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13112018 Chalk Dust Chatter

Phone 9757 2666 Fax 9757 2863

Margaretriverpseducationwaeduau wwwmriverpswaeduau

CHALK DUST CHATTER 13th November 2018

Newsletter issue 17

Uniform Shop Closed Thursday 15th

November Normal hours resume

Tuesday 20th November Phone 9270 4688

margaretriverpsucubdnetau

Mammoth Cave Excursion

Year 3 students experienced a unique opportunity to visit our local Mammoth

Limestone Caves last week In conjunction with Cape to Cape catchments

cave guides showed students through the caves explaining the geology and

history of the unique fossils The excursion included a forest walk and a tour

of the Megafauna Workshop where students learnt about the megafauna that

once roamed our Margaret River Region

On our excursion all the year 3 classes in MRPS got to learn about the

Mammoth Cave Alan gave us the tour then we went over to Discover Deadly

(reptiles) Leah and Bec pulled out a carpet python and I got to hold it After a

couple of minutes there we went over to the lsquoAnimalsrsquo this is where you got to

hug and pat little animals John and Julie-Anne then took the class and me over

to their shop then I finally got to go to Walijin Bushtucker We left at 900am

and came back at 1230 just in time for lunch We went on the excursion to

learn about Indigenous Australianrsquos culture and the local fauna extinct mega

faunareptilesmarsupials and to have FUN Also to learn about

Palaeontology - the study of bonesfossils and Geology mdashthe study of

limestone cavesanimalsconservationreptiles and possums etc

We explored the Mammoth Cave ate fruit from the Walijin Bushtucker got

facts from the Mega Fauna station got to hold some carpet pythons and got

to pat some little birds and possums When we went on the excursion I felt

joyful excited and over the moon My favourite part was when we got to

explore the beautiful caves Written by Halle Room 5

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South Westmdash Important information for parents about Meningococcal ACWY disease

In WA Meningococcal ACWY vaccine is currently provided free for all children aged 1-4 years and for adolescents 15-19 years This is in response to ongoing meningococcal infections including the new emerging W strain which is particularly serious

In WA from January to October 2018 there have been 34 cases of meningococcal disease 25 of these the W strain Even though free meningococcal vaccination is available for all adolescents aged 15-19 years coverage in the South West is only 60 South West coverage for the 1-4 year age group is even lower at 50

We urge you to have your children vaccinated against this life-threatening disease Vaccination is available from your GP and Community Health Centre For further information please contact the SW Population Health Unit on 97812355

Electronic Reports

From this semester student reports will be sent electronically to families The report format will be exactly the same as the paper version that you have been receiving but we will have the benefit of saving nearly 10 000 pages of paper each year A link will be emailed to you to follow so you can download a copy of the report If you have recently changed your email address could you please contact the school office on 9757 2666 to update these details If you do not have online access we can organise for a hard copy to be printed for you at school Faction Carnival

This Friday 16th November is the Pre Primary to Year 2 sports carnival Parents are welcome to join us on the oval Students will move out to the oval from 920am The Yahava coffee van will be available on the day We look forward to sharing an action packed morning with you

Year 6 Camp

Next week our Year 6 staff and students will be out and about on school camp with exciting experiences planned A favourite event is GO KART DAY on Friday 23rd November You are invited to come along after lunch and watch the action on the oval

Bring Your Own Device Trial

It is with great excitement that we embark on our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trial In 2019 Margaret River Primary School will be trialling a BYOD program with students and teachers in Year 5 and 6 This initial trial program has been under development for the past few years and through consultation with Margaret River High School and other state primary schools who have successfully implemented BYOD programs we are now ready to trial BYOD at Margaret River Primary At Margaret River PS we have invested in a range of digital learning devices as educational tools to support teaching and learning programs for a number of years Under the BYOD initiative Year 5 and 6 students will have the opportunity to bring their own device to school to use in the classroom to support learning It is important to recognise that students who do not bring in a device to school will still have access to school devices It is not compulsory for students to bring a device and there is no expectation that students do so

BYOD will be available for Year 5 and 6 students in 2019 We have upcoming parent sessions that will be running over the next two weeks to support the implementation in 2019

Year 6 Parent Sessionmdash14th November from 330ndash 430pm in the Library

Year 5 Parent Sessionmdash21st November from 330ndash 430pm in the Library

Tiffany Krogh Deputy Principal


The overall results for the swimming carnivals were as follows

Sun 1002

Forest 869

Earth 722

Ocean 564

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Year 4 Champion Girl Poppy Worrall

Year 4 Runner Up Girl Lottie Wood

Year 4 Champion Boy Flynn Howarth

Year 4 Runner up Boy Isaac Ahola

Year 4 Encouragement Zoe Jennings

Year 5 Champion Girl Taylor Smith

Year 5 Runner up Girl CJ Sheahen

Year 5 Champion Boy Finn Sunderland

Year 5 Runner up Boy Curren Donovan

Year 5 Encouragement Kaya Edwards

Year 6 Champion Girl Emily Bower

Year 6 Runner up Girls Daisy Beeson

Year 6 Champion Boy Kyesier Anderson

Year 6 Runner up Boy Charlie Wilcox

Year 6 Encouragement Noah Partington

Over the last few weeks our senior students from Years 4 through to 6 have participated in their Faction

Swimming Carnivals Held in weeks 3 and 4 respectively there was a very even spread of results over the

competitions with Sun the Year 4 winners Forest taking out the top spot for the Year 5s and a tight race to

the finish with Earth in first place for our Year 6 students Combined tallies resulting in Sun Faction being the

overall winners

There were some outstanding individual performances throughout the three carnivals and students were

commended on their great behaviour participation and sportsmanship


MRPS students were recently offered a fantastic opportunity to participate in a Song Writing Workshop

run by WAM (West Australian Music) Year 5 and 6 students who responded to the open invitation

attended the workshop facilitated by local musician and MRPS band coach Mr Mike Goodwin

Held on Saturday 3rd November in our music room these workshops organised by WAM and

sponsored by Healthway aim to promote music in conjunction with the ACTmdashBelongmdashCommit message

ACTmdashDo something (take a walk read a bookhellip)

BELONGmdashDo something with someone (join a band go to a community eventhellip)

COMMITmdashDo something meaningful (take up a cause volunteer learn something newhellip)

More information can be found at ABC website click here

Feedback from participating students was very positive Comments includedmdash

ldquoEveryone worked togetherrdquo

ldquoI never knew it was that easy to write a songrdquo

ldquoIt was fun very creative we wrote an amazing songrdquo

ldquoIt was interesting to learn how songs were structuredrdquo

ldquoIt was fun making a song with my friendsrdquo


Our Kindy students have been learning about the people in our community who help us Last week they had a visit from our local police who spoke about the many roles that they play in our community which involves more that just enforcing law and order including finding lost and wanted people and helping with crowds in busy places There was some very interesting discussion with Constable Murphy reassuring the children he would do his best to protect them if

a giant ant came crashing through Margaret River The K3 and K4 students then had lots of fun when they

transformed their dramatic play

On Monday at MRPS we held an assembly to recognise Remembrance Day A brief introduction reminded

the students of the importance of remembering and reflecting on the sacrifice of those before us

A wreath was laid and students were invited to place any flowers they had brought Councillor Annabel

Bancroft read out the Ode of Remembrance

They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old

Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them

The Last Post was played and singing of the National Anthem concluded the service



Student Health and Wellbeing MRPS Code of Conduct incorporates six core values

Cooperation Empathy Enthusiasm Flexibility Honesty and Respect

Flexibility - Easy to change or adapt

At Margaret River Primary School one of our core values is flexibilitymdashthe ability to adapt change and rise to new

challenges set forth by learning experiences At this school we help students to become flexible thinkers who are able to

question existing thinking adapt and creatively meet the demands of the future Flexibility means being able to make

changes like meeting new friends not getting upset if there are changes and things donrsquot go your way Remember that a

tree that isnrsquot flexible or wonrsquot bend is easily broken

SDERA

What is caffeine Caffeine is a stimulant drug which in its purest form consists of bitter-tasting crystals Caffeine is found

in many common substances such as coffee tea cocoa chocolate cola energy drinks and bars some prescription and

over the counter medicines and other stimulants such as guarana Caffeine is the most commonly used drug in the world

bull Caffeine is particularly harmful for young children because it causes sleep problems anxiety irritability and bed

wetting

bull Energy drinks should be avoided by children less than 15 years old due to high levels of caffeine in these

products

bull The effects of caffeine like those of any drug differ from person to person depending on their age body size

and general health

bull Disturbing physical effects of caffeine include anxiety irritability increased breathing and heart rates headaches

and dehydration

bull Doctors recommend that children consume less than 100mg of caffeine per day which is approximately one

cola drink and a 20g chocolate bar

bull Many of the caffeine products that children consume also contain high levels of sugar

Its a good idea to avoid caffeine when you are young then your body can do its best job of helping you grow making

sure that you get the best sleep to keep you healthy Having a healthy diet and an active lifestyle will give you all the

energy you need Have you ever tried hot water with some fresh lemon lime or ginger or a fresh fruit smoothie for a

refreshing pick me up instead of caffeine

Fast Facts

Cola drinks 30-72 mg of caffeine

Hot chocolate 10mg of caffeine

Energy drinks 150mg or more of caffeine

Even your favourite Chocolate bar (100gm size) has about 10-30mg of caffeine

For more information visit wwwsdera waeduau

Holiday Coding CampmdashExpression of Interest Dear Families We are really excited to let you know that Code Camp might be coming to a school nearby (Georgiana Molloy) this school holidays Code Camp has taught over 40000 Australian kids to code so far and are excited to come to Busselton if there is enough interest At Code Camp students will have an absolute blast learning to design and code their own app a game they can share with family and friends To register your interest please click here and fill in the Expression of Interest form Code Camp will be open to everyone in the community so feel free to forward to friends that might be interested As soon as we get the minimum numbers to run a camp we will email you and let you know its on with a booking link For any questions about the program you can visit codecampcomau email hellocodecampcomau or call Code Camp on 1300 CODE CAMP (1300 26 33 22) We look forward to seeing you there Warm regards The Georgiana Molloy amp Code Camp Team



South Westmdash Important information for parents about Meningococcal ACWY disease

In WA Meningococcal ACWY vaccine is currently provided free for all children aged 1-4 years and for adolescents 15-19 years This is in response to ongoing meningococcal infections including the new emerging W strain which is particularly serious

In WA from January to October 2018 there have been 34 cases of meningococcal disease 25 of these the W strain Even though free meningococcal vaccination is available for all adolescents aged 15-19 years coverage in the South West is only 60 South West coverage for the 1-4 year age group is even lower at 50

We urge you to have your children vaccinated against this life-threatening disease Vaccination is available from your GP and Community Health Centre For further information please contact the SW Population Health Unit on 97812355

Electronic Reports

From this semester student reports will be sent electronically to families The report format will be exactly the same as the paper version that you have been receiving but we will have the benefit of saving nearly 10 000 pages of paper each year A link will be emailed to you to follow so you can download a copy of the report If you have recently changed your email address could you please contact the school office on 9757 2666 to update these details If you do not have online access we can organise for a hard copy to be printed for you at school Faction Carnival

This Friday 16th November is the Pre Primary to Year 2 sports carnival Parents are welcome to join us on the oval Students will move out to the oval from 920am The Yahava coffee van will be available on the day We look forward to sharing an action packed morning with you

Year 6 Camp

Next week our Year 6 staff and students will be out and about on school camp with exciting experiences planned A favourite event is GO KART DAY on Friday 23rd November You are invited to come along after lunch and watch the action on the oval

Bring Your Own Device Trial

It is with great excitement that we embark on our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trial In 2019 Margaret River Primary School will be trialling a BYOD program with students and teachers in Year 5 and 6 This initial trial program has been under development for the past few years and through consultation with Margaret River High School and other state primary schools who have successfully implemented BYOD programs we are now ready to trial BYOD at Margaret River Primary At Margaret River PS we have invested in a range of digital learning devices as educational tools to support teaching and learning programs for a number of years Under the BYOD initiative Year 5 and 6 students will have the opportunity to bring their own device to school to use in the classroom to support learning It is important to recognise that students who do not bring in a device to school will still have access to school devices It is not compulsory for students to bring a device and there is no expectation that students do so

BYOD will be available for Year 5 and 6 students in 2019 We have upcoming parent sessions that will be running over the next two weeks to support the implementation in 2019

Year 6 Parent Sessionmdash14th November from 330ndash 430pm in the Library

Year 5 Parent Sessionmdash21st November from 330ndash 430pm in the Library

Tiffany Krogh Deputy Principal



Sun 1002

Forest 869

Earth 722

Ocean 564





















overall winners










































SDERA





wetting


products


and general health


and dehydration








Fast Facts










Sun 1002

Forest 869

Earth 722

Ocean 564





















overall winners










































SDERA





wetting


products


and general health


and dehydration








Fast Facts















































SDERA





wetting


products


and general health


and dehydration








Fast Facts








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