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NAPLAN (Yr 3, 5 & 7) 14-16 May 2019

School Open Morning Wednesday 29 May 2019

From the Principal

Term 2 Week 2 Newsletter No. 07

10 May 2019

Principal : Mary Ttikirou Deputy: Maria Appelt

Dear Families,

Welcome back to Modbury School for term 2. The students returned

refreshed and ready for what is shaping up to be a very busy term with

many events.

Next week students in year 3, 5

and 7 will be sitting NAPLAN tests.

For many students and their

families this can be a time of

anxiety.

More and more we are hearing about raised anxiety in our society. Dr

Justin Coulson provides some interesting information for parents which

makes for useful thinking for helping children manage ordinary and not so

ordinary life events.

‘It is a myth that we make our children

more resilient by saving them from

themselves and from everything else

around them.

Our children value high levels of

parent involvement. They want

parents in their lives. They want to be

in their parents lives. They require it.

Parental involvement is related to positive life experiences in our children.

They experience elevated feelings of worth, wellbeing and, by default,

resilience. What they do not require is developmentally inappropriate

levels of control. Clearly, when taken to extremes, evidence demonstrates

that too much helicoptering is unhelpful and unhealthy, and may be

harmful.

To build resilience, we need to trust our children can do things on their

own. Then we must give them the space to try. By all means, stand close

and support. But don’t ‘do’. Don’t control. And when they fail, don’t fix.

Instead, console and then ask “What do you think you should do now?”

Mary Ttikirou

Principal

Mothers Day Stall - Tuesday 7 May Thank you to the Modbury School Community Group (Leonie, Sonia, Christy-Lee and Ashleigh)

who organised our Mother’s Day Stall this year. There were so many wonderful gifts for students to

select from.

Special thanks to the Visszmeg family who donated lovely handmade crafts to our staff. We hope

all our mothers, grandmothers, aunts and other special persons have a wonderful Mother’s Day.

SAFETY WHEN WALKING TO SCHOOL

PEDESTRIAN CROSSING - GOLDEN GROVE ROAD

We have been made aware of a safety concern regarding the

pedestrian crossings on Golden Grove Road at the front of our

school. Please take extra care when crossing, even when you have

right to cross, some motorists have ignored the red light and

proceeded through the crossing.

On behalf of Governing Council, we have liaised with local

Police who have commenced doing spot checks during peak

times before and after school, to ensure motorists are doing the

right thing. If you witness any incidents, please try to get

information about the vehicle (ie. registration number, make,

model, colour) and report to police on 131 444.

The Department of Transport have also been informed of our safety concerns.

Preschool STEM Learning

In Week 1, Preschool children explored colour. They learnt how mixing two colours made a

new colour. Before they started the children made predictions and came up with some very

interesting ones.

They started with the three primary colours red, blue and yellow. The children each got two

different coloured pieces of playdough and mixed them together with their hands. They were

very excited when the colours changed as they mixed the playdough.

The children discovered that:

yellow and blue = green

red and blue = purple

yellow and red = orange

Students attending Modbury School Preschool

to Year 7 are encouraged to follow the dress

code. It is important that all students wear

appropriate school uniform at all times to

ensure that we can identify each student as

part of our school community and for other

occupational, health and safety reasons.

Bottle green and gold are the designated

school colours.

We encourage parents and caregivers to

ensure children:

Wear the designated school colours.

Wear shoes appropriate for physical

activity, e.g. sneakers, closed toe

sandals.

Do not wear jewellery, with the

following exceptions: students may

wear a watch and earrings of up to

two sleepers or plain studs in the lower

ear lobes are allowed. Necklaces and

bracelets are not permitted.

Do not wear make up or nail polish.

Do not wear denim pants, shorts or

skirts.

School polo tops and jumpers must be either

green or gold. Long sleeve tops (e.g. skivvies)

which may be worn underneath these may be

green, gold, black or white.

Zip-up jackets. It is preferred that zip-up

jackets for wearing in the yard are bottle

green, however other colours are permissible.

School pants must be green or black (when

green is not available). Long pants or shorts

must be made of a suitable design and fabric

for physical activity and not have logos/name

brands. Shorts should be mid-thigh to knee in

length. Short shorts are not permissible.

Summer Dresses in green and white check are

suitable. Leggings worn under the dress are

allowed, in white, black or green. Dresses

should be mid-thigh or longer.

Skirts/skorts must be bottle green and should

be mid-thigh or longer.

Hats: Wide brimmed, legionnaire or bucket

hats, as approved by the Anti-Cancer

foundation are compulsory during all periods

(including before and after school, whilst in the

school grounds) and outdoor classroom

activities all year round. Religious headdress is

permitted. As some headdress makes it

uncomfortable to wear sun-safe hats,

permission not to wear a hat for this reason

may be negotiated.

Casual Day Attire: Clothing worn on casual

days does not have to be of school colours.

Denim clothing is permitted, however all

clothing worn on casual days must be:

Sun safe, i.e.no tank tops, no slits in

sleeves, no short shorts or miniskirts.

No offensive images or slogans (i.e.

blood, horror/gore images, violent

games/sports, weapons)

Appropriate footwear.

Uniform clothing can be purchased from:

Front office (second hand may be

available)

Totally Schoolwear at Clovercrest

Plaza

Larger shopping stores (K-Mart, Big-

W, Best n Less)

We encourage all parents to support their

children in wearing it with pride.

Modbury School Preschool to Year 7

Uniform Policy

CALENDAR REMINDERS

MAY

13 Governing Council Meeting

14-16 NAPLAN (yr 3,5,7)

24 Rm 7 excursion (Sorry Day)

27-28 ATSI STEM Conference

29 School Open Morning

30 Aboriginal art workshops

31 SAPSASA Soccer/Netball

Polo tops/shirts with school logo $25 each

Zip up jacket with school logo

$25 each

Wide-brimmed hat

(green or gold) $10.00

Bucket hat

(green or gold) $9.00

Legionnaire Hat

(green or gold)

$6.00

All items can be purchased from the School

Front Office. Cash or eftpos accepted.

Modbury School welcomes families who have

school uniforms that are in good condition

needing a new home. These are sold through

the front office for a gold coin donation.

For the purchase of extra school uniform

items, we recommend:

Big W

Best n Less

Target

School Uniform shop (Totally

Schoolwear) at Clovercrest

Our school colours are bottle green and gold.

Students may wear black or green bottoms,

ie. shorts, track pants, leggings (no denim

please).

School uniform items available for purchase through the office

Dear Parents / Caregivers

Currently we have staff and students who have

auto immune conditions that rely on everyone not

attending school / preschool if they are unwell.

Due to ongoing illnesses that children are

presenting with:

Vomiting

Flu

Gastro

We are reminding parents of your responsibility to

keep your child home if any symptoms appear as

listed in the daily health check attached.

Please consider keeping your child home if they

are not themselves and if other family members

have had illnesses.

Staff will notify you if your child does not appear

themselves health wise and may ask for your child

to be collected early. Staff will ask you to take

your child home if they present to school /

preschool unwell.

It is everyone’s responsibility to stop the spread of

infectious illnesses. Thank you for your

understanding.

Regards,

Mary Ttikirou

Principal

Is your child well enough to be in school today?