Dear parents,

Recently the enrolment period for 2021 closed. Offers of place will be sent to prospective students on the 1^st of July.  We do have a number of year levels that were in high demand and some students that applied for these years will be placed on a waiting list should places become available.

Each year the school losses a substantial number of students due to postings, families moving interstate or relocating to other areas of Canberra. We know it is early but we ask anyone that knows that they are leaving MTS for any reason to let us know ASAP.

With bookings currently being organised for parent/teacher interviews, I take this opportunity to advise parents that elect to come to school for a face to face interview rather than a Zoom interview that COVID 19 precautions will be in place. These include

• maintaining social distancing while waiting for the interview to commence and also while the interview is taking place
• asking parents to use hand steriliser when arriving for the interview
• wiping down tables and chairs after every interview
• reminding parents not to attend if they display any flu like symptoms.

SICK STUDENTS

A reminder that if a student has any kind of illness, even if it is runny noses and/or cold like symptoms, they must not attend school. If a student is showing signs of illness, their parents and carers will be called to collect them.  If a student has been tested for Covid-19 they (and any siblings who attend MTS) should be excluded from school until the results are known of the test.  Please advise the school if this is the case.

Students who have been vomiting or have diarrhoea must also be excluded from school for a minimum of 24 hours after the symptoms have ceased.  If a student has symptoms due to allergies, families will be asked to provide written advice from their GP so that we can ensure they are not unwell and are able to continue attending school. 

Thank you for your continued support in this regard.

Maths Problem

Congratulations to Jonty Duvall who had the first correct answer drawn out yesterday.

This problem links well to the MTS tennis Championships held recently at school.

Imagine we had 32 students enter the MTS Tennis Championships. In round one each player played one other player. The losers were eliminated. For round two, the winners then played another winning player and all the winning players progressed while the losing players were again eliminated. This continued until we had one player left who was crowned champion.

How many rounds were played and how many games were played in the tournament?

Year 6 Ebony & 6 Onyx Assembly

This week it was 6 Ebony & 6 Onyx who presented their assembly.  Thank you to all the students involved and to Mrs Shelley and Mrs Travers! I hope you enjoy.

God Bless

Peter Hughes