PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

As Term 1 draws to a close I would like to thank staff and students for the positive way they have begun the 2017 school year. It has been a short term only 9 weeks but a very busy one. We began the year with Smart Start where we established our ‘norms’ around how we were going to treat each other and the behaviour expectations of our students. We also had open night for parents to meet the teacher and for students to share their new learning space. We had the very successful Focus on One breakfast that gave our Year 6 students the opportunity to introduce their mentor to their parents. We ended the term with Harmony

Day celebrations and the year 5 and 6 swimming program. School Council AGM On Monday night, we had the AGM for our new School Council. I would like to welcome the new members to the 2017 School Council: Sandra Purdue and Sheryl Maddren. I look forward to working with you this year. I would like to thank and congratulate the following Office Bearers for our 2017 School Council: President - Andrew Black, Vice President – Samara Kelly, Secretary – Marie Therese Milani, Finance Committee- Debra Chandler, Chris Callipari, Andrew Black and Sheryl Maddren. Fun Run The fun run was a great a great success yesterday. It was great to see our students in their house colors running very hard and doing their best to raise money for our school. Thank you to the Parents Club who gave the students a very welcomed Cruncha at the end of their run and thank you also to Mr Kennedy for running the event on the day. Good Friday Students have been filling the jars in their classrooms with coins to raise money for the Good Friday Appeal. I believe we are one of only a few schools who continue to donate to this Appeal every year. I love that our children want to help other children who may be very sick. There has been a lot of pocket money go into the jars which is lovely. The winning grade will be announced tomorrow and thank you to everyone who has donated to this very worthy cause. Term 2 Tomorrow school will finish at 2:30pm; school bus pick up will run from that time. Term 2 begins on Wednesday April 19th as we have a Curriculum Day for staff professional learning on Tuesday April 18th. I will look forward to seeing all of our children back safe, well and ready to start work.

DIARY DATES

March 31 Easter Raffle & Good Friday Appeal

Last day of Term 1 (Early dismissal 2.30pm)

April 17 Easter Monday (Public holiday) April 18 Curriculum Day (Student free day) April 19 Term 2 start for students April 21 Grade 6 Camp deposit due April 25 ANZAC Day (Public holiday) April 26 Student Goal Sharing Meetings June 9 Report Writing Day (Student free

day)

FOCUS: COURTESY This week the students are focusing on using people’s names when they are speaking to somebody and making sure they are listening.

Thursday 30th March 2017 Week 10 Term 1 (There are two insert in this week’s Newsletter)

NEWSLETTER NO. 9 Thursday 30th March 2017

I would like to wish all of our families a happy and safe holiday break.

Deb Chandler

Principal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NEWS

Moving beyond asking, “What did you do at school?”

By Michael Grose Ever found yourself asking your child the same bland question about school? “So, how was your day? What did you do at school today? What did you learn?” If these are your default questions the chances are that you’ll get a one or two word reply along the lines, “Fine!” “Good!” “Okay” “Nothing much.” These answers don’t really tell you a lot. On the other hand, these types of questions don’t ask a great deal. So how can you move beyond the mundane when you talk with children about their school days? The questions you ask to prompt a conversation will often say a great deal about you and what you value. If you focus only on academic or learning questions, then it indicates that’s what you value. It helps to take conversations and your questions in different directions to get a multi-faceted window into your child’s school life but also an indication of your child’s interests, social skills and welfare. Here are some examples of question starters that may prompt different responses from children about their time at school:

1. Tell me what made you laugh today?

2. Who did you play with at recess today?

3. Did you do anything that was brave?

4. If I spoke to your teacher, what would he/she tell me about you?

5. What did your teacher talk about today?

6. Where’s the best place to hang out/play at

school?

7. Tell me one good thing that happened to you

today?

8. Who were you nice/kind/friendly to today?

9. What did you do that you were proud of/happy with today?

10. What’s something you learned with a friend

today?

11. If today was musical instrument what would it be? Why?

15. If you were a teacher tomorrow, what would

you teach the class? Mrs Marie-Therese Milani

Assistant Principal

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NEWS Problem Solving in Maths In order to encourage further problem solving at home, I will include a weekly problem in the newsletter. Each week a correct entry will win a fantastic prize. Just write the answer on a piece of paper with your name and grade and drop it into Mr Kent’s office each Friday. Mr K’s Problem No 7 Two players combined weight totaled 170 kilograms. If the players lost 10% of their combined weight during the season, what is the combined weight of the 2 players at the end of the season? Answer: 153 Kg MacKenzie Thompson

Today’s problem:-Mr K’s Problem No 8 How many seconds are in 1 minute? How many seconds are in 60 minutes? Name: Grade:

Mathletics Awards This year, students will receive a silver or gold certificate at Monday Morning Assembly (class teachers are asked to print off Bronze certificates). Certificates can be achieved by students if they earn at least 1 000 points for the week.

INTEGRITY HONESTY RESPECT COURAGE

Five Bronze certificates = One Silver certificate Four Silver certificates = One Gold certificate Throughout the year, I will be selecting a student who does an outstanding job in Matheltics for the week. This student will be the ‘The Mathlete of the Week.’ Please ensure the trophy is returned to the office each Friday. Mathletes of the Week Lucas Frasca – 1M Ashlee Glare – 1/2D Gold Certificate Zach Wilson – 2N Dhanya Lotia – 5B Silver Certificate Vipanpreet Kaur – 2T Lachlan Smith – 2T Bailey Crump - 2N Rohan Caminiti – 5J

Mr Roger Kent

Assistant Principal

WORKERS OF THE WEEK

SPORT AWARD Harper Scherger Prep H

PERFORMING ARTS AWARD

Caden Johns 1M

ART AWARD Jacob Purdue 1/2D

AUSLAN AWARD Andrew Baker 6W

BAND AWARD Grace Wager 6D

ART NEWS Congratulations to the following Grade 6 students on achieving Art Awards this week: 6W - Nyree Gibson, Harry Ough, Sarah Green and Yelda Sivlim 6D - Tyi Newson, Trinity Osborne and Omer Baykurt 6S - Gabe Cochrane, Jasper Robbins, Montanna Avery and Annabelle Cox 6C - Keira Teuma, Lucas Mitchell and Leila Williams-Mackay

Nicki Rivett and Holly Siladi Art Teachers

PARENTS CLUB

Fun Run Tomorrow is the last day to hand in your sponsorship forms and money so that we can order prizes before the holidays. Easter Raffle Raffle tickets and money must be handed in to the office by tomorrow morning. The raffle will be drawn tomorrow afternoon and the winners will be notified. There are over twenty prizes to be won so make sure you have bought your tickets. Good Friday Appeal The Good Friday Appeal jars will be collected from the classrooms after the morning rolls have been marked. Good luck to every class and we look forward to seeing who will be the winning class for 2017. Cinema Night We have booked our Cinema Night for Friday 19th May and our movie will be ‘SING’. We look forward to this fantastic fundraiser as it was hugely successful last year and lots of fun for all. There will be more information sent home after the holiday break. Dawn of Respect 1916 (First ANZAC Day Penny)

We are again offering our Southie families the

opportunity to purchase their own Mildura South

Primary School Anzac coin with our MSPS logo.

There is an order form inside this Newsletter so please

fill in the details and bring the form and money to the

office and Parent’s Club will deliver the coin to your

child. Enjoy your holiday break and a happy Easter to all our families. Lyn Bozzi

Parents Club President

PH Ashton Fisk PO Indy Whitford PR Lee Mendoza

1M Alisha Bernard

1T Stephanie Keller-Linnett 1/2D Dylan Hanstock 2N Bailey Crump 2S Lillian Edwards 2T Ella Adolph 3B Zhoe White

3G Paige Cavanagh-Cook 3H Caelan Fulton

3S Sana Abdullah

3/4B Ronin Moloney 4K Zac Williams 4O Brandon Slater 4S Levi Oates 5B James Herbert 5H Piper Lea 5J Archer Wootton 5T Addison Davis 5Z Laynie Young 6C Lucas Mitchell 6D Jonathan Fuda 6S Klay Archer 6W John Ross

NEWSLETTER NO. 9 Thursday 30th March 2017

OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS

Vacation Care – we only have a few places left for the

school holiday program. Please contact us to make a

booking, phone 5018 6028 or email us:

oshp@msps.vic.edu.au

A reminder that the first week of fees are due by the

end of this term. Payments can be made over the

phone with credit card or in person with cash, cheque

or Eftpos.

Curriculum Day – we have places available for the

Curriculum Day on Tuesday 18th April. Our program

will be operating from 8am until 6pm in the school

gymnasium. Please contact us to make a booking for

this day.

Before and After School Care – we have had a

fantastic first term with many new families joining

us. We are always having a lot of fun at our program,

with a variety of supervised activities both indoors and

outdoors. All permanent bookings will continue for

the remainder of the year unless notified. All fees are

due by the end of term.

Kerri Abbott

Out of School Hours Coordinator

COMMUNITY NOTICES

BRAINTEASER

This week’s Brainteaser: What two colors

make purple?

Your answer:……………………………..

Your Name:………………………………

Your Grade:……………….

Cut out this box with your answer, name and

grade and place it in the brainteaser box at the

front office. Each week, one lucky entrant will

win a prize!

Last week’s answer: Your breath

Winner: Rhory Adams 3S