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Miranda North Public School Newsletter

Week 5

P and C AGM

Watch out for the booking code in the next

Newsletter to book your three way parent-

student-teacher interviews

Our supportive and friendly P and C meet each month in the staffroom. Our P and C support the school by

fundraising, running special food days, Friday canteen and supporting the staff at school events. We value

our P and C and the wonderful assistance they provide each year. This month’s meeting is the annual

general meeting where positions are elected for the year.

P and C Executive

President

Vice President

Secretary

Treasurer

Sub committees:

Canteen sub committee

Uniform shop sub committee

Fundraising sub committee

Grants applications

Parents and carers are welcome to attend the next meeting and a warm invitation is extended to our new

parents and carers in kindergarten and other grades across the school. Current financial members of the

P and C are able to vote at the meeting.

Our school will be using an easy online system for

parents and carers to book in a session to meet

with their child’s teacher at the end of the term.

Information will come home in the next newsletter

about how to book an opportunity for the three

way interviews. We had good success with the

system in 2019 and anticipate this will be an easy

and effective way to book a session once again.

We look forward to seeing each student and their

parent/carer at our end of term learning

discussions (during week 10 and 11).

28/2 School Clean Up Australia Day

3/3 Cronulla Zone Swimming Carnival

9/3 P & C Hamburger day

12/3 Selective High School placement test

17/3 P and C AGM

24/3 Endeavour Sports High Extension Class

Test—Year 7 2021

1/4 ANZAC Ceremony10.45am

2/4 School Photos

3/4 Cross Country Carnival & P & C BBQ

9/4 Easter Hat Parade 2pm

Last day of Term 1

10/4 Good Friday

28/4 First day of Term 2

Upcoming events

LIBRARY HELP — BOOK COVERING!

Mrs Atkins and Mrs Booth would be

very grateful for any helpers that are

able to take books home to cover.

Please either see Mrs Atkins or the

office. We would love your help!

Our playground and the recent weather

events– safety is a priority

Thank you to the parents and grandparents who

assisted Mr Raz recently to clean up the debris

left after the recent storms and high winds. It was

wonderful to have the extra help as we only have

Mr Raz at school for two days each week. Thanks

also to the terrific members of St Luke’s Church

who collected leaf litter and debris during the

Christmas holiday break. It was terrific to have so

much help to ready the school yard for students

to return.

As you are aware, we had numerous trees dam-

aged and some telecommunications damage as

a result of the recent storms. The school has had

an arborist inspection after each significant

weather event and tree rectification work under-

taken as required. You’ll notice that we exercise

the practice of cordoning off the affected areas

until all rectification work is completed and the

arborist has had a final safety inspection. On

windy days, students eat and play either under

the COLA or on the grass oval and are required

to stay clear of the tree areas in the playground.

Parents and carers can also assist by notifying the

office if they become aware of any potential

hazards in our playground, We appreciate your

vigilance in helping to keep our playground safe.

Keeping our students safe and thriving is

important to us at Miranda North. You can assist

in keeping our students safe by noting the

following:

Anaphylaxis and food at school- awareness

keeps our students safe

This year in our school there are students who are

severely allergic to nuts and eggs. This could re-

sult in the student experiencing anaphylaxis

which is a sudden, severe allergic reaction that

requires immediate medical treatment and is po-

tentially fatal. We are seeking the support and

cooperation of all families to minimise the risk of

this student coming into contact with specific

foods. Therefore, we request you follow these

simple steps: ✔ Please don’t give your children

nuts or eggs to bring to school ✔ Be aware of

foods that may contain egg, such as mayonnaise

or nuts, such as peanut butter. Thank you for

recognising the need for ongoing vigilance to

minimise the potential life threatening risk to some

of our students.

Safety first...

Shutting the gate- keeps our students safe

We appreciate parents and carers being aware

of our school gates and closing them upon enter-

ing and leaving the school. As our littlest people in

kinder are settling into school, it is important that

the gate is closed behind you if you enter or

leave the school during class time or once the

gates have been closed. Thank you for leaving

the school promptly after assembly so that our

student leaders can close the gates.

Parking around the school- be aware of our

neighbours’ driveways

We love to be good neighbours to the residents

that live close to the school. Please ensure that

when picking up or dropping off students that

driveways are kept clear so that our neighbours

have safe access during the mornings and after-

noons. Thank you for your awareness and action.

Help needed to spread some mulch at

the school

We’ve had lots of tree limb tidying recently and

have some piles of mulch that Mr Raz would love

some assistance with spreading. If you are

available on a Tuesday or Friday morning and

would like to help out, it would be appreciated.

If you’d like to bring a face mask, metal rake or

shovel, that would be great, otherwise we have

equipment at school that can be used. Look out

for Mr Raz…he’d love your help

A super swimming carnival!

This Friday is the Clean Up Australia “for Schools”

day to acknowledge our environment and clean

up our environment, to make it free from litter.

Students may wish to bring a pair of disposable

gloves or gardening gloves, to use as they tidy an

area of the playground and learn about the

importance of keeping our environment clear of

plastics.

Our fabulous P and C canteen have had a

couple of super weeks recently. The afternoons

have been warm and balmy, students keen to

purchase and parents and carers helping out in

the canteen or staying around for a catch up.

Great work canteen team! You make our Friday

afternoons special!

Clean up Australia “for Schools”

Our Friday afternoon canteen starts up for

2020….and it’s been a great hit!

Teachers are learners too!

Teachers love learning to improve their teaching!

Super proud of our teachers who are learning

more about teaching the skills our students need

to be deep, effective learners. Here they are

recently with teachers from our community

practice, learning more about helping students

develop the learning dispositions on the wheel.

Love your work, teachers!

Stage 2 exploring “push pull” in science

Confident, creative, learners....Students in stage 2,

along with Mrs Jackson, have been learning about

how objects move. Here they are collaborating in

order to design different ways to make marbles

move, by identifying pushing and pulling. The pos-

sibilities that emerged were very inventive and cre-

ative! Love your creativity, stage 2!

KD learning how to collaborate…and doing a

marvellous job!

It's all about team work and collaboration...KD are

learning to turn take, explore new materials and

build new ideas together as they engage in their

developmental play activities. They are already

super clever at sharing and working together

(collaborating) in order to achieve a shared goal.

Love your team work skills, KD!

Miss O'Donnell is very proud of you!

Parents as Partners in learning

It was great to welcome our kinder parents at the

Parents as Partners in Learning workshop last

week...they took part in a reflection donut (just like

our students do!), heard about strategies for

active listening and coping skills; and learnt tips

and strategies for reading with their child. A

special highlight was a visit to each kinder room to

see the most amazing learners in their classrooms.

Stage 3—LEAD by courage

Stage 3 undertook a full day incursion earlier this week to develop their leadership skills. Working together

they developed their understanding of what Leadership is, how to harness their own leadership strengths

and how to use them effectively. Well done Stage 3!

ZONE SWIMMING CARNIVAL BUSHFIRE RELIEF