21st February 2025

School Vision

From the Principal

Dear parents and carers,

Welcome back to the 2025 school year. What a busy start it has been.

This is our first newsletter for 2025 and I would like to welcome everyone back to Madeley Primary School for Term 1. I hope all students and their families had a wonderful Christmas and holiday period. A special welcome our new students and staff. We would like to welcome our new teaching staff Mrs Hutchinson in both Kindy and Year 3, Miss Knox in Year 1, Ms Hoff in Year 3, Mrs Devenish-Krauth in Year 5, Miss Kolman in Year 6 and Mrs Dunn teaching Music this year. We would also like to welcome Miss Cross and Mrs Adonis who have joined our Education Assistants and a welcome back to Mrs Khoosal who joins us again as our librarian.

Chaplain: Today sees the last day we have Tania Malloch as our Chaplain. She is heading to work in a Pastoral Care role in her church and we wish her all the best. As of Week 4, we will have our new Chaplain, Jay East, joining us. We look forward to welcoming her to our school.

Meet and Greet: We hope you enjoyed the Meet and Greet at the beginning of the school year where students had the opportunity to bring in their booklist items and meet their teachers and settle into their classrooms. The feedback from staff and parents was again very positive.

Parent Interview Afternoon: Madeley Primary will be holding whole school Parent Teacher Interviews again this year, following the success of the event in 2024.

The Assistant Director of Education has approved Madeley Primary’s application to close the school early on April 3rd, enabling staff to conduct parent interviews throughout the afternoon until 6:00pm. Madeley will close, and students will be dismissed at 11:45am. Further communication will come out later in the term detailing how to book interview sessions.

NAPLAN: Students in Years 3 and 5 will be undertaking Practice NAPLAN assessments next week, in preparation for NAPLAN which will be held from 12th to the 24th March in 2025. Please ensure your children arrive at school on time, in order not to miss their testing schedule.

Parking: The safety of our students is critical to us at MPS.  Safe and legal parking is an ongoing issue at our school; therefore we remind all parents to please do the right thing by driving and parking safely and legally around our school. Kiss-and-Drive bays are not for parking and should be vacated as quickly as possible to maintain the flow of traffic. Parking in the staff car park, disabled bays or on pathways or grass around the school is illegal and results in damage to our reticulation, safety concerns as well as damaged cars. Please be patient and wait until a car bay becomes available.

Student Absences: If your child is absent, please notify the school of the absence date, reason, and your name via text message only to 0437 419 118 before 8.30am. The office staff will put this information into our system. Please do not notify class teachers.

Family holidays during school term: We encourage families to take their holidays during the school term. However, we understand that occasionally there are extenuating circumstances where this is not possible. If parents are planning holidays during the term, parents are required to submit the Leave of Absence Request Form, two weeks prior to the absence. This form is found on our website under forms. This leave will then be reviewed by the principal prior to approval.  

Early Arrivers: Please remember students are not to be arriving at school before 8.00am. All students who are at school before the classroom doors open at 8.20am MUST wait at the office being supervised by school staff, even if waiting with a parent. If students are arriving early on a Friday morning, they must head to the school oval to participate in the Running Club event from 8.00am until class doors open.

Uniforms: A reminder that all students must wear their school uniform at all times, including a broad-brimmed school hat at all lunch and recess times, in support of our ‘No Hat, No Play” policy. This policy is in place all year round. In addition, we ask that parents also ensure that all bike shorts are an acceptable length of mid- thigh to knee length. Shoulder length and longer hair must be tied up. Acceptable jewellery for students are studs and sleepers. Please label all uniform items to ensure that are returned if they are lost. 

Students with Mobile Phones: It is not recommended that primary school children are regularly bringing mobile phones to school. However, some parents provide phones so that students can contact them after school. All students who need to bring along a mobile phone MUST first have an application form completed and signed by their parents and handed to the classroom teacher. Students are not permitted to use mobile phones during school hours. Phones must be given to the classroom teacher at the beginning of the day and then collected at the end of the day. Students seen using mobile phones will have them confiscated and returned to their parent/s. Please see classroom teachers for permission forms.

We remind parents that if you need a message to get to your child during the school day, you are required to contact the school office.

Parking: Parking on the grass areas around the school grounds is not permitted.  Parking is only permitted in marked bays around the school. 

Additionally, a reminder to all parents that the staff carpark is not a Kiss and Ride nor for parking. The Kiss and Ride is right outside of the staff carpark on Martindale Ave, and it is this location that parents are permitted to drop off students, if dropping at the front of the school.  The staff carpark is only permitted for access by staff and other visitors to the school, who are not family members or carers of students.

Lainie Beccegato

Principal

Important Dates

2025 Upcoming Events

**Please be aware the dates published are a guide and may change**

2025 Term Dates

2025 School Development Days

Parent Information

Playgroup

School Chaplain

Hello parents, grandparents and carers,

Well, another year, 2025. I pray that your holiday was refreshing and relaxing.

I am letting you know that I will be finishing on the 21st of Feb. There is a new chaplain starting on 27^th Feb. Her name is Jay, she is lovely. She will be a wonderful asset to the school.

I’m incredibly sad to say goodbye, however I have taken a position as a staff member at my church. It was a hard decision as I love your children and will really miss them.

Madeley Primary has been a very lovely school to work at. Staff and parents have been so welcoming, kind and so great to work with.

I thank all the children for making my time here so wonderful and special. 

Thankyou.

Also, we know sometimes it can be a tough time for some families in one way or another. Please remember there are so many services out there that can lend support.

Please be thinking who could do with a helping hand, an encouraging word, an act of kindness or just a smile that makes there day.

Below are some services available.

Kids Helpline 24/7 Phone and online counselling for young people 5-25

1800551800

Beyond Blue free 24/7 phone counselling for all age groups with depression or anxiety

1300224636

Helping minds -mental health services and Carer support.

Is someone in your life living with mental ill-health.

Lifeline 24/7 helpline that provides generalist crisis counselling information and referral services

131114

CRC Christian Revival Church in Wangara,  

20 Uphill Place

Wangara

Foodbank shop

Open hours-

 Fridays 9:00-11:00.

The Pantry

25 Dellamarta Drive  

Wangara 

Open hours-

Wednesday         9:00-10.45am

Fridays                  11.am-2.45pm

Kind regards Tania Malloch (School Chaplain)

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School Nurse

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