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2017 Term Dates:

Term 1: Jan 31st(students)-Mar.31st Term 2: April 18th —June 30th Term 3: July 17th—September 22nd Term 4: October 9th—December 22nd

Dates to Note:

Aug 22nd-25th MVIMP Camp Aug 28th-Sept 8th Swimming F-Yr. 4 Sep 18-20th—Year 3/4 Camp

Parent’s Association Meetings 7.30pm in SPC May 11th June 8th August 10th September 14th October 12th November 9th December 14th Download our FREE Moonee Ponds Primary

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School Photos- tomorrow

Just a reminder that tomorrow all the classes will have their

class photos taken. Please ensure students are in full school

uniform. Photo envelopes were sent home however if you

need another please let the office know. Sibling photos enve-

lopes can also be collected from the office. Please note that

the whole school photo will be taken in term two and on that

day back up sibling photos can be taken.

School Council Elections

On Wednesday the 8th March at 4pm the School Council Ballot

closed and ballot papers were counted. The results are

outlined below.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the parents that

nominated to be involved in our School Council. MPPS is

fortunate to always have parents that actively participate in

their child/ren’s learning community. I am continually amazed

by participation rates in all parent bodies across the school

particularly as we continue to embed the vision of MPPS as a

world class, inclusive and collaborative learning community.

The following parents were elected to the two parent

representative positions (in alphabetical order):

Two-year parent representative vacancies-

Jason Blakely

Mike Holtz

Although unsuccessful, I would like to thank Michael Pulis for his

nomination for School Council.

As noted in previous additions of the newsletter, there was one

nomination for the DET (staff) representative for one vacancy.

As a result, Nicole Macrae has been elected unopposed to our

school council.

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) or School Council will be

held on Wednesday 29th March.

NEWSLETTER March 15th, 2017

PRINCIPAL REPORT

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Cross Country – Date change!

The date of the Cross Country has been changed as a result of the Moonee Ponds Creek walkway

being closed (from March 20th) due to the Tullamarine Freeway widening project. The event will

now be held in early term two and not on Wednesday 29th March. The final date will be confirmed

in the next newsletter after we have secured the use of the Moonee Valley Cricket Club oval from

the council.

Italian Day

Our 2017 Italian Day is scheduled for the last week of term. Like last year all students will work in

multi age groupings across four different activities including pasta sauce making. Nancy has again

included information in this newsletter for families.

District Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to the 28 students from Years 3-6 that won through to the district swimming

carnival that was held on Monday 6th March. Thanks to Jodie for organising the team, and Senada

& David for supervising and helping out while at Queens Park pool. Unfortunately, we didn’t have

any students progress to the next stage but everyone competed well and represented the school

with great enthusiasm.

Planning Week

Next week is planning week for the staff. This is an opportunity for staff to review the yearly over-

views, the curriculum from the current term, student assessment feedback and develop planners

to support the needs of students for the coming term. To facilitate this process, the timetable is

modified to allow teams extended time together. As a result, the specialist times will be changed

for this week (see below):

Live for Lily Fundraiser- last Friday

I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank all the very gen-

erous students and families that supported this fundraiser. I am sup-

porting a new look hair cut which the students witnessed the public

shaving in the breezeway at lunch on Friday. We smashed our school

goal of $1000 and raised $1360 on the day. This doesn’t include the

numerous families that directly donated to the Live for Lily fundraising

page. As stated as one of the riders we are all aiming to raise $5000

each ($100,000 in total). I have reached the riders goal of $5000 al-

ready which is amazing. If you would still like to donate please go to:

http://liveforlily.org.au/product/matt-bott/ . Thanks again!

Matt Bott

PRINCIPAL REPORT (cont.)

Year Levels ART PE ITALIAN

Foundation TUESDAY

Years 1/2 FRIDAY

Year 3/4A MONDAY TUESDAY MONDAY

Year 3/4B TUESDAY MONDAY WEDNESDAY

Year 3/4C WEDNESDAY MONDAY TUESDAY

Year 3/4D MONDAY WEDNESDAY MONDAY

Years 5/6 MONDAY

Ye

ar 3

/4

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Support Matt for the 1300kms by donating at:


Please show your

support to Matt by

donating to the

address below



Moonee Ponds Primary School will be holding its annual Cross Country early Term 2 along

the Moonee Ponds bike track. This is a whole school event with students in grades Prep-2

running 1km, 8 (Year 3/4’s)/9 and 10 year olds running a distance of 2kms and 11 and 12/13

year olds running 3kms. Our top 5 placing students in each age group (9/10 year olds,

11years and 12/13 year olds) will be able to compete at the District Cross Country

Competition.

We are looking for parents who will be able to volunteer their time as course marshallers,

place judges and to count up scores.

The event runs from 9:30 – 11am and scoring will take place from 11am onwards. If you are

available to volunteer your time for any of those roles please add your name and contact

number/email address to the sign-up sheet located outside the school office.

Thank you Jodie Donovan

District Swimming

Congratulations to all the students who competed in the Essendon District Swimming

Carnival. You should all be very proud of your achievements and for representing our school

with pride. Well done!

Tennis Trials

Well done to Thomas Bubic and Aaliyah Maylik for attending the tennis trials at Penleigh

Grammar last week.

Ride 2 School Day

This year the ride to school day will be held this Friday March the 17th. It

would be great to see as many people being active before school by riding,

walking or maybe scootering.

PE Blog

The PE Blog is available to view on the school website. Keep up to date with what’s

happening during our exciting Physical Education lessons throughout the year.

Week 7 Term 1- Physical Education News


ITALIAN DAY 2017

Our annual event of Italian Day will be held in first term this year. Thursday March 30th is

our day of fun filled activities designed to take in many aspects of the Italian culture. The

aim of the day is to continue to develop an awareness and appreciation of the customs

and influences introduced to our community by Italians and to continue to immerse the

children in the Italian language.

All students are encouraged to dress up in order to get into the Italian spirit of things and

make the day more colourful and exciting. The students can dress in an appropriate cos-

tume for the day or simply wear the Italian colours of green, white and red. I have listed

some costume suggestions below but feel free to come up with your own too.

Carnevale clowns or characters: Arlecchino, Pulcinella, Pantalone or Colombina

Artists: Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Donatello, Raffaello (They’re not just Ninja

Turtles you know!)

Singers: Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra

Scientists: Archimedes, Galileo Galilei, Alessandro Volta, Guglielmo Marconi

Actors: Sofia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcello Mastroianni, Marlon Brando,

Robert DeNiro

Directors: Frederico Fellini, Franco Zefferelli

Fashion Designers: Giorgio Armani, Domenico Dolce or Stefano Gabbana,

Gianni Versace

Racing car drivers: Valentino Rossi, Enzo Ferrari…

Romans gods: Giove (Jupiter), Venere (Venus), Marte (Mars) Roman emperors or

gladiators: Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Nero.

A famous Italian: Pinocchio, the Blue Fairy, Mona Lisa, Dante Alighieri,

Donatella Versace

Something relevant to Italian culture eg. pizza, pasta, gelato, Ferrari, calcio (soccer),

ciclismo (cycling)

The children will be placed in multi- age groupings and will be involved in various activities

throughout the day as well as attend an incursion (each child will have received a notice,

please ensure it is returned and payment is received by the due date). The day will begin

with a parade to show off the students’ costumes. Parents and

family are most welcome to attend the parade which will occur

in the morning at 9.15 a.m.

Don’t forget to dress up!

Saluti

Nancy Berardone

Italian Teacher


Dear Families

The flyer from Dromkeen has been included in our newsletter because we have many students

who are avid readers and would benefit greatly from a visit to this wonderful place. Dromkeen

has for many years celebrated and supported children's literature and brought many

authors, illustrators, students and educators together to learn from one another and enjoy reading and writing. There are usually exhibitions of children's book illustration art works and a

beautiful garden with sculptures related to books.

DROMKEEN LIT FEST—MARCH 18TH, 2017


PROMOTING POSITIVE BODY IMAGE—RSVP

I …………………………………………………………...will be attending the Promoting

Positive Body Image on Monday 20th March at 7.00pm in the school library.

No. of people attending…………………….

Contact Number : ……………………………………………Please return form to the office.


TERM 1, 2017 CALENDAR

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

March 13

Labour Day

Holiday

March 14

March 15

Newsletter

March 16

School Photos

March 17

Gala Day

5/6 Students

March 20

Parent Info Night

Adolescent

Health

March 21 March 22

Foundation

1st Wednesday

(full week)

March 23 March 24

Gala Day

5/6 Students

March 27 March 28 March 29

Newsletter

School Council

AGM

March 30

Italian Day

March 31

End of Term

2.20 pm Finish

Newsletter The newsletter will be published each week during February and then published fortnightly there-

after. The newsletter is the main source of communication from the school and I urge everyone to

read it! It will be sent home in hard copy today for all families but will be published on line as of

next week; this will help minimise our paper usage and protect the environment. Families will be

able to access it on the school website, school smart phone application or by signing up to have

it emailed to your inbox when published. Sign up for the newsletter today! http://

www.mpp.vic.edu.au/our-school/newsletters/ Limited copies will be available at the office or Out

of School Hours Care.

How to access the school newsletter:

1. Visit the school website: http://www.mpp.vic.edu.au/our-

school/newsletters/

2. Download the Moonee Ponds Primary School application

from your relevant smart phone app store (search for: Moon-

ee Ponds Primary School) 3. Sign up for it to be sent to your email address on the school

website:

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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

April 17

Easter Monday

Holiday

April 18

School Resumes

April 19

April 20 April 21

April 24 April 25

Anzac Day

Holiday

April 26

Newsletter

April 27 April 28

Yr.5/6 Winter

Sports

May 1 May 2 May 3

May 4 May 5

Yr.5/6 Winter

Sports

Mother’s Day

Staff

TERM 2, 2017 CALENDAR






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