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Newsletter 22 February 2012

Issue 2

Wed 22 February

Rm 6 Parent Mtg –

5.30pm

Rm 5 Parent Mtg - 6.00pm

Fri 24 February

Year 7 Immunisation

Mon 27 February

Year 6/7 Swimming

commences

Scitech Rm 13, 10 & 5

Rm 2 Parent Mtg - 5.00pm

Tue 28 February

Uniform Shop open

Whole School Photo - 9am

Kindy 1&2 Parent Mtg -

6.00pm

Rm 4, 9, 10 & 13 Parent

Meeting - 5.30pm

Wed 29 February

Youth River Forum

Mon 5 March

Labour Day

Tue 6 March

Room 4 Assembly

Sculpture by the Sea -

Rm 19 & 20

P&C AGM

Hot Weather Policy

Bus Transport

Parent Info Booklet

Whole School Photo

1

Parent/Teacher

Information Sessions

Student Leaders

Instrumental Music

Lessons

P&C News

2

Canteen News

Community News

3

Community News 4

Inside this issue:

Ardross

Primary News A Message from the Principal

Mathletics and Maths Buddy. Once a decision has

been made, the school will be registering students to

have access from home. I thank the P&C for their

tireless efforts and look forward to working with

them again in 2012.

HOT WEATHER POLICY

I have had several parent queries with regards to a

hot weather policy. We do not have a hot weather

policy, but instead have a “Sun Protection Policy”

which has now been placed on our website for

parent information. Our sun protection policy has

been adopted to ensure that all staff and students

are protected from skin damage caused by UV

radiation from the sun. This policy is to be

implemented throughout the year, but with

particular emphasis from the beginning of

September through to the end of May. The policy

will be presented to the School Board this year for

review as per the policy review schedule. In the

meantime, all staff have been made aware of the

policy and will implement it as far as practicable.

Should you have any queries about our processes

please don’t hesitate to contact me.

BUS TRANSPORT

Another issue recently raised with me is the use of

seatbelts on buses when students go on excursions.

As it is not mandatory for all schools buses to be

fitted with seatbelts, staff book buses within the

Department of Education Excursions Policy and

Guidelines. We usually use only a couple of bus

companies who provide us with competitive quotes

and the appropriate level of insurance. Some of

these buses are equipped with seatbelts, however

this does force up the price of excursions, especially

for longer trips. Should travelling on a bus without

seatbelts be an issue, you are more than welcome to

discuss private transport arrangements with the

classroom teacher.

PARENT INFORMATION BOOKLET 2012

The updated Parent Information Booklet for 2012 is

now on line and can be found on our website. It is

an A-Z listing of many day to day operations within

our school and should be consulted when you are

not sure or require more information. Please read

the booklet carefully and consult when necessary.

WHOLE SCHOOL PHOTO

The whole school photo to be displayed in the front

office will be taken next Tuesday, 28 February. It is

important that all students from Pre Primary to

Year 7 come in the appropriate school uniform.

Students will not be permitted to wear their faction

shirt as it is not a sport day. Your cooperation with

appropriate uniform is most appreciated.

Greetings to staff, students, parents and community

members and welcome to this edition of the school

newsletter. It continues to be a very smooth start to

the year with all classes now in to their teaching and

learning program.

NEWSLETTER COMMUNICATION

The newsletter is the major form of communication

between school and home and provides information on

upcoming events, school policies and processes and

community news. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT

PARENTS READ THE NEWSLETTER EVERY

FORTNIGHT to ensure that communication levels

are high. Mr Hill regularly reviews and updates our

contacts list. As of today we have 248 registered

families who receive the newsletter online with some

of those families receiving newsletters, former

families who would like to continue receiving our

newsletter and approximately 30 families request a

hard copy due to technology difficulties. We have 318

family representatives which means we have over 40

families or 13% not receiving the appropriate informa-

tion. Last fortnight’s newsletter was provided in hard

copy to all families to ensure that the process of

receiving newsletters on line was understood, or to

make a request through the front office to receive a

hard copy. If you have not registered to receive

notification the newsletter is available you can go to

www.ardrossps.wa.edu.au/ and register online in the

newsletter section. I will be following up with Mr Hill

this week to ensure that all families are receiving the

newsletter either online or as a hard copy. Parents

who are not appearing on either list will be notified.

P&C AGM

The P&C Annual General Meeting was held last

Monday evening. It was great to see some new faces

in attendance. It was also pleasing that the P&C was

able to fill all of their positions for the 2012 year.

Congratulations to:

President - Lee Fromant

Vice President - Cornelia Major

Secretary - Claire Greenwell

Treasurer - Alan Mackenzie

Executive - Jenny Duffield

- Bruce Willett

- Jessica Williams

School Board - Bruce Willett

The committees for the canteen, uniform shop and

environment were almost fully subscribed as well!

Thank you to all members of our P&C who have

volunteered to assist with the 2012 school year. The

P&C have committed approximately $45000 this year

to compliment the teaching and learning programs, as

well as the continuation of the ground beautification

program. The first part of these funds were used by

Mr Macmillan to provide every student from Pre

Primary to Year 7 Scitech membership. Class

teachers are presently booking their visits to Scitech

to support their programs. At tonight’s staff meeting

staff will be reviewing home maths programs such as

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PARENT / TEACHER INFORMATION SESSIONS

All teachers will be holding Parent Information Sessions during

Weeks 4 and 5. The purpose of these meetings is to outline to

parents the teaching and learning programs planned, together

with organisational structures used in the room. Teachers will

discuss Curriculum, Behaviour Management, Homework,

Communication and other day to day operations of the class.

These meetings are not designed to allow time for

parent/teacher interviews, however these could be scheduled at

a later date. Staff have been asked to plan for a 30 minute time

and will communicate with you the planned meeting time.

Parents are strongly encouraged to attend.

Have a great week.

Andrew Holmes

Principal

STUDENT LEADERS

Nominations, preferences, speeches and voting for the roles of

Student Councillors, Faction Captains or Vice Captains and

Environmental Councillors have concluded. The quality of

students’ written and oral persuasive texts was extremely

pleasing. At Ardross all Year 7 students take on authentic

leadership tasks so that they have opportunities to develop

communication and interpersonal skills, show initiative and

self manage their rosters and responsibilities. We wish them

well in their new roles and appreciate their work. Here are our

Student Leaders for 2012:

Student Councillors

Seana Dale Gabriel Ng

Katherine Dumas Hannah Omori

Alessandra Ho Fraser Reid

Lucas Fraser Billy Sufizada

Liliana McGuire George Thompson

Caitlyn Napier Zoe Yao

Faction Leaders

Captain Vice Captain

Butler Olivia Rimmer Laria Arthur

Joshua Harrison Luke Ukalovich

Lukin Mia Cahtarevic Ainee Ibrahim

Matthew Hardie Nathan Johnston

Waylen Maddy Bedford Julia Fazio

Ben Nash Stevan Ilic

Wellard Jovana Glusac Tiara Mujitaba

Rion Robertson Harry Lindsay

Environmental Councillors

Isis Abellanosa Caitlin Mengel

Maya Alvarez Zamarca Taiki Nakanishi

Isabel Dworakowski Philia Ng

Britney Fernandez Jimmy Pae

Cody Fowler Michael Perry

Lewis Goddard-English Daniel Pettersen

Jack Goldrick Ryo Ridley

Naga Halim Shiraz Salameh

Paris Harbron Caleb Schaefer-Zaicz

Eunice Ho Heiner Sugiri

Benny Holdsworthy Amy Sutherland

Angelique Kabunga Wei Wong

Ormilla Kothandabani Kenta Yokote

Campbell Marley Yurgen Yu

Jett McLachlan Allan Zheng

Badges will be presented at our next assembly on Tuesday,

28 February from 2.30 - 3.00pm.

Catherine Bishop

Deputy Prinicpal

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC LESSONS

Have fun learning to play the Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute or

Trumpet with Mr Stoddard’s music students. Learn how to

read music. Express yourself with songs. Perform in groups

or as a soloist. Develop your creativity and benefit from the

study of music. Half hour lessons are held every week at a

cost of $134 per term, provided by Musicorp. Instrument

lease also available. Please see Miss Pateman for more

details or enrolment forms.

Lynda Pateman

Music Specialist Teacher

P&C NEWS

Thank you to all who attended our AGM on Monday evening.

It was good to see so many new faces.

I am pleased to be continuing on as President again, with

support from the following people:

Vice President – Cornelia Major

Secretary – Claire Greenwell

Treasurer – Alan Mackenzie

School Board representative – Bruce Willett

Welcome back all existing members of the executive and sub

committees and a special welcome to the new executive

member Jenny Duffield.

On behalf of the P&C we would like to welcome Alan

Mackenzie into the role of Treasurer, who replaces Kay. Kay

will be facilitating the hand over and we would like to thank

Kay for her good work as treasurer over this last year.

As always, if you have any ideas or requests please email me:

leepandc@gmail.com. The next meeting will be Monday,

12 March at 7.30pm, which will include discussion on

Fundraising initiatives and Canteen ideas. All welcome.

Thanks again everyone for your continued support.

Lee Fromant

President P&C

P.S: We will be seeking volunteers to help at the Bunning’s

Sausage Sizzle scheduled for two dates in May. These are a

really great event to help out with and great interaction with

the community and the school. If you are able to help, anytime

between 8am and 5pm (even a couple of hours!), for further

information please contact Bruce Willett on 9364 2581 or

0417 969 174.

Applecross Senior High School

Year 7 Parent Information Evening

Tuesday 20 March 2012 @ 7.00pm

in School Gym

(off Ardessie Street)

Enquiries: Mr Abe Kassab - 9314.9353

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CANTEEN NEWS

Canteen Menu

Summer Menu is still being used to the end of this first term!

At this stage all items are available each day of the specials.

Watch newsletter and canteen notice boards for Updates &

Alterations.

Beach Swimming Lessons - Years 6 & 7

No lunch orders for Years 6 and 7 during beach swimming for

the entire fortnight. Recess is available as normal.

Volunteers Needed This Year

Always thought you’d like to join our friendly and patient

team of volunteers? Well now is the time! Please email me

on paulinechurchill13@gmail.com to send me your (& your

child’s) name, contact details and which days/times you’re

available and I’ll slot you into a training role on this term

roster. By term 2 we really need a lot more volunteers!

See you at the canteen!

Pauline Churchill

INTRODUCTION TO ANZ

The school has signed a new two year Introducers Agree-

ment with the ANZ bank. In the past we have had several

sponsorships through the program providing substantial

funds to our school. Should you be looking for a new mort-

gage and are considering the ANZ, please talk to the school

about the introducers agreement. More information can be

found on the sponsorship page of the newsletter.

MT HENRY DENTAL THERAPY CENTRE

The Mount Henry Dental Therapy Centre is now open for

2012. Opening hours are Monday to Friday 8.15 to 4.30pm

(except public holidays).

The Mount Henry Dental Clinic has had a new computer

system applied during 2011 and we would appreciate any

updated information on students attending the clinic as all

correspondence is now to be posted home, not through the

school as has been done in the past.

If anyone has changed address, phone number or there is

any other additional information which you think we may

r e q u i r e , p l e a s e n o t i f y u s a t

MtHenryDTC@dental.health.wa.gov.au or alternatively

phone us on 9313 0552.

CANTEEN MANAGER WANTED

The Applecross Senior High School P&C Association is

readvertising for a Canteen Manager to run our busy school

canteen servicing 1250 students. Strong communication and

supervisory skills are essential and experience in the food

industry would be an advantage. The position is full time

during school terms. Above award wages offered by

negotiation.

A full copy of the Duty Statement and Selection Criteria are

available online from www.applecross.wa.edu.au or on re-

quest via axshs.email@det.wa.edu.au

Applications close: Friday, 17 February 2012 at 2pm.

UNIFORM SHOP

28 February 2012 9.00 - 9.30am

13 March 2012 9.00 - 9.30am

Thu 23 Feb

Kim Yan Low….…………………....9-1.00pm

Sachiyo Nakanishi….…..…..…....9-12.00pm

Gabby Nicholson ....…………..11.15-1.15pm

Fri 24 Feb

Linda Downey ………………….....9-1.00pm

Sandy Dumas……………………...9-1.00pm

Mon 27 Feb Briar Kirkby ……………………….9-1.00pm

Filomena Dalais …………………. 9-1.00pm

Thu 1 Mar Sonia Pollard …………………..….9-1.00pm

Rebecca Puckett …………………..9-1.00pm

Lisa Watson ……………………...9-11.15am

Fri 2 Mar Karen Florenca …………………….9-1.00pm

Yvonne Arnold ……………………9-11.15am

Sharyn Rule …………………..11.15-1.15pm

Mon 5 Mar

PUBLIC HOLIDAY

Thu 8 Mar

Jenny Ivanoff………………...….....9-1.00pm

Alison Miller…..…………………....9-1.00pm

Gail Turner ….…………….……...9-11.15am

Sandy Brennan …………………...9-1.15pm

HONOUR CERTIFICATE

WINNERS

At this week’s assembly the winner’s

were:

Room 20 Alessandra Ho, Jimmy Pae.

Room 19 George Thompson, Maya Alvarez,

Luke Ukalovich.

Room 17 Jamie Miles, Paris Popovic.

Room 16 O.J Lazuardi, Bella Brakespeare.

Room 13 Harrison Greenwell-Roberts, Joia Kowalewski,

Tayha Wedge.

Room 11/12 Rahul Mahajan, Sienna Motton.

Room 10 Eamon Cooper, Tia Harken, Inyoung Moon.

Room 9 Aryan Chatrath, Lucy Dal Molin.

Room 8 Daytona Turner, Tahleah Pascov.

Room 7 Mika Saunders, Joel Chee, Kane Cole.

Room 6 Brandon Wong, Nikki Bakhtazad,

Alin Ibrahim.

Room 5 Matthew Miles, Ky Hehir, Catie Major.

Room 4 Eleanor Crowhurst, James Dalais, Ning Wong.

Room 3 Elias Holthouse, Felicity Brown, Jet Buckner.

Room 2 Holly Williams, Luke Rule.

P/E Josh Harrison.

Music Ben Ivanoff, Ziggy Kowalewski.

AFTER SCHOOL SOCCER COACHING CLINICS

(TERM 1)

All Pre-Primary to Year 3 have been given a registration

form for an After School Soccer Coaching Clinic starting

Monday, 27 February (3.20 - 4.10pm) and held on the

school grounds.

Coordinated and run by Physical Education and/or Soccer

Specialists, all with their Working with Children checks.

The Clinic focuses on Maximum Participation during Or-

ganised and Fun 7 x 50 minute sessions. The cost for the

clinic is $60 per child.

If you are interested in letting your child learn and play

this World Game in fun sessions and you have not yet reg-

istered, then please do so by completing the registration

form and return it to Reception by Friday, 24 February

(spare registration forms are available at Reception). If you

have any queries please call Jacob Aquino on 6162 9273.

TAKE HOME A BIG BROTHER OR SISTER

Give your children the wonderful opportunity to

have an international big brother or big sister by

hosting one of our exceptional international

students arriving in Australia in July 2012 for

their 3, 5 or 10 month programs. Our international

students from France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain,

Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland will live as a local,

attend a local secondary school, arrive with their own

spending money and comprehensive insurance cover - all

arranged by Southern Cross Cultural Exchange. Visit us at

www.scce.com.au, email scceaust@scce.com.au or call us

toll free on 1800 500 501, request our little booklets of

international student profiles, and capture the spirit of

family and friendship?

JAPANESE EXCHANGE VISIT

In March, Ardross Primary School is hosting a group of 15

students from Japan as part of a Cultural Exchange Pro-

gram. The students will be attending the school from

Monday, 26 March to Friday, 30 March and

will attend normal classes at school during that period. We

are looking for families to host a student. Becoming a host

family is a rewarding and enjoyable experience! It provides

a great opportunity for you and your family to interact and

make friends with someone from another country and

learn about their culture. (Host families receive a hosting

payment of $200 per student.) Please advise the office if

you are interested in hosting a student and drop in the

Expression of Interest.

Trying to find kids activities?

www.kidsguideperth.com.au

Try our new FREE directory for parents. Find all local

classes, courses, family events, sporting clubs and

school holiday activities. All listings are FREE, please

add your favourite children’s activity!

At Make Your Mark Art Café

8/2 Hulme Court, Myaree

www.makeyourmarkartcafe.com.au

VOLUNTEERS WANTED

Host an International Exchange Student

• Gain a new family member

• Make a life long link to a family in another country

• Learn about another language and culture

• Share the beauty and culture of Australia

• Contribute to international goodwill

By offering to act as a host family in a volunteer capacity, you

will provide an international student with the opportunity to

study and experience life here in Australia. With new students arriving in June-July 2012 from over 20 coun-

tries, why not give the students in your local area the opportu-

nity to learn about other cultures and make international

friends! If your family can offer a friendly, supportive and caring home

environment, contact us today. Note: opportunities exist for

families to host on a long term basis (5 or 10 months) basis as

well on a temporary and short term basis (2 or 3 months). To hear more about this wonderful opportunity or our

student exchange programs out of Australia call 1300

135 331 or visit our website:

www.studentexchange.org.au/host-a-student

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JAPANESE EXCHANGE VISIT : 26 TO 30 MARCH 2012—EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Name: _________________________________ Student/s Attending Ardross & Year Level: _________________________________

No. of Japanese Students: ________________ Preference: Male / Female

Ardross Primary School would like to thank all of the sponsors listed here for their support of the school.

We encourage all parents to use their services where feasible.

Femia and associates is a proactive and

dynamic firm Dedicated to providing its

customers with satisfaction in all taxation

and accounting matters.

Phone: (08) 9316 4500

Website: www.femia-accountants.com.au

Mosman Park Shopping Centre

Monument Street, Mosman Park

Phone: 9384 5062

Fax: 9384 6837

Email: Epronto2go@iinet.net.au

www.prontogourmet.com.au

( on-line ordering available soon)

The following sponsors’ support is provided through direct recognition of parents purchasing goods and services from

them. Please identify yourself as an Ardross Parent at Athlete’s Foot or Coffee Club when making a purchase upon

which a percentage of the sale will be donated to the school. For ANZ Booragoon a percentage of a home loan or home

sale respectively will be paid to Ardross Primary, please contact the principal for details.

The following sponsors provide support to the school based on the use of their services. Specifically,

Athlete’s Foot supplies sporting equipment for each $100 of sales. ANZ Booragoon gives 0.3% of a new loan.

Coffee Club gives 10% of each sale. Aussie Farmers Direct donate 2% of your total spend back to the school.

Garden City—Booragoon Garden City—Booragoon

Finger Food Specialist Delivery or

Serviced Catering available

Ph 0400960026 bitesize@live.com

Paul Evensen

Associate Director Realmark Applecross

mobile: 0439 923 844