Office Hours:

8:00am –

Telephone: 9294 1522 Fax: 9255 2086

From The Principal’s Desk

Term 2 2016 26th May 2016

Coming Soon

27th May

Interschool Sport

Home V Greenmount

31st May

Staff Meeting

3.15pm

1st June

Assembly B5

A6 Announcing

6th June

WA Day

Public holiday

NO SCHOOL

Dear Parents, Carers and Staff, Page 2 of the Annual Report which is available on the school’s website.

Swan View Primary is a Level 5 school with an enrolment of 351 students from Kindergarten to Year 6. Of this enrolment,

65 are Indigenous students.

The school has 17 teaching areas, including an Early Childhood Centre, Art Room, Computer Laboratory, Library Resource Centre, Science Laboratory, Covered Assembly Area, Music Room, Activities Atrium, Canteen and Dental

Therapy Units.

The learning program consists of rich and varied learning experiences focussing on literacy and numeracy and the

management of behaviour.

Attendance data has been considered as part of the school self assessment process and students and families categorised as being at risk are identified. It continues to be a challenge to bring a small cohort of students to school regularly. However there has been an improvement in our attendance rates by 1.2% which is closer to the general public average with a gap of 0.9%. What is worthy of note is the higher attendance of the Indigenous cohort compared to the both like schools and the state attendance

rate.

Graduates from Swan View Primary School enrol in surrounding high schools. Most students transition to Swan View Senior High School. In 2015 there was an increase in the number attending Swan View Senior High school for specialised programs such as Engineering, Drama, and the Achieving Curriculum Excellence

program (ACE).

The Index of Community and Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA) is 92.6. A slight increase over the past few years.

Our students come from a wide range of social circumstances creating many challenges for the staff. Our parent/carer community is supportive of the school, and many of them volunteer time and support to

the learning programs.

The school’s priorities are Literacy,

Numeracy, Attendance and Engagement.

23 teaching staff and the 8 support staff working in the school were retained from the previous year. Two of the three leadership team members were engaged in teaching. All teaching staff members are registered with

the Teachers Registration Board of WA.

Cheers, Marg

Students are to arrive at school between 8:30am and 8:45am.

The school day begins at 8:45am.

After 8:45am the student is deemed to be late and must go to the front office for a late note.

Primary Attendance Rates

Attendance Rate

School WA Public

2013 90.9% 92.6%

2014 90.4% 92.1%

2015 91.6% 92.7%

Staff numbers

No FTE

Administration Staff

Principal 1 1.0

Deputy Principals 2 1.8

Teaching Staff

Teaching Staff 23 18.6

Support Staff

Clerical/Administrative 3 3.0

Gardening/Maintenance 1 0.5

Instructional 2 1.4

Non Teaching Staff 8 5.3

Total School Support 14 10.2

TOTAL 40 31.6

C Block recipients

C1 Lachlan Toll Sienna Bradley

C3 McKenzie Hemopo Katie Cox

C4 Amy Harapeet

Eric Arjoon-Cloghan

Early Childhood Unit

EC4 Easter Reader Ella Rigg

EC5 Owen Trusty James Cameron

Sports Pheonix James Kyanne Beagley

Science Rutvi Khale Amy Harapeet

Music Kaylen Lynch

Congratulations to all of the following students who received

honour certificates.

A Block recipients

A1 Shaun Donnelly Chelsea Bragg

A6 Matthew Kemp Deagan Spurr

A7 Hope Higgins Kyanne Beagley

B Block recipients

B2 Xaina Paniza Mitchell Hanson

B3 Taylor Bradley Gideon Douglas

B4 Luke Bollati Rebekah Jane Kelly

B5 Nesma Al_Kozai Candice Bragg

B6 Georgee Principe Ali Methri

HONOUR

CERTIFICATES

TERM 2 2016 PAGE 2 SWAN VIEW NEWS AND VIEWS

Certificates were presented to the “Coding for Kids” students from year 5. During a ten week pro-gram the children completed module 1 of Scratch Programming. Scratch is a program which was developed for children around 8 years of age to help them develop creative learning skills. When young children create programs, they learn important mathematical and computer concepts which improve their creative thinking, logical reasoning, problem solving and collaboration skills.

It’s extremely exciting to see the progress that these students have made through Term 1 and we all look forward towards Scratch Programming module 2 this Term. Mr Ron Vanderkley is an engineer who has been able to inspire our students.

Coding Program

TERM 2 2016 PAGE 3 SWAN VIEW NEWS AND VIEWS

Book Launch in B5 by Ms McGinniss

Canteen News by Teresa Elzer

On Wednesday the 18th May, the children in B5 invite family and friends to come to the official launch of our book titles “Holidays” . We narrated about an activity we did before we were in year 3. We accompanied this with a photo of ourselves. Fifteen adults came to our book launch and they were treated to Jameson Hewer, Heros McPherson and Jack Morgan reading their special page in the book. Celebrating our special events is important to us in B5. Thank you adults for your attendance.

Congratulations to Mr Graham Peterson, our Physical Education teacher, for being named as the WA Cricket Ambassador for 2016. Mr Peterson has devoted a lot of time to developing the knowledge and skills of cricket at Swan View PS. He has arranged for outings to the WACA and other sporting events. Each year Mr Peterson has organised the Interschool Cricket at Swan View Park and has brought cricket enthusiasts and mentors to inspire our would-be cricketers.

PIZZAS ON THURSDAY

The canteen makes the pizza bases from scratch and with love! The canteen made bases are risen on top of pie warmers, slathered with your favourite sauce topped with awesome toppings and cheese of course. Give it a go! Also we are in need of volunteers Volunteers are needed on a Tuesday and Wednesday. If you are interested in meeting new friends, learning how to cook, get a FREE lunch and join in the fun please contact Teresa on 9294 3347.

Ambassadors Award

TERM 2 2016 PAGE 4 SWAN VIEW NEWS AND VIEWS

Have you got the HEAD (KAAT), HEART (KOORT) and n soul to play the best hoops in the world?

It is a school term program filled with fun, fitness, and friends learning to play basketball.

Who can join? Any child aged 4-12 yrs

Do I need to know how to play basketball? No Not at all– we will show you.

When do I need to go? Every Tuesday after school from 3.30-5.30pm

Where is it? Swan Park Leisure Centre, Gray Dve, Midvale

How much does it cost? Its FREE to eligible participants

How do I get involved? Application forms are available at the school office, or call Darlene at

Koya on 0406 255 875.

Register by form or phone to reserve your place.

Needed/Wanted by Mrs Bray

Kaat Koort n Hoops

The Aboriginal Justice Program in partnership with the Child and Parent Centre Swan is holding an Open Day where you can seek assistance with identification, drivers licence, fines Centrelink and other business under the one roof.

WHERE; Child and Parent Swan Lot 574 Cockman Cross Stratton WHEN: Friday 3rd June 2016 TIME:9am-3pm

WHO WILL BE AT THE OPEN DAY: Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages-Need identification? Want to check if you and your children’s births are registered? Register births! Get your Birth Certificate! Sheriffs' Office– For queries on fines and time to pay arrangements Department of Transport– Apply for learners permits and WA Phots (ID) Card, hand in number plates, find out if you have lost your licence or are under suspension and other information about licencing services. Centrelink– Income support issues, family benefits, pensions and make arrangement to pay your fine off, Centrepay and apply for Tax File Numbers and Medicare Cards. If you want to apply for WA Photo ID Card or do licensing business it is IMPORTANT to bring along as much ID as you can:- Birth Certificate, EFTPOS/Credit card, Medicare card, Centrelink, Proof of Age card/WA Photo card etc. Sponsored by The City of Swan, Shire of Mundaring, Midvale Hub, Aboriginal Justice Program and the Government of Western Australia.

If any one has any spare ice cream containers at home that they don’t need, would you please bring them to the school for us to use. We are always in need of containers. Thank you.