From the Assistant Principal
MITS Info for Arlington Families
This year Preshil is fortunate to have the opportunity to become a partner school with the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School (MITS) in Richmond.
Each year, indigenous boys and girls (around Year 7 age) go to live at the MITS boarding house in Richmond. They attend school at the Richmond Football Club where they study an intensive curriculum that is focused on numeracy and literacy. At the end of their MITS year, students move into scholarship positions at Melbourne partner schools.
The Year 8 children at the Secondary School and wider Preshil community have warmly welcomed Marie and Kirsty Dumoo into the Year 8 cohort.
Kirsty and Marie are cousins from the community of Wadeye, which is situated on the western edge of the Daly River Reserve about 230km by air south-west of Darwin.
If you would like more information about this program, or would like to offer support to the girls or host families, please contact the MITS coordinator at the secondary school, beth.alvarez@preshil.vic.edu.au
Doo Dah
On the last day of Term, Thursday 29 March, Arlington will be celebrating with a Preshilian Doo Dah.
According to a reliable source, some parents decided to start cooking an al fresco meal for the children of Arlington at the end of each term. When Mug (Margaret E Lyttle) asked what was going on, one of the parents said “Oh it’s just a Doo Dah!”
The spirit of Doo Dah today remains the same. It is a delicious community meal of fresh food prepared, cooked and served to the children of Arlington on The Bricks by their mums, dads and carers. It is friendly, fun and relaxed: a great way to join in with the school community and get to know other parents/carers, and the children and teachers.
If you are able to volunteer on the day please notify your class rep, it"s a lovely opportunity to get to know other families and join us in the celebration of an exciting and busy term!
CLASS REPS
Kindergarten: Rachael Kent and Claire Justin
5s & 6s: Lisa Panetta and Janet Loryman
7s, 8s & 9s: Ruth Edwards and Carla Veith-Carter
10s & 11s: Joanne Willing
Arriving before 8.30am
A gentle reminder that the school yard is unsupervised before 8.30am. As we currently do not offer before care please make sure that before this time your child is supervised.
We offer after care from 3.30pm, if you would like to use this service please contact Kelly Club preshil@kellycluboshc.com.au
Natalie Jensen
Assistant Principal