PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

Hello everyone,

The end of Term 2 is upon us, and what a term it has been!

There has been a lot of uncertainty and change across our

country the past few months and I want to thank families for their

patience and cooperation in ensuring students attend school regularly

to receive high quality education. In some ways, the term has flown by.

In other ways, it has been a long one. I have been so buoyed by the

dedication of our teaching and support staff at school, and as such,

would like to thank them for their efforts in adapting their teaching to

ensure students were known, valued and cared for this term. I’d also like

to thank Ms St Clare and school leaders for their wonderful, online

assemblies each week this term. A lot of effort has gone into creating

these. Well done!

Term 3 is going to see some changes. The first is the inclusion of

Professional Learning Communities for staff. These are targeted 2-hour

professional learning sessions for staff to better collaborate in their

stages on teaching and learning practices. While it does take teachers

off class for an extra 2-hours each week, the benefits will undoubtedly

be seen in high quality teaching across our school.

Crossing the Road

Staff and community members have observed a large number of

children in Mannering Park unsupervised and failing to obey pedestrian

road rules. I have had a number of reported ‘near-misses’ from motorists

as well. I can’t stress enough how important it is to teach your children

about road safety. While we do teach this at school, it is a very small part

of our PDHPE curriculum. Road Safety is the responsibility of parents and

carers. On the next page is a flyer from NSW Police regarding this.

I have also had a number of parents question the hours of our crossing

operators. The crossing operators are employed under RMS NSW, NOT

the school or NSW Department of Education. As such, their times and

responsibilities lie with that government agency.

Supporting the School

Over the next few months, parents and carers will be given an

opportunity to provide feedback on school priorities. The aim of this is

to help us develop our next 4-Year school planning cycle. I urge

everyone to participate in these feedback sessions as results from

surveys will help drive the future planning of your child’s education at

Mannering Park Public School.

Mitchell Welham

Principal

Principal Star Students Apparently, I have a new title. I was lucky enough to

open ‘Welham City’, a 3D project by 3/4D. It was a

real honour, but more importantly, a really proud

moment to see how excited these students were with

their learning. Thank you Ms Dowdell and students

of 3/4D 😊

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday 3rd July: Last day of Term 2.

Saturday 4th July to Sunday 19th July: School

Holidays

Monday 20th July: Staff Development Day (no

students at school).

Tuesday 21st July: Students first day of Term 3. _______________________________________

REMINDERS

2021 KINDGARTEN ENROLMENTS

We are taking enrolments for our 2021 Kindergarten

classes. Enrolment forms are available via the office.

If you know of any relatives or friends in the area,

please ask them to drop in, pick up a form and say

hi to our new Principal.

ASSEMBLY SURVEY RESULTS

Decisions made by staff based on survey results …

Afternoon time (maximum 30 minutes).

Split to into Infants and Primary.

Once a fortnight.

SRC and Classes take turns leading.

Right amount of student awards.

ATTENDANCE MATTERS

At Mannering Park Primary School, we believe that

student success is dependent upon good

attendance at school. It is essential for students to

attend every day unless they are too unwell to come

to school. They need to be at school as much as

possible to MAXIMISE their learning time.

Daily attendance enables students to access a full

education, allowing them to reach their full

potential. Disengagement from school is often a

result of poor attendance patterns.

If your child is unwell and won’t be attending school,

please ensure you call the school on 02 4359 1184

or contact your child’s teacher to explain their

absence.

Remember, students must be here to learn and

learning time starts at 9am and finishes at 2.55pm.

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We made $300 from last week’s SIDS

Colour Day. This money will go to the

Red Nose Foundation. Thank you

everyone for your support!

TERM 2 WEEK 10 MONDAY 29th JUNE, 2020

MANNERING PARK PUBLIC SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

ALIRAH’S SPEECH ON SIDS … Hi, my name is Alirah and today I am going to be talking to you about

something serious and very important to me because it has changed my

whole life and this is SIDS.

SIDS stands for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, which means a baby will

suddenly go to heaven so unexpectedly that no one sees it coming, there are

no warning signs and no reasons why. It is rare and most often happens to

healthy happy babies and infants, they don’t even get sick first.

Some doctors believe SIDS can happen because the babies are so little and

new that they never really learnt how to breathe very well so when they get

so comfy and relaxed their body could forget to keep breathing and their

heart forgets to beat.

This happened to my baby brother and none of us had any idea anything

was wrong. Everything was normal, he was smiling and playing with me that

night and looked way too cute. But SIDS made him an angel while he was

asleep.

I’m sad to say this also happened to 8 other families that same day, because

there are 9 babies every single day that are given their angel wings because

of SIDS. 9 might not sound like a lot because there are over 3 Hundred

Thousand babies born every year, but trust me I know even 1 baby taken is 1

too many.

Doctors have been trying for a long time to find out how and why it happens

but they can’t seek to find any clues. They have found that it seems to

happen more in boy babies and very healthy babies. There are some things

that might help stop it happening. Like;

1 Make sure sleeping babies lay on their back not on the tummy or side,

2 Babies should not have their head underneath the covers, so make sure the

blanket is tucked in tightly with no extra blankets,

3 Keep babies away from smoking

4 Put babies to sleep in their own cot, not in the parent’s bed.

I hope by telling you all this it can help save someone else’s baby. There is a

charity for SIDS called Red Nose and it raises money to help find out more

about it, and Red Nose day is coming up on Aug 14th so I hope to see you

all wear a silly red nose for a good cause.

We can all donate and give some ‘Savings for SIDS’.

Thankyou.

Alirah O'Kane

Year 3

PRINCIPAL SNAPS

It has been amazing getting out and about this week

seeing great work from students. Some photos below

include PBL posters and school leaders working on what

‘Respectful Relationships’ and ‘Responsible Learners’

look, sound and feel like at our school. Oh, and Mrs King

may have lost a bet with Anthony

RESPONSIBLE LEARNERS RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS

Give yourself a much-needed break and

reconnect your child’s friendships this Winter.

This Winter, Holiday Club is back with an exciting program that puts an emphasis on reconnecting

friendships and helping children forge new ones. It gives you a chance to have some much-

needed rest, while having that peace of mind that your children will be engaged and connected in

a safe space.

With engaging activities like French Explorations where your children will dive into French

culture, Weather the Storm where they will explore scientific experiments, or maybe Magic

Architecture where they’ll create magnificent designs with magic corn; there are lots of activities

to appeal to all ages and abilities, and will ensure they have a great holiday break.

Book now. To find out when these activities are on during the school holidays and to find your

nearest service, visit: www.campaustralia.com.au/holidayclubs.

We look forward to seeing you at Holiday Club.

The Camp Australia Team

RESPONSIBLE LEARNERS RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS