Mansfield Primary School Newsletter

Dear Families,

We have had a challenging start to the term with quite a number of staff and students away sick.  Hopefully we are at the tail end of it and will have our full complement of staff for the rest of Term 2.

Thank you to those families who attended one of our Education Week activities.  It is great to have families able to spend some time in school and see what the students are learning.

Apologies again for the late notice for Monday’s Common Professional Practice Day.  We are putting processes in place to ensure that communication about important dates is always timely.

Prep Enrolments

Planning for Prep 2024 is well underway.  We had information sessions, come and play and school tours last week as part of Education Week.  If you have a child starting prep next year, could you please complete an enrolment application form.  Forms are available at the office or via the MPS website.  Applications are due by Friday the 28thJuly. 

Grade 5 and 6 Skiing

Grade 5 and 6 families received some information on skiing for this season.  If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the front office.

Balls at School

If your child is bringing a ball to school, football, downball etc, please make sure they have their name on them.  That makes it much easier for the balls to find their way back to the kids.  I try to get up to check gutters at the end of each week.

Working Bee

We have a Working Bee on Sunday - 11am – 1pm.  Short and sharp and hopefully lots of hands to make light work of the jobs we have lined up.  Pruning, mulching, collecting leaves, oiling seats and a couple of small building jobs.

Could families please bring along: wheelbarrows, secateurs, pruning saws, leaf rakes and shovels.

Finally, Paula and I are on leave for the last 3 weeks of Term 2.  We are heading across to Denmark to visit our daughters and catch up with family, which is very exciting.  Nicole Salmon will be Acting Principal while I'm away.  Please contact her, from the 5thJune nicole.comerford@education.vic.gov.au.

Like always, please get in touch with us with any questions or concerns.  Call or email your classroom teacher, call the front office or email me tom.macmunn@education.vic.gov.au.

Have a lovely long weekend.

Take Care,

Tom 

May 26th - Division Cross Country at Yea

May 28th - Working Bee

May 29th - PPD Day for staff - (Student free day, no students required at school.)

June 1st - Grade 6 Hike Timbertop

June 2nd - SES WOW Wear Orange Day

June 12th - Kings Birthday Public Holiday 

June 16th - Regional Cross Country - Benalla

June 21st - World Music Day 

June 23rd - Last Day of Term 2 - 2.30pm Finish

Family Details

If your family contact details have recently changed - residential address, contact numbers & or emergency contacts please update via Audiri by selecting resources, forms & then change of details. 

MEDICATION

All medication required during the day at school must be handed to the front office. 

REMINDER

A reminder to families that the school day finishes at 3.30pm. Please ensure your child/children are collected from school in a timely manner. If you are running late please notify the front office. 

AFTER SCHOOL ARRANGEMENTS 

We have a busy Term 2! Please ensure your child is aware of what is happening after school, where they are going, who is picking them up and they know plan B if a after school activity is cancelled. 

BUS TRAVEL 

Any changes to your afternoon bus travel arrangements are to be made by 2.30pm for the day of travel. This can be made via the Audiri App by selecting Resources, Forms, then Bus Travel.

If your child has started a new after school activity or football/netball/cricket training please update their bus travel arrangements. 

SCHOOL UNIFORM

Beanies! Knitted beanies are now available for purchase online.

Uniform to be ordered through Spartan School Supplies.      www.spartanschoolworld.com.au

We have a full range of uniform on display at the front office for you to view before making your purchases online. 

LOST PROPERTY

Please note we cannot return items that have no name. Please ensure uniform & drink bottles are clearly labelled with your child's name. 

SPARE CLOTHES

If your child has come home in spare clothes from school we ask that you please wash & return these items. Thank you. 

Audiri

A reminder to families (if you have not already updated)  to update their child/s year level on Audiri. This is done by opening Audiri selecting resources, groups, & then selecting your child/s grade including whole school. 

Head Lice

A reminder to families to be checking for head lice & taking the appropriate steps to treat hair if lice are found. 

Thank you to families who have paid funds towards the voluntary contributions 2023. These contributions will enable us to provide valuable curriculum experiences in both the classroom and wider specialist programs.

Payments will continue to be accepted via Bpay, Eftpos, Cheque or Cash.

If you have misplaced your unique family Bpay biller code please contact the school office.

The SES WOW Day for MPS is on Friday 2nd June.

The day is designed to build the links between the community and SES, raise awareness of what SES does and give the community an opportunity to say thank you to our volunteers. 

There will be an information session in the playground during 2nd recess/lunch and a short presentation given at assembly.

Students are invited to wear ORANGE to celebrate this day. 

On Thursday 11th May 2023, Mansfield Primary School took part in the World’s Greatest Shave where students signed up to fundraise money to help support The Leukaemia Foundation. Each year, thousands of Australians participate in the event, making it their mission to help beat blood cancer by getting sponsored to shave, colour or cut their hair.

17 students signed up to shave their heads on the day, in support of the event.

Our brave team of shavers were: Franzi Stumpf, Corey Purvis, Jack Stevensen, Jake Hoskin, Banjo Russell, James Camilleri, Kayden Schaeftlein, Brock Martin, Coby Hodge, Poppy Craven, Kai Friday, Keegan Carman, Cody Stevens, Mannix Peck, Jett Riches, Angus Maling and Ashley Harbour.

We also had a team of students who fundraised and coloured their hair on the day.

The total amount raised was $12,264.

We hope that by shaving or colouring our hair we can send hope and support to the many families currently facing blood cancer, raise funds to provide relief to those who need it, and most importantly one day find a cure.

Thank you to everyone who supported our cause.

Mansfield Primary School – District Cross Country Event

On Friday 12th of May selected Year 3 to 6 students from Mansfield Primary School competed in a District Cross Country event. The top 15 students who got through from the Mansfield PS Cross Country event, then ran against other students from surrounding district schools. This year, the event was held at the Mansfield Golf Course. It was a fun morning with the top 8 going through to Division at Yea. Everyone gave it a fair go, and enjoyed the day run by Mansfield Athletics.

The Mansfield Primary School students who placed at the event are the following:

9 /10 year old GIRLS        

2nd        Olga Schierholter            

3rd         Miranda Ingpen

5th         Scout Gardner

7th         Macey Thornton

 9 / 10 year old BOYS            

1st          Cooper Hoebergen        

3rd         Charlie Howie

4th         Parker Darby     

5th         Roy Mercieca    

6th         Harvey Knight   

8th         Jude Macintosh

10th       Hunter Day

11 year old GIRLS        

1st          Zali Hopkins       

2nd        Georgia Crowe 

4th         Paige Gridley    

5th         Edie Gardner    

6th         Arrie Turner      

7th         Sarah Ingpen    

8th         Sophie Snell       

11 year old BOYS             

1st          Zac Borg              

2nd        Angus Vasey     

3rd         Will Hewitt        

4th         Jack Forrest       

6th         Harry Buscombe

8th         Will Friend

12 & 13 year old Girls

1st          Rachel Mercieca

3rd         Rowena Creighton

4th         Dekoda Beekman

6th         Josephine Taylor

8th         Indi Currie

9th         Kiran Ranjit

12 & 13 year old Boys

1st          Jack Clydesdale

2nd        Lachlan Roberts

6th         Owen Hurle

7th         Billy Turner

9th         Coby Hodge

Excellent job to everyone who participated, and good luck to those going to Yea.

Written by Rachel Mercieca, Amity Scott Barber and Jack Clydesdale.

On Wednesday 17th May the Year 4’s from Mansfield Primary School explored Mount Stirling as part of their School to Summit programme. It was a crisp but stunning day up the mountain and the students were excited and enthusiastic! This year Mount Stirling is the ‘mountain home’ for the Year 4’s as they will also have four sessions of Cross Country skiing in winter, and then a three day camp in summer. This trip allowed for the students to arrive at Telephone Box Junction (minus the snow) and ramble their way to Razorback Hut where they enjoyed their lunch, a warm fire, and some play with their friends. They then continued their exploration via the Hut Loop and headed to Kings Saddle (another slope to explore minus the snow they will find next time they visit), before finalising their loop with a walk back to Telephone Box Junction. The students were a credit to the school and their parents, and the hills rang with the sound of their chants and songs as they made the most of their amazing location.