Cross Country

All Pre-Primary – Year 6 students participated in the Joondalup Schools Cross Country event on Thursday 30^th of May. Our students represented Joondalup Education Support Centre with pride and every student completed the race. I am excited to say we have three students who have qualified to be part of the Joondalup Schools Interschool Cross Country Team. Congratulations to James, Cameron and Malachi who will be competing against other primary schools at the interschool event on Wednesday 7^th of August.

School Development Day

Last Friday 31^st of May all staff attended a School Development Day. This day was facilitated by Jenny Cole from BEAM Consulting. Jenny facilitated sessions about planning for our school’s strategic planning, vision and priorities. From our planning and discussion on this day, work around our new Business Plan and school targets will be created. We will continue to work with staff and the School Board on this.

WA Day

This week is WA Week! Students have celebrated by taking a whole campus photo in the shape of WA. On Thursday we dressed up as our favourite WA team or something that represents WA. We had a number of tabloid games which we did together as a whole campus. It has been a great week.

Parking Situation

A number of families have shared their growing concerns about the lack of and difficulty parking to pick up and drop of students in the morning and afternoon. I am aware of these concerns and how frustrating it is for you. I have met with the Department of Education about possible solutions to adjust current parking and adding new parking. Some of the difficulty surrounding increasing parking is ownership of the land. Any additional land on the verge belongs to the City of Joondalup. On Monday 10^th of June I have a site meeting with representatives from the Department of Education and the City of Joondalup to see what solutions we can find for additional parking. I will be putting forward the notion that if families have an ACROD permit in their car (or equivalent to) that they are exempt from verge parking if all other parking is not available. I will keep you updated after the meeting on the 10^th.

P&C

The P&C were fundraising for our School Campus during the Saturday of the Federal Election.  They raised $2500 on this day from raffles and a sausage sizzle.  What a fantastic effort, thank you.

Classroom Numbers

We have had a change in our room numbers now that Kindy and a Pre Primary class are in new rooms.

They are as follows;

Room 22 is now known as Room 21 (as they have both classrooms)

Kindergarten is now in Room 28

Ms. Bennett’s Pre-Primary class is now in Room 29.

School Photos

School photos are coming up! The timetable for individual and class photos is attached. Please ensure your child is at school on time and in complete school uniform on this day. It is preferred that Year 6 students wear graduation shirts. Information from Kapture photos will be coming out soon, if you would like sibling photos please ensure you order these online as this is the only method for ordering.

Farewell Marie and Steve

On behalf of the everyone at Joondalup Schools and the school community we would like to thank Marie, campus cleaner and Steve, campus gardener for their commitment and their fabulous work during the time they have been with us. We would like to wish them all the best on their next chapter.