22 August 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

Redhage Basketball

Former Perth Wildcat and Australian basketball player Shawn Redhage is running a six week after school basketball skills program for years 1-6 students on Thursdays. At the first session on the 9th August, 16 enthusiastic players dodged showers whilst learning the basics. They were learning to dribble, pass and shoot. It looked like a lot of fun. Shawn’s assistant coach, John ‘Sunday’ Desh is a former student of Newborough PS who fondly remembers his time here before heading off to college basketball in the USA after high school. Sunday is currently involved with the Wildcats training squad. He met up with Ms Williams who recalls Sunday’s great athletics prowess and his kind nature.

Shawn will put out flyers later this term for next term’s program here at Newborough.

Round Table Luncheon

Last Thursday I was privileged to have a Round Table Luncheon with our student leaders and four, year two representatives. From year two we had Rebecca, Michelle, Mason and Lucas. Amelie Watson was host and did a great job asking participants what they liked about our school and what we might improve on. Ms Lydon dropped in for a while to hear what students were saying. Here is a little summary:

What we like about Newborough PS

• People are nice
• Everyone has manners
• Artwork in the Library and the front office
• Nature Playground and that we don’t have rules about stick
• Our school values are great and everyone is using them
• We love Golden Time and getting Class Passes
• Enterprise Fete
• The teachers are nice

What can we improve on?

• Keeping the red bins empty by recycling rubbish
• Have Nude Food days to reduce plastic waste
• We would like a swimming pool (This one comes up regularly)
• Bring back Surf Day for years five and six
• Have a gold coin donation day to support the eastern states farmers who are in drought
• Do more fund raisers for camp
• Join up with other schools so we can share our good ideas and learn from them

Our student leaders take these ideas and look at them to see what we can do. There were some really good ones like the gold coin donation and sharing with other schools (Kids teaching Kids) that really show thought and kindness.

Thanks,
John Worthy
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

Student Leader News

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

Absentee SMS System Issues

Please note that currently we can only send absentee notifications via our SMS system, we are unable to receive messages. If your child is absent, please email the dates, student name and reason for absence to newborough.ps.absentee@education.wa.edu.au (preferred option), or phone the front office on 9446 1025.

If you receive an automatic message from the SMS system notifying you of an unexplained absence, please still email your reply.

This is an ongoing issue for all public schools in WA, we will advise you when the issue is resolved.

Direct Deposit Payments only

All payments made to our school for excursions or incursions are requested to be made via direct deposit through internet banking.

Cash payments can no longer be accepted and will be returned to parents (unless prior arrangements have been made with our Manager Corporate Services).

This process 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.

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.

Deputy News

Book Week

This year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia Book Week 2018 in is Term 3, Week 6. (17th-24th August).

The theme for Book Week is FIND YOUR TREASURE.

Students’ will be engaged in a range of activities across the week both in their classroom and with their Buddy Class. Students will also be writing poems in response to one of the CBCA’s shortlisted books, “I’m Australian Too” written by Mem Fox. Students poem’s will be written in a similar style (four lined poems) and the content will be about themselves and/or family. Teachers will discuss our four behaviour values, RESPECT, TEAMWORK, KINDNESS and CHALLENGE YOURSELF with students when conducting this whole school activity as we continue to develop an awareness of own identity, values and place in the world.

These poems will be on display in every classroom for our Open Classroom morning on Thursday 23rd August from 8.40-9.10am.

OPEN CLASSROOM and PYJAMA DAY – Thursday 23rd August 8.40-9.10am

As part of our Book Week celebrations, Newborough Primary will have our classrooms open to all parents and extended family on Thursday 23rd August from 8.40-9.10am. This is a time for parents to come into the classroom and read students’ fantastic poems and spend some time just reading for pleasure with your child in the classroom. Students can bring in their favourite story books or novels and spend the time reading for enjoyment with you. Students, staff and parents are invited to wear their pyjamas for the day; although the pyjamas must be suitable for the school environment and if students have sport on that day they will need a change of clothing. Students must still wear appropriate footwear in the playground, although may wear slippers in the classroom.

Exciting News: Art Exhibition and Autobiography

To help consolidate and celebrate our PBS Behaviour Values of RESPECT, TEAMWORK, KINDNESS and CHALLENGE YOURSELF, all students will be painting a self –portrait which will be displayed in an art exhibition in Week 7, Term 4.

The self-portraits will be painted on canvases purchased by the P and C but these will become a Fund-Raising activity as we will be selling the finished art works for $12.50 each to parents for you to be able to keep them after the exhibition. More information about this will come out soon.

Students will also be writing an autobiography to accompany the self-portrait and teachers will be sending home research sheets towards the end of the term asking for information about students to help write the autobiography.

In-Term Swimming Term 4

Please be aware that this year’s In-Term Swimming lessons for Pre-Primary to Year 6 students are the last two weeks of Term 4.

The dates for this are Monday 3rd December to Wednesday 12th December.

The cost for the lessons will be $39 per child. We encourage all parents who wish to start a payment plan now to see either Sharon Singleton or Kate Tyndall in the front office to organise this.

An excursion form for Swimming will go home soon.

Please do not hesitate to see me if you have any queries in regards to this.

NAPLAN ONLINE 2019 Parent Information Sessions

In preparation for NAPLAN ONLINE 2019, we will be holding two parent information sessions early next term.

These workshops would be valuable for all parents of all students and we strongly encourage all parents to try and attend one of these sessions.

The two parent information sessions will be on:

Tuesday 16th October at 8.50am in the school library (8.50-10.20am)

Tuesday 16th October at 7pm in the school library. (7-8.30pm)

The parent sessions will run for 90 minutes.

Further information on NAPLAN ONLINE 2019 can be found at this website;

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries.

PBS School Values: Assembly Protocols for Parents

Students have been working very hard on displaying Respect, Teamwork, Kindness and Challenge Yourself at our school assemblies by:

• Entering and exiting quietly as a class (still needs a bit of practice!)
• Demonstrating smart ignoring of the behaviour of others
• Acknowledging others’ performances
• Being respectful and quiet when others are talking/performing
• Showing appreciation appropriately
• Singing the National Anthem respectfully

We would now like to ask parents to also help model our school values at our assemblies and public gathering by showing the same behaviours and ask that from now on can you please ensure:

• All mobile phones are turned onto silent
• All phone calls are taken outside of earshot of the undercover area (please not during the assembly in the undercover)
• Respect is shown by listening quietly at all times and parent conversations are left until before or after the assembly
• Small children are fully supervised and sitting quietly with you at all times to minimise the noise and disruption to the assembly please

We thank parents and visitors to our school for helping us uphold our PBS School values as well.

Sport News

Faction Carnival: Important Dates to Remember-

Tuesday 28 August – Long Distance, Jumps and Throws Events (for selected students) 9.00am – 12.30pm

Friday 31 August – Main Carnival – 9.00am – 2.50pm

Interschool Athletics:

Please note new date changes for this year

Venue for this Year’s Carnival: Deanmore Primary School, Karrinyup, (both dates)

Tuesday 11th September – Long Distance, Jumps and Throwing events – 9.30am – 12.30pm

Thursday 13th September – main Carnival – 10.00am – 2.30pm

Kind regards

Kris Williams
Physical Education Teacher

Music News

Massed Choir Festival

Sixty one Year 4-6 choir members have been working very hard in preparation for their performance at Perth Concert Hall at the WA Massed Choir Festival 2018. This exciting choir festival offers students the opportunity to perform in a magnificent venue and before an audience of 1100 parents, friends and invited guests. Tickets can be bought at the websties found below – make sure you choose the correct evening (there are nine performance evenings and each school only performs once) THURSDAY, 20 SEPTEMBER 2018.

Our very own Amelie Watson successfully auditioned and will be performing three solo parts on the evening. Congratulations and good luck, Amelie!

The first Cluster Rehearsal is taking place at Churchlands Senior School on Friday, 24th August. Choir members are reminded to wear school uniform on the day, please no faction colours and no choir uniform and to bring a packed lunch and water bottle only.

Yours in Music

Andria Snelson
Music Specialist

P&C News

Book Club

Did you order a book? I did. I just received email notification that our order is on its way.

As soon as they arrive, I’ll sort the orders and deliver them to your classroom. Oooo I’m so excited.

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 Winner

Thank you to everyone who completed the recent canteen survey. A random draw was completed and the Winner of the $50 canteen voucher is Josh Stewart. Congratulations Stewart family, enjoy those yummy lunches!

The canteen sub-committee will be meeting shortly to go through the survey results and determine what changes can be made to ensure our canteen meets the needs of the Newborough Community. Keep looking here for updates.

Billy G’s Gourmet Cookie Dough Fundraiser

The Canteen and P&C will be running a Cookie Dough Fundraiser over the next couple of weeks. Order forms will be sent home shortly so please keep an eye out for them

The aim of this fundraiser is specifically to raise money to purchase and install a new serving counter at the canteen. The external counter, where the children currently stand to collect their recess or order at the window is badly degraded. It is cracking, looks very unappealing and no amount of cleaning is going to improve it. We are hoping to replace this with a long wearing stainless steel counter.

Once the cookie orders are in, the dough will be distributed in week 10. Just in time for holiday snacks!

New Canteen Days

Our Canteen will be open Monday, Wednesday and Friday

Online Ordering

Our online canteen ordering system QuickCliq;

QuickCliq is offering up to 15% of this service charge back to the P&C

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

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!

Faction Shirts available

The faction athletics carnival is this month so it's time to see if your child needs a new faction shirt. If your child has outgrown his/her shirt and it's still in good condition then we'd love to have it. We also have some larger sizes that might fit some mums and dads.

Uniform Shop Opening Hours

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.

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

Rhonda Yates
Uniform Shop Coordinator

Entertainment Book

Get your Entertainment Membership NOW to help Newborough Primary School raise much needed funds!

Help us raise funds for our fundraising by buying an Entertainment Membership from us. You'll receive hundreds of valuable offers for everything you love to do, and help our fundraising at the same time. Hurry, Entertainment Memberships sell out quickly.

Jerelyn Tierney
0403167135
jeryt@hotmail.com

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Community News

Barnes Karate

Target Sports

Bricks4Kidz – Lego and Robotics

Redhage Basketball School Program

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

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