Kaya!

It is hard to believe we are already well into Week Four! Students and staff have settled into routine and the holidays now seem like a distant memory. It has been business as usual, with students laughing and learning and I am sure you are seeing some very tired children by the end of the day as they again build up their ‘school fitness’.

Some of you may have noticed that there has been a change to the condition of our oval and junior grassed area. We have been working with external contractors to resolve some ongoing issues with the reticulation over the past two years and this continues. We have noticed additional bore markings due to an increase in iron in the water and accelerated growth due to the additional reticulation testing. We are expecting that over the April school holidays there will be some major work occurring to rectify the issue permanently. Although we are very aware of the condition, we are doing the best we can and look forward to an improvement in the near future.

COVID-19 Communication

I thank you all for your understanding and patience in regards to restrictions and operating guidelines that are currently in place. I fully expect there to be further changes on the horizon and these may come at very short notice. As much as we would prefer to have plenty of time to let parents know, we may very well find ourselves in a situation where we need to move swiftly and at very inopportune times.

We will be taking direction from the Department of Education and the Department of Health in the event that we have a student or staff member test positive to COVID-19. If or when we get notified of a positive COVID-19 case at our school, we will communicate with you via a Schoolzine notification, text message and email. These communications may occur outside our usual hours of operation, between 6.30am and 9.30pm, in order to provide timely information. 

Although we may hear directly from a family that a student has tested positive, we are required to wait for confirmation from the Department of Health and to follow their directions. If your child is unwell, we encourage you to keep them home and get tested. If a student becomes unwell while at school, we will contact you to collect them.

Congratulations to those students who received an honour certificate last Tuesday. A very big well done to our School Captains and Sport Captains who adapted so quickly to do an amazing job reading out all the certificates and announcements over the PA. They read with confidence and precision-absolute professionals!

Important Information to be returned to the school

It is vital that we update student information at the beginning of each year, as there are many changes that occur over the six-week holiday break. It would be greatly appreciated if the following forms can be completed and returned to the school as a matter of urgency, to ensure we have the most up to date information and permissions for your child. Even if you do not have any new information, please check the appropriate box and return the form unchanged, so that we can tick you off the list.

• Student Information Update form
• Medical Details form

End of Day Play

Families are reminded that at the end of the school day, all children and parents are required to leave the school grounds in a timely manner. Children wishing to play at the end of the day are encouraged to access one of the community playgrounds in the area.

P&C Updates

Easter Raffle

We will be holding the Easter raffle before the school holidays in April, so please start buying Easter egg donations/non chocolate donations. More info will be coming home with your child soon.

P&C AGM

The Annual General Meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams on 16 March at 7pm. The P&C are seeking to appoint a new President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and two Executive members among other agenda items.

Please find flyer below 

We are very pleased that Becky Thomas has nominated for the position of Treasurer. Thank you to Hazel Brooks who has done a wonderful job as P&C Treasurer, and for her ongoing work to help with the financial transitions.

Before the AGM please:

• Become a financial member ($1.00) as this allows you to vote.
• Nominate for one of the office bearer positions.

Canteen Update

We are very happy to announce that we have a new Canteen Manager! Please welcome Nicole who has a son in Year 5 at Joondalup Education Support Centre. Nicole says the school has literally changed their lives as a family. The Canteen will still be open 3 days a week until Nicole settles in, then it will be back to 5 days. Please give her a very warm welcome; we are so pleased to have her on board!

Marlene and Sandra have continued to work extremely hard to ensure that the school year started with our three-day canteen. As always, we are very grateful for their commitment to the school community.

Canteen Volunteers

We are ALWAYS looking for volunteers, in particular on Mondays and Tuesdays at the moment. Times are either 9am-11am, 11am-1pm or 9am-1pm. Shifts can be once a week, once a fortnight or even once a term, it all helps.  

P&C Treasurer

Welcome to Bec – our new P&C Treasurer. Bec has a daughter in Year 2, and we are all looking forward to having her on the team. A massive thank you to our previous Treasurer Hazel, who did an outstanding job and is still helping us along the way! Everyone’s efforts are so appreciated; we could not operate without you all.

Anna Eason

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

The students in Room 2 have enjoyed demonstrating their creative skills when making their book covers. The teachers were very impressed with their great engagement in these pattern making works of art.

We have shared stories about making friends and used puppets to help retell a story about how a little fox learnt to make friends. Our word and photograph display and our sentence writing has encouraged us to remember to use kind words, share, play and help each other each day.

Wow what a busy start Room 3 have had to 2022! 

We started the year off by learning all about what it takes to become Bucket Fillers.
During the day our teachers acknowledge when we display bucket filling behaviours by giving us a pompom in our “buckets” (clear tubes) and once we achieve 11 pompoms we can reward ourselves by choosing a prize from the class treasure chest.

During week 2, we began researching different Australian animals of our choice. We did this with one or two friends and were guided by a teacher. First we listed all of the things that we thought to be true about our animal, we then used the internet to ‘fact check’ what we wrote and to find out extra information. After we had gathered enough information, we spent the next session up at the nature playground and collected natural resources to create our animals. Some of us chose to make statues and others made 3D posters. We spent our final session typing or writing all of our information and presented it on the posters.

We look forward to an exciting term ahead!

In Room 29 we have had a great start to our year! It’s been exciting to meet new friends and their families. The children have enjoyed exploring new areas of the school that some may not have been in before.  

In health we are focusing on how we look after ourselves to keep healthy. Last week we talked about washing our hands properly. So, what better way to practice hand washing than to get them really, really grubby!! We had loads of fun making mud out on the verandah and then practiced scrubbing our hardworking hands clean!! All the children had a great time with this activity, especially when the teachers got into the mud alongside them!!  

We have also been joining up with our friends in Room 28 for Fantastic Fun Friday. Some of the activities we have done include, water play, painting with water squirters, ice play, playdough, drawing, dress ups, dancing and most importantly sharing lots of laughs with each other!! Through these activities we are learning about the world around us and how we interact with each other. It has been lovely to see relationships develop between the children as they play and we look forward to many more adventures together as the year unfolds!! 

The term has started with celebrations. Chinese New Year began on 2 February. It is the year of the tiger. The students viewed the work of Henri Rousseau, 'Tiger in a Tropical Storm'.

The students who attend Visual Arts created tigers. The backgound was printed using leaves, acrylic paint and a gel press. Leaf rubbings were created and imitation leaves and flowers pasted on to create the idea of a jungle. The elements of line, shape, colour, texture and value were revised in the process of creating the artwork.

Please find link below to register for Camp Australia.