NEWSLETTER

Meadow Heights Primary School

14th DECEMBER 2016 www.meadowheightsps.vic.edu.au

Phone: 9305 2033 Fax: 9305 2712

PRINCIPAL: MARGARET LEACH

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and this school, do not endorse the products or services of any

private advertiser or notice contained in this Newsletter. No responsibility is accepted by the Department of Education and Early

Childhood Development or this school for the accuracy of information contained in advertisements or claims made by them.

At Meadow Heights Primary School our relationships and behaviours are guided by the values of

Equality, Excellence and Respect

***** DIARY DATES 2016*****

DECEMBER

Wednesday 14 Grade 6 Graduation Evening

Wednesday 14 Last day for CANTEEN 2016

Thursday 15 Parent Teacher Meeting NO SCHOOL

Monday 19 Tabloid Sports

Tuesday 20 End of Term 4 (1:20pm finish time)

***** DIARY DATES 2017*****

JANUARY

Monday 30 Book Collection Day

Tuesday 31 Start of Term 1 (Grades 1 to 6)

FEBRUARY

Wednesday 1 Preps 1st day (8:50 –12:50pm)

2017 If your children are not returning to Meadow Heights

Primary School in 2017, please let the office know asap.

IMPORTANT NEWS FOR TOMORROW, THURSDAY

15 DECEMBER Parent / Teacher Interviews

Attention Parents/Carers: Tomorrow, Thursday 15 December, there will be NO school for children BUT they will need to attend the allocated meeting time with

the classroom teacher. Thank you.

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

TUESDAY 20 DECEMBER LAST DAY OF TERM 4 2016.

Dismissal time is 1.20pm

PARENTS!! PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU

COLLECT YOUR CHILD ON TIME AS THERE WILL BE NO ONE TO LOOK

AFTER THEM AFTER 1.30PM.

2017 School Year School resumes for Years 1 to 6

@ 8.50am to 3.20pm on Tuesday 31 January, 2017

Preps start Wednesday, 1 February, 2017

Preps attend @ 8:50am to 12:50pm

Please ensure children arrive prior at 8:50am to start the 2017

School Year

Congratulations to the Girls who won both Premierships

in Volleyball and Netball and to the boys who came

runners up in the open Netball Competition. Well done

to all. Heath Yasunaga Sports Teacher.

We want to thank Janelle Pannuzzo very much for all her work at Meadow Heights Primary School over the 10 years she has been here as well as Taylor Arik who will be leaving us and wish them both the very best for the future. Margaret Leach Principal.

Meadow Heights Primary School

will be hosting a Twilight Tabloid

Sports on Monday 19th December

to celebrate the end of another

terrific year. The event will start

at 5:00pm and finish 7:30pm. We invite all families to

come and watch your child/children participate in

different sporting activities within the school setting.

Children may not be dropped off at school and left

unattended, as it is a school family event.

Students are encouraged to come dressed in their

House Colors and to bring along a drink bottle.

Students are encouraged to eat something before

arriving at school.

DON’T FORGET TO BRING YOUR TICKET

FOR ENTRY !

PLEASE HAVE

A SAFE AND

ENJOYABLE

BREAK

In the Grade 1/2 Team we have been learning about Colourful

Semantics. We have been learning about nouns, verbs and now

adjectives. We use adjectives to describe objects.

We can use adjectives in our sentences;

Issra; “The Italian dancer was wearing a white sparkly dress.”

Adjectives: Italian, white and sparkly.

Danielle; “The mum is knitting a long t-shirt.” Adjective: Long.

Sara; “The old lady is baking an enormous pie.” Adjectives: old,

enormous.

Grade 1/2 Team

Everyone at Meadow Heights Primary School wish the following children a very Happy Birthday for the period 11th December to 17th December, 2016. Selinsu Ozbinay 34A Baris Seyhan 34D Malak Ali 12B Aleyna Duman 12A Mia Brown 12B Mert Cevik 12F Arda Cetin 34A Jawad El-Baf 34D Milad Marogi EAL To all those students who will be celebrating their birthday during the school holidays from 18th December, 2016 to 28th January, 2017, we wish them a very Happy Birthday too

ألسباب آمنة يرجى أبدا عدم إستخدام موقف سيارات المدرسين داخل المدرسة في أي وقت ممكن و شكرا لكم.VI LY DO AN TOAN, PHU HUYNH KHÔNG ĐƯƠC DUNG SÂN ĐÂU XE CUA NHÂN VIÊN TRƯƠNG TRONG BÂT CƯ GIƠ NAO

Okul otoparkı okul personeli içindir, velilerin ve öğrencilerin otoparktan geçmeleri / kullanmaları yasaktır.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

BOOKPACK-EXCURSION/INCURSION PAYMENT FOR 2017

Dear Parents

School Council has approved a one off payment charge of $160 per student. (For all students this will include

the purchase of your child’s book pack, specialist supplies etc and up to 4 paid excursions/incursions)

Bookpack collection day 2017

Monday 30th

January 2017

Between 10am – 12.30pm or 2pm to 3pm

Bookpacks must be collected on this day

Over many years Meadow Heights Primary School has ensured that children have access to the best possible

educational experiences that the school could provide.

The policy of the school is that all children have access to the programs, facilities, equipment and materials

needed to allow them to reach their educational potential. The cost associated with delivering our programs in

2017 will be in excess of $300 per child, including discounts for some excursions, subsidies for the school

camp and the school year book.

It is vital that all parents understand that while the Government provides many of the school’s educational

resources such as facilities and teachers, it does not cover the cost of consumables and extra educational

opportunities that the school puts in place to assist individual students.

The school council through the Principal and teachers have an ongoing commitment to the school community

to provide the best possible educational opportunity for each child who attends the school and they expect that

all parents have the same level of commitment to their child education.

Dear Parents and Careers,

MHPS NOW HAS A NEW SCHOOL APP!! We are now using an app to send instant

messages, newsletters and notices. From term 1 in 2017, the WHOLE SCHOOL will be using this app. It’s called tiqbiz.

The tiqbiz app will help our school keep parents fully informed and up-to-date with newsletters, notices, news and events. It’s easy to

use and also has the benefit of helping reduce our paper consumption by printing less. Therefore, starting in Term 1 2017, we will not

be printing and handing out paper newsletters to students on Thursdays anymore. The newsletter will be sent through a push notifica-

tion on the school app tiqbiz. But if you still require a hard copy, there will be some printed and kept in the office area each week.

At the beginning of the school year in 2017, you will receive a pamphlet that explains exactly how to

download and join your child’s grade box. These pamphlets will also give you the code you will need

to join your child’s grade box.

This year, we have already had many parents from the Foundation team and 1/2 Grades join us in the

trial of the app, and it has been a very successful trial.

We look forward to easier and faster communication with you, and to share your child’s school life with you on tiqbiz

in 2017!

If you have any questions, please see your child’s classroom teacher or myself.

Mrs Silvia Menelaou - eLearning Leader @ MHPS

SPECIAL BUY - CHOCOLATES FOR SALE

We have at the office, special gifts wrapped

containing 12 chocolates for $10.00. These

will also be available to purchase on Monday

19th December during the twilight sports

event.

ATTENTION PARENTS

CANTEEN NEWS

Canteen will be closed for the

remainder of the year 2016.

Thank you.