A full calendar of events can be found in the Compass App

7th September - The Lion King school musical - Glen Eria Auditorium
13th - 15th September - Snow Camp (selected children only)
11th-13th October - 3/4 Camp
11th-13th October - 5/6 Camp
6th November - Pupil Free Day

Out of School Hours Care- TheirCare- Registrations and Bookings now Open!

Theircare registrations and bookings are now open. I encourage all families to register their child/ren. For all families who use our OSHC service you will need to register your child and make your bookings for Term 4. Please reach out to either me or Theircare on 1300 072 410.

Thank you to TheirCare for donating all food and entertainment for the Father's Day Breakfast. We look forward to their continued support of the MVPS community.

Welcome Shino!

We welcomed Mrs Shino Shibata to the administration team last week. Shino is a familiar face to the MVPS community and has also been an integral part of the team behind our school musical. Shino will be in the office on Wednesdays and Fridays so please make her feel welcome.

In Year 3, 84% of students are in the Exceeding and Strong standards and in Year 5, 82% of students are either Exceeding or Strong. Teachers are currently working with Renee who is our coach from The Mathematics Association of Victoria (MAV) and Ms Gould will share more on this exciting initiative.

Amy Tinetti
Acting Principal

Let’s talk about Maths!

As part of our Annual Implementation Plan (AIP), we have a team of teachers working with a MAV (Mathematics Association of Victoria) consultant to create a consistent maths instructional model. It is referred to as the ‘Launch, Explore, Summarise’ model. It is evidence based and recommended by the Department of Education as the best practice model.

The model has a problem solving focus and encourages students to apply their mathematical understandings to real life authentic problem situations. We give our students the option to use enablers and extenders to ensure they can either access the task with support or extend their thinking with an extra challenge.

Here is an example of a problem that students in Grade 1/2 were presented with:

You have 20 Lego blocks. How many towers can you make AND
how many blocks in each tower?

We look forward to continuing to embed this instructional model and working with MAV into 2024.

Casey Gould
Acting Assistant Principal

Just a reminder that the 2023 Premiers' Reading Challenge is in full swing. So far we've read over 1000 books! With plenty of time until the finishing date of September 7th, we've time for more reading. So what are you waiting for, pull out a book or two or three or maybe even twenty, and log them on your account!

If you have lost your password, Miss Pritchard can help you - just let her know and she'll reprint it for you.

Fathers Day Breakfast

The Parents Association are proud to celebrate Fathers Day again this year with a special breakfast on Friday 1st September. We invite all MVPS children to bring their father (or other special person) along to celebrate with us. This event is significantly subsidised by the PA however we do ask for a small contribution of $5 per adult to put towards costs of food and fun activities on the morning. Tickets can be purchased here.

Pancake Parlour School Rewards

Malvern Valley PS are now part of Pancake Parlour School Rewards Program. This is a loyalty program run by Pancake Parlour where the school can earn points and prizes. These can be utilised to support educational projects and extracurricular activities.

To earn points for the school you must sign up to be a pancake parlour member by either
1. Visiting the PP website here and joining via the online form
Or
2. Via The Pancake Parlour app
Head to your profile > Rewards > School Rewards Select Join a School

Whenever you visit the pancake parlour your purchase will count towards the Malvern Valley PS rewards points. Thank you for your support and enjoy your pancakes!

Help us build a happier, healthier Stonnington by completing our Social and Community Health survey – in partnership with Swinburne University of Technology.

We want to know whether you enjoy active recreation, public and active transport, and the social connection that Council programs and services bring.

Completing the survey (approximately 10 minutes to complete) will enter you into the draw to win one of ten one-month Harold Holt Swim Centre memberships. Entry into the prize draw is entirely optional.

Complete the survey HERE

In order to streamline the weekly school delivery run any online orders placed for delivery to school will be delivered by a Spartan driver every Tuesday.

Online orders placed by midday on a Monday will be included in the school delivery the next day. Any orders placed after this time will be delivered in the following weeks run.