30 August 2019

Newsletter Articles

School Vision

From the Principal

Dear parents and caregivers,

Wow, our term is flying by so fast. We have many events coming up in the next few weeks and we look forward to seeing lots of parents joining us for these wonderful occasions.

Book Week

Our Book Week was a huge success, with over $1800 raised for the school. We would like to extend a very big thank you to Mrs AnnMaree Miller for all of her hard work in making this week such a fabulous success.

Open Night and Anniversary

We have just reached our 10 year milestone as a school and would like to invite all parents to our 10 year anniversary ceremony followed by our Open Night. The celebration will begin with an assembly in the Undercover Area followed by a journey of learning in your child/ren’s classroom/s. The event will take place on 24th September 2019, from 4:30pm – 6:30pm. We would love to see you all there.

NAPLAN

On Wednesday, the NAPLAN 2019 Summary information was released. The national summary preliminary NAPLAN results for 2019 show:

Compared with 2018:

• There has been an upturn for all student writing results, particularly Year 3, compared with last year.
• For the other test domains, results were close to, or not statistically significantly different, compared with last year.

Compared with the base year, 2008 (or 2011 for writing):

• The performance of Australian students in Year 5 numeracy, Years 3 and 5 reading, Years 3 and 5 spelling, and Year 3 grammar was above the NAPLAN 2008 average.
• Years 7 and 9 achievement in writing was below the NAPLAN 2011 average.

Individual student NAPLAN reports will be distributed to schools in mid-late September and will be sent home to families immediately thereafter.

Road Safety

Due to vast number of cars and students around the school at the end of the school day. I ask that parents pay particular attention to following the road and parking rules around the school. Please keep an eye out for students and please travel slowly to ensure that we keep all of our wonderful Madeley community members safe.

Bushfire Plan

Due to the Bushfire Season beginning in September, schools are required to have a Bushfire Plan. Please find the attached map of the evacuation route of students and the evacuation meeting point where staff and students will meet at, in the unlikely event of a bushfire emergency.

Swimming Carnival

Whilst last year’s Swimming Carnival was a great success for those who participated, we had a large number of our student population absent that day. In fact, we had more than double the number of absences on the day of the carnival, than the absences from the previous day. As a result, we have decided to cancel the Swimming Carnival from our annual calendar. Our calendar is filled with many events and we are now taking a more considered approach to the minimisation of distractions from our core business, the effective teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy.

One Big Voice

We wish our choir and Mr Bradstreet all the very best for their performance tonight at the Perth Arena for the One Big Voice Event. It is such a privilege for the students to perform at such a successful event and we hope they enjoy every moment of being part of it.

Staff Carpark

A reminder to all parents that the staff carpark is not a Kiss and Ride nor for use for parents to park in. The Kiss and Ride is right outside of the staff carpark on Martindale Ave and it is this location that parents are permitted to drop off students, if dropping at the front of the school. The staff carpark is only permitted for access by staff and other visitors to the school who are not family members of students.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Lainie Beccegato
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**

Up & Coming Events

Term Dates

Semester 2

Term 3 - Mon 22 July - Fri 27 September
Term 4 - Mon 14 October - Thu 19 December

Staff Development Days

School closed to students on the following days:

Friday 1st November 2019
Friday 20th December 2019

Assembly Dates

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

Lost Property

Students' personal property should be clearly marked with full name.

Please make identification markings as clear as possible and renew when faded.

All lost property is sent to the Lost Property box outside the covered assembly area. At the end of each term, items are displayed for classes and parents to inspect. Every effort is made to return named items. Unmarked items of school uniform will be placed in the spare clothing pool. Other items (non-school uniform) will be delivered to a local clothing charity centre.

Students should not bring valuable items including electronic devices to school for use at playtime. Supervision of such property is difficult and loss or damage may occur.

10th Year Anniversary Celebration and Open Night.

We invite you to be part of our Formal Assembly and Celebrate with us on

Date: 24th September 2019
Time: 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Location: AAA Assembly Area.

The commemorative mural to celebrate our 10 Year anniversary is coming along with special thanks to Year 11/12 Ashdale Secondary College Visual Art Students Chelsea, Declan, Emily, Maya and Rhian. – Ms Horricks, Art Teacher

Fundraisers

PJ Day

Thank you to everyone who participated in our PJ Day, held on Friday 16th August. Our Year 6 Student Council organised this event to a resounding success, the amount raised was over $400 which will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Australia.

Year 6 Cake Stalls

The Year Six classes will be holding Cake Stalls to raise money for their end of year Graduation. Cakes will be available for purchase at recess (and lunch if still available) for small change donations.

Location: Banksia Block
Time: Recess & Lunchtime

Dates of the Stalls:

Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Tuesday 24th September 2019

Book Week

Thank you!!

The scholastic book fair was run throughout book week in our school library.

With your support the school has received $1824 in commission to spend on resources. We raised a total of $6,059 in sales. We also received $70 worth of books from families donated to our library.

I would really like to thank the following volunteers that helped out with sales:

Mrs Robyn Walton, Mrs Rebbeca Cameron, Ms Carli Williams and Mrs Susanna Melanko.

Mrs Miller

Scholastic Book Club “LOOP”

We are now using the online system offered through Scholastic Book Club called “Loop” for your book club orders and payments.

You can access this by going to the website or downloading the app on your mobile device.

Welcome to Book Club LOOP!

Thank you to Margaret Quirk MLA, State Member for Girrawheen, for the book donation for Madeley Primary School Book Week 2019.

Sport

Faction Carnival

Friday 6th September 2019

WHAT TO BRING

Drink bottle of water, Recess and Lunch (if not ordering from the limited canteen menu), 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 in the running races unless a parent has informed the class teacher otherwise. Students may apply faction coloured zinc and hair spray at home. These items are not to be brought to school.

PROGRAM

9:15 – 10:30

Kindy, PP, Yr1 & Yr2 running races and relays (starting with Kindy)
Kindy students will return to class after their race. Parents wishing to sign out their child please do so back at the classroom with the class teacher.
Yr3-6 Team games (5 rotations – 15minutes per station)

10:30 – 10:45 Change over time

10:45 – 12:30

PP-Yr2 Team games (7 rotations – 15 minutes per station)
Yr3-6 running races and relays (starting with yr3)
Parent/Teacher Vs Student races (if time)

12:30 – 12:40 Transition to lunch

12:40 – 1:10 LUNCH

At 12:40pm all PP – Yr2 students to return to class with their class teacher. If parents wish to sign out their children, please do so with the class teacher back at the classroom. Yr3-6 students may sit with their parents to eat their lunch. If children have a canteen order K-Yr2 will have their order delivered to their class. Yr3-6 orders will be delivered to their faction tent.

1:15 – 2:15

Yr3-6 team games (4 rotations – 15 minutes per station)

2:25 Presentations

Overall winning faction to be presented with the Faction Shield.

Parents/Guardians please note:

• Parents if you are able to assist with setting up from 7am on the oval it would be appreciated. I am also looking for parent helpers during the carnival. If you can help please email me at jarred.moon@education.wa.edu.au
• The canteen will be closed on Friday 6th September
• Please stay inside the parent area when watching the running races or behind the bunting at the end of the track. When watching the team games please stay on the perimeter of the oval and courts (ie: behind the orange cones and outside the fence surrounding the courts).
• Parents should only be in the student tent area if there is an emergency or if you are signing your child out through the office before lunchtime.
• When taking photos please only photograph your child and if using social media, only post photos of children where you have permission of their parents to do so.
• If erecting a personal tent, please do so at the rear of the parent area so you don’t restrict the view of others.
• Parents may use the toilets in the MLA block. Students will be using the LLA block toilets.

National Science Week and Madeley Science Day

During the week beginning 10th August Science was the focus across the country. As July 20th was the 50th anniversary of the successful Apollo 11 flight which put the first man on the moon, the theme for National Science Week was ‘Destination moon: more missions, more science'.

At Madeley Primary School, we celebrated science as a learning area and science as a part of our everyday life, with a whole day devoted to Science on Tuesday 13th August. There was plenty happening. Children from year 1 to year 6 took part in 6 activities across the day. They worked with their peers and they worked with children from other year groups. Plenty of the activities had a ‘man on the moon' Earth Sciences focus but there were also many things to do from the other Science strands.

Some of the activities were

• Chocolate chip rock mining,
• Marble painting,
• Designing space ships,
• Learning about Neil Armstrong and where the phrase “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" came from and that there is a 50 year old footprint still on the moon’s surface!,
• Creating a plant,
• How 3D glasses work and how to make them,
• Designing a lunar habitat
• Robot coding, and
• Preparing sherbet.

Overall, the day was a great success. Some students even followed up their Science Day experience by writing a newspaper article for “The Madeley Times”.

MLA3 Science - Volcanoes

Mr Brooke, a former Science teacher and Campbell's Granddad, visited the Year Ones from MLA3 during Science Week. He taught us about the Earth's crust, using apples as a demonstration, and volcanoes with a soda water explosion and volcano eruption. The student's really enjoyed the activities, especially the explosions and touching a real volcanic rock! Thank you to Mr Brooke and Gemma Wright for helping to organise this fun lesson and for taking the photos.

ASC STEM Expo

Year 5 students have been invited to attend a series of interactive workshops at the Ashdale Cluster STEM Expo, on Tuesday 10 September 2019. The Expo provides an opportunity for students to experience hands on activities that build engagement in STEM fields across a number of workshops.

The cost of the excursion is FREE.

Students will need to be dropped off and picked up from Ashdale Secondary College. There will be a designated ‘Kiss and Ride’ area on Carlingford Drive, adjacent to the Darch Shopping Village for drop off and pick up.

Tuesday 10 September 2018

• 8:30am - Students arrive at ASC and will be directed to and supervised at muster point
• 8:45am - Roll taken and instructions provided for the day
• 9:00am - Workshops/Exhibits
• 10:55am - Recess (Canteen available)
• 11:30am - Workshops/Exhibits
• 1:25pm - Lunch (Canteen available)
• 2:05pm - Workshops/Exhibits
• 2:55pm - Students depart ASC.

*Please note that there will be no Open Community Event after the Expo this year. This will be replaced with a STEM Student Showcase on Monday 9 December 2019. A selection of primary and secondary STEM projects will be exhibited at the Showcase event, and families and members of the community will be invited to visit the College.

P&C News

Entertainment Book Perth 2019 – 2020

Madeley Primary School P&C will be selling the Entertainment Books (printed or digital version) for $70, with $14 of this being returned to the school.

P&C Meeting Dates

If anyone is interested in joining the P&C, or just want to hear what it’s all about, please feel free to come to one of our future meetings listed below. They are held in the staffroom.

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.

School Services

School Canteen

As a reminder for this term, Sushi can only be ordered on a Friday (online and manual orders).

We have had some changes with teachers and surnames can you please update in Quickcliq (preferred method of ordering).

With regards to manual orders, please ensure the correct classroom and teachers name are both written on the bag as we have had instances of lunches going to the wrong classrooms and very upset children.

I’d just like to say a big thank you to all the students with regards to the lunch basket competition as it has saved us a lot of time with regards to chasing them up. Congratulations to Ms Watson’s class who were the winners at end of Term 2. The competition has started again and it’s great to see the enthusiasm again.

We have fortnightly specials on Wed & Thursday as these are our quieter days and we have time to prepare. Friday’s are our busiest day with well over double the orders so it can be very hectic and doesn’t allow us to prepare specials. In saying this we would appreciate volunteers on a Friday morning 9 – 10 am to help out with food prep ie Cheesies, Sandwiches, cutting Hot Dog rolls and making Pikelets or even washing up dishes. If you are available please come down and see me or email to madeleypscanteen@gmail.com with availability so I can pencil you in.

The preference is to order online, as you will be able to see ‘Specials’ and ‘Meal Deals’ we will have for the week.

Please use the appropriate bags which are available from the canteen.

Bags can be purchased from the Canteen

15 bags $1
1 bag .10c

If you have any queries or think you have a great menu suggestion, please come and have a chat. Maybe while you flip a pikelet or two.

Thank you for your continued support.

Jillian
Canteen Manager
Madeleypscanteen@gmail.com

School Chaplain

Chaplains Chatter

Building a good relationship and understanding your children better can be beneficial for everyone.

Here are some ideas that might help:

1. Express and demonstrate unconditional love and acceptance to help them feel important.
2. Be aware of your child’s level of development. For example, trying to reason with a three year old may be unrealistic.
3. Develop healthy and consistent boundaries. Consider when you’re making rules how you will enforce them.
4. Play is essential for a child’s development. Your children will love it if you can spend a little one-on-one time with them each day.
5. Show an interest in their activities and praise them for good behaviour. A good rule of thumb is: six praises for every reprimand.
6. Rethink talking about adult topics in front of your kids. Discussing topics like court battles, finances and divorce may be troubling for them.
7. When your child is being challenging, try to listen to their feelings and offer them strategies to deal with their problems.
8. Remember, when you least feel like giving your child a hug is when they probably need it most.
9. Repeat back to your child what you believe they are feeling. Let them know, “I hear you”. This helps them know you’re listening, gives their feelings value and helps them understand and control emotions.
10. Trauma, such as a death, violence or bullying, can have long-term impacts on a child and changes in their behaviour can be a sign of stress. Seek help from your GP, school counsellor, a child psychologist or a play therapist if you’re concerned or the behaviour continues.

Words by Marisa Chilcott

Please see Ms Stitfold if you think I can be of any assistance to you or your children.

Stephanie Hund
YouthCARE School Chaplain
Madaley Primary School | Friday | 9306 6900

Uniform Shop

The Madeley Primary School Uniform can be purchased from Wanneroo Uniforms

Address: Unit 1/16 Prindiville Drive, Wangara.
Telephone: (08) 9408 0297
Email: info@wanneroouniforms.com.au
Opening times: Mon – Fri 8am – 5pm, Sat 9am – 12noon

School Nurse

Sick Students at school

It is important that parents do not send sick children to school. Some sicknesses are more contagious than others and we do not want any sickness to spread, so please be diligent. Sick children will be sent home where they can rest and recover.

Free Parenting Seminars

Becoming a parent and caring for a baby can be a wonderful experience, but at times, it can be daunting and overwhelming. The Child and Adolescent Community Health Service provide parents with support, health education and guidance about key health and developmental issues. Free Triple P programs are available within the community. To find available programs please visit the website

Caroline Turich | Clinical Nurse | School Health | Community Health
CACH |North Zone| Wanneroo South Region
Mirrabooka Community Health

Dental Therapy Centre - Pearsall

The Government of Western Australia North Metropolitan Health Service, Dental Health Services has assigned:

Pearsall Dental Therapy Centre,
Pearsall Primary School,
Willespie Drive,
Pearsall WA 6065.

Tel: 08 9405 3405.
E: pearsalldtc@dental.health.wa.gov.au

Should an emergency arise after clinic hours or on a public holiday please contact the emergency service on 1800 098 818

School Banking

The Fathering Project

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.

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;

The Fathering Project
Ngala
Anglicare WA

Ashdale Secondary College

Instrumental Music

Enrol NOW for small group keyboard lessons at Ashdale Secondary College. Instrumental music can improve your child’s school results – including for reading, maths, coordination, IQ, abstract reasoning, performance confidence… and is great fun! Lessons will be held once per week during Term (typically after school on Monday).

Perfect for Year 6 - Year 8 students looking to develop musically.

Enrol today by contacting Marisa Hobbs on (08) 9302 7100 or marisa.hobbs@education.wa.edu.au.

2020 Dance Enrichment Program

Ashdale Secondary College is inviting students of Year 6 2019 from the Cluster Primary Schools to audition for our Year 7 2020 Dance Enrichment Program. This program is open to boys and girls and it will provide talented and passionate dance students from the Ashdale Cluster the opportunity to further develop their skills within a discrete class learning dance for an entire year. For more information, visit the link below.

If you would like your child to be a part of the Dance Enrichment Program, please complete the expression of interest form and email to; Terry.Pirlo@education.wa.edu.au by Friday 13 September 2019

Piano Lessons

Expressions of Interest for students who would like to have individual private piano lessons at Ashdale Secondary College. No prior experience is necessary and lessons are open to all students at the College and in our cluster primary schools. Lessons would be held on Tuesday afternoons and places are limited! Please email Marisa.Hobbs@education.wa.edu.au to register your interest or for any further information.

Camp Australia

Before & After School Care

Camp Australia provides a before and after school care program for students. This is located on the school site.

Times:

Before Care 7am – 9am
After Care 2.30pm – 6pm

For further information please contact the contacting the following:

Mobile Phone No: 0413 588 434
Camp Australia: 1300 105 343
Fax No: (03) 8610 2044

How Do I Register?

Registration is free, simple and hassle free!

Join in the fun at our OSHC program, your first session is FREE!*

We are excited to announce that your child can now come and try their first day of Outside School Hours Care for FREE! This is a great chance for families and children to see what our Camp Australia program is like.

Not yet registered?

To register and book your child in our program, visit www.campaustralia.com.au and use the school finder on our homepage to search for your school. To secure a spot for your child, we always recommend making your bookings in advance.

We look forward to seeing you and your family soon!

From the Team at Camp Australia

Community News

Please see NOTICE BOARD for more local clubs located at the end of the newsletter.

Please click on Links to open Information

VAC SWIM

VacSwim is Australia’s longest running program, operating for more than 100 years. VacSwim offers swimming lessons for children aged five to 17 years of age, in both the October and January school holidays.

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, 55 000 children participate in lessons each year with more than 1500 qualified instructors at more than 180 locations throughout the State.

Your child/children can join in the fun of learning to swim for just:

• $16.00 per child for a five day short program / $10.50 concession*
• $30.00 per child for all other programs / $20.00 concession*
• It’s even cheaper if you have three or more children:
• $41.00 a family for a five day short program / $27.50 concession*
• $81.00 a family for all other programs / $54.00 concession*

Landsdale Little Athletics Club

Do you like running, sprinting or hurdles? Shot put, discus or javelin?

Long jump, triple jump or high jump?

Landsdale Little Athletics Club is for you!

Our registration day is on Saturday 7th Sept from 10am-2pm at the Kingsway Little Athletics Clubroom, corner of Sporting Drive and Spectator Drive in Madeley.

We train on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5pm to 6.30pm.

Competition Day is on Saturdays from 7.15am to approx noon, Oct to Feb on Kingsway Football Oval.

Our club and centre focus on the athletes beating their own personal best.

We also offer a “Come and Try” day on Saturday 5th Oct where kids can have a go of the equipment to see if they like it before registering. This is also at the Kingsway Little Athletics Clubroom.

For more information, please email our club registrar Al Price on registrarllac@gmail.com

or message us through our Facebook page: Landsdale Little Athletics Club

CA Flyers Holiday Workshop

Belridge SC Girls Cricket Comp

Warwick Greenwood Junior Cricket Club

List of Community Groups/Clubs

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