Mount Macedon Primary Newsletter

TERM 2

Friday 19th May - Grade 2/3 excursion The Orkestra Llektriq

Friday 19th May - Neon Disco 6 -8pm

Wednesday 24th of May - District Soccer 

Thursday 25th May - Division Cross Country (selected students only)

Friday 26th May - National Sorry Day

Friday 2nd June - District Netball 

Thursday 8th & 15th June - AFL Program Incursion

Tuesday 16th May 2023

Hello Everyone,

What a lovely afternoon tea we had on Friday to celebrate the Mums in our school. Thank you for coming and thank you so much to the organisers. I hope that you all had a special day on Sunday.

Today we celebrated Education Support Staff Day. We have 5 ESS in our school and each one of them is so valuable to our school operations. We are very grateful to have them as a loved part of our staff.

This Friday our Grades 2 and 3 students are heading to Kyneton for an excursion. They will be learning all about a modern orchestra. Thanks to Shaun Evans from Macedon Ranges Music who has organised this event for us.

Neon Disco is on this Friday night.  Most of the children love this event. Wrist bands for those children who have paid will be handed out this Thursday. Please jump on to QKR and book your child in if you haven’t already done so.

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for our FOS team who have organised both the Mother’s Day and Neon Disco events. I’d like to welcome Blaise Howlett as our new president of FOS and thank Andrew Quinn for his role in leading this group over the last two years. I know that Andrew really cares about the school and worked hard to ensure successful FOS events. Thank you!

We have some COVID in the school, so please be vigilant about testing your children. We are sending home more RAT kits (we have so many here) in case you have run out.

This is my last newsletter for the rest of this term. Please feel free to contact Joe Flynn if you have any concerns or issues. It is hard for me to leave this school for such a long period of time. This is not because I worry about the school, I have the BEST staff, who will manage really well. It is way more about missing everyone. Take care, and see you next term.

Have a lovely week everyone.

Trish

Hello everyone and welcome to week four of term two.

Swimming week one has come to an end and everyone is still recovering from the week's unusual time table. Mostly everyone is tired but there are some who are still thinking it's week two. Thank you to all  the teachers for getting us there on time. 

The neon disco is on Friday night. There will be hot food and juice there as well as music being played by Dan Berger. The event is possibly the most looked forward to in the whole year.

On Friday last week the mothers got to go to the Mothers High Tea, there was tea, coffee and food. They all had a great time and came back very happy.

Have a great week everyone,

Harriet

For their Inquiry the Grade 2/3's are currently learning about body systems. They were all asked to choose one body system, research and learn about how this body system relates to and integrates with other body systems, as well as the rest of the body as a whole. Some of the systems they investigated were the circulatory system, the respiratory system, digestive system and the nervous system. In art, they had created models of their body systems to help them visualize and understand how they work.  Have a look at their artistic depictions below, they look amazing. Great work guys!

Last Wednesday some of our grade 5/6 students participated in the District Football held in Gisborne. From all accounts, it was a great day and all the students had fun, played well and displayed some really great sportsmanship and footy skills. Well done everyone. Below are two accounts of the day written by our star football players.

Harry, Grade 5/6 : It was lots of fun. I hope the other players had fun as well. It was very wet and muddy. We played New Gisborne, Braemar and Riddells Creek. We caught the bus at Macedon Primary school to go Gisborne. 

Andy, Grade 5/6 : I had lots of fun, and a good job to the players who played their first game. We didn't win, but still had lots of fun. We played in Gisborne. I saw some people from my footy team, the Macedon Cats.

This week in Music the students have been learning all about rhythm. In their class today, they were having a lot of fun drumming to the beat of the song "The time of our life". They learnt all about how rhythm is music's pattern in time, and how it is the one major element in all music. Below are some photos of the students enjoying their music lesson.

Today was Education Support Staff Day. We celebrated the wonderful work that all of our support staff do for the students at the school with a lovely morning tea to say thank you. We were also treated to some beautiful thank you cards created by the students to show their appreciation. Have a look below at some of the cards, we were all very touched. We are so blessed to have such beautiful children to teach and support.

Buckets for bucket drumming. If you have any large clean buckets at home to donate for our bucket drumming we would greatly appreciate it. Large buckets like one pictured below would be perfect. 

Thanks 

Laura Wenczel 

They Say it takes a village to raise a child and we are yours! Mt Macedon Primary School Outside School Hours Care caters for parents who work, study or for those times where you just can’t make school pick up time, for whatever reason. We specialise in providing high quality, affordable and safe options for families who need Before School Care and After School Care.

We are an Accredited school sponsored Program and registered for the Child care Subsidy. 

Our values are simple but important: Empowerment, Learning, Safety, Fun, Play and Respect.

In our care, children make new friends, build on old friendships, get exercise, eat healthy food, embrace their imagination, and have loads of fun in a safe, educational and respectful environment. So Enrol your child now as you never know if you need to use the Program. Permanent and Casual Bookings are available.

Cheers

Loretta Jordan

We have a pair of goggles left after the week of swimming. If these belong to your child, please collect them from the school office. We have also found a pair of sunglasses in the school grounds, please see images below, we have them at the school office awaiting collection.

Aaron Moar has been teaching guitar students at Mount Macedon Primary School for the last 8 years. He is keen to meet some new students who are interested in learning how to play, and continue working with current students for 2023. Aaron is a qualified teacher and has been teaching guitar for over 15 years. He conducts group lessons at the school, and teaches students of all levels and classes. His lessons are fun and interactive, where the students learn to play both modern and traditional tunes to practise their skills and technique. If you would like to enquire about guitar lessons for your child, please contact Aaron on 0438 177 764 or email: aaronmoar@infinitesound.com.au or see flyer below.

The Ranges Music Network is excited to kick off a busy Term 2 with some great project goals and performances on the horizon! 

New in Term 2: Discovery Club for Foundation to Year 2.  Get a start on Keyboards, Guitars, Drums and more while learning to play together and make great music!

Sign up any time for our programs in Keyboards, Ukulele, Voice / Singing, Woodwinds, Brass, Violin,  Drums + our Mini-Bands!  Start any time at https://rangesmusic.net/mmps/.

The Woodend Winter Arts Festival is taking place over the June long weekend. 

The Festival includes various family friendly events, including a performance of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, free family fireworks at Buffalo Stadium and a new event, the High Street Festa - which will feature illuminated artworks on Woodend's historic buildings, along with free live music performances.

Term 1 - Tuesday 31st January to Thursday 6th April

Term 2 - Monday 24th April to Friday 23rd June

Term 3 - Monday 10th July to Friday 15th September

Term 4 - Monday 2nd October to Wednesday 20th December