Principal's report
Grade 3/4 CAMP
On Monday, 150 very excited Grade 3 and 4 students boarded three coaches and departed for their three-day adventure camp at Campaspe Downs near Kyneton. All of the activities were conducted by the Campaspe Downs camp staff and were supervised by our own enthusiastic teachers from MPW. I heard from the children that many of the teachers were brave and adventurous enough to have a go at some of the activities including the flying fox, giant swing and archery where some were even successful in striking a bullseye. I heard from the teachers that the students displayed excellent behaviour throughout the camp including supporting each other and encouraging their peers to ‘have a go’ even when the challenges were outside their comfort zone, a wonderful opportunity to build resilience. A big thankyou to all of the staff who attended the camp and to the students for being so positive and encouraging of each other.
Thank you also to the parents who attended camp. I was very pleased to receive the following comment from one of them: ‘It was amazing to see the connection between our MPW children and their teachers on camp. All of the teachers encouraged an adventurous spirit and the children really enjoyed their extra independence …’
Junior School Council
I have been very impressed with the work that has been done by our JSC and the teachers who have been supporting them in preparing for the JSC Mother’s Day stall. I’m sure that all of their hard work and organisation will pay off with a very successful stall today. If you are one of the lucky recipients of one of these special gifts on Sunday, I hope that you feel appreciated, proud of your child[ren] and much loved.
Civics & Citizenship at MPW
On Monday of this week I had the privilege of attending my first MPW assembly. Although we had problems with the technology and had to manage ‘unpluged’, I was so impressed with the way the children ran the assembly themselves and especially with the singing of two versus of the Australian National Anthem. All of the children at my own school Iramoo PS, sing two versus of the National Anthem every Monday morning but I have not been aware of other primary schools where this is done.
This week our Grade 6 flag monitors have flown the Torres Strait Islander flag alongside thenational flag at the front of our school for the first time. This beautiful blue, green and white flag was recognised by the Australian government in 1995 with the Australian Aboriginal flag as an official ‘flag of Australia’ and it is really pleasing to see our children become familiar with it.
Thank you
Assistant Principal Trish Viscusa, seeing eye dog puppy Jessie and I will be returning to Iramoo PS in Wyndham Vale next week. We would like to thank the community of MPW for being so welcoming and friendly towards all three of us in the past fortnight. We will remember our time with you very fondly indeed.
Moira Findlay
Notices Home
Wednesday 9th May
- JSC Mother's Day Stall - Whole school