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10 July 2016

Issue 12 WUNDOWIE PRIMARY

An Independent Public School

“Quality teaching empowering

students

and improving performance”

Boronia Ave

PO Box 308

WUNDOWIE WA 6560

Ph.: 08 9573 6239

Fax: 08 9573 6422

wundowie.ps@education.wa.edu.au

UPCOMING EVENTS

Thurs 11 Aug

Inter-school Cross

Country

Fri 19 Aug

Incursion—Spare

Parts Puppet Theatre

Thurs 25th—30 th Aug

Book Fair

Thurs 1st Sept

Fathers Day Stall

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT

Thank you to all our parent helpers and volunteers on NAIDOC Day. It has

been a great start to the term and due to an enormous amount of preparation

put in by staff, students are settling in well.

A huge thank you to all the parents who were able to attend parent-teacher

interviews. Those parents who were unable to attend you are most welcome to

arrange a meeting with your child’s teacher throughout the term. It is

extremely pleasing to hear the positive feedback from parents after they have

met with their child’s class teacher and how they have found this opportunity

valuable.

Parent Concerns: Please direct all concerns to your child’s teacher in the

first instance. If they are not resolved at the classroom level, please contact

the school to make an appointment with the Principal in order to discuss

concerns.

Yours sincerely,

Georgina Wales

Our School VALUES and

ETHOS

Value adding to our school

community

Quality and service

Pride in who we are and how

we work

Growing our school and its

image

Making our school a great place

to work

Innovation

Leadership

Recognition

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PRE-PRIMARY TO YEAR

6 HOURS

MONDAY 8:35am -

3:00pm

TUESDAY 8:35 - 3:00pm

WEDNESDAY 8:35am -

3:00pm

THURSDAY 8:35am -

2:40pm (Early Close)

FRIDAY 8:35am - 3:00pm

KINDY HOURS

GROUP A

MONDAY 8:35am -

3:00pm

TUESDAY 8:35am -

3:00pm

ALTERNATE WEDNESDAY

8:35am - 3:00Pm

GROUP B

ALTERNATE WEDNESDAY

8:35am - 3:00pm

THURSDAY

8:35am - 3:00pm

FRIDAY

8:35am—3:00pm

A Parent Information Evening will be held at Easter Hills SHS on

Tuesday 16th August 2016 from 5.00—6.00 pm in the Music Audi-

torium. This is available for parents who were unable to attend the

open morning on the 17th June 2016.

All completed enrolment information to be returned by parents to

their child’s primary school no later than Friday 19th August 2016.

Do NOT send directly to Eastern Hills SHS.

Parents are requested to complete and include the following infor-

mation:

Enrolment Forms

Copy of Birth Certificate ( no Extract )

Health Record

Form 1 Health Care Summary

Course Selection Sheet ( mauve )

Eastern Hills Senior High School

2016 Parent Survey Results—Part 2

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Purpose

Children have the opportunity to familiarise

with the school, classroom environment, rou-

tines and staff while having a familiar person

in the room. This allows for a smoother transi-

tion to kindy in the future.

Parents can chat or network with other parents and discuss achievements,

problems and solutions they are experiencing with their child.

The children are offered a greater range of supervised learning activities

with parent involvement. Parents become familiar with developmental and

learning stages, and activities their child is participating in. Parents may feel

more confident to use or extend these activities at home for their child’s

benefit.

Program

The program includes a variety of activities to cater for the children’s devel-

opment in language, social, emotional, physical and intellectual areas. It is

designed to offer a balance of quiet and active activities, involving free

play and teacher directed activities. Within a fun and stimulating environ-

ment the children are also encouraged to build on skills of independence,

self-esteem, awareness and resilience.

Session Times

Our 0-4 program is held every Friday of the school term from 9.00 to

10.00am. The co-ordinator is Mrs Clare Rykers (nee Hawke) who is also our

Kindy/PP classroom teacher.

Parent Responsibilities and Involvement

Parents maintain duty of care for their children while on the school grounds.

Parents are required to attend each session with their child/children.

0-4 Program Information

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NAIDOC DAY 2016

We were very lucky to have Mr Ian Wilkes teaching us

how to do some aboriginal dancing which everyone

enjoyed!

Mr Gordon Narrier showed us some painting

techniques which we applied to our paintings and our

new library bags.

Phil Wally Stack told some great Dream Time stories as

well as teaching us the Tapping Sticks and the

Didgeridoo.

The Year 6 students planted a Bush Tucker Garden with

the great help of Mrs Seagrim and Mrs Joyce.

Thank you to Julie MacKenzie and Di Lovell for help in

providing a tasty lunch made of Kangaroo, Buffalo and

Crocodile meat.

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Tegan Hayden

who is a WA

finalist for Miss

World Australia

came to visit and

gave a

motivational

speech to the

students which

was enjoyed by

all.

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CLASSROOM WINNERS

TERM 3 WEEK 2

Year 1/2 (1767)

Year 2/3 (1510)

Year 5/6 (1500

CLASS WINNERS

Gracie & Matilda

(100 each )

TOP TEN CAN

COLLECTORS

Braxton (505)

Sheridyn & Meisha (500)

Gracie & Matilda (300)

What is a healthy lunchbox?

Good models to use when selecting lunchbox foods are the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating or the Healthy Food and Drink Policy (also known as the school traffic light system). A healthy lunchbox should contain:

1. A good helping of fruit and vegetables 2. Bread/grains 3. Lean protein like tuna, salmon, eggs, beans or lean meat 4. Reduced fat dairy 5. A bottle of water

Remember: keep treats such as chips and chocolates for weekend or party foods rather than sending them to school. Limit the number of times packaged items such as flavoured crackers and muesli bars are provided.

In 2015 the students suggested names for the two Wundowie Primary School Factions. The suggested names were then voted on by all the students from PP to Year 6.

The winning names were selected and the factions are now called Red Backs and Gold Rush.

The students were then given the opportunity to draw their ideas of what should go on the faction flags.

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VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

We are sitting on 28% fees that have been paid. Payment is greatly appreciated, please see Mrs Sue Hammer or Mrs Alison McGrail at the school office. If you are unable to make full payment we would welcome a series of smaller payments. Thank you.

Financial support provided by parent / carers in the

payment of Voluntary Contributions has always played a

significant role in enabling Wundowie Primary School to

further extend and resource the planned student’s educa-

tional programs, adding value to your child’s/children’s learn-

ing experience.

Families who have paid their voluntary contributions will be placed in a raffle to be drawn at the End of Year Concert.

Friday Fun @ the Wundo-wie library in August

12th: Wriggle & jiggle 3:15 – 3:45

Rattle a tambourine, & dance to some bouncy music. Libraries don’t always need be quiet!

19th: Lego Club 3:30 – 4:30

This month’s theme is animals – build a horse & stable, or a dino-saur – the choice is yours. Pick up a registration form at the front desk. Parents need to be in the library for kids under the age of 10.

19th: Lego Club 3:30 – 4:30

This month’s theme is animals – build a horse & stable, or a dino-saur – the choice is yours. Pick up a registration form at the front desk. Parents need to be in the library for kids under the age of 10.

26th: Creation Station 3:15 – 3:45

Paper Plate Weaving

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Wundowie primary School

has created a

‘Community Events

Board’

to assist various

organisations and clubs

with the advertisement of

meetings and events.

If you have a community

advertisement that you

would like to be displayed

please drop off a copy to

the front office.

(conditions apply)

Although Friday 22nd of July has passed, it is important to enrol.

Families need to apply to enrol their children in a public school for 2017 if they are:

starting Pre-primary (first year of compulsory school) – 5 years old by 30 June 2017

starting Year 7 (first year of secondary school)

changing schools.

Families can also apply to enrol children in Kindergarten for 2017 if they are 4 years old by 30 June 2017.

All children from Pre-primary to Year 12 are guaranteed a place at their local public school.

To apply to enrol your child, visit your local school as early as possible

For more information or to find your local school visit education.wa.edu.au.