Issue 1

2020

IMPORTANT DATES:

Year 6 Speeches

Tuesday 20th

February

1st Assembly Friday 21st February

School Banking

Tuesday 25th February

P&C AGM

Tuesday 3rd March

Assembly-Room 7

Friday 6th March

School Banking

Tuesday 10th

March

P&C Quiz Night

Friday 13th March

Principal : Di Miller - Deputy Principals: Sue Ashworth - Michael Ostaszewskyj

Phone: 99234 200 Email: Wandina.PS@education.wa.edu.au -

www.wandinaprimaryschool.wa.edu.au

Principal’s Report

Welcome to the 2020 School Year!! Welcome to our new students and families. We have had a

great start to the year, with our students really settling well into classes. Teachers are currently

testing students to determine where they are at in their learning and ensuring the support they

require to achieve the necessary outcomes from the WA curriculum. Our staff for this year are

listed below. Please see your child’s classroom teacher if you need anything clarified or

discussed. The deputies and myself are always available to chat with parents. Please contact

the office to organise a time, or see us when we are out on duty every morning and afternoon.

Kiss and Drop Area

Drop off 8.30am – 8.50am - Parents are able to drive through the staff front carpark from 8.30 – 8.50 to drop students off. Please drive up to the crosswalk, stop before the crosswalk and let your children out of the car. Students need to walk to the crosswalk and into the school via the front gates. Please drive slowly @ 10km per hour in this area.

Pick up – 3.05pm–3.15pm Parents need to remind their children to come to the front gates and wait near the cross walk. The Deputy or Principal will ensure that students get in your car when you stop after the crosswalk. Please don’t be offended if we remind you of the new rules for this area. We need to make sure that our children are safe as they come into school. Please do not park in the staff car park, keep driving through if your children aren’t at the crosswalk pick up point. Thank you.

Principal Di Miller Deputy Sue Ashworth Deputy Michael Ostaszewskyj

ECE1-PP/K Carolyn Couper ECE2-PP Brodee Raymond ECE3-PP Cindy Baker

ECE4-K Kelsey Fitzgerald Rm 1-Year 1 Jade Starling/Kate Verryt Rm 2-Yr 1 Dannielle Craig

Rm 3–Yr 3 Riccardo Amazzini Rm 4-Yr 3 Paige Maeder Rm 5-Yr 1/2 Jaimee Skrutvold

Rm 6-Yr 2 Amy Treadgold Rm 7-Yr 6 Tamara Gulley Rm8-Yr6 Milo Pearse

Rm9-Yr5 Tayla Scott Rm10-Yr5 Jonathon McKenzie Rm 11-Yr4 Renee Guelfi

Rm12– Yr4 Jenna Guagliardo Rm13-Yr3/4 Marc Power Rm 4-Yr2 Ellen Brown

Science/

STEM

Geoff Chambers Phys Ed Erica Trump/

Natasha Tapper

Indonesian Ibu Sania

Art/Music Carolyn Butler LSC Louise Ridge DOTT

Teachers

Anne Hunt, Julie

Schwarz, Rajbir Kaur

Librarian Amanda Rimmer Canteen Skye McNaught,

Kelsey Lalor

Cleaners Joanne O’Neill, Sripae

Saipong

MCS

(Acting)

Anita Fitzsimons School

Officers

Tonia Demeur

Brooke Elward

Gardener Darryl Ross

Education Assistants: Toni Bastholm, Toni-Jane Burton, Marnie Cavazzi, Ee Ling Chan, Roslyn

Ewings, Margaret Hatch, Tania Jupp, Sarah Pollard, Annette Pollitt, Rachel Poole, Tyler Webb.

Important School Information

Before School Information Students (other than bus students) are expected to arrive at school between 8.30 and 8.45am. We understand that there are times that students need to arrive earlier, (Please no earlier than 8.10am) if students arrive to school before 8.30am, they must move to the office area and sit outside the office on the benches until 8.30 so they can be supervised and then released to go to class. We ask that parents do not bring their children to school any earlier so that duty of care can be covered as we have had some students arriving at 7.45am. Students are not to take their bags to class during this time. If children are with their parents they are able to sit outside classrooms to ensure the safety of their children. Thank you Late students Students who arrive late to school after 9am, must go to the office for a” late slip”, before going to class. Ongoing lateness to school will be discussed with parents. Leaving the school grounds during the day Students may only leave the school grounds if they have been collected by a parent or guardian who has signed them out of the school at the front office prior to collecting them from class. Parents will be given a yellow slip to hand to the teacher. Staff will not let children leave the classroom unless this yellow slip is provided. If a student has custody orders in place, staff are made aware of this and processes are put in place. After school Students in K and PP must be picked up by a parent or family member. Please let the teacher know or contact the school if this changes. If an older sibling is picking them up from class, please notify the teacher or the front office. Absences from School All absences from school must be explained verbally or in writing by a parent/guardian. This can be done via the school app, via email or phone call. Parents/Caregivers of students who do not attend on a regular basis, will be contacted to discuss attendance issues. Parents who are taking students on a holiday during school time, must discuss this with the Principal. In Classrooms All students are expected to follow the school code of conduct. Students are permitted in classrooms, only when a teacher is present. After entering the classroom in the morning, students must ask for permission to leave the classroom. Students are not to play with sports equipment or on the playgrounds in the morning. Students are expected to play in designated areas and use play equipment safely. All students are expected to wear their school uniform as part of the school dress code and wear a school sun smart hat. No hat – shade play, is the expectation. Carpark Parents are able to park in all parking bays opposite the ECE area, there are also parking bays behind the oval and on the south side of the school (please do not park in the loading zone/ bus Zone) the staff car park is also out of bounds for parent parking. Please make sure you slow down in all areas around the school to keep our kids safe. Some parents are parking on the mulched area near Derna Park and the school carpark. Please park there at your own risk. This is Council land and the Ranger can fine you for parking there.

School Information cont.

Safety around the school For safety reasons, students are expected to walk on the verandahs and concrete areas. Students riding bikes, scooters or skateboards to school, must wear a helmet and enter through the gate across from the community oval and walk to the bike racks. The gates will be closed during the day, although we do recommend bike locks. The school will not take responsibility for any valuable items that are bought to school. These items are sent to school at your own risk and are not covered by insurance. Valuables need to be left at home unless discussed with the classroom teacher. Crunch & Sip Wandina is a crunch and sip school. Parents are asked to provide healthy snacks, such as cut up fruit and vegetables and a water bottle, for crunch and sip time at 10am every day. At recess and lunchtime, students are to eat in the designated areas. Students must remain seated whilst eating, with rubbish placed in rubbish bins, after students are dismissed.

Please do not send juicy fruits such as oranges, plums

or peaches as these fruits are often eaten whilst

students are working in their work books.

WOW Awards

Part of our school wide positive behaviour approach, is to reward good behaviour in class and in the playground. Students who are making good behavioural choices and learning choices, in PP to Year 6 will be given WOW award slips. This means that your child is a “Wandina Outstanding Wonder Kid” if they receive these slips. All slips will go into a box and awards will be drawn at assembly and points given to the factions according to the number of awards collected. Students will receive a special certificate and a canteen voucher if their name is drawn out. Class teachers will also reward students as part of their whole class reward system.

School Code of Conduct

Be Respectful

1. Speak kindly to others-use your manners.

2. Follow the teacher’s instructions.

3. Keep our hands and feet to ourselves.

Be Safe

4.Walk on the Concrete.

5. Sit whilst eating.

6. We are Sunsmart.

Be Responsible

7. We are prepared for school.

8. Put all your rubbish in the bin.

9. Report problems to the duty teacher.

Be our Best 10. We challenge ourselves. 11.We take pride in everything we do. 12.We encourage and support others.

Our school has positive school wide behaviours that we explicitly teach

to students. Teachers work with the students to model and remind them

about the behaviours that we expect them to display.

WHEN: FRIDAY 13TH March

WHERE: School hall

THEME: Friday 13th

TIME: TBA

Bookings for tickets will be available soon through the canteen. A big thank you to Elementz Hair Salon, Sanitair,

Narissa from Bodyshop and In 3 Minds Psychology Services for their donations towards prizes.

WHEN: Tuesday 3rd March 2020

WHERE: Wandina Primary School Staff Room

TIME: 6.30pm

Please come to our Annual General Meeting to start 2020 off as another great year for our

School!

You can join the P and C on the night for a $1 fee. You will be able to nominate yourself or

others to take on a roll as, President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary or one of 5 Executive

Committee Members. All positions need to be filled to keep our P and C going. We really value

new P and C Members to come along to our meetings once a Term. It keeps you informed, gives

us new ideas and you can be involved as much as you want to be.

NO Pressure!

Our P and C fundraising supports our School Canteen which is a vital part of our School.

Fundraising also contributes around the School for things such as playgrounds and play

equipment, shade sails and Home Reading Rewards to name a few.

As it is the first P and C meeting of the year, it’s a great time to join up.

Playground Use After School

Please be aware that the school is not liable for students who hurt themselves playing on the playground after school hours. Students must be with a parent, as the parent will have duty of care. Please make sure children are playing safe and being respectful of school property and looking after the equipment. Parents and students are asked to to leave the school grounds before 3.30pm, unless you have a meeting or extra curricular activity in the school grounds, as this is when After School Care close the front gates. The Early Childhood Playground is now out of bounds after school due to damage to equipment by students accessing that area after school. Please use the Nature Playground.

AIEO Position

We will soon be advertising for an AIEO for our school. If you are interested in applying for this part time position or know someone who is then please keep an eye out on Jobs WA Employment opportunities

School Fees

Thank you to those parents who have already paid their school fees at the front office. Your contributions/school fees are really important. The $60 per year, per child covers the purchase of resources for our students to participate in classroom and specialist activities, such as cooking, art activities and the purchase of consumables like lined books for students to use in the classroom.

You can either EFT the funds or come in to the office and pay via EFTPOS or in cash. Thank you for your anticipated support.