14 February 2020

Newsletter Articles

School Vision

From the Principal

Dear Parents, Carers and Community Members,

Welcome back!

This is our first newsletter for 2020 and I would like to welcome everyone back to Madeley Primary School for Term 1. I hope all students and their families had a wonderful Christmas and holiday period. A special welcome goes to all of our new students and staff. We would like to welcome back Mrs Lauren French (nee Stokoe) who is working in tandem with Miss Kate Hutchinson (Yr 2), Mrs Cassandra Brown (Kindy) and Mrs Nicole Hall on Fridays (Yr 5).

Our school newsletter is a very important communication tool. Surveys conducted last year indicate that our newsletter is valued as one of the most effective ways of sharing information with our school community. Therefore, I hope you can find the time to read it when it arrives in your inbox to ensure you’re aware of all of the important events and information relevant to your child/ren. Other important communication tools include our school CONNECT Community and Facebook page.

School Board

Our School Board is a group of parents and staff, integral to the running of our school, who review policy and analyse school data and support the general directions of the school. This year, we have one vacancy on the Board which we need to fill. Board meetings are held once per term on the Wednesday of Week 9 at 5:30pm. I encourage all parents to consider nominating for this 3-year position. Please consider this opportunity and give me a call if you would like any additional information. If you would like to nominate, please complete the attached School Board Nomination Form and have another parent endorse your nomination. Nominations need to be emailed to Lainie.beccegato@education.wa.edu.au by the close at 3.00pm on Friday 21 February.

Current School Board members include:

• Paul Thomas – Chairperson
• Paul Wright – P&C Rep
• Mark Paulton
• Aimee Ingram
• Alec Weston
• Gemma Wright
• Tony Silvio – staff
• Katie Cawthorne – staff
• Louise Mayvis – staff
• Kylie Reeves – staff
• Stephen Winn – Executive Dean, School of Education at ECU (co-opted member)
• Lainie Beccegato – Principal

As we start a new year it is important to refresh memories. Below is some information that is important for you to remember…

Parents and Citizens (P&C)

Our P&C meets twice per term and is highly active in supporting our school. Without our P&C we would not have a canteen and would miss out on many additional resources which they help us purchase, through fundraising every year. Every parent can contribute to our P&C, it is a great way to get to know other parents and get involved. With Easter On the Green coming up on 27 March they will be desperately seeking lots of helpers to assist in preparation for the event or on the night. Their next meeting (AGM) is on Wednesday 19 February at 7:00pm in the Staffroom. We would love to see you there!

Before School

There is no playing on any equipment across the school, including the Early Childhood play area. Before 8:30am students (and parents) wait outside of the Principal’s office until 8:30am. After this time students make their way to their classrooms.

After School Play

A reminder to parents to ensure that you are closely supervising your children, if you stay after school to play on the equipment. As the person who is responsible for the safety of everyone on the school site, I take this responsibility very seriously. All gates but the gate used by Camp Australia are locked at 3.45pm so we ask parents to start making their way off the school site at that time.

The following rules for Madeley PS have been promoted over the last few years and I wish to draw your attention to them to maintain everyone’s safety. These rules are provided below.

1. Children must be under direct (line of site) supervision of their parent/carer
2. No ball games are to be played inside the school fence. The oval is available for ball games
3. Regular school rules and common sense apply during play:
   - No running on paved areas
   - No climbing or standing on the top of equipment
   - Safe and sensible play always
   - No throwing of sand or moving of sand outside the play area
4. Parents are responsible for monitoring and controlling play to ensure it is safe
5. Under no circumstances are children or adults permitted to re-enter buildings after school. This includes the use of toilets
6. Behavioural issues that occur as a result of students remaining onsite are the responsibility of the parent/carer
7. The Kindergarten/Pre-primary play area rules include:
      i. Students are not permitted to use any portable/loose equipment
      ii. The nature play space is out of bounds to all students
      iii. No chasey
      iv. No running on the pavement
      v. No water to be taken from the drink fountains
      vi. No climbing up the slide

I thank you for your adherence to these rules to ensure harmony and safety.

Parking

Safe and legal parking is an ongoing issue in our school. Student and staff safety are critical so we again remind all parents to do the right thing by driving and parking safely and legally around our school. Kiss-and-Drive bays are not for parking and should be vacated as quickly as possible so as to maintain the flow of traffic. Parking in the driveway of the Kindergarten car park is also illegal and has resulted in safety concerns as well as damaged cars. Please be patient and wait until a car bay becomes available. Patience, kindness and respect are all virtues we need to model when driving and parking around our school.

School Times

We ask that students are not left at the school before 8:15am as adequate supervision cannot be provided. Students who arrive early are required to wait outside the Principal’s office until they are released to their classes at 8:30am, even if their parents are with them. Students are not permitted to play ball games, use playground equipment or their personal laptop computers before school. Students waiting outside my office should be sitting or standing quietly under the eaves, talking with friends or reading a book.

When students arrive after the 8:50am bell must attend the office to get a late slip. This slip is given to the classroom teacher and becomes a record of student attendance. Continual lateness is detrimental to academic achievement so for the benefit of your child, please be on time.

Student Absences

It is a legal requirement that all absences from school be adequately explained. This can be done using the ‘Absentee Form’ link on the school newsletter or via written note, email (Madeley.ps@education.wa.edu.au) or verbally. It is also a legal requirement that extended absences through family holidays or activities be approved by the Principal. Please email requests to me Lainie.Beccegato@education.wa.edu.au.

School Visits

If you need to enter the school outside the normal drop off and pick up times we require that you come through the office first to let us know. We need to know who is in the school in case of emergencies and for the general safety of our students, staff and property.

Uniforms

A reminder that all students must wear their broad-brimmed school hat at all recess and lunch times in support of our ‘No Hat, No Play” policy. This policy is in place all year round. Please label all uniform items to ensure that are returned if they are lost.

Mobile Phones

It is not recommended that primary school children be regularly bringing mobile phones to school. However, some parents provide phones so that students can contact them after school. All students who need to bring along a mobile phone MUST first have an application form completed and signed by their parents and handed to the classroom teacher. Students are not permitted to use mobile phones during school hours. Phones must be given to the classroom teacher at the beginning of the day and then collected at the end of the day. Students seen using mobile phones will have them confiscated and returned to their parent/s.

Parent Information Meetings

I hope that you are able to attend one of the information sessions provided by staff next week. Parents are reminded that they can make an appointment to meet with their child’s teacher any time during the year. The best way to do this is by talking to the teacher directly or emailing the teacher with a request. All staff have a Department of Education email account – firstname.surname@education.wa.edu.au.

We are looking forward to a wonderful year of learning and growing together. Please look for ways that you can stay involved in the life of our school as together we can make the greatest difference for your child.

Have a great 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**

2020 Up & Coming Events

Save the Date:

Mon 22/06/2020 and Tues 23/06/2020 School Photo’s

2020 Term Dates

2020 School Development Days

2020 Assembly Roster

ANZAC Commemorative Service

Since that fateful landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915, April 25 has been an important day in Australia. Anzac Day is now commemorated without any of the original Anzacs and so it is with great respect that we continue to remember their courage and bravery.

Madeley Primary School ANZAC Commemorative Service details are as follows:

Date: Thursday 9th April
Time: Commencing 9am

• Students can bring their own flower to lay during the ceremony.
• Students belonging to scouts, guides, cubs etc may wear their uniforms to the ceremony.

All welcome to attend!

BLA2

Welcome to BLA2! There are 31 Year 6 students in our class and we have had a great start to the year. As well as our daily lessons, we are learning the importance of structure and organisation in order to help us become successful high school students.

Infographic

One of the learning strategies we will be using in class this term is an infographic (information graphic). An infographic is a visual representation of data presented in an easy to understand and fun to read format. It involves creatively integrating a combination of pictures, words and colour to represent information.

It can include different elements such as text, diagrams, charts, graphs, tables, pictures, timelines, check lists etc.

Infographics allow us to tell a story that is more engaging than most traditional ways of communicating data and information. Because they use visuals and colours, they provide a novel and interesting way to make sense of something the student is learning.

Examples of Infographics

Wordle

A Wordle generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your cloud with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. Students in BLA2 will create Wordles about themselves. A Wordle will also be used to display student names on the back of the Year 6 Graduation Shirt.

Examples of Wordles

We look forward to a hard working but enjoyable remainder of the year.

BLA2 signing off!

MLA3

Wow! What a wonderful start to the year we have had in Year 2 MLA 3! We have been super busy getting to know each other and wrote all about it in our ‘first week of year 2‘ booklets. It was fun guessing interesting facts about our teachers!

We made ‘All about me’ banners and drew self portraits to make our classroom more colourful (Mrs French and Miss Hutchinson love a colourful classroom!) We also created our classroom expectations, made bookmarks, and showed our teachers what we know through lots of assessments! We just can’t wait for the rest of this magical year!

SPORT

Physical Education and Sport Information 2020

Welcome back! The year has started with a bang as usual. All year 1-6’s are involved in cricket lessons and the year 5/6’s are going to be taking part in some golf lessons over the next few weeks as well.

Parents, for all sporting activities please ensure your child is dressed appropriately.

What To Wear

• Wide brim hat (no hat, no play in the sun).
• School polo, sport polo or faction polo shirt.
• Navy blue shorts, skirt, tights or skorts.
• Runners (please no sandals, thongs, slides or boots).
• Water bottle containing water only.

*Please note that the application of sunscreen is the responsibility of the student.

Illness

If your child is unable to participate in physical activity due to illness or injury, please inform me in writing.

Jewellery

Students should not be wearing unsafe jewellery to PE or sport such as large earrings, neck, wrist & finger jewellery or heavy watches. This is for safety reasons. Studs and small sleeper earrings are acceptable and fit-bits can be worn if deemed safe for the activity. Students and parents accept responsibility for all jewellery worn.

Semester 1 PE Timetable

Monday PE: Silvio, Keunen, Hutchinson, Thompson
Tuesday PE: Taddei, Eddison, Wheeler, Visser, Mayvis, Phillips
Wednesday PE: Burkitt, Chester, Watson, Price
Friday PE: Kirov/Swift

*Please note that most classes will participate in daily fitness programs and all year 5 to 6 students participate in Friday afternoon sport every week.

Health

Mr Moon will again be taking all the year 3-6 health lessons in the new Health Sanctuary which is now located in the Science room in the LLA block. Miss Horrocks and Mr Bradstreet will be taking the year 1-2 health lessons.

Important Term 1 dates

Interschool Cricket Carnival – Thursday 12th March (selected yr 5/6 students)
In-term Swimming lessons for PP-Yr6 starts 16th March. Student swim forms and money is due by 6th March.

If you have any queries regarding the H&PE program, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

In-term Swimming PP – Year 6

Location: Wanneroo Aquamotion
Start Date: Monday 16th March 2020
End Date: Friday 27th March 2020 (last day).
Transport: Travelling by bus (with seatbelts) to and from the swimming venue.
Cost: $53.50 (The cost per student for 10 lessons is comprised of $35.00 pool entry and $18.50 bus travel.)
Deadline for forms: Friday 6th March 2020

Swimming is part of the curriculum so students are expected to participate and will require a medical certificate if they can’t attend the lessons.

Please complete the In-term Swimming Enrolment Forms by Friday 6th March 2020 and return to the class teacher If you are having difficulty paying by this date, please contact Ms Lingard, Manager Corporate Services at the school on 08 9306 6900.

We encourage payments via the QKr! app – this is a very simple and quick process and alleviates the need for busy parents to come into the office or send money in with students. Instructions on how to download the App are available in Connect library or alternatively google QKr and download app.

Mr Jarred Moon
PE Teacher
jarred.moon@education.wa.edu.au

Parent Information Sessions 2020

Each class teacher has a short Parent Information Session planned , please refer to schedule below,whereby they will provide information pertinent to their class including the routines, protocols and expectations of the students.

We do hope that at least one parent of each student could please attend. We ask that parents make arrangements for the care of their children for the duration of these meetings. If a family representative is not able to attend, please inform the class teacher so that a copy of any handouts can be sent home.

P&C News

We invite all parents along to join us for our AGM meeting taking place on Wednesday the 19th February at 7pm-9pm located in our schools staff room.

Our P&C Association at Madeley Primary School greatly benefits the children by:

• Giving parents the opportunity to learn about the schools policies and programs
• Organizing ways in which parents can share in shaping school policies so that they reflect the broad agreement and support of the school community
• Bringing parents together to share information and views
• Assisting the school to build positive attitudes to students and their families
• Stimulating community interest and participation in education
• Raising funds and providing additional resources and amenities for the benefit of our schools children

This year our current office bearers are:

P&C Association 2020

President: Peter Withnell
Vice President: Paul Wright\
Secretary: VACANT
Treasurer: Giao Valenti
Canteen Treasurer: Karen Stobie-Tyack
Canteen Coordinator: VACANT
Fundraising Officer: VACANT
Communications Officer: VACANT
Executive Committee: Joseph Madafferi & Adam Marinich

This year we are looking for the below roles to be filled by parents from our school community.

Role descriptions:

Secretary: maintains the Association’s records (NOT the financial records).

Responsibilities Include:

• Post notice of meetings
• Assist Chairperson in drawing up agenda
• Record minutes
• Deal with correspondence
• Maintain a register of members
• Be a signatory to the bank accounts
• Observe constitutional formalities

Fundraising Officer: assists the P&C Committee in coordinating fundraising events for the Madeley Primary School P&C

Responsibilities Include:

• Maintaining and publicising the events calendar
• Coordinating volunteers to assist deliver of activities
• Providing leadership to event coordinators
• Discussing fundraising options and opportunities at P&C general meetings
• Presenting budgetary requirements for events requiring financial outlay for P&C committee approval

Canteen Coordinator: responsible for acting as a liaison between the canteen manager and staff and the P&C to provide updates and provide guidance where required

Responsibilities Include:

Creating a menu which embraces healthy food guidelines (the traffic light system)

Ensuring the menu pricing structure is fair and reasonable within guidelines of both the P&C and Madeley Primary School

• Cleaning checks
• Ordering stock & purchasing ingredients and or food supplies
• Coordinating volunteers for days when the canteen is open
• Rotating the menu for seasonal requirements such as winter and summer
• Being a central point of contact for the Canteen
• Escalating any concerns/ issues with the P&C President

Communications Officer: positively manages and proactively promotes the impacts and events the Madeley Primary School P&C is involved in to build its reputation within our community.

Responsibilities Include:

• Managing the Madeley P&C Facebook page
• Looks at ways to provide publicity to the P&C through social media.
• Provides updates of P&C meetings and events

If anyone would like to consider joining our wonderful P&C in 2020 please contact Lauren Frame on lauren.frame@live.com.au or Peter Withnell on peterwithnell@hotmail.com for any further queries.

Easter on the Green

Join us for the biggest night at Madeley Primary School with another fabulous line up of rides, food trucks and entertainment!

For more information please go to our event page on Facebook

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 along.

Next P&C Meeting Dates

1st April, 13 May, 24th June, 5th August, 16th September
28th October and 9th December

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.

Scholastic Book Club

Welcome to book club for 2020. Your first catalogue will come home today with your child to have a look through.

If you would like to order from it, you can download the app called “The Loop” by following the instructions on the back of the catalogue. The orders are due in by 19th February.

At Madeley we only use The Loop, it has many benefits like free books throughout the year and other offers.

You have the options of your order being marked as a gift if you would like your child not to know about the order. When it comes in I will leave it in the office and give you a call to collect it.

We get book club twice a term and then we have our awesome book fair in Week 6 of Term 3, where the children get to dress as their favourite book character and grandparent morning tea.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate in contacting me.

PLAYGROUP

School Services

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;

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:

For further information please contact the contacting the following:

How Do I Register?

Registration is free, simple and hassle free! visit the link below:

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 the link below 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

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