Kaya!

As we go into the school holiday break at the end of this week, I want to wish everyone some well-deserved rest and a break from early morning lunches and school drop offs. Thank you to all parents for your continued collaboration and partnership as we all work to support your child’s learning and developmental needs. We value your commitment and engagement and look forward to another positive semester ahead.

NAIDOC Family Picnic

Joondalup Schools will be recognising NAIDOC this Thursday 30 June, with a family picnic and a range of activities that will be available throughout lunchtime. This is earlier than the official NAIDOC week, which falls in the holiday break (3^rd – 10^th July) and is to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth. The 2022 NAIDOC theme is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!

Invitations to our family picnic will be sent home with your child.

Room 28 have designed a NAIDOC corner in the classroom for the children to explore and to support their learning as they further embed Aboriginal culture and histories into their learning program.

Parent Morning Tea

Our next morning tea will be held in the Joondalup Schools staffroom on Friday 26 August at 9am. We like to be able to provide a presentation or information so if you have an idea or suggestion, please contact the office and we will endeavour to organise it.

Parent Teacher Interviews-Reminder

Parents will have an opportunity on Thursday 18 August to attend a parent teacher interview (IEP meeting) to discuss individual education goals identified for your child, for Semester Two. In line with Joondalup Primary School and endorsed by the Department of Education and the Joondalup ESC School Board, we will be suspending lessons from 11.45am, to allow teachers to meet with parents. Interviews will run from 11.45 through to the end of the day. Your child's teacher will contact you directly to arrange meeting times.

Parents are asked to note this date in their calendar to make suitable collection arrangements, to allow teachers to be available for interviews.

If there are extenuating circumstances as to why you are unable to make arrangements for your child’s care at 11:45 am, please contact a member of the Administration team to discuss.

School Uniforms

We are often on the look out for second-hand uniforms to support students and families. We are especially interested in shorts and pants as we often use these to change students when required. Our previous stocks of shorts and pants has now been depleted and we are desperately seeking more. If you are in a position to offer us your second hand items as your child outgrows them, we would be very grateful.

Canteen news

At the end of the week Sandra Moorewood and Marlene McGuinness will be making their last cheesies and hanging up their aprons.  They have been part of the school canteen team for many years and served countless students and staff.  They have made sandwiches, soup, hot milo, and cakes, heated sausage rolls, nachos and chicken strips, and cut the tops of hundreds of icy poles. 

Importantly, Sandra and Marlene have always willingly stepped up when we couldn’t get volunteers, when there was a big event, and a new canteen manager was hard to find.  They have given many unpaid hours to the school community to make sure that lunches and recesses went out on time. 

We thank them for their time at the school.

Free Dress Day

Thank you for your support of the free dress day.  We raised $525 for Srang Primary School, our sister school in Cambodia.