A reminder to all that tomorrow Friday, 3 July is Mufti Day with a twist! All students will have a free dress day with the theme 'we are all in this together' and are encouraged to wear as many bright colours as possible!

Students in free dress are asked to bring a gold coin to support the Perth Modernian Society Museum Association Inc. Your donation will help maintain your child’s precious school memories and records and keep the History Centre and Museum open for visitors. 

You are also able to donate to the Museum via the Qkr App or via Electonic Transfer to the below details. Please put your surname and donation in the description line.

Perth Modernian Society Museum Association Inc

BSB: 302-162 / Account: 126455-6

A reminder that students are welcome to bring party food and drinks for their Period 6 Advocacy Class Party where they will watch the Virtual Mufti Day and House Dance performance videos. All students have done a fantastic job of choreographing and performing their pieces, thank you to all who were involved in the organisation of all performances.

Parents/Caregivers and students should have received an email containing a link to the school report on the afternoon of Wednesday, 1 July 2020. 

If you did not receive the email please ask your child to forward it to you or check your junk folder before contacting the school. The reports will be uploaded to CONNECT at the commencement of Term 3. 

If you have not received the report, please do contact Steve Jurilj Steve.Jurilj@education.wa.edu.au

A reminder that Perth Modern School staff will be undertaking a Professional Development Day on Monday, 26 October. The school will be closed to students on this day.

The Progress Review Day will occur on Tuesday, 21 July 9.00am to 7.00pm

Based on the success of previous telephone interviews, the structure of the day is as follows:

9.00am - 11.00am: On site interviews

11.00am - 1.00pm: Phone interviews

1.00pm - 6.00pm: On site interviews 

6.00pm - 7.00pm: Phone interviews

Please be reminded that we do ask for only 1 parent to attend.

Parents/Guardians should have received an email containing the Parent booking link and instructions for booking on Wednesday, 1 July. 

• Parent Teacher Online (PTO) will be open for bookings on Wednesday, 1 July at 6.00pm and close on Monday, 20 July at 10.00am.
• If you are having any issues with the booking system, please contact Alec.Glass@education.wa.edu.au at the Perth Modern School IT helpdesk, please ensure to provide your child’s name and a brief description of your issue.

The Progress Review Day will be highly beneficial in assisting with decisions regarding the subject selection.

Please note classes will not operate on this day. Students are not required to attend school however those who require supervision will be accommodated with private study in the library. 

Please note parking is limited on the school site due to school works. Some parking is available on the basketball courts off Subiaco Road or on the road verge outside the basketball courts. Paid parking on surrounding streets is available, and the old Princess Margaret Hospital offers reasonable parking rates in their carpark that is accessed off Hay St.

Session 1 (Opening Night): Thursday, 27 August - 7.00pm - 10.00pm

Session 2: Friday, 28 August - 7.00pm - 10.00pm

Matinee: Saturday, 29 August - 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Session 3: Saturday, 29 August - 7.00 - 10.00pm

Tickets are $35 for adults and $25 for students. Matinee prices are $25 per adult ticket and $15 per student. Keep an eye out for further details and the booking link coming soon!

If you enjoy seeing what your children are up to and wonder what their daily school life entails, follow the new Perth Mod Instagram page @perth_modern_school.

You will see regular posts on school activities, events and achievements along with live footage of a day in the life of a Mod student.

A reminder that the change of timetable for Bus 28 will be in place for the students return to school on Wednesday, 22 July. Transperth have been very kind in accomodating a request from a Perth Modern parent. As students were rushing to catch the Bus 28 service, this service will now depart the Perth Busport five minutes later which will provide more time for the Perth Modern students to access the service. This change will take place from 19 July 2020 to coincide with other changes in the area.

Due to the cancellation of NAPLAN 2020 and therefore the loss of the opportunity to prequalify for the WACE literacy and numeracy requirements, the current Year 9 students are being provided with an opportunity to sit the OLNA in August, 2020 on an opt in basis. Information was sent to parents via email to register your intention to opt in for testing.  We ask that if not completed already, please provide your intention to us as soon as possible.

Please note, parents have been sent the appropriate, personalised link following analysis of student data which will either provide the opportunity to opt in to:

• • Reading, Numeracy and Writing or;
  • Reading and Numeracy where your child has pre-qualified for the Writing component based on Year 7 NAPLAN data. 

NOTE: The OLNA is an online literacy and numeracy assessment. It is designed to enable students to successfully meet the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) requirement of demonstrating the minimum standard of literacy and numeracy.

HIGH IMPORTANCE 

Final dates for Year 12 students to withdraw from courses, 2020

Students are reminded of the final dates to withdraw from Year 12 courses:

• Thursday, 23 July 2020 – final date for withdrawing students from ATAR courses with practical examination components. No changes will be made to student enrolments in these courses after this date.
• Monday, 10 August 2020 – final date for withdrawing students from ATAR courses which do not have practical examination components. No changes will be made to student enrolments in these courses after this date.

LATE SUBMISSIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED

Students who are enrolled in a Year 12 ATAR course must sit the external examination in that course. For ATAR courses with a practical component, students must complete both the written and practical examinations. Students who do not sit an ATAR course examination and do not have an approved SCSA sickness/misadventure application for that course, will not have the grades for the pair of units completed in that year contribute to the calculation of the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE).

Now that we are out of lockdown, the P&C is meeting again in person and encourages all parents to participate.  There are lots of volunteering opportunities which is a great way to get involved and meet other parents.  Keep an eye on this information update and the new Facebook page to be launched in Term 3.

P&C Meeting: Tuesday, 4 August 2020 7.00am - 9.00pm

MiNDFOOD POETRY COMPETITION

Are you a Budding Poet? You could have your poetry published in MiNDFOOD magazine. Enter our poetry competition and be in with a chance to win $1,000.
Each month, MiNDFOOD will publish one reader’s poem, with the best one published over the course of a year being awearded $1,000.  Poems are to be 500 words or less. The submissions end date is 31 July 2020.

For further details, view the Information Sheet.

Looking for a way to keep your children active over the holiday? Sick of telling them to get off their devices? Then come down and try one of our explosive and exciting BJJ, Muay Thai or FMA classes!  For a two week free trial call now on 0429 123 202.

For further details, view the School of Freestyle Martial Arts website and timetable below.