Newsletter No.16 October 25th, 2024

Important Dates

Student Free Days

Monday 4th November - Student Free Day

Camps & Excursions

Yr 1 Hike     - Friday 25th October

Yr 2 Hike     - Friday 1st November

Yr 3 Camp     - Thursday 14th November – Friday 15th November

Yr 6 Camp     - Tuesday 19th November – Friday 22nd November

Yr 4 Camp     - Wednesday 27th November – Friday 29th November

Performing Arts

Year 6 Musical                                 30th October 

Prep Musical                                    26th November 

Sport

State Athletics     - Wednesday 6th November

S2S

Yr 5 Bike Education     - Thursday 5th December & Friday 6th December

Year 6 Graduation     -  Tuesday 17th December

2025 Camps

Grade 5 camp date has been booked for the 1st to the 4th of April next year. This is the last week of Term 1 2025. 

All other school dates will come out at the end of November.  


Notes from the Office

Medication

All medication for students during the school day must be given to the front office staff and a medication authority form is to be completed.  

BUS TRAVEL 

Any changes to your afternoon bus travel arrangements are to be made by 2.30pm for the day of travel. This can be made via the Audiri App by selecting Resources, Forms, then Bus Travel or calling the front office on 5775 2325 & follow the prompts. 

If your child has started a new after school activity for the Term, football/netball/cricket training  for example, please update their regular bus travel arrangements. 

Student Toilets

Please be mindful that the student toilets are for students only. There are toilets located at the front office, please see the office staff if needed. 

Supervision Before & After School

MPS Yard is supervised before school from 8.30am and after school until 3.45pm.

Two teachers are on duty in the yard at these times wearing an orange vest and students can go to them with any issues.

Any students in the yard outside these times will be asked to move to the front office to wait until supervision begins.

Absences

If your child is absent from school we ask that you contact the school by 10am on the day or as soon as practicable. Absent messages can be submitted through our school app Audiri, by phone or email. 

Audiri

In an emergency our school app Audiri will be used as our main source of communication to our families. This is a reminder to families to download Audiri.

Please note (if you have not already updated)  to update your child/s year level on Audiri. This is done by opening Audiri selecting resources, groups, & then selecting your child/s grade including whole school. 

Family Details

If your family contact details have recently changed - residential address, contact numbers & or emergency contacts please update via Audiri by selecting resources, forms & then change of details. 

REMINDER

A reminder to families that the school day finishes at 3.30pm. Please ensure your child/children are collected from school in a timely manner. If you are running late please notify the front office. 

AFTER SCHOOL ARRANGEMENTS 

Please ensure your child is aware of what is happening after school, where they are going, who is picking them up and they know plan B if a after school activity is cancelled. 

SCHOOL UNIFORM

Uniform to be ordered through Spartan School Supplies.      

We have a full range of uniform on display at the front office for you to view before making your purchases online. 

LOST PROPERTY

Please note we cannot return items that have no name. Please ensure uniform & drink bottles are clearly labelled with your child's name. 

SPARE CLOTHES

If your child has come home in spare clothes from school we ask that you please wash & return these items. Thank you. 

HEAD LICE

A reminder to families to be checking for head lice & taking the appropriate steps to treat hair if lice are found. 

Hay fever

If your child has hay fever which generally requires medication, we ask that this is administered in the morning before school.

All medication required during the day at school must be handed to the front office. 

Hats - Term 4

School hats are to be worn for Term 4.

Art Auction

Thank you to all those who supported the Art Auction. We raised a total of approximately $1000. Amazing effort!

A Night on the Green Movie Night - MPS Fundraiser

A Night on the Green Movie Night - MPS Fundraiser

A massive 'THANK YOU' to our Parents & Friends for their huge effort to put on an amazing afternoon to raise funds for our school. 

Smile Squad

Dear Parents/Carers,

As you might be aware, we have had the School Dental Program - ‘Smile Squad’ – attend our school to give the students information on good dental health, undertake dental examinations and, where required, organise follow-up treatment. While the program is voluntary, many of you consented for your child/children to participate in the Smile Squad program.

To better understand the delivery of the Smile Squad program including benefits and challenges, an independent firm (Abt Global) has been engaged to evaluate the program. This is your opportunity to provide feedback on your experience of the program. If you didn’t consent for your child/children to participate in Smile Squad they are also keen to hear from you.  The evaluation team want to understand why you chose not to participate. So, whether you participated or not, this is an opportunity to provide feedback so that improvements can be made to the Smile Squad program.

To participate in the evaluation, you can complete a confidential 5–10-minute survey. The survey does not require you to provide any information to the evaluation team that identifies you, however the survey does ask what school your child/children attend. Here is the link to the survey.

https://abtassoc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bf6YJUMs3NkfHWm

We encourage you to participate in this short survey and provide valuable feedback on Smile Squad. If you would like to provide more detailed feedback to the evaluation team, please contact Eleanor at smilesquad_eval@abtglobal.com .

Little Athletics

Little Athletics

Mansfield Little Athletics season commences Friday 11th October, 2024 from 4.30pm at Lords Oval.