Newsletter No 6 Date 2nd May 2019

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MERRIWA NEWS

FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S DESK…

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome back to Term 2 at Merriwa. We hope you have enjoyed your break and we look forward to another busy and productive term. The term planner is on the back of this publication, so you can see events that are coming.

NAPLAN During week three our Year 3 and 5 students will complete the NAPLAN tests, and our Year 4 and 6 students will complete practice tests. It is an important time for our school, and it is important that every child comes to school during this week. Those children who

are sick and need to take a day off, will be given the tests upon their return, so please don’t worry that they will miss out.

NAPLAN Testing Program The Year 3 and 5 students will again be completing this year’s NAPLAN Tests online, except the Year 3 Writing Test. Timetable Tuesday 14 May: 9.10 - Writing Wednesday 15 May: 9.10 – Reading. Afternoon - catch up for students who missed the writing test. Thursday 16 May: 9.10 –Conventions of Language. Afternoon – catch up either writing or reading. Friday 17 May: 9.10 – Catch up day. Monday 20 May: 9.10 – Numeracy. Afternoon – catch up day. Tuesday 21 May to Thursday 23 May – catch up days.

Parents please note we need to follow a sequence of tests so if your child misses the first day’s test, writing, they will be completing the tests in the same order as the schedule and not sitting the same test as the other children in the class.

ANZAC CEREMONY We held a beautiful, dignified ceremony on the last day of Term 1, with our special guests in attendance together with some parents and families. We are very grateful to Mrs Prior and Mr Hoskins for their organisation and support. Parents I am sure you would have been immensely proud of the children as they participated with utmost respect. Thank you to the parents who were able to attend, I hope you also enjoyed the service.

MRS SUE WATERHOUSE PRINCIPAL

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10th May

Room 10

School Banking

Wednesday

morning between

8am-8.30am

in the Library with Danise

Summer Sports Carnival

Friday 3rd May

Year 5 and 6

MUSIC NEWS

Choir before school

every Tuesday at 8.05am

Year 1 Students in their Science Lab Coats

Merriwa ESC News

Karen Macri Principal, ESC

Literacy Pro Stars: Lexile At Merriwa we have introduced the Literacy Pro Program to support your child’s independent reading skills

and to encourage a love of reading.

We have a running tally of how many words we are reading.

We were aiming for 500 000 words per term, but last term we reached over 750 000!

Look out for our new trophies….the class with the most words read and the most improved class.

Your child will also be rewarded for achieving certificate levels.

Welcome back

I trust all of our families were able to recharge over the break. It is always lovely to see

the children looking well rested and excited to return to class to see their peers.

Thank you to my dedicated staff for the work they did over the break in preparation for

the term. We enjoyed a productive day of professional learning on Monday and staff

are well prepared for a busy term.

Cooler weather

As the weather becomes cooler and the children are rugged up for the cold mornings

we would appreciate jumpers being labelled clearly with your child’s name to avoid lost

property ending up in a pile at the office.

Parent workshop

Information in regards to a communication workshop is included in this newsletter.

I hope to see many of our parents and carers at this event on May 14.

We look forward to a successful Term 2.

MERRIWA EDUCATION SUPPORT CENTRE INVITES YOU TO AN

AAC Workshop by Tania Dos Santos (Therapy Focus)

When: 3rd May 2019 @ 1.45-2.40pm

Where: MESC Room 29

Cost: Free

Information session on alternative communication with speech therapist Tania Dos Santos, have a look at some activities you could engage in with your children and

have your questions answered. Please RSVP by 10th May 2019 by filling out the slip

below and return to the office or call the office to advise of your attendance. Thank you

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I would like to attend the AAC Workshop on 14th May 2019 1.45-2.40pm Name/s: _______________________________________

ANZAC Day The students in room 10 learnt about the life of the first ANZAC’s and were able to

look at some of the equipment they used in the First World War. Then we created

artwork to pay tribute to commemorate this special day.

ANZAC Day The school held its ANZAC Day service on Friday 12 April. We would like to thank all the parents and carers who attended the event. A special thank you to the Ansley family and especially Catherine, for again making and donating the beautiful wreaths that were laid during the service. The wreaths were taken to the Quinns Rock RSL after school Friday. The enclosed link is to the community newspaper who featured our two campus Principals, Mrs Waterhouse and Mrs Macri with senior students, Thida and Keely with the wreaths. https://www.communitynews.com.au/.../news/northern-suburbs-schools-commemorate...

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APR/MAY

1

29 School Development

Day

30 1 Newsletter and Office

Display Rm 10

2 Term 1 Faction Reward Event

3 School Briefing

Regular attendance draw

Summer Sports Carnival

2

6 7 Kindy A Mothers

Day 1.45pm

8 Running Club

PBS

9 Rm 1 Mothers Day

2.10pm Kindy B Mothers

Day 1.45pm

10 Rm 2 Mothers Day

2.10pm Assembly Rm 10

Running Club

NAPLAN

3

13 ECU Science

Extension

14 NAPLAN BEGINS

P & C 1.30 p.m.

15 Running Club

Newsletter and Office Display Science

Staff Meeting

16 17 Briefing

Running Club

NAPLAN

4

20 21

22

National Simultaneous Story time

Running Club

23

P & C Pizza Lunch

24 Assembly Rm 16

Running Club NAPLAN ENDS

5

27 ECU Science

Extension

28 Yr 5 Excursion

East Perth Cemetery & Tranby House

29

Newsletter and Office Display Rm 18 Running Club

30 31 Board Meeting

Briefing Running Club Quinns Cross

Country

JUNE

6

3

WA Day

4 5 Staff Meeting Running Club

6 7 Assembly Rm 6

Running Club

7

10

11 P & C 1.30 p.m.

12 Newsletter and Office

Display Rm 6 Running Club

13 14 Briefing

Running Club

8

17

18 P & C Pizza Lunch

19

Running Club

230 21 Assembly Rm 21

Running Club

9

24 25 Cultural Night

26 Newsletter and Office

Display Rm 7 Running Club Staff Meeting

27 Lexile Reading

Award Event

28 Briefing

Running Club Winter Carnival

JULY

10

1 2 3 Reports sent Home

Running Club

4 Year 2 Excursion Cockman House

Rm 11, 13, 7

5 Assembly Rm 15

Running Club

Parent Planner Term Two 2019