November 22nd— Week 7, Term 4, Issue 37

MYRNIONG SCHOOL VALUES

Co-Operation Respect Acceptance

Resilience Do Your Best

MYRNIONG PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

DATES TO REMEMBER

Nov 23rd Thu - School Banking - Swimming Program Nov 24th Fri - 2018 Foundation Transition - Ice Cream / Icy Pole Friday Nov 27th Mon - School Assembly 9:10-9:30 - (F/1 W) - Grade 3I/R Science Excursion Nov 29th Wed - Newsletter - F/1/2 Science Excursion Nov 30th Thu - School Banking - Grade 5 Science Excursion Dec 1st Fri - Ice Cream / Icy Pole Friday Dec 4th Mon - School Assembly 9:10-9:30 (Grade F/1v)

SCHOOL CONCERT—Wed 13th December

ONLY 4 WEEKS to go, tickets are available at the

school office. $10 per adult and $5 per child,

family tickets are $25 (2 adults and 2 children).

The venue is the same as last year—St Bernard’s

Primary School, Bacchus Marsh. This is a fully

seated venue.

F-1 W F-1V

F/1 W - for their phenomenal effort with writing on Wednesday 15th Nov

Olive T - for always showing acceptance of others.

Grade 2C Grade 3I

Oscar O - for trying his best during all

classroom learning activities.

Grade 3/4L Grade 4/5 BN

Rylie R - for showing ‘Resilience ‘ out in the yard and being a great friend.

Grade 5M

Grade 6K

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS

Ellie Mc Chad D Eowyn P

Ari D Seth RG Addison F

Jed F Patrick H Gwen P

A.B.N 18 297 726 276

Principal: Mr. Allan Peach

School Council President: Ainsley Bellette

Blow St Myrniong, 3341

Phone: (03) 5368 7232

Outside Hours Care: Phone (03) 5368 7027

Hudson B - for always trying his best

across all subject areas.

Frankie C - for achieving great results while practising her times tables at home.

Matty M - for his ‘never give up’ attitude during swimming.

Jacob R - for excellent effort using

reading strategies.

“ Attendance, each and every day”

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PRINCIPAL AWARDS

FOUNDATION TRANSITION DATES:

Friday 24th November 9:30-11am.

Introduction for students to Investigations. Please send your child with a

hat, labelled water bottle and snack. They will again be meeting their

buddies, and will also be exploring the playground at recess (accompanied

by buddies).

Friday 8th December 9:30-11am. Children will be participating in Music/

Art/ Sport. Please send a hat, labelled water bottle and fruit snack with

your child.

Parent Information Session in the Library followed by morning tea in the

staff room where parents have the opportunity to meet with all staff.

PARENT / TEACHER INTERVIEWS

These will be conducted on Thursday, December 14th commencing at

1:30pm and concluding at 5:30pm. We encourage all parents to take this

opportunity to have a Parent Teacher Interview. A hard copy of the form

was given out to children today. Please complete the form and return it to

your child’s teacher asap.

YOUNG LEADER ASPIRING LEADER

2018 ENROLMENTS

Due to the high level of interest,

our school is currently accepting

new enrolments for the 2018

School Year.

SCHOOL BANKING

A reminder, tomorrow is our

next School Banking Day

The FINAL banking day for

2018 will be Thursday 7th Dec

Resilience is never giving up even when times are tough!

Sam M Max M

CHRISTMAS HAMPER

Our school is asking for donations for our Christmas Hampers. The hampers will be

raffled during Term 4 and the winners will be drawn at our School Concert on December

13th. We are asking for all families to donate 1 item as the hamper is made up of dona-

tions. Items can be left at our school office. More items means a larger hamper, your sup-

port is vital in making the raffle a success.

LOST PROPERTY

As the end of the year is quickly approaching, our school is asking all students and parents

to check our lost property basket. The basket (located in our first aid room) is over flowing with items and all

items must have an owner.

SPECIAL LUNCH DAY—7th December

Our next and last Special Lunch Day of they year is on Thursday 7th December. Forms were sent home

yesterday. Please return forms and money by 4th December for catering purposes. NO LATE ORDERS can

be accepted as we will only be ordering exactly the amount required.

SCHOOL BOOKLIST

22% of School Booklists are currently unpaid. As a matter of courtesy, could all outstanding amounts be paid

asap. Please note, if you are unsure of whether you have paid for your booklist, please contact our Business

Manager, Karen. All unpaid booklist accounts need to be paid by December 1st.

Statement of accounts have been emailed today. If you are unsure of your account please ring Karen.

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MUSIC

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Daniel A - for his enthusiastic dancing during concert practice

TOTAL LEVIES PAID TO DATE:

0%10%

20%

30%40%

50%

60%70%

80%

90%100%

Jan-Mar

46%

Apr-June

65%

July-Sep

72%

Oct-Dec

78%

Booklist

Vol Levy

OHSC—ASSISTANT

Myrniong Primary School Outside School Hours Care is looking for a new assistant educator for our small, commit-

ted team for 2018, with training beginning immediately.

Myrniong Outside School Hours Care provides a warm, welcoming environment for students and operates between

the hours of 6:30am-9:00am, and 3:00pm-6:30pm on school days. Our program is based on the National Quality

Framework, and follows the “My Time, Our Place” framework to provide a range of learning and play opportunities

for children in our care. We pride ourselves on our strong relationships with children and the professional conduct

of our staff.

Our new staff member will hold, or be working towards, a Certificate III in Children’s Services (or equivalent),

Diploma in Children’s Services, Diploma in Out of School Hours Care or other relevant teaching qualification such

as a current VIT registration. They will also hold a current Working With Children Check. Current first aid training

with CPR and anaphylaxis management is favourable.

Please forward resumes, along with a brief cover letter to Zamira la-Lau at: asc.myrniong.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au by

Monday the 4th of December.

END OF YEAR EXCURSION

Our whole school will be going to Ballarat for our end of year excursion. The day will begin with a movie at the

Ballarat Regent Multiplex followed by grades participating in a variety of exciting activities. Permission slips have

been handed out today. Please return with payment of $15 asap.

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Our final assembly for 2017 will be conducted on Thursday 21st December commencing at 1pm and concluding at

1:30pm in our School Building. All students will be dismissed for the Christmas Holidays at the end of the assembly.

SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING

Our final School Council Meeting for 2017 will be conducted on Tuesday 19th December at 5pm at “The Barkly”,

Cnr Main Rd and Barkly St, Ballarat.