MOSMAN PARK SCHOOLS

Mosman Park Primary & School for Deaf Children

NEWSLETTER

Phone: 9384 2088 Fax: 9384 5088

TTY: 9384 3633 MosmanPark.SFDC@education.wa.edu.au

Phone: 9384 6667 Fax: 9385 3393 91 Victoria Street, Mosman Park 6012 Email: mosmanpark.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Website: www.mosmanparkps.wa.edu.au

Newsletter 16 25 October 2012

FROM THE PRINCIPALS

STUDENTS LEAVING MPPS AT END OF 2012

CLEANER WANTED

REMINDER - School Sun Safe Policy

Our School Community offers safety, support and trust to all our members. Every one of us feels ownership of our schools and shares the belief of inclusivity and involvement in school activities and special events. All our teachers, interpreters, education assistants and parents provide special skills and input to make Mosman Park Schools the best they can be! Swimming lessons have been very successful and our students have developed a desire to learn and embrace challenges and have made great progress! Auslan Communication Day will be celebrated at WAIDE on Tuesday 30 October 2012, 9:30 am until 2:30pm. The day is planned so Deaf/HH students can enjoy communicating with others using Auslan/Signing in English. The students will experience activities with Deaf Role Models and their Teachers of the Deaf. All students in the Deaf School will attend Auslan Day and go home on their relevant school bus directly from WAIDE. Quotation : (Native American proverb.) Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I may not remember Involve me and I’ll understand. Annabella McKern and Alison Robb PRINCIPALS

Our school has a “No Hat, No Play” policy in place for Terms 1, 2, and 4. In the interest of student safety, all children are required to wear a wide brimmed hat at lunch and recess breaks. Please mark your child’s name clearly on their hat.

The next Assembly will be held on Friday November 2nd at 8.50 am. Year 2, Ms Davis’ class will be your hosts. All parents and carers are invited to attend.

ASSEMBLY

Please inform the school office staff if you are aware that your child will not be returning to Mosman Park Primary School in 2013. Every new school year includes a lot of forward planning, so this information is very helpful to know as early as possible.

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAYS 2013

The School Council has approved the following days as pupil free School Development Days for 2013. Please note that there are two days which differ from the previous “start of each term” pattern. These are 28th March (attached to Easter holidays) and 31st May (attached to WA Day public holiday). There will be no pupil free day at the beginning of Term 2. This allows our students a full week back at school before they begin NAPLAN testing. Thursday 31st Jan, Friday 1st Feb 2013 Thursday 28th March 2103 (Easter) Friday 31st May 2013 (WA Day) Monday 22nd July 2013 Monday 14th October 2013 Friday 20th December 2013

Cleaner Mosman Park Primary Schools A permanent part-time cleaning position is available. The hours are 0.28 FTE or 2.25 hours per day (11.25 hours per week). The job has been advertised on www.jobs.wa.gov.au. For further information please see Sue Northey in the school office.

AWESOME ARTS EXCURSION

The Year 6 and Year 2 classes attended the Awesome Arts Festival last week. Here are a selection of photos and written recounts of the day. Last week on Tuesday at school I grab my hat and bag and go for an excursion to Perth (on the tall bus). I went to see the Awesome Arts Festival and shows called “Hachiko” and “Kaput”. All of the kids sat down and waited for others. We had recess. When recess was over we went to the tent and all the people sat down and started to enjoy the show. The show was so sad about this story about Hachiko. We went out for a long walk and came back to have lunch. We watched another show. It was a really (2x) funny show. It was about “Kaput”. At the end of the day we went back on the bus and back to school and went home. By Hemi On Tuesday Year 5/6 and Year 2 all went on the bus to ands Awesome Festival 2012. I enjoyed the play called “The Love Story” by Kaput. Tom was funny when he climbed up the ladder and fell off with the water bucket on his head, we all laughed. By Fletcher On the first day of school my class went to the Awesome Art Festival 2012. We watched Hachiko. It was very sad. It was about a dog whose master died. The other show. The mans name was Tom Flanagan. He was a comedian. He did lots of funny things. It was lots of fun. By Cherie

This piano was decorated by students from Mosman Park Schools as part of the Awesome Arts Festival activities.

We ask that parents pay the following Contributions and Charges as soon as possible. All incursion/excursion costs must be paid

prior to your child being involved in an activity. If you are having difficulty paying, please see one of the administration staff.

Kindergarten $145.00

Pre Primary $220.00

Year One $265.00

Year Two $265.00

Year Three $265.00

Year Four $280.00

Year Five $280.00

Year Six $280.00

Year Seven $280.00

P & C contribution $50.00 (per family)

CASH FOR CONTAINERS

THANK YOU

Storytime & Play Session

for parents and pre-kindy children

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

By Eric Carle

Read by Denise Barnett

9.30—10.30 on Friday 9th November at Kindy

Solomon Street Mosman Park

This session will include orientation for 2013

Kindergarten students

EARLY YEARS PROGRAMME

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

SCHOOL CHARGES AND CONTRIBUTIONS

Statements were sent out recently to parents who still have outstanding school charges. Please ensure that these charges are paid promptly. There are a number of accounts the school must pay to outside organisations for excursions, Kidz ‘n Sport, swimming lessons etc. and without your contribution, the school is left having to meet the shortfall. This in turn leaves less funds to spend at school level on all the students.

Many thanks to all of the families who participated in the end of term free dress day. Your donations for Rabbit Rescue totalled nearly $200. Andrea Palmer

Our artist in residence, Paula Hart, has started at our school and some exciting things have been happening. Students have been doing drawings of native fauna and self-portraits, the staff participated in a ‘junk bugs’ workshop and work has begun on the murals in the under-covered area. We are very fortunate to have Paula at our school from Tuesday to Friday each week, and there are lots of exciting art adventures planned for the term. Your teacher will be able to tell you what day your child will be working with Paula. If you would like to help out during the term with any of the activities please contact Emma Greenland on 0439 407 056. If you have any large pieces of cardboard or packing boxes that you are happy to donate, please bring them in and leave them outside the storeroom under Mrs Fraser’s class. Remember to ensure your child wears old shoes and has a painting smock on art days. We hope everyone is enjoying this fantastic experience.

Come along to our “Cash for Containers” event at Cottesloe Beach on 25th November 2012 from 11am - 3pm , to Recycle and fundraise. Get a re-fund on any container with the 10c Refund in SA Label. Show your support for a Cash for Containers scheme in Western Australia. Schools and Community groups welcome. Maxi-mum $10 refund per person or $100 refund per school or community group. OR Mosman Park Primary School will have yellow bins placed outside the Computer Lab next week. You can send in any clean empty

containers that display the “get 10c refund”.

CANTEEN ROSTER CHAPLAIN’S CORNER

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

UNIFORM SHOP

Hi Parents/Carers, Welcome back to the final school term for the year … wow how time flies when we are having so much fun! Hope your holidays were enjoyable. This is our final week to collect items for the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox appeal. Thanks to everyone who has already donated items or a box for a child. Thanks also to five year 3 boys … Oscar, Jasper, James, Henry, and Charlie for donating the money they made from the lemonade stall they had during the holidays, to be used to send the shoeboxes overseas to children in 3rd world countries. What a great example of community spirit and compassion for others less fortunate. These boys are kids with character demonstrating learned family values as well as attitudes encouraged by the school based program ‘You Can Do It’. Thanks boys! If you would still like to donate towards these shoeboxes please have them into my office by the end of the day on Monday 29th Oct or you can take them straight to the warehouse in Ledger St, Balcatta. If any child is interested in participating in Chess Tournaments please see me for the details of the next event which is being held in November. If you have any concerns about your child at school or at home, I am here on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays between 8.30am and 3.30pm. I am happy for you to pop in for an informal chat or you can contact me on the details below if you prefer to make a time to meet and discuss a situation. Blessings Rhonda Miller 0403523066 rhondam@youthcare.org.au YouthCARE School Chaplain National Schools Chaplaincy & Student Welfare Program

Thanks to those helping out the school in its biggest fundraiser. The roster for Term 4 has been completed and you should have received it by email. Any roster queries please contact Dhana Richardson 0413 616 846 or dhanar@bigpond.net.au Any general canteen queries please contact Helene Hansen 0401 254 696.

Friday 26th October

Friday 2nd November

TENNIS COACHING – TERM 4 COACH Nick Kirkbride – Head Coach City Beach Tennis Club Accredited Level 2 coach Tennis Coaches Australia TENNIS COACHING FOR YEARS PP – 7 A school tennis programme is being offered to the children of Mosman Park Primary for a fee of $75.00. This programme will run for eight (8) weeks. LESSONS COMMENCE: Years 3-4 Tuesday 23rd October, 7:40-8:40am Years PP-2 Wednesday 24th October, 7:40-8:40am Years 5-7 Friday 26th October, 7:40-8.40am FEES: $75.00 (1 child), $130.00 (2 children in same family enrolled). VENUE: School Tennis Court. Collect an enrolment form from the office if you would like to enrol.

Bake & Donate: Year 2 Ms Davis

AM Shift 8.30 – 11.15 PM Shift 10.45 – 1.30

Jess Lamond Fee McAlwey

Robin Romero Linda Hirst

Rhona Richmond Donna Flavel

Nanda Hoogendorp

Bake & Donate: Year 1 Miss Wilcox

AM Shift 8.30 – 11.15 PM Shift 10.45 – 1.30

Sal Mitchell-Bathgate Jacqui Wood

Nicole Weatherhead Alex Cann

Lesley Cavill Emma Greenland

Lynn Gillespie

OPENING TIMES 2012 Friday Mornings 8:40am – 9:20am

or contact Allegra Fletcher – 0432 500 359

email - allegra.fletcher@bigpond.com

SALE ITEMS Cargo pants $15 Black skirts $10 Skorts $20

cash or cheque only

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

For further information please contact the pre shop on: 9384 5823