26 July 2018

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 2018. Please note dates are subject to change.

Principal’s Introduction

Welcome back to Term 3. I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break and ready to be back for what is always a busy term! This term we have the Faction carnival and interschool carnival which are great events. I know Ms Williams and the teachers are already working hard preparing the students for these events. It has been a great start to the term, the students and teacher have done a great job settling back into work quickly and the students have really embodied ‘The Newborough Way”.

This week Mr Worthy returns from his long service leave. He has been travelling around Europe with his family. I hope he had an amazing time; although, I am glad he is back! Ms Tucknott returns from her leave at the start of Week 3.

New staff

I would like to welcome our new staff to the school. Mrs Sue Blackwell has won the Year 5 Teaching position while Mrs Boulos takes a well-deserved break, taking Long Service Leave for the remainder of the year. Mrs Blackwell comes to us after teaching at Floreat Park Primary for the last few years.

We have also been very fortunate to be able to have Ms Marie Morrell on our staff. Ms Morrell comes to us from South Newman Primary School in the Pilbara region of WA. She brings a wealth of knowledge, especially in the ICT area. Ms Morrell will be working with the Year 1 and 3 teachers to support all students in these classes, as these classes have grown to be over the recommended class size prescribed by the Education Department.

We also have Ms Megan Saggers, who is taking Mrs Beatty’s class on Mondays while Mrs Beatty takes Long Service Leave and Ms Rachel Jones who has extended her role as Digital Technologies teacher, to the junior classes.

The Newborough Way – Challenge Yourself

We have a number of students who have achieved great success outside of school and we like to think of them as continually challenging themselves to strive to be their best. We want to acknowledge the success of the Coco Ozawa in Year 6. Coco will be attending the Future Camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra for Rhythmic Gymnastics this term. We wish her all the best for time in Canberra, we are sure she will wow them with her skills!

Also achieving in their chosen discipline is Sammy Stevens in Year 6 and two of our former students, Kerrie Tierney and Elissa Parin. All girls have been selected into the Diamond Regional Cadet Netball Program. It is a credit to the girls’ hard work and the work of everyone involved in the netball program.

See our ‘Community News’ for further information.

Thanks,
Nick Stenhouse
Principal

Term Dates

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.

School Directory

Absentees

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

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

Administration News

Direct Deposit Payments only

From November 2017, families have been notified via the newsletter of changes to the payment methods now available at Newborough Primary School in 2018.

In anticipation of moving across to the Department of Education’s new, state of the art financial and administration system called WebSIS and in order to streamline the voluntary contribution and excursion/incursion payment processes in 2018, Newborough Primary School has moved across to a cashless system from January 2018.

All payments are requested to be made via direct deposit through internet banking – from Week 7 onwards, cash payments will be returned to parents (unless prior arrangements have been made with our Manager Corporate Services) and a request made to pay via internet banking as the school no longer banks each week. This ensures that there is a clear paper trail for all payments, parents will have lodgement receipts from their banks and payments can be processed in a timely manner. The majority of our families have already embraced internet banking and direct deposits are the preferred method of payment, using mobile devices or computers.

If you do not have access to internet banking, please see our Manager Corporate Services, Sharon Singleton, to make alternative arrangements.

Visitors to our school and Volunteering

If you are visiting the school to deliver your child’s lunch, hat etc or volunteering in a classroom, please ensure that you sign in at the front desk. This is a risk management procedure to ensure that all people on school grounds are accounted for in case of emergency and for the safety of our children.

All volunteers are also required to complete a confidential declaration. These forms need to be completed each year and are available from your child’s teacher and our administration office.

This will allow you to volunteer your time as a parent helper in the classroom, on excursions, in the canteen etc.

Pottery News – Term 2

I think pottery “rocks”. It’s the same as play dough. You can make thumb pots. Put your thumbs inside both thumb pots. Stick them together and smooth the line with a pop stick. Make it into an animal.

Harper Yr2

I love pottery. Nothing was hard. Making things was so much fun.

Damon Yr1

Pottery is lots of fun. It always seems to end too quickly. I have been doing pottery every year since year 1. I love glazing our things we make.

Ava Yr5

I like pottery because I like doing the glazing.

Jasmine Yr1

It was very easy and fun.

Ella T and Eva Yr1

I think pottery is extremely fun because you can make all different shapes and sizes and my favourite part of pottery is glazing because I love experimenting with different colours and patterns. I love pottery!

Astha Yr4

Pottery is really fun because we get to create unique pots, animals, thongs and bowls. Once they have been in the kiln you get to glaze them in all different colours from red to aqua. We are shown how to create the clay objects first by Mrs Wimmer.

Anna Yr6 , Lily Yr5

P&C News

Book Club

Scholastic Book Club catalogues were sent home this week.

As per the LOOP information flyer that was attached to each catalogue, there is a new easier system for credit card payments. It is done online and there is no need to return order forms. Any concerns, please let me know.

Deadline for ordering is Friday 10th August.

Also, if you have any other queries regarding the Scholastic Book Club please contact:

Rhonda Yates simplyrhonda@yahoo.com

Please continue to support the Book Club and enjoy the rewards that it brings to the school. Every purchase results in credits that allow us to order extra literary resources for the school.

Happy Reading!

Rhonda Yates
Book Club Coordinator

Canteen News

Canteen Survey - Complete to enter into Draw $50 Canteen Voucher

DO YOU VOLUNTEER IN THE CANTEEN? DO YOU WANT TO? ARE YOU TIRED OF RECEIVING EMAILS DESPERATELY SEEKING VOLUNTEERS?

The P&C is busily working on solutions to the ongoing difficulty in reliably filling the canteen roster so as to keep the canteen open and feed our hungry children. We are very grateful to those who volunteer their time, whether it is regular help or as a one-off.

To help us find workable solutions, we have developed a short survey to explore attitudes and behaviour around volunteering. We would love to hear from every family in the school (we only need one response per family), whether you use the canteen or not, whether you volunteer or not. Please tell us what you think!

You can click on the Canteen Survey link to complete the form, and it only takes about 2 minutes.

Here is the best part: EVERYONE WHO COMPLETES THE SURVEY CAN ENTER THE DRAW TO WIN A $50 CANTEEN VOUCHER! That equates to around a whole term of weekly orders for one child!

The prize will be drawn on Friday 3rd August, so all responses must be received no later than this date.

We look forward to hearing from your feedback!

Alyssa Garrett, on behalf of P&C Canteen Subcommitee
alyssag@iinet.net.au

New Canteen Days

Our Canteen will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Canteen Menu

Check out our new Winter Menu.

You can view the latest Canteen Menu from the link below. A hard copy is available out the front of the school office.

Volunteering

We are always looking for help in our school canteen. If you could spare an hour once a week that would be appreciated. Please click on the link below to register.

Regards
Penny Fraser
Canteen Manager

Uniform Shop

Hello!

Uniform shop is open Tuesday 2.15-3 pm. For out of hours, please email through your order and it will be delivered to class after payment is received to the P& C account. newboroughuniforms@gmail.com .

Got any pre-loved uniforms ? We'll take them off your hands.

We're always looking for more volunteers so why not drop in and say hi!

Happy Reading!
Rhonda Yates
Book Club Coordinator

School Banking – Wednesdays

SCHOOL BANKING

It was fantastic to see so many kids visit us in the library this morning to meet Addy from the Dollarmites. I’ll share the pictures in the next newsletter. For anyone who missed out on picking up a ‘How to Join School Banking’ flyer – you can download it here.

Many thanks

Sonia Johansen
School Banking Coordinator

Entertainment Book

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Jerelyn Tierney
0403167135
jeryt@hotmail.com

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Community News

Barnes Karate

Bricks4Kidz – Lego and Robotics

The school is supporting an after school program called Bricks4Kidz. This is a Lego based robotics program that includes coding and building problem solving around the STEM subjects. Brick4Kidz will cater for all primary school age groups starting here at Newborough Primary School after school on Mondays from 3:30pm in the Science room. If you are interested in knowing more and would like to enrol please go to the website below(Note: The Karrinyup after school workshops are now at Newborough PS not Karrinyup Community Centre as indicated in the website)

Churchlands Senior High School - Academic Extension Program

Redhage Basketball School Program

AFL Clubs – Seeking Players

A number of local AFL clubs are seeking players for their girl’s teams!

Below are contact details of the clubs that have teams in the Year 3-4, Year 5-6, Year 7-8 & Year 9-11 divisions:

• Marist JFC- Female Football Coordinator- Dale Scully- dales@advocateprivate.com.au
• North Beach JFC- Female Football Coordinator- Sascha Low- saschalow@bigpond.com
• Claremont JFC – Female Football Coordinator – Kim Stewart - girlsclaremontjfc@gmail.com
• Wembley JFC- Female Football Coordinator- Karen Tighe- committee2@wembleyjuniormagpies.com
• Scarborough JFC- President- president@scarbjfc.com

Perth Lions Netball Region - Cadet Program

Dare to Develop a Diamond Regional Cadet Program is for athletes aged 12 – 16 years. This program is specifically targeted for the next stage of athlete pathway in providing further development of Technical and Tactical Skill Base. Players were required to trail for a position in the program. Newborough Primary school was well represented with several past and present students. Congratulations to Sammy Stephens who gained in place in the U12’ ‘s Team 2. Past students Kerrie Tierney was successful in gaining a spot in the U12’s Team 1 and Elissa Parin will be playing with the U13’s Team 2. Congratulations girls what a fantastic achievement.

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 via the link below.

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