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What’s in this issue?

News and Views 1

Music News and Dates 2

Art News 2

Canteen Menu 2

OSHClub 3

Chestnut Festival 4

MDPS Footy Tipping Comp 4

MDPS Sock Disco 5

Art News 5

Burrinja Excursion 5

News and Views...

Welcome Back

For those of us who stayed in Victoria, we were extremely lucky to have two weeks of beautiful weather for the

school holiday period. My family and I stayed home and spent a great deal of time in the garden working our way

through a big list of chores that I had been ignoring for quite some time. I know that Sue spent much time in her

garden as well.

This term we welcome Colby, who is a former student, and new student Arke’ to our school. We are sure that

they will enjoy being part of this wonderful and supportive community.

During Term 2 our teachers will keep their focus on high expectations and effective feedback to enhance stu-

dent learning. This means that all students will be expected to display excellent behaviour and effort and will be

provided with h`igh quality and specific feedback that allows them to understand how they can improve and

achieve their very best.

We hope that all of our students and families had a restful vacation and we welcome you all back for Term 2.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Mrs Francis who has become a proud grandmother during the holidays. Her son Tim and

daughter-in-law Natalie are the delighted parents of Wil. Congratulations also to Estelle and Levi who wel-

comed Ryder into their family just a few days ago.

Chestnut Festival May 5 - Lucky Jars Are Back!

We have now begun collecting Lucky Jars for the upcoming Chestnut Festival. Families are asked to donate at

least one clean jar, filled with suitable items that a child might like to win. Small toys, stationery or wrapped lol-

lies are some suggestions. The grade that collects the most jars per capita will win a class prize. Please hand

them to your child’s teacher.

In the week prior to the festival, we will hand out a paper plate in a bag and we ask that each family contribute a

baked item to be sold at our cake stall. Thank you in advance for supporting Mt Dandy Primary.

Woolworths Earn and Learn

Once again we are participating in the Earn and Learn Program. If you shop at Woolworths or have friends and

relatives who shop there please be sure to collect the stickers, attach them to the sheet supplied by Wool-

worths and submit them here at school. We were able to purchase a large amount of art supplies from last

year’s Earn and Learn points and are hoping to do the same again this year.

Thank you, Michael Leonard and Sue Gibson.

Mount Dandenong Primary School Farndons Road, Mount Dandenong 3767 www.mtdandps.vic.edu.au

Telephone—03 9751 1136 Fax—03 9751 2332 [email protected]

What’s On

TERM TWO

Monday 15th April First day of Term Two

Friday 19th April Sock Disco Sunday 5th May

Chestnut Festival 9th & 10th May

Grade 2 overnight camp

Purpose Statement Mount Dandenong Primary School values our unique environment and close community. It is a place for creative opportunities and academic

excellence, nurturing respect, happiness and independence.

Issue 169 26th March 2013

CHESTNUT FESTIVAL

SUNDAY 5TH MAY

Are you able to help out? See Page 4 for details.



The Mount Dandy News

Music News & Dates to put in your diary now!

Chestnut Festival: Sunday 5th May at 12 noon. Vocal Ensemble to perform as well as some soloists form our school.

Orchestra City Excursion: Friday 10th May. Our School Orchestra will visit the City to listen to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra per-

form. This will be a fantastic opportunity for our School Orchestra to witness the sounds and sights of the MSO and to celebrate being a part of the Mt Dandenong School Orches-tra. It is also a wonderful way to say thank you to these dedicated children who practise

every Monday.

Annual Soiree Concert for all of Grades 3-6: Thursday 14th November at 7pm.

ART NEWS Dandenong Ranges Open Studios

Open Weekend 27-28 April 2013 The Dandenong Ranges Open Studios program features artists working across a

diverse range of mediums and provides a unique insight into our artists’ working

studio as well as their art.

All studios are open to the public this weekend between 10am and 5pm. The 5 artists who worked with our students in Term 4 2012 will be participating in

the Open studios program. (Marta Salamon , Karen Scott, Paula Ewington, Joy Serwylo

and Ches Mills)

For further information,

www.openstudios.org.au

E-mail – [email protected] Phone – 9754 8723

Burrinja Cultural Centre, corner of Glenfern Road and Matson Drive Upwey

Canteen Menu—Term 2 2013

The canteen will be open for business this Thursday, 18th April! You can choose from the delicious menu below.

Each student must have their order written on a paper bag and placed in the classroom’s lunch basket by 9.00 am on Thursday with cor-

rect money if possible.

Icy poles are also available from the canteen on a Thursday lunchtime with profits benefiting the Year 6 Graduation program.

Homemade sausage roll $3.50

Pizza - Margarita (tomato & cheese) $3.50 - Hawaiian (tomato, ham, cheese & pineapple) $3.50

Sushi - Chicken $2.50 - California $2.50

- Vegetable $2.50 Apple juice $2.00

Chocolate milk $2.00

Icy poles available at lunchtime $1.00




OSHClub News Before School / After School Care Program

This Week’s Activities – Week 9

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Before Care Activities

Welcome Sign, Colouring

&

Activity sheets

Make your own creature Friendship Bracelets/

Finger Knitting

Colouring/

Activity sheets

Play Doh Creatures

Brekky

Cereal & Milk, Juice (No

sugar), Toast (White/

Wholemeal) & Spreads,

Yoghurt & Fruit




Porridge




English Muffins



Wholemeal) & Spreads

& Raisin Toast




Milk & Milo

After Care Activities

Welcome Sign

Dodge Ball

Leaf People

Kickball

Straw painting

Skipping

Cooking Club!

Orange Scones

Fruit Salad Game

Gardening

Children’s Choice sports

game

Afternoon tea

Sandwiches &

fresh Fruit

Sandwiches &

fresh fruit

Nachos, cheese, salsa,

guacamole and Fresh Fruit

Salad

Salada biscuits, cheese,

tomato, vegemite, car-

rots & fresh fruit

Sandwiches &

fresh fruit

Parent Information

Make sure your child/ren bring their hat as: No Hat = No outside play.

Ensure all enrolments are to be signed in and out when your child arrives and is collected at the end of the day.

OSHC program phone: 0419915649 OSHClub Head Office: 03 8564 9000

Coordinator: Lina Corrone Assistant: Samantha Clarke All families must be enrolled to attend the program, remember this is Free!! Please create an account online at www.oshclub.com.au all bookings and cancel-

lations can also be managed via your online account. For on the day bookings please contact the Coordinator direct at the program.

Welcome to Term 2! We hope everyone had a nice Easter and a relaxing holiday break.

We have lots of exciting activities planned for Term 2! This coming week we will be making orange scones,

finger knitting, leaf people collage, straw painting and starting our OSHClub garden!

Keep bringing your recipes for our OSHClub recipe book.

Come and join in all the fun! We look forward to seeing you at OSHClub!

From Lina and Samantha.

Autumn Authors Writing Competition

Do you love writing? Do you think you’ve got what it takes to be an exciting writer? The Dandenong Ranges Writers Festival Competition is taking place in May with prizes and the chance to be published in

Mail Newspapers. More details next week.

http://www.oshclub.com.au




CHESTNUT FESTIVAL—Sunday 5th May Are you able to help out?

Many thanks to those who have volunteered. If you would like to change your time slot or category (e.g. fairy floss) then please email me at

[email protected] or text on 0439 553 371.

CHESTNUT FESTIVAL ROSTER

Time Fairy Floss Lucky Jars Cakes Popcorn

8-10 am

10-12pm

12-2pm

2-4pm

Woolworths Earn and Learn We are excited to be taking part again in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. You can

help our school by collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Points. Just collect Woolworths

Earn & Learn Points when you shop at Woolworths between Monday 8 April and Sun-

day 9 June 2013.

We will redeem these for educational resources for our school. Last year our school re-

ceived 23,960 points which were used to purchase a substantial number of resources for

the Art program.

For every $10 spent at Woolworths you will receive a Woolworths Earn & Learn Point.

Put them onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Points Sheet and once it's completed, just

bring it back to school. The more we collect, the more we can redeem.

We are grateful for your support and look forward to a successful program.

RANK TIPPER 1 2 ROUND 3 SCORE ROUND 3 MARGIN TOTAL MARGIN TOTAL SCORE 1 Nathan Hick 5 7 7 6 29 19

2 Jasper Heron 5 8 6 3 44 19

3 Michael Leonard 6 5 8 4 54 19

4 Ryan Harris 3 8 8 2 60 19

5 Joshua Rowe 3 9 7 14 81 19

6 Gabe Filleul 4 8 7 19 125 19

7 Olivia Heron 6 8 4 1 41 18

8 Joshua McMeeken 4 7 7 51 139 18

9 Hayley Lourey 4 8 5 23 53 17

10 Alex Gailis 3 6 8 13 57 17

11 Michael Wynne 4 7 6 11 58 17

12 Liam Lourey 2 9 6 6 64 17

13 Ralph Gailis 2 6 9 14 76 17

14 Thornton Family 3 7 7 22 84 17

15 Julie Francis 5 6 6 29 87 17

16 Liz Filleul 3 9 5 29 96 17

17 Erin Wynne 5 4 7 8 63 16

18 Natasha Rowe 4 6 5 4 59 15

19 Grant Filleul 4 6 5 23 85 15

20 Ali Wynne 3 6 6 27 85 15

21 Nicholas Heron 3 5 7 24 100 15

22 Stephanie Rowe 4 5 5 4 56 14

MDPS COMMUNITY FOOTY TIPPING COMP.

mailto:[email protected]




CHESTNUT PICKING

If you are interested in coming chest-

nut picking for the Chestnut Festival,

please contact Tara at

[email protected] for details. It’s a great day to get together and you can take some

chestnuts home as well.

Used School Uniforms

If you have any school uniform that your child no longer wears and is still

in good condition, we would be

grateful to have it to sell in Mt Dan-

denong PS uniform school.

Grade 6’s now have their wonderful

new jumpers and polo shirts – if you

don’t have younger brothers or sis-

ters in school, perhaps you might like

to donate your Grade 5 uniform. Please send any washed and ironed

items along to school.




All advertisements placed in this newsletter are placed ingood faith. The school however is not responsible for the quality of goods and services offered. The

placement of adveristing is provided as a community service and the school does not endores any products listed.

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