EVERY SCHOOL DAY COUNTS
Thursday November 30th 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
STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS
| NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | ||
| PA | Aarya | Writing a funny poem using the ‘an’ rhyme. | 3A | Tyler | For making good choices in the classroom over the past few weeks. Well done on working independently in collecting data and creating a column graph with the results of your surveys. |
| PE | Serene | For taking responsibility for jobs that she has been asked to do. | 3A | Naw Naw | For continuing to use your growth mindset to master telling the time. Well done for not giving up! |
| 1C | Evie | For making excellent progress in reading and achieving her reading goal of decoding tricky words. | 3A | Ahmed | For always being a courteous and cooperative member of the class. You always work with focused effort and take on challenges with a positive attitude to achieve success in your learning. |
| 1C | Muhammad | For taking initiative in the classroom and always showing a growth mindset in every task. Well done! | 3A | Owais | For writing an information narrative about a hairy-nosed wombat and making us laugh about his adventures. |
| 1D | Jashmiga | For showing a growth mindset by improving her handwriting. | 3E | Taeaolasi | For using her initiative to move to a table where she can make positive learning choices. |
| 2D | Hunter Tyson | For writing an amazing alphabet poem about friendship. For listening and having a great answer when contributing to class discussions. | 3F | Evie-Rose | For taking your time to perfect your fine motor skills by colouring and cutting your crocodile mask! |
| 2E | Nathyrus | For working well as part of a group during maths. | 3G | Hunter | For working together with a partner to clarify the meaning of plant words. |
| 2F | Areeb Dante | For writing a great alphabet poem about summer. For writing a great alphabet poem about winter. | 4A | Rachel Zoe | For fabulous poetry writing using alliteration. Working hard to develop her understanding of number facts. |
| 5A | Guronkar | For being able to pose meaningful questions and gather data from his own questions during math. Well done! | 4C | Jayden | For always being a kind and courteous classroom member. |
| 5A | Summer | For being such a positive student at all times bringing so much joy and compassion into 5A! Summer you are just a delight to have in our class. | 4D | Farin Alfred | A fantastic effort creating Haiku poetry. A fantastic effort creating Haiku poetry. |
| 5B | Elli Zavier Chloe | For producing multiple pieces of writing that have great structure and voice. For showing the school values consistently in the classroom and in the yard. For her free verse poem that included great structure and emotion. | 5D | Josh Sukhaman. | For showing resilience and always doing his best. For her excellent start at M.S.P.S and showing the school values. |
| 5C | Ashwini | For selecting the extension prompt to challenge herself during Problem Solving lessons. | 5F | Connor | For his enthusiasm for our assembly performance preparation. |
| PArts | Idris 2D Ella 2C Joy 2C | For sharing his imaginative choreographic ideas with his group and getting some great results! Being inclusive team members in dance. | 6E | Kaylee Harleen | For creating a detailed graduation placemat that highlighted her years at MSPS. For her cheerful greeting every morning. |
| PE | Baindu 3B | For her efforts when demonstrating the forehand strike skill. Well done! | STEAM | 4D Alfred | For always being an enthusiastic learner. |
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 | Thirtha 5A | ||
| 25 SWPBS | Thirtha 5A Xiaotai 6E | ||
| 50 SWPBS | Ekas 2D Riziki 2F Genoveva 2F | ||
| 75 SWPBS | Rhyko 2D Piula 2D | Latisha 5A |
What are the students currently learning?
Prep: Investigation Unit – Poetry
Students will learn… about the purpose of poetry and some different structures. The students will explore -ing poems and free verse poetry in the classroom. They will become aware of the impact of poetry on the mood or emotions of the readers.
Students will be reading…and responding toa variety of different poems.
Students will write -ing poems and Free Verse poems using the formats studied in the classroom.
Grade 1: Investigation Unit – Poetry
Students will learn…about the purpose of poetry and some different structures. The students will explore colour and free verse poetry in the classroom. They will become aware of the impact of poetry on the mood or emotions of the readers.
Students will be reading… and responding toa variety of different poems.
Students will write…Colour and Free Verse poems using the formats studied in the classroom.
Grade 2: Investigation Unit – Poetry
Students will learn…to analyse and appreciate poetry as a form of expression that evokes an awareness or emotional response to an experience through the language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. They will learn how poets use words to create imagery and effect. They will learn that poets use sentence structure, grammar and punctuation for impact.
Students will be reading…different types of poems. They will explore and analyse how poets use carefully chosen words to create imagery and effect. Students will use comprehension strategies such as visualising, making connections and inferring to build literal and inferred meaning of poems.
Students will write…Free verse, Alphabet poems and Concrete poems.They will learn to choose language for effect, to move words and phrases and to consider alternative punctuation and engage in the processes of drafting, editing and improving their work.
Grade 3: Investigation Unit – Living Things
Students will learn…about living things and once-living things. They will investigate and describe living things – mammals i.e live births, reptiles i.e. egg laying, marsupials, monotremes, birds. Students will investigate Australian animals that have become extinct and describe how other Australian animals are on the Endangered Species list. They will understand how the actions of people can affect animals, and the efforts being made to help endangered species.
Students will be reading…print and/or online texts and viewing documentary and clips on to investigate and research topics for writing.
Students will research…an endangered Australian animal and write an explanation text in which they will explain how/why this animal became endangered.
Grade 4: Investigation Unit – Poetry
Students will learn…to analyse and appreciate poetry as a form of expression that evokes an awareness or emotional response to an experience through the language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. They will learn how poets use words and literary devices to create imagery and effect. They will learn that poets use sentence structure, grammar and punctuation for impact.
Students will be reading…different types of poems. They will explore and analyse how poets use carefully chosen words as well as spoonerisms, neologisms and punsto create imagery and effect. They will use comprehension strategies such as visualising, making connections and inferring to build literal and inferred meaning of poems.
Students will write…Free Verse, Haiku and Acrostic poetry.They will learn to choose language for effect, to move words and phrases and to consider alternative punctuation and engage in the processes of drafting, editing and improving their work. This is particularly important when writing poetry with syllable rules such as Haiku, Cinquain, and Tanka.
Grade 5: Investigation Unit – Poetry
Students will analyse and appreciate…poetry as a form of expression that evokes an awareness or emotional response to an experience through the language chosen and arranged for its meaning, sound, and rhythm. They will learn how poets use words and literary devices to create imagery and effect. They will learn that poets use sentence structure, grammar and punctuation for impact.
Students will be reading…different types of poems. They will explore and analyse how poets use carefully chosen words as well as to create imagery and effect. They will use comprehension strategies such visualising, making connections and inferring to build literal and inferred meaning of poems.
Students will write…Free verse and Diamante poetry.They will learn to choose language for effect, to move words and phrases and to consider alternative punctuation and engage in the processes of drafting, editing and improving their work.
Grade 6: Investigation Unit – Australian Poems
Students will learn…that the bush ballad, bush song or bush poem is a style of poetry and folk music that depicts the life, character and scenery of the Australian bush. They will study the works from the old masters such as Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson. The students will learn about some of Australia’s modern Australian poets such as Col Wilson.
We will be reading and viewing…the works of various historic and modern bush balladeers. They will learn that Bush ballads usually have a simple rhyme structure. They can be funny or sad. The words used are colourful, colloquial and Australian. They tell stories of action and adventure about bushranging, droving, droughts, floods, life on the frontier, and relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Students will write…response to literature.
Grade 5/6 Camp 2024
Next year or Grade 5 and 6 students will have an opportunity to visit Rose’s Gap Recreation Centre Camp.
We have a tentative booking for October 28th – 30th. There are limited places.
The cost of the camp is roughly $410 per student.
More information regarding deposits will come out soon.
www.rosesgap.com.au
Mental Health and Wellbeing
In this incredibly busy time of year I know many of us feel overwhelmed and it’s hard to find time to look after ourselves. When you are on the plane your oxygen mask goes on you then you support the people who need your help. Sometimes you just need to do one thing to make you feel the pile of things that need to be done are possible. You could call it the power of one!