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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 9 — Thursday, 29th March, 2018

DIARY DATES

Term 2 commences

Monday 16th April 2018

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ANZAC DAY

Public Holiday

Wednesday 25th April 2018

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School Photos

Tuesday 1st May 2018

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QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

Public Holiday

Monday 11th June 2018

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End of Term 2

Friday 29th June 2018

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT Student Investiture Ceremony

Our Student Leadership Investiture Ceremony was held yesterday at our Middle School

Gymnasium. It was a wonderful event and we were very fortunate to have Mr Max

Binnington, an Australian Olympic sprinter present badges to our School, House, Bus and

Flag Captains. I would like to congratulate the 34 students who received a badge to signify

the important roles they play in the life of our school in 2018.

Max Binnington told us about his life journey as an accomplished athlete. Max competed

in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Since retirement from the track,

Max has been involved in the coaching and management at club level at “the Hunters” -

Glenhuntly Athletics Club, of which he has been a member for more than 40 years. The

Emerson School community thanks Max for joining us yesterday.

Congratulations to Dianne Wright for organising the Investiture Ceremony and to all staff

who supported her.

End of Term One

It has come to the end of Term One. It has been a short nine week Term and time seems

to have really flown. I would like to thank everyone for making the Term such a successful

one. I look forward to seeing everyone back at school on the 16th April for the

commencement of Term 2. I wish everyone a safe and happy Easter break!

DAVID WALSH Acting Principal

As part of a Sustainability Project a group of students from

MSC and MSD are organising a clothes drive for the less

fortunate. The holidays is a perfect time to go through your

wardrobe and clear out any clothes that you don’t wear any-

more and we would really appreciate it if you could donate

these clothes for this cause.

There will be boxes in the foyers of both campuses for

you to put your clothes donations in until the 7th May.

All donations will go to the Andrews Centre in

Endeavour Hills.

EMERSON CLOTHES DRIVE

CONGRATULATIONS

to SHILOH S (MSA) who is the lucky winner of the Easter Raffle at Middle School which raised funds for the Summit Camp. A special thank you to everyone who purchased tickets and to Mrs Marlow and Officeworks Dandenong for your donations.

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Value of the Week

We will be studying the value, Forgiveness, when we return to school next term. It takes great courage to show

forgiveness to someone who has hurt you.

Mahatma Gandhi once said that “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” He

was aware of how hard it is to not want to take revenge on those who had hurt him. Mahatma Gandhi’s most

famous act of forgiveness came when he visited a man in prison who had tried to kill him two years previously.

DIANNE WRIGHT

Middle Campus Principal

FORGIVENESS

BUS AWARDS

DANDENONG PAKENHAM NOBLE PARK NARRE

WARREN CRANBOURNE ENDEAVOUR

HILLS

Indu M (JSD)

Kara P (SSP)

Huong N (MSJ)

Tyson C-M

(MSL)

Aaliyah K-W (MSK)`

Conner R (SSB)

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MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THE WEEK

Mrs Searle NAVINDU V For always trying his best and for having excellent behaviour. Miss Amott ALL OF MSB For having a great Term 1 and coping well with change. Mr Machar MIA W For being a leader at camp. Mr Mara TRAVELINE T For being a valuable member of MSD and always having a good attitude. Ms Murphy ALEKSA S For having a great first term at Emerson.

Ms Ryan AHSAN E For being a mature member of MSF and a good role model for others to follow.

Mr Kotzamanis MARCELO G For having a positive attitude towards receiving work.

Mr Peduto DYLAN F For hard work in Maths.

Mr Marczenko HAWA Z For always being kind and working hard in class.

JUNIOR SCHOOL STUDENTS OF THE TERM

JUNIOR SCHOOL BIRTHDAYS

JSA BEN D

For trying his best to become more independent.

JSB ANGELIA T

For always listening to the teachers and for trying to do the right thing.

JSC MADELEIN L-W

For her improvement in all aspects of her work.

JSD ELI B

For always being a kind, caring and friendly student and always using his manners.

JSE ANDRENA C-P

For efforts in ‘Literacy’ and her excellent work this term with her daily laps.

JSF JADE B

For being a great helper.

JSG BRODIE J

For always trying his best.

JSH ROOZBEH A

For always being fantastic in class.

JSI ALEX T

For his leadership skills and helpfulness in our classroom.

JSJ CHRISTINA M

For always being friendly and positive, allowing her to do her best with her class work.

Aaliyah W (JSA), Jade B (JSF), Hamzah N (JSC)

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As part of the development of the Peace and Prosperity Kitchen Garden at Government House, selected schools from across the State were invited to create a scarecrow. The program was developed as a way of opening up Government House to students from special development schools in a creative and fun way. Emerson was one such, lucky school.

Nine students from the Sustainability class were involved in the project, which involved visiting Government House to officially hand over their scarecrow, meeting the Governor, Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC. We given a tour of the House too.

Our Sustainability class decided to create a Frida Kahlo (Mexican Artist), inspired scarecrow, as most of the stu-dents had previously studied her in my art class. Recycled materials were gathered and the students worked very productively to create, “FABULOUS FRIDA” as they named her.

Glenn Stephenson and I accompanied the students and we arrived early enough to enjoy our morning tea at the War Memorial and leave a poppy in the poppy wall. Our group then enjoyed a fruit platter in the garden of Government House, before meeting the Governor. Students were then photographed with the Governor and spoke to her about their scarecrow and how they had made it.

The Governor was so overwhelmed with Emerson’s scarecrow that she asked it to be put on the official Instagram page! Wow!!!! Our lucky students and staff were also taken on a tour of the ground floor of the building.

Students admired a huge painted portrait of the Queen, hanging above a plush velvet green couch. A very beautiful chair in which the Queen had sat was the highlight for most of our excited students! They also enjoyed the beautiful lavish and ornate furnishings and architecture and sat with Springvale SDS students at the large, official dining table.

Thanks to Glenn Stephenson, we have some wonderful photos of the day and also a slide show that will be shown this Thursday, at the whole school assembly. Students then went into the garden to admire the large fountain and enjoy the beautiful view of Melbourne city, before saying goodbye and heading back to Emerson.

Well done to:

Ollie D, Freshta K, Yassin N, Blake H, Max W, Celeste B, Chloe C, Cain C and Mihi S.

Also a HUGE thank you Hilary Corlett and Noel Beddoes and his students, Cornileus N and Pokino P for making our

stand.

MELISSA STEPHENSON

Middle School Art Teacher

MIDDLE SCHOOL ART

“FABULOUS FRIDA”

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WAR MEMORIAL

GOVERNMENT HOUSE

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SPORT

JESS WHITE, PE Teacher

Sports Star Awards of the TERM!

Junior School

Middle School

Senior School

MSA Anthony L

MSB Cain C

MSC Blake H

MSD Marc M

MSE Gareth R

MSF Lachlan H-G

MSG Ryan J

MSH Omar A

MSI Ally J

MSJ Warren C-P

MSK George K

MSL Jamie O

JSA Noah A

JSB Mumina A

JSC Kenny M

JSD Frank N

JSE Andrena CP

JSF Ben B

JSG Brodie J

JSH Saxon A

JSI Jordi-Ella G

JSJ Jai W

SSA Pokino P

SSB Jack D –C

SSC Ruth S

SSD Anthony C

SSE Scarlett J

SSF Dale F

SSH Andrew G

SSI Daniel N

SSL Lisa D

SSP Taleah C

SSV Lleyton B

I would like to thank the whole Emerson community for supporting the PE Department through Coles sports for schools.

At the end of Term 1 we have approximately 21,000 vouchers. This is an outstanding amount and it will ensure we can

purchase plenty of sports equipment.

This Term has been very busy, with many activities every week. Throughout the Term many students got to experience

interschool sport, golf, T20 cricket, lawn bowls, bowling, tree surfing, laser tag, rock climbing, mini golf and

trampoline parks, just to name a few.

Next term is going to be just as busy with interschool sport, cross country, swimming lessons and high intensity fitness

classes.

Have a great holiday and we will see you next term!

Available until 3rd April 2018)

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