Montville Views Issue 6 Week 1 Term 2 2023
From the Desk of the Principal
Wekcome to Term 2! We have had a great start to the term and it has been great to see the students back here at Montville Caring for Themselves, Others and The Environment. I want to thank all of the parents , student and staff for their efforts to ensure our first week back was positive one.
I am really pleased to advise everyone that Ellen Baker has been recovering well from her surgery and will be commencing her graduated return to work on Monday 24 April . From April 24 -May 5 Ellen will be based in A Block and Mrs Lancaster will continue to run the Yr 2 class. From May 8 -May 19, Ellen will work in the Yr 2 class with the support of Mrs Lancaster.
I want welcome Ellen back and thank Cristi for filling in so capably.We have a lot of school events coming up. On Monday 24 April we will be holding our school cross country in Russel Family Park. Student are to wear their sports -house coloured shirt or school uniform. Students are to come to school to have throll marked and then we will all walk over to the park together. Families are very welcome to come along to cheer the students on!
Students will come to school by 8.45 for Roll Marking
8.50 – Whole school walks to Russell Family Park
9.15 - Race 1, Prep and Year 1 500M
9.25 – Race 2, Years 2/3 and students born 2014 – 1000M
9.40 – Race 3, Students born 2013- 2000M
10.00 – Race 4, Students born 2011/ 2012 - - 2000M
10.30 – Pack up and walk back to school
On Tuesday 25 April we will be walking in the ANZAC Parade at Mapleton. Students are asked to dressed in school uniform and meet at Wilga Court, Mapleton at 9:20 am . We will march down to the park beside the school for the ANZAC Service where our choir students will perform. Families are welcome to stay for the service or take their students home. We are also very fortunate to have Leftenant Colonal Sharryn Parker coming to Montville to talk to our students on Monday afternoon about the significance of ANZAC Day.
Our first P&C meeting will be held at 6:00PM on Wednesday 26 April. It would be great to have as many parents and community members there as possible but we will be attempting to live stream the meeting for those that would like to attend virtually. The P&C plays an enourmous part in the tone of our schooll and I would like to encourage everybody to come along.
This morning Rebecca Finn emailed me to advise that the is resigning from her role as our Student Welfare Worker. Whilst this is not ideal, I will begin the recruitment process immediately to find a replacement so that the disruption to our school is minimised. I am really thrilled to let our school community know that Jake Vos, our Prep teacher aide will coordinate playgroup on a Friday morning starting tomorrow.I would like to welcome all families to come along to playgroup tomorrow to meet Jake and the other familes
SCHOOL PHOTOS DATE CHANGE- Please be aware that due to coinciding with the Maleny Shaow we have resheduled our School Photo Day to Wednesday 21 June.
Regards
Adam
Accounts
Important reminder concerning accounts.
SRS (Student Resource Scheme) payments are now past due, please finalise outstanding SRS ASAP. If you need to organise a payment plan or are under financial hardship please contact the office in the first instance. Statements and reminder notices will be going out at the end of this month and I will be contacting those who have not made payments or arranged a payment plan by phone.
Instrumental Music fees are due on 28/04/2023 please ensure these are paid on time.
CANBERRA CAMP please keep up to date with your payments. The school has made payment for the fights deposit and will be making a final payment soon for the accomodation and other travel arrangements. We currently have 40 students attending from 2 schools and the outlay for this is significant. We cannot pay for the activities by the due date if we haven't received payments from attendees. Please help us out by making sure payments are up to date.
THANK YOU to everyone who has made payments and contacted the school to make alternative arrangements.
Prep Update
We hope everybody had a great holiday. We are so excited to be back at school.
We have been practising for the Cross Country.
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Year 1 Update
Welcome to Term 2, I hope everyone had a relaxing break and is ready to tackle the next ten weeks. The year 1 class have started off the term with a great attitude towards their learning, well done to everyone.
This week we have been busy learning new routines in our classroom, giving the students more independence with their learning and looking after their belongings.
So far so good.
Miss Sheree
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Year 2 Update
Welcome back families… are you ready for Term 2?!
Well, the Year 2’s sure are!
Having finished off the last day of term by spreading Easter cheer to local businesses, holding a special book signing event with our egg-stra special guest, Mr. Montgomery and even managing to get our cooperative learning groups organised for the term ahead, the Year 2 students are back, relaxed and ready roll.
Cristi
Year 3/4 Update
Welcome back for Term 2! We always enjoy our time in the kitchen and our class has a session coming up tomorrow, Friday 21st April. We would love you to come and join us. Here are some snaps of our cooking last term.
My New Gallery
Year 5/6 Update
The 5/6s finished last term off at our Small Schools Volleyball competition (definitely winners in my opinion). The Easter Hat making and parade was lots of fun and everyone enjoyed helping the other year levels make theirs too.
We are selling poppies at the moment to raise money for the local RSL, this was initiated by the students in a student council meeting. Poppies are for sale before school and are $1 each
Lots to look forward to this term and we have all had a great start.
Emily Smith
5/6 Classroom Teacher (Tues- Fri)
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LOTE
My New Gallery
Late arrivals /Early Departures
Late arrivals /Early Departures
It is a Education Queensland requirement that any student arriving late to school or leaving early is signed in or out through the office. If your child is getting to class after 9am they must sign in through the office. If they are leaving before the bell at 2.45pm they must be signed out through the office. Teachers cannot sign students in or out.
If students are being collected early they must be signed out by a person listed as an emergency contact on their school profile unless the school has been notified in writing of a casual person who may be picking them up. This can be by email or text.
By prior arrangement students can be waiting in the office to be collected. Students are not permitted to wait at the butterfly to be collected early, we have a duty of care to primary school students to make sure they are collected by an authorised person.
If you have an appointment to get to please allow enough time to attend the office and sign students out.
We will do our best to make the process as quick as possible.
Thank you for your support with this very important safety policy.
P&C News
Tuckshop - If your child is away and you have ordered from the tuckshop please cancel your order before 8.30am. Orders cancelled after that cannot be held over or refunded.
Thank you for all who responded to the Tuckshop survey, your contributions will be considered and will help formulate any change to the menu
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