from the principal - mount pleasant high school...kindergarten lue mrs linda nicolay and mrs mila...

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TERM 1 ISSUE 1 WEDNESDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2019

Dear Parents and Community Members, WELCOME BACK Welcome back to Mount Pleasant Primary. A particular warm welcome to new families who have enrolled this year. This includes 61 Kindergarten students and 41 from the remainder of the school. Our enrolment stands at 452. As a result of growth, we have a new classroom in transportable 10 with Mrs Sparkes. Parent Information Sessions To provide you with information regarding your child’s program of work and to maintain open communication links, Parent Information sessions will be held on Tuesday 19 February 2019. In an attempt to accommodate parents with students in several classes we have staggered the times. While the times below may not suit every single family, if there is a conflict, we will provide notes from whichever class you cannot attend. Tuesday 19 February 5.30pm 6.00pm K-4B Mrs Nicolay Yr2—Room 5 Ms Harnett K-4R Mrs Klinger Yr2—Room 10 Mrs Sparkes K-4G Mrs Larose (Room 15) Yr3—Room 8 Mrs Cull PP - Room 14 Miss Edmonds Yr3—Room 7 Ms Kukura PP - Room 16 Mrs Lund Yr 4—Room 2 Mrs Williams PP/1 - Room 13 Dr Bochenek Yr 5—Room 4 Mrs Conrad Yr1 - Room 12 Mrs Gardiner Yr1 - Room 11 Mrs Ward and Miss Cleeman 6:30pm Yr 2—Room 9 Mrs Anderson and Ms Inglis Yr4- Room 3 Mrs Anfuso Yr5 - Room 1 Miss Cheveralls and Mrs Hunter Yr6 - Room 17 Mrs Dennerley Yr6 - Room 18 Mr Clee Class Representatives The P&C has asked me to remind you that they urgently require class representatives to assist with general communication and as a contact between the P&C, parents and the classroom. If you are able to assist with this initiative, please let your classroom teacher know. Friendship List Each classroom teacher has a friendship list on display for communication and social purposes. We ask that you provide your details on this list so that class representatives can pass on important information. The Parent Information evening on Tuesday 19 February would be a good time to do this. School Board Please find the attachment for nomination to the School Board towards the end of this newsletter.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL


Tuesday 19 February Parent Open Night

Friday 22 February New Parent Morning Tea

Monday 4 March Labour Day Holiday

Thursday 7 April Swim Trials

Friday 15 March MPPS Swim Carnival

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SCHOOL HOURS Commence:

8:45am Conclude: 2:55pm Morn-

ing Recess: 10:50am—11:10am

Lunch Break: 12:40pm—1:20pm

CANTEEN DAYS Monday,

Wednesday and Friday

Phone the canteen on 9316 4003.

Help in the canteen is always

appreciated.

BANKING DAYS Thursday

Mornings—8.20am at the canteen

CAMP AUSTRALIA Before and

After School Care

Before School: 7:00am—8:35am

After School: 2:55pm—6:00pm

Ph: 0452 247 189


2019 Class Organisation Kindergarten Red Mrs Zeta Klinger and Mrs Mila Sirr Kindergarten Blue Mrs Linda Nicolay and Mrs Mila Sirr Kindergarten Green Room 15 Mrs Silvie Larose Pre-Primary/Year 1 Room 13 Dr Carmel Bochenek and Mrs Jade Foley Pre-Primary Room 14 Miss Katie Edmonds and Mrs Kate Johnson Pre-Primary Room 16 Mrs Julianne Lund and Colleen Pattinson Year 1 Room 11 Mrs Robyn Ward and Miss Allysha Cleeman Year 1 Room 12 Ms Brooke Gardiner Year 2 Room 10 Mrs Nicola Sparkes Year 2 Room 5 Ms Glenda Harnett Year 2 Room 9 Mrs Linda Anderson and Ms Jacqueline Inglis Year 3 Room 7 Ms Nicole Kukura Year 3 Room 8 Ms Andrea Cull Year 4 Room 2 Ms Kathryn Williams Year 4 Room 3 Mrs Aimee Enfuso Year 5 Room 1 Miss Brenda Cheveralls and Mrs Naomi Hunter Year 5 Room 4 Mrs Nicole Conrad Year 6 Room 17 Mrs Philippa Dennerley Year 6 Room 18 Mr Steve Clee Music Miss Allysha Cleeman Art Mrs Naomi Hunter Physical Education Miss Claire Smith French Mrs Nathalie Bedel Swimming Training Year 3-6 students are welcome to attend early morning swimming training on TUESDAY and THURSDAY mornings at Applecross Senior High School. Training commenced on Tuesday 12 February and will conclude on Tuesday 12 March. Swimming training commences at 7.30am and concludes at 8.00am. There is no cost associated with this training. It is an expectation that parents stay at these sessions as a duty of care. Miss Smith, Mrs Hogan and/or Mrs Hooper will be running the training sessions. We are aware that some students complete swimming training privately and will not attend these early morning sessions. Supervising staff members are qualified in Applied First Aid. This training is for Y3-Y6 students. The focus is on fitness and endurance, swim starts and relay skills. Students attending need to be competent swimmers as these are training sessions, not teaching sessions i.e. students will be expected to swim approximately 10 laps of the 25m pool (including warm up and cool down laps). All students are still eligible to swim in our MPPS Year 3-6 swimming carnival if they do not attend the training sessions. Swim trials will be on Thursday 7 March and our MPPS Swim Carnival is being held on Friday 15 March 2019. The trial and carnival will take place at Somerset Street Pool in Victoria Park.

Staffing There are several new staff that I would like to introduce: Silvie Larose—Kindergarten Green Colleen Pattinson—Pre-primary DOTT Nicola Sparkes—Year 2 Nicole Conrad—Year 5 Charmain Kavanagh –Education Assistant Mandy Morasca—Education Assistant I would like to welcome all of our new staff to Mount Pleasant Primary School and wish them the very best for this year and beyond.

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LIBRARY NEWS

Kiss and Drop For new families and as a reminder to existing families, the Kiss and Drop area on Queens Road is a NO PARKING zone. This area is used solely to pick up and drop off your children. When picking up, if you cannot see your child, please do another lap around the block. Sports Faction Tops Order forms for faction tops are available from the front office and can be left in the P&C box for the order to be processed

A warm welcome back to the start of 2019. The Library is staffed by Library Officer, Mrs Penny Porter. The Library is open all day Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Student borrowing commences in week 2 with Kindy to Year 6 students able to borrow two books for a period of one week. Please make sure that your child has a cloth library bag or similar for protecting books as they are carried to and from school and that it is clearly marked with their name. As parents, you can assist by finding out your child’s weekly scheduled borrowing session and ensuring that the books are returned on time. In addition to the class borrowing session, children can return and borrow books at the following times: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before school (from 8.30am) and after school (until 3.15pm) Wednesday and Thursday lunch time (12.55pm-1.15pm). Parents are welcome to come with their child to help them borrow on the days that the Library is open before and after school. The library is open for students on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at lunch time. During this time, students can play board games and read books. Every year we ask for parent volunteers to help in the Library. It can be as little as ten minutes after drop-off in the morning or before pick-up in the afternoon to help with shelving. If you are able to commit to a longer period of time there are a variety of tasks, such as book covering. No experience is necessary and training is provided. If you would like to volunteer to help, please call in and see Penny in the Library on the days that she is here, or leave your name and contact number at the front office. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you in the Library.

Wakakirri Auditions Friday 21 February 2019—second lunch in the music room Year 3-6 only Yahoo, Wakakirri is back in 2019! Due to last year's success and increasing interest in the Wakakirri Program it is likely that some children will miss out as we are limiting places this year to 50. Rehearsals will be held on Tuesdays between 3-4 pm. You will not be required at all rehearsals (depending on which section you are in).

Christian Religious Education (CRE) and Baha'i

As highlighted in one of last year’s Newsletters, CRE and Baha'i will no longer be held during class time. Lessons will however be offered at other times. Baha'i lessons will be offered after school on a Thursday afternoon. This time however is flexible and Neda is happy to negotiate this if it suits the majority. CRE co-ordinated by Patricia Olde will also be offering lunch time lessons possible on a Tuesday or a Thursday but to be negotiated with parents and students. It is imperative however that you contact the front office to notify us of your intention to attend either lesson. This is particularly important as classroom teachers will be able to remind students to attend. Either phone Sally at the front office on 9316 1045, email [email protected] or ask your child to drop in a note.

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CHAPLAIN

Responsibility Being responsible is a sign of growing up. It means you are willing to be accountable for your behaviour. It means doing something to the best of your ability and keeping your agreements.

CANTEEN

SCHOOL BANKING

The canteen requires volunteers for Term 1 2019. There is a roster outside the canteen or you can text 0430 141 282. The canteen is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A reminder that our online ordering can be accessed at quickcliq.com.au . Julie Green—Canteen Manager

School banking will commence this Thursday 14 February and run every Thursday morning between 8.20am and 8.45am in the canteen. We would like to welcome and thank Meenakshi Arya and Amy Chang for volunteering as new school banking co-ordinators.

Welcome Morning Tea for New Families We would like to invite new parents for morning tea on Friday 22 February at 8.45am in our staff room. This will be an opportunity to clarify policies or any other queries you may have. This will also be an opportunity to meet other new parents at our school. Mount Pleasant Primary School is a wonderful community and I have the pleasure of serving as Chaplain on Tuesday, Wednesday and Fridays. So what does a Chaplain do? Pastoral Care—The role of Chaplain is wide and varied, depending on the needs of the school, but the major focus is pastoral care. I count it a privilege to pastorally care for the students, staff and families at our school, so if I can be of help please let me know. We all face challenging times in our lives, and having a ‘safe place’ to share and work through our feelings can help a lot. A message can be left at the front office or feel free to phone or visit me at the school. Of course, seeing a Chaplain is voluntary, and if you would rather your child does not catch up with me during the year, please let the front office or myself know. Other Activities—Other activities a Chaplain may be involved in are: helping out in classrooms and working with groups of students to promote well-being in target areas. For example I am trained to run the program Seasons for Growth which assists children to work through grief and cope with loss and change. A Chaplain may also help out on excursions and camps. Over the last six years I have loved going on the year 6/7 camps to Bridgetown. Making connections with the wider community is an important role of Chaplains and I currently co-ordinate the Ed Connect Program where members of the local community volunteer their time during school hours to mentor students. Another part of my role at Mount Pleasant Primary School is facilitating whole-school celebrations such as Harmony Day, hosting morning teas like Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea and we will continue running our ‘5 Cents Challenge’ this year which raises funds for education projects amongst the poor around the world. There are other activities that I am involved with around the school so do not be surprised if I keep popping up around the place.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

TENNIS EXCELLENCE is offering on-site (MPPS school) coaching to all Mount Pleasant Primary School students. Everyone is welcome and equipment is provided, if needed.

Starts week 2 11 February and runs for 8 weeks Tuesday (PP-year 3) 7.30am—8.30am Wednesday (year 4-year 6) 7.30am—8.30am Enrol online at http://www.classhub.com.au/provider/sporting-excellence/2019/1?programld=64

Mt Pleasant Running Club

Let’s Run Perth will coach your children on running technique and posture. Suitable for Year 1 - 6. Coach will walk the kids to school at end of sessions. Payment by bank transfers to Let’s Run Perth. Every Friday, 22 Feb - 5 Apr, 7.30 – 8.15am Shirley Strickland Reserve Corner Coogee Rd & Sweetman St. Early bird registration fee: $84/child (if paid by 22 Feb) Late registration fee: $94/child (if paid after 23 Feb)

Registration link: https://goo.gl/forms/zSx8O9a2upyw314R2 Or text “MTPL” to: 0402 784 225 For more info, please contact: E: [email protected] SMS: 0402784225

https://goo.gl/forms/zSx8O9a2upyw314R2

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