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Poh's Kitchen (source - heraldsun.com.au)

Our Kitchen Garden is in the news again!  On Thursday 11th February, ABC Television will film a segment with Masterchef Australia’s runner-up Poh Ling Yeow in our Margaret River Primary Kitchen Garden!   Ian Parmentier (famous local chef and Climate Action Group member) has our Kitchen Garden close to his heart and will be bringing Poh and the ABC production team on site for filming.  The series will follow Poh around Australia as she meets different chefs and cooks.

The program featuring our Kitchen Garden in the new national cooking series “Poh’s Kitchen” will go to air on the ABC on 5th May at 6:30pm.

“MasterChef Australia runner-up Poh Ling Yeow will front a new cooking show and write two cookbooks for the ABC. Production on Poh’s Kitchen in her hometown of Adelaide is due to begin in November. The year-long series will see the artist-cum-cook travelling across Australia, visiting leading chefs and adding to her ever-increasing collection of recipes.

“Entering into the world of food has been something I’ve had a secret obsession with for many years,” she said in a statement. “Now to share my love of cooking as part of the ABC team is quite beyond anything I dared dream of, so it goes without saying that I am absolutely brimming with excitement!”

The series, which will air in 2010, will have the same executive producer as The Cook And The Chef.”  (source: ABC News on the web) http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/09/2680612.htm

Hi from Ms Helen & Bo Bo!!  Here’s the first snippet of my weekly updates from the Music Room.

REMEMBER: Parent/Student Information Night for Year 6 will be held THIS week on Tuesday evening at 6.00pm in the MRPS Staffroom.  Students are asked to attend.  This is your opportunity  (Parents and Students ) to meet your instrumental teacher and answer any queries regarding your instrument/lessons.  It is important, that as part of your committment , you attend this meeting.  Thank you.

All parents and students of the Year 6/7 SIM Programme, please note we hope to commence formal lessons in Week 2. 

Introducing our fabulous Instrumental Teachers:

Flute (Di Edmonds),  Clarinet (Sunny Hardy) ,  Trumpet (Anna Rose) and  Guitar (Mark Hassall).

Proposed days for all students are as follows (to be confirmed):

Guitar – Thursday am

Trumpet, Clarinet, Flute – Tuesday

Information regarding the purchasing of instruments was sent home in Term 4, 2009.  Yr 6 Guitars  (if not already) need to be purchased for the commencement of lessons in Week 2.  If not purchasing your instrument (Yr 6 only, Flute, Clarinet and trumpet) loan agreements (supplied Term 4, 2009) can be finalised and payment can be made at the Front Office. Thank you.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any concerns.

Parents/Students of  the Year 6 SIM Students I look forward to seeing you THIS  TUESDAY, AT 6.00 PM IN THE  STAFFROOM.

Keeping in Touch

Helen Collis
(MRPS Music Specialist)

This is an interesting link for parents as you prepare for the new school year. http://www.csiro.au/news/Healthy-food-in-back-to-school-rush.html 

There are some interesting links on that site on the right-hand sidebar under RELATED LINKS.

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year for 2010.  Have a wonderful holiday break and keep safe.  Thanks for visiting this site and for all your support for the many projects at MRPS this year
Mrs. Veary
Enjoy this little holiday video – (may help keep you cool..)

Wow!! What a wonderful last couple of weeks. Boys and girls you have been truly amazing with every event we have had over the last few weeks. Your performances, behaviour and general attitude to our school has been fantastic. I am very proud to be a part of the Margaret River Primary School community.
The other people I am very proud of are the teachers. They have worked so hard especially over the last two weeks to make sure that everything has been organised properly, and I am very grateful for their work . Boys and girls make sure you thank them tomorrow for all their efforts….we have all had a great year.
I am really looking forward to Santa coming and having a relaxing holiday. Take care over the holidays, be good for your parents and come back in one piece next year! Have a great Xmas and a happy new year.

See you next year- Mr K

Wow!  What a sensational assembly this was!  It was wonderful to see all the Effort Awards presented to hard-working students.   Year 1s – you were amazing!  We loved your singing and acting as you told the Christmas story and sang “Hosannah Rock”!  Enjoy some photos from your assembly.

Click on the arrow to hear a bit of your “Rudolph” song.Rudolph

Sadly, tomorrow will be Mrs Kealy’s last day with us at MRPS.  Next year she will be closer to home as she takes up the position of Associate Principal at Geographe Primary School.  

I asked Mrs Kealy to reflect on her year at MRPS and these are her comments:

Favourite Memories:  “…the fantastic musical production; the Burning of the Vine Cuttings was awesome and how nice the students and staff are.”

Super-Impressed with:  “…the Inquiry-based learning program; the use of ICT and the great Specialist programs.”

General Comments: “Margaret River Primary School is a great school and is going to become even greater with the Partnership Schools program in place!”

We will miss her cheery smile around the place, but we wish her all the very best in the future and I’m sure we will keep in touch!   Remember, you can always make a comment below to pass on your thoughts to Mrs K

Last Friday Year 4 students were able to keep cool even as the competition got hotter at their annual Swimming Carnival!   Despite stiff opposition, Red Faction were victorious!!  GO RED!!! (sorry, I am a bit biased here…:) )

Thanks to all those parents who came along and offered their help and support and WELL DONE to staff and students (and particularly Gary Gibbon)!

Mason and Liam have made a Christmas Photostory wishing everybody a MERRY CHRISTMAS!  Click on this link to watch it….HO , HO, HO!  I’m sure Santa had a long journey back to the North Pole from our Presentation Assembly yesterday.  Maybe that’s why we’ve got snow falling on this blog! 

PHOTO STORY CHRISTMAS