Canteen

Term 4 summer

menu was sent

home with students

last week.

MAYOR’S CHRISTMAS APPEAL

Donations of the

following items are now

being accepted at the

front office:

Christmas cakes and

puddings

Fruit mince pies

Cakes, cake mixes,

biscuits

Nuts, crackers and chips

Pasta and sauce

Tinned foods (sweet or

savoury)

Jams and spreads

Tea, coffee and sugar

Long life milk

Cereals

Rice and noodles

Chocolates and muesli

bars

New toys

Our collection bin is

waiting to be filled.

Donations accepted

until Friday 15

November.

Issue No. 13

Tuesday 22 Oct 2019

NEWSLETTER Marangaroo Primary School Giralt Road Marangaroo WA 6064

Telephone: (08) 9462 9999 Email: marangaroo.ps@education.wa.edu.au Canteen: 0475 522 379

Dear Parents/Carers and Community Members

Welcome back to term 4! I hope you all had a great break and our students are refreshed and ready to go.

We have a busy and exciting term ahead of us and I want to see our students at school every day. Too many students last term had unwarranted days off . I look forward to seeing those students attend more regularly and join the rest of the students who hardly ever take a day off. It’s our job to make sure that happens, as much as it is yours, as the parent. I unashamedly state that this will be a focus for this term.

New Staff

Welcome to Miss Woodmansey as the Kindy teacher for term 4, as Mrs Ward is on leave. I wish Mrs Ward a well-deserved break and we are excited to have Miss Woodmansey on board. Also a warm welcome to Mrs Sheppard who is working in the Senior SLP hub for the remainder of the term. Great to have you on board.

Year 6 Camp

It’s that time of the year again. I am pleased to report that we did not lose any kids on camp! Thank you Mr Cutting, Mrs Rogers and Mrs Heal for taking time away from your lives and your families to go with the kids. I visited on the Wednesday and all of our students were having a ball. Camp memories are something they will remember for the rest of their lives.

Interschool Athletics

I was very proud of the students who represented our school at the interschool athletics. We finished third overall which was an outstanding achievement. Well done team! It was very pleasing to see a strong turn out from parents too. Special recognition to the following students who took out individual awards: Klaudia H- Yr 6 Champion Girl, Cody M- Runner Up Year 5 Champion Boy, Olivia M- Runner Up Year 5 Champion Girl, Marshal L- Runner Up Year 6 Champion Boy. I look forward to next year. Well done to Mr Boulay who worked really hard on preparing the students and for his work at the carnival. Mr Eric Jones, our School Board Chair, commented on the way Marangaroo kids handled themselves on the day. All were cheering and supporting each other, congratulating rivals after the race or game and showing great sportsmanship.

Congratulations – Mrs Higgins

Congratulations to Mrs Higgins, our Year 4/5 teacher and an important member of our team here at Marangaroo. You may (or may not) have noticed that our lovely Mrs Higgins, is expecting her first child. I am sure you will join me in wishing her all the very best for the pregnancy and beyond. Mrs Higgins will be taking maternity leave in 2020.

Blue Faction Change and New Faction Names

Due to the school’s declining numbers over the past few years, there has been plans in the past to reduce the number of factions from 4 to 3. After discussion with the School Board and in preparation for next year we are going to act on this, and reduce our factions to red, green and gold as of 2020.

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The reason for cutting blue is twofold. Firstly, our school colour is blue. Secondly, the faction with the lowest number of children to reallocate is blue faction.

We do have a plan for this, to ensure that the students in blue faction are catered for. The senior students will be involved in renaming the factions, all blue faction students will be asked a preference for a new faction, and all parents from blue faction will be involved in the process. If you have any questions, please see Mr Boulay or myself.

Open School Board Meeting

All parents and community members are welcome to attend the next Board meeting. Annually school boards must have one meeting that is open for anyone to attend. The meeting will be held tomorrow at 3.15pm in the board room.

I look forward to seeing you at the Pre Primary assembly on Friday 8 November. Until then, my door is always open to parents who wish to come and talk.

Regards

Taylor Webb

Principal

The students in the Kindy/Pre-Primary SLP Hub have started this term off fantastically. To begin this term we completed a writing or oral language task about our holiday experiences. The students all did a fantastic job and couldn’t wait to show off their work to Mr Webb!

We are working hard learning about Zones of Regulation and recognising what emotions we feel in each zone. Photos of these emotions are then placed on our Zones of Regulation display board as a visual reminder.

The students are engaging in play based literacy and numeracy tasks throughout the day, which is not only increasing their numeracy and literacy knowledge but also improving their social skills at the same time.

Alison Boardman

Specialist Learning Program (ASD)

Teacher/Early Years Leader

SLP NEWS

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Marangaroo Primary School Giralt Road Marangaroo WA 6064 ABN: 90 062 503 107

Telephone: (08) 9462 9999 Email: marangaroo.ps@education.wa.edu.au Canteen: 0475 522 379

UNIFORM SHOP Welcome back for the fourth and final term for 2019. I hope that everyone has had a safe and enjoyable holiday break. I would just like to thank Kayla Howlett for volunteering to train and take over as the new uniform coordinator.

There are a few important dates to remember with regards to uniforms this term.

Uniform shop open days this term are: October 23, November 6 & 20, December 4 & 18 (8.15am-8.45am)

School photo day is November 6 Kindy Orientation day is November 27 Graduation orders close Monday 9 December

Clearance sale The uniform shop is having a clearance sale! All zip jackets are $25 each, size 8 & 12 polo shirts are $10 each and size 14 & 16 polo shirts are $5 each. All clearance stock is strictly while stocks last.

School photo day Wednesday November 6 is school photo day. The uniform shop will be open on the day from 8.15am - 8.45am for anyone who would like to purchase a new shirt. Just a reminder that the uniform shop accepts cash only.

Graduation shirts It is hard to believe that it is this time of the year again already. All current year 5 students who will be attending MPS as a year 6 student in 2020, need to start thinking about graduation shirts. Accompanying this newsletter will be a graduation shirt order form. Please read it carefully for full information regarding pricing and sizing etc. Graduation orders close Monday 9 December. If for any reason you do not receive an order form, additional copies are available at the front office or in the uniform shop.

Should you have any questions regarding uniforms please don’t hesitate to give Kayla a call on 0412 723 447.

Tahlia Rogers Uniform Coordinator Marangaroo Primary School P&C

P&C NEWS

SCHOOL PHOTO DAY

WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMEBER

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VacSwim is for all children - from beginners to more advanced swimmers. Your children can start as young as five years old.

There are over 180 VacSwim locations around Western Australia, so wherever your family is spending these summer holidays, there will be lessons near you.

Enrol your children in VacSwim now at education.wa.edu.au/swimming.

VacSwim Lessons

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Wednesday 23 October 8.15 - 8.45am Uniform Shop Open

K/PP Bunnings Incursion

Wednesday 30 October Yr 4/5 Excursion to Whiteman Park

Friday 1 November Caring C Reward Day

Tuesday 5 November Newsletter #14

School Banking

SCHOOL DIARY AT A GLANCE