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Volume 9, June 21 2018
Upcoming EventsTERM 2, 2018
Friday June 22 Mrs Paragalli’s Yr 3 Assembly Interschool Winter Sports Lightning Carnival 11:30am
Monday June 25 Dance Finale and Lunch
Tuesday June 26 Semester 1 reports emailed to parents
Friday June 29 Choir Assembly 8:40am Cancer Research Money Trail Colour Dress Day Last Day of Term
Monday July 16 Staff Development Day (no students)
Tuesday July 17 First Day of Term 3
Monday July 23 P&C Meeting 7pm (TBC)
Tuesday July 24 Kindy Photo Day
Friday July 27 PP – Year 6 Photo Day
*Siblings Photos Day TBC
Michael Wright Principal
Michael
Dear Parents and Carers
Behaviour Management Forms: A Behaviour Management form is sent home to inform parents and carers of incidents where a student’s behaviour has been outside of the class or school rules. A photocopy of the form is made in case a form is misplaced. The form is to be signed and returned to inform the school that the parents and carers are aware of the behaviour. This also allows the Administration Staff to create a record of behaviour. A member of the Administration Staff will usually make a courtesy phone call if the form is not returned on the next school day. If a form comes home, please show your support for the school by signing and returning the form.
Semester One Reports: Staff have been working steadily on the production of end of semester reports. These will be emailed on Tuesday June 26, so that there is time for parents to arrange interviews with teachers, if one has been requested, or they have a concern they wish to discuss with their child’s teacher.
Grades given in these reports are based on the content covered at the mid-point of the year. Grades could vary from Semester One to Semester Two as more content has been covered by the end of the year.
This edition’s “Parenting Ideas – Insights” is entitled ‘Reading your child’s report’ and contains some very constructive suggestions on how to reduce the anxiety levels that are often associated with reports for both students and parents. Please make the time to read it before you read child’s report this term.
Thought of the WeekIt is because we are different that each of us is special.
Cooperative Learning In Room 5, we use a variety of cooperative structures to enhance our learning. This week we have focused on using an inside-outside circle to learn about and share interesting adjectives. Students formed two concentric circles facing each other. They exchanged ideas and then the outer circle moved in one direction, giving each student a new peer to talk to. The students came up with some fascinating words to describe mini-beasts, our focus for the term!
Board Parent Representative Congratulations to Nick Fudge for being newly appointed to the Poseidon Primary School Board. We hope you enjoy your new role and appreciate all your time and efforts in being an integral part of the school.
Dance Finale To conclude the Dance lessons this term, the Dance Finale will be held next Monday, June 25. The canteen will be running a special lunch for the event and order forms were sent home this week. Spare forms are available from the canteen. Attending family and friends are also welcome to order the special lunch. Each group dances at their normal lesson times. We would love as many parents, family members & friends to come and watch the students. Please note that the last 2 sessions were swapped a couple of weeks ago and will remain so for the finale. Confirmed session times are noted below. 8:40 - 9:40 Pre-primary / Year 1 classes (Ms Kasperkiewicz, Miss Waterman and Miss Sentonas) 9:40 - 10:40 Year 3 (Mrs Paragalli) and Year4/5 (Mrs Willett) 11:00 - 12:00 LDC (Year 1) 12:00 - 1:40 Year 4/5(Mr H-L) and Year 6 (Mr Swan) 1:40 - 2:40 Year 2 (Ms Mugg) and Year 2/3(Mrs Porro)
Interschool Lightning Carnival Good luck to our participants in the 2018 Oceanside Schools Lightning Carnival on Friday June 22. Families are welcome to attend and cheer. Full program with times and venues can be found at the end of this newsletter.
Cancer Research Money Trail Following the assembly on Friday June 29 there will be a money trail created in the Undercover area. Parents and students are invited to contribute any coins or notes to the trail. The funds collected will be sent to Cancer Research. This is to honour Mrs Why’s legacy and to support students and families within the school who are affected by Cancer.
Community Library Poseidon Community Library has been established in the undercover area to promote reading. Students arriving at school before 8:20am will be asked to sit in the undercover area either talking or reading. Books can be borrowed and returned once finished. Thank you to families that have donated and helped this library happen. We are happy to accept any further donations of books.
Colour Dress Day The final day of term, Friday June 29 will be a colour dress day with students who participate paying a gold coin donation. This has been arranged by the Year 6 students and money raised will be used to supplement their end of year graduation activities.
Lost Property There are about 30 school jumpers in the lost property. They are hanging up on hooks in the breezeway leading into the Olympus block. Please collect your lost property before the end of Term or the items will be donated back to the P&C uniform shop for resale. We also have a box full of drink bottles, lunch boxes and other various items in lost property. Please collect before the end of term or items will be disposed of.
Belridge Parent Info Session Belridge Senior High School will be hosting a Transition to Secondary School Parent Information Session on Friday June 29. Flyer is attached at the end of this newsletter. Please RSVP to 9408 8050 by June 25.
Connect Connect is now the school’s preferred communication method. This is a platform that is provided free of charge to schools by the Education Department and is now commonly used by many primary and secondary schools. It will allow parents to receive information directly related to their child’s classroom learning needs as well as all the general information related events that are happening in the school.
If you are having trouble logging on to Connect or require a password reset, please contact School Officer on [email protected].
P & C News
Next P & C Meeting Monday July 23 at 7:00pm (TBC)
Contact the P & C If you are interested in finding out more about what the P & C is, what they do and how you can be a part of it, come along to one of our meetings on the third Monday of each month at 7:00pm in the Staffroom. We are also on Facebook - simply search for Poseidon Primary School P&C and request to join our group. Alternatively you can contact us via email at [email protected].
Movie Night Our Movie night was enjoyed by all; we plan to do another one later in the year. We would like to thank all our Volunteers for both setting up and on the night.
Poseidon Cafe Have you tried a hot beverage from our new coffee machine??? The Poseidon Café will be operating on Assembly days at the Canteen with coffee, hot chocolate and tea available as well yummy muffins. Remember to BYO cup to receive a 50 cent credit on your order.
Uniform News Kindy windcheaters have been reduced to just $12 this year, saving families $8 on each item. School jumpers and wet weather jackets are also available in all sizes at the uniform shop.
Hair accessories are selling quickly, be sure to check out what is available before they all sell out.
For uniform enquires please email [email protected]
Canteen News The canteen is in need of Volunteers, if you can spare some time please come and lend a hand in the canteen. Our canteen is the only canteen in the area that runs 5 days a week, so let’s show our support and lend a helping hand to keep this happening.
Dance Finale 1, 2, Cha, Cha, Cha!!! Dance Finale Lunch Order forms have been sent home with your children this week Please ensure all orders are in by Friday June 22.
Fundraising Totals for Semester 1 We would like thanks all the families involved in our fundraising events for Semester one, with the help of valuable volunteers the P & C have raised the following amounts to go back into your child’s school. Easter $2000 Multiple births BBQ event approx. $500 Colour Run $4000 Entertainment Book still ongoing Hair accessories to date $40 still ongoing Mother’s Day $400 Movie Night TBC
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Reading your child’s report
Could try harder . . . always does her best . . . lacks concentration . . . easily distracted . . . a pleasure to teach . . . Do these comments, taken from a batch of student reports sound familiar? Student reports bring mixed feelings for parents. Pleasure and pride if they are performing well but considerable angst when children are not progressing as you hoped.
Reports can mean anxious times for children too. Will my parents be disappointed or proud? This is the main concern of most children. Kids of all ages take their cues from their parents, so your reaction to their school report can affect the way they see themselves as learners and as people.
Before you rip open the sealed envelope containing the report do a little self-check to see if you are in the right frame of mind:
1 Are your expectations for your son or daughter realistic and in line with their ability?
Expectations are tricky. If they are too high then kids can be turned off learning. Too low and there is nothing to strive for. Pitch your expectations in line with your child’s abilities. A quick check of your child’s last report cards may provide you with a good yardstick.
2 Do you believe that children learn at different rates?
There are slow bloomers, late developers and steadyas-you-go kids in every classroom, so
avoid comparing your child to siblings, your friends’ children and even yourself when you were a child. Instead look for individual progress.
3 Are you willing to safeguard your child’s self-esteem rather than deflate it?
Self-confidence is a pre-requisite for learning, so be prepared to be as positive and encouraging as possible.
School reports come in different formats. Some are prescriptive while some use grading systems such as A, B, C, etc. with room for teacher comments. Regardless of the format school reports should provide you with an idea of your child’s progress in all subject areas, their attitude and social development.
Here are some ideas to consider when you open your child’s report:• Focus on strengths. Do you look for
strengths or weaknesses first? The challenge is to focus on strengths even if they are not in the traditional 3Rs or core subjects.
• Take into account your child’s effort and attitude to learning. If the report indicates that effort is below standard, then you have something to work on. If your child is putting in the required effort, then you cannot ask any more than that, regardless of the grading.
• Broaden your focus away from academic performance to form a picture of your child’s progress as a member of a social setting. How your child gets along with his or her peers will influence his happiness and well-being, as well as give an indicator to his future. The skills of independence and co-operation are highly valued by employers so don’t dismiss these as unimportant.
• Take note of student self-assessment. Kids are generally very honest and will give a realistic assessment of their progress. They are generally very perceptive so take note of their opinions.
• Discuss the report with your son or daughter talking about strengths first before looking at areas that need improvement. Ask for their opinion about how they performed and discuss their concerns.
After reports are read and discussed celebrate your child’s efforts with a special activity or treat. In this way you will recognise progress and remind them that the holidays are just around the corner when they can forget about assessment, tests and reports for a while.
Reports can mean anxious times for children. Will my parents be disappointed or proud? This is the main concern of most children.
Michael Grose
Netball Fixtures
All schools will travel by bus, which will leave approximately 10:00 am to have all the netball participants at Bouncers Sports Centre for 10:30 am. The bus will drop the netball players off at their individual schools upon completion of the Netball Carnival. The netball matches will be of 2 x 10 minute halves with a 5 minute half time break and 5 minute change over between games. (BA refers to Beldon A, BB refers to Beldon B, CHA – Craigie Heights A, etc).
Time Court 1: Court 2: Court 3: 10:45 CHB v EB CHA v BA PB v BB 11:15 PA v EA HA v BA HB v BB 11:45 EB v BB HA v CHA BA v EA 12:15 PB v EB PA v HA HB v CHB 12:45 EB v HB EA v CHA BB v CHB 1:15 HA v EA PB v HB PA v BA 1:45 CHB v PB CHA v PA
2:20 pm Pennant Presentation (Leave Bouncers by 2:30 p.m.)
Hockey Fixtures All hockey matches will be of 2 x 15 minute halves, with a 5 minute half time break and a 10 minute changeover between games. 11:00 Meet at venue and Warm up 11:30 Eddystone v Craigie Heights (Field 1)
Poseidon v Beldon (Field 2) 12:15 Beldon v Eddystone (Field 1) Craigie Heights v Poseidon (Field 2) 12:50-1:20 Lunch Break 1.20 Eddystone v Poseidon (Field 1) Beldon v Craigie Heights (Field 2) 2.20 Pennant Presentation
Oceanside Schools Lightning Carnival
FRIDAY 22nd June 2018 VENUES
FOOTBALL: Heathridge Park, Sail Terrace HOCKEY: Eddystone Primary School NETBALL A: Bouncer Sports Centre Elcar Lane Joondalup NETBALL B: Bouncer Sports Centre Elcar Lane Joondalup SOCCER: Eddystone Primary School
• The Netball bus schedule for the Lightning Carnival is: Bus 1: Pickup at Craigie Heights PS @ 10:00 am, Beldon PS @ 10:10 am, then To Bouncer Sports Centre.
Bus 2: Pick up at Eddystone PS @ 10:00am, Poseidon @ 10:10 am, Heathridge @ 10:15 am, then To Bouncer Sports Centre.
• Both buses will return from Bouncer Sports Centre in
reverse school order from 2:30 p.m.
Oceanside Schools Lightning Carnival
Welcome to the 2018 Oceanside Schools Lightning Carnival. There will be approximately 300 students from Years 4 – 6 representing their schools, with each team competing to win the Champions Pennant for their sport. AFL, Netball and Soccer games consist of 2 x 10 minute halves and half time break and change over between games will be 5 minutes. Hockey games consist of 2 x 15 minute halves. Half time break is 5 minutes and change over between games will be 10 minutes. This allows all games to be completed by 2:20pm, enabling a short presentation at the conclusion of the day. Teams earn: 2 points for a win 1 point for a draw 0 points for a loss The highest point scorers will be the winners. In the event of a tie, the teams will be separated according to the results of the game(s) between the tied teams. If this is also tied, each team shall be awarded equal winners. Enjoy a wonderful day, full of high levels of sportsmanship and inspirational play. Beldon Primary School – Organising School for 2018.
Soccer Fixtures
The Soccer matches will be 2 x 10 minute halves with a 5 minute half time break and 5 minute change over between games. Presentations at 2:20.
11:00 Meet at the venue and warm up
11:30 Round 1
Beldon Poseidon
Bye
v v
Heathridge Eddystone
Craigie Heights
(Field 1) (Field 2)
12:00 Round 2
Beldon Poseidon
Bye
v v
Eddystone Craigie Heights
Heathridge
(Field 1) (Field 2)
12:30 Round 3
Heathridge Poseidon
Bye
v v
Craigie Heights Beldon
Eddystone
(Field 1) (Field 2)
1:00 Round 4
Eddystone Beldon
Bye
v v
Heathridge Craigie Heights
Poseidon
(Field 1) (Field 2)
1:30 Round 5
Craigie Heights Poseidon
Bye
v v
Eddystone Heathridge
Beldon
(Field 1) (Field 2)
2:20 Pennant Presentation AFL Fixtures
The AFL matches will be 2 x 10 minute halves with a 5 minute half time break and 5 minute change over between games. Presentations at 2:20.
11:00 Meet at the venue and warm up
11:30 Round 1
Beldon Poseidon
Bye
v v
Heathridge Eddystone
Craigie Heights
(Field 1) (Field 2)
12:00 Round 2
Beldon Poseidon
Bye
v v
Eddystone Craigie Heights
Heathridge
(Field 1) (Field 2)
12:30 Round 3
Heathridge Poseidon
Bye
v v
Craigie Heights Beldon
Eddystone
(Field 1) (Field 2)
1:00 Round 4
Eddystone Beldon
Bye
v v
Heathridge Craigie Heights
Poseidon
(Field 1) (Field 2)
1:30 Round 5
Craigie Heights Poseidon
Bye
v v
Eddystone Heathridge
Beldon
(Field 1) (Field 2)
2:20 Pennant Presentation
TransiTion To secondary
school
ParenT informaTion
session friday
JUne 29Th
2018
9:15am To
10:30am
Where: Belridge Secondary Education Support Centre 17 Gwendoline Drive, Beldon
RSVP: 9408 8050 by 25TH June
