Dear Parents Our Year 6 Camp was held down at the Ern Halliday Recreation Centre last week, from Wednesday to Friday, and I want to express my appreciation for the excellent behaviour, camaraderie, positive collaboration and support for each other demonstrated by this wonderful group of children. They all faced their own particular challenges with maturity and respected other people’s with a good deal of compassion. I am proud of them for the way in which they are showing understanding of classmates differences, acknowledgment of their areas of strength and a willingness to accept people for who they are. We are very appreciative of the fine job these young ladies and gentlemen are fulfilling as leaders of the student body here at St John’s. My apologies for the pressure that is being placed on all of you at drop off and pick up time due to the church renovation. We hope we will be permitted to use the church car park within a couple of weeks once all the action requiring large truck movement has diminished. In the mean time I appreciate the difficulty you are experiencing in finding a parking space. Please be very mindful of the need to maintain the Kiss ‘N’ Drive rules

for the safety of our children.

At drop off please go right to the very western most end of the zone so that subsequent cars can come in behind you. I frequently observe cars pulling up in front of the gates with empty car bay spaces in front of them. The idea is to politely accommodate those coming after you. Please also let family members know, such as grandparents who do pick up, that we urge our community to avoid parking on Lalor St across the road from the school. NAPLAN commenced today for Years 3 and 5 and the children were all involved in the Language Conventions

TERM 2 WEEK 3 – 9 May 2017

WEEK 3 WEEK 4

Mon 8 Tues 9 Wed 10 Thurs 11 Fri 12 Sun 14

NAPLAN Week Cross Country Taining 8am Modcrosse Yrs 4-6 Mother’s Day Stall Cross Country Training 8am Netball Clinics Yrs 1-6 “Peter Pan” Yrs 3, 4 & 5 Mothers’ Day

Mon 15 Tue 16 Wed 17 Thu 18 Fri 19 June Fri 2 Mon 5

Basketball Yrs 3-6 Footy Yrs 1-6 Assembly - Certificates PUPIL FREE DAY - Catholic Day WA Day Holiday

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

and Writing tests. Tomorrow it will be Reading and Thursday, Numeracy. Happy Mother’s Day to all our mums and grandmas out there. We hope you all have a lovely family day. Regards Mary Bizzaca Principal

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SCHOOL NEWS Happy Birthday May 10 Jenna Russell Yr 5 14 Levi Leicester PP 15 Knox William PP 15 Audrey Fitzpatrick Yr 4

SPORT NEWS

Cross Country Training commences this Wednesday 3 May, 8.00am at Abbett Park and continues each Wednesday and Thursday morning until the Guild Cross Country competition.

Children in Years 3-6 are encouraged to attend to support their Guild and gain fitness and course knowledge in preparation for the event. Years 1 and 2 are welcome with a parent/adult to supervise them.

Parent helpers are required to assist with timing and walking children to school following training. Please volunteer your services on arrival.

Guild Cross Country Competition Thursday 1 June Abbett Park Children will walk to the venue with their class teacher.

Class Race Times Year 1 & 2 : 9.30am Year 3 & 4 : 11.00am Year 5 & 6 : 1.30pm

Winter Lightning Carnival - Year 5 & 6 Friday 9 June All children in Years 5 and 6 will participate in the Winter Lightning Carnival to be held on Friday 9 June. Netball will be played at Matthews Netball Centre, Floreat and Football and Soccer will be played next door at the Wembley Sports Park.

Parent helpers and supporters are welcome. Permission notes will be sent home shortly.

Boxes and Cardboard Required PLEASE! This term, in Art, we are doing a unit on mask making inspired by Kimmy Cantrell. The masks are made from a variety of different pieces of cardboard that are layered to create a three dimensional effect. As each student is making one of these masks it means that we require A LOT of cardboard ... and different types e.g., thick, thin, coloured and corrugated. If you have any that you are willing to donate to the art room please send it in. If possible, can each child please bring in any spare cereal boxes or sturdy sheets of cardboard, which can be cut with scissors. The cardboard needs to be A4 size or larger. The cardboard from a carton is perfect. This is required by Monday 22nd May.

Celeste Ndreca

Year 6 Camp We had a wonderful 3 days at Ern Halliday Recreation Camp site last week. Apart from some sleepless nights, it was non-stop action and activities throughout the day and night. We were pampered with delicious food from our caterers at all meal times. It was great to be with our class mates, to see them in a different situation and to watch with amazement the things they did which were very surprising. Many thanks to our parents for allowing us to go and for paying the camp fee. A special thank you also to Mr Schulz, Mrs Bizzaca, Mrs Bottega, Mrs Cotton and Mr Beresford for their expertise, encouragement and advice during these very special days that will live for a very long time in our memories. The Year 6 Class

Weekend Netball Results St John’s Sparks 6 def Karrinyup Comets 4 Well done Sparks, fantastic effort for our first game. Great defence and forward play. Yr 6- PLC 13 def St John’s 5 The girls started very strong, but with a few mistakes on court the game slowly slipped away. Very proud that the girls never gave up and kept trying the entire game. Good luck this weekend!!

Student of the Week Ending 5 May 2017

Honour Certificate PP Lily Pala & Oscar Ling Yr 1 Indiah Miller & Bronte Edwards Yr 2 Natalie Fitzpatrick Yr 3 Campbell Evans & Sara Pavlinovich Yr 4 Sarah Hill

Marvellous Manners PP Mackenzie Ebert Yr 2 Jesse Wheeler Yr 5 Noah Humberstone

Valued Virtues Yr 4 Logan Blake Yr 5 Campbell Riley

“Best practice play spaces provide contact with nature, stimulate students’ creativity and imagination, and encourage ‘active play’. As much as play spaces need to be safe they also need to be challenging for students.”

An extract from: Play Space Guide: Creating valuable places to play and learn outdoors in Western Australian schools.

SUSHI ORDERS TERM 2 2017

PRE-PAID ORDERS ONLY - NO WEEKLY ORDERS

Cash Only!! If you wish to place a Sushi order for each Friday (there will be only 7 Fridays) in Term 2, please complete this form and return with payment to the office by WEDNESDAY 10 MAY. Lunches will commence on Friday, 12 May, Week 3, and finish Friday 30 June, Week 10 (Friday 2 June, Pupil Free Day—excluded).

NAME…………………………………………………..

YR K□ PP□ 1□ 2□ 3□ 4□ 5□ 6□ Staff□

□ Week 3 to Week 10 (7 x $4.50) = $31.50

□ Tuna □ Californian

□ Chicken □ Vegetarian Amount Enclosed:……………………………………..

NO LATE ORDERS ANY QUERIES PLEASE PHONE

RICHELLE HOWARD ON 0400 204 742 THANK YOU

***SUSHI Order Forms are also available from the school office front desk.

Recycling / Donating Sports Equipment for Indigenous Communities

After another generous donation of tennis racquets

from Tennis Australia, many St John’s households

will have spare tennis racquets. Fair Game is a

charity that distributes sports equipment to

Indigenous communities. Any donations can be left

at the office from Monday 15 to

Friday 20 May. For further

information visit

www.fairgame.org.au or call

Romola Harney on 0414 089 064.

VOLUNTEER ROSTER: Wed 10 May Ikuko Glauert Margie Chanu Wed 17 May VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Thank you to Adeline Langridge for helping in the canteen last week. Many thanks Sam Haslam Mobile: 0438 010 801

LOST PROPERTY Reminder: Lost property is in Year 6 Please check child’s/ren’s clothing to see it

belongs to them. Name on belongings need to be refreshed

occasionally.

bigpond.

Entertainment Books or Digital Memberships

For your convenience, now available from the office

Any queries phone

Sharlene 0420 586 855 or Taya 0407 644 671

ROTARY CLUB OF CAMBRIDGE PROGRAMME FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS AND CARERS

ROTARY CAMBRIDGE GUEST SPEAKER : EMMA WARNER

Food Allergies

Managing the Social & Emotional Impact of Living with a Food

Allergy

Learn how to cope and adapt your approach to food allergy management through your child’s life stage and critical transition periods (commencing Kindergarten and High School).

Understand the importance of positive language to use with your children as they develop an awareness of their food allergies.

Presented by Emma Warner, a Registered Psychologist and mother of a child with severe food allergies.

Presentation Date & Time: Wednesday 17 May at 8:50am for

9am Venue: Cambridge Bowling Club, Chandler Ave, Floreat

Enquiries: Jeanette Wood : 0413 190 412 or jp2wood@bigpond.com

Cost: Gold Coin donation for coffee

COMMUNITY NEWS

Learning isn’t bound by the school gates. Research indicates

that ongoing parental involvement in children’s learning reaps

benefits in many ways, including shaping positive attitudes to

learning and supporting student achievement.

Finding practical ideas for parents to engage in learning in a

way that is fun and purposeful takes time that classroom

teachers don’t always have.

Learning Potential Resources can help. This parent-friendly

website is free to access and provides a range of literacy and

numeracy activities designed to support the Australian

Curriculum for primary school children.

Browse by year level band and discover:

Everyday ideas – simple activities for home and out and

about

Practise together – offline activities to reinforce literacy and

numeracy skills

Practise online – interactive games and videos.

Visit the Learning Potential Resources website -

www.learningpotential.edu.au

Keyed Up Music will be running keyboard, voice, woodwind and guitar lessons in Term 2 at St John’s Primary School. We run group lessons starting from $15.95 plus GST per lesson. To enrol, go to www.keyedupmusic.com.au/enrolment-form or ring Therese on 1300 366 243 with any questions.