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- ALL YEARS: MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
- ALL YEARS: TIMETABLE CHANGES FOR 2021
- ALL YEARS: 2021 SCHOOL TERM DATES
- ALL YEARS: FIRST DAY ARRANGEMENTS MONDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2021
- ALL YEARS: STAFF LEAVING AT THE END OF 2020
- ALL YEARS: SUMMER HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS
- ALL YEARS: UNIFORM SHOP BACK TO SCHOOL OPENING HOURS
- ALL YEARS - CONTAINERS FOR CHANGE
- ALL YEARS: HOUSE DAY
- ALL YEARS: HOUSE DRAMA
- MUSIC STUDENTS: 2021 ENSEMBLES AND CONCERT PROGRAM
- YEAR 7 STUDENTS: SAVE THE DATE - PARENT INFORMATION SESSION TUESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY
- P&C NOTICES
On behalf of staff, I wish all Perth Modern School families and their loved ones a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year. We look forward to seeing students refreshed and ready for another successful year of learning and wonderful opportunities on Monday, 1 February 2021.
The P&C Picnic and Christmas Concert held on Friday, 4 December was a fabulous occasion to bring the school community together in Christmas spirit. It included an array of wonderful activities and festivities including a dance concert, heritage trail tours, performances from various music ensembles, a sustainability stall and food vans. Thanks to P&C President Phil Marshall and the P&C Executive, in particular Sharon Williams, for the tremendous amount of work they put in to the event to make it such a fabulous success.
Students from the Class of 2020 will be receiving their WACE results early next week. An email will be sent to all parents with an update on their overall results and awards.
LOIS JOLL
PRINCIPAL
PERTH MODERN SCHOOL
Please note the end times of week days have been slightly changed for 2021.
Timetable for 2021:
Please note the new times are in bold.
Monday: 8.45am - 3.30pm
Tuesday: 8.45am - 3.15pm
Wednesday: 8.45am - 3.15pm
Thursday: 8.45am - 3.00pm
Friday: 8.45am - 3.30pm
Timetable Structure:
The Mod Time period has been moved to Period 4 on Tuesdays which will predominantly be run by Student Leaders, allowing more opportunities for students to become involved in leadership roles in the school and work across year groups.
Advocacy group will now be held on Thursdays during Period 4.
TERM DATES 2021
| TERM 1 | MONDAY, 1 FEBRUARY - THURSDAY, 1 APRIL |
| TERM 2 | MONDAY, 19 APRIL - FRIDAY, 2 JULY |
| TERM 3 | WEDNESDAY, 21 JULY - FRIDAY, 24 SEPTEMBER |
| TERM 4 | MONDAY, 11 OCTOBER - THURSDAY, 16 DECEMBER |
Please view the attached document for the first day arrangements for students in 2021. This outlines the advocacy rooms for current students.
All current Year 8 - 12 students are to go directly to their Advocacy room for registration at 8.45am.
Parents of incoming Year 7 students are to promptly drop their students off at the school. Students are to meet at the Stokes Building between 8.25am and 8.45am. We do ask that parents depart prior to 8.45am.
New Years 8, 9, 10 and 11 students are to report to Student Services upstairs in the Andrews building to meet with their Head of Year at 8.25am.
Perth Modern School is farewelling the following staff members at the end of 2020. They are either retiring, returning to their previous teaching position, their contract has ended or are persuing other career opportunities. We wish them all the very best in their future endeavors.
Special mention must be made of Cheryl Lindorff, who is retiring after almost 35 years of sterling service at Perth Modern!
Gerard Mazza - English
Stephanie Roper - English
Sophie Gaunt - HASS
Myra Grace - HASS
Kerry Halse - Library
Dorothy Millar - Library
Cheryl Lindorff - Front Office/Administration
Jamie Morris - Maths/Science
Robert Singh - Maths
Vaughan Uphill - Maths
Claire Humfrey - Science
Naz Master - Laboratory Technician
Julia Morgan - Laboratory Technician
The School Office will be closed for the holidays from Friday, 18 December 2020 from 1.00pm and will reopen at 8.00am on Monday, 1 February 2021. Teaching and the majority of support staff will not be available for contact until late January.
Lowes will be opening the Uniform Shop at Perth Modern School on:
- Thursday, 28 January 9.00am - 4.00pm
- Friday, 29 January 9.00am - 4.00pm
- Monday, 1 February 8.00am - 11.30am
From Thursday, 4 February the Campus shop will return to normal trading hours of Mondays and Thursdays during the term from 8.00am - 11.30am.
Outside of these hours uniform items can be purchased at Lowes Kardinya Park or online.
Please visit www.lowes.com.au to purchase items online and from the Lowes Kardinya Park store which trades seven days a week.
Students are encouraged to collect containers over the school holidays, ready for Term 1 in 2021, when we will run another drive. We receive 7 cents for every container, which goes towards sustainability projects within the school, including more efficient lightbulbs and solar panels.
Students had a fabulously fun-filled and relaxed day yesterday participating in various activities and competitions for House Day, with events ranging from origami and ginger bread making to bridge making and chess. All points achieved over the year were then tallied up with Downing taking the title of House Champions for 2020! This eneded the reign of Sampson which had been named Champion House for the past three years.
Congratulations to all music students on their achievements and performances in 2020. Looking forward to 2021, please see below the ensemble timetable and concert schedule. Please read the ensemble timetable carefully, as there have been some changes due to the changed school hours and CAP schedule.
Ensemble rehearsals will start on Tuesday, 2 February (Week 1).
Instrumental lessons will commence in Week 2, and the instrumental timetable will be published in Week 1.
Save the Date!
Year 7 2021 Parent Information Evening Tuesday, 16 February 2021 at 6.00pm
Parents with a child in Year 7 in 2021 are invited to a parent information evening at the school on Tuesday, February 16 from 6.00pm. Please note this is a parent only event.
More information will be forthcoming early next year.
P&C Picnic Thanks
The P&C Christmas Picnic was a great hit again - we were pleased to see so many families join in the activities and enjoy the entertainment.
A big thank you to our “organiser extraordinaire” parent Sharon Williams who put in many many hours towards planning and coordinating the event. And a big thank you to all the school administration and staff who helped make the evening a success, particularly the team from the music department who organised the high quality musical entertainment for the evening – it was enjoyed by all and greatly appreciated.
Thalia Cole and Brianna Peck in particular provided fantastic help coordinating our team with the school – well and truly ‘above and beyond’ – thank you!
The student stalls provided lots of fun entertainment and were very well received – we would like to thank teachers and students who coordinated these stalls, with special thanks to Tracey Enslin and Kate Holland for STEM @ MOD, Alison Soraru who co-ordinated and supported the student’s fairy floss stall, Gerard Mazza for supporting the sustainability stall, Melanie Wilcock for organising the Dance Concert and Rick McMahon and the Mod crew who helped with tables, chairs & gazebos relocation.
And thank you to students Grace Brown and Carmea Visser whose artistic talents came to the fore on the facepainting stall –these two lovely volunteers created some great Xmas designs!
Finally, thank you to all the many parent and community volunteers who helped with the countless tasks, big and small, on the night. The P&C’s success relies on volunteers, your contributions helped to make the evening fun for all.
Please don’t forget to post your photos of the evening to your year group Facebook pages so we can share.
A Merry and Safe Christmas to all and we look forward to another successful year in 2021.
Kind regards
Phil Marshall
President, Perth Modern School P&C
0402 976 000
P&C 3D Printing Design Competition
Attention all 3D Creative Print Fans and Industrial Designers. You are all invited to take part in the Perth Modern School P&C 3D Printing Design Competition.
Your design will be printed by the P&C to help raise funds to improve your school STEM equipment!
The Design Brief:
- Create a useful object from your imagination - a tool to a piece of art and anything in-between.
- Must be able to be 3D printed in quantity by a third party and at a reasonable cost.
- Will be sold to a target audience of Perth Modern students and their parents.
Free 3D Modelling Software:
https://www.tinkercad.com (recommended by ShapeNerd)
https://zbrushcore.com/mini/compare.php#
https://www.blender.org/features/
Starting ideas:
Look at a print in place hinge or snap-locks.
A good design that demonstrates what can be accomplished by 3D printing is the;
Helical herringbone bearing;
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:53451
A jointed robot;
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:555242
Spring-loaded pliers;
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2749597
Hingebox;
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:120179
Specifications:
- Materials PLA or PLA+
- Output File needs to be STEP or STL
- Model max size is 150x150x150mm, (recommend 5-10cm cubed volume)
- In order to aid printing, wall widths (vertical) should be in multiples of .4-.45mm and horizontal "thicknesses" divisible by .2mm or .3mm. When creating "gaps" or movement tolerances for things like hinges, these should be afforded at least .1mm.
Competition closes Friday, 23 July 2021
So get creating over the school holidays!
Second Hand Uniform Shop
The final opening for the year will be Monday, 14 December 8.00am – 12.30pm.
P&C Meeting
Tuesday, 16 February 2021 7.00PM
The next P&C Meeting will be held on Tuesday, 16 February 2021 at 7.00pm in the McCusker Boardroom in the Beasley Building. All parents and interested citizens are welcome.
If you would like the P&C to discuss or address a particular issue, please email:
Phil Marshall – president@perthmodernpandc.com.au
or Jeet Ghosh – secretary@perthmodernpandc.com.au