Melrose Park Public School Newsletter

Thank you to our wonderful school community who came together on Election Day to support the efforts of the P&C as they hosted a BBQ and cake stall.

Thank you to the many many families who baked or provided delicious yummy treats to sell to the voters. Nearly 2000 people turned out and chose our school to cast their votes. Thank you to our families who contributed in other ways, such as donating money or their time to support the event. Every contribution was greatly appreciated.

A huge thank you to the organising team led by Prama and Steph and supported by Erika, Jess, Nina and Lucinda for the preparation behind the scenes and the coordination on the day.

Thank you once again to PAYCE for the support given to the P&C for the BBQ.

Thank you to our volunteers who signed up to help prepare, cook, serve and clean up on the day, including family,  Murugasu Thompson, Williams, Mather, Prout, Mazzone, Duggin Cooper, Hewitt, Kempe, Simonds, Barnett, DeZwart, Dyer, Haskins, Reale, Lau, Mavin-Ward, Hallet. Your time was invaluable and collaboration outstanding.

Many of our students deserve acknowledgement for displaying oustanding citizenship and helping out on the day. These include ex students who helped, thus gaining credits as part of their high school social contract. Thank you Nate, Lakshman, Madeline and Florence.

Thank you to Megan, Nathan, Githanjali, Rosie, Hunter,  Callum, Xanthe, Amy, Darcy, Aurora, Ashleigh, Benji, , Bailey, Chelsea and Michael. You were fantastic and wonderful ambassadors for your school and your families.

Students in Year 2 are  demonstrating some amazing work as we progress through the term.

On Mondays, Mrs Gallagher, our Wellbeing Support Officer, has been joining the class as we progress our learning journey with the Zones of Regulation. Students are practicing recognising feelings on faces in magazines and have made a series of collages that represented each Zone. We also talked about our own face and body language as well as others and what we can do to help our friends if we observe they are in the blue or yellow zone.

“If my friend was in the blue zone I would ask if she was okay and if she would like to play with me. If she didn’t want to play, I would give her some space and ask again later.”

Stage 3 History

Stage 3 has been learning about Australian Colonisation. We have been researching significant events and explorers that impacted Australian colonies. To assist us with this task, we broke off into groups of 5 with each group member researching either a significant event or an explorer. After the research was complete, the students reported back to their group by presenting their findings while the other members took notes. At the end of this step, each group member had learnt about either 5 events or 5 explorers. Next, each explorer group paired with an event group to share their research and finish with knowledge on 5 events and 5 explorers. This was a great opportunity for students to engage in independent research, presenting, note taking and collaboration.