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Important Dates
SEPTEMBER
Fri 18th
Term 3 Ends - 2:30pm finish!
OCTOBER
Sat 3rd Manifold Heights Community Garden Food Swap - Manifold Street 9:30-11am
Sun 4th Working Bee
Mon 5th Term 4 begins!
Weds 7th Healthy Together Mano committee meeting @ 2:30pm in the staffroom
Mon 19th Adolescent Education Parent Information Session - 3:45pm
Weds 21st Geelong Cup Holiday - no school
Thurs 22nd - Fri 23rd Grade 5 Adolescent Education
Contact Us
Manifold Heights Primary School
Strachan Avenue
Manifold Heights 3218
P: 03 5229 9643 F: 03 5229 2997
www.manifold.vic.edu.au
Manifold Heights Primary School Newsletter Principal: Barry Rowland Assistant Principal: Peta Mundine
Business Manager: Kylie Roskosch Administration: Anna Clausen
Date: 17th
September, 2015
The Qkr! App is available for families of students at Manifold Heights Primary School. Qkr! By
Mastercard can be downloaded for free from Apple’s app store for iPhone or from Google Play for
Android phones.
After downloading the app type in MNPS after tapping the magnifying glass in the top right of the
home screen. You can pay for various school excursions/activities and fundraising events right
now using Qkr! If you are having difficulty downloading the app, a handy ‘How to’ guide can be found on the school website or can be
obtained from the office.
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Monday morning not only brought a most beautiful and sunny day for us all to enjoy but also gave us an opportunity to celebrate a number of fabulous awards at our final Term Three Assembly. It was with great pleasure we announced the following:
School Captains: Tessa Gamble and Jacob Dobson House Captains: Purrumbete - Sam Hicks Manifold - Kobie Dowie Narmbool - Maddie Sheedy Strachan - Mia Pilling
Leaders: Rianna Mackay and Grace Mathieson.
Each of these students presented to their peers and teachers, an excellent speech to outline their personal achievements, why they would make an excellent leader and their goals for Term Four if they were selected for the positions.
Mr. Rowland’s Unleashing Potential Award was also presented. The Team Leaders, Miss Barr, Miss. Boyle, Miss. Bassi and Mrs. Helmore announced each recipient, giving an outline of the student’s personal attributes that assisted them in gaining this award. It is with excitement and pride we presented these awards to:
Prep - Parker Manning Juniors - Mahlia Davys Middles - Wynter Buckley
Seniors - Ivayla Gogova
The students who attended the State School Spectacular reported to the assembly the wonderful time they all had dancing and performing in this exciting event. It was fabulous to hear how they enjoyed the day and the girls presented Mrs. Orford, Miss Clutterbuck, Mrs. Bath and Miranda Orford with beautiful flowers in appreciation for all of the time, care and effort in organising and attending this event with the Mano students. We would also like to thank the parents who supported the students and staff with their positive encouragement and praise.
We welcomed our new 2016 Preps for their first transition session on Wednesday afternoon. The students attended for one hour so that they could gently ease into our routines and expectations that the school environment presents.
This leads us into the organizational aspects of planning for 2016. It is at this time we begin to look at student numbers and plan the number of classes at each year level, the specialist subjects and staffing, for the year ahead. With this in mind we would appreciate if you could let us know if you will not be returning for the new school year in 2016.
Transition is an extremely important aspect of our curriculum entering into Term Four and has proved already to be a great place to start when thinking about sorting students into classes. During the month of October we are happy to receive letters or meet with any parent who has an educational based concern/request that they wish to discuss regarding 2016 class placements. All letters and conversations will be considered when making our decisions but do not guarantee placements. The process of finding the best fit for both teachers and students across our school is always a difficult one and thus, requires lots of thought. Sometimes the reasons behind decisions made in this area are not always obvious but we can guarantee you they have always been well thought out. Please do not presume that we know/will remember what you told us in previous years. Please make sure all letters are in a sealed envelope addressed to Mr. Rowland and are
marked CONFIDENTIAL.
We remind you that it is an early finish, 2:30 on Friday as it is the end of the school term. We extend a huge thank you to all our students and parents for helping make this term such a successful and happy one. Please have a happy and safe holiday and we will see you all back on Monday October 5
th For the start of an exciting Term
Four.
Let’s keep Unleashing Potential Peta Mundine Assistant Principal
HOLIDAY PROGRAM AT MANIFOLD HEIGHTS PRIMARY!
Team Holiday is a multi-award winning holiday program provider for children and teens across Melbourne
and greater Victoria and are now starting up at Manifold Heights. We provide full-day activities to over
35,000 children aged 5-15 every year. Our programs are perfect for working families or for kids who are
just looking for fun activities to do during their holiday break.
95% of families rate Team Holiday as the better than any other program they've ever used.
Fast Facts:
• Our service is fully approved for Child Care Benefit and Child Care Rebates.
• We provide a huge variety of theme days and activities Monday to Friday throughout most school holiday periods.
• We open at 8am and close at 6pm, however you can drop off as late as 9.30 and pickup as early as 3.30pm (provided we're
not on an excursion!). We do not offer half days.
• Activities include sports clinics, swimming, cooking, giant outdoor games, pamper princess days, scooter riding days, arts
and crafts, loads of incursions ans excursion and much, much more! Check our website outs for upcoming
themes www.teamholiday.com.au
• We provide two programs: a 5-12 year old program and a 10-15 year old program.
• Team Holiday only employs fully qualified staff, all with working with children checks, first aid, anaphylaxis training, asthma
training, lifeguard/austswim certificates and are either qualified teachers, studying in the field or coaches in specialist fields.
• Team Holiday welcomes all children from any school. You can choose to enrol into as many, or few days as you like.
• For more information, please visit www.teamholiday.com.au or call 03 9532 0366 to speak to one of our friendly team
members.
http://www.teamholiday.com.au/#!manifold-heights/cbox - check us out on the Team Holiday website!
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CHOCOLATE MONEY IS NOW DUE BACK. PLEASE
MAKE SURE ALL MONEY AND ANY UNSOLD
CHOCOLATES ARE SENT BACK TO THE OFFICE
ASAP. DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN PAY FOR YOUR
CHOCOLATES VIA THE QKR APP? THANK YOU
TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE SWAPPED THEIR
COINS FOR NOTES, IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER
ON OUR END!
Important Information re: Earn & Learn Stickers
As you know, our school has been participating in the Woolworths
Earn & Learn program. The program has now finished for this year,
so a big thanks to everyone who supported our school.
We're now at the important stage of the program where the Sticker
Sheets are collected and lodged as our Earn & Learn claim. We will
then be able to get new educational equipment for our school. The
more we collect, the more we can redeem. So this week, please
send in your Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheets and any
loose Earn & Learn stickers you may have.
Remember to check your handbag, the car glove box or they
maybe stuck on the fridge. Every little bit helps.
Thanks again for all your support!
Walking group for the Mano mums - put a spring in your step!
We will be starting a walking group next term on a Monday morning after assembly outside the multipurpose room at approximately 9:45am. For those coffee lovers we may also stop and have a coffee along the way.
For more information please contact Lynne Foot on 0412 748 021.
Thanks!
If you are paying for an excursion, please remember that we
require your child’s permission note and payment at the same
time. If you know you have a credit on your account please
write “Credit” on your child’s permission note and we will
offset the money against that excursion.
Walk to school month - October
Walk to school month begins at the start of term 4. This includes all types of active travel e.g. bike riding, skate boards, scooters and walking.
Some ideas if you usually drive to school include parking a few blocks away and walking to school or getting to school a bit early and walking some laps of the oval with parent supervision. Some places to park and walk could be Drew Reserve in Herne Hill you can walk along Hilltop Crescent then up to the Holy Spirit crossing person around Peter Lowe to Mandy, on the other side of Shannon Ave is Baker’s oval there is a school crossing
and a lollypop lady at the crossing lights near Toyworld.
Organise a meeting spot with friends and enjoy the walk to school now that Spring has arrived.
Healthy Together Mano Team
Geelong West St Peters Football & Netball
Club
NetSetGo!
Registration Details:
8th October - 4:30-5:30pm
Where:
Cnr Weddell Street & Church Street
When:
Each Thursday in Term 4 - 4:30-5:30pm
Cost: $60 (VNA included)
Contact:
Carrie Rowe - [email protected]
The ‘Healthy Together’ Mano Committee will be
meeting every Wednesday until the end of the year
from 2:30pm in the Staffroom.
Anyone is welcome to come along.
Footy Colours Day - tomorrow!
This is a Junior School Council Fundraiser and a Gold
Coin Donation - Money raised will go towards
fundraising for Legacy Week which was held in the
first week on September. Legacy helps to raise
awareness and funds for families of incapacitated and
deceased veterans.
Come dressed to show support for this cause and for your favourite
football, soccer, basketball or netball team. You could wear team
socks, jumper, shorts, hat, scarf etc.
Bell Park Cricket Club - MILO PROGRAM
Our club will run the Milo program for children aged 5-9 again this
season on a Thursday night starting on 22nd October starting at
5pm.
Registration cost is $80 - Saturday, September 19, 11am at
Hamlyn Park, Calvert St at the clubrooms
Principal for the hour!
Congratulations to Alaska Dowie from MA who ran the school for an
hour today! She did such a fantastic job!
Flight Centre Bay City
Shop 1191 Westfield Geelong
Mano’s before and after school care
program is run by Camp Australia.
More information can be found at
www.campaustralia.com.au
Music Lessons AT school
Piano, keyboard, Guitar, Ukulele, Drum or
Singing Lessons
During &/or After School Hours at School
To enrol in, or to obtain more information
please contact Meagan:
Providing Music Lessons in local schools since 1985.
Proud suppliers of the
Manifold Heights Primary
School uniform
Open: Monday – Friday 9.00am – 5.30pm
Saturday 9.00am – 1.00pm
LOCATION
162 Moorabool Street
Geelong VIC 3220
Telephone : 5221 9199
Email : [email protected]
Cheap Flights, holidays and travel deals
- ‘We make kids smile’
OSHC school number:
5229 7257
Customer Service:
1300 105 343
You can download our Skoolbag app for FREE at the App Store (iPhones) or Google Play Store (Android). Just search Manifold Heights Primary. This is a great method of communication between the school and our parent community!
