Dear Families, It is wonderful to have our Prep, 1 and 2 children back at school and the teachers are pleased to see that the children have settled in well. We are getting better at staggered drop off and pick up times and I thank parents/carers for adhering to the times allocated. I stress the importance of our parents /carers keeping the 1.5 metre distance from other adults at the front of the school as you wait for your children. The signs on the front fence are a reminder to keep your distance from others so that you to keep safe. Mrs Margaret LEACH School Principal

Day Date Activity June 2020 Monday 8 June Queen’s Birthday –

Public Holiday Tuesday 9 June Years 3 - 6 return to

on-site school Monday 22 June Parent Teacher

Meetings (ring to make an appointment)

Friday 26 June Last day of Term 2 Finish time 2.30pm

July 2020 Monday 13 July Term 3 starts 8:50am

The Wellbeing Team at MHPS encourages you to be Mindful during May.

Here are 5 ideas on ways to be mindful, reduce anxiety and just relax. These are great activities for children, you may like to try yourself!

1. Number 8 Breathing Point your finger into the air in front of you and breathe in as you circle around, then cross over to the right to circle your finger and breathe out. This picture will help explain it:

2. What Does it Mean to be Present? By Rana DiOrio

You can watch this being read on you tube at…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stnz10c2tt0&t=90s

3. Belly Breathing Lie down on your back. Put one hand on your chest and one hand on your tummy. Inhale through your nose. Your hand on your tummy should rise and the hand on your chest should remain still. Then slowly exhale and the hand on your tummy should go downwards.

4. Candle Breathing This is a great calming exercise. Put a hand out in front of you, then pretend they are birthday candles that need to be blown out. Take a deep breath in and slowly breathe out onto your thumb, then repeat for the fingers too.

5. Mindful Listening Have a place to sit, it can be anyway that’s safe. Close your eyes and for a minute or two just focus on what you can hear. You may notice lots of things you don’t normally stop to notice.

Office Hours Monday—Friday 8:30am to 4:00pm Last day of each Term the office will close at 2:30pm The office is CLOSED during all school holiday periods

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