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1430 Heatherton Road, Dandenong 3175

19-21 Gloria Avenue, Dandenong North 3175

Phone: 9791 8900 Fax: 9791 3489

Phone: 8762 6466 Fax: 9708 5337

Email: emerson.sch@edumail.vic.gov.au

Website: www.emersonsc.vic.edu.au

Issue 17 - Friday, 9th June 2017

DIARY DATES

12th June, 2017

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

(NO STUDENTS AT SCHOOL)

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13th June, 2017

CURRICULUM DAY

(NO STUDENTS AT SCHOOL)

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15th June, 2017

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB

(Order forms and money due back)

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30th June, 2017

END OF TERM 2

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17th July, 2017

START OF TERM 3

Parents / Carers, please note there will be

NO SUBWAY ORDERS THIS WEDNESDAY, 14TH JUNE, 2017

due to Curriculum Day on Tuesday, 13th June, 2017.

SCHOOL COUNCIL PRESIDENT’S REPORT On last Wednesday evening, our Principal, John Mooney and myself met with our Deputy Premier and Minister of Education, Mr James Merlino, upon his invitation to discuss a proposal that our School Council had lodged requesting a four stage building program to modernize our Junior/Senior Campus.

We met with the Minister along with Ms Gabrielle Williams, the State Member for Dandenong; Mr Chris Keating, Chief Executive Director of The Victorian School Building Authority (VSBA) and Ministerial Advisors, Melissa Box and Chris Carpenter.

Our four stage proposal involves:

1. A multipurpose gym, south east back corner

2. The construction of a two storey structure on top of our three current school wings and our central courtyard.

3. The development of our remaining playground area.

4. The installation of traffic lights and electrical pedestrian crossing at the front gate, Heatherton Road.

Mr Merlino has asked John Mooney to forward a paper on some of the key issues that were discussed. He expressed a wish to visit Emerson soon. We will be extending a formal invitation as soon as possible.

We were very happy with the content and tone of the meeting. We are optimistic that our presentation will be favourably received. We are very grateful to our local member, Gabrielle Williams MP, who arranged this meeting. Thank you Gabrielle.

HEATHER NORMAN President, Emerson School Council

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Our annual Queen’s Birthday holiday will take place on next Monday, 12th June.

A school Curriculum Day will be held on next Tuesday, 13th June.

Therefore, there will be no classes or buses on next Monday and Tuesday.

Classes will resume as normal on next Wednesday, 14th June.

JOHN MOONEY

Principal

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BUS AWARDS

DANDENONG PAKENHAM NOBLE PARK NARRE

WARREN CRANBOURNE

ENDEAVOUR HILLS

LUKA D

(MSL)

EMMANUEL O

(MSF)

ALEX T

(JSJ)

BEN L

(MSI)

DEVA S

(MSJ)

CALLUM M

(MSJ)

We will be studying the value, Excellence, for the next fortnight.

Excellence is about giving your absolute best to everything that you do. This always leads to success.

This is how we discover our talents. Excellence involves lots of practice and striving to continually improve what we do.

LIBRARY NEWS Scholastic Book Club, order forms: Issue 4, 2017

have been distributed to all students.

Order forms and money are due back to the

Office or Library by 15th June, 2017.

Excellence

DIANNE WRIGHT

Middle Campus Principal

Value of the Fortnight

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COWAN House danced to “Better When I am Dancing”.

House Music

Festival

Entertainment between acts

DUNLOP House did a great rendition of

“Hit the Road Jack”.

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House Music

Festival

MELBA House sang “Waterloo” with great

gusto!

RAFFERTY House performed “A Medley”

led by House Leader Ms Ward.

DRYSDALE House. Mr Silverwood was really into “Highway to Emerson”.

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House Music

Festival

FLYNN House had a stage full for their

performance of “Perm”

PATERSON House sang out “Can’t Stop the Feeling”.

BRADMAN House performed “You’re Welcome” from the movie

“Moana” with great enthusiasm and stage presence.

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JUNIOR SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

JSA ANTHONY N For doing well in fixing the puzzles.

JSB IVAN D

For his excellent skills in PMP

JSC MARTIN M

For his excellent performance for Paterson House.

JSD MICAH W

For his fantastic recount of his holiday to Indonesia.

JSE JACK M

For his terrific efforts on the fitness track.

JSF MICHAEL C

For trying very hard in JSF.

JSG MATHEW C P

For trying very hard in ‘Numeracy’.

JSH OLLIE D N

For being kind and caring towards his friends.

JSI THOMAS T

For his leadership skills and helpfulness in our classroom.

JSJ EUGENE T

For excellent reading during guided reading.

JUNIOR SCHOOL BIRTHDAYS

Michael (JSF) Maya (JSH)

MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Mrs Searle NOAH W For improved work when completing comprehension and problem solving tasks.

Mr Bowen LACHLAN H-G For trying his best and improving his handwriting. Mr Machar JORDAN F For always using good manners. Ms Harding ADAM J For a great work ethic.

Miss Murphy AULLIN T-D For helping Melba with the music festival.

Ms Ryan JESSA F & SARAH S For doing such a fabulous job of washing and tidying my desk. Thanks girls!

Mr Kotzamanis THANU M For improving his hand writing in class.

Mr Peduto SIMONE P For always using proper manners.

Ms Jeans REYHAN C For being a responsible person taking care of Koah.

Mr Marczenko DONTAY C For working hard in class and finishing extra work.

ESO ANGUS M For always being polite and having a tidy desk. Ms Hickox LIAM B-D For having a great attitude to school.

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Our excellent Middle School Band, along with Kaya and Mr.

Bowen performed at this morning’s Whole School Assembly.

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SPORT

JESS WHITE, PE Teacher

Sports Star Awards of the Week!

Junior School

Middle School

Senior School

MSB Lachlan H-G

MSD Michael P

MSH Robbie C

MSI Reyhan C

MSJ Deva S

MSK Taleah C

MSL Jewel D

JSA Hamzah N

JSB Zoe S-H

JSC Dion I

JSD Joe T

JSF Kai F

JSG Ali A D

JSG Alex T

JSH Blake H

JSI Thomas T

JSJ Yassin N

SSE Leanne C

SSH Ashley S

SSC Trishali B

Today is the last round games for Interschool Hockey and Soccer. Throughout the term it has been great to see the

improvement in the players on the field. These skills include team work, sportsmanship, passing, scoring opportuni-

ties, movement around the field and positive communication between players.

Off the field the interactions between Emerson students and students from other schools has increased. There is

constant chatter between groups and the teachers from other schools have been making positive comments about the

manners of the Emerson students.

Next week will be our all day Soccer and Hockey carnival. We are all very excited to attend this great day and we

hope the weather will be kind to us too.

The Sports Staff would like to thank the students for their hard work this term and wish them all the best for next week.

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