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.
EVERY SCHOOL DAY COUNTS
Thursday September 14th 2023
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Everyone has the right to be SAFE
Everyone has the right to be RESPECTED
Everyone has the right to LEARN
END OF TERM: What a very busy term we have had. Some of the highlights were our parades, discos, school EXPO, Father’s Day Stall, French incursion and other excursions. We also had many students represent our school in hockey, netball, soccer, basketball and district athletics. We had a very successful Pasta and Pamper evening for mums and children. Grade 3 students also had a week of swimming lessons. Countdown to Prep program has been held fortnightly to give our 2024 Preps an opportunity to experience activities in a school setting prior to starting.
2024: We are already planning for 2024 so if you know your child/ren will be moving schools, please let us advise by the school email, melton.south.ps@education.vic.gov.au We are also taking Prep enrolments for next year, please see the office staff for more information.
CIRCUS QUIRKUS LIVE SHOW: Our 2023 sold-out CIRCUS QUIRKUS LIVE SHOW was a huge success! Due to overwhelming demand, we are giving Melton South Primary School students and their families free online streaming access to our 2023 FAMILY VARIETY SHOW during the school holidays. Access to Auslan Video Interpreting included. Just click on the video link below.
http://vimeo.com/showcase/preston23
FOOTY PARADE: We are really looking forward to our footy parade tomorrow. It is always lots of fun and a great way to finish up the term. Our House Captains will be running footy activities throughout the day for all students.
GALA DAY: Don’t forget to book your tickets for the Gala Day, they are free but you will need the QR code to gain entry to the event. We are busy planning the day which we are all looking forward to.
If you know any former students or staff members can you please let them know the Gala Day is on.
LOST PROPERTY: We have so many jumpers, water bottles, lunch boxes,hats etc that are not named. We have staff members allocated to different areas of the school so if items are named they can be returned to students.
BINAP PRIMARY SCHOOL: The new school in Brookfield will be opening in 2024. It will be zoned as all government schools are in Melton. To find out if you are in the zone, Google Find my School and type in your address, select enrolment year and primary school. If you decide to enrol your child/ren at the new school please email me on melton.south.ps@education.vic.gov.au As your childr/ren are already enroled at Melton South Primary they can continue at our school if that is what you choose to do. If you do decide to enrol at Binap and you are not in our zone you won’t be able to re-enrol at MSPS.
PLEASE SEE ENROLMENT WEEK DETAILS FOR BINAP PRIMARY ATTACHED TO THE NEWSLETTER
CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
Memorabilia is still available to order through Compass and will be on sale on Saturday, October 21st during the Gala Open Day. Tickets are free however need to be pre-booked for planning purposes at https://compasstix.com/e/z0tbdklupe We look forward to celebrating our schools’ incredible milestone with you this year!
EXPO VIDEOS
Qantem Multimedia have professionally filmed our production of ‘Through the Decades’.
You can order USB’s ($35) or a MP4 File download ($25) by using the following link.
https://www.trybooking.com/CLBAA
Ordering will close on Friday 6st October at midnight, and orders will be delivered the following week.
FOOTY DAY PARADE
On Friday 15th September we will be holding a footy day parade in the quadrangle at 9:10am. Students can dress up in their favourite footy gear (AFL or other codes or sports). Parents are welcome to attend the parade.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS
| NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | ||
| PA | Zara | For listening to the main sounds when writing. | 3A | Tyler | For his participation and creativity during the design workshop. |
| PB | Hari | For his effort in writing. | 3B | Logan | For publishing his amazing poem about his rubber. |
| PC | Kailee | For her fantastic definition of what a habitat is. | 3C | Ruby | For her practical problem-solving persistence in detangling our headphone cables, and her excellent poetry work this term. |
| PE | Deandre | For displaying kindness towards all of his peers. | 3D | Tyler | For your persistence to use the correct number of syllables in your cinquain poems. |
| PF | Almir | For using a growth mindset and known initial sounds in writing. | 3E | Davina Amazon | For her participation and creativity during the design workshop. For his growth mindset and growth in our fractions topic |
| 1E | Kelvin | For being a respectful and kind student in 1E. | 3F | Helena | For making awesome text to self and text to text connections with cinquain poems! |
| 2A | Suleimaan | Excellent work completing his homework tasks. | 3G | Dimitrios | For writing an excellent cinquain poem using syllables! You are a superstar. |
| 2F | Avvnoor | For having a positive growth mindset. | 4A | Lillyanne | For showing improved courage to ask for help when faced with a challenge. |
| 6B | Inara | For being so determined to look up all the words in the dictionary whilst reading Thylacine. | 4B | TJ | For estimating the mass of classroom objects accurately and using balance scales to check. |
| 6E | Jaiden Xiaotai | For confidently working out the perimeter and area of irregular shapes. For confidently working out the perimeter and area of irregular shapes. | 5A | Lucas | For being a respectful and kind student in 5A. Your encouraging words are always a positive part of our day! Keep being the thoughtful person you are! |
| PE | Said 1A Sahib 2F | For his resilience and hard work when learning how to punt kick. Well done! For showing good sportsmanship when helping his friend with a punt kick. Great effort! | 5B | Astar | For working hard on her multiplication strategies and seeing great results. |
| STEAM | Sylvanus 1F | For displaying all of the school values during STEAM. | 5C | Saggu | For challenging herself to solve 3×3 digit multiplication problems using a range of different strategies. |
| 5F | Cainen | For persevering with his explanation text on the Colonisation of Victoria. |
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.
| Name, Grade (P,1) | Name, Grade (2,3,4) | Name, Grade (5,6) | |
| 10 SWPBS | |||
| 25 SWPBS | Callum 2D Ekas 2D Hunter 2D Connor 2D | ||
| 50 SWPBS | Marshall 5F | ||
| 75 SWPBS | |||
| 100 SWPBS | Alex 5A Krish 5A |
Binap Primary School, Brookfield
Enrolment Week
We will be at the Botanica Springs Children’s and Community Centre (next to the school site) on the following dates:
Tuesday 3rd October – 9:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 4th October – 9:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.
Thursday 5th October – 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
No booking necessary.
Please come along to collect enrolment forms or to bring completed enrolment forms
All enrolments received by 5 p.m. on Friday 6th October will go into a draw to win $100 worth of school uniform.
This includes all enrolments already received.
Questions or inquiries should be directed to Binap.PS@education.vic.gov.au
DJERRIWARRAH FESTIVAL
Expression of Interest
Dear Parents/ Careers,
We are pleased to announce that the Djerriwarrah Festival will return this year on Saturday the 11th of November 2023. Melton South Primary School will be participating in the annual Djerriwarrah Festival Parade with a walking float.
This year’s theme is ‘Stories that connect us’. We have chosen to celebrate Melton South Primary School’s 100 years by dressing up as 100 year olds. If you and/or your child is interested in attending this event, please fill out this form and return it to the office or your child’s classroom teacher as soon as possible, as planning will begin in Term 4. Please ensure that you provide your most recent contact number