IMPORTANT DATES

Page 1 Principal: Marina Keegan Assistant Principal: Peta Mundine

JUNE Thurs 20th Reports to go home today

Fri 21st VSSS Regional Rehearsal YMCA Gymnastics - JF & JB

Mon 24th Student Led Interviews - Preps

Tues 25th Student Led Interviews - Middles

Weds 26th Student Led Interviews - Juniors

Jump Rope for Heart - Jump Off

Thurs 27th Student Led Interviews - Seniors

Fri 28th Last Day of Term 2 - 2:30pm finish

JULY Sat 6th Manifold Heights Community Garden (MHCG) Food Swap

Mon 15th Start of Term 3 - Curriculum Day - No School for students

Weds 17th Letterland Day Parade - 9:15am (Preps)

Thurs 18th SSV Cross Country - Selected Students

Weds 24th Student Photo Day!!

Thurs 25th - Sat 27th Victorian State Schools Spectacular!

Thurs 25th Division Girls Football - Selected Students

Fri 26th Division Girls Football - Selected Students

AUGUST Sat 3rd Manifold Heights Community Garden (MHCG) Food Swap

Wicking Bed Workshop - Food Forest, Manifold Street @ 10am

20th June 2013

Business Manager: Kylie Roskosch Office Manager: Kim Tucker Administration Assistant: Anna Clausen

PTO is now open so that you can book in for your Student Led Interviews. Interviews will be

conducted from Monday 24th June to Thursday 27th June. PTO can be accessed via the

school website www.manifold.vic.edu.au When you log on to PTO, click on “obtain pin/

password” you will be prompted for your email address. PTO will then send an email to that

address which will contain your login details. Bookings will closes TOMORROW - 21st June at 5pm.

Please ensure the school has your updated email address.

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Thank you to all our parents who have already

been on the PTO system for booking in

Student Led Interviews coming up next week.

If you haven’t done so, please go on line and book in a time to meet with your child and their teacher. All

students are required to attend the interviews. Bookings close online at 5pm tomorrow evening. Once

the online system is closed you will need to see your child’s class teacher directly if you wish to make an

appointment. If you would like to talk to the specialist teachers (Art, Music, History or Environmental

Science), please leave your details at the office and the Specialist teachers will get back to you with a

time.

We are very excited to say that work on our new play space will be starting over the holidays. Tony and his crew from

Buildscape will begin with the big structural items while we are away and then will include us in some of the work through

working bees. This includes planting many trees, moving mulch and creating garden beds. Thank you to our School

Council members who have been working in the background to get the project started, and especially to Kelly Blake who

worked with Landscape Architect Justin Staggard to came up with our long term concept plan. The three sections will take

us a few years to complete. It will be great to see our fundraising efforts coming alive in our school yard. Well done

everyone!

Even though it does take time to fundraise and get enough money to do things around our school, School Council does

have a plan of projects we would love to complete over the next few years. Our top three outdoor projects are: the new

playspace, resurfacing of the basketball/netball courts, and new turf on our oval. All our fundraising efforts will go

towards these three projects over the next few years. I hope that all families can support us as much as possible in all our

fundraising efforts, so that we can achieve these wonderful projects that will really make an impact on the grounds our

children use every day. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Our school review process is continuing with lots of people offering feedback about our school. Don’t forget that we are

holding a parent coffee and chat session on Tuesday June 25th at 9am in the staffroom. If you have some great ideas, or

are just interested in hearing and sharing with others, we would love you to come along.

Appreciations to:

Georgie and Chloe for being wonderful Office monitors. Thank you for all your help girls.

Communication is vital – Keep reading the newsletter!

Be on time, Be at school, that’s the rule!

Let’s keep Unleashing Potential! Marina Keegan, Principal

Chaplain’s corner A little background story about me - Jason Brown, the new School Chaplain.

I began my working life as a Land Surveyor, before becoming a Primary Teacher. After teaching here in Geelong, I become a

qualified Counsellor and practised in Geelong West. Currently I am the Chaplain at two other primary schools in Highton. I have

three children and live locally. My son Jack Brown has wonderful memories of attending here at ‘Mano’. I have many interests in

sport, community gardening and I help run the Geelong West Neighbourhood House.

I will be available next term from 1st August on Thursdays and Fridays. Parents are encouraged to speak with me on these days,

particularly if you have concerns regarding social, emotional and family difficulties. Kind Regards,

Jason Brown

School Chaplain

Kids Teaching Kids Launch Exciting news! Manifold Heights Primary School has been offered the opportunity to

launch the Kids Teaching Kids Week on 6th of September!

Kids Teaching Kids Week is a free, national, inquiry based, peer teaching program that

uses the local environment as a theme and focus for learning. Students of all ages find

solutions to complex environmental problems such as climate change, water, waste,

conservation, energy, drought, population and pollution. Students research, develop

and then perform songs, comedy, dance routines, poems, plays and experiments for

their classmates to deliver their messages about the environment.

For over 13 years Kids Teaching Kids has inspired more than 66,000 children across Australia to learn about, care for and respect their

local environment. Kids Teaching Kids helps build resilience in students through fostering high self-esteem and facilitating genuine

community connections.

We are looking for mentors to assist us in exploring a local environmental issue to present at this event – if you, or someone you know,

is willing and able to help, please contact Mrs Liz Hines ASAP on 0418501998. Thanks!

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Congratulations to the following students who have been rewarded for their efforts towards

“MOTIVATION” and making ‘Mano’ a better place.

PB MIA ELLIS - For working hard to learn her letters and sounds! Keep up the great work, Mia!

PH PHOEBE JOHNSTON - For a fabulous effort to learn her letters and sounds! You’re a star, Phoebe!

PS OLIVIA HINES - For trying her best when reading! You’re having a red hot go! Well done, Olivia!

JB SLADE DINGLEY - For making huge improvements in his writing efforts! Well done, Slade!

JF RHYS MCWATERS - For being highly motivated in all that he does! Fabulous effort, Rhys!

JMB JOHANNA IVEY - For being a helpful and hardworking member of JMB! Keep up the great work!

JO EMMA MATHIESON - For her creative ideas to make the metal objects move using magnets!

Well done, Emma!

MB MICHAEL FISHER - For his creative designing for his authentic action! Keep up the great work!

MC EMILY SUTER - For being motivated, organised and always working to her best! Well done, Emily!

MH GRACIE SEGAFREDO - For always having a go and smiling regardless of what confronts you!

Top attitude, Gracie!

MS INES MCINERNEY - For being self motivated and stretching her learning at every opportunity!

You are fantastic, Ines!

SB GAGE WATTERS-SANSOM - For demonstrating fantastic organisational skills and being an inquisitive

learner during iTime! Well done, Gage!

SN BANNON ROGERS - Welcome to Mano, Bannon! We cant wait to get to know you! We’re wrapped to

have you in our grade!

SS TENEAL RICHARDS - For demonstrating fantastic organisation and initiative with her learning goals!

Well done!

SW MARCUS NOHEJL-WILLIS - For taking responsibility for his learning! Marvellous, Marcus!

In response to a request from School Council, our school is trialling an app from

Skoolbag. The purpose of the app is to assist us in communicating more effectively with

our Parent/Student community. The free trial is for 30 days and will only be available to iPhones during this trial period. The app has

been pre-populated with the information already contained on our website. We will be updating this information and sending out “push”

alerts (alerts that pop up on your phone like a message does) over the next 30 days as we explore the many great benefits of modern

technology! Feedback so far from parents who have downloaded the app has been that they find the app “very convenient especially

when we are constantly on our phones and on the go without access to a newsletter.”

Should we decide to purchase the app, the Android version will then be available to download in the Google Play

Store. In the meantime we encourage you to download the app and let us know your thoughts on it. Just look for our

school name "Manifold Heights Primary" in the Apple “App Store”, and install it on your iPhone. It is free for parents to

download and use. If you require any assistance please phone 1300 661 031 or email support@skoolbag.com.au

Life Skills

On Thursday the 13th June, the Life Skills group went on the number 51 bus to Pakington Street.

We walked to the big Vinnie’s and had a treasure hunt there. Wayne and Kasem found the board games,

Julian found where the shoes were and Josh found a Hawthorn scarf and hat and wished he had his

pocket money with him!

We walked to a cafe called Yaya’s. They sell drinks and Churros. Churros are Spanish donuts; they are

long like a stick not round. We each had one and chocolate sauce to dip them in. They are so yummy.

Most of us had a milk shake but Austin had a hot chocolate. The lady at the cafe was really nice and we

would love to go back to Yaya’s again.

We visited a new local business called LED World and talked to the friendly owner called Simon. He told

us about different sorts of lights.

Thank – you to Priscilla, Mrs Mundine and Mardi for taking us!

Josh Barrowman and Wayne Driscoll.

Kaisercraft are kindly sponsoring a weekly Art Award this term. Each week one student

will receive a $20 Kaisercraft voucher. This week’s Art Award goes to:

Romayne Ciuffetelli - for working skilfully and creatively on his Indonesian puppet

The results of our recent Playgroup

survey indicate that we have

overwhelming support for a playgroup at Mano! The majority of parents who completed survey chose Friday morning for

their preferred day/time to attend playgroup. We also have a great indication of types of activities they would like their

children to participate in and ages of children attending. The school is now in a position to move forward with the

registration of the playgroup and its members. If you would like to attend the playgroup, you will need to register with

Playgroup Victoria and pay a yearly membership fee of $30 ($20 concession card holders). We also need the assistance

of a parent to volunteer as playgroup co-ordinator so that the group runs effectively and activities/equipment meet your

needs. If you would like to take on this volunteer role, please come and see Kylie in the office asap. We would like to have

the playgroup up and running by the commencement of Term 3.

Swimming Program Term 4

The Swimming Program for students Prep to

Gr. 2 will take place in Term 4 for 2 weeks,

Monday 18th November to Friday 29th

November. The venue is the Geelong College

Recreation Centre Aphrasia St. Newtown.

It is a worthwhile program for all students to attend. The

approximate cost is $80.00 for the 2 week swimming Program.

Look forward to more updates during Term 3.

Kind Regards, Mrs. Bencic

Last Tuesday morning the four school captains

attended the North Geelong Young Leaders Breakfast.

We all had breakfast

and completed a group leadership task with other young leaders from around Geelong.

We came up with ideas on how to stop a skate park being bulldozed because of

vandalism and graffiti. Many ideas were suggested involving security cameras,

petitions and fences. The head coach of the Geelong Supercats, Jamie O’Loughlin,

talked to us about his life and his experiences in leadership positions. There were also

three of the Supercats players and we had the opportunity to ask them questions. We

had a great morning and are thankful to the teachers and students at North Geelong

Secondary College for organising this fabulous breakfast.

Holden Earl, Darcy McGrane, Indi Utomo and Georgie Atkins

Sports News

Cross Country: Congratulations to Emily McLean and Wayne

Driscoll who competed in the Western Metropolitan Region Cross

Country Finals at Brimbank Park, East Keilor. Congratulations to

Ebony & Wayne on their outstanding achievements! Wayne has

now qualified to compete in the VIC Champs next term and Ebony

will be able to compete in the same age group next year as she

will be under 10!

Golf: A fantastic opportunity for girls interested in Golf is provided

by Gold VIC. A development camp for junior girls will be held at

the Anglesea Gold Club during the school holidays. The three day

camp is suitable for girls aged between 9 and 13. For more

information about the camp go to: http://www,golfvic.org.au

Winter Lightning Premiership: On Wednesday 29th May, the grade

5 & 6 children competed in the Geelong West District Winter

Lightning Premiership! The football and soccer was played at the

South Barwon Recreation Reserve while the netball and tee-ball

was played at Hurst Reserve. Every child in grade 5 & 6 competed

as a member of a team and we congratulate you on your attitude

and sportsmanship! Many thanks to the parents and friends who

were able to help and support the children throughout the day.

Congratulations to the girls soccer team who have qualified to

play in the Divisional Finals at a later date!

Next Wednesday Junior School Council will be holding a Jump Off day for Jump Rope for Heart. This is an opportunity for students to partake in a variety of skipping activities with their class. Junior School council will be collecting money raised to donate to the foundation during the last week of school. Please make sure brochures are filled in correctly for students to receive their prizes. Happy skipping!! Thank you, Junior School Council

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