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E-mail: [email protected] Principal: Lynn Lyles School Council President: Peter Musson
Term 2 7 April – 27 June Term 3
14 July – 19 September Term 4
6 October – 19 December
Term Dates 2008
W a l l a c e d a l e a n d
Ca vend i sh Pr ima r y Schools to engage in a
day of group activities. The focus of the day is
“Reading Together”.
Children in grades Prep/1/2 will travel by
bus to Cavendish PS and children in grades 3/ 4
will attend Branxholme – Wallacedale PS. Grade 5
and 6 students from all three schools will meet
here at Macarthur for the day. This is a great
opportunity for children
to meet and work with other students and
teachers as well as engaging in some high
q u a l i t y l e a r n i n g activ it ie s. I have
attached a permission note to this newsletter
for all parents to sign and return to school. There
will be no cost for this
excursion as it has r e ce i ve d r e g i on a l
funding.
Uniform Order This is the time of year that we need to put in
our order for school jumpers if we are to have
them made by our suppliers. We intend to
place an order for
jumpers by the end of this term so we are
planning to have jumpers available for parents to
try for size next Wednesday afternoon
Clubs Program The Clubs program
began last week on Friday afternoon and it
was a resounding success according to all
involved, children, staff and parents. It was
fantastic to see our children experience
such a range of activities and to see so
many parents involved once again. Activities
this year included:
Tie- Dying: Leonie Dyson
C o l l a g e : M a r i t a
Peterson, Pam Hunter Stuffed Toys: Sue Logan
Dance: Suzy Millard
Darts: Jan Wilson Wooden Photo Frames:
Adrian Stevens
Cooking (Pizza Wheels): Tammy Dark
Cooking (Alphabet P a nca ke s ) : A nn a
Wortley
Thanks to all volunteers and to Mrs Wilson for
her hard work in coo r d ina t ing a nd
organising the program.
Working Bee Thanks to the many
parents who attended last Friday’s Working
bee. The grounds received a much
needed clean up and it is great to see the
amphitheatre looking so tidy again. Trees and
plants were pruned,
cupboards painted for
Miss C’s classroom and w o r k b e g a n o n
i n s t a l l a t i o n o f cupboards in our new
library. Thank you to
everyone concerned.
P r e p One Tw o Excursion Sleepover This Friday is a very
exciting day for our Prep, One and Two
students. They are travelling to Geelong to
spend a day at the Fairy Park as their major
excursion for the year.
Children in grades one and two will end the
day with a sleepover at school. This is the first
stage of our camping and excursion program
which prepares children for the camps they
attend as they move to higher grades in the
s choo l . Tea c her s
attending the excursion will be Mrs Wilson, Miss
C, Sylvia Luke and Suzy Millard. I will also stay
overnight with students at the school sleepover.
The brave dad to sleepover with the boys
this year is Adrian
Stevens. Thanks Adrian. Group Day Next Week as part of Literacy and Numeracy
Week our students will combine with children
from Branxholme –
From the Principal’s Desk
Newsletter Date 3rd September 2008 Issue 28 2008
MACARTHUR PRIMARY SCHOOL
Office Hours 2008
Monday - Friday
8:00am - 9:00am
Monday - Friday
1:00pm - 4:00pm
National Asthma Week, 1-7
September 2008,
“Asthma is serious –you
can take control”.
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Collect 1111 bags - receive $100 sports equipment (general pack 1 of 1 x basketball,1 x football, 2 x netballs, 2 x playballs (21cm),2 x playballs (15cm), 2 x soccer balls, 2 x plastic whistles, 2 x whistle lanyards,1 x large mesh
bag) Collect 1111 - receive $100 Cricket Pack Collect 3333 - $300 General Pack2 Collect 3333 - $300 Netball Pack Collect 5555 - $500 General Pack 3 Collect 5555 - $500 Soccer Pack
Diary Writing in Miss C’s room
(September 10th) at 2pm onwards. Order forms will be available on this day from Carolyn Malseed
or Leonie Dyson our Uniform Coordinators.
There will also be an opportunity for new parents to view our whole school uniform. An order form for School uniform items including dresses, trousers, shorts, hats etc will be available early in 4th
term.
Parent Surveys Thank you to all parents for the promt return of the parent surveys. We have had a 100% response rate. This is a fantastic result as the more surveys we receive the more information we have about
our school which assists us with future planning and development of school improvement strategies.
Lynn Lyles
Canteen Wed 3 Narelle Cassidy Frid 5 No Canteen Mon 8 Jenny Nield Wed 10 Marita Petersen Fri 12 Leonie Dyson
Special Birthday wishes to
- Sarah Cassidy (7th) - Nikki Milgate (9th)
•By collecting Wonder White bags you can get sports equipment for your school
•Start collecting specially marked empty Wonder bags until 30th September 08.
Thankyou to the whole parent community for completing the Parent Opinion Survey. We have received a 100% return. This is the first time this has happened & demonstrates your commitment to our school.
Groups – Clubs - 2008
Times: Activity 1 1.30 – 2.15 Activity 2 2.20 – 3.05 Assembly Students will need art smocks for Craft and Tie Dye activities. Also: For Tie Dye students will need to bring a t-shirt, polo shirt, pillow slip or other, to dye. For cooking activities bring lunch box or other container. For woodwork bring a photo – 15cm x 10cm (6” x 4”) Clubs 2008 Weekly Rotations
Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H
Carly Harry Leah Nikki Thalia Bailey Riley Addison
Kyle S Lucy Hamish Taylah Sam Zoe H Brae Claire
Charlie Kyle T Jayden Hannah Temika Skyla Hay;ey Victoria
Ruby Chelsea Tahlia Laura N Sarah Will Kate Zoe
Darcy Johnathon Chantelle Indi Travis Jessica Samuel Adrian
Casey Laura A Kelsey Aaron James Sean Jim Tenayha
12/09 12/09 10/10 10/10 24/10 24/10
Cooking –
Anna- 2/3
G F E D C B
Craft Marita-456
H G F E D C
Tie Dye– Leonie-Art
A H G F E D
Jan-Darts, Hookey
B A H G F E
Cooking –Tammy 2/3
C B A H G F
Craft Sue – 4/5/6 D C B A H G
W/work- Adrian E D C B A H
Suzy-fitness-P/1 F E D C B A
MACARTHUR PRIMARY SCHOOL
Legend:
PD Professional Developmnt Conf Conference
SC - School Council MPS - Macarthur Primary
School
LL Lynn Lyles JM Jacinta Mulder
SC Sharna Cunningham JW Jan Wilson
SM Suzy Millard JT Jullie Timms
SL Sylvia Luke
PO Box 36 23 Russell Street
Macarthur Vic 3286
Phone: 03 55761 245 Fax: 03 55761 333
E-mail: [email protected]
ABN 32 438 396 193
MACARTHUR PRIMARY
SCHOOL
We’re on the web! www.macarthurps.vic.edu.au
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
31 Literacy Numeracy
Week
September 1 Games mornng 9:30-11:00 Multi Age Grps
2 3 4 - Art 5 - 4/5/6 Boating @ Portland - P-2 Excursion / sleepover
6
7 8 9 10 - Cluster Day
11 - MARC - LL - HDEN Hamilton
12 Door Display
Clubs
13
14 15 JM/LL LITM PD
16 17 -9:45 Music Viva
Concert -1:30 Wild Action - School Cncil
18 - Art 19 End of Term
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21 Holidays 28
Holidays
22 Holidays 29
Holiday
23 Holidays 30
Holidays
24 Holidays 1 October
Holidays
25 Holidays 2
Holidays
26 Holidays 3
Holidays
27 Holidays 4
Holidays
5 6 - Term 4 7 8 9 10 11
Numeracy interviews
I would just like to take a moment to thank Macarthur Primary School and the parents who responded to my request for numeracy interviews with the Grade One children. From time to time the University requests that as a part of an Education student’s development, that we gather information from children about Numeracy or Literacy knowledge. This is important for our research into the aspects of what children enjoy and know about these areas. Unfortunately we needed two children, one boy and one girl, chosen randomly, so some children may have missed out, therefore again I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of those parents of Grade One students, who responded to my request and especially the two children I interviewed.
Regards Sheralyn Jewell
3rd Year education student
Deakin University.
EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) The second instalment of the EMA has arrived at school. Cheques can be picked up from the Office between 8 – 9:00am each morning and after 12:40pm each afternoon.