Murwillumbah East Public School

Newsletter Term 1, Week 5

27th February, 2018

P&C Meeting - Change of Date

Due to a clash of dates, our P&C meeting will now

be held on Tuesday, 13th March. This is an Annual

General Meeting. It will begin at 7:00pm in the

staffroom.

Murwillumbah HS Transition Visit

This Thursday, Mr Luke Bristow, Deputy Principal of

Murwillumbah High School, along with Mr Michael

Thomas, 2019 Year Advisor, will visit our Year 5 &

Year 6 students. Parents are welcome to attend.

This visit begins at 2:15pm in our school hall.

Friday Assembly

This Friday 1A will be the first class to host our whole

school assembly. The assembly will take place in our

school hall at midday. All welcome.

The School Photographer

To purchase school photos after photo day please

choose one of the following options -

Go to website

www.theschoolphotographer.com.au and

select the “Click here for Online Payments”

button and follow the on screen instructions.

OR - Phone 9674 9824 to make a payment with

a credit card over the phone. (there is a

processing fee of $5 for phone payments).

Kind regards

The School Photographer

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

P&C Blackboard

Are you aware that our P & C has purchased a

group Personal Accident and Sickness Policy for

students? The policy covers a wide range of injuries.

This policy is not restricted to school operating

hours. The great news for P & C Associations,

Principals and School Administration is that there is

no paperwork other than the purchasing forms,

and, if required, claim form. Where a claim is

required, the insurance underwriters handle the

process from start to finish.

For further information please contact your P & C

Executive. More information? Please refer to

www.pandc.org.au and follow the links to

insurances.

Coles Sports for Schools

Thank you to our whole school community for

supporting our school by collecting vouchers when

shopping at Coles.

Our tally so far is 9040 vouchers and counting! If

possible could you please bundle vouchers in lots

of 20 (staple together) and place in the box

provided in our foyer.

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Students of the Week

Class Awards

Mrs Watts KW Declan

Ms Davison &

Mrs Cambridge K-1D Nerissa

Miss Anderson 1A Isaak

Mrs Lindsay 1-2L Evan

Mrs Chaffey 2-3C Jack C

Ms O’Loughlin 3-4O’L Riley

Mr Wills 3-4W Jack P

Mrs S Robinson 5R Grayson

Ms Noble 5-6N Toby

Mr Tunaley 6T Summer

Mr Edwards K-6E

Ms Lamrock K-6L

“Happy Birthday” to these students

Grace, Makenzy, Charlie, Lee and Drew.

MEPS Waste Warriors

Waste Warriors is a re-vamped recycling club at

MEPS, with the aim of fighting wasteful habits. We

aim to educate students on how to fight waste

and therefore be more sustainable.

One exciting initiative is recycling our plastic

bottles, popper cartons and metal cans. New

yellow lid waste bins will be situated in each

playground for collecting drink containers that

have ‘10c refund’ on their label. Containers must

NOT be squashed or they will be rejected by the

recycling centre.

Students are welcome to bring in drink containers

from home to add to these bins. Please do not

send any containers that cannot be recycled for

10c – they will just take up precious space in our

regular recycling bins.

Money collected will be used to provide pop up

school breakfasts.

Reminders from our office

Forms have been sent home to families with

statements recently.

The cream coloured update information form is

important for families to read through, complete

all questions on page 2 and return to our office.

Year 6 to 7 High School Expression of Interest forms

will be sent home today. Please complete and

return by 16th March.

Notes attached with this weeks newsletter -

2018 ICAS Permission Form

K-2 Easter Hat Parade

P&C Disco entry and meal deal

P&C Easter raffle tickets and request for donations

Canteen East Meal Deal

P&C Membership Interest form

Community Notices

Positive Behaviour For Learning (PBL)

Week 4 Gotcha Rule

Be a good sportsperson

Week 5 Gotcha Rule

Use Kind Words

National Ride2School Day Friday 23 March 2018

National Ride2School Day is the perfect

opportunity for Australian students and school

communities to embrace a healthier start and to

try walking and riding to school for themselves.

National Ride2School Day is the perfect

opportunity for every school community to ditch

the car and embrace a healthier start to the day

by riding and walking to school.

Friday 23rd March, we celebrate Ride 2 School Day

with bike education, maintenance and

development of cycling skills. EVERY student is

encouraged to bring a bike and helmet to school

and participate in activities.

A few reminders for the day include:

All students on bikes are required to wear

helmets.

All bikes are to be parked on the grass near

the flagpole

MEPS is proud to promote and support active

travel to school to cultivate an active and healthy

school community.

Melissa Noble

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Easter Egg Dioramas – Stage 2 & 3

MEPS EGGSPO

Oh what eggscitement! I am eggstatic

as I eggstend a warm welcome to you

today. Please eggscuse me for being so

eggscited about this eggsposition. It has

eggsceeded all eggspectations. You will

share my eggsuberance if you will let me

eggsplain the eggspertise that these

eggspert eggsamples in the whole

eggsercise have eggsploited.

The eggstravaganza has been eggspertly assembled by Murwillumbah East Public

School students who have eggshausted themselves to eggsert and eggstraordinary

eggshibition, which I think you will agree is truly eggsceptional.

We had little need to EGG on the students as we eggschanged eggscellent ideas, which

were very eggsciting. You will find some ideas rather eggscentric, while others will

bring you eggstacy. We believe we eggsplored an eggspress eggsultation with our

eggscursion into the word eggcology.

All the reggular teachers have eggsecuted eggsceptional

skill and eggscavated rare designs that were almost

eggstinct. Some are speggtacular! Their eggthusiam was

not to be eggstinguished!!

Diorama Display

Using any materials you have at your disposal create a

diorama/model to showcase an EGG design you create.

Use the “play on words” theme from the Eggspo intro

listed above. You could create a model showcasing Humpty Dumpty, Meggcraft, an

Egg Eggspress rollercoaster or even Spongebob Eggpants. Turn your favourite

sports star, movie hero or book character into an EGGY model. Be CREATIVE and

HAVE FUN!

DIORAMAS:

Accepted from : Monday 26th

March (please take to the hall)

On display in the HALL - THURSDAY 29th

March

Principal Awards presented – TOP 10

EDUCATION/LEARNING

insights Working closely with your

child’s teacher this year by Michael Grose

In my work as a presenter and educator I’ve visited hundreds of schools, spoken with hundreds of school leaders and

worked with many educational innovators and researchers at the forefront of modern education. These people and

experiences have given me valuable insights into what makes great schools tick.

Strong parent–teacher relationships are one of the hallmarks of all great schools. They’re a major contributor to

student success. The research into schooling across the Western world reveals that positive parent–teacher

partnerships are a more significant factor in student success than parent income levels or social status.

However, parent–teacher relationships require effort and energy from both parties if they are going to really

benefit children and young people.

Here are five elements to guide you as a parent in forming strong bonds with your child’s teachers this year:

1. Knowing (building affinity)

Know – the first element – requires you to be both proactive and patient. Proactive because you need to be willing

to meet and work at maintaining relationships. Patient because it may take some time to build a working

relationship. For your partnership to be meaningful and successful you need to meet with your children’s

teacher(s) with the goal of forming a respectful professional relationship. Share your aspirations for your child

and be willing to build the teacher’s knowledge about your family.

Get to know your child’s teachers’ aspirations and gain an understanding of

their approach and the focus they have for this particular year group.

Also commit to continuing to know what’s going on in the life of your child’s

classrooms as well as the life of the school on an ongoing basis.

2. Supporting (building trust)

Children need to know that you are fully behind what their teachers are trying

to achieve if they are going to commit fully to learning. The best way to

support your child’s teacher is to trust their knowledge, professionalism and

experience. Avoid the temptation to question the expertise of teachers in front of students, particularly when the

teachers use methods that you are unfamiliar with. Initiate conversations with teachers around methodology to

give them the chance to explain the approach they are taking.

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3. Participating (building links to student learning)

Participation – the third element – takes into account the level of parent

engagement in student learning. There’s a huge body of research that points

to the correlation between parent engagement in student learning and their

educational success. If you want your child to improve his learning, take an

interest in what he is doing. Follow school and teacher guidelines about

helping at home and attend as many conferences, meetings and events

involving your child as possible. This simple strategy has a significant, long-

term impact.

4. Communicating (building relationships)

Life’s not always smooth sailing for kids of any age. Family circumstances

change. Friends move away. Illness happens. Mental health challenges can hit

anyone at any time. These changes affect learning. Keep teachers up to date

with significant changes or difficulties that your child or young person

experiences so they can accommodate your child’s emotional and learning needs at school.

5. Advocating (building loyalty)

Advocacy – the last element – means that you talk teachers and your school up rather than tear them down

among children and the wider community. Teachers hold very public positions and generally work hard to build

good reputations both within their school and their wider education community. Consider a teacher’s reputation

among the community and also with children when you discuss educational matters with others.

Building parent–teacher relationships doesn’t just happen. They take good will from both sides, a commitment to

setting aside the time necessary to support the home-based learning tasks that are expected, and a willingness to

communicate both concerns and commendations through the correct channels.

Parent–teacher relationships – long may they prosper!

Michael Grose

Michael Grose, founder of Parenting Ideas, is one of Australia’s leading parenting

educators. He’s the author of 10 books for parents including Thriving! and the best-selling

Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change It, and his latest release

Spoonfed Generation: How to raise independent children.

We're a Parenting Ideas school parentingideas.com.au/schools

Be Safe Be Respectful Be A Learner

Charles Street, Murwillumbah 6672 6781 www.murwillume-p.schools.nsw.edu.au

Murwillumbah East Public School

Term 1 Calendar

5 26th February

12:30pm

Wollumbin HS

Principal Visit

27th February

School Photos

28th February

MHS Stage 3

Transition Day

FNC Swimming

Carnival

1st March

The Big Vegie

Crunch 11.15am

P&C Recognition

Day

2:15 Murwillumbah

HS Deputy principal

Visit

2nd March

Interschool Sport -

Bilambil

12:00 K-6 Assembly

Class 1A presenting

Student Councillors

& Ms Noble to

Brisbane for

Leadership

Conference

3/4th

6 5th March 6th March

3:30pm

Wollumbin HS Open

House 2019 Yr 7s

7th March

North Coast

Swimming Carnival

8th March

Cake Stall - School

Councillors & 5/6N

9th March 10/11th

7 12th March 13th March

7:00pm P&C

Meeting AGM

14th March

K-6 Disco

5.30PM - 7PM

15th March 16th March

12:00 K-6 Assembly

K/1D presenting

17/18th

8 19th March 20th March 21st March 22nd March 23rd March

Ride to School Day

24/25th

9 26th March

Canteen Easter

Meal Deal

27th March 28th March 29th March

P&C Easter Raffle

30th March

GOOD FRIDAY

31/1st

10 2nd April

EASTER MONDAY

3rd April

QuizWorks visiting

show

4th April 5th April

Cake Stall 3/4O’L &

3/4W

6th April

PSSA Sport -

Murwillumbah

7/8th

11 9th April

Life Education Van

10th April

Life Education Van

11th April

Life Education Van

12th April

K-6 Cross Country

Carnival

13th April

9:30 ANZAC

Assembly

12:00 MEPS own

Commonwealth

Games

14/15th