15 November 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

End of Year Christmas Arrangements

The Christmas and year break is looming large and fast with only four weeks and a couple of days to go. Student Christmas Cards – We ask that children who wish to give Christmas cards only do so in the last week of school and use the school’s Christmas Postal Service. Miss Tucknott has organised a “Santa Letter/Cards Christmas Sack’ that will be located outside the Uniform Shop for cards and letters to be dropped in before school. Our student leaders will sort out them out and distribute later in the day to minimise disruptions to classes.

Christmas Candy Canes and Lollies – We ask that students don’t hand out Christmas Candy Canes and lollies at school.

Staff Announcements and Student Placements

Planning is well under way for the 2018 school year. Thank you to all those parents who have written to me with information to assist with class placements. This period has now closed and teachers will shortly be making up classes. Class structure, staff and student placements will be kept confidential till booklist collection day in case changes need to be made.

We are currently making final teacher and staff appointments. I can announce that Mrs Claire Warr, Ms Sarah Lydon and Miss Cass Adams, (Science Specialist), who is currently in South Africa and will be getting married this weekend, have all been re-appointed. Ms Lauren Danker returns after a stint in the Department’s Professional Learning Institute. Mr Dan Luxton has won a position at another school and will be leaving us at the end of the year.

Mrs Kelly Hughes, year 2, and husband Rowan, and Mrs Ashley Cross, Education Assistant Kindy, and husband Robert, have both announced that they are having their first child early next year. This is very exciting news. 2017 has been quite an amazing year or so with Miss Anderson, Mrs O’Dea already having a baby and Mrs Balding due in January. I think we need to test the water around here.

Policy Development ‘Before and After School Play Policy – Kindergarten and Preprimary Areas’

The school is currently developing a Before and After School Play Policy for our Kindergarten and Pre-primary area. All parents/guardians and school community members are invited to provide feedback to Miss Tucknott (Karen.Tucknott2@education.wa.edu.au) or myself (John.Worthy@education.wa.edu.au) on developing the above policy. We currently have in place Interim Guidelines for Early Childhood Before and After School play as we raise awareness to issues and negotiate a balanced policy that promotes play, social interaction and allows staff to do their work. The policy when adjustments from the feedback will go to the School Board to make recommendations to me as principal. It is important that you read the Pre-amble and Interim Guidelines then the ‘draft’ policy. This will help with an understanding of the issues. Miss Tucknott and I welcome clarification and discussion. Most of all we would welcome constructive feedback. Staff have also be afforded the opportunity to provide feedback.

The feedback period needs to close by Monday 27th November to allow time to make any amendments and get this in a timely fashion to the Board.

The new policy will begin implementation for the start of 2018.

STEM Award

Shuka Otake Year 2 Room 4

Shuka has excellent communication skills. These skills allow her to listen carefully to instructions, follow procedures and present her findings. This is an important skill that she enthusiastically applies to all STEM subjects. Shuka works well in groups and supports her fellow students. She gives 100% effort in all that she does and her bookwork is exemplary. Shuka asks questions when she does not understand concepts and ideas. This is a trait of a true scientist and is to be encouraged. She is inquisitive about all aspects of STEM and demonstrates passion and determination in all that she does. Well Done Shuka!

John Worthy
Principal

Term Dates

School Directory

Absentees

Just a friendly reminder that if your child will be absent, please contact the School directly either by:

SMS: 0409 088 585 (preferred method)
Email: Newborough.ps.absentee@education.wa.edu.au
Phone: 9446 1025

Please include only the student’s name and room number, reason for absence and the date in any messages – the use of apostrophes, a colon or emoji results in the school receiving a blank message, and we are unable to accurately update your child’s record.

For Example: “John Doe Room 13 absent 1/2/2017 sick with flu”.

Thank You
Administration Staff

Deputy News

Pre-Primary to Year 5 Presentation Night: Tuesday 12th December 2017

The annual Pre-Primary to Year 5 Awards Presentation Night will be held on Tuesday 12th December at the Karrinyup Sports Hall at 6.30pm. This is a night to celebrate the highlights and achievements of the 2017 school year. Three Endeavour Awards will be presented to our Pre-primary classes while an Academic, Citizenship and Endeavour Award will be presented to each Year 1-5 class. The Fitness Medallions will also be presented by Mrs Williams. This year, all classes will also be showcasing their amazing Edu-Dance performance. More information will come out about this later in the term. We look forward to your company on the night. Please do not hesitate to contact me for further information. Students will need to be at Karrinyup Sports Hall no later than 6.15pm please.

Reporting to Parents – Electronic Report Delivery Semester 2, 2017

Newborough Primary School will again be delivering your child’s Semester 2 school report via email on Monday 11th December.

The benefits of an electronic report provide advantages for schools and the parent community including:

• timely delivery of reports to parents and guardians;
• administrative savings in the printing and collation of reports;
• an ability to easily provide copies of reports to each parent or guardian where dictated by family circumstances; and
• parents being able to retain a digital record of student achievement. However, as the link to the reports only lasts for four weeks, it is imperative that parents SAVE their child’s report ASAP.

To ensure you again receive your child’s report, it is imperative that your email address is correct with the school. If there have been any changes to your email/email addresses, please contact the school immediately.

We have also asked that for the purpose of different family circumstances, anyone requesting a copy of the report be sent to a second family member inform the school in writing via newborough.ps@education.wa.edu.au immediately please.

Please do not hesitate to contact Deputy Principal Karen Tucknott with any queries about the delivery of the reports electronically.

Kind regards,
Karen Tucknott
Deputy Principal

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.

Schoolzine App

Have all our school’s information accessible at all times – download the FREE Schoolzine app to your mobile device to readily access the latest information in real time.

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

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.

P&C News

MOVIE NIGHT

CANCELLED!!! Due to weather forecast! Refund will be given.
Regards NPS P&C President, Neale McQuire

FRIDAY 17 NOVEMBER
UNDER THE STARS AT NEWBOROUGH PRIMARY

Our next movie night is being held on 17 November under the stars on Jim Hazlitt field at Newborough Primary. We will have a big screen with surround sound to help you enjoy the experience. Bring your beanbag and a picnic and enjoy a family movie with fellow parents and classmates. The movie to be screened could be deemed to be quite appropriate and is a live action/animated family comedy.

MIDDLE SCHOOL – THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE

Tickets will be $6.00 each for both adults and children and will include a small bag of popcorn for each ticket holder. An order form for tickets will go home with the children in the next week. Posters with all details will go up on classroom doors early next week.

To confirm bookings, please make payments by direct deposit ONLY please DO NOT USE the school account:

Newborough P&C Association Inc
Bank: Westpac
BSB: 036 027
Acct No.: 579280

Order forms can be returned to the P&C Box at the school front counter.

For more information email: newboroughpcpres@gmail.com

Uniform Shop

Be ready for next year! Order your uniforms now so you can have them before the end of the term.

Uniform shop is open Tuesday's 2:15-3:00pm. All orders out of the hours, please email thru and will be delivered to class after payment is received to P& C account on order form.

Can you spare 45 minutes once a month? We're looking for more volunteers.

Rhonda Yates
Uniform Shop Co-ordinator
newboroughuniforms@gmail.com

Canteen News

Sushi is now available on Fridays only.

Please ensure you place your order for sushi no later than 9:00am Thursdays.

5 pack Tuna, Teriyaki Chicken & Vegetable $5.50

8 pack Tuna, Teriyaki Chicken & Vegetable $8.00

Canteen Menu

The Term 4 Summer Menu is up and running follow the link below to view the menu or a hard copy is available at the front office.

Canteen Roster

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

Regards
Kim Riseley
Canteen Manager

Scholastic Bookclub

The book fair was a huge success. The students had such fun looking through the bookshelves to see what was available. I'd like to give a big thank you to the parents, grandparents, carers and students who made purchases at the fair. Every dollar spent has earned our school valuable rewards that will be used toward new books for our library. Thank you again to you all came and supported our school. For those who ordered books, the order has been placed. As soon as the books arrive, I will deliver them to the classrooms.

Rhonda Yates
Scholastic Co-ordinator

Community News

Barnes Karate

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 is: