July - 21st September – Students finish at 2:30pm Term 4: 8th October – 21st December 2019 Term 1: 31st January – 5th April Curriculum Days – 29th & 30th January and 7th & 8th March (No students) Term 2: 23rd April – 28th June Term 3: 15th July – 20th September Term 4: 7th October – 20th December. Please note: At our September School Council Meeting we will ratify our four listed Curriculum Days.
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School Council Message – David Lee
A call for help
Hello Mt View Community,
Hope you've been enjoying the warm weather this week! You may remember in the last newsletter I mentioned the importance of how we all play a part in building this wonderful community around us.
On a less positive note, one thing I find particularly concerning is how there have been many communications around the importance of road safety around pick-up and drop-off points. Yet, it is far too common to witness (and hear from other parents) episodes of reckless driving and near-misses.
I can appreciate that the size of the school can make the traffic flow less than ideal.
I also understand that we all have extremely busy lives, with many appointments throughout the day.
However, please think about whether those extra few minutes you may save by doing things like U-turns on Shepherds Rd, rushing to get out of Lori Place, or driving > 40km/h is worth endangering the lives of our children, parents and staff of Mt View.
It is not solely the staff member on duty's responsibility to "police" this dangerous driving, it is up to each and everyone one of us to care for each other's wellbeing.
We all know sometimes our children don't always stop to wait and look to see if a car is coming in or out. All it takes is one of these accidents to happen and lives are changed forever - how would that impact our family life?
I urge everyone to please put the safety of our children first and foremost - this is within our control and we must hold each other accountable for this!
David
School Leadership Message – Glenn Butler, Alison Rees, Christian Holdsworth and Bianca Gatherum
We need your vote!
Visit Pick My Project now!
We are seeking government support to develop basketball, hot shots tennis and fitness
facilities around our school oval. The $198,800 project will enrich our school and be available
to be used by the wider community.
What you need to do:
1. Check that you live within 5km of Mount View PS
2. Register, log in and vote at https://pickmyproject.vic.gov.au/
3. Remember to allocate a vote to Mount View and allocate a further
two votes to non-competing project ideas in the community.
Voting closes at 5pm, on Monday 17 September 2018.
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Child safety at Mount View PS
Reminder:
Please make sure that you wait behind the line until the supervisor sounds the whistle twice before crossing the road.
It is also important that parents take their children via the school crossing.
Student Accident Insurance Cover
Parents and guardians are reminded that the Department of Education and Training and Mount View Primary School do not provide accident insurance or ambulance cover for students. Parents and guardians of students who do not have student accident insurance and/or ambulance cover are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including the cost of ambulance attendance, transport and any other related medical costs.
Student accident insurance and ambulance cover policies are available from some commercial insurers and can be obtained by parents and guardians for individual students. For further information please check with your personal insurance company.
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From Assistant Principal – Alison Rees
Mount View PS International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) Exhibition
Last night, our Year 6 students were involved in the Mount View Exhibition. This was the culmination of all their learning across their 7 years of primary school education. This year the students have been investigating enduring understandings aligned directly to the PYP Transdisciplinary Theme of “Where We Are in Place and Time”. This theme proves students with the opportunity to inquire into a specific aspect relating to “. . . orientation in place and
time; personal histories; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationships between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives.” (IBO, 2009).
Each team of students created an enduring understanding and explored relevant lines of inquiry. They have followed an inquiry model to wonder, inquire, investigate, gather information, critically analyse information, reflect on their findings and consider actions that would stem from their learning. Here are just some of the diverse investigations shared at Exhibition:
Group Members Central Idea Lines of Inquiry
Elysha, Jana, Herbert & Kiara
Music reflects the evolving perspective of society.
An inquiry into the views of different languages and genres in music.(Perspective)
An inquiry into how different genres of music have evolved. (Change)
Krish, Caleb, Ibrahim & Fatemeh
Transportation impacts people’s lifestyle during conflict and immigration
How and Why engineering impacts immigration qualities How marine and military engineering is involved with
conflict
Reuben, Harriet, Jessica & Samit
With the assistance of technology human understanding of the universe has changed over time.
An inquiry into how our understanding of the universe has changed and impacted the world. Change
An inquiry into the variety of systems of which the universe is made. Form
An inquiry into how technology has assisted astronomers to explore deeper into the universe. Connection
Cynthia, Lomani & Adhya
How people’s perspective change the way cultures are seen overtime
How different religions and cultures play a part in the creation of myths and legends
How myths and legends have meanings behind them How people’s beliefs changed over time
Deelan, Kavvin, Namya & Kiara
Humanity’s understanding of medicine has evolved over time to improve and develop society through global and local perspectives
How medicinal technologies have changed from a universal interpretation. - (perspective, change)
How body parts, diagnosis and treatments have advanced to function and include specialisations in numerous medical area. - (causation, change)
Emily, Kavya, Julia & Abbey
Living beings evolve over time to adapt to new ways of life.
An inquiry into how living beings evolve over time. We will understand why living beings evolve over time.
All members of our Mount View school community were invited and encouraged to attend this wonderful learning event; one in which the process and product are equally important. It is a true reflection of the powerful learning that is happening at Mount View.
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We would especially like to thank Andrew Levey – the Year 6 Learning Specialist, the Year 6 teachers – Kate Osborn, Kayleigh McCabe, Nathan Dunn-Simpson, Rebecca Brown, Liz Anthonisz Kristen Knight, Caitlin Potter, Eden Benizzi, Jannette Norman and Raelene Turpin, as well as the other Year 6 ToD and specialist teachers for their guidance and leadership of our students throughout the process. They have put so much time and energy into this exhibition.
We would also like to thank every staff member who volunteered to be a mentor for a Year 6 group. All of our students should be very proud of their achievements, collaborative approach and teamwork.
Here’s just a few photos from the rehearsals. More will follow from the night.
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BOOK WEEK AT MOUNT VIEW 2018
Monday the 13th August the students and staff celebrated Book Week. Congratulations to all the students and staff who participated in this fun event. There were many fantastic costumes and a lot of thought and effort put into some outstanding costumes.
We had The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Zac Power, Pig, the Pug, Harry Potter, Spider Man, Darth Vader, Pippy Long Stocking and many colourful and memorable costumes.
We would like to acknowledge and thank Lamont Books of Hallam who generously donated prizes for each year level. The money raised has been donated to the library to purchase additional seating.
Can you find your child’s teacher amongst these book characters?
Helen Styles
Library
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NAPLAN – Bianca Gatherum
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District Athletics
On the 3rd September 105 students represented Mount View PS at the District Athletics
Carnival. It was a very successful day! Many students achieved their personal best and
it was fantastic to watch the way our students conducted themselves as athletes.
Special mention goes to the 11 year old girls relay team who won by a convincing margin
in the 4x100m. Another highlight of the day was Vaibhav’s 130cm high jump and his calm
and humble attitude throughout the duration of his event. Congratulations to the 43
students who will progress to the Division Athletics Championships in the first week of
term 4. We are excited to announce that Vaibhav and Saskia are the 2018 Athletics
Captains.
Well done everyone!
Merryn Ashcroft
Division Gymnastics.. Congratulations to our first MVPS
Gymnastics Team. This week our
year 2 and 3 Gymnastics Team
headed all the way to Altona to
compete in the Gymnastics
Victoria Primary School
competition. We took 2 teams; one
in the competitive gymnastics
section and one team of beginner gymnasts. Congratulations to our Level A gymnasts
who came 4th overall, and well done to Indy H who scored a PERFECT 10 on the vault. Our
Level B gymnastics came 3rd overall and showed such progress and development with
their skills. Thanks to all the parents who travelled all the way to Altona to support our
gymnastics teams!
Merryn Ashcroft
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JSC Footy Raffle and Footy Colours Day
On the last day of this term students
are encouraged to come dressed in the
colours of their footy team or in the
colours of any other sporting team they
support. No gold coin donation is
required as JSC will be making a
donation on behalf of the school. There
will be a footy raffle drawn on the last
day of term and raffle tickets will be sold from Tuesday 18th September. The
cost is 50c for 1 ticket or $1 for 3 tickets. The 4 prizes are a soccer ball, footy
ball, basketball and netball.
Farmer Fun Days
What an absolutely amazing time we’ve had on both our Farmer Fun
days! Our student leaders and JSC reps did a wonderful job
running activities that were exciting and inclusive over the two
days. Some of these were: pin the tail on the donkey, three legged
race, egg and spoon race, sack race and many others. Thank you to
all the students, staff and parent community for supporting this great cause and
for contributing money. JSC matched the amount raised over the two days and
the staff contributions and we ended up raising a total amount of $2652.50.
This will be donated to ‘Rural Aid’ who is running the campaign
www.buyabale.com.au
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The Department of Education and Training (DET) or Mount View Primary School does not endorse the products or services of any private advertiser.
No responsibility is accepted by the DET or Mount View Primary School Council for accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.
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School banking is every Monday during the term except public holidays.
If your child is interested in opening a school banking account please go online to the website:
https://www.commbank.com.au/banking/youthsaver.html
or go to their nearest branch, they will need:
An Australian residential address
At least one form of personal identification for you and one for your child, such as an Australian
birth certificate, passport, current driver's licence or Medicare card – if you apply online
A Tax File Number (TFN) or TFN Exemption. It's not an offence to withhold your TFN for the
deposit account. However if you don't quote it, the Bank is required by law to deduct tax from any
interest earned on the deposit account, above a certain threshold
