Dear Parents and Community members,

Anaphylaxis

Anaphylaxis is a severe, rapidly progressive

allergic reac�on that is poten�ally life

threatening. The most common allergens in

school aged children are peanuts, eggs, tree

nuts (e.g. cashews), cow’s milk, fish and

shellfish, wheat, soy, sesame and certain

insect venom (par�cularly bee s�ngs).

Last week, as a result of an anaphylac�c

reac�on, a staff member had to use an

EpiPen as part of an emergency response.

Two preventa�ve strategies that we

con�nually emphasise with students and

parents are:

• Do not send food to school that may have

anaphylac�c triggers

• Do not share food.

Both of the above were the cause of this

reac�on. Fortunately, the student has

recovered. I urge you; however, to

con�nually bear these two preventa�ve

strategies in mind and reinforce them with

your children. I would like to thank the staff

involved for their quick and calm response.

Japanese Exchange Program

The Japanese Exchange program ended this

week. It was a pleasure to have the five

exchange students at our school. Last Friday,

we were treated to a cultural dance at our

assembly. It was amazing. My thanks to the

host families who made this possible.

Kindergarten Informa�on Session for

Parents

This is a reminder that the Kindergarten

informa�on session will be held on Friday, 10

November at 9:30am in the staffroom.

Individual invita�ons have been sent to

Kindergarten families.

Thank You

Thank you to Noel Wells from JBA Surveys

for dona�ng his �me and skills to produce

the Survey Report for the new Pre-primary

concept fence and playground plan.

FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER MONEY SMART INCURSION FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER FORMAL ASSEMBLY ROOM 13 FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER MONEY SMART INCURSION FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER KINDERGARTEN PARENT SESSION FRIDAY 24 NOVEMBER FORMAL ASSEMBLY INSTRUMENTAL STRINGS

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

MOUNT PLEASANT

PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

TERM 4: ISSUE 2 Thursday 2 November 2017

Class Placement 2018

The total enrolment of the school determines

the salary component of our overall budget

and in turn the deployment of staff to

classrooms. Your child’s placement is dictated

by this. Where the year groups are unevenly

distributed (which is most schools) reasonable

class sizes can only be maintained by the

forma�on of a certain number of composite

classes. There will be composite classes at

Mount Pleasant in 2018. Many parents tend

to be concerned about their child being in a

composite class. Please note however, that

straight classes have as many working groups

as composite classes. In any case, teachers at

Mount Pleasant Primary School do not deliver

the Curriculum at one year level. The priority

focus is to differen�ate the Curriculum so that

all students are targeted.

Students are placed into classes a>er due

considera�on and review of their

development across all Learning Areas. We

also consider:

• The ability to work with certain peer

groups

• Ability to work independently

• The need to have children working at their

own ability level.

Please do not approach teachers to request

placements of your child. Individual teachers

are not in posi�on to do this and it places

them in an uncomfortable situa�on. If there is

something of an urgent nature that I should be

aware of, please let me know directly.

Outstanding Charges

Thank you to the many parents who have

responded to our messages regarding

outstanding charges. The outstanding figure

has decreased significantly. I urge the

remaining parents to finalise any outstanding

charges.

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

Thursday 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

SPORTS NEWS

MDISSA Interschool Athle�cs This week our year 3-6 students par�cipated in the MDISSA interschool athle�cs

carnival at Bateman Primary School.

There were two days of events with throws, jumps and 400m events on Tuesday 24

October and Sprints, team games and circular relay on Monday a>ernoon of this

week.

Congratula�ons to our squad of 76 athletes who represented Mount Pleasant

Primary School with enthusiasm, great cheering and 100% effort in all events.

Thanks is extended to Mr Clee and Miss Smith who assisted in the bay.

A big thank you is also extended to Gina Chua and Wendy Anderson who filled our

two official posi�ons on the day. Your assistance was greatly appreciated.

CONGRATULATIONS to the following students who were our medallion recipients

on the day:

Jayda Baker Year 3 girl 3rd place

Erika Smits Year 6 girl 2nd place

This is a fantas�c achievement amongst a very large group of compe�ng students.

Congratula�ons

Congratula�ons to Talia Edgar on being selected by School Sport WA to represent

WA in a recent tennis tournament at Shepparton, Victoria. The team finished up in

third place which is a great result.

Congratula�ons also to Sam Hesp, Ashton PiJ and Talia Edgar once again on being

awarded a posi�on in the Applecross Senior High School Specialist Tennis Program

for 2018.

Teaching Sustainability Through Art

Earlier this year the whole school made large

red poppies for ANZAC day. We used two full

reams of red paper. Unfortunately, almost

one ream became scrap paper as the petals

were large and didn’t fill the page. This week

the students have recycled that “waste”

paper to create their own handmade paper.

Jane Wilkie

CHAPLAIN

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TACT

Being tacNul is telling

the truth, but in such a

way that no one is

offended. It is knowing

when to say something

and when it is beJer to

be silent. When you are

tacNul you handle other

people’s feelings

carefully. You don't say

things that will make

them feel embarrassed.

Treat their feelings the

way you would want

your feelings to be

treated.

HONOUR CERTIFICATES

CANTEEN NEWS

The Canteen roster is

almost empty for the

rest of the term.

Grandparents are

welcome.

Harrison LAJSCZAK Room 1 Chester BOLTON Room 12 Phoebe JARVIS Room 1 Isobel McCLURE Room 12 Daniel PARRY Room 1 Ethan LUFF Room 1 3 Kyota MATSUSHIMA Room 1 Layla BOYCE Room 1 3 Jake VAN LUINEN Room 2 Myles BUCKINGHAM Room 1 4 Kenneth KIM Room 2 Noah LOMBARDI Room 14 Yuma SHIMIZU Room 2 Ella CLARKE Room 1 4 Reina SUZUKI Room 2 Annabella TAN Room 1 5 Wendy RACKHAM Room 2 Cagan POLAT Room 1 5 Attila GANJIPOUR Room 3 Zia MIR Room 1 5 Lucas BALDACCHINO Room 3 Jett HELLIWELL Room 1 6 Jayden OOI Room 3 Alicia SHARPE Room 1 6 Noah MAGHIAR Room 4 Ella KARIMI Room 1 6 Ella TURNER Room 4 Connie LUONG Room 1 7 Zahra WARD Room 7 Lucy VILKAS Room 1 7 Wesley TURNSECK-JAMES Room 7 Alexis CASALE Room 18 Abbey DAVIES Room 7 Ellisia PARK Room 18 Walter WEE Room 8 Hannah CUMMING Room 18 Mitchell HINTON-COX Room 8 Max DAVEY Room 8 Olivia STOREY Room 11 Paige TURNSECK-JAMES Room 11 Ellie CAMPBELL Room 11

Christmas Hampers Another wonderful community-minded tradition we have at M.P.P.S. is the collection of food hampers in the lead up to Christmas. The hampers will be presented at our Carols Assembly in week 9, and will be a blessing to those who are struggling around our city at Christmas time. If you would like to donate, there will be a box in each classroom where items can be placed. Non-perishable food items, festive Christmas food, decorations and gifts would be very much appreciated. Thank you for your kind support. NEXT CAKE STALL - Thursday 9th November. A variety of delicious goodies will be for sale at lunchtime. Prices usually range from 50c to $2. Funds raised support our MPPS 5 Cents Challenge - supporting education projects amongst poor communities around the world.

Congratulations to the following students who received Honour Certificates for Week 3:

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

We’re on

the web!

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HELP US WIN A NEW PLAYGROUND

Garnier and TerraCycle are giving a school the opportunity to win a $45,000

playground simply by recycling used beauty products through TerraCycle! We’ve got

one playground made of recycled beauty products to give away to the pre-school or

primary school that earns the most Playground Credits between 9 October and 8

December, 2017.

To help us win this awesome playground please bring in your empty cosme�cs

containers & place them in the box in the office.

Please see the aJached images on what you can bring in.

Please note these DO NOT have to be Garnier products.

We’ll need your help in November to vote for our school to win but we will keep you

updated.

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