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MOSSFIEL PRIMARY SCHOOL 5002 Langridge St Hoppers Crossing 3030

Phone: 03 9749 1227 email: [email protected] Website: www.mossfielps.vic.gov.au


NEWSLETTER - 22 March 2018 MOSSFIEL SCHOOL LEADERS

PRINCIPAL Maureen Price

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Dennis Osborne ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Andrew Morrison

INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER - Foundations Craig O’Donnell INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER - Years 1 & 2 Heather Clift

INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER - Years 3 & 4 Carmen Morrison INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER - Years 5 & 6 Mary Pruscino

MOSSFIEL SCHOOL COUNCILLORS

Andrew Graham – President Jo Brown Loren Hewitt Sarah Hulme

Emma Bartlett – Vice President Catriona Macleod Nick Mullens Jody Phillips

Ameeqa Waqas Jessica Webb Jacqueline Drew Louise Price

Maureen Price – Exec Officer Dennis Osborne Lauren Wellsteed Linda Spencer – Minute Sec

DIARY DATES Tues 27 Mar REPORTING DAY – STUDENTS ONLY ATTEND FOR PST CONFERENCE TIME

Wed 28 Mar 3:30 – 6pm PST Conferences

Thu 29 Mar 8:55 – 9:40 Eatser Hat Parade in gym

THUR 29 Mar 2:30 dismissal Last day Term 1 – school finishes at 2:30pm

Mon 16 Apr 8:45 School starts for Term 2

Thur 19 April School Photo Day

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

PST CONFERENCES We are holding our Term 1 Parent – Student – Teacher Conferences next week on

Tuesday 27th March between 12:30 and 8pm or on Wednesday 28th Mar between 3:30 and 6pm following the normal school day.

Each student will have 15 minutes with his or her teacher and parent/s carer/s to talk about the learning that has happened during term 1 and to discuss the learning goals for Term 2. Parent and Teachers will also have the chance to discuss other issues regarding the student’s learning.

We are holding a Reporting Day on Tuesday 27th March. There are no normal classes and students do NOT come to school on this day except for

their conference time.

All bookings for these Conferences are through the Compass portal. The portal for Parent Student Teacher Conferences is open now for bookings. Logins for Foundations and new children to the school have been sent home. If you have any questions, please contact our Office Team.

Term 1 ends next THURSDAY at 2:30pm and

all staff and students are on holidays for two weeks and 3 days.

Term 2 starts at 8:45 on Monday 16 April.

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.mossfielps.vic.gov.au/


SCHOOL COUNCIL OFFICE BEARERS 2018 At our meeting last week, the following councillors were voted into the office bearer positions on our Council for 2018:

Andrew Graham – President Emma Bartlett – Vice President

Dennis Osborne – Treasurer Lauren Wellsteed – Assistant Treasurer

Loren Hewitt – Secretary

I congratulate all our councillors especially those new to Council for committing to serving our school on School Council and I’m excited by the thought of working together to build on our recent successes as a school. BRAVEHEARTS Last Thursday 15 March, our students from years Foundation to 2 thoroughly enjoyed participating in the Bravehearts incursion with Ditto. Thanks to the many parents who were able to attend. This is important to your children to know that the Bravehearts message of staying safe is important. I hope many families have had a chance to talk with your children about the session.

BBQ Thanks to our great aide team and the year 34 chefs who prepared the food for our BBQ lunch on Tuesday. We raised over $1100 towards paying for our grounds upgrade. The new line markings are occurring during the holidays and we are trying to arrange for our new seating to be installed as well. Thanks to all families for this support. EASTER RAFFLE We have 10 Easter hampers to win in our Easter raffle, which we will draw on Monday. Huge thanks to the generous staff and Mossfiel families who have donated lots of goodies to put into the hampers. Prize winners will be announced on Monday and hampers will be sent home with students or we will contact any other winners. PARKING Recently, the local Council officers have attended around our school to check our parking. We did not get a good report! They found cars parked on gutters and in No Standing and Disabled park spaces. We do have families who need to use the Disabled spaces and we ask that all drivers respect that need. Our students are the responsibility of the whole Mossfiel community and we need to make sure that we keep them safe. Please make sure you park correctly and avoid a fine. COLES SPORT FOR SCHOOLS VOUCHERS

Coles are rewarding shoppers with double sports for school vouchers until 23rd March. Coles supermarkets are running the Sports for Schools program giving school communities the opportunity to collect as many vouchers as possible to redeem for sporting equipment for our students. We ask that you and your friends and family members collect the vouchers and either put them into the box for our school at some supermarkets or bring them to the box near the office if there is no box for Mossfiel where you shop. Already we have collected a large number – but we have time to collect more!

Keep Smiling Maureen Price


SCHOOL PHOTO DAY School photos are scheduled on Thursday 19th April in the first week of term 2. Order forms will be sent home on Thursday 29th March. These forms are not available on our website or Compass so please do not lose them. We only receive one per child. The office do not handle any of the forms or money and your child needs to return the form with the on Thursday 19th April (not before) and hand it directly to the photographer. Children need to be in full school uniform.

DISTRICT SWIMMING CARNIVAL Congratulations to all the students who represented our school in the District swimming carnival on March 5th. The students displayed great enthusiasm and wonderful sportsmanship on the day. Special Congratulations to Patrick 34S who has qualified to swim at the Western Region Swim Carnival next week. Well done to the following students.

Jake 5-6 H Alexander 5-6 H Joel 5-6 H Caera 5-6 W Mahi 5-6 P Kiara 5-6 D Kyra 5-6 S Ella 5-6 G Harguan 5-6 P Chloe 5-6 D Hayley 3-4 B Chelsea 3-4 C Patrick 3-4 B Rhett 3-4 S Raynell 3-4 B Rhys 3-4 W Megan 3-4 W Daniel 5-6G

Joanne Maclean 1-6 Physical Education Sports Coordinator

FIRST AID Reminder: To all parents to please make sure their child's medical plans (particularly Asthma Action Plans) and/or medication is up to date and given to the office as a matter of urgency.

Joanne Maclean & Carisa Patman First Aid Co-ordinators

RUNNING FOR FITNESS

Having fun and keeping fit.

Everyone is welcome to join in the Running for Fitness program on Monday morning at 8:30 am or Wednesday at lunch time. See you on the oval!


Jonas Came to Mossfiel Primary School Last Wednesday, the 21st March, an African Drummer came to visit Mossfiel Primary School as a part of our Harmony Day Celebrations and Acknowledgments.

Jonas comes from Ghana in Africa and has been a full time musician since the age of seventeen. He has played in

numerous bands and toured across Australia supporting bands such as Osibisa and Ziggy Marley and has still found time to tour to schools Australia wide for the past twenty

years. Students learnt about the Ghana region, heard a traditional story highlighting the importance of friendship and learnt words from the local languages, Ga Tui Mzema and Effutu. With their newly learnt words, Jonas had the entire audience participating in traditional call and response songs. The audience also learnt how many traditional African instruments are made from easy to find natural resources. Here’s what some of the staff and students said and thought about the Ghana Beat My Drum Harmony Day Incursion at Mossfiel Primary School…

Here are some simple words and phrases from the Ghana language TWI (pronounced ‘chwee’)

English TWI Pronunciation Hello ayikoo AY-YEE-KOOH

Safe Journey / Good Bye nantew yiye NAN TI YEAH Good Morning maakye MAH CHEE

Stand gyina JI NAH No Worries Hakuna Matata HAKU NA MA TATA Thank You meda ase pii MAY-DAAH SAY PEE

Good Job / Well Done woaye adee pa ara WO YE ADIA PAH

“Jonas was really funny and

interesting to listen to.”

“The Incursion was fantastic. It was very engaging and Jonas seemed to capture the student’s interest straight away with his enthusiasm and musical talent. His presentation was varied and involved all the students at some level.”

“I loved the way he invited different students up to play his musical instruments. Many were very eager to participate.”

“I asked various students for feedback about the incursion and it was nice to hear some say they enjoyed the story he told.”

“It was really active cause was did a lot

of jumping and African dancing.”

“It was really fun and engaging because there

was a lot of audience participation.”


STUDENTS OF THE WEEK THINK Excellence THINK Respect THINK Resilience THINK Community 12C Mayor Community Stopping what he was doing to help a Foundation student who spilt their drink

bottle

Emily Excellence Working hard to achieve her counting goal

Madison Respect Showing attentive listening skills this week.

12D Oskar Excellence Creating an excellent plan to use in his recount

King Community Always looking out for others in the day

12F Ella Excellence Being the first person in class to reach over 25 nights of reading

Yasha Excellence Displaying a deep understanding of place value skills during our numeracy unit

12MW Claire Excellence Writing a great recount

Aahana Excellence Ordering 4 digit numbers

Ngarimu Excellence Having a go and answering questions on the floor

12V Jacob Community Ensuring that our classroom is tidy at the end of the day

Bailey Excellence Using your inferencing skills to work out what someone was thinking or feeling

12Z Zeus Community Helping his classmate feel welcome back at school

Vandawtchin Excellence Working her hardest during writing

Samir Community Settling back into school so well

34S Lucas & Lily Excellence Going above and beyond with their melting science homework task

Leo Excellence Always trying hard to produce high quality work

34C Eh Saung Clay Excellence Amazing work in our skip counting unit and always trying your best

Sienna Respect Always considering others when doing bucket fillers

34W Emily Community Being kind and respectful to everybody you come across

James Excellence Persisting with classwork and improving your effort so much this term

34A Jorja Community Always helping others in the class when they are unsure of a task

Bereaa respect Keeping the classroom neat and tidy and showing kindness and respect to everyone

34B Tahlia Community Always taking the time to help others in class and being a great role model

Sione Excellence Contributing to class discussions even when unsure and trying his best with class tasks


Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open and Mossfiel Primary School is excited to be participating. The Challenge is open to all Victorian children from birth to Year 10 in recognition of the importance of reading for literacy development. It is not a competition; but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by 7 September 2018. Children from Prep to Year 2 are encouraged to read or ‘experience’ 30 books with their parents and teachers. Children from Year 3 to Year 10 are challenged to read 15 books. All children who meet the Challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier (which will be delivered to the school in Term 4) and can choose to have their name included on the online Honour Roll. If you would like your child‘s name to appear on the Honour Roll, please sign the attached form and return it to your school. To read the Premier’s letter to parents, view the booklists and for more information about the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc All Mossfiel students will be registered to participate in the challenge, log sheets will be sent home in Term 2 and students who complete the challenge will also receive a Mossfiel PS PRC certificate.

If you would like your child’s name to appear on the Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge online Honour Roll, please sign this form and return it to your school. TERMS AND CONDITIONS Definitions: Department refers to the Victorian Department of Education and Training, Person refers to the child/adult listed below in the consent declaration.

1) Privacy Protection The Department takes its privacy obligations seriously and any personal information collected or used by the Department will be handled in accordance with the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic). This law sets out what we must do when the Department collects, uses, handles and destroys personal information. Personal information includes personal details such as an individual’s name and school that could be used to identify an individual.

2) Collection, use, disclosure and storage of personal information

If you provide your consent your school will collect and disclose your child’s first and last name, and the name of the schoo l to the Department. The Department will then:

Publish your child’s name on its online Honour Roll located at: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc at the completion of the Challenge with no other identifying factors such as early childhood setting name. 3) Accuracy, access to information and withdrawal of consent

The Department will endeavour to ensure that any personal information held about your child is up to date and accurate. You can access, correct and withdraw personal information held by the Department by written request in accordance with the Department’s Information Privacy Policy located at: http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/privacypolicy.aspx Consent may be withdrawn at any time by writing to the Department’s Privacy Unit on: [email protected] .

If you have any questions about this form, or if you need more information, please contact the PRC Challenge Coordinator at the Department [email protected] or (03) 9637 3624.

Yes I consent to my child’s name appearing on the online Honour roll Name of child………………………………………………………………………………….. Parent Signature………………………………………………………………………………

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/prc

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/prc

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/Pages/privacypolicy.aspx




The Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) operates from Room 5 in Block B. We encourage children to engage in safe, healthy activities. They find fun, games, laughter and stimulating activities in OSHC. They love to socialise and make new friends in the program. Morning care serves a delicious range of foods for the children to enjoy while in the program. Afternoon snacks are provided in the evenings consisting of a variety of fruit/sandwiches/cheese & biscuits/baked beans. The children are encouraged to assist in the

menu choices which are provided.

Program details

Session Times Permanent Fees Casual Fees Before School Care 6:30-8:45am $16 $19 After School Care 3:05-6:05pm $20 $22 *Permanent is having your child booked in on certain mornings/nights *Casual is when your child will be attending as needed * Most families are eligible for a government rebate through Childcare benefits

Further information please contact Bev on 0497 476 186

Recently in OSHC We boarded and flew on OSHC airlines to Ireland to experience St Patrick’s Day and everything green.

Coming up in OSHC Easter activities have begun and will continue next week.

Next Term Tabloid sports – Tuesday nights AFL football - Thursday nights

Outside School Hours Care (OSHC)

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