5 August 2022

Newsletter Articles

School Vision

From the Principal

Dear parents and carers,

Wow! What a busy term we have ahead of us, filled with lots of wonderful events including Book Week, Science Week, Carnivals, Cross Country, Cluster Muster and Open Night.

We had a very productive School Development Day at the beginning of term with our staff involved in professional development sessions including Trauma Informed Practice, Mathematics and Vocabulary instruction. It was an incredibly productive day.

Education Awards

We are so very proud, as a staff, of the achievement of our students in recent years. Not only our academic achievement is very pleasing but also our student wellbeing data, even after the upheaval of COVID. This is something to be very proud of. We want our students to feel connected to our school and our wellbeing data is demonstrating that on the whole, they do. Therefore, we have decided to enter the WA Education Awards for this year. I will keep you posted on how we go. Wish us luck!

Thank you to our wonderful P & C!

We would like to thank the hard working P & C and all parents who support them. The P & C funded a new Audio Visual system for us. We are so happy with the result. The projector’s image is so much brighter and the audio system is so crisp and clear. We are so appreciative for the P & C’s support. I would like to extend a big thank you to Kane Pountney for providing and installing the system at a reduced cost. Thank you Kane.

Parking

The safety of our students is a top priority. I would like to remind all parents to ensure that they only park in marked parking bays. Please do not park on the school lawn or pathways adjoining the school. This creates a safety hazard to our students and is not permitted.

Play equipment before and after school

A reminder to all parents that, at this time, playing before and after school on the equipment is not permitted.

Open Night

We will be hosting our annual Open Night on Wed 14 Sept. We will be inviting families into classrooms to undertake a journey of the children’s learning. Sessions will be held in designated timeslots throughout the night to enable us to manage the parent numbers. Further information will be announced later in the term.

Uniform Policy

In this wintry weather, a reminder to families that winter jackets need to be either the Madeley navy fleece jacket or a plain navy jacket, free of any labels or logos. Plain navy blue leggings or track pants can be worn on the bottom.

Additionally, a reminder to parents that hair accessories must be school uniform colours and coloured hair spray must not be worn, other than on Faction Carnival day. Jewellery is not appropriate except for studs or basic sleeper earrings.

The Madeley Primary School uniform can be purchased from Wanneroo Uniforms. Further details of our dress code are on our website.

Events

This term we have an incredible number of events on which will keep us all engaged and having fun. We have our Faction Jumps and Throws, Faction Carnival and Cluster Muster later in the term. We have Book Week in Week 6 consisting of the Book Fair during the week, culminating in the Book Parade at 8:40am on Thursday 25th Aug. We are celebrating Science Week in Week 7. Interschool carnivals will be held in Week 9 with Cross Country in Week 10. What an exciting term this is.

Jumps and Throws and Faction Carnival

These events will be held on 16th and 18th August respectively. We will be running the faction carnival as we did last year, with the Kindy to Year 2 in the morning and Year 3 – 6 in the afternoon. This will help us to reduce the numbers of adults in attendance at any time and create greater spacing between adults. Mr Moon will be sending information out soon.

Have a wonderful weekend,
Lainie Beccegato
Principal
Madeley PS

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**

2022 Upcoming Events

2022 Term Dates

2022 School Development Days

NAIDOC Week DLA 3

During the 27th of June to the 1st of July, DLA3 did a series of activities to celebrate NAIDOC Week. NAIDOC Week stands for National Aboriginals' and Islanders’ Day Observance Committee and it is a week-long celebration in the first week of July. It celebrates Aboriginal culture, history and achievements and began in 1975 when it became an official event. Our school celebrated it early, as our holidays had begun by the time NAIDOC Week had started and it was an important learning opportunity we didn’t want to miss out on. Starting on Monday, we read the novella ‘The Black Cockatoo’ by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler. We learnt traditional Indigenous words such as ‘dirran’ (black cockatoo), ‘bin.girrrjaru’ (bush turkey) and ‘gunyarr’ (dog). We also learnt about life in the outback as we followed the story of Mia, a young girl who rescues a black cockatoo (dirran) after she catches her brother Jy using his slingshot to hit a flock of them with rocks. While reading the book, our class began a totem project after we learnt about the dirran being Mia’s totem in the story. Totems are a place, animal or object with symbolic meaning to a person. In Indigenous cultures, people weren’t allowed to harm, hunt or touch their totem. For our project, we each chose a totem and a way to represent it, like a painting, picture, 3D model or craft project. We researched our totems and how to create them before finally making them on Tuesday. We created some amazing totems that will be displayed during Open Night in Term 3. On Wednesday, our Year 2 buddy class came into our classroom, and we used traditional braiding techniques to create bracelets inspired by the colours of the Aboriginal flag. Later, on Wednesday afternoon, we played traditional Indigenous games with our buddies, including Kolchee and Kolap. Kolap is a game indigenous kids used to play, where they would throw seeds into hoops and see who could throw the most in. In Kolchee, they would roll balls to knock down cones. We had lots of fun playing with our buddies, and we learnt lots about indigenous lives. During the entire week, we worked on a whole class rainbow serpent drawing, which is an Aboriginal dreamtime tale. In the tale, the serpent is seen as the god that created the world. The land is flat and bare, until a sleeping snake awoke and travelled the world as her body created nature and life. To create our drawing, everyone in the class was given a tile to combine at the end, which we decorated using bright colours and indigenous patterns.

By Liana DLA3

Congratulations

Congratulations to Elora Song (Year 6) who has successfully auditioned to join the Perth Youth Ballet Company (PYBC). The 2022 annual performance, “Prominence”, will be held at the Rixon Theatre, Pehnros College on 27th and 28th August 2022. If you would like to come along to support Elora, she will be performing in each of these. Pictured below is the 2022 junior cast. Elora is in the second row, second from right. Well done!

Parent Information

Cyber Safety Parent Information Session

Date: Monday 15 August 2022
Time: 6pm – 7.30pm
Location: Ashdale Secondary College

Student Absence Line

Please text absences to Madeley Primary School 0437 419 118

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

P&C News

Huge thanks to the Canteen

A massive thank you to our incredible Canteen, supported by the P&C, for all their amazing work. We are so proud of the adjustments and improvements that have resulted in the strengthening of our teamwork, extra support and increased profits.

RAT distribution assistance

Please let us know if you are able to assist with distributing free RAT’s to our lovely Madeley PS families on either of the following days:

• Tuesday 9th August 2:30pm - 3:15pm
• Wednesday 10th August 8am - 8:45am

Get in touch via madeleypandc@gmail.com to help (we need roughly 6 people per day)

Undercover area AV update

The P&C would like to thank our hardworking members for coordinating the quotes and funding for the update to our AV system in our undercover area. The upgrade is now complete, and we would like to thank Kane Pountney from Super Live Productions or SL Productions (and Oscar’s dad) for his above and beyond efforts in testing and perfecting our AV set-up! The Year One assembly has never sounded so good!

Quiz Night – Save the Date

Our P&C Quiz Night will be on Saturday 5th November! Details about securing your table will be communicated soon. The Quiz Night will again be held at the Kingsway Football Club. Stay tuned for more details, this is an event not to be missed!!

Seeking support from local businesses

Is your business in a position to donate to our Quiz Night? The P&C is looking for either cash donations or donation of quiz prizes in exchange for advertising on the night and shout-outs on our P&C social media. Please get in touch if you can donate – madeleypandc@gmail.com

Faction Carnival

Please enjoy a coffee from The Sunday Club coffee van on Faction Carnival Day, Thursday 18th August 2022.

We also have a delicious sausage sizzle with snags kindly donated by our friends at ID Athletic!

Please sign up to help turn a snag on Thurs 18th August (or the alternative date of Mon 22nd August), get in touch via madeleypandc@gmail.com

Next P&C Meeting

Please come along to our next meeting on Wednesday 7th September in the Madeley Primary School staffroom from 7:30pm.

Containers for Change

Please use the P&C scheme ID when you take your eligible containers to the recycling depo or bag drop facility!

P&C scheme ID – C10340367

Entertainment books

Entertainment Books are now available with Madeley Primary School P & C receiving 20% of sales. Entertainment Book access is available for a full 12 months from purchase date. There are also exciting new vendors and suppliers that have been added this year.

Download the App and get started today!

Buy your Entertainment Membership at the link below The Entertainment Membership has thousands of up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers near you. Instantly available, valid year-round, gladly accepted. Get yours today and save.

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!

Canteen News

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 for more.

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

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

Please click on Links to open Information

International Sports Camps

Keyed Up Music Lesson

Keyed Up Music will be teaching keyboard and guitar lessons this Term after school. Lessons start from $19.80 for a small group. If you are interested in your son / daughter learning either keyboard or guitar, please call Savanna on 0479 171 424 or enrol from the link below.

Tim Winton Award for Young Writers is back in 2022!

The City of Subiaco is proud to present the 2022 Tim Winton Award for Young Writers. Back for its 30th year, the awards encourage imagination, innovation and creativity. Entry is open to Western Australian school students in years one to twelve. Submit an original piece of prose writing, no more than 2000 words in length.

Visit the City of Subiaco website for detailed information on the award, entry requirements, prizes and judging.

Good luck young writers!

Wanneroo Joondalup Tee Ball Club

Please find attached an information flyer for our upcoming free community event for primary school children. Wanneroo Joondalup Tee Ball Club ('WJTBC') is holding a 'Come & Try Day' on Saturday 6 August 2022 from 1:00pm-3:00pm at Percy Doyle Reserve, Duncraig. We understand some schools run Tee Ball as part of their sports program in Term 3 or 4 so we believe this event is timely. Tee Ball is a fantastic, summer season sport that builds friendships and co-ordination, but most importantly is about kids getting involved and having fun!

Community Groups/Clubs

Click on Link to View Club Information