Newsletter – Week 3, Term 3 2022 – Message from Admin Team, Kapture Photos,Wembley Playgroup Open Day,Free Workshop Autism Spectrum, MS Readathon, Lost Property, Library News, Students Leaving, Picture Plates – last chance to order

Message from the Executive Administration Team

Dear parents and caregivers

We are certainly experiencing a blast in wintry weather this week. We have a wet weather protocol at the school and should there be rain or extreme weather such as a storm, we call ‘wet weather’ and students spend the break time indoors with time to visit the bathroom, go to the canteen and re-hydrate. As much as possible, we try to get students outside in the fresh air during their break times and exercising and socialising with their peers. The library is also open at lunchtime from Monday-Thursday for students who prefer a quiet break time indoors, with rotation between Year 1-3 and Year 4-6.

COVID-19: Parents and carers will be aware through the weekly email updates that COVID-19 is still present in our school community. When multiple cases emerge in a classroom, the parents and carers are notified by direct email. Classmates of positive cases are no longer classified as close contacts however, it is important families are aware so you can remain vigilant should any symptoms present themselves. Teachers are continuing to create learning at home resources for students who recover within their isolation period. Please contact your child’s teacher directly to commence home learning. If you need support with accessing the activities on Seesaw, please get in contact with our Admin team or the teachers so we can help you.

Important dates: This list of important dates was in the Week 1 newsletter but with so many events this term, I have repeated this again. We have also confirmed the Pre-primary-Year 2 carnival date as below. The Kindergarten students who attend on this day (Kindy A & C), will watch for a short time and join in with a fun running race before the PP-Year 2 students start their sprints. Kindy B & D groups will also have the chance to take part in a community event as they attend school on the Book Week Parade day and will be able to dress up and watch the older students parade around the oval. We welcome parents to attend all community events as spectators. Our students love nothing more than their families coming to support these special days in the school calendar.

Events and assemblies are also continually updated on our school calendar on the website here.

Term 3

Year 3-6 Athletics Carnival: Thursday 11 August (WA Athletics Stadium)

K-6 Book Week Parade: 9am Wednesday 24 August (School Oval)

PP-Year 2 Athletics Carnival: 9am Wednesday 31 August

Mrs Patricia Hawkes Retirement Assembly – 2:40pm Friday 2 September

K-6 Inquiry Learning Showcase: 3:30pm Friday 16 September (Open classrooms)

• Kindy A and C will hold their open classroom on Tuesday 13 September as 16 September is not a school day for these groups.

Interschool Athletics: Wednesday 14 September and Wednesday 21 September

PP-Year 6 P&C Colour Run: 1:40pm Friday 23 September (School Oval)

Teaching and Learning

100 Days of School: Our Pre-primary and Year 1 students had a wonderful time last week dressing up and taking part in a range of activities to celebrate being at school for a whole 100 days this year. What an achievement! For our Pre-primary students, this is their first full-time year at school and it can be such an adjustment from Kindergarten, daycare or being at home. In Year 1, they have been on the journey of adjusting to the ‘big school’ as it can affectionately be called.

This has also been a big change and they have done amazingly well with the support of their families and teachers. Parents and carers, you are doing a fantastic job assisting your child with this adjustment in their routine. I know what goes on behind the scenes as parent to a Pre-primary child myself. Thank you for supporting the school through events such as these and also to our teachers who work so hard to create engagement and opportunities for rich learning experiences

    

Community Engagement

School Board sub-committees: A feature of our community engagement strategy through the School Board, is the work of sub-committees to work through long-term projects or policy change that requires further consultation and discussion to enact positive changes for the benefit of our students and community.

Currently the school has two School Board sub-committees, one focused on the School Grounds Master Plan chaired by School Board member Jeff Gidman and a number of parents and staff. We recently called for the assistance of an architect to help us progress this work.  We also have a newly created sub-committee focusing on a review of the school uniform. School Board members Kellie Pearcey, Rachel Clay, Scott Crawley and I (Tamara Doig, principal) are at the beginning stages of reviewing our existing dress code.

One potential amendment is to consider including our recently commissioned indigenous design into our regular school uniform, which is featuring on the 2022 Year 6 Leavers shirts. We are also exploring how we can continue to align being Sun Smart with our school dress code. We are working through what is possible for suppliers to begin with and will keep the community updated and involved as we work through the policy review. Thank you to the Board for continuing to support the school through these processes. The impact of COVID in the past semester has slowed our work at times but we remain committed to community engagement with all that defines our school culture and learning environment.

‘Collaborate, Connect, Communicate and Care’.

Yours in learning

The Senior Leadership Team

Tamara, Milani, Rachel, Stacey and Natalie