Marnebek Newsletter

15th of March

Issue 3

Message from the Principal’s Office

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been another fantastic week at Marnebek with lots of exciting opportunities for our students. These opportunities continue to grow as we move closer to the finish date for our building project. Some of you may have taken the opportunity to visit the Bookfair that is currently situated in our newly opened specialist building. If not, I highly encourage you to visit the Bookfair and take a walk around the new space, it is a highlight of the project.

School attendance has been a focus for the school this term with data showing that many students are being dropped off late or picked up early. Whilst we understand the challenges of navigating the current road works and that there may be other influencing factors, it is crucial to maximise students learning through full-day attendance. If students are struggling with morning routines in preparing for a school day, please feel free to contact our allied health team who can assist you with this.

It brings me great pleasure to announce the appointment of our new school captains. after a rigorous selection process that included interviews, presentations, and peer evaluations, the overall senior school captains for 2024 are Dylan Creek and Angelina Mikhael. I'm also pleased to announce that the senior vice captains are Krish Meta and Tahlia Pregara who I am confident will be great leaders of our school and set a high standard in all our school values. There will be further announcements for all other leadership roles in the coming days. On Wednesday 27th at 3:30pm, we will conduct an investiture ceremony to acknowledge all captains and present them with their badges.

Finally, I extend my gratitude to each member of our school community for your unwavering dedication, collaboration, and passion for education. It is the partnerships between home and Marnebek that we take great pride in and together we empower students to reach their full potential. Have an amazing weekend!

Chris Murray

Executive Assistant Principal

Key Dates & Events

Term 1 2024 | Term Dates: 31st of January - 28th March

23rd of February
SSG Bookings Open

5th of March SSG Meetings

11th of March Labour Day | Public Holiday

12th -21st of March Book Fair

20th of March School House Lapaton

27th of March Investiture Ceremony

28th of March Last Day of Term 1 | 2PM Finish - School Buses will run 1 hour early to allow for the early finish.

29th of March Good Friday | Public Holiday

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.

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SCHOOL COUNCIL ELECTION 2024

School Council Election Result:

At the close of nominations on Friday 8th March 2024, we had received a total of 4 nominations for the parent vacancies and 1 nomination for the school employee vacancy. In both cases the number of nominations equalled the number of vacancies therefore all nominations for both categories are duly elected. This means that a ballot is not required.

The new School Council for 2024 is:

Parent Category: - Kerry Butterworth

- Teneaha Blanch

- Donna Hogg

- Joanne Pilley

- Stephanie Naiken

- Lindy Melton

School Employee Category: Jennifer Hamilton

Dieuson Biyendolo

Mandy Thomas

Community Category: TBC

Our next school council meeting will be held on Tuesday 26th March 2024 at 4.30pm in the New Holland Drive Staffroom.

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Classroom Snapshots

News from New Holland Drive Campus

Welcome to Prep C

News from Prep C

Prep C have been really busy in classroom learning lots of new things. We have been learning about the ‘d’ and ‘t’ sound in English, it has been really fun to learn about new sounds through sensory play.

During Math lessons we have been building on our number knowledge and counting skills. We love playing counting games on the Interactive Whiteboard and using our big number floor puzzle.

We also enjoyed a fun Friday decorating paper plate fish for our Book Fair. !

Mikaela Martin | Grade Prep C

Welcome to 4B

Class 4B have been developing their problem solving skills during our Maths session. Working with number patterns and working on puzzles provide a wonderful opportunity to extend geometry skills and develop resilience. The students feel very proud of themselves when they have solved a challenging problem.

Welcome to Class 4C

Welcome to 5B

Hi from Grade 5B,

This term we have been focusing on how we can use our school fresh produce to make yummy healthy foods. The students in Grade 5B have challenged themselves to make fresh orange juice each morning to have throughout the day and to share with the grade 5 classes. They have been having a great time doing this and love to have a fresh cup of orange juice while they complete their daily activities. Fantastic work Grade 5’s. Let’s keep it up.

Noemi Lopez Monge | Grade 5B

News from Grade 7

News from grade 7’s Reported by Nathan Lampard

My name is Nathan Lampard and I am reporting some of our outstanding news from our grade 7’s. This year has kick started with a lot of good achievements. Since we are the oldest grade on the NHD campus we are working on being good role models for the younger students. We show this by being respectful, showing resilience and being responsible.

We come prepared to school to learn and participate in all other activities that we enjoy. We participate in DS SPORT every Wednesday where we are learning the skills to play soccer. Our PE sessions are fun as well. We go across to the Casey stadium on Fridays for our Basketball games which is always fun.

We had done a few science experiments which was good. Some of our experiments were a winner and some where we learnt what went wrong. The most exciting one was making Ice cream where we got to eat the ice cream. Yum!!! It was delicious. Some came out too buttery some were too milky but most importantly we got to have fun and enjoy ourselves …YAY!!!!!.

News from Corrigans Rd Campus

Welcome to Senior Sub School

Hello from the senior sub school,

Some of our students had the great opportunity to complete their food safety handling certificate last week which was a very fun and hands on approach to the students learning. They discussed topics such as cross contamination, safe food temperatures and the different PPE to use when in an environment containing food. After lots of hard work in the classroom, the students had the opportunity to get into the kitchen and display their newfound skills. Together they prepared chicken BLT sandwiches for their lunch which was deemed as a great finish to the day.

Keep up the good work year 11/12!