Marnebek Newsletter
28th October 2022
Issue 16
Message from the Principal’s Office
Liam Mara
Dear Parents and Carers,
It has been another exciting fortnight at Marnebek School as we round off week 4 and head into Melbourne Cup weekend. This Tuesday, we welcomed our parents through the doors for Term 4 SSG night. The final opportunity this year to collaborate between parents/carers and teachers to track students’ goals and achievements. I hope you found the SSGs are useful as we did.
On Tuesday 25th October, Senior Constable Dave Smith, from the Narre Warren Police Station visited our Corrigans Rd campus for a very informative and important lesson on Cyber Safety. He delivered an important message of how to be safe online and gave students excellent tips when interacting with people through the internet. A reminder to parents and carers to monitor your children when online and who they are talking to.
Today was a Halloween themed fundraiser for the Victorian flood relief. Our fellow Victorians have been doing it tough up north and the Marnebek community has played a small part in bringing some relief to those in need. It was great to see so many wonderful costumes from students and staff, getting behind this great cause. There were prizes for best dressed and many smiling faces.
The next three weeks, our Preps- Year 8’s are learning about Expressing and Developing Ideas from the Victorian Curriculum. Each lesson is planned with the students point of need to continue to develop their skills with reading. The reading strategy we are focusing on for the three weeks to support the curriculum is: Lips the Fish-say the initial sound.
The Preps have had an incursion on Tuesday the 24th October- Animals of Oz! The students learnt about different animals and their habitats.
Today we celebrate ‘World Teachers’ Day’! We are very lucky to have such a wonderful and talented group of teachers that bring professionalism to their classrooms each day. A huge Thank You to all the teachers at Marnebek School for the amazing work you do for our fabulous students.
A reminder that this Monday 31st October is a curriculum day, there is no school for students. I wish everyone a happy Melbourne Cup weekend and we look forward to seeing our energetic students on Wednesday!
Kind regards,
Liam Mara | Assistant Principal
Literacy @Marnebek
Reading Strategy Focus Week 4
Key Dates & Events
Term 4 | Term Dates: 3rd October - 20th December
Monday, 31st October Professional Practice Day | No Student Attendance
Tuesday, 1st November Melbourne Cup Day | Public Holiday
Monday, 14th November – Wednesday, 16th November Year 12 Summit Camp
Thursday, 8th December Year 12 Graduation Night at Cranbourne Turf Club
Monday, 19th December Last Day of Term 4 for students | 3pm finish time
Tuesday, 20th December Curriculum Day | No Student Attendance
Celebrating Children’s Week 2022
Don’t forget!
Fun and free family events are taking place across Victoria during Children’s Week 2022.
With many events in person and virtually, you can experience what Children’s Week offers.
Find out what’s on at www.vic.gov.au/childrens-week
Classroom Snapshots
Spooktacular Halloween Dress Up Day
News from Learning Neighbourhood 2 Cranbourne Primary School
Cooking and learning to write procedures with 5/6 D!
Our students have been learning how to write procedures.
Cooking is an excellent way to learn procedure writing – by designing and planning our own pan cakes , we learned the skills required to write a procedure. Plus, it’s great fun too!
We also got to work on our food skills and preparation. The best part of the lesson was definitely making and eating our creations!
News from Learning Neighbourhood 1 New Holland Drive Campus
This term, the Prep students have been learning about animals and their habitats. On Monday, 24th of October, we had a visit from Animals of Oz. Our ranger Jess taught us about some Australian animals and where they live. We got to see a blue tongue lizard, a frogmouth bird, a green tree frog, a snake, a ring tail possum and a baby crocodile.
It was so wonderful to see all of the students using gentle hands when touching the animals. In the afternoon we painted pictures of the animals we saw that day.
Mikaela Ramsay | Learning Specialist
News from Grade 1 and 2 in room 502
We have had a fun return to class in the first four weeks of term enjoying a variety of literacy, numeracy, sensory and therapy activities.
After starting the day with a quick calendar, weather and name activity the students have been learning a variety of letter and word sounds and reading with the class.
We are focusing on comparing objects which are lighter or heavier in numeracy plus, longer and shorter in addition to number recognition, counting, addition and using catalogues for practice with money and shopping.
We’ve all been enjoying visits twice a week from the Therapy Team when students participate in a learn to play program to improve skills such as turn taking and imaginative play.
This week we made lanterns for a Hindu Festival called Diwali and learnt how it celebrates light conquering dark and the benefit of knowledge. Then we made lanterns.
We have been keeping an eye on our big new building project and now we are doing activities and learning about Halloween to get ready for our spooky Friday!
Richard Gay | Classroom Teacher
Celebrating our students’ achievements
Learning Neighbourhood Awards Week
LN 1 | Trishan Frankelin for finishing all his work | Isaac Rose-Searle for putting up the flags and following instructions
LN 2 | Max Eaton for using his communication device
LN 3 | Joseph Pulo for doing awesome work in the classroom
LN 4 | Vitaliano Manuele for respect at Interschool Sports
WEEK 4
SW-PBS @Marnebek
House Total | Term 4 | Week 3
SWPBS Champions | Term 4 | Week 3
House Total | Term 4 | Week 4
SWPBS Champions | Term 4 | Week 4
Who’s Who @Marnebek
Keyuri Dandiya | Education Support
Hello everyone!
My name is Keyuri Dandiya. I was born in India and moved to Australia eighteen years ago. I have been working at Marnebek as a casual ES for almost two years but have gained my official position in May of this year. I am working in 5/6D classroom now.
I have been working in the Environmental Science field for a few years before changing to this profession.
It has been such a privilege to be able to be part of the Marnebek community. Every day, I enjoy coming to work, loving my job as it's my passion to provide support and assistance to all of my students, helping them reach their full potential and to aid them in not only their education and learning journey but their social journey as a student as well. This has been one of the most rewarding jobs for me and is a key reason why I enjoy waking up and coming to school with a smile on my face.
I am a mother of two beautiful daughters: Pahal and Anaaya. They are 15 and 10 years old, respectively. My youngest daughter enjoys playing basketball and I spend my weekend cheering her on from the sidelines.
We also love going out as a family, meeting together with our many friends and family friends, often making impromptu plans yet having the most fun! Additionally, we love cricket and footy. GO GEELONG!
In my free time, I quite enjoy sitting and relaxing with a book in my hands, especially one in which I am immensely interested. After a long day at work, which can often sometimes be chaotic, a cup of tea with my favourite book is my way to wind down and enjoy the moment with surreal serenity and comfort.
Thank you
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
A BIG thank you!
We would like to thank our parents and carers for their continued support of Scholastic Book Club. Each order helps earn rewards points which are used to purchase books and teaching materials for our classrooms. The response from our school community has been tremendous! Thank you.
Big thanks to Lee Peever who has set up Book Club ordering this year and offering her help to assist parents and carers.
Owning your own books is something special! We hope that you will encourage your child to order books this year. We know of no better way to encourage reading than to allow children to choose the books they want to read.
Book Club Issue 7 is now available!
Orders close on Monday, 24th October 2022
The Book Club Issue 7 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 our Marnebek Facebook Group
Can't wait to see Issue 7? Check out The online version here: https://www.scholastic.com.au/book-club/book-club-parents/
HAPPY READING!
Make sure that you check out the last page, to find a fun word seeker. Let's get the kids involved!
We wonder whether you can find all 12 mice in the catalogue??
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:
Dear School Community,
Store Closure for Melbourne Cup Day Public Holiday
Please be advised that due to the Melbourne Cup Day public holiday, your local Beleza store will be closed on Tuesday 1 st of November. We’ll reopen to our usual trading hours from Wednesday 2nd of November.
Please note that for stores that are typically closed on Wednesdays, our next trading day will be Thursday 3 rd of November. To confirm your local store’strading hours, please refer to our Google Business listing for your local store.
We’d like to apologise for any inconvenience that this closure may cause, and wish you all the best for the public holiday. We look forward to seeing you in-store again when we return!
All the best, Beleza School Uniforms
Community Notices
Are you the parent or carer of a teenager 13+ with disability?
If the answer’s yes, then the online workshop Teens and Beyond from ACD is for you! It will give you information on topics such as how to get the right NDIS support for your teen, what school and post-school options are available, and how to support their general wellbeing.
This FREE workshop is in three parts and runs over three consecutive weeks.
All of ACD’s professional facilitators are parents of young people with disability and have personal experience of navigating the teenage years.
Workshop dates:
Tuesday 11, 18, 25 October – 10:00 am
Tuesday 11, 18, 25 October – 07:00 pm
Wednesday 12, 19, 26 October – 10:00 am
Thursday 13, 20, 27 October – 10:00 am
Places are limited for this FREE three-part workshop
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