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Miranda North Public School Newsletter

Week 3

Congratulations to our kinder students on a wonderful

first week at school

We’ve been so proud of our 56 new kindergarten

students who have been such brave, curious learners

over the last week. Their buddies have done a

fabulous job in settling them into school and looking

after them so carefully. We’ve noticed great

empathy and care from our stage three students.

Congratulations to our students for a very

settled start to the school year!

We’ve had a settled start to the year and

student are learning well in the classrooms,

getting to know their classmates and teachers.

Congratulations to our students, teachers and

community for such a great preparation for

school in 2020.

Parent-teacher-student learning discussion

and interviews at the end of term. Online

booking system again in 2020!

Our school will be using an easy online system for

parents and carers to book in a session to meet

with their child’s teacher at the end of the term.

Information will come home mid-term about how

to book an opportunity for the three way

interviews. We had good success with the system

in 2019 and anticipate this will be an easy and

effective way to book a session once again. We

look forward to seeing each student and their

parent/carer at our end of term learning

discussions (during week 10 and 11).

Novel Corona Virus

You will have heard the news regarding

Novel Coronavirus on the television, radio, inter-

net or social media. While this news can be up-

setting for many people it is important that we

work together to support those who have been in

the impacted areas. It is also very important that

we don’t assume people who have a Chinese or

other Asian background are linked to the spread

of the Novel Coronavirus. Anti-Asian language

and behaviour, or other form of racism is

unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our

school community.

School environment improvements

Over the holiday period we had some

tree safety work undertaken to ensure that the

playground is a safe space for students. Thanks to

Mr Raz who attended school many times over the

holiday period, in addition to his usual days

to prepare the grounds for the students to return.

Thank you to Mr Crocker and Mr Robinson for their

great job in refreshing the line markings on the

school playground. Our keen handball players

think the new lines have improved their game

immeasurably! No more discrepancies about

whether the ball is in, out or on the line!

We are looking forward to our colourful new play-

ground markings which are due to be installed

later this term. Thanks to our P and C and student

leaders for their great work in planning the play-

ground improvement. We are excited to see our

playground come to life with new markings to

enjoy!

Our friends at Hermidale

Last week we received some fabulous cards and

made contact with our friends at Hermidale. They

so appreciated the donation we made to their

school at the end of the year, to provide financial

support to the students for their excursions in 2020.

They had some great news on their first day back

at school. …they had 17 mm of steady rain! The

students had enormous fun finding an umbrella

(which had been put away for a long time) and

all huddling under it as the rain poured. We think

they might have got just a little bit wet! Our

students were thrilled to receive their cards this

week and we hope to maintain contact

throughout the year. Together we stand with our

friends in Hermidale!

Thank you to the many parents and carers who

have been able to attend the Meet the Teacher

opportunities this week. If you were unable to at-

tend, an information bulletin is available on the

school app. We value your partnership in learn-

ing. Parent/Teacher/Student learning discussions

Meet the teacher—thanks for attending

Keep abreast of the news that occurs at

school by downloading the school app from the app store. The app is called “school

stream” and contains the calendar of events

and notes. You will also receive information

and updates via the app to keep you informed.

Newsletter

Read the school newsletter for fortnightly

updates. It is emailed to you if we have your email address or download it from the school

website or app.

Check out the Miranda North Public School

Official Facebook page for good news items

about our school and our students’ learning.

School App

Facebook page

A visit from Cronulla Sharks

A fun assembly for everyone this week as we

enjoyed a visit from the Cronulla Sharks and

learnt about resilience- the ability to cope

when things go wrong. We were especially

lucky to have a visit from Reefy as well!

12/02 Endeavour High Open Night 6—8pm

20/2 MNPS Swimming carnival

Caringbah Leisure Centre

21/2 Parents as Partners Session 9.30am

- Starting School

24/2 L.E.A.D. with Courage

5/6 Leadership day

2/3 Cronulla Zone Rugby League Trials

3/3 Cronulla Zone Swimming Carnival

Upcoming events

Thanks to the parents who were able to

attend the P & C meeting last night. The

school values the support of the P & C and its

partnership with the school. Parents are

welcome to attend the next meeting on

Tuesday 17th March at 7pm in the staffroom.

This will be the Annual General Meeting.

P & C Meeting

What a wonderful community we have here

at MNPS! After a call out for helpers, we had

some fabulous parents and grandparents

assist Mr Raz with a clean up of debris from

the storm. They raked and picked up all the

fallen branches, making the school shine!

Thanks to Luana, Kate, Paul and Col for

helping out. Our playground looks fabulous!

Thank you to our wonderful helpers

Our first Parents as Partners will be held on Friday 21 February.

All welcome!