Mulga Street Primary School

NEWSLETTER Mulga Street, Mount Gambier SA 5290

Phone - 87259955 Newsletter No.19 Thursday 23rd November 2017

Visit our web site at: www.mulgaps.sa.edu.au

Dear Parents/Caregivers Firstly, I would like to acknowledge and thank you all for your understanding around changing the date of Sports Day. Whilst we love to have as many helpers and spectators on the day, the safety and well-being of the students is a consideration we cannot ignore. I recognise that many families made arrangements to attend and then were unable due to the change. I am reminded of a sports day a couple of years ago when the oval was very wet and we had injuries at the high jump and a young lady slipped in the sprints and required medical assistance in the form of an ambulance to the Mount Gambier Hospital. Thank you once again. Overall, it was a very successful day on Monday with Powell claiming victory over O’Leary , Shelton and Keegan. The staff were very happy with the conduct of the students and praised their efforts. As we head towards the end of the term students are busy completing summative tasks and staff are collecting final data and evidence for reports. It is with sadness we farewell Kirrily McPherson. Kirrily has been a most valuable school support officer, assisting children with learning and we wish her well in her new endeavours. It is also with sadness that we will be saying farewell to a couple of other long time Mulga Street staff members. Rose Povey will be retiring and Jude Coleman has won a position teaching Japanese at another site. Both Rose and Jude have been at Mulga Street a very long time and will be sorely missed. We wish them all the best for the future. In the Advertiser today I read a very interesting article around screen time and sleep. The recommendation from Australian and Canadian researchers is no screen time at all for children under two and up to one hour for toddlers and pre-schoolers or risk impacting your child’s cognitive (intellectual), physical, and social development. The article goes on to talk about sharing screen time with your child for learning about the world around them. Some alternatives and great activities to assist with your child’s development are board games with a die or dice, playing outside (water play, mud play, building cubbies, bike riding, playground) card games, puzzles, playdough, creative play, reading and story-telling. Have a great weekend everyone. Mardi McClintock Tamarin Condon

Principal Deputy Principal

IMPORTANT DATES 24th November White Ribbon Day Celebration 27th November 8am Canteen Meeting 27th November 6pm Finance Meeting 6.30pm Governing Council 6th & 7th December Transition Year 7’s &

Foundation Students 8th December 2.30pm MP Values Awards

Assembly 12th December 10am Early Years Values

Awards Assembly 12th December Year 7 Graduation 13th December 2018 Year 7 Windcheater

Deposit and Orders Due 13th December Middle School Pool Day 13th December 12pm JP Values Awards

Assembly 14th December 2.30pm MS Values Awards

Assembly 15th December 2.15pm END OF SCHOOL YEAR

SPORTS DAY RESULTS

Powell 392 O’Leary 373 Shelton 354 Keegan 347

First place getters SPRINTS Boys Girls

Rec. Aiden Perry Claudia Vorwerk Year 1 Zane Williamson Abby Brant Year 2 Jackson Saunders Matilda Badenoch

Year 3 Harry Hicks Zoe Doyle Year 4 Charlie Lockwood Arrabelle Searle

Year 5 Talon Johnson Milla Vinko Year 6 Hayden Stewart Chelsea Owen Year 7 Emayah Young Bonnie Camm OPEN Emayah Young Bonnie Camm MARATHON Boys Girls

Rec. Dylan Lindquist Claudia Vorwerk Year 1 Zane Williamson Abby Brant Year 2 Jackson Saunders Lara Murdoch Year 3 Joe McRorie Zoe Doyle Year 4 Charlie Lockwood Charlie Attiwill Year 5 Talon Johnson Hayley McKinnon Year 6 Hayden Stewart Alysha Coon Year 7 Jack O’Connor Bonnie Camm

Safety, Trust, Respect

SPORTS DAY THANK YOU A big thank you to all the parents who helped to support the staff and students on Sports Day. A special thank you to Steven Reid, Phil Lowe and Bunnings who provided shelters for the day, and to those who helped out in the canteen. Thank you to the Parent Club who raised the money to purchase the badges for the house captains and ribbons that were awarded on the day. Thanks also to the parents who helped to officiate the sprints and relays. The support of parents and the school community is greatly appreciated by everyone at the school and it helps to make Sports Day a great day for everyone involved. Sam Richards – Sports Day Coordinator

SPORTS DAY RAFFLE WINNERS Thank you so much to all the businesses and staff

who kindly donated towards our raffle. It was a huge

success we raised $1384. A big thank you to our

families who supported our raffle and also to Kerry

Robinson, Caroline Lock, Jan Ward and Paula

Williamson who were kind enough to volunteer their

help on the day. Congratulations to the following

winners:

1ST Prize G Searles

2nd Prize Bob Holberton

3rd Prize Maree Macleod

4th Prize David Bosco

5th Prize Amanda Wright

6th Prize Simone Williamson

7th Prize Ruby Buckley

8th Prize Bridie Horbury

9th Prize Shelly Murdoch

10th Prize Luke Stewart

11th Prize Eva Povey

12th Prize Jackie Peet

13th Prize Arabella Ikin

PARENT OPINION SURVEYS It is time to collect our parent opinions regarding teaching and learning, your child’s sense of wellbeing and safety at school, and your experience of how well staff work with you to support your child’s learning. The link is

https://www.schoolsurvey.edu.au/s/mulga_17 Responses are due by Thursday 30th November. It is most important that we hear your opinions and you take the opportunity to give feedback about what works well and what can improve.

SUSTAINABILITY A Waste Watch Warrior returns... Our present Waste Watch Warrior Student Leaders – Landon Lefever (Year 7), Brooke Moulden and Logan

Telford (Year 6) were very fortunate to spend time with a past WWW, Caitlin Smith recently. Caitlin began her journey of leadership 7 years ago at MSPS, continued it into Mount Gambier High and then, Newcastle in NSW. “Being in a leadership role at such an early age (Year 5) gave me the confidence to realise that I wanted to be a voice of change. Being part of the WWW team kick-started this for me. Because of my role, I captained O’Leary, was a peer support at Mt. High, a house captain and continued my passion for the environment with Mr Roach who was head of the recycling team. I also took part in Youth Forum (Young Environment Leaders Program as it is called now). I will attend The University of Newcastle in 2018 and my course is Environmental Science and Management, which is a 3 year study, leading into jobs such as marine biology”, Caitlin explained. Landon, Brooke and Logan had many questions for Caitlin and she in turn, was keen to know how MSPS was connecting quality environment based learning to the world in which we live. Caitlin’s time, conversation and sharing of experiences left our 3 Waste Watch Warriors inspired and with some thoughts to consider for their future beyond MSPS.

WELLBEING

WHITE RIBBON DAY EVENT

Friday, 24th of November

This year White Ribbon Day falls on Saturday 25th of November, therefore as a school we will celebrate White Ribbon on Friday 24th November (tomorrow). Students will be able to wear white to school, take part in a short assembly shouting no to violence against women and share in a free sausage sizzle (1 sausage per child so lunch is still required for your child). I have also organised face painting which will simply be a small white ribbon painted on your child’s face or arm. If you DO NOT want your child’s face painted for whatever reason please have your child return the letter I sent home last week. Thanks, have a great day. James Egan - Wellbeing Leader

Safety, Trust, Respect

MGHS YEAR 8 TRANSITION Parent Meeting - Monday 4 December 2017 - 7pm

Garry Costello Centre for Creative Arts

Parents/Caregivers are invited to attend an

Information Evening to find out more about the 2 day

orientation programme at Mount Gambier High

School. Parents will have the opportunity to clarify

any concerns they have in regards to the Orientation

Programme to be held on Wednesday 6 and Thursday

7 December.

Orientation Programme

Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 December 2017

Mount Gambier High School Year 7 Orientation

Programme will be held on Wednesday 6 and

Thursday 7 December. Students are asked to meet in

the Quadrangle at 8:45am on both days. Students

need to be in school uniform (either primary or high

school), bring their bag, pencil case and exercise

book, pack recess and lunch or bring money for the

canteen. Students will be given a $2 voucher to use

at the canteen during their visit. During the two days,

students will experience the daily routines, learn

something about students from other schools, make

connections, build networks and familiarity with the

school environment and become familiar with our

behavioural expectations.

We extend a warm welcome to all of our prospective

Year 8 students for 2018. If you have any questions

or concerns about the Orientation Programme, please

contact Matthew Crowden (Year 8 Year Level

Manager) on 8725 6244.

ECHOS OF PINK FLOYD On Friday 17th November “Echoes of Pink Floyd” performed at the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre here in Mt Gambier. The band is a tribute to “Pink Floyd” and on the night sung many of the songs made famous by the original band. As a part of the performance, they approached Mulga Street and Compton Primary Schools’ combined choirs to assist by providing them with a group to sing Pink Floyd’s smash hit “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2”. The group ranging from Year 5-7 were excited by this experience, took charge of their choreography to support their performance and were able to participate in a “sound check” with a real performing band and see what happens before the concert begins. Parents were supported by the offering of a free ticket to watch the show, were able to see their child perform and thoroughly enjoyed this saying “it was great, the kids were amazing”. Congratulations to all students who participated, stepped out of their comfort zone and were true “Rock Stars” on the night.

Mardi and I could not have been prouder – what a wonderful way for our school to showcase our skills within The Arts! Tamarin Condon - Choir Trainer

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