Dear Parents and Carers,

First Semester Reports Reports will be sent home with the children on the last day of term, Friday 30 June. These have been written and graded against national standards and after staff have compared work samples and grades in writing. Some reports will have an attachment to show the child’s progress, if they are on a literacy programme targeting specific skills.

I have begun to read every child’s report and am very proud of the progress each child has made in their learning, the support that is provided in class by good teaching and the evidence based comments made by the teachers.

If you have any questions about the report, please contact your child’s classroom teacher to discuss it in more detail.

Term Dates For your calendar - the last day for Term 2 is Friday 30 June. The children have two weeks of holidays and return to school for Term 3 on Tuesday 18 July.

On Monday 17 July all the staff from East Narrogin Primary School will join with staff from six schools in this region for professional training at the Narrogin Senior High School.

Noongar Language and Culture activities As of last week, Laycee Coles and Carole Kickett who are the Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers at the school, have been running Noongar Language and Cultural activities for first 10 minutes of a lesson, in each class. This is done supported by the classroom teacher and is a new initiative which we are trialling this year. If it is successful, I hope to see it become embedded into the curriculum delivered at East Narrogin PS and something that your child can share with you as they become confident.

Safety House Group Constable Damien Summersby from the Narrogin Police Department is putting together a community group interested in running the Safety House Programme in Narrogin. He has come up with this initiative after a number of incidences across the town over the past year where it would have been of benefit for children to have a safe house to go to, to ask for assistance.

We already have some volunteers keen to get this started. If this is something you want to be involved in, or you want to know more about it, please contact Constable Summersby at the Narrogin Police Station or contact me at school and I will pass your contact details on.

The role of the Safety Householder is to assist young children in need of help by just being a “Good Neighbour” to them. Making them feel safe and supported and helping them to get in touch with their parents, school or whatever other help they might need. In non-emergency situations such as bullied, frightened or lost children, the Safety House person will contact the

From the Principal

✩ Wildcats Visit

Wednesday 14 June

✩ School Board Meeting, 6.00pm in

the School Library Tuesday 20 June

✩ Assembly, Room 4

Friday 23 June

✩ LAST DAY of Term 2 and Reports

to go Home Friday 30 June

Coming Events

Please remember that we have early close

at ENPS every Monday.

School closes at 2.30pm

Kindy closes at 2.30pm

ENDEAVOUR ACHIEVEMENT SUSTAINABILITY THOUGHTFULNESS

Newsletter No: 09

Date: 13 June 2017

Established 1963

Principal: Mrs Helen Fiebig Email: EastNarrogin.PS@education.wa.edu.au Phone: 9881 1581

Deputy Principal: Mrs Joanna Hayes

http://www.eastnarroginps.wa.edu.au Fax: 9881 1707 Facebook: East Narrogin PS

Reminder

Students must be signed out through the front office if leaving the school for any reason (e.g. dental appointment, doctors appointment etc.)

District Cross Country participants

East Narrogin Primary School Banking details for Voluntary

Contributions:- Commonwealth Bank

BSB: 066040 Account No: 19901631

From the Principal (Cont.)

child’s parents or school whilst reassuring and calming the child. In emergency situations the Safety House person will call the child’s parents and the Police or emergency services whilst giving support and protection to the child.

In what ways can I become involved in the Safety House Program? To become involved in the Safety House program you can: Join your local Safety House Committee and assist in

your community Participate in your local Safety House program by

applying to be a Safety House

Winter Carnival Congratulations to all the children who went to the town recreational centre today to compete in the interschool winter carnival. At the time of typing this I do not have any results, but I am proud of where ever they came in the competition as long as they competed with good sportsmanship and teamwork. A big thank you to the staff and the parents and friends who went down and supported them, and those who volunteered their time to umpire or help out in some way.

Thank you to the P&C Once again I congratulate the P&C on a job well done. Mrs Kirby who is the Manager of Corporate Services and I were very proud of the catering provided by our P&C on Tuesday the 6 June at professional training at East Narrogin PS, for Principals and Managers of Corporate Services from other schools in the district. Our P&C is truly wonderful at doing things to a high standard.

Facebook Just a reminder that there is an East Narrogin PS Facebook page which gives regular updates and photos of what is happening across the school. Please join if you are interested, it is listed as: East Narrogin PS.

At present there are 144 people who are linked in to this page.

Wildcats Visit On Wednesday, 14 June, at 2.00pm, the children are lucky to have a visit by members of the Wildcats Basketball Team. There are a group of 30 children who will be having a basketball workshop with them and then the whole school will have a short assembly to listen to the players. At the assembly we have a budding year 6 reporter interviewing the players to ask some probing questions.

Helen Fiebig, Principal

Monday Assembly Draw Congratulations to the following students who had their names drawn out at the Monday assembly. These students each had the chance to spin the ENE BEE WHEEL for a reward.

Week 6 and 7, Term 2 Be Respectful—Summer Dale Be Your Best—Cayden Wells, Georgia Furphy Be Responsible— Sienna Lanciano, Marjorie Ugle

Attendance All parents and caregivers are reminded that Section 38 (1) of the School Education Act 1999 makes it an offence for a parent of a child of compulsory school age not to ensure that the child complies with the attendance requirements of the Act. All students should be attending at least between 90% - 95%. If your child is absent you will need to notify the school by either a sick note or phone call please.

Johan van Wyk Behaviour and Participation Administrator.

Junior STEAM

In Weeks 9 and 10 all Junior STEAM students will be participating in a unit of work called “Bridges”. They will be looking at different designs and styles of bridges and then they will need to plan their own Bridge to build. So we are looking for recycled items useful for BUILDING BRIDGES. If you have any boxes, tubes or containers which could be used for this project, please bring them into the Art Room in preparation for Week 9 and 10.

Thanking you, Rebecca Ford, Junior STEAM Teacher

From the Wellbeing Committee

From the Canteen

Reasons to Rejoice at Recess! We have a great selection of affordable & yummy snacks for morning tea! The selection varies from day to day, but a few options are:

Spaghetti cheesies Muffins Chicken cheesies Anzacs

Something’s Fishy!

Fancy some fish? Encourage your child to build that brain with a fabulous crumbed fish salad box or a delicious fish burger! At less than $4 for either option ($5 for large burger) its great value, and you know your child has a wholesome lunch!

Thank you

Thanks to all who donated food for the catering last Tuesday, it was a great help. The participants passed on their appreciation for the quality & selection, so thank you to all who contributed to its success.

A special thank you once again to Ebony & Lana for their regular help & support in the Canteen!

Ros,Canteen Manager

The following students received Honour Certificates at the assembly on Friday 2 June 2017

Mayson Penny (ECC/1), Marcus Sherratt (ECC/1), Lucy Sands (ECC/3), Jye (ECC/3),La’Monta Penny (Room 1), Timothy Galvin (Room 1), Eloise Cooper (Room 3), Alissa Harrison (Room 3),Pheobe Jones ((Room 4), Carly Thompson (Room 4), Johnny Riley (Room 5), Olivia Hann (Room 5), Rory Sands (Room 6), Kaylab Maley (Room 6), Jonah Martin-Holmes (Room 7), Mackenzie Gresham (Room 7), Dylan Brickwood (Room 9), Charlene Chivell (Room 9), Jack Agnew (Room 10), Lee Yusman (Room 10), Lucy Sands (Junior Physical Education Award), Jimmy Presland (Junior Physical Education Award), Olivia Hann (Senior STEAM Award), Ashton Dale (Viewing Award), Asha Slawinski (Senior HEALTH Award), Ashton Dale (Senior HEALTH Award).

Honour Certificates

From Physical Education

Thank you to the UGSHA Hockey Development officer, Rodney Johnson, for conducting hockey skills sessions with our Year 3 – 6 students this term. The students enjoyed learning how to push, hit, trap and pass a ball in pairs and small groups. They then applied these skills in minor games with success.

Students have also been enjoying joining in the dance moves from the Jump Jam program.

Good luck to all the Year 3 - 6 students participating in hockey, soccer, football and netball in the primary schools Winter Lightning Carnival today. We will have results and photographs in the next Newsletter.

Jump Jam Photos

Hockey Photos

Round 12 - If you thought this round was another

shocker - you were right! That’s why the people who

couldn’t be bothered to put their tips in won!

I’m blaming Hawthorn mainly. Old fools like me

who’ve been watching them win for the last 30 years

can’t seem to switch our thinking to the new paradigm.

Freo is much easier to predict…

My only consolation at this point is that I still usually

beat my students even when I’m losing, but Ella, Alex

and Jesse are all thumping me big time!

Round 12 average was 3.2! It’s worth noting that there

was one more game this round than last, but we had a

lower average! Yeah - thanks heaps Carlton!

Round 11

What! Again?!

6 out of 6!

Slawinski Family

Rankings after

Rd. 10

Round 12

Ain’t that a kick

in the head!

Default tippers

Week 6 Winner;

ENPS!! Cha-ching!

Week 7 Winners;

Claire Racevskis ($13)

Sarah Dyson ($13)

If you haven’t done so already you can collect your winnings from the front office.

Round 11 - Just a sign

of the times that in a

round where there

weren’t any HUGE

surprises I still only

managed to scrape 3

correct out of 6!

I guess it’s true what

they say - when

you’re at the top the

only place to go is

down - except of

course that I’ve never

been on the top!!!

Outrageous!

Round 11 average was 3.4 points. That’s

something like 56%

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Slawinski Family

ECC1

M.C

Edgley Sr

Jo Annear

Joel Holmes

The Fords

Max Walliss

Locks

James & Bob

HOLZGRZ

Tim Early

R Wog

Chris Pettit

Mrs Mac

Gordon

Fiona Kirby

Corasiniti Gang

Hann Family

Mitchell Webb

Alex Jones

The Fowlers

The Grouts

Westinators

Big Al

Edgley Jr

Katelyn Hilder

Jacob & Vin

Alan Herdman

Jordan Heil

Jarrod Draper

Webster Family

The Dehnels

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Ballard Family

Room 9

Kylie Hilder

Community Notices

Disclaimer This section is provided for general information only, and on the understanding that the Department of Education is not providing advice or a recommendation about any of the services referred to in this newsletter.

WAAPA Winter School 2017

These July school holidays WAAPA is offering exciting programs for students in years 4 to 12. The Winter School includes classes in acting, drama, dance, screen acting and music theatre. For information about the many courses on offer please visit WAAPA Winter School Holiday Programs or contact Gabrielle Metcalf at g.metcalf@ecu.edu.au or 9370 6775.

Breakfast Club

I just wanted to say a big thankyou to all who help out with breakfast club, whether you volunteer to help, or donate supplies, it all helps go towards the students getting a good start to the day.

Marty, Chaplain