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Last week was Science Week. Students took part in a wide range of exciting activities to delve into the world of Through the Looking Glass (the 2022 National Science Week theme). Students were immersed in glass inspired activities combined with Alice in Wonderland dress ups and scavenger hunts.Congratulations to the students who won the decorating competition and well done to all students for an amazing Science Week!
It was an wonderful week of excitement and I would like to recognise the outstanding efforts by Heidi Brough and Sandra Bennett who coordinated the week to engage students from Kindy to Year 6.
Yesterday was the beginning of Book Week and this year’s theme is Dreaming with Eyes Open. A wonderful selection of activities has been planned by our dedicated and enthusiastic Literacy coordinators, with activities happening every day both in class and during breaktimes. Children (and staff) are encouraged to dress up as a book character on Thursday and participate in the annual parade, starting at 9am.
Thank you to all parents for making the time to meet either face-to-face or over the phone with your child’s teacher. All IEPs will now be finalised, and copies will be sent home for signing soon. Once signed, please return to your classroom teacher.
Our next morning tea will be held in the staffroom on Friday 26 August at 9am. There will be a presentation by Brendan Everett about the Triple P Positive Parenting Program, with an emphasis on parenting children with disabilities of all ages. Brendan is a registered School Psychologist with a background in education support and supporting positive behaviour in young people. I encourage you to attend the morning tea and stay for the discussion. Please RSVP to Kirsty.harris@education.wa.edu.au for catering purposes.
Kindergarten enrolments are open for 2023, if your child was born between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019. Enrolment packs are available in the Office if you are planning to enrol your child into Kindy at Joondalup Education Support Centre. Please complete and return your request to enrol as soon as possible.
Faction Athletics Carnival
Please find schedule of events below.
Abilities Expo Thursday 8 September
We are delighted to have a group of students performing at the upcoming Abilities Expo at Crown on Thursday 8 September at approximately 11.15am. The expo is free to attend so if you are thinking about heading down, please show our students your support.
If you notice any suspicious activity on School Grounds, please contact Security on 9264 4771 or the Police on 131 444.
What an amazing Term 3 we are having in Room 35.
We have been having so much fun with our Talk 4 Writing Story “Jack and the Beanstalk.” The students have been doing fantastic work reading and saying the story along with the actions. We have been involved with lots of arts and crafts this term and growing our very own beans. We have also been innovating the story and creating our own characters which we have loved doing.
Students have been working very hard with our writing and are using different strategies to help make our writing beautiful as well as practicing our pencil grip.
In our class we have been learning about different types of emotions and how it is good to feel all sorts of emotions in our daily lives.
It has been a very wet and windy start to Term 3 but Room 23 have already been having a wonderful time exploring new stories and learning new skills. We have been really focusing on consolidating all the skills we learnt last term in fun, play based and hands on experiences where are developing our social skills with our peers.
We have been busy completing our first Talk 4 Writing story for the term, which is ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle. We created our story map and use this to help us retell the story. We are thoroughly enjoying engaging in a variety of activities about caterpillars and bugs. At the moment our favourite activities are playing social skill games with our friends, where we are practicing sharing and taking turns; such as the dancing caterpillar game.
One of our other favourite times of the day, is our self-selected reading time. This is when we all choose our own stories to read after lunch each day. We enjoy reading stories with our friends and our teachers in class.
But wait… the most exciting thing just happened in Room 23… our silkworm eggs have just hatched!!!! We are lucky to be able to watch some silkworm eggs go through the life cycle and turn into moths, which is very similar to caterpillars turning into butterflies, just like the story we are reading!
We are looking forward to another great term in Room 23 and can’t wait to watch our silkworms grow.
From Graysonn, Vivaan, Keiharn, Lewis, Jude, Annemieke, Amahni, Kaiden, Grayson and Roland.
To our wonderful Joondalup musicians and families,
We are so pleased to announce that our Term 3 Concert will be held at Perth’s musician’s venue, created by W.A. musicians, run by W.A. musicians for W.A. musicians. Music Rocks Convenients will see our musicians perform on a new stage once again, with entry via the Convenients Store fridge door to enter the band room. Their motto is “come find us for live music behind the fridge door”. There are a couple of alfresco areas to enjoy and whilst the stage is quite small, it is becoming quite a famous one. Convenients is in the heart of Northbridge directly adjacent to the famous Northbridge Piazza. This is going to be huge!
This event is especially designed for our Joondalup families and musicians.
Please find nomination letter attached with full details. Each participating student receives a complimentary ticket with a returned slip to rehearsals, making sure no one is counted out. Tickets are also available from Oztix for more family and friends to come along.
Sunflowers
Reece, Finlay, Cruiz and Milo worked with clay to sculpt these lovely sunflowers. Once they had been bisque fired, they painted on the colour using underglaze and clear glaze over the top.
Emu
After viewing the artwork of Wendy Binks, the students in room 3 created an emu in soft pastels. The element of value was a focus.
Native Hibiscus
Students viewed the Native Hibiscus.
It is the Stolen Generation Commemorative flower. The colour purple denoted compassion and spiritual healing. The plant grows widely across Australia. The students worked with the element of form and the medium of clay to sculpt a flower.
Mrs Sweet
Thursday 8 September is R U OK? Day. This is a National Day of Action when we remind Australians that everyday is a day to look out for how others around you might be feeling and start a meaningful conversation about how we can support them. Joondalup Schools will be doing activities for both staff and students to be involved in. All activities will be age appropriate and non-compulsory.
R U OK? has released resources, tips and ideas to help you drive genuine change in your workplace, school and community.
Thanks for supporting R U OK? and the people in your world. Please visit A conversation could change a life | R U OK? for further information.
Please also find details of organisations below you may find useful:
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131114 Call 24/7 for crisis support and suicide prevention services. Text support is also available 0477 131 114 |
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1300 224 636 Call 24/7 for advice, referral and support from a trained mental health professional. |
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1300 789 978 24/7 telephone and online support for men with emotional health and relationship concerns |
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1800 551 800 24/7 private and confidential phone and online counselling service for young people aged 5 to 25 |