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.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Everyone has the right to be SAFE
Everyone has the right to be RESPECTED
Everyone has the right to LEARN
SCHOOL OVAL CLOSURE: The school oval will remain closed as we put in an irrigation system and lay turf. The oval was an OH&S issue and needed to be addressed for the safety of students, staff and community. I have met with all grade 5/6 students to get their ideas on what the challenges are now that the area is closed and any ideas that we could introduce to overcome these challenges. I have also spoken to my Student Voice group for ideas. Some students suggested lunch time club – LEGO and gardening clubs were just a couple of ideas.
I have spoken to all students at assembly about the oval closure and advised them if they have any ideas for activities to see the students in the Student Voice group. Some other ideas were to hold different activities in the lunch break, utilising the gym. An example would be MSPS’s GOT TALENT COMPETITION. Students can perform solo, in small groups, singing or dancing or other acts. We will have a panel of judges and lots of fun. Students will be able to come into the gym and be the audience. More information to follow.
Rugby has been a problem in Area 5 as the students have not been following the rule of no tackling despite repeated reminders by yard duty teachers. Rugby is not being played in break times until further notice. Area 5 will be rostered to give more students an opportunity to play in that space. PE teachers have also discussed with grades on how to adjust games in a limited space. We will continue to work with students and staff to see what we can put in place while the oval is closed.
OLYMPICS: Last Friday we hosted the Melton South Primary School Olympics. All grades chose a country to represent. and came dressed in their country’s colours or green and gold for Australia. We started with an opening ceremony which included a smoking ceremony and the athletes oath. The students and staff had so much fun and the weather was perfect. After competing in the sporting activities, we met for the closing ceremony. This was a tug of war, all grades competed. A big thanks to Mr Demarchi and Mr Smakman for their great organisation and the grade 5 /6 students who assisted in the running of all the sporting events.
PARENT OPINION SURVEY: The Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey (PCGOS) is a confidential survey made available to all Victorian government schools in Term 3 each year. Schools may choose to invite a random sample of approximately 30 per cent. The survey was sent out today via email. to the random sample of parents. The aim of this survey is to collect parent/caregiver/guardian opinion data from individual schools, and to use this information to assist with the future planning and improvement of Victorian schools.
OTHER EVENTS: Bullying No Way Week – MSPS will be celebrating Bullying No Way Week between 12th – 16th August 2024. On Monday 12th August students and staff came to school with a touch of purple. Students will be completing activities throughout the week focusing on Bullying No Way.
Bullying No Way Week
MSPS will be celebrating Bullying No Way Week between 12th – 16th August 2024. Bullying No Way Week is all about the important roles school, family and community play in helping young people feel accepted, respected and that they have a place where they belong. Purple is the hero colour that represents Bullying No Way: National week of action. It represents peace, strength and empowerment, with bold tones signifying a firm stand against bullying behaviour. Students will also be participating in activities throughout the week to promote empathy, challenge stereotypes, embrace diversity and support positive relationships.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS
| NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | ||
| PA | Syonah | For settling well in her new class and for demonstrating the MSPS school values. | 3E | Kelly | For outstanding effort in her information report. |
| PB | Aaisha Shalom | For using a range of numeracy strategies to solve a problem. For confidently sharing counting strategies in Numeracy lessons. | 4B | Stella | For working hard at decoding new and unknown words in her reading. |
| PC | Hunter Pobitro | For using great problem-solving strategies in Maths. For showing the school value of respect to his peers and teachers. | 4C | Aubrey | For her fantastic and consistent effort in writing this term. |
| PE | Oscar Sahibjot | For amazing writing using letter and sound knowledge. For terrific maths knowledge using part-part-whole method of addition. | 4D | Siale | For her consistent effort and positive attitude in her maths focus groups. |
| PF | Myla Karlia | For writing the sounds she hears to write words in sentences. For working hard at decoding words in reading. | 4E | Abdullah | His positive mindset and excellent efforts in learning. |
| 1A | Neha | For having a positive attitude towards her learning and showing kindness towards others. | 4F | Isla | For showing improvement with writing a summary about a book in her reading goal book. |
| 1C | Harata | For great work finding half of a collection of objects. | 5B | Sophie | For using a 100’s chart to find multiples and factors of numbers. |
| 2B | Tilly | For always working hard and trying her best in everything she does. | 5C | Eradi | A great job exploring factors and multiples in maths. |
| 2C | William Tainana | For working hard in writing trying to complete his explanation text. For showing the school value of whole body listening during our group times. | 5D | Fatiha | For always working hard and trying her best in everything she does. |
| 2D | Alex Kayla | For using his problem-solving strategies well during our maths sessions. For displaying a focussed and consistent approach during her daily independent reading tasks. | 6A | Ekamjot Cainen | Having a great attempt at traditional multiplication. Always offering to help keep our classroom organised. |
| 2E | Dolvin | For showing kindness and respect towards others. | 6B | Lachlan | For his improved behaviour and following the MSPS values throughout the term. |
| 3A | Ashreen Nasha | For completing her homework to a high-quality standard and helping friends with their class work. For her hard work nightly reading and for being a kind and caring classmate. | 6C | Owen | For consistently working hard and expecting the best from himself. |
| 3B | Samuella | For acting on feedback during writing in order to improve her information text about Argentina. | 6D | Zane Lucas | Working hard during writing to work out a plan for his narrative. Helping others in the classroom and continuing showing school values. |
| 3C | Aiko | For always showing whole body, listening and having a positive attitude towards her learning. | 6E | Dom Kirat | For working hard to complete a fantastic narrative story. Keep working hard! For showing amazing effort and working hard towards producing a fantastic narrative text. |
| 3D | Fatima | For settling in so well to your classroom. | P.E. | Jivtesh 5C Ethan PB | For showing great control and safety when using his Hockey stick For cooperating with his peers during pavement games to make sure he knew what he was doing. |
SWPBS BADGE EARNERS
Each day, MSPS students work their way up the SWPBS 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.
| Name, Grade Prep | Name, Grade 1&2 | Name, Grade (3&4) | Name, Grade (5&6) | |
| 10 SWPBS | Dylan PF | Rei 2E | Naw Naw 4D | Olivia 6A Kaleb 6A |
| 25 SWPBS | PC Daksh Ewurama Manya Antley Kara Addison Logan Hunter Ali PF Fateh PF | Pearls 4D Muhammed 4D Caleb 4D Avi 4D Zayne 4F Harrison 4F James H 4F Mikaelson 4F Jebin 3E Nityansh 3E Lucus 4C Trinity 4C Kaydan 4C Wania 4C Junisa 4C Jade C 4C | Brax 6A Rayaan 6A | |
| 50 SWPBS | Sujood 1C Hania 2D Saahib 2E Tekaai 2E Kirat 2E | Kai 4D Jordyn 4F | Haiyan 6A Indie 6A Levi 6A Nina 6A |
Book Week – Week 6
In week 6 we will be celebrating Book Week with a variety of different activities.
Open Morning:
Date: Monday 19th August
Time: 9:00am
Location: Classrooms
You are invited to visit your child’s class to see what takes place in a reading session.
Book Parade:
Date: Friday 23rd August 2024
Time: 9.15am
Location: Quadrangle
Families are invited to join in the celebrations and watch the parade. Students should come dressed as their favourite book character, and if possible bring the book to school.
(Please label the book with your child’s name)
PYJAMA DAY
The JSC are organising a Pyjama Day to be held on Thursday the 5th of September. Students can can come to school dressed in their pyjamas, please ensure these are appropriate to wear to school. It will be a gold coin donation to participate and all money raised will go towards financing some extra bench and seat space in the senior school, which was an issue raised by the student voice group.
Grade 3-6 Camp
Dear parents and carers,
ONLY 5 WEEKS to go for final camp payments
A reminder that all camp payments need to be finalised in full by Friday 20th September.
You can make payment in full on your child’s compass profile, or smaller, more frequent payments through the office. You can refer to your Compass account to check your remaining balance.
More information about the camp can be found at www.rosesgap.com.au
SPORT NEWS
OLYMPIC FUN IN THE SUN
Last Friday MSPS went under a massive transformation to put together one of the BIGGEST OLYMPICS EVER!!! Every student that was able to make the day had a ball of fun and we even had the sun join us. A MASSIVE Congratulations to the staff and students on displaying such great sportsmanship and camaraderie it just made the day even more enjoyable. GO MSPS.
Respectful Relationships
This week in our Respectful Relationships lesson, we drew a flower and wrote a problem on the stem. We then wrote solutions on how we could fix the problem. I problem solved ‘bullying’ and wrote bullying on the stem. My solutions were to walk away, count to ten, tell the teacher, tell someone, run away, calm yourself down, talk to wellbeing and then we coloured it in.
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