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Phone 9757 8500 Fax 9757 2863
[email protected] www.mriverps.wa.edu.au
CHALK DUST CHATTER 29th March 2019 Newsletter issue: 4
NEW PHONE NUMBER
WE HAVE A NEW PHONE
NUMBER AT MRPS
97578500
PLEASE NOTE THIS FOR
YOUR RECORDS
Last Thursday our whole school came together in a
“flashmob” event to capture the spirit of what
Harmony Day means—inclusiveness, respect and
belonging. The song chosen was “Everyday People”
and students came out of their classrooms and joined
the singing procession as it moved through the school.
The group ended on the oval, singing
the whole song in harmony, a
powerful and moving voice of unity.
Congratulations to everyone involved
for making it such a great event.
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Riding to School
It was great to see so many students take up the opportunity on Ride to School Day last Friday. It’s important to remember that whenever you ride your bike, scooter or skateboard anywhere that you are wearing your helmet. You don’t always know what other people who are using the roads and the footpaths are doing and accidents can happen in the blink of an eye. We are aware that the local police have been watching out around the school to ensure that helmets are being worn so make sure that yours is always on your head. As soon as you arrive at school you need to get off your bike, scooter or skateboard and walk it to the bike racks. Please don’t jump on to ride off at the end of the day until you have reached the gates. Let’s keep everybody safe.
No School Development Day to Start Term 2
Please remember that students start back at school on Monday 29th April. Some schools in the region have this as a school development day but our students will be attending as we scheduled an extra school development day in the middle of term 1. School buses have been notified and will run as per usual on this day.
Mrs Krough on Leave
Congratulations to Mrs Krough, Deputy Principal, who will be taking leave from the beginning of term 2 to start her family. Mrs Krough is expecting her first child later this year and we wish her every success for an exciting journey ahead. Miss Brierty will be commencing full time in the office from the beginning of next term and another Deputy Principal will be in place of Mrs Krough. We are currently in the middle of the appointment process to fill this position and will notify you as soon as this has been settled.
Winter Uniforms
As the mornings start to become a little chilly it might be a good time to check that you have a jumper or jacket ready for the winter months. Our uniform shop has plenty of stock ready to go. All students are expected to wear our school uniform jumper or jacket. Rain coats can of course be worn over your uniform going to and from school on wet days.
Aaron Thomas, Principal
2nd April Year 3-6 Championship Day
5th April Year 3-6 Sports Carnival
8th April Combined Assembly
11th April Autumn Fair
12th April ANZAC Day Ceremony
12th April Last day Term One
29th April Students resume Term Two
30th April—2nd May School Photos
What’s on in April...
Due to ANZAC Day falling during the school holidays we will be holding our ceremony at school on the last day of Term One
Friday 12th April
10.30am
MRPS Undercover Assembly Area
Students are welcome to lay a wreath or flowers
All community members and families are invited
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Room 1 Zac Carlsen
Room 1 Sequoia Hately
Room 2 Matilda Anderson
Room 2 Rose Garrett
Room 2 Felix Fogg
Room 11 Talitha Rowe
Room 11 Ryder Gillick
Room 12 Hunter Lyons
Room 12 Rory Rennie
Room T2 Jemima Anderson
Room T2 Zoe Clemson
Room T4 Lucy Kollman
Room T4 William Newnham
Room T5 Thomas Edwards
Room T5 Jessica Bailey
Room T6 Casey King
Room T6 Lucy Skivinis
Room T7 Skye Palmer
Room T7 Halle Jack
Room T9 Ruby Robb
Room T9 Uriah Malcolm
Room T10 Perri Byrne
Room T10 Ethan Stanford-Stone
Room T11 Mason Allen Newton
Room T11 Olive Brown
Room T12 Maya Garcia
Room T12 Luca Vitnell
Bee Bop A Lula Year 4 Room T6
Golden Broom Award Year 6 Room 11
Merit Certificates
Our annual faction surfing carnival was held last Friday at Inside Grunters
with students in Years 4 – 6 enjoying favourable conditions. The rain
threatened and the wind came up for a while but we had a great little
sheltered break that provided perfectly sized waves for everybody. The
team format saw students grouped into teams of three with a surfer from
each faction in the water for 10 minutes before tagging with a buddy on
their team. Everybody surfed multiple heats throughout the day and the
winning faction was decided by calculating which team had won the most
heats. There were no individual scores or individual winners as this was
team event. Josh Palmateer’s Surf Academy provided coaching support in
and out of the water and Water Patrol Australia were contracted to
provide jet ski water safety throughout the event. The huge smiles on all
of the students really told the story of how much fun it is to improve your
surfing in a team environment with your friends. Thank you to all of the
parents who assisted in the set up and pack away and in particular to Lane
Alver and Dave Englert who scored all day. Congratulations to Forest,
who were the winning faction followed closely by Earth with Sun in third
position and Ocean in fourth. Photos courtesy Lane Alver
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School Contributions Reward Pay your MRPS school contributions by the 12th April to go into the draw to win them back.
We will draw one name out of the hat for each year level and that student will receive a refund of their school
contributions. Winners will be announced in the newsletter.
One mouse melon plant donated on the last day of school 2018 by Louie Gibbs was harvested this month. Students took more than 200 melons off the one plant. They tasted ''a little like a cucumber but also a bit like a tomato.'' They were used by the Year 4s in their green garden salad. Students have also
started harvesting
our fig tree, with some lucky children allowed (under supervision) to climb the tree to harvest ripe figs. Mrs Thomas' year 3/4 class were lucky enough to sample the delicious bounty - it was the first time for some of them. It was great to see everyone (bar one student) try something new. There's still time to enter our zucchini competition with the lucky winner to be announced April 1. You could win a MRPS Kitchen Garden Gift Pack to the value of $200 so head to our facebook page mrpskitchengarden for details.
Jump on the MRPS Kitchen garden page and guess how many zucchinis the school garden produced this season. The person who guesses the correct amount will win this kitchen garden prize pack to the value of $200. The pack consists of school-grown tamarillo, chili, pepino, garlic, perennial spring onion and raspberry seedlings, jars of tomato sauce and zucchini pickle made by the talented Jenine O’Brien from paddock2produce, and a variety of organic seasonal produce picked fresh from the garden available on the day.
Visit the Facebook page mrpskitchengarden, like the page, find the zucchini post, enter your number in the comments section, share the post, and wait! The only catch is you have to be able to pick up your prize pack from the school or nominate someone who can. And if two or more people choose the same number and win, the prize will be shared (but we’ll do our best to get more of everything for you!).
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Uniform Shop
Tuesday & Thursday
8.30am—11.15am
Phone 9270 4688
REMINDER
Dreamcatchers Pizza Night
Friday 5th April
Can attending students please
return their notes by Monday for
catering purposes. Thank you
Rapids Landing DTC will be OPEN from 8am- 4pm on the first week of April School Holidays from Monday 15th April through to Thursday 18th April. This clinic will be CLOSED from Friday 19th April through to Tuesday 23rd April. We will also be OPEN 8am-4pm the second week of the April school holidays on Wednesday 24th April and Friday 26th April. CLOSED Thursday 25th April. In the event of an emergency on any of the Public Holidays please contact your local private dentist or emergency service on 1800 098 818,or the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia on 6457 4400. If you require an appointment during this period please call 9757 8211 or email [email protected].
Our Year Six students are very excited to be hosting this whole school event to
raise funds for their Year Six Camp
Bring your spare change—everything is 20c—50c
Cake stalls Fun for Everyone
Heaps of Fun and Games Face painting
Thursday 11th April
11am—12.30pm
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Surfing Raffle
Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets
for our Surfing raffle. The lucky winners were
1st Graham Haynes
2nd Mrs Murray
3rd Mr Harrison
4th Mrs Durlik
It was great to see so many students participate in
Ride2School Day last week. This program is
designed to drive culture change within school
communities to make walking and riding to school
the norm for our kids. Thanks to Mr McLeod and
his helpers for the yummy fruit treats on arrival.
School Photos
Tuesday 30th April
Wednesday 1st May
Thursday 2nd May
Photo envelopes were sent
home with students this week. See next newsletter for full details.
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Student Health and Wellbeing MRPS Code of Conduct incorporates six core values:
Cooperation, Empathy, Enthusiasm, Flexibility, Honesty and Respect
Value—Cooperation
At Margaret River Primary School, one of our core values is Cooperation which is where we work together to
achieve success. You show cooperation when you work in a small group to accomplish a task , when you allow
each person in a group to have a say, volunteer at home to help out and when you play a team sport and work
toward a common goal. Remember, many hands make light work.
SDERA
Did your family participate in the Ride to School Day? Embrace a healthier start to their and your day. Enjoy
the great outdoors and fresh air in our amazing town. But do remember to be a good role model and always
wear your helmet when you ride a wheeled device with your child. The earlier children learn the importance of
wearing a bike helmet, the more likely they will continue to wear a helmet as they grow older. Be firm in laying
down the ‘no-helmet-no-ride’ rule. Here are some points to remember when riding so your journeys are
always safe.
Anyone eight years and younger should not ride by themselves.
Must wear an approved helmet while in motion.
Cyclists must get off their bikes when crossing a road. It is the law.
Must warn pedestrians with your bell of your approach.
Must not hold onto another moving vehicle or be towed by it.
Must not be more than two bicycles abreast on a road.
Must not ride recklessly or carelessly.
Must use the correct hand signals to turn left or right, and to stop.
Must have at least one hand on the handlebar while in motion.
Talk to your children about road rules and ways to stay safe.
Riders include those on: bicycles, scooters, skateboards, rollerblades, rip sticks and other wheeled
devices.
Let’s work together to keep our children and young people safer.
Thank you for playing a vital role in your child’s road safety education.
eSafety With your children, like content that you can enjoy together. Talk
about images that disappoint you (aggressive, disrespectful) and
why they disappoint you so they learn what is right and what is
not. Always negotiate key rules that apply when on screens,
examples: time of day – how long – which apps. If you discuss
together they are better equipped to respond well to the rules
and see them as being fair. Be consistent through applying the
rules. Discuss what the consequences would be if they broke the guideline rules. Have a contract and both sign
it! Fact: On average, outside of school, 10 – 14 year olds spend 23 hours online per week.
Parentline: 1300 30 1300 eSafety.gov.au eSafety: 1800 880 176
Kids helpline: 1800 55 1800 (5-25years) eHeadspace: 1800 650 890 (12-25years) Thanks for playing a part in your children’s online safety
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Margaret River Gropers Rugby Union Club have been working towards setting up a juniors club. There are two age divisions to start off with, 8s and 10s. So any children (unisex) between the ages 7 and 11 are welcome.
Training commences Wednesday 3rd April at Nippers Oval, at 4.30. The first game is scheduled for Sunday 5th May. Games are held in Busselton, Bunbury and Australind.
