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19 Carson Street East Victoria Park WA 6101 Ph: 9361 7500 Fax: 9361 6363

Email: carsonst@iinet.net.au Home Page: www.carsonst.wa.edu.au FEBRUARY 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! … to the following students …… Callum 1st Feb Kaitlin 2nd Jan Grace 6th Feb Yahya 12th Feb Ashleigh 12th Jan Soleh 7th Feb Shannon 19th Feb Kelsey 22nd Jan Stephen 12th Feb Amanda 23rd Feb

Carson Street Kindy - Shelley Satellite Class

Welcome to our Kindy class! Carson Street now has a satel-lite class located at Shelley Primary School. We have six wonderful students in the class who are able to benefit from the advantages of specialized, small group programs whilst maximising inclusive practice in a mainstream setting.

Mrs Hamling, Susan and Roberta have been very busy estab-lishing the class and re-sources. All the students have settled into their school routine quickly and are already developing independence and good work skills.

We are all looking forward to a great year filled with opportu-nities for early learning while having lots of fun!

Special thanks must go to the Shelley Primary School commu-nity who have offered us a warm welcome and supported this new satellite program.

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From the Principal…..

I am happy to confirm that the start of the new school year has gone well, with students and staff settling into their new classes. We welcome all our new students and their families to the school community, and look forward to seeing you in school at forth-coming events such as Activity Days. Shortly planning will commence on your child’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) and we hope that you are able to give your full attention to the development of this. Your input is vital. Visitors To School.

Our new District Director Greg Thorne visited our school on Monday19th February to gain information on our programs and facilities and to see whether we had any issues needing immediate support. He was most impressed with the Assessment and Reporting program we are trialling. He will return later in the year to look more thoroughly at how the school is being accountable to the Department of Education and Training. During a visit to the school on Wednesday 21st the Minister For Education announced that we are to receive $180,000 from the Capital works funding for a new Transportable building and overhead tracking for our pool, so that students with physical impairments can enter and exit the pool with greater dignity and ease. Local MLA Ben Wyatt and School for Parents Patron and MLA for Perth South Metropolitan Kate Doust as well as District Director Greg Thorne accompanied the Minister on his visit.

Special Bikes For Special Kids It was pleasing to see that a number of families borrowed our special bikes over the Christmas holiday period. Thanks to them all for returning the bikes so quickly.

P&C AGM The P&C AGM will be on Friday 30th March at 9.30 am. More information will follow closer to the date. I hope to see many of you at the meeting. The School Council Our first meeting will be on Thursday 1st March at 8.30 am.

Summer Holiday Program Thanks to Colin Pestell and his team of willing helpers for running the largest Holiday Program yet. Twenty students joined us for a range of interesting activities and chal-lenges. Thanks to the Town of Victoria Park, The City of South Perth and Mr Darryll Ashworth for sponsoring this worthy program.,

Sun Protection Just like you, we want to make sure that our stu-dents can enjoy being outside during the warmer months. With parents support we will do what we can to ensure that children are protected from the possible harmful effects of strong sun-shine. Protection includes • Hats • Cool clothing • Sunscreen/sun block • Using shade • Drinking water Parent To Parent

If you have any information that you think might be of interest to other parents and could be put in the newsletter please send it in to Registrar Julie Holding., i.e. Where to get subsidised nappies or rec-ommendations for Out of School Care – anything of interest. Label student Clothes Please make sure you have labelled your child’s clothing, especially uniform items. It can be very confusing when several students wear similar sized/coloured clothes if they are not clearly labelled.

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Therapy Focus’ new Equipment Reissue Project is under-way, giving forgotten used equipment a new lease of life. Therapy Focus is working with TADWA (Technology Assisting Disability WA) to give unused, unwanted or surplus CAEP funded

equipment, a chance to make a difference to children’s lives. TADWA is in the process of cataloging returned equipment and is collect-ing a nice stock which is now available to meet children’s outstanding equipment needs. If your child has unmet equipment needs or you have unused equipment lying around the house please speak to your child’s Occupational Thera-pist or Physiotherapist about how you can participate in this project. Look out for the brochure, to be sent to all Therapy Focus equipment clients within the next few weeks, for further details. If you would like more information please feel free to contact our project officer Tracey Ellis on 9459 6544 or at tracey.ellis@therapyfocus.org.au.

BELMAY SATELLITE CLASS Wow! Look how smart all our students look in their Belmay uniforms! We all have settled in well very quickly this year. We welcome Miss Kylie O’Dea (Education Assistant) to our team this year, and while Mrs Browne is recuperating we thank Ms Deb Brad-shaw for filling in. Melinda Davies (Teacher)

PARENT REMINDERS Please do not forget this year’s voluntary contribution of $60.00. This assists in the provision of the special programs that the

school provides for your children.

Thank you to those that have returned the Community Values Survey. We would

appreciate everyone returning them as soon as possible. Thank you

WELCOME to the new faces in the Therapy office and welcome back to our well known folk! This year, the Therapy Focus staff for Carson Street School are (from left to right) Gary Wong - Speech Pathologist Carson Street & Out Reach Schools Becky Dore - Occupational Therapy Out Reach Schools Rona Dean - Speech Pathologist Out Reach Schools Cat Hart - Senior Physiotherapist & Out Reach Schools Caseload Leanne Brentnall - Base Coordinator Vanessa Thompson – Occupational Therapy Carson Street & Out Reach Schools Carol Nathan - Senior Occupational Therapist & Out Reach Schools Mel Simpson – Physiotherapist Carson Street and Out Reach Schools

Active After School Activity Program

Has started once again under the direction of our lively Phys Ed Teacher, Colin Pestell. The students enjoy the variety of extra activities and the chance to play a bit more with Mr P.

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2007 SCHOOL TERM DATES Semester 1

School Development Days Monday 29th, Tuesday 30th January (Students do not attend)

Term 1 Commences Wednesday 31 Jan - Wednesday 4 April

School Development Day Thursday 5th April (Students do not attend)

School Holidays Thursday 5 April - Sunday 22 April

Term 2 Commences Monday 23 April - Friday 6 July

School Holidays Saturday 7 July - Monday 23 July

Semester 2

School Development Day Monday 23rd July (Students do not attend)

Term 3 Commences Tuesday 24 July - Friday 28 Sept

School Holidays Saturday 29 Sept - Monday 15 Oct

School Development Day Monday 15th October (Students do not attend)

Term 4 Commences Tuesday 16 Oct - Thursday 13 Dec (A further three days of School Development will be scheduled outside normal school hours throughour the year at the discretion of the school. These days are in lieu of 14th, 17th & 18th December 2007)

ASTHMA SUPPORT GROUP Do you or your child have asthma? Would you like to meet others in the same position and share your ex-periences? The next three Asthma Support Group meetings will be held on: March 12 in Mirrabooka, April 2nd in North Perth, and April 26 in Bentley. A guestspeaker will talk briefly about the role of com-plimentary therapies in asthma management. Enquiries and bookings can be made to Vanessa on 9289 3602. An asthma educator will be on hand to answer any questions, and refreshments will be provided.

KID’S CAMPS INC.

Information is available for camps for members

in April 2007 and “weekenders” 2007 Call Kid’s Camps

9420 7247

CLAN WA COURSES For Bookings and enquiries phone CLAN WA 9472 9144

♦ ‘Setting Boundaries’ How to discipline effec-

tively. ♦ ‘Sibling Connection’ understanding sibling ri-

valry, dealing with conflict and supporting chil-dren.

♦ ‘The 5 Love Languages of Children’ Discover your child’s love language and learn how to con-

nect. ♦ Nuts and Bolts of Early Brain Development Strategies on enhancing your child’s early brain

development.

BROOKMAN HOUSE PARENTING SERVICE

25-27 Brookman Ave Lang-ford

Has a free parenting library and runs workshops, pro-grams and playgroups. For more information on their

Term 1 programs call 9351 8266

PARENT HELP CENTRE

28 Alvan Street Mt Lawley 9272 2399

PARENTING LINE 9272 1466

1800 654 432 Country callers

www.community.wa.gov.au

A 24 hour phone service providing information and support for parents