ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY

Milgate Primary School would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land of the Wurundjeri People and we would like to pay our respects to the elders both past and present. Staff, students and the school community understand that we thrive, learn and live on Wurundjeri Country and we stand with all cultures united as one.

WELCOME BACK

Welcome back to all our families. Hopefully you all found some time to relax and managed to keep warm in this cold weather. We are excited to commence another term of challenging learning and have many exciting opportunities for students throughout the coming weeks, such as Year 3 Camp, Foundation’s 100 Days and Book Week. We also look forward to welcoming our future Foundation students during our Storytime sessions. Have a look at the upcoming dates for more information.

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CULTURAL CALENDAR

UPCOMING DATES

17 July | Years 3-6 House Athletics

26-28 July | Year 3 Camp Anglesea Recreation Camp

28 July | FOUNDATION 100 DAYS OF SCHOOL CELEBRATION

07 August | CURRICULUM DAY - No students at school on this day. Contact Team Kids if you need to organise care for your child/ren.

10 August | Book Week Author Visit Years 3-6

22 August | Book Week Author Visit Years F-2

23 August | Book Week Parade

Assembly for Term 3

Week 2 |17 July | Years F-3 - Year 2 Presenting

Week 3 |24 July | Years 4-6 - Year 6 Presenting

Week 4 |31 July | Years F-3 - Foundation Presenting

Week 5 | NO ASSEMBLY DUE TO CURRICULUM DAY

Week 6 |14 August | Years 4-6 - Year 5 Presenting

Week 7 |21 August | Years F-3 - Year 3 Presenting

Week 8 |28 August | Years 4-6 - Year 4 Presenting

Week 9 |04 September| Years F-3 - Year 1 Presenting

Week 10 |11 September | Years 4-6 - School Leaders Presenting

PARENT INFORMATION SESSIONS

19.07.23 | Wellbeing - Your child’s social and emotional wellbeing - online. Information regarding this will be sent out on Compass next week.

26.07.23 | Cyber Safety Project Parent Webinar: Gaming and Your Family - online

WELLBEING PARENT INFORMATION SESSION

Your child’s social and emotional wellbeing

On Wednesday July 19th at 6:30pm, we will be hosting an online Wellbeing information session for parents to communicate our approach to teaching Wellbeing at Milgate Primary School. To ensure the presentation is beneficial to parents, please complete the survey shared on Compass by Claire Harvey-Beavis prior to Monday July 17th July. The link to the presentation will be available early next week.

CYBER SAFETY PROJECT PARENT WEBINAR

TERM 3 PARENT/GUARDIAN WEBINAR | Wednesday 26th July, 7.30pm (AEDT)TOPIC: Gaming and Your Family

Discover one of the major players in the online world… Gaming. Deep dive into what makes gaming so appealing to young people and the strategies game developers use to keep players hooked. Learn about the benefits of gaming and uncover the risks and harms of overuse. Demystify some of your biggest questions such; what is a server and why are there easter eggs in games?

REGISTER:

cybersafetyproject.com.au/webinars

The recording will be available to watch on demand 24 - 48 hours after the live session by visiting link above

YEAR 2 EXCURSION - FULL STEAM AHEAD

We were all very excited to participate in the Full Steam Ahead incursions. Students followed the scientific process through investigating physical forces that we encounter every day. They explored a range of forces and energy types including electricity, magnetism, gravity, elastic, friction, pushes, pulls and wind energy, and they examined how these can be applied to objects to make them move.

Students followed the design process and used their creativity to build, evaluate and adapt race cars that followed specific criteria. They had to use teamwork in order to evaluate and make adaptations to their cars to complete each of the challenges presented. We all had so much fun learning all about the different types of forces!

NAPLAN UPDATE

This year, the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) has introduced new standards to NAPLAN reporting. Four proficiency standards will replace the previous 10 numerical bands and national minimum standard used in previous years’ reporting:

Exceeding: the student’s result exceeds expectations at the time of testing.
Strong: the student’s result meets challenging but reasonable expectations at the time of testing.
Developing: the student’s result indicates that they are working towards expectations at the time of testing.
Needs additional support: the student’s result indicates that they are not achieving the learning outcomes expected at the time of testing. They are likely to need additional support to progress satisfactorily. It will be the clear responsibility of schools to ensure these students are provided with the additional support needed to progress satisfactorily, informed by NAPLAN results, other school-based assessment data and teachers’ knowledge of these students.

From Monday 17 July 2023, the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) will release individual student results in hard copy, and a series of tailored school and student level reports online via the VCAA Data Service. ACARA will release state and national results on Wednesday 23 August 2023.

STAY WELL THIS WINTER

In Victoria, influenza (flu) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection numbers are high among children aged 5 to 11 years, particularly in those in their first few years of school. The Victorian Department of Health expects more respiratory infections over Term 3.

Most children with flu or RSV have a mild fever, runny nose or cough. Some children, particularly babies and children with underlying medical conditions, may have more severe illness.

Keeping our school community well

Parents, carers and students are encouraged to:

wash and sanitise their hands regularly
avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands
cover their nose and mouth when coughing or sneezing · stay at home if unwell and consult a general practitioner (GP) or NURSE-ON-CALL as needed
stay up to date with flu and COVID-19 vaccinations.

Our school has masks for staff, students and visitors if they want to wear them.

Flu vaccination

Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself and your family from getting the flu. Annual flu vaccination is recommended for everyone aged 6 months and older. As part of the National Immunisation Program, it is free for:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 6 months and older
children aged 6 months to under 5 years
people aged 6 months or older with underlying medical conditions.

Flu vaccinations can be booked through GPs, pharmacies or your local council immunisation service.

Find out more

For more information about staying safe this winter, refer to:

Stay well this winter on the Better Health Channel, translated into 16 languages
Influenza and immunisation on the Better Health Channel
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) on the Better Health Channel
Getting vaccinated against influenza.

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