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Merri River School
Newsletter Edition 15 – Friday 21/05/2021
Term 2 Ph: 03 55 611 711
www.merrirs.vic.edu.au
Friday 28th May
Building Community
Connections
Book a school Tour
Friday 20 August – Pupil
free day
Friday 26 November –
Pupil free day
Friday 17th December –
Pupil free day
Warrnambool Bus Lines
55621866
Christians Bus Company
55629432.
PLEASE NOTE:-
If you are picking up your child/ren before
3pm, you must do so at the office. Parents are only to pick their child up from the bus
entrance after the buses have left the school.
Please notify the office if your child/ren
will not be on the bus of an afternoon
before 2.30pm.
Our OH&S team have
requested that for the
safety of our staff and
students, when entering
our school could you
please drive at walking
pace keeping the limit to 10km.
Education Week Open Day – Friday 28th May
As part of Education Week the school will be holding an
Open Day on Friday 28th May.
In order to ensure that all current Covid regulations are
followed, pre-registration of attendance
will be required.
Please phone 55611711 to register your name.
PLEASE UPDATE YOUR DETAILS:-
Could all parents/carers please inform the office if
you have a change of address, phone number,
emergency contacts or any other relevant details
so that we can keep our records up to date.
Thank You.
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Xavier Knights received the
Senior Secondary award for
always being available for
extra jobs.
Jacob DeBono received the
Junior Primary award for
identifying how he is feeling
using the Zones of Regulation
chart and using strategies to
self-regulate his emotions.
Jesse received the Sport
award for fantastic running
in the Interschool Cross
Country.
Jack Shaw received the
Junior Secondary award for
embracing his writer’s
notebook with eagerness
and enthusiasm.
Marshall Hayhoe received
the Junior Primary award
for being able to tolerate
trying new things.
Genevieve Jukawics
received the Senior Primary
award for engaging in all
activities at school and in
particular her great skills at
indoor soccer.
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Lily Knowles received the
Therapy award for working
hard in her Physio and OT
session.
P4 received the Food For
Life award for great
listening and following
instructions in the kitchen.
Blade Mozes received the
Music award for his
dedication and
concentration when
learning the bass guitar.
Happy Birthday to everyone that celebrated their special day over
the past week.
Merri River School has now appointed a new NDIS Coordinator,
Clare Kavanagh, to manage NDIS therapy sessions at the school
and assist with the development of NDIS plans and reviews for
students in need of guidance through the process.
Clare can be contacted via the school office on Thursdays and
Fridays on 55 611 711.
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Very busy in the kitchen this week as sushi was on the menu!
Lots of work needed to be done by the students to make the sushi from
scratch, but the students did an amazing job!
Churros were also awesome and our younger students had fun making
banana coconut pancakes!
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P8/P9 have been reading Rainbow Fish over the last few
weeks.
Today we explored blue, purple and yellow fish with sparkly
shiny scales and made gooey fish out of hair gel in snaplock
bags.
Students cut fish out of jelly and shared their sparkly shiny
purple scales.
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Ashley competed in a horse
vaulting competition in
Adelaide last week and look
how well he did!
He got one 1st, two 2nds and
one 3rd!
We're super proud of you,
Ash!
This week, some of the S1 and S2 students had a sustainability focus in their STEAM class. They
did a great job of making recycled paper by using used photocopy paper, ripping it up to
make pulp and making new sheets. It was very messy and the paper pulp felt weird but
everyone enjoyed learning how to make recycled paper.
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Congratulations to our Primary and Secondary Cross-Country athletes that raced over the
past week! Cross-Country is tough! With mud, wet grass and hills to contend with (and sheep
for our Secondary kids!) but they all ran extremely well!
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SCHOOL UNIFORMS
School Uniforms are now available from Joroni Embroidery
Shop 3, Norfolk Plaza
743 Raglan Parade, Warrnambool.
Feel free to pop in and talk to Janice regarding options and size needed.
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Pupil Free Days for 2021: Please pop them in your diaries.
Friday 20 August – strategic team visits to other schools
Friday 26 November – whole school planning
Friday 17th December – Last day of the school year
Essential Education Items – NOW DUE
Invoices have been sent home, if you have paid - thank you.
If not, could you please attend to this?
Invoices can be paid at the office via cash/cheque/eft or using the direct debit details
on the bottom of your invoice.
If you require a new invoice, please contact the office and we can reprint one for you.
Thank you
National Sorry Day, 26 May
National Sorry Day is a day to remember
and acknowledge the mistreatment of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people who were forcibly removed from
their families and communities, which
we now know as ‘The Stolen
Generations’. On National Sorry Day we
acknowledge and reflect on how we
can all play a part in the healing
process for our people and our nation.
Flowers made for Sorry
Day by the students.
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Next Friday the 28th of May at MyTime parents group we will be hosting an Australia’s
Biggest Morning Tea in memory of Tiffany Lopez.
Bring along a plate to share and a gold coin donation for the Cancer Council.
All school parents welcome.
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We are stoked to announce the details of our next Holiday Program, which will run at the end
of this term!
We have six days of our ever popular holiday ART AND MUSIC CLUB.
We have the return of our holiday COOKING CLUB for three days.
And we have a special three day ROCK SCHOOL PLUS, which will be open to students of all
ages and musical abilities. We will make amazing music together with a group performance at
the end of the three days that will feature all our participants. Can't wait!