Dear Parents and Community

Welcome to our first newsle�er for

2017. I trust that you all had a lovely

holiday and spent some quality �me

with family and friends. We have

already had a very busy start to the

year with an incursion in week one and

swimming lessons beginning today. It is

lovely to see our students returning

with their usual posi�ve a#tudes and

passion to achieve. It is such a pleasure

to come to school and see such

beau�ful smiley faces every day!

STAFFING

Miss Elise Currie is working in the

Senior Room this year and is already

doing some wonderful learning with

our children. Elise joins us from

Geraldton and is very excited to be

part of our community. Miss Charlo�e

Huggins is back working in the Junior

Room which is fantas�c news for us.

Charlo�e has a real passion for Early

Childhood Educa�on and has some

brilliant programs ready for 2017. Mrs

Susan Dennis is working as our DOTT

teacher on Monday in the Senior Room

and Friday in the Junior Room. The

remainder of our ever capable staff

remain the same for 2017 and I know

that you, as I am, are always grateful

for the professionalism and dedica�on

that Vikki, Sue, Cinny, Kylie & Geoff

give to our school.

CLASSROOM NEWS

Miss Huggins, Miss Currie and Mrs

Dennis have all been working hard on

their curriculum programs which have

already resulted in our students

producing some excellent work within

their classrooms. The Juniors are

learning about the ‘b’ sound whilst the

Seniors are wri�ng using RASMOP.

Miling students are known for the

pride they show in their work and I

look forward to watching this pride and

high standard of work con�nue to

grow.

KINDY

As a Miling Primary School community,

we would like to welcome our new

Kindy students and their parents for

2017. Zoe, Caitlyn and Xavier have

already produced an excellent pain�ng,

learnt how to draw faces, wri�en their

name and showed Mrs Lehmann their

le�er-sound knowledge. They all seem

to be enjoying being part of the Junior

Room and we love having them here.

PARENT INFO SESSION

A note went out last week about our

Parent Informa�on Sessions to be held

on Thursday the 9th

in the Library. I

would encourage all parents to a�end

these sessions as they will give you an

opportunity to meet your child’s

teacher and understand their

classroom rou�nes and expecta�ons.

Each teacher will also hand out a copy

of their �metable and term outline.

The Junior Room session is at 2pm with

the Senior Room session at 2:30pm.

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Miling Community News

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Primary School’s

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INTERM SWIMMING LESSONS

Our children started swimming lessons today and will con�nue with their lessons un�l Wednesday,

week four. A note went home to parents about lessons but just a reminder that children need to

bring a full water bo�le, a snack packed separately to take to the pool, bathers, towel, underwear

and a rashie each lesson. Op�onal items include thongs to wear to the pool and goggles. Children

do not need to come to school in their bathers (unless stated otherwise on the note) as they will be

given �me to change at school before we leave.

SCHOOL CHAPLAIN

We would like to congratulate Wil Cooper and his wife Jody on the arrival of their new li�le boy,

Joseph, who arrived on the 3rd

of February. We wish Jody and Wil all the best with their new bundle

of joy. Wil will begin his year with us in week four, aLer spending some quality �me with his new

family. When Wil returns, he will con�nue to work with us on a Friday, focusing on running Game

Factory, mee�ng regularly with our Student Leaders and providing support in our classrooms.

JOHN BUDIESELIK INCURSION

We were lucky enough to secure Mr John Budiselik, published author, for an interac�ve incursion

on Friday the 3rd

. John met with myself before school started to go over the curriculum component

and then conducted a hands on workshop with both rooms throughout the day. John had our stu-

dents learning about the different components of poetry and narra�ve wri�ng which resulted in

some brilliant poems being produced. Please head to our website for a more detailed update.

THANK YOU

I cannot believe we are only two weeks into the year, yet I have a handful of people to thank

already! I would like to thank our P&C for organising the Community BBQ on Saturday and to

everyone who a�ended. It was lovely to see such a great turn out. Thank you to Paul White and Jack

Mincherton for going to Ballidu Primary School yesterday to collect some resources that have been

kindly donated to us. Thank you to Ian Seymour and Mark McCuish for coming to school last week

to do some work on our Nature Playground. I would also like to thank Kade Georgy, Alan Seymour,

Mark McCuish and Gary Bailey for pu#ng together our new outdoor furniture and poster drawer.

And last, but certainly not least, big thanks to Michelle Barnard for kindly volunteering her �me to

drive the bus to and from Moora for swimming lessons. As a staff member, I am so apprecia�ve to

have so many wonderful and suppor�ve parents and community members around.

Kind Regards

Ashlyn Siviour

PRINCIPAL A khaki camping chair has been left at school following the

Community BBQ on Saturday night.

If this is your chair, it is here for you to collect!

MILING COMMUNITY CHURCH

Services Held:-

2nd Sunday @ 9.30am & 4th Sunday @ 8am

Followed By Morning Tea!

ALL WELCOME !

Celebrating 20 years of Dance

& our 3rd Year in Moora!

Moora - Gingin - Bindoon “From 3yrs for Girls & Boys”

Dance, Tap & Acro Enrol now for 2017 - Classes fill quickly!

We start up Week 2 of Term 1

Moora - Monday (6th Feb) We offer “Fun” classes with disc for extra classes

& for families with 2 or more!

Please call or email Roxanne to find out more info

041919 2511 - roxpaulfewster@bigpond.com or

In2CRICKET and T20 Blast

In2CRICKET and T20 Blast will are starting up again this

Thursday the 9th February at 4pm at the Moora Oval.

Mike and I look forward to seeing you all there.

If you need some more details please contact Melissa Cameron on 0458696916.

THE LISTIES 6D ( *It's Twice as Good as 3D)

10.00 AM - THURSDAY 9TH MARCH 2017

The winner of Sydney Theatre Award for Best Children’s Production:

THE LISTIES 6D* (*It’s Twice as Good as 3D) - Back by popular demand!

Get ready because Australia’ s most sought after kids’ comedians are on the road with their award winning show 6D (*It’s Twice as Good as 3D) , a sketch comedy show all about the movies. Expect haunted backpacks, ninja nans, toilet paper guns and an actual movie made at every performance on a helmet mounted GoPro!

Anarchic, unruly and guaranteed to have the whole family (even dads) rolling in the aisles, the Listies forgo the usual pitfalls of kids’ entertainment like fairies and princesses and instead stuff their shows with all the highbrow things that kids really love like fart jokes and vomiting puppets. Best of all it’ s 100% education free! They aim to make their entire audience (adults included) laugh from start to finish. Expect LOLs, ROLFs and the even ROFLSHALBOWCOs (rolling on the floor laughing so hard a little bit of wee comes out).

The Listies 6D* (*It's Twice as Good as 3D) is six dimensions of fun: 1. Raucous 2. Disgusting 3. Hilarious 4. Interactive 5. Messy 6. Insane

The end of nice sanitised kids entertainment as we know it. Rated S for stupid. "A live comedy experience kids and their grown-ups can share...a winner" Sydney Morning Herald “If the Wiggles are the Eagles then the Listies are the Sex Pistols.” The Age “The Listies are a comedy duo who have made a very successful career out of appealing to, well not only the little kid in all of us, but the grubby, grubby little kid in all of us.”Virginia Trioli, ABC News Breakfast.

Tickets available from www.trybooking.com/OLXU Ticket Prices: General Admission (Age 5+) $10, Child (Age 2-4) $5, Family (2+2) $35

View the video promo for the show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmG3cqbcVtM

What’s on at the Moora Performing Arts Centre in 2017

10am – Thursday 9

th March – The Lis�es 6D (*It’s Twice as Good as 3D)

7.30pm – Thursday 8th

June – Melbourne Interna�onal Comedy Fes�val

10.30am – Thursday 12th

October – Squisher & Squasher (The Great Bug Hunt)

TERM PLANNER – TERM 1 - 2017

WK MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1 Jan 30

SCHOOL DEVELOP-

MENT DAY

31

SCHOOL DEVELOP-

MENT DAY

Feb 1

P- 6 Students Com-

mence

2

Kindy Students

commence

3

John Budiselik

All day

2

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NEWSLETTER

Swimming 10.30 – 1.15

Early Close 2.30

9 10

Swimming 9.00am

– 11.45am

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Swimming

10.30 – 1.15pm

Early Close 2.30

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STUDENT CEN-

SUS

Swimming

12.15 – 3.00pm

4

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School Board

22

NEWSLETTER

Swimming 8.40am –

11.45am

Early Close 2.30

23 24

5

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Jnr Assembly

P&C Meeting

Mar 1

Early Close 2.30

2

3

6

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LABOUR DAY PUB-

LIC HOLIDAY

7 8

NEWSLETTER

Early Close 2.30

9 10

GRIP Leadership

Conf – Yr 6 -

Perth

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Early Close 2.30

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17

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School Board

22

NEWSLETTER

Early Close 2.30

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I/S Swimming

Carnival

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Snr Assembly

P&C Meeting

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Early Close 2.30

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10 Apr 3 4 5

NEWSLETTER

Early Close 2.30

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School Photos

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ANZAC Ceremony