26 May 2021

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

Colour Run

Congratulations Newborough. The P&C Colour Run held on Saturday 15th May was an absolutely fantastic event for our school. It was tremendous fun bringing the community together. Our timing could not have been better with the lifting of COVID lockdown restrictions just a week prior. Well maybe the day could have been a bit warmer but I don’t think the participants minded too much. Whilst we still need to be cautious this was the first real Newborough PS event for nearly a year and a half that we could all attend. I know the P&C will do a write up later in the newsletter with announcements for funds raised and extra titbits, however there are some people who deserve special recognition. The event highlighted the wonderful organisation particularly from Bec Gregory and Carly Fowkes who worked solidly for weeks. They were able to muster a great team of parent and staff helpers who made the day so memorable. It was great to have so many staff come along, some got right into it, with others just to cheer everyone along. Special thanks to our Master of Ceremonies, Mark Blatchford and the effervescent Andrew Winton who entertained us with his sensational music and wit. The pictures paint a thousand colourful words. Thank you to Allen Pyrah from ASP Photography.

Year Four Round Table

Each year our student leaders lead a forum for each year level from Pre-Primary to Year Six to share student’s thoughts and ideas about the school. It is a great way for our leaders to engage with fellow students and develop their leadership skills. It is also a great opportunity for me to hear student voice and share ideas. The latest Round Table was chaired by Harry Gregory with Year Four students Indigo, Noah, Cayden and Sophie. Miss Deb, our new Chaplain joined in helping take notes and see what we do.

The Year Fours really like:

• The Nature playground, lots of activities to do and lots of sport areas
• Using games to learn in class
• The school values, Goldies, Class Passes and Golden time for doing the right things at school
• Feeling safe because of the school behaviour, protective fence and the new shelter for the Year Sixes students and parents to use. There is always someone ther to help and make you feel good
• The Library is nice, peaceful and relaxing

Our school could be better if:

• The Library was open for some lunchtimes
• Paint murals behind the Junior toilet area and Senior student toilets (Like the Junior toilets have already). There was also an idea to grow a virtual painted mural tree with a leaf for each student and staff that can be added to each year

The Year Fours were concerned that some students are too rough on the flying fox and they would like to have a sleep over at school in Year Five so they get used to being away from home ready for the Year Six camp.

All these thoughts and ideas go back to the Student Leadership team and Admin for further consideration.

Our next Round Table is with the Year Fives on Thursday 27th May.

Cyber Safety and Protective Behaviours

Last Wednesday our school hosted a parent and staff session on Cyber Safety. The workshop was facilitated by Katie Vos from Child Safety Services. We gratefully thank Mrs Natalie Alach for sourcing funding from NGALA and Department of Communities and organising the evening. There were 31 attendees. A great response from our school community, especially after the big Colour Run commitments on the previous weekend. The target audience was for parents with a focus on what can be done at home. The partnership between home and school is so important for the safety and wellbeing of our students. This session was very informative and provided a great deal of background information, access to resources and useful strategies. Cyber Safety is very real and highly relevant for our students and families as the digital world rapidly increases and our reliance grows on social media and the connectivity of electronic devices. One of the keys messages is that we need to keep up to date with what is happening and be in control of the information received and most importantly the information we divulge. It is frightening to realise that any information we put out can be used and very quickly, often without our realising it. I commend to you two websites that are worth looking at and bookmarking.

Staffing Update

Commencing at the start of Semester Two there will be several staff changes in classrooms.

Miss Katie Ahren’s will be taking long service leave for Semester Two. Mrs Saggers, a very experienced Pre-primary teacher, will be full time teacher with the Room 4 Pre-Primaries.

Mrs Lori Beatty, Pre-primary Room 3 has opted to work four days a week Monday to Thursday from Week Two next semester to use her available long service leave. Her replacement for Friday’s is Mrs Kara Varcoe who was Kindy DOTT teacher last year and knows the children in Room 3 very well and is looking forward to this appointment.

As Mrs Saggers moves to her now full-time position in the Pre-primary she will be replaced in Mrs Farmer’s Year 3 class by Miss Shereen Sidhu on Thursday and Fridays. Miss Sidhu has done lots of teacher relief and successfully completed her final teacher School Experience in Miss Kos’ Year Four classes two years ago.

Mr Freeman’s class will welcome back Mrs Kelly Hughes each Wednesday as she returns from parenting leave.

We wish all our staff taking well-earned leave an enjoyable, energising break. To staff taking on new roles we thank you and wish you every success.

Committed To Community – WA Education Awards

The talent, passion and drive of every person in a child’s life helps shape their future. Strong, innovative teams of educators and support staff make all the difference in ensuring a successful pathway for every student.

School staff, school boards and parents and citizens’ associations are invited to submit nominations for the WA Education Awards.

To see the list of awards and download a nominations guide go to the link below.

Reconciliation Week

This year National Reconciliation Week is celebrating 20 years of recognition and action. Officially the dates are from Thursday 27th May to Wednesday 3rd June. Newborough’s our main Reconciliation focus will be combined with NAIDOC Week at the end of Term Two with a concert by former student Gina William’s and her singing partner Guy Ghouse for students, parents and staff. This will be promoted further as we get closer and is on Wednesday 30th June from 11:00-12:00. Gina is a proud Noongar woman who writes and performs in Noongar language. Her beautiful songs include the Kalyakoorl and Boorda songs featured on You Tube and Ted Ex. Kalyakoorl and Boorda | Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse | TEDxPerth - Bing video .

The Library has an excellent display of books and resources on display and classes may do some of their own activities.

KINDNESS

John Worthy
Principal

TERM DATES

2021

School Directory

Winter Sports

All students attending Interschool Winter Sports on Friday 28 May 2021, please bring a packed lunch. Your lunch time will be earlier at 12.30pm.

Please note students attending this carnival will NOT be able to order lunch from the canteen.

2022 Kindergarten Enrolments Open

Applications Close Friday 23 July 2021

Applications are now open for our 2022 Kindergarten program at Newborough Primary School.

Children born between 1st July 2017 and 30th June 2018 will be eligible to start Kindy next year and applications should be made before Friday, 23 July 2021.

If you have a child or know a neighbour who has a child with a birthday between these dates, please complete an Application For Enrolment before Friday 23rd July this year.

To make an application to attend Newborough Primary, please complete an “Application for Enrolment form”, this can be downloaded from our website at the link below or picked up at our school office.

When returning the application form please bring with you originals: -

• Child’s Birth Certificate
• Current Australian Immunisation Register Statement - Must say ‘Up To Date’ and dated within the last 3 months)
• Current Proof of Residential Residence – 1 document from list below
  - City of Stirling Rates - – dated within the last 3 months
  - Electricity & Gas Account (eg Synergy, Alinta Gas or Water Corp) - dated within the last 3 months
  - Signed Rental Agreement – Must show both parties Signatures
• Visa Documentation for Child and Parent (if applicable)
• Family Court Orders (if applicable)

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.

2021 Student Diaries Available

We have a limited number of student diaries available from our school office for $10. If you would like a school diary, please make payment via direct deposit (see details below). Please email proof of payment to newborough.ps@education.wa.edu.au. Once payment has cleared we will deliver to your child’s teacher.

Newborough Primary School
BSB: 016 350
Account: 3408 71304

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

Pre-Primary Room 4

On Wednesday, students from Room 4 participated in the National Simultaneous Story time. Every year, schools, early learning centres and libraries across Australia read the same book at the same time to promote reading, picture books and Australian authors. This year’s story “Get Me Some Space” by Philip Bunting was read from the International Space Station by NASA Astronaut Shannon Walker. Students also got to “meet” the author as well, and had a try at drawing their own rocket.

K. Ahrens
Classroom Teacher

Ripper Reader

The Ripper Reader program has been a great success over several years. We have had hard working Parents 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 email Ms Murray (nadine.murray@education.wa.edu.au) in Room 7.

P&C News

Nature Play Redevelopment

We hope you were able to have a look at the proposed Nature Playground designs completed by Nature Based Play that were on display at the Colour Run on Saturday 15th. The P&C has been working with Nature Based Play to come up with a design that will not only be engaging, fun, challenging and meet the developmental needs of our students but one that will also be long lasting and low maintenance (cost) in the future. The initial feedback has been great and we think the design is pretty impressive so far. The students have had great fun placing their coloured dots on the play items that they would most like to see in the final design.

The P&C welcomes any and all feedback from parents. The designs are currently on display in the library and will be on the soft fall area for viewing at the next assembly also. Parents can feedback by way of writing on the post-it notes available with the display and placing in the feedback jar, emailing the P&C via newboroughpcsec@gmail.com or in person at the next P&C meeting scheduled for week 8, Wednesday 9th June at 7pm in the library.

The P&C meeting being held in week 8 will be the end of the feedback/consultation period with parents. Following that Nature Based Play will be instructed to make any changes and develop the final design to be submitted for the tendering process. The current design is estimated to cost $115,000 to completion. This may of course change following the feedback period and evaluation of funds available once Colour Run donations and contributions from Stuart Aubrey are all finalised.

If you have any questions, input, concerns or feedback then now is the time, so please come along to the meeting to discuss or may you forever hold your peace!

Canteen News

Term 2 Menu

With the cooler weather upon us, we’ve added some winter warmers to the Term 2 menu. Soup and Beef Casserole with rice and vegies will be available soon. We’ve also added a new Picnic Snack Pack. Have a look at the new menu for more information.

Canteen - How to Order

Volunteers

Thank you to the parents and grandparents who have already given their time to help the Canteen so far this year. We are encouraging volunteers via the Parent Reps. Please keep an eye out from your Parent Rep advising of your classroom’s turn.

Even if it’s not your classroom’s turn to assist, we are always happy for any time you can spare. Below is a link to the Volunteer Roster. Although a busy environment, it’s a supportive and friendly one. If you’re thinking of volunteering and have any questions, please feel free to pop in Monday/Wednesday/Friday or e-mail me at newborough.canteen.manager1@gmail.com.

Regards
Amanda

Uniform Shop News

New winter pants to arrive soon!!

We have all our stock available, we will no longer be having any long sleeve polo’s, Kindy or Pre-Primary shirts

If you have some spare time on Tuesday mornings we would welcome your help in the uniform shop Your valuable time is greatly appreciated

UNIFORM SHOP Hours

Tuesdays 8:15-8:45am.

ORDERS

Uniform ordering can be made via QuickCliq (if you know the size). The cut off time is Mondays at 6pm to receive by Wednesday of the same week. Any orders after Monday at 6pm will be processed the following week.

Birthday Cakes/Gifts for Students

A reminder that we are not allowing the sharing of birthday cakes, presents etc. for birthdays or other celebrations due to the COVID restrictions. It remains too risky.

PICKING UP YOUR CHILD DURING THE DAY

If your child needs to be collected from school during school hours (eg. attending an appointment or leaving early), can you please email the school at newborough.ps.absentee@education.wa.edu.au and your child’s class teacher ahead of time (the day before or in the morning would be great). Please include a reason for early pick up and the approximate time you will be here. This will help with coordinating your child to be waiting at the office when you arrive and lessen your wait time.

Community News

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