Mullaloo Heights Primary School eNewsletter

Kaya families

What a fantastic and event filled term we have had. I would like to thank the staff for all the extra effort they put in to make sure these events run smoothly and are fun filled for the students. My sincere thanks also go to the P&C who work tirelessly to support our school, host events, subsidise the cost for all incursions and excursions and fund much needed resources for the school.

The Book Week was a spectacular week-long event where the students were treated to special literacy activities, Guess the Book competition in the library, writing competitions, a hilarious incursion for the juniors and a fascinating look into how to turn an idea or event into a picture book with author Briony Stewart. The judging of the dress up competition was extremely challenging as students went above and beyond with their creations this year. The students were treated to a hilarious rendition of the Gingerbread man where the staff entertained the audience with their incredible acting and dancing skills. Again, I thank the staff for the effort and commitment they give to Book Week to make it a highlight on our calendar each and every year.

Term 3 is always filled with sporting events and our students showed such resilience and persistence during the Sports Carnival, the team games were filled with fun and laugher with even the parents and staff getting involved with the senior tug of war games. It was heartwarming to see the level of sportsman ship shown throughout the day, children cheering each other on and celebrating the achievements of their friends. Congratulations to all students.

Swimming lessons have been in two groups this term which has made timetable and organisation all the more challenging, thank you to Mr Adlam who coordinates these and congratulations to all students who passed learnt new skills and tried their best.

This term we have been introducing the students to the Mullaloo Heights Learner Dispositions of Ownership, Collaborative, Innovative, Curious, Courageous. The classes have been investigating the characteristics of these dispositions and how they enable learners to strive to be the best they can be.

I encourage all families to take on the Inclusive Values holiday Challenge set by Ms Pittard, our school chaplain. These challenges are a great way to include our school values into your family. Students return their Challenge to the Chaplain's room, to receive Dojo points and go in the draw for a canteen voucher.

I wish everyone a restful holiday and look forward to seeing you all ready for the final term of 2023.

Trudy Jones
Principal

Friday, 22nd September	PUPIL FREE DAY
Monday, 9th October	Students commence Term 4
Tuesday, 10th to Thursday, 12th October	Year 6 Camp
Wednesday, 18th October	Interschool Jumps & Throws
	2024 Kindy Parent Meeting 9:10am
	P&C meeting
Thursday, 19th October	Room 5 Assembly
Friday, 20th October	Interschool Athletics Carnival
Friday, 27th October	P&C World Teacher's Day morning tea
	P&C Halloween Disco
Wednesday,1st November	2024 Kindy Orientation
Thursday, 2nd November	Room 7 Assembly
Wednesday, 8th November	2024 Pre-Primary Orientation
Thursday, 16th November	Pre-Primary Assembly
Thursday, 30th Novemebr	Book Awards Assembly
Friday, 8th December	Year 6 Graduation Ceremony

On Thursday 7^th September, Room 6 had the pleasure of hosting the whole school assembly. This term the children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the Online Safety during our Digital Technology unit. The children wanted to make it educational to show off their knowledge, but also humorous by adding several little role plays. We hope everyone enjoyed our assembly and listening to our 'Online Safety' song.

Thursday, 7th September

ECU2	Mitchell M., Avalyn M.	Room 7	Rosa-Mae L., Dakota D.
Room 8	Evie C., Will H.	Room 5	Jace J., Jeremiah B.
Room 6	Bonnie W., Grace C.	Room 9	Eli M., Theo T.
Room 10	Chace J., Tyson M., Lisa S., Savannah S.	Room 11	Lyra S., Flynn O., Seth M., Joseph W.
Room 12	Kendall L., Maya M., Rory O.	Phys Ed	Kaden S.
Indonesian		Science	Alyssa G.
Art	Madelyn W.	Music	Khye R.

100 Club	Charlotte M., Elle N., Elsie R., Milly S., Sofia Y., Vienna A., Atika K., Poppy K., Maya M., Nate S., Mae W., Hudson F., Calian W., Kash L., Hendrix F., Owen J., Aleax R., Aubrey L., Will H., Remi J., Mia Kassia W.
200 Club	Kaia M.,
300 Club	Kaia M., Hunter B.
400 Club	Raya S., Genevieve C.

Evelyn R., Leo Pe., Sienna H., Leo Pa., Poppy K., Leroy A., Tahlia A., Mackenzie B.

On Wednesday 6th September, Mullaloo Heights PS held their Faction Athletics Carnival.

Although we had four seasons in one day, the faction carnival was a fun day for all students from Pre-primary to year 6. Students participated in tabloid events in the morning, followed by running races, relays and grand relay in the afternoon. As always, it was wonderful to see the encouragement, good sportsmanship and teamwork shown by our students throughout the day. Congratulations to everyone who participated.

A big thank you goes out to our parent helpers, the P&C for organising the Subway lunch and cake stall, and to the parents for baking or donating all the baked goodies. Also, a special mention to Pauline Lyon from Peard Real Estate who so kindly organised for a coffee van - Beachside Barista, with proceeds going to the P&C . This year Big Child Care kindly provided water bottles for the students throughout the day.

The results are as follows:

1st Gull on 538 points

2nd Tern on 537 points

3rd Albatross on 494 points

The winner of the Woylie Cheering Award - Tern

	Champion	Runner Up
Year 3 Girls	Georgia O.	Matilda W.
Year 3 Boys	Leo P.	Kaiden R.Ezra R.Eli M.
Year 4 Girls	Chase J.	Violeta.M
Year 4 Boys	Harper M.	Hugo R.
Year 5 Girls	Evelyn R.	Erin D.
Year 5 Boys	Leo Pe. Max E.	Patrick S.
Year 6 Girls	Gina T.	Milla B.
Year 6 Boys	Arthur K.	Oscar R.

The Talent Assembly held last term, was an amazing showcase of the skills and talent we have in our school. Well done to all our performers!

What a treat it was to have Timmy and the Breakfast Band perform for our school on Monday! This amazing trio entertained us with fantastic live music while Timmy's antics kept us laughing. Thankyou to Musica Viva in Schools for this outstanding incursion.

The school choir were fabulous at the One Big Voice concert on Friday night. The students sang and behaved so well, we felt very proud of all of them!

Throughout 2023, the School Board has been meeting regularly. Both Paul Fildes and I have continued as parent representatives on the school board and we have recently welcomed Meike Stewart as an additional parent representative. We look forward to working with Meike and benefiting from her thoughts and ideas.

Earlier this term, we held our annual Open Meeting. The current Principal of ORSHS and the Director of BIG Childcare came along, presented to the group and participated in a Q&A session. At our meeting, we were also informed of some preliminary NAPLAN data, which is very promising and reinforces the positive steps made by school staff in improving consistency of teaching practices across the school.

Term Three has been a very busy term with a range of different school and P&C events. The school board would like to acknowledge the efforts of school staff (teaching, education support staff and non-teaching staff) and the members P&C in organising and coordinating the events. We would also like to acknowledge the efforts of parents/carers keeping up with the events and the different requirements. We wish all students, families and staff a relaxing Term 3 break.

Kath Casey
School Board Chair

Happy Friday Families!

Wow, what a term it’s been! This term, the P&C has organised the following events - Fathers Day, Open Night sausage sizzle, Book Fair, Cards that Count and the Faction Carnival bake stall.

With your support of these events and generous donations, not only have we had successful community celebrations, but we have raised a HUGE $5114 for our school ???

This money goes towards paying for an array of things, specifically…

Book week incursions
Year 6 camp
Lego day prizes
Teacher wish list items
Transport to inter school carnivals.

We couldn’t do all this without our event organisers and the support of the Mullaloo community! To people who volunteered their time, donated prizes, baked food, set up and packed up, ran stalls, organised raffles, and more! To the businesses that supported out events - IGA Mullaloo, Caitlin Collins, Peard Real Estate, Caterlink

THANK YOU EVERYONE ?

If you haven’t been involved before, don’t be afraid to put your hand up or come along to a meeting. Suggestions for future events are always welcome!

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