PRINCIPAL’S COMMENTS

13th June 2014 ISSUE 9

Don’t forget our SunSmart Policy. Hats to be worn during

Terms 1 and 4.

A reminder to all parents that our next Curriculum day will be held on Monday June 23 and the staff will be involved in the first phase of our School Review process that I wrote about a few newsletters ago. Staff will review our performance in regards to Student Achievement, Student Engagement and Student Welfare. I have tried to give parents and carers plenty of time to reorganise the supervision of their children on that day. Thank you.

Student achievement reports for mid-year have gone home today. Parents are asked to examine the report and come along to the Student / Parent / Teacher Interviews next week on Wednesday the 18th. Notes for the interviews should have been returned to the class teacher by now and times will be allocated as soon as possible. Parents are urged to attend the interviews to broaden their understanding of the written report.

After over 48 years of service with the Victorian Education Department, Mrs. Fay Pourliakas is retiring. Mrs. Pourliakas started with the Department at the young age of 18 years and 4 months old. She has been at five schools: Newport, Wembley, Stevensville, Albanvale and came to Movelle in 1991. That means she has taught here for 23 years. In that time, Fay has taught hundreds of students across grades 1 to 6. I am sure that they remember Fay as a caring and dedicated teacher, who had high expectations and encouraged students to aim high. She not only taught school subjects, but also provided valuable advice to students on life in general. Currently, Fay teaches Art, Music and Drama and has done so for the past couple of years.

School Council is holding a small celebration in honour of the years of service that she has given to the students and families of the Movelle community at the end of term. I am sure there are many past and present students and families that would wish her all the very best in her years of retirement and thank her for her contribution to education.

There was an incorrect date in the Newsletter last week regarding First Day of Term 3

The correct starting day for Term3 is Monday 14th July

Bill Hunt

REPORTS GO HOME TODAY !

PARENT - STUDENT - TEACHER INTERVIEWS

~ JUNE 18 !

CURRICULUM DAY JUNE 23

DATES TO REMEMBER

13th June

School Reports sent home

13th June

Book Club Issue 4 Money and Orders Last Day

18th June

Parent Teacher Interviews

19th June

All Herald Sun “Mastheads” Last Day

20th June

Room 1 and 2 Grandparents Day 12.00pm School Gymnasium

23rd June

Curriculum Day No Students at school

27th June

Last Day Term 2 2.30pm Finish

14th July

First Day Term 3 9.00am start

1st Aug Movelle Athletics Carnival

15th Aug

Deer Park District Athletics Carnival

RETIREMENT OF MRS POURLIAKAS

DATE CORRECTION

Bill Hunt Principal

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Movelle School Values: Learning, Respect,

TERM 3 CHANGES

MATHLETICS NEWS

For the month of May the following students achieved a

Silver Certificate Award in Mathletics.

5/6 Students: My Y Tang

3/4 Students:

Natalie Surbevski

1/2 Students: Wilson Tran

The Gold Certificate Award goes to

Jordan Nguyen from 3/4 L.

Congratulations Jordan!!

Joey Truong from Grade 1/2T has reached Level 18 on the Bridges Reading Intervention Program. Well done Joey! You have successfully completed Bridges! We will miss you, but we are so proud of you! Keep up the great work.

Mrs Chris Morris (Bridges Teacher) Mrs Graham (Literacy Coach)

1. Mrs. Brooks will be on leave for four weeks. Mrs. Graham will be the Acting Assistant Principal in her absence. Bon Voyage !

2. Ms. Buttigieg (prep teacher) will be on leave for four weeks and will be replaced by Ms Angela Margelis

3. Mrs. Kostadinovic will be returning from Family Leave and take over the role as the Arts Teacher. Welcome back !

4. Assembly days will be changed from Wednesday to Monday 2:45pm fortnightly.

On Wednesday 11th June 11 grade 5/6 girls were selected to compete in Deer Park District Girls Soccer Tournament. There were 9 schools from our district participating in this event. We drew against Cairnlea Park P.S. and Albanvale P.S.,

however our girls played very well against Kings Park P.S. and won 1-0. In the end, we have just missed to progress in playing final but I would like to congratulate the girls who displayed respect team work and good sportsmanship. I would like to thank Deer Park District as they have organised the tournament and cost of the bus. Shuichi Yamabe PE Co-ordinator

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EXCELLENCE AWARDS

MATHEMATICS

EXCELLENCE AWARDS

LITERACY

ROOM NAME REASON:

1/2 T Jaylee Ah-Kau

For a huge improvement in her reading .

5/6 U Travis Meldrum

For presenting a marvellous speech about the A—league Grand Final.

ROOM NAME REASON:

1/2 T Cindy Tran For her excellent

work on time.

5/6 U Jacinta Ah-Kau

For working diligently through our lesson linked to converting percentages.

Brimbank

Writers

Awards

The Brimbank City Council has organised a writing competition. The competi-tion is open to anyone over the age of 8. The categories are as follows:

Adult Short Story (18yrs & over) Teenage Story (13-17yrs) Children’s Open Category (8-12yrs) ESL (English as a Second Language – 13

yrs & over) Adult Poetry (18yrs & over) Teenage Poetry (13- 17yrs) Songwriting (13yrs & over)

Entries need to be submitted by the

11th of July. The Council are also holding a number of work-shops to help budding authors refine their craft.

A leaflet containing information is available from the office. For more information: Visit - www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/writersfestival Ring – 9249 4171 Email – writersfestival@brimbank.vic.gov.au And you can follow on: #BrimbankWRFestival

Herald Sun “Masthead” Competition

Win $10,000.00 for

Movelle Primary School

By collecting Mastheads from the Herald Sun daily newspaper also Herald Sun Saturday and Sunday Herald Sun newspaper Start collecting the mastheads everyday dated

from: Sunday 1st until Saturday 14th June . Please bring the Mastheads to school by

Thursday 19th June so we can tally them up and enter the competition .

Get involved and start collecting the Mastheads from this Sunday 1st June for a chance for Movelle P.S to win!!

DISCLAIMER for Private Advertisements: Notices and advertisements in this section aim to provide information that may be of interest. However, views expressed, are not necessarily recommendation by the school.

PREP ENROLMENTS 2015 Do you have a child who

will be turning 5 years

of age by 30th April 2015

Please ask at the Movelle Office for

an Enrolment form.

OUT OF SCHOOL

HOURS Before School Care

6.45 to 8.45 during terms.

Located at: Resurrection Primary

School

$11.00 Permanent booking

$14.50 Casual booking

After School Care

Program operates daily from

3.30pm to 6.30pm

during school terms.

Located at: Movelle Primary School

$17.00 permanent booking

$20.00 casual booking

Both programs are registered with the Department of Family & Community

Services.

All enquiries and bookings call: Judy (Co ordinator) 0411 035 111

Resurrection Primary School:

9366 7022

Movelle Primary School: 9366 8892

Absence Approval Form

Dear Teacher,

My child .........................................................................

Room ……………………………………………..

Was absent on ................................................................

Due to...............................................................................

Signed: .............................................................................

UNIFORM SHOP

PSW 58 Westwood Drive,

Deer Park Open: Mon- Fri 8.30am-5pm

Sat 9am-5pm 9363 8458

Order Online: www.psw.com.au

Term Dates 2014

Term 1 30 Jan to 4 April

Term 2 22 April to 27 June

Term 3 14 July to 19 September

Term 4 6 October to 19 December

APPOINTMENTS WITH CARMEN DIMECH

Our Welfare Officer, Miss Carmen Dimech, is available on

Mondays and Fridays between

8.30-9am and 3.30-4pm

by APPOINTMENT ONLY.

To make an appointment to see Carmen, please book at the school office.

9366 8892