MARNEBEK WEEKLY UPDATE

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Friday, 8 May 2020 Issue 7

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Dear Parents and Carers,

As week four of remote learning draws to a close, I’m keen to check-in on parents, students and

staff to make sure we all stay connected and feel supported.

Marnebek School Facebook Group

This week a post was sent out via Compass inviting parents and families to join our Facebook

Group. The group is a great place for us to share updates, pictures/videos and a place to be ‘social’. It ‘s also a place for the par-

ents, to get to know each other, engage and connect.

As we continue on our remote learning journey, it’s been fantastic to see the great work that our students have been com-

pleting on SeeSaw and through our take home materials.

It’s been such a great effort from everyone in our community with making the absolute best of our current situation. Have a

look at the great things students have been doing at home in the latest edition of our Weekly Update.

Finally, in reflecting on Mother’s Day, I would like to acknowledge and celebrate mothers and mothering. I make the distinction

because I know that many people—aunts, step parents, close family friends, dads—fulfil the chief mothering role in our fami-

lies. I’m wishing everyone a wonderful Mother’s Day this Sunday.

Kind regards,

Jennifer Hamilton

Principal

A Message from the Principal

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TEACHING & LEARNING REMOTELY IN JUNIOR SCHOOL

Our dedicated teachers are making every day a fun day. Here is just a sample of some of our learning outcomes:

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Class sensory activity on Fun

Friyay!

Making sun catchers

Learning about numbers by colouring

Writing is fun!

I like counting

Numeracy activity

Learning to write

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What does Remote Learning look like in Room 308?

The 3 Golden Rules for successful outcomes!

A few words from our teacher…………..

“I like to thank Lysanne Hedges (ES) and Nicole Lamers (ES) for all their hard work during this uncertain time, we have made the best of this situation!

To our Rm 308 parents, we thank you for your partnership and your hard work at home implementing the lessons we have made. All of you are doing an amazing job and you should be proud of your efforts to teach, learn and work from home.

To our beautiful students—we love seeing your work, photos and videos you are posting to Seesaw. We are very proud of you all and are looking forward to seeing you when school gets back.

Stay Safe

Netaisha Harvey

Rm 308 Class Teacher

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EAGER E-LEARNERS AWARDS

Here is just a sample of some of our eager e-learners this week:

EAGER E-LEARNERS @ MARNEBEK

“Patrick has had a fantastic week. He is up

bright and early every morning. He has been

reading sight words and writing every day. He

has also made a great rainbow hat and

danced like a demon. Great work Patrick Tran!

“ Linda Cookson, 304 Classroom Teacher

“Penina has been doing lots of activities from her learning pack including matching her name, numeracy and also outside activities with her siblings.

Ashton has been engaging in lots of outside activities with his family during this time including bike rides and jumping on the trampoline.”

Libby Butcher, 206 Classroom Teacher

“Thomas has been doing a marvellous job with his remote learning. He has been an enthusiastic and resilient learner.

For our writing focus this week, Thomas wrote a story about the writing prompt – ‘What Can You See in the Jungle?’ He used a thesaurus to find synonyms to replace simple words, found adjectives to describe the animals and the jungle and started exploring the use of different sentence openers to make his story more interesting!

Thomas is a fantastic storyteller and read his story aloud using lots of different ex-pressions. Well done Thomas!”

Shalomi Anandarajan, 104 Classroom Teacher

Jack typing a story for Literacy

Sue Taylor, 105 Classroom

Teacher

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Remote Learning Environment—SWPBS Focus

This week we focus on Marnebek’s School value “Responsibility”

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TEACHING & LEARNING REMOTELY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

By Patrick Deligiannis, 102 Classroom Teacher

“To begin with, I would like to thank all my work colleagues, teachers, leaders, allied health, the specialists, ES staff for assign-

ing all these great activities on Seesaw during these challenging times.

I am not going to lie, it has been quite challenging this whole remote learning process. We had to learn and familiarise our-

selves with; so many new programs and routines. Everyone has worked so hard; my highlight last week though was my first

live conferencing with my class. It started with two people being connected and reached seven during the first conference. At

this point, we had 10 connected students out of 13 in total. It has been a great way to connect with my students so much so

that they requested a second meeting. So now, we meet at 11.00 am and at 2.00 pm daily.

On Friday we had our first online virtual Kahoot on Natural Disasters. Meeting with my students is the best part of my day,

we can literally simulate and replicate all the things we used to do in class. We are trying to keep consistency and follow our

timetable to a point. From now on, we are going to try to wear our school uniforms too in every meeting. It is a great tool for

synchronised learning, socialising, communicating, connecting and interacting with each other. It has been a great stress re-

liever for both parents and students!”

WHOLE SCHOOL REMOTE ASSEMBLY TERM 2 WEEK 4

Welcome to our latest remote assembly. Click here to access: Remote Assembly Week 4

You can also view our remote assemblies on our school website: https://

www.marnebek.vic.edu.au/articles/71 and via our Marnebek School Facebook Group .

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MARGARET KAPLAN PSYCHOLOGIST

Hi, my name is Margaret.

My role as a Psychologist at Marnebek over the ten years I have worked here has been very rewarding as I interact with students, parents, staff and our multi-disciplinary therapy team to promote emotional and social well-being.

During my spare time I enjoy watching television and reading. You can also find me going for walks and stopping to admire our local bird life. I like to communicate with family and friends on social platforms. We have had a few virtual celebrations including a birthday and a dinner. A lot of laughter and humour accompanied this despite being in social isolation!

Whilst working from home I have reached out to parents and students to find out how they are going during these uncertain times and provided support.

MoSolation Challenge

Here’s the weekly update on our MoSolation Challenge. Week 4and they’re still in good spirits! Well done Rick, John, Lysan, Gerry, Liam and Steve……watch this space grow……….

WHO’S WHO @ MARNEBEK

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Take Home Learning Packs

Learning Packs for students are still available in the office foyer from Monday, 11 May to Friday, 15 May between 9:00 am and 3:00pm.

Compass—NEWS

Academic reports are moving online. From this Semester, reports will be published online through Compass. Reports from the past few years can also be viewed on Compass through the reporting portal. To access reports from the Compass homepage, select ‘View Academic Reports’ under your child’s name. From here, available reports from 2017-2019 can be viewed. Once our 2020 reports are available, they will also be viewed from this tab.

We are on Facebook!

Facebook is an excellent opportunity for our school to connect with families and share information rapidly. For anyone wishing to join our private FB group, please search for Marnebek School Official Private Group and send us a “Join Group” request. Our administrators will then approve your request. If you don’t already have a FB account, go to www.facebook.com and sign up for an account first and then find us on FB. If you experience any problems, don’t hesitate to contact our friendly office staff on 5996 3858. See you there!

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USEFUL LINKS

Links to help you with e-Safety eSafety Commissioner—find the latest information to help you manage online safety issues. https://www.esafety.gov.au/media/act-esafe-primary-education-resource COVID-19 Global ONLINE SAFETY ADVICE for parents and carers https://www.marnebek.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/onlinesafety.pdf

Please be mindful of e-safety – what are your children accessing on line? What are they posting online? Please stay safe!

Link to Mental and Physical Wellbeing

Keeping your kids active at home with resources from Melbourne Victory and more

The Department is supporting Victorian students to stay active during remote and flexible learning Daily physical activity boosts physical and mental health and improves wellbeing. It also helps with concentration, retaining information and solving problems. That is why the Department is supporting Victorian schools to provide daily physical activity for their students during remote learning. A range of engaging, interesting and educative physical activity resources have been collated for teachers, parents and stu-dents. These resources aim to support students to stay active, connected to sport and involved in physical education whilst they are at home. For further information please see the FUSE Learning from Home Platform. Resources include a four-week online football program called Kick it with Victory, developed by Melbourne Victory Football Club, in collaboration with the Department and School Sport Victoria. This free resource is available for teachers to use in their teaching plans or for parents to pass on to children to keep them active while learning from home. The program continues the Department’s ongoing successful relationship developing and delivering educational outcomes with Melbourne Victory Football Club. About the program Kick it with Victory features guest videos from Melbourne Victory men’s and women’s players and coaches, and daily training videos for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. The program aims to achieve physical education and health and wellbeing outcomes for students, and covers topics such as:

keeping students active during remote learning

encouraging participation in sport

building resilience Week 1 videos are now available, with further videos to be uploaded on a weekly basis. To access the resource, visit Kick it with Victory.