It has been a fun and full fortnight at Joondalup, our students and staff have had many events on.

Dinner Under the Stars

Last Monday a group of students prepared a 7 course degustation dinner for families and teachers at Beldon Education Support Centre through the Stephanie Alexander Program. Year 4 and 5 students in the program worked with an award winning chef to prepare the courses for the evening. The entire evening was outstanding, and the dinner can only be described as fine dining. Students (and staff) worked super hard the entire evening to host a dinner for 40 guests.

Book Week

Last week we also celebrated Book Week. Activities were planned throughout the week and students joined  in activities throughout lunch all around the school. On Wednesday the entire campus dressed up as their favourite character. Everyone looked fabulous, and we had a special assembly and everyone got to show each other what they were wearing.

Yr 6. Transition 

Year 6 students commenced transition to Belridge Secondary Education Support centre again this term. Students attending next year meet students from other schools who will also be going to Belridge SESC. It is a time to get to know others going to the school next year, and tour all the facilities and join in some activities in preparation for high school.

Parent Morning Tea 

We had a parent morning tea last Friday. It was a very cosy morning with a small turn out, but a lovely conversation was had. Our next parent morning tea will be held on Friday 4 December.

School Review

Last week we had our school review. It was a very positive experience, and parents, community members and staff shared what we do with the reviewers and told the story of Joondalup ESC. We will receive a formal report from our review, which will be published on our website, and the Schools’ Online website. The report will contain commendations and some recommendations. We are expecting to receive the report this week.

Notes Home to Families

Lots of notes have gone home to families this week. School photos will be next Tuesday and Thursday (depending on class) and graduation photos will be held on Thursday. Please ensure your child is in full school uniform for school photo day. Year 6 students can wear graduation shirts.

Notes have also gone home regarding Adventure week. This year senior and junior students will be attending Outback Splash on different days. Please sign and return forms together with payment when you can. If you have any questions about the excursions, please let me know.

Natalie Hatton

Principal

Room 21 had a fantastic time becoming wizards at the end of week 3 for Halloween. They each chose different ingredients to mix together in their cauldrons to see if they could create bubble reactions. Some of the ingredients they experimented with were; Monster Snot, Spider Blood, Vampire Toenails, Dragon Bones, Unicorn Horns and Sliced Eyeballs.

The students of Room 21 have been very busy inside and outside of the class. They have enjoyed playing hands on Maths games, visiting the nature playground, checking out the new school Yarning Circle and doing activities on each week’s featured book.

Students will be having their Kapture phots next Thursday 12 November.

For the next few weeks in Room 25 we will be taking part in weekly cooking. We will be trying to expand on foods that we currently eat. As a whole class we will be preparing the food, getting the equipment ready, cooking, eating and cleaning up.

This week we made fried rice. We used rice, bacon, peas and corn, eggs, soy sauce and garlic. We all did a fantastic job, and although we didn’t all eat a whole bowl, we at least tried our fried rice.

Each year Western Australians use 1.3 BIILION drink containers. Sadly, most of these are not recycled, ending up in landfill and as litter across our state.

Introducing Cash for Containers here at school. Thanks to our partnership with Scouts WA, we have become a community collection point. Each container will earn 10 cents for the school. So bring your eligible containers in and pop them into the big blue bin behind the staffroom as you come into school. 

Most aluminium, glass, plastic, steel and liquid paperboard beverage containers between 150ml and 3L are eligible for a refund. You can also identify eligible containers by their refund mark.

Handy tip: make sure your containers are empty and the lids are off!  Lids can be dropped into the small bin on the Grow Free Cart

Rooms 27 and 9 have been particpating in the Stephanie Alexander cooking program at Beldon ESC. On 26 October students were invited to take part in an event to celebrate the new skills they have learnt by preparing and cooking for their families. 

Students preapared and cooked a 7 course meal which was rewarded by a round of applause at the end by their families.

Students have recently bought home a permission note for Carols by Candlelight. We hope you can all save the date and come and enjoy the event on Tuesday 1 December.  Our students will be performing as an entire ensemble at the end of the program and they have already began to rehearse with Mrs Galt. 

Congratulations Sienna on passing your yellow and white belt.

Curious Creatures

Celebrating Childrens Book Week is always fun. In Visual Arts we read the story, "Where the Wild Things Are", by Maurice Sendak. After viewing the illustrations, the students created a curious creature. The creature was drawn in felt pen and coloured with water colour pencils. These works of art were created by the students in rooms 2, 3, 21, 27 & 28.

Helen Sweet

Art Specialist Teacher

This week two of our teachers, Mae Jorgeson and Kirsty Spicer had the opportunity to fly to Kalgoorlie and present some professional learning to the staff at O'Connor Education Support Centre. They spent the first day with the admin and teachers, running a full day workshop on how to use and implement our whole school Maths assessment tool, and our new Foundational Skills Assessment. This was a busy day filled with questions, demonstrations, and lots of enthusiasm.

On the second day they presented at a whole school meeting to all staff, followed by a hands-on day in each classroom across the school. During this day they demonstrated how to communicate with students using Key Word Sign and PODD, how to administer the testing tools, and how to complete some discrete trials. At the end of the day, Mae and Kirsty hosted an hour long professional development session on discrete trial training, and the benefits of this best practice.

It was a fantastic opportunity to share the great things which are happening at Joondalup ESC, meet new teachers and EA's and support students with their learning. 

Canteen Volunteers

The amazing Carolyn needs some spare hands every now and then and is looking for volunteers to do some 2 hour shifts one or two times a term. They are 9-11am or 11-1pm and any amount of help would be appreciated.  

Fundraising Coordinator

We are looking for someone to take on this role either in entirety or to simply manage 1-2 events per year such as the Mother’s Day stall/Father’s Day stall/Easter Raffle etc. This role can be split as many hands make light work. The current coordinator is happy to train/pass everything on. 

If you think you can help with any of the above, please contact Jen on 0403 904 157. The next P&C meeting will be 25^th November 7pm in the library – all welcome.

OUR P&C WOULD NOT OPERATE WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS. ALL FUNDS RAISED GO DIRECTLY BACK INTO THE SCHOOL FOR THINGS SUCH AS CAMPS, BOOKS, NATURE PLAY AREA, MUD KITCHENS ETC

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