mary’s mount primary school · finish your meals. make time for others. hoose the more humble...
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47 Davies Crescent Gooseberry Hill
Tel: 9293 2800 Fax: 9293 3425
Email: [email protected]
www.marysmount.wa.edu.au
Dear Parents, As we begin a new year, most people like to start with a New Year’s Resolution. Over the break, I thought that as a school, (collectively), we should do the same. Recently I was reading a new year’s resolution that Pope Francis listed and thought, how appropriate it would be for our school community to follow. When we discuss our code of Conduct, this Resolution flows in beautifully with this document. So, let us ALL try to adhere to this whole school ‘New Year’s Resolution” (The Pope Francis List)
Don’t gossip. Finish your meals. Make time for others. Choose the ‘more humble’ purchase. Meet the poor ‘in the flesh’. Stop judging others. Befriend those who disagree. Stick to your commitments. Make it a habit to ‘ask the Lord’. Be happy.
The commencement of the new school year has been a very smooth one. I was truly amazed at how many happy parents we had in the school grounds on the first day. I wonder why? The students seemed to be happy as well, but I think that their happiness and their parents’ happiness were on two different levels! Our students have certainly begun the year full of energy and seem to be fully focused on their class work. It’s been an encouraging start which I hope will continue throughout the year. BOARD For your knowledge our 2019 Board members are:
Fr Suresh (Parish Priest) Sandro Coniglio Quinton Hoffmann Sue Blair (Parish Rep) Andrea Martin Merrisa McDougall Jarod Avila Fay Valli Patrick Hanna Melanie Eleonora (P&F Rep to the Board) Dave Vallis Daniel Bersan
Mrs Loretta Hackner and Mr Christopher Smith (our Assistant Principals) also attend our meetings and add valuable insight into our discussions. I would again like to thank these wonderful people for their commitment and time to our school. I sincerely look forward to working with you all. At our first meeting later this month executive positions will be decided. Once this occurs I will inform the school community.
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Holy Family Parish
Parish Priest: Father Antony Suresh
Tel: 9293 1646 Fax: 9293 0240
Email:
Website:
www.holyfamilykalamunda.org.au
Parish Secretary: Louisa Sizer
Email: [email protected]
IMPORTANT DATES
The full Term Planner for 2019 can be found on our
website.
Sat 16 Feb P&F BIG Splash 3pm
Wed 20 Feb P&F Meeting @
9.10am
Fri 22 Feb Merit Assembly
P&F, Board & Staff Sundowner
Tues 26 Feb Board Meeting
Wed 27 Feb Parent Helper
Workshop
Family Zone / YSafe Parent Information
Session
Thurs 28 Feb Y3—Y6 Swimming
Carnival
Fri 1 March Pupil Free Day
Wed 6 March Ash Wednesday Mass
9am (Y5)
www.mmps.wa.edu.au [email protected]
Mary’s Mount Primary School
CHRIST + WISDOM + COMMUNITY + TRADITION + RESPONSIBILITY
PARENT & FRIENDS Last week the executive members of the P&F met for a brief meeting to vote on executive positions. Hence, our P&F Executive Committee for 2019: Chairperson – Adrian Martin (Shared with VP) Vice President – Kate MacRae (Shared with Chair) Treasurer—Marina Raschella Secretary –Mellissa Antoine Board Representative – Melanie Eleonora Class Rep – Lourdes Sasidharan Again, I would like to thank these wonderful people for continuing the tradition of Mary’s Mount parents in building our school community. As per the School Board, I look forward to working with our P&F. PARENT TEACHER INFORMATION EVENINGS. On Wednesday night, this week, we held our annual parent teacher meeting. This, along with parent teacher evenings are very important meetings to attend so that parents are informed of what is planned and organised for their children for the year. As always it was pleasing to see a good number of parents take an interest in their child’s education and attend the evening. By attending the meeting this week, parents were informed of the school goals for the year, various strategies that are being implemented in the school and were made aware of individual class rules and teacher expectations. While it was pleasing to see a good number of parents there, I was a little disappointed that a third of our families didn’t attend nor give an apology. As educators we avail our time to our parents for the education needs of our children, therefore, I stress to all parents the importance of you as parents to show some interest in the education of your child. You do this by attending various meetings or help in the school in a variety of ways. The standards you set are the standards that will influence your children. WORK AROUND THE SCHOOL Over the holidays we had, our carpets cleaned in all rooms and all windows washed. We have also added a few more security cameras around the school, which allows us now to have most areas covered. Unfortunately, we were held up with the progress of the re-surfacing of the courts. The company that we are dealing with had some contractual issues and hence put us behind. We will not be too far off having the courts completed in the near future. The Board and P&F have a few more projects planned for the year. The school community will be informed of these projects in the coming weeks. WELCOME BACK AFTERNOON Please support our P&F this Saturday at our, ‘Welcome Back to School’ Fun Afternoon. This event is a free event for all our families and will be held on the School Oval from 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm. Bring your bathers! Many Blessings. Sandro Coniglio
Dear Parents,
We're looking forward to seeing lots of you at the BIG SPLASH party tomorrow! Just a few reminders:
bring your water guns and be prepared to get wet (parents too!).
remember your sunscreen.
there will be an ice cream van so bring cash if you would like.
Thank you to all those who have volunteered to help supervise the inflatables. We still need to fill the following time slots otherwise the kids won't be allowed on. Please let us know if you can help and your preferred time.
See you tomorrow for a splashing good time! ;)
P&F Committee
The BIG Splash is on tomorrow! Saturday 16 Feb
TIME SLIDES OBSTACLE COURSE
3 – 3:30 Tim Jagot Fay Valli
3:30 – 4 Blake Harper Lourdes Benedictos
4 – 4:30 Kate Gilkison HELP NEEDED
4:30 – 5 Lisa Echeverria Nataliya Slater
5 – 5:30 HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED
5:30 - 6 HELP NEEDED HELP NEEDED
Open Fridays Orders can be placed online via
www.quickcliq.com.au Contact: Shirley Shaw—Canteen Manageress M.0418 927 177 [email protected]
Welcome Back!! Hello and welcome back to term one 2019. The canteen will be open on Friday’s for recess and lunch.
There are some new and exciting products to the new 2019 canteen menu. These are large Anzac biscuits, Chobani yoghurts and sunraysia organic juice frozen slushies. A special thank you to my new volunteers and all
my regular helpers. Welcome back to Lyn, we have missed you. - Shirley Shaw -
Week Date (Friday) Canteen Orders Volunteer 1 9am to 1pm
Volunteer 2 11am to 2pm
3 22 February Gina Croft Bec Deluca Cardillo Carla Ierace
5 8 March Gina Croft Natasha Hansen HELPER NEEDED
6 15 March Lyn Breadsell Gina Croft Patricia Wakeman
Book Club Orders Due—20 February
A special THANK YOU from Mrs Hacker to all the parents who helped put the Maths Kits together this morning.
Thank you Mrs Bersan, Mrs Roughsedge, Mrs Adams, Ms Robins, Mrs Castillo, Mr & Mrs Stidwell. Your time was greatly appreciated.
“Learning, Loving & Living The Gospel”
HOLY FAMILY CHURCH CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF PERTH
2 Burt Street Kalamunda WA 6076 |
www.holyfamilykalamunda.org.au
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year C
www.holyfamilykalamunda.org.au/images/bulletin/bulletin_02102019.pdf
Mass Times: Saturday—6.00pm Sunday—7.30am & 9.00am
P&F Meeting—Wednesday 20 February @ 9.10am
Our first P&F Meeting is next Wednesday 20 February at 9.10am in the multipurpose room. An agenda and other information for the meeting was emailed home last week.
If you are available, please join us next week.
Breakfast In The Park
With Breakfast In the Park only a few weeks away, we have sent home a note with everything you need to know for the day. Please have a read and keep an eye out for more information regarding BIP over the coming weeks.
Bendigo Banking
Student Banking has started again on Wednesday mornings in the school library. This is a great program for our children. For more information pop on down to the library on a Wednesday morning or ask at your local Bendigo Bank how to open an account for your child.
P&F Committee
P&F Update
Weekly Student Banking
Every Wednesday
morning in the school library 8.15am to
8.45am.
Six years ago (2013) we kick started our school vegie garden with a $5000 grant from the Medibank Community Fund (MCF). This enabled us to purchase 5 new garden beds, plus soil to fill them and additional materials and supplies needed to start us off. Since then our school vegie garden has provided our school community with much pleasure, learning and fresh vegetables. There have been used in our canteen, sold to parents on market days and been consumed by many children sneaking a strawberry or tomato straight from the garden during their lunch and recess play times. Following on from the STEM program Mrs Branche led with her class last year, our classes this year have begun planning and preparation of their garden beds which is Stage 1 of our vegie gardens. Stay tuned for more updates on this and the progress of the planting which will commence in March. Waste Wise Committee
Stage 1 of Class Vegie Garden Project Has Begun!
Cyber News @ MMPS
Last year we ramped up our Cyber Safety sessions and held workshops for students, staff and parents. The workshops were such a great success, and we received such great feedback that in 2019 we have decided to continue this important program and run another Cyber Information night for parents.
Week 4 Wednesday 27 February 2019.
Whether you have a child in Kindy or Year 6 - or you think you have heard it all before—the rapid changing pace of technology means you need to keep on top of technology and ensure you are continually educated and informed of new traps, tips and tools that will help you make navigating the Cyber World with your children easier. Over the past few years we have invested quite a bit in technology at school, and so it is imperative that at least one parent from each family attend this important evening. Jordan Foster from YSafe will once again be returning to host the session in 2019, plus there will be additional guest speakers from Family Zone. It will be an evening not to miss! Please register your attendance via the link here— https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/mmps-cyber-safety-evening-with-family-zone-ysafe-registration-56388468427?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing
“Just a note to say that I
attended last night's workshop
and it was really good - lots of
immediate actions to make our
internet usage safer.
Thanks for organising; I
would definitely recommend
and glad I attended.”
“Such a GREAT evening! I
learnt so much. I highly
recommend all parents attend
no matter the age of their
children.”
“So many tips and hints and
conversation starters to go
home and have with my
children. Every parent should
hear this.”
Sustainability at Mary’s Mount Primary School
Taken from - http://www.wasteauthority.wa.gov.au /
media/files/documents/
Waste_Avoidance_and_Resource_Recovery_Strategy
_2030.pdf
It’s almost time for our Swimming Carnival
Swimming Carnival
Plans are well underway for our swimming carnival for students in Years 3 to 6 to be
held on Thursday 28 February from 9.30am at Mazenod College. If you haven’t yet
entered your child in their races, please ensure you do so by Monday via the link
here—https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Iy-FxTM2KU-zhlHaU-
NeI2p8S0-nvx5PvjRpmWDpgg5URDFMNFU5T0lNUjIwWEo2VjhQVVowWkZUWi4u
This year we have the Guildford Kalamunda Swimming Club helping us out with electronic recording of our events.
This will save us a lot of time by having everything recorded electronically rather than manually. Thank you to the
Club for helping us out.
Running Club
Our Running Club is now up and running and the feedback from the students who have
been attending has been very positive. We currently have 60 students from Years 1 to 6
utilising this program every week at no charge to our school due to the Sporting School
Grant. If you have any feedback on this program, please let me know.
Emma Hayward
Phys Ed Teacher
The Cottage Playgroup Our Playgroup meets every Monday morning
in the Cottage at Mary’s Mount Primary School
It is a great opportunity for Mums, Dads & Carers with bubs and toddlers to meet for a cuppa, a chat and some fun.
The Cottage Playgroup is a member of Playgroup WA (Inc).
WANTED : Playgroup Coordinators for 2019
We are looking for a new playgroup coordinator for 2019.
If this sounds like something you might be interested in helping out with, please contact the school office for more
details.
Uniform Shop 2019 Opening Hours
Email [email protected]
School Term Opening Hours Tuesday 2.45pm -3.20pm
Thursday 8.30am - 9.10am
Order Online via www.quikcliq.com.au and have your goods delivered to your child’s classroom or collect them from the school office!
Thank you! MMPS Uniform Coordinators. Kristen Callaghan, Jo McGoorty, Rebecca Deluca-Cardillo, Tarrin Casella and Jessica Law
2019 Term Planners
A reminder that our Term Planners for 2019 can be accessed from our
school’s website under News & Evens / Term Dates & Planners 2019.
Please be sure to check the newsletter and your class teacher’s messages as sometimes dates and
times to change.
Admin News
Paperwork A HUGE thank you to everyone who has returned all their beginning of the year paperwork back to school. If you haven’t yet, can you please ensure it is returned to your teacher by this coming Monday. School Fees By now everyone should have received their 2019 School Fees. Please ensure you choose a payment option and make your first payment by Thurs 28 February. Once again, if you are experiencing difficulties in paying your fees, please make an appointment to meet with Sandro Coniglio to discuss the matter. Many thanks, Jane Taylor & Gabby Hoffmann—School Office
Our Groundsman is looking for a few helpers to help shovel mulch into some garden beds on Wednesday 27 February from 9.00am. If you can spare an hour or two to give him a hand, your assistance will be greatly appreciated. Please contact the school office and let us know if you can help out on this morning. If you have a mulch fork, please bring that along, but it isn’t a requirement. Many thanks. Gardens & Grounds
Can you help move some mulch? Wed 27 Feb @ 9.00am
If you would like to advertise your business or
community group here please email
[email protected] for details.
Community News
WAAPA Summer School 2018/2019 This Summer WAAPA at ECU, Mt Lawley is offering an exciting performing arts program for students from Years 1 to 12. The Summer School includes classes in RAP, Acting, Dance, Drama, Screen Performance, Music Theatre and of course, how to perform Shakespeare. For information about the fantastic courses on offer please visit WAAPA Sum-mer School or contact Gabrielle Metcalf at [email protected]
AFTER SCHOOL ARTS ENROLMENT After School Arts enrolment is on Thurs 14th Feb 4pm to 5pm at Jorgenson Park in Kalamunda. Vacancies exist in all classes of Pottery, Painting and drawing and Hooked on Hessian. Classes commence Thurs 21st Feb from 4-6pm for 8 weeks. Pls ph Norma 9293 4486 with bookings and enquiries. Ages from 6yrs up.