School News

National Support Staff Week

Last week we celebrated the contribution our Educational Support

staff make to our school team.

We would like to thank our ES staff for the continuous support they

provide our students, staff and community.

PMP Week 6

We had another fantastic week during PMP.

Thank-you to all our Year 5/6 helpers for their

support and to our community members and parents that participated in the session.

Stay tuned for further PMP dates for Term 4.

On Thursday our Year 3/4 classes participated in an Ecolinc incursion as part of an introduction to their next Integrated Studies topic; Minibeasts. The students engaged in small group activities looking at various animals such as, frogs, lizards and stick insects. Each group learned about the lifecycle of each animal, their habitat and the contribution the animal makes to the ecosystem.

The children were also lucky enough to touch some of the animals.

Thank-you to Mrs Riddoch for organising such a great interactive educational session for our students.

Congratulations to this years Book Week Award Winners

Pink Day for Maria

Thank-you to all staff and students for making the ‘Pink Day’ for Maria such a success. With your support and donations, we were able to raise a total of $560! Maria's elderly parents will have immediate financial

relief and will be sent a clear message that their daughter is very much valued for her skill set and her warm relationship with the students,

volunteers and staff. What a wonderful and touching community effort!

BOOK CLUB

Book Club issue 6 has been sent home this week. Orders need to be placed online via the Scholastic LOOP by Friday, 7th September.

All orders must be placed online at scholastic.com.au/LOOP.

More information about LOOP can be found at the following link:

www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP_How_to_Order_and_Pay

If you have any questions about LOOP or Book Club, please see Mrs. Brown.

Did you know?

All orders placed through Book Club earn Scholastic Rewards for our school. These rewards are used to purchase new equipment such as classroom resources, big books, home readers and much more that benefit the students at MRPS. The more books purchased through Book Club, the more resources we are able to obtain through Scholastic Rewards.

Women’s National Basketball League

Miners Rest Primary School have been given 100 double passes to handout for families who would like to attend a WNBL Preseason Basketball match between the Melbourne Boomers against the Bendigo Bank Spirit.

The game will be played at the Minerdome on Saturday September 8th.

We are very fortunate to receive this special offer so we hope you and your families can enjoy the game together. The tickets will be at the office for you to collect.

We will also be lucky enough to have our senior students take part in a basketball clinic in the coming weeks with some professional WNBL players.