Rockingham Beach Primary School Aspire and Achieve Together

Term 1 Issue 2

27 February 2019

30 Bay View Street, Rockingham WA 6168 t: (08) 9591 6700 email rockinghambeach.ps@education.wa.edu.au website www.rockinghambeachschools.wa.edu.au

For your diary

1 Mar Story Dog Fundraiser

4 Mar Labour Day Public Holiday

5 Mar School Development Day

6 Mar Parenting W/Shop 1-2-3 Magic

8 Mar Assembly Rm 14

13 Mar Parenting W/Shop 1-2-3 Magic

14 Mar I/School Carnival (selected students)

18-29 Mar

Swimming Lessons PP-Yr 6

2 Apr Yr6 Excursion to Parliament House

5 Apr ESC Assembly

5 Apr I/school Swimming Carnival

Dear Families, Congratulations to Room 13 on hosting our first assembly for the year last Friday. The students treated us to their “Sensory” poems written during their Talk 4 Writing lessons, and sang the chorus of “We are Australian” – it was a lovely performance. Well done Mrs Weeks and Ms Hayward.

These last two weeks we have had the Life Education van at our school providing an hour session for all students in Kindy to Year 6. The key messages are around healthy minds and healthy bodies. Sessions focus on friendship, respect, being healthy, and how to be cyberwise. This is an initiative of our Health & Wellbeing Committee and is provided free to our students by the school. We know our kids have really enjoyed meeting “Harold the Giraffe”.

Thanks to Mr McCurrach for managing our Dolphin Swim Club this term. Excited students have been coming down to the Aquatic Centre each Monday and Friday morning to build their swimming skills and to prepare for our Interschool Swimming Carnival later this term. Students need to be at Stage 5 or above to join in. See Mr McCurrach if your child is keen to join.

Story Dogs Fundraiser Story Dogs is a volunteer organisation with the aim of making reading fun for kids. When children read to a dog, the outcomes are amazing! It is a non-judgemental setting, the children's focus improves, their literacy skills increase and their confidence soars. The accepting, loving nature of dogs gives this program its magic and helps children relax, open up, try harder and have fun while reading to a friendly, calm dog. We currently have two dogs that visit our school. Story Dogs rely on donations to train dogs for the program. Our students are invited to bring along their favourite toy dog, wear dog ears, or dress in orange for a gold coin donation this Friday. Please support this wonderful initiative.

School Development Day This coming Monday is a public holiday to recognise WA Labour Day. On the Tuesday following, our school will be closed to students for our staff School Development Day. This means our students and families will enjoy an extra-long weekend. We will see them back at school next week on Wednesday.

Swimming Lessons Swimming lessons for all Pre-Primary to Year 6 students will take place in Week 7 and 8 this term. Permission notes have already been sent home. Swimming lessons are an integral component of our Physical Education program and it expected that all children will participate. It is critical that all families complete their chid/ren’s health care profile in ‘Care Monkey’. Our staff will need the most recent information on hand at the pool to ensure we take good care of our students. Thank you to all families for your support.

On-Entry Assessment Program This week, our Pre-Primary, Year 1 and Year 2 teachers have commenced the On-Entry Literacy and Numeracy testing of students. This test enables teachers to evaluate their students’ abilities in language, reading, writing, counting and numbers. This helps teachers plan lessons and tailor learning to each child. At the completion of the testing, we will be sending home reports to parents indicating their child’s performance. If you have any concerns about your child’s progress, please make an appointment to see their teacher.

P&C Meeting Last Monday, the P&C held their first meeting for 2019. It was fantastic to see so many mums and dads coming along to support the school. Joining the P&C is a great opportunity for you to voice your thoughts and ideas in contributing to making our school even better at the meetings. The P&C meet on Monday mornings at 8:40am in the staffroom in Week 3 and 8 each term. They generally last for around an hour. The next meeting is on 25th March – we would love to see you there!

“Reflective”

I seek and act upon feedback

I understand how I learn best

I know what I need to learn next

Merit Certificates

Indigo Leveridge

Whyatt Compagnon

Riley Shannon

Alexander Samway

J’Kobi Wilson

Axl Ndinga

Zara Broom

Oscar Patton

Jhye Simpson

Stella-Rose Stronach

Will Peterson

Zave Magliarditi

Lucian Higgins

Dexter Whelan

Te Kereti Pairama

Heath Weir

Deagan Meldrum

Zia Gnjec

Liam Herron

Rory Shaw

Shion Okada

Mathletics Mathletics is Australia’s most used educational website. It is fully aligned to the Australian Mathematics Curriculum and is adaptive as it tailors questions based on the ability of individual students. Mathletics provides immediate feedback to students, teachers and parents. There is 24-hour access at both home and school. We offer families subsidized subscription at $10 per child. Thanks to those families who have already paid for 2019. If not, can you please forward your payment as soon as possible. Thank you for your support of this great initiative.

Teacher-Family Interview This year, we will be closing the school at 11:30am on Tuesday 9th April for families to book an interview with their child’s teacher to discuss their progress and achievement so far this year. Your child’s teacher will let you know if there are any concerns with their learning, behaviour, social or emotional develop-ment. If your child needs to have an Individual Education Plan this will be shared with you at this time. Families will be notified when you can book an interview time shortly.

Voluntary Contributions Congratulations to the Backo family who were the lucky winners of the Parent Privileged Parking Bay for this term. If you want to be in the draw for next term’s Parking Bay, just pay your contributions by the end of this term. Fees are $60 per child or $150 for three or more children. Contributions can be paid in full or instalments by EFTPOS at the school office, or by Direct Debit into our account:

Bank: ANZ Account Name: Rockingham Beach Primary School Account Number: BSB: 016 440 A/C: 3409 05594 Please enter Student/Family name as a reference.

Kind regards,

Jacqui O’Donnell Principal

This week we completed a Valentines Day craft and read a story about love. Next week we will be having a green day, reading the "Where is the Green Sheep?" and 'green' activites.

School SMS Number 0419 963 145

Please assist us by sending an SMS to the number above

if your child is absent from school for any reason. You do not need to wait to receive notification they are absent.

Canteen Number

0403 852 407

EFTPOS available for transactions over $5.00

Thank you to all our Sponsors for supporting our school