ALBANY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Proudly an Independent Public School Suffolk Street, Albany WA 6330 | Phone 9842 7400 |Absent Phone 0438 978 463 Website www.albanyprimary.wa.edu.au | Email albany.ps@education.wa.edu.au

From the Principal’s Desk

NAPLAN Online

Well done to our Year 3 and

Year 5 students for

demonstrating Personal

Excellence during NAPLAN Online. We are very proud

of your efforts! Overall, Albany Primary School had a

successful first year of NAPLAN Online.

We did have slight technical difficulties

during the Writing assessment, but not

to the degree that other schools in

Australia experienced. Students in Year

5 were offered the opportunity to re-sit

this assessment.

A big thank you to Mrs Jones, Ms Eley and all of the

staff for your efforts in making NAPLAN Online run

smoothly over the testing period.

Rebranding

After discussion with the School Board, a decision

about whether to pursue rebranding is still pending.

There is an identified need for further community

consultation. A starting place for this will be sharing

information about the features of the current logo.

Keep an eye out in the next newsletter for this

information!

In-Term Swimming

In-term swimming commences on Tuesday 4 June and

runs through until Friday 14 June. Students need to

bring their bathers, towel, goggles, dry clothes and

plenty of water. Please make sure all items are labelled

with your child’s name. Thank you to families who

have made prompt payment to the school. Payments

still due, need to be complete prior to the first lesson.

UP & COMING EVENTS MON TUE WED THUR FRI

WA Day – No school Interm Swimming

PLC Jnr

K1B

Interm Swimming

Eisteddford Week Commences

P&C Meeting 7pm

PLC Snr

K1B

Swimming Finishes

Eisteddford Winners Concert

Assembly Rm 22

NEWSLETTER. Volume 9

ALBANY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Cross Country

Congratulations to our students that participated in the Inter-House Cross Country today. There was cheering, sprints

to the finish and resilience on display. Thank you to Mr Dawson, Mrs Eley and the student helpers for organising the

event. The Top 5 finishers will compete at Interschool later this Term on 27th June.

Well done to Michaelmas for winning the shield!

Cross Country Results - Top 5

Boys Girls

Year 1 1st Lewin Marshall Eunyce Itaas

2nd Theodore Walleford Arya Aslett

3rd Jackson Beeck Lola Cekerevac

4th Joe Ferry Leila Grobbler

5th Billy Bairstow Jacinta Armstrong

Year 2 1st William Severin Ava Benson

2nd Xavier Duckworth Jasmine McRae

3rd Jax Auty Charlie Mackay

4th Campbell Hare Harriet Young

5th Malachi Bresanello Sienna Griffiths

Year 3 1st Marlon Cekerevac Grace Felton

2nd Kai Myers Chloe Stone

3rd Travis Wright Abigail Wiseman

4th Jacob Shuttleworth Ari Scott

5th Ben Ferry Amber Orr

Year 4 1st Lorcan Contier Lucy Newton

2nd Mitchell Eley Freya Bowyer

3rd Jesiah Bresanello Eden Itaas

4th Faris Houderrani Skye Nathan

5th Scott Rystenberg Shaelin Hare

Year 5 1st Elijah Williams Zeva Faulkner

2nd Charlie Leverington Charleton Nielsen

3rd Jackson Moir Aisha Coyne

4th Jake Stone Gracie Foggin

5th Ben Weadley Tacha Lowry

Year 6 1st Riley Marsh Ella Marwick

2nd Oliver Marsh Shelley Thompson

3rd Harry Watters Zamia Nolen

4th Merlin Bew Arabella Luscombe

5th Will Leverington Ruby Steele

Eagles Cup Well done to our Eagles Cup football team for their first two games. Last week they won 84 to 14 against Flinders Park Primary School in what was the First Round of the competition. Both teams showed good sportsmanship on the field. The Second Round was another brilliant display of football and teamwork, Albany Primary School winning 84 to 1 against Spencer Park. Thank you to Mr Dawson, Mrs Stein and parent helpers who accompanied the team and supported them from the side lines.

Regards

Mr Reece Smith, Principal

ALBANY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Congratulations to all of our

wonderful

honour certificate recipients

and RISE stars

JUNIOR SENIOR

Elise Matilda Harry Oliver Olivia Makenzie Bryce Austin Sophia Jack

Campbell

Emily Lucy

Congratulations to Clarence with 1005 Faction Points

FACTION POINTS

745 843 1005 821

HONOUR CERTIFICATE RECIPIENTS 17th May 2019

ROOM JUNIOR ROOM SENIOR

2 Kayla

Fletcher 15

Merlin Zahra

3 Cobi

Sophia 16

Bobby Gracie

4 Sophie

Henderson 17

Luke Ruby

5 Eunyce Oscar

18 Rosie

Ginevra

6 Amity

Campbell 20

Molly Will

7 Rosilee Jacob

21 Elisha

Mathew

8 Lucy

Cadence 22

Lucas Josh

9 Angel

Steven 23

Kiahna Viv Levi

13 Harrison

Theo

LOTE Matilda Molly

SCIENCE Grace

Fletcher

RISE Stars

ALBANY PRIMARY SCHOOL

P & C A big thank you to our volunteers

and all who supported the Mother’s Day stall, which

raised almost a thousand dollars!

Our Picture Plate fundraiser was also a great success.

We should receive the items by the end of Term 2. For

those who didn’t order, the templates will be sent

home with the children, so their art can still be

preserved.

Our next general meeting is Monday 10 June 2019,

7.00 pm, in the staffroom. Come along and have a say

in what projects our funds go toward. All are welcome.

Uniform Shop

The Uniform Shop is currently looking for new

volunteers, after some long-time volunteers stepping

down following years of volunteering. If you can spare

45 minutes twice a term, please contact Rowena

Metselaars at apsuniformcoordinator@outlook.com or

0409 927 459.

Walking School Bus

We are looking for new volunteer supervisors so that we can have more children on the Walking School Bus. Specifically, we could use an extra person on Wednesday afternoons, but just putting your name down as an emergency stand in for a regular volunteer would be a big help. Let us know what you can do and when you can do it, and we’ll get you busy. Please contact Denise at apswalkingschoolbus@gmail.com.

Bob Thomson Gardens

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

afternoons

Departs school (meeting point outside Kindy room)

3:05pm arrives Bob Thomson Gardens 3:15pm

Old Farm at Strawberry Hill Wednesday and Thursday afternoons Departs school (meeting point outside Kindy room) 3:05pm arrives Strawberry Farm 3:15pm

Board Bits Over the coming weeks we hope to ‘introduce’ you to a variety of groups of people that fulfil different but related roles

and functions across Albany Primary School. These people are involved in the Governance of the school. Governance in

the context of schools refers to an integrated system of decision-making that has student success and school

effectiveness as its over-arching purpose. Our Governance Tree is made up of many branches. The branches represent

the different groups of our school who work together. (Picture adapted from online resources from the Dept of

Education WA)

School

Board

Finance

Committee P&C

Association

Executive

Leadership

Team/Staff Professional

Learning

Committees

Student

Council

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ALBANY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Bike Education The Year 6 classes have commenced Bike Education each fortnight with Mrs Mercer. The students are learning:

road safety

how to ride in formation

road rules

appropriate, safe signalling These sessions are excellent preparation for “being safe on the road” at the Year 6 Rottnest Camp.

Absence Notifications Cold and flu season is well and truly upon us. If your child is absent from school, you can notify us by sending a text message to 0438 978 463. This text line is monitored regularly and your child’s record will be updated promptly. If your child is going to be absent for an extended period on vacation please notify the School Office in writing, or via email.

Itchy and scratchy Over the last few weeks we have had several confirmed cases of Scabies in our school. A note was sent home on 15th May outlining the symptoms and treatment, and we ask all parents and caregivers to be vigilant for signs of this infection. If you believe your child has contracted Scabies please visit a Pharmacist or General Practitioner to seek treatment. Students should not return to school until the day after treatment commences, to prevent further transmission.

THANK YOU Ms Cotton and Mr Baxter very kindly

donated utensils and supplies for our

Cooking Room. The children and staff take

great pleasure in cooking activities, and we

thank you for your generosity.

Lost Property We were thrilled to find Mr Mousey’s owner during the week. We do have a few other small personal items in our Lost & Found in the School Office, so if your child has lost something of value at school, please let them know to check in with us.

Next date is 12th June

ALBANY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Out And About At A.P.S

Our Junior and Senior School RISING at the school oval.

Fire and Rescue visited our Kindy and Pre-Primary students recently.