Marnebek Newsletter
11th November 2022
Issue 17
Message from the Principal’s Office
Chris Murray
Dear Parents and Carers,
It has been another busy fortnight for all students at Marnebek School. Term 4 is a fantastic term for celebrating and recognizing student achievement, and acknowledging their hard work throughout 2022. The Capital Works project is continuing at a fast pace with plastering beginning at Corrigan’s Road Campus and all steel work finalized at New Holland Drive. It’s great to see the excitement continue to grow amongst staff and students as the builds progresses.
We have had several incursions/excursions over the best few weeks with the Prep team having a visit from Animals of Oz, and having the opportunity to meet several creepy crawlies up close and personal. Senior students attended Urban Surf waterpark, with students learning about water safety, recognizing rips, and how to stand up on a surfboard! There have also been several excursions to various sporting events across all year levels including Casey stadium multi-sports sessions for the primary students and interschool sports carnivals for the senior students. We have also recently been informed that two students Brock Carmichael and Tyler Bergin have progressed to the next stage of the Victorian Basketball selections. They are now part of the 14-man training squad and we are very proud of their efforts.
Last Monday’s curriculum day was also very productive with staff attending various training and planning sessions focusing on 2023. We are working through the current complexities of our building project and will provide the Marnebek community with information on class groups and class locations as soon as we can.
Today the students took the time to recognize the soldiers that have been or currently are serving our great country and providing the freedoms we have the luxury to enjoy every day. Unfortunately, this is not the case for many countries that are still involved in various conflicts. Thank you to Ryan Frederickson and Charlotte Pataki represented Marnebek in placing a wreath at the Dandenong memorial for fallen soldiers.
Finally, a HUGE congratulations to Chloe Jones who has been shortlisted at the Principals Association for Special Schools for her dedication and commitment as a Learning Specialist to improving student learning. She will be accompanied by Jenny Hamilton and the leadership team at the awards and we wish her all the best!
Kind regards,
Chris Murray | Assistant Principal | Senior Pathways
Key Dates & Events
Term 4 | Term Dates: 3rd October - 20th December
Monday, 14th November – Wednesday, 16th November Year 12 Summit Camp
Wednesday, 30th November, Thursday, 1st December & Friday, 2nd December 2023 Prep Transition Days
Thursday, 8th December Year 12 Graduation Night at Cranbourne Turf Club @6pm
Tuesday, 13th December Statewide Transition Day
Thursday, 15th December House Fun Run Marnebek Twilight Carols @5-6:30pm
Monday, 19th December Last Day of Term 4 for students | 2pm finish time
Tuesday, 20th December Curriculum Day | No Student Attendance
Remembrance Day | 11th November
To mark Remembrance Day, we've come together as a school community today, to honour our history, those who have fought and died for the freedoms we have today, can never be underestimated.
A small group of Senior Pathways students attended a service at Dandenong RSL. Our Primary and Secondary School Captains participated in an onsite ceremony at New Holland Drive & Corrigans Rd.
We're so proud to see our students demonstrating one of our school values - RESPECT, acknowledging the past and the soldiers who helped shape our future.
Lest We Forget.
Classroom Snapshots
News from Learning Neighbourhood 1 New Holland Drive Campus
News from Room 306 (now 312)
Oh wow!!! It’s halfway through Term 4 already. Not long and we will be going into the Christmas season. How exciting!!!! Can’t wait to do all the Christmas artwork.
We got straight into our learning from the start of Term 4. For Literacy we read a book, construct sentences and are working on our writing skills. Few of us have learnt to type a sentence on the word document on the iPad. We all have our log in details and are very proud of the work we do. Our other friends work on the sensory part of the story.
For Numeracy, we are focusing on ordering objects longer and shorter. Number recognition, counting, addition using concrete materials and sorting objects in groups based on colour.
We have the Therapy team come into our classroom twice a week, we participate in a “learn to play” program to improve our play skills and imaginative play after which we frame sentences using colourful semantics to tell each other what we played with.
News from 3/4 B
Students were busy planting sunflower seeds and learning about measurements!
News from Learning Neighbourhood 4 Cranbourne West Secondary College
MindFlight7 VR incursion
Senior Pathways students had a blast during the MindFlight7 VR incursion! Students were able to wear VR headsets and were able to digitally engage in various career options such as, building and construction, first aid, hazards, heart surgery, vet studies, etc.
Callum Mackay | Leading Teacher
URBNSURF Excursion & Swimming Program
It has been a water themed couple of weeks over at Learning Neighbourhood 4. On Wednesday, Senior Pathways students participated in their first Urban Surf Excursion where they took to the waves at Tullamarine.
Everyone had a fantastic time and even though the water was freezing, all got in and did their best. Students all learnt how to stand safely on their boards, and all water safety related tasks. Then they were ready to head on in. Everyone participated really well, and we even had a few champions who managed to stand up at their first session. All look forward to the new skills that are going to learn next week.
We have also had several students start swimming this week. Our swimmers numbers will increase after the Parks and Gardens students graduate on the 15th but it was great to see at least some students improve their skills in the water.
The Year 12’s are off on their last Marnebek School Camp on Monday. Summit camp here we come!
Kate Masterton-Bojang | 606 Classroom Teacher
News from Learning Neighbourhood 3 | Corrigans Rd Campus
5/6 E
Students were enjoying the warmer weather by having some of their literacy classes outside! Fantastic writing was to be seen on the basketball court.
Celebrating our students’ achievements
Learning Neighbourhood Awards Week
LN 1 | Tyler in Prep A & Tara in 105 for setting a good example
LN 2 | Blake in 308 for demonstrating our school values
LN 3 | Tim in 601 for staying on task
LN 4 | Dawood in 604 for doing excellent classroom work
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
LN 1 | Cameron Bergin, Jett Nim and Jayden Ramba
LN 2 | Max Condie
LN 3 | Brooklyn Sollamulu
LN 4 | Mitchell Fengler
SW-PBS @Marnebek
House Total | Term 4 | Week 5
House Total | Term 4 | Week 6
SWPBS Champions | Term 4 | Week 6
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 7:00am until 6:00pm. 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.
Scholastic Book Club
Book Club Issue 8 - Orders will close on 2nd December. Please place your order early!
The Book Club Issue 8 catalogue will be sent out this week! Please check your child's bag. Ordering is easy at scholastic.com.au/LOOP
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Lee Peever on 0417 582 136 on Mon-Fri during school hours (9am - 3pm), or contact her via this FB Group.
Orders close on Friday, 2nd December 2022. Early ordering is encouraged! 😊
Can't wait to see Issue 8? Check out The online version here: Issue 8
HAPPY READING!
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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