Macquarie Memo Issue 14- 2024

News from our Principal

The warmer weather is upon us, and we are excited that this brings many community and special student events. We have a disco coming up after the holidays, colour run, and to kick it off market day this Friday.

We are very excited that our PBL mascots are up for display, however, they need names. There is a QR code located in our front foyer, we would love your opinion for our PBL mascot names. Please take a moment to vote when you can.

A massive thank you to everyone who attended our learning journey, it was so wonderful to see students sharing their learning and playing games with family. A big thank to teachers for the time and effort that went into making learning journeys wonderful.

Last week some of our 3-6 students participated in the Limelight massed choir, it was a joy to watch their performances and all students who attended represented our school exceptionally well.

This week we are very excited to welcome our new permanent Business Manager, Bri Brockman to Macquarie.  Bri comes to us from Florey Primary with many years of business manager experience. I know you will all make her feel very welcome as you meet her.

Our P&C have been extremely busy recently with cookbook organisation, colouring run, disco, year 6 events and readathon. I would just like to thank them all for their hard work, and ongoing dedication to fundraising and special events for our community.

Have a great week!

Kind regards 

Kristy

Parent Portal is now available as a mobile app, SENTRAL FOR PARENTS

Download Sentral for Parents for free

through the App Store or Google Play Store.

Macquarie Primary School encourages you to sign up to the Parent Portal as it’s a secure and convenient way to communicate with your child’s school.

Parent Portal can be accessed on a mobile phone, tablet or computer and will allow parents to:

·        Notify us if your child is sick or to explain an absence	·        Read updates to school events
·        You can notify us of any existing or future absence	·        Receive academic reports
·        Update your family contact details	·        Manage secure payments
·        View current school newsletter	·        Access excursion notes

Please contact the front office for further information MacquariePSAdminEmails@ed.act.edu.au

P & C News

Thank you!

Thank you to the amazing volunteers who helped us run the Father's Day stall in week 6. We raised vital funds for the P&C to continue supporting our school, but most importantly, the students had the chance to choose a special gift for their special adults. We hope all the Dads and other grown-ups enjoyed their carefully chosen presents.

Readathon – please return book lists

The MPS readathon finished on 6 September, and we are excited to see what our young readers got up to. Can children please return their book lists to the P&C box in the front office by Friday 13 September.

All sponsorship money will be used to buy books for the school. Prizes include a book voucher for the person from each year who has read the most books (from pre-school through to year 6, and LDU), a prize for one person selected at random from the people who have submitted their readathon form, as well as a special prize for the person who has read the most books in the entire school.

Calling businesses to sponsor our cookbook

Are you a local business owner, or do you know one?

We are seeking sponsorship for our MPS Cookbook and are keen to have businesses with a connection to our school. Sponsors will get an ad in the sponsorship chapter of the cookbook and help make our cookbook a success.

We are also hoping that a local photographer will help with photos for the front cover.

If you want more information please contact MPSCookbook2024@gmail.com  

Mango Fundraiser

It's time for the annual P&C mango drive! We are selling trays of fresh juicy mangoes straight from the Queensland farm to you!

Cost per 7kg tray: $29 (each tray usually contains 12-20 mangoes)

Collect orders from family, friends and work colleagues and place your order on flexischools by 24 October 2024. Delivery is expected in early December.

For further information contact Liz: uniforms.mps@gmail.com

Save the date – school disco!

School disco is also back this year! Please save the date for the evening of Friday 8 November. Children will get to vote on the disco theme soon.

Southern Cross Club Connection

Are you a member of the Southern Cross Club? If so, please link your membership to Macquarie Primary School and the P&C will receive 7.5% of your spend on food and beverages as a Community Rewards Fundraiser. You can simply fill out this online form (it takes about one minute!), or chat to reception next time you visit one of the clubs around Canberra.

Uniform shop

The P&C Uniform Shop is located in the Tidbinbilla Building. It is run by volunteers and sells new uniforms as close to cost price as possible, and second-hand items for $2 and $5. Opening times are:

Mondays 8:45 - 9:15am, Wednesdays 3:00 - 3:30pm, and Fridays 8:45 - 9:15am.

Cash and card payments are accepted. Orders can also be placed online via the flexischools app - see  www.flexischools.com.au. No need to collect online orders - they will be sent home with students. Any questions can be sent to uniforms.mps@gmail.com.  

Donations of pre-loved uniform items are gratefully accepted during open times, or may be left at the front office.

Notes / Reminders

All notes are available on our school website.

Contact Details

Community Notices

Come and Try Tball/Softball

The Boomerangs Softball Club will be hosting  a Come and Try session for kids 5- 18 years of age.

When: Saturday 21 September 2024

Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm

Where: Grass diamonds on Walhallow St, Hawker International Softball Centre (across the road from enclosed soccer fields).

If you can’t make it on the day, come along to training on Diamond 2 at the Hawker International Softball Centre on Wednesday 11 & 18 September from 5:00pm to 6:00pm

For more information about the Boomerangs softball club visit https://www.revolutionise.com.au/boomerangssoftball/home

For 20 plus years, Menslink have provided free counselling to young guys throughout Canberra and the surrounding region.

If your young guy is having a hard time and could really use someone to talk to, get in touch with Menslink. Now conveniently located in Holder (with some sessions also available at Kippax & Lanyon), our wait times are currently low so we’re ready to help when he needs it.

We provide a welcoming and supportive environment for young guys to share their concerns and worries with a male counsellor who will hear them out, work alongside them and provide tips and strategies to get them through those tough times.

Our Counselling sessions are completely confidential and are available to any male aged 10-25. There are no fees or charges or limits to the number of sessions. You don’t need a mental health plan and we are available during school terms and school holidays. The only prerequisite is that he is willing to give it a try.

If you think your young guy will benefit from chatting to one of our counsellors, have a chat with them and head to www.menslink.org.au, hit the ‘Get Help’ button, fill in the form and we’ll get back to you, generally the same or next business day.

If you need more info on how to have that chat with them, just email admin@menslink.org.au or call 6287 2226 and we will send you some information.