Newsletter Week 7 Term 3

DATES TO REMEMBER Friday 2 September Father’s Day Stall – Hall 9am-1pm Preschool Red & Green – Year 6 Monday 5 September Boys 3/4 & 5/6 9am-2.30pm Kippax Oval Monday 5 September Book Club Due Tuesday 6 September ACT Track and Field – Woden Park Athletics Field, Ainsworth Street, Phillip – All day Tuesday 6 September Kinder Learning Journey 8.30am – 9.30am & 3pm – 4pm Wednesday 7 September P&C Meeting 7pm-8pm Wednesday 7 September Twilight Fete Meeting 8pm-9pm Friday 9 September Girls 3/4 & 5/6 Cricket Friday 9 September Assembly – Year 2 – Hall Noon – 1pm **Save the Date** Saturday 19 November Twilight Fete 3-7pm

Attachments • Father’s Day flyer • Kindergarten News • Preschool Fun Day flyer • Great Book Swap flyer • Fete flyer • Entertainment Book flyer • Wests Cricket Rego flyer

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Newsletter – September 1 2016

Message from the Principal

Father’s Day Stall Please remember this weekend is Father’s Day and we hope all our dads have a fun and relaxing time! The Father’s Day stalls will be out in force tomorrow for our children to select a Father’s Day present for their dads so please remember to ensure they bring a few dollars in please for this. A massive Thank You to Ahna and her army of volunteers for organising this!

Indigenous Book Swap, Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge, Book Week Parade and Brilliant Writer’s Competition. Next Wednesday we are holding our annual Indigenous Book Swap where we ask children to bring in a book and a few dollars and we swap books and raise some money to improve the literacy skills of many of our disadvantaged Indigenous children across the country. Any help and support you can give to this worthy cause is appreciated. Also please remember the Chief Minister’s Reading Challenge ends next Thursday. We have had 100% participation for the last two years and we would love to make it three in a row- the school receives valuable resources (books!) for our involvement so please encourage your children to have that final push to achieve the goal (it’s forecast to rain all day on Saturday!). Also please remember to encourage your child to participate in the Brilliant Writers Competition that was officially launched last Friday at the Book Week Assembly. A huge thank you to Luned Scholfield and Daniela Banda and the rest of the committee members who have helped organise these events, our parents for helping children with their wonderful costumes last week for the Parade and to the P&C who have again generously provided the prizes for the children for the Brilliant Writer’s Competition.

Students Excelling Katie I has been selected in the ACT School Sport Swimming team to compete at the Australian School Sport Championships in Darwin in mid-September. Katie will be competing in the 50m freestyle, 50m and 100m backstroke, 200m individual medley and relay teams which is a massive achievement! Also, Kaide S has been selected as the team for this year’s National Championships to be held in Coff’s Harbour in Mid-October which is a great honour! We wish both of these children every success in their sporting endeavours! Also we are taking two teams to Tournament of Minds at the ANU this Saturday and they will be competing in challenges that challenge the mind! We wish them every success and I would like to thank Eliza, Monique, Sarah and Lara in giving up their afternoons this term to support the children in this!

School Leadership Sandra Hall is taking leave over the next two weeks and Nicole Jaggers is covering as the acting Deputy. Eliza Bensley is taking Nicole’s role and we have employed Susan Mollison (a regular relief teacher in our school) to backfill and cover 5 Bensley. I understand this can cause some disruption to our classes but part of my role is to build leaders in our school and so to help this it is beneficial they have the opportunity to do this. I know you will join with me in congratulating both Nicole and Eliza on this.

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Newsletter – September 1 2016

Learning Journeys Thank you to all the parents and carers who have attended the Learning Journeys so far in Years One, Four and Five. Next week we have Kindergarten and we hope to see you there!

Satisfaction Surveys Thank you all for taking the time to complete the satisfaction surveys over the last three weeks. Once we have the results collated we will publish them in the newsletter.

Chris.

Message from Deputy Principal

What an exciting few weeks we have had. Staff have been busy with Individual Learning/Educational Plans. Our parents and carers have been pleased with how their children have been working and achieving. It is such a delight to give positive feedback to parents about their child’s progress. The teachers and Learning Support Assistants are very dedicated to improving learning outcomes for our students. This week and in the coming weeks we have Learning Journeys and I was privileged to be part of one on Tuesday afternoon in Year 5. I am in awe of what the students have produced and how they related it to their units of inquiry. Some of the wonderful Learning Journeys I have seen so far are:

• Year 5: Their developing understanding and exploration of Sharing the Planet made an opening to explore what is happening in this environment of ours. The enthusiasm was something that I admire in these students. Their knowledge around water, pollination, habitats and the destruction of all resources in our world shows an amazing understanding of the issues in Australia and globally. • Year 4: Their Belonging Expo around creating an organisation and the benefits of it to our society was exciting and challenging. All the parents gave positive feedback and were excited about their child’s learning on a variety of organisation. I would love to learn about weaving, knitting and Pokémon Go. The things that are essential to make a community run smoothly. • Kindergarten classes will be having their Learning Journey next week and behold the exciting activities that will happen in their classroom. Maths games, reading, writing, and inquiry display. Parents get ready for these amazing little people to demonstrate their brilliance and intelligence, knowledge and skills. Please fill in the pat on the back for you child as everyone loves positive feedback. My little bit of advice for parents is to check up on your Literacy and Numeracy skills because you just never know if you will be by the little people.

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Newsletter – September 1 2016

• Preschool’s Learning Journey will be in Week 9. Be prepared for the most exciting adventure in the world. Pottery making, dancing and singing, literacy and numeracy tables, fun for everyone. Again feedback is import to these special little children. Also on the Saturday 17 September, Week 9 will be our Welcome to New Families Fun day. The amazing and yes I do say amazing committee members and teachers are working hard to make it an exciting day for new and current families.

Book Week Assembly

Thank you to all the parents who put considerable effort and imagination in

to their child’s costume . As a community we enjoyed it immensely. I think the teachers had as much fun as the students, but the Crayons in the box take the

prize . What a wonderful school we have and the educational outputs are to be commended, not every school can boast about their students and believe me we DO!

Regards Sandra.

PS. Special thanks you to De Barnes, Meg King and Kirstie Jozing our school would be lost without you.

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS The rates for contributions are $100.00 for one child $160.00 for two children, and $210.00 for three or more children. Please nominate if you would like this payment put to the Library Trust Fund.

Account Name: Miles Franklin Primary School Management Account Account Number: 001 666 BSB Number: 032-777

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Newsletter – September 1 2016

Father’s Day Stall

Thank you to everyone for your wonderful donations to the Father’s Day stall – so many lovely gifts for the children to choose from! Please don’t forget to send your child to school on FRIDAY with a few dollars to spend for Dad or Grandpa or a special person to them. The P&C donates the proceeds of these events to school projects like the shade sails over the play equipment. If you would like to get involved, please come on down to the hall on Friday morning and you can help children to choose and pay for gifts. See you there!

Music Scheme News

The 2016 Miles Franklin Music Festival was a big success, raising over $600 for the music scheme committee. Money raised from the festival allows the music committee to purchase new musical items including upgrades and replacements for the school, ensuring students at Miles Franklin continue to receive quality musical education.

A very big thank you to all those who volunteered their time and efforts as without volunteers, the festival would not have gone ahead. We genuinely appreciate all the assistance we received.

Our next "big" event will be the annual MFPS Music Christmas Concert.

If you would like to be more involved in your child's music education at the school or have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact the music committee at: [email protected]

Miles Franklin Music Scheme Committee

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Newsletter – September 1 2016

Library News

Scholastic Book Club Orders are due back to school on Monday 5 September please.

The Great Book Swap The annual ‘Great Book Swap’ to raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation will be held on Wednesday 7 September. The IRF is a national charity which aims to reduce the disadvantage experienced by children in very remote Indigenous communities across Australia. Please encourage your children to select a book from home to donate for the swap stall. On the day children can purchase a book of their choice for a $2 donation. Please feel free to donate more than one book.

IB Learner Profiles

Congratulations to the following students who will be receiving IB Learner Profile certificates at the assembly on Friday 9 September ……... Well done!

Classes Students K Packard Justin R Aidan R Charla M 2 McGarrity Paige D Naomi M 2 Black Jordon B Natacha N Rhys H 2 Ferdinand Tyler B Halle N 3 Ebbage Rachel H Daniel B 3 Irwin Reese P Elijah T 4 Shaw Kailani O Jasmine K 5 Brennan Katherine M Lachlan P Dustin K 6 Zuman Talal I Kaide S Ryan R Mrs Hudson Melanie A Joshua S Johann M

Mathletics Awards- Week 7

Silver Awards Name Class

Nelson M KW

Elijah S KJ

Rosa F 6W

Tyanna W 5BR

Halle N 2F

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Lots of great gifts for Dad, Grandad or anyone special! A parent roster is available at the front office. Please put your name down if you’d like to join us!

Preschool TUESDAY FRIDAY (THU–FRI) and K–6 Preschool (Mon–Tue)

Gifts priced from $1–$5

Kindergarten

Save the Date!

Miles Franklin Pre-School Fun Day Saturday 17 September 2016 12pm-3pm 2016 and 2017 children and their families

Jumping castle Sausage sizzle slimey bugs Crafts

Bubble tube pot painting coloured hairspray Fire truck

Chocolate wheel Treasure hunt

Face painting Temporary tattoos Parent/ teacher sack races

Free activities ...and lots more fun for everyone!

The teachers and sub-committee thank you in advance for your time and support in making the Fun Day a big success for our children. Contact: Belinda Garrett (Fun day Coordinator) [email protected] or 0408582708 for further information

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The Great Book Swap- Wednesday Week 8

Fundraiser for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation

On Wednesday 7 September (Indigenous Literacy Day) the SRC are holding a fundraiser for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). The ILF raises awareness and funds for children in remote Indigenous communities across Australia. The money raised by Miles Franklin students will help to provide books to children in these remote communities.

The Great Book Swap will be held in the library. Students are encouraged to choose a book from home that is in excellent condition to donate to the Book Swap. These books will be collected from classrooms and displayed in the library. Classes will be allocated a time to go shopping at the Book Swap and buy a book for a $2 donation. If students would like to donate more than one book, that would be wonderful (but please check with parents first). If we get enough donations of books, students may be able to buy more than one book.

Students are encouraged to: • Choose a book (or books) from home to donate to the Book Swap. Bring them is ASAP. • Bring at least $2 on Wednesday 7 September to buy a second hand book.

Any questions, please see Luned Scholfield.

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MILES FRANKLIN PRIMARY SCHOOL TWILIGHT FETE will be held on… Saturday 19th November 2016 from 3-7pm Next Fete Meeting: Wednesday 7th Sept, 8-9pm WHERE: MFPS Front Office We will be keeping to a strict 1 hour time frame so we can all get home at a reasonable time. This meeting will be held straight after the P&C meeting.

Here’s a few things we need your help with to make our fete GREAT… > LEGO Competition and Display Room volunteers > Pick up or Potting of plants from Floriade for the plant sale on Mon. 17th October (week two term 4) Many hands make light work, so even if you can only afford to help for an hour it would be greatly appreciated!!

Any QUESTIONS?? Just give me a call or email me!

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