The Principal's Message
BAND EXCURSION
Our School Band gave fantastic performances at Kyilla and Jolimont Primary Schools on Monday 5 November. Many thanks to Nicole Turner, Dee Donachie and Philippa Adams and everyone involved in this successful excursion. The logistics of moving 90 students is an enormous challenge, but this was a fantastic opportunity to showcase our program and highlight the talent of our students.
SCHOOL DISCO
Thanks to Ian Knobel and the Disco Committee for another successful function. Congratulations also go to the Year 7 organising committee led by Mr Lawrence. There were many extraordinary Super Hero costumes on show!
BEATTY PARK
Beatty Park holds a rich part of the history of WA. We have been invited to help celebrate 50 years since the Commonwealth Games, by sending ten students to participate in a commemorative swim in the new pool. The students selected to represent our school are Year Level swimming champions. Mr Mackesey was upset he wasn’t invited to swim!
LIAISON PARENT MEETINGS
Meetings for this term are on Wednesday 14 November at 9.00am and 2.15pm in the Conference Room. The focus will be on the School Review.
ECE PLAYGROUND
Great news!!! The P&C and School have committed $30,000 towards this project which will commence shortly. This is designed as a nature based play area and plans are pinned up in the library for viewing. Many thanks also to the P&C for funding the new shade sail at Margaret Kindergarten.
CONTRIBUTIONS AND CHARGES
School Voluntary Contributions and Charges for 2013 have been set at $60.00 and endorsed by the Schools Board.
CYBER SAFETY
Cyber safety is addressed as part of the education programme within the classroom and needs to be supported at home. Parents play a critical role in preventing and responding to cyber bullying. Monitoring internet use and communicating with children are important strategies. The relationship between parents and schools is increasingly important in addressing cyber bullying and responding to incidents. To sup[port this strategy, children who bring mobile phones to school must leave them at the front office during the day.
ENROLMENTS
We anticipate approximately 780 students enrolled in Years K to 7 in 2013.
FACILITIES 2013
The schools biggest challenge is to accommodate the increase in enrolments. Additional facilities will be provided for next year including a transportable classroom at Richmond Street, two converted classrooms and one transportable classroom at Killarney Street campus.
SCHOOL REVIEW
The staff spent Monday 15 October reviewing data to guide our planning for 2013. A snapshot of this review will be published in the Annual Report, which will be sent home at the end of the year.
CHRISTMAS SHOEBOXES
Thanks to all the fantastic teachers and the wonderful patient students who helped to display all the Boxes of Love that Mount Hawthorn Primary School is now sending to kids in the third world. This Christmas, through the Samaritan Purse Operation Christmas Child, our community will be changing the lives of 230 children who have never ever received a gift before. Fortunately, we are merely a drop in the ocean as we discovered at the warehouse drop off point - it was choc-o-block!
Also, donations taken from purchased red and green boxes raised enough to pay for the shipment of another 11 boxes. Thank you to all who have given so generously and taken the time to care for someone else's child. Your 'Love in a Box' will be a cherished, lifelong memory which will last far longer than that yo-yo and pair of thongs you lovingly filled it with. With gratitude, Lisa Gleeson MHPS Christian Prayer Group
WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN
A huge thank you to the families and community members who assisted our school in accumulating 147,000 points in the recent Woolworths Earn and Learn promotion. As a school we have been able to redeem these points for some amazing and quality teaching and learning resources that will support the key curriculum areas. They will be delivered early in 2013 and will no doubt be well received by our staff and students. Some of the resources include reading books, novel sets, literacy games, maths games, science equipment for experiments, building blocks and an audio listening centre. Lorena Rock Associate Principal
