The sun came out for our Pre Primary to Year 6 students during the Faction Cross Country event. The students challenged themselves and displayed fantastic sportsmanship. It was great to see so many families on the sideline cheering them on.
Thank you Mr Farrell for running another smooth event. The faction results to date are as follows:
STIRLING 125
MERCURY 113
NARDOO 96
These points will be added to the results from the Faction Carnival held on Friday 2 September.
Edu Dance
Students from Pre Primary to Year 6 will be participating in Edu Dance next term. This is a curriculum-based dance fitness program designed for primary school students. It focuses on physical fitness, developing self-esteem and promotes teamwork. Students will participate in Edu Dance every Tuesday in Term 3 followed by a whole school concert – date to be announced. Permission forms will be going home with students this week.
Early Bird Reading
An early morning reading program is set to begin this Thursday and will run every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:15 – 8:45am in our new Reading Room. This program is by invitation only at this stage. Families involved in this program will receive a letter with more information.
Term Planner
Term 3 is another action packed term. The planner will be sent home with students week one of Term 3. Dates will also be available on the calendar.
The last day of school this term is Friday 1 July. Students return for Term 3 on Monday 18 July.
Cross Country
Cross Country for students from Pre Primary to Year 6 will take place on Monday 20 June from 1:30pm on the oval.
Families are welcome to attend.
Kindy Open Day
We invited our 2023 Kindy families to experience a day in the life of a Kindy student. Mrs Logue ran a morning session of activities for the children that they thoroughly enjoyed and parents had the opportunity to meet one another. Enrolments are still open. If you would like to enrol your child in the Kindy 2023 program, please contact the office by July 22 2022.
Playgroup
Playgroup is back up and running every Tuesday from 9-11am in the Kindy room. If you would like to find out more about the NMPS Playgroup, please contact admin on 9218 1650.
Toastie Day
Order forms have been sent home. If you would like to place an order for your child, please return with payment no later than Wednesday 22 June at 3pm.
Thank you
Cookie Dough Fundraiser
GRIP Conference
Our student councillors attended the GRIP Leadership Conference earlier in the term. This event focuses on training young leaders specifically in a primary school setting. Our students represented North Morley with pride. They have since met with Mrs Bewick to discuss what they have learnt and how they can implement new ideas discussed at the event, during time in their school leadership roles.
PJ / Pancake Day
Pancake Breakfast order forms have been sent home. Please have your order in with the correct money by 3pm Friday 24 June. You will find the order box in the P&C Block. Pyjamas are optional but highly recommended!
Friday 17 June the Year 2 class is hosting a special assembly in honour of Ms Donna Reid’s retirement. We invite our school community to attend this event and help us wish Ms Reid well for the next exciting chapter of her life.
SDD / Public Holiday
We hope you all enjoy an extra-long weekend. Friday 3 June is a School Development Day. Students do not attend school on this day.
Monday 6 June is WA Day. We hope you all enjoy a family day together.
Book Fair
Thank you to all of the families that supported this year’s Scholastic Book Fair. It was a great success! There were $2683.00 made in book sales. Scholastic donated $721.00 of the overall sales to the library to purchase additional books and resources. A big thank you to all of the parent volunteers and senior students who helped set up and run the event.
Interschool
Our senior students hosted the first Football/Netball Interschool Winter Sport games on Friday against Embleton PS. It was a beautiful day in the sun. Everyone participated with great sportsmanship and comradery. The next game will be on Friday 10 June against West Morley PS.
National Volunteer Week (NVW), held on 16 – 22 May 2022, is Australia’s largest annual celebration of volunteering. The theme for this year’s celebration is Better Together. Volunteering brings people together; it builds communities and creates a better society for everyone. North Morley Primary School has a proud history of volunteer’s. Whether it be Toastie Day, Chess Club, P&C, School Board, recycling or helping develop our grounds and buildings, together we make our school even better. National Volunteer Week is a chance for all of us to celebrate and recognise the vital work of volunteers and to say thank you. Last week we officially acknowledged all of our volunteers with a special assembly and morning tea. You can see the photos of all our volunteers with their certificates.
Garden Development
Last week, we met our newest volunteers, Grady Brand and Lesley Hammersley, who shared their time with us to discuss the development and extension of our Bush Tucker garden area on the corner of Alexander Drive and Whitworth Ave. With an incredible 63 years’ service between them, BGPA Director Horticulture and Conservation Lesley and Senior Curator Grady have been an integral part of the Kings Park and Bold Park families. After studying horticulture at TAFE, Grady started work as a trainee at Kings Park in 1978 working in all sections of the park. For the last 20 years he has been Senior Curator, responsible for more than 50 staff. Lesley is a relative newcomer to Western Australia. In 2000 she was working as Manager, Horticulture and Land Management at the Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne in Victoria and was involved in the early planning and development of its celebrated Australian Garden. Lesley was in charge of building the Western Australian Ecology Centre at Bold Park and constructing the Reabold Hill boardwalk and summit lookout. She later moved to Kings Park and was appointed a director in 2010.
Together with our parent and community members, Amber Campbell, Chris Olney, Narelle Hocking and Emma Harris, we explored the options to extend our already amazing bush tucker garden to enhance the opportunities for teachers and students to use this space as a learning area. We are looking forward to this ongoing project with Grady and Lesley. A huge thanks to Amber and Chris for making this meeting happen!
Playgroup
This term we will be reinstating our Playgroup sessions at NMPS. These sessions will be held on Tuesday mornings, 9 – 11am in our Kindergarten classroom and playground. Playgroup is a great way for your child(ren) to learn about the world, make friends and develop social skills. Playgroup also gives mums, dads, grandparents and caregivers a chance to share ideas and experiences. Many long-term friendships begin at Playgroup. All children 0 – 4 years are invited. Please let the office know if you are interested in attending.
Swimming
Despite swimming being cancelled last term, we are hoping to obtain a rescheduled time for either Term 3 or Term 4. Information will be communicated to parents once we have confirmation.
Edu Dance
We are excited to bring back Edu Dance for 2022!! Classes will be held on Tuesdays, from week 1 to 9 in Term 3. Information will be coming home to students shortly.
RAT Distribution
Over the past two weeks, our school has distributed over 3000 RATS to our families. Thank you to the help of Mrs Harris, our P&C President and Mrs Dansie, our Board Chair, for their assistance in making this process happen seamlessly. If you have not collected your RATS, please pop into the office to collect them.
Reconciliation Week
Today is National Sorry Day. This day acknowledges and raises awareness of the history and continued effect of the forced removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from their families, communities and culture.
National Reconciliation Weekwill take place from Friday 27 May to Friday 3 June. The theme for this year is Be Brave, Make Change. To become a reconciled and culturally responsive society, we must look deeply within our own hearts to understand the injustices experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We must use our empathy and compassion to understand the deep trauma and suffering the Stolen Generations and their families have endured.
Sausage Sizzle
We want to say a big thank you to the Election Sausage Sizzle volunteers and our organisers Mrs Thomas and Ms Blackshaw. It was so nice to see so many families, new and well-seasoned in the volunteer game, out in the sunshine. The sausage sizzle raised $1180.61 in profit for the school. What a fantastic achievement! Thank you to all of our families for donating drinks and condiments for this event. This made a huge contributions towards the overall result.
In addition to raising funds for our children, a big thank you to our school community from No Limits for our left over soft drinks, water and sauces.
School Photos
School photos will be taken on Thursday 16 June. Order forms sent home this week. Please return your completed envelopes along with payment to the office by Thursday 9 June.
Belinda Bewick Principal
Book Fair
The Scholastic Book Fair is open this week! The fair will be open to families on:
Tuesday 24 May 8:20am – 3:30pm Friday 27 May 8:20am – 3:30pm
Scholastic donates 20% of all sales made at the fair back to the school to purchase books for our school library.
National Simultaneous Storytime
This Wednesday we are participating in National Simultaneous Storytime with schools, libraries and households all across the country. Every year a picture book written by an Australian is chosen. This year Mrs Bewick will be reading the students Family Tree written by Josh Pyke and illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh.
Pirate Day
A successful day of pirate fun was had, while raising awareness and much needed funds for childhood brain cancer.
Kindy 2023 Enrolments / Open Day
Enrolments for Kindy 2023 are now open. Please contact the office for an enrolment form or visit the enrolment section of our website. (insert pathway to enrolments here)
Pirate Day is an annual event where we dress up to raise awareness and much-needed funds for childhood brain cancer. Students are encouraged to come dressed as a pirate on Friday 13 May. Please bring a gold coin donation.
S.P.O.R.T Focus – Positive
This fortnight our S.P.O.R.T Focus is Positive. Being positive means having confidence in yourself, your choices and other people, When you are positive you are a good winner and a good loser. It is encouraging others and making them feel accepted and special.
Volunteers Week
National Volunteers Week is Monday 16 – Friday 20 May. North Morley is so fortunate to have dedicated and hardworking volunteers in both our school and local community. We want to thank you for your continued support and generous contribution of your time.
You are one of a kind!
P&C Day WA
On Friday 20th of May we will be celebrating WA’s exceptional Parents and Citizens’ Associations (P&Cs) that give so much to our school communities. P&C Day WA is about giving thanks to P&C members and letting them know that we see the light they shine on our schools. This year’s P&C Day falls on the Friday of National Volunteer Week, giving all the more reason to celebrate these special school-based volunteers.
Stay and Play
It was so nice to see our community come together again for the Stay and Play at the adventure playground. Thank you to the P&C for organising this event and to the Year 6 students for running the activities.
Book Fair
Get ready to Dive into Reading at this year’s Scholastic Book Fair. Students will have the opportunity to preview the books on Monday 23 May with their classroom teacher. The fair will be open to families on:
Tuesday 24 May 8:20am – 3:30pm Friday 27 May 8:20am – 3:30pm
Scholastic donates 20% of all sales made at the fair back to the school to purchase books for our school library!
Election Sausage Sizzle
Come help fundraise for our P&C and get your vote in at the same time! Saturday 21st May from 8:00am – 1:30pm.
BBQ and Customer Service Superstars required! Sign Up here
With the new operating guidelines welcoming back face to face assemblies, our Student Councillors will be hosting an assembly on Friday in week 2 and 4. We look forward to welcoming our families back to our first assembly on Friday 6 May.
Any additions or changes made to the term planner will be published on both Connect and our closed school Facebook page.
Stay & Play
P&C Meetings
The first School Board and P&C meetings of the term will take place on Wednesday 11 May. Information regarding the online School Board meeting will be posted on Facebook and Connect. The P&C meeting will be held in the staffroom at 7:30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend.
‘BE A GOOD S.P.O.R.T IN EVERYTHING YOU DO!’
This fortnight the students S.P.O.R.T focus is SAFE. Being safe means making choices that are free from risk danger and harm. It means respecting others, following rules and routines and using equipment responsibly. Ask your child what choices they have made to be safe this week at school.
The last day of Term 1 is Friday 8 April. Students from Pre Primary to Year 6 return for Term 2 on Tuesday 26 April and Kindy students return Wednesday 27 April.
We hope everyone has a safe and healthy holiday.
A message from the Principal
I know that you have had a lot of communication from me this term, with notification of positive COVID-19 cases within our school. I sincerely appreciate the support and understanding of the need for me to notify the community of positive cases and close contacts. I’d like to thank the parents and carers who continue to keep us informed about positive student COVID cases – your thought for others when you are going through difficult times with sick children, is much appreciated. The introduction of mask wearing in Years 3 – 6 has been greatly beneficial in reducing close contacts at school. I am very proud of the way our students ensure that they wear their masks properly. Close contact guidelines have meant that our younger students have seen themselves in isolation this term, they and their families have been extremely understanding and supportive of the information that we have shared.
The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to evolve, with Western Australia experiencing a school year unlike any other. Now more than ever, we all understand the importance of prioritising mental health, self-care and wellbeing. I would also like to take the opportunity to share with you the Student Wellbeing Hub. Please click on the link below and scroll down to the article “Resources to Support Student Wellbeing”. There are a number of links you may like to explore with your family. News https://studentwellbeinghub.edu.au/news
Thank you to our cleaning staff who do an amazing job of presenting our school so beautifully. We have cleaners working around the school day ensuring our school is as clean and hygienic as it can be. Our cleaners are an integral part of our school and we thank them sincerely for the work they do for our school community.
I am sure you also join me in acknowledging all our staff, teaching, non-teaching and administration in their huge efforts this term. Together, our students have remained relatively consistently at school, with the support of their teachers and friends, learning.
TERM TWO OPERATING GUIDELINES
Term two will allow us to meet with families on school site. I am looking forward to meeting with our new Class representatives, the P & C as well as celebrating events such as Stay and Play, and Volunteers Day, in person. More information will be shared via our communication methods.
April is a special month of festivity for many faiths and religions around the world, whether it’s Ramadan, Easter, Passover or a number of others, I would like to wish those of you celebrating all the best.
It’s impossible to talk about all of the wonderful things that have happened in Term 1 (despite the obvious challenges!) but you can see more in our update below.
Please take the time over these two weeks to rest, be outdoors and enjoy the things that sparks joy.
Warmest regards,
Mrs Bewick
COVID Update
As you may be aware, public health and social measures have been eased for schools for Term 2, details at wa.gov.au. We continue to follow the current health advice and I am writing to let you know what the changes mean for our school.
We are pleased to advise that parents/carers are allowed on school sites in Term 2 for the following purposes:
to attend year group assemblies
to attend face to face parent/teacher meetings
to attend indoor and outdoor sporting events, infrequent special events, performances and other interschool events with masks and physical distancing
to attend face to face meeting e.g. P&C and school board/council meetings
to volunteer in roles outside of the classroom, including the canteen and uniform shop
drop-off/pick up outside of classrooms
visit their children in residential facilities, with proof of vaccination (if required).
Parents/carers attending school sites must wear masks on school grounds and adhere to physical distancing, where possible. Please note parents/carers are not allowed inside classrooms.
A number of school activities can resume, including infrequent special events, and we will provide more detail on these in Term 2.
Please note you do not need to report COVID-19 positive cases to the school during the school holidays. However, all positive RATs must be reported to WA Health viawww.healthywa.wa.gov.au/ratregister.
We wish our students an enjoyable holiday break and looking forward to seeing them back for Term 2 on Tuesday, 26 April 2022.
Grill’d
During the month of April at Grill’d Mt Lawley – support your Year Sixes!
Swan River Tunnel Excursion
The Year 6 class spent a great day in the hills yesterday with a hike through the Swan View Tunnel. Thank you to our parent volunteers, Emma James, Raj, Patrick and Steve for joining in, to Mr Lawson our resident Geologist and Mr Farrell for leading the way!
The last day of Term 1 is Friday 8 April. Students from Pre Primary to Year 6 return for Term 2 on Tuesday 26 April and Kindy students return Wednesday 27 April.
We hope everyone has a safe and healthy holiday.
Kindergarten Enrolments 2023
Enrolments for our 2023 Kindergarten Program are now open. Please follow the link below to our digital application form.
Please do not hesitate to contact the office if you have any queries on 9218 1650.
Active Transport Competition
During the month of March our students were encouraged to choose active transport to get to school. All those that chose to walk ride or roll to school went into the draw to win some fantastic prizes. Congratulations to one of our Year 3 students for winning the grand prize of a brand new bike! A big thank you to YourMove for sponsoring this event.
Ride to School Day
We concluded our month of active transport with National Ride2School Day. Students were encourage to decorate their wheels and roll to school. Our Principal Mrs Bewick met some of our students at our nearby park and joined in the fun.
Harmony Day
This year for Harmony Day our school created a collective art piece to celebrate our school community. Although we could not invite families to join us for this year’s celebration, it was a wonderful opportunity for our students to share different aspects of their culture with their classmates. Students came in their cultural dress, some classes shared food from their countries and everyone enjoyed creating their henna hands.
Henna Hands
Parenting Workshops
The Midvale Hub offers a variety of programs and services to support families to nurture happy, healthy children. Many of these programs come at no cost to families. Follow the link below to see what workshops are available this month Midvale Hub
The last day of Term 1 is Friday 8 April. Students from Pre Primary to Year 6 return for Term 2 on Tuesday 26 April and Kindy students return Wednesday 27 April.
We hope everyone has a safe and healthy holiday.
ANZAC Service
This year we will be acknowledging ANZAC Day with a virtual assembly on Wednesday 6 April.
Easter Raffle
Easter Raffle tickets have been sent home with students. If you would like to purchase tickets please return with payment of $2 to the admin office before Friday 7th April. There are two separate raffle boxes available – Kindy –Year 2 and Years 3-6.
Extra tickets available for sale from Monday 28 March!
Harmony Day – Tuesday 29 March
Here at North Morley Primary we celebrate the rich and diverse culture of our school community. This year we will be celebrating Harmony Day on Tuesday 29 March.
Students are invited to come dressed in cultural dress or the colour orange. Wearing orange represents support for cultural diversity, respect for others and harmony.
Earth Hour
Every year hundreds of millions of people all over the world take part in Earth Hour by switching off for 60 minutes. This is a way that we can unite around the world to show that we care about the planet and it’s future.
This year, Earth Hour is at 8.30pm local time Saturday 26 March. Everyone is encouraged to Switch Off and join a worldwide community to support stronger action on climate change.
This Friday 18 March is National Day of Action Against Bullying, an important day to remember that we stand together to say NO WAY to BULLYING! The theme for 2022 is Kindness Culture. By building Kindness Culture together, we can promote inclusion, respect and community belonging for all students in schools across Australia.
Are you organised, efficient and have good written communication skills? *Then you could be the next Secretary of our P&C Association. The position is available now – we would love to have you on our team! For more information contact Emma Harris (emmajharris@ymail.com) or let Robin in the office know.
P&C / School Board Meetings
The next P&C and School Board meetings will be held on Wednesday 23 March. The time and location for these meetings will be posted on Connect.
National Ride to School Day
March 25 is National Ride2School Day. We encourage you to dress up your bikes or scooters and ride to school in style!
It’s not too late to enter our Active Transport draw. Every time you walk, scoot or ride to school until March 25, you go into the draw to win some fantastic prizes.
If you drive to school because you live a bit too far, why not park a few blocks from school and walk in?
We love seeing families choosing active transport to get to school.
STEM cash
Look out for STEM Classroom Cash coupons in the weekend West Australian newspaper. Every coupon collected gives us a chance to win a share of $25.000 towards STEM resources for the school.
Easter Raffle
The Year 6 students are collecting chocolate donations for their Easter raffle. Please leave donations in the office. The raffle will be drawn on Friday 8 April. Tickets on sale soon!
Containers for Change
To all our new families – we have a Community Recycling Hub in the P&C Block (ask a fellow community member or at the office to find it!). We LOVE collecting your eligible 10c Containers for Change as the money goes directly into out P&C account to benefit our students. Don’t forget to remove the bottle tops please!!!
Families can drop off their containers once a week to the P&C Block without breaking any COVID rules.
Attached is more information about what we collect at NMPS
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