WA Education Awards -The People's Pick

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1 Newsletter WA Education Awards -The People's Pick Now is the time for you to get involved in the WA Education Awards and recognise dedicated and talented staff in your school. Just follow these steps: 1. Pick who you want to recognise. 2. Create a video, photo or testimonial showing what makes them incredible. You can use this template to help. file://e5314s01sv001.orange.schools.internal/fse5314s01- StaffFolders$/e /Downloads/peoples%20pick%20template.pdf 3. Share your message on Facebook and tell your family and friends to vote for it. The message that receives the highest number of votes will become The People s Pick and their school will be given a $1000 Modern Teaching Aids voucher. Entries close at 5.00pm on Friday 13 October All staff recognised in The People s Pick will be acknowledged on our website on Friday 27 October on World Teachers Day, along with the school receiving the $1000 voucher. Enter Online =chk-59ae43de89426 Moorine Rock Primary School Newsletter Term 4 Week Page 1

2 Birthday Wishes No Birthdays for this fortnight. Pie Warmers Due to the warmer weather in Term 4 pie warmers will cease. Junk Food at School I encourage parents to examine the ingredients label on the convenience foods that their child/ children may be bringing in as part of their morning tea and lunch. No doubt these foods are delicious but often their nutritional value is limited. As treats, they are fine but as a substitute for a filling snack or meal that will increase and help concentration in the school setting, their value is doubtful. DOE has developed the following policy. There are some interesting recipes below. Healthy Food and Drink Policy Schools are well placed to support healthy eating and can play a vital role in helping to reduce childhood obesity. Health and Physical Education curriculum delivered in public schools promotes nutrition and physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle. The school canteen/food service can provide a valuable contribution to the school community and support a whole of school approach to health eating. In 2007, the Department of Education introduced the Healthy Food and Drink policy. The policy applies to the food and drinks served by public school canteens/food services as well as to environments where the principal is directly responsible for the supply of food and drinks e.g. classroom rewards, school camps and excursions. A traffic light system is used to categorise food and drinks as Green, Amber or Red to help public schools plan menus that promote healthy, nutritious and affordable food and drinks. Parents are encouraged to use the traffic light system at home too. GREEN categories are encouraged. Schools should aim to fill their menus with these healthy foods. AMBER foods should be selected carefully and eaten in moderation. RED food and drinks are off the menu and will not be available in public schools. Moorine Rock Primary School Newsletter Term 4 Week Page 2

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4 Upcoming Events Date Day Event Monday P & C Meeting 6.30pm at the Moorine Rock Hotel Wednesday Playgroup Commencing 9am Friday West Capade Visit? Wednesday Cricket Clinic at Moorine Rock PS Friday Cricket Carnival at SX Year 3 Year Tuesday School Council and Finance Meeting Wednesday Playgroup Commencing 9am Wednesday Playgroup Commencing 9am Monday Orientation Day 2018 Kindy students attend. All year levels go up a year Wednesday Playgroup Commencing 9am Saturday Christmas Concert and Awards Night Wednesday Cleaning Day and School Christmas party Wednesday Playgroup Commencing 9am Thursday Last day of school for students Friday Last day of 2017 for Staff Banana Loaf Ingredients 3 ripe bananas, peeled and quartered 10 medjool dates, seeds removed 3 tablespoons almond butter* Pinch of salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 cup coconut flour, sifted 4 eggs 1 teaspoon bi-carb soda Squeeze of lemon juice Method 1. Preheat your oven to 175 C. Grease and line your loaf tin. Mine measures 19.5cm x 9.5cm. 2. Place the bananas, dates, almond butter, salt and cinnamon into your processor and blend until the mixture is smooth and well combined. Add the coconut, flour and eggs and mix to combine. Add the bi-carb and lemon juice and mix to combine. 3. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Bake for 45 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Leave the loaf in the tin to cool for five minutes before gently transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely. 4. Slice. Serve. Eat and enjoy! NB: You can substitute the almond butter with hulled tahini to make this nut-free. Moorine Rock Primary School Newsletter Term 4 Week Page 4

5 Seedy Slice recipe Ingredients 4 rounded tablespoons honey* 4 rounded tablespoons hulled tahini 1 cup desiccated coconut 1/3 cup sunflower seeds 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds 1/3 cup sesame seeds Pinch of salt Method 1. Preheat your oven to 175 C. Grease and line a square 20cm tin with paper overhanging the sides for easy removal. 2. Place the ingredients into your processor and blend until the mixture is completely broken down and resembling a fine, sticky crumb. Press the mixture firmly into your prepared tin and bake for 14 minutes. Remove the slice from the oven and leave to cool in the tin for five minutes before gently transferring to a cooling rack. Allow to cool completely prior to cutting. 3. Slice. Serve. Eat and enjoy. 4. Tip: You can use rice malt or maple syrup if you prefer. 5. NB: you need to blend the mixture really well and, once cooked, leave it to cool prior to cutting to ensure it isn't crumbly. No Blend Bliss Balls Ingredients 1/2 cup hulled tahini 1/3 cup honey* 1/2 teaspoon concentrated natural vanilla extract Pinch of salt 1 tablespoons cacao or cocoa 1 1/4 cups desiccated coconut Method 1. Place the honey, tahini, vanilla and salt into a medium sized bowl and mix until well combined. 2. Add the cacao or cocoa and mix to combine. 3. Add the coconut and mix. Use your hands to work the mixture together. 4. Once the mixture is well combined use your hands to shape and press the mixture into balls, I made 10. Place the balls into the fridge to set. 5. Serve, eat and enjoy. 6. Tip: You can use rice malt syrup instead of honey if you prefer. Moorine Rock Primary School Newsletter Term 4 Week Page 5

6 Carrot, Zucchini and Chocolate Muffins Ingredients 275 grams butter, room temperature 1 cup rapadura sugar 2 eggs 2 cups spelt flour 1/2 cup cacao powder 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon bi-carb of soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup yoghurt 1/2 cup milk (optional, use if mixture is too dry) 1 zucchini, grated and squeeze out the moisture 1 carrot, grated and squeeze out the moisture Method 1. Preheat oven to 175 C. 2. Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper cases. 3. In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar until light and creamy. 4. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. 5. Stir in the yoghurt and milk if using. 6. In a separate bowl combine the flour, cacao, baking powder, bi-carb of soda and salt. 7. Pour into the creamed mixture and fold ingredients together until just combined. 8. Fold in zucchinis and carrots. 9. Fill the paper case until 2/3 full. 10. Bake for approximately minutes or when toothpick comes out clean. 11. Cool in the tray for 10 minutes then turn out onto wire rack. Oat, Seed and Date Bars Ingredients 125 grams butter 1/2 cup coconut sugar (love the caramel flavour it imparts and goes really well with the dates) 1/2 cup Medjool dates, chopped 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla powder or extract 1 cup spelt flour 1 cup oats 1 tablespoon chia seeds 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds Method 1. Preheat oven to 175 C. 2. Grease and line a 9 x 22cm loaf tin with parchment paper. Moorine Rock Primary School Newsletter Term 4 Week Page 6

7 3. Melt butter in small saucepan, once melted keep on very low heat and whisk in the sugar until smooth. 4. Turn heat off, add dates and stir through. I highly recommend dipping a finger into the mixture to make sure it tastes ok. 5. Transfer to a large bowl and stir in the egg and vanilla. 6. Add flour, oats, chia and sunflower seeds and stir until combined. 7. Pour into loaf tin and bake for 20 minutes. 8. Cool in pan for 5 minutes, turn out onto a wire rack. 9. Once cool, slice into bars and pop into lunchboxes. NB: If texture is an issue you can grind up the sunflower and chia seeds before adding to the mixture. Vegetable Pikelets Prep Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Notes This recipe makes 12 pikelets. For this recipe I used grated carrot, cauliflower, broccoli and shallots. You can just use whatever veggies you have on hand. Don't forget to season these well. They really need the flavour! You can use low-fat milk and low-fat tasty cheese if you want to lower the fat content. Ingredients: 2 cups wholemeal self-raising flour 1 1/2 cups milk 2 cups raw vegetables, chopped finely salt and pepper 2 eggs, lightly beaten 50g butter (for frying) 1 cup tasty cheese, grated Cream cheese with some chives to serve Method: 1. In a bowl, whisk all ingredients except for butter and cream cheese together. 2. Heat a little butter in a frying pan. Using quarter cup measures, fry each pikelet until golden and turn. 3. Serve warm with cream cheese spread on top. Junior Tennis Coaching Just a reminder that junior tennis starts this Thursday 12th October. The first week the pp s, year ones and twos will be from 3.30pm pm and all the other ages will be from 3.30pm pm. Depending on numbers, we will advise times for the future weeks after that. As we did last year, the coaches are happy to collect the kids from school at 3pm and walk them across the road to the tennis club. We will have milk shakes available for 50 cents. If you would like us to pick your children up, please send a bus note into the school saying that Sherree Nicholson, Lib Irving or Jessica Della Bosca will be picking them up. Please see more details below. Moorine Rock Primary School Newsletter Term 4 Week Page 7

8 Tennis Coaching will commence on Thursday 12 th October 2017 at the Moorine Rock tennis courts at 3.30pm. The coaching program will run Thursday afternoons for 5 weeks. Can players of all ages please be at the courts by 3.30pm, so we are able to register and grade players. There may be changes to times in the following weeks, depending on our numbers. Cost is $20 per child or $50 for a family of 3 children. Participants will need to bring their hats & water bottles. Milk shakes will be on sale for 50c. Any child who is in pre-primary or primary school is invited to register their name with Lib Irving - mob: , townfoot13@bigpond.com Moorine Rock Primary School Newsletter Term 4 Week Page 8

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11 Major outback motoring adventure across WA to help kids with cancer WesCarpade is Camp Quality s outback motoring adventure held in Western Australia. A fleet of 25+ quirky themed vehicles will be travelling over 2,000km on a round trip from Armadale to Northam on October This year WesCarpade sets off from Armadale on Sunday 15 October, heading south through the Great Southern, looping back around the Goldfields and finishing with a community inspired finale event on Saturday 21 October. The event has attracted entrants from Donnybrook, Bunbury and Bridgetown, as well as Perth and as far as Geraldton this year. Each car must be at least 20 years old, and each team spends the year theming their cars, making it roadworthy and encouraging people to sponsor them for their week-long adventure. The event is fully supported by dedicated volunteer officials, including local business and community groups. Nedge Sinanovski, Camp Quality s General Manager Programs and Community Fundraising said: We re so humbled by local businesses donating their goods and services to this event to ensure our running costs are kept low and more money goes to our deserving families. These generous local companies include Holden, St Johns Ambulance, GJ Freight Donnybrook, Bunbury Plumbing Services and Allmark. The aim is to raise an engine-busting $500,000 - enough for Camp Quality to support a further 70 families who have a child living with cancer for the next year, through their resilience-building programs. Chris Millsy Mills, former weatherman for GWN7, said: This is the sixth Camp Quality wescarpade I ve been on, and I love it every single year. We get to dress up like fools and drive through the beautiful outback. But most importantly, we re raising essential funds for a great cause helping Camp Quality to create a better life for kids living with cancer. Along the way, the 25+ quirky cars will pull into towns in a fanfare of sirens, horns, water cannons, lights and colour in true Camp Quality style. Moorine Rock Primary School Newsletter Term 4 Week Page 11

12 It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of Elizabeth (Beth) Birtles. She was a lovely lady that cherished her grandchildren and children. Deepest Sympathy to Basil, Raymond, Rhonda, Julia, Miriam and families. Moorine Rock Primary School Newsletter Term 4 Week Page 12