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Welcome back everyone
Term four is always a busy term, and this year will be no exception. Families will receive notes home for adventure week soon, as well as information about next year. Our Yr.6 students are preparing for high school, and graduation will be held on Tuesday 15 December.
Adventure week will be held in Week 9 and the agenda is;
| Monday | Yr.6 Students | Latitude ( with JPS Yr.6 students) |
| Senior Students | Perth Zoo | |
| Tuesday | Junior Students | Outback Splash |
| Wednesday | Senior Students | Outback Splash |
| Thursday | Junior Students | Lollipops Play Centre & Neil Hawkins Park |
| Friday | Whole School | Christmas Assembly |
Unfortunately we will not have a lunch or water play on Friday as we are unsure of any further COVID restrictions.
Assemblies and Graduation
Current COVID restrictions are still in place for families wishing to attend assemblies. One family member only can be present during assembly.
Understandably parents would like clarification on what this will mean for Yr.6 students graduating. The two schools are currently working together to formulate a safe plan to ensure that families and friends will be able to watch the Yr.6 Graduation ceremony.
School Review
On Tuesday this week both Joondalup Education Support Centre and Joondalup Primary School engaged in a school review. This is the first review we have had since 2016. A number of parents, Board members, community members and staff met with the reviewers to discuss our school journey. I would like to thank all those who have contributed to the review by providing feedback, collating information or being part of the process on the day.
A formal report will be written by the reviewers in the coming weeks which will be shared with the school community and will be on our website.
Book Week – next week
We will be celebrating Book Week all next week! Next Wednesday is a whole school dress up day where students can come as their favourite character.
Throughout the week there will be activities set up at recess and lunch times for students to engage in around the school if they wish to. There will also be a colouring in competition, and special whole campus get together to show off our outfits on Wednesday!
Staff Development Day – Friday 6th November
A reminder to all families that there will be no school on Friday 6 November. This is a staff development day. No staff from our school will be on site on this day. School returns on Monday 9November.
Natalie Hatton
Principal
On Wednesday 23 November a very excited group of Yr.6 students arrived at school ready to go on their school camp. With sleeping bags and pillows in tow we piled onto the bus headed to our first stop Caversham Wildlife Park, where we got to explore the park, feed the kangaroos, watch the farm show and meet Gus the wombat. After lunch we headed to the Keith Maine Centre which would be our base for the next two nights, we set up our beds, had a look around the camp site and then changed into our bathers ready for a refreshing dip in the pool. After a restful afternoon we were back on the bus heading to Hogs Breath for a delicious dinner followed by ice cream for dessert. Then it was back to camp and into our dorms ready for bed after our first fun filled day.
Thursday morning, we woke up bright and early, had some breakfast and got ready for a jam packed day at the Swan Valley Adventure Centre. We did loads of fun team building games and some of us even went on the flying foxes, it was so much fun! Then back to camp for lunch where we spent the afternoon swimming and playing camp games and we even had an impromptu dorm party. Then Miss Hatton arrived with pizza and a karaoke machine, so we ate and sang until it was time to jump back onto the bus and go bowling. Needless to say when we got back to camp, we all went to bed very quickly.
Our last day started with pancakes, followed by packing up our beds and dorms, then heading to our final camp adventure at SciTech where we went to a show about different power sources. The best part was when then hydrogen filled balloon exploded! We then got back on the bus where we headed back to school and had fish and chips and icy poles for lunch whilst snuggling in our sleeping bags watching a movie, the perfect end to an amazing camp, creating loads of memories with our friends.
Student have written about their favourite part of camp, check out the gallery below.
This week in Room 16 has been very busy. We started off baking some cookies and then wrote some fantastic narratives about “What happened after the cookies were baked?” The cookies went on some amazing adventures, coming to life and even saving cities from destruction. We have been learning about currency, measurement and fractions in maths, where we have enjoyed spinning the currency wheels to create different amounts.
We have also been creating some exciting items to sell at our Market Day in a few weeks we time. We have sewed, glued and glittered our way to some beautiful creations. We are looking forward to a busy and fun filled Term 4.
Well, can you believe we are into our last term of 2020. It is such a busy term, especially for our Yr.6 classmates. During maths sessions, Room 9 are focusing on learning about the value of money, telling time and many more maths concepts relating to number.
In addition to going to our Mult-lit sessions, we are learning what nouns, verbs and adjectives are, to help us create some good, informative sentences. The students in Room 9 particularly enjoy the hands-on activities we do to consolidate their understanding of concepts we are working on.
During the recent school holidays work was completed around the school in many areas.
A new pathway was created in the Kindy playground.
Our Yarning Circle has nearly been completed with the stumps that students have painted being installed shortly.
Abstract Wildflowers
The students in Room 27 created these lovely wildflowers. They used cardboard to scrape paint down the page, then painted on the flowers.
Blooming Wildflowers
These lovely paintings of wildflowers were created by the students in Rooms 2, 3, 21 & 28. They used the technique of wet on wet with watercolour paints to lay down the background and then using a variety of objects, including their fingers, printed the flowers on.
String Paintings
The classes that attended Visual Arts last week used string and acrylic paint to create these works of art. A piece of string covered in paint was laid onto the page and the page folded over it. A box was put on top and the string pulled out. What can you see in these interesting abstract paintings? I see flowers.
Helen Sweet
Art Specialist Teacher
Please find attached the new summer menu for you to print off as we will not be sending out a paper copy, saving the trees. If you do not have access to digital technology, you can obtain one from canteen. Please note there have been a couple of small price increases.
We will also be remaining with pre-ordering of recess. Preferred method of ordering online.
Birthday cupcakes are still available to be ordered through Quickcliq or alternatively give us a call 9233 5818.
Carolyn White
Canteen Manager
