6 April 2016

Newsletter Articles

Principal's Introduction

As you are all probably aware Mr John Worthy is taking long service leave for the remainder of Term One and for Term Two. I'm looking forward to and am very grateful for the opportunity to act in his position while he is away. John is heading away so will be non-contactable for a few months, if you do have any queries while he is away please either come and see me or email me at Nick.Stenhouse@education.wa.edu.au. I would like to welcome to the school our newest member of staff; Miss Cassandra Adams, Miss Adams will be taking over the Science teacher role from Ms Tucknott and Mr Stenhouse for the remainder of the year. Miss Adams comes to us from Churchlands Primary School. She will be visiting the school this week to familiarise herself with our context and will begin at the start of next term.

I hope all the students have a safe and enjoyable break over the holidays and come back ready for an exciting Term 2 on the 26th April.

Bike to School Day

Isabelle Martin - Year 1 - Room 4
Nikki Sharp - Room 13

They will each receive a $25 Australian Geographic shop voucher and a Travel Smart prize pack kindly donated by the Department of Transport Travel Smart program.

Nature Playground

If you haven't already noticed work has begun on the nature playground area near the amphitheatre near the access road off Wilding St. There have been a lot of large logs delivered, which have been fenced off until such a time the next phase can take place. Please ensure that children stay off this area as in its current development it is unsafe to play on.

Swimming Carnival

Congratulations to Ms Kris Williams and the Interschool swimming team. A fantastic effort by all our swimmers to pull off an amazing win to become the 2016 Interschool Champions! Click on the link to see our grand relay team in action.

Thanks to Mr Clayton Austin for his work as photographer at both the faction and interschool swimming carnivals. If you would like to see if there is a photo available of your child at the faction carnival, please email me and I will provide you a link to the photo.

Nick Stenhouse
Acting Principal

Term Dates

Dates to Remember

Note : Incursions, Excursions, Assembly days will be updated each term This is an outline of the events that will be coming up in 2016. Please note dates are subject to change.

Voluntary Contributions and Charges

The Voluntary Contributions and Charges information is attached to this newsletter and can also be found on our website. Thank you to those parents whom have paid these via the booklist (if purchased through the P&C) or to the school direct. If you haven't yet paid, please consider doing so as soon as possible – these funds are utilised to enhance your child's learning experience across a number of curriculum areas, including reading, mathematics, art and technology.

Payment can be made via direct deposit directly into the school's bank account at any time, or through your class teacher (in a clearly marked envelope):

BSB 016350 Account No: 340871304 (use your child's name as the reference)

Term Accounts

Term accounts for Term 2 have been sent home only to those classes where there is more than one incursion and/or excursion occurring. Appropriate incursion and/or excursion notes have been distributed to all other classes. Please follow payment instructions and deadlines stipulated on each note. If you'd like to enter a payment plan, please contact Manager Corporate Services, Sharon Singleton, on 9446 1025.

Deputy News

NAPLAN 2016

The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual national assessment for all students in Years 3, 5, 7, and 9. All students in these year levels are expected to participate in tests in reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar and punctuation) and numeracy. All government and non-government education authorities have contributed to the development of NAPLAN materials. This year all students will be judged against the Achievement Standards from the Australian Curriculum.

If you have concerns about your child participating in this year's NAPLAN assessments, please see your teacher to discuss this immediately. Any parent wishing to withdraw their child from the assessments must complete a form which can be collected from the administration team.

All withdrawals or exceptions must be nominated by 8th April 2016.

Term 2 Dance Program: Humphreys Dance

Humphreys Dance will form this year's dance program at Newborough Primary School. Lessons will start in Week 4 of Term 2. The main emphasis in this program is to give children a 'love for dance' and to create a fun environment to learn rhythm and dance as well as social skills development and team work with ease. The program is achievable for every child and the familiarity within the program aids this progress, giving them great confidence and enjoyment. The music used and dances taught are age-related and have been carefully selected and put together over many years of experience in teaching techniques to form a strong foundation to build upon each year developing muscular memory and creating a dance culture. A note in regards to the program and costing will have been sent home this week.

Karen Tucknott
Deputy Principal

New Kindy Student Enrolments for 2017

Due by Friday 22 July 2016

Applications are currently being taken for enrolment of students into Kindy 2017 (those born between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013) and should be made before Friday 22 July 2016.

If you have a child or know a neighbour that has a child turning 4 after 1 July 2016 or, please come to the school office to enrol before 22 July this year. Enrolment forms for 2017 are available on our website:

To make an application to attend Newborough Primary, please bring with you originals of your child's birth certificate, immunisation records and proof of residential address, (ie Shire & Water Rates Notice, Electricity & Gas Account or Rental Agreement) and complete an Expression of Interest Form.

Easter Assembly - Room 11 and Easter Hat Parade

Well done to Room 11 for "The Magic Hat" assembly. The students shone on the day as a result of their hard work and persistence. They produced a polished performance. The "Magic" of the day was followed by an excellent hat parade where students showed their finest creations. Well done everyone on your enthusiasm and creativity.

READER – DESPERATELY SEEKING TUTORS

We are very keen to continue our Ripper Reader Program this year to support our students who require extra reading practice. If you can spare any time at all in the mornings between 8.20 and 8.40 we would love you to join our team.

If you are a Reading Tutor from 2015 we would absolutely value your experience and expertise and join our program again in 2016!

If you are interested please email
Vicki.Tennant@education.wa.edu.au

Vicki Tennant

Sports News

Interschool Swimming

On Friday1st April, our team of 41 swimmers from Years 4 – 6 travelled to Greenwood College for our annual Interschool Swimming Carnival to compete against students from the Central Coastal District comprising of Glengarry, Duncraig, Hillarys and Newborough Primary Schools and enjoyed a wonderful and exciting carnival.

Our amazing swimmers, led by Captains Alice Harwood, and Ben Austin and Vice-Captains Georgia Rudolph and Connor Morris, participated enthusiastically in all events against very good swimmers from the other schools with many close finishes recorded. Glengarry led the way after the first 20 events with Newborough only 7 points behind. The relay events were the highlight of the day with Newborough and Glengarry sharing 1st and 2nd place in many close finishes. Our team finished the day with a nail biting 1st place win in the Grand Relay and secured the Champion School shield for Newborough. We would like to sincerely congratulate all of the competitors selected for an outstanding effort. You all demonstrated excellent endeavour and represented your school with good sportsmanship. Well done.

There are always many people to thank for helping to get our swimming team prepared for the carnival. Thank you to all of the parents who volunteered to assist with many of the jobs at the carnival. Your efforts were greatly appreciated by all of the staff, parents and students from each of the schools participating. Thank you to our wonderful staff and parents for your support and assistance at after school training and a huge thank you to Ms Phillips for your tireless assistance at the carnival as well as all of the parents and friends who came along to support their children. A fantastic effort again Newborough!

Final Placings –

1st Newborough – 510 points
2nd Glengarry - 487 points
3rd Hillarys - 184 points
4th Duncraig - 134 points

Congratulations to the following children for being awarded with a Champion medallion.

Year 4 Boy Champion - Luca Otake
Year 5 Boy Champion - Rowan Cooke
Year 5 Boy Runner-Up - Daniel Boshart
Year 6 Girl Champion - Alice Harwood
Year 6 Boy Champion - Ben Austin

Kris Williams
Physical Education Teacher

P&C News

It's been a great first term for the P&C and the school with the highlights being Moort Boodja and the Easter Raffle.

Early next term the P&C is organising an OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT where the kids bring a bean bag and a blanket and sit under the stars and watch a movie while eating dinner followed by popcorn or a choc bomb – stay tuned for dates and times.

We will also have the ever popular ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS which are not only a great fundraiser but also offer great deals at lots of popular shops, restaurants and cafes. Once again watch this space.

Finally, you will have noticed the pile of timber which has been delivered for our NATURE PARK. For the many people who want to know, we DID NOT cut down any of our trees. The wood came from a building site which was cleared. This is the beginning of an amazing project which will offer our kids and those in the community a great place to explore and play.

As always, if anyone wants to join us helping out on the P&C please contact me on 0400 791 968.

Have a great holiday.

Neale McQuire
P & C President

Uniform Shop

We are all stocked up, so pop in if there's anything you need.

I still have a few unclaimed Orders that have been paid for, so pop bye and collect.

We have plenty of second hand clothing also !

NEW Volunteers

We are always in search of some NEW HELP , pop bye and Say Hello , very easy Job to Help out Our School!

The uniform shop hours

Tuesday afternoon – 2.15am to 3pm
Wednesday Morning – 8.15am to 9am.

Thankyou
Melissa McNally
Uniform Shop Co-ordinator

Newborough Nature PlayScape

As I am sure you will have noticed there have been exciting happenings going on at our nature playscape site.

With thanks to the brilliant liaising and organising of Jolene Otway we were very lucky to receive a donation of a huge amount of timber from a demolition site in East Perth.

This wood was delivered over a couple of days last week with the help of Stirling Tree Services, who we are very grateful to.

This timber will be used for many of our playground structures as well as for retaining the area.

We cannot guarantee at the present time that the collection of timber is safe to play on so parents who do allow their children to play there must take responsibility for any accidents that occur.

We have also received a donation of lovely smelling eucalyptus and banksia mulch from Dickie's Tree Service which will be used in the native garden beds which are to be planted.

We are very excited about these new developments and are eager to move on with developing the area but for that we need more hands on deck.

On Sunday April 10th there will be a Busy Bee held at the nature play area.

Our plans for the day are for some shifting of logs into position, spreading of mulch, finishing of the limestone wall, creation of retaining areas and some planting of native plants.

We would love it if you could come and join us for an hour or two to help get our playground underway.

If you have any questions, suggestions, or the like please contact Louise Layton on 0406 652 907 OR email: inkyloulou@live.com

Canteen News

Our Sushi Day is back !!!

On the last day of term, Friday 8th April the canteen will have a Sushi Day Fundraiser similar to last year . Sushi can be pre-ordered for lunch and also take home packs. Look out for your order form which will be sent home after the Easter break.

As always thank you to our awesome volunteers. Follow the link below to view the Term 1 and Term 2 Roster.

You can view your shift, make amendments (at least a week prior) or add yourself to a shift.

Shifts are still available.

Please note could volunteers wear closed shoes and have long hair tied back as per the City of Stirling Health and Safety requirements .

Kind Regards
Patty Vallini
Canteen Manager

Community News

Ready Steady Go Kids

Term 1 is here!

Enrolments are open for Term 1 with Ready Steady Go Kids, Australia's largest and most reputable multi-sport and exercise program for preschoolers (aged 2.5-6 years). With seven locations in Perth's northern suburbs, our high quality, physio-designed program teaches children the fundamentals of 10 different sports in a fun, non-competitive, team-based environment. Ready Steady Go Kids seeks to develop a lifelong passion for physical activity and sport, decrease childhood obesity, increase confidence and prepare children for participation in school and the broader community. We'd love to offer a free trial for your 2.5-6 year old child. Please visit the link below or call 1300 766 892 for more information.

Deanmore Dental Therapy Centre

School holiday closure – 11-22nd April

Hale Hockey Club – Girls Wanted

GIRLS WANTED TO PLAY HOCKEY

Hale Hockey is currently seeking additional players in our Year 5 & 6 Age Group to help us in fielding a team in 2016. We currently have seven (7) extremely keen players, but need at least five (5) more to ensure we can field a side this season.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be active, meet new people and learn the great game of Hockey. Australia's only Olympic Gold Medal team sport.

Never Played Before? Not a problem, we are dedicated to teaching hockey to players of all ages and skill levels.

For more Information contact Adam Hutchinson (gm@halehockey.com.au) or Visit our Website: