West Australian Education Awards

I am very proud to announce that Joondalup Education Support Centre is a finalist for Primary School of the year in this year’s WA Education Awards. Our School Board put in a school nomination. Next Monday we will have a group of panel judges come out to our school to have a look around and talk to students and staff. The award breakfast is held in November. There are four finalists in this category.

Sport Carnivals

Spring is here are we are getting into the sunny spirit with two carnivals! Today our whole school has gone to Beldon Education Support Centre to take part in the North Network interschool sports carnival. We will have lots of photos from this carnival in our next newsletter.

 

Joondalup Schools faction week is next week! Our faction carnival in on Friday 17 September and everyone is invited! There will be a coffee van for families and we will be selling;

Sausage sizzle $2

Bacon & egg roll $3

Water or soft drink $2

There will be a limited amount of gluten free and vegan substitutes.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone dressed in the faction you are supporting on the day.

Parent Morning Teas

Each term we invite families to come in for a morning tea on Fridays. We try and organise a guest speaker once a term. We have had very few families attend the last few morning teas and would love to see more people. If you are free on Friday mornings, or have a suggestion on a time more suitable for families please let us know.

Year Six Transition

Transition to high school has commenced for those students attending Beldrige Secondary Education Support Centre in 2022. If you have a child in year 6 but have not yet enrolled your child into a high school it is very important that you do as soon as possible. There is a lot of planning that takes place between Joondalup and the high school so we can ensure a smooth transition as possible.

 

Natalie Hatton

Principal

Important Dates 

Term 3 has been a very busy term in Room 2.

We have started Term 3 using our mapping skills to find some of the countries that competed in the Olympic Games in Tokyo. It was exciting to see the athletes from Australia swimming, running, and playing team sports. The athletes were happy when they achieved their personal best efforts, and some won medals. We know that Japan is a country made up of islands and Tokyo is a very big city where many people live. The people eat some foods that we have not eaten. We learnt that the colours of the Olympic Rings and the white background of the Olympic flag represent those colours found on the flags of the competing countries.

We have started to practise our running and team games for our Faction Carnival.

It has been fun to read the book Scrambled Egg by Wendy Binks. This is a book about Australian animals. In the story the animal characters and the places they live have some funny names. Stripey, Leggy, Blue and Socks learn why you need to keep moving at Don’t-Stand-Still-Hill. We all discovered that birds are not the only animals that lay eggs. Do you know what animal has a baby called a puggle? We used puppets to help us retell the story.

We will be holding a parent morning tea this Friday 10 September.  We have guest speakers from APM to assist our families with information on how they can assist you with NDIS.  This morning tea is for our families who do not currently access NDIS funding.

If you notice any suspicious activity on School Grounds, please contact Security on 9264 4771 or the Police on 131 444.

It’s been an exciting term for Room 16! We have been participating in the quadrennial, Room 16 Olympic games.  Students have been competing head to head in games of strength, skill and intelligence. We started with our very own torch relay and opening ceremony, which was officiated by Miss Hatton. We then continued onto two weeks of games. Games such as cup stacking and shoot the sheriff were particularly exciting for our students, and created a fun learning environment. Students received medals for winning the events which were displayed on our very own medal tally. Congratulations to each student for their effort in the games!

Our year 6 students also embarked on their first day of transition to Belridge Education Support Centre. There we met new teachers from Belridge and students from other schools. Mrs Hutchings, took us on a tour of the school, which was huge! We saw the classrooms in which we’ll be learning in, the woodwork room, cooking room and many more. Recess was particularly fun, where they had different games such as totem tennis and basketball set up for us. Our favourite thing however was when we got to see all our old friends from last year! We miss them and can’t wait to see them again in week 9.

Finally, we are currently preparing for the ESC Combined Sports Carnival.We will be participating with students from several schools such as Creaney ESC, Beldon ESC and Westminster ESC. We love competing in sports such as the beanbag relay and vortex throw. We are training hard in sport and hope to do well on the day.

This term in Kindy we have been learning all about Minibeasts. We have read lots of different books about all kinds of creepy crawlies, with our favourite being ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. We spoke about the different foods he eats, and even had a picnic with some of his favourite foods.

We discovered our reading corner had transformed over the holidays into a bug house, and investigated all of the creatures which were hiding in there. We talked about our favourite bugs, including butterflies, bees and even wiggly worms! Everyone liked the tiny ladybirds, and we made some fantastic hats with our names on to be ladybirds too.

We have had so much fun leading about all of the creatures which live in the garden, on the flowers and all around the playground.

Students and staff are encouraged to wear yellow on 9 September to help the Social Justice Committe promote R U OK Day.  No gold coin donation is required.

Book Week was a fun week at Joondalup Schools with students participating in activities all around the school during lunch time.  From book readings, olden day games, ooblek and making their favourite book animal out of balloons and sand there was many activies to particpate in.  The week culminated in a parade on the oval. Students dressed as their favourite book character and danced around the oval to music.