20 November 2015

Newsletter Articles

From the Principal

Dear Parents, Carers, Community Members

Parent Survey

Our thanks go to the 100 parents who took the time to complete the 2015 Parent Community Survey. This is a return rate of approximately 27% which means that the survey is reflective of around a quarter of our school population.

The survey will provide us with useful information that we can use to further develop and improve our school going into 2016 and beyond. The survey provided parents with an opportunity to comment on the processes and practices of our school and this year we included specific sections that looked at the School Board, One - One MacBook Program and Positive Behaviour Education Policy.

It was great to get so much positive feedback about our school. It was also good to get plenty of suggestions about things we could work on and improve. Staff will spend time reviewing the survey along with one that was conducted with students and staff as part of our school's self-review process.

We will endeavour to report some of the findings of the survey via newsletters this year and early next year. Below is some data from the 'Leadership and Management' section of the survey.

The items were rated between 1 (strongly disagree agree) to 5 (strongly agree). Average rating above 2.5 indicates a mostly positive response to the survey items. These average responses, combined with specific comments will help us to plan for improvement.

Remembrance Day

Our students participated in a short but moving ceremony to remember our fallen armed service personnel last Wednesday. Many thanks go to the parents who attended and to Mrs Chester for organising the event again this year.

Play Is The Way Parent Information Meeting

Many thanks also go to the parents who attended the PITW meeting last week. This was a good opportunity to hear about the approach being taken by the school to Positive Behaviour Education. We hope to conduct more parent meetings like this in 2016.

Have a great weekend everyone

Stephen Bevan
Principal

School Development Days for 2016

School Calendar

Please check the Schoolzine School Calendar for information regarding upcoming events i.e Interschool Carnivals, Excursions, and End of Year activities. The calendar is updated regularly and can be accessed at any time via your Schoolzine newsletter email. The email will direct you to the current newsletter and even if accessing via an older email you will find the current up to date calendar etc.

School Holiday dates and Staff Development dates for 2016 have been added to the Schoolzine Calendar for your information and future reference.

Year 6 Fundraiser

This term, we are having a Free Dress Day which will be held next week, Wednesday 25th November. So come to school in your free dress clothes but please remember to bring in a gold coin donation! The money raised will go towards the Year Six graduation.

Thanks,
Mario Taddei and Dawn Chester

Lord Mayor's Christmas Appeal

The red bin has arrived and is located in the library for your kind donations. Please note that we generally only have the bin 2 weeks prior to it being collected so please bring in your items as soon as possible.

School Chaplain Farewell and Welcome!

We would like to say farewell to our School Chaplain - Carolyn Campbell. Carolyn worked as our Chaplain for a short time and she had a big impact in the lives of many students and staff. Unfortunately, Carolyn was unable to continue at our school. We thank her for her work.

We have now received notification that Penny Eddison will be joining us in this role. Welcome to Madeley Primary School Penny.

Uniform Shop Closing Date for 2015 School Year

Please note that due to graduation and end of year assemblies our Uniform Shop will NOT BE OPEN IN THE FINAL WEEK OF THIS TERM.

As the year is drawing to a close, can we please ask that any orders for uniforms for next year be lodged as soon as possible? We have limited stock available in polo shirts with the next delivery not due until mid-December, however if your paid order is left with us we will have the items delivered to your child's classroom before the end of term.

For orders made via the school office, payment can be made by the following options:

• Payment directly to the front office by cash or EFTPOS either in person or alternatively phone 9302 3611 and pay via credit card.

There will also be an opportunity to purchase Uniforms during the final week of January 2016. Please check the newsletter/Schoolzine Calendar for details, this date is yet to be confirmed.

Booklists (2016) and Voluntary Contributions & Charges (2015)

2016 Booklists

Booklists and a schedule of Voluntary Contributions and Charges for 2016 will be sent home with your child next week. Please read the information provided regarding payment and delivery.

The Booklists will also be available on the side menu bar of the newsletter.

2015 Voluntary Contributions and Charges

Overdue statements will be sent out next week and payment would be appreciated.

Options for payment:

• Pay directly to the front office where EFTPOS is available
• Direct Deposit to Bendigo Bank

BSB: 633-000
Account Number: 141100479

Currently 77% of parents have paid their contributions. These funds are used in the ongoing resourcing of the school which is an enormous benefit for students attending this year. Thank you.

Marie Lingard
Registrar

Items Request

I have a special request for some of your household items please.

• 2 litre plastic bottles
• Old CD's

I will collect these in the Year 1 – Melaleuca Block with thanks

Rita Fordham

Pre-Primary LLA3 Geography

This term in Geography, the Pre-Primaries of LLA3 have been talking about houses and homes, focusing on why we need homes and the kind of things we do in them. We have also be thinking about the materials used to make houses, how they differ from each other and from those in other parts of the country and the world. To gain a better understanding of this, we went for a short walk around our local area to observe the different styles of house. We even saw some houses being built and the materials that were being used. The Pre-Primaries enjoyed their walk and had fun using clipboards to have a go at taking notes of their observations.

Geography

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Geography

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Victoria Swift
LLA3 Pre-Primary

BLA1 - Zoo Camp

The Year 4 students of Mr Eddison's class had an amazing time with the annual Zoo Camp. For many of the students it was their first camp and the tales they had to tell following the camp were of course endless. The camp began in the usual fashion with a race around the zoo finding information on certain animals to complete a crossword. It was good to see one group manage to complete this rather challenging task leaving one of the lucky parent helpers somewhat breathless.

Some of the key highlights for the students were having the opportunity to touch a snake, staying up really late, exploring the zoo at night, Mr Eddison's great sausage sizzle dinner, creating an enrichment item for the Tasmanian Devil and later watching the Tasmanian Devil eat it.

Some of the highlights for Mr Eddison were completing another trouble free camp, not getting woken to go to the toilet for the first time in five years and lastly getting up close and personal with a crazy dancing snake.

Regards
Andrew Eddison

BLA1 Zoo Camp

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BLA1 Zoo Camp

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BLA2 – Zoo Camp

The Year 4 students of Mrs Phillips' class had an awesome time at the Zoo Camp. With excitement and nervousness, they ventured on what was a once in a lifetime opportunity to see Perth Zoo animals at night.

After completing activities when they first arrived, they were anxiously waiting to complete a night walk through the zoo at 9.30pm led by only one torch. It was an amazing walk! The students managed to stay quiet enough to see many animals out and about at night – including the elephants, rhinos and the tiger (who is never normally seen at night – it was the first time the guide had seen her too!).

Other key highlights of the camp was all sleeping in a Zoo barn, staying up really, really, really late, and creating an enrichment item for the Tasmanian Devil. However, the biggest thrill was when it was raining during the day and the rarely sighted Fennec Foxes came out to sit on their rock and enjoy the damp. There were twenty seven very happy students (and adults too)!

It was Mrs Phillips first time on Zoo camp and her highlights were seeing the African Painted Dogs play fighting, that everyone was so well behaved and had lots of fun, and that she managed to get three hours sleep!

The class members of BLA2 want to thank the parents that attended (Carolyn, Claire, Daniel and Kevin) for all their help, as well as Miss Statkus for spending the night with us too.

Kirryn Phillips

Mrs Phillips Zoo Camp

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Mrs Phillips Zoo Camp

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MLA3/MLA4 - Around the World Assembly

On Friday 6th November, the Year 1's from MLA3 and 4 performed their fantastic 'Around the World' assembly. Emily and Kai visited six continents. They saw the canals of Venice in Italy and amazing animals in Africa. Then, Emily and Kai celebrated Chinese New Year in Asia. Next, they were greeted by the soothing sounds of Hawaii and they watched a Mexican Hat Dance.

In South America, Kai and Emily met Messi and saw some colourful toucans in the Amazon Rainforest. For their last stop, they visited the coldest and windiest continent, Antarctica. Emily and Kai loved their adventure but they realised, there's nothing like Australia.

The Year 1's did a terrific job remembering all their lines and dances. They had a wonderful time learning about the continents of the world.

WA Primary People's Choice Award: Ashdale Cluster Primary Schools

Vote by 30th November 2015!

As most of you know our Primary Dance Enrichment Program students competed in a National Story-Dance Challenge at the Regal Theatre in August. People now have the opportunity to vote on their Primary People's Choice Award and we would love your support in this to help us win!

Below is the link to vote and watch their dance. Just click on the love heart at the bottom of the viewing screen to cast your vote and that's it!

The Ashdale Dance Enrichment Program and I would like to thank you for your ongoing support.

Kind regards,

Sherree Gull
Dance and Drama teacher
Ashdale Secondary College

Twilight tour and Arts Exhibition at Ashdale Secondary College

P&C News

A Night at the Casino

Thanks to everyone who has supported this fundraiser. We hope you had a great night out at the Casino.

Canteen news

We are, as always, looking for volunteers to assist in the canteen. Got 30 minutes to an hour to spare after drop off to help make sandwiches and pikelets? Just pop by the canteen (Wednesday-Friday), we would love the help.

We're also looking to establish a casual pool of relief canteen staff to cover annual and sick leave. If you are interested in applying, please contact the P&C for more information at madeleypandc@gmail.com

You can also assist the canteen by ordering online. Our online ordering system greatly reduces workload in the canteen so register today at www.ouronlinecanteen.com.au and start ordering.

Cookbook

The school cookbook, "Madeley on a Plate", is still for sale via the front office or P&C. The price has been reduced to just $10 and would make an ideal Christmas gift for friends and family.

Do you own a business or work somewhere with good traffic flow? If so we'd love you to take a few of our cookbooks to put on your counter to sell for us. We have sold over half but with 350 cookbooks to go we would love to sell them at our new reduced rate and use the profits to purchase resources for our children. Please contact Mariesa O'Donnell at mariesa76@iinet.net.au if you are interested.

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 P&C can now also be contacted via email: madeleypandc@gmail.com

P&C Meeting

The last meeting of 2015 will be held on Wednesday 9th December at 7.30pm in the staffroom. It is "bring a plate" night, and everyone is encouraged to bring a small plate of nibblies or a bottle of wine to share. As always, everyone is welcome to attend.

Camp Australia News

Please download the attached flyer for information about the recent activities at our Before and After School – Camp Australia. There has been a focus on charity and helping others this term, including a South African orphanage and The Smith Family foundation.

If anyone has any old x-rays (without names or other details), or other toys and books they would like to donate to Camp Australia, they will be very much appreciated.

Specialist Programs Testing at Morley Senior High School – Year 7's 2016

The testing for our Specialist Programs; Aviation and Multimedia/Broadcasting will run on Tuesday 8th December, from 1.30pm until 3.00pm.

Please note there will be no Soccer Specialist Program from 2016.

Parents are asked to contact 9376 5555, to book their child into the test.

City of Wanneroo January 2016 School Holiday Program

Bookings open Monday 16th November at 9.00 am and will close three days prior to the commencement of the program.

VacSwim 2015-2016

Enrolments for December/January programs are now open. It is important for every child to learn to swim and develop essential water safety skills. VacSwim's school holiday swimming programs are conducted by qualified instructors who teach children the skills to be confident swimmers and safe in the water.

Enrolment fee is $12.40 and $34.50 for three or more children living at the same address.

For further information and online enrolment visit www.education.wa.edu.au/swimming .