Head of Wellbeing
.The Mountain View Adventist College Wellbeing Framework outlines the school’s commitment to your child’s wellbeing. We recognise that parents are an integral part of the wellbeing journey and we are keen to work with you within the framework to support and nurture your child as they grow to be connected, effective, lifelong learners. (Mountain View Wellbeing Framework 2020)
On Wednesday night we held our first Wellbeing Information Night titled 'How to Build Success in your child'. The night was filled with presentations from the wellbeing team from various areas of the school. Presenters shared about how whole school interventions can improve academic success in children. Examples were given of programs run at school, but also how threading the school values through our spiritual and academic spaces improve overall student wellbeing. Parents were encouraged to continue the learning conversations at home, encourage extracurricular experiences and have positive conversations about learning beyond the classroom.
We will be holding another information night later in the year and we encourage you to join us as we partner with you to create life-long learners in our students. In the meantime,, should you have any questions regarding the wellbeing framework at Mountain View visit the school website where you can access the framework under the parent portal tab.
Our vision is to be a learning community that promotes wholistic life-long learning for today, tomorrow and into the future. We are proud to be on that journey and we hope that you will be a part of it too.
Mrs Jensen
Head of Wellbeing
Creative Arts
Junior Music
The introduction of the new junior music stream in 2021 has seen many benefits. Students are passionate and have displayed a positive attitude to developing a knowledge of musical concepts through playing a range of musical instruments such as the piano, drums and ukulele. Teaching staff within the department are looking forward the future as we watch our students grow.
The department would also like to welcome Mr Ropati (Music) and Mrs Furney (Art) to the team. We would like to thank them for their contribution to the faculty thus far as it has been great to have both teachers lead in the enhancement of our students learning.
OnStage InClass
Last Tuesday, HSC Drama students got to experience a virtual version of the NESA OnStage program. Every year, exemplary HSC Drama projects and performances are staged for the benefit of current HSC students.
Due to COVID restrictions, the program was delivered online this year. Drama students were able to watch last year’s students perform their monologues, have their scripts enacted, showcase their design projects and see their video dramas.
The most rewarding feature was an interview panel with the exemplar students who offered advice for this year’s cohort. At the end of the program, our HSC students described the experience as “inspiring”. We wish all our HSC Drama students every success in this busy year.
Mountain View Archibald
In Visual Arts this term Year 11 students are creating large scale portraits influenced by the Archibald Prize. Each student has chosen a member of the school community as a way of thanking them for the contribution they make to the school.
Over a delicious morning tea each student interviewed and photographed their potential models in preparation for their masterpieces. Getting to know their chosen person is vital in capturing the personality and character of the sitter.
Thankyou to Mr. Guevarra, Mr. Carrasco, Mr. Calandra, Mr. Jensen, Miss Rankin, Mrs Watson, Mrs Masters, Mrs Jensen, Mrs Tamano, Miss Wright-Hill and Mrs Vakalalakoro for kindly agreeing to take part in this exciting art project.
Get involved in the School Banking program
Mountain View Adventist College is excited to offer the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students. Before the program can resume we will need participation from at least 10 students.
School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way to help teach your child about money. Children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens, which they can save up and redeem for exciting rewards.
The rewards available during 2021 are:
o Terry Denton’s Activity Book o Scented Stackable Highlighters
o Mini Soccer Ball (size 2) o Icicle Slapband Ruler
o Treetop Stationery Set o Snowy Origami Set
o Treetop Handball o Water Skimming Bounce Ball
o Tomato Seed Kit o Polar Pencils & Pencil Toppers
o Emoji Wallet o Scratch Art Cards
o Snakes & Ladders Game
School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school receives a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for every 10 deposits processed per student as well as an Annual Contribution which is based on the number of students who made at least one School Banking deposit in the prior year. For more information about contribution payments, visit commbank.com.au/sbinfo.
Getting involved in School Banking is easy!
All you need to get involved in the School Banking program is a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account. You can open an account for your child in one of two ways:
1. Online
Visit
and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account.
2. In Branch
Visit a Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for yourself and your child, like a driver’s licence and birth certificate.
If your child has an existing Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account they can start banking straight away. They just need to bring their deposit in every week on School Banking day using their Dollarmites deposit wallet.
School Banking day is Thursdays. Each week you need to bring banking book to office. Book will be returned to students teacher.
If you would like to know more about School Banking, please visit
Announcements
SAVE THE DATE!
Years 2 to 6 Athletic Carnival will be held on Thursday 27th May 2021 at Charlie Bali Oval, Doonside.
Students can wear their sport uniform or house colours on the day.
Further information will be sent home soon.