ENewsletter

Messages From the Principal

Acting Principals Address

Moorditj has had another busy term filled with culture, activity, and learning. Our students have had a wonderful term including our Sports carnivals, attending the Mulpirrmarra tennis competition, and hosting Interschool Cross country. An amazing learning experience through an incursion by Yirra Yakkin performance company. We have shared our love of reading by participating in National Simultaneous Storytime.

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.

Kindy Enrolments and KindiLink

We have our new Kindergarten 2025 students' enrolments now open please contact our front office or Ms. Emma for a school tour or more information on 9374 8800

KindiLink runs Wednesdays and Fridays at Moorditj from 9.30 am-12.30 pm for children aged O-4 years. We hope to see you there!

Staff leaving

We have some staff changes and staff leaving the school at the end of this Semester. Mr Pete Freeman will be returning as our school Principal. We also have some leaving us at the end of this semester for other opportunities. We would like to wish Ms Kaye Few all the best and enjoy her retirement. Ms Chrissy Stewart will not be returning, and I wish her well in her future endeavours. Ms. Melissa Bill is taking leave for the next 6 months but will still be a part of our wider community working in a health role at the Midvale Hub.

Term Three

Term Three is looking to be very busy. Moorditj will celebrate NAIDOC in week two with cultural activities being conducted every day of the week. We also have Book Week and Science Week and several incursions and excursions to keep the students engaged. We have our Year 6 students beginning their transition to high school. Make sure that your children come to school every day, there is always something happening at Moorditj!

Thank you to Mr Conduit for Semester 1 2024

We would like to thank Mr. Brett Conduit for his leadership over the last 6 months at Moorditj in Mr. Pete Freeman’s absence. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours.

Lastly, I would like to wish all students, staff, and our wider community a lovely July school holidays and a well-deserved break after 11 weeks. We will see students back on Tuesday, July 16.

Emma Colquhoun

Acting Principal

JUNE

28th Last day of school for Term 2

JULY

15th Staff Development Day - no school

16th School resumes for Term 3

17th Middle Swan NAIDOC

25th NAIDOC DAY

29th Swan View Production Matinee

AUGUST

8th Yr 6 Transition Day at SVSHS

9th Yr 1/2 Assembly

13th SVSHS Science Roadshow visit

14th Attendance Reward

21st Book Week - Incursion Perform Education Performance

23rd Book Week dress up day and assembly 10:20am

30th Swan View Book Week Tour Incursion

Star Attenders

Congratulations to the following student who have achieved 100% attendance during Term 2:

Jaxon - K Ascinta - K Steven - K Jaycee - Yr 2

Zac M - Yr 3 Vilahda - Yr 4 Havana - Yr 5 Tia - Yr 4

Stewart - Yr 4 Zara - Yr 3

Reminder of Bus Behaviour - the agreement that has been signed when your child commences at MNCC

BUS RUNS

Please be advised that our buses are extremely full and we can only accommodate emergency requests to drop at another address if there is room to do so. If you are NOT going to be home for afternoon drop off then you need to make sure someone will be there.

In addition, please make sure your children are ready and waiting outside for their morning pick-up. The bus will only wait 2 minutes at each stop. Thank you for your assistance.

Head Lice

It has come to our attention that there are quite a few students in the school with head lice. Could families please check children's hair over the school holidays for head lice. This will enable treatment to occur over the holidays before returning to school next term.

Student Absences

If your child is sick or away from school for any reason, please ring the School to provide a reason for the absence: 9374 8800 or please reply to the text messages sent. It only takes a couple of seconds to respond. Thank you for your assistance.

Alternatively if you have Skoolbag then you can access the sick / absent note to let us know. Simply logon to your skoolbag app, click on the Moorditj Logo at the top, then click on EForms and then you will see the sick/absent note to fill in.

Year 7 Transition Days - Term 4

To ensure students don't miss attending Transition days in Term 4, ALL YEAR 6 STUDENTS should now be enrolled in high school for 2025.

The following schools have provided dates of Transition days in Term 4 (to be confirmed at the time of enrolment):

Kiara College Monday 11, 18, 25 November

Governor Stirling SHS Thursday 21 November & Tues 26th November

Swan View SHS Thursday 28 November

Ellenbrook SC Friday 22 November

** FAMILIES MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORT FOR STUDENTS ON TRANSITION DAYS.

** Students CAN NOT attend if they are not enrolled for high school 2025.

Year 7 2025 Enrolments

BOOK WEEK 2024

FREE Home Internet

The Australian Government has established the School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI) to provide free home internet for up to 30,000 unconnected families with school aged students until the end of December, 2025.

To be eligible for SSBI, families must:

Have a child living at home that is enrolled in an Australian school (up to year 12 including Prep in Qld/Vic/Tas, Kindy in NSW, Reception in SA, Transition in NT/ACT and Pre-Primary in WA).
Not have an active nbn® network internet service at home. Having a mobile internet service does not affect eligibility.
Live in a premises that can access the nbn network via a standard connection.
Not have had an active nbn connection during the previous 14 days.

Emergency Lunches

If your child requires an emergency lunch please let the school know. We offer fresh cheese, vegemite, butter and occasionally ham & cheese sandwiches. We do not offer anything else.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

The following students celebrate birthdays during June/July:

Kingston - Yr 3 Torus - PP Scarlett - Yr 1

Shannon - Yr 1 Gabriel - K Ivan - Yr 6

Alize - PP Kyeanne - Yr 4 Tyrus - Yr 5

Kaedo - Yr 1 Phillip - Yr 4 Harmony - PP

Robert - Yr 2 Shanaya - Yr 3 Demiy - Yr 6

Faction Cross Country 2024

Congratulations to all the students who ran in the Faction Cross Country. The winners were:

	Boys	Girls
Junior 500m	1. Robert Turner 2. Kaedo Shield 3. Zachariah Merrilees	1. Harmony Woods 2. Serenity Abraham 3. Phoenix Abraham
Intermediate 1km	1. Taelyn Satour 2. Shannon Deegan 3. Paul McLean	1. Anarosa Shield 2. Alexis McGlade 3. Skyla Eades
Senior 1.5km	1. Tyrus Perez 2. Ivan Corbett 3. Jerome Smith	1. Christine Smith 2. Akeva McGlade 3. Jazalia Haenen

Individual Cross Country Champions

Jnr Boy Champion - Robert Turner

Jnr Boy Runner Up - Kaedo Shield

Jnr Girl Champion - Harmony Woods

Jnr Girl Runner Up - Serenity Abraham

Intermediate Boy Champion - Taelyn Satour

Intermediate Boy Runner Up - Shannon Deegan

Intermediate Girl Champion - Anarosa Shield

Intermediate Girl Runner Up - Alexis McGlade

Senior Boy Champion - Tyrus Perez

Senior Boy Runner Up - Ivan Corbett

Senior Girl Champion - Christine Smith

Senior Girl Runner Up - Akeva McGlade

Faction Cross Country June 2024

Squash Incursion June 2024

Golf Incursion June 2024

Interschool Cross Country 19 June 2024

Community Notices

Midvale Hub is a FREE Parenting Service that supports families who reside in the local government areas of Shire of Mundaring, City of Swan, Town of Bassendean and City of Bayswater.