Message From The Principal

Miling Primary School

'Together we learn and achieve'

AN INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL 03 July 2019

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Dear Parents, Carers and Community End of Term 2

I think everyone is looking forward to

a lovely two week break with family

and friends.

The staff have worked extremely hard

to produce comprehensive and well

thought out reports for each student.

It is a time consuming and strenuous

part of teaching and learning, for

which I feel our staff have completed

in a very professional manner.

On Friday 28th June I had a visit from

Shannon Wassman from the

Wheatbelt Regional Office and I

worked with her regarding planning

for my own leadership and

achievements that I would like to

implement for the remainder of the

year.

This term has gone so fast and I have

been Principal for six great weeks. As

part of the team concept we are

creating towards teaching and

learning, the staff will be working on

the School Development Day,

Monday 22nd

July, to identify

Professional Learning, Goal Setting,

Problem Solving and Focus for

Semester Two. The students return

to school on Tuesday 23rd

July.

I have some individual goals for

Miling Primary School and will be

working extremely hard to facilitate

and accommodate those goals for

our students.

I wish you all a very safe and relaxing

holiday break with all of your children

being home to enjoy the advantages

of family time!

Thank you for your warm support during my first term at Miling Primary School and I look forward to moving the school and students forward to achieve success for the rest of the year.

School Focus

Our previous two-week focus had

been on EFFORT. Students have

written or had their pictures taken

when they had exhibited this focus.

This has proven to be very

successful.

At the assembly on Tuesday I drew

two lunch order prizes for two

students who have either won a

PRIDE or an EFFORT

acknowledgement.

We will consolidate the PRIDE and

EFFORT focus for our last week and

begin a new focus on Week 1, Term

3.

▪Caitlyn Pratt won her school

lunch for PRIDE

▪ Molly McCuish won her school

lunch for EFFORT

Our Current Attendance Rate is

95.3% for Semester One.

Please ensure the school is informed

regarding student absences as soon

as possible. Extended absences will

need to be authorised by the

Principal as this appears on our

Attendance Report. Continued next page ...

This newsletter is a

combination of

School & Community

news and as a result

some content may

not reflect Miling

Primary School’s

attitudes or values.

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From previous page …

Western Australian Football Competition

Congratulations to Jett Seymour for winning the competition is open to all students from Year 3-6 in Western Australia. In the Year ¾ category the starter was ... There was only one present left under the Christmas tree and it had my name on it. I grabbed it and quickly ripped at the wrapping paper. Wow, just what I wanted, a shiny new red footy! But, there was something different about this football…

An independent judging panel assessed the entries using the NAPLAN narrative marking guide. Mike Hind, our WA Football Commission Representative, came to the school on Tuesday to present Jett with his award. What a fantastic effort from Jett! Science Aspirant Camp

Congratulations to Hayden Topham who has been selected with a number of other students from our

region to attend a Science Aspirant Camp in Perth from 30th July until 2nd August.

It is terrific to see our students excelling in the academic field.

Outstanding Administrative Support Office Award

Mrs Jones was presented with a WAECSSA Certificate of Recognition to acknowledge her fantastic dedication, loyalty and commitment to the school, its staff, students and parents.

NAIDOC Acknowledgement

This will take place on the first day back in Term 3, Tuesday 23rd July. The school will have visiting Rangers from Cervantes that will come and present information regarding the environment and animals in our region. The students will be completing some artwork, digital technology, literacy and language activities on the day. Leaving and Returning to School

Please be aware that if your child needs to leave school early, they need to be signed out from the class-room. If they return on the same day, or have an appointment and arrive late to school, please ensure that a member of staff is aware of the fact that your child has arrived at school to ensure that we have the right information in Integris regarding your child’s attendance. This process is part of the mandatory re-porting requirements for every school.

Reporting to Parents

Please ensure that you read your child/children’s reports carefully then share your thinking with them regarding the effort and progress during semester one. This is a terrific opportunity to encourage student/s to perhaps set some goals for the remainder of the year. We will be focussing on goal setting for second semester to both consolidate and support progress for all of our student learning.

Regards

Ms Murray,

Principal PRIDE - EFFORT - PROGRESS

Caitlyn … Aussie Of The Month - Caitlyn is a helpful and supportive member of the Junior Room. She shows initiative and is thoughtful in situations when her peers are hurt or upset. It’s great to see you being so caring and compassionate. Keep up the great work, Caitlyn!

Zoe - Zoe is always an enthusiastic and motivated student, with a fantastic attitude, who strives to do her best. She has been working extremely well in Measurement and Geometry this term and has made pleasing progress. Her knowledge of three dimensional shapes has increased as she can now confidently name a number of shapes and describe their features. Well done, Zoe!

Tyler - Tyler arrives at school everyday with a big smile, ready to learn. He is a kind and caring student who loves working with and guiding others. Tyler is always polite and supportive to his peers and the staff inside and outside of the classroom. He is a delightful and thoughtful student who is a very active member of the classroom. Well done, Tyler!

Riley - This term, Ri ley has displayed outstanding effort towards his school work. He has worked especially hard in the area of English and has produced a persuasive text on graffiti writing which included correct structure and lots of detail . Well done, Ri ley!

Summer - Summer has displayed great effort in Mathematics this term, especially in the Number strand. She can accurately match fractions to their equivalent decimal and percentage and is beginning to calculate the correct percentage of everyday items. Keep up the great work, Summer!

Heidi - Heidi has worked extremely hard in Mathematics this term and has displayed sound understanding of all topics covered. She can measure the capacity of a variety of containers and can identify the correct unit of measurement needed to measure capacity. Keep up the great work, Heidi!

Eliza - Eliza is able to independently investigate her predictions scientifically. She confidently describes how a change of state between solid and liquid can be caused by adding or removing heat. Keep up the great work Eliza.

Back, L - R

Riley, Eliza, Summer and Heidi

Front, L - R

Tyler, Caitlyn and Zoe

This term we have been looking at roads and how they often separate natural landscapes. A variety of animals in urban and rural settings need to cross roads to access resources such as food, water, breeding sites or mates. This is often hazardous and unfortunately many animals are injured or killed in car collisions.

The Juniors looked at some bridges, then designed and made a model of a structure that animals can use to cross a road safely.

Senior Room In Term 1, the Senior Room students entered a writing

competition run by the WA Football Commission. The

competition is open to all Year 3 – 6 students in Western

Australia with one winner from each year selected. This

week we were very pleased to discover that Jett

Seymour was the Year 4 winner. Congratulation Jett.

Congratulations also to Hayden Topham on being

selected to attend the Year Six Inland Lighthouse

Network Science Aspirant Camp which is being held early

next term.

Junior Room

Mrs Seymour

In Kindy and Pre-Primary we have been focusing on writing our full names.

Look how neat we are!!!

Ms Murray

Open Classrooms

Parents making the most of an opportunity to share in their

children’s learning.

‘Goal setting is the process of deciding what you want to accomplish and devising a plan to achieve the result you desire. ...

For effective goal setting, you need to do more than just decide what you want to do; you also have to work at accomplishing whatever goal you have set.’

MILING COMMUNITY CHURCH

Services Held:- 2nd Sunday @ 9.30am & 4th Sunday @ 8am

Followed By Morning Tea!

ALL WELCOME !

Miling Community News

Well the last few weeks have been very interesting, with the favourites losing their games.

Weekly Winners - Round Two

* Week 14 - Clare / Tom * Week 15 - Ethan

Winning so far …

* Naomi / Ethan 19 * Phil / Digger-Wong 18 * And 13 people chasing them sitting on 17!

Good Luck and Happy Tipping

Congratulations to our raffle winners

1st Prize, Hamper - Caitlyn Pratt 2nd Prize, Fishing Charter - Vikki Harrington

On behalf of the Netball Club, a huge thank you to everyone who

supported us by either buying tickets and/or donating goodies.

Your generosity is appreciated.