Rangers Parking and Community Safety – Safety around Schools – 40km ZONE

Vehicles which park contrary to parking signage around schools are a major hazard and impact on the safety of children, pedestrians and other road users in these areas. It is imperative that drivers are aware of, and park in accordance with, the parking conditions which apply near schools.

As part of the City’s continuing effort to provide a safer environment for everyone City of Joondalup Officers conduct patrols of school parking in the mornings and afternoons throughout the school term.

As part of this initiative Officers use patrol vehicles, which have been fitted with Licence Plate Recognition (LPR) cameras, to capture digital images of vehicles which are parked contrary to parking requirements near schools. Any infringement notices, issued as part of these patrols, will be sent via mail to the registered owner of the vehicle.

Please see the link below for a copy of the City’s School Parking brochure which provides additional information in relation to parking near schools.  This is a reminder for parents and caregivers of their responsibility in ensuring that they park correctly near schools.

School Voluntary Contributions

Thank you to all who have already paid their child’s contribution for 2023.  Monies collected through this scheme enhance the learning program at MHPS.  If you have overlooked payment, please come in and see us at the front office or alternatively, payment can be made via direct deposit into the school bank account.

Bank Account details for MHPS.

For your convenience to make direct deposits:

Mullaloo Heights PS (MHPS)
BSB: 066 040
A/C No.: 19903178
Please include your child’s name as reference.

Eftpos facilities at MHPS.

We have Eftpos facilities available, accepting Visa and Master Card.  Please see the front office to make payments.

Crunch & Sip

Our school is a Crunch and Sip School.   All students are encouraged to have a water bottle in their classroom, every day: not juice or cordial.  Students are also encouraged to bring in a small container of chopped fresh fruit and/or vegetables.  Your child is encouraged to participate in Crunch and Sip, but this is not compulsory and your child may choose to only eat at recess and lunch time.  If you have any questions or require more information, please speak with your child’s teacher.

Parent / Guardian Contact details

If you have changed any of the following details, could you please notify the school, as soon as possible;

• Residential address
• Contact numbers – home, mobile
• Emergency contacts
• Email address

Medical updates

If there has been any change in your child’s health, that you may feel the school needs to know, for the safety of your child, for example; If your child has an anaphylactic reaction to anything, an allergic reaction or asthma, please notify our school in writing so that we can update our medical records.

The Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 states;

Parents must ensure their child attends school every school day as required by their educational program unless the parent has a reasonable excuse.

This is a friendly reminder that if your child is absent from school for any reason, to please notify the school via SZapp, as soon as possible.

The year 3 students from room 9 have been thinking about the things that help us to become better learners. They put on a 'Super' performance, with some snazzy dance moves, to share their thoughts with us all.  You are an inspiration.

Student Councillors

Our Head Boy and Head Girl, Kaden S. and Layla V. were voted in by staff and announced at our end of year Book Award Assembly last year. They have made an outstanding start to their new role. Their first few weeks have been spent raising and lowering the flag, delivering some announcements over the PA and helping their Year 6 peers organise sports equipment at recess and lunchtime. 

They have now been joined by a team of student councillors. Councillor Elections took place in Week 3, with potential candidates presenting speeches to students in Year 3-6. All voters cast their votes and the following students were selected as councillors: Chase B., Milla B., Cody B., Teddy D., Cameron F., Flynn O., Liam N., and Gina T.

Chase, Cameron, Flynn and Gina have received their badges and have made a great start to their extra duties as Semester 1 Councillors. Milla, Cody, Teddy and Liam will take over in Semester 2 and will receive badges later in the year.

Although only eight councillors were appointed, all would-be councillors should be incredibly proud of themselves. Each individual prepared a well thought out and persuasive speech which they delivered calmly and confidently – a daunting task in front of such a big audience. You should all be very proud of your effort.

Faction Captains

The Faction Captains for 2023 were also recently appointed. To be a positive leader takes a great deal of commitment and strength of character including some of the following character traits; kindness, integrity, initiative, empathy and delegation. Congratulations to these new school leaders who were voted in by their faction peers.

Our Faction Captains for 2023 are:

Tern: Rory O’K. and Alex B.

Gull: Kai B. and Sophia D.

Albatross: Oscar R. and Jasper M.

They have made a great start working with Mrs Thorby getting ready for our Y4-6 Swimming Carnival held on March 1st. In what was a very tight, hard-fought contest, Tern Faction resisted all challengers and came out on top.

A quote from the winning captains…

‘We would like to thank all the students who participated, the staff and parents for helping run this event. A big thanks to Tern students for trying so hard. It really paid off. We are proud to be your captains’ (Rory and Alex – Tern Captains).

This term the students have been learning about Safety within the Science Lab, Science Inquiry Skills – including the investigation process. We have had a focus on electrical circuits, sustainability and the benefits of renewable energy sources.  

To enhance this learning, Mullaloo Heights Primary School has entered one team of four in the annual Synergy Solar Challenge. Year 6 teams from the North Metropolitan Schools will compete on Tuesday, 21st March, at St. Marks Anglican Community School, the final four students will be finalised over the next week. To be selected, students will need to carry good standing, they must demonstrate an interest in class activities, along with displaying expected learning behaviours in all other subject areas. They will need to show co-operative teamwork skills in any given small group task, regardless of who they are working with. This is an exciting opportunity. 

Last year the year 3-6 students submitted two collaborative artworks based on the theme of ‘Connection to Family, Community, and Country’ to the North Metropolitan Education Region Student Art competition.  Our artworks were selected and now hang proudly in the North Metropolitan Education Region Office.  They look fantastic and the Director of Education, Joanne Harris and staff send their thanks. 

On Wednesday 1st March, we held our annual swimming carnival at Craigie Leisure Centre. Although the weather was extremely hot students and teachers had an enjoyable day and made the most of the pool to keep cool! The students participated in freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly races as well as fun novelty events and relays. Students earnt points for their factions as well as receiving ribbons for their placings. We continued to have timed Championship races where students had the opportunity to earn points to win a medal. It was great to see so many students having a go at the various events and trying their best! 

Thank you to all our parent helpers who assisted students and teachers on the day, without our helpers our carnival would not be able to go ahead so please know you are all very much appreciated.

The overall results were:

1st Tern
2nd Gull
3rd Albatross

SCHOOL PHOTO DAY IS COMING!

A reminder that our main school photo day is Thursday March 9 and these will be taken by Kapture Photography. They will return and take the Kindy Yellow Group photo on Wednesday, 15th March.

All students took home a personalised flyer from Kapture Photography last month containing their unique codes and directions for ordering school photos online. If you have any issues, please contact the school.

For families wishing to order sibling photos, please order these early as the cut-off for these photos is on Wednesday, 8th March, at 12pm midday.  

A reminder that our School Code is RWDP4M

All families in Years 3 and 5 should have received a NAPLAN brochure by now. If yours has been misplaced, you can find it attached to this newsletter. NAPLAN is scheduled to take place over a 9-day testing window beginning Wednesday, 15th March.

This will mean that students will complete the NAPLAN Writing, Reading, Conventions of Language and Numeracy tests online, excluding the Year 3 Writing test which will still be delivered using paper. If you have any questions regarding the series of assessments, please contact myself or the classroom teacher.

Students are invited to use the public demonstration tests to familiarise themselves with the types of questions and related functionalities available in the online NAPLAN assessment. Some of the key features include a range of question types, onscreen tools, timers and interactive navigation. Students are encouraged to try all the tests for their year level to practise the complete range of question formats available.

The public demonstration site can be found at the below link:

https://www.nap.edu.au/online-assessment/public-demonstration-site

Thank you,

Mr Adlam
NAPLAN Coordinator

Dear Parents  

Commencing in Week 6, Wednesday 8th March I will be trialling a before school running club. 

Running club will be held on Wednesday mornings from 8.00am - 8.20am on the school oval.  Mrs Thorby will be organising this club for students who are keen on running and would like to improve their fitness!  Parents may drop off their child/ren at 7.55am and at 8.20am they will be dismissed and will go straight to their class.  In the case of bad weather Mrs Thorby will inform parents by 7.30am via the school app if running club is cancelled. 

Students walk, jog or run as many laps around the oval as they can in 20min.  After each lap students will receive a line on their hand to keep track of their laps.  At the end of the session the number of laps each student has completed will be recorded. 

At the end of each term, I will collate the total of laps run and convert to kilometres (1 lap = 320m).  The laps will carry on into the next term and so forth. 

When students meet the milestones of:  

25km 
50km 
75km 
100km  

They will receive a certificate at line up to acknowledge their achievement. 

 Thank you, 

Di Thorby 
Phys Ed Teacher 

The P&C had their AGM on Wednesday, 22nd February and had a great turn out.

Our office bearers are:

President - Carina O’Mara
Vice President - Gemma Alexander 
Treasurer - Laura Friend 
Secretary - Andrea Corbett 

Executive Committee: Kasia Dudney, Reece Dudney, Candice Low, Emily Haining, Leah Fice, Rosy Tomkinson, Lyndsey Joyce, Sam Liburd, Kristy Egginton, Brooke Anderson.

P&C events coming up this term are:

15 March - P&C Meeting, at 7:15pm 
31 March - Hot Cross Bun Morning Tea - see QKR for more details.
5 April - Crazy Sock Day for a gold coin donation and End of Term Welcome Picnic - see the Mullaloo Heights PS P&C Facebook page for more details.

#weareteammullaloo 

Welcome to the new school year. My name is Andrea Zulch and I am the School Health Nurse who visits your school.

School Health Nurses work in schools to promote healthy development and wellbeing so students may reach their full potential. A major part of my work is focused on early intervention and the School Entry Health Assessment program.  Additionally, the nurse can be contacted at any time throughout primary school if you have concerns about your child’s health, development or wellbeing. 

School Health Nurses serve as a health contact point for children and their families, providing information, assessment, health counselling and referral. They also work in partnership with schools to support teachers in health-related curriculum and can assist in the development of health care plans for students with complex and chronic health needs.

The services provided are free and confidential.

Please contact me on 0409067441 or andrea.zulch@health wa.gov.au.