MOORINE ROCK PRIMARY SCHOOL

Newsletter Issue: 10 25th June 2019

Moorine South Road, MOORINE ROCK

PH: (08) 9049 1176 Fax: 08 9049 1261

Email: MoorineRock.PS@education.wa.edu.au

Website: http://www.moorinerockps.wa.edu.au

“Reach for the Stars”

From the Principal, Miss Sarah Perrett

Dear Parents & Care Givers,

We near the end of an extremely busy, but

very productive semester. Both students and

staff have earned themselves a well

deserved break. Parents, may you cherish

the holidays with your children and enjoy not

making school lunches or washing uniforms.

Student Reports and 3 Way Interviews

Student reports will be emailed out and

distributed next Thursday. On Thursday 25th

July (week 1, Term 3) there will be three-way

parent, teacher and student interviews from

11.35 am. This is a 15-minute session to dis-

cuss your child’s achievement and progress

following the Semester 1 reports, as well as

setting goals for the second semester. A

timetable was emailed home or alternatively

contact the office to book your preferred time.

Year 5/6 Resilience and Well-Being Expo

Our Year 3—6 students attended the annual

Football/Netball Carnival in Southern Cross.

This is a day to allow students in these years

to participating in a sport of their choice–

netball or football. The students were able to

play in teams with a mix of students from our

school, Southern Cross DHS and St Joseph’s

Primary. Once again we can be very proud of

our students and the sportsmanship they

displayed throughout the day.

There were plenty of smiles on the students’

faces and it was pleasing to see them

develop friendships with students from the

other schools.

Congratulations to Claire Birtles who was

recognised as being Fairest and Best for her

team.

Football and Netball Carnival

Yesterday Year 5 and 6 students went to

Merredin with schools from the district to

learn about the harm drugs and alcohol can

cause to self and others, how behaviours can

affect others and lead to crime; as well as

improve students’ understanding of making

good decisions and goal setting.

I encourage you all to attend our final

assembly for the term on Friday 28th June at

9:00am, where the Junior Room will be

showcasing their learning from this term

through an entertaining and informative

performance!

Following the assembly there will be a

Cancer Council Biggest Morning Tea and

open classrooms, concluding around 11am.

Please bring a plate of food to share.

Junior Room Assembly & Biggest Morning Tea

From the Principal, Miss Sarah Perrett

Finally I would like to wish everyone a safe

and relaxing holiday. Staff resume on Mon-

day 22nd July, with students returning on

Tuesday 23rd July.

Holidays Next Friday (5th July), students are able to

come to school in free dress and raise money

for RSPCA (gold coin donation). This charity is

chosen by the Student Leaders and the

money raised will assist in rescuing, rehoming

and rehabilitating all

creatures great and

small.

Free Dress Day

NAIDOC Day

NAIDOC Week is from

7th—14th July, and as

these dates are during the

school holidays, we will be

recognising NAIDOC Week

in week 2 next term. The

theme of NAIDOC Day is ‘Voice. Treaty.

Truth’ which focuses on working together for

a shared future. Our students will be joining

those from Southern Cross DHS and St Jo-

seph’s PS for an afternoon of activities and

awareness. More information will be provided

early next term.

Timetable Changes

There will be a few changes to the timetable

for next semester. Art will be replaced by

Music, and Physical Education (sport) for both

classrooms will be on Tuesday afternoons,

allowing the classes to combine to practice for

the YSSSA Athletics Carnival in Term 3.

I am very pleased to

announce that our

school has been suc-

cessful in being accept-

ed as a Circuit Breaker

School for 2019.

This is a program run by

Western Power for students in our Senior

Room who will learn about the various as-

pects of the Western Power network and ex-

ploring what it takes to provide electricity to

our community so it is safe and reliable, as

well as exploring new technologies that are

changing the way we look at electricity supply

in the future.

Throughout the program, students will have

access to a Western Power Engineer who will

meet the students and share their knowledge

of our network and assist where required.

I look forward to sharing our progress in the

program and successes of our students

throughout the year.

Circuit Breaker

Awards

Term Two Week 7

Jye Jackson: for his kindness towards peers when they are hurt

or unwell.

Brodie Eiffler: for trying hard to maintain his focus in across all

subject areas.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY—and also belated birthday wishes

Felix Lawrence 13th June

Jordan Edwards 17th June

Evie Glass 19th June

Gracie Lawrence 5th July

Date Day Event

28th June Friday Junior Room Assembly & Biggest Morning Tea

2nd July Tuesday School Council Meeting held at school, 2:35pm

4th July Thursday Electronic Student Reports to go home

5th July Friday Last Day of Term 2

22nd July Monday School Development Day—Students do not attend

school

23rd July Tuesday First Day of Term Three for Students

Dates to Remember

Photo Competition

Are you good at photography? Would you like to have a photo you took displayed at

Moorine Rock Primary School for years to come?

The school is seeking 1-2 landscape/scenery photos (with greenery and possibly blue

sky) that reflect the local Moorine area (farming, rocks, native flora/fauna) to display in the front

office. Photos need to be taken in high resolution as they will be printed onto canvas. This

competition is open to children and adults, amateurs and professionals.

To enter: print a colour copy of your photo onto A4 paper and send into the office

with your name and contact details on the back. Competition closes Friday 18th

October, 3pm. Maximum of three entries per person.

On Friday 21st June we attended the YSSSA Football and Net-

ball Carnival at Southern Cross. The Senior Room travelled on

the bus to Southern Cross to participate. We played 4 games of

football or netball and we all enjoyed it. My favourite part of

the whole day was shooting a goal in netball.

By Lucy

Health Excursion

On Monday 24th June the Year 5-6 went on a

trip to Merredin for a health excursion. My

favourite activity was finding out how much

sugar was in a certain drink. Zion’s favourite

was the art where we designed our own

hats.

By Riley and Zion

MOORINE ROCK P&C FOOTY TIPPING

RESULTS

Round 13 - Sponsored with thanks by the McCrae Family.

Winner: JARVA

Overall Competition Leaderboard:

1st – JARVA 76pts

2nd- RRJ/David/Sarah 73pts

3rd- TrevorWard/1938Colin 72pts

Round 14 - Sponsored by R2K Contracting with thanks to Richard Kovac.

Winner: Ian

Overall Competition Leaderboard:

1st – JARVA 79pts

2nd- RRJ 78pts

3rd - David/Sarah 77pts