Key Dates for

2018

Term 1

Wednesday 7th Feb -

Thursday 12th April

Term 2

Monday 30th April -

Friday 6th July

Term 3

Tuesday 24th July -

Friday 28th Sept

Term 4

Monday 15th Oct -

Thurs 20th Dec

PL Days

Friday 13th April

Monday 23rd July

Friday 2nd November

Department of Education

Aim High:

aspire, learn, achieve

MOWBRAY HEIGHTS PRIMARY SCHOOL

Issue No. 9 4th April 2018

ANZAC Day March - 25 April

This year MHPS will be involved in the ANZAC Day march alongside other schools from the Northern

region. Students are welcome to join me in walking from Princes Square to the cenotaph at Kings Park.

Students must be in full school uniform, meet at the fountain at Princes Square at 10.00 am, and be collected

from the grass area near the cenotaph at the conclusion of the march. Students will not be supervised by

staff at the Service. We will be invited to lay a wreath.

We hope to see many students in attendance, but understand that families do have their own ANZAC Day

traditions they undertake together.

Fire Education

Fire Fighter Adrian Crack from the Tasmania Fire Service is visiting our school in Week 1 and Week 2 of

Term 2 to present a Fire Safety Program to our students from Prep to Year 6. The program is an initiative

of the Tasmania Fire Service which aims to deliver appropriate fire safety education to every primary school

child in Tasmania. The program is part of the Tasmania Fire Services ongoing commitment to educate the

public for a fire safe Tasmania.

Athletic Carnival

Last week the final events in the school’s athletic carnival were completed. The participation level of the

students was high and they were very enthusiastic. The final scores are:

1st place - Cadorna 704 points 2nd place - Beatty 675 points 3rd place - Jellico 630 points

We wish all members of our MHPS team the very best at the LSSSA carnival that was run today. The

members are: Lily Airey, Nathan Armstrong, Hunter Bartle, Sandhya Bishunkay, Peta Cabalzar, Jasmyn

Daley, Tahla-May Doyle, Nutifafa Dzakah Fanam, Nahom Fishaye, Blake Freeman, Destiny George, Karuna

Gurung, Sanjita Gurung, Thomas Hill, Chloe Hughes-Rangi, Dinesh Kami, Jakeb Kearnes, Ebony Kiely-

Widdowson, Samyogh Kotara Yakha, Liliani La'Akulu, Lily McHarry, Caleb McHenry, Rylee McHenry, Ella

Medcraft, Chase Mijts, Lucas Murray, Blake Natoli, Amity Nicholas, Aman-Ali Nor, Evie Owens, Jaxon

Owens, Mei Tha Chin Par, Emma Pedder, Benjamin Potter, Thomas Potter, Bridie Pyke, Abashek Rai, Arpan

Rai, Cameron Rhodes, Ahmed Salamo, Mary Soe, Emily Swift, Hning Cy Tahaih, Rylen Tuthill, Leanna

Vandermolen, Jack Walker, Rose Wani, Isabelle Whatley

Steve

This Coming

Week:

Thur 5th Apr

Primary Assembly

Thur 12th Apr

Last day of Term 1 for

students

Fri 13th Apr

Professional Learning

day for Staff

Fri 13th Apr - Mon

30th Apr

School Holidays

Wed 25th Apr

ANZAC day

Mon 30th Apr

First day of Term 2 for

students

Diary

Thur 5th Apr Primary Assembly

Thur 12th Apr Last day of Term 1 for students

Fri 13 Apr - Mon 30 Apr - School Holidays

Wed 25 Apr ANZAC Day

Mon 30th Apr Term 2 begins

Mon 30th Fire Ed program - runs for 2 weeks

Tue 15th - Thu 17th May NAPLAN testing

Student Awards

Merit Certificates: Congratulations to the following Early Childhood

students who were presented with certificates on 29th March: Bridey Holmes, Aachal Biswa, Izzy Morse, Sehrish

Sumlina, Shayaan Islam, Bridget Buchanan, Jett Maynard, Dylan Barnes, Jackson Scott, Khloe Rossiter,

Jessica Coker-Williams, Luke Hughes-Broadhurst, Ashlee Cousins-Rogers, Addisyn Howell, Abigail Topp

and Ava Edwards.

Chloe Denman, Charl ie Kiely -Widdowson, Charli Bishop, Bidya

Acharya, Tajaya Brown, Chelsea Houston, Nathan Bower and Akash Acharya.

School Banking Program This week’s Dollarmite Award was won by Charlotte Tanton from 1-2 Wood.

Entertainment Books

Once again Mowbray Heights Primary School P&C will be selling

the Entertainment Books. Entertainment Books are amazing value

with lots of vouchers and discounts. Membership costs $65.00.

All books sold raise $13.00 each for the school.

Pre-order before 3rd May and receive Early Bird Bonus offers. To

order your book or your digital membership, visit http://

www.entbook.com.au/24h1608.

Books will be available at the office early in Term 2.

Participation in this fundraiser is absolutely

voluntary. There is no expectation that

families will participate.

End of Term DVD Grades 3 - 6

Rated PG

On Thursday the 12th of April, students

from Grades 3-6 will be watching Wonder.

Based on the New York Times bestseller,

WONDER tells the inspiring and heart-

warming story of August Pullman. Born

with facial differences that, up until now,

have prevented him from going to a

mainstream school, Auggie becomes the

most unlikely of heroes when he enters the

local fifth grade. As his family, his new

classmates, and the larger community all struggle to find their

compassion and acceptance, Auggie’s extraordinary journey will

unite them all and prove you can’t blend in when you were born

to stand out.

Staff News

Families who have been part of our school for a while

will be aware that teachers all have an entitlement to

Long Service Leave. Personal circumstances determine

the period of long service taken. Sometimes it can be

a week, sometimes for much longer. As a school we

try to manage the Long Service Leave entitlements so

that classes continue to run smoothly and the learning

continues.

Fortunately we are able to replace our teachers with

some excellent relief staff who are familiar with our

students and loyal to our school. In the coming weeks,

we have the following teachers on Leave:

Mrs Mahar - 4/4/18 - 13/4/18

Mrs Cox - 4/4/18 - 13/4/18

Mrs Wood - 4/4/18 - 13/4/18

Miss Stevens - 9/4/18 - 3/518

Easter Hat Parade

Last Thursday 29th March, Prep and Prep 1 classes toured the

school showing off their Easter hats. It was such a success that

they proudly showed their creations at early childhood assembly

during the afternoon.

School Office Hours and Uniform Sales

Our Office is open from 8.00am - 4.00pm.

The Uniform Cupboard is open on Tuesdays from 8.45am

- 9.30am.

National Assessment Program –

Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) 2018

NAPLAN (National Assessment Program – Literacy and

Numeracy) commenced in Australian schools in 2008. Each

year, all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 participate in common

national tests which assess:

Reading Writing Numeracy

Language Conventions (spelling, grammar and

punctuation)

The scheduled dates for the tests in 2018 are Tuesday 15th

May, Wednesday 16th May and Thursday 17th May.

The benefits of participating in NAPLAN testing:

NAPLAN tests the skills that are essential for every child to

progress through school and life such as reading, writing,

spelling, grammar and numeracy.

NAPLAN results provide valuable information on how your

child is progressing against national minimum standards of

literacy and numeracy skills expected for each year level.

The NAPLAN tests provide you as parents with an individual

report that shows your child’s results and a comparison of

your child’s performance against all other Australian students

in their year level.

Teachers use the NAPLAN results to determine your child’s

areas of strength and where future focus is required and how

best to provide support or extension activities.

School teachers use the online NAPLAN Toolkit to analyse

your child’s results. The Toolkit provides detailed information

right down to the individual question with links to teaching

strategies.

Principals, senior staff and others use NAPLAN results to

inform school planning and to allocate resources and support

including informing decisions around targeted programs and

initiatives for individuals and groups.

The best way you can assist your child is by helping them to

feel comfortable about the nature and purpose of the tests,

and assure them that the tests will give them an opportunity

to show what they have learned in class.

The Mowbray Health Centre car park is a private car

park for parents and children attending the centre.

Please do not park in the car park at other times.

Tasmanian Health Service

ICT User Information Years 1- 6

The ICT Resources Acceptable Use Agreement

went home several weeks. The agreement will

help protect students, staff and the resources

by clearly stating what is acceptable and what is

not. Please read it with your child. The

agreement needs to be signed by the child and the parent

or carer.

If it has not been returned, please do so asap.

Brixhibition Lego Display

Congratulations to all our budding architects

and engineers who last week contributed to

our first Lego display.

Over thirty children spent many hours constructing their

entries and on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week,

classes visited the display and voted for their favourite.

Mowbray Heights Primary School will have two entries at

the Brixhibition Exhibition

in May.

ANZAC Day Australians recognise 25 April as an occasion of national

c o m m e m o r a t i o n . Commemorative services

held at dawn across the nation, honour the time of

the original landing.

It is a day when we all reflect

on the many different meanings of war.

The Flanders

poppy has been a part of

Armistice or Remembrance Day ritual

since the early 1920s and is also increasingly being used as

part of ANZAC Day observances.

CONTACT DETAILS

Postal Address: PO Box 131, Mowbray Heights 7248

Street Address: 20-30 Cadorna Street, Mowbray Heights

Phone: 6326 1892

Email: mowbray.heights.primary@education.tas.gov.au