EVERY SCHOOL DAY COUNTS
Thursday September 7th 2023
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.
Everyone has the right to be SAFE
Everyone has the right to be RESPECTED
Everyone has the right to LEARN
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS 2023!
It is officially our 100th year celebration. We have an email dedicated to all Centenary enquiries at: 100Years@meltonsthps.vic.edu.au We look forward to celebrating our schools’ incredible milestone with you this year!
STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS
| NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | ||
| PA | Hoorain | For demonstrating how to use capital letters and full stops correctly in writing. | 3B | Ella-Rose | For working hard to stay focused during her learning tasks. |
| PB | Nalani | For showing confidence in her writing. | 3C | Abdullah Syrus | For his amazing Scientific observations and understanding Friction. For his strong-worded Emotion Poetry on ‘Fortnite Rage’ |
| PC | Amanat | For her fantastic writing that described the appearance of a Zebra. | 3D | Taylah | For making a text-to-text connection with the spider poem and Charlotte’s Web. |
| PE | Uzair | Beginning to sound out words in his writing. | 3F | Zaroon | For working hard to identify fractions of a collection independently! You are a superstar. |
| PF | Avinoor | For using her problem-solving skills to solve addition problems. | 3G | James | For working independently to identify fractions of a collection! |
| 1C | Hania Kayla | For writing a fantastic narrative that includes adjectives. For showing a growth mindset in practising her high frequency words. | 4A | Ansel | Great enthusiasm when practising for our expo. |
| 1D | Aarna Ethan | For her fantastic effort with practising and learning her high frequency words. Well done! For his fantastic effort with practising and learning his high frequency words. Well done! | 4B | Gabi | For always trying her best and being a respectful and positive member of our class. |
| 2B | Samuella | For her great efforts in writing her dinosaur narrative and seeking help with it. | 4C | Jackson Gabbriella | For his improved work ethic and attitude towards school. Keep up the good work. For her improved work ethic and attitude towards school. Keep up the good work. |
| 2C | Ella-Rose | For working hard on her handwriting in her dinosaur narrative. | 4D | Nathan | Showing the MSPS value of Responsibility on Grade 4 excursion to Melton Council. Great job as a Melton Councillor! |
| 2D | Danielle | For consistently being an exceptional MSPS learner who always follows the SWPBS matrix. | 5A | Ashvik Dom | For showing the school values and making a huge effort to come to school on time ready for learning! Well done! For being a respectful and helpful student in learning time! Keep trying hard Dom. |
| 2E | Korbyn | For his continued effort during our narrative writing. | 5B | Veda | For writing a great explanation text on the colonisation of Victoria. |
| 6B | Tristen & Shehbaaz | For writing a rhyming book for Foundation students. | 5C | Sajida | For showing that she can solve multiplication problems using a variety of different strategies! |
| 6E | Felix Liva | For working confidently on his BODMAS problems. For writing a detailed Business Plan for his ‘Basket Loop’ business. | 5D | Vidit | His effort in improving his work and his growth mindset. |
| LOTE | Kirat 5F | For creating a wonderful Monet Artwork. | 5F | Emerald | Making a fantastic effort to use joined handwriting. |
| PE | Emmanuel 3G | For being selfless and helping others to play instead of himself. |
SWPBS BADGE EARNERS
Each day, MSPS students work their way up the learning ladder through 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 acknowledgement 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.
| 25 SWPBS | Kaylee 6E |
| 50 SWPBS | Anha 5A Nu Mawi 5A |
| 75 SWPBS | Danielle 2D |
GRADE 6 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
On Fridays a group of Grade 6 students visit the Melton South Community Centre to help with their Food Drive. Last week they each created a piece of Art. These canvases will be hung in the hallway of the Centre for everyone to admire.
What are the students currently learning?
Prep: Investigation Unit – Living Things
Students will learn…that all living things have basic needs for survival. They will be able to identify the different parts of living things, where they live and what happens when their habitat changes.
Students will be reading and viewing…informational texts and viewing YouTube/National Geographic documentaries to build an understanding of the needs of living things.
Students will write… short descriptive reports on living things that includes facts about appearance, habitat and basic needs.
Grade 1: Investigation Unit – Stories and Poem of Heroes and Villains
Students will learn…about heroes in stories and poemsand how they demonstrate the characteristics of bravery, honesty, capability, caring and confidence. They will learn about villains and how they demonstrate the opposite characteristics of cunning, dishonesty, uncaring, insecurity, cowardice. Students will explore the actions of heroes and villains and why they are considered right or wrong. Students will learn how to describe heroes and villains using adjectives in basic noun groups.
Students will be reading…texts, including poems, and viewing comics about heroes and villains.
Students will write…character descriptions about heroes and villains. They will write narratives that show some understanding of the structure of that text type.
Grade 2: Investigation Unit – What a Pair?
Students will learn…that pairingnon-fiction and fiction texts on the same appealing topic will help to build their background knowledge, improve their comprehension and increase their motivation to read.
Students will be reading and viewing… non-fiction and fiction texts on dinosaurs. The non-fiction texts such as ‘Atlas of Dinosaur Adventures’ will be used as research for the factual information about dinosaurs – appearance, names, era, features. The stories about dinosaurs such as ‘The Enormous Egg’ will be used as mentor texts to support the students’ vocabulary development and writing.
Students will write… a narrative of the amusing antics of a dinosaur based on the work of various authors. They will include factual information found in non-fiction texts on dinosaurs. The narratives will form an anthology of stories about dinosaurs in human situations.
Grade 3: Investigation Unit –Spinning Out
Students will learn…about the Earth, the Moon and the Sun. They will learn about the relative sizes and movements of these ‘heavenly bodies.’ Students will learn about the rotation and revolution of the Earth. They will investigate sundials and how they work.
Students will be reading and viewing… science fiction texts and information texts on the Earth, Sun and Moon.
Students will write… a science fiction narrative text.
Grade 4: Investigation Unit – Author Study of C.S. Lewis
Students will be learning… about Clive Staples Lewis’ background and the inspiration for his books. They will learn that there are a range of themes such as friendship and love that underlie the stories in books and how to identify them.
Students will be reading… from the Narnia Series, especially The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and viewing movies and video clips from the series.
Students will write…a Response to Literature that includes background information on C.S. Lewis, a summary of one of his books and an evaluation of the book that is persuasive.
Grade 5: Investigation Unit – The Australian Colonies
Students will learn…about the establishment of the Australian Colonies following the First Fleet and culminating in Federation. They will compile a timeline showing the key stages in the development of the colonies
Students will read…a range of non-fiction texts, for example articles, letters and journals and viewing images and media relating to the early Australian Colonies and key Figures in the development of modern Australia.
Students will write…a multimodal Explanation text of a past event (i.e. how and why aspects of the setting up of the colonies).
Grade 6: Investigation Unit – Author Study of Margaret Wild
Students will learn… bout Margaret Wild’s background and the inspiration for her books. They will learn that there are a range of themes such as friendship and love that underlie the stories in books and how to identify them. They will also learn of Margaret Wild’s style of writing.
Students will be reading…from different Margaret Wild books and viewing movies and video clips about these books.
Students will write…a Narrative that uses Margaret Wild’s style of writing.
Steam News
It has been another fun term in STEAM with students engaging in lots of activities.
Preps have been experimenting with varied materials and techniques from painting and drawing to printing. They have also been learning how to make a simple moving part by joining paper together with a split pin.
Grade One students have learned about surface tension and how to create marbling effects using oil and paint on water. They have also investigated how their bodies and objects move in the world, using their imaginations to create their own mixed-up chameleon, by experimenting with crayons and texture boards.
Grade Two and Three are learning how the different forces of push and pull can be combined to move objects along a Rube Goldberg machine. By working in teams, they created their own machines, incorporating levers, pulleys and ramps to make a pet feeder.
Grade Four students completed a unit called “Magnetic Fairground Games”. By recycling materials, they used their creative thinking skills to design and build a game using at least one magnet to control its outcome. Below are some examples.
Grade Five students have examined how the properties of light can be used to create a shadow puppet theatre. They worked in teams to create a scripted play which included props and a shadow puppet with a moving limb. As part of their investigations, they practised using a mirror to write a message to understand how light reflects.
Our Grade Sixes have completed a unit on ‘Electrical Circuits.’ They experimented and built simple circuits using Snap Circuit Boards. Students have applied their knowledge to understand how electrical circuits operate household objects in everyday life. As part of the Unit, students were introduced to “Makey Makey,” an invention kit to connect everyday objects to computer keys. Using “Scratch,” a coding program, they have made musical instruments and created an orchestra of sounds.
The Steam Team
PE News
On Wednesday 23rd August, the Melton South Athletics Team enjoyed a great day at the MPSSA District Athletics Carnival at Bridge Road Athletics Track.
Students participated in events such as long jump, triple jump, high jump, shot put, discus, hurdles and a variety of races. All students are to be congratulated on their achievements and the way that they represented the school at the event. Thank you to staff and parents for their support of the students on the day.
Congratulations to Nadrietta (6E) on breaking the record in her event. Well done on your achievement!
Good luck to the students who have been selected for Western Ranges Divisional Athletics Carnival on Thursday 14th September.