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Maroubra Junction Public School was
greatly honoured this week with a
group of student leaders being invited
to meet the Governor-General of
Australia, Her Excellency the
Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO.
The Governor-General spoke at length
with the children about their project
that focuses on the environment.
Sincere thanks to Louise Kelly for
assisting with arrangements for the
meeting and to Helen Empacher who
was the instigator of our student
leadership program; and of course,
congratulations to our environmental
warriors!
The momentum is certainly mounting
as we head towards our centenary
celebrations in October. The children
and staff are hard at work preparing
for the art show and performances.
Our very hard working committee is
working overtime organising the sale
of merchandise, preparing for the
evening cocktail function, finalising the
cookbook and history book and
organising stalls for the day time
celebration. Please read more
information in today’s newsletter!
Our 1, 2, 3 Magic Parenting course
commences next Monday, 19th
August. It will run for three consecutive
Mondays from 9.00-11.30am. If you
have not yet registered, don’t miss out!
This is a highly valued course and it
will not be run again for at least twelve
months. To register, call the office or
go online:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/
FRQYYKK
Finally, the learning support team has
decided to engage a clinical
psychologist to work at our school to
help children who are experiencing
anxiety or social issues. Read more
about this program in today’s
newsletter.
Garrie Russell
Principal
CALENDAR PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
ON OUR WEBSITE
1, 2, 3 Magic Parenting
NEWSLETTER Term 3, Week 5 Wednesday 14 August 2013
Week 5
Wed 14 August
Kindy excursion to Maroubra Beach
Debating Vs Paddington PS Fri 16 August
Primary winter sport resumes
Week 6
Mon 19 August
Centenary Committee Meeting; 6.30pm
1, 2, 3 Magic Parenting; 9.00-11.30am Tues 20 August
Book Week Dress Up Day
Showcase Rehearsal
Thurs 22 August
Showcase performance; 7pm
K-2 Assembly; Led by KS & KC; 2pm
Book Week - Visiting Author
Centenary Merchandise Stall; 2.45pm
Maths Olympiad No.4; 8am
Fri 23 August
Book Week - Visiting Author
MJPS Centenary
www.facebook.com/mjpscentenary
C R O SSI N G O N
M OVE R LY ROAD
The traffic warden on Moverly Rd
has taken unexpected leave and
will not be replaced until later in
the week so please take extra
caution crossing the road in the
morning and afternoon.
MJPS Enrolment Policy Tickets for Centenary Cocktail Evening
K I SS & GO ZON E
R EM I N D E R
Please do not park on the school
side of Loch Maree Street unless
you are using the Kiss & Go
Zone. If you are not using Kiss &
Go, please arrange to meet your
children at one of the gates on
Storey Street or Moverly Road.
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Kiss & Go Zone - Some more reminders! You MUST display the sign provided in
the lower left hand corner of your
windscreen as you approach the pick
up area so that supervising staff can
have the children ready. A good idea is
to attach the sign to your passenger
side sun visor with some rubber bands
so that it is easily seen.
Parents MUST tell their children in the
morning if they are using the KISS &
GO ZONE that day so they know to go
to the gate.
If your child is not ready for collection,
you WILL be asked to drive around the
block. Please reinforce with your child
the importance of going straight to the
gate upon dismissal.
Parents should remain in the vehicle. It
is important your child knows how to
fasten his/her own SEATBELT though
very young children may be assisted by
the supervising teacher if required.
Please encourage the child to move
quickly.
Registrations for the trial have
RE-OPENED - click on the following
link to register:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/
YXVH2GD
Please note you cannot use the zone
until you have received your sign.
Notes and Money Parents are reminded that unless
otherwise stated, notes and money for
various school activities should be sent
to the class or organising teacher, not
the office.
1,2,3 Magic Parenting Due to popular demand, we will run
another 1, 2, 3 Magic Parenting course,
this time on Monday mornings from
9.00-11.30am over three weeks
commencing on 19th August. Cost of
attendance is $20 to cover all three
sessions. Depending on demand, child
minding for 3-5 year olds may be
available. If you would like to attend,
please register online at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/
FRQYYKK
Jeans for Genes Day The student leader fundraising
committee organised a very successful
Jeans for Genes Day raising $550.50.
They are also organising other fun
fundraising days later in the year.
Language Groups Our latest school census data indicates
the following language backgrounds
(other than English) for our student
population:
Apart from those listed, we have
twenty-two other languages
represented in the community, with
LBOTE students making up 56% of our
total student population. The table to
the right gives a breakdown of student
numbers per group.
Book Week 2013 Theme: ★ READ ACROSS THE UNIVERSE ★
Children’s Book Week is celebrated all
around Australia next week. Our school
has planned two special events.
BOOK WEEK PARADE
Tuesday, 20th August 2pm
Our school is celebrating the week with
a Book Week Parade. Classes are
combining to parade some of the
Shortlisted Book Week books.
The parade will be on the basketball
court weather permitting.
Parents are very welcome to attend.
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR VISIT
Friday, 23rd August
We are so excited to have the
renowned author and illustrator
combination of Anna Fienberg and Kim
Gamble coming to do a presentation at
our school. Don’t miss this event! (Note
has been sent home previously)
Have a fun week!
Sue Mirow -Teacher Librarian
ON SALE THURSDAY, 22ND AUGUST FROM 2.45PM!
A range of commemorative merchandise will be on sale at school from this week.
Items include wristbands, drink holders, pencils and tea towels and coming soon,
some specially made WOW mugs - if we told you what these are, it would spoil
the WOW! Items will be sold from a stall set up outside the school office.
Please note that tickets for the Centenary Cocktail Evening are now on sale
- see the school web page for details!
CENTENARY MERCHANDISE
Language No. of
Students
Greek 66
Mandarin 45
Indonesian 42
Cantonese 37
Arabic 27
Russian 15
Spanish 13
Korean 12
Italian 12
French 8
German 8
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Election Day BBQ & Cake Stall
Saturday 7 September: We have been
confirmed as a polling booth, so we’ll be
looking for bakers for a cake stall as well
as parents to work on the barbecue/stall.
P&C MEETINGS
We have confirmed a Gonski expert to
talk at our next P&C meeting on Thursday
5th September. Please come along to
hear more about the recommendations
for our education system and have the
opportunity to ask questions.
Email: [email protected]
Have a great week!
Caroline Rowland - President
For your diary
Fri 30 August
Father’s Day Stall
Thurs 5 September
P&C Meeting 7pm All welcome!
Hi everyone! I hope you are enjoying the
sunshine; and I hope it hangs around!
Planning is going well for the Centenary
Fun Day. Liesl Meerkin is doing a
wonderful job organising fete stalls and
publicity. Please bring unwanted books to
the office for the second hand book stall
and if you have any questions please
email.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Please let us know if you can help at the
following events:
Father’s Day Stall
Friday 30 August: setting up and selling
8.30-11am (approx).
K-2 Athletics Carnival
Tuesday 3 September: preparing and
distributing ice-blocks.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
Premier’s Spelling Bee Children in our school have been
participating in a spelling competition
in class to choose our school’s
entrants in the Premier’s Spelling bee.
Congratulations to the following
children who have qualified as
finalists:
Nicholas A, Zoe E, Alexandria Z,
Fiona F, Ben E, Clare L, Cyrus PB,
Audrey S, Ryan G and Georgia G,
Tiffany K and Alex X.
We’ll let you know next week the
names of the winners who will go on
to represent our school.
Zone Athletics Once again, we received excellent
reports regarding the behaviour and
positive attitude of our students at day
two of the zone athletics carnival last
Friday. We also had some great success
with our relay teams:
Senior boys 1st
Junior boys 2nd
Senior girls 3rd
More information will be provided
regarding overall results and names of
children qualifying for region next week.
This Friday, 16 August:
Rugby League:
M.J.P.S (1) v South Coogee (1) at Heffron
Park 2 (Corner of Jersey Rd)
M.J.P.S (2) v Matraville Soldiers
Settlement at Heffron Park Pool side
Soccer:
MJPS (Red) v Daceyville (B) at Heffron
Netball (4)
MJPS (Green) v South Coogee (Blue) at
Heffron Park Pool (2)
Netball:
MJPS v Maroubra Bay at Heffron Park
Netball Courts
Please remember to pay for all sports by
Thursday.
Rugby Union Gala Day Our junior rugby union team will
participate in a gala day on Tuesday,
27th August. Children involved will
receive notes this week.
SPORT INFORMATION
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Showcase Final preparations for the Showcase
concert next week are underway with
final costumes fittings this Thursday
and last minute rehearsals next week.
The children are very excited and we
can’t wait to see their performances!
Please note that some families have
not yet returned permission notes
and ticket orders. These are need
urgently!!
Bike Racks/Safety Now that we have our bike racks at
school, parents should be aware of the
following safety guidelines:
All riders and passengers on
bicycles must wear an approved
helmet.
Children under 12 years and
older riders accompanying them
may ride on the footpath unless
there are signs specifically
prohibiting cycling. Riders must
keep to the left and give way to
pedestrians.
The RTA recommends that
children under ten years should
ride in a safe place away from
roads and driveways and
children 10-12 years should
avoid cycling near busy roads.
Bicycles should be well
maintained with working brakes
and a bell.
We’d love to see more children riding
to school. Please keep these important
safety messages in mind!
Band Staffing Changes From this week, Jane-Marie Talese will
take over from Michael Hanna as band
director for the remainder of the year
and onwards into 2014. Jane-Marie is
an excellent teacher and conductor,
and she is familiar with the school,
having filled in for Michael already this
year.
Directions in Music has recently
employed an extra teacher (Heidi
Wilson) to assist with the development
of some of our programs. Heidi will
attend the junior band morning
rehearsal to assist, as well as attending
during the tutorial program and senior
band rehearsal.
Clinical Psychologist Concerned about the number of
children in our school presenting with
anxiety, the learning support team will
engage a clinical psychologist to run
group therapy sessions commencing
later this term.
Sources of anxiety may include (but
are not be limited to):
fear of social situations
fear of rejection
fear of performing in public
fear of a specific object or
situation (e.g. storms or
lightning/thunder, insects,
blood)
fear of being separated from a
parent/carer
fear about a parent/carer being
harmed
fears of harm to self
fears about academic
performance
fears about coming to school
generalised fears about the
future (what will happen, how it
might turn out)
Normal levels of anxiety can assist
people to be more focused and
motivated, and to solve problems
more efficiently. However, chronic or
high levels of anxiety can reduce a
person's capacity to respond
appropriately or effectively to stressful
situations or even normal routine
activities. For example, a highly anxious
person may experience physical
feelings of panic and may seek to
avoid anything that might trigger their
anxiety (such as being alone, going to
school, talking in front of a group).
More specific information about the
program will be provided to parents
should their child be considered for
inclusion. If you have concerns about
your child, please discuss a referral to
the learning support team with your
child’s class teacher.
References: Good To Know, 10 Things Your
Kids Worry About. Retrieved from: http://
www.goodtoknow.co.uk/ on 2 March 2010.
Helping Kids Handle Worry. Retrieved from:
http://www.education.com/ on 2 March 2010
Permission Notes on Webpage From next week, all current permission
and information notes for school
activities will be published on the web
page. Please check the link below to
locate the page.
Permission Notes & Information
Centenary News Tickets are now on sale for our
Centenary Cocktail Evening. This event
starts our weekend celebrations and is
an adults event! The cost is $55 per
person which includes a drink on arrival
and canapés throughout the night. It is
being held at Bonnie Doon Golf Club.
It’s going to be a great social event to
catch up with parents, teachers and
ex-students of the school. Tickets can
be bought through Ticketbooth:
http://events.ticketbooth.com.au/
events/17480
We know that there are many current
parents who are also ex-students of the
school. We are collating photos for our
weekend celebrations and would love
to include photos of the time you were
at school. If you have any photos,
please drop them off at the office. We
are happy to scan them and return
them to you. We want any school
photos you may have - school carni-
vals, book week, concerts, or any
memories from the school’s past. If you
prefer to send them electronically,
email them to:
If have any questions, please contact
[email protected] or call Dixie
Papast 0402 099 100.
Centenary merchandise is on sale next
Thursday afternoon at 2.45pm outside
the office. We have wristbands, pencils
and drink holders on sale!
Community News Disclaimer Maroubra Junction Public School as a service to
parents will advertise community events which may be of interest. MJPS does
not necessarily endorse or sponsor the events and accepts no responsibility to
the management or organization of these events.
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EM AI L C O N TAC T S Maroubra Junction Public School [email protected]
School Council — [email protected]
P&C — Caroline Rowland [email protected]
P&C Uniform Shop — Lisa Bamford [email protected]
Bring Your Own Device Bring your own device (BYOD) refers to
technology models where students
bring a personally owned device to
school for the purpose of learning. A
personally owned device is any
technology device brought into the
school and owned by a student (or the
student’s family), staff or guests. Put
simply, BYOD is a solution where
students quite literally bring their own
device to school in order to access the
internet and/or school network by 3G
or Wi-Fi, be it a smartphone, tablet,
laptop or other device.
Earlier this year, the school council
discussed the benefits of our school
moving in this direction in the future.
We discussed the fact that these
devices are integral to the world in
which our students live yet in many
schools the use of such devices is
banned. Instead, would we be better to
include them in our classrooms and
teach students how to use them
properly?
In order to test the usefulness and
viability of personal devices, we have
decided that we will run an iPad trial in
four classes (KL, 1B, 3M and 6N). Each
of the four classes will have six iPads
and teachers will use them with the
focus of more personalised, student
centred learning and greater
opportunity for creativity.
The iPads will be provided by the
school and will make use of our
wireless network. The four class
teachers will visit other schools,
participate in professional learning and
work collaboratively to plan,
implement and evaluate the trial.
Any move towards students bringing
their own devices from home is some
way off and parents will be very much
involved in discussions should we
consider moving in that direction in
the future. Progress reports about the
trial will be printed in future
newsletters and presented t the school
council later in the year.
Peter Meets Andrew At the recent assembly where a team
of student leaders presented the
contents of the time capsule to the
rest of the school, Peter in 5R read out
a letter from the school captain in
1988, Andrew Czerski. Peter pointed to
the honour board to show the children
Andrew’s name.
So Peter was amazed when Andrew
came to the school for a visit, having
read about the time capsule on the
webpage. Peters words, “I can’t believe
this is happening to me!”
Andrew is now a teacher and though
he lives in New Zealand, he was
visiting family in Sydney and decided
to pay a visit to his old primary school.
It was lovely to meet him and hear his
fond memories of the school. And
clearly, it made Peter’s day!
Staff Retirement We farewelled a long serving member
of our administrative staff recently. Nan
Polanksy retired after 25 years working
in the office and later the library in our
school. A special morning tea was
attended by current and former staff
who worked with Nan. She was greatly
commended for her strong work ethic,
dedication and her calm, supportive
manner with staff and children. We
wish her well in her very well deserved
retirement.
K I N DE R G AR T E N
2 0 14 - U RG E NT !
We are currently accepting
enrolments for kindergarten in
2014. Please contact the office to
collect enrolment forms.
Our orientation program will
commence very soon!
