Marnebek Newsletter
10th March 2023
Issue 3
Message from the Principal’s Office
Dear Parents and Carers,
It has been another exciting fortnight at Marnebek School with programs in full flight, as we cross the halfway mark of term one. The highlight of this week has been the ‘Book Fair’, giving students the opportunity to explore a wide selection of books and continue developing their love of reading. Students have enjoyed the colouring-in and creative writing competitions. Congratulations, and well done to all involved.
Next week is a day for the history books at Marnebek School, as the first of the brand-new buildings opening its doors for our students. Corrigans Rd campus will see the return of our LNH 4 students from Cranbourne West Secondary College and the beginning of the use of the new facilities. We are super excited to finally see the dream become a reality and students and staff being able learn in the best environment with the best facilities, as they deserve nothing but the best!
Our wonderful students have been very active, participating in many sporting activities and part of our PE and health program. Wednesday 8th March, our Year 6/7 students participated in the Cranbourne Primary School Cross Country event where students ran/walked 1.5km to complete the course, what an achievement. A special mention to Dzintra Powell and Ethan Biccierai who came in 1st place!
Year 8/9 students from LNH 3 have continued their community partnership with Chisholm TAFE. Each Monday our students attend a multisport clinic run by Chisholm Sport and Recreation students at the Berwick Campus. Furthermore, Cricket Australia have been on site at LNH 3 running ‘Blast Cricket’ sessions…our national team could use the help of our budding stars. The sessions have bene lots of fun with great connections made.
A reminder that Monday 13th is the labour Day public holiday and Tuesday the 14th is a curriculum day with no student attendance as staff attend professional development on this day. Have a great long weekend and we look forward to seeing our wonderful students on Wednesday.
Kind regards,
Liam Mara | Assistant Principal | Learning Neighbourhood 3
Construction Update
Dear school community,
I wanted to update you on an exciting milestone and key dates for our school’s upgrade project.
As we recently mentioned, building works at the Corrigans Road campus reached practical completion.
I am happy to advise our senior school students, currently at Cranbourne West Secondary College, will return to the new Corrigans Road campus on Wednesday, 15 March.
A reminder that Tuesday, 14 March, is a curriculum day for both campuses.
Construction is continuing at the New Holland Drive campus for our junior and middle school students to return at the start of Term 2. We will provide further updates towards the end of Term 1.
Bus arrangements will remain the same, and students will be taken to the new campuses. If you have any questions relating to your child and the location they will be, please contact the Assistant Principals of our Learning Neighbourhoods: Ruth Cameron (LN1), Luke Bennett (LN2), Liam Mara (LN3) and Chris Murray (LN4).
It is an exciting time for Marnebek School as we move into our new learning buildings. As you may be aware, our school received $38.843 million in the 2020-21 State Budget to deliver three new 2-storey learning neighbourhood buildings across both campuses.
There has been a lot of work behind the scenes preparing for our return. I want to thank all our staff, students and families for your ongoing support and efforts.
I would also like to thank the Cranbourne West Secondary College and Cranbourne Primary School communities for hosting us during this period.
We continue to work closely with the VSBA to ensure our community continues to be updated.
If you have any further questions about the works at Marnebek School, you can phone the VSBA on 1800 896 950, email vsba@education.vic.gov.au or visit the website: www.schoolbuildings.vic.gov.au/marnebek-school-cranbourne
Thank you.
Jennifer Hamilton
Key Dates & Events
Term 1 2023 | Term Dates: 30th January - 6th April
Monday, 13th March Labour Day | Public Holiday
Tuesday, 14th March Professional Practice Day | No Student Attendance
Thursday, 16th March 2023 Immunisations for students born in 2010 | 11:45am start @Cranbourne Primary | 12:30pm start @Corrigans Rd Campus
Friday, 17th March Investiture Ceremony by invitation | Corrigans Rd Campus
Wednesday, 22nd March House Colour Fun Run | 9am-10:30am | New Holland Drive Campus
Friday, 24th March Harmony Day Celebrations
Thursday, 6th April Last Day of Term 1 | 2pm finish for students
Please note: All dates are correct at the time of publishing. Information will be posted on Compass regarding these planned events, nearer to the date.
Term 2 2023 | Term Dates: 24th April - 23rd June
Monday, 24th April Curriculum Day | No Student Attendance
Tuesday, 25th April ANZAC Day | Public Holiday
Wednesday, 26th April Students return to school for Term 2
Please note: All dates are correct at the time of publishing. Information will be posted on Compass regarding these planned events, nearer to the date.
Important Notices
School Immunisation Program
The Secondary School Immunisation Program offers free vaccines to all eligible students born either 2007 and 2010.
2010 born student will have the following immunisation’s on Thursday the 16th of March
• Diphtheria-tetanus-whooping cough
• Human papillomavirus (HPV)
2007 born students will have the following immunisation on Monday the 9th of October
• Meningococcal ACWY
The local council immunisation service delivers the school-based immunisation program. The local council will provide immunisation consent forms and information to your child’s school for your child to bring home. Parents/guardians are required to complete and return the immunisation consent forms to their child’s school.
The Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2019 authorises secondary schools to provide their local council with student and parent/guardian contact information for any student scheduled to receive a vaccination. This information is only used to assist local councils to follow-up parents/guardians of students with incomplete or missing immunisation consent forms.
What information is given to local council?
The school provides the following basic student and parent/guardian contact information to the local council immunisation service:
• student name
• date of birth
• gender
• year level and class group
• parent/guardian contact details
• language(s) spoken at home.
Why does the school provide this information?
• To improve communication with parents/guardians regarding their child’s vaccination needs.
• To ensure all eligible students are offered the opportunity to access free vaccinations at school.
• To reduce the administrative burden on school staff to follow-up consent forms.
• To eliminate manual data entry processes.
What do I need to do?
1. Read the information provided in your child’s consent form and complete all sections.
2. Return the immunisation consent form with all relevant fields completed to school, even if you choose not to consent for your child to be vaccinated as part of the secondary school immunisation program.
3. Your information will be provided to The City of Casey in March. If you do not wish for your details to be provided, please advise the school in writing before the last school day in February.
Compass App - Update your details when things change
A big thank you to all the parents/carers who have updated their details via the Compass App!
How do I change my contact details?
Ensure that you never miss a thing by keeping your contact details up-to-date. To do this:
1. Login to your Compass account, and select the Cog Icon in the top right-hand corner of the page.
2. Select Update My Details from the dropdown menu provided.
3. Fill in your new details as desired, then select the Update My Details button to save.
Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge
Dear Parents and Carers,
I am thrilled to share the exciting news that Marnebek School is participating in the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge! Our school is dedicated to fostering a love of reading in our students, and we believe this challenge is a fantastic way to encourage them to read more.
The PRC application offers many exciting features, including access to a library catalogue with book images and blurbs, a modern, user-friendly interface, and rewarding students with badges as they achieve challenge milestones. Students also have the option to mark books as favourites, give them a star rating, or complete a book review.
This challenge is open to all Victorian children, and we hope to encourage our students to read or 'experience' at least 15 books with the help of their parents and teachers. It's not a competition but a personal challenge for children to read a set number of books by September 8th, 2023.
All children who meet the challenge will receive a certificate of achievement signed by the Victorian Premier and former Premiers, a fantastic reward for their hard work and dedication to reading.
To view the booklist and learn more about the Victorian Premiers' Reading Challenge, please visit https://www.vic.gov.au/premiers-reading-challenge. I suggest checking with your child's teacher, finding reading material at home, or using digital books available through the school's Whuska resource platform. Public libraries are also an excellent source of reading material, with many print copies of books on the PRC booklists and ebooks and audiobooks available through their online platforms. If you still need to become a local library member, check out their website to see how to join.
Thank you so much for your support, and we hope you and your child will enjoy this challenge and all the fantastic benefits of reading!
Warm regards,
Yohana Ziem
Literacy Coordinator
Book Fair 2023
Written by Teo Jukic | LN2
On Thursday, we walked to the Marnebek New Holland Drive to see the Book fair. At the Book fair, we looked at books and wrote our wish list. We saw the new building. We’re coming back to the new Marnebek next. We are excited.
Classroom Snapshots
News from Learning Neighbourhood 4 Cranbourne West Secondary College
Welcome to 10/11C
Year 2023 began on a hectic note with so many engaging learning activities spaned out for the year. Students enrolled into Duke of Edinburgh attend Gumbuya World every Thursday to volunteer at the park and also travel to Waverly Industries on Mondays for their work experience. There are other students who attend Certificate programs such as Make ‘N Bake, Hair and Beauty and Retail Services. Students also participate in Interschool Sports on Fridays, where everyone gets a chance to participate in activities of their preferred choice.
Lysan Joseph | Classroom Teacher
News from Learning Neighbourhood 1 New Holland Drive Campus
News from Prep C
This week in Prep C we have been very busy. We have been doing lots of work around our classroom routine and everyone is becoming more confident each day.
In English, we have been using our Stretchy Snake reading strategy and reading lots of fun books like Green Eggs and Ham and The Gruffalo. We have also been learning about the letter T and reading our Letter getter books on Sunshine Online. We used Autumn leaves to decorate our own tree for the letter T. We all loved using shaving cream this week to write our names.
Our visit to the Book Fair was great fun and we made a wish list of the books we liked.
For Mathematics, we have continued to focus on counting and learning about 2D shapes. We use our abacus to help us with counting. We also enjoy our shape monster game where we need to feed the monsters the correct shape.
Well done to everyone in Prep C for another fabulous week!
Mikaela Martin | Learning Specialist
News from Learning Neighbourhood 3 Corrigans Rd Campus
The students in Learning Neighbourhood 3 have been lucky enough to participate in a cricket program run by Cricket Australia. During this program students were able to learn new skills such as bowling, catching, and batting through fun games and playing modified versions of cricket. The students had an enjoyable time learning a new sport and getting outside and exercising.
Taahirah | 8/9C Teacher
Art @ Corrigans Rd Campus
Art clases are in full swing at Corrigans Rd Campus and students have created amazing pieces of work! Well done!
SWPBS @Marnebek
Celebrating students’ achievements
SWPBS Champions | Term 1 | Week 6
SWPBS Champions | Term 1 | Week 7
House Total | Term 1 | Week 6
House Total | Term 1 | Week 7
Who’s Who @Marnebek
Welcome Cody O’Connor
Hi I am Cody O’Connor and I am one of many Education Support Staff here at Marnebek School
Everyday is a great opportunity to support our students to achieve their personal and academic goals
In my spare time I like to hang out with my friends and I also enjoy watching the NBL or the NBA with my friends on the big screen at my house.
I have a puppy called Gus and I love eating a Chicken Parma and I love to watch the series Friends on Netflix. I also like to listen to RNB and Rap music
TheirCare News
Afterschool & School Holidays Services
Our school has partnered with an independent provider TheirCare to provide After Care and Holiday Care services to our school community.
The program services the children in the school from 3:00pm each day until 6:00pm. During school holidays the service will operate from 9:00am until 5:00pm. Families wishing to use this service can visit the TheirCare website: http://theircare.com.au/
Families are also eligible for a Government rebate which reduces the cost per session. Further information can also be obtained by contacting the school or ringing TheirCare on: 1300 072 410.
TheirCare provides a stimulating and safe environment for all children and an environment where children from and enjoy their time in their program. During sessions children develop life skills, friendships, confidence and creativity through play.
Compass Parent Portal
Compass is our primary parent communication tool for day-to-day operational matters, upcoming events, notices and notifications so it is essential that all parents download the app.
Compass is a cloud-based student information system that can be accessed by parents through an online Parent Portal. The portal is accessible via a web browser and/or by using the Compass School Manager mobile application.
Compass will deliver access to relevant and timely information about our school and your child’s progress. Specifically, the portal provides you with the ability to:
View up-to-date class and school attendance information
Enter past and future absences for your child
Access your child’s Semester Reports
Provide consent/payment for upcoming excursions
Pay your school fees
Download and print upcoming excursion information
Book parent-teacher conferences
Update your registered email and mobile number (used for SMS alerts)
Access information regarding upcoming events and news via the School Calendar and Newsfeeds
Community Notices
School Uniform
Beleza Uniform Shop
Marnebek School Uniforms can be purchased through:
BELEZA SCHOOL UNIFORMS CRANBOURNE
126 High St, Cranbourne VIC 3977
Website: Beleza – High Street Cranbourne
Phone: (03) 5996 6861
Our uniform price lists are below:
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