SMPS Family iNewsletter

Class Updates and Reminders

Messages from our Learning Levels...

Prep

Dates to Remember:

  • Tuesday 10th June: Prep C/D/E Collingwood Children's Farm Excursion
  • Wednesday 11th June: Prep A/B Collingwood Children's Farm Excursion
  • Friday 20th June: St John’s Ambulance In-Visit 

Reminders:

School Uniform

A reminder that tracksuit pants are not a part of the official SMPS uniform. Students are required to wear navy pants when not in sports uniform. Tracksuit pants are not to be worn under the summer/winter uniform. If your child is cold at school, they can wear tights or long navy pants. Please ensure your child is not wearing tights under the PE uniform. If cold, your child can wear long pants.

 

iPad charging

We have had an increase of students bringing their iPads to school without any charge. This impacts your child's learning as they may miss out on activities on the iPad. Please charge your child's iPad every night and ensure it is at 100% when coming to school.

Year 1

Dates to Remember:

  • Friday 6th June: Dinosaur Diggers Day

Reminders:

 

myON sound

The Year 1s began to learn and use myON this year. The students will be able to access this reading library in all future year levels. myON has a sound function where students can listen to books being read aloud to them. As the Year 1s were new to the program and learning how to use it, we kept the sound on. We will be turning the sound off from Monday - Friday to encourage the students to read the books. The sound (read aloud) function will remain on for the weekends if the students would like to listen to book being read aloud.

Year 2

Reminders:

It has been lovely to see so many faces on our Mathseeds posters each week. This means that your child is applying their learning from school. Thank you for your support in instilling a strong homework routine for your child.  

 

The expectation is 1 lesson of Mathseeds completed a week (Sunday - Saturday). Please remember that Sunday starts the new week. 

 

The other homework expectation is reading 4 nights for 15 minutes. This is to be written in your child's diary and signed. Diaries should come to school every day.

 

Humanities: 

Please support your child to bring in a shoe box or a box of a similar size to school. This will be used to create their box rainforests in Humanities. Your child's box will need to be at school by Thursday the 5th of June. 

Year 3

Dates to Remember:

  • Thursday 12th June: Reptile Encounters In-Visit

Reminders:

School Uniform 

A friendly reminder that black polishable shoes are the correct school uniform. If your child participates in sports clubs after school, please ensure they still come to school wearing their black polishable shoes. They are welcome to bring their sports shoes in their bag to change into after school.

 

Swimming 

Swimming lessons will be Week 9 of this term. Now is a great time to organise swimming gear, including a towel and goggles.

Year 4

Dates to Remember:

  • Tuesday 1st July: RSPCA Excursion (4A)
  • Wednesday 2nd July: RSPCA Excursion (4B and 4C)

Reminders:

 

RSPCA Volunteers and Consent

Please ensure you have given consent for your child to attend our upcoming excursion to the RSPCA. We are seeking parent volunteers to assist on the day. If you are available, please email Miss Delani with which day you can attend: delani.cruse@smps.vic.edu.au

 

Swimming 

Swimming lessons will be Week 9 of this term. Now is a great time to organise swimming gear, including a towel and goggles.

Year 5

Dates to Remember:

  • Friday 13th June: AFL Gala Day
  • Week 9: Swimming at MSAC

Reminders:

 

AFL Gala Day Volunteers

We have our upcoming AFL Gala Day at Murphy's Reserve in Port Melbourne and would love your help to make it a fantastic event for our Year 5 students. We are seeking parent volunteers to assist with taking students to and from the event, helping to organise teams and cheering on our students throughout the day. If you are available and would like to get involved, please email your child's class teacher. Your support is greatly appreciated. 

 

Accelerated Reader Targets

By this stage of the term, students should have met 80% of their target. Please check in with your child to see how they are tracking on their progress page. 

 

Times Tables 

Please continue to support your child to practise their times-tables each week. For the next two weeks we will be working on x 9 and x 11. 

Year 6

Dates to Remember:

  • Friday 13th June: AFL Gala Day
  • Monday 17th – 20th June: Swimming 

Reminders:

 

Swimming 

Swimming lessons will be Week 9 of this term. Now is a great time to organise swimming gear, including a towel and goggles.

 

AFL Gala Day 

Year 6 students will be attending an AFL Gala Day on the 13th of June at Murphy's Reserve. Please give consent if you have not already done so on Compass. If you are available to volunteer, please get in touch with your child's teacher.