EVERY SCHOOL DAY COUNTS
Wednesday November 13th 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
TRANSITION DAY: It was great to meet so many of our 2025 students on Monday. Parents attended an information session and had the opportunity to meet with our uniform suppliers, OSHC providers, wellbeing team members and the Principal team. We have two more sessions to go.
REMEMBRANCE DAY: On Monday we held a short service with a minute’s silence for Remembrance Day. This service was led by some of our grade 6 students, and they did it very respectfully.
PLANNING FOR 2025: Teachers are busy planning for 2025, allocating students into their new grades. All students have had the opportunity to nominate some friends they would like to be with next year.
DECISIONS: Everyone has the right to be SAFE, Everyone has the right to be RESPECTED All decisions made by the Principal team are done so with the best interests of children and families in mind. Not all decisions are easy, and we know that they are not all going to be popular with everyone, but we do the very best we can.
ILLNESS: Last week and on Monday we had over 20 staff absences due to illness. Please be aware it is very difficult to get Casual Relief Teachers even though we are using four agencies.
GRADE 2 CAMP EXPERIENCE: Last Friday night our grade 2 students had their camping experience at school. All students participated in camping experiences throughout the day and continued after school. The weather was perfect, the students had outdoor play, watched several short movies, then had dinner – pizza, juice, and a zooper dooper outside. Their manners were so good when they were lining up for their dinner, a credit to both parents and staff. They had time for some more outdoor play, and then inside to watch more movies.
FOOD/TOILETRIES DRIVE: Melton South Primary School is holding a food, and toiletries drive to make hampers for families in need. Christmas is a hard time for many families and every little bit helps. We are seeking donations from families and staff of non-perishable items e.g. tinned food, soup, pasta, pasta sauces, uht milk, (NO out of date items). Toiletries include toothpaste, toothbrushes, feminine hygiene products, shampoo and conditioner, body wash, soap. If every student/family donated one item, we would have over 500 items to make into hampers. Donations can be placed in the wheelie bin in the office foyer from Tuesday 12th November – Friday 13th December. Thank you for your donation and kindness.
INCIDENT IN WEIR VIEWS: If you feel your child has been impacted and needs counselling support following the police incident yesterday in Weir Views, and subsequent media coverage of those events, please feel free to contact the wellbeing team via the office so we can arrange some support. Your child and their safety remains our focus and priority. Our door is always open.
Grade 2 Camp Experience
Grade Two students had the opportunity to participate in a Camp Experience night at school on Friday 9th November. This event was part of the school’s plan to prepare students for camp in the coming years. Students stayed back after school to participate in some outdoor activities, eat dinner together and watch some camping clips on the big screen!
A visit from Staughton
Year 9 students from Staughton College’s Youth Empowerment Program visited some of our grade 6 students last week, to talk to them about student life at Staughton College. The Staughton students did an incredible job at answering questions from our students around what they will miss and not miss from primary school and worries they may have, while explaining the student matrix and SWPBS program. More transition sessions will follow for other grade 6 students.
MSPS FOOD/TOILETRIES DRIVE
12th November – 1st December
Please place all donated items in the wheelie bin in the front office foyer.
STUDENT OF THE WEEK AWARDS
| NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | NAME | REASON FOR AWARD | ||
| PA | Mridul Petso | For trying his best to write simple sentences using high frequency words. For always working hard in writing compound sentences. | 3E | Nathyrus | For such great achievement in his reading. |
| PC | John Cyra Manya | For working hard on his letter formation! Go John! For working hard to recognise her star words! Go Cyra! For writing a great opinion piece about why she does not want Pig the Pug as a pet. | 4D | Caleb | For his positive and enthusiastic approach to maths. Well done! |
| PF | Ray Ernisa | For working hard on his reading goals and smashing them! For staying focussed and completing her morning tasks. | 4E | Jack | Amazing work on his writing, especially his persuasive text on endangered tigers. |
| 1C | Serene Hitharth | A great job in our maths lessons with partitioning. Writing some great sentences in his information report. | 5B | Hanna Kayne | For her hard work in our multiplication and division unit. For his hard work in writing multiple biographies using the correct structure. |
| 2B | Occy | Working hard this week to complete her writing tasks. | 5D | Jayce | For his continual effort to improve his work in class. |
| 2D | Charlotte Lily | For doing an excellent job when writing her recount about our camp experience. For an excellent effort in maths when creating different counting patterns. | 6A | Cainen & Yusuf | For confidently working out the ratio of two collections, then simplifying the ratio. |
| 2E | Elphina Charlie | For presenting her data clearly and accurately on a Bar graph. For enthusiastically participating in the camping experience activities. | 6B | Kaiden | For showing and explaining his strategies when working out elapsed time. |
| 3A | Yvonne (week 3) Aaima (week 4) | For her willingness to go above and beyond to support her classmates during learning time while maintaining a high standard of work. For being a kind and considerate classmate, clarifying expectations and working hard on all tasks. | 6E | Levi, Layla, Felix | For all going over and beyond to make sure that each and every day in 6E they are following all the expectations that we show at M.S.P.S. Keep doing yourselves proud and shine bright! |
| 3C | Arvie Timothy | For working to the best of his ability to solve maths tasks. For consistently contributing to class discussions and sharing his ideas and strategies. |
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 | Khadeeja 3E Darren 3C | |||
| 25 SWPBS | Ava PA Stephen PA | Pranav 2E | ||
| 50 SWPBS | Fateh 3A Agam 3A Nityansh 3E Arjunbir 3E Mehakinder3E | Ghazala 6A | ||
| 75 SWPBS | Aaima 3A Areeb 3A Conor 3A Dakota 3A Ashreen 3A Kayan 3A Kashindi 4D | Indie 6A Nina 6A Levi 6A Haiyan 6A |
PEER LEADER BADGE
In order to achieve a peer leader badge, the grade 6 students must complete a minimum of 35 days of home reading and fulfil at least 3 of the following requirements, set out in the table below.
| 5 weeks’ worth of homework tasks (total of 10 tasks) | Full school uniform according to the MSPS school policy | Student of the Week award | Consistently following the school values in the classroom | Consistently following the school values in the school yard | 95% or above attendance | Negotiated with the teacher |
Congratulations to the following grade 6 students who have been working hard and have achieved their Peer Leadership badge this week.
6A – Kaleb
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