103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph.: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES!

Friday 2 November

Swimming Lessons Finish

Tuesday 6 November

Walk/Ride to school day

Wednesday 7 November

2019 Kindy Orientation

Red Group 9-10am

Blue Group 10.30-11.30am

Staff Meeting 3.15

Friday 9 November

Rm 11, Year 2/3 Assembly

9am

Monday 12 November

Pre-Primary students join the rest of the school for morning tea and lunch .

Thursday 15 November

Art Exhibition

School Watch

Phone 1800 177 777

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Independent Public School 2019

Today and Friday Scott Gladman, Council Chair and I will be attend-

ing the IPS launch at Tradewinds in Fremantle. There will be a series

of seminars and an opportunity to network with other school. The

school will be presented with a certificate declaring Mount Claremont

Primary School as an Independent Public School.

Thank you, Scott for giving up your valuable time for the benefit of the

school.

Mount Claremont Oval

The proposal by the Westside Wolves Hockey Club to build an astro

turf pitch and clubrooms on the Mount Claremont Oval has ignited a

passionate debate. The School Council Chair, Scott Gladman and I

acknowledge the emails from parents in relation to this matter.

As Principal, the priority is educating students and to provide a range

of learning experiences both on and off the school site.

As a local government issue and as parents / rate payers you can

have your say by going to: https://yourvoice.nedlands.wa.gov.au/mt-

claremont-oval-proposal-from-westside-wolves-hockey-club#

Room 3 Assembly

Congratulation to the Year 3/4, Room 3 for an outstanding class as-

sembly.

“The History of Lice”. They confidently performed their acts, songs

and jokes. The laughs were thick and fast!

George dressed as a female nurse in his Grandmother’s original uni-

form (1940-50’s) chasing Campbell with a massive ‘nit comb’ had us

all in stiches.

Taylor Swift’s song “Shake it off” now has a new meaning to us all!

Mount Claremont Primary

School

“We Care”

Thursday, 1 November 2018

Term 4, Week 4

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Japanese Visitors

Last week special visitors from Takinoya Elementary School in Hyogo City visited the school.

It was a privilege for staff and students to share experiences of educational practice in Australia and Ja-pan.

The Students at Takinoya Elementary spend 15 minutes a day cleaning the school. They do not employ cleaners. The school has a focus on learning through nature.

Our guests were amazed at the amount of space our students had to play and students eat outside. However as educators we had similar conversations regarding educational practice and the health and wellbeing of students.

They truly enjoyed the Mount Claremont Primary School experience.

Tracey Oakes

Principal

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NOT RETURNING TO SCHOOL in 2019?

If your child or children will not be returning to Mount Claremont Primary School in 2019 can you please advise

the Front Office before Thursday, 13 December.

REQUIREMENT LISTS (BOOKLISTS)

Requirement Lists for 2019 are now available on our website.

http://www.mountclaremontps.wa.edu.au/booklists/

If you are ordering through OfficeMax. Please order at OfficeMaxSchools.com.au

HOW TO ORDER

Ordering is fast, secure and convenient, just visit OfficeMaxSchools.com.au and follow these easy

steps:

1. Search for your school Mount Claremont Primary School, Mt Claremont, WA and enter your school

access key

W2QZ4N if required.

2. Complete the student’s details and select Year group.

3. Review your requirements list and make changes (if required).

Please note: some list items have been denoted by your school as a requisite for the subject or year.

4. If you need additional items, top up from our Back to School special range, and checkout.

Please note: For home deliveries only, if you have more than one student at the same school repeat

above steps.

Once completed, an order confirmation will be sent to your email address.

Please note: Any technology items you order will be sent separately to the rest of your items.

ORDER DEADLINES and DELIVERY INFORMATION

Home Delivery:

Your order will be delivered to your nominated address.

• Orders placed on or before 2nd December 2018 will be delivered free of charge before the end of De-

cember 2018

• Orders placed between 2nd December & 16th December 2018 will be delivered free of charge prior to

Term 1

• Orders placed between 17th December 2018 & 6th January 2019 will incur a delivery fee of $9.95 and

be

delivered prior to Term 1

VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS & CHARGES 2019

A Schedule of Voluntary Contributions and Charges 2019 can be found on the school website under

the Enrolment Information tab. Please note these can be paid via your OfficeMax online ordering

system and are due in 2019.

http://www.mountclaremontps.wa.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/Schedule-of-Voluntary-Contributions-

2019.pdf

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Year 4/5 Assembly

In Year 4/5 HASS we studied the first fleet and early colonies of Australia, so we decided to take a slightly different approach to share some of what we have learnt in our recent assembly.

We prepared a number of skits that showed lice through the ages. First we visited early cave men who shared their rich source of protein with the audience. Then we travelled through time to visit a Georgian Lice Race, “Haven’t Washed for Weeks” was the runaway champion! Next, we met two lice who were enjoying their ‘cruise’ upon the Scarborough, making their way to Australia with the first fleet. We then jumped to 1914 when lice were infesting the trenches and soldiers could not stop scratching. This led us to the 1970’s when the dreaded Nit Nurse was spreading fear throughout eve-ry school. Finally we met a modern mother shamed by her child’s head pets. The production was brought to a close with a very ‘itchy’ rendition of Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake it Off’.

The whole class put on a fantastic performance with plenty of laughs for students and adults alike. The matron chase around the undercover area ensured plenty of giggles. The students had a brilliant time performing, with all students showing high levels of confidence.

They should all be very proud about what they achieved.

Stephanie Heritage

Year 4/5 Teacher

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph.: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Visual Arts

On Thursday, 15th November, there will be an exhibition of students' artwork from this year. The exhibi-tion will be held in the school library from 3:10 pm to 4:30 pm. Students will select one piece of work from their art portfolio that they consider to be their best for the exhibition. Artworks will include draw-ings, paintings, collages, clay sculptures and Perth Royal Show entries (which were a little difficult to find at the Show) Pre Primary and Year 1 students will be assisted with their selection.

I am looking forward to meeting parents, grandparents and students in the library after school on 15th November. The exhibition is an opportunity to showcase the wonderful artwork that students have been busy creating this year.

Simone Shedley

Visual Arts Teacher

Music Count Us In

Today at 9.30 am, more than half a million students from over 3,000 schools from all over Australia sang the same song at the same time called “One Song” the song was live steamed from Hobart. We were also entertained by the School Choir and the Year 6, Brass group and the Year 5, Clarinet group. Thank you to Josephine , Nadine and Mrs Buchanan for leading the school and informing us all about Music Count Us In 2018.

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph.: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Swimming Certificates

Swimming lessons finish this week and students will be given their certificates on Thursday/

Friday. Please file these certificates safely so that when completing enrolment information

for swimming lessons next year you know what stage your child is in and this will avoid any

confusion with which stage students should go into.

Signing In and Out Students

Just a reminder that when arriving late or taking your child out of school you must report to the

front office to complete the sign in form and then take the yellow form to you child’s teacher.

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph.: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Questions An-

swered

English

Questions An-

swered

Maths

Total Time spent

Pre-Primary 203 617 5 hours 20 mins

PP –Year 1 690 830 10 hours 2 mins

Year 1 Room 9 58 139 1 hour 12 mins

Year 2 Room 10 820 383 5 hours 12 mins

Year 2/3 Room 11 11 479 55 mins

Year 3/4 Room 2 580 2407 23 hours 11 mins

Year 4/5 Room 3 707 787 9 hours 8 mins Year 5/6 Room 6 2376 2772 31 hours 32 mins

Year 6 Room 5 1153 3726 28 hours 5 mins

Class Performances

Individual Performance

STAR OF THE WEEK: Aiden Burke Year 6

Individual Perfor-

mance

English Maths Questions

Answered

Questions

Answered

Pre-Primary Benji Baird Trotter

Celeste Kong

Oskar Graham

William Schulz

45

42

50

41

Pre-Primary–Year 1 Marlise Buckley

Angela Li

Marlise Buckley

Angela Li

331

200

391

229

Year 1 Room 9 Mark Rodic

Stuart Luo

Karl Stensman

Patrick Anderson

28

15

55

37

Year 2 Room 10 Jasmine Chaplin

Mischell Kempa

Jasmine Chaplin

Mischell Kempa

243

144

80

66

Year 2/3 Room 11 NA Dan Lord Sillender

Max Lord Sillender

61

56

Year 3/4 Room 2 Jackson Sayer

Dastin Kempa

Kai Robbins

Olivia Kusnierz

124

100

190

177

Year 4/5 Room 3 Wajd Hazim

George Keenan

Oriana Campbell

Vladimir Cikic

212

176

144

135

Year 5/6 Room 6 Olivia Murray

Leila Glass

Olivia Murray

Willem Buckley

371

309

408

299

Year 6 Room 5 Josephine Lewis

Stassi Anastassiou

Aiden Burke

Daniel Li

254

189

1593

482

Libby Johnson

Deputy Principal

IXL MATHS - Yet again some very disappointing results. Looking forward to seeing a better effort

in the next fortnight and hoping to see some new names in our individual performances. Let’s put in a

100%!

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Merit Awards Week Term 4 Week 2

Room 15 Pre-Primary

Novak Lemaich, Douglas Van Den Bedem

Room 14 Year PP/1 Shea Golden

Room 9 Year 1 Tara Cullinane, Ben Fitzpatrick, Aaron Chow , Phoebe Bartrop

Room 10 Year 2 Milly Keenan, Marcus Barton

Room 11 Year 2/3 Zoe Dickson, Anna To, Hana Newman

Room 2 Year 3/4 Jaxson Wood, Dastin Kempa, Marley Fisher

Room 3 Year 4/5

Cato Jones, Vladimir Cikic, Halle Scarvaci

Room 6 Year 5/6

Jaxon Hathaway, James Fisher, Jamie Bouwman, Liam Walker

Physical Education

Xavier Barrett, Phoebe Bartrop, Andy Brown, Daniel Byrne

Visual Arts

Angelina Li, Mishell Kempa, Sophie Cai, Zak Stevenson

Parent Awards Anita Bertschinger, Jo Heptinstall, Christina Graham,

Robyn Buckley, Rachel Grieves, Sarah Gladman, Karen Flynn,

Fiona Murray, Tony Brazier

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph.: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Young Engineers

Club

Years 1-3 and 4-6

$199.00 per Student

Held in the School

Library

Wednesdays

3.15-4.30pm