Mount Claremont Primary School · 2018. 11. 15. · before school, recess, lunch time and after school. Students will come together for a range of activities eg: fitness, sport, swimming,

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph.: 9208 3900 [email protected]

IMPORTANT DATES!

Wednesday 21 November

Act for Kids PP-Year 1

School Council Meeting 6.00pm

Thursday 22 November

Year 4 STEM Challenge 9.15am Shenton College

Friday 23 November

Rm 2 Excursion to Lake Claremont 10.00-12.30pm

Monday 26 November

Cricket Cup Year 6

Tuesday 27 November

P&C Meeting 7.00pm

Wednesday 28 November

Outdoor Classroom Day

Friday 30 November

Year 6 Shenton College Orientation 9.00-11.00am

School Disco K– Yr 2 4.30-6.30pm

Yr 3-6 7.00-9.00pm

School Watch

Phone 1800 177 777

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents,

Can you believe that we only have 4 weeks of school to go? It will be frantic as we count down to the School Disco, Kindy Concert, Year 6 Graduation and Christmas Assembly.

Independent Public School 2019 presentation.

Jennifer MCGrath A/Director General, Department of Education; Scott Gladman, Chair of MCPS School Council; Tracey Oakes, Prin-cipal and Hon Sue Ellery MLC, Minster for Education and Training.

Fred Hollows Humanity Award

During Term 3, Hannah Flynn was nominated for the Fred Hollows Humanity Award and we have just been notified that she will be pre-sented with a certificate by Gabi Hollows during a ceremony at the Constitution Centre of WA on Tuesday, 20 November. This award recognises Year 6 students across Australia who make a positive dif-ference in their community and embodies the values of compassion, integrity and kindness.

Congratulations, Hannah we are all very proud of you!

Mount Claremont

Primary School

“We Care” Thursday, 15 November 2018

Term 4, Week 6

http://www.mountclaremontprimaryschool.com.au


DRAFT CLASS STRUCTURES and STAFFING 2019

The projected number of students for 2019 is 260. Next year the school will maintain 11 classes to ac-

commodate enrolments from children living within the school’s intake area. All classes will comply with

the Department of Education recommended class sizes. Classes are subject to change and dependent

on student enrolments. Staff will be appointed in accordance with Department’s recruitment processes.

Careful consideration will be given to class structures, staffing, friendships and the placement of stu-

dents.

Students come to school to learn and be educated. Every child has the opportunity to play with friends;

before school, recess, lunch time and after school. Students will come together for a range of activities

eg: fitness, sport, swimming, dance, community singing etc. During class instructional time students

are: an individual; part of a small group, part of a class group, year level group and within a phase of

learning. Have faith in your school.

Tracey Oakes

Principal

NOT RETURNING TO SCHOOL in 2019?

If your child or children will not be returning to Mount Claremont Primary School in 2019, can you

please advise the Front Office before Thursday, 13 December.

REQUIREMENT LISTS (BOOKLISTS)

Requirement Lists for 2019 are now available on our website.

http://www.mountclaremontps.wa.edu.au/booklists/

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS & CHARGES 2019

A Schedule of Voluntary Contributions and Charges 2019 can be found on the school website under

the Enrolment Information tab. Please note these can be paid via your OfficeMax online ordering sys-

tem and are due in 2019.

Plan A Year Level

Room 16 Kindy Red

Kindy Blue

Room 15 Pre-primary

Room 14 Pre-primary

Room 9 Year 1

Room 10 Year 1/2

Room 11 Year 2

Room 2 Year 3

Room 3 Year 3/4

Room 6 Year 4/5

Room 5 Year 5/6

Recommended Class Sizes

Kindy 20 per group

Pre-primary 25

Year 1-3 24

Year 4-6 32

31 (multi-age)



Questions Answered

English

Questions Answered

Maths

Total Time spent

Pre-Primary 110 539 2 hours 20 mins

PP –Year 1 460 443 5 hours 0 mins

Year 1 Room 9 165 607 3 hours 25 mins

Year 2 Room 10 405 418 4hours 23 mins

Year 2/3 Room 11 445 1347 8 hours 45 mins




Year 6 Room 5 1377 2000 21 hours 26 mins

Class Performances

Individual Performance

STAR OF THE WEEK: Josephine Lewis, Year 6

Individual Perfor-

mance

English Maths Questions

Answered

Questions

Answered

Pre-Primary Eamon Whyte

Douglas Van Den Bedem

Tabitha Kam

Douglas Van Den Bedem

56

28

382

119

Pre-Primary–Year 1 Angelina Li

Alex Moss

Nathan Le Roux

Beth Davis

85

60

112

91

Year 1 Room 9 Stuart Luo

Andrew Woolford

Phoebe Bartrop

Stuart Luo

150

15

257

250

Year 2 Room 10 Irene George

Jasmine Chaplin

Irene George

Mia Flynn

100

93

113

88

Year 2/3 Room 11 Anna To

Cameron Giles

Isabelle Ingram

Anna To

301

91

275

195

Year 3/4 Room 2 Bohdyn Dobson

Max Hopkins

Alan Cai

Marley Fisher

231

123

288

225

Year 4/5 Room 3 Vladimir Cikic

Wajd Hazim

Wajd Hazim

Vladimir Cikic

497

206

159

148

Year 5/6 Room 6 Olivia Murray

Gary To

Gary To

Olivia Murray

251

199

557

457

Year 6 Room 5 Josephine Lewis

Sarah Almaleh

Josephine Lewis

Daniel Li

337

150

650

241

Libby Johnson

Deputy Principal

IXL MATHS Just a reminder that there is an expectation that all students complete IXL questions

each week.



Merit Awards Week Term 3 Week 10

Room 15 Pre-Primary

William Schulz, Jake Stevenson

Room 14 Year PP/1 Angelina Li, Lacey Broadbent, Jessica Norrish, Charlie Cross

Room 9 Year 1 Atticus Dobson, Matilda Hastwell, Lizzie Bath

Room 10 Year 2 Walter Barton, Jasmine Chaplin

Room 11 Year 2/3 Zak Stevenson, Abbey Brazier

Room 2 Year 3/4 Matt Hazim, Max Hopkins

Room 3 Year 4/5

Amelia Nichevich, Aidan Reading, Oriana Campbell, Jackson

Newsome

Room 6 Year 5/6

Gary To, Alexander Dangla Cruz, Willem Buckley

Room 5 Year 6 Xavier Barrett, Jake Ottaway, Marcus McKie

Physical Education

George Keenan, Abbey Brazier, Larson Greenfield,

Indiana Arthurson

Visual Arts

Vladimir Cikic, Jamie Bouwman

Room 9 Year Aaron Chow

Room 2 Year 3 Koko Brown

Aiden Lambrecht

Super Star Medals



Room 11, Year 2/3 Assembly

On Friday, 9 November, it was Year 2/3, Room 11's turn to present the school assembly. As well as our presentation of "The King's Breakfast", by A. A. Milne our class were also proud to lead the school in the commemoration and remembrance of the 100 year Anniversary of the end of World War 1. The assembly area and library were decorated with red poppies made by all the students. Parents were then invited to enjoy morning tea. We would especially like to thank Mrs Amber Aitken, our DSTA for organising the morning tea and also to Mrs Brazier, grandmother of Oscar, Abbey and Zac for knitting the beautiful red poppies that were worn on the day.

Visual Arts

The annual Art Exhibition will be on display after school today in the library and junior block wet area (near rooms 9, 10 and 11) from 3.05pm until 4.30pm. Artwork from students in Pre Primary through to Year 6 will be on display. Please come along to view the wonderful drawings, paintings, collages, clay sculptures and selected Perth Royal Show 'Cat' and 'Poultry' art competition entries. I would like to sincerely thank my parent helper, Jane Rammell, for spending many hours yesterday helping me set up the exhibition.

I am very pleased with the effort shown by students this year when creating their artwork during les-sons and I commend them for their mature approach when selecting their piece for the exhibition. Well done everyone!

Simone Shedley

Visual Arts Teacher



Remembrance Day 2018

DSTA News

On Friday, 9 November, Room 11 had their assembly. Part of this formed a small commemoration for

Remembrance Day. Isabelle gave us details about what November 11 signifies and why we continue

to commemorate it. Mrs Oakes also spoke about what Remembrance Day meant for her and why we

continue to remember the sacrifices people made for our country. The community song “The Green

Hills of Albany” was sung beautifully by all. Students in Room 11 each wore a hand knitted poppy

made by Abbey’s grandmother, Mrs Anne Angelof. I would like to publicly say thank you to her for the

time to make them, as they will form part of future commemorations in the school. Special thanks also

to Mrs Sue Straiton, who also knitted poppies for our display and helped me with our morning tea fol-

lowing the assembly.

As we lead into the last half of Term 4, I will be organising farewell activities for some of our Defence

families who are posting out and will be starting at new schools in 2019.

An example of a care parcel is now in the Front Office hallway, filled with potential treats and a list of

other things you can send. This parcel will be sent on behalf of the DSTA program here at Mount

Claremont, but remember anyone can post one up until December 6. Full details can be found here:

http://www.defence.gov.au/Events/SupportTheTroops/

Amber Aitken

DSTA


http://www.defence.gov.au/Events/SupportTheTroops/


Pre-Primary Gardening Club

The Pre-Primary had their Gardening Club this week and harvested some very large vegetable.

IMSS (Instrumental Music School Services) 2019

I am very excited to announce that our school has been allocated a third instrument by IMSS; guitar, to commence next year, so now we will have 15 places to offer our beginner Year 5 students commenc-ing in 2019.

I test all year 4 students at the beginning of Term 4, with a standard Musical Aptitude Indicator test supplied by IMSS. Students then go through a standard selection process also set by IMSS. We have 5 places in brass, 5 places in clarinet and now 5 place in guitar commencing the year they are in Year 5. Students are given the opportunity to continue in the program until the end of Year 12 in a govern-ment school. We reserve one place in each beginner instrumental class to allow for any new Year 5 students starting at our school. New Year 5 students will be tested in week 1 or 2 of Term 1, 2019 and they will go through the same selection process as the other students did.

The first round of Expression of Interest packages will be sent home with selected Year 4 students next week. The parent information evenings will be in the week commencing 26 November. Please see the IMSS website for more details and information. http://det.wa.edu.au/imss/detcms/portal/

Anita Buchanan

Music Teacher


http://det.wa.edu.au/imss/detcms/portal/


Outdoor Classroom Day

On Wednesday, 28 November the Pre-Primary to Year 6 classes will be taking part in Outdoor Class-room Day. In the morning, the class teachers will be teaching their own class curriculum based lessons outside the usual environment of the classroom. After recess the students will then join with their buddy class to take part in four activities.

Outdoor Classroom Day is special, because when teachers take learning outdoors they report some powerful impacts: Children’s behaviour improves, whole classes are excited to learn, and individuals who feel inhibited by the curriculum often thrive in an outdoor environment.

When adults think back to their own happiest memories of childhood, they frequently recall the joy of playing outdoors. Play is not only central to children’s enjoyment of childhood, but teaches critical life skills such as problem-solving, teamwork and creativity.

All the teachers are hard at work planning their activities and I am sure the day will be roaring success.

Stephanie Heritage

Year 4/5 Teacher





Young Engineers

Club

Years 1-3 and 4-6

$199.00 per Student

Held in the School

Library on

Wednesdays

3.15-4.30pm



Balcatta SHS is running a FREE art taster for Year 5 students. This is an opportunity for students who are interested in The Arts to experi-ence a diverse day program of art making at the Balcatta SHS Art Gallery.

Students will be working with our specialist art tutors who are all prac-tising artists.

Our Gifted and Talented Visual Art students will be present and their artwork from the annual art exhibition will be on show.

Date: Saturday 1 December 2018

Time: 9.00am to 3.00pm

Location: Balcatta SHS Ron Murphy Art Gallery

Please bring a healthy morning tea, lunch and a water bottle. All art supplies will be provided free.

RSVP by email to our Gifted and Talented Visual Art Co-ordinator by Wednesday 28 November if you wish to attend our free art taster.

[email protected]

Once we have received your request, we will send you a permission form and medical form to be completed.


mailto:[email protected]

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Mount Claremont Primary School · 2018. 11. 15. · before school, recess, lunch time and after school. Students will come together for a range of activities eg: fitness, sport, swimming,