11 September 2019

Newsletter Articles

Dates to Remember

Please refer to the side panel “School Calendar” section for the “live” calendar of events for information

Principal’s Introduction

Newborough Athletics Carnival

Congratulations to Ms Williams and all staff, parent helpers/supporters and students on a fabulous athletics carnival last Tuesday and Friday. Whilst the weather did its best to be disruptive early in the week we were fortunate to be able to run the jumps and throws without any rain. Friday was delightful. The highlight of both days was the efforts of all students to do their very best. It was great to see the competitive spirit and the heartening sportsmanship after events. As the Chief Judge I got see how keen place getters were to acknowledge competitors and terrific spirit returned in congratulations to the winners. On occasions when things didn’t quite go right there was genuine concern and kindness shown. Our Patron Mr Sherborne commented to me about this at the carnival. It was lovely to hear how complimentary staff in bays spoke about the behaviour and engagement of the children on what is a long day. Mark Blatchford and Matt Gaunt certainly got the spirit and cheering going with tireless efforts on the PA.

For me one of the highlights of the carnival was how staff got behind Ms Williams in helping prepare the children and making sure the competition went really well. On Friday all staff came early and helped set up the shelters, got the Kindy Café going, put all the final touches in place before getting the very excited students into the bays. The work of all staff in the bays, marshalling, starting, keeping scores, running the front office, problem solving and of course overseeing the whole carnival was outstanding. A really great team effort. We had tremendous support from our dedicated parent group helping with place judging, marshalling the winners, handing out ribbons, running the Kindy Café (That raised an amazing $727.40 towards new Kindy play equipment), packing and carrying equipment and of course the most sensational Sausage Sizzle that catered for nearly the whole school judging by the queues.

We now look forward to the Interschool Athletics Carnival to be held next week on Wednesday 18th and Friday 20th September at Deanmore PS. Ms Williams will send home notes to the competitors shortly.

Open Board Meeting

The School Board will be holding an ‘Open Meeting’ on Monday 16th September at 7:00pm in the Library (Entry via the Kindy/Daycare gate) for any school community member, including staff, who would like to know about the operations of the Board. The ‘Open Meeting’ is a regular meeting that will include reports on the last years’ actions from the Board Chair, Ms Yuliya Novik and from the Principal, John Worthy. The focus will be on our Wellbeing Initiative and Technology to Support learning. The meeting will include an open forum at which participants can share ideas, raise concerns and have discussion. This section is restricted to the responsibilities of the Board.

‘Be You' Well Being Survey Summary and Update

The 'Be You' Teacher, Children and Family survey that was conducted in Semester 1 this year has highlighted a general consensus of the importance of mental health and wellbeing for young people. Our student results reveal a belief that both their parents and teachers want them to be the best that they can be. Encouragingly these results also indicate the positive impact of our PBS program in that our students believe that teachers encourage them to treat everyone with respect and to take on new challenges. As a result of the staff survey results, we will be reviewing processes such as critical incidents. To support the promotion of wellbeing in 2020, we are excited to implement Mindfulness as the beginning of a journey towards further developing a culture of positive behaviour, wellbeing and growth mindset at Newborough Primary School. We would like to again thank all for their participation in guiding decision making to continue to create a school culture where positive behaviour and wellbeing are valued and can flourish.

Stranger Danger

Following my email alert sent to all parents after an incident when parents were leaving the Athletics Carnival on Friday I have reminded all the children in Years Pre-Primary to Year 6 about the importance of being vigilant and responsive to safety, especially with strangers. We talk to the children about being with or near ‘responsible adult’, someone their parents know and trust. This could include parents, teachers and school staff, police and those in authority. If children feel unsafe they need to immediately go to a ‘responsible person’ and report their concerns.

Here are some suggestions to help your children stay safe:

• always travel in a group
• walk on the right hand side of the road to face oncoming traffic
• wherever possible, leave space between you and the roadway
• stay in areas that are well lit
• stay in view – avoid going into areas that are hidden (such as parkland bush or behind shopping centres)
• be alert – earphones and headphones can reduce your awareness considerably
• if you have a mobile phone, have it turned on and ready to dial an emergency number
• if a passing car stops nearby, never get too close
• run from a situation if you feel at risk
• give this advice to your brothers and sisters, especially if they are younger
• report suspicious behaviour to your parents, school and the police
• if you can get it safely, try to photograph or remember the number plate of the car
• report numbers plates of cars and the clothing or distinguishing features of individuals to police.

You can call 13 14 44 to report an incident to WA Police (only use 000 in an emergency) or 1800 333 000 to reach Crime Stoppers.

To get the latest community safety information from police, visit WA Police on Facebook www.facebook.com/WA.Police or online at www.police.wa.gov.au.

Wonder of Waste Challenge

The City of Stirling are running an online quiz competition promoting waste and recycling. It’s a great little quiz that can easily be done from home. There are eight questions about the use of the three coloured bins. I encourage every student to enter from home.

Long Table Afternoon Tea

The P&C is hosting a long table afternoon tea to celebrate the end of term! Come along for a play, a chat, and some yummy afternoon tea. This year the theme is ZERO WASTE and our aim is to generate as little rubbish as possible. There will be no disposable items and everyone is asked to BRING YOUR OWN plate and cup and pay $2 for the delicious, home-baked afternoon tea provided. Each BYO earns a ticket into the draw to win a fabulous bee and bug hotel for your garden. Every student can also contribute an idea for our SMALL STEPS FOR SUSTAINABILITY display, and Mr Worthy will pick the 2 best ideas to win some funky, reusable food wraps and straws.

Any questions? Ask alyssag@iinet.net.au

RESPECT

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

Newborough Primary School is a cashless school – all payments must please be made via internet banking only.

If you need assistance with making payment and would like a payment plan, 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 – they will be placed in another classroom while the incursion or excursion is taking place.

2019 Voluntary Contributions

Thank you to the families who have paid their voluntary contributions for 2019. These fees were approved by the School Board, in line with Department of Education requirements, and 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.

If you have not yet paid the contribution, please consider doing so as soon as possible as the funds directly benefit your child this 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.

Deputy News

IN-TERM SWIMMING LESSONS – WEEKS ONE AND TWO, TERM FOUR

The In-term Swimming lessons are in Weeks One and Two of Term Four. While this may sound like it is still weeks away (and it is), we need to have the In-term swimming completely organised by the end of this term (Wednesday 25th September).

The Excursion Advice Form has been sent home for all students from Pre-Primary to Year 6 but is also on the Newborough Primary School website in case it is squashed at the bottom of your child’s school bag, along with soggy sandwiches.

The final date for payment for swimming lessons is Wednesday 25th September – Week 10 of this term.

The cost per child is $41. The payment for swimming must be paid in total by this date Wednesday 25th September for students to be able to attend. (No pay, no go!)

The In-term swimming program is ONLY eight days long. To be of benefit, students must participate in all eight days. It is essential that payment is made this term.

The school will not be accepting pro-rata payment for parents of students who only participate in a few days of the swimming lessons due to holidays or illness.

As the In-Term swimming lessons provide essential swimming skills and life skills for our students, we expect all students to participate in the program.

However, if your child/ren are not going to be participating in the In-term swimming program, it is also essential that your email newborough.ps@education.wa.edu.au to state that your child is not participating in the program and the reasons why. Can you please inform the school ASAP if this is the case.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries about swimming lessons next term.

Books for Bubs

Are you having a baby in 2019?

Newborough Primary School would love to welcome you and your new baby to our school. We would be delighted to invite you and your baby to an Assembly and present you both with a “Books for Bubs” bag with some gifts for you both.

Please fill in the slip below and return it to the office so we can let you know when our next assembly and presentation will be.

Do you know of someone in our area who is having a baby in 2019 but they don’t have children at our school yet ? Please pass this information onto them so we can welcome them into our School Community.

If you want any information about the Newborough Primary School “Books for Bubs”

Program please contact me via email Karen.tucknott2@education.wa.edu.au or call into the school office.

Karen Tucknott
Deputy Principal

SPORT REPORT

Faction Athletics Carnival

Last Tuesday morning our carnival events commenced with the Long Distance, Jumps and Throwing events. The students performed brilliantly on this day despite the cold morning. On the Friday carnival day, we all enjoyed the beautiful Spring day weather with some of us even getting sun burnt!

It was once again, fantastic to see so many parents, grandparents and friends supporting the students in their events and enjoying the carnival events last Tuesday and Friday. Congratulations to all of the children in every faction and event who participated with great enthusiasm and effort. It was wonderful to watch you participate so enthusiastically and with great endeavour. So many individual events and team games had close finishes and we were very impressed with the sportsmanship shown to each other after your events. You really did show the ‘Newborough Way’ to your team mates, faction, teachers and parents.

Once again, I would like to thank the Newborough staff for their wonderful support and assistance to prepare the children for the carnival and all the volunteers who assisted with the set-up, a carnival job or the pack up of the carnival. Your efforts were greatly appreciated by all of the Newborough community and greatly assisted to ensure the carnival ran smoothly. Special thanks to Matt Gaunt, who has been our Disk Jockey and Announcer for our Swimming and Athletics carnivals over many years. We have really appreciated your efforts and enthusiasm and we loved your music selections between events! A very big thank you also to Tim Riley, our hard working gardener for his continued effort to make the oval and track so wonderful for our carnival. I would also like to thank the P & C for providing a sausage sizzle lunch for the children and families as well as the Kindy parents who provided coffee and delicious snacks for the Newborough community throughout the day from the “Kindy Café”.

Congratulations to Manning Faction who maintained their lead that they held from the Long Distance, Jumps and Throwing events proving too strong to be declared the champion team with 1,115 points. Corbett finished strongly in second place with 1,078 points and Connor finished in third place with 794 points. According to Ms Phillips, it has been nine years since Manning were the Athletics Champions!

On the day, every child showed great individual effort, sportsmanship and at times, resilience to keep trying to do their best. Congratulations to the following children who were awarded the individual championship medallions –

Interschool Athletics

This year, Newborough Primary School will be travelling to Deanmore Primary School in Karrinyup for the Interschool Athletics Carnival. On Wednesday, 18th September, the jumps, throws and long distance running events will be held from 9.30am to 12.30pm. The main carnival will be held on Friday 20th September, also at Deanmore Primary School from 10.00 – 2.30pm. If your child has been selected for any events for this carnival, their excursion and consent forms were sent home at the beginning of this week. All students who have been selected for the Friday 20th September events, must return their permission forms to their classroom teacher by Thursday, 12th September. Permission forms for students in the Wednesday 18th September events must also be returned by Thursday 12th September.

As part of our involvement in the Interschool Athletics Carnival, we must provide volunteers to assist with a few allocated jobs on both days of the carnival program. Please see your child’s carnival paperwork to complete these forms if you are able to assist or come and have a chat with me to see if a job is still available to assist with.

Good luck to all of our school team competitors for the interschool carnival. GO NEWBOROUGH!

Faction Carnival Photos

Courtesy of Aileen Naylor

Physical Education Athletics Program - Key Dates

Kris Williams
Physical Education Teacher

P&C News

Uniform Shop

Manager Needed

We are looking for a new uniform shop manager for 2020. This position requires approximately 1-2 hours of your time per week.

Your responsibilities include the following:

• opening and closing the shop weekly (morning or after school is up to you)
• helping parents and carers select uniforms
• taking payment by credit card, cash and bank deposit
• depositing the cash payments for the week
• ordering when stock gets low
• delivering online orders to classrooms at your convenience

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. I will still be at the school next year for any help needed.

Volunteers

Without our volunteers the uniform shop cannot run so please help if you can. Enquiries to newboroughuniforms@gmail.com

Uniform Opening Hours

Uniform shop is open Tuesdays 8 - 845 am. Alternatively you can pay via bank deposit into the P&C account and email me your order. I’ll deliver the order to your child’s classroom.

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.

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

Canteen News

New Term 4 Menu

As the weather heats up, we're looking for new and fresh ideas (for Recess and Lunch) to add to the Term 4 menu. If you would like the opportunity to contribute, please email me your idea or recipe to newborough.canteen.manager1@gmail.com.

Volunteers

We are always in need of any assistance parents/grandparents can provide. We'd particularly like to thank one Pre-Primary Grandmother who caught two buses and a train and worked a double shift.

Even if you have an hour to spare we'd very much appreciate your time. It's a fun environment, no experience necessary and you'll be well supported so there's no need to feel anxious.

Regards
Amanda Meyer
Canteen Manager

School Banking

One of the great things about school banking is that it’s designed to reward regular savers. It doesn’t matter how much the kids deposit – what’s important is making saving a regular part of their weekly routine. If your child hasn’t banked in a while, pop in next Wednesday to check how many tokens they’ve already earnt (tokens don’t expire each year). This term we have 8 rewards to choose from with new goodies added every term.

And if the kids need any more motivation to save – it’s worth reminding them they earn a bonus 1.8% interest on their account (on top of their standard 0.5% interest) if they make at least one deposit and no withdrawals each calendar month.

See you before school next Wednesday in the library.

Sonia Johansen
School Banking Co-Ordinator

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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.

Community News

BRICKTOBER 2019

When? Last weekend of School Holidays: October 12th – 13th
What? An exhibition of models built from Lego Bricks with 66 Exhibitors.
Where? Curtin Stadium at Curtin University, Bentley Campus.

Deanmore Dental – School Holidays Clinic Closure

Week 1

North Beach Dental Therapy Clinic
Tuesday – 1 October 2019 – Thursday 3 October

Marmion Dental Therapy Clinic
Friday – 4 October 2019

Week 2

Yuluma Dental Therapy Clinic
Monday – 7 October 2019 – Wednesday 9 October 2019 and Friday 11 October

Marmion Dental Therapy Clinic
Thursday 10 October 2019

N.B Should an emergency arise after clinic hours or during a apublic holiday please contact the emergency service on 1800 098 818, your local practitioner, or the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia on 08 6457 4400

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 neighbourhoodFEELING UNSURE? KNOCK ON A SAFETY HOUSE DOOR!

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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