20 September 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

Interschool Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to the Newborough Interschool Athletics team for a stunning performance at this years’ Interschool Carnival. Whilst it is pleasing to come away with a carnival win it was even more pleasing to see the sheer determination, courage and teamwork shown by our athletes and the wonderful sportsmanship displayed by all competitors from all schools during the two days. Ms Williams has provided a rundown of the carnival and champions later in the newsletter.

Ms Williams was a little nervous about hosting the carnival on our oval for the first time since Scarborough Senior High School closed and we were able to use their facilities. She did a superb job maximising our smaller oval and ensuring the schedule went smoothly. All the participating schools have expressed their appreciation to Ms Williams and our staff and parents who combined to ensure it was successful. A very BIG thank you to everyone for helping Newborough shine.

Netball Achievement

Congratulations to Tamaysha Blurton, year 6, and former student Elissa Parin year 7, who have been selected into the Perth Lions Cadets 12’s program for Netball. Once the winter season finishes several other Newborough Netball girls will participate in trials for the PNA squads. Best wishes to all involved.

STEM Class Award Year 3 Room 6 Mrs Farmer and Mrs Wimmer

Sophie Dallin

Sophie is a passionate and curious student who has excellent general knowledge in the STEM area. Her inquisitive nature and determination support her impressive inquiry skills. Sophie works hard to assimilate key concepts and understandings and can relate these to real life situations. She is determined to apply her learning to the world around her. Sophie independently formulates challenging questions and is able to research answers independently. She possesses excellent cooperative and group skills and is always willing to help others. Sophie is able to follow instructions with care to complete experiments and follow the design process. Her enthusiasm for STEM is to be commended.

Staff Changes

Mr Stenhouse will be taking five weeks of long service leave returning for the commencement of week six on 13th November. We will not be replacing Mr Stenhouse with a full time deputy but will offer opportunity for teacher leaders to undertake key roles at various times.

Mrs Eliza Keet, who takes year 5 room 13 each Wednesday for Mrs Boulos has won a full time position at Presbyterian Ladies College commencing term four. Mrs Boulos has kindly agreed to return to full time to minimise disruption and provide continuity to the class. We wish Mrs Keet all the very best in her new position.

Unwanted Visitors

Last weekend on Sunday we had considerable damage to our school by unwanted visitors. The damage included punching holes in our eves near room 11 and the junior toilets. Given the potential for hazardous substance this area was cordoned off and experts called in to do a clean up and take samples away for testing. Further repair work will be undertaken during the school holidays. The junior drink fountains were smeared in faeces and have all had to be replaced to ensure safety for the children. Other items were ripped off the walls and have had to be repaired. Our unwanted visitors were seen trampolining on the shade covers near the pre-primary, stomping over the roof pulling off the flus from classroom heaters and when challenged by parents gave a stream of abuse. The police and School Security were called but our visitors left before help arrived. The damage and invasion of the school has cost a considerable amount to repair, a great deal of grief for students, staff and parents and a lot of wasted administration time. Unfortunately we regularly encounter damage, graffiti and find evidence of antisocial behaviour on arrival to school after a weekend. Our gardener and cleaners are usually the first to encounter this and often have either repaired or fixed problems prior to when most of us arrive at school.

I have applied for CCTV to provide coverage of the quadrangle and parts of the Early Childhood area and requested that School Security and police increase their vigilance. The School Board’s Facilities Committee are exploring a range of safety and security options for the school. If you do see unwanted visitors please call the police on 131 444 and or School Security on 1800 177 777. Use your discretion about challenging intruders and taking photographs. We don’t want to put our community at further risk.

Works During Holiday Break

During the break the student toilets are scheduled to be painted and inspection and repair works to the roof above classrooms 9-12 following white ant damage. The majority of works will take place in the first week with cleaners returning to do a full spring clean in the second week.

The People’s Pick 2017

Tell the World why your teacher or school staff member shines.

Follow the simple directions to share a message of support for an influential staff member via the first link or on the facebook page via the link below by Friday 13th October 2017.

School Development Day Monday 9th October

Staff commence term four on Monday 9th October with a breakfast put on by the Admin team to celebrate World Teachers Day. We celebrate the work of all staff for their great work and efforts to make our school a great place for children to learn. Our Education Assistants will be undertaking a First Aid course and teaching staff will be working on our term four activities, our 2018-2020 Business Plan and Positive Behaviour Support implementation.

We look forward to seeing all the children back safely and rested on Tuesday 10th October ready for a great term four.

John Worthy
Principal

Term Dates

School Directory

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 for $6.95.

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

Speak up

We would like to congratulate Neve Gaunt, Stella McQuire and Adam Pollock, who were not only successful in advancing through to the first round of the finals in the Regional Speak Up Competition, but were also selected to advance through to the Preliminary Finals.

This is the first time all three of our representatives have been selected to go this next stage of the competition. Congratulations on a fine effort!

Julie Boulos

Lost Property

There is an increasing amount of lost property being left on school grounds, after hours and during school.

Please check the lost property rack, located outside the Uniform Shop, for missing items. Any items that are unlabelled and left over at the end of every two weeks are donated to the Uniform Shop for second hand resale or disposed of. We strongly suggest that your child’s property is clearly labelled to ensure it finds its way back to its rightful owner.

Late Collections of Students

Our staff are being increasingly asked to relay messages regarding the afternoon pick up of students at the end of the school day. Children should be informed at the beginning of their day, of their afternoon arrangements, for example attending afterschool care, family members/friends picking up. Early pick up of children disrupts the class and the learning of others.

Please note that due to the increased demand at the front office during this time, we may not be able to take messages to your children at the close of school however if parents are running late, the children are taken to the front office by their teachers and are supervised, and parents/guardians called to organise pickup, if necessary. Thank you for your consideration.

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:

If your child is not in class by the time the roll is taken at 8.40am, please ensure that they come 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.

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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.

Sports News

Over the past two weeks, some of our students have been very actively involved in two major district sporting carnivals which were the Interschool Cross Country and Interschool Athletics carnivals. In both carnivals, all of our students were great ambassadors of the school participating with great endeavour and athleticism as well as demonstrating terrific resilience, determination, courage and sportsmanship. Well done and congratulations to all of our athletes this Term on your outstanding individual and team game efforts.

Interschool Cross Country

On Thursday 7th September our team of 40, Year 3 to 6 children went to Butler’s reserve to compete in the annual Interschool Cross Country event. Congratulations to all of our athletes for your performances. Our school performed very well finishing once again in 3rd place overall against strong runners from our ‘Ocean Net’ school district. Final school placings 1st Wembley Downs, 2nd Doubleview, 3rd Newborough, 4th Deanmore, 5th Yuluma and 6th Scarborough.

Congratulations and well done to the following students who finished ion the top 10 placegetters:

Year 3: Zinnia Blaine – 9th, Riley Tlach - 10th, Noah Blakeney - 2nd, Jason Ochoge 7th and Archie Elton - 9th
Year 4: Jordan Watson - 2nd, Jack Mauchien - 4th
Year 5: Mia Dunn - 4th, Mariah Blurton – 6th, Joshua Ochoge – 2nd and Ben Prance – 8th
Year 6: Cody Angove – 1st, Daniel Boshart – 3rd and Rohan Cook – 8th

A tremendous effort by all our athletes.

Interschool Athletics

For the first time in approximately thirty years, Newborough Primary School hosted the Ocean Net Interschool Athletics Carnival on our school grounds in very warm conditions. Congratulations to all of our 76 competitors selected to represent the school last week for this carnival. All of the children who participated did so with great determination, enthusiasm and effort and demonstrated very good sportsmanship skills. It was fantastic to see the effort you put into every throw, jump, race or team game that you were selected in. After an excellent start to the carnival from our Wednesday competitors our school was in first place overall. Our Friday team continued to participate strongly in all events demonstrating outstanding running and team game skills to retain a very strong lead and declared the Champion School for 2017.

Congratulations and well done on this achievement to all students involved.

Captains and Vice Captains

This year our Captains were Kerrie Tierney and Daniel Boshart. Leilani Bruce-Hall and Cody Angove were our Vice Captains. You were fantastic school leaders and your enthusiasm and efforts encouraged others to step up and follow your example. Congratulations and well done on your efforts.

Final School Placings:

Meritorious Shield: Yuluma Primary School

Championship Shield:

1st Newborough – 1123 points
2nd Doubleview – 875 points
3rd Deanmore - 844 points
4th Yuluma - 519 points
5th Scarborough - 352 points

Congratulations to all of the children and teams who were rewarded for their efforts with ribbons on the dias. Special congratulations to the following children who were presented with medallions for being the Champion or Runner-Up Champions in their year level. –

Year 3 – Champion Boy – Jason Ochoge
Year 4 – Runner-Up Champion Girl – Holly Boshart
Year 4 - Runner-Up Champion Boy – Jordan Watson
Year 5 – Runner-Up Champion Girl – Mariah Blurton
Year 5 - Champion Boy - Joshua Ochoge
Year 6 - Champion Girl – Kerrie Tierney
Year 6 – Runner-Up Champion - Daniel Boshart

Thank you

We are very fortunate to have so many wonderful parents and staff members who are willing to assist at our carnivals. A would like to extend a huge thank you to all of the amazing parents who assisted at the carnival this year for either the Wednesday or Friday events with assisting with the training of the children and the set up and pack up of the carnival as well as providing delicious food for our P & C stall or assisting at the stall.

The staff, children and I really appreciated your assistance and efforts. I would like to sincerely thank all of our staff for being so supportive and accommodating during this very busy Term.

Thank you for your assistance with training the team games during lunch times and after school as well as helping on the Wednesday and Friday with the carnival setup and pack up.

A very special thank you and well done must also go to our student teachers, Miss Lane for your assistance at Wednesday’s events and Mr Tolmie for your tireless efforts to train the team games and assist at both the Wednesday and Friday carnival events. Thank you also to Mr Blanche for your assistance at the carnival.

A huge thank you to Tim our gardener, for his tireless efforts to maintain the oval and running track.

Ms Kris Williams
Physical Education Teacher

Japanese News

At the beginning of Term 3, students in Years 3-6 took part in calligraphy. They practised the Kanji (symbols borrowed from Chinese) called 'kin', meaning gold or money. These were the top samples from each year level (left to right, top to bottom) Rohan Yr 6, Luca Yr 5, Suzana Yr 4 and Skye Yr 3. They were entered into the Japanese Language Teachers Association of WA's, annual calligraphy contest. I am very proud to announce that Skye's work was judged as the best in the Yr 3 category. Omedetou (congratulations) Skye! For her winning entry she will receive a $20 iTunes gift voucher. The other students whose work was entered will receive a fudepen (paintbrush tip texta).

‘Many thanks to the Japanese mums that always generously assist with the running of cultural events. Without your help and guidance we would not be able to achieve at such a high level.

Andrea Kurasho
Japanese Language Teacher

.‘The People’s Pick

Do you have a favourite teacher or support staff member?

Now is your chance to shine a spotlight on our incredible teachers and school staff members and tell the world what makes them shine.

As part of the WA Education Awards, The People’s Pick is an opportunity for parents, students and our community to get involved and recognise the dedicated and talented staff in our school.

Simply pick who you want to recognise; create a video, photo or testimonial showing what makes them incredible; and upload your message via the links below:

Then share the message on your Facebook page and tell your family and friends to vote for it. If a message for one of our staff receives the highest number of votes, our school will win a $1000 Modern Teaching Aids voucher.

Share your message before 5.00pm on Friday 13 October 2017 and stay tuned. The People’s Pick will be announced on Friday 27 October on World Teachers’ Day and all staff recognised will be acknowledged via the link below:

P&C News

Canteen Manager Position Available

We are looking for a new part time Canteen Manager to start in Term 4 (or sooner).

The Canteen Manager is a paid, part time role, with at least 20 hours per week during the school terms. We are looking for someone who can take ownership of all aspects of running the canteen including menu updates, ordering, record keeping and some volunteer management.

The hours are suitable for parents at the school with a 8:15am start and finishing by 2:15pm Wednesday to Friday (with some work outside of these times for ordering and paperwork).

If you or someone you know is interested to know more, contact the Newborough P&C by email newboroughpcsec@gmail.com or call Josh on 0415770728 (email preferred).

A detailed job description is available here:

Canteen News

A few Winter items may not be available in this last week of term 3 (Pumpkin Soup and Chicken Dinner Meal.

The New Summer Menu will commence in Term 4 . Follow the link below to view the new Menu.

Also we will be having a Sushi Fundraising Day in week 3 .
Also we will be having a Sushi Fundraising Day in week 3.

QuickCliq ( Formally Our Online Canteen)

Our online canteen ordering system QuickCliq (formerly known as "Our Online Canteen") is making changes to their fees which will affect canteen prices when ordering through QuickCliq.

The changes are:

• Credit card Surcharge of 2.2% will be REDUCED to 1.5% for all Credit Card Payments
• $0.28 charge for Credit Card Payment under $10 will be REMOVED
• Introducing a NEW service charge of $0.19 per order (from 1st October)

QuickCliq is offering up to 15% of this service charge back to the P&C (who runs the canteen) and we will investigate how to get access to this and use it for the benefit of the school community.

Note that these fee's only apply when using QuickCliq to order from the canteen.

If you have any questions or feedback about this change, you can contact the P&C Secretary at newboroughpcsec@gmail.com.

Volunteers

As all ways thank you to our volunteers, there are still some vital shifts to be filled for this final week, if you are able to help please view the roster below, so the canteen can operate as usual. Just a reminder some of our regular helpers are still away.

Canteen Menu

The New Summer Menu will commence in Term 4. Follow the link below to view the new Menu

Canteen Roster

Patty Vallini - Canteen Manager

School Banking

In term 4 school banking will be moved to a Wednesday morning, before school in the library.

Apologies for the inconvenience but I hope that the change of day will be easier and more convenient for more families.

Happy Banking
Megan Cowan -School Banking Co-ordinator

Entertainment Membership

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.
4. Treat yourself to discounted eGift Cards from national retailers like David Jones, Woolworths, rebel and much more.
5. Discover new places with more than 2,000 hotels and resorts, with exclusive accommodation offers.

Community News

Deanmore Dental Clinic

Temporary Clinic Closure

The Dental Therapy centre will be closed for the school holidays:
Tuesday 26th September – Friday 6th October 2017

For emergencies during clinic hours please contact:

26th September – 29th September (1st week)
Marmion DTC Phone: 9447 1275

2nd October – 6th October (2nd week)
Mon/Tue/Wed Yuluma DTC
Phone: 9446 8990

Thur/Fri Marmion DTC
Phone: 9447 1275

Should an emergency arise after clinic hours or during a public holiday please contact the emergency

service on 9325 3452, your local practitioner, or the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia on 6457 4400.

Regards
Janis & Marie
Deanmore Dental Therapy Centre

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.hyder@gmail.com for more details. FEELING UNSURE? KNOCK ON A SAFETY HOUSE DOOR!

Halijah Hyder - Safety House Coordinator

Are you 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 can be found below.