Staff Hours of Yard Duty
8.45 am - 3.30 pm
29th May 2014
Diary
Date
June 2
FOM Meeting
After
assembly
June 3
Select Divisional
Cross Country
PRINCIPAL MESSAGE
ISN’T IT GREAT WHEN ………………………. we have children
from as young as grade one come and share facts about the solar
system. What’s better still is when we share these facts and we have a
parent who is involved and immediately googles one of the facts to
find the accurate answer. We also had a discussion about the hottest
planet and one of our children in grade three challenged a child when
he said Mercury was the hottest planet for good reason. We googled
which is the hottest planet and came up with this answer.
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, even hotter than
Mercury, the planet closest to the sun. Venus, whose daytime
temperature can reach 900 degrees Fahrenheit (464 degrees
Celsius), is surrounded by a thick layer of gas that consists mostly of
carbon dioxide. When the sun's rays reach Venus, the carbon
dioxide traps the heat, causing a kind of planetary greenhouse effect.
Therefore, through discussion and sharing work, the children
were able to add to their understanding of the planets. We
were also able to use technology to quickly access
information. Murssal, Mitchell and Indiana from 1A7 along
June 5
with Jonathon from IP6 wrote very informative facts about
Step into Prep planets, which they did not copy from books. It came from
books the class had shared and other information sharing
2.25 - 3.15
sessions. From remembering these facts they all came up with
very different information about planets. Murssal’ s work has
June 9
been scanned in to the side for you to have a look at.
Congratulations to all of the children for persisting and
Public Holiday working hard to complete work of a very high standard.
June 10
IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS
Prep Dinosaur
Incursion
Sometimes we have parents approach children when there has been an incident with their child. We
ask that you don’t do this and bring your concern to the school. The reason for this is that we hear the
whole story and know the background to the incident. In addition, we ask that children don’t converse
with adults who they don’t know, because we need to promote safe practices. I hope you communicate
this with your children as well, so that we both promote this important safety message.
SCHOOL
HOURS
If parents approach children, things can go horribly wrong and we want to avoid this as best we can.
Please ensure that you bring any of your concerns to the school because if we don’t hear them, there is
nothing we can do to resolve the issue.
9AM - 3.15PM
Recess
11.30 - 12.00.
Lunch
1.25 eat and
1.40 - 2.25 play.
Andrew Groh
Maramba Primary School’s values are ‘Respect, Responsibility, Relationships and Resilience’
ASSISTANT PRINICPAL’S MESSAGE
Thank you to everyone who braved the wet weather to walk to school last Friday. Our numbers were down
on previous years but we still had 64% of our students walk, ride or scoot to school which was a terrific
effort considering the rain. We also really appreciated the commitment of parents and teachers who
participated in this event. The results of the house competition are as follows:
1st –
2nd –
3rd –
4th –
Cardinia
Oatlands
Roseneath
Brechin
1040 points
960
920
910
Congratulations to Grade 2HQ14 who won the Golden Sandshoe with 89% of
the class walking to school.
Sue Peterken
PLANET SAVING COMPETITIONS Week 5
RUBBISH FREE LUNCH
Walking Wednesday
Prep - Gr 1
Room 7 & 11 on 75%
Room 13 on 75%
Grade 2 - 4
Room 17 on 61%
Room 14 on 89%
Grade 5 - 6
Room 4 on 84%
Room 2 on 84%
Planet Savers tip: Purchase bleach-free, toilet paper that is made from the highest post-consumer
waste content you can find (80% minimum).
NOTICES
YEAR
LEVEL
NOTICE
NOTICE
COST
DISTRUBUTED
PAYMENT DATE OF
DUE BY
EXCURSION
6
Phillip Island Adventure Resort
Camp
March 28
$50 deposit May 2
$330
Sept 12
Balance
Select
District Cross Country
April 23
$9
May 14
May 19
All
FOM Fundraiser Entertainment Book
April 23
$65
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3-6
NSW Spelling Comp
April 23
$11
May 16
June 17
4-6
Musical Production Tech
Rehearsal
April 30
$10
May 28
Sept 8 & 9
6
Winter Interschool sports
May 1
$18
May 23
Term 2
4
Sovereign Hill Camp payment
reminder
May 12
$195balance June 20
4
Camp Information handout /
Medical forms
May 12
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July 23 - 25
Prep
Dinosaur Diggers Incursion
May 9
$16.50
June 6
June 10
P-6
SALAKA - West African
Drumming
May 19
$5.50
June 20
July 18
Select
Divisional Cross Country
May 23
$8
May 29
June 2
3-6
UNSW English Comp
May 28
$8
June 20
July 29
Oct 13 - 16
July 23 - 25
Students will not be able to participate in the activities if payment has not been received by the due date.
Notices also available on our website www.maramba-ps.vic.edu.au
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To ensure the safety of all students,
when collecting your children prior to
the end of the school day, can you
please ensure you bring some form of
photo identification with you?
If your child arrives late to school they
need to come via the office to collect a
late pass so they can be recorded as
present for the day.
Thank you
Thank you to Janine Thomas for
your kind donation of books to
Maramba’s Library.
STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
Angel
Prep M12
Completing her work so
beautifully all the time.
Thank you for working like a
superstar in Prep M12
Alyx
1R10
Fantastic reading and great
contributions to class
discussions.
Riley
2L16
Being a friendly and hard
working member of our
grade and always trying his
best at all tasks.
Georgia
3W17
Completing an amazing
Science project. Well done!
Alexandra
4K25
Jazmyn
5H23
Her dedication to her work
and for working really hard
on her timetables.
Continuing to reach high
standards with her work.
Laticia
6W4
An outstanding punctuation
and interesting conversation
piece of writing.
Maramba Primary School Breakfast Club is held in the new
gym between 8.15-8.45am every morning.
This valuable program cannot operate without the generous support of
parents who donate the food. We really appreciate the support we’re
receiving but we are running low on the following items:
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Milk
Orange Juice
Apple Juice
Butter
Jam
Thank you
COMMUNITY NEWS
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