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Kaya families
I hope this newsletter finds you happy, healthy and safe. We certainly have been battered by the weather in recent weeks, the students and staff have coped well with so many inside recess and lunch times. Thank you to all families who are keeping their children home when they are unwell and advising the office via the SZapp of reasons for absences. I would like to personally thank the P&C who generously provided morning tea to the Administration Team last week for Principal’s Day it was a very thoughtful and kind gesture that was greatly appreciated.
OPEN NIGHT 2022
This year we have changed the format of the Open Night, we will start the evening with a performance from our school choir. The performance will be at 5pm in the UCA and we invite all families to come and support the choir. You will be able to purchase a sausage sizzle and drink from the P&C stall throughout the evening. Classes will be open from 5.15pm – 7pm this will include the Science, Music, Art and Indonesian classes. I urge all families to come along and marvel over the learning your children have participated in so far this year. Teachers will be in the classroom to support your children as they show you their work. Parents, if you would like to talk the teacher in depth regarding your child’s learning, please arrange a suitable time for a one on one meeting.
BOOK WEEK 2022
Week 7 this term will be our Book Week, with the theme being "Dreaming with eyes open.” Book Week is a highlight on the calendar and the week is filled with daily Literacy based activities to engage the students and encourage the love of books and reading. The dress up parade will be held on Thursday 1st September, between recess and lunch, rehearsals are well underway for the staff performance and I am in awe of the talent of the staff. Special thanks to Miss Doleman and Miss Shaw for their script writing, directing and choreography. Our families and community are invited to come and watch the parade and staff performance.
2023 PLANNING
It’s hard to believe that we are beginning the planning for 2023 already. I’m thrilled to announce that we will be having two groups of Kindergarten classes next year. They will both operate out of ECU1 on alternate days. Pre-Primary enrolments have increased significantly as well. To ensure we can accurately plan for staffing and class structures, I ask that if you are not intending to attend Mullaloo Heights in 2023 please email the school as soon as possible.
2023 - 2028 OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS CARE - TENURE
Inline with the Department of Education guidelines of putting out to tenure the Out of School Hours Care(OSHC) after 5 years of continuous service. The School Board, together with the Administration Team will now begin the process of seeking expressions of interest from licenced providers to deliver an OSHC service from the school site, for the period of 2023 – 2028. Thank you to the families who utilise the Giggling Geckos service for completing the survey. We will inform the community of the outcome through the newsletter.
| Friday, 12th August | Science Incursion - Shark Biology |
| Wednesday, 17th August | School Board meeting |
| Wednesday, 24th August | OPEN NIGHT - All year groups 5pm -7pm |
| Thursday, 25th August | P&C Father's Day Stall |
| Wednesday, 31st August | Book week incursion K-3 |
| Author Visit Yrs 4-6 | |
| P&C meeting | |
| Thursday, 1st September | Book Week Assembly & Costume Parade |
| Book Week Dress Up | |
| Friday, 2nd September |
Crazy Hat Day Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Buddy Lunch) |
| Wednesday, 7th September | Faction Athletics Carnival PP to Year 6 |
| Thursday, 8th September | Musica Viva Incursion K-6 |
| Monday, 12th to Wednesday 14th September | Year 6 Camp |
| Thursday, 15th September | Room 6 Assembly - UPDATED |
| Tuesday, 20th September | Year 6 Parent Information Session at Ocean Reef Senior High School from 6pm-7pm regarding ICT requirements. |
| Wednesday, 21st September | Squash Clinic - PE Classes |
| Thursday, 22nd September | Room 8 Assembly - UPDATED |
| Friday, 23rd September | Last day of Term 3 |
On Thursday 4th August, Room 5 had the pleasure of hosting the whole school assembly. They did a spectacular job showcasing their information model text, The Iron Spined Dragon, along with some interesting facts they had researched for their own information report.
Last term and for the first two weeks of term 3, Room 9 has been taking part in a book study of 'The Fish Kid' series by Kylie Howarth. They shared some of their favourite marine life explored through the books. We hope everyone enjoyed learning some marine facts before meeting our visiting Marine Biologist tomorrow.
Thursday 5th August
| ECU 2 | Elijah B., James E. | Room 7 | Sunny A., Emilia G., Harry M. |
| Room 8 | Evelyn F., Samantha M., Charlie F. | Room 6 | Felicity C., Dutch T., Georgia O. |
| Room 5 | Tom N., Arabella C., Mackenzie B. | Room 9 | Savannah S., Ruder B., Leo P. |
| Room 10 | Hayden C., Serafina C., Sophie C. | Room 11 | Gina T., Jake D., Keira J. |
| Room 12 | Lachlan H., Rory O., Flynn R., Lela W. |
Thursday 11th August
| ECU 2 | Hudson F., Alaska W. | Room 7 | Hayley B., Cooper K., William H. |
| Room 8 | Paige S., Polly H., Harvey L. | Room 6 | Matilda W., Darcy W., Lucca D. |
| Room 5 | Sasha W., Oliver P., Macey L. | Room 9 | Eli H., Hugo R., Evelyn R. |
| Room 10 | Braden H., Grace H., Rachel A. | Room 11 | Cameron F., Cleo A., Charlotte G. |
| Room 12 | Angus G., Chase B., Evie B. |
| 100 | Evelyn F., Freddie M., Tyson M., Nate S., Beau P., Mae W., Isla F., Polly H., Isabella A., Kendall L., Zoe C., Eli M. |
| 200 | Ella C., Sunny A. |
| 300 | Felicity C. |
Paige S., Jack N., Sophie V., Dusty L., Asha B., Lachlan H., Daniil K., Felicity C., Brooklyn W., Tyson M., HArper F., Cooper F., Evelyn R., Ollie S., Eva S., Lucca D., Leo P., Kane B., Jessamy A., Isla E., Evie B., Milla B.
We would like to formally acknowledge the hard work that our Semester Two Student Councillors have already put into their role. Cleo, Marlee, Josh and Xavier were voted into their position during Term 1 elections. Our Head Boy and Head Girl, Sawyer and Ruby continue in their role for Semester Two. I would also like to thank Annabelle, Maddilyn, Jet and Brodie who did a great job as Semester 1 Councillors. We are very fortunate at Mullaloo to have such a dedicated team of student leaders.
Keep up the great work.
Mr Adlam
Deputy Principal
We have new outdoor toys! Our Early Childhood children are very excited about the latest equipment. Thank you to the P&C who purchased the new equipment for the centre. The purchases included: sand toys, outdoor trucks, a water trolley, a water wall, wooden scales and a small world tray on a stand.
We are looking forward to the warmer weather when all the water equipment can be used to its full potential. For now, the students are enjoying the trucks and sand toys.
Kindergarten Teacher
On Thursday 28th July, our Early Childhood students had a visit from Belinda and Loraraine from Bunnings Joondalup for a potting workshop. Each student received a terracotta pot, which they had fun decorating and plant a strawberry plant in to take home. All kindly donated by Bunnings Joondalup.
Not only did they came out to do a workshop with our students, but also donated a little wooden cubby house painted to look like a little Bunnings along with some accessories.
There is always a buzz around Mullaloo Heights when it is Science Week! Our students (aka. little professors) have been enthusiastically entering the lab this week, keen to slip on a lab coat, take hold of a magnifying glass and observe a collection of shark jaws and artefacts including some framed prehistoric shark teeth, that are dated back many millions of years. We have Mr. Nancarrow to thank for the loan of these prize possessions.
Students of all ages have been busy completing their science quizzes as homework this week.
The prize in each of the age categories was a little book of science experiments to add to their classroom library. Congratulations to the classes who submitted the highest percentage of quizzes.
Senior Quiz Yr 5/6 winners - Room 12
Middle Years Yr 2-4 winners - Room 9
Junior Quiz PP - Yr1 winners - Room 8
The overall winners get to witness an explosive experiment involving Coke and Mentos after our incursion. That was the only class who brought back 100% of the quizzes… the very keen professors in Mrs Davidson's class. Well done Room 8!
As the Grand Finale to the MHPS Science Week, the students at Mullalloo Heights have a local Marine Biologist and Shark Conservationist coming to share her knowledge and give an engaging presentation.
Parents are welcome to have a look at the displays in the Science lab on our open night coming up on Wednesday, 24th August.
Mrs Nancarrow
Science Teacher
- cardboard tubes - from aluminium foil, glad wrap, paper towel, etc. Toilet rolls WILL NOT be accepted
- felt - any scraps of felt larger than a 5 x 5cm square will gladly be accepted.
- wool/yarn
- clean and flattened boxes from cereals, crackers, biscuits, etc.
The Mullaloo Heights School Board plays an important role in the governance of our school, setting our strategic direction, ensuring that the views of the community are heard and establishing the conditions for every child to be successful. Mullaloo Heights is a community school, and the School Board is an important vehicle for ensuring that every voice is heard.
The School Board works to shape school policy and direction and meets termly, with our next meeting being on Wednesday 17th August.
Please meet one of our Parent Representatives, Rhiannon Fox.
My husband and I moved to Mullaloo in 2009 and instantly fell in love with the neighbourhood and community feel. Our daughter has been attending Mullaloo Heights since 2020 and our son will start kindy in 2023.
I initially started my career in Tourism while completing a Tourism Management degree, spent some time on a working holiday in Canada and America, before coming back to work in WA Government. For the past 10 years I have worked for the regional division of the Public Transport Authority in leadership roles which include coordinating and supervising a team across metropolitan and regional areas, policy and procedure development, review and consultation, and a lot of recruitment. I believe my background in WA Government, coupled with my genuine desire to give back to the school and wider community will allow me to make a positive contribution to the MHPS School Board.
We are in need of relief cleaners at our school.
If you are interested, please contact the school for further details.
Friday 6th August, was Primary Principal’s Day and on behalf of our school we showed Mrs Jones, Mr Adlam and the admin team how much we appreciate them and all their efforts to continuously improve our school. We treated them to coffee, cake and flowers. We also wouldn’t be able to do what we do on the P&C without your help and input, so thank you!
Thank you to everyone for getting on board with QKR and online lunch ordering. It seems to be a great success and going forward we will try to use this for our fundraising events too.
The 15th August to 2nd September, is when online ordering for Cards that Count starts. More info on this will be on the P&C Facebook page.
Wednesday 24th August, is the School Open Night from 5-7pm. The P&C will be there providing a sausage sizzle. If you’ve ever wanted to know more about the P&C and get involved that’s the perfect opportunity to ask any questions. We are always looking for new members and volunteers. Despite what you’ve heard we’re all completely sane and just trying to do our best for our school. So come along and have a chat and no need to worry about dinner that night! Winning!! We’ll be asking everyone to pre-order via QKR and there will be more info about this on the P&C Facebook page so keep your eyes peeled so you don’t miss out!
Billy G Cookie Dough is in its third week of fundraising with only two weeks left! We’ve sold 111 tubs so far! Last day for ordering is Monday 29th August, and collection will be on Monday 19th September, from the undercover area. If you’d like to contribute to the fundraiser but don’t want to buy cookie dough, don’t worry we gladly accept donations! Send an email to mullalooheightspandc@gmail.com and we’ll give you the bank account details.
Thursday 25th August, is the Father’s Day stall so don’t forget to send the kids to school with some coins so they can get something great for the father figure in their life.
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Enrolments are now open for VacSwim swimming lessons during the October school holidays.
VacSwim offers fun lessons at pool locations across WA. Not only is VacSwim a great school holiday activity, it also teaches valuable safety skills to help keep your child safe in the water.
Your children can start as young as five years old.
Places are limited, so get in early. Enrol your children in VacSwim now at education.wa.edu.au/vacswim