17th July 2003
Monday 18th– Friday 22nd Aug Science Week
Wednesday 20th Aug Science Evening
Notices to Parents
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Date sent home
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Notice Title
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Teacher Responsible
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Grades which received the notice |
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16/7/03 |
Canteen Price List |
Office |
P-6 |
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16/7/03 |
Kelly Sports |
Office |
P-6 |
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16/7/03 |
Pee Wee Tennis |
Office |
P & 1 |
Dear Parents,
Newsletter online
The Monash Newsletter is now online at http://www.monashps.vic.edu.au just click on the News and Notes.
School Notices
A new feature of our Newsletter is a fortnightly list of notices that have been sent home. Please make sure that you have received all relevant notices if you have missed any don’t forget that spare copies are kept at the office.
Junior Neighbourhood Watch - Helicopter visit to our school
Monash PS was visited by the Police Air Wing as part of the Junior Neighbourhood Watch program taught by Mrs Donnehay for the students in years 4 & 5. The Junior Neighbourhood Watch program has been developed by Mrs Donnehay along with Res O’Rourke and the Victorian Police. You might have seen the article featuring our school in the local paper. Following are some recounts written by Matthew and Claire in Mr Sowersby’s class.
On Monday the 23rd of June the Police Air Wing landed on our school oval. They work 24 hours a day. They also work at Essendon Airport. They rescue people and save them. Brad Newton told us about the helicopter. Brad Newton told us it has two engines. They also showed us other things in the helicopter. Then they went.
On Monday we had the rescue people visit us and they came in a helicopter. We had a person talk to us about the helicopter and his name was Brad. He told our class that if you see a helicopter don’t wave to it because they might think you need help. After a while he let us have a look inside the helicopter and there was a lot of buttons. He also told us at the bottom of the helicopter there was a camera that they could catch robbers with. They got the helicopter from France and it was yellow so they painted it blue and white. The helicopter cost 12 million to 13 million dollars. Brad is the person who goes down on the winch and rescues people from oceans and cliffs. The winch is 100m long. Roger is the pilot for the helicopter and when Brad is not saving people he is the navigator. They also have a spotlight at the front to see at night.
Teddy Bears’ Picnic
By Ned and Riku P/1 C
We had a Teddy Bears’ Picnic. We ate food and played with our friends.
Learning News
Later this term we begin a whole school learning unit focusing on Science. The Promotions team from School Council will be welcoming parents with a background in science to join us during Science Week (Aug 18-22) to share your skills. Keep an eye on the newsletter for more details. In the mean time if you have the Internet check out the SOFweb Family Science site at http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/science/famsci/index.htm .
The AIM is a comprehensive assessment and reporting program that helps teachers to better measure student achievement, and supports strategies to lift students' literacy and numeracy levels. Statewide testing, a component of AIM, will be conducted for Years 3, 5 and 7 students in English and Mathematics from July 21 to August 6. Students will complete activities, which will be both locally and centrally assessed. Parents will receive reports on the achievement of their children on the AIM tests.
More information about AIM is available online at http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/assess/aim/index.htm
Welcome!
We welcome Meredith Giles from Massachusetts, USA. Meredith has completed her teacher training and has nominated to do further classroom experience here for the next 6 weeks. We hope your stay is enriching and enjoyable.
A Winning Team
Congratulations to the mixed netball interschool sports team who won our district competition. We wish them well as they now compete against another district.
Good luck to the following netballers….Debbie, Marama, Arman, Paul, Mitchell, Ben O, Kate and Carly.
Principal’s Awards
The following children will be presented with Principal’s Awards at assembly on Monday morning.
Jesse , Daniel , Ned , Rebecca , Bridie , George , Ashlea , Yiling , Nina and Kate .
Together they spent their lunch recess time weeding the vegetable patch in preparation for planting, demonstrating the values of participation, support, cooperation and happiness. Well done everyone!
Regards,
Lee Ann Green
Acting Principal