MARMION PRIMARY SCHOOL

Newsletter

Term 4, Issue 16 web address: www.marmionprimary.com 14 October 2016

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SCHOOL SECURITY 9264 4771

COMING EVENTS

TERM 4 WEEK 2: Thursday 20 October Parent Assembly: Choir Friday 21 October Dancing Yr 4-6 Yr 6 Surfing TERM 4 WEEK 3: Monday 24 October Maths Incursion (Yr 4-6) Wednesday 26 October P&C Meeting Friday 28 October Dancing Yr 4-6 Yr 6 Surfing Booklists Due Bandana Day

REGULAR EVENTS

Uniform Shop Thursdays: 8:30 - 9:20am

Canteen 9447 9766 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

School Banking Friday @ 8:15am

For more calendar details click here School Calendar

Dear Parents Welcome back to term 4. It goes without saying that this will be another busy term. I am sure our Year Six students are looking forward to the many activities that are part of their graduation. I ask that all our volunteers and parent helpers set aside time to attend our Thank You Morning Tea scheduled for Thursday 10 November (10.30am). Mrs Darcey, our new Deputy Principal commenced yesterday. Please take the opportunity to say hello and introduce yourself. Marmion School Board Awards At our last meeting the Board commenced plans to introduce an annual ‘Marmion School Board Awards’ program. The award will be open to all school staff, both teaching and non-teaching. The aim of the award is to acknowledge staff and recognise their hard work and achievements. The award will be a monetary one, where the money can be put towards their professional learning. Nominations can be made by parents, staff and members of the School Board. Further information and nomination forms will be sent home in the near future. Please take the time to consider a staff member you believe deserves an award. The School Board can grant up to three awards per year. Voluntary Contributions and Charges and Personal Use Items for 2017 Information about these were sent home yesterday. Please note that there will only be a home delivery option for receiving the Personal Use Items. If you have not received this information, please contact our school office. While we have a nominated supplier, parents are free to choose their own supplier. We have also included the list of School Development Days for 2017. We hope this can assist you when planning vacations next year. Meg’s Garden Theft It was disappointing for our students, staff and parent helpers to find on Wednesday morning that a substantial number of seedlings and a worm farm had been stolen from the vegetable garden near our Pre-primary classrooms. The seedlings were part of a project students from C4 had been working on. I again ask our school community to be vigilant and report any suspicious behaviour to School Watch (1800 177 777) or the Police (131444). Canon Australia Environmental Grants Program At yesterday’s student assembly, Canons Assistant General Manager, Richard Henley presented us with $1,000 worth of Canon equipment as the runner-up school in their Australia wide Environmental Grants Program for 2016. As mentioned in a previous newsletter, Penelope Stewart from West Coastcare nominated us as part of the partnership we have with this incredible community group. Annually students from Year 4 propagate over 600 seedlings and in the following year as Year 5 students they plant them out on our local coastline. The equipment received from Canon will be used to monitor the progress of this project. Term 4 School Development Days Parents are asked to please take note of the two School Development Days planned for this term. On Friday 4 November and Monday 7 November teachers will be involved in professional learning, whole school data analysis and planning for 2017. Students do not attend on these two days. Ian Herbert PRINCIPAL

Our current value is….. Respect which is treating others the way you would like to be treated Please consider discussing respect with your child/ren this week.

‘10 Silly Turtles’ Presenting ‘10 Silly Turtles’ a published picture book written & illustrated by Marmion students!! This colourful, humorous picture book about the adventures of 10 Silly Turtles can be yours by placing an expression of interest to purchase through the school office. Purchase price will be $20. (A minimum of 30 orders will keep printing costs at this price). ‘10 Silly Turtles’ will make a lovely gift for Christmas or birthdays for cousins, nieces, nephews, grandparents or for anyone who enjoys books. Feel free to view the published book in the school office or in the library. Place your expression of interest to purchase at the office. Orders will be taken till Monday 31 October 2016.

Bandanna Day

National Bandanna Day is CanTeen’s largest fundraiser and will be held on Friday 28th October. Every year, another 23,000 young people (63 a day) have to deal with the challenge of cancer. And we get it. Just when life should be full of possibilities, cancer crashes into a young person’s world and shatters everything. CanTeen is the game changer. Show your support and help us raise funds for young people when cancer crashes into their world by wearing your bandanna to school on Friday 28 October. Bandannas are available in the office for $4 each, please bring correct money before and after school.

Personal Use Items (Booklists) For 2017 Personal Use Items (PUIs) lists were sent home with all students yesterday for ordering of the 2017 items. The PUI list for 2017 Kindy students has been mailed home. The lists need to be completed and returned to school by Friday 28 October 2016. Alternatively items can be ordered through Campion via the internet www.campion.com.au using “HSQ3” as your school code. Student workbooks appearing on the list should be ordered through the supplier as they may not be readily available in 2017 either from the supplier or school unless ordered in 2016. This year ALL ORDERS will be home delivered at a cost of $5 which is included when you place your order. Please note that any orders placed online after the cut off date are considered a late order and will incur a postage and handling fee of $5.50 per item to a $17.50 and delivery of these orders cannot be guaranteed prior to the commencement of school. A schedule of Contributions and Charges for the 2017 school year and information regarding the School Development Days in 2017 was also enclosed with your PUI lists sent home yesterday.

Dancing Years Yr 4-6 Our Yr 4-6 students commenced the Humpreys Dance Program today. The programme will run from Friday 14 October through to Friday 9 December culminating in a social to be held on Tuesday 13 December. The dance programme costs $36 per student. The school is offering a family discount of $23 per student to those families that have 3 or more children from PP - Year 6. It would be appreciated if any outstanding payments are paid promptly.

Interschool Athletics Carnival Results OUTRIGHT SHIELD MERITORIOUS SHIELD

1st Poynter 409 1st North Beach 475 2nd Davallia 377 2nd Carine 457 3rd MARMION 330 3rd Duncraig 451 4th North Beach 264 4th Glengarry 447 5th Glengarry 232 5th Poynter 435 6th Duncraig 184 6th MARMION 423 7th Carine 169 7th Davallia 377 8th Sorrento 168 8th Sorrento 359

CHAMPIONS

Champion Girl Runner Up Girl Champion Boy Runner Up Boy

Yr 3 Jessica Skinner (Duncraig)

Cara Passmore (MARMION)

Samuel Rowling (Davallia)

Finn Boon & Lauchlan Phillips (Poynter)

Yr 4 Claudia Kasten-Lee (Davallia)

Tamzyn Aisbett (N Beach)

Leo Halden (Glengarry)

Darien Goncalves (Poynter)

Yr 5 Jekylah Garlett (N Beach)

Remy Rowse (Sorrento)

Callum Mitchell (Davallia)

Nathan Rawlings (Glengarry)

Yr 6 Jehmeela Dalton (N Beach)

Bianca Kinkela (Davallia)

Max Lumpkin (Poynter)

Nick Emes (Carine)

VacSwim 2016-17 VacSwim summer school holiday swimming lesson enrolments are now open. VacSwim provides children from five to 17 years old with opportunities to learn vital swimming and water safety skills. Enrolments for the December-January school holiday swimming lessons are now open and it is important that families in your school community are aware of the need to enrol soon. For more information contact VacSwim.

School Running Club by Perth Running Club When: Choose between Wednesdays and/or Fridays 19 October 19 – 7 December (8 sessions) Year: 1 to 6 Time: 7.45 – 8.30am Where: School Oval Fee: $75/child (or $150 for both days/child). Register now: https://goo.gl/forms/hsk26kln2TPhio0I2 or email: info@perthrunningclub.com.au

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RAFFLE TICKETS Hopefully everyone has had an opportunity over the holidays to convince their neighbours, colleagues and friends to buy raffle tickets. With the great prizes donated how could anyone refuse? All tickets and money, whether sold or not, are due back on Monday 17 October. Please drop them into the red box in reception. If you have not seen the tickets that were in your oldest child’s bag last term please dig a little deeper or speak to your teacher.

POSITION VACANT: The P&C are looking for a new treasurer. This position is very rewarding and not too onerous if you have accounting/bookkeeping skills. All the P&C accounts are now on an online accounting package making the job much easier going forward. If you have interest in this position or would like to discuss other positions available including Safety House Coordinator or be a committee member please email marmionpandc@gmail.com or discuss with one of the members.

Did you know………… by purchasing through the following retailers you can be financially supporting your school. Aussie Farmers Direct Bubbler Deals Stuck on You stationery labels Commonwealth Banking at school on Friday morning Make sure Marmion Primary School is selected during the purchase process and they will pay us a small proportion of their profit as a thank you for your patronage. So easy!!

Every fortnight in the canteen this term there will be a new item for your child to try. These ideas were provided to us by the children in the school during canteen week where they invented their own favourite canteen meal. Using their ideas, we will give them a chance to see their suggestions ‘come to life’ on the menu. Depending on the popu-larity of these, we may integrate some of them into our new menu next year. The following provides the dates and menu items that will be on offer:

If you haven’t already, please put your name down to volunteer in the canteen. Despite it being the start of term, the roster is filling up fast so if it’s your last year at the school or you’d like to come down and have your child see you in the canteen, put your name down by visiting the canteen and writing your name on the list or contacting Katie Wild at dylan.wild@gmail.com. Your Canteen Committee

DATE ITEM DESCRIPTION

20 Oct Lila’s Frittata Pastry Cup Puff pastry case filled with egg, cheese, ham (and vegetables)

3 Nov Ella’s Dim Sum Lunch Steamed pork buns, with pork and chicken dumplings and rice

17 Nov Sausage Sizzle (& drink of choice)

Grilled sausage in a long bun with tomato sauce

1 Dec Georgia’s Honey Soy Chicken with Salad

Honey soy chicken pieces served with rice and salad

15 Dec Chloe’s Stuffed Spud

Baked potato filled with corn, cheese and ham with sour cream (on the side)

All items $5.00

Online orders close 9 am Thursday’s

Placing your order before the special day assists us with our preparation and is greatly appreciated.

Most ingredients cannot be amended. Anything that can be changed will be an option online.