EVERY SCHOOL DAY COUNTS
Wednesday September 4th 2024
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
PLANNING FOR 2025: Planning for 2025 is already underway. If your child will not be attending Melton South Primary in 2025 could you please let our office staff know. If you have a child starting Prep in 2025 and isn’t already enrolled, please do that as soon as possible. To be eligible for the $400 bonus students need to be enrolled before 18th October 2024.
GRADE 2 WATER WISE INCURSION
The grade 2 Water Wise incursion which was scheduled yesterday has unfortunately been cancelled due to illness. This program has been rescheduled for next Monday, 9th September.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS
| NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | ||
| PA | Lucas | For trying his best in writing by drawing his favourite animal. | 3E | Jebin | For always writing amazing stories during open cycle writing. |
| PC | Antley | For exceptional effort writing his information text on Wallabies | 4A | Leah Hakim | For being an active participant in her learning and offering help to her peers. For taking on teacher feedback to improve the quality of his work. |
| PD | Gloria Violet Anika Sophia | For using some amazing strategies to spell her High Frequency words correctly. For an awesome improvement in blending words together in reading. For being an active participant in her learning and offering help to her peers. For using Tier 3 vocabulary in her information report on Lions. | 4C | Abdur – Rahman Abdullah Harlow Caleb | For their great effort during independent reading time. For his consistent work ethic throughout all learning areas. For extending and challenging himself in maths. For building his resilience in taking on new challenges. |
| 1B | Piper | For working on her handwriting. | 4D | Nanta | For challenging himself to try new strategies when solving problems in maths. |
| 1C | Serene | For working hard on learning how to write the numbers to 50. | 4E | Jack | His newfound love of reading and participation in our reading discussions. |
| 1D | Ahmed | For working hard in all learning areas. Keep up the good work. | 4F | Tua | For showing a growth mindset in all areas of learning. |
| 2D | Lily Tuki | For working extremely well in mathematics in showing her understanding of arrays and the relationship between multiplication and division. For being a great role model in our writing sessions by sharing some excellent ideas for planning. | 6A | Rayaan Kaleb | Writing a Mission Statement about his product ‘Futbol’, using descriptive language. Using emotive language to promote his product ‘The Al Buddy’. |
| 3C | Tyren Lanuola | For always showing respect and kindness towards his teacher and peers. Well done Tyren! For settling in really well this term at MSPS and forming herself a friendship group. Well done Lanuola! | 6B | Paige | For showing confidence and improvements in division which was replicated in our essential assessment. |
| 3D | Zion | For engaging in class discussions and sharing his thoughts during Turn and Talks. | 6C | Ibrahim | For showing initiative by asking for assistance, when necessary. |
| STEAM | Amelia 2B | For her wonderful creation of a beanie. | LOTE | Matilda | For her great mime performance on French Day. |
| P.A. | Noah Jaxon 1A | For confident delivery of Improvisational skills. |
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 | Vova PC | Siale 4D | ||
| 25 SWPBS | Serene 1C Zaide 2D | Kaydan 4C Jade C 4C Trinity 4C Aurora 4C Lucus 4C Andreea 4C Tyler H 4C Taylah 4D Abbad 4D | ||
| 50 SWPBS | Emir 4D Wania 4C Junisa 4C |
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PYJAMA DAY
The JSC are organising a Pyjama Day to be held TOMORROW, Thursday 5th September. Students 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.
Book Club Issue 6
Book Club Issue 6 orders are due by Thursday 5th of September. You can order using the LOOP ordering system. NO PAYMENTS to school. Online ordering only.
Grade 3-6 Camp
Dear parents and carers, ONLY 2 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
School Saving Bonus
Information for government school parents and carers
The Victorian Government is making life that little bit easier for families by providing a one-off $400 School Saving Bonus.
This support will help cover the cost of school uniforms, textbooks, and school activities like camps, excursions and sports.
The School Saving Bonus is in addition to existing and continuing means-tested support for Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) and the Affordable School Uniforms Program.
The School Saving Bonus will be provided to schools and families in Term 4, 2024.
Who receives the School Saving Bonus?
The School Saving Bonus is available for parents and carers of all Victorian government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025, except for full-fee international students, home schooled students, TAFE students and students attending kindergarten in 2025.
Actions for parents and carers
Parents and carers of children who meet the School Saving Bonus eligibility above are required to do the following by Friday 18 October 2024:
Complete enrolment
If your child, or children are changing government school for Term 1 2025, or starting Prep or Year 7 in 2025, please complete enrolment. For more information, read about Enrolling in School.
Check your contact information
Ensure your contact information is up to date with your school. You can check this information by contacting your school directly.
Accessing the $400 School Saving Bonus
You do not need to apply for the School Saving Bonus.
The Department of Education will email you in November 2024 with your $400 School Saving Bonus. You will be able to access it via an online system.
You can decide how to best use the School Saving Bonus for your family’s needs. You can choose how to allocate the $400 in the online system.
The bonus can be used towards 2025 school costs, which may include:
· camps, trips, excursions and incursions
· swimming and sporting programs
· outdoor education programs
· graduations
· school uniforms
· textbooks.
The bonus can be used at your school’s approved textbook or uniform suppliers either in-store or online, or through State Schools’ Relief. The list of suppliers may include a school uniform or bookshop. Any amount that you choose to allocate to textbooks and uniforms will be valid until 30 June 2025. It will then transfer to your child’s school account for future activities.
Funds will roll over for use in future years if it is not all spent in 2025.
Families with more than one eligible child
Families who have more than one child at the same school can combine their School Saving Bonus payments to use on one child, or for a specific activity. So, for example, a family with 3 children who are all government school students would receive support to the value of $1,200 and choose how they spend those funds. The School Saving Bonus cannot be combined across different schools.
More information
To learn more about the School Saving Bonus visit vic.gov.au/school-saving-bonus. Translated information will also be available on the School Saving Bonus website in the next few weeks.