Moorditj Noongar Community College Newsletter

It has been another super busy term at Moorditj and the children and staff are looking forward to a well-earned break. Our students have enjoyed participating in numerous science activities during Science Week; they learnt how dream with their eyes open during Book Week and tested their limits at the Faction Carnival. I would like to wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday break and look forward to having you all back on Tuesday 11th October for the first day of term four.

Faction Carnival

Moorditj held its Faction Carnival last week under beautiful blue skies. I would like to thank our PE Teacher Ms Sally for all of her efforts to prepare the children and coordinate the day so successfully. We were also very lucky to have our canteen running on the day, selling yummy treats and I would like to thank Canteen Ladies and WAPOL for their ongoing commitment to our school. Congratulations to Yongka which was the winning faction this year in a very close count conducted in very high spirits. Well done to all of the champions and runners-up in the Junior (Yr1 & Yr2), Intermediate (Yr3 & Yr4) and Senior (Yr5 & Yr6) age groups as well.

Attendance Rewards

Moorditj has been offering end of term Attendance Rewards for some-time as a motivation for children to attend school every-day. This term we are going to the movies and in term four we will have a will have a whole school Colour Run for any student with 85% attendance. Make sure that your children attend school to enjoy these activities.

Bus Agreement

The school bus agreement was posted on the Skoolbag App and a copy has been sent home. It is imperative that an adult is home every day for the drop off, as this is a Buswest agreement that is in place with the Department of Education. Unsafe behaviours on the bus, such as taking off seatbelts or distracting the driver will result in the service being ceased for a period of time.

Home Reading

Home Reading is an important part of our literacy strategy at Moorditj Noongar Community College. It is important that children read every night for at least 10 to 15 minutes. We will send home a variety of books that are at their appropriate level. Students that get their home reading books folders signed, will earn books every 20 nights at assembly. 

Pete Freeman

Principal

Sadly, it's time for our Year 6 students to start planning for high school in 2023.

To ensure students don't miss attending orientation days in Term 4, please enrol in high school before the end of Term 3.

The following schools have provided dates of Orientation days in Term 4 (to be confirmed at the time of enrolment):

Governor Stirling SHS                              24 November

Ellenbrook SC                                            25 November

Kiara College                                             14, 21, 28 November

John Forrest SHS                                       28 November

Swan View SHS                                          1 December  

FAMILIES MUST PROVIDE THEIR OWN TRANSPORT FOR STUDENTS ON TRANSITION DAYS.

It has been another busy term at Moorditj with just a couple of days remaining . The students have many wonderful things happen at Moorditj . They enjoyed Book Week activities, and culminated in the Book Parade with students dressed as their favourite character. It never ceases to amaze me how imaginative some people can be.

On Friday we had our Faction Athletics carnival and On Wednesday last week , the school held its jumps and throws. On these days we exemplary sportsmanship and congratulations to all our winners.

 Our attendance reward winner got to enjoy a trip to the movies this term. Remember keep coming to school everyday to be able to join us for an exciting incursion or excursion each term. 

If you would like to join us in KindiLink we welcome you with open arms, the children and families are always looking for new friends to join us so if you have a baby or young child (under 5) please come along, we have lots of fun together, you get to relax and yarn while the children enjoy each other’s company and all the fun activities that we provide. We meet at the school on Monday and Fridays from 930am to 12:30 pm all food is provided and it is totally free to come along

 I would like to wish you a great school holidays and we will see you all ready for an exciting term 4.

Kind regards,

Emma Colquhoun

Deputy Principal

We started Term 3 with a visit from the cuddly farm animals, the children got to pat, hold and feed the baby animals. It was a very special day that the children still talk about! Having the animals in prompted us to learn more about farms so we had lots of fun talking about the many animals, reading stories, singing and crafting.  

At the end of July we celebrated NAIDOC and Aboriginal children’s day. We were super happy to join the school with a smoking ceremony. We also decorated boomerangs, made friendship bracelets, wound yarning sticks and added a leaf to our belonging tree. 

Over the term we have explored many themes including animals, insects, seasons and flowers. We were very busy creating many wonderful and fun crafts which we have begun to decorate our room with. Each week we have also been enjoying a cooking experience and I must say there are some budding little MasterChef’s at Kindilink. Our families are such wonderful cooks, the amazing food we made together we also shared together for morning teas. The food we have made has given us lots of inspiration for healthy and cheap lunch box snacks as many of our KindiLink children will be starting Kindergarten next year. 

Book week was a fun morning of dress ups and we joined the school again this time with participating in the book parade, the children we so brave and confident as they made their way around the circle and enjoyed the claps. At the end of the day they were excited to take home a brand new book. 

In week 7 KindiLink all over Western Australia joined in with On Country week celebrations. This event saw us visit Woodbridge Reserve Park for a play, sausage sizzle and walk by the river. It was here we created a beautiful group canvas with paints and natural materials we found on our walk. We titled our art “Walking on country together” KindiLink we so impressed by our On Country event they have asked us to share our experience and show off our art at their annual conference day. 

Father’s day saw us making shrink dink key rings and cute space craft foot prints as presents. We celebrated all the amazing men in our lives. 

Go Moorditj!...the school always puts on an amazing sports carnival and this year was no acceptation. The KindiLink kids were a little overwhelmed but mostly excited to see all the school and families gathered and cheering on the oval. They ran super-fast to the finish line and got a ribbon for having a go! 

We have just ended the term with a walk and play at the skate park, the weather has warmed up so much and it was very nice to walk together as a group and enjoy some active outside time. 

 If you would like to join us in KindiLink we welcome you with open arms, the children and families are always looking for new friends to join us so if you have a baby or young child (under 5) please come along, we have lots of fun together, you get to relax and yarn while the children enjoy each other’s company and all the fun activities that we provide. We meet at the school on Monday and Fridays from 930am to 1230pm, all food is provided and it is totally free to come along! 

 Nicole Drew

Kindilink Teacher

Junior Girl Champion - Alexis McGlade

Junior Girl Runner-up - Jasmine Ryder

Junior Boy Champion - Zamiel Noble

Junior Boy Runner-up - Shawl Meredith

Intermediate Girl Champion - Jelika Henry

Intermediate Girl Runner-up - Shontayha McLean

Intermediate Boy Champion - Caiden Prosser-Farmer

Intermediate Boy Runner-up - Mathias Pompey

Senior Girl Champion - Belinda Anderson

Senior Girl Runner-up - Shardae Cameron

Senior Boy Champion - Malakye Merrilees

Senior Boy Runner-up - Bradley Councillor