Melrose Park Public School Newsletter

6 February	Yr 3-6 Swimming Carnival
19 February	Meet the Teacher  - Parent Information Evening

Class teacher	Year	Class name
Mrs Belinda O’Neill         Assistant Principal	Year 6	6M
Mrs Janet Howells	Year 5	5E
Mrs Jennie Spenceley	Year 4	4L
Mr Kelvin Steel	Year 3	3R
Miss Jen Ko	Year 2	2O
Miss Jacinta Mahoney	Year 1 / 2	1/2 S
Mrs Christina Price Mrs Anne Wall	Year 1	1E
Miss Bianca Di Nicola	Kindergarten	KP
Mrs Tahnee Maynard	Kindergarten	KA
Support staff	Position
Miss Alice Mee          Assistant Principal	Learning and Support
Mrs Grace Cabot	Release from Face to Face - Literacy
Mrs Jenny Piper	Librarian
Mrs Pam Grover	Technology and Innovation
Mrs Sadie Gow	English as an Additional Language/Dialect - EALD
Mrs Kim Lloyd-Jones	Extension program - Numeracy
Non- Teaching Staff
Mrs Jane Cummins	School Administration Manager – SAM
Mrs Debra Beauman	School Administration Officer – SAO
Mrs Elaine Trodden	SAO
Miss Lauren Abraham	School Learning Support Officer - SLSO
Miss Cassie Donald	SLSO
Mrs Leisa Cuneo	General Assistant
Mr Damien Duncan	Cleaner

Our teaching staff got off to a busy start last week by participating in the Department of Education’s compliance training including Child Protection and Health and Safety procedures. Teachers also spent time reviewing our Learning and Support structures and investigating the latest research and departmental policies in supporting students.  In the coming weeks teachers will update their CPR and anaphylaxis certificates ensuring that student safety, health and wellbeing is a priority in everything we do.

Each Monday and Wednesday afternoon, teachers participate in professional learning after school and are not available for parent interviews.

This year we welcome Sport in Schools Australia to our school.   This PDHPE program will be delivered by qualified PE teachers and will run for the entire school year.

Wednesday will now be sport day for students in K-2 and students are required to wear their sports uniform only on a Wednesday. Classes in K-2 will participate in an hour of physical activity either with SISA teachers or in the school’s fundamental movement program with class teachers.

Students in Years 3-6 are required to wear their sports uniform on Wednesdays and Fridays. The Wednesday focus will be on skill development with SISA teachers, while Fridays will be  home sport day and PSSA competitions.

Once a fortnight, K-2 teachers or 3-6 teachers will participate in professional learning projects with a focus on developing knowledge in data literacy, analysis and use of data to improve student learning. This year long project is funded through the school’s learning budget. There is no cost to parents.

The Melrose Park Parents and Citizens (P&C) is the group that represents the parent body at school. The P&C meet twice a term. The aim of the P&C is to support the school develop programs and activities to which enhance the learning experience of all students at the school.

Please come along to the first meeting of the year on Monday 2nd March at 7.30pm. We meet in the Library.

The first meeting will also be the Annual General Meeting (AGM) where we need parents to volunteer for positions to ensure a thriving P&C.

Please come along, meet your child’s teacher, hear about educational programs and school strategic directions for 2020. 

Meet the Teacher – Parent Information Evening  Wednesday 19th February  Session 1: 5.00pm – 5:30pm (classrooms) Principal’s Address: 5:35 – 6.00 (hall) Session 2: 6.05pm- 6:35pm (classrooms repeated)

 

Regular attendance at school for every student is essential to enable educational improvement and for students to develop quality social relationships. If your child is absent from school, you are required to provide an explanation for the absence within 7 days from the first day of any period of absence. Attendance is monitored on a regular basis by the Department.

 

In the morning, a teacher is rostered on for  supervised duty from 8:30am. Students should not be at school by themselves prior to 8:30am.

Please remember our first school bell rings at 8:55am. Students should be at school and ready to line up. We ask parents to farewell their child and step away from lines.  Please stand at the back of the assembly behind students, not at the side. We appreciate your support in this matter.

At MPPS, we use a range of communication methods to keep our community up to date.

 ·         Newsletter –The newsletter is sent out to families through the Skoolbag app. The newsletter is also posted on our website.

·         School Website – The website provides a platform to locate general information about MPPS. Permission notes, photos and new stories are uploaded throughout the year.

·         Skoolbag App – The Skoolbag app provides notifications to your phone. The app is used to provide you with reminders about school events. Information on how to download the app is at the end of the newsletter.

·         Facebook – Like us on Facebook @MelroseParkPS. This page is a way to share the wonderful learning and activities that occur at MPPS, with the community.

 In addition, our P&C provide communication through the class parent network and via their Facebook page @MPPSPC.

Melrose Park Public School is part of the public school system of the NSW government. As such, we follow the advice given by the Department of Education and government agencies such as the Department of Health. As we become aware of new information, in this instance the Novel Coronavirus, the school will place  information and a link on the school's website. Parents and carers will be able to follow the links and read the information released by the department.  Translation information is also available. 

https://melrosepk-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/news/2020/1/coronavirus-department-of-education-statement.html

We thank all families for their support and understanding of the importance of maintaining health and safety procedures during this time.

Welcome back to our OSHC families, we hope you had a safe and happy holiday. For 2020 enrolments please email melroseparkoshc@gmail.com. Please note we are close to capacity most sessions, please contact the centre directly for bookings. Just a reminder to contact the centre of any absences or cancellations as we have waitlists and there is a non-notification fee of $15.00 per absence.