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Thursday May 21, 2015
Mackellar Primary School
Parent Newsletter
DATES TO REMEMBER
2015
June
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June 5
Prep Healthy Breakfast
June 26
Last day of Term 2
From the Principal
Mackellar Primary School
29-35 Goldsmith Ave
DELAHEY VIC 3037
Ph: 9364 0200
Fax: 9364 0644
Email: mackeller.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au
www.mackellarps.vic.edu.au
Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) – applications
now open
The Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) will run over four years
and provide payments for eligible students to attend camps, sports and
excursions. Families holding a valid means-tested concession card or
temporary foster parents are eligible to apply. $125 per year will be paid for
eligible primary school students to go towards paying for camps, excursions
and sporting activities. Payments will go directly to the school and be tied to
the student. It is expected that more than 222,000 Victorian school students
will directly benefit from the Fund. Applications to the Camps, Sports and
Excursions Fund are now open and you will find the application form
attached. This form must be submitted by the end of this term, Friday 26th
June.
There are still places in the 5/6 Camp program and this money may be used
to go towards the cost of the camp for eligible families.
MEET OUR VICE CAPTAINS
Term Dates:
2015
Term 1
Term 2
Feb 2 -Mar 27 April 13—Jun 26
Term 3
Jul 13– Sep 18
Term 4
Oct 5— Dec 17
Hi, my name is Sharnali. I'm from 5/6A. I'm extremely
excited and honoured to become Vice Captain of
Mackellar Primary School. A few of my favourite hobbies
are drawing realistic sketches and reading, I also like to
write stories in my free time. I hope anyone who needs
help or would like to tell me or any of the student
leadership team something they'd like to change about
the school, will come and tell me or one of the other
captains.
Hi, my name is Riona Azzopardi and I am from grade
5/6K. I am one of Mackellar Primary Schools Vice
Captains for 2015 and I am still very overwhelmed that I
have this extremely important role. I have been at
Mackellar since Prep and I am now a year six student
who is extraordinarily proud of her school or as I like to
call it my second home. I would just like to add that I wish
all my fellow peers who are part of the student leadership
team the very best of luck for the rest of the year.
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Grades 5/6 YMCA Camp,
Anglesea.
Wednesday July 22 to Friday July 24
This year’s camp will cost $240 for the 3-day
experience. The cost includes accommodation,
activities, camp instructors and bus travel. As
prices in petrol, food and wages have risen, so
have the cost of camps and buses.
A non-refundable deposit of $50 is payable
by Friday May 8, 2015 to secure your child a
place on the camp as there are limited places
available. (Once places are filled a waiting list
will be established.) A payment plan will
commence there after so that the financial
demands will not be too taxing for families.
Final payment is due no later than Monday
June 22
The Grade 3/4 CITY CAMP
Melbourne Discovery
Wednesday August 26 to Friday August 28
Our Grade 3/4 students have an opportunity to
attend a 3 day camp in the city of Melbourne in
Term 3.
This year’s camp will cost $290.00 for the 3 day
experience.
Camps, Sports & Excursions Fund
(CSEF)
CSEF will be provided by the Victorian
Government to assist eligible families to cover the
costs of school trips, camps and sporting
activities.
If you hold a valid means-tested concession card or
are a temporary foster parent, you may be
eligible for CSEF. The allowance will be paid to the
school to use towards expenses relating to camps,
excursions, or sporting activities for the benefit of
your child.
The annual CSEF amount per student will be:
$125 for primary & $225 for secondary
students.
How to Apply
Contact the school office to obtain a CSEF
application form or download from
www.education.vic.gov.au/csef
Closing Date
You should lodge a CSEF application form at the
school by 26 June 2015.
For more information about the CSEF visit
www.education.vic.gov.au/csef
Prep Healthy Breakfast
Final payment is due no later than Friday August 7
Dear Parents / Guardians,
The 3/4 Camp is NOW FULL
For all 3/4 students attending the
camp, please return your Medical
Form to your classroom teacher by
the end of this week.
This term, the prep students have been learning
about Healthy Eating and Food Choices as part of
their Inquiry Investigation into ‘Wellbeing’. As part
of this unit, we will be having a healthy Prep
breakfast at school on Friday 5th June.
The Mackellar Concert Band
is up and running for 2015!
Mackellar’s instrumental music students have
been establishing their skills as individuals through
music lessons and practice since the second week of
Term 1. Now they have come together as a band! Listen
for them in the hallway outside the Performing Arts
room every Wednesday, just before the bell.
The children will eat breakfast in their classrooms
and then change into their school uniforms.
The cost of the breakfast will be $5.00. Please
return the form below with the money in an
envelope no later than Friday 29th May.
Parents are more then welcome to join us and
assist during our Healthy Eating Breakfast.
Regards,
Prep Teachers.
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Thursday May 21, 2015
Students of the Week
Congratulations to our Students of the Week
Brooke LeeTet, Nakeisha Fong, Emily Macbain,
Petar Grozdanovski, Makayla Sladden, Shayma Shindib,
Jonathan Vung, Tiffany To, Cooper Hill, David Ho,
Shaha Raje, Ben Lim, Mikayla Woods, Claudia Tran,
Mohammed Shindib, Abby Marshman, Zaliah Matavo,
Marcus Veljanovski and Mia Templeton
Absent: Claudia Kimoska, Faizan Azizi
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Sporting Schools Community -Term 2 2015, Grades 3-6 Only
The Sporting Schools Community program will commence at Mackellar. Students can attend 1 night or 2 nights
per week. Students eligible are those students who are 8 years of age or older. Additional notes are available
from outside the main office in the information holders and from the P.E office. All sports are free of charge and
each student is provided with an afternoon tea at 3.30pm. Between 3.45pm – 4.45pm the students participate in
sport. Parents are required to collect the students promptly at 4.45pm. Students remaining after 4.45 will be
placed in after school care and charged a fee.
Sporting Schools Community commences on Wednesday 27th May, 2015
Sports for Term 2 are: Wednesday - Basketball, Thursday- Volleyball Start: 3:30 - 4:45
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
I have posted the Delahey Community Centre and the Brimbank Family and Children’s Newsletter on the notice board outside Room 1 and
on the parents board near the gym for your information.
Kids Help Line: 1800 55 1800
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Parentline: 13 22 89 Website: www.parentline.vic.gov.au
Care Ring: 24 hour counselling service 13 61 69
Relationships Australia: 8311 9222
Gamblers Help: 1800 858 858
Depression – you’re not alone - Website: www.beyondblue.org.au
Phone: 1300 22 4636
Mensline: 1300 789 978
Nurse-On-Call: 1300 606 024
Victorian Poisons Information Centre: 131 126
Women’s Domestic Violence: 9322 3555 or 1800 015 188
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