19 June 2020

Newsletter Articles

School Vision

From the Principal

Dear Parents, Carers and Community Members,

Thank you to parents for respecting the Phase 3 measures that we have had to put in place. We understand that many parents are feeling disconnected from the school and we look forward to when things will return to the new ‘normal.’

As a group of schools we have had to make a decision now about next term’s Interschool Carnival, as a lot of preplanning and preparation goes into this event. Unfortunately, based on the current advice by the AHPPC, we have had to cancel this event.

We still hope to have a Faction Carnival, however, this will most likely look different as we navigate through this pandemic. We will inform you of how this will look early next term, based on the health advice available at the time.

We have school camps (Year 6 and Year 4) due to be held in Term 4 that we would dearly like to run. However, we must comply with Department of Education and Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) policies and guidelines at the time of making the decision. We will inform parents as soon as a decision is made.

Kindy 2021 Enrolments

Kindy 2021 enrolments close on Friday 24th July, which is the end of week 1 next term. If you know of anyone whose child is born between 1st July 2016 and 30th June 2017, please let them know that enrolments close soon. As Kindergarten is a non-compulsory year at school, we make plans for how classes are structured based on the number of students enrolled as of the closing date. Sometimes there may still be places available for latecomers however, we don’t always have the space to accommodate them. Therefore, lodging enrolments before the closing date is of paramount importance.

Attendance

At Madeley, we are constantly striving to increase the attendance of all our students. Encouraging regular school attendance is one of the most powerful ways you can prepare your child for success—both in school and in life. When you make school attendance a priority, you help your child get better grades, develop healthy life habits, avoid dangerous behaviour and have a better chance of graduating from high school.

When students attend regularly, their grades and reading skills will improve—even for those students who find school challenging. Students who attend school regularly also feel more connected to their community, develop important social skills and friendships, and are significantly more likely to graduate from high school, setting them up for a strong future.

Students who miss an average of just two days of school per month, even when the absences are explained, can be negatively impacted. These absences can have an effect as early as Kindergarten. For example, young primary school students who miss an average of just two school days per month often have difficulty keeping up with their peers academically and tend to fall behind in reading and numeracy. As a parent, you can prepare your child for a lifetime of success by making regular school attendance a priority.

If your children are missing school due to illness, please provide the school with notification by way of our website’s Absentee Form, written notification to the teacher or by calling the front office. Please note that not all notifications provided by parents or carers for a student’s absence would be considered acceptable by the principal. For example, a day off to celebrate a birthday or a message simply stating that a student will be away do not meet the requirements of an ‘authorised absence’. In these cases, the absence would be considered as unauthorised.

Being at school on time

Arriving before the school siren in the morning allows students to get themselves organised for the day and also provides opportunity for them to speak to the teacher in an informal way, strengthening the very important teacher student relationship. Arriving after the siren places stress and anxiety on the student as they are often embarrassed about coming into the room in front of everyone. Late arrivals also interrupt and disrupt instruction time for the teacher.

Please ensure your child is at school and at their class before class starts at 8.50am.

State Government Funding

Late last year, the state government announced that they were providing $200 million stimulus for schools for maintenance and improvements. Our school received $52,000 to spend on painting, building maintenance and other improvements. We had to spend this money within a short timeline and all works have now been completed. We have been so pleased to have had repainting to exterior doors and artwork (Madeley letters) across the school. Additionally, we were able to purchase shade sails for the playground in between Banksia and Grevillea blocks as well as a huge industrial fan for our undercover area. These improvements to our school have been such a wonderful addition to our beautiful school.

School Reports

This semester’s reports will be emailed on Wed 1st July. Please ensure that your email contact details are up to date.

School Security During the Holidays

We rely on the community for support to keep our school secure and safe during the holiday period. Parents are asked to keep an eye on our school during the holiday period and report any suspicious behaviour to Education Security on 9264 4632 or Police 131 444. The Education Security phone number is also on signage around the outside of the school fencing.

I hope all families enjoy a wonderful school holiday break.

Kind regards,
Lainie Beccegato
Principal

School Calendar & Important Dates

The School Calendar is updated regularly and can be synced 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 Term Dates

Parent Information

Emergency Contact (Parent/Carers)

It is important that the school always has up to date contact details of parents, carers and emergency contacts. If you have court orders in place, please ensure that the school office has an up to date copy.

Please use the following link to notify the school:

Contact the School:

Email Madeley.ps@education.wa.edu.au

It is the parents’ responsibility to advise the school of any updates to medical plans held and provide medication if required.

MacqLit Support Program

MacqLit is a well-researched, carefully sequenced and highly structured Literacy Support program, developed by Macquarie University in NSW, to progress students who experience reading difficulties.

The program ensures coverage of all the essential components necessary for effective reading tuition, such as phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.

Our Madeley Macqlit groups are encouraged to read frequently from a wide range of texts, both non-fiction as well as fiction, in order to improve the range of their reading vocabulary.

Vocabulary knowledge, along with background knowledge of a wide variety of topics, has been found to provide students with a better chance of understanding the texts that they read.

Students in the lower year levels are taught skills by which they learn HOW to read. Texts for younger students are generally simple, frequently repetitive and the ‘reading’ is usually supported by multiple explicit illustrations.

As students’ progress into the higher year levels, the texts that they are expected to read and understand become longer and more complex with fewer illustrations. They are no longer learning HOW to read. The expectation is that they are able to use fluent reading to ACCESS INFORMATION.

In our MacqLit classes we work very hard to acquire the fluency required to read and comprehend higher level texts.

The following table indicates the fluency scores recommended for attainment by primary school students in order for them to be able to read and understand higher level texts.

Kindergarten 2021

In Western Australia, children can start their education in Kindergarten. Parents/carers/guardians are required to complete an Expression of Interest to enrol their children in Kindergarten 2021. Your child is eligible for Kindergarten 2021 if their date of birth is between 1st July 2016 and 30th June 2017.

Expressions of Interest for Kindergarten are required to be lodged prior to 24th July 2020.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the school on 9306 6900 or Email maruska.rossetti@education.wa.edu.au

Once completed, please return your Expression of Interest and associated documents to the Administration Office between 10am and 2pm on Monday to Thursday.

Year 6 Fundraiser- Free Dress Day

We are having a free dress day which will be held on Friday 3rd July, which is the last day of term. So come to school in your free dress clothes but please remember to pay a gold coin donation! The donation can either be paid to the classroom teacher on the day or paid via the Qkr app. The money raised will go towards the Year 6 Graduation.

We encourage payments via the Qkr! app – this is a very simple and quick process and it alleviates the need for busy parents to come into the office or send money in with students.

Variety

On Saturday 30th May, Amari from BLA2 Year 6 donated her hair to the charity ‘Variety Hair with a Heart’.

Amari donated a whopping 40cm of hair which will be made into a wig for someone who has lost their hair due to a long-term medical condition – giving back the gift of confidence and self-esteem.

P&C News

P&C Meeting Dates

We are very excited that we will be having our next P&C Meeting on 24th June, however, we will be having some restrictions to support COVID 19 guidelines. These restrictions will be communicated in the next couple of weeks.

We are very much looking forward to seeing you all soon.

P&C Association

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

• Giving parents the opportunity to learn about the school's policies and programs;
• Organising 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 school's children

Our current office bearers are:

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 delivery 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 P&C events at Madeley Primary School P&C 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.

P&C 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 Canteen

The School Canteen can only accept ‘Online Orders’, all orders must be placed before 8am, an order confirmation email will be sent to the account holder. (The school canteen will not be accepting cash payments at this time).

Quickcliq – How it works for Parents

Get started

1. Set-Up (New User) or Log in to QuickCliq.
2. Click “ADD STUDENT”. Ensure you complete all of your child’s details before clicking “NEXT”.
3. Click “ADD CREDIT” to add credit to your account.
4. Click “MEAL ORDER” to add a meal order.

To place a Meal Order

1. Select a Child.
2. Select a Date.
3. Select Meals you would like to order for your child and add them to cart.
4. Confirm the Order and click "PAY & PLACE ORDER". Once you have confirmed and paid for the order, you will receive a confirmation email from QuickCliq.

Thank you for your patience.

The Canteen Team
Madeleypscanteen@gmail.com

School Banking

Notice from CommBank School Banking

The health, safety and wellbeing of our communities and our people is our first priority. School Banking continues to be paused until further notice.

Please don’t bring your deposit book with your weekly banking into school, we will notify you when banking recommences.

If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for a 2020 School Banking program information pack from the school office or visit

School 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 Chaplain

Get some mental exercise

In much the same way as our bodies need exercise to stay fit, our brains need regular workouts to perform at their best. Encourage your children to challenge their minds with memory games and puzzles, and to look for and understand the reasons behind events or other things they observe. Use the same tools yourself to keep your mind active.

• Set an example for your children – attempt a crossword, Sudoku or other puzzle each day
• Play games with your children that encourage memory and logic skills – e.g. memory card game, chess, Scrabble
• Play ‘what if’ games – what would the world be like if…. T-Rex dinosaurs still roamed the earth, for example, or people could fly. Explore the implications in different areas of life.

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

School Nurse

Kindy - School Entry Health Assessment

Better Health Program

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.

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

Pearsall Dental Therapy Centre will be open during the July holidays (Monday – Thursday)

For emergency please call Landsdale DTC 9302 2969

For afterhours please call 1800 098 818

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

How Do I Register?

Registration is free, simple and hassle free! Visit this link:

We look forward to seeing you and your family soon!
From the Team at Camp Australia

Community News

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