We are always looking for volunteers in the canteen so if you have some spare time and would like to help, please go to the front office to collect a volunteer application form. You will need to complete a DHS Screening for Working with Children and a Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education and Care (RRHAN-EC). Once these have been completed and copies of certificates supplied to the office, you will be able to become a member of our wonderful volunteer team.

Welcome to the Library

Hello and welcome back everyone! A special hello and welcome to students and parents who are new to Mitcham this year. The library is located in the Tutt building at the end of the corridor. The library is a welcoming place where students can read, borrow, play with puzzles, colour in or create a masterpiece of design with our Lego wall. We are closed during recess but open for the lunch break. We are closed before and after school. 

Borrowing Books 

Class teachers have booked a time to bring their classes in for weekly borrowing lessons and students may borrow at lunch time too. Reception to year 2 students may borrow up to four books and years 3-6 students may borrow up to six. Students can keep books for up to two weeks. After two weeks the books are overdue and will need to be returned before any more are borrowed. 

Overdue books 

We would much rather students be able to continue borrowing than be worrying about a book they can’t find. Parents, please, if you or your child are concerned about any books that are overdue or lost, contact Vasi in the library on vasi.gelasakis474@schools.sa.edu.au. While we expect students to treat our library books with care, we do understand all sorts of things can happen. Overdue notices will be sent directly to the parent email you have nominated for receiving notices. Years 3-6 students have a school email address to which we will also send overdue notices.

Premier’s Reading Challenge

Teachers will be distributing these forms in the classroom. When completed, reading challenge forms should be handed in person to Vasi or Sunyoung in the library. The library has spare forms if required. We have an excellent range of the Premier’s Reading Challenge books and we are always happy to help students locate them. The PRC website at https://premiersreadingchallenge.sa.edu.au/ has online lists you can check from home. In the Library these books can be identified by the coloured stickers on the books’ spine. Reception to Year 2 students have red stickers, Year 3-5 have green stickers and Year 6 books have yellow stickers. The Premier’s Reading Challenge concludes on 8 September.

Book Club 

Our school is participating in Scholastic Book Club again this year. Once a term, during the school year, I will send home a Club catalogue with a different selection of books offered for all ages. This year the book club catalogue has a new look – instead of a magazine it is being printed as a newspaper. You will find award-winning books and bestsellers, as well as old and new favourites. Each order helps earn free books and teaching materials for our library, however there is never any obligation to order. 

It is easy to order. The Book Club LOOP platform for parents allows you to pay by credit card. Your child’s order is submitted directly to school safe and sound and the books will be delivered to class. You can place your child’s order at www.scholastic.com.au/LOOP or using the LOOP app, which can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play. Only orders requested and paid for online via LOOP will be accepted. We are unable to accept cash, cheque or credit card payments to the school. The first catalogue was sent home last week. 

Yours in reading,

Vasi and Sunyoung

Year Sixes! - The Primary School Music Festival is here again!
We did the MPS choir's "Try B4 U Buy" session on Wednesday, and that went tremendously well.
If you want to be a part of the choir, simply return the permission slip and pay the fee. Forms went out today, but we can arrange another one if it was misplaced.

As we discussed, there are LOTS of roles besides being in the choir. If you're interested in being a HOST at some of the performances, information can be found here.

If you're interested in being a singing SOLOIST at one of the shows, information can be found here.

If you're interested in being in the dance TROUPE at some of the performances, information can be found here.

If you're interested in being an instrumentalist in the ORCHESTRA at some of the performances, information can be found here.

Roles in the orchestra, dance troupe, or host and soloist positions are all applied for through the PSMF website and are decided by audition to the PSMF team. I look forward to seeing the eager singers next week at our first choir rehearsal with our accompanist!

Mr Fielder - Choir Leader/Performing Arts Teacher

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone for helping to make the 2022 - MPS Quiz Night such a success. This year the Quiz Night sold out in record time!!! With your support we have managed to raise an incredible $18,000 to purchase staging and IT equipment for our new gym!!!

On the night everyone looked amazing dressed in their Sequins and Sneakers and our new gym was a fabulous venue for the return of this popular event.

To the MPS parents & teachers who filled the 26 tables, it was wonderful to see you all answering quiz questions, dancing to some old favourites and especially enjoying each other’s company.

To the Fundraising Committee - Sophie, Chevonne, Caitlin, Jacqui, Diana, Arthur, Claire & David – congratulations and a special thank you for helping to organise such a successful event.

We would like to acknowledge all our generous sponsors who donated prizes, vouchers and wine for the event. We really appreciate your contributions.

A fun night was had by all and we look forward to your support of future fundraising events in 2023.

Please see below the upcoming important dates and school events for the rest of Term 4

Borrowing in Term 4

Friday 2 December (week 7) will be the last day for student borrowing. All books should be returned by Wednesday 7 December (week 8).

If your child is unable to find a book please pass a message through their teacher or email sophie.calvertsmith315@schools.sa.edu.au.

Yours in Reading,

Sophie and Sunyoung

Wow!!! What a fantastic response we have had from our amazing school community.

Last week, the Junior Primary Student Representative Council, the Citizenship Committee and School Captains were hard at work sorting all the fabulous donations received for this year’s Community Service Project.

We would like to thank all those families who donated items for Puddle Jumpers, a charity that supports vulnerable children and young people by providing activity days, camps and food assistance for those in need.

Thanks to your generosity we will be able to provide many young people and families with essential items heading into the Christmas holidays. 

We look forward to seeing our Mitcham families next Tuesday 29th November for our end-of-year celebration Family Night. The weather forecast is looking promising at this stage! Families are welcome to come along from 5pm and enjoy a BYO picnic tea on the oval, with pre-concert entertainment by our choirs and recorder group from 5.30pm. Students will meet their teachers at the classroom at 5.40pm, ready for performances to begin at 6.00pm. It is going to be a fantastic night of music and dancing!

Department for Education policy states that a parent is required to provide evidence of the child or young person’s primary place of residence at enrolment and any time it changes.

We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day for sports day! 

Congratulations go to Mellor for achieving the highest number of points and winning the sports day shield.

This year the Values Cup was awarded to Dunks, for demonstrating the school values and excellent sportsmanship across the day.

Special thanks go to Mr Rowland for all his efforts in planning and coordinating the day. It was a busy day that ran so smoothly and was enjoyed by all. We would also like thank all the teachers, SSO’s parents and students who helped throughout the day. The House Captains did an amazing job and dedicated hours of practice for our health hustle, setting up early in the morning, as well as supporting teachers at events during the day and organising their houses for sprints, relays and chants.