Dear Parents/Carers

WA Education Awards

The WA Education Awards presentation was held yesterday at Optus Stadium. There were 52 finalists across 13 categories.

Joondalup Education Support Centre was a finalist for the WA Primary School of the Year and yesterday, we were announced as the winner in our category.

Special thanks to Mrs Hwee Tan, School Board member, for submitting a nomination for Joondalup Education Support Centre. This was the catalyst for the events that followed, which included interviews, questionnaires and a school visit by the judging panel. Many thanks to the parents and Board members who met with the judges, your support is greatly appreciated.

Going through this process has provided a wonderful opportunity to reflect on our amazing school, our students, families and staff, all of whom contribute to our success. This accolade is for all of you and the hard work, passion and dedication of our whole school community and we thank you for your ongoing support.

The recording of the event can be viewed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s80rWAfAuNw

You can read more about the award winners here https://www.education.wa.edu.au/wa-education-awards

Parent Morning Tea

Thank you to those who were able to attend the parent morning tea last Friday. It was well attended with approximately 20 people who had some rich conversations and made some suggestions for guest speakers in 2022. Congratulations to Mrs Rajkumar who won the Christmas raffle.

Camp Australia

Camp Australia held a parent meeting last Wednesday evening in the school staffroom. If you were not able to attend but have some questions in relation to their service, please feel free to contact them directly. It is free to register your child; in the event you may utilise their service now or in the future. The link to the Camp Australia website is Before & After School Care | OSHC | Camp Australia

P & C

Joondalup Schools P & C are looking for new members. Each year a number of dedicated parents leave the P & C as their children graduate from primary school. The baton so to speak is passed along to the next cohort of parents. If you are interested in joining the P & C or volunteering at a P & C event, please see the attached information.

Canteen

Many of you will know that Amy Daniels, our lovely canteen manager will be leaving us at the end of this year. We thank Amy for her efforts over the past 3 terms and wish her all the best for her next exciting chapter. As we approach the end of the year, Amy will be busy stocktaking, cleaning and clearing and will therefore be closing the canteen for Week 10. The last day the canteen will be operational is Friday 3 December.

The new transportable will be installed over the next few weeks, in the Junior playground area. Fencing and ground works commence today and the transportable building will be lifted by crane within the following day or two. We are hoping this will not affect morning traffic but thank you for your patience if delays occur. This is going to be quite exciting for the children and likely to tweak their interest.

Student Leadership Assembly Change

Due to the Year 6 students from the Joondalup Primary School attending their transition day to Belridge SHS, the Student Leadership assembly that was scheduled for Tuesday 7 December, has been moved to Thursday 9 December. The assembly will start at the usual time of 2pm in the undercover area and we look forward to seeing you there.

COVID-19 Update

It is anticipated that when the WA borders open towards the start of the 2022 school year, there may be an influx of COVID cases. Although unpredictable, we may find ourselves in another lockdown, resulting in a ‘learning from home’ scenario. As a school, Joondalup Education Support Centre are prepared and ready to support students and families who are learning from home, coordinate cleaning and hygiene practices and reinstate previous COVID related procedures to ensure the health and safety of our students and staff.

In the event we move to a learning from home scenario, you will receive communication through SeeSaw, Schoolzine, newseltters and emails. Please contact Kirsty Harris, School Officer to update your details if you have changed your address, email or phone number.

The Department of Education includes the following information for parents:

Parents/carers can visit healthywa.wa.gov.au to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment for their child if they:

• haven’t yet received a COVID-19 vaccination; or
• were unable to receive their second dose COVID-19 vaccination.

Please note that a second dose Pfizer vaccine should be delivered 3 to 6 weeks after the first dose. For further information on COVID-19 vaccination, visit Roll Up For WA.

Carols by Candlelight

Carols by Candlelight is this Thursday. The gates will open at 5pm for a sausage sizzle or family picnic, with the concert commencing at 6pm and finishing at approximately 7.30pm. We look forward to seeing many of our families enjoying the evening in your festive outfits.

The list of songs includes:

• Ten Little Elves
• Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
• Jingle Bells
• Frosty the Snowman
• Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
• Hark the Herald Angel Sings
• Run, Run Rudolph
• The Elf on the Shelf the Night Before Christmas
• I Wish it was Christmas Every Day
• Sleigh Ride

Music Rocks Australia Concert

MRA are excited for the finale concert for 2021, Music Rocks Lyric’s Underground on Sunday 5 December. This is a new venue and stage for the performances with food and drink available.

As usual, they are hoping to get as many musicians and families there as possible for this final concert for 2021. Please see attached information that was sent home previously.

More family and friends tickets will be available from Oztix via the link below:

Music Rocks Lyric's Underground Tickets at Lyric's Underground (Maylands, WA) on Sun 5 - Sat 11 December 2021 (oztix.com.au)

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

Emily Hamilton MLA, Member for Joondalup, visited Joondalup ESC today to award a winner and two runners up for her annual Christmas Card Art competition. The students in Rooms 1 and 26 created a piece of art that could be professionally produced into Christmas Cards to be used by Emily Hamilton’s office.

The winner for the 2021 Christmas Card competition is Zavier Walton and the two runners up, Ashleigh McAuley and Finley Partis. Zavier’s Christmas Card is on display in the Front Office and looks great. Emily awarded these students with a voucher to Crispy’s Burger Bar and all participants received a special Christmas treat from Emily.

While Emily was here, she also passed along her congratulations to all of the Joondalup Education Support Centre community for being announced as the winner of the WA Education Primary School of the Year, gifting some beautiful flowers.

Collection of Colour Run Prizes

Colour Run prizes will be ready for collection on Wednesday 1 December between 2.00pm-3.30pm in the undercover area. If your child is at OSH please message Jen with their name and it will be sent to OSH. Jen – 0403 904 157.

The LAST DAY FOR THE CANTEEN for 2021 will be Friday 10 December.

Thanks for all your support for a wonderful year.

We recently read a book called The Bad-Tempered Ladybird by Eric Carle.

We spoke about why the ladybird was grumpy and brainstormed ideas about what she could do when she was feeling that way. We learnt about the letter L for ladybird and had a go at writing it on our whiteboards.

We even got to paint and make our own ladybirds!

This semester, Rooms 22 and 21 have been learning about features of a town.

At the end of Term 3 the students travelled on public transport all the way to the zoo!

After researching what makes up Perth City, they have designed and built their very own town out of recyclable materials.

This week the students are painting their buildings and roads and will put it all together next week. The students have worked so well as a team and showed us they are very creative. Nice job Rooms 21 and 22.

Well, can you believe we are almost at the end of yet another school year!! 

The students and staff in Room 1 have had a great time participating in the numerous events and activities that have happened throughout the year. We have taken part in sporting events, harmony day, colour run, book week…….. and have still had time to complete our work both in the classroom and outside.

Our exciting bit of news this term was that Mrs Catalano welcomed an adorable little man, Jai to the world.

We hope you enjoy our picture gallery.

Room 28 has had an exciting few weeks. During Geography sessions, we have been looking at the weather and seasons as well as appropriate activities to do according to the weather. One of the boys in our room was going on a camping trip and this interested all the children, so we decided to plan our very own. This involved finding out the weather and planning a day to go, choosing a suitable location in the school to pitch our tent. We also had to plan our list of things to take and food that we could eat. Students were introduced to the camping experience through vocabulary development, story time, and sharing personal experiences.

When everyone was ready to depart, we pulled the wagon packed with all the things needed for the trip such as: a tent, sleeping bag, cooking utensils, flashlight, etc. Children checked the map and off we went to the 'campsite.' When they arrived, students pitched the tent and set up the cook stoves (our homemade solar ovens). We used the power of the sun to melt our chocolate and marshmallows to make smores for a traditional camping treat which was absolutely delicious.

We had so much fun on our pretend camping trip. The students in room 28 learned what takes place on a camping expedition such as pitching a tent, cooking camp food, and sleeping in a sleeping bag.

It's been a very busy time in the Art Room. We have been creating a huge mural for the backdrop for the Carols by Candlelight event, with most classes contributing. There is still more to be added and I am really looking forward to seeing it hanging up at the Carols by Candlelight event. I hope you can come along and enjoy a great night of the arts.

The students in Rooms 2 & 22 viewed the artwork of George Seurat and pointillism. They painted the beach sand using lots of dots. The students also worked with colour mixing blue and yellow with their fingers to create the Christmas tree and grass.

The year five students viewed the artwork of Vincent van Gogh with the focus being "A Starry Night". Using acrylic and working with the design principle of movement, they each painted part of the sky.

The students in the specialist art class and Rooms 16 and 27 have drawn some Australian animals enjoying Christmas.