iNewsletter

Principal's Message

School Photos 

The School Photos will be taken on Monday 27 March for all students and their class groups. Please ensure that all students are at school and on time so that they can be included. All families who would like sibling photos should remind their children that they will have to gather for these photos when they are called.

House Athletics

The House Athletics Sports will be held at Central Reserve next week. The House Athletics for Years 5 and 6 students will be held on Tuesday 28 March and for Years 3 and 4 students on Wednesday 29 March. Students should wear their House Colours for the sports. Please make sure that hats, sunscreen, drink bottles, snacks and lunch are all packed in preparation for the day.

NAPLAN

Congratulations to all Year 3 and Year 5 students for successfully completing their NAPLAN tests over the last two weeks. I high level of student confidence was evident as the students settled to the tasks. Thankyou to all school leaders, teachers, technical and educational support staff who ensured that everything went smoothly.

Sausage Sizzle

The Term 1 Sausage Sizzle will be held on Friday 31 March from 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm. Parent volunteers are required for this event. Please go to the Google form to add your name to the volunteer list. Volunteers are needed for cooking, bread and serviette pairing, serving and ticket or cash collecting. Please make sure that your child has the correct change to buy a sausage and drink. Prices: $3 for a sausage in bread and a drink.

Year 4 Camp Success

The Year 4 students attended the Phillip Island Camp last week. This was fantastic school camp with lots of great outdoor and challenge activities on site, with off-site activities including beach play and the Penguin Parade. Thank you to all teachers, educational support staff and parents who made certain that the camp was a great success.

Acknowledging Workload

The new Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022 includes the first acknowledgement of the heavy workload undertaken by all school-based staff. Throughout Term 1 staff members have, on a number of occasions, worked far beyond the standard 38-hour week. Staff on the Year 5 Camp worked at least 16 hours on top of the standard hours in that week. The Year 4 Camp required staff to work at least 12 hours in excess of the normal working week. During the term a number of staff members also presented at parent forums, attended School Council meetings and Parent/Teacher Interviews which meant that they also worked in excess of the standard 38-hour week.

Every time a staff member contributes extra hours it is at the expense of time that they could spend with their own families. I call on the Mount View Community to consider the sacrifices made by staff members in support of the students and in developing their learning opportunities. We are proud of our government schoolteachers and the work that they do and so I expect that they are always treated respectfully by parents. 

On occasions, some parents display an unhelpful customer/service provider relational attitude when they speak with or email teachers. Some parents make unfair demands on teachers. It is vital that parents view teachers as the professionals who are experienced in education, in schools, with all students, generally over many years. As professionals, teachers work diligently to benefit all students in their care by balancing competing demands in complex circumstances. While some parents may only want what they feel is best for their individual child, the teachers work to meet the needs of all students in a just and fair manner.

School Council 2023

Thank you to all parents who nominated for School Council for the period 2023 – 2024. As there were three vacant positions, and eleven nominations were received, an election was conducted. Congratulations to the Parent Nominees below who have been elected to School Council for the next two years: 

  • Mingjie (Maggie) Xie – 50 votes
  • Jing Zhang (Alice) – 49 votes
  • Bing (Shino) Lin – 41 votes

Total votes cast 196.

I would also like to acknowledge and thank all of the parents who nominated for School Council. This is an indication of the strong community support for Mount View Primary School. I would also like to thank outgoing parent members Anand Haveri, Praveena Hari Bharath, Yaling Lee. All three outgoing School Council members have made significant contributions of time and commitment to support our school.

The new School Council also includes teachers - Kim Davidson and Farah Irani. The full School Council for 2023 is:

  • Parent members: Savi Dias, Zoe Huang, Gerard Sarafian, Murali Thimmaiah, Rui Zhang, Emily Chen, Bing (Shino) Lin, Mingjie (Maggie) Xie, Jing (Alice) Zhang
  • DE Employee members: Bianca Gatherum, Adam Foster, Kim Davidson, Farah Irani
  • Glenn Butler (ex-officio).

An election of Office Bears for 2023 was held at the March School Council Meeting. The results areSchool Council President:               Zoe Huang

School Council Vice President:      Savi Dias

School Council Treasurer:               Gerard Sarafian

School Council Minute Secretary: Bianca Gatherum

 

Annual Report 2022

The Annual Report 2022 has been written and presented to School Council. This document comes in two parts which can be accessed via the website in the coming weeks.

 

Ride2School Day

Year 6 students Aaron and Sean have been demonstrating great leadership in promoting Ride2School Day. At the Friday afternoon assembly they reported their findings to the student body. Today’s results were:

  • 20% of students rode, scooted or skated to school
  • 46% walked to school
  • 33% arrived by car
  • 1% used public transport

The boys reported that the Active Travel to School rate increased from 37% last week to a huge 66% this week. They also encouraged the students to make active travelling a daily or weekly habit.

 

End of Term 1

Term 1 will end at 2:30 pm on Thursday 6 April. School will resume on Monday 24 April, and this will be followed by the Anzac Day Holiday on Tuesday 25 April.

In order to allow time for the assembly on Thursday 6 April, lunch will be one hour earlier. Lunchtime will be 12:20 – 1:30 on that day, followed by an assembly beginning at 1:45 pm. Students should all bring their lunch to school on that day.

 

Glenn Butler

Principal