Hello Everyone

Well the weather has certainly taken a turn from absolutely freezing to boiling hot. I would like to mention that on these sweltering days, the students are inside in the cool air-conditioning. We were very lucky that the weather held out for our 150 Year Celebration.

150 YEAR CELEBRATION!

What a fabulous event the 150 Year Celebration was. Speeches, ribbon cutting, cake, superb art and photos and memorabilia, mementos, food trucks, Devonshire tea and entertainment. The student performances were brilliant. Thank you to Deb Marchant and all the staff for a wonderful day – so much time and effort went into this day – it was like a wedding with all the preparation and it went so quickly! I would also like to thank the committee members Stacey Lolas, Elena Angel, Trina Henderson, Cate Flowers, Kirsty Glen, Jen Darby and all the other parents who volunteered on the day.

One chap certainly enjoyed my band – I’m not sure if he was an ex-student or someone from off the street, but he was singing away and he knew every word to every song we performed. Very funny.

The School Captains did a wonderful speech to start the day off – they spoke clearly and confidently and set the day off with a bang. I was very proud of the acting ability of the JSC performers in the play “Time Warp”. They did such a great job and it was fantastic that we could hear them clearly. Thank you to Miss C for giving up her time to prepare the students for this performance. I loved the choir singing “We are Australian” – the words resounded with me given the diverse group of students we have at our school. The student rock band was outstanding and delivered two very solid performances – thank you to Mr Andy Coutts and Miss Kim Issa for using their lunchtimes to rehearse the songs and instil a love of music in the students. The other student band also performed really well and delivered an original piece of music that was incredible and I think their music teacher Finn, did a great job to get them to that level of performance on the day.

Thank you one and all!

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

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December 2018

Monday 10th Mordi Idol final

Tuesday 11th School Council -

Christmas Dinner

Wednesday 12th Parent Helper Morning

Tea 10.40-11.30am

Thursday 13th Year 5/6 Fun Day -

Village Cinemas

Monday 17th Open Morning 9-10am

Tuesday 18th Year 6 Graduation -

Woodlands Golf Club

Thursday 20th MBPS Christmas

Carols 5-8pm

Friday 21st Break Up -

1.30pm finish

Term 4 Issue 5

December 7 th , 2018

In assoc iat ion wi th

Term Dates 2018

Term 4 8 October-21 December

The year is quickly wrapping up – we will do a final bulletin in the last week. This will have the grade

structure for 2019 in it. We have our parent helper morning tea next Wednesday, 12 December – I hope you can make it. Christmas Carols will be a delightful way to end the term and of course the Year 6 Stu-dents will be graduating from our school - which will be bitter sweet.

We are very sorry to be losing several staff this year due to our numbers falling from 207 to 197 students and some other staff members who are leaving because the students they are responsible for are also leaving. We would like to wish the following teachers all the very best success in their future pursuits and thank them for putting in much time and effort to make our school the special place it is: Jess Banfield, Rani Bavropoulos, Elle Sullivan and Matt Wright. These staff are also leaving and we wish them all the best as well:- Ella Marchant, A lex Almendingen and Monique Le Fevre.

Sue Leighton-Janse Principal

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DREAM BIG - Our school values: Determination, Resilience, Excellence, Ambition & Self Motivation.

This week’s Dream Big award goes to LORELEI KENSINGTON.

You can see the photos of students who have received the Dream Big award in the corridor outside the Library.

Jun A: Ben Scholz for determination and perseverance in improving your spelling and writing, as well as looking after your fellow students. YOU’RE AWESOME!!! Keep it up and GO BEN !!! Jun B: Arian Sharma for continuing to make improvement with your reading. The effor t you are putting into your writing is great to see. Keep up the effort, Arian. Well done! Jun C: Ava Petrie - What a wonderful year you have had! You try hard in every activity and always make sure everyone is happy! You should be very proud of yourself Ava. Jun D: Addison Tombe for your dedication with all your learning this year . I love how you try your best with all that you do and seeing that smile on your face when you achieve a goal is a reason why I teach. I am so proud of you, Addie. Mid A: Penelope Gray for always being so kind and car ing to your fr iends. You always make the day better with your warm nature. Keep up the great attitude! Mid B: Petar Kocic for your enthusiastic attitude towards learning and always setting challenges and goals for yourself to achieve. Keep up the great work, superstar ! Mid C: Rafferty Kilkenny for creating some engaging and thoughtful pieces of wr iting over the last few weeks that have brought together all your learning this year. Y our writing has come alive! Well done! Sen A: Kelly Kavanagh - Kelly, the effort and precision you put into your speech and curiosity project is extraordinary. This week, your poster about Horses displayed 5 Star Criteria and showcased all your interesting facts. Have a great holiday Kelly. Sen B: Elsie Rance for always having such a positive attitude towards your learning and this school. You are a role model for everyone in this school. You truly are a dream to teach. Well done Elsie! Sen C: Lachlan Stratford for making a consistent effor t in your learning and activities. Your effort to try your best and willingness to actively participate in class discussions, is to be commended. Keep up the good work Lachlan!

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD w/e 07/12/18

Term 4 Issue 5

FOR SALE

PARKDALE SECONDARY COLLEGE - GIRLS UNIFORMS

These uniforms I’m selling are in immaculate condition: 2 x Blazers normally $180 each now $80 each

3 x Spray Jackets normally $90 now $30 each

4 x School Dress normally $75 now $20 each

2 x Parkdale Pullover normally $75 now $30 each

1 x Sport Tracksuits Pants normally $75 now $30

2 x Parkdale Sport Tops normally $35 now $10 each

2 x Rugby Jumpers normally $85 now $30 each

If anyone wants these uniforms I will be including free socks and a tie. I will be dropping them off Monday, 10th of December at Mordialloc Beach Primary School if you would like to have a look at them. These uniforms are suitable for Year 7s and 8s. My number is 0421 760 911.

Kerry Logan

A big THANK YOU to Heather Kristiansson

for organising the delicious Mango fundraiser

which will turn out to be your very last

fundraiser.

Thank you for all your fundraising efforts over

the past 11 years!

Principal : Mrs. S. Leighton-Janse

Assistant Principal: Mrs. J. Minogue

Teachers :

Junior A Mr. D. Krieger

Junior B Ms. E. Christensen

Junior C Miss R. Warchulski

Junior D Mr. S. Gliddon

Middle A Miss D. Cravana

Middle B Miss J. Banfield

Middle C Mr. A. Coutts

Senior A Mr. O. Nitsios

Senior B Miss K. Issa

Senior C Mrs R. Bovopoulos

Literacy Support Ms. L. Angwin

Art/Read. Recovery Mrs. D. Marchant

Leading Teacher/

Specialist Maths: Mr. T. Green

French: Mrs. E. Sullivan

Education Support Mrs. T. Cowan

Mrs. M. Lefevre

Miss I. Franco

Miss E. Marchant

P.E. Mr M. Wright

Business Manager : Mrs. K. Parry

(Mon/Tues/Thurs)

Admin. Manager : Ms. K. McGrath

(Mon/Tues/Wed/Frid)

Admin. Assistant: Ms. C. Renfree-Marks

(Thursday)

4th Jaden Hack

Benny Cai

5th Charles Horejsi

6th Abdulrahman Iqbal

11th Adam Kumar

14th Jack Li

Kevin Li

19th Cameron Jones

Amber Torly

20th Dimitris Angel

23rd Hamish Devers

27th Riley Taylor

28th Ethan Li

29th Mary-Ella Hull Angelides

Angelo Hull-Angelides

BIRTHDAYS

Term 4 Issue 5

MBPS BANK ACCOUNT

DETAILS:

BSB No: 313-140

Account No: 12048397

Bank Australia

For more information check out the website

- www.classroomcuisine.com.au

Place your lunch orders online up until 8.30am on Wednesdays and Fridays and your lunch orders will be delivered to school.

MBPS PAYMENT PLAN

Any families who are having difficulties

paying their school account are to make

payment plan arrangements with our

Business Manager, Kathy Parry on

Monday, Tuesday or Thursday.

FOR SALE

Fresh Eggs laid by our school chooks!

$5.00 for 1 dozen eggs

Ask Kerryn at the office.

REMINDER:

School Hats

must be worn

in Term 4 as

part of MBPS

correct school uniform.

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Term 4 Issue 5