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Best wishes for the school holidays
I would like to extend my best wishes to everyone as we go into school holidays on Friday. A huge thank you to the staff for their efforts during another busy and productive term. It has not been without its challenges but we have achieved many things that we can be proud of. Enjoy a well earned break from school.
Staff news
At the end of the term we will be saying farewell to some staff members. Mrs Zelma Knobbe and Mr Mike Bibby, our Year 4 teachers, are taking leave for Semester 2. They have been part of the Joondalup Schools community for a very long time and are now looking forward to some rest and relaxation.
They have taught together for several years working with the students on common tasks and projects so it is difficult to acknowledge one without the other. What a team they have made!
Mrs Knobbe is well-known for her capacity to show extraordinary care for children. She displays great empathy for those who need extra support, need someone to talk to, and reassurance that they are on the right track. Mrs Knobbe’s love for English and anything crafty has allowed children to be creative, be exposed to lots of different stories and informational texts, and show their personality through their own stories.
Mr Bibby’s expertise and interest lays in Maths and Design Technologies. He has looked for different types of projects that has allowed children to make things and then write and talk about the design, make and appraise process. On more than one occasion I have walked into a classroom of children busy cutting, sticking and assembling dioramas and all manner of things. He has encouraged every child to know their times table and how to add and subtract quickly. He can explain a Maths problem faster than most of us can begin to read the question.
To both of them, thank you for advocating for your students, being valued colleagues, and having positive relationships with families.
Losing Mrs Knobbe and Mr Bibby will leave a gap in the school community.
Ms Helen Johnson, one of our cleaners, is leaving us at the end of the term. Ms Johnson has brought a very positive sparkle to the school. She has worked very hard to keep working areas clean and has always had time to stop for a chat and to help me find my keys. We wish Ms Johnson all the very best as she returns to her studies.
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.
A few photos tell thousands of words. The tunnel is in place, we have a creek bed, and limestone blocks have arrived. Every day a bit more work is done, and the excitement level rises. I had a very interesting chat with some of the Kindy children about how they were going to get to the top of the tunnel. The general view is that there will be stairs but what they are made of is a mystery. Concrete? Wood? Metal? We will have to wait and see.
Winter Lightning Carnival
Well done to the children who represented our school at the Winter Lightning Carnival last Friday 24 June. We didn’t come away with a win, but the students did say that they had a great day and enjoyed competing against Currambine and Connolly primary schools. I would like to thank Mr Lee for all of the preparation that he put into organising our competitors for the day. Thank you also to Mr Cutler, Miss Mercer, Mrs Cobbledick, Miss Ross, Miss Waller and Miss Amanda for their work leading up to the day and for being coaches and support staff last Friday. Mr Easther was benched (because of COVID-19) for this Carnival but he did some great training with the students. A very special thank you to Coach Anthony, Sonny's dad, for his expert skills at Tag Rugby.
This carnival was the first official event where students wore the new interschool shirts donated by the P&C Association, and they all looked great. Thank you to the P&C!
NAIDOC Week Community Picnic
Don’t forget to come to school this Thursday 30 June 2022 for our NAIDOC Week Community Picnic where a range of activities will be available for your and your children. You can order a picky box for you and your children from the canteen. Go to Quickcliq or place your order at the canteen by Tuesday 28 June. You can also pack a picnic and share it with your families. Lunch starts at 12.20pm for Acknowledgement of Country and welcome, then families can enjoy lunch together and take part in some activities.
Behind this event is a committee of great teachers, education assistants and school administrators who have put this event together. I would like to thank them for the time that they have given to make this possible.
This event is earlier than the offical NAIDOC week, which falls in the holiday break (3 July - 10 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.
Last day of Term 2 and beginning of Term 3
The last day of the term is Friday 1 July. The first day back for staff is Monday 18 July and students commence on Tuesday 19 July. All primary school staff will be working at the Perth Zoo on Monday. Please email the school at joondalup.ps@education.wa.edu.au if you have questions or concerns as this will be monitored on Monday.
Parent-teacher interviews
Don’t forget that parent-teacher interviews will be held from 12.00pm on Thursday 18 August 2022. To make a booking go to:
https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code/2hxp4
For interviews with Mr Easther, please go to the following link:
https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code/h9jt2
Thank you to those parents who have already selected their interview times.
Upcoming important dates
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Wednesday 29 June |
End of semester reports are sent home |
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Friday 1 July |
Last day of Term 2 |
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Monday 18 July |
School Development Day – No students |
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Tuesday 19 July |
First day of Term 3 for children |
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Friday 22 July |
Last day for Kindy 2023 enrolments |
If you notice any suspicious activity on School Grounds, please contact Security on 9264 4771 or the Police on 131 444.
Room 6
Room 6 have been enjoying their Talk for Writing unit on the text The Stone Trolls!
We had fun making volcano eruptions and also met our mini stone trolls, Skess and Landra. We have now innovated the text to create new stories. The imagination and creativity of Room 6 is fantastic!
Mrs Reid
Year 2/3 Teacher
Room 20
Room 20 have been learning about the Power of 3 so that sentences are interesting and have a certain amount of punch. Look at the fantastic work produced.
Mrs Read
Year 1 Teacher
Which Block did bag the most dough…The results are in!
Who are the Block winners?
Block C: collected 5kg of soft plastic and earned $500.
Block D: collected 10 kg of soft plastic and earned $1000.
Block H: collected 10kg of soft plastic and earned $1000.
Admin: collected 0kg of soft plastic but may have been persuaded to donate to other blocks!
Massive congratulations to every student and the Joondalup community who have been extremely proactive in collecting and recycling bread bags.
I have posted close to 3 kg of soft plastic bread bags to RedCycle over the past 8 weeks, and the school has now earned $2000 from RHS Sports and $500 is being deposited this week, giving us a total of $2500. Students will be using their reward earnings to purchase equipment for their classrooms.
We have now finished the Wonder Rewards Program, but this does not mean we stop looking after our environment. If students wish to continue to bring in soft plastic bread bags, as a school we will happily reduce our ecological footprint for the future and recycle them.
Nerelle Phillips
Science Teacher
Wanjoo to Winter. The Noongar season is Makuru. Makaru sees the coldest and wettest time of the year come into full swing. Traditionally, this was a good time of the year to move back inland from the coast as the winds turned to the west and south bringing the cold weather, rains and occasionally snow on the peaks of the Stirling and Porongurup Ranges.
As the waterways and catchments started to fill, people were able to move about their country with ease and thus their food sources changed from sea, estuarine and lake foods to those of the lands in particular the grazing animals such as the kangaroo. As well as a food source, animals provided people with many other things. For example, 'Yongar' or kangaroos not only provided meat but also 'bookas' (animal skin cloaks that were used as the nights became much cooler). Nothing was left; even the bones and sinews were used in the manufacturing of bookas and for hunting tools such as spears.
Makuru is also a time for a lot of animals to be pairing up in preparation for breeding in the coming season. If you look carefully, you might now see pairs of 'Wardongs' (ravens) flying together. You also notice these pairs not making the usual 'ark ark arrrrrk' that these birds are well known for when flying solo. Upon the lakes and rivers of the South West, you'll also start to see a large influx of the Black Swan or 'Mali' as they too prepare to nest and breed.
Flowers that will start to emerge include the blues and purples of the Blueberry Lilly (Dianella revoluta) and the Purple Flags (Patersonia occidentalis). As the season comes to a close, you should also start to notice the white flowers of the weeping peppermint (Agonis flexuosa) as the blues start to make way for the white and cream flowers of Djilba.
A big thank you to all the students, parents and staff who turn up each week to nurture, learn and share a love of sustainable gardening. Week 9 was the final week for the term and we celebrated our community togetherness with an afternoon tea.
Term 3 invite will go out in the first week, with spaces limited to 20 students.
Congratulation to Room 29 for starting their own in class recycling centre. They collect their soft plastic waste and juice boxes from their lunches.
SUEZ Incursion
All Joondalup Primary Students have had the opportunity to participate in a recycling incursion in preparation for changes to our bin system. This will allow the students to place their rubbish in the correct bin for recycling or general waste. Joondalup ESC students will have their excursion next term.
Finally, have a wonderful holiday and get out into the wonderful outdoors to explore the amazing biodiversity
Enrolments for Kindy 2023 will be closing soon. Children born between the 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019 are eligible to attend Kindy in 2023. To enrol your child please download and complete the Application form below and email it to the School Office at joondalup.ps@education.wa.edu.au along with supporting documentation by Friday 22 July.
