Dear parents,
Macedon PS Learning Expo – How the world works.
The students have been engaging in and range science-based learning this term, from space, physics, forces, and habitats. The topic is an exploration of the physical and material world; of natural and human-made phenomena; of the world of science and technology.
We are celebrating our learning in this project with a science learning expo, tomorrow night, the 8th of September between 4pm and 6pm. We ask that children are collected at 3:30pm (or go to after school care if enrolled), then at 4:00pm we will be opening our classrooms up for you to share and experience some of what our students have been learning this term. Please see below for running sheet for the evening below. It would be great to see you all there, please feel free to drop in for as little or as long as you see fit.
Library Learning Hub – Open Ceremony and Art Competition
As a part of the Library opening festivities we are holding an art competition. We’re inviting any of our aspirant artists to submit a piece of 2D art of their favourite book character.
The art piece should be 2D piece of art on A3 size paper of their favourite book character, in their favourite scene from their favourite book. The students can use any medium that they like that can be presented in 2D on an A3 sheet of paper. Some examples of mediums might include, but are not limited to collage, painting, pencils, textas or line drawing. The competition will run from today until the end of the school holidays with entries closing at 4pm on Monday 3rd of October.
All entries to be handed into the front office.
We will be handing out a prize for the best drawing at each year group, Foundation, Year One, Year Two, Year Three, Year Four, Year Five and Year Six. Prizes will include the prestige of having their art piece framed and hung in the library and a book of the winners choice from this year’s CBCA shortlisted books.
| Class/Event | Topic | Room/Area | Time |
| All families welcome | Opening Ceremony of the Library Learning Hub | Library Learning Hub – Near front office | 4pm |
| Foundation | Toy Factory Shop | Room 1 and 2 | Anytime between 4pm and 6pm |
| Year 1 / 2 | Space, Planets, Seasons, and the Universe | Room 3 and 4 | Anytime between 4pm and 6pm |
| Year 3 4 BS/RG
| Under the sea | Room 6 | Anytime between 4pm and 6pm |
| Year 3 4 MS
| Animals of the night | Room 7 | Anytime between 4pm and 6pm |
| Year 3 4 VW
| Into the Forrest | Room 8 | Anytime between 4pm and 6pm |
| Year 5 6 AB
| The Year 2147 | Room 9 | Performance times are: 4.30 / 5.00 / 5.30 |
| Year 5 6 MS
| Arcade Games of the Past | Room 10 | Anytime between 4pm and 6pm |
| Year 5 6 RC
| Welcome to the Cinema | Room 11 | Anytime between 4pm and 6pm |
| Physical Education | Obstacle courses | On the basketball court | Anytime between 4pm and 6pm |
| STEM | Games designed by the Year 5 6 students for the Foundation children displayed on iPad in the JCB
| John Curtin Building | Anytime between 4pm and 6pm |
| Visual arts
| Robots on Display around the school | Various areas around the school | Anytime between 4pm and 6pm |
Parent Information Session – Conversations around mental health 2 – Recording
For those of you who were able to attend the online session last week, I hope you found value in the topics discussed. For those who missed the opportunity please click the link below to view the recording of the webinar https://vimeo.com/745230663
Curriculum Day - 12th September
Please be reminded that next Monday, 12 September is professional practice day. Students will therefore not be required to attend school on this day.
We have a small number of vacancies available in the Outside School Hours Care service for families who cannot access any alternative care for their child/ren. Please contact the office for information about this on macedon.ps@education.vic.gov.au. If your child has never attended the Outside School Hours Care service, registration forms are required prior to attendance. Places in the service are capped and will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.
School Photo Day – 13th September
We have school photos on Tuesday, 13 September. All students were given an envelope with a personalised code and their name printed on it, if your child has misplaced their envelope or if you would like a sibiling/family photo taken, envelopes are available at the office.
Footy Colours Day – 15th September
Come dressed in your favourite teams colours and make a gold coin donation for the Children’s cancer charity.
Kind regards and Sampai jumpa (until next time),
Matt
School Photos will be taking place on Tuesday the 13th of September. All students should have received a personalized envelope with their name own unique code written on it. You may pay online using your credit card or cash. If you have misplaced this envelope, their are spares at the office.
Sibling photo envelopes are available at the school office.
Do not seal envelopes inside each other, you may include payment for all children in one envelope, however, please indicate on this envelope the names of all children you are paying for.
All students should wear correct school uniform.
All payments need to be made by photo day.
To celebrate the last day of term and the football finals, we are holding a footy colours day on Thursday the 15th of September. Wear your favourite teams colours and bring a gold coin donation. For online donations, we have set up a page:
https://www.footycoloursday.com.au/fundraisers/MacedonPrimarySchool
Year 5 and 6 students have been working on multimedia works to share their knowledge about Indonesian flavours. Eva, Lilly and Grace have made a video reconstruction of our taste testing experience (with added dress-ups). Come and see this and other works on show outside the (old) library at the expo on Thursday.
Today the Foundation students continued their exploration of robotics and movement, with our focus today being speed, acceleration, momentum and velocity.
And what better way to do this than some Robot Relay Races? (and an excuse for some fun alliteration of course)
Our Sphero Robots can record all the movements they make as they work and collect a huge amount of data that we can look at, so we saw that when our robots moved faster, they covered more distance (and were harder to stop!)
Please don't be surprised if next time you are driving, your young person wants to look at the dashboard of the car to see if the kilometres tick up faster if you start to drive faster...
Below you can see a selection of some of the student's Race Faces!
Thanks
Mr. Garcia
In line with our Sunsmart policy, we ask that all students come to school with a wide brimmed hat. At recess and lunchtime and any other times when outdoors all students must wear a hat. Students who are not wearing hats will be asked to play in the shade or in a suitable area protected from the sun.
Hats are available for purchase at Beleza Uniforms in Gisborne, or you can purchase any wide brimmed navy hat. We have sunscreen at the office if the children would like to wear sunscreen.
Thank you to everyone for your orders, ordering for this issue has now closed. We will distribute the orders to the children when they arrive.
Anyone who was in the Macedon Ranges on June 9th, 2021, will remember the severe storm that caused widespread damage throughout big chunks of Victoria. The Macedon Ranges was heavily impacted with countless trees down, damage to properties and no power, phone or internet service for an extended period of time. Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health acknowledge the shocking nature of this event and would like to give young people the opportunity to share their experience of the storm and its aftermath. We feel it is important that what people went through is remembered and we will be putting together a video of mini-interviews so young people’s experiences are acknowledged and documented. If you are interested telling your story, please speak to a parent or guardian and contact Kylie from the Storm Recovery Program on 0491 089 598 or kylie.richardson@scchc.org by Friday 23rd September. A gift card will be provided to thank you for your time.
