13 November 2020

Newsletter Articles

School Vision

From the Principal

Dear parents and caregivers,

I can’t believe it is already half way through the term. Christmas will be here in no time. The students are working hard through their final term of the year whilst the staff are busily p completing assessments and preparing reports. Reports will be emailed home on Tuesday 15 December 2020. Email accounts must be up to date to enable you to receive your child’s report. Please contact the school office to update this information. Please download your child’s reports to your home computer as the link will only be active for around 2 weeks. Our school is currently very busy preparing for our Public School Review which will be held on Tuesday 8th December whereby a review team come into our school to review our school. We prepare and present documents demonstrating our self-reflections demonstrating how we are going as a school, how we know and what we are going to do to continually improve. A report will be prepared afterwards that we will share with the school community afterwards. I am so pleased that some of our School Board and P & C members are able to join us for the review to outline our effectiveness in building relationships and partnerships with the community.

School Board Meeting

On Wednesday 25th Nov at 5:30pm we are holding an open School Board. All interested parents are welcome to attend to find out more about how the School Board operates.

P & C meeting

Our final P & C Meeting is on Wednesday 25th Nov at 7:30pm. We would love to see some new faces, please note that all parents and carers are welcome.

Remembrance Day Ceremony

We had a lovely service for Remembrance Day on Wednesday. The student councilors presented a beautiful Thank you to Ms Reeves for her organisation of the event.

Zoo Camps

The Year 4 students have been having a wonderful time at the recent Zoo Camps. We still have one more group to attend next week. We thank the students for their fantastic behaviour at the camp. I would like to also make special mention of the staff for their time taken away from their own families to provide this amazing experience for our students. Thank you also to the helpers that made themselves available to assist on the camps.

Student Leaders 2021 speeches

Next week the students who are seeking leadership roles in the school will be presenting their speeches and voting will then take place. We wish all the prospective leaders the best of luck for the experience. The winners of the leadership roles will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Wed 16th Dec. Parents of the winners will be notified by phone prior to the announcement.

Student Leaders 2020

As a thank you for all of the hard work of our current leaders, we take them out to breakfast at the end of the year. Our breakfast will be held before school on Monday 7th December. Detail will be provided via permission letters closer to the time.

Triple P Parenting Program

Our Triple P parenting program run by our School Psychologist, Marianne Fletcher started yesterday with a good number of parents signed up to take part. The Raising Resilient Children workshop will be held on Thursday 3 December. We hope parents find the sessions helpful.

Have a great weekend everyone.
Lainie Beccegato
Principal

Contributions and Charges

Contributions & Charges – Today the list of Voluntary Contributions and Charges for 2021 have been sent home with your child. These Contributions and Charges have been approved by our School Board. We publish these at this time each year to enable our families time to budget for school activities for the following year. As it states in the letter to parents, these costs are at the top end of the range as not all students will be involved in all activities. We hope you find the advance information useful.

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**

** Please note that Events and Dates may change due to the Department of Education COVID-19 Policy.

2020 Term Dates

2021 Term Dates

Students start the school year on Monday 1 February 2021 and end the school year on Thursday 16 December 2021.

2021 School Development Days

As a cluster of schools, we like to align our School Development Days to enable our schools to work together as well as to make life easier for the families that have children also attending Ashdale Secondary College. The following dates are set for 2021:

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.

Science News

Year 1 News

While studying the properties of materials during Science, the year 1’s, confirmed that the properties of raw spaghetti make it a better material than cooked spaghetti, for building towers!

Year 4 & 5 News

Earlier in the term, the year 4’s and year 5’s had a surprise visit from some Scientists who work at ChemCentre.

During the visit they

• learnt what ChemCentre does to help ensure the public’s safety
• heard some funny stories about some of the mystery powders that have been tested
• got to see Mrs Jones get dressed in the PPE
• got to wear some of the equipment themselves while collecting a sample of a mystery substance and getting it ready for testing.

Thanks to the Scientists from ChemCentre who gave up their time to visit.

Mrs Jones
Science Specialist

Waste Wise

The Waste Wise Schools program provides support to schools across Western Australia (WA) to promote responsible waste management behaviours, with a focus on waste avoidance and recovery. It also develops positive environmental values in students and the whole school community.

Last Friday 6/11/2020 Mr Eddison’s Year 4 class were invited to attend a Waste Wise Schools incursion. The students got out the rubber gloves and tongs and were involved in sorting the waste from 2 bins from around the school. We were all so shocked at the amount of waste from just 2 of the many bins at the school. The biggest shock of all was the amount of unopened packages, whole fruit and the amount of uneaten sandwiches. Mr Eddison’s class and Madeley Staff encourage all parents to check in with their kids to ensure they are eating their food that is given to them.

A very special thanks to Mrs Sally Price for organising this great incursion though could unfortunately not attend.

Madeley’s Got Talent

2020 Madeley’s Got Talent

Music & Equipment

• If you require music for your act, it is your responsibility to bring this to me before your audition day, or make sure it is accessible music on YouTube.
• If you require equipment from home, then please bring this to your audition.
• Any equipment or instruments located in the music room can be used for your audition.

Madeley’s Got Talent Day!

• MGT will be on Wednesday 9th December, from 1.10 – 2.30pm.

Any questions please come and see me. Parents can email me as per my email below.

Mark Bradstreet
Teacher - Music Specialist
mark.bradstreet@education.wa.edu.au

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Occupational Therapy at Edith Cowan University (OT@ECU) is pleased to announce that (for the sixth consecutive year) we will run groups for children in early primary school who are experiencing difficulties in school participation.

The first group sessions will commence early in Term 1, and screening and assessment will take place in late January. As such, parents will need to e-mail their expression of interest as soon as possible in order for their child to be considered for these groups. Children who applied last year and could not attend due to COVID-19 are welcome to apply again.

If you would like further information about the program, please e-mail jccs@ecu.edu.au

MacBook 1:1 Program (Year 3 2020 into Year 4 2021)

The Western Australian curriculum outlines the ICT capabilities that Year 4 students are expected to demonstrate and develop. The best way to achieve this is through regular and constant access to a personal device. Hence, the Ashdale Cluster of schools continues to be committed to implementation of the 1:1 Program commencing with Year 4 students.

This involves the Cluster negotiating a low price for the MacBook Air 13” with an Apple provider (Winthrop Australia) on behalf of families. Parents then purchase or lease the approved MacBook from the recommended company or elsewhere if they find a better deal, however they must be the same specifications as the ones outlined on the Winthrop Portal (see the link below).

Parents are asked to purchase a new Macbook Air 13” for their child or alternatively, source a second-hand MacBook for their child to use. Any MacBook laptop model from the last 6 years will be sufficient, but we would highly recommend a laptop model no older than 3 years be sourced (in the Year 4 entry year) as once your child enters high school the older laptops might be inadequate for the completion of middle school and higher. Parents will need to be aware that second-hand laptops will not have AppleCare or any other third party warranty coverage, it will be up to the parents to source or consider insurance and damage issues.

Students will begin using these devices at the beginning of the school year 2021, so you can purchase a device any time before then.

If purchasing through Winthrop, the online portal is:

Gifted & Talented Secondary Selective Entrance Programs

If your child is in Year 5 2020, parents/caregivers can apply now for entry into Year 7 2022 Gifted and Talented Programs in Arts and Languages run at select public secondary schools.

You can apply online at the link below:

Information about the programs, where they are offered and upcoming parent information sessions are also on the website. For more information, you can contact the Gifted and Talented Selection Unit on 9264 4307 or at gtsu@education.wa.edu.au.

Please note: applications close Monday, 8 February 2021. Late applications are not accepted.

Smiling Mind

Parents, just a reminder regarding the mindfulness program Smiling Mind:

Smiling mind is modern meditation for everyone. It is a unique web and app-based program developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to people's lives. Just as we eat well and stay fit to keep our body healthy, meditation is about mental health and looking after the mind. Smiling Mind exists to help build mental health and wellbeing, using positive and innovative tools that are accessible to all.

The smiling mind app is free for everyone at the link below We encourage all our families to download and use this fantastic program. Smiling mind is modern meditation for everyone. It is a unique web and app-based program developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to people's lives.

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P&C News

P&C Meeting Dates

We are very excited that we will be having our next P&C Meeting on Wednesday 25th November at 7.30pm in the staff room. We are very much looking forward to seeing you all soon.

P&C Vacancies

All office bearer roles are up for re-election within the P & C next year, if anyone would like to nominate for any of the office bearer roles please contact Gemma Wright on gemmawright@iinet.net.au or Peter Withnell - peterwithnell@hotmail.com or come along to our next meeting to complete a nomination. Office bearer role descriptions are included below and these roles will be formally voted on at the last meeting of the year – Wednesday 25th November, 7:30pm.

Office Bearer Role Descriptions 2021

President: provides leadership and ensures an efficient and well run P&C.

Responsibilities Include:

• Chairs all general and executive committee meetings of the association.
• Acts as a spokesperson for the association
• Reports to Parents and Citizens Association meetings about the activities of the P&C
• Supervises the functions of other office bearers
• Ensures adequate and efficient communication exists between the members of the association and the members of the school board
• Encouraging parents to participate.
• Ensuring fair discussion by providing everyone with the opportunity to contribute
• Liaising with the principal, and ensuring activities are sanctioned
• Working with the Treasurer to ensure financial accountability

Vice President: steps into the role of the President should they be unavailable and undertakes tasks to reduce the workload of the President.

Responsibilities Include:

• Be familiar with the operation of the P&C
• Be acquainted with the duties of President
• Understand meeting rules and procedures
• Being supportive and attending meetings.

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
• Updating membership register after each general meeting
• Clearing mail and keeping the President informed on all issues
• Ensuring close communication and cooperation between the parent association, office staff, school staff and parents
• Monitoring the P&C email account and referring enquiries as required.

Treasurer: is accountable for, and reports on, the finances of the P&C

Responsibilities Include:

• Keeping accurate financial records of all receipts and expenditures
• Issuing receipts for all monies received, and paying accounts as authorised
• Banking all money regularly
• Presenting a financial report at each general meeting
• Arranging an externally audited financial report for the Annual General Meeting
• Reconciling deposits and cheque books with monthly bank statements.

Canteen Treasurer: ensure that the financial system of the canteen and legal

obligations to employed staff are maintained, monitored and updated.

Responsibilities Include:

• Wages:
  - Employee Industrial Award to be monitored and upheld
  - Wages are to be paid to the canteen supervisor Friday weekly
  - Income tax to be calculated and Activity Statement to be completed quarterly March, June, September and December.
  - Superannuation to be calculated and paid at the end of each month
  - All transactions to be copied and kept with payment of accounts
  - Provisions for Superannuation, Long Service Leave and Equipment Post notice of meetings

Canteen Co-ordinator: 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

Executive Committee: providing quorums for all general meetings to assist with motions being passed and voted upon. This group also may form in-between meetings to discuss urgent topics that are required between the 2 meetings per term.

Responsibilities Include:

• Ensures decisions of the P&C meetings are acted upon.

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

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

Thank you!

We would like to thank the 2020 P&C office bearers:

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

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;
• Organizing ways in which parents can share in shaping school policies so that they reflect the broad agreement and support of the school community
• Brining 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

Entertainment Book

TRY the new Entertainment Digital Membership Today!

Simply go to the link below:

Download the App and get started Today!

Your purchase of an Entertainment Membership contributes to our School. Help us achieve our goal by sharing this link with your friends and family. Thanks for your support!

Contact: Tania Leach
Phone Number: 0466378925
Email: tanialeach@bigpond.com

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. 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

Every Wednesday in the Library 8.30am – 8.45am

Get involved in the School Banking program

Madeley Primary is excited to offer the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students. We do request that parents/students still observe the social distancing requirements whilst attending the school library.

School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way for young Australians to learn about money and develop good savings habits. Children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens, which they can save up and redeem for exciting rewards.

The rewards available during 2020 are:

• Terry Denton’s Activity Book
• Mini Soccer Ball (size 2)
• Treetop Stationary Set
• Treetop Handball
• Tomato Seed Kit
• Magic Mist Drink Bottle
• Emoji Wallet
• Snakes & Ladders Game

School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school receives a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for every 10 deposits processed per student as well as an Annual Contribution which is based on the number of students who made at least one School Banking deposit in the prior year.

Getting involved in School Banking is easy!

All you need to get involved in the School Banking program is a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account. You can open an account for your child in one of two ways:

1. Online

Visit at the link below and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account.

2. In branch

Visit a Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for yourself and your child, like a driver’s licence and birth certificate.

If your child has an existing Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account they can start banking straight away. They just need to bring their deposit in every week on School Banking day using their Dollarmites deposit wallet.

School Banking day is Wednesday 8.30am – 8.45am. Each week you need to see Trish and Robyn in the Library.

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 at the link below.

Trish and Robyn
School Banking Co-ordinators

School Chaplain

Welcome back to Term 4!

I hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing holiday and that you have all come back ready for an exciting and busy term!

I would like to take this moment to remind you that your children love jokes or funny stories. Not only does this help build your relationship with them but it also helps ease the tension and stresses of everyday life.

So this term I challenge you to tell your children “dad jokes” on the weekends and encourage them to share it with their friends, also to leave funny notes in the lunch boxes so that they have a laugh in the middle of their day.

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

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.

Triple P – Positive Parenting Program

Better Health Program

Be fitter, healthier and happier! Better Health Program

The Better Health Program is a free 10-week healthy lifestyle program for 7-13 year old children who are above a healthy weight, and their families.

The program is available face-to-face or online in selected areas throughout Australia.

Is your child….

• Aged 7-13 years old?
• Above a healthy weight?
• In need of support to improve eating and activity habits?

Get in touch to find out if the program is available near you!

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

For emergency details will be available on the Pearsall DTC 9405 3405 answer machine.
For afterhours please call 1800 098 818

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

Madeley Primary School Uniform

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:

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

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

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List of Community Groups/Clubs

Click on Link to View Club Information