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13 November 2014
Newsletter
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November
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Regional Finals – Volleyball
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Twilight Carnival - 3:30 – 7:30pm
17 – 4 December
ISSE Delegation from Malaysia
17 – 19 December
Year 4 Bike Education
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Preps Drama Toolbox
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Whole School Assemby – Welcome to ISSE Delegation from Malaysia
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Regional Golf
ISSE Healesville Sanctuary excusion
Parents’ Association Meeting at 7:30pm
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Walk to School Wednesday
Nude Food Wednesday
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Prep Footsteps Dance (7) at 9:00am
Year 1 Footsteps Dance (3) at 11:10am
Year 4 Bollywood Dance sessions
EMR Volleyball
Year 1 Concert 7:00 – 8:00pm
Student Leadership Day at GWSC
ISSE Delegation – Year level presentations – 9:00am - Year 5, 9:50am - Year 6,
11:10am: Year 3, 12:00 – Year 4
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Proud to be Australian Day
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ISSE Aussie Breakfast – 7:30am
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Whole School Assembly – ISSE Cultural Presentation
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Walk to School Wednesday
Nude Food Wednesday
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Prep Footsteps (8) at 9:00am
Year 1 Footsteps (4) at 11:10am
ISSE Delegation – Year level presentations – Year 1 at 2:40pm
Facility Fathers’ night 6:00 – 8:00pm
From the Principal – Colin Dobson
Carnival
We have only one sleep to go! I hope you have all been involved in some form or another in
contributing to this important school community event. By now all raffle tickets should have been sold
and returned to school and all unlimited ride tickets pre-purchased. These tickets will be distributed to
the children’s classrooms on Friday. Please note that the special purchase price of $30.00 for an
unlimited ride ticket is for pre-ordered tickets only. The price to purchase one of the unlimited ride
tickets on Friday afternoon is $35.00. Individual ride tickets are also available on the day at a cost of
$6.00 per ride.
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Please note that Lori Place car park will be closed from Thursday afternoon and all day on Friday.
Please do not enter or park in Lori Place between these times.
Carnival Day is a special day for all the children and because of the nature of the day, children may
wear casual clothes to school on Friday.
I would like to once again thank the members of the Carnival planning committee. They have spent
hundreds of hours in the planning and organisation of this event. Please support them this Friday, ask
if any stall holders need assistance and generally offer to help out at a stall or with the pack-up at the
end of the carnival.
All we can wish for now is good weather and a day filled with laughter and lots of fun!
Review Day
As a government school we have a school review every four years. On Wednesday 29 October the
Mount View Primary School Review was held. The reviewer, Ms Julie Chandler, led the review panel
that consisted of: Mr Mark Dean, President of Council, two principal colleagues, Ms Louise Pearce
and Ms Liz Bar, Mount View leadership team members as well as representatives from staff members
and the Parents’ Association. The day’s review was extremely productive and the feedback from all
stakeholders was overwhelmingly positive. A school review report will be developed by the reviewer
then sent to the school. This in turn will provide us with key information to build our next Strategic
Action Plan. Thank you to all those involved in this rewarding and collaborative process.
ISSE Malaysian Delegation - Assembly
The Malaysian Delegation from Kuala Lumpur will arrive this Sunday. The children will be with us for 3
weeks. Please join us on Monday 17 November for a very special welcome assembly at 2:30pm and
again on Monday 24 November when the delegation presents its cultural performance to us.
I would like to thank the host families and staff members for all their preparation of the ISSE host
program.
From the Assistant Principal – Alison Rees - Curriculum
Celebrating Student Achievement
Maths Olympiad Results 2014
Congratulations to the 126 Year 4, 5 and 6 students who represented Mount View in the Maths
Olympiad competition this year. In order to be selected as a member of our MO team, students
needed to demonstrate excellent maths skills – particularly in the areas of Number and Working
Mathematically – and were working above the expected level for his/her age group. We are very
proud of all the students who represent Mount View in these teams.
Maths Olympiad is an individual and team international maths competition. It has been run by the
Australasian Problem Solving Mathematical Olympiads organisation (APSMO Inc.) since 1987 and
involves more than 28,230 students. This year Mount View entered 4 teams. We competed against
more than 1200 other teams from Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, New Guinea, Christmas
Islands and Indonesia.
We are very proud of our Team A. They scored 227 out of a possible 250 points and were ranked
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30 out of all the competing teams. Overall there were 1269 teams taking part in the primary school
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division. This earned the team an Outstanding Achievement award as they were placed in the top
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5% of all teams in the competition. They were also placed 6 out of all the Victorian teams. We
couldn’t be more proud of these students and will present the team award at the assembly on Monday
December 1.
Congratulations also to Team D. This team scored 173 and were placed in the top 25% of teams in
the competition and received a High Achievement award.
We had some outstanding individual achievements with congratulations going to the following
students. These awards will be presented at the assembly on Monday December 1.
Perfect Scorer Medals – Presented to each student with a perfect score of 25 (100%):
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Jordan K & Zachary P.
Highest Individual Scores Trophies – Presented to the student(s) achieving highest individual
scores within a team – (not including perfect scores):
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Team B – Vedanth S.
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Team C – Daniel S.
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Team D – Zachary W-L
Top 10% Achiever Metal Pins (in order of score) – presented to each student with a score between
19 & 25
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22 individual awards to the following students:
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Jordan K, Zachary P, Bowen L, Luis C, Brendan P. Vedanth S, Ding Ding C, Benjamin Y,
Daniel D, Leon C, Celina C, Alex F, Daniel S, Tharushi W, Yogita A, Sahil I, Yevin G, Dillon N,
Aberan S, Zachery W-L, Alan P and Jeremy P.
Top 25% Achiever Cloth Patches (in order of score) – presented to each student with a score
between 15 & 25:
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43 (+ 22 10% students) individual awards to the following students:
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Anders L, Clark Y, Harry D, Olivia C, Ankita G, Chloe T, Jeff H, Jennifer Q, Callista G, Joshua
C, Sunny C, Olivia S, Sean P, Connor S, Alex K, Reah S, Sharon T, Harry D, Mark S, Jordan
T, Naman M, Shawn L, Eddy Y, Calvin F, Shaini P, Glenn B, Swetha S, Alicia A, Dennis G,
Arjuna S, Nicholas G, Peter X, Rikhil B, Kevin Y, Dinal K, Lauren O, Dominic K, Kusalavan S,
Tyler V, Jonah B, Harrison E, Aareni H and Jin Ren T.
Significant Achievements & Encouragement:
Maths Olympiad is a competition designed to challenge Year 6 students. At Mount View our Maths
Olympiad teams comprise of highly able students from Year 4 to Year 6. For the Year 4 and 5
students, competing in those earlier years gives them the opportunity to extend and develop their
maths skills, as well as becoming familiar with the format of the competition.
This year we had some exceptional Year 4 students who we would like to acknowledge and
congratulate on their achievement. Each of these students was the highest performing Year 4
student in their team.
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Team B - Jeremy P. (In the top 10%)
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Team C - Anders L. (In the top 25%)
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Team D - Joshua C. (In the top 25%)
Congratulations again to all who represented Mount View in this international competition. We look
forward to watching what these amazing mathematicians can do in 2015.
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ICAS Special Acknowledgements
Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding ICAS results. All of these students
participated in the six available competitions: Computer Skills, Science, Writing, Spelling, English and
Mathematics and received a High Distinction or Distinction for each of the competitions. This is a
fantastic achievement showing versatility and academic excellence and the MVPS community is very
proud of them.
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Year 3 – Brian Y
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Year 4 – Vicente M and Levinia D.
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Year 5 – Luis C, Yogita A, Naman M, Eddy Y and Tharushi W.
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Year 5 – Zachary P, Daniel D and Alex F.
These students will be recognised at an additional whole school assembly to be held on Monday
December 1.
Special Event – Cardboard Challenge Day
On Monday November 3 our Prep, Year 1 and Year 2 students took part in Mount View’s second
Cardboard Challenge Day – and loved it!! Our students joined millions of children in seventy
countries who were all involved in this initiative over several weeks. It was a day full of imagination,
creativity, initiative, collaboration, innovation and inspiration and our students gained a great deal from
this experience.
Thank you to everyone who joined in on the event and either helped in classrooms or collected
reusable items.
Here’s some of the creativity that was shown on the day:
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Parent Event
An Invitation to our Parent Helper Morning Tea
No school can function successfully without the support and enthusiasm of its parent community. The
help that parents have given to us in so many different ways throughout this year has been very much
appreciated by students and teachers alike and has enhanced the learning and activities that we’ve
been able to offer.
In order to say, “Thank You” for everything that parents have done and in recognition of the support
that’s been given to classes and the students of Mount View PS during the 2014 school year, parent
helpers are cordially invited to a special Parent Helpers’ Morning Tea. A special invitation from the
teachers will be sent home early next week.
Date:
Venue:
Time:
Wednesday December 10
Staffroom
10:40 - 11:10 am
IMPORTANT NOTICE
LORI PLACE AND CARNIVAL
There is no access to Lori Place all
day on Friday due to the Carnival.
Enrolment at Mount View in 2015
Dear Parents of Prep to Year 5 students only
To assist with class planning for next year please
advise the office by email
mount.view.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au if your
child/children WILL NOT be attending Mount View
Primary School in 2015.
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Planning for the Year 4 Bike Education program is well underway with Term 4 dates and times
allocated. Bike Education consists of:
 BIKE ED LESSONS: Four weeks of inquiry based practical and theoretical learning with
students exploring bicycle riding techniques, road rules and group riding strategies. This
includes at school bike riding during PE lessons and out of school riding during designated
Bike Ed times:
Tuesday 18 November
9:00am – 10:40am
Tuesday 25 November
9:00am – 10:40am
Tuesday 2 December
No Bike Ed
Tuesday 9 December
9:00am – 10:40am
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Wednesday 19 November
1:50pm – 3:30pm
Wednesday 26 November
1:50pm – 3:30pm
Wednesday 3 December
No Bike Ed
Wednesday 10 December
1:50pm – 3:30pm
Friday 21 November
9:00am – 10:40am
Friday 28 November
9:00am – 10:40am
Friday 5 December
9:00am – 10:40am
BIKE ED EVENT DAY: A group ride and BBQ lunch at Jells Park on Friday 12 December,
departing MVPS at 10:00am and returning at 3:00pm. Groups will be heading out on bike
paths to Vermont, Jells Park, Nortons Park and Eastlink Wantirna.
Students and parents are asked to organise their bike and helmet now! All students must have
(or have access to) their own roadworthy bike for Bike Ed. This includes having working brakes, safe
pumped up tyres and free spinning wheels that are not buckled or bowed. EVERY STUDENT
NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR OWN BIKE. THEREFORE, WE
STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT PARENTS PROVIDE THEIR CHILD WITH A BIKE LOCK. An
ideal Year 4 student’s bike, depending on their height and experience, may look something like this:
Youth Geared Bike
Child Geared Bike
BMX
There are plenty of opportunities for members of the school community to assist with our rides.
Please email holdsworth.christian.p@edumail.vic.gov.au with your available days, dates and times.
Students are encouraged to begin practising their riding now!
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Jonah, Annabel, Sharon, Harriet, Glenn, Aareni, Rikhil and
Leon.
Future Stars Hooptime Reginal Final- The team played
brilliantly, winning 4 out of 5 matches and making the final.
Unfortunately they didn't go on to win the final but a terrific day
was had by all, even getting to meet two Melbourne United
players.
On Friday 24 October our Mount View girls’ volleyball team competed in the Monash-Waverley
Division championships in our gym. There were over 7 schools who attended this event. We only had
to play two schools, Amsleigh Park and St Justin’s. We won against both schools resulting in 2 sets to
0. This now qualifies us to compete at EMR volleyball championships at Dandenong Stadium on
Wednesday 19 November. The girls are now training hard in preparation for their next event. Good
luck, girls!
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Chess Champions
Congratulations to the boys’ chess team who won the state championship last Friday in a tight
competition at the Canterbury Chess Club. In a closely fought competition the boys ended the day on
30.5 points and were followed by Waverley Christian College, Deepdene, Wesley, Balwyn North and
many more.
The boys in the team are Luis Chan, Leon Chen, Alex Fan, Tejas Datar and Bowen Lai. This means
that the school will be sending both the boys’ and the girls’ teams to Adelaide in December for the
national championships.
Many thanks to Julie Christie for accompanying and supporting the team.
November National Nude Food Days
The Green Team is again encouraging Mount View PS students to participate in National Nude Food
Days each Wednesday in November. Nude food simply means a rubbish free lunch: food packed in
reusable or recyclable packaging, or no packaging at all. What a great excuse to eat fruit! Don’t
forget to name containers in which food is brought to school. Reducing rubbish helps our
environment!
If your child is unable to bring nude food on Wednesdays in November they will be asked to take all
their food packaging home.
An Important Message from the Health Centre
In order for the Health Centre to provide the best care for your child in 2015, we require current
information regarding your child’s medical conditions.
You can access all the medical forms on the school website. Please fill in the necessary forms and
drop them off to the office or Health Centre.
Please be aware that the Department of Education requires us to have updated Asthma action
plans and Anaphylactic action plans each year.
Kind Regards
Carol Pickford and Alison Tong
School Nurses
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