Curriculum Day

A reminder that there is a Curriculum day (pupil free) scheduled for May 22.

Parent/Carer Tours for children commencing school in 2018

Parent/carer enrolment tours for the 2018 Foundation year have commenced this week. Please contact the school office or visit the school website for further information. Sibling enrolment documents are now available from the office.

Naplan

Next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the NAPLAN Assessments are to be conducted for children in years 3 & 5.

Tuesday 9th May – Language Conventions

Tuesday 9th May – Writing

Wednesday 10th May – Reading

Thursday 11th May – Numeracy

For further information please refer to the letter sent home to parents/carers of children in years 3 & 5 (included in this newsletter).

State Budget

Last Tuesday’s State Budget listed an amount of

$502, 000 for upgrading and modernisation works at Moonee Ponds West Primary School. Thank you to the Master Planning Working Group -

Jarrod Smith, Nicole Marshall, Sara Hastings, Stewart Burte, Richard Thornton, Mark Paterson, Maree Marshall, Sue Phillips, Olivia Hrouda, Paul Girdler, Chris Connelly, Diana Vivian for their work throughout 2015 and 2016.

Attitude to School Survey

The 2017 Attitude to Schools Survey is to be conducted from May 22. In previous years the survey was undertaken by children in years 5 & 6. This year the survey is available for children in year 4.

Mother's Day 2017

This year we will not be holding a Mother's Day stall at Moonee Ponds West. I thank Jenny Burge and all commnunity members who have assisted Jenny in previous years in the facilitation of the Mother's Day Stall.

I believe celebrating International Day of Families is a more inclusive way of celebrating the richness, diversity and complexity of living and loving as a family in the modern world.

Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this matter.

Please see article below.

International Day of Families

Below is an excerpt from the link to the United Nations International Day of Families (included below).

The day highlights the importance of all caregivers in families, be it parents, grandparents or siblings and the importance of parental education for the welfare of children. It focuses on good practices for work-family balance to assist parents in their educational and caregiving roles.

http://www.un.org/en/events/familyday/

Provisonal appointment

We have completed the recruitment process to appoint a classroom teacher to Room 2. We have made a provisional appointment with a start date of the 15th of May. Jane Ryan will continue teaching in Room 2 until the 12th of May to ensure the continuity in teaching and learning for students in Room 2. We will be notifying the families in room 2 of the details of the appointment on the 10th May when the provisional period concludes. The new classroom teacher will have an induction and handover during the 11th and 12th of May.

Enjoy your weekend,

Jeff

Notices Home to Parents/Carers

1st May

Teaching arrangements Room 2

3rd May

Scienceworks excursion Rm's1,2,3,4,5,6 & 23

4th May

Naplan information for parent/carers -Years 3 & 5

School Council News

MPW receives funds for facilities upgrades

It was with great delight to see our school listed as one of the schools receiving funds in the 2017-18 Victorian State Budget announced on Tuesday 2 May. The school will receive $502,000 to upgrade the school's facilities.

Securing funds through the State Budget is a lengthy process that has involved a lot of hard work and strategic planning over a number of years, particularly from Jeff Lyon, Paul Girdler (previous School Council President), the Resources Committee of School Council, parents, teachers and the support of Danny Pearson, MP for Essendon.

In 2015, Jeff brought together a master planning group consisting of parents and teachers to plan for the future capital needs of the school. This included forecasting student enrolments, analysing facility needs, design and building a business case for our growing school. The funds announced on Tuesday were a result of this hard work.

On behalf of the school community I would like to thank Jeff and everyone involved, including the following parents and teachers:

Jarrod Smith
Maree Marshall
Olivia Hrouda
Richard Thornton
Sara Hastings
Stewart Burte
Nicole Marshall
Mark Paterson
Paul Girdler
Chris Connelly
Sue Phillips
Diana Vivian

Louise Evans, School Council President

Moonee Ponds West Primary School

2017 - Issue 11 · 05 May 2017

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