28 June 2017

Newsletter Articles

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 2017. Please note dates are subject to change.

Principal’s Introduction

Happy Holidays

After such a busy term everyone is ready for a good break to recharge batteries, overcome illness and be ready for another exciting term at Newborough PS. I would like to take this opportunity to thank staff, parents, students and volunteers for all your great contributions to the school throughout the term. We have been very fortunate to have had eight practice teachers from Notre Dame and Edith Cowan Universities. With the assistance of their host teachers they have all done particularly well and made a great contribution to the school. It is beaut to see such a fine group of young teachers coming into our schools in the near future. Next term Ms Rebecca Lane, in Mrs Tennant’s class, and Mr Ross Tolmie in Miss Kos’ class will be doing their final internship practice. We welcome them to our school.

I wish everyone a very safe, enjoyable and restful holiday break and look forward to all the fantastic things like Science Week, athletics and the Enterprise Fete just to whet your appetite for term 3.

Nature Playground Opening – Coolungar Marlak Kadadjiny (Children Bush Learning)

On Monday we had the official opening of the new Nature Playground. The opening coincided with the commencement of NAIDOC Week. All classes sat on the grass in the natural amphitheatre in front of the playground. Tamaysha and Jerome started procedures with a traditional ‘Welcome to Country’ followed by the choir beautifully singing the Gina Williams song ‘Wanjoo, Wanjoo’ or ‘Welcome, Welcome’ song lead by Mrs Holmes and accompanied by Craig Hewitt on keyboard. A short speech acknowledging the history, purpose and all those who made the Nature Playground what it is today was followed by Noongar elder Mr Neville Collard who entertained the mob with his stories and Noongar knowledge. He followed this with a traditional smoking ceremony, helped by Jasper, with all the children moving around the smoke and fire. It was quite spectacular as the playground was officially named Coolungar (Children) Marlak (Bush) Kadadjiny (Learning). Of course the playground was then open for business and all participants enjoyed a damper and Billie tea afternoon tea.

Many thanks to Mandy Morgan, Kobe Koerber, Louise Layton, James Holmes and all the Mums who helped out on the day. It was a spectacular opening befitting such a valued new adventure for our school.

After School Arrangements

Newborough is one of few schools that allow play before and after school. Before school, from 8:15am the deputies and I provide duty of care in the quadrangle area and playground in front of Music/Art rooms as children arrive and play and teachers prepare for the day.

After school there is no additional staff supervision and it is up to parents to provide this supervision for their own child/ren. As always our school rules apply including no bikes/scooters in the quadrangle or on verandahs, climbing on the railings, putting sticks in the sandpits, taking sand out of the sandpits (and making sand cakes in the sinks), no dogs in K/P, quadrangle or sandpits and in other areas on a lead with an adult (see school signs) etc.

In recent times there have been issues with several children playing after school without adequate parent supervision. Please ensure you can sight your child/ren at all times, for their safety.

I have asked the cleaners to keep the junior set of student toilets open till 3:30pm or a little later if there are activities such as organised netball. Once the toilets are cleaned and locked they don’t open again till the next morning. This includes the Kindergarten and Pre-primary.

The children have been reminded that they are to go straight home or be with parents if they are staying after school. If a parent is late the children are to come and wait in the front office where we can call the parents and supervise safely. Children are not to wait in other areas of the school grounds or road verge around the school.

WA Education Awards – Because of You

The WA Education Awards recognise exceptional principals, inspirational teachers, outstanding support staff and excellent schools. The awards honour and reward the dedication and passion of staff in public schools who are committed to providing the best possible education to children and young people across Western Australia.

Thanks to sponsors this 10th anniversary year will be celebrated with a gala dinner to acknowledge finalists and announce winners.

You are encouraged to recognise dedication, commitment and passion by nominating an individual or your school for an award.

Categories

• WA Premier’s Primary Teacher of the Year
• WA Premier’s Secondary Teacher of the Year
• WA Premier’s Excellence in Aboriginal Education Award
• WA Primary Principal of the Year
• WA Secondary Principal of the Year
• WA Beginning Teacher of the Year
• WA Education Assistant of the Year
• WA Aboriginal and Islander Education Officer of the Year
• WA School Services Staff Member of the Year
• WA Primary School of the Year
• WA Secondary School of the Year

Nominations for the WA Education Awards can be submitted by Department of Education staff, Board chairs and presidents of Parents and Citizens associations. Self-nomination by staff for individual award categories is not accepted.

Key Dates

Nominations Open - Monday 12th June 2017
Nominations Close - Friday 28 July 2017
Finalists announced - Monday 4 September 2017
Presentation Dinner - Friday 24 November 2017

Amazing Students at Newborough

Congratulations to Ashleigh Mackenzie who represented Western Australia at the recent gymnastics competition in Brisbane, Queensland. Ashleigh has just returned. She achieved a very creditable third place in the overall competition. What a fantastic achievement!

We have also just found out that two of our boys, Conor Smith and Jamie Mackenzie (Yes, Ashleigh’s brother) were both chosen as one of five finalists for the pages they illustrated for the Therapy Focus Art competition. They will be on display at Whitfords shopping centre 1-6 July, Carousel 7-12 July and Innaloo 13-16 July if you wish to have a look. The judges will then pick a finalist from the five for each page before being published. Go boys!

STEM Awards Kindly Sponsored by Michael Ferraro from Wright Real Estate Doubleview

Ava Daebritz – Year 5 Room 14

Ava is a self-motivated and enthusiastic thinker who has excellent observation skills. She is able to use the scientific method and persist when work is difficult.

Ava is curious and willing to take risks during experiments. She is a keen observer who communicates ideas and information with her peers and in her written work.

Ava shows creativity in her problem solving and construction skills. She is inquisitive about all aspects of STEM and demonstrates passion and determination in all that she does.

Benji Richardson – Year 5 Room 13

Benji has shown an aptitude in all areas of STEM. He displays a natural appreciation for the design process. He is methodical in his approach and willingly revisits his design to modify when necessary. Benji clearly articulated the engineering principles involved in his Rube Goldberg machine and collaborated well with other students. Benji is also a high achiever in mathematical work and has scored strong results in all strands this year. He listens attentively when instruction is given and will persevere when challenged. Benji has a natural curiosity about Science and a good background of general knowledge in this area. He always stays on task when working with others and is prepared to follow the steps involved in the investigation process.

Nature

John Worthy
Principal

Term Dates

School Directory

New School Calendar Feature

We have a new feature in our school newsletter. Our school calendar which is also located to the left of this newsletter is very interactive.

The calendar shows all events happening in the school but will also give you the opportunity to look at the events that may be relevant for your child by clicking on the tick box appropriate for your childs year.

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Newsletter, School Calendar, Term Dates, Dates to Remember – It’s now all at your finger tips!!

New Kindy Student Enrolments for 2018

Due by Friday 28 July 2017

Applications are currently being taken for enrolment of students into Kindy 2018 (those born between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014) and should be made before Friday 28 July 2017.

If you have a child or know a neighbour who has a child with a birthday between these dates, please come to the school to enrol before July 28 this year. Enrolment forms for 2018 are available on our website.

To make an application to attend Newborough Primary, please bring with you originals of the following

• Child’s birth certificate
• Immunisation records
• Proof of residential address (ie Shire & Water Rates Notice, Electricity & Gas Account or Rental Agreement)
• Visa documents (if applicable)

Absentees and Lates

If your child is going to be absent from or late to school, please advise us via SMS/email (preferred) or phone the school, advising us of the student’s name and room number, as well as the reason for their absence.

Keep the following details on hand for easy reference:

• SMS (absentees only): 0409 088 585
• Absentee email: Newborough.ps.absentee@education.wa.edu.au
• Phone: 9446 1025

If your child is not in class by the time the roll is taken at 8.40am, please ensure that they come up to the front office to receive a Late Pass before going to class, and have their ‘unexplained absence’ changed on the system. Our automated absences system sends out SMSs to parents of those students who have an ‘unexplained absence’ recorded for that day.

In-Term Swimming 2017

A reminder that this year our in-term swimming program is in Weeks 1 and 2 of Term 3 at Craigie Leisure Centre. (Tuesday 18th July-Friday 28th July) The payment is $50.00 per child which needs to be paid by Friday 23rd June please with the last date for Direct Deposit being Wednesday 21st June. Please see our Manager Corporate Services Sharon Singleton for any payment plans needed as soon as possible if you are having difficulties paying this amount. We thank you for you cooperation in this matter.

Deputy News

NAIDOC Week Celebrations

Newborough Primary School will be celebrating NAIDOC Week in the Week 10 of this term. This links to the Cross-curricula priority: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures.

In addition to regular classroom activities embedded in the curriculum, we will also hold NAIDOC week celebrations in the final week of Term 2. We will provide students with opportunities to deepen their knowledge and understanding by engaging with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.

The theme for 2017 is ‘Our Languages Matter’. The importance, resilience and richness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages will be the focus of national celebrations. It aims to emphasise and celebrate the unique and essential role that Indigenous languages play in cultural identity, linking people to their land and water and in the transmission of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, spirituality and rites, through story and song.

When: Term 2 Week 1

What classrooms will do:

• NAIDOC assembly: Mrs Hughes and Ms Phillips classes will combine to present a NAIDOC week assembly on the last Friday of term.
• The Aboriginal flag will be flown throughout the week.

Library News

Process for Overdue Library Books

• If a student fails to return a library book an email will be sent home that day to parents as a reminder.
• If the library book is then not returned by the following borrowing week, parents will be invoiced for the cost of the book immediately.
• Students will not be able to borrow until the book is either returned or paid for.

We thank all students and parents for their assistance in helping all books be returned each week to the library to allow other students to also enjoy those books. A reminder that Library Bags are essential for students to care for our books. Our Newborough Primary School green reading book/library bags can be purchased from the Front Office.

Please do not hesitate to either contact myself, Sharon Singleton or Deb Kirton on any questions in regards to our school library.

Speak Up

Last week the school held its seventh annual Speak Up finals, with every child from years 3 -6, writing and delivering their own speeches to their class. This year, to coincide with our STEM focus, we asked that these speeches be based around Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics. As each year passes, the children become more adept and skilled with their speaking. Their ability to stand confidently before an audience and recite their speech has grown and we are all in awe of their skills and ability.

We would like to congratulate every student on their efforts with their speeches in 2017. We would also like to acknowledge the following class finalists, who were selected to present their speeches to the school:

Year 3

Noah Blakeney: Volcanoes
CJ Morris: Running
Maya Boxy: Longhorn Cowfish
Aaron Biddle: Mathematics
Zac Goulder: Snakes
Sophie Dallin: Violins
Liam Pollard-Smith: Apes

Year 4

Violet Winton: Animation
Luke Austin: Should we Always Trust our Brains?
Sofie Clements: Movies
Peyton McCarthy: Albert Einstein
Jasmine Gaunt: Prosthetics
Mason Tlach-Raghi: How a Plane Flies
Ruby Szczepanski: Inspiring Female Scientists
Suzanna Brankovic: Apollo 13

Year 5

Maya Dias: The Eiffel Tower
Ashleigh McKenzie: We Should Ban Plastic Bags
Ethan Hewitt: Online Safety
Stella McQuire: Albert Einstein
Alex Mackey: Robots
Ella Gregory: Rogue Waves

Year 6

Neve Gaunt: The Science of Happiness
Adam Pollock: Charlies Darwin
Holly Appleby: Panadol
Vlad Novik: Tsunamis
Charlie Wenden: Leonardo Da Vinci

The school was treated to an amazing assortment of speech topics, ranging from humorous to serious to bizarre! Unfortunately, we are limited to choosing only 3 students to represent our school at the Speak Up state competition. Congratulations to Stella McQuire, Neve Gaunt and Adam Pollock, who will now go through to the first round of the district competition, in early in August.

Julie Boulos
Classroom Teacher

Year 3 & 4 Excursion

On Wednesday the 14th and Thursday the 15th of June, the Year 3 and 4 students from rooms 12, 5, 6 and 7 went on an excursion to Brownes Dairy in Balcatta. They went to learn about food production as an introduction for their STEM project next term.

On arrival students watched a short video about the dairy process, they split off into two groups to participate in different activities. One activity was to become a food critic in the test kitchen, where they sampled yoghurt and new milk products. They conducted an experiment where they mixed warm skim milk and vinegar to create whey. Another activity was to tour the factory and view the production of Brownes products. At the conclusion of the tour, students got to milk Jersey the cow, which was an interesting experience for them all. Students were lucky enough to receive a gift bag and a Brownes sample product.

Thank you to Farmer Damian and Brownes Dairy for such an enlightening excursion!

Here are some comments from the students:

"Brownes Dairy was great!" by Noah.
"We tried some 0% sugar yoghurt and I didn't like it, it was too sour!" by Jaxon.
"Best excursion ever!" Room 5.
"My favourite part was in the milk factory, watching them put milk into cartons and stickers on the cartons" By Yujin.
"I learned about Pasteurising means to take all the bad bacteria away" By Suri.
"Then we milked the cow, it felt like a sausage!" by Archie and the majority of students!
"I got to milk a cow that was my first time. I had so much fun!" by Candice.'

Natalie Kos and Mandy Farmer
Classroom Teachers

Pottery News

I hated nothing because everything was awesome! Cambell yr 1

I liked it because I have never been to pottery. I liked doing the pots best. Kayden yr 2

I love pottery because it is artistic and it is so much fun. It should be a career. Kiara yr 3

Pottery is the best after school subject. It’s a place where you can work with clay and glaze. Rosie yr 2

I like pottery because of all the fun pots and animals. I love the glazing with all the pretty colours. I love everything about pottery. But the most thing I like is seeing them nicely glazed and ready. Astha yr 3

I like pottery because you are being really creative and you can make animals, pots and lots of other things. You can also glaze whatever you make in any colour you want. I did a pig with eye brows and a funny hat then I did a horse and a bunny and some pots. I loved making them. Sunni yr 3

JapaneseNews

Join the fun and host a Japanese Student

Sun 6 to Fri 11 August 2017 (5 nights)

Newborough Primary School will have a visit from a group of Japanese students travelling with their mothers from Seiha English Academy, Japan. Exchange visits are a wonderful way to increase cultural awareness and develop cross-cultural communication skills for all participants. It’s rewarding and fun for families to experience another culture, share their experiences learning about Australia and form international friendships.

We are looking for families who are willing to host a student and mother pair for 5 nights:

• Apart from friendship and the opportunity to participate in family life, host families only need to provide a bed and meals (breakfast, dinner and packed lunches) for the guests.
• There are 3 boys (aged 9, 10 & 10) and 3 girls (aged 7, 9 & 9) in this group.
• Shoji Australia offer 24-hour bilingual support to visitors and host families.
• The students will start and end their day at Newborough Primary School having English lessons and participating in school life on school days (Monday to Thursday).
• The group arrives at school by charter bus at 2:45pm on Sunday and depart school at 9am on Friday.

• Families will receive a payment to cover the visitors’ living expenses.

Please support this rewarding school program. It may seem like a long way off but please register now so progress can be made towards the visit.

Please fill in a confidential application form at the link below or contact Shoji Australia for more information

Kind regards,
Andrea Kurasho
Japanese Language Teacher

NAIDOC WEEK

Can you help?

For our NAIDOC week Art Exhibition in week 10 we are looking for:

Plastic Shopping bags (brought to the music room at any time)
Volunteers with a sewing machine to help construct our art work at home (week 9)

Please see Mrs Holmes in the music room before school if you can be of assistance! Thank you.

Sports News

FACTION CROSS COUNTRY

Our very first Year 1 - 6 cross country event will be held on Thursday 29th June. The Year 1 – 3 students will participate from 11.00 – 1pm and the Year 4 – 6 children from 1.45 – 2.45pm. Thank you to all of the parents who have completed and returned their child’s permission form for this event. Please complete your child’s permission form as soon as possible as permission is required as the children will be running offsite around the Jackson/Wilding street reserve boundary. If required, forms are available at the front office. All children participating will receive a point for their faction as well as the first 10 placegetters will receive additional points on a sliding scale from 10 points for 1st place to 1 point for 10th place. Children in Years 3 – 6 are also able to qualify to represent the school for the Interschool Cross Country carnival to be held in Term 3.

Parent Helper Request Form

Thank you
Kris Williams
Physical Education Teacher

Newbro’s Quiz Night

P&C News

Doubleview Chemart Pharmacy Fundraising for Newborough P&C

Doubleview Chemmart® Pharmacy Community Fund

During the month of June 2017 we are supporting Newborough School P&C by donating part proceeds from every Chemmart ® branded product sold during the month. The more Chemmart® products that are bought, the more we donate.

Doubleview Chemmart Pharmacy (Next to the IGA)… OPEN 7 days, 7am to 8pm

2015 National Chemmart Pharmacy of the Year

P 94462050

Newborough P& C Fundraiser

Entertainment Membership Newborough Primary School is raising funds. Here's how you can help...

If you haven’t already purchased your NEW 2017 | 2018 Entertainment Membership this year, this is your chance to support us and be rewarded with over $20,000 of valuable offers!

TOP 5 reasons to love your Entertainment Membership

1. You will be supporting Newborough Primary School fundraising! We receive 20% of the purchase price for every Entertainment Membership sold.
2. You can enjoy hundreds of up to 50% OFF and 2-for-1 offers from some of the best fine dining restaurants, popular cafés and family restaurants in your area.
3. You’ll be ‘entertained’ all year long with valuable cinema, activities and theme park offers.
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Uniform Shop

Our new Jacket is in Stock, for the cold weather is kicking in.

Please note uniform shop opens on Tuesday Afternoons 2:15-3 pm, other wise email your order thru newboroughuniforms@gmail.com

Order forms are available on our school web site.

Please make payment to P &C Account (details are located on our uniform order form) with surname as reference and uniforms.

Thank you
Melissa McNally
Uniform Shop Co-ordinator
newboroughuniforms@gmail.com

Canteen News

Thank you to all our awesome volunteers, there have certainly been some very busy days in the canteen this term. We have had many Mums , an Aunt , an ex-Newborough student, a work experience trainee and our very regular volunteering grandma (Ann ) all helping out.

We are recruiting again , the Term 3 Volunteer Roster forms will be heading your way soon or follow the link below . Here you can add your name, view or amend a shift.

Interm Swimming 18 to 28 July

Please be aware that some classes my not be able to order lunch in the first 2 weeks of term 3.

Rooms 7, 9 and ECC2 will not be able to have 1.00pm lunch.

Canteen Menu

Please watch this space as our Canteen Menu will have some slight changes as of Week 3, Term 3.

Happy Holidays
Patty Vallini

DoE Security

Keep an eagle eye on our school!

School Watch encourages the school community to report any suspicious activity in and around school grounds, after hours and on weekends, as well as during school holidays.

Telephone 1800 177 777 (freecall) or 13 14 44 (WA Police).

Please do not approach any individuals, just contact security and they will investigate the situation or contact the Police. Working together will help protect our school.

Free German Classes

Term 3 Free German classes Everyone is welcome to join

Mondays from 3.00-3.40 pm, Starting week 3 in Term 3 from the 31.07 - 4.09.2017 in the Japanese Room.

Learn basic conversation, colours, numbers, seasons, animals, food and cultural events and our very funny vowels. Lots of fun, games and songs.....

Please contact Christine Reger on 04 208 32 501.

Safety House

Newborough Primary School has been a proud supporter of the Safety House Program in our community for many years. We currently have 9 safety houses in our neighbourhood.

The Safety House Program is always looking for new volunteers from the local community to become a ‘Safety House’, if this interests you, please email Halijah: halijah.hyder@gmail.com for more details. FEELING UNSURE? KNOCK ON A SAFETY HOUSE DOOR!

Safety House Coordinator: Halijah Hyder

INTERESTED IN SAFETY FOR KIDS IN YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY?
IT’S EASY TO HELP AND YOU COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Safety House is a community based “Good Neighbour” program of volunteer householders organised by a local Safety House Coordinator. It’s easy to be a Safety House, it will cost you very little for a 3 year Working with Children Card and you could be doing something important to help protect vulnerable young children.

The program is supported by the school and the local Parents Association.

You can make a difference for kids in your local community.

WHO CAN BE A SAFETY HOUSE?

A Safety Householder must be a caring adult who is usually in or around their home during school travel times and be ready and willing to assist any child who might seek help at their door.

This is to make sure that a child in need will find someone at home if they knock on the Safety House door for help.

Your house must have easy street access to the front door, no screening walls or trees and a Safety House sign easily visible from the street. If you have a dog it should be secured behind a fence at the rear of the building or be kept under control in the house.

This is to make sure that a young child will be able to find the Safety House door easily and will not be frightened away.

Before you can be a Safety House, any eligible adult who is likely to help a child at the door must have a valid Working with Children Card. Also everyone living in the house aged fourteen and over must consent to having a continuously monitored police check which is fully paid for by Safety House. Your local Safety House Committee will help you fill out a simple Safety House WA application form.

We need to make sure that anyone who might answer the door at a Safety House has been carefully checked out.

For further information please fill in the coupon below and leave it at your local School Office or you can contact the Safety House Head Office direct by email at safety@safetyhousewa.org.au and our website is at the link below:

Safety House WA Inc. Waddington Primary School, 15 Henniker Way, KOONDOOLA WA 6064 v2.0 2016