22 September 2017

Newsletter Articles

School Vision

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Open Night

We hope that parents and family members had a great time at this week’s Open Night. Many thanks go to our staff who spent a lot of time preparing for the night.

Planning for 2018

Now is the time when we begin planning classes for next year. With that in mind I would appreciate being advised, as soon as possible, if your child will be leaving Madeley Primary in 2018. Student enrolments determine what our staffing allocation will be so we need as accurate a number as possible. In early Term 4 we will begin arranging classes for 2018. Relevant information about how classes are formed includes:

• Classes are structured based on enrolments and recommended class sizes. Classes are then constructed to maintain a gender balance and an even distribution of student needs/abilities in each class.
• We aim to maintain at least one friendship for each child where possible but this is not guaranteed.
• Composite classes are an inevitability over which we have no control but students are not disadvantaged by such arrangements. The same class selection approach is taken in these classes as all others. We do try and avoid repeated years in composite classes if possible.

The process we use:

1. A draft class structure is created based on student enrolments (predicted)
2. Staff meet to discuss and allocate students to draft classes, consideration is given to:
   a. Student academic needs
   b. Student behavioral needs
   c. Student social needs
   d. Gender balance
   e. Previous placement in composite class
   f. Parent comments/requests
3. Admin review draft classes and meet with staff to clarify, modify, confirm classes
4. Staff meet to discuss final placements (this may involve multiple meetings)
5. Classes are displayed for parents and students outside the Library. This will not happen until the beginning of Term 1, 2018 as there is a strong chance that enrolments will change over the holidays and a restructure of classes will take place.

If there are any matters you would like us to consider (that are based on educational grounds) we ask that you submit them to me in writing (Stephen.bevan@education.wa.edu.au) before the end of Week 2, Term 4 – Friday, 20th October. Please note that requests for particular teachers will not be considered under any circumstances. Requests received after draft classes are formed may not be considered.

I would like to assure all families that we go to great lengths to structure classes to meet the needs of every student. This is a complex process that is given a great deal of time and effort.

Community Surveys

Many thanks go to the parents who took the time to complete this year’s Community Survey. The surveys will now be collated and analysed with information being used to inform our planning for 2018 and beyond.

Failure! What a Genius Idea

The latest Parenting Ideas article by Michael Grose is attached to this newsletter for your information. The article looks at the importance of ‘failure’. Michael suggests in his article that “…failure is an integral part of learning anything significant, challenging or worthwhile. Resilient learners realise that they don't always get things right the first or even second time but with effort and practice they will master skills, find solutions and gain the knowledge they need to succeed.”

Failure occurs when learning both academic and social skills. We do our children a disservice when we protect them from their social failures. Facing consequences for behaviour is part of the learning process. If we justify their behaviour or look to blame others instead of truly seeing how their behaviour contributed to making the social situation worse rather than better than they will never learn from their mistakes. At Madeley we talk a lot about the benefit of having thinking rather than feelings in charge of our decision making especially in a conflict situation. By doing this we are more likely to make strong decisions that help to resolve conflict rather than enflame it.

The People’s Pick Awards

The Department of Education is asking parents and students to tell us who makes a difference in our school. Parents and students can recognise dedicated and talented staff and give our school a chance to win a $1000 Modern Teaching Aids voucher by nominating a staff member.

Kiss and Drive

The Kiss and Drive zone is provided for your child’s safety, your convenience and to minimise as much congestion and confusion as possible.

Kiss and Drive rules include…

• The zone is not for parking – you may stop to drop off or pick up children for a maximum of 2 minutes
• Drivers must remain with their vehicle
• Children must exit or enter the car as quickly as possible and not spend time talking outside the vehicle
• Drivers must move their vehicle carefully forward when a space becomes available. Always drop off or pick up your child at the top of the zone.
• Children should always enter and exit the vehicle on the kerb side. The back seat is the safest seat for children to travel in. Ensure seatbelts are fastened before driving off.
• No U-turns. Do not do a U-turn in a busy school zone. They are dangerous and put our children at risk. There are roundabouts nearby for you to turn around.
• Be patient, courteous and kind. Everyone wants to pick up their child safely and leave as quickly as possible.

Problems with Social Media

We have had reports of students using social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook, Musical.ly to interact inappropriately with others. Parents are reminded that primary school aged students should not have their own account on any of these sites or be left unsupervised when using them. Parents need to be diligent in monitoring their child’s use of digital resources in order to protect them and teach them how to stay safe when online.

Language Teaching 2018

The school has registered to participate in the KETAWA Online Indonesian program in 2018. This will involve classroom teachers providing instruction to Year 3 students in Indonesian using a comprehensive set of online resources.

Changes to the Newsletter Term 4

At last week’s School Board meeting we discussed issues with the frequency and content of our newsletter. It was decided that we would trial sending home the newsletter three times per term (Week 1, 5 and 10). Connect would continue to be used to share and promote any immediate activities or events.

Lunchtime Eating

In an effort to improve the way we supervise students during lunch eating times and manage rubbish and recycling it has been decided to trial eating in the undercover area. This will start in Week 1 of next term.

School Uniform

We are very proud of our school and our school uniform. It is essential that students and parents support us by making sure that students wear the correct uniform every day. This includes the school jacket and hat.

School Watch

Parents and community members are asked to keep an eye on our school over the holiday period. In the past we have had instances of children and teenagers climbing on the roof and entering the fenced school area. If you see something suspicious please contact Education Security on 92644632 or the Police on 131 444.

Happy Holidays

On behalf of the staff at Madeley Primary School I wish all of our students and their families a safe and happy holiday. School recommences for Term 4 on Monday 9 October.

Happy holidays everyone!!

Stephen Bevan
Principal

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.

**Please be aware the dates published are a guide and may change**

Term Dates 2017

Operation Christmas Child

We are supporting Samaritan's Purse - Operation Christmas Child.

This activity involves the packing of a shoe box with suitable items for an underprivileged child somewhere in the world.

All boxes need to be returned to the school library by October 20th.

All boxes must include the cost of shipping, each box is $10.00

For more information please check out the Operation Christmas Child website.

Sport

Interschool Athletic Carnival

Congratulations to all of the students who represented Madeley at the Interschool Carnival competing against students from Ashdale Primary, Lansdale Primary and Carnaby Rise Primary. The final scores for the Interschool Carnival were:

Meritorious Shield (number of points divided by the number of students in the school)
1st Carnaby = 0.94 points per student
2nd Madeley = 0.92 points per student
3rd Ashdale = 0.66 points per student
4th Landsdale = 0.57 points per student

Champion's Shield
1st Ashdale = 426.5
2nd Landsdale = 407.5
3rd Madeley = 382
4th Carnaby = 140

Swimming Carnival Term 4

A new date has been confirmed for the Swimming Carnival which will be held on

Friday 24th November 2017, more information to follow in Term 4.

Congratulations

At Madeley Primary school we like to celebrate the success that comes from hard work and effort.

WELL DONE to all students who participated in a club or team event this term. Taking part in a sport or leisure activity is a great way to meet new people, have fun and stay healthy.

Soccer U12’s

Rabih Khilwati, Yousef Altar and Mason Mckechnie who are part of the soccer team ‘The Roos’ won their U12’s division 5 league.

The Grand Finals for U12’s division 5 were held on Sunday 17th September at Rosalie Park, The Roos (Wanneroo City Soccer Club) they played against Whitfords Football Club. It was a tough game and both sides played outstanding soccer.

Mixed Martial Arts

Amari Song, GLA4, represented her mixed martial arts club WAIMA Greenwood in her first competition on Sunday 17th September. The event was held by the International Sporting Kickboxing Association (ISKA) and was a state level event spanning self-defence techniques, extreme weapons, sumo wrestling/grappling and sparring. Competitors’ skills are pitted against age groups, regardless of gender or existing belt grade. Amari had a great day, having a ball and coming away with state runner up U10s for Sumo and Points Sparring.

Ms Shannon Kekula
PE Teacher

Classes

Red Kindy & DLA4

Red Kindy and the Year 5's have been busy over the last 5 Thursday afternoons with Technology!

Kindy children have been learning about farm animals. They each had a Year 5 buddy from Mr Keunen's class, chose an animal and suitable boxes to make their animal with the help of their buddy.

Over the weeks they were very busy constructing their chosen animals, using a variety of materials and tools.

On the last afternoon we spent a happy hour in the sunshine painting the animals.

Everyone had lots of fun and we loved having Mr Keunen's Year 5's in our classroom!

Free Parenting Seminars at Madeley Primary School

Positive Parenting Program Term 4, 2017

A well-researched and evidence-based parenting program is being offered to parents/carers at Madeley PS in Term 4 2017. Research has demonstrated the acceptability of the Triple P strategies across cultures.

Parents/carers are invited to attend free parenting seminars to learn practical, positive and effective ways to:

• strengthen bonds with their children;
• encourage children’s social and language skills;
• develop children’s emotional self-regulation, independence and problem solving ability;
• manage common behavioural concerns.

Parents of children aged between 3 and 8 years are welcome to attend. Parents may choose to attend one, two or all four of the following seminars and/or discussion group:

When:

Seminar Series:

Thursday 12th Oct 9am – 10:30am Seminar One: The Power of Positive Parenting
Thursday 19th Oct 9am – 10:30am Seminar Two: Raising Confident Competent Children
Thursday 26th Oct 9am – 10:30am Seminar Three: Raising Resilient Children

Discussion Group:

Wednesday 25th Oct 9am – 11am Discussion Group: Dealing with Disobedience

Venue: Madeley Primary School (please sign in at Administration Office)
Cost: Free – however bookings are essential.

For more information, or to register to attend any or all of these free parenting seminars please:

Complete the slip below and return to Madeley PS Administration Office by Friday 22nd September.

Year 6 Camp

The Year 6 2017 Camp has been finalised. It will be held from Wednesday11th October until Friday13th October (Week 1, Term 4). We will be attending Kerem Adventure Camp which is located in Bullsbrook. Students will be staying in cabin/dorm type accommodation for two nights.

Some of the activities include:

Team Building Games, Zorb Balls, Colour Run, Archery, Rock Climbing, Low Ropes and Disc Golf.

As Kerem is in Bullsbrook, we are asking parents to arrange for their child to be dropped off at the camp school at 10.00am on the Wednesday and picked up from the venue at 2.00pm on the Friday. If parents are unable to transport their child to and/or from the venue, we ask that you organise another child’s parents to do this for you. If you have difficulty with this please indicate on the Camp Contract (attached).

Kerem Adventure Camp Address: 100 Kirby Rd, Bullsbrook WA

ATTACHED DOCUMENTS TO KEEP:

• Packing list
• Itinerary for the week

Yours sincerely,

Mr Mario Taddei and Mrs Dawn Chester

STEM

Equipment Needed

To go with our new outdoor sink we are after some donations of the following items:

• Plastic funnels and sieves
• Plastic tubing or plastic pipes ( small/short pieces and pliable)
• Teapots
• Muffin trays
• Small plastic jugs/watering cans
• Cake/loaf tins
• Oven trays
• Small pots or saucepans

If you have any of the above items can you please pass them onto your child's classroom teacher.

Blue Kindy

In week 9, students from Mr Keunen's Year 5 class visited Blue Kindy to teach them how to use robots. Beforehand, the Kindy students shared their ideas about what they think a robot is and they were surprised to discover that the robots were not what they expected! The students worked in mixed groups of Kindy and Year 5 students and rotated through four STEM activities. All students took part in the following activities.

1. Spheros, which allowed the students to code the robot to control its movement and colour changes.
2. Dash, which the students controlled to play a xylophone, make sounds and move around the room.
3. Drawing the Dot robot to identify all of its parts.
4. Using the Osmo app on the iPads to play an interactive tangram game.

The students had great fun whilst learning a lot of new skills. In week 10, the Year 5s will be visiting Purple and Red kindy students.

Jenny Wheeler
STEM Coordinator

School Services

School Canteen

Thank you to all the families who took the time to fill out the Canteen Survey.

We appreciate all the comments and suggestions and have done our best to include some of these in the new Summer Canteen Menu.

We can not put all suggestions into play at the canteen, as we do have some restrictions, but we do our very best to come up with a menu that suits most of our children's taste buds and requirements.

Muffins: Homemade Chocolate and NEW Berry Muffins are available
Wraps: Wraps are available and can be ordered under, Chicken, Ham or Tuna Roll, toasted for and extra 50c
Margarine: Margarine is not used except for Vegemite sandwiches, so please remember this if you ordering a sandwich or roll, feel free to add Margarine.

NEW SUMMER ITEMS :

Berry Smoothies
Frozen Watermelon Wedges
Fresh Pasta Salad (Cold) (V)
Vegetable Lasagne (GF) & (V)
Regular Cheese Burger
Margarita Focaccia Pizza Slice (V)

Have a safe holiday, and we look forward to seeing you in Term 4.

Regards

Toni and Jillian

School Nurse

Healthy Start to Kindy 2018

• Top Tips for starting School
• 4 year old Developmental Milestones
• Healthy lunchboxes and lifestyle
• Health Topics:
  - Sleep and Rest
  - Immunisation
  - Managing Head lice
  - Managing Misbehaviour
  - Toileting
• Meet your Community Health Nurses and Q & A’s

Locations:

Marangaroo Family Centre 27/09/17 1pm-4pm
Warradale Community Centre 28/09/17 9-12pm
Wanneroo Library 04/10/17 9-12pm
Pearsall Hocking Community Centre 05/10/17 9-12pm

Bookings recommended: phone 9400 9500

Joondalup CACH Base

Head Lice

It is important that parent/guardians check their child/childrens head and, if necessary, treat any lice or eggs. Children must be treated for head lice before they can return to school.

In the interests of the other children at school, it is our policy to contact parents of children who are found to have head lice and request that they be picked up and treated accordingly.

Caroline Turich | Community Health Nurse
T: (08) 9345 7101

P&C News

P&C Dates

The next P&C meeting will be held on Wednesday 25th October at 7:30pm in the staffroom

P&C meeting dates for 2017 are:

25th October
6th December

Please check the Facebook page for confirmation of meeting dates.

Entertainment Books

Entertainment books are still available - please click on the link below or you can visit the school office for an order form. It is available in printed or digital format for $70 - $14 of this is donated to the P&C. The digital version will be available for immediate upload to your phone, the printed version will be sent to your child's class.

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.

The Fathering Project

Fathering Project- Madeley Champion Dads

The Fathering Project’s Schools’ Program aims to positively promote the important role of fathers, and father figures, to the entire school community through the formation of our “Madeley Champion Dads Fathering Project’ group.

Event: The Big Camp Out 14th Oct.

As part of The Fathering Project, The Big Camp Out offers fathers the chance to spend quality one on one time with their child in a unique camp out experience at Domain Stadium, you could very well be one of the last people to use the oval.

This event is designed for fathers/ father figures and kids aged 5-12 years to offer a special camping opportunity.

The event runs from 3pm Saturday afternoon to 12 noon Sunday morning. There will be a range of fun activities co-ordinated by Outdoors WA on both days.

For more details and to register for the event please follow the link.

For useful weekly tips, we currently have a Facebook Page- "Madeley Champion Dads Fathering Project" and we also encourage people to also like and follow "The Fathering Project" which is the support behind our group.

For more information on the three facilitating organisations, please check out the following links;

Before & After School Care

Camp Australia

For information regarding bookings before and after school care, please visit…

Bookings are now open for our newest school holiday adventure – ‘Time Jump’.

Please refer to website or leaflet for more information

Did you know that in some very remote Indigenous communities, only 1 in 5 children can read at Australia’s minimum literacy standard?

We are proud to support the Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) to help close the Indigenous literacy gap as well as help increase language, literacy and numeracy standards across Australia.

To help raise awareness, we will be participating in the Wall of Hands Campaign. Throughout term 3, we aim to provide over 1,000 literacy packs to Indigenous primary school aged children across Australia.

Children in our programs will engage in activities that help in closing the Indigenous literacy gap. With the Camp Australia Foundation, dollar matching all donations, we will also be helping to raise much needed funds.

Visit Us in Program to Find Out More

You are welcome to drop in anytime and see how we are helping to bridge the Indigenous literacy gap in our programs.

Community News

Please check the ‘Noticeboard’ at the end of the newsletter for more Community News, Clubs and Activities in the local area.

ECU Kids Holiday Program

The ECU Kids Holiday Program is a sport based program offering children a variety of different sports and activities to participate in during the school holidays. The program provides a great environment to develop skills and make new friendships.

If your child is ready for an exciting holiday program that is not only fun, but also good for them, then you have come to the right place. Activities are structured so they are appropriate for each age group and are supervised by experienced and skilled staff.

Our program dates for 2017 are:

Sept 26th-Oct 6th; December 18th- 22nd

Program Prices:

$42 full Day
$26 half Day

First time at ECU? Try our program for FREE! Upgrade to a full day for only $26

Contact Information:

Joondalup Ph:6304 5000
Mt Lawley Ph:6304 6700

VACSWIM

VacSwim is Australia’s longest running program operating in both the October and January school holidays, offering swimming lessons for children five to 17 years of age.

Your children can join in the fun of learning to swim and vital swimming and water safety skills with lessons conducted at pools and open water venues across the State.

VacSwim has grown from its beginnings in 1919 when five instructors taught 248 children at three venues, to become the largest vacation swimming program in Australia. In recent years, 47,000 children participate in lessons each year with more than 1500 qualified instructors at more than 180 locations throughout the State.

For any queries on VacSwim programs and locations, please telephone 9402 6412 or email vacswim@education.wa.edu.au

Tennis For Juniors

Only $70 EARLYBIRD for 6 classes in Term 4 2017

• Boys & Girls aged 3 - 8 Years
• Skills based intro to Tennis
• Indoor sessions
• Modified equipment
• Ideal for beginners
• Age appropriate programs
• Parent help for 3 - 4 year olds
• TENNIS RACQUET TO KEEP!

Location:

Landsdale Primary School - The Broadview, Landsdale
Greenwood College - 79 Coolibah Drive, Greenwood

Starts:

Saturday 21st October
3 and 4 year olds - 9.45am to 10.30am
5 and 6 year olds - 10.30am to 11.15am
7 and 8 year olds - 11.15am to 12.00pm

COST: $90 FOR 6 SESSIONS AND A TENNIS RACQUET FOR YOU TO KEEP!

ENROL + PAY ONLINE AT:

Alternatively call the office on 1300 772 106

Limited Spaces!

To receive the Earlybird price of $70 you need to Enrol + Pay before 27th SEPTEMBER 2017

Kids Holiday Cooking Classes

3 Hours of food fun in the Holidays

Hands on Cooking Food Science Experiments

For kids aged 6-16 $75.00

Thursday 28th Sept 9.30am - 12.30pm

Building a healthy relationship between your children and food is important and we are here to help!

In this 3-hour, fun filled kids cooking class, not only do we get your kids cooking up delicious and nutritious food but we get them doing some amazing food science experiments to show them what food that is high in sugar, salt and fat does to our cells.

We will have them gasping in horror at what goes in to processed meat and teach them how to make up nutritious smoothies, high fibre cookies and sausage rolls they will gobble up with ooh’s and aah’s and mmm’s.

Call us today to secure your place (08) 9385 7755

NUTRITION FORCE Suite 1, Level 1 401 Scarborough Beach Rd. Osborne Park, WA, 6017 M 0476 007 394