MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Everyone has the right to be SAFE
Everyone has the right to be RESPECTED
Everyone has the right to LEARN
PRINCIPALS CONFERENCE: On Monday I attended the Principals Conference at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. There were several guest speakers and workshops presented by schools from around the state. I came away with ideas we can implement at Melton South Primary.
PUPIL FREE DAY: Just a reminder that this Friday the 9th of June is a pupil free day. Teaching and Education Support staff will be working on-site.
Marilyn Costigan
Principal
Melton South Primary School acknowledges the Wurundjeri People as the Traditional Owners of the land on which we learn and play. We value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture. We recognise the First People’s connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respects to Elders, both past, present and emerging.
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS UPDATE
From Term 2 onwards we will be holding other events to celebrate our Centenary milestone. We are now advertising the Facebook group dedicated to celebrating our Centenary. You can join the group by searching “Melton South Primary School – Celebrating 100 Years” to share your stories, photos and to be informed of upcoming information. We also have an email dedicated to all Centenary enquiries at: 100Years@meltonsthps.vic.edu.au
STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS
| NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | ||
| PD | Olivia | For sharing a great retell of the problem and solution in the story Rapunzel. | 3B | Ella-Rose | For her increased enthusiasm for reading both at home and at school. Keep up the hard work Ella. |
| PF | Indigo | For demonstrating her understanding of length in our problem-solving lesson. | 3F | Patrick Katarina | For being a role model in our Library sessions and for regularly completing his weekly homework. For changing your dot points about the similarities between Christmas and Hanukkah into meaningful sentences. |
| 1A | Logan | For showing a growth mindset and demonstrating resilience when in his split class. Well done! | 3G | Jack | For using his imagination to create a great brainstorm for Investigations. Well done Jack! |
| 1B | Tobias | For working hard on identifying addition and subtraction fact families. | 4A | Madison | For showing a growth mindset in her learning. |
| 1C | Mason Xiaoran | For showing resilience in writing simple sentences. Awesome effort Mason. For always doing his best in all learning tasks. Great effort Xiaoran. | 4B | Nevaeh | For her amazing growth in reading. I can see how hard you are working. Well Done! |
| 1D | Jashmiga | For working hard on learning how to make fact families using addition and subtraction. | 4C | Matalix | For always contributing to class discussion. Keep up the good work! |
| 1E | Eliza | For adding interesting adjectives in her writing. | 4D | Ryder Lavinia | For his super effort in balancing addition and subtraction equations. For being a positive role model and consistently displaying our school values in all areas of her learning. |
| 2B | Summer | For being a great helper in class, helping her peers and being a great role model. | 4E | Yusuf Nelohi | For writing an incredible text on the First Fleet (in your first week at our school!). For consistently showing respect in the classroom. |
| 2C | Lavin | For creating an excellent crayon drawing of a wombat during our 1923 classroom art session. | 5A | Vanessa | For being consistent with your attendance and making a huge commitment to your learning. Well done Vanessa! |
| 2D | Malakai | For always showing a “can do” attitude in class. | 5B | Daniel | For working hard to improve his reading strategies and seeing improved results. |
| 2E | Shubh | For his great effort during our lessons in the 1923 classroom. | 5C | Jordan | Writing a simple sentence about France in a detailed descriptive text. |
| 2F | Riziki | For writing an informative hypothesis about our skittles experiment. | 5D | Brax | For working hard to improve his writing and maths and showing a growth mindset. |
| PArts | Aiden 6A Jennifer 5C | Writing a good blues lyric in Performing Arts. For her dedication and enthusiasm towards her blues project in Performing Arts. | 5E | Natalie | For her presentation and poster on the Cook Islands. |
| PE | Tyler 3F | For his enthusiasm and positive growth mindset during the orienteering unit. | 5F | Laghuvi | For using effective strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems. |
| LOTE | Faith 3G | For creating a wonderful poster with a positive message in French. | 6A | Feleti | For his positive attitude towards learning and others. |
| STEAM | Thyrone 5E Harshika 5C | For showing a positive attitude towards his learning in STEAM. A quiet achiever with consistently high standards of work. | 6B | Inara | For wearing a smile and having a positive attitude every day! |
| 6E | Thiep Roda | For being able to demonstrate transformation of an object during Maths. For being able to demonstrate transformation of an object during Maths. |
BOOK CLUB
Book Club Orders can be made online only through LOOP.
Issue 4 Orders are due back Friday 9th June 2023.
NO LATE ORDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
SWPBS BADGE EARNERS
Each day, MSPS students work their way up the learning ladder by following our school values, showing Respect, Kindness, and striving to do their best every day. When they reach the top, they are recorded with an Outstanding Day on their token acknowledgment chart. When a student reaches a significant milestone of Outstanding Days, they earn a badge, here is where we celebrate students who have worked hard to achieve their milestone badges.
| Name, Grade (P,1) | Name, Grade (2,3,4) | Name, Grade (5,6) | |
| 10 SWPBS | Hitesh 1B Tobias 1B Tiarna 1B Ruby 1B Thomas 1D Saahib 1D Bodhi 1D Jashmiga 1D Yusuf 1D Georgia 1D Nadia 1D Ricky 1D Aarna 1d Logan 4C | Jade 4D Mason 4D Callum 2D Connor 2D Sadie 2D Dante 2F Mehtaab 2F | Kayleigh 5A Jamirhis 5A Tyson 5D Mason A 5D Jett 5D Josh 5D Jackson 5D Vidit 5D Haiyan 5D Zaharah 5D Lumande 5D Lucas 5D Lillie5 D Dior 5D Vaai 5D Brax5D Nina 5D Mason S 5D Noah 5D Sukhman 5D Joseph (5E) Persephone 5F Annalee 5F Chelsey 5F Jai 5F Cianna 5F Marshall 5F Connor 5F Emerald 5F Nina 5F Indiana 5F Logan 5F Cainen 5F Kirat 5F Anabelle 5F |
| 25 SWPBS | Adelina 1B Lilly 1B Adele 1B NiNi 1B Kit 1B Tekaai 1D Sophia 1D Tenzin 1D | Hope 4C Rehmat 4C Skylar 4C Lavinia 4D Genoveva 2F | Mia 5A Dontay 5A Lachlan 5A Anha 5A Kaylee 5A Inoke 5A Scarlett 5A Indie 5A |
MSPS NEWS
Melton South Primary had a special visitor this week, Michael Minas from LOVE Maths. He has been supporting our teachers in the area of Problem Solving and has visited many grades this week. Our students are always super excited to spot Michael in the yard, as they are very familiar with his YouTube channel where he shares fun maths games.
The teachers at MSPS are currently on the second year of their journey to improve student engagement in Math, through the solving of real-life problems. They are creating questions that are challenging, yet fun for students to solve. Students are being encouraged to solve problems utilising a range of strategies, and to articulate their mathematical thinking and reasoning.
CAPITAL WORKS FUNDING
The Minister for Education wrote to the school on May 24th, 2023 advising that $21.3 million has been allocated to Melton South Primary School to plan and undertake construction works on a new capital works project.
The letter from the Minister advised that the scope of our project was to upgrade and modernise your school including classrooms and staff buildings, main classroom wing and to build a new classroom block.
MSPS COMMUNITY SURVEY on https://forms.gle/GJUVR9kzg26ofswp7
We are seeking your input so please click on the survey link and have your say in guiding the school’s planning direction.
The survey closes on Tuesday June 13th.
Thank you,
Jenny Dockeary
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE – Information for Parents
APPLICATIONS FOR CSEF CLOSE FRIDAY 23 JUNE 2023.
CSEF is provided by the Victorian Government to assist eligible families to cover the costs of school camps, excursions and sporting activities ensuring that no student will miss out on the opportunity to join their classmates for important, educational and fun activities.
If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or are a temporary foster parent, you may be eligible for CSEF.
This allowance is paid to the school to use towards expenses relating to camps, excursions or sporting activities for the benefit of your child.
The annual CSEF amount is $125 for primary school students.
2023 CSEF Application forms are available from the school office or on Compass.
Please ensure that forms are fully and correctly completed in legible writing, incomplete applications may not be processed. You also need to present your current Health Care Card to the office for photocopying.
For more information about CSEF visit: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/Pages/csef.aspx
STEAM News
Another term has flown, and our students have created some creative artworks with wonderful results. Our theme for this Term has been ART.
Grade Preps are continuing to experiment with cutting pasting, colour mixing and drawing. Most of their work centred on symmetry and collage. They have created some beautiful butterflies and insects while learning about symmetry and anatomy. They are currently learning that the three primary colours are red, yellow and blue and when you mix two of them together, they form the secondary colours, orange, purple and green.
Students from Grade One have made some collaged magical monsters, marvellous moveable fish, painted autumn leaves, woven paper blankets and made Mexican eyes from wool.
Grade Two are learning about how pendulums can use force to move objects when creating a spiral artwork. They have explored the science behind their painting while creating a background for it. This week they will be completing their final work.
Grade Three have learnt how to use tint, tone and shade to create a monochromatic self-portrait. These will be displayed at our Junior Archibald Exhibition later in the year. The children added lettering to their works to describe their own special qualities.
Grade Four students have researched Australian geographical landmarks and turned them into sculptures by layering paper shapes on top of each other supported by zed shaped tabs.
Students from Grade Five has made some stained-glass windows from cellophane and paper as design protypes for the destroyed windows at Notre Dame.
Lastly, Grade Six students have made self- portraits inspired by Banksy using hand cut out stencils from laminating sheets then printing them. They are currently adding text to add another layer of meaning to their work. These will also be displayed at our Archibald exhibition.
The STEAM team have had a busy and inspiring term and are looking forward to another term of exciting fun!