Maroubra Junction Public School Principal’s Report · 1 Storey Street MAROUBRA NSW 2035 Ph 02 9349 8333 [email protected] Maroubra Junction Public School ALENDAR

1 Storey Street MAROUBRA NSW 2035 Ph 02 9349 8333 [email protected] www.maroubrajn-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Maroubra Junction Public School

CALENDAR

Week 2

July 28 5DS and 5Y assembly

Week 3

31 July Year 6 Excursion @ The

Rocks

1 August ICAS English

Assessment

1 August Education Week Open

classrooms

4 August PSSA Round 10

4 August K– 2 Master Certificate

Assembly

Principal’s Report

Newsletter T3 W2

Thursday 27 July 2017

All leadership groups will re-

ceive their lead-ership badges

on Friday at the 3-6 assembly @

9:15am

Parents and friends most welcome

ECO MATES

It was with great excitement that 14 ECO Mates travelled to the Randwick Council Nursery on Monday to choose plants for our gardens. Our mayor, Cr Noel D'Souza kindly gave us a grant of $300 to use at the nursery and we spent over an hour listening to Natalie the hor-ticulturalist about the different plants on offer. Next Monday, weather permitting, our planting will begin. If anyone has a spare spade they no longer need, we would greatly ap-preciate it. A big thank you to Ms Pierce, Ms Cignetti and Ms Ho for helping to transport the children to the nursery and of course to the children for their enthusiasm and passion to beautify our school.

Special Visitors On Tuesday we were privileged to have Ms Shannon Johnstone visit us from Canada. Ms

Johnstone is the principal of a K-8 school comprising of 75 students. She was so impressed

with all the wonderful programs that are happening here at MJPS as well as the warm and

friendly school community members. On Friday we will have 5 new visiting teachers from

Tokyo, Japan. They will be visiting each Friday for the next 4 weeks, so please say hello if

you see them in the playground.

2018 Enrolments Do you have a child who turns five years of age before 31 July 2018 and will be ready to

start school? We encourage all families with children starting school next year to contact

the office as soon as possible to complete the enrolment paperwork. Please also spread

the word to other local families interested in enrolling at our school that now is the time to

work through this process.

Have a lovely weekend

Helen Te Rata

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Deputy’s Page

MJPS Learning Powers

This term, we will continue to explicitly teach the MJPS Learning Powers to promote the use of a shared language for learning across our school community. Our current focus is the Learning Power CREATE. Learning awards will be given to students who can create through generating new ideas. This is a skill which is essential for Futures Learning.

A LEARNER WHO CREATES-: Can create based on their experiences

Is open to new ideas and can demonstrate this by: brainstorming, hypothesising and thinking “outside the box”

Explores different viewpoints

Is flexible and adaptable

Makes learning connections

Looks at familiar things with a fresh mind

Challenges ideas and generates alternative solutions

Learns from mistakes

Uses their imagination to explore new possibilities

Identifies and solves problems

Takes risks in their learning

Is confident in their viewpoint

A learner who creates says -:

How can I display my thinking?

Is there another way to solve

this problem?

Let’s collect some different

ideas.

I learnt from that mistake….

but I won’t give up. I am going

to try and solve it another

way.

Let’s try it this way and see

what happens...

Guess what???

I have a great idea!

This is going to be a

challenge….Let’s collect all of

our ideas together. I am learning through trial and

error...


Library After

Dark

This year we will again be hosting our Library After Dark event with Lionel Bowen

Library. This year we will be holding 2 events a K-2 and 3-6 session from 7-8pm. Tickets

will be limited. Tickets will go on sale next week.

About Susanne Gervay

My name is Susanne Gervay and I love

being an author. I also love kids, librari-

ans, teachers, readers of any age where

we share story, thoughts, humour and what matters. My books

are driven by the rights of children and families, partnering

them in good times and bad and a hope for peace. Susanne is

the best selling author of I am Jack, Super Jack, Always Jack and Being Jack.

Date Event Guest Speaker

Monday 14 August 3-6 Session Susanne Gervay

Tuesday 15 August K-2 Session TBC

About Sue Whiting

Sue Whiting loves telling stories. She lives and

works in a sleepy coastal village near Sydney,

where she spends her days dreaming up adven-

tures for her characters and trying to write them down. Sue has

written numerous books in a variety of genres: fiction and nonfiction, picture books

through to YA, including the best-selling The Firefighters, and the award-winning A

Swim in the Sea. Her latest book Platypus, illustrated by Mark Jackson, is a CBCA

2016 Notable Book. A former primary school teacher with a special interest in liter-

acy education and children’s literature, Sue is a highly experienced speaker who

loves sharing her passion for story and storytelling, reading and writing with people


Library after Dark tickets to go on

sale next week.

Keep an eye out for a note with all the

details early next week.

Limited tickets, so get in quick!


Book Week

MJPS will be celebrating Book Week during Week 6, Term 3. This years theme is ‘Escape to Everywhere’.

We are very excited to announce that we have 2 fantastic authors visiting us to help us celebrate.

Please note these events will be during school hours.

Date Event Guest Speaker

Tuesday 22 August 3-6 Author Visit R. A Spratt

Thursday 24 August K-2 Author Visit Katrina Mckelvey

About R.A. Spratt

R.A. Spratt is a best-selling author and television

writer. She is known for the Nanny Pig-

ins and Friday Barnes series of books.

R.A. Spratt has written for dozens of different televi-

sion shows. In recent years she has specialized

mainly in children’s animation, but she has also

had extensive experience writing jokes, sketch

comedy and political satire.

About Katrina McKevley

I was a primary school teacher for 10 years in

Newcastle and on the Central Coast. I always knew

I wanted to be a teacher (since preschool). I en-

joyed every day and loved every child I had the

privilege of teaching. Teaching was exactly like I

thought it would be…so rewarding!

In 2005, it was time to be a mummy, a full-time one!

Soaking up every single milestone of my two

children in their early years was a blessing. After

being a full-time mummy for 5 years, I decided to

mix my love of teaching with my love of being a

mum. A new children’s author was born!

Book Week Dress up day– Advance Notice

Wednesday 23 August (Week 6, Term 3)

Put your thinking cap on, this year we will be having a free

choice book character dress up day for book week. Come

dressed as your favourite book character.


Sports News

Rugby Result Most Valuable Player(s)

Snr vs Banksmeadow

Jnr vs Matraville

Soccer Greens Result Most Valuable Player(s)

Snr Greens WIN Cameron W

Jnr Greens WIN Josh

Soccer Reds Result Most Valuable Players

(s)

Snr Reds DRAW Aulio C, Dylan S

Jnr Reds LOSS Sarp S

Netball vs Matraville Result Most Valuable Player(s)

Snr 1 WIN Gabby

Snr 2 WIN Bella A

Jnr A WIN Freyja A

Jnr B BYE -

PSSA Training:

Junior netball: starting tomorrow (Friday 28th of July) and every alternate week at

8:15am (11th and 25th August)

Senior netball: starting next Friday (4th August) at 8:15am, then every alternate week

(August 18th, Sept 1st, Sept 15th)

1500m trials for zone athletics

Next Wednesday 2nd August we will hold a trial at school to qualify for the 1500 metre

event at the zone athletics carnival (this is a new event). Please wear your sports

uniform if interested for 10, 11 and 12 yr olds only.


100 metres

8 year 100m boys

1st Bennett T 2nd James T

3rd Henry H

8yr 100m girls

1st Evie T

2nd Annabelle M

3rd Lucy P

9yr 100m boys

1st Matthew K

2nd Elan S

3rd Harlen F.L

9yr 100m girls

1st Lottie J

2nd Lily J

3rd Shionna S

10 years 100m boys

1st Beau W

2nd Marcus T

3rd Kalan R

10 years 100m girls

1st Lily E

2nd Chloe W

3rd Jade D

11 years 100m boys

1st Romain S.B

2nd Ari R

3rd Giuseppe C

11yr 100m girls

1st Zali D

2nd Shanay G

3rd Jayme S

12yr 100m boys

1st Aulio C

2nd Ethan G

3rd Christopher M

12yr 100m girls

1st Isabella Y

2nd Gabi G

3rd Ava G.J


200 metres

Junior Boys 200m

1st Beau W

2nd Marcus. T

3rd Joshua T

Junior Girls 200m

1st Lily E

2nd Chloe W

3rd Jade D

11 Boys 200m

1st Romain S.B

2nd Giuseppe C

3rd Ari R

11 Girls 200m

1st Shanay G

2nd Josephine J

3rd Josephine S

Snr Boys 200m

1st William V

2nd Aulio C

3rd Chris M

Snr Girls 200m

1st Isabella Y

2nd Ava G.J

3rd Gabi G

800 metres Junior Boys 800m

1st Marcus T

2nd Callum R

3rd Elan S

Junior Girls 800m

1st Elizabeth I

2nd Ashley G

3rd Jade D

11 Boys 800m

1st Romain S.B

2nd Jed C

3rd Ari R

11 Girls 800m

1st Josephine S

2nd Shanay G

3rd Sienna H

Snr Boys 800m

1st Aulio C

2nd Jack G.J

3rd William V

Snr Girls 800m

1st Gabi Gu

2nd Ava G.J

3rd Kate H


R A N D W I C K R U G B Y C L U B G AL A D A Y

On Tuesday 25 July M.J.P.S participated in the annual Year 5 & 6 Randwick Rugby Club Gala Day held

at Latham Park.

This year we were able to field 2 teams across two different divisions.

The boys demonstrated great sportsmanship, worked collaborative with their teammates and were

wonderful representatives of the school.

The Year 5 team did an outstanding job finishing runners up in division 3.

The Year 6 team went one better and were the eventual champions of division 2.

A fantastic effort considering only one student is a regular participant in rugby union.


Education Week 2017

Education Week recognises the variety of achievements by all NSW public schools.

This year’s theme “I Learn, We Learn” underpins the focus that our school has had on What learning is…. and

how we can best learn in the modern classroom. This year our school will be showcasing lessons in Science,

Technology, Engineering, The Arts and Mathematics (STEAM).

MJPS OPEN DAY

TUESDAY 1st AUGUST

“I LEARN, WE LEARN”

9.05-9:45am K-2 Open Classroom Visit

9.30- 10.15am 3-6 Classroom Visit

10.15-10.45am Coffee and Light Morning Tea for parents in the hall

Performances by Junior Choir & Showcase in the hall


Art Show

We need newspapers for the art show. If you

have any unwanted newspapers please drop

them off to the office.

Thank you.




NAIDOC DAY 2017

On Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th July, we celebrated NAIDOC Day. Both days were sunny and

relaxed, students were excited and eager to take part. For most of the students, one of the many

highlights of the day was the Koomurri dancers, whose energetic and vibrant performances were

thoroughly enjoyable. The day started with an Acknowledgment to Country, done by Maggie from

2G, she did a great job and became a superstar within the Koomurri group.

The morning continued with a smoking ceremony and some Aboriginal song and

dance. While teachers of Maroubra Junction PS and parents were noticeably

thrilled to be the first invited to participate in a dance performance, it was fan-

tastic to see the students of Maroubra Junction PS eager to engage with the

Aboriginal culture.

Throughout the day students and teachers were given the opportunity to learn

about Aboriginal artefacts, weaponry and bush survival. We participated in

Aboriginal song and dance, learnt how to throw a boomerang and got to be part

of a didgeridoo show, which produced some ‘deadly’ sounds. During the day you

could feel such a positive vibe and there were some great discussions to be had as

students and teachers were immersed in the workshops and gaining so much

insight into Aboriginal culture. Another highlight was the whole school

involvement in the creation of two incredible art pieces on

canvas during our art workshop on Tuesday. These will be displayed in a

prominent position in the school, for the whole community to enjoy. Our 2016

creation is on display outside the school’s office as you enter. Finally, the day

concluded with a farewell concert of Aboriginal song and dance, the students

had an opportunity to join in and have a final dance. A huge thank you to the

teachers and students of MJPS for their participation, curiosity and openness to learn new things.

Thank you for such a great day!

Miss Vukelich


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Maroubra Junction Public School Principal’s Report · 1 Storey Street MAROUBRA NSW 2035 Ph 02 9349 8333 [email protected] Maroubra Junction Public School ALENDAR