ENewsletter

Messages From the Principal

Principals Address

The students have made a bright start to 2025 in another very busy term at Moorditj. The students have celebrated Harmony Day and studied the importance of Apology Day, our Yr3 and 5 students were tested by NAPLAN examinations, we had a successful Moort Afternoon Tea, enjoyed some amazing cultural experiences on Close the Gap Day, had some great after school sessions with Binar Futures, enjoyed fun Noongar LOTE sessions with Mr Kobi, learned First Aid skills with the St Johns Ambulance team and closed the term with a fabulous Faction Carnival. These opportunities occur regularly at Moorditj and students need to attend every-day to benefit from them.

Yr5/6 Swan Valley Adventure

We have had 20 super-keen Yr5 and Yr6 students attend our Swan Valley Adventure Camp this year. I would like to thank all the staff that gave up their comfortable beds to support our students on camp. The students enjoyed the high ropes, the flying fox, crate climbing, orienteering, wall climbing and outdoor sports during the activity sessions. Ms Jen arranged some fun “Minute to Win It” games at night and the students played spotlight before crawling into their beds.

Marathon Club

Term two is a very busy term for sport at Moorditj Noongar Community College. Kwila was the winner of the Faction carnival yesterday and the Interschool Carnival will be held on 8th May at Midvale PS this year. During Breakfast Club our students are also practising for the Faction Cross Country on 18th June and the Interschool Cross Country on Wednesday 25th June by running laps of our course. We are recording the distances run and students will receive certificates when they reach individual milestones.

Home Reading

Home Reading is an important part of our literacy strategy at Moorditj Noongar Community College. It is important that children read every night for at least 10 minutes. We will send home a variety of books that are at their appropriate level. Students that get their home reading books folders signed, will earn books every 20 nights at assembly. This term students that read for 35 nights enjoyed a free trip to Bounce.

Pete Freeman

Principal

Dates to Remember

APRIL

11th LAST DAY OF TERM

28th Students return to school

MAY

6th Interschool Athletics Jumps

8th Interschool Athletics Midvale PS

9th Mini Assembly 10:30am

12th Murpirrmarra Indigenous (Tennis) Kings Park

23rd Yr 3/4 Assembly 10:20am

26th National Sorry Day

Stationery Packs for 2025

We still have a few families that haven't provided Booklist items for their children. It is really important that you provide these items so that your child can learn.

Booklists can be collected from Admin and items purchased from Officeworks, K-Mart or Big W.

All students need to have stationery, including any scrapbooks, in order to be able to do their work. The school does not supply these items for your children.

Voluntary Contributions Payment

The money collected for Voluntary Contributions is used in providing materials, services and facilities directly used by students including textbooks and text materials. This also includes computer/digital items, materials for art, science, cooking and our web based materials. The quality of our teaching and learning programs will be maximised when each family contributes and pays their invoice that was sent out late last year and earlier this term.

At Moorditj, we charge the minimum amount of $20 per child (maximum $60 for those families with more than 3 children). Payment can be made by EFTPOS over the phone or cash.

Congratulations to our Meat Hamper Winner!!!

Congratulations to Natasha Moore on winning the meat hamper.

We really appreciate and thank all those parents/carers that paid the Voluntary Contributions for 2025. This money is used in providing materials, services and facilities directly used by students including textbooks and text materials. The quality of our teaching and learning programs will be maximised when each family contributes.

Year 6 Leavers Shirts

The 2025 Yr 6 Leavers shirts are now available to purchase from the office. The price is $40ea. Payment can be made by EFTPOS over the phone or cash.

Reminder of Bus Behaviour - parents & students

School Health Nurse

Moorditj's School Health Nurse, Julie-Anne Jones, visits your school regularly.

School Health nurses support children’s healthy development and wellbeing in primary schools. We offer a free health check (School Entry Health Assessment) for all children in the year that they start school. These forms will be sent home during the year. If you sign and return it, I can check your child’s vision, hearing, teeth, growth, and development. These assessments are available to children in other years, please see your class teacher for further information regarding referral to the school health nurse.

School Health Nurses provide feedback and support to families and schools after assessment and connect you with services in the community. We promote parenting programs and help with health care plans for students with identified and chronic health needs. Additionally, we may provide advice and support for some areas of the curriculum delivery on request by the school.

If you have any concerns about your child’s health, development, or well-being, please contact me through the school office, or at 0404894312. The services provided are free and confidential and are available to children from kindergarten to year 6.

Head Lice

It has come to our attention that some students in the school have head lice. Could families please check children's hair each Friday night for head lice. This will enable treatment to occur over the weekend before returning to school on Monday.

STAR ATTENDERS

Congratulations to the following student who have achieved 100% attendance during Term 1:

Serenity - Yr 2 Shannon - Yr 2 Tykille - Yr 2

Torus - Yr 1 Josephine - K Neriah - K

Akeva - Yr 6 Alexis - Yr 5 Arthur - Yr 3

Riley - Yr 4 Zachariah - Yr 3 Katrina - K

Isaiah - Yr 2 Tyrus - Yr 6 Ascinta - PP

Jasmine - Yr 5

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

The following students celebrate birthdays during April:

Vilahda - Yr 5 Lazeeka - Yr 2 Isla - Yr 3

Paul - Yr 4 Kedeesha - Yr 6 Jenaya - Yr 6

Shawl - Yr 5 Jamelia - Yr 3 Josephine - K

Neriah - K Naaliyah - K

Attendance Reward Term 1 - Timezone / Laser Tag

Congratulations to those students who achieved 90% and higher attendance for this term!!!!

Reading Reward 35+ nights of Home Reading - Bounce, Term 1

Yr 2/3 & 3/4 excursion to Brownes Dairy

we learned how milk gets from the farm to your fridge. Farmer Damien taught us lots! We even got to milk his cow named Honey🐮🥛😄

Celebrating Harmony Day - Yr 2/3

Miss Nat Class celebrated Harmony Day by having croissants 🥐 from France for 🇫🇷 breakfast followed by Naan bread from India 🇮🇳 and for lunch we had Spaghetti Bolognese 🍝from Italy 🇮🇹