10 April 2019

Newsletter Articles

Dates to Remember

This is an outline of the events that will be coming up in 2019. Please note dates are subject to change.

Principal’s Introduction

What a Term One!!

Term one has been action packed with so many fantastic activities as well as setting up a great year for learning. Here is a quick reflection: Straight classes across the school, welcoming new students and their families and new staff, the consolidation of our Newborough Way Positive Behaviour Support program with Class Passes and Golden Time, swimming training and two fabulous carnivals including Interschool that we organised and won, new student leaders and faction leaders, school photos, Year Six camp at Bickley Recreational Camp, Harmony Day, class assemblies by Mrs Danker’s Year Six and Mrs Farmer and Mrs Hughes’ Year Fours, the PP-Year Two Cultural afternoon class presentations, the brilliant P&C Colour Run, the Easter Raffle and two Round Table Luncheons with Year Six and Year Four. We still have a few days before a well-earned break and in that time we have a Round Table Luncheon with Year Four and our ANZAC Service on Friday.

There are lots to look forward to term two that commences on Tuesday 30th April for students. Monday 29th April is a School Development Day (Pupil free) for staff who will be attending the Ocean Net (Doubleview, Scarborough, Deanmore and Newborough) School’s inaugural Conference at Doubleview PS. I am exhausted writing all these fabulous things down. Have a safe, restful and enjoyable term break and I look forward to seeing everyone back safe and sound, batteries recharged and ready for another great term at Newborough.

Round Table Year Six

The Year Six Student Leaders are once again running the Round Table Luncheon Meetings, two per term, with each year level P-Year Six represented over the year. The aim is for students to have a voice about their school and for leaders to be engaged and active. As Principal I also really enjoy hearing what the students like and what they see for our school.

Two children from each class are chosen by their teachers to represent the class joining the leaders and myself for a working lunch. To start the year our first Round Table Luncheon held on Thursday 28th March was with the Year Sixes represented by Michael, Manu, Bella and Suzana. Our Student Leaders are Lily, Mason, Erica and Jude. The Student Leaders do the organising prepare key questions, organise the meeting room, liaise with the Front Office to organise food, plates and serviettes, run the luncheon and clean up afterwards. They take notes and have discussions later about what is great about our school and what we might be able to do to improve it. Here is the feedback our Student Leaders will take back for discussion from the Year Sixes.

Mental Health Initiative

As part of our school business plan we are committed to promoting mental health and being at Newborough Primary School and as such we are on a journey of continuous improvement. We have recently made the commitment to becoming a ‘Be You’ mentally healthy learning community. This commitment states that we are we committed to supporting the children, young people, staff and families within our learning community to achieve their best possible mental health. Through our focus on continuous improvement and our policies and practices, we work towards building and maintaining a positive, inclusive and resilient learning community.

A mentally healthy ‘Be You’ Learning community is one where everyone’s is empowered to use their voice and where we recognise the importance of ensuring every family can contribute to a whole-setting approach to promote the metal health and wellbeing for children and young people. As such we will be surveying our learning community. The ‘Be You’ Family Survey is designed to help gather mental health and well-being related perceptions of all parent and carers within our learning community. Reponses gathered from parents and carers can help highlight what we are doing well and what we can do better as part of our commitment to continuous improvement.

We would like every family to engage in a family survey. You can access the survey through the following link:

This survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete and includes 26 questions.

The survey has an introduction and you will need to commence the survey by finding our learning community (See image below). The online survey platform is sensitive to punctuation so if the search does not bring up our school name please check this first. It may take a moment to filter and bring up the appropriate learning community options.

Your responses are anonymous and although every question may not seem relevant please answer each honestly and as best you can.

There are no right or wrong answers and no one will be assessed on their results.

If you have several children attending the school, please respond to questions from an overall perspective.

We will also be gathering information from students through a student survey that will be conducted with Years 4-6 students during class time. If you do not wish your child to be involved, please notify the school or myself

Information sheets regarding both the Family Survey and Child Survey are available on request from the school if you would like further information.

We appreciate your time and commitment to working towards creating a more mentally health learning community for all. Once all anonymous survey responses are collated, we will be able to identify needs and prioritise next steps.

Thanking you. Mental Health Action Team. Newborough Primary School

Newbro Dads - The Champion Dads and Solo-Mums of Newborough Primary School

I am really pleased to see the return of our Newbro Dads supporting The initiatives of The Fathering Project. Wade Freeman has taken this on with great gusto organising an initial event for Dads, Grandads, Solo Mums to come together to have a bit of fun

Prizes include:

Scitech tickets to enjoy with Dad
Movie vouchers to enjoy with Dad
Cafe vouchers to enjoy breakfast with Dad
Latitude Air at Joondalup. For a Friday night session of trampolining with Dad.

Newborough Primary School
Karrinyup, WA
newbrodads@gmail.com

School Kitchen Gardens Help Wanted

Can you help with our Kitchen Gardens?

With winter approaching and the Newbie Knights and classes not far from wanting to do some planting and growing we need to get teams of ‘Gardening Gurus’ to help prepare the Kitchen Gardens and assist.

This could be in a range of forms from coming in and working in a team or individually during school time or outside of school hours. There is a lot of work to be done as the gardens have become quite overgrown and messy. Parents, grandparents, family or friends of Newborough are all welcome.

If you know of anyone or can help please contact John.Worthy@education.wa.edu.au

Djeran (April – May)

The Nyoongar Season ‘Djeran' is represented by the colour green as it is the time of the year where the cooler weather begins.

Djeran season sees a break in the really hot weather. A key indicator of the change of season is the cool nights that bring a dewy presence in the early mornings.

The winds will also change, especially in their intensity, with light breezes generally swinging from southerly directions. Many flying ants can be seen cruising around in the light winds.

Djeran is a time of red flowers, especially from the red flowering gum (Corymbiaficifolia), as well as the smaller and more petite flowers of the summer flame(Beaufortia aestiva).

As you travel around the Perth area, you may also notice the red 'rust' and seed cones forming on the male and female she oaks(Allocasuarina fraseriana).

Banksias, like our school logo Banksia Menzies pictured, start to display their flowers, ensuring that there are nectar food sources for the many small mammals and birds that rely upon them.

Traditionally, foods at this time of year included the zamia seeds that had been collected and stored for treatment during the previous season.

The root bulbs of the yanget (Bullrushes),fresh water fish, frogs and turtles were also common foods.

As the season progresses, the nights will become cooler and damp. The onset of cool and rainy days meant that traditional mia mias (houses or shelters) were repaired and updated to make sure they were waterproofed and facing in the right direction in readiness for the deep wintery months to come.

STEAM Award Year 4 Room 12 Alex Yates

Alex is a reliable and diligent student, who consistently demonstrates our four school values. He challenges himself in all areas of STEAM and is a pleasure to teach. Alex listens carefully, pays close attention to details and always works to the best of his ability. He demonstrates a mature understanding of mathematical concepts and is successful at problem solving.

Alex is a terrific team member, working hard not only for himself, often going above and beyond to produce detailed work, but also to support his peers. Well done, Alex!

John Worthy
Principal

Term Dates

School Directory

Visitors to the school

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.

Payment of Incursions and Excursions - NO CASH PAYMENTS ACCEPTED

Payment of Incursions and Excursions – Since January 2018 our school has become cashless.

Payment of Incursions and Excursions are to be made via internet banking ONLY. WE DO NOT ACCEPT CASH!

If you are having issues making payment please contact Sharon Singleton, Manager Corporate Services to make alternative arrangements.

Non payment of future incursions or excursions

Non payment of the incursion or excursion by the DUE DATE will result in your child not attending the event and alternatively will be placed in another classroom while the incursion or excursion is taking place.

2019 Voluntary Contributions

The Voluntary Contributions fees have been established and approved by the School Board, in line with Department of Education requirements. The contribution fee for 2019 will remain at $60 per child.

While contributions are voluntary, the quality of our teaching/learning programs will be enhanced by your contribution, which is used to supplement expenditure in the following areas.

• Reading Resources
• Mathematics Resources
• Art/Craft
• Technology

Total Contribution $60

The P&C contribution has now increased to $30 per child for 2019.

Payment is requested at the commencement of the school year.

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

Collecting Students during school hours

Parents/guardians are reminded that if they are collecting students during school time they are required collect a sign out pass and provide this to their child’s teacher from the front office. We do this for safety, security and accountability for student wellbeing.

Ripper Reader Program

The Ripper Reader program has been a great success over several years. We have had hard working Mums and Grandparents assisting and supporting many students with their reading skills. There has been so much positive feedback from students, parents and teachers and we all agree it is making a huge difference to the confidence of our students.

If you are interested in joining our fantastic Ripper Reader team, it might only involve 10-20 minutes of your time!please see Mrs Tennant (vicki.tennant@education.wa.edu.au) in Room 9 or Mrs Murray (nadine.murray@education.wa.edu.au) in Room 7 o.

Deputy News

EDU-DANCE – Term 2

Edu-dance will start on the first Wednesday back in Term 2 (1st May) and run every Wednesday and Thursday for until the end of Week 9.

This year, due the constraints we are facing to use Karrinyup Sports Hall during school time, we are going to have two Edu-dance concerts, rather than just the one. We will have all of the classes timetabled to dance on a Wednesday perform their concert on WEDNESDAY 26th June at 1.40pm in our undercover area and all the classes timetabled to dance on a Thursday to perform on THURSDAY 27th JUNE at 1.40pm in our undercover area.

We would like all students to participate in the Edu-dance classes from WEEK 1 next term. Students will only be able to do this if they have returned their Permission Form and paid in full for the lesson. Lessons are $31.00 per student.

We urge all parents who may have difficulty paying for this incursion to contact Sharon Singleton immediately to make a payment plan please and not leave payment until the very last minute.

The timetable for Edu-Dance for next term is below.

NEWBOROUGH PRIMARY SCHOOL EDU-DANCE Timetable Term 2, 2019

ANZAC COMMEMORATION SERVICE

This year’s ANZAC Commemoration Service will be on Friday 12th April at 8.40am on the quadrangle. All families are welcome to attend.

Design & Technology – Year 3 Room 6

This term in Design and Technology our class has been exploring the design and development of what an “Ideal Classroom” would look like and how it assists learning. We initially brainstormed ideas and discussed what is working well in our classroom and what is not working well. The students then specifically investigated aspects of safety, practicality/storage and space/flow/access. Small groups were formed and the students surveyed other classrooms for their input. Information was gathered and put into a new design plan. On Wednesday, the students were finally able to construct their ideal classroom with various materials. The students were very engaged and displayed all four of the Newborough values.

Mrs Megan Saggers
Teacher

SPORT REPORT

Interschool Swimming Carnival.

On Friday 29th March, our team of 49 enthusiastic swimmers from Years 4 – 6 travelled to Churchlands Senior High School to represent their school for our annual Interschool Swimming Carnival. Our students competed against students from the Central Coastal District comprising of Glengarry, Duncraig, Hillarys and Newborough Primary Schools.

With magnificent warm Autumn weather, our students showed great effort to challenge themselves against the best swimmers from the three other schools. Our school Captains, of Holly Boshart and Luke Austin along with our Vice-Captains of Suzana Brankovic and Jude Shen led superbly demonstrating excellent leadership skills as did all the other children who willingly assisted their teachers in the bay when the leaders were swimming.

All of the children were wonderfully behaved and demonstrated excellent team spirit and sportsmanship and were superb ambassadors representing the school demonstrating the ‘Newborough Way’ of respect, kindness, team work and challenging themselves.

Congratulations to all the students from all of the schools on your performances at the carnival. Once again, both the faction and interschool carnivals have shown how swimming training and lessons can make a significant contribution to the children’s swimming ability and water confidence skills. The final results this year differed to last year. Hillarys who finished in fourth place in 2018, finished strongly in second place. Duncraig who won the carnival in 2018, finished in third place, Glengarry who finished in second place in 2018, finished in fourth place and Newborough who finished in second place in 2018, finished in first place.

This year, it was Newborough’s turn to host the carnival and along with that responsibility a team of volunteers and staff are required to ensure the carnival ran smoothly for the children and spectators to enjoy.

I had a tremendous response for parent helpers to assist at the carnival and I would like to thank you all your wonderful efforts on the day which were greatly appreciated by all of the staff, parents and students from each of the schools participating.

Once again, thank you to our wonderful parents for your ongoing support and assistance with the after-school training sessions and to the many staff members who also gave up their time to assist at training after school hours.

I would also like to thank all of the Newborough staff for all your support and assistance with the preparation, organisation and implementation of both carnivals this year. A fantastic effort once again from the Newborough community.

Final Placings

Congratulations to the following children for being awarded with a Champion medallion.

We would like to sincerely congratulate all of the competitors selected for their outstanding efforts. Well done and congratulations girls and boys on your fabulous efforts, sportsmanship and team work throughout the carnival.

Ms Kris Williams
Physical Education Teacher

P&C News

Well surprisingly Term 1 is almost complete and cooler mornings are with us, which will be good news for some and bad news for others and probably wont affect the students at Newborough much, who will continue in summer clothing no matter what the temperature.

Last weeks colour run was a huge success and really great fun. As I walk around the school I can still see tinges of pink and green in the hair of the fairer kids. As far as I’m aware there were no major injuries and the kids participated with lots of enthusiasm, as did some of the teachers who were particularly good at squirting the colour.

A special thanks goes to the organising committee and in particular Carly Fowkes who brought it all together.

At our last meeting we planned out most of the year and there will be some more enjoyable activities for everyone to join in. Stay tuned for more details.

The P & C wishes everyone a restful holiday and peaceful Easter.

See you next term

Wes Gregory (President)

Colour Run4Fun!

We are thrilled to announce that our School Run4Fun Colour Explosion was a huge success. What an awesome day that was had by all involved. We had close to 200 Newborough children participate on the day, plus some older siblings returning to join in the fun! Thank you to each and every one of you who supported the fundraiser – we couldn’t have done it without you.

It was wonderful to see the spirit and enthusiasm that was displayed in supporting our school and of course the smiles on the student’s faces. What a blast of colour (and foam) it was! We can’t wait to do it again in the future.

Now the exciting part – finalising donations (seeing how much we raised for our kids) and ordering your prizes! Students who raised $10 or more will be entitled to a prize. You can mix and match your prizes if you raised $20 or more. Please refer to page eight (8) of your Sponsorship Form for more details.

You have two options to order your prize/s. Please complete and return the back page of the Sponsorship Form to the school office or login to create a Profile Page below (online is preferable if possible). You can enter the amount of cash donations you received using the online system. The cash then needs to be returned to the office along with your form (if misplaced then please be sure to include a piece of paper with your name, room number and an email contact) so we can verify and log that your cash has been received. Once this has been done you will be able to order your prize using the online system. All donations, cash and forms need to be returned by Wednesday 10thApril. You will then have 7 days to order your prizes.

The sooner we finalise the prize order the sooner the students will receive their prizes. Thanks again for your support.

Kind Regards,

Newborough P&C
(Any questions contact: Carly Fowkes – newboroughpcsec@gmail.com)

Easter Raffle

The success of the raffle is dependent on your kind donation of Easter Goodies

Thank you to everyone who have already donated, but please keep the donations rolling into the classrooms – we need to keep our Easter Raffle volunteers busy

Raffle tickets went out last week. Tickets are .50¢ each.

Please return raffle tickets and money in the envelope provided to the “Easter Raffle” box in your child’s classroom

If you require any further tickets, please see the ladies in the front office.

Many thanks Jackie & Leanne

Entertainment Book

You can now pre – order an Entertainment Membership!

If you order now you not only will you get to enjoy the valuable bonus offers that are provided early each year, but also receive a $20* Woolworths online offer and $50^ Cellarmasters online offer!

*$20 off your total shop when you spend $220 or more at Woolworth online. ^$50 off your total shop when you spend $120 or more at Cellarmasters online. *^Terms & conditions apply.

The New 2019 | 2020 Entertainment™ Memberships are almost here and this year they are bigger and better than ever!

With heaps of new places you can go to with your NEW membership like Island Market, The Hamptons, Odyssea, La Capannina Jamie’s Italian, Red Rooster and Boost Juice... there really is something for everyone.

Pre-order the NEW 2019 | 2020 Entertainment Membership now and receive bonus offers you can use right away! Plus you’ll also receive a $20* Woolworths online offer and $50^ Cellarmasters online offer simply for pre ordering.

*$20 off your total shop when you spend $220 or more at Woolworth online. ^$50 off your total shop when you spend $120 or more at Cellarmasters online. *^Terms & conditions apply

Thank you for your support and helping us with our Fundraising.

"The Entertainment Membership is great value. With lots of instant savings. It more than outweighs the price. There is something for everyone – casual and fine dining, adventure and family activities. I couldn't live without it. Plus, I get to support a good cause.” – Zana B. Sydney

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Newborough Primary School
Jerelyn Tierney
0403167135
jeryt@hotmail.com

Uniform Shop

Winter is coming!

The cooler mornings are here so it's time to start thinking about jackets. We sell a polar fleece which is perfect for those colder mornings.

We also sell a micro fibre jacket perfect for autumn and spring.

We also have some second hand jackets for sale.

Uniform Opening Hours

Uniform shop is open Tuesdays 8 – 8:45 am.

All orders out of the hours, please email thru to newboroughuniforms@gmail.com.

and will be delivered to class after payment is received to P& C account on order form.

Got any pre-loved uniforms in good condition? We'll take them.

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

Canteen News

AFL Western Derby Lunch Special - Friday 12th April

Place your Pie and Sausage Roll orders via QuickCliq (link below) by tomorrow morning (11th April) at 10am.

(1) From the main menu click Meal Order;

(2) Select the date 12/04/2019;

(3) Under the Lunch option click on AFL Western Derby Pie & Sausage Roll Day.

Please note:

(1) To ensure we cater correctly, we will only be accepting these orders online via QuickCliq not over the counter.

(2) No other Hot Meals or Pizzas will be available to order on this day. However, the remainder of the menu will be available.

New Term 2 Menu

A new menu will be available online and over the counter from the beginning of Term 2. Look out for new Daily Specials, Hot Meals and Snacks for the children to enjoy as the weather cools down. Please note, some of the prices of existing items may change.

Canteen Menu

Attached is the Term 1 menu for your reference.

Volunteering

To keep up with the increased demand, we are seeking a regular volunteer for weekly shifts. If you know someone, a parent or grandparent who may be interested, please get in touch at newborough.canteen.manager1@gmail.com.

Regards
Amanda Meyer
Canteen Manager

School Banking

All kids should have received a 2019 School Banking Program from the Commonwealth Bank, together with a reminder that we bank every Wednesday morning before school in the library (8:10 to 8:30). It’s been great to see some new faces join our banking program in recent weeks and welcome back our regular savers.

We believe the Newborough School Banking program is an important way to teach kids about saving money. If you’re interested in knowing more, feel free to download the info pack or come and see me.

Sonia Johansen
School Banking Co-Ordinator

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.

Community News

Barnes Karate

Target Sports

Positive Parenting Program – Triple P

Seminar Series – Warwick

Dealing With Disobedience – Duncraig

Managing Fighting and Aggression – Duncraig

Seminar Series – Doubleview

Relationships Australia

North Coast Raiders Hockey Club

West Scarborough Rugby Club

Wests is seeking

• Players to join our Club for the 2019 season.
• U6 - U17 boys and girls, beginners and experienced players

Why Wests

• We are an all inclusive community run club that encourages the entire family's involvement.
• We have established a development program for U15 - U 17 players providing a high performance training program for our talented junior players.

Registrations now open

Contact us at

juniors@westsscarboroughrugby.com.au

A club * A culture * A community
Everyone is welcome at Wests

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 below.