Dryandra Primary School An Independent Public School

9 SEPTEMBER 2020 Number 8

Dear Parents and Carers You may have seen our new ‘Positive Behaviour Support’ school signs going up and around the school. Don’t they look magnificent? These signs link to our behaviour expectations and values. The positive behaviour support framework, along with our focus on social and emotional development, has contributed to our calm learning environment. We are dealing with far less behavioural issues and our suspension levels have dropped to a historic low. Our students are learning how to manage their behaviour, practicing and responding to the expectations and enthusiastically embracing our new incentive system. You may have heard about all of the wonderful ways that teachers are rewarding their students. It is great to see! A big thank you to our ‘Positive Behaviour Committee’ who have worked so diligently and enthusiastically to support our students and school. Well done to Mrs Bradstreet, Mrs Brown ,Mr Cumming, Mrs Clough, Mrs Kroczek, Mrs Warr and Mrs Reza Zadeh. Parent Surveys Thank you to all of our parents who completed the surveys and provided us with feedback. This was important given the difficulties that we have had this year with COVID and the reduction in the community interaction. I am pleased to see that our parents have continued to respond positively to our school. Here are some of the areas which demonstrated parent satisfaction in relation to our school. The following percentages include a combination of agree or strongly agree to the various statements. Teachers at this school expect my child to do their best 97% Teachers at the school provide my child with useful feedback about their work 94% Teachers at this school treat students fairly 92% My child feels safe at school 97% I can talk to my child’s teacher about my concerns 93% Student behaviour is well managed at this school 84% The school looks for ways to improve 93% This school takes parents’ opinion seriously. 82% This school is well led. 80% Overall the results were pretty positive. I would like to thank and acknowledge our school community for your feedback. This information will be discussed at the School Board and recommendations for improvement will be considered. Athletics Carnival – Jumps and Throws (16 September 2020) Thank you to our parents and members of the community for attending our carnival on Friday. It was a spectacular turn out and a great community event. A special thank you to Andi Hancock for organising the sausage sizzle for the P&C and to the volunteers who offered to help. This event helped to raise important funds for our P&C. Well done everyone! I would like sincerely thank the members of the PE committee for all their hard work and efforts in coordinating the modified athletics carnival. This was organised with the precautions of the COVID restrictions and it was therefore modified. Keeping students actively involved was the focus and next year we intend to include the team games as well. Thank you to everyone for your positive approach and understanding. Thank you to Mr McGeever, Ms Young, Mrs Fairhead, Mr Plummer and Mr Cumming for all of their hard work and effort. Thank you also to all our wonderful staff who assisted with the carnival and then helped to improve the physical education skills of our students. Next week we will be hosting our jumps and throws competition. We invite all of our parents and members of the community to conclude the carnival result. Thank you Paul Biemmi

Pre Primary - Mrs Wallace

Ah Moo Nah Ah Moo Nah , Jenna Adam, Shahad Ahmed & Joseph Glory

Year 1 Room 1 - Mrs Bradstreet

Ayuub Abdikarim & Philos Nguyen

Year 1 Room 2 - Mrs Warr /Mr Plummer

Eli Eggington & Hussein Al Minshidawi

Year 2 Room 5 - Ms Dunstan/Mr McGeever

Nadra Abdelmoula , Nawader Abdelmoula , Zarif Mohammad Nuradin & Tyrecee Kaushik

Year 2/3 Room 8 - Mrs Fairhead/Ms Van Dyken

Charlea Rogerson & Twinkle Kyal Sin Thoon

Year 3 Room 9 - Mr Cumming

Tyler Nguyen & Melanie Asanoski

Year 4 /5 Room 16 - Mrs Reza Zadeh/

Mr McGeever

Kaylanni Gardiner & Angeli Thang Ceu

Years 4/5 Room 17 - Ms Walters

Noor Hamden, Yousef Muhi & Karrar Ahmed

Years 6 Room 18 - Ms Young

Dominic Farano, Jacob Salton & Jamie Nguyen

LOTE– Ms Salame

Abdulhakeem Ahmed Meleshe & Joy Htoo

CANTEEN - Mrs Trichet

Joy Htoo & Charles Rashidi

Great work everyone

ASSEMBLY NEWS

These assembly items were presented by the students from Rooms 8 & 17. The students from Room 8 told the story of ‘The Lazy Farmer’, along with some cows, sheep , chickens and the farmer . The costumes were very clever. Room 17 students demonstrated Talk 4 Writing , presenting their version of a classic ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. Talk 4 Writing is a whole school initiative .

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

SEPTEMBER

Mon 7-Thur 10

Mon 7—Fri 18

Life Education Van visits Dryandra

Foodbank Food Drive

Thur 10 Assembly Rooms 9 & 16 at 2.00pm

Mon 22 Parent Interviews

Fri 25 END TERM 3

OCTOBER

Mon 12 Term 4

Mon 19 Scitech Incursion

Thur 22 Room 5 & Book week Assembly

NOVEMBER

Mon 9 School Development Day- no students

Tue 10-Fri 13 NAIDOC WEEK

Wed 11 2021 Kindy Parent meeting 11.00AM

Thur 12 2021 Kindy Transition

Thur 19 Rooms 1 & 2 Assembly 2.00pm

Positive Behaviour Support News

Students at DPS have been earning lots of tickets and all classes

have been working together to reach their class goals. The rewards

are now being displayed in the undercover area. Room 2, Year 1

was the first class to win a class reward! They chose a free dress

day! Look out for photos of classes on the 'wall of fame' board, too

The winners for 13 August - A Block– Amir, Shambale, Emily & Amy B Block– Zarif, Lujaine, Nadra & Shiny D Block– Kader, Bradley ,Esa & Rose The winners for 20 August - A Block– Philos, Yagmur, Ayuub & Eli B Block– Silas, Noah G, Sahana & Mustafa D Block– Mohammed Rm 17,Amelia,Buse & Rebecca

KINDY/PRE PRIMARY ENROLMENTS 2021 KINDERGARTEN- Children born between 1st July 2016 to 30th June 2017. PRE PRIMARY- Children born between 1st July 2015 to 30th June 2016. If your child is not yet enrolled, please visit the office with the following documentation- Childs Birth certificate/passport/Immi card, Up to date (AIR) Immunisation history state-ment and proof of residence. Further, if your child has a medical condition which we should know about, it is vital that you also provide us with the necessary information.

DRYANDRA PLAYGROUP

EVERY WEDNESDAY

FROM 9.00am—11.00 am in Room 6

Please remember to bring along a piece of fruit to

share.

If you need any details please contact our school

office on 9345 6400 and we can answer any of

your questions.

We look forward to seeing a lot of young children

from 0 to 3 years old

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Lujane– Room 5 Lian– Room 16

Doh Doh– Room 16 Calvin– Room 18

Out and about at Dryandra Primary

ROOM 18 Room 18 have been studying electricity this term for Science. We viewed the work of an African inventor William Kamkwamba who, at the age of 14, designed a windmill to harness the wind and produce electricity for his village. The students were fascinated and we did extra research and linked to diary writing. As part of their research, they discovered his birthday was on 5th Aug -so I surprised them with a birthday cake ‘Happy Birthday William.’ Calvin and Mr Ward set to work to send the photos and email to Mr K who is now 33 , lives in San Francisco and does TED talks, author etc. Students were delighted to get his return email. (Reply from William) Hi Calvin and Room 18, Thank you for your kind message and birthday wishes. The cake looks amazing, I hope you all enjoyed it. I wish you the very best with your studies moving forward. It seems like you have a very great and caring teacher, please thank them for me. William

KIDDO– TUFF CLUB

THURSDAY

AFTER SCHOOL

WITH MRS WALLACE

& MRS GAGATEK

Anh Vo from Room 5 is supporting

the Wheelchair for kids ring pull collection by bringing in 2000 ring pulls The collection containers are in each block.

Year 5 Maths

Fun Day.

Students participated in a range of problem solving mathematical games to consolidate their skills. Students also discussed shapes and drew 3D designs.

Room 5 students Tyrecee, Dylan, Hussein & Isiah received prizes this week from Mr Biemmi’s boost box for completing their 3rd value re-ward . The work was done on the iPad . The students have been learning how to code A.L.E.X. the robot, and they managed to com-plete Level 60 .

Positive Behaviour Support posters displayed around the school These posters display the Behaviour expectations that every student in the school is learning on a daily basis. Important features of PBS •3 Tier Behavioural model •Behaviour is learned •Support for students and staff •Whole school •Common language •Incorporates existing systems

Warriapendi Dental Therapy Centre will be open in the school holidays except for Mon 28/9/20 as it is a public holiday and Tuesday 29/9/20. For emergency treatment on Tuesday 29/9/20 please ring Ballajura Dental Therapy Centre on 92493812. Should an emergency arise after clinic hours or during a public holiday please contact the emergency service on 1800 098 818, your local practitioner, or the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia on 6457 4400.

Dryandra Primary School will be taking part in the Food Bank food drive in Term 3. Collection containers will be placed in the Block wet areas , Canteen , Library and Office ,where students and family members can place their donations. This will begin on Monday September 7 until Friday September 18. Please be generous with your donations .Any questions about this , please see Carole in the office.