103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

IMPORTANT DATES!

Friday 26 July

Rooms 9,10,14 and 15

100 Days of School

P&C Day WA

Tuesday 30 July

Kapture School Photo’s

Friday 2 August

Kapture School Photo's Continue

Monday 5 August

Year 5/6 Camp

Tuesday 6 August

Year 5/6 Camp

P&C Meeting 7.00pm

Wednesday 7 August

Year 5/6 Return from Camp

Thursday 8 August

MCGT Auditions begin

School Watch

Phone 1800 177 777

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents,

The school term has started well and students have shared their exciting holiday

stories. On behalf of the school community I would like to welcome new students

and families to Mount Claremont Primary School. The number of students currently

enrolled is 257.

Staff Development

Staff commenced the term with a day of professional learning, which included the

following agenda items:-

Writing and Grammar VCOP-Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctua-

tion; presented by Mrs Hollier & Ms Crozier. The progam is designed to bring

the fun back into writing, to make children want to write and to be continuously

challenged throughout the writing journey. This is done through games, activi-

ties, writing tasks, conversations and discussions.

Behaviour Management Policy

Review and feedback of Classroom Observations

Digital Technology overview workshop presented by Mrs Rogers

Staffing

I would like to welcome Emily Buckingham who will be working as an education

assistant on Wednesdays in kindy and junior classes this semester.

Events

This will be a very busy term with the Year 5/6 camp in Week 3 at Woodman Point;

students are getting very excited about this. We welcome our Japanese visitors

from Takinoya Elementary School in Week 5; and there are many planned activi-

ties for the week with our Year 5/6 students. Bardon Sensei will be coordinating

these events and we thank families who have kindly offered to assist with this visit.

New Ceilings

Extensive work in replacing the ceilings in the administration area, staff room and

classes was carried out during the school holidays. This was a massive undertak-

ing and the staff worked extremely hard to get the school ready for the start of the

term. It was an amazing effort by the team.

Parents and Citizens Association

The P&C Association is a group of parents willing to volunteer their time for the

benefit of children and families at our school The P&C Association meet twice a

term in the Library. They perform a vital role providing financial support and ser-

vices to the school community.

Libby Johnson

Acting Principal

Mount Claremont Primary School

“We Care”

Thursday, 25 July 2019

Term 3 Week 1

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

♫ Musical Notes ♫ (Term 3 Week 1, 2019 – Choir OBV & MCGT) CHOIR - One Big Voice Matinee (OBV), Perth RAC Arena Friday 30

August, 2019

Our school choir will be participating in the One Big Voice massed choir performance at the Perth Arena in Week 6 of this term. Our school participated in the very first One Big Voice in 2016. The students will participate in a morning rehearsal on the 30 August, arriving at the Perth Arena by 10.00am. This will be followed by Young Talent performers at 12.00noon, and the Massed Choir perfor-mance at 12.30pm until 2.00pm. Students will return to school as a group and be collected as usual at school. A letter containing more details and parent consent forms will be sent home soon. Tickets: Tickets went on sale on the 10

th July 2019. Please see the attached poster and the colour

coded map of the Perth Arena seating for guidance on which seats will give you the best view of our school. Our school will be in section ‘Mozart Podium 3’ and we will be in the matinee performance. Please go to the link below to purchase tickets. https://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=ONEBIGVO19 For more information about the One Big Voice Festival, please go to the following link:

https://onebigvoice.com.au

Congratulations: I am very pleased to announce that after attending auditions with the One Big Voice committee last term, the following students have been selected for special roles in the OBV Festi-val. The OBV committee said that they were very impressed with those that auditioned and believed any audition is a productive experience for a performer regardless of the outcome. They said there were many students that deserved a part. Congratulations, to all of them! Alice, Year 6, Compere, Diya, Year 4, Compere Wajd, Year 6, Soloist Beatrice, Yr 5, Instrumentalist (violin) Lina, Year 4, Instrumentalist (violin) Mount Claremont’s Got Talent (MCGT) Thursday 26 September, 2019 We will be holding our annual Mount Claremont’s Got Talent event again this year for all students from Kindy to Year 6. There will be student hosts, a judging panel, audience participation, finalist certificates and small prizes for the winners. Auditions: Please encourage your children to prepare an item for the MCGT auditions which will be held at lunchtimes from Week 3 to Week 8 (see the MCGT schedule below). Items can be solo, duos or groups and any performance genre (e.g. dance, instrumental, vocal, comedy, acrobatic, music video, techno music, circus, etc., use your imagination. If siblings or friends from different year groups want to perform together then the students will audition in the higher year group. Audience members made up of staff and students will vote for their favourite performances. These votes will be tallied and two to three finalist will be selected from each year group. Backing Music: All children auditioning must have their own backing music ready/organised for their own item (if music is required), on a CD or USB or URL link to youtube video, and must prepare their item in their own time (at home or during recess/lunchtimes). Items need to be a maximum of 2 minutes each so we can fit all items into our limited time schedule (items can be extended to 3 minutes for the finals). Audience: Lunchtime auditions are open to students and staff only. Family and friends are very welcome and encouraged to attend the ‘MCGT Finals’ performance show which will be held in the school undercover area, on Thursday, 26

th September (wk10) from 1:15 to 3:00pm. Certificates and

prizes will be given out at the Room 6 assembly on Friday 27th September.

Thank you Mrs Anita Buchanan Music Teacher anita.buchanan@education.wa.edu.au

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

2019 Mount Claremont’s Got Talent Schedule - Term 3 Some dates may change depending on number of entries received per year group

Kindy Kindy students will be auditioned & selected during their class time by Mrs Johnstone & the Kindy staff.

Pre-Primary PP students will be auditioned & selected during their music class by Mrs Buchanan & other staff.

Audition day/date 1 - Thursdays

Audition day/date 2 - Fridays (only if needed)

Week 3 Year 1 Thurs 8th Aug Fri 9

th Aug

Week 4 Year 2 Thurs 15th Aug Fri 16

th Aug

Week 5 Year 3 Thurs 22nd

Aug Fri 23rd

Aug

Week 6 Year 4 Thurs 29th Aug No auditions Fri week 6 due to Choir

at One Big Voice Matinee Week 7 Year 5 Thurs 5th Sept Fri 6

th Sept – Years 4 & 5 overflow?

Week 8 Year 6 Thurs 12th Sept Fri 13

th Sept

Week 9 Finals Rehearsal

Fri 20th Sept, 7:45am – 9:45am (in

place of choir & community singing) Week 10 MCGT Finals Thurs 26

th Sept approx.

1:15pm to 3pm Fri 27

th Sept: Certificates and prizes

given out during the Room 6 assem-bly.

Music Notes continued.

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Athletics Dates - Term 3

Faction Jumps & Throws Carnival (Yr 3-6) - Wednesday 28 August, Jumps Events: 9.00am-10.45am & Throws Events: 1.30pm-3.00pm (school oval)

Faction Athletics Carnival (PP-Yr 6) - Wednesday 4 September, 9.00am - 2.30pm (Mt Claremont Oval)

Interschool Jumps & Throws Carnival - Thursday 12 September, 11.30am-2.30pm @ Hollywood PS

Interschool Athletics Carnival - Wednesday 18 September, 11.00am-2.30pm @ Mosman Park PS

Brad Staples

Physical Education Teacher

City to Surf School Team

Mount Claremont PS will have a school team for the upcoming City to Surf Fun Run happening on Sunday 25 August, 2019. Anyone may register as part of our school team, including friends, family and even children from other schools. When registering for our school team you have the option of participating in the 4km Walk, 4km Run, 12km Run amongst other events, including the full 42km marathon. Details of the start and finish points for each event is on the following website: https://perthcitytosurf.com/ When you register as part of our school team you will automatically receive a 15% discount.

To register for our school team please use the following link:

https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=32941&G=97005

you will have to arrange for your own collection of race packs on the Friday or Saturday prior to race

day.

Please note that it is the responsibility of each parent/ guardian to ensure their child is trans-

ported to & from the event and appropriately cared for during the event. I (Mr Staples) will be

running the 4km event and can meet with other 4km school team participants at the school meeting

point on McLean Park, Floreat.

If you have any further queries then please contact me.

Brad Staples – MCPS Phys Ed Coordinator

Bradley.Staples@education.wa.edu.au

Congratulations

Leila Year 6 for achieving your Black

Belt in Tae Kwon Do

Congratulations

Nathan, Year 2 for being a fi-

nalist in the MLC Young Arts

Prize

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

EDU-DANCE

Last term ended with a fabulous Edu-Dance concert which was a huge success. The dance routines were entertaining and enjoyable to watch. The uncomplicated but effective costumes came together to create an impressive performance. All students were focused on doing their best dancing and class performances were funny, incredible and surprising. A truly great day was had by all and my Pre-Primary students said ; "Can we do that again?". The students will be happy to know it is all happening again, at the same time next year, with new dance routines.

Sharna Sibson

Pre-Primary Teacher

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Edu-Dance 2019

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Pizza Incursion

On Monday 17 June, students in Room 2 were treated to a special experience in pizza making. Partici-

pating in the process of making pizza was very exciting, especially when the students ended up with

their very own wood-fired pizza. Learning about the processes involved in producing wheat to dough

and making them has never been quite so exciting.

Special thanks to Kris Kempa for bringing the tools and technology to our school and sharing his exper-

tise.

Brownes Dairy Excursion

Room 2 and 3 students attended the Brownes Dairy Excursion on Thursday 27th June. Learning about

production lines, milk production processes (standardisation, homogenisation and pasteurisation) safe-

ty practices and testing in the innovation kitchen were some activities we participated in. Despite the

heavy rains during the morning, we managed to meet and milk Betsy!

All in all, it was an exciting day learning, fun and going home with a bag of ‘goodies’!

KaMei Rogers

Year 2/3 Teacher

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Horrible Histories First Fleet Assembly Room 3

On the last week of term, Room 3 took us on the gruesome journey of the First Fleet. As part of HASS, the students were required to learn about conditions of Georgian Britain, the reasons for trans-portation and trials of travelling on the First Fleet. The students loved taking on the roles of factory workers losing fingers and criminals picking pockets. The judge did an excellent job of sentencing our young criminals and the Morning Show parody gave us a taste of what daily life was like on board the ships. The assembly finished with a Horrible Histories song all about the first settlers.

The whole class put on a fantastic performance with plenty of laughs for students and adults alike. The students had a brilliant time performing and showed high levels of confidence. They should all be very proud.

Stephanie Heritage

Year 3/4 Teacher

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Room 15 Pre-Primary Danil,

Room 14 Pre-Primary Izzy, Phoebe, Kiri, Hugo, Sebastian

Room 6 Year 4/5 Amelie, Abbey, Hana, Siena, Lotty, Leah, Isa-

belle, Merve, Lina, Alan, Hayden, Zara, Beatrice,

Koko, Diya, Orion

Golden Star Awards Term 2 Week 10

Room 15 Pre-

Primary

Theo and Stella

Room 14 Pre-

Primary

Charlize and Emily R

Room 9 Year 1 Nabil, Angus, Marlise

Room 10 Year 1/2 Isla and Celeste

Room 11 Year 2 Poppy, Sienna, Jordon

Room 2 Year 2/3 Ellie, Max B

Room 3 Year 3/4 Max G, Dan , Zach A

Room 6 Year 4/5 Kina, Alan, Aidan, Indiana

Physical Education Gary, Tabitha, Aiden L, Patrick,

Visual Arts

Olivia M, Hana, Nabil

Language Olivia K, Marcus B

Merit Awards Week Term 3 Week 10

103 Alfred Road, Mount Claremont WA 6010 Ph: 9208 3900 mountclaremont.ps@education.wa.edu.au