Issue 6, Week 2, Term 2

Monday 7th May 2018

Dear Parents, Community Members, Staff and Students

Welcome back from holidays! I hope everyone had an enjoyable break filled with lots of family time.

For your Year 3 & 5 children NAPLAN is just around the corner. NAPLAN is often focused on in the media

and I am sure students and their families will not be able to escape this. As a school, NAPLAN results are

used to track student progress individually and as a cohort. We use results to cater for student needs and also

to focus the direction we are taking at school (you will see evidence of this in our School Business Plan and

School Report).

As parents, you are the main influence in the development of self-belief within your children. What

you say, either positive or negative, can have a long-lasting effect on your children because they

believe you. It is important that students do their best in NAPLAN tests. Please encourage your children to

believe in themselves and try their absolute hardest. Our teachers have been working hard this year to

prepare our students to achieve their best. It is imperative however that you understand that preparation for

NAPLAN has not just occurred this year – it is a reflection of the entirety of your child’s education. Good

luck to all students sitting NAPLAN from 15th

May.

Dates to Remember

Tues 8th

May Active Afterschool Cross Country commences

Wed 9th

May School Board Meeting 5.00-7.00pm

Thurs 10th

May

Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea at School – 2.30pm

Mother’s Day Cake and Produce Stall at Bush Village Shopping Centre

Tues 15th

May PPP Seminar – 9.00-11.00am

Mon 21st May Canberra Camp Finance P & C Meeting – 2.00pm

Wed 23rd

May Grounds Committee Meeting 10.30pm

P & C Meeting 12.30pm

Tues 29th

May PPP Seminar – 9.00–11.00am

Numero Session with Year 3-6 students

Thur 31st May Year 1/2 Assembly – 2.30pm

School Development Day – Incorrectly listed in School Handbook

In the 2018 School Handbook there is a School Development Day (SDD) scheduled for Monday, 16 July.

This is incorrect and and there is no SDD on this day.

Communication Plan

Please see attached Hyden School’s Communcation Plan and associated cover letter for immediate use at

Hyden PS.

Waveline News

FYI: Hyden Primary School put an article in the latest Waveline News.

Hyden Primary School

D E P A R T M E N T O F E D U C A T I O N

Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea

All mothers and grandmothers are invited to attend a Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea hosted by the Student

Councillors at Hyden Primary School. At the conclusion of afternoon tea, you are invited to visit your

child’s classroom.

Where: Hyden Primary School (please sign in at the front office)

When: Thursday, 10 May at 2.30pm.

RSVP: Please RSVP to hyden.ps@education.wa.edu.au or 9880 5053 by no later than Monday, 7 May 2018.

We hope to see you all in attendance

NAPLAN Timetable

Tuesday

15 May

Wednesday

16 May

Thursday

17 May

Friday

18 May

9:10 am start

Yr 3 Language

Conventions (40mins)

– In Room 4

supervised by

M.Smith

Yr 5 Language

Conventions (40mins)

- In Room 1

supervised by

A.White

Yr 3 Reading (45 mins)

– In Room 4 supervised

by L.Hinck

Yr 5 Reading (50 mins)

– In Room 1 supervised

by A.White

Yr 3 Numeracy

(45mins) – In

Room 4

supervised by

L.Hinck.

Yr 5 Numeracy

(50 mins) – In

Room 1

supervised by

A.White

Catch-Up Tests

Recess 10:50-11:10

11:15am start

Yr 3 Writing

(40mins) – In Room 4

supervised by

M.Smith.

Yr 5 Writing

(40mins) - In Room 1

supervised by

A.White

Yr 3 & 5 Catch-Ups

Tests

Yr 3 & 5 Catch-

Ups Tests

Catch-Up Tests

PPP Seminars for Parents

All parents want to have a positive relationship with their child. Sometimes this can be challenging when

children are demanding, disobedient, defiant, throw temper tantrums or are generally disruptive.

Parents are invited to attend free parenting seminars to learn:

Triple P suggests simple routines and small changes that can make a big difference to your family.

Each 2 hour seminar includes a presentation and an open discussion and question time.

Please see flyer attached for more information.

Uniform

Unfortunately the current microfibre sports jacket is being discontinued and will therefore not be available

for purchase. This requires the P&C, school, School Board and community to find and endorse a similar

jacket to be placed on the uniform list. Tanja Spurr (P&C Uniform Co-ordinator) has researched several

options. Please have a look at the options below before the P&C meeting so a decision can be made and

taken to the School Board.

Option 1

This jacket will be in bottle green, white and black (not the colours shown to the right).

First order: minimum of 50 units + 10% surcharge or 100 units and no surcharge.

Price per item: Child $33.35 + Logo $3= 36.35 plus 10% surcharge, final price

will be $39.98

Or: if we order 100 units each time: Child $33.35 + logo $3 = $36.35

We would have to consider placing a 5% surcharge of each jacket to cover the

surcharge of additional orders.

There is a minimum of 5 units per size!

All orders after the first one; minimum of 50 units plus 10% surcharge or, 100

units and no surcharge.

Made to order will take 12 weeks to make each time we order.

Option 2

Minimum order: is 10 items of total uniform items with logos embroidered per

order (for example 5 polos and 5 sports jackets).

No minimum number of each size required to be ordered each time.

Child: $23.55 + logo $6.14 (if we order less than 25 items) = $29.69

All prices include GST.

Option 3

We design our own custom made jacket in bottle green, white and black. Made to

order takes 12 weeks from order date to delivery. Prices are the same as option 1.

Only difference is that we need to order 100 units the first order.

Cross Country Training

This Term, Alanna White will be running Cross Country for Active Afterschool Sports. Sessions will be

held on a Tuesday afternoon (with the exception of 1 Wednesday) and run for 6 weeks. Please see timetable

below.

Date 3.15 - 3.45pm 3.50 - 4.30pm

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

PP/1/2 Year 3/4/5/6

Tuesday, 15 May 2018

Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Tuesday, 5 June 2018

Tuesday, 12 June 2018

If you would like your child to participate please contact the school office ASAP as there are limited places

available.

Parenting Ideas – Michael Grose

Please see below this week’s addition to the fortnightly newsletter, Parenting Ideas “INSIGHTS” by

Michael Grose “Talking to kids makes them smart”

We hope you enjoy the read and find it useful.

The school received Federal funding through the SDERA (School Drug Education and Road Aware) –

CHAT (Changing Health, Acting Together) program to provide this information to parents linked to our

whole school health program, which is currently focusing on ‘resilience’.

Values Program

Four children each week will be awarded with a Values Voucher. This will be awarded to children who

consistently display the values of respect, optimism, courage or knowledge. Below are the recipients for the

Values Vouchers in Week 1.

Week 1:

Tyler Mayfield – Optimism – Joined in making music and singing.

Chris Kelly – Optimism – Persevered through tricky rhyme words.

James Kittyea – Knowledge – Using knowledge to complete independent writing.

Year 5’s – Optimism – Approached their NAPLAN preparation with a ‘can do’ attitude.

STAR Students for Term 2, Week 1

The following students were awarded STAR Student Awards for Week 1, Term 2. These students were

awarded for their excellent behaviour in the classroom, lovely manners and great work standard. These

students will all receive 10 house points and a certificate.

Teagan Williamson

Grace MacDonald

Bayley Greig

Pia Couper

Sienna Holmes

Thomas Spurr

Week 1

Year 1/2 Class

Last Friday our class celebrated May the Fourth (May the Force) as Star Wars Day. To team with our class

theme we dedicated the whole day to Star Wars. Miss Hewett and Miss Ward dressed up as Darth Vadar and

we got to make our own headbands to become either Yoda or Princess Leia. We watched a video that kids

our age made about their own Star Wars adventure before creating our own journey into space. We then

created our own design of R2D2. We changed our names for the day to use our Star War versions. In the

afternoon, we learnt all out how day and night is created through the moon and the sun, and created some

moon craft.

It’s not ok to be away – Attendance Data

Week 1

Room

Number/Year

Percentage

Room 2 (Year 5/6) 99.37%

Room 1 (Year 3/4) 97.9%

Room 4 (Year 1/2) 100%

Room 5 (K/PP) 93.5%

Fotoworks

Additional photos taken by Fotoworks are online and ready to order.

Parents can go directly to our website and enter your school’s Access Code to review images and place

orders.

NOTE: The Access Code included is exclusive to your school and should only be shared with those

within your school community.

Future Date - Astronomy

On Friday 10

th August, we are hosting 2 volunteers from The Perth Observatory. The volunteers will bring

two telescopes and be able to show the Hyden community double stars, star clusters, nebulas, galaxies and

planets depending on the time of the year. We'll also do a sky talk where we'll go through what's in the sky

and some of the stories about the constellations.

Further information to follow closer to the date.

Hyden P&C Mother’s Day Cake Stall

Thursday, 10 May @ the Bush Shopping Village

All families are asked to kindly donate cakes, fresh produce, jams etc to be sold on the day. Parent helpers will

also be asked to help on a roster for the stall. If you can assist, please contact Clare Hyde on 0427085178.

Times are 9.30 -11.30, 11.30 - 1.30, 1.30 - 3.00.

If you have not already returned your raffle tickets, would you please return them to school tomorrow, Tuesday

8th May.

HYDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL P&C BATTERY FUNDRAISER

Please support the Hyden P&C by dropping off your old batteries to The Ag Shop in Hyden.

A huge Thank You to The AG SHOP for storing and packaging the batteries. Special thanks to STIRLING

FREIGHT who are supporting our local P&C by delivering our batteries to Perth free of charge.

Farm battery pick-ups will be organised throughout the year, please contact Sam Greay with your name and

address ph 0407424884 or email asgreay@bigpond.com

Thank you for supporting this worthwhile fundraiser which raises much needed funds to support our local

children and their education.

Thank you to those who have dropped batteries off already.