JPP School Newsletter

JPP Welcomes Waardi's LAPS Team

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:51:14 GMT

JPP partners with Waardi's LAPS Team!

This week we were lucky enough to have Melinda from Waardi's LAPS team join us to work with our early years classroom and how we can support literacy education to best support the needs of our students. Melinda was joined by Merrilee and Simone from the CEWA Office in Broome, who have been travelling together as a team to the desert schools in the East Kimberley to provide support and education on the LAPS program and its implementation within early year classrooms.

The LAPS program emerged to meet an identified need in early years literacy education in the Kimberley and aims to tailor best practice literacy teaching to Kimberley school students. LAPS was developed by Waardi in consultation with schools, Monash University and other literacy specialists. It is tailored to suit the unique needs of students in the Kimberley. In 2014 the program began as a pilot, and a trial began in 2015. Initial positive outcomes led to the program pilot being continued into 2016 and 2017. LAPS has continued to partner with Monash University to examine and report on the effectiveness of the program, and it continues to evolve based on emerging research and ongoing outcomes.

We are excited to be taking part in the LAPS program in 2023 and cannot wait for the team to come out and join us again!

Term 1 2021

website@sitemodify.com (Website Editor) — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 00:51:41 GMT

Principals Message

What a great start to the year! We have welcome four new teachers to our school and community this year, those being Mr Damon, Miss B, Miss Dani, and Miss Karlee. This year we have a new addition called the Yapa Centre ran by Miss Karlee. I would like to say a big thank you to all the students, parents, and carers for their outstanding attendance this term. We look forward to welcoming everyone back for term two.

Take care and God Bless

Juliet

• Primary A •

Miss Mary Mack, Incy Wincy Spider, Five Little Ducks and Old MacDonald had a Farm have been visiting Primary A this term which has been very exciting. We have loved learning these songs and acting them out with actions. We have been learning our numbers 1-5, our shapes, triangles, squares, rectangles, circles and colours.

We love Chooseday (Tuesday) making play dough and taking turns to pick our favourite colour, we all love Miss Meagan’s aqua colour the best. We spent time learning about Baptism and Advent in Religion this term. Getting ready for Christmas is very exciting, we are making our very own Christmas tree with our hands, straw splashing Christmas wreaths and adding decorations, Nativity scenes, Christmas Baubles and Santa coming out of a chimney.

In Huff and Puff we played the Ruckman’s treasure and worked on improving our skipping skills. We all enjoy listening to stories, especially Ten Little Princesses, Ten Little Monsters, Ten Little Dinosaurs, Ten Little Pirates, Ten Little Superheros and one of our favourite stories was Dear Zoo!

Miss Sue has loved teaching Primary A this term and wishes you all a Wonderful Christmas and a fantastic 2021.

• Primary B •

We are Family! This term in Primary B, we have been learning about the history of families. This has included looking at different types of families, making family trees and discovering how families have changed over time.

In Literacy we have been reading about the adventures of Hairy McLary, Slinky Malinki and Scarface Claw. On Friday mornings we create art that is related to these stories. You can see our Slinky Malinki and Hairy Maclary creations hanging up in our classroom. Recently we have also been reading a range of wonderful Christmas stories and creating Christmas decorations to hang in our classroom for the season of Advent.

In Maths we have been learning how to solve addition and subtraction problems using pictures, objects, number lines and number sentences. We have also began learning about Australian coins. We are working hard on describing the different coins and placing them in order from the smallest value to the largest.

We have also been learning about Aussie Rules Football during Huff ‘n’ Puff. We have been practicing our kicking, handballing and ball recovery as well as playing some fun games such as Ruckman’s treasure and Don’t Wake the Giant.

Mr Wilder

• Senior Class •

This term in the Senior Class we have been working hard and having lots of fun. The students will be bringing home all their hard work this week for their families to see.

We have been learning how to write narratives and have we have created a narrative as a whole class. We then wrote and published our own narratives. There was some very interesting, inspiring and sometimes tragic tales. All the students have been working hard on their reading and they have made some great achievements made this year. Special congratulations to Joharnie for achieving Level 30 and Kaidon for reaching his goal of Level 12.

We have been learning how to multiply numbers in our Maths lessons, and we had great fun looking for arrays in our school and then creating an ARRAY-ZING city in our classroom. We have been learning about what we should do when we are online and how it can leave a digital footprint. We have been learning about how to work as a team in our Sport lessons.

This term we investigated the history of Mulan and it's people and answered the question 'Why is it important to learn about the history of Mulan and the people who live here?' We had a great time visiting Lake Gregory with Lulu, KL, Meagan and Jessica. We loved having Lulu and KL in our classroom to talk about life at the Old Balgo Mission and to create painitings of Mulan's dreaming stories.

We have had so much fun in all our lessons this term and we look forward to working hard next year with our new teacher!

Thankyou for all the memories we have been able to share over the past two years and I look forward to seeing everyone again in the future.

Goodbye and God Bless

Miss Kim

• Swimming Carnival & NAIDOC Day •

Go Mulan GO!, Mulan is the best, forget about the rest the children sang along the track driving over to Balgo on Friday, 20th November. JPP children travelled to Balgo Swimming Pool for our annual combined swimming carnival with Bililuna and Balgo schools. While Mulan school is the smallest of the desert schools, the cheers from the Mulan children were definitely the loudest cheering our competitors on in the pool. The Seniors swam very well and did us proud. Well done guys!

Primary B children enjoyed participating in the novelty events, these included diving between the teachers legs, finding the bobbing ping pongs and the fastest swimmer using the kickboard. We all enjoyed a sausage sizzle, sandwiches and fruit. Mr Wilder, Miss Kim, Mr Greg and Miss Sue drove us back to Mulan, but not a sound could be heard from the backseats, the swimming had made us all tired and we slept all the way. Who won you ask?....Mulan of course!!!

Miss Sue

We were able to celebrate NAIDOC this year in style! We had great fun doing Tennis Ball and Tennis Racket (a big version of Egg and Spoon!) races, Potato sack races, forwards and backward running races and so many more! We got our faces painted in traditional colours by Miss Sue, Mr Wilder and Miss Kim and watched some television shows in Walmajarri!

We had a great time playing with bubbles and we saved the best for last! A slip 'n slide and a paddling pool. We had a great time doing all our fun activities and we also learnt about the Aboriginal flag and it's importance in government! We went home with a delicious sausage sizzle cooked by Miss Juliet.

Miss Kim

• Gospel Reading •

"But the angel said to them,

" Do not be afraid .

I bring you good news

that will cause great joy

for all the people"

Luke 2:10

• Upcoming Events •

Term 4 2020

website@sitemodify.com (Website Editor) — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 23:25:00 GMT

Principals Message

It has been a great year here at John Pujajangka-Piyirn Mulan. There has been lots of learning and lots of fun. We have been able to celebrate First Holy Communion and Confirmation with some our Senior students. We have had excursions out on country and of course lots of fun swimming at the Balgo swimming pool.

I am proud of everyone for doing their best in a year that has challenged us. A special thank you to Mr Wilder, Miss Sue, Miss Kim and Mr Greg who are moving on in 2021. We wish them luck in their future endeavours. Thank you to our wonderful Aboriginal Teaching Assistants Miss Meagan and Miss Jessica for all their help this year.

Thank you to all the parents for their efforts to send their kids to school, our attendance has been fantastic in Semester Two. We will see you all on February 1st 2021 happy and ready to learn. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Take care and God Bless

Juliet

• Primary A •

Miss Sue has loved teaching Primary A this term and wishes you all a Wonderful Christmas and a fantastic 2021.

• Primary B •

Mr Wilder

• Senior Class •

This term in the Senior Class we have been working hard and having lots of fun. The students will be bringing home all their hard work this week for their families to see.

We have had so much fun in all our lessons this term and we look forward to working hard next year with our new teacher!

Thankyou for all the memories we have been able to share over the past two years and I look forward to seeing everyone again in the future.

Goodbye and God Bless

Miss Kim

• Swimming Carnival & NAIDOC Day •

Miss Sue

Miss Kim

• Gospel Reading •

"But the angel said to them,

" Do not be afraid .

I bring you good news

that will cause great joy

for all the people"

Luke 2:10

• Upcoming Events •

Job Vacancy

website@sitemodify.com (Website Editor) — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 06:08:57 GMT

EARLY YEARS / PRIMARY TEACHER

John Pujajangka-Piyirn Catholic School is seeking enthusiastic, committed and motivated full time Early Childhood and Primary teachers to join our team. John Pujajangka-Piyirn Catholic School is located in the remote Aboriginal Community of Mulan Community in the East Kimberley, approximately 250km from Halls Creek. Presently our school caters for students from Kindergarten to Year 7 with approximately 20 enrolments.

Our school vision is for family, school and community to walk side by side with a shared responsibility to grow up strong future leaders and happy young people in Walmajarri (culture), Ngarpu(Catholic) and School ways. We set high expectations and believe in the strength of quality relationships. We are committed to whole-school approaches to Literacy and Numeracy and have an integrated approach to all other curriculum learning areas. Our Aboriginal Teachers and local community assist with embedding cultural perspectives and two-way learning.

Early career teachers are supported through the CEWA Early Career Teacher programme. Staff housing and the CEWA Remote Area Package is applicable.

To apply, please forward your CV along with a cover letter addressing the selection criteria below to the Principal, Juliet Greenlees on juliet.greenlees@cewa.edu.au.

If you have any questions or wish to discuss the possibility of living in a remote community and working in our school please get in contact with us.

Selection Criteria:

- Commitment to the objectives and ethos of Catholic Education

- Commitment to working as a member of a team, building a Catholic school community and a willingness to engage with parents/carers, wider community and parish

- Strong pedagogical skills with a flexible collaborative, student-centred approach

- An openness to two-way learning

- Demonstrate application of data driven teaching and learning

- Demonstrate the ability to differentiate planning, teaching and learning that enhances the individual needs of students

- High level of interpersonal and communication skills

- Be an organised staff member who shows initiative, flexibility and displays a positive outlook

- Demonstrates a high level of behaviour management skills and strategies

- Knowledge of trauma informed practice and EAL/D would be an advantage, however training will be provided

Qualifications Required:

- A relevant four-year tertiary qualification (Early years preferred)

- Accreditation to Teach Religious Education (or commitment to work towards/complete)

For more information please visit www.jppmulan.wa.edu.au

In applying for this position you will be providing personal information to the School. This information will be used in order to assess your application for employment.

Applicants must have a current registration as a teacher with the Teacher Registration Board of WA (TRBWA) and current WA Working with Children Check to be eligible for appointment. Information is available from the TRBWA website.

Term 3 2020

website@sitemodify.com (Website Editor) — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 05:05:34 GMT

Principals Message

Dear families and friends

Time is flying by. It is hard to believe it is already past the halfway point of Term 3.

We have all been working very hard to improve attendance at John Pujajangka-Piyirn Catholic School. Our goal is to have every student in community to come to school every single day Monday - Friday. Listen out for Mr Wilder on school pick up from 7.20am to 7.35am. All students who have had 100% attendance for the week will receive a certificate and prize. Photos of our 100% attenders can be seen proudly displayed at the store. Well done to all of the students, families and carers.

A reminder of school hours:

Breakfast Club: 7.20am -07.40am

PP – 6: 7.40am - 1.45pm

Kindergarten: 7.40am - 11.30am

Confirmation

Confirmation will take place on Saturday 19th September at Balgo Church with Monsignor Paul. Come to Balgo to support the children receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation.

School Visits

This term we have had visits to the school by the Trachoma Team, Hearing Health and the Allied Health team to support student health and wellbeing.

Covid 19

We are encouraging students to maintain good hygiene practices whilst they are at school. Remember if children are sick, they must remain at home until they feel better.

OP Shop

The OP shop will be open every Thursday, 2-3pm. The Mulan Store is open for cash out Thursday afternoon. No laybys!!

Take care and God Bless

Juliet Greenlees

Principal

• Primary A •

Grrrrrr! Dinosaurs have been wandering around Primary A this term. In Science, we have been learning about the life of Dinosaurs, where they live, what they eat and what their bones look like.

In Literacy we have been reading about Harry, his bucketful of Dinosaurs and all of his adventures, to school, to the museum, on the train and to a birthday party. We have also spoken about our favorite dinosaurs; can you guess which dinosaur is Rex’s favorite? Sebastian even found a dinosaur bone buried deep in our sandpit! We were all very excited.

In Maths we have been learning about shorter and longer, measuring pencils, crayons and our feet inside the classroom. Outside the classroom we collected sticks, leaves and rocks and placed them in order from shortest to longest. We have been learning how to skip during Huff n Puff by playing games like Island Jump and the helicopter game as well as skipping by ourselves and in a group. In Religion we have been learning about confirmation and the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Every Tuesday, (Chooseday), we get to pick our favourite activity. Dress ups, making play dough, painting and puzzles.

Our star attenders at school have been Shenzee, Keron, Sebastian, Zarica and Iana! Congratulations!

Miss Sue and Mr Wilder

• Senior Class •

Friday Fun Day, narratives, long jump, discs, triple jump, place value, where do we begin in Senior Class this term!

In English we have been listening to stories from Miss Kim, which include Enemy Pie, Button Boy, Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge, Where the Wild Things Are and Possum Magic. We love going to our new reading corner, relaxing and listening to these wonderful stories!

In Maths, we have been working so hard to get our place value numbers right! We started at tens, then graduated to hundreds and yes, now we can even do thousands!!

Ready, set go…We take a huge run up to the sandpit and stretch our whole body and legs as far as we can to land in the sandpit. Junx is hard to beat! Shantalia, Diona and Kieren are enjoying pushing themselves to beat their own personal best distance.

Solids, liquids and science experiments are fun this term. We have noticed if we put anything out long enough in Mulan it melts in the heat of the Great Sandy Desert!!

The highlight, so far this term has definitely receiving lots of ticks to bank for the end of term prize and the Friday Fun Day with the Primary A class. We made masks and decorated them, played with bubbles and decorated biscuits. The novelty races were so much fun, we especially loved the relay dressing up race. It was great to watch Mr Wilder and Miss Kim race against each other in the Sack race, Miss Juliet and Miss Sue said the result was a dead heat!

The term is going so quickly and we only have one term left to go in 2020!

Miss Kim

• Friday Funday! •

On the 7th August, the children at JPP Mulan celebrated ‘Friday Fun Day’. The children participated in making and decorating their own masks ��, blew and chased bubbles around the oval and decorated and iced their own biscuits! The highlight of the day was the mini sports carnival with novelty races including, egg and spoon, sack and dress up races. The children loved this special 2020 ‘Memory Day’ at Mulan. The best part was the show bag they took home with them at the end of the day, that had all the lovely things they had made to share with their families!

Congratulations to all the children for your great participation and good sportsmanship on the day!

• Gospel Reading •

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,

baptising them in the name of

the Father , the Son and the Holy Spirit ."

Matthew 28:19

• Upcoming Events •

Term 3 2020

website@sitemodify.com (Website Editor) — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 07:00:42 GMT

Principals Message

Dear families and friends

Time is flying by. It is hard to believe it is already past the halfway point of Term 3.

A reminder of school hours:

Breakfast Club: 7.20am -07.40am

PP – 6: 7.40am - 1.45pm

Kindergarten: 7.40am - 11.30am

Confirmation

Confirmation will take place on Saturday 19th September at Balgo Church with Monsignor Paul. Come to Balgo to support the children receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation.

School Visits

This term we have had visits to the school by the Trachoma Team, Hearing Health and the Allied Health team to support student health and wellbeing.

Covid 19

We are encouraging students to maintain good hygiene practices whilst they are at school. Remember if children are sick, they must remain at home until they feel better.

OP Shop

The OP shop will be open every Thursday, 2-3pm. The Mulan Store is open for cash out Thursday afternoon. No laybys!!

Take care and God Bless

Juliet Greenlees

Principal

• Primary A •

Welcome back to Term 2 Primary A!

Mr Wilder and Miss Sue really missed you and we are so glad to be back and seeing each of you everyday at school. This term we are going to do many exciting things!

We are going to read together lots of books, the first one is about a Wombat and what he does everyday and it’s called Diary of a Wombat.

Last week we made pancakes, we made, we cooked them, we flipped them and best of all we ate them.

In Huff and Puff we are learning to play tunnel ball, it’s really hard to get the ball through our legs sometimes, but we are going to do our best. Mr Wilder helps us and makes it fun.

We are writing our numbers as far as we can go, maybe even a million and learning to write them too. We are practising saying the days of the week, seasons of the year and months of the year. Miss Sue uses songs to help us learn.

We are painting, drawing and colouring lots of pictures this term. Mr Wilder and Miss Sue look forward to seeing you everyday at school.

• Senior Class •

Welcome back to Term 2 Seniors at JPP. We have been working hard at school and learning new and exciting things.

In reading we have been looking at the following topics, Icebergs, Earth and the Bermuda Triangle…strange things happen there!

Information Reports are what we are learning to write and picking something that is of interest to us, using the correct headings and researching information. What are you going to research?

2x2, 3x3, 4x4 we need to practice our tables and try to learn them off by heart. Miss Kim will quiz us on how quick we can learn them. Now there’s a Maths challenge. Adding numbers and taking them away will also be fun!

Geography teaches us about our world and our place in it. We have been taking care of our school environment and looking at ways we can make Mulan a more sustainable community.

Computers are helping us to record information that we have been learning about in the classroom. This will be a skill we will have for when we leave Mulan and go to high school.

One of the best days of the weeks is Wednesday, we have started cooking for the entire school and have been creating yummy and healthy meals for everyone. Our favourite so far is pizzas. We made the dough ourselves! There has been lots of fun and laughter in senior class this past term, and we are looking forward to lots more learning for the rest of this semester.

Miss Kim

• Gospel Reading •

"For God so loved the world,

that He gave His only begotten Son

that whosoever believes in him

should not perish but may have eternal life .

Indeed, God did not send the Son

into the world to condemn the world,

but in order that the world might be saved through him . "

John 3:16-17

• Upcoming Events •

Newsletter July 2019

website@sitemodify.com (Website Editor) — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 04:29:37 GMT

Principals Message

Welcome to Term 3 2019. It was great to arrive back at Mulan to be greeted by happy smiling students, excited to be back at school and ready to learn. We started the term with a wonderful celebration, when Matthius, Grace, Cheyanne and Miss Lynn received the Sacrament of Confirmation at Balgo Church on the 25th of July. Thank you to all of you who attended and helped it be such a joyous occasion.

Exciting news. JPP has a new website. Check it out at www.jppmulan.wa.edu.au We also have a new Facebook page @JPPSchoolMulan Please like our page and follow it and you will get up to date information, notices and classroom updates.

This term we will have an interschool athletics carnival at Balgo with teams from Billiluna and Balgo and a round robin football competition for students 11-14 years old competing for the Dockers Shield.

A reminder to parents who are sending their child out of Mulan to High School in 2020. You will need to contact Abstudy on 1800 132 317. Have your Centrelink and Health Care card details ready. If you wish to come to school to use the phone, please come in and have a cuppa while you are waiting.

A big THANK YOU for getting all your children to school. This term breakfast is available from 7.20 to 7.40. School starts at 7.45 and finishes at 1.45. Every minute counts!!

Take care and God Bless

Juliet

• Primary A •

Welcome back to Primary A. It has been a great start to term 3 and I look forward to seeing those of you staying out of community returning to school in the coming weeks. We have an exciting term ahead of us and Mr Wilder and Miss Meagan are looking forward to sharing the fun with you all.

This term in Primary A, we will be continuing to develop our reading, writing, speaking and listening skills and letter/sound knowledge as well as incorporating more play based learning experiences within our literacy program. In Numeracy, we are working towards extending our counting, improving number recognition, creating patterns, sorting objects, naming 2D shapes and recognizing 3D shapes in our environment. We will be continuing to explore our emotions and friendships in PATHS, discovering the world of athletics in Physical Education and learning about the Eucharist and prayer during Religious education.

I hope that you have all enjoyed your holidays and have had the chance to have some rest and enjoy yourselves. I look forward to hearing stories about your holiday adventures.

See you all soon.

Mr Wilder.

• Primary B •

Hello and welcome back to Term 3 in Primary B. This term we are continuing to work on our reading, spelling and writing, adding and subtracting, measuring things and how to keep ourselves safe. We also learning about music, different kinds of families, how we celebrate and commemorate special days and improving our athletic skills. It has been a quiet start in Primary B this term, but I look forward to seeing everyone back at school soon happy and ready to learn.

Miss Kim

• Primary C •

Welcome back to term 3 2019 from Senior Class. The end of last term was very exciting with Senior Class going on an overnight excursion to Billiluna School. The staff and students were very welcoming and students took part in NAIDOC activities including coolaman racing for the girls and spear throwing for the boys, all students went looking for ‘bush tucker’ and had an excellent meal of Kangaroo traditionally cooked, dampa and salad.

This term will be as exciting and interesting as last term. The term began with Matthius, Grace, Cheyanne and Miss Lynn receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation at Balgo church on the 25th of July. This will be complemented by a post-confirmation retreat to Balgo on Tuesday the 13th August for the people who were confirmed.
Senior class are making excellent progress in literacy lessons, not only reading writing and spelling but understanding what they read. They have been learning about the war between Troy and Greece, about Achilles and myths. The subject matter ties nicely with the history topic we are studying based on ‘the first fleet.’ Students will learn about the time around 1788 from the perspective of British settlers and Indigenous Australians. They will Role Play characters from the time and look at Primary sources from the period to write diary entries, make ships from clay for design and technology, dress up in clothes from the period and do lots of research. From the research students will create either a website or PowerPoint presentation to showcase their learning as part of the Digital Technologies Curriculum. The book we are studying is ‘Nanberry Black Brother White’ by Jackie French.

In mathematics students are using a range of resources and methods of learning such as collaborative learning in pairs and small groups including games, interactive activities, using number lines and 100 squares. The focus this term is addition and subtraction. The students will also take part in a guided inquiry ‘What stopped in the mud?’ based on using units of measurement and conduct a chance experiment.

For PATHS and Keeping Sake Curriculum the emphasis is on dealing with anger and finding ways to relax including breathing, mindfulness, imagining yourself in a calm place and using simple yoga techniques.

Yet again a very busy term with lots of learning, lots of fun and lots of creativity planned.

Miss Lynn. Senior Class Teacher

• Gospel Reading •

"Put away from you all bitterness
and wrath and anger
and wrangling and slander,
together with all malice, and
be kind to one another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another,
as God in Christ has forgiven you."

Ephesians 4:31-32

• Upcoming Events •

Newsletter August 2019

website@sitemodify.com (Website Editor) — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 04:09:55 GMT

Principals Message

A big THANK YOU for getting all your children to school. This term breakfast is available from 7.20 to 7.40. School starts at 7.45 and finishes at 1.45. Every minute counts!!

Take care and God Bless

Juliet

• Primary A •

I hope that you have all enjoyed your holidays and have had the chance to have some rest and enjoy yourselves. I look forward to hearing stories about your holiday adventures.

See you all soon.

Mr Wilder.

• Primary B •

Miss Kim

• Primary C •

Yet again a very busy term with lots of learning, lots of fun and lots of creativity planned.

Miss Lynn. Senior Class Teacher

• Gospel Reading •

Ephesians 4:31-32

• Upcoming Events •

Newsletter September 2019

website@sitemodify.com (Website Editor) — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 04:12:42 GMT

Principals Message

A big THANK YOU for getting all your children to school. This term breakfast is available from 7.20 to 7.40. School starts at 7.45 and finishes at 1.45. Every minute counts!!

Take care and God Bless

Juliet

• Primary A •

I hope that you have all enjoyed your holidays and have had the chance to have some rest and enjoy yourselves. I look forward to hearing stories about your holiday adventures.

See you all soon.

Mr Wilder.

• Primary B •

Miss Kim

• Primary C •

Yet again a very busy term with lots of learning, lots of fun and lots of creativity planned.

Miss Lynn. Senior Class Teacher

• Gospel Reading •

Ephesians 4:31-32

• Upcoming Events •