Manifold Heights Primary School in Geelong, Victoria | Primary School

Manifold Heights Primary School

Locality: Geelong, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5229 9643

Address: Strachan Ave 3218 Geelong, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au

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25.01.2022 UPCOMING PUBLIC HOLIDAYS Please take note of the following Public Holidays which means there will be no classes at Mano on these days: Wednesday 21st October: Geelong Cup Public Holiday Friday 23rd October: Grand Final Eve Public Holiday

25.01.2022 PUPIL FREE DAY - MONDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER Monday 7th September is a Pupil Free Day. There will be no Remote Learning Program or Onsite Attendance. Please make other arrangements for your child/ren. The Office will be closed on this day.

24.01.2022 Parents & Carers Home Learning Update 11th April 2020 Please see below links which were posted on Compass Parent Portal today. A reminder that home learning commences on Wednesday 15th April. http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au//Home-Learning-Update-11.04 http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au//Learning-from-home-advice-

23.01.2022 TEAM KIDS SPRING HOLIDAY PROGRAM AVAILABLE School holidays are just around the corner. Our partner, TeamKids have a wonderful mix of incursions and in-house days planned that promise to keep the kids happy, engaged and having FUN. Term 3 ends 2:30pm, Friday 18th September. Download their program here: http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au//Team-Kids-Spring-Manifold-

20.01.2022 Term 2 ends 2:30pm Friday 26th June. All students will be dismissed at 2:30pm. We wish everyone a safe holiday break.

19.01.2022 PREP 2021 ENROLMENTS CLOSE 29TH MAY 2020 If you have a child starting Prep in 2021 please contact the Office for an enrolment form as soon as possible. We can email one directly to you and you can email back the completed form - contactless! Contact the Office today on [email protected]. For full details on our Prep enrolment process please see our website: http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au/enrolments/how-to-enrol/

19.01.2022 Dear Parents & Carers Please see attached update from Mr Rowland regarding onsite student learning available. This was posted on Compass this afternoon. If students can learn from home they should. http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au//Applying-for-onsite-access If you work in a Government-defined essential service, such as Health, Police, Corrections, Youth Justice and Emergency Services, for example, and your child is unable to learn from home, you may apply for an exemption ...to the Victorian Government’s decree. Please complete the attached form and return to the school Office by 2pm Tuesday 14th April. http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au//on-site-attendance-form-fo See more

18.01.2022 TEAM KIDS WINTER HOLIDAY PROGRAM School holidays are just around the corner. Our partner, TeamKids have a wonderful mix of incursions and in-house days planned that promise to keep the kids happy, engaged and having FUN. http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au//Team-Kids-Winter-Manifold-

17.01.2022 TEAM KIDS AUTUMN HOLIDAY PROGRAM @ MANO School holidays are just around the corner. Our partner, TeamKids have a wonderful mix of excursions, incursions and in-house days planned that promise to keep the kids happy, engaged and having fun. Download the Autumn Program here: http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au//Teams-Kids-Autumn-Program.

17.01.2022 Term 3 Ends 2:30pm, Friday 18th September. We wish all Mano families a safe and happy holiday break.

16.01.2022 PREP 2021 ENROLMENTS & TOURS During a ‘normal’ Term 2 we would facilitate school tours for prospective families of Prep for the following year these sadly cannot be conducted in the current environment. Enrolment forms for Prep 2021 enrolment can be obtained from the General Office and submitted preferably by the end of May 2020. Please email [email protected] to obtain an enrolment form. We are considering creating a ‘virtual school tour’ which parents could access to help with the big decision of which school is best for their child in 2021! Current Mano families with a sibling joining us in Prep for 2021 are asked to complete an enrolment form asap.

15.01.2022 ROUTLEYS ONLINE FUNDRAISER The Parents & Friends Committee have organised a Routleys Online Fundraiser for purchases 12th - 24th October. Full details in the school newsletter. http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au//upl/2020/10/2020-10-15.pdf Please ensure when you place an online order that you enter the code "MANIFOLDHEIGHTSPS" so we can receive the fundraising credits. We receive 25% of your order back! Lots of fun boxes of treats available. Perfect for watching the footy! www.shop.routleysbakery.com.au

14.01.2022 REMINDER: School Photos orders due 4pm Monday 27th July. Please see Compass for access key and login details. Online orders only this year.

13.01.2022 CASUAL CLOTHES DAY Thursday 22nd October is a Student Leaders driven Casual Clothes Day: ‘Dress up in your footy colours’ day. NO GOLD COIN IS ASKED FOR. We ask students to wear footy colours or perhaps colours of a favourite sporting team, their sporting wear or perhaps just a favourite colour.

12.01.2022 PREP 2021 TRANSITION UPDATE An email was sent to Prep 2021 parents earlier this week outlining new plans for Transition Visits and Parent Information Night. Each child has been allocated to a small group for a 40 minute visit on either Friday 20th or Friday 27th November. We are following Department of Education & Training guidelines. The Parent Information Night has been moved to Thursday 3rd December and will be online. If you haven't received this information via email please contact the Office on 5229 9643.

11.01.2022 PREP 2021 TRANSITION UPDATE The Prep 2021 Transition Visit scheduled for Friday 16th October 2020 has been cancelled due to COVID-19 visitor restrictions. We will continue to communicate to affected families via email with updates.

10.01.2022 Term 2 Home Learning Guide Please see document link below from Mr Rowland which was posted to Compass Parent Portal last night. Further details to follow later this week. Home Learning will commence for Term 2, Wednesday 15th April. http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au//Letter-to-Parents-Re-Coron

08.01.2022 Latest news from the Education Department: * Government schools are planning to resume Term 2 on Tuesday April 14th for staff and Wednesday April 15th for students. The Tuesday April 14th being used for staff Professional Development and preparation for remote teaching. It will be confirmed during the holidays whether classes will be face-to-face or remote. * With our students now on holidays and ‘bunkered down’ at home, staff have been mindful that sharing some holiday opti...ons has been appropriate and welcomed, but online classes will not be scheduled to begin or be accessed yet. Staff this week are currently busy preparing for a potential Term 2 remote learning plan. Best wishes to all members of the Mano community / family. This is an extremely challenging time for all of us on so many levels and I would like to sincerely thank you all for the way we have embraced these unprecedented challenges and supported each other. Who knows what tomorrow might bring but it is a great comfort to know we have the support of each other, as we seek to fulfil our demanding and changing responsibilities as parents, teachers and citizens. I would once again like to acknowledge and affirm the work of our staff in recent days as they have begun with great diligence to develop a program for what term 2 might begin with. Best wishes for the holiday break and I hope our very different holiday arrangements provide us all with a new appreciation of our children and an opportunity to deepen our relationships with them. Further details will be shared via COMPASS as they become known. You can contact the school during the holidays via email: [email protected] Or phone: 52299643 (we will be checking for messages left). Stay safe.

08.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE! 2 Public Holidays this week!

07.01.2022 Pupil Free Day Monday 25th May. Camp Australia is offering a full day of service at no cost on this day. To book contact them on www.campaustralia.com.au or 1300 105 343.

07.01.2022 Term 1 Ends Today, 23rd March at 3:30pm Dear Parents / Carers, Term 1 classes will finish at Mano today, Monday 23rd March at 3:30 pm. The school holidays begin as of Tuesday 24th March, as announced by the Premier of Victoria.... School staff do not begin their holidays until the end of this week over the next four days staff will begin planning and preparing for the transition to flexible and remote learning (should this be required if schools do not reopen for the start of Term 2: Tuesday April 14th). If you are employed as an Essential Services Worker, you can send your child to school tomorrow Tuesday 24th March. They will be cared for and supervised by staff at school from 9am to 3:30 pm. This allows Essential Services Workers one additional day to prepare for the earlier start of the holidays for their children. The school office will be open tomorrow. Staff have been sharing some ideas to help families keep their children appropriately busy during these holidays, given they will be very different as we ‘bunker down’ in our homes. These are options and ideas for your consideration, they are not set homework and not part of a planned, flexible and remote learning program, which may be needed for Term 2, if schools do not resume then. These are very, very challenging times for us all and together we will get through it. I wish you all the best and will provide further updates as additional information becomes available to schools. Stay safe. Barry Rowland Principal Manifold Heights Primary School

06.01.2022 Term 1 classes will finish at Mano today, Monday 23rd March at 3:30 pm. The school holidays begin as of Tuesday 24th March, as announced by the Premier of Victoria. School staff do not begin their holidays until the end of this week over the next four days staff will begin planning and preparing for the transition to flexible and remote learning (should this be required if schools do not reopen for the start of Term 2: Tuesday April 14th).... These are very, very challenging times for us all and together we will get though it. Stay safe.

05.01.2022 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ROUTLEYS ONLINE FUNDRAISER The Parents & Friends Committee have organised a Routleys Online Fundraiser for purchases 12th - 24th October. Full details in the school newsletter. Please ensure when you place an online order that you enter the code "MANIFOLDHEIGHTSPS" so we can receive the fundraising credits/commission. We receive 25% of your order back! Lots of fun boxes of treats available. Perfect for watching the footy! www.shop.routleysbakery.com.au

05.01.2022 Face to face classes resume in 2 stages in the coming weeks. Stage 1, Tuesday 26th May, Prep - Grade 2 students Stage 2, Tuesday 9th June, Grade 3-6 students. Please see full details on our website: http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au//Letter-to-Parents-Carers-1

03.01.2022 Term 4 commences for students on Tuesday 6th October! The Victorian Government has announced that regional communities will progress to the Third Step of the roadmap for reopening from 11:59pm Wednesday 16 September 2020. So Mano can reopen sooner than we thought! Monday October 5th all staff return to onsite duties for a pupil free planning day. Tuesday October 6th all students return to face to face onsite classroom teaching program.

03.01.2022 SAVE THE DATE: Whole School Photos Tuesday 28th July. We are again using Leading Image for our school photos and orders are solely online. Order slips and codes were sent home with students this week.

02.01.2022 Making origami cranes. One activity some families might like to do in the holidays is to make some origami cranes using paper such as old rolls of Christmas wrapping paper could work. They are tricky to make initially but when you get the hang of it, they are awesome. Let’s give it a go and bring them into school when we resume.... There are lots of youtube clips to help; this one is good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfnyopxdJXQ Happy folding! Maybe try some other origami projects? Image result for how to make an origami craneImage result for how to make an origami crane

02.01.2022 REMINDER! PREP 2021 ENROLMENTS CLOSE 29TH MAY 2020 If you have a child starting Prep in 2021 please contact the Office for an enrolment form as soon as possible. We can email one directly to you and you can email back the completed form - contactless! Contact the Office today on [email protected]. For full details on our Prep enrolment process please see our website: http://www.manifold.vic.edu.au/enrolments/how-to-enrol/

02.01.2022 Happy Mother's Day to all the Mano Mums and special people for Sunday 10th May. Mother's Day this year may be a little different, but we can still do special things for our Mum. eg. Make her breakfast in bed, decorate a special card, write her a poem, pick some flowers from the garden to make a bouquet, any little thing to make sure she knows how special she is to you.