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View this email in your browser The Messenger TERM 3 WEEK 3 TUESDAY 3 AUGUST, 2021 (DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION BY CLICKING HERE) The sun illumines Stone, plant, beast and man. Our soul enlivens Head, heart, hand and foot. The light rejoices When stones sparkle, Plants bloom, beasts run, And men work. So should our soul rejoice When our heart grows warm and wide, Enlightened thoughts grow strong, Enheartened will can work. Rudolf Steiner To Nicky and family, It has been a topsy turvy start to Term 3 but hopefully it has been well worth the wait to begin our cross-country ski program. Mansfield has looked spectacular during lockdown with a beautiful backdrop of snow-capped mountains and luring us all to go through the rigmarole to get to the snowfields as soon as possible. Cross country skiing has been a unique and valued part of Mansfield Steiner School’s program since the early days of the school at Maindample. The winter splendour of Mt Stirling and a deep immersion into nature whilst skiing, are some of the exceptional attributes of the program. The peace and tranquillity of the mountain compared to its nearest neighbour is both meditative and energising for our students. Unlike downhill skiing which emphasises descents, in cross country skiing the student can only rely on their own bodies to get up the mountains, across flat terrain, bumps and trails before they experience the downhills. The sport itself can be exhausting, exhilarating, frustrating and challenging as students adjusts to the balance needed for thinner skis and unsecured heels. The fun comes after an increase of confidence and fitness. I think that cross country skiing is a good analogy for life. One must endure the hard work of the uphills to enjoy the delight of the downhills. Along the trail there may be some hidden obstacles or unexpected bumps to throw one off balance and by many means one either regains one’s equilibrium or falls over. Sometimes it is an ungainly struggle to redeem one’s composure or sheer grit and determination to continue successfully to the chosen destination.
It is always a great pleasure to see the students disembark from the bus after a day of skiing at Mt Stirling red-faced, tired but elated by the day’s experience. Thank you to our many parent helpers who help make the cross-country program an enjoyable and viable experience. Fran Cummins PRINCIPAL 2021 TERM 3 KEY DATES TO NOTE... All activities and events COVID restrictions Term 3: Tuesday 20 July- Friday 17 September pending. Snow trips-weather dependent. Mt Stirling Cross Country Skiing – Class 5 – Year 8 Wednesday 4 August 9am – 4pm Year 9 & 10 Monty Python skits (in school event – Monday 9 August 11.30am students only) Mt Stirling Cross Country Skiing – Prep and Class 1 Monday 9 August 9am – 4pm Year 9 Mt Stirling Snow Camp Tuesday 10 – Friday 13 August Mt Stirling Cross Country Skiing – Class 2, 3 & 4 Tuesday 10 August 9am – 4pm Mt Buller Class 5 – Year 8 Wednesday 11 August 8am – 5pm Mt Buller Class 5 – Year 8 Thursday 12 August 8am – 5pm Mt Stirling Cross Country Skiing – Prep and Class 1 Monday 16 August 9am – 4pm Mt Stirling Cross Country Skiing – Class 2, 3 & 4 Tuesday 17 August 9am – 4pm Mt Stirling Cross Country Skiing – Class 5 – Year 8 Wednesday 18 August 9am – 4pm Mt Stirling Cross Country Skiing – Prep and Class 1 Monday 23 August 9am – 4pm Mt Stirling Cross Country Skiing – Class 2, 3 & 4 Tuesday 24 August 9am – 4pm IB Graduates Visual Art Exhibition Opening Night Friday 27 August 6 – 7pm Masonic Lodge Saturday 28, Sunday 29, Monday 30 August IB Graduates Visual Art Exhibition 10am – 4pm Year 9 Northern Territory Camp with Remote Tours Wednesday 1 – Tuesday 7 September MORNING STAR KINDERGARTEN ‘King Winter now is visiting, bringing cold and shivering’. Mornings start with craft, morning chats, morning circle songs and then we get busy chopping and baking. Inside play is full of cubby building, storytelling and marble track building. Our story to begin the term was ‘The shoemaker and the Elves’. The children listened with anticipation as the story unfolded. In the winter months we are baking sourdough for afternoon tea, Yum! Sandi Valerio Morning Star Kindergarten ROSA MUNDI The Rosa Mundi Prep class have enjoyed returning to school. They have embraced dressing for winter with their slippers on inside and boots and coats on outside when it has been wet and muddy. A highlight has been the new morning tea menu with honey rye scones and oat breads and apple jam; lots of fun to help make and super tasty to eat. In the garden we have enjoyed weaving pruning’s from the fruit trees and grapes. They make a great addition to our lovely woven fence bordering the millet grass cubby that will regrow in the spring and are a great way to use a natural resource. Ariel Stava Rosa Mundi Prep teacher
CLASS ONE Class One have enjoyed meeting King Equals and the four gnomes who work together in various ways to account for the gemstones of the King. They have modelled the gnomes with beeswax and taken turns acting out each gnome and their antics. Well done to everyone undertaking this work during the lockdown week. We also welcomed Cassie Pentony to the class. She is generously volunteering on Thursdays and Fridays as part of her studies. Lou Pullar Class One teacher CLASS TWO Thank you to all the work parents and students have done during Remote Learning. It has been lovely to see the students face-to-face for a couple of days before I head off on leave. Amy has enjoyed meeting and getting to know the Class Two students over the past week and is now ready to take them on full-time. I am sure that Amy and the class are all going to have some wonderful adventures together. Amy is going to start with a Main Lesson in magic numbers. She has lots of learning activities to share in all areas of the curriculum, which I’m sure the students will treasure and enjoy. I wish the students all the best on this new journey and look forward to hearing how it all goes when I am on leave. Clare Bennetts Class Two teacher CLASS THREE Class Three have returned to face-to-face schooling with enthusiasm. We have heard many tales about farming life with the birth on various class members’ farms of calves, pigs and lambs, and the return to laying eggs from chickens. The class has our very own ‘class’ lamb, Hope, who we have been looking after during the day. We don’t quite fight over who gets to feed her, but it is a very popular ‘chore’! Our Main Lesson, Charlotte’s Web, fits in very well with the beautiful story of life on a farm and the reminder of the reality of why farmers stock animals. The class has been writing descriptions of main characters, discussing the problems/resolutions from each chapter as well as the whole book, practising the use of quotation marks and learning about writing in the first person. Jacinta Walker Class Three teacher
CLASS FOUR The excitement levels have been high as we have returned from Remote Learning. We have continued to work on our Freehand Geometry Main Lesson, learning about the rotation of the earth, the degrees in a circle and the various types of angles, such as right, obtuse and acute angle. The students are listening to stories about the adventures of the Aesir Gods, including Thor and Loki, and will begin to learn the script for our class play coming up at the end of this term. The class is eager to go skiing and hopefully we will have some excellent snow and weather for the coming weeks. Michael Brittain Class Four teacher CLASS FIVE It was a warm welcome back to school for the term last week. The children were excited to catch up and it was wonderful to all be back at school. The Ancient Persian stories of Zarathustra and the Kingdom of Light have given the class the opportunity to work on the skill of self-editing. They have been checking their spelling, grammar, punctuation, and concentrating on summarising these tales in their own words. Everyone is very eager to be finally heading off to Mt Stirling. With so much snow about it will be a terrific day! Linda Sampson Class Five teacher CLASS SIX Class Six have begun to learn our lines and work on our characters for our class play, Peter Pan. We are aiming to bring the characters to life with our best acting efforts yet. We have been working on reducing our self-consciousness around performing through some theatre games and trying to be aware of when we start feeling embarrassed during our performances. We have also begun our Number and Algebra Main Lesson which is happening concurrently. We are learning some foundation skills for the coming years by practising the use of the Order of Operations (BODMAS) and examining visual function patterns. It is so good to have the students back at school. Glenn Hood Class Six teacher
TERM 3 SKI PROGRAM The ski program is very much COVID-19 and weather dependent. Prep – Class 4 will participate in four excursions to Mt Stirling for cross country skiing Class 5 – Year 8 will participate in two excursions to Mt Buller and two excursions to Mt Stirling. SECONDARY YEAR 7 - 10 Year 7 students are well into their Age of Discovery Main Lesson. They have been busy creating their own 13th century Portolan Map of Mansfield (a map that shows trade winds and navigational paths) and creating a board game based on the life of an adventurer. We are eagerly anticipating our ski trips up the mountain and have settled back into the rhythm of school once more. The Amazon, Nile and Murray Darling Rivers have been the topic of conversation for Year 8 Main Lesson this week. Students have explored the world’s major rivers system by comparing water discharge rates and lengths while also the investigating importance of river systems to the oceans and ecosystems at large. A highlight has been comparing the massive river systems of the world with our own unique rivers systems, the Murray Darling River and Basin. Years 9 and 10 have been working hard both remotely and at school on their Monty Python skits. This week, we have been stepping into roles such as knights, peasants, witches, professional arguers, ladies from Briiiiighton, Cardinals of the Spanish Inquisition and Yorkshire Gentlemen. While lockdown can be a challenging time, students have had been finding their inner clown to produce plenty of laughs, albatrosses and silly walks. Seamus Kavanagh Year 7 Main Lesson Anthony Jensen Year 8 Main Lesson Joshua Byrne Year 9 & 10 Monty Python skits Year 12 IB Mathematics Exploration Last week the Year 12 class submitted their final exploration paper. Here are some sneak peeks at what got these young mathematicians' minds ticking.
Modeling Music: an investigation into how different notes and tones can be modelled with trigonometric functions. What would our lives be without music? The musical notes that we hear every day, in our favourite songs, the songs that get stuck in our heads, and in anything from heavy metal to traditional Irish ballads, call upon musical notes from various tonal systems developed through the ages and across cultures. Pythagoras continued to divide the strings according to ratios that sounded pleasing to the ear. The notes that these ratios formed developed into a repeating pattern that today forms the basis of the chromatic scale. C sharp/ D flat: C#/D are 4 semitones apart. How has worldwide increase in the sale of Coca-Cola products impacted diabetes trends across America? “I have often wondered how strong of an impact a single company can have upon public health, especially when it reaches the level of prestige Coca-Cola enjoys-and exploits. I aim to explore and investigate the potential correlation and dependency between Coca-Cola product sales and diabetes trends.” Using Pearson’s product moment correlation to test the relationship between the two variables. My result was r=0.83, which indicates a strong positive correlation. Does gender impact a guilty verdict? A mathematical exploration to determine if a guilty conviction in court and the length of imprisonment time sentenced is influenced by gender. The Probabilities of Ciphers: The Mathematics Behind Cryptography - The Caesar Cipher The Caesar Cipher, one of the first forms of historical cryptography, was first used by Julius Caesar to send encoded messages to his army generals, so that no messages were able to be intercepted and used against his army. In the message, each letter is moved forward by a certain number of shifts, n, so that if A is shifted forward by =3, A will become D in the encoded message. This can be summarised as follows: This gives the formula = + for each letter of the code, where E is the encrypted message, and D is the decoded message. For .tech Domains, a recurring message throughout their competition was BREAKTHECODE,SAVETHEWORLD. When encrypted with =3, this becomes the encrypted message EUHDNWKHFRGH,VDYHWKHZRUOG. With this cipher, n has 25 possible combinations, with this number coming from the 26 letters of the English alphabet, minus one for the decrypted code, or how the code began. This means the probability of breaking this code, P(codeBroken), is 125=0.04 for every attempt made. MUSIC - PRACTICE TIPS But wait! There’s more. Yes, continuing our practice ideas theme for this term: A. Pick, Play & Say – Pick a note and each time you play that note, sing it out loud. B. Say – sing your pieces saying the names of the notes. C. Name – sing your pieces saying the finger numbers of the notes. Bronwen Whyatt Cello Teacher FROM GARDEN TO PLATE It’s so nice to have all the children back in their aprons picking & chopping veggies in the kitchen at school. August is upon us, and a bountiful harvest of citrus is coming off the garden trees. Lemons, limes & oranges are featured in our desserts. The rainy days are inspiring nourishing mains such as the honey onion buckwheat & French lentil dish with an herbaceous creamy dressing to give us a break from the never-ending pumpkin surplus. HONEY ONION, BUCKWHEAT & LENTIL SALAD
Ingredients: Olive Oil 2 onions, diced 2 tsp unprocessed honey 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped A handful of almonds, coarsely chopped 2 tsp cumin seeds ¼ tsp black pepper 1 cup cooked buckwheat 1 cup cooked lentils Salt Herb Dressing: 1 packed cup basil leaves ½ cup packed marjoram leaves 1 garlic clove ½ cup natural yoghurt 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil ¼ tsp unrefined salt ¼ tsp ground black pepper Method: Add a generous splash of oil to a large, heavy based frying pan over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté for a couple of minutes until beginning to soften. Add the honey, reduce the heat a little and sauté for about 8 minutes. As it cooks, reduce the heat if necessary, to ensure onion doesn’t burn. Meanwhile, add the dressing ingredients to a blender and blend well. When the onion is golden and blistered, increase heat to medium and add the garlic, almonds, cumin, and pepper, sauté 2 minutes. Add another splash of oil, then the buckwheat and lentils. Fry for another 2 minutes, stirring constantly, then season to taste. Tip the salad onto a serving platter and pour over the dressing. Or alternatively serve the salad in individual bowls with their own little serve of dressing on the side. Kai Shearer Cooking Coordinator HEAD LICE ALERT It has come to our attention that there is an outbreak of head lice in the kindergarten / school. Please examine your child’s hair for any of the signs of head lice and take the necessary steps to treat and eliminate the problem. 1. Check for lice – the whole family! 2. If lice or eggs (nits) are found treat hair with one of the many natural (or medicated) headlice treatments available from your local chemist or health shop. 3. Always apply the treatment on dry hair. 4. Remove lice and eggs by using metal headlice comb 5. Treat again once per week for 2-3 weeks. 6. Wash bed linen and clothes in warm water to prevent re-infestation. 7. You can use a shampoo with a few drops of Eucalyptus, Lavender and Teatree essential oils added as a preventative measure after successfully treating the hair. If all families are pro-active and we all work promptly to check and treat each week reinfestation will be minimal. LIBRARY DAYS Library days for each class: Tuesday: Classes 2, 3, 4 and Prep Wednesday: Classes 1, 5 and 6. Please remember to pack your library bags on these days and please check book shelves and bedrooms for overdue returns. All overdues gratefully accepted. Thank you in anticipation. Bec McMillan Librarian PLAYGROUP Term 3 Playgroup is currently fully booked. If you would like to register your interest in attending playgroup please see office staff for a registration form or contact Taryn Baker, Playgroup facilitator, tarynb@mrssk.vic.edu.au.
Your name will be added to the Playgroup wait list, thank you. Taryn Baker Playgroup Leader SENTRAL FOR PARENTS APP The Sentral for Parents app is used by the school to communicate important information including excursion and/or camp information, academic reports and other school information. Please login regularly and “allow notifications” for the app to receive school information in a timely manner. If you have issues accessing the app or have lost your access key please contact Andrew or Sally at the office. Get Help with Sentral for Parents App & Portal CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS Dear School Community, if you feel like contributing to the goodwill of Christmas during this wintery, uncertain time in the world please pick up a Christmas decoration pack from the office. Please enter your name beside the bag number you have taken and tick when decorations are returned. Decorations to be returned by Monday 15 November. Thank You and Happy Sewing!! P & F CRAFT GROUP The P & F craft group will resume gathering on Tuesday evenings during the term - after further easing of the restrictions. Enquiries can be directed to Eileen on 0488555952. PONDERING STEINER
The Pondering Steiner reading group gathers each THURSDAY evening of the school term (Please note the change of day from this term onwards) commencing on Thursday 22 July 2021. (COVID-19 lockdown excepted). Time: 7.15pm for 7.30 beginning til 8.30pm followed by a light supper. Where: Shop 5/12 High St. Mansfield. NOTES FROM THE OFFICE 2021 SCHOOL FEE SCHEDULE Is now available on the school website together with payment plan options - see here. ALL VISITORS TO THE SCHOOL including parent helpers must sign in at reception. ALL VISITORS will receive a numbered visitor’s tag which is to be returned to reception at the time of signing out, thank you. CHILD SAFE – Visitors to the school who do not have a current Working With Children Check will be escorted to the area of the campus concerning their visit. ALL STUDENTS LEAVING EARLY OR ARRIVING LATE must also be signed in/out at reception. This allows staff to be aware of who is on the school grounds if an emergency should occur. CAR PARK Please park in the parking bays not along side of the drive and NOT IN THE TURNING CIRCLES as this stops the flow of traffic for other vehicles particularly large delivery vans. Please do not park in the turning circles when dropping off or collecting your child from kinder. Move your vehicle very slowly. Be alert for children – remember the younger they are, the less predictable they are and the harder they are to see. Parents, please watch your children. Make sure they walk along the path – and not through the driveway. SCHOOL ENTRY: TRAFFIC FLOW Please follow the traffic directions at the front of school. Entry to the school is one way. Departure from the school is a left turn onto the service road, thank you. THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE (GC) meet on the fourth Monday of each month at 6.30pm. President – Sarah Lieber Vice President – John Bowen Treasurer – Tim Ross Secretary – Scott Ersvaer Catherine Yencken, Ingrid Ueno. Mandate Groups Marketing – Sarah Lieber Gardens & Grounds – Scott Ersvaer Policy – John Bowen, Ingrid Ueno Project Steering Team – Catherine Yencken, Sarah Lieber Finance Committee – Tim Ross, Sarah Lieber STAFF SCHOOL EMAIL ADDRESSES Fran Cummins (Principal) franc@mrssk.vic.edu.au - For ALL school issues. (Parents please note your first port of call is to your class teacher to discuss any issue regarding your child, thank you) Jacinta Walker (Vice Principal) jacintaw@mrssk.vic.edu.au Andrew Karzons (Operations and Financial Manager) andrewk@mrssk.vic.edu.au Sally Singleton (School reception and College Secretary) sallys@mrssk.vic.edu.au – Everyday admin enquiries. All staff have a school email address as above, being their first name and initial of their last name ie: name@mrssk.vic.edu.au. SCHOOL EVENTS
MANSFIELD STEINER SCHOOL IB GRADUATES VISUAL ART EXHIBITION Please join us for the opening of our International Baccalaureate (IB) Graduate Visual Arts Exhibition: Friday 27 August 6 - 7 pm Artworks on display: Saturday 28, Sunday 29, Monday 30 August 10am - 4pm * This is a COVID safe venue, restrictions permitting, please check for updates. Melbourne International Comedy Festival NEW DATE: SATURDAY OCT 23rd 6.30pm Thank you for your support - We look forward to a night of fun and frivolity! PLEASE NOTE: Performances often contain coarse language, sexual references and material that can offend. It is recommended for people aged 15 years or older. Smoke Machine/Hazer may be used during this performance. COMMUNITY NOTICES
MANSFIELD MARATHON Full Mar 2.2km, Half Marathon 21.1km, 10km, 5km & 1nior 0 Start and Finish at Station Precinct, course is an out and back run on the Great Victorian Rail Trail. Organised by the Mansfield Little Athletics Club with support from the Friends of the Great Victorian Rail Trail Enquiries to Race Director Liam Delany mansfieldathleticsclub gmail.com
Southern Cross Kids' Camp High Country trivia night Help us to raise funds for the first High Country Camp! Silent Auction Trivia Tickets $10pp scl
LOCAL BUSINESS REGISTER Mansfield Steiner School is happy to share our Local Suppliers Register. The purpose of this register is to support our school community’s local businesses, promoting a wider awareness so that our community can show local support when considering the purchase of goods or services. As we continue to grow this list, we are seeking the support of our local business community through the submission of business information. Please complete the linked form to ensure your information is featured correctly. Forms can be returned to sallys@mrssk.vic.edu.au or dropped in to the school office. Should you have any questions please feel free to contact us on 03 5779 1445. TRADE BUSINESS NAME CONTACT NAME PHONE NUMBER EMAIL DETAILS Registered Osteopath Dr Bernadette Gifford Dr Bernadette Gifford 5775 2166 bn.osteo@hotmail.com Osteopath Men’s Hairdressing, Proraso The Shearing Shed Barber Shop Jodie Morris 5775 2300 morrisjodie1973@gmail.com Grooming products & Wahl Mansfield Grooming products Cattle AI, semen sales, Jacqui Aylan-Parker or 0429795468 or Agriculture HCH Genetics jacquiaylanp@gmail.com ultrasound pregnancy testing, Dale Edwards 0427806672 embryo flush and transfer. Retail Mansfield Sweets Shoppe Natasha Kavanagh 5775 3221 info@mansfieldsweets@gmail.com Lollies & treats Green living Accredited. Master Builder Member Registered Commercial & Full Scale Constructions Matt Anderson 0405 441 473 matt@fullscaleconstructons.com.au New homes, extension & Domestic Builder renovations, shop fits & commercial projects. Retail Maison Fireplaces Ivan Pacak 0409 353 331 ivan@maisonfireplaces.com.au 5% Discount for Steiner Families.
Inbuilt & free standing European fireplaces. 10% Discount for Steiner Families. Mechanic High Country Mechanical Scott Ersvaer 0409 700 978 hcm20B@gmail.com All mechanical work, cars & farm machinery. All types of electrical, installation & repairs. Split system air conditioning supply Electrician Daniel Friday Dan Friday 0448 533 510 d.a.friday@hotmail.com & installation. TV Antenna & Satellite Dish installation & repairs. Fully Licensed & insured. Chinese Cuisine & noodles. Retail Mansfield Noodle House Jamie & Michelle 5779 1880 jamiepon@hotmail.com Student and teacher lunches by special order. Variety Shop. Party needs, Retail Shopping World Michelle & Maggie 5775 2838 N/A craft, kitchen needs, picture frames and storage etc. thewellbeingpaddock.com.au Individual counselling, Equine Assisted Therapy. Counselling and Therapy The Wellbeing Paddock Jane Hall 0417 765 366 jhall@ggs.vic.edu.au Social/emotional skills programs, support and staff workshops available. Graphic Design, Sign Writing, Graphic Designer Baker Design Co. Adam Baker 0407 007 245 info@adambaker.com.au Murals. www.brianaseaton.com Life & Business Coaching. Life Coaching / Business Briana Seaton Coaching Briana Seaton 0427 878 071 hello@brianaseaton.com Published co-author Consultancy ‘Empowered Woman Empowering the World’. Snowfox.com.au Skiwear, Ski Accessories, Winter boots, Designer Retail Snowfox Kym Henderson 0419 526 344 kym@snowfox.com.au casuals, Alpine jewellery, homewares, snow-themed toys, Mt Buller clothing & souvenirs. Natural toys, alterations, Artist, Qualified sustainable products, craft Dressmaker, Interior Agnes Robinson Agnes Robinson 0413 564 228 agirobinson@gmail.com workshops & Decorator and Designer Covid-19 Masks. New homes, extensions, Bramic Constructions 0412 049 244 Brad@bramic.com.au Builder Brad Brkljacic renovations. Master painter – Domestic or Painter Mansfield Painter Dane Nye 0439 326 300 dane@555garage.com Commercial Painting. Interior & Exterior. Copyright © 2021 Education, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.
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