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Dear families
Colour Run
A huge thank you to everyone for their efforts at yesterday’s Colour Run and especially to the P&C Association team who put in a lot of work to make the event happen. What a wonderful day filled with colour, laughs and a bit of competition between classes. This event is an important fundraiser for the P&C Association.
Please make sure that your children have selected their prizes for their fundraising efforts which can be done on the website if you have created a profile. Go to www.myprofilepage.com.au
Keep an eye out for more photos in the next Newsletter!
School Development Day
Today has been a highly productive school development day. Teachers from Year 3-6 have attended the final day of the Sounds Write professional learning. Our feedback has been overwhelmingly positive as we have learnt the importance of teaching children the correct pronunciation of sounds, how to breakdown words into their smallest sounds, and how to teach the different ways letters represent different sounds in words. Think about it! There are six ways to write the long a sound – a – apple, ai – rain, ea – break, ay – tray, a-e – cake, ei – reign.
The K-2 and specialist teachers used the time to write and collaborate for end of semester reports.
Some of the education assistants were involved in performance management meetings, created resources to use in the school, and began some of the end of year tidying up.
Assembly update
The next assembly will be held on Friday 20th November and will be presented by the children in Education Support Centre.
New PA systems
The PA system we use for assemblies and events is complex to operate and consequently, unreliable. We have upgraded the system and the new PA will arrive at the school in late November. It means that we will have better speakers, a system that everyone can operate, and the capacity to put up temporary speakers outside, and choir mics for performances. I would like to thank ESC for contributing to the cost of this system.
School Board news
Earlier this week we held our Board meeting. At this time of the year we are at the tail end of the important things related to school business. There was a timely reflection on the school review process as Board members and staff shared their thoughts about the document collation and what was talked about at the interviews with the directors.
Booklists, voluntary contributions and extra cost options
The booklists for 2021 have arrived and will be sent home to families on Monday 16 November 2020. A few reminders:
Booklist items can be purchased from Ziggies in Joondalup or discount store such as Big W or K-Mart. Ziggies offer online purchasing with all items delivered to your home address. Ziggies have requested that orders be placed as soon as possible as Australia Post are often busy during the Christmas and back to school period.
A request from staff - If you are going to use a discount store please do not buy cheap pencils and textas. It’s a small thing but cheaper stationery items don’t last and the pencils never sharpen. You will need to replace them more often.
Voluntary contributions can be paid when you submit the booklist or you can pay at the school office. We will accept voluntary contributions at any time. The voluntary contribution is $60 per child, $100 for two children, $150 for three and $200 for four in Term One only. This money is used as a top up for the funding we receive from the Government and is put straight into school resources for all children.
The extra cost options letter is a list of the amounts of money that may be requested for events in 2021. You do not need to pay any of this money until the events take place. It is a Department requirement that we provide you with information about what you might be charged.
School photos
Earlier this week you received the order envelopes for Kapture who are taking the school photos next week. Regardless of whether you order photos or not all children will have an individual photo and be part of the class photo.
Please make sure your children:
- Come to school in the correct uniform – no faction t-shirts.
- Bring the envelopes on the day so that Kapture know what you will be ordering.
We cannot retake class photos on the day that has not been allocated to the class, but we can arrange for individual portraits to be taken on the other day.
Please see the schedule below for when your child will be having their photo taken.
Tuesday 10th November | Thursday 12th November |
Kindy A - Mrs Scott | Kindy B - Mrs Scott |
Room 32 - Miss Taylor | Room 14 - Mrs Waddell |
Room 31 - Mrs Ireland | Room 15 - Ms Read |
Room 30 - Ms Goodridge | Room 18 - Mrs Strating |
Room 8 - Mrs Cobbledick | Room 19 - Mrs Hird |
Room 12 - Mr Bibby | Room 20 - Mrs Young |
Room 13 - Mrs Knobbe | Room 6 - Ms Tucker |
Room 11 - Mr Easther | Room 7 - Mr James |
Room 10 - Miss Mercer | Room 4 - Mrs Zyrucha |
Graduation Photo |
Remembrance Day
On Wednesday 11th November 2020 we are recognising Remembrance Day with a service at 9.00am. Parents are welcome to attend. The service will be led by the Student Councillors and the Choir will be singing.
If you are attending, please remember to observe COVID-19 safety protocols by socially distancing between families.
ThinkUKnow parent workshop
Thank you to everyone who attended the parent workshop about the ThinkUKnow program. It was a very worthwhile evening where we were reminded of the importance of supporting and monitoring our children so that they are safe when using a variety of online platforms.
I would like to thank Mrs Nerelle Phillips who has been the Planner in Chief to make this opportunity available to our families. Thank you Nerelle for organising the guest speakers, setting up the online booking system and coordinating the evening.
If you notice any suspicious activity on School Grounds, please contact Security on 9264 4771 or the Police on 131 444.
We had a great day and I would like to thank Danielle Price and Brianna Wimbridge, teachers from Education Support Centre who were the driving force before the planning. The children participated in a range of activities including stories in the Book Nook, creating characters using playdough, making bookmarks, and colouring in competitions. The highlight was dressing up in book characters and I thank all of the parents who helped put costumes together. We had an absolutely huge turn out and saw some great costumes. Please take a look at some of our photos@
Bunnings Joondalup 'Sing like Spring' competition.
The students in Room 20 entered the Bunnings Joondalup ‘Sing Like Spring’ competition. We had to brainstorm everything that Spring means to us and then create Spring pictures. We worked as a class to decide on the final picture which was painted onto the board using special paint pens. All materials were provided by Bunnings Joondalup. This week we were announced as one of the winners of the competition and received a prize pack that included a raised garden bed and plants. We can’t wait to plant or Spring herbs. Well done Room 20.
Mrs Young and Mrs D’Uva
Dinosaurs
The students in Rooms 30 and 31 listened to the story "If the Dinosaurs Came Back" by Bernard Most. After viewing the illustrations, the students created a drawing showing what they would like to happen if the dinosaurs came back. The drawing was done in black felt pen and the dinosaur collaged on using colourful textured paper creating contrast.
Fish
These great wall hangings were created by the students in Rooms 18, 19 and 20. They rolled out a slab of clay, traced around a template of a fish and then used found objects to create texture. Once these were fired the students used a watery underglaze to bring out the texture and sealed this on with a clear glaze. The students drilled holes in the pieces of wood for hanging, made a string rope and wound this around a piece of wire and then threaded it through the holes. Finally, the fish was glued on with liquid nails.
Jellyfish
The students in Rooms 6 and 7 worked with clay to create jellyfish. They made a pinch pot and shaped it into a jellyfish. Some added holes for threading on tentacles and the others added the tentacles with pieces of clay. These were the coloured with underglaze and sealed with clear glaze.
Sand Dollars
These sand dollars were sculptured out of clay by the students in Rooms 4 and 8. They created two pinch pots, joined them together and shaped the sphere into a sand dollar. Radial symmetrical patterns were added with a variety of tools. Once they were fired the students glazed them.
Harmony Bowl
The students in Rooms 18, 19 and 20 created this bowl during Harmony Week. The many hands joined together representing harmony.
Joondalup Schools Carols by Candlelight
- Date: Tuesday 1st December, week 8
- School open and Art exhibition: 5pm
- Performance start: 6pm
Food and drink available for purchase. Bring a picnic blanket and chair and join in the Christmas fun!
Permission slip return date: Monday 23rd November, Week 7. All permission slips must be returned to the classroom teachers, even if your child is not attending.
Attendance of the performance is by no means compulsory, but we would appreciate it if the students could attend. Please be advised that if attending, all students will need to be accompanied by an adult. Parents are advised to maintain the required social distancing for this event.
Remembrance Day service: Choir students
Date: Wednesday 11th November, week 5
Service start: 9am
Each year Western Australians use 1.3 BIILION drink containers. Sadly, most of these are not recycled, ending up in landfill and as litter across our state.
Introducing Cash for Containers here at school. Thanks to our partnership with Scouts WA we have become a community collection point. Each container will earn 10 cents for the school. So bring your eligible containers in, pop them into the big blue bin behind the staffroom as you come into school.
Most aluminium, glass, plastic, steel and liquid paperboard beverage containers between 150ml and 3L are eligible for a refund. You can also identify eligible containers by their refund mark.
Handy tip: make sure your containers are empty and the lids are off! Lids can be dropped into the small bin on the Grow Free Cart
It would be appreciated if you can send a reminder to parents prompting them to visit the website before the closure if they intend to order the sibling photo. Please note that, unless booked out prior, our website will close for sibling orders this MONDAY 9 NOVEMBER at midday.
Please request they go to the KAPTURE website to avoid disappointment as late orders will not be accepted.
Canteen Volunteers
The amazing Carolyn needs some spare hands every now and then and is looking for volunteers to do some 2 hour shifts one or two times a term. They are 9-11am or 11-1pm and any amount of help would be appreciated.
Fundraising Coordinator
We are looking for someone to take on this role either in entirety or to simply manage 1-2 events per year such as the Mother’s Day stall/Father’s Day stall/Easter Raffle etc. This role can be split as many hands make light work. The current coordinator is happy to train/pass everything on.
If you think you can help with any of the above, please contact Jen on 0403 904 157. The next P&C meeting will be 25th November 7pm in the library – all welcome.
OUR P&C WOULD NOT OPERATE WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS. ALL FUNDS RAISED GO DIRECTLY BACK INTO THE SCHOOL FOR THINGS SUCH AS CAMPS, BOOKS, NATURE PLAY AREA, MUD KITCHENS ETC
Thank you for your continued support of the canteen.
The new summer menu is now available on the School App and the School Website. Please note there have been a couple of small price increases.
We will also be continuing with pre-ordering of recess. Preferred method of ordering online through www.Quickcliq.com.au