From the Principal’s Desk Dear Parents, Students and Friends

It’s week 6 and we are now well and truly over the half way mark –or the ‘Hump week’ as I call it. Our teaching staff are busily completing assessment tasks and have started the process of writing their mid-year reports. Reports will go home in the last week of Term 2 and be followed by Three Way Reporting Conferences in Term 3 on Wednesday July 30. As you can appreciate, to fit in 18-25 interviews running for approximately 20 mins, there will be a Variation to School Hours Day. Thus the children will need to attend the interview with their parents but they will not be required for classes at school that day. Information about how you can book an interview timeslot will be provided later in the term but please add this date to your diary.

School Council Report School Council met last night and agenda items included:

DEECD Student Accident Insurance-does not cover items lost or stolen at school - students or parents.

School Parking –need to inform neighbours of the measures we have taken and urging them to contact Council when parents park illegally.

Parents and Friends plans for playground between Senior building and Foundation (Prep) end. Includes matting, a play boat, paving and garden.

Staff Performance and Development. DEECD has requested that all State school Principals meet with each staff member and sign off plans by the end of the term.

Next Working Bee on Saturday 21st

June. A range of tasks and includes the hiring of a cherry picker to clean out gutters. Donation from company for the hire-all we have to do is pay transport costs.

Junior School Council plans for a tea towel fundraiser as they wish to purchase the boat mast and flag for the play boat.

Meeting with DEECD re zoning of school was cancelled by DEECD due to illness. Still waiting for a replacement meeting. Leanne has been given a contact in central office who may be able to assist.

Hall hire revenue and resurfacing costs

Investigation of Compass software package as used by Eltham, Viewbank and St Helena Secondary Colleges as well as Eltham North and Sherbourne Primary schools.

Draft updated Anaphylaxis policy and Camp policy tabled. Under review by the Education Committee

TERM 2– Week 6 Thursday 29th May 2014

What’s Coming Up? May Thurs 29 Junior school parent helper

course 6.00pm Fri 30 Interschool Sport v Briar Hill

PS June Mon 2 Hugh Van Cuylenburg Year 4 students Wed 4

Year 4 camp to Arrabri Lodge Warburton commences.

Fri 6 Interschool Sport v Sherbourne PS

Mon 9 Queen’s Birthday Wed 11 Hugh Van Cuylenburg Year 4 students Thurs 12 MSPS Athletics Carnival

Willinda Park Sun 15 Bunnings BBQ Mon 16 Environment and Grounds

Subcommittee Meeting 6.30 pm

Sat 21 Working Bee -10.00am -1.00pm

Mon 23 Mid Year Reports sent home Tues 24 School Council Thurs 26 P and F Movie Night –Home

Alone 6.30pm Fri 27 End of Term 2 School

dismissal 2.30pm July Tues 15 Year 2 Day Camp to

Sunnystones Wed 30 Three Way Reporting

Conferences-Variation to School Hours

Nov Mon 3 Report Writing

Parents and Friends Fundraising Efforts Whilst it is only May, the Parents and Friends subcommittee have already contributed so much to our school’s fundraising efforts.

Fundraising at Monty South 2014

Event Raised Put Towards

Term 1

Icy Poles $601.70 New playground area between Senior building and Prep end.

Family BBQ Picnic $261.74 New playground area

Easter Raffle $1,763.55 New playground area

Hot Cross Buns $1,168.56 New playground area

Term 2

Mothers’ Day Stall $1,199.65 New playground area

CBA Banking $688.90 New playground area

Aussie Farmers Direct $119.89 New playground area

But fundraising is not all that they do. The Parents and Friends are also very actively planning fun, social events for our students and families. Their next event

is a Movie Night on Thursday June 26th. Doors will open at 6pm for a 6.30pm start and popcorn, hotdogs, lollies and drinks will be available to purchase. The movie we are watching is one of my all-time favourites.

Home Alone

You will hear more about this event and others planned for later in the year. For those of you who are new to Monty South Primary, your class rep is a great contact point for you to hear about what’s on. Watch out for more information via the newsletter

Cyber Safety is a Little Bit like Road Safety You would not allow your children to drive a car without lessons or a licence. You would not let them ride their bikes without the protection of a helmet and knowledge of road rules. You also make sure they know how to reduce their risk from harm by teaching Your child to look ‘left, right and left again’ before crossing a road. However, lots of parents let their children go off into the online world without much guidance, lessons or protection. Communicating online and using the Internet is like riding a bike and driving a car. It is lots of fun and gives children their independence, but for all these activities there are risks involved. We all know the risk for bicycles and cars. Some of the risks for children online include cyber bullying, identity fraud, connecting to strangers and excessive use. Some cyber safety tips for reducing these risks are:

Shoulder surfing - keep your computer and iPod use in a communal area at home, not in your child’s bedroom. Keep online communication visible.

Be in the know – find out about the different apps and things online by talking to your kids and other parents.

Docking devises – restrict use after a certain time at night for all family members and dock your devices on charges for the evening. Understand the risks - find out more from websites like Understand the risks - find out more from websites like www.cybersmart.gov.au and www.staysmartonline.gov.au and www.kidshelp.com.au

Birthdays

May 30– June 5

31 Masie Walsh Poppy Roberts 1 Oliver Winnell

Liam Winnell Emma Cartlidge Max Bennett

2 Mani Backer Ruby Simon 3 Tyler Allen 4 Jade Pirie

MANY HAPPY RETURNS

Best Birthday Wishes to all of

the above students

Uniform Shop Winter is coming. We have many winter uniform items in stock. Please visit the uniform shop on a Thursday morning 8:45am to 9:15am if you are need of clothing for the colder months. Some winter items take up to 6 weeks to arrive at school when ordered, so early orders are very helpful. If you cannot stop by on a Thursday morning please leave your order form at the office and we will deliver your order to your child's classroom. Thank you.

Working Bee Saturday June 21st 10.00am-1.00pm

Brush off the shovels and rakes, grab the gardening gloves...

Our first working bee for 2014 will be Saturday June 21st

Jobs include refilling sand pit, window cleaning, front deck cleaning and staining, gutter cleaning, mulching garden beds and generally sprucing up our school grounds to make the school nicer for our kids.

Many hands make light work.

Kids welcome- sausage sizzle lunch provided.

Asbestos Auditing and Labelling Program As part of the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s health and safety management plan and to fulfil obligations under an Enforceable Undertaking agreed with WorkSafe Victoria, the Department is significantly increasing the number of scheduled asbestos audits with the application of warning labels where appropriate in Victorian government schools. The auditing and labelling program will be carried out over the coming years across all government schools. The audit for Monty South Primary School has been completed and labelling installed. The labels remind people to contact school reception prior to undertaking any works at the school to ensure they have up-to-date information from the school’s asbestos register. Asbestos - which was used extensively in building materials in the past but is now banned - is considered safe unless damaged or in poor condition. The new labels form part of a comprehensive program to ensure Victorian government schools remain safe.

MSPS Achievers

Well done to Courtney Jones who attended the Billy Cart Action workshop conducted by Banyule Council last Sunday. The workshop was advertised in our newsletter and Courtney took up the opportunity and did more. She won the Fastest Girl Time Trail (Woo Hoo) and won the Most Decorated Billy Cart - Girl Category. We may have a budding Mark Webber in our midst. Great Effort Courtney!

Wishing all our students and families a lovely weekend. Regards Leanne Sheean Principal

Pearl & Courtney on their

billycarts.

SCHOOL COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING DATES

Month

Environment & Facilities

6:00 p.m.

Finance

6:00 p.m.

Education

7:00 p.m.

School Council

7:30 p.m.

Parents & Friends

June Monday 16th Tuesday 17th Tuesday 17th Tuesday 24th To be confirmed

July Monday 21st Tuesday 22nd Tuesday 22nd Tuesday 29th To be confirmed

August Monday 18th Tuesday 19th Tuesday 19th Tuesday 26th To be confirmed

September Monday 8th Tuesday 9th Tuesday 9th Tuesday 16th To be confirmed

October Monday 20th Tuesday 21st Tuesday 21st Tuesday 28th To be confirmed

November Monday 17th Tuesday 18th Tuesday 18th Tuesday 25th To be confirmed

House Shield

Sports award recipients

Ben and Sam proudly accept the Sport shield again for Otus (Green House)

Students of the Week

Toby Simon 1P For always helping his classmates and being a great friend! Angie Lee 3R For a huge improvement in the sizing of her writing and presentation of her work. Jayden Mackay PR For his enthusiasm for everything we do! Levi Waters PR For having a go when writing. Will Jones 6C For an outstanding Resilient Hero Project and confident presentation. Jade Fisher 6C For devoting her time to assist Clare in organizing the Book Fair. Keely Lo Piccolo 6C For volunteering all week to help Clare with the Book Fair. Brianna Killen 4R For appreciating others and making positive comments. Seb Francis-Perkins 4R For helping a student from another school during the cross country run. Misha Boesenberg 1H For helping a class member with their reading. Savannah Risstrom 2L For her fantastic Information Report! Mina Hopley-Thompson 2C For her friendly and positive attitude. Abby Crawford 4D For creative use of adjectives in kitchen Jesse Hutchinson 2M For being an awesome reader. Sam McMurtrie 5W For always being a polite and friendly student. Jessica Brew 5W For being a helpful and caring friend. Lachlan Bowtell 3H For his exceptional contribution to classroom discussion. Keep up the

fantastic work. Liam Hall 3JT For caring about his mate. Karmen Apperley 1D For her excellent improvement in reading.

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From the garden…

BUILDERS WANTED We’ve recently received a grant to build an outdoor classroom, ideal for garden classes rain, hail or shine! We’re looking for quotes from builders in the school community who would be interested in building the pergola. If you have these skills or know someone that does, please contact Jenna Farrington- Seear on 0406738220 or jennafarrington@hotmail.com. We’d like to have it up before winter sets in! Once the pergola is up we will be building a cob pizza oven. Anyone with any experience or knowhow on the matter of Cob or Pizza Oven building, we’d love to pick your brains! Please contact Jenna Farrington-Seear on 0406738220 or Jennafarrington@hotmail.com

NUDE FOOD: To educate the students about the importance of considering ways to ensure a sustainable future, we are encouraging all families to send along school lunches with little or no packaging. Purchasing products with less packaging assists in reducing rubbish in the school year, which also reduces the rubbish that ends up in landfill. To promote the importance of this we will again be asking students to make an extra special effort to bring along “Nude Food” every Thursday. “Nude Food” must be sent to school in sealed containers free of plastic, paper or any other wrapping. The class with the most amount of rubbish diverted from landfill over the term will be rewarded with a certificate and a prize.

BUNNINGS BBQ We are looking for people available to flip some snags at our upcoming Bunnings BBQ. The money raised will go towards the Kitchen Garden program and P&F. If you can do a two hour shift on Sunday 15th of June contact Jenna on jennafarrington@hotmail.com

Happy Gardening! Jenna Farrington-Seear jennafarrington@hotmail.com

This week in the kitchen….. The students have concentrated their efforts on appealing presentation. We have discussed how food looks and what our first impressions of taste are - just by using our eyes. A creative array of edible blooms and herbs from the garden have garnished our dishes. Some very attractive and thoughtful presentation has occurred. The children have prepared some crusty three seed bread rolls, spiced root vegetable soup, a warming baked pumpkin frittata, Jamie Oliver’s rainbow salad and batches of streusel topped plum muffins. Some students have surprised themselves – they do like pumpkin after all! Please find the pumpkin frittata recipe following in the Hoot. The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Committee is now recruiting. If you are interested in participating or know of someone who would – please contact Jenna or myself. If you are considering becoming a kitchen class volunteer, we really would love your help. This program relies on the support given by our fabulous volunteers. We would love to hear from you! Please contact me, Cathryn Hulme on 0419 322 782.

Baked pumpkin frittata Serves: 24 – 30 tastes Source: Adapted from, bestrecipes.com.au

Ingredients Olive oil spray 1kg pumpkin, peeled and cubed into 1cm dice 1teaspoon olive oil 1 brown onion, peeled and sliced I medium zucchini, grated, excess water squeezed out 3 tablespoons fresh mixed herbs, chopped 2 tablespoons plain flour 6 eggs ½ cup cream ½ cup grated tasty cheese, grated 50 grams feta cheese – crumbled Salt and pepper to taste

Equipment Peelers Chopping board Grater Knives Measuring scales Measuring spoons and cups Mixing bowl Whisk Saucepan & steamer Fry pan Wooden spoon 6 x ramekins

What to do:

Pre heat oven to 180 degrees

Lightly oil 6 ramekins with olive oil spray

Prepare pumpkin and steam for 10-12 minutes – or until tender

In a fry pan over medium heat, cook the onion until translucent with the 1 teaspoon of olive oil, cool

In a mixing bowl, crack the eggs, and whisk to combine

Add the mixed herbs, cream, flour, onions, zucchini and cheeses and combine

Add salt and pepper to taste

Divide the pumpkin and evenly between the ramekins

Pour over the egg mixture

Place the ramekins on a baking tray and cook until set – about 20 minutes

Serve

YARN BOMBING IS COMING

Monty South Parents & Friends together with the local community would like to support the

2014 Grade 6 Students to Yarn Bomb.

We are asking for donations of any Knitting Needles,

Crochet Hooks and any wool that you no longer require.

Donations can be placed in the Yarn Bombing Box in the Foyer near the office.

Thank you

2014 TEA TOWEL

FUNDRAISER

We are running a Tea Towel Fundraiser! The JSC is running this popular tea towel project to

raise funds for our new adventure playground and

boat.

Each year level will create a unique tea towel design

made up of the drawings by students and staff in that

year level. These drawings will be arranged into a

commemorative design and screen printed onto high quality tea towels.

We chose tea towels because the project allows all students to be involved and produces a wonderful

memento and meaningful gift for parents, relatives and special friends. A sample tea towel will be displayed

in the office area towards the end of this term. Orders will be taken early in term 3.

Further details to follow in the next few weeks!

Mandy Redfern, Dale Weston and JSC Representatives

Your current Entertainment Book offers end on 31 May so this is a great time to buy the new one – which has even more amazing offers than before. Not only will you benefit from these fabulous deals, you will be helping to fundraise for YOUR School! 20% of each membership sold contributes to our fundraising. Please share the link with family and friends so they too can enjoy everything the Entertainment Book has to offer while helping Monty South Primary School fundraise! https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/1879h56 Copies of this leaflet are available at the school office next to the sample copy of the Entertainment Book. Thanks for your support! Regards Monty South Parents and Friends

Community News KINDER – Susan Shultz We would like to invite present and pass families to come to Panorama Heights Preschool for a morning tea to celebrate Susan Shultz years of service to our kinder and give you the opportunity to say goodbye. Date: 7th June, 2014 Time: 10 to 11am Location: At the Kinder, 3 Mitchell Street, Montmorency (Hopefully out in the playground if the weather is good) Please RSVP by the 5th June to Myf Clements at myfclements@gmail.com. Also please note that children will be the responsibility of parents as this is not a normal kinder session.

Secret Agent Society Program for Anxiety Regulation & Social Skill

Development Dear Families and Colleagues We are very pleased to advise that Robyn Stephen and Associates will commence their next Secret Agent Society social skills program in July 2014. The “Secret Agent Society” is a spy-themed social skills program for children aged 8-12 years of age. The program helps children who have difficulty managing anxiety and need to boost their social skill toolbox. It is a wonderful preparation for Secondary School in the next years. The Secret Agency Society has scientifically researched results and uses innovative and well-targeted resources to engage children and make learning fun. The program makes a big difference to how children with social and emotional difficulties manage their home and school life. We are holding a free information night and supper on Wednesday the 25th of June 2014 from 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm at our Box Hill South Practice (834 Canterbury Road, Box Hill South) so parents and carers can find out about this program and see if the program is suitable for their child. RSVP’s for this information night are required by Thursday the 20th of June, 2014. Please email mmacrae@robynstephen.com.au or call our Practice on 9890 1062 (Box Hill South) to register your attendance. Please feel free to forward this information to any families you know who may be interested in the ‘Secret Agent Society” social skills program. Further information is available at www.sst-institute.net/au/parents.