Mansfield Primary School Newsletter

Dear Families,

What a wonderful day for our P-2 Athletics Carnival today!

Our Grade 5s were fortunate to fit in a ski day last week, just before the last of the snow disappeared.

Before the end of Term 3 rolls around, we are looking forward to the G3 Musical, G3 excursion to Glenrowan and our Sports Colours Day on the last day of school.

Illness

There have been lots of staff and students unwell in the second half of this term.  There are currently high rates of Influenza B and other respiratory viruses in and around Mansfield.  Please make sure you keep your children at home if they are unwell.  Hopefully the Term 3 Holidays allow everyone to have a break and a rest so that we are all ready to go for the start of Term 4.

Parent/Caregiver/Guardian Opinion Survey

The Parent/Guardian/Caregiver survey is open for families to complete.  While previously a random sample of approximately 30 per cent of parents/caregivers/guardians have been selected to participate, for the last two years, all families are invited to participate in the survey. Families have been emailed a link with a school PIN to complete the survey.  The survey is open until tomorrow Friday September 8th.

Thank you to all those families who have provided a response.  Your feedback will contribute to the future management and organisation of our school.

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 great weekend.

Take Care,

Tom  

September 8th - Year 3 Musical 'SM!LE'

September 12th - Grade 3 Glenrowan Excursion 

September 15th - Sports Team Dress Up & Sausage Sizzle Day - 1.45pm Assembly & Last Day of Term 3 - 2.30pm Finish 

October 2nd - Start of Term 4 - Curriculum Day - No Students

October 3rd - Students Commence Term 4

Curriculum Days Term 4:

Monday 2nd October

Monday 6th November

Wednesday 8th November

Please take note of the school camps that will be taking place in Term 4. 

November 16th - 17th - Grade 3 Camp - Sheepyard Camping Ground

November 21st - 24th - Grade 6 S2S Camp

November 29th - December 1st - Grade 4 Camp - Mt Stirling

October 2nd - Curriculum Day - No Students

October 3rd - Students Commence Term 4

October 4th - Division Athletics

October 13th - Regional Athletics

October 18th & 19th - Grade 5 Bike Education

October 20th - Prep Hike

October 27th - Grade 1 Hike

November 1st - State Athletics 

November 2nd - Grade 6 'SLIDE' Musical

November 3rd - Grade 2 Hike 

November 6th - Curriculum Day - No students

November 7th - Public Holiday - Melbourne Cup - No students

November 8th - Curriculum Day - No Students

November 16th & 17th - Grade 3 Camp

November 21st - 24th - Grade 6 S2S Camp

November 28th Prep Musical (TBC)

November 29th - December 1st - Grade 4 Camp

December 19th - Grade 6 Graduation 

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 

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

Uniform to be ordered through Spartan School Supplies.      

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.

Thank you to everyone who donated materials for our Egg Drop Challenge.  Over the last 2 weeks during STEM lessons students from Prep to Year 6 have made a protective structure to save an egg from breaking as we dropped it from the top of the ninja warrior course. Students did an excellent job. As a school we only lost 27 eggs. We saved 3-4 structures from each classroom and this Friday Mr MacMunn will get up the big ladder to drop the remaining eggs! More photos to come!

MPS junior school council have decided on having a footy colours day to raise money for the school.  As part of the day, we have planned to sell lemon cordial (and sausages) to the students, and we are looking for parents, grandparents or family friends who enjoy making lemon cordial to donate their premade cordial to school.

If you are interested, please notify Mrs Robbo robyn.robinson@education.vic.gov.au. 

Any donations can be dropped off at the front office before the 13th of September. It would all be much appreciated. 😊  

Thank you! 😀 

On Friday 25th of August, the Grade 3-6 students had their Athletics Carnival which was held at the main oval. The sun was out, and we had a super fun day as all the grade 3-6 students got the chance to compete in different events. Students had the opportunity to compete in the high jump, 100m and 200m race, hurdles, discus, shot put and ended the day with a house relay and a teachers vs grade 6 relay.

The students who came in the top five from all the events get to go to District Athletics. Well done to all students who challenged themselves and to those who made it through to the next round. Throughout the event, house points were awarded and at the end of the day, Howitt came 4th, Stirling in 3rd, Buller in 2nd and in first place was Cobbler.

A big thank you to Miss Driessen for putting together the Athletics Carnival, and all the teachers and staff who helped run different events and support students on the day.

From Ashton and Mannix in 6C.

Well done MPS on a very successful 2023 book fair 👏  It was fantastic to see so many parents and students supporting the book fair.  The book fair could not run without parent volunteers so a BIG thank you to Taryn, Allie, Sonja, Kristie, Dani, Felicity, Ange, Fiona, Sarah and Mr Bush.

Thank you from Narelle and Elspeth