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Principal: Rod Simeons
Deputy Principals: Helen Fiebig and Adam Marchant
Registrar: Olivia Wood
8 Bolero Road AVELEY WA 6069
Phone 6296 5466 Fax 6296 5439
Volume 2 Issue 5 5 July, 2013
EARLY CLOSE EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 2.30PM
Dear Parents and Friends,
FINAL EDITION OF THE INFORMER FOR THE FINAL EDITION OF THE INFORMER FOR THE
SEMESTERSEMESTER
As the term draws to a close, and your child reaches the half way point in their year level, I would like to congratulate all children on their excellent reports. They reflect a culture of doing our best and a focus on areas of weakness and strengths by our staff and children. This certainly assists in building our reputation as a school of excellence.
I would also like to thank all those who help make our school a wonderful place to work and play in:
• Our teachers and all support staff, who through their dedication to providing our children with the very best instructional and social development, ensure that they develop our school according to our watchwords of – Trust - Respect - Opportunity.
• To the P&C Association and School Council who work tirelessly to create opportunities for our children.
• Our parents and guardians who work in collaboration with our staff to continue to create opportunities and development for their children.
P&C MEETINGP&C MEETING
Many thanks to all those who attended this meeting. It is a pleasure to attend these meetings and be part of the enthusiasm our Executives demonstrate in working for the common good of all our children. The next meeting of the P&C Association will be held on Monday, 5 August.
CROSS COUNTRYCROSS COUNTRY
Our Year 4, 5 and 6 students took part in the annual Inter School Cross-Country Carnival at Guildford Primary School on Friday, 28 June. The event involved 12 other schools from around the North Eastern suburbs of Perth running between 1.5-2.0km through mud, long grass and a variety of uneven surfaces. This was our second year taking part in the event and as usual we were up against a number of schools with a much larger group of children to select from. In addition to this the event is actually organised for children from Year 4 – 7, which makes our performance this year all the more special. In all of the events we entered this year our children finished the races, with the majority of them finishing within the top 10. To put this into perspective, our children finished within the top ten of a potential entry pool of over 700 children. As is the norm with our children the behaviour and levels of sportsmanship were of the highest order. Well done to everyone who took part and a big thank you to the parents who volunteered to ferry children to the event. I am already looking forward to the event next year.
Tuesday, 23 July School Commences
Wednesday, 31 July School Closes at 12pm for Parent and Teacher Meetings
Thursday, 1 August Assembly - Banksia 4
Ryan Ahlfeld
Taige Howell
Brooke Garland
Matilda Sheather
Ava Smith
Liam Kay
Brooke Elmer
Lawyer Conrad
Monika Marczak
Nate Logan
Charli Guiver
Jett Logan
Kaden Ford
Aaron Williams
Liam Bond
Tyler Robertson
Seth Guiver
Zac Casilli
Bryce Baker
Chloe McDougall
Oscar Bingham
Layla Bingham
Harper Willis
HONOUR CERTIFICATES DATES TO REMEMBER
AVELEY READING OLYMPAVELEY READING OLYMPICSICS
AVELEY ACHIEVEMENT PASSPORTSAVELEY ACHIEVEMENT PASSPORTS
Congratulations to the following students who have been recipients of prizes from the Treasure Chest, for every 20 reward stamps in their Aveley Achievement Passports.
Please note High Achiever Award Badges will be presented at Monday Muster
• There were no winners in the Senior category but thank you to those who entered.
SCHOOL WATCH SECURITY 1800 177 777
POLICE 131 444
REPORTSREPORTS
You would have received these on Thursday, 4 July. The grade your child receives is explained on the cover sheet, however in order to further explain the grades, please see details about the Bell (named for obvious reasons) Curve below.
The curve defines the spread of allocated grades over the whole group of children in your child’s class. In the main, children will receive a “C” for working at a Satisfactory Level. This ascends to an “A” for exceptional work and “E” for performance below the Mean (average) of the class.
Your children have worked tirelessly through the Semester and are to be congratulated on their excellent reports. Certainly a reason to celebrate success.
PARENT AND TEACHER MEETINGSPARENT AND TEACHER MEETINGS
On Wednesday, 31 July Week 2 of Term 3, children will attend school for a half day and will be sent home at 12:00 pm. At the start of term, teachers will release a schedule of possible meeting times over the afternoon and if you want to discuss your child’s report and progress then I encourage you to book ahead as soon as possible.
SCHOOL DISCOSCHOOL DISCO
Our school disco was a fantastic success and efficiently run by our P&C ladies and volunteers. It was great to see so many of our children dancing the night away and a few mums kicking up their heels too. Children were entertained by a DJ, with games and prizes and enjoyed some yummy pizza. Thank you to everyone who came along and for supporting our P&C who always excel.
I wish all members of our community a restful holiday. Fortify the bonds you have with your children and help lay down memories that will last a lifetime.
Wise words for the fortnight …….
“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners .” [Laurence Sterne]
With best wishes
R W SIMEONS
PRINCIPAL
BRONZEBRONZE
Allanah Baker
BRONZEBRONZE
Bryce Baker
BRONZEBRONZE
Aidan Paterson
Alana Samuel
Daylon Holst
Ryan Ahlfed
Kristal Turner
Regan Jackson
Lila Weenik
Kate Spargo
Cadmon Cocliff
Colby Jackson
Heath Paterson
Sarin Dorant
Cooper Avins
Riley King
Rogan Howard
_________________
Jack Anderson
Zachary MacTaggart
Oscar Bingham
Lachlan Urquhart
Alyssa MacTaggart
Gabby Bingham
Riley Kriskovich
Charlotte Herbert
Scarlett Bingham
Georgina Rogers
Connor McEwen
Hakeem Hayward
Diesel King
Joshua Saliacus
Jake Fitzgerlad ____________________
HIGH ACHIEVER HIGH ACHIEVER
AWARDSAWARDS
Finley Hearn
Taige Howell
Jack Burgin
Jack Warner
Chloe Moso
Madison Flynn
Blake Johnson
Kendra Dobby
Kiera Horsten
Amelia Bartlett
Grace Smith
Bradley Fisher
Calum Tenthy
___________________
Chelsie Moso
Junior
Jorja Thomas Year 1 Grevillea 6
Grades % of Students
Excellent A 2.54%
High B 13.5%
Satisfactory C 68%
Limited D 13.5%
Very Low E 2.5%
MENTAL COMPUTATIONMENTAL COMPUTATION
It is important to know there isn’t just one way of finding the answer to a problem and not everyone will use the same method. It is helpful to ask your child how they worked out the answer and to share your mental calculating strategies with them. The teaching of computation has changed significantly in recent years. We want children to be flexible in the calculating methods they use and understand why one method may be preferred over another.
SUBITISINGSUBITISING
Recognising an arrangement (to see at a glance how many) begins by seeing small numbers (2, 3, 4) without having to count. This knowledge is used to build up the ability to visualise basic facts. Eg 2 + 2 + 2 = 6, 3 + 3 = 6
Adam Marchant
Deputy Principal
BLUE BALLOON DAY
Thank you to all the families that supported our whole school charity event for the Asthma Foundation that we held on Thursday, 27 June in which we raised $317. Each child that donated was involved in filling our undercover area with blue balloons that they decorated with their name. As always our aim is to develop in our children – the
citizens of tomorrow - empathy and a sensitivity towards
those in our society who need support to make their lives
better.
THE EMOTIONAL DEVELOTHE EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF A CHILD IN PMENT OF A CHILD IN
SCHOOLSCHOOL
Positive and consistent behaviour management strategies are critical to the development of emotional regulation and control. Primary school age children develop a range of emotional skills.
These include
• The capacity to take into account the particular situation when determining an appropriate emotional response.
• A growing understanding that emotions in the same circumstances, may result in them experiencing a different reaction at different times.
• The ability to know a great deal about “display rules” for emotions. They know it is better, at times, not to show their emotions.
The PATHS program that has been introduced at our school assists students to develop true empathy for others. Students discuss a range of feelings that they may feel themselves in a particular situation and feelings they may have for others in particular situations. The link is made with the different feelings being OK but behaviours that are unacceptable are not OK. At our school an emphasis is placed on the procedure being used to assist students to correct unacceptable behaviour. A consistent approach where children are given the opportunity to correct their behaviour and the child is assisted to get back on track by the teacher reinforces the strategies that are being taught in the PATHS program. We ask for your support at all times as positive results occur, as we work as a team to assist any child modify the unacceptable behaviours.
Helen Fiebig
Deputy Principal
State, National and International Taekwondo Coach Mr Charles Rawlins, will be conducting Taekwondo classes for children at Aveley Primary School on Wednesday and Friday from 4-5pm.
This program is designed specifically for primary school children aged between 4 to 14 years of age, the classes involve teaching the physical aspects of Martial Arts as well as the core values of Respect, Discipline, Confidence, Self Awareness, and of course Self Defence skills.
Give us the chance to help develop these important life skills to your children, that will help them through their entire life.
Please call Mr Rawlins on 0410 695183 for further information.
Hi Everyone,
Well we can’t believe how quick term two has gone and once again the holidays are upon us.
For our final two weeks of term for school banking we had great numbers with a total of 92 deposits being made.
A very big thank you to the following volunteer’s for their support, time and effort in helping us with our biggest attendance by our students for last Friday’s disco: Kelly Smith-Brodigan, Dimitra Godfrey, Corrina Fisher, Christine Cory, Cheryl Kelly, Michelle Deering and Krista Bingham. Let us not forget our core people Michelle Del Nero, Renae Chamberlain and Aimie Elmer. I would also like to mention our beautiful Teachers, Deputy Principals and Principal who came along and spent time with their students outside the classroom environment. You can definitely see by the childrens reactions they loved every minute of it.
To the families that placed an order for chocolates they were delivered to the relevant child and their classroom on Wednesday, 3 July. Fingers crossed they have arrived home safely and not been taste tested. Enjoy selling or eating them over the holiday break and just a reminder the monies raised are to be returned on Wednesday, 24 July. Also to our families who chose the donation option, thank you.
We wish everyone and their families a safe holiday and look forward to a successful fundraising in Term Three.
Be safe and keep smiling.
Stacey Jackson P & C President
Please note Jacaranda will be running their Vacation Care Programme from Aveley Primary
School these school holidays.
AVELEY PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS &
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION
2014 Expression of 2014 Expression of
Interest Interest for enrolment of for enrolment of children entering children entering
Kindergarten or PreKindergarten or Pre-- Primary in 2014 should be Primary in 2014 should be
made by made by Friday, 26 July 2014.Friday, 26 July 2014.
Please be aware you will Please be aware you will need to provide your need to provide your child’s original birth child’s original birth
certificate, immunisation certificate, immunisation records and a utility bill as records and a utility bill as
proof of address.proof of address.