Mansfield Primary School

Mansfield Primary School Apollo Street, Mansfield 3722 Telephone 5775 2325 Fax 5775 1914 Principal: Julie McInnes Assistant Principal: Tom MacMunn Email: mansfield.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au Website: www.mansfieldps.vic.edu.au

Newsletter No. 7 24th May, 2018

May 4th-June 8th Yr1/2 swim lessons May 21st-25th Education Week May 25th Yr5/6 Division sports May 28th School Council meeting 7pm May 31st Division Cross Country June 1st Colours Day - Respect, Purple Yr4 Hike - Mt Stirling Assembly 3:00pm June 8th Jump Rope for heart conclusion June 11th Queens Birthday Public Holiday - NO SCHOOL June 18th-22nd Yr6 Leadership Camp June 20th Regional Cross Country June 22nd Colours Day—Tolerance, Orange P-2 Cross Country June 25th Yr5/6 musical June 29th Last day of term Assembly 2pm Early dismissal 2:30pm

survey is appreciated. The survey results are being analysed and key improvements will be targeted. I will keep you informed of our progress. EDUCATION WEEK This week we have been celebrating Education week. I apologise that we did not promote this earlier and give parents more warning. We will endeavour to do this next year. We had a small group of parents attend the morning tea session on Monday. Students have been involved in Huff and Puff each morning. Art activities have been taking place each lunchtime for our older students and students have taken their skipping skills down to the median strip in town to show off their talents. PREP INFORMATION EVENING Last week we held a prep information evening for our 2019 prep students. We begin our planning for 2019 in early August so it is important that we inform parents of the enrolment process and provide them with a snapshot of our school. It was wonderful to see so many families and to meet prospective and current families. If you know of anyone wishing to enrol their child who was not able to attend the information session, please let them know school tours are every Thursday. An appointment can be made by ringing the school office. SCHOOL COUNCIL With the resignation of our School Council president, an extraordinary meeting was held to vote in a new President and a new council member. Congratulations to Naomi Hall who accepted the nomination of School Council president. Naomi has three children who attend our school. She has been a school council member for several years and is currently on our “new” building committee. Naomi is on the finance committee and parent and friends committee. Her input into school decisions has always been professional and valued. On behalf of the school community, I congratulate Naomi and am looking forward to working closely with her over the next 2 years. Congratulations to Neil Allen who has filled

Payment for Yr4 Hike due tomorrow!

PRINCIPALS REPORT Hello Families, It has been a couple of huge weeks at Mansfield Primary. COMMUNITY LINKS TEAM SURVEY The survey that the School Council Community Links team put on survey monkey has proven to be a valuable tool in listening to your feedback on communication at MPS. The challenge for our school is to improve communication and feel that everyone has a voice. At times, we seem to have got it right, whilst according to other parents, we have it wrong. I am going to take the middle platform and acknowledge that YES, some of what we do is positive, however there is much room for improvement. Thank you to the 95 families who completed the survey. Your professionalism in completing the

the nominated school council vacancy. Neil has also been a school council member for the past 16 years. He has had three children pass through our school and his youngest daughter is in Grade 6. Welcome back Neil! Our school council for 2018: Naomi Hall (President) Cameron Dobson (Secretary) Matt Currie (Treasurer) Kate Stonnill Joel Olver Neil Allen Alisha Forrest Ross Hopkins Vickie Van der Hoeven Julie McInnes Tom MacMunn Phill Brown Joanne Richardson Fiona Wareham All parents are invited to attend school council meetings. The dates for future meetings are: 25th June; 6th August; 3rd September; 15th October; 12th November; 10th December. Meetings commence at 7.00pm until business is completed. MICHAEL CARR-GREGG Last week, our school community was invited to attend a presentation by Michael Carr Gregg. Michael is a renowned psychologist who has written many books and works closely with government sectors to improve child welfare. For those of us who were able to attend, the message was

very clear. Parents, who put a smart phone in the hand of a child, prior to 13 years of age, are exposing them to experiences they do not have the maturation to handle. Kindest Regards, Julie Mcinnes LOST PROPERTY As you can see we have an enormous amount of items in our lost property including jumpers, containers and swimming gear. At the end of every month, ANYTHING remaining in lost property will be washed and placed in our second hand uniform sale. JOLLY JOGGERS Jolly Joggers is on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning. It is a great way to start the day and earn some extra points for your house. Meet Miss Driessen at the downball wall at 8:30am. Everybody is welcome! BOOK AMNESTY If you have any school books at home can you please return them to school. We currently have an extremely large amount of ‘lost’ library books. Some date back a few years. There will be no questions asked if they are returned. Our library is a great resource for our students but we need to make sure the books get returned.

Sport News NEW SPORT SINGLETS……………………………….. Mansfield Primary is lucky enough to have such great support from parents and businesses in the community. With generous donations, we were able to purchase new sporting singlets for our students to compete in at a Divisional, Regional and State level of competition. It is hoped that these singlets will give a sense of pride to our students when competing and when representing our school. Proud to be a part of this amazing school and proud to live in such a great community. We would like to give a very special thank you to the Jacob Family, High Country Fresh, the Clydesdale Family, Paton Air Helicopters and the Edwards Family for their generous donations. I know it means a lot to the children and to the staff here at Mansfield Primary. So thank you.

GRADE 6 TIMBERTOP HIKE……………………………. Monday 14th May saw all the Grade 6s head up to Mt Timbertop for their first training day, starting to look at clothing, equipment, fitness levels and mental capabilities for their G6 School to Summit camp in Term 4. Weather was perfect (lucky we postponed) and it was a great day out with the 6s. Some found it physically hard, while others found it mentally challenging hiking in groups. Well done to all Grade 6s and special thanks to the parents and staff that came along on the day as extra helpers.

MANSFIELD MEDITATION WORKSHOP # 2

Saturday 30th June, 10am – 1pm

Nic Aunger

Professional Counsellor; Spiritual Care Practitioner; Buddhist Chaplain, and student.

It was wonderful to sit with so many people at the April workshop, and I am

delighted to be invited back to facilitate another meditation workshop in June.

Come along to this experiential session, focused on Buddhist Meditation. The aim is

for you to take away a practice, which is beneficial, and can be incorporated into

your everyday life.

This workshop is open to all, whether you are an experienced meditator or just

starting out. The content will be similar to the one run in April, with a couple of

additions. Great for those who attended in April – helping consolidate your

practice - and also for those who did not.

Come learn about :-

A Buddhist approach to Meditation

The benefits of Meditation

Different styles of meditation

Establishing a daily practice

Practices

Relaxation

Breathing Meditation

Walking Meditation

Mindfulness Meditation

Healing Meditation

‘Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as

an afterthought’.

~Stephen Levine~

CALL ELLA @ FIELDS OF YOGA TO BOOK – 0407 206 010