Class Updates and Reminders

All Grades

Hot Weather: 

• Students must bring in their hat every day due to the hotter weather
• You may also like to get your child to apply sunscreen at the beginning of the day or bring a small bottle of sunscreen to school with them as the school cannot supply this
• All students should have their own water bottle to refill throughout the day

Thank you for your support in ensuring our children are sun smart.

Grade Prep Notices

Dates to Remember:

• Monday 30th November: Animal-themed cooking class, Prep ABC
• Tuesday 1st December: Animal-themed cooking class, Prep DEF
• Week 11- The Best Christmas Ever Performance

Please note that all in-school visits are digital as per the current DET guidelines

Reminders: 

Proud To Be Me

Due to continued COVID-19 restrictions in schools, we were unable to have the Proud to be Me performance on site this week. The students will participate in the online alternative show in the coming weeks instead.

Animal Cooking Class

This week the students will take part in an animal cooking class. The class will support students' understanding of animal shapes and the important features of an animal. They will take part in a one-hour long class which will explore the shapes of snails and their shells. Students will be cooking snail cinnamon buns, where they will link their learning from the term to life skills of measuring and following the procedural text of a recipe. At the conclusion of the session students will not only have learnt more about ‘Great and Small’, they will have a delicious snail cinnamon bun to enjoy.  

A reminder to please inform your child’s class teacher if your child has any dietary requirements.

Home Reading

Please continue reading to and with your children at least four times a week. Students should also continue to practise reading the first 200 high frequency words.

If your child is particularly confident with the first 200 high frequency words, they are encouraged to:

-Spell the words independently.

-Identify and explore the meaning of challenging words in the books they read.

Updated Timetable: PE days

The Big 10 Essential Habits

Our Prep students are working hard to follow the Big 10 at school. Please continue to use this language at home and ask your child, ‘How did you follow the Big 10 today?’

Grade 1 Notices

Dates to Remember:

• Next week we are doing a Toy Box Incursion through Melbourne Museum. Students will learn about how toys have changed over time as part of their Inquiry learning.

Reminders: 

• Mathseeds: Thank you so much for reminding your child to do Mathseeds! At the moment about 65% of our kids are playing each week on average. This is good but we would like it to be every child! Please continue to support your child by reminding them to do this homework.
• Permission Needed: Next week, you will need to give permission for your child to take part in the Grade 1 end of year lunch as well as the Wanyara Incursion (more details to come). Please look out for this on Compass.
• Class Books: As we come up to the end of the year, please take a look at home for any books from school. Books from the Grade 1 class libraries will have a yellow coloured dot on them. Please send all books in with your child to take to their class.

Grade 2 Notices

Dates to Remember:

• Week of December 14th - Virtual Christmas Show

Reminders: 

Books: As we come up to the end of the year, please take a look at home for any books from school. Books from the school library will have an SMPS barcode on them. Books from class libraries will also have a coloured dot on them (usually orange for Grade 2). Please send all books in with your child to take to their class.

Homework: It is wonderful to see so many students completing their homework tasks each week. Thank you for your support in setting your child up with good study habits! A reminder that weekly homework in Grade 2 is made up of: 

• Reading: 4 nights of reading
• Spelling: 4 nights of SMART Spelling practise
• Maths: 1 lesson on Mathseeds.

Grade 5/6 Notices

Dates to Remember:

• Thursday 3rd December: Grade 6 End of Year Celebration – Gravity Zone Excursion
• Tuesday 8th December: Grade 6 into Year 7 Orientation  
• Thursday 10th December: Grade 6 Graduation 

Reminders 

Home Learning: 

We have seen a very strong correlation between high attainment of school results and consistent homework completion.  Please encourage your child to complete:  

• Reading: At least 20 minutes every night. Please sign their school diary.
• Spelling: 1 spelling activity from their folder per night.
• Maths: 2 Mathletics activities every week. At the moment we have around a 50%            completion rate.

PE Days: 

• Grade 5 - Wednesday
• Grade 6 - Thursday

Student Leader Profiles

Cici

I first came to this school in 2018 when I was in Grade 4. Even though this school was very different to the school I used to go to (Glen Waverley South Primary School), I felt very warm and welcomed as I stepped into the school. At the start, it felt weird having a mixture of younger and older grades all learning the same thing. Eventually, as the community gets bigger and bigger, we had two grades together and, until now, we (grade 6's) are learning as a whole family. I am honoured to be given the role of School Vice-Captain. As a response, I will always do everything to the best of my ability and make my attempt to try new things. The subjects I enjoy at school are Music, PE and many more. I also loved the excursions we had, like the Formula 1 Grand Prix and the time when we went to the Sea life aquarium. I really look forward to going to a new school next year. I hope it will be another fun and brand new experience. I will miss this school and hope I will be able to return years later. 

Linh 

I started at SMPS in August of 2019. I was in grade 5 then. At first I was a bit nervous but soon overcame that nervousness. My teacher was Mr Callum and he made me feel welcome at this school as well as my classmates so I’m grateful for that. I used to go to Doncaster PS and its very different from SMPS. I’m very honoured to get the role of Montague house vice-captain this year. I’m trying to do the best I can as a leader. Next year I’m off to high school. I’m going to Albert Park College. I will miss SMPS and some of my friends, my teachers as well but I hope one day I will be able to visit SMPS again.  

Sasha

I started at SMPS in Term 3, 2020.  It was the middle of home learning when I started, and I got helped so much by my teachers and I settled in very quickly. I was so happy when I got told I could go back to school in person. On the first day back at school I met Mr. Noel at the gate, and he was super friendly. When I was walking up the stairs it was so nice to see all the happy students ready to see their class again after so long. After being at SMPS for a couple of weeks I felt like part of the community, it felt like I had always been here. I used to go to a small school. It’s really different in many ways. I'm super glad I have come to SMPS because if I didn’t, I would have not met so many amazing teachers, lifelong friends and one amazing principal.   

Elijah

I am in Year 6 and have been at the school for 3 years which was when the school started. I am in the green coloured house (Ferrars). I am also the captain of that house and I am very grateful for that.  The subjects I like the music and math. These are the subjects where I believe I thrive the most and it also brings joy to my day. For me 2020 on a whole was great learning experience and it taught me so much. "You don't know what you have until it’s gone" is a saying that was really true to me in this season. It showed me to be grateful for what I have and never take it for granted. My favorite moment at SMPS is all the time Mr. Noel has dressed up in weird costume. Its makes me laugh so hard I that I needed to pee (but I wait till after assembly though!). I hope he does it again before I leave the school.  When I am older I would like to be a person that achieves great things. I don’t mind what I be as long as I do my best, but if I had to choose I would be a chef. I would make delicious food and I could cook for my family. YAY! Anyway now you more about me, fi you see me around the school, don’t be shy to say hi (man, I’m a poet and I don’t even know it).