Dear Parents and Community members,

Class Structure

I con�nue to be surprised at the number of

parents who contact me regarding

placement of students in split classes. Split

classes are structured on the basis of

student enrolment i.e. where there are not

quite enough students to make up a straight

class.

Please be aware however, that teachers at

this school target the individual needs of

each student and our main focus is to

provide a challenging environment for

every student. Teachers do not necessarily

deliver a set Curriculum to each year level of

a spilt class. There may be several

working groups. Importantly however, a

straight class may have the same or even

more working groups than a spilt class.

Primary Extension and Challenge (PEAC)

The following students have been selected

for inclusion into the PEAC Program for 2017.

Congratula�ons to: Benjamin Hallam,

Jordan Hassan, Anna Wang, Tom Wang and

Daniel Widing. All the best for next year.

Building Fund

A reminder that the Mount Pleasant

Primary School Building Fund is alive and

well. There is approximately $500 in this

account. Our next target is to paint the

external area of the Kids Kitchen located near

the library. The cost for this will be

approximately $3000. If you would like to

contribute to our building fund, please

contact the front office or the ‘Contribu�on

and Charges’ schedule has direct deposit

Informa�on.

Scholarships

Congratula�ons to Jennie Widing and

Wojciech Nowak on being awarded

scholarships to Melville Senior High School.

FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER ASSEMBLY CAROLS

FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER THANK YOU MORNING TEA

FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER CHRISTMAS PICNIC

MONDAY 12 DECEMBER GRADUATION DAY YEAR 6

TUESDAY 13 DECEMBER STUDENT REPORTS

WEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER AWARDS CEREMONY

THURSDAY 15 DECEMBER CHURCH SERVICE

THURSDAY 15 DECEMBER LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

MOUNT PLEASANT

PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

TERM 4: ISSUE 4 Thursday, 1 December 2016

Thank You Morning Tea

To show our apprecia�on to parents and

community members who have supported our

school in any way, Mount Pleasant Primary

School would like to invite you to a Thank You

morning tea on Friday, 9 December at

10.30am to be held on the grassed area in

front of the staff room. If you have assisted

the school in any way, we look forward to

seeing you on the day.

Please RSVP to the office on 9316 1045 if you

are able to aAend.

Book Awards

This year we are introducing book awards in

Years Pre-primary to 5. There will be two

books per classroom, one for Academic

Achievement and one for Academic

Endeavour. These will be presented at a

special assembly on Wednesday, 14

December at 9:00am. Parents of recipients

will be no�fied. Please note that Year 6

awards will be presented at the Gradua�on

assembly.

Safety House Handbook

Today all students were given a Safety House

Handbook. The handbook has several fun

ac�vi�es but also delivers a very important

message. This is well worth a discussion with

your child.

Student Reports

Reports will be given to students on

Tuesday, 13 December. As always, I ask that

you discuss the report with your child focusing

on the posi�ves. It is important to note that

the expecta�on for students in Western

Australia is a ‘C’ grade or ‘Sa�sfactory’ in

Junior grades. If for any reason your son/

daughter will not be at school on Tuesday, 13

December please advise the office regarding

what you would like us to do with your child’s

report.

2016 Math Olympiad Compe++on

Congratula�ons to Sam Hesp who achieved in

the Top 20% of this compe��on.

MOUNT PLEASANT PRIMARY SCHOOL NEWSLETTER Page 2

SCHOOL HOURS

Commence:

8:45am

Conclude:

2:55pm

Morning recess:

10:50am-11:10am

Lunch Recess:

12:40pm-1:20pm

CANTEEN DAYS

Monday, Wednesday

and Friday

9316 4003

BANKING DAYS

Wednesday Mornings

before school

commences

CAMP AUSTRALIA

Before and A�er

School Care

Before School:

7:00am—8:35am

A>er School:

2:55pm—6:00pm

0452 247 189

LIBRARY DAYS/HOURS

Tuesday, Wednesday

and Thursday

8:30am before school

and 2:55pm a>er

school

Lunch+me:

Monday, Wednesday

and Friday

KINDY CONCERT

In Real Life

Over the term I have been having running

a program called In Real Life, with the girls

in Miss Brown's class. It has been a lot of

fun spending �me with the girls, and I

hope it will be of great benefit to them in

their daily lives.

The program is wriAen for middle to

upper primary aged girls and covers some

of the following topics:

⇒ being a great friend

⇒ dealing with gossip

⇒ conflict resolu�on

⇒ managing our emo�ons and looking

aJer ourselves

⇒ building confidence, and using our

strengths to contribute to our fami-

lies, friends and community.

Christmas Hampers

Thank you for the fantas�c response to the

Christmas Hamper appeal - many boxes in

the classrooms are full and overflowing!

The hampers will be presented at our

Carol's Assembly in week 9, and will be a

blessing to those who are struggling around

our city at Christmas �me. Thank you

everyone for your amazing support.

CHAPLAIN NEWS

P&C

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GENEROSITY

Generosity is all about

sharing. It is freely

giving someone else

something that has a

special meaning to you

without expec�ng a

reward or giJ in return.

Generosity can be giving

somebody lots of help

just because you can see

they need help. It is an

opportunity to give and

share parts of yourself

with others just for the

simple joy of giving. It is

a great way to show you

care.

Thanks to the wonderful girls and

their generous families who ran the

cake stall last Thursday, we

raised $138.30 for educa�on projects

amongst poor communi�es around

the world. This has now taken our

total for the year to an amazing

$1458.70!

CHAPLAIN NEWS CONT

5 Cents Challenge

The 5 Cent Challenge collec+on jars in

every class will be collected and counted

next week.... so it's our last chance to bring

in any loose change you would like to

donate. Thank you!

Thank you once again to our

P&C and fundraising

co-ordinator Jackie for her hard

work in organising and

promo�ng the Entertainment

Book throughout the Mount

Pleasant community. As you can

see, the result is amazing.

Well done!

NEXT CAKE STALL Thursday

8th December.

A variety of

delicious goodies

will be for sale at

lunch�me.

Prices usually range

from 50c to $2.

HONOUR CERTIFICATES

TERM 4 HONOUR CERTIFICATES

BLUE

Kaelyn Meddows-Taylor, Sorena

Ahmadi, Jordan Davies, Oceana An�ll,

Damian Ip, Brian Luong, Mutahhar

Rehman, James Weatheburn , Evan

Chin, Tom Wang, Charlize PiAs, Taya

Jensen, Taj Rowson, Elise Highman,

Xavier Leighton, APla Ganjipour, Amie

Glass, Chloe Jennings, James Robinson,

Michael Tsonis, Joe MaPngly, Jodie

Rankin, Omar Almbarak, Robert

Robinson, Kayla Clarke, Sam Hollis-

Whiley and Jack Grant.

GREEN

Francis Bolum, Alycia Tok, Lily

Fellows, Trinity Lam, Seth

Greenwood, Mack Chidlow, Alex

Goddard, Olivia De Felice, Marleigh

Robins, Amaya Patel, Emily Laing,

MaAhew Wallace, Pat Tamjarion,

Ethan Chin, Alexander Green and

Hannah Yeoh.

RED

Chelsea Fisher, David Alvarez,

Isabella PiA, Zena Hamdi, Anika

Essfahani, Chester Bolton, Diana

Karimdadian, Aiden T, Karthik

Ramachandran, Zoe Gavriel, Amelia

Cranwell, Elena Manoj, Michael

Beahan-Warman, Jayda Baker,

Ellisia Park, MaAhew Crichton-

Browne, Lucas Johnston, Niloufar

Singh, Olivia Lajszczak, Angus ScoA,

John Lewins, Anna Wang, Callum

Cummning, Jeanne Richardson,

Aaron Bollman, Max Neilson, Kye

Carter, Isabelle Siddall, Panav

Kothari and Wojciech Nowak.

MY SCHOOL WEB-SITE (Live from Fri-

day, 4th March 2011) www.myschool.edu.au

SCHOOL CONTACTS Queens Road Mount Pleasant WA 6153 Phone: 9316 1045 Fax: 9364 8422 Email: mountpleasant.ps@det.wa.edu.au Website: www.mountpleasantps.wa.edu.au Kindergarten: 9316 1045 Canteen: 9316 4003 Mt Henry Dental Clinic: 9313 0552 School Security: 9264 4771 School Watch: 9264 4632 Fremantle Regional Educational Office: 9336 9563

SCHOOL CONTACTS Queens Road Mount Pleasant WA 6153 Phone: 9316 1045 Fax: 9364 8422 Email: mountpleasant.ps@ education.wa.edu.au Website: www.mountpleasantps.wa.edu.au Kindergarten: 9316 1045 Canteen: 9316 4003 Mt Henry Dental Clinic: 9313 0552 School Security: 9264 4771 School Watch: 9264 4632 South Metro Regional Educational Office: 9336 9563

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COMMUNITY NOTICES

MASTER MIND AUSTRALIA

JANUARY PREPARATION PROGRAM

OLNA - Study Skills – Essay Wri+ng – Subject Revision & Prepara+on

For all students entering Year 7 – 12 in 2017

The January Prepara�on Program aims to prepare students for Term 1 (2017) be-

fore the academic year begins. The classes will revise those important components

from the 2016 syllabus that are vital for success in the new-year. The program will

also

preview what students can expect in their courses in 2017.

Courses will be conducted at:

Leeming Senior High School

Wednesday 18th

to Wednesday 25th

of January, 2017

Early Bird enrolment discount of 10% before Friday 19th

December, 2016

Dr. Robert Hallam at Master Mind Australia on 9486 1377

www.mastermindaustralia.com.au