Dear Parents and Community members, ANZAC Service The Mount Pleasant Primary School ANZAC Service is on Friday April 7 at 9:00am. Students who are members of Scouts, Girl Guides and/or Cubs are welcome to wear their uniforms for this service. Parents, grandparents and community members who are service people are also welcome to attend in uniform. You are welcome to invite members of the community to this service. Easter Service Our traditional Easter service will be held on Friday April 7. There will be two services, the first commencing at 11.10am and the second at approximately 11.40am. The first session will include rooms Kindy Red,2,4,7,11,13,16 and 18. The second session will include rooms 1,3,8,12,14,15,17. Students will be walking to St Michaels Anglican Church under supervision by their teachers. Eagles Cup In Term 2, some Year 5 and mostly Year 6 students will be participating in the Eagles Cup. We are establishing 1 AFL team, 2 soccer teams and 3 netball teams. If any parents can assist with umpiring of these sporting events, please contact Mrs Hogan . More information about team placements and fixtures will be provided. The Eagles Cup games are held on Fridays early in Term 2 . Building Fund A reminder that Mount Pleasant Primary has a Building fund account where parents can donate money and claim it as a tax deduction. The Building fund can only be used for maintenance or major works. In the past, funds from this account have been used for painting projects, a pergola outside of the art room and upgrading the student kitchen. Donations can be made at the front office or by eftpos facilities. Parking I urge you once again not to park in the Kiss and Drop area on Queens Road. This area should only be used for immediate drop off in the morning and

immediate pick up in the afternoon. If you cannot

see your child in the afternoon, either park in a designated parking bay or please drive around the block. IPads A special thankyou to Helen Suriano and Roseanne Baker from Baker Suriano Real Estate for their generous donation of two IPads. As Mount Pleasant has already embarked on an IPad program this will supplement this program and give us a total of 84 IPads. New School Shirt and Hat In 2016 a School Board sub committee was formed. As a consequence of this review there have been some minor changes to the dress code. The committee also reviewed the school uniform and subject to community consultation would like to recommend a change to the school shirt and hat. The shirt is a cotton backed mesh which is a quick dry material for summer, the cotton making it warmer for winter and easier to keep clean, also wash and wear. The hat is the basic black it has always been, adding the new logo. The great thing about the hat is that is it reversible with the faction colour on the inside for sports days or carnivals. Please note that any decisions made will reflect majority community feedback. Should a change be reflected by parents the changes will be phased in over an 18 month period. There is a sample of both the shirt and hat in the front office and we would appreciate your feed-back. The response thus far has not been great. Please email tanya.hunter@education.wa.edu.au to provide your feedback.

TUESDAY 28 MARCH INTERSCHOOL

SWIMMING CARNIVAL FRIDAY 31 MARCH CONSTABLE CARE

INCURSION

MONDAY 3 APRIL EDU DANCE CONCERT 2.10PM START TUESDAY 4 APRIL EDU DANCE CONCERT 2.10PM START FRIDAY 7 APRIL ANZAC SERVICE FRIDAY 7 APRIL LAST DAY OF TERM MONDAY APRIL 24 SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT

DAY TUESDAY APRIL 25 ANZAC DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY WEDNESDAY APRIL 26 STUDENTS FIRST DAY BACK FOR TERM 2

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

MOUNT PLEASANT

PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

TERM 1: ISSUE 4 Wednesday 22 March 2017

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SCHOOL HOURS Commence:

8:45am Conclude:

2:55pm Morning recess:

10:50am-11:10am Lunch Recess:

12:40pm-1:20pm

CANTEEN DAYS

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

9316 4003

BANKING DAYS

Wednesday Mornings before school commences

CAMP AUSTRALIA Before and After

School Care

Before School: 7:00am—8:35am

After School:

2:55pm—6:00pm

0452 247 189

Mount Pleasant Swimming Carnival Results Congratulations to the 100 swimmers from Year 3-6 who competed in the Annual Mount Pleasant

Swimming Carnival. We had perfect weather conditions for spectators and competitors. Thanks are extended to all parents and staff who assisted with marshalling, lane judging, recording of

results and announcing. The wonderful crowd cheered and encouraged all competitors throughout

the event with enthusiasm.

Results of the 2017 Mount Pleasant Swimming Carnival: RED faction 393 points 1st place

GREEN faction 345 points 2nd place

BLUE faction 317 points 3rd place

DIVISION A CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS

Congratulations to our medallion recipients and to all students who displayed wonderful

sportsmanship throughout the day.

The MDISSA Interschool swimming carnival will be held at Challenge Stadium on the morning of

Tuesday March 28th. We will be taking a squad of 24 swimmers from Years 4-6. Congratulations to

the swimming squad who will represent Mount Pleasant Primary School as this event.

DIVISION RECIPIENT FACTION

YEAR 3 BOYS CHAMPION Kiel Bolton

RUNNER UP Jai Gililand

RED

BLUE

YEAR 3 GIRLS CHAMPION Shayla Quinn

RUNNER UP Jayda Baker

RED

RED

YEAR 4 BOYS CHAMPION Noah Maghiar

RUNNERS UP Lucas Baldacchino and Sam Nielsen

BLUE

BLUE

YEAR 4 GIRLS CHAMPION Amie Glass

RUNNER UP Zoe Selsmark

BLUE

GREEN

YEAR 5 BOYS CHAMPION Jake Van Luinen

RUNNER UP Leo Bolton

GREEN

RED

YEAR 5 GIRLS CHAMPION Ava Komnick

RUNNER UP Coco Mitchell

RED

BLUE

YEAR 6 BOYS CHAMPION Jack Alexander

RUNNER UP Tommy Glass

RED

BLUE

YEAR 6 GIRLS CHAMPION Meg Selsmark

RUNNERS UP Presley McLarty and Alexis Casale

GREEN

REDPresley

GREEN Alexis

SWIMMING CARNIVAL RESULTS

Congratulations to the following students who received Honour

Certificates for Week 7. Anita SOKOLOVIC Rm 2 Sam FLOYD Rm 13 Hudson ROSE Rm 2 Bander ALMUTAIRI Rm 13 Zoe SELSMARK Rm 2 Kairav MALHOTRA Rm 14 Angus SCOTT Rm 3 Ashton MARSHALL Rm 14 Madison GRANT Rm 3 Maia WILLIAMS Rm 15 James FLOYD Rm 4 Benjamin BUCKINGHAM Rm 15 Laura DURBIN Rm 4 Talia DAVIS Rm 16 Amelia WINZAR Rm 7 Xavier LEIGHTON Rm 16 William RUSSELL Rm 7 Kathleen DUFF Rm 17 Jayda BAKER Rm 8 Sam HESP Rm 17 Rachel REBELLO Rm 8 Bonnie GILES Rm 18 Claire VINK– MUTTON Rm 11 Maddison RANDALL Rm 18 Sohana PILLAY Rm 11 Nicholas MASIELLO ART Lachlan MADDERN Rm 12

HONOUR CERTIFICATES

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COMPASSION Compassion is caring about someone who is hurt: physically, emotionally or psychologically. It’s being kind and understanding because the other person matters to you. Compassion is forgiving someone who has hurt you. It’s caring deeply and wanting to help even if you do not know that person.

CHAPLAIN

ROAD WISE School Holidays School holidays are a time to relax and enjoy the break from school, however they are also a time when many children are injured on our roads. As parents we have a responsibility to en-sure our children are properly supervised when on or near roads, car parks and driveways, as this is where many injuries and fatalities occur. Please keep watch over children during this time, as we want to see you and your family back after the break.

P & C NEWS

Robin Hood Project What is the Robin Hood Project ? - Project Robin Hood is a grant project, where the community decides what to do with $100,000 (provided by the City of Melville) to be split into grants of $1,000 to $20,000. The City of Melville will provide a grant only, with grant recipients to manage their own projects. Projects are presented by community groups, not-for-profit organisations, local businesses and individuals, and then the community votes online, with the most popular projects receiving funding. Project Robin Hood encourages community participation and supports the creativity of community-owned project ideas.

Mount Pleasant Primary School Project Submission Bush food and Native Species Community Corridor

Imagine a neighbourhood where the local school and community work together to create a community verge that attracts local natives such as birds and lizards as well as growing bush tucker to eat. Can Mount Pleasant Primary School inspire people to re-vegetate the verges and in doing so create a sustainable future by building close relationships with the community and nature? This project endeavours to teach both young and old how to plant a native and bush tucker garden whilst also creating a com-munity spirit. There will be community talks from local business and indigenous organisa-tions, planting mature trees, tube stock and propagating plants from seedlings, learning how to grow edible food with less resources whilst revitalising the neighbourhood. This project has strong links the to Western Australian Curriculum – Science, HASS, and Cross priorities such as Indigenous Studies and Sustainability ensuring that tomorrow’s genera-

tion can making lasting changes to our daily practices to build a resilient community.

Voting Voting starts on Monday April 10. Please visit the Melville Talks website to vote - www.melvilletalks.com.au/projectrobinhood

YEAR 5 & 6 STUDENTS Tough Stuff is an 8-week resilience-building program by zero2hero, designed for

participants in Years 5 & 6. Participants will complete both physical training and mental

coaching to set them up for success. Throughout the program the Tough Stuff Team

will support students in reaching the required milestones needed to complete the

ultimate milestone – a 4 kilometre run. Please note that this program is suitable for all

fitness levels, and has a strong focus on setting goals and particition. Students will finish

the course with improved confidence, a sense of achievement and a tool-kit of life

skills to use in the future. The program runs over 8 weeks in term 2, starting the second week. Each participant

will complete two running sessions plus one educational session per week. The

program topics for each of the 8 weeks will work around one of the learning pillars:

Self Awareness, Self Belief, Tough Minds; Tough Bodies, Tough Talk, Community and

Connection. More information will be provided through connect emails to grade 5&6 students in

coming weeks. For further information, email admin@zero2hero or contact Hayley on

0404008040.

MY SCHOOL WEB-

SITE (Live from Fri-

day, 4th March 2011)

www.myschool.edu.au

SCHOOL CONTACTS

Queens Road

Mount Pleasant WA 6153

Phone: 9316 1045

Fax: 9364 8422

Email:

mountpleasant.ps@det.wa.edu.au

Website:

www.mountpleasantps.wa.edu.au

Kindergarten: 9316 1045

Canteen: 9316 4003

Mt Henry Dental Clinic:

9313 0552

School Security: 9264 4771

School Watch: 9264 4632

Fremantle Regional Educational

Office: 9336 9563

SCHOOL CONTACTS Queens Road Mount Pleasant WA 6153 Phone: 9316 1045 Fax: 9364 8422 Email: mountpleasant.ps@ education.wa.edu.au Website: www.mountpleasantps.wa.edu.au Kindergarten: 9316 1045 Canteen: 9316 4003 Mt Henry Dental Clinic: 9313 0552 School Security: 9264 4771 School Watch: 9264 4632 South Metro Regional Educational Office: 9336 9563

We’re on

the web!

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COMMUNITY NEWS

WILLETTON BASKETBALL STADIUM

The Willetton Basketball Stadium is currently seeking Girls from 6 to 11 years old to fill our under 8s, 10s and 12’s teams for the coming winter season, which will start in term 2. Anyone who is interested can contact Jo or Olivia at the stadium

on 93103388 or via my email aso@willettontigers.com.au for more information.

ANYONE FOR TENNIS???

The Rotary of Melville Youth Tennis Program is being made available to our school again in Term 2, 2017. The program represents a collaboration between our school. Break Point Tennis and Applecross Tennis Club to extend before school tennis lessons for 32 children. The key objective is to get kids in to sport. The program comprises of the following… Term 2 2017 –starting week 2—before school tennis lessons Wednesday mornings 7.30 to 8.30am—1 hour of professional lessons at $10!! If you are in years 1 to 6, and would like to be considered for professional tennis lessons with Break Point Tennis at Applecross Tennis Club please complete an expressions of interest form which you can collect from the front office and return as soon as possible as selection is on a “first come first serve basis”. The lesson will cost $10 for one hour tuition. Eight players per coach. The program will run for 8 weeks in Term 2 with lessons being held on a Wednesday from 7.30am to 8.30am. For those selected, a one off total payment of $80.00 will be required at the beginning of Term 2. (it should be noted it will be the full responsibility of parents/carers to drop off at 7.30am an to transport back to school at 8.30am).

HARMONY DAY

This Tuesday was National Harmony Day. As a school we acknowledged our diversity and celebrated that 'Everyone Belongs' through creating a Signature Wall in the undercover area for everyone to sign. In the classrooms many other Harmony Day activities took place, reminding us that our humanity unites us and every person is precious.