What's Happening
MPS PSYCHOLOGIST
We are delighted to announce that Carmeline, a psychologist from onPsych, will be joining our school every second Thursday to provide support for students.
Carmeline will work with children to address mental health issues, develop resilience, enhance family relationships and adjust to new social circumstances in positive ways.
She will be able to provide the following services:
- Individual counselling for children
- Parent support and psychoeducation
- Family counselling
This is and opt in program and onPsych’s services are provided at the school at NO OUT OF POCKET COST through Medicare bulk billing.
Carmeline will work collaboratively with you, your child, and the teachers to resolve emotional and behavioural issues, build resilience and assist children to reach their full potential.
Please contact Acting Assistant Principal, Fiona Sewell, for more information or to register.
Fiona.Sewell@education.vic.gov.au
ANDREW FULLER WEBINAR
Free Information Session for Parents
‘Re-igniting Children’s Learning and Getting their Mojo Back’
This session with Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Andrew Fuller, empowers parents to guide their children (and themselves) towards success.
This webinar combines the latest research from brain science, positive education, and resilience to create strength-based education.
Topics include ·
- What we can learn from video game designers about motivation and engagement
- How to re-engage and re-motivate your child in learning ·
- The learning after-effects of 2020/2021 – what to look for, what to prepare for
- The key skills that parents can develop in their children that lead to success.
- Overcoming anxiety
When: Wednesday 9 February 7.30pm–8.30pm
Where: online via Eventbrite
SCHOOL PHOTOS
School photos for all students will take place on Friday 25 February.
Students are required to wear the official school uniform - gold shirt, maroon shorts or school dress.
Please read the attached instructions from AdvancedLife School Photography
CANTEEN NEWS
VOLUNTEERS PLEASE!
The MPS canteen operates Tuesday to Friday for lunch orders and is also open at recess and lunchtimes for students to buy icypoles and snacks.
The canteen is currently looking for assistance in serving students at lunchtimes (especially on a hot day), and on Fridays assistance is required for preparing lunch orders. Any help no matter how small would be greatly appreciated.
For those of you who have not volunteered before, please note the following:
All volunteers need a Working with Children Check card. These are free for volunteer status and are valid for five years.
Please make sure that the office has a copy of your WWCC and that you have signed a Child Safe Code of Conduct form (also at the office). WWCC can be applied for online and are processed at the Post Office.
https:/WWCV.auspost.com.au/Volunteers
As soon as you have a receipt of your application lodgement, you are able to volunteer immediately. Proof of receipt will be required to be shown at the office.
All volunteers must be fully vaccinated.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Susan.Hunt2@education.vic.gov.au or through the office.
Sue Hunt
Canteen
SECOND HAND UNIFORM SALE
The second hand uniform stall will be open from 3.00pm on Thursday 17 February.
All pieces are $2.50 except the winter tunic which is $5. Please bring cash (preferably coins) and bring your own bag.
The stall will be held out the outside the staffroom, near the basketball courts.
Thank you
Fiona Sewell
BOOK CLUB NEWS
Book Club catalogues were handed out last week! Keep an eye out for great value for many books starting at just $2.00.
Issue #1 ordering online will close by FRIDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2022
Parents order and make payments online using the LOOP System (Linked Online Ordering & Payment). Parents using this system streamlines our processing, and books can be distributed faster.
So this year all orders are to be made online. If you have any questions about this please talk to Amanda in the Library.
Scholastic Book Club is very important to our library, providing us with thousands of dollars in reward money to spend on books for our collection.
As our orders are being ordered online, parents will be happy to know about two new changes to LOOP (Linked Online Ordering & Payment).
At the 'Order Review' step, LOOP customers will now be advised how much they have saved (price versus RRP) and how many rewards their order has earned the school.
A hover message appears to explain how savings are calculated. It is always nice to know how much you have saved and lovely to know how you have helped out the school with reward points!
Another change is having an option to have GIFT items shipped to home for a small handling charge, even if the school order has not been placed or is still open. So if you are planning for birthdays and Christmas, this could be a great option.
On behalf of our school, we would like to thank students and families for supporting our Scholastic Book Club that the school provides throughout the year.
Amanda Daemen