26 August 2016

Newsletter Articles

School Vision

From the Principal

Dear Parents, Carers and Community Members

Business Plan

Over the past few months I have provided information in the newsletter about our new Business Plan including the school’s Vision, Values and Beliefs. In this newsletter I am providing you a brief outline of the Strategic Directions that we are planning over the next three years. These directions are organised under the school’s guiding principles which are Curriculum, Community and Care.

Curriculum

• Embed the Western Australian Curriculum into class planning, teaching and assessment
• Implement national and system initiatives across the school
• Build staff capacity to meet the diverse and changing needs of our students
• Develop whole school approaches to the teaching of literacy and numeracy
• Establish processes to ensure all endorsed programs and strategies are embedded in practice
• Develop and maintain positive trends in Year 3 and Year 5 NAPLAN
• Develop and maintain positive trends in Science achievement

Community

• Explore further opportunities to enhance community understanding of the role and responsibilities of the School Board
• Continue to develop and sustain positive relationships with parents and the community
• Maintain and strengthen our positive school culture within and across the school community

Care

• Continue to develop and promote the Positive Education focus adopted by the school as a basis for teaching social skills and developing positive behaviour

For more detail please check out the Business Plan on our website

NAPLAN

On Friday 26th August, students in Year 3 and 5 who participated in the NAPLAN testing will receive their report. Parents are welcome to make an appointment with their child’s teacher if they wish to discuss this report.

Kids with ADHD

At Madeley Primary School we promote key virtues including friendliness, courage, persistence/resilience, tolerance/acceptance and compassion. These virtues are sometimes difficult to model especially when someone behaves impulsively or without thought for others. ADHD is a behavioural disorder which many students live with. This disorder makes them inattentive, impulsive and overactive. Fortunately, there are many ways that ADHD can be managed to assist students to be successful at home and school. The list below provides some simple strategies that can help:

• developing consistent routines
• keeping rules clear and simple with calm reminders
• giving one or two instructions at a time
• close supervision
• ignoring minor irritating behaviours

Many students have family members or friends with ADHD. We recommend that you spend time talking with your child about ways to support those who have ADHD. There are plenty of websites with useful advice available on the web.

Staying Well

We have seen a rise in the number of unwell students at our school. There have been reported cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease, Chicken Pox and Influenza at the school in the past few weeks. It is essential that parents keep students who are feeling unwell at home. We ask that you remind your child about simple ways to protect themselves including:

• keeping their hands out of their mouth
• washing hands after using the toilet or before eating
• coughing or sneezing into a tissue or sleeve

The Impact of Nutrition on Student Learning Potential

There are a number of studies that clearly show that nutrition can directly affect mental capacity of children. Deficiency in iron, specific vitamins, minerals, amino acid and carbohydrates result in reduced cognition, mental concentration, perception, intuition and reasoning. Studies clearly show that improved nutrition can positively influence the cognitive ability and intelligence levels of students.

Students who eat well are likely to engage better, attend more regularly and behave more positively during school times. It is essential that parents provide their child with a nutritious breakfast and pack their lunchboxes with healthy food choices. The school promotes healthy eating through Health lessons as well as the Crunch-and-Sip program. Together we can help our students be prepared for learning success in the classroom.

Open Night

We have changed the time of the Open Night to 4.30 – 6.30pm on 7th September. Please come along and see what your children have been learning on this night. There will be a Coffee Van available on the night.

WAGSMS Concert

Last night our school choir performed at Crown Theatre as part of the Western Australian Government Schools Music Society concerts. They did a wonderful job and we thank them for their efforts. Special thanks also go to Mrs Campione and all the staff and parents who supported her to get our choir prepared for this wonderful event.

Have a great weekend everyone

Stephen Bevan
Principal

Absence Notification

It is important that the school is notified of any student absence. There is a new way to notify us. A New Absentee Form which is located on Schoolzine, Madeley Primary School Newsletter Menu Bar.

Example of Newsletter Menu Bar

School Calendar & Important Dates

The School Calendar is updated regularly and can be synched to your phone/computer for easy access. Please check the calendar for dates and further details of activities.

Student Free Days

Class News

GLA3 & GLA4

Our Assembly Item
By Lucy McSweeney from GLA4

One rainy and damp morning, I woke up early because it was our assembly item about the Golden Rule. I said to my mum, “Hurry up we’re going to be late, it’s 7.38am.” So we got in the car and my mum was taking so long getting out the driveway that I told her to hurry.

We arrived at school at 8am and got into our costumes. My class walked down to the undercover area very quietly, but when all the classes started to arrive I got butterflies in my tummy. I was nervous, but after a while I started to feel more confident.

Our assembly item was beginning and I was so mad at the box that I was wearing. It was scratching me all over, but it was funny when the box went over my head.

I loved the finale dance. I loved that part where we had to clap and do the rolling action with our arms. I was nervous when I had to speak in front of the whole school and parents that I started to shake. I felt like I was going to faint. I was so excited and happy to do our assembly item.

Our Assembly Item
By Alexandre Rodrigues Gomes from GLA4

One Thursday morning I had woken up really excited. In fact, I had never been so excited and nervous to go to school in my life because it was the year 2/3 GLA3 and GLA4 assembly day!

I was so excited that I nearly banged my head on the side of the bed while I was getting dressed for school. After that I rushed downstairs getting more and more nervous by the second. I ate my breakfast really fast and went to school.

When I got to school, I jumped out of the car, grabbed my bag and ran to my classroom. Once I got to my classroom, I put my costume on and we set off to the undercover area. Our assembly item was about the book ‘The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig’.

When we did the final dance, my hat fell off and at one part I started to free dance too early. At last I said, “That assembly I did was the best assembly ever.”

Sport News

Interschool Cross Country

Well done to our Interschool Cross Country Team who won the cross country for the 3rd year in a row. Fantastic effort by our team. We finished 14 points in front of Ashdale in a field of seven schools. Go Madeley!

Thanks to all the parents for their support and to Miss Cawthorne for your help on the day.

JUMPS, THROWS, 400m, 800m –

Tuesday 30th August

Selected Students will be competing in one or perhaps more of the events listed below. Letters have gone home with student. These events are part of the 2016 faction carnival which concludes on Thursday. If you would like to come down and watch please do so. Please be aware that the times listed are APPROXIMATE only and events may run earlier than stated. The carnival will be postponed to the next fine day if the weather is wet. Students are permitted to compete barefoot, however, if you prefer your child to wear shoes please inform Mr Moon. All events are to take place on the school oval.

PROGRAM OF EVENTS

Yr3 Long Jump & Yr4 Tee ball Throw 9:00am
Yr4 Long Jump & Yr3 Tee ball Throw 9:40am

Recess

Yr5 Long Jump & Yr6 Tee ball Throw 10:55am
Yr6 Long Jump & Yr5 Tee ball Throw 11:40am

Lunch

Yr3 400m 1:15pm
Yr4 400m 1:20pm
Yr5 800m 1:30pm
Yr6 800m 1:40pm

I do require parent helpers for the jumps and throws so if you are able to assist please let me know at jarred.moon@education.wa.edu.au

Faction Athletics Carnival

Thursday 1st September

The Faction Athletics Carnival is to be held on the school oval on Thursday 1st September. The carnival is for Kindy to Year 6 students and we expect all students to compete, however, if your child can’t compete due to illness or injury please inform the class teacher in writing. Please be aware that we may have to postpone the carnival to the next fine day if we experience wet weather. The carnival events program is included with this note.

WHAT TO BRING:

Drink bottle of water
Recess and Lunch (if not ordering)
ASTHMA PUFFERS (if needed)

WHAT TO WEAR:

Blue shorts/skirt/skorts/tights
Faction coloured shirt
Sport shoes and socks
School hat and sunscreen

**Students will be allowed to compete barefoot unless a parent has informed the class teacher otherwise.

Students may also apply faction coloured zinc and hair spray at home. These items are not to be brought to school.

Parents if you are able to assist with setting up from 7am on the oval it would be appreciated.

Any parents wishing to erect their personal tent/shade must do so at the rear of the parent area so you don’t block the view of others.

Future Sporting Events

Eagles & Dockers Jumper Raffle

Do you love the Eagles or Dockers or know someone who does? If you do, buy some raffle tickets to be in the draw for a chance to win a Signed West Coast Eagles or Unsigned Fremantle Dockers Jumper

• We have one of each jumper to raffle. You may enter one or both of the raffles.
• Tickets are $5.00 each.
• The raffle for the jumpers will be drawn at the end of our School Athletics Carnival on Thursday 1st September 2016.
• The money raised goes towards the Year 6 Graduation.
• If you wish to enter the raffle, cut out and complete the slip below for the jumper you would like to go into the draw for, place it in an envelope along with the money and send it in to Mr Taddei in BLA2 or Mrs Chester in BLA1.

Music News

Australian School of Performing Arts

Tuesday 6th September at 2.15pm

The Australian Girls’ Choir will be attending Madeley Primary School on Tuesday 6th September, for years 1-6 female students. Interested girls will be invited to participate in a group workshop where the Australian Girls’ Choir will assess the most suitable level of training for each student. The Australian Girls’ Choir encourage, challenge and inspire girls as they learn to sing, dance and perform.

Leaflet and Permission Slip will be handed out next week.

Parents are asked to return the permission slip to the school if they are interested in having their daughter involved.

Mrs Campione

Science

SCIENCE WEEK 2016

The celebrations of Science went well. On Tuesday the weather was very kind to us and we had the Rocket Incursion. From observation and all reports I have had, the children thoroughly enjoyed launching and collecting rockets and in some cases learning a little about what powered them. Since the incursion, most children have seen the video taken by the rocket and recognised their house or identified which parts of the school and school grounds they could see from above.

During the week the children were involved in STEM based activities in the Science room. They worked through the activities with their teams and they learnt or developed some new skills and knowledge whether it was science based or just how to work within a group!

The daily puzzles were well subscribed and our daily winners are now playing science games at home with their families.

Those children that chose to enter the Robot design competition did a fantastic job. The judging came right down to the line and was finally decided by looking at how thoroughly the entrants followed the competition guidelines. Well done to all those who entered. You all made the judging extremely difficult!

The winners were:

K/PP Ryan Hou LLA3
Yr 1/2 Emily Nelligan GLA3
Yr 3/4 Lauren Schneider DLA2
Yr 5/6 Monique Cornall DLA4

If you would like to see these and all the other entries they will be on display in the Science room on Open Night.

You are also invited to come with your children and try out some of the activities the children were challenged by during Science Week.

Jenny Jones
(Science Specialist)

School Enrolments 2017

Pre-Primary 2017

Our current 2016 Kindergarten Students will be asked to confirm their intention to return to Madeley for 2017 later this year.

Please note existing students in Kindergarten who are residing ‘Out of Area’ will be required to re-apply for Pre-Primary 2017 by the end of term.

Kindergarten 2017

We are currently processing Kindergarten 2017 enrolments, if you’d like more information in regards to the enrolment process please come into the Administration Office or call 9302 3611 who will be able to assist you.

School Services

School Nurse

Head Lice

It has been brought to our attention that some students in the school have contracted head lice. It is imperative that you check your child’s head and if necessary, treat any lice and eggs.

Health Screen

It is recommended that any Kindergarten children that have not turned 4 yet, should have their health screen done as it may possibly affect their family benefits through Centrelink.

Mel Arnison, Community Health Nurse

School Banking

We need your help for SCHOOL BANKING to continue!

A big thanks to Kim Johnston who has been the volunteer parent for School Banking at our school. With Kim’s daughter ending her time with Madeley Primary at the end of this year, Kim is looking for a new School Banking Coordinator for 2017 .

The program requires a volunteer School Banking Co-ordinator to facilitate the banking and distribution of School Banking rewards. This only takes approximately an hour of your time one morning each week and the Commonwealth Bank will provide support in how to run the program. Your help with the program will greatly benefit students as they develop vital saving skills and also help our school with fundraising.

Currently, School Banking day is Tuesday, but this can be changed to another day to suit.

Please contact Kim on 0405 112 018 or Jenni Lee (Commonwealth Bank School Banking Specialist) by phoning 0457 514 257 if you would like to help. Alternatively, contact the school office on 9302 3611.

Library

Girraween Library

City of Wanneroo Libraries is holding a Free Events at GIRRAWEEN LIBRARY

• Tuesday 16th August - Celebrate The Reading Hour One, Two, Three - Read!
• Thursday 1st September - Living Eggs at the Library

P&C News

Sports Carnival – Canteen Support

The Sports Carnival will be held on Thursday 1st September.

Can you spare 15 minutes on the day of the carnival before lunch time to sort orders? Will you have some time during the break to sell drinks? Please come by the canteen on the day or let us know you’re available - we’d love to meet some new helpers!

Fathering Project

Thanks to all who attended and supported the ‘Fathering Project – Kids Drive-in Movie’ on 14th August.

The event was well attended and feedback has been very positive.

To keep updated on future events and information, Madeley Primary School families are encouraged to follow the ‘Madeley Champions Dads’ Facebook page.

More information about the Fathering Project can be found at http://www.thefatheringproject.org/

Facebook

Did you know that the Madeley P&C has a Facebook group? Please look us up at ‘Madeley P&C’ to join and keep up to date with the latest P&C information.

Entertainment Book

The Entertainment Book and the Entertainment Digital Membership can save you money and raise money for Madeley Primary School at the same time!

The Books sell for $65 and the school earns $13 for each one we sell.

Online ordering is available or alternatively, payment and order forms can be sent to the School Office.

The Entertainment Book Form can be downloaded from website

Next Meeting

The next P&C meeting will be held in the staffroom at 7:30pm on Wednesday 14th September 2016.

Before & After School Care

Camp Australia

The Camp Australia Newsletter is attached with details of all the activities during the last two weeks. For information regarding booking before and after school care, please visit.

School Cluster Information

Ashdale Secondary College General Enrolment 2017

Places Still Available at Ashdale Secondary College for 2017

To submit an Expression of Interest, please visit the Main Administration Office at Ashdale SC or Phone 9302 7100. More information can be found at

Ashdale Secondary College Presents

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Galileo Theatre, 75 Westport Parade, Darch

Friday 2nd September at 7pm
Saturday 3rd September at 1pm
Saturday 3rd September at 6pm

Students $ 5.00
Adults $10.00

Cash Ticket Sales at ASC Front Administration Office
Credit Card Ticket Sales phone 9302 7100
All enquiries to Terry.Pirlo@education.wa.edu.au