Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia - EpiPens 300 Recall

Alphapharm Pty Ltd, following consultation with the Therapeutic Goods Administration, is recalling the following batches of EpiPen® 300 microgram (μg) Adrenaline Injection Syringe Auto-Injectors with a April 2017 Expiry due to the potential that these devices may contain a defective part that may result in the device failing to activate or requiring increased force to activate. Two reports world-wide have been confirmed of the device failing to activate in a batch of about 80,000 devices.

Batch numbers:

5FA665
5FA6651
5FA6652
5FA6653

Full details are available via the Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia link below:

Free Activity Day (F.A.D.)

The children in grades 5/6 are looking forward to our first Free Activity Day for 2017, next Tuesday (28/3)! This is another way that Moonee Ponds West celebrates the diverse variety of interests, skills and talents of our students.

On this day, children will participate in a range of great activities offered by our community, including some offered by the children themselves. Children select activities from those on offer to create a day based around their interests, and build their own timetable for the day. This is one of the highlights of our school calendar for our older students – it’s a great day!

Some activities that have been offered include:

a range of art and craft activities such as applique, marbling, calligraphy, card making, decorating succulent pots, street art/ graffiti drawing workshops, nature drawing by the river, Easter craft sessions, making your own earrings, finger knitting and building your own jewellery box using woodwork.
sports and outdoor activities, such as orienteering, table tennis, volleyball, a cricket match, netball clinics and games, ball games, Quidditch, a fitness circuit game, a soccer clinic, a riverside scavenger hunt and a Trugo competition.
cooking activities, including cake decorating, pizza making, chocolate cake in a mug, making healthy juices, chocolate balls, sherbet and rumballs, short bread decorating, making banana cake, rainbow cookies and making Easter chocolates
a whole range of other great ideas, such as making bath bombs, playing group games such as Assassin and Kahoot, completing a scavenger hunt using QR codes, a domino challenge, playing board games and a camping adventure in Jack’s Paddock.

We are very grateful for all the activities offered by our community in support of the day and hope that you are all as excited as the kids are!

If you are considering running an activity for a F.A.D. later in the year, have a look at the list above and see what different or interesting things you may be able to come up with – almost anything goes! In the past we have released homing pigeons, had dancing clinics, African drums workshops, beach volleyball – a huge range of opportunities. It’s a great opportunity to get to know the kids and to help them explore and develop a range of interests in a wide range of learning areas.

You are also welcome to drop in and have a look at how the day runs next Tuesday, we are sure you would be impressed with the independence and engagement of the students involved and it might just inspire you for our next Free Activity Day.

Thank you for all your support!

The Modern Family

For your information, Alyena Mohummadally, classroom teacher in room 13, will be on a panel to discuss the modern family on Tuesday 18 April at the Wheeler Centre. Please see the link below for further details.

http://www.wheelercentre.com/events/the-modern-family

Student Banking Program at MPW

Leading into the Term 1 break next week there will be no School Banking collected on Thursday 30th March.

Year 7 Secondary School Expo

The annual Secondary School Expo was held in the gym on Wednesday evening. The Expo provides students and families attending State Primary Schools in the Ascot Vale and Moonee Ponds area the opportunity to meet teachers from the surrounding State Secondary schools. It was wonderful to see many former Moonee Ponds West Primary students now in year 7, support their new school and provide hands on information about their experiences thus far in Secondary school.

Thank you to the many students and families who attended the Expo and a special thanks to the following schools and organisations for their participation:

Buckley Park Secondary College
Mount Alexander Secondary College
Essendon Keilor College (East Keilor & Niddrie)
Gilmore College for Girls
Maribyrnong Secondary College
Rosehill Secondary College
Strathmore Secondary College
Overnewton College
Footscray City College
Amanda Lecaude – Organising Students

Fundraising Events

Moonee Ponds West Movie Night

Moonee Ponds West Fundraising Events 2017