Newsletter

Learning is a partnership and we value your input and the ability to work with you to support your child. While in most instances any questions should be directed to your child's teacher first, I am always available to talk to you. If you have any questions or would like to contact me you can make an appointment through the front office, phone 4474 2363 or email me directly at sarah.davis47@det.nsw.edu.au. 

Classes 

All classes have started the year well and it is wonderful to see enthusiastic learners. While we are still in the process of finalising numbers and classes we don't expect that there will be any changes to class structures this year.

Our staff team for 2024 is as follows:

Principal                    Sarah Davis 

Deputy Principal      Tracy Scobie                

AP Curriculum & Instruction - Sarah Aedy (4 days), Narelle Pollock (3 days)                

Kindergarten           Red Robins - Helene Stokes & Leanne Wassell (Mon)

                                   Fantails - Tahnee Whiffen   

Stage 1                      K/Year 1  Blue Wrens - Sandy Brennan (AP ES/Stage 1)

                                   Year 1 Kookaburras - Kyson Henry

                                   Year 1/2 Stingrays - Stephanie Dawson

                                   Year 2 Platypus - Jane Perry 

Stage 2                       Year 2/3 Emus - Stephanie Palmer  (AP Stage M - Th) & Vanessa De Jager                                                                                         

                                    Year 3      3B - Kelly Brown        

                                    Year 3/4   3/4C - Michael Clark

                                    Year 4/5   4/5F - Kath Finney     

Stage 3                       Year 5/6   5/6M - Annette Millidonis (AP Stage 3)  

                                    Year 5/6   5/6T - Hamish Taylor    

                                    Year 5/6   5/6A - Lyn Allison

Special Ed.                 gurdgard - Rosie Spoelder-Hanlon  (AP  Special Education) 

Special Ed.                 umbarra - Amanda Herring 

Special Ed.                 gungara - Carly Tunnecliffe & Linda Bennett

Special Ed.                 gari - Richard Johnson 

Library - Emma Canham

Release Staff - Troy Cumming (RFF/STEM)                                                               

Technical Support Officer - Hamish Taylor

Learning & Support Team - Eliza Cannon,  Jane Coppin, Narelle Pollock

Enrichment program - Lea Newman       

dhurga Language - Kerry Boyenga

Itinerant Teacher for the Deaf - Leah O'Neill (Term 1)

Counsellor - Alex van Gent 

Aboriginal Education Officer - Kylie Parsons

Student Learning Support Officers 

Carmel Dwyer, Beth Blay, Robin Cruse, Janelle Locke, Natalie Norman, Cherie Chalk, Cris Barton

Student Learning Support Officers (Temporary)

Michele Somers, Narelle Albrecht, Merryn Eagles, Tobie Patrick, Tim Saffrey, Ali Beer, Mary Whriskey, Charlie Shannon

School Admin Manager (SAM) - Gabi Johnston

School Admin Officers (SAO)  - Sharon Medway, Greer Atkinson (T-Th) & Narelle Albrecht (M&F)

General Assistant - Tim Reardon (M,W,Th)

Canteen Manager - Nicole King

Kitchen/Garden - Tobie Patrick/Tim Saffery

Swimming Carnival

Thank you to Mrs Finney for organising a fantastic carnival yesterday. Thank you also to staff and parents who supported the event. Congratulations to all swimmers and spectators for your sportsmanship and encouragement.

We are excited to start the 2024 school year. Have a wonderful week.

Sarah Davis

Welcome back to 2024! 

It has been so lovely to see the students return to school this week after the summer holidays.  Our students have had a really positive start to the year and have settled well into new classes. 

Our staff have returned with an eagerness to provide the best possible educational experience for the students in their care.  So many of them have responded to my queries about their first few days with an “I love my new class” comment. 

As you know, an important part of any student’s school day is lunch and afternoon tea.  This year our staff have all been provided with a bright orange vest for use when they are on duty at these times.  These vests make it very easy for students to find staff quickly and we are already seeing an impact in the playground. 

The start of the year provides a great time to set some intentions. Whilst our expectations remain for our students to be safe, respectful learners, we will also be placing a big emphasis on the values of respect, kindness and honesty.  In our school community this will look like:

·         Making good choices

·         Being kind to yourself and others

·         Owning our behaviour

We thank you for your support by reinforcing these three behaviours at home and in our wider community.

Tracy Scobie

• NRL Visit for Stage 2&3 - Wednesday 14 February 
• Stage 2&3 Swimming for Sport  Commences - Friday 16 February 
• P&C Meeting - Monday 19 February 
• Whole School Assembly - Tuesday 20 February 
• District Swimming Carnival Narooma - Tuesday 20 February 
• P&C Meet and Greet - Waterfront Hotel - Thursday 22 February 
• Questacon Visit - Stage 3 only - Tuesday 27 February 
• P & C AGM - Staffroom 3:15 - Monday 18 March 

Welcome to 2024!! After a wonderful year last year, full of movie nights and disco's our P&C are hoping for another successful year. 

The P&C AGM will be held on Monday 18 March in the school staffroom at 3:15 pm, we would love to see some new faces join this year and with that in mind, if you are thinking it might be something that interests you but you are not sure what is involved we will be holding a meet and greet at the Waterfront hotel on the Thursday 22 February at 5:30 pm come along and meet the current committee and get familiar with what being part of our schools P&C means. 

Canteen Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 15 March at 7:50 am in the staffroom. 

P&C Committee 

walawaani njindiwan

Welcome back to our students and families. Welcome to our Kindy students and their families to the MPS community.

This year promises to be another big year for Aboriginal education.

Our first Aboriginal Education Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday 14 February 2024, at 3.15 pm in the staff room. Parents and community are welcomed.

A big focus of this term will be completing Personalised Learning Plans (PLP) for all our Aboriginal students. These are done every year, in partnership with students, their parents, their teacher and the AEO, to set short and/or long-term goals for the student. I will be contacting our parents and guardians soon to organise meetings times.

Carrying on from the success of our first Yarn Up meeting last year with families of our Aboriginal students, the first one for 2024 will be on Thursday 22 February at 1.40pm in the Kitchen Garden. Invites will be sent out soon.

Our first Aboriginal Student Voice, which includes all our senior Aboriginal students, meeting will be in Week 4. These are held on every second Thursday. Looking forward to working with new Aboriginal Student Voice members.

In our last newsletter for 2023, I reported that seven of our students were successful in participating in the national program, the Indigenous Reading Project. I am proud to announce, that since then, due to the increase in their reading, all the students were able to keep the tablet. Of those seven, five of the students were offered to continue their reading journey and offered a place in the Indigenous Reading Project’s Reading for Life program. This means those students will be provided with new devices (when needed) and access to the digital library for as long as they are attending school and actively reading. Students can also request new book purchases for the digital library. Congratulations to Jack, Sierra, Eli, Nyree and Jailyn (now moved onto high school)!!!

I looking forward to building on our accomplishments from last year!!!

Kylie