A friendly reminder about the Progress Review Days for Semester 1:

• Years 10, 11, and 12: Monday, 28 April

• Years 7, 8, and 9: Tuesday, 3 June

Students won’t have timetabled lessons on these days.

Further information will be shared soon. 

Year 7 Parents are invited to attend Classroom Sessions provided by teachers. See below for more information. You do not need to make any bookings. 

For Parents with students in Years 11 and 12, Year 10 students studying an ATAR subject and students in Years 9 and 10 who started in either Semester 2 2023 or Semester 1 2024. 

The Parent Teacher Interview Day is an important opportunity for parents to connect with teachers and to discuss the progress of their child.  All interviews will be restricted to 7 minutes.

Please be advised that teachers will indicate if an interview is required.  If the ‘Interview Required’ box has not been ticked, you may still book an interview. We are aware that parents appreciate interview days as an opportunity to connect with their child’s teachers.

Parents please be aware of travel time between buildings when booking your interviews. We have not allowed consecutive bookings to avoid disappointment if arriving late to an interview that may not be able to be re-scheduled. 

Parents have access to the booking system from 4.00pm on Friday, 1 March until bookings close at 12.00noon on Friday, 15 March.

See below for more detailed information: 

Harmony Week – Everyone Belongs 

Harmony Week is a week to celebrate Australian multiculturalism. It is an opportunity for all Australians to embrace cultural diversity and to share what we have in common.

Our cultural diversity is one of our greatest strengths and is at the heart of who we are. An integrated multicultural Australia is an integral part of our nation's history and character.

As part of this National Celebration event, Perth Modern will run a number of events during Week 8, Monday 18 March - Friday, 22 March. 

Please see the event flyer below for full details.

The school cafe will also be selling special items available for order on the online order list.

Harmony Week - Free Dress Theme - Friday, March 22

Students are welcome to wear multicultural dress or accessories or wear the event colours Orange or Red. If students would prefer to wear their normal school uniform this is ok.

Please consider some of the safety aspects of wearing appropriate clothing for the activities and classes students are participating in on the day e.g. having hair tied back in D&T, enclosed shoes. Please consider respectful clothing on this day too.

Community Day is a chance for the school community to come together, create a sense of belonging, build relationships and do something with meaning and purpose – raise money for charity. 

Date: Thursday, 28 March 2024 (Week 9)

Time: Recess, Period 3 and 4 and Lunch

Charity: Fostering Hope Australia

Dress Up Theme: Fiction. Students are permitted to dress-up on the day. Costumes are to be appropriate to the occasion, and in line with the School Uniform policy.

Appropriate footwear must be worn, as per the uniform policy. Students are not obligated to dress according to the Community Day theme.

Food: there will be food stalls with a delicious range of treats available.  The School Cafe will also be open and operating normally.

Krispy Crème Donuts

Boxes of assorted or glazed donuts can be purchased. These must be purchased via the QKR app by 14 March. Individual donuts can be purchased on the day.

Buy Your Community Dollars Now

On Community Day, students will be able to spend ‘community dollars.’  Community dollars can be purchased through the QKR app from Friday, 23 February. Community dollars can be spent at the stalls on the day. Students can also purchase community dollars from the Finance Desk up until Wednesday, 27 March. Community dollars will need to be pre-purchased before the day (if students wish to purchase more on the day, they can do so from the Finance Desk in the Andrews Building.) Stalls can only accept community dollars.

Please note: The proceeds from this day will go to Fostering Hope Australia; there will not be any refunds of unspent Community Dollars. 

Community Dollars will be handed out on the day, prior to Community Day starting.

All Community Dollars (spent and unspent) will go into a raffle to win exciting prizes. (Students can add their name and advo to the back of the ‘dollars’ to go in the draw)

WE NEED YOUR HELP

We are still looking for a MAJOR raffle prize, as well as smaller ones. Please support this excellent initiative or ask your employers if they would sponsor a prize, so that we can raise more funds for Fostering Hope Australia! Students who purchase Community Dollars will go into a draw to win one of the prizes. 

Possible Prize ideas: Bicycle, PlayStation, Vouchers for Officeworks, BigW, Target, Food Vouchers etc.

Please email John.O’Loughlin@education.wa.edu.au if you would like to contribute a prize, or you can drop off at the Finance Desk. Donors will be publicly acknowledged in the school newsletter and social media. 

Thank you for your support of this fun school event!  

Fostering Hope Australia

Fostering Hope Australia’s mission is to support children in “out-of-home” care (foster care and kinship care arrangements). We also support remote WA communities and other charities by:

• Gathering donated goods (clothing, toys, nappies, school bags and more) and providing them to children and families (at no cost)

• Organising child child-focused Fostering Joy events for children in care, to promote joy and togetherness

• Providing new suitcases to children in care through our Fostering Journey program

As Term 1 is well under way, the School wishes to communicate the high standards expected of students wearing the Perth Modern School uniform. The uniform builds community, our reputation, and our continuity. We ask that our whole community work together with these aims in mind.
 
In readiness for the year ahead could you please carefully check your child’s uniforms. Please label uniform items with your child's name, as this helps us to reunite lost uniform items with their owners. Lost Property is currently full of unlabelled uniform items. Please contact PerthModern.StudentServices@education.wa.edu.au to seek help with a lost item.

Specifically, please note the navy school track suit pants are an item that should not be worn during Terms 1 and 4. These are only ok during the cooler weather in Terms 2 and 3. Students can wear any of the other items available including:

• Dark navy knee-length shorts

• Dark navy trousers

• Dark navy knee length skirt

• Dark navy kneed length dress

Uniform Shop
Please refer to the uniform guide for comprehensive details. Uniform guidelines link PMS_Fact-sheet_School-Uniform-Policy_Updated-Jan-2023.pdf (perthmodern.wa.edu.au)

Lowes 2024 School trading hours
The Lowes Uniform Shop located at the school is open on Thursday (8.00am – 11.30am.)

The Lowes Kardinya Park store is open every day Monday to Friday.

You can also shop online - lowes.com.au 

Second-Hand Uniform Shop

The Perth Modern School P&C operates a Second Hand Uniform Shop with a range of good quality current uniforms including music 'concert' uniforms. The shop is located on the Lower Ground Floor of the Andrews Building. The shop runs on card transactions and does not accept cash payments. The Second Hand Uniform Shop is unable to accept returns. For upcoming opening dates, please check notices in Compass, the Information Update and the P&C Facebook page.

The Second-Hand Uniform Shop is open:

Monday, 13 May 8.30am - 11.00am

Monday, 10 June 8.30am - 11.00am 

Transperth have added a 28 bus that corresponds to the school finishing times. If students are going to Perth Busport to get a different bus it’s a much better and safer option than crossing Thomas Road to the CAT.

The 28 stops directly in front of the school on Roberts Road at the following times just after school:

Monday - Friday  2.47PM

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - 3.38PM

Year 12 Dama Presents excerpts from Zen Zen Zo's adapation of William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'

Dates: Monday, 25 and Tuesday, 26 March 2024

Location: Under the Fig Tree Casey Drama Centre 

Tickets: $15 Adult $10 Student/Concession 

Bookings: www.trybooking.com/CPXDX

We invite one and all for a night of spontaneity, fun and endless laughter where the Year 9 Drama students compete in the annual Improvisation competition. A night not to be missed!

Tickets: www.trybooking.com/CPTVQ

Congratulations to our newly elected Year 7 House Representatives for 2024:

BROWN:

Joy Karnavat

Beneth Ubaldo

DOWNING:

Franek Cytowski

Lana Choy

PARSONS:

Edward Dias

Hunar Kaur

SAMPSON:

Cindy Young

Vincent Ting

RAC bstreetsmart excursion - RAC Arena

As part of the "Keys for Life" program all Year 10 students will be attending the RAC bstreetsmart excursion on Wednesday, 28 March. A Compass event invitation has been emailed to parents - please give your child permission to attend this event asap.

This event demonstrates the consequences of distracted driving, speeding and drink and drug driving. It also informs students on how to reduce risk taking behaviours. Due to the close vicinity of the event and to reduce transport costs all staff and students will be walking to and from the RAC Arena. Due to security restrictions, bags larger than A4 (including handbags) are not permitted in the venue. We ask students to carry their personal items and lunch in a small day bag. It is recommended that any student who has experienced recent personal road trauma or road trauma within their family or friends do not attend the event - please email sarah.lightfoot@education.wa.edu.au if you feel that your child should not attend.

Year 10 immunisations are scheduled for 10 and 11 June. 

The Department of Health provides a free immunisation program for students in Year 10. The School Based Immunisation Program (SBIP) offers Year 10 students the Meningococcal ACWY (Men ACWY) vaccine.

All students require parent/guardian consent before they receive any vaccinations at school. You can provide consent online via VaccinateWA.

For detailed instructions on how to register your child, including information relating to the relevant disease transmission and symptoms, please visit healthywa.gov.au 

P&C Friends of Music (FoM)

Next FOM meeting is 7.00pm on Monday, 15 April in the Beasley Boardroom. 

Come along to

- Hear all the music news first

- Shape how fundraised money is spent

- Role model community spirit 

P&C Second-hand Uniform Shop (SHUS)

The Second Hand Uniform Shop is located in the Andrews Building. 

Our opening days are:

Semester 1: 

Monday, 13 May 8.30am to 11.00am

Friday, 10 June 8.30am to 11.00am

The P & C SHUS volunteers are delighted to receive any good quality, clean and resaleable uniform items that are no longer required. Please hand the items in at reception or directly to the SHUS at any of our opening days. 

P & C Approvals and News

This semester we have approved the following School Support Projects:

• $12,600 - Design and Technology - specialist projects involving Spotted Gum timber felled in 2019
• $3,000 -  Design and Technology – MDT General course related purchases – furniture projects
• $13,204 Conversation Series 2024
• $7,150 MI7 Mental Health Survey – Institute of Positive Education

Total $35,954

At our meeting we elected Amanda Johnson onto the Executive Committee and as our Second Hand Uniform Shop (SHUS) Representative. We thank Amanda for taking on these additional roles and for her leadership and many hours of voluntary service given by the SHUS team to the P&C and our school community. We also sincerely thank Dinusha Weerartna and Susan Coleman for their commitment and high level of service to the SHUS, the P&C and the school community over many years.   

P&C Next Meeting

Our next P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday, 30 April at 7.00pm in the McCusker Boardroom in the Beasley Building. Scheduled P&C meetings are Tuesday of Week 3 and Week 7 each school term.  All parents and interested citizens are welcome. The agenda and instructions to join online will be available on our Facebook page. If you are coming along in person, please come for an informal catch-up from 6.30pm. The formal meeting (and online) will start at 7.00pm. 

Contact Us

If you would like the P&C to discuss or address a particular issue, please email:

Jeet Ghosh – president@perthmodernpandc.com.au

Also, follow us on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/perthmodernpandc

Note: the following notices are for information purposes only. Perth Modern School does not endorse any of these courses or programs.

BRAINways EDUCATION in conjunction with the University of Western Australia, is pleased to offer the Academicus programs – workshops for the gifted and talented students of Perth. 

Programs offered for students year levels 2-4 and 5-8:

The Maths and Science of Superheroes

The Power of Tiny Things: Exploring the Atom

What Makes a Masterpiece? Aesthetics in History

Myths: The Stuff All Good Stories are Made Of

Students of Perth Modern School can enrol directly, without the need for a nomination form. 

https://registration.brainways.com.au/perth-academicus/

Program Times/Dates: 

For any enquitries, please email info@brainways.com.au

MASTERMIND AUSTRALIA APRIL 2024 HOLIDAY PROGRAM

REVISION, EXAM PREPARATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Christ Church Grammar School (Monday 1 to FRfiday 5 April)

• ATAR Revision and Exam preparation for Year 12 students only (10 hours).

Hale School (Monday 8 to Friday 12 April)

• Essay Writing and Study Skills programs for Years 7-12 (5 hours).
• Subject revision for Years 7-10 students (10 hours).
• ATAR Revision and Exam preparation for students in Years 11 and 12 (10 hours).

Perth Modern School stduents receive a 20% discount into the programs.

For futher information, parents can call 9342 2000 or visit Mastermind Australia.

GuitarWorks is holding “Free School Holiday Guitar Workshops” for anyone interested in learning guitar. These 90min demonstrations cover all aspects of guitar playing and styles. Bookings essential, info & dates found here Guitar Workshop or contact Stefan Cutri guitarworks@iinet.net.au  Mob: 041 444 8907