COMING EVENTS Friday 1 December Choir Performance

Napoleon St Festival 5pm—6pm

Monday 4 December

Year 3 & 4 Excursion to Cinema

Tuesday 5 December

Choir Performance Solaris Volunteers

Year 6

Excursion to Cinema

Wednesday 6 December Kindy 2018 Orientation Day

10am—11am

Thursday 7 December Year 2

Excursion to Spare Parts Theatre

School Board Meeting

Library 7am

Friday 8 December EC1 & EC2 Assembly

End of Year Sundowner

Wanslea Oval 5pm—7pm

Monday 11 December

Year 5 Excursion to Round House

& Escape Hunt

Tuesday 12 December Year 6 Graduation

Ceremony 7pm

Kindy Xmas Concert 9am

Wednesday 13 December

Yr 6 Fun Day Yr 3 & 4

Roller Skating

Thursday 14 December Last day of Term for

students

30 November 2017 Newsletter 19

100 Eric Street, Cottesloe WA 6011 Tel: 9384 7733

Email: northcottesloe.ps@education.wa.edu.au Web: www.northcottesloeps.wa.edu.au

At our last assembly, it was a pleasure to be able to recognise a

number of students who received awards in a variety of areas. These include the students who participated so well in the UWA BRAINways competition as detailed in the last newsletter along with winners of the Grove Library Young Writer’s competition: Year 3 First prize: Fenella Cox Year 3 commendation Kaia Teoh Seeber Year 2 commendation Isobel Wood In addition we acknowledged our trophy winners from year 6 in the International Mathematical Olympiad: Like Annear Tom Jackson Cody Barrett Congratulations to all of these students on their achievements. Give your child the challenges they need to thrive. Applications for Gifted and Talented Secondary Selective Entrance Programs are now open. For children with exceptional academic ability and creative talent, these academic, arts and languages programs are designed to challenge them to achieve at the highest level. If your child is going into Year 6 in 2018, applications are now open for entry into Year 7 in 2019. Limited places may also be available for children going into Years 9, 10 and 11 in 2019. Applications close Sunday, 11 February 2018. For more information and to apply visit education.wa.edu.au/giftedandtalented

From the Principal

Year 1 BRAINways Competitors

Year 3 Scitech Excursion

Carols at the Cottesloe Village Christmas Party On Friday the 1st of December the North Cottesloe Year 5 and 6 choir will be performing at the Cottesloe Street Party in Napoleon street between 5pm and 5:30pm. We invite all school families and the broader community to come down and share some Christmas cheer as we perform a variety of Christmas Carols. North Cott’s Got Talent We will be running the North Cott’s Got Talent event this year on Thursday 14 December. Auditions for this year’s show take place in the music room at 12.30 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We are looking for all of the talented kids out there to have a go at this fun event! Business Planning 2018 -2020 The School Board is currently working on our new Business Plan for the period 2018 – 2020. The Business Plan outlines our key strategic achievement targets, focus areas and actions. This process will be completed and the Business Plan will be distributed to the school community in 2018. Graduation and Awards Night Our Graduation and Awards Night for 2017 will be held on Tuesday 13 December commencing at 7.00pm. The Night is to celebrate the Graduation of our year 6 students and to present class awards to students from year 3 – 6. At this event our wonderful choirs and school band will be performing. All parents are very cordially invited to attend. School Development Dates 2018 The Education Department of WA has set aside 6 school development days (where students don’t attend) in 2018. 3 days are mandated by the Department and schools select 3 days. The selected dates, as approved by the School Board for 2018 are: Monday 29 January, Tuesday 30 January Mandated by the Education Department. Friday 1 June (Friday before WA Day long weekend.) This aligns with all the Shenton Cluster Schools. Monday 16 July Day 1 of Term 3 Monday 8 October Day 1 of Term 4 Friday 14 December Mandated by the Education Department. In 2018 students start school on Wednesday 31 January and finish for the year on Thursday 13 December. Planning and Class Organisation for 2018 Planning for class structures and organisation is well underway for 2018. Thank you to those parents who have officially notified the school if they are not returning in 2018. This enables us to plan effectively for next year. If you will not be returning to the school in 2018, please notify the office via email at northcottesloe.ps@education.wa.edu.au Class lists will be displayed prior to school commencing in 2018. I am currently finalising several staffing appointments for 2018. I will be putting out a Flexibuzz post on Thursday of next week regarding staffing for 2018. I would again like to thank all members of our wonderful school community for your ongoing support of our school.

Wayne Press Principal

Book fair

Thank you to the families that supported last week’s Book Fair. A large number of books have been donated to the library, and we will also receive some reward points for me to spend on Scholastic books for the school next year. This is an enormous help to the school and ensures our library collection is current and interesting.

Holiday borrowing

Once again, children will be able to borrow up to 10 library books over the holidays. They will need to ensure they have no overdue books already, and of course we can’t allow loans if they are not returning to the school. They will need to see me to have the books scanned into their name as I will need to override the loan limits on the system.

Covering Squad

Finally, a big thankyou to my book covering squad of 2017. You have saved me an enormous amount of time and I truly appreciate your help. Thank you Alli, Anna, Carol, Emma, Myffy and Simone.

Lynne Mannolini

P&C Matters

Sundowner

Join us for the End of Year Sundowner, Friday 8th December 5—7pm. Wanslea Oval. BYO picnic.

Camping Night

The camping night raised $3650 thanks to the wonderful Caroline and Stuart Owen and the North Cott Olive Oil raised $3000 thanks to the fabulous Chiara and Dean Humphrey—Amazing!!

Splash n Dash 2018

Be part of the Splash n Dash 2018!!

We would love to have more parent volunteers to help organize this fabulous community event. Last year was a great success and 2018 is set to be bigger and better. Please contact Tina Brothers (tinabrothers@gmail.com) or Sonja Heath (sonjaheath30@yahoo.com.au) if you can help out – there are many different ways you can contribute.

Uniform Shop

The uniform shop is now closed for 2017. Online orders can be made anytime for delivery on the first day of school, Wednesday 31st January, 2018.

2018 Opening Dates:

Tuesday 30th January NEW families to NCPS only. 9-10am.

Wednesday 31st January Pop-up Shop 2.45–3.25pm & Classroom Deliveries

Tuesday 13th February Pop-up Shop 2.45 - 3.25pm & Classroom Deliveries

Tuesday 27th February Classroom Deliveries Only

Canteen

Thank you to all those who have volunteered this year at canteen, it's been a pleasure to meet you all! Please note that canteen is OPEN on the last day of term - look forward to seeing you all next year.

Thanks,

Helene

STUDENT ENTRY and EXIT FORM

STUDENT NAME: _______________________________________ YEAR LEVEL: ______ ROOM: ______

PARENT/CARER NAME _______________________ SIGNATURE: _________________ DATE:_______________

REASON: ______________________________________________ TIME OF ENTRY/EXIT ____________________

EXITING: Is student returning to school today? YES NO (please circle)

TEACHER SIGNATURE: ___________________________________

If your child is late to school, or you are picking them up early, please ensure the Student Entry and

Exit Form is completed accurately. This includes date, time and a reason why your child is late or

leaving early. When leaving early, please indicate if child will be returning. Thank you

We can’t Nourish others without you!! Please join our amazing program and join us in providing kindness, generosity and a sense of community to those who need it most.

We are in the planning process for next year and would love some more volunteers!

Please take a minute of your time to register so that you will get our notifications when we need help.

Just go to www.lotsahelpinghands.com and click Join a Community. Then search for North Cottesloe Primary School and register! It only takes a second and would mean the world to someone who needs our support.

Life is a Boomerang. What you give, you get.

~Unknown

Nourish Committee Members: Andrea Dewar (coordinator): abadewar@yahoo.com.au

Jo Keaney: joglenn@iinet.net.au

STEM parent booklet for families with children in Kindergarten to Year 2

A focus in 2017 /2018 is STEM. Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths is much more than coding, it encompasses design and technology. The resource” Exploring STEM at home” explores STEM in the early years, particularly numeracy, creative problem solving and coding skills. This resource provides parents with activities and ideas to support their children’s learning and development at home. Download your copy of the STEM Parent Booklet at http://det.wa.edu.au/edemail/redirect?oid=com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes.EdEArticle-id-19818455

.If you have any queries please contact Melinda Harris at the school

Last week the Year Three classes enjoyed excursions to Scitech as part of their science unit on Earth and Space. The children loved the opportunity to explore and interact with the exhibits in the Planet Pioneers and learn

about the Earths' rotation and its seasons in the Planetarium.

Kindy & Pre Primary Orientation Days were a lot of fun!

Mindaroo Foundation Art Partnership

North Cottesloe Primary School has recently partnered with the Mindaroo Foundation for students in years 1, 2

and 5 to create artworks to feature on hoardings surrounding the Forrest family’s Marine Parade residence. The

artworks which depict marine and beach themes will be applied to the hoardings in the next few weeks.

After conversations about the causes which the Mindaroo Foundation supports, students have decided to donate

the prize of art supplies to a school in need. The Foundation has suggested a school in Ethiopia called the School

of St Yared. You can find out a little more information here: http://hopeforchildren.org.au/our-programs/

education/school-of-st-yared/ Students will have the chance to write a note to the students in Ethiopia to include

in the packages to be sent over to Africa.

Congratulations to our BRAINways competitors, and The Grove writing competition winners

Congratulations to the winners of the No Fryday Colouring Competition

Pre Primary Hannah Cipolloni

Year 1 James Day

Year 2 Blake Anderson

Year 3 Eddie Abraham

Year 4 Lottie Ercleve

Year 5 Elizabeth Hain

Year 6 Aleisha Vukman

Overall Winner Year 3 Olivia Lambo

Year 6 Room 14Work samples

On Friday the 1st of December the North Cottesloe Year 5 and 6 choir will be performing at the Cottesloe Street Party in Napoleon street between 5pm and 5:30pm.

All are invited to come down and share some Christmas cheer as we perform a variety of Christmas Carols.

January Holiday Tuition.

Wake up those holiday brains before school starts next year. Hit the ground running from day 1. Specialist maths tuition and English tuition at NumberWorks’nWords. Trained tutors, individualised teaching. 15-30 January, 2018. Various enrolment options available. You choose maths, English or both. Phone now for full details, and to book an assessment and introductory lesson – FREE. Get the assessment now before the holiday slippage. Also enrolling for term 1. So much fun it doesn’t feel like learning! Ph 9388 3727 www.numberworksnwords.com/au

Keyed Up Music will be running keyboard and guitar lessons after school in 2018 at North Cottesloe Primary School. Prices start from $15.95 plus GST for a group lesson.

To enrol, go to www.keyedupmusic.com.au/enrolment-form or ring Therese on 1300 366 243.

Tennis Approach at Cottesloe Tennis Club will be running holiday tennis clinics

DECEMBER

Monday December 4 - Friday December 8

Monday December 11 - Friday December 15

Monday December 18 - Friday December 22**

**Sausage Sizzle and Santa visit included**

JANUARY

Monday January 15 - Friday January 19

Monday January 22 - Friday January 26

9-12 noon daily

Cost $200 per week or $45 per session

Holiday clinics cater for children of all ages & standards. The clinics are a combination of technique instructions & fun tennis games with morning tea provided.

Enquiries please email tennisapproach@bigpond.com or call David Culley:

0403051122

Thank you to all who entered our Creative Writing Contest! At The Grove Library

This year, we received entries from nine schools and it was the hardest competition we have had to judge

We are thrilled to announce that North Cottesloe Primary School was won a first prize and also some commen-dations. The Winners are:

Year 3 First prize: Fenella Cox -- Title of entry – The Lost Polar Bear

Year 3 commendation Kaia Teoh Seeber -- Title of entry – Louise’s Book

Year 2 commendation Isobel Wood: Title of entry – Petticoat Pirates Treasure Hunt.

We want to send you a big thank you for participating and helping to make this year’s awards a great success!

From December, all entries will be on display in the library until the 22nd January 2018.

Stewart Farley

Youth Services Coordinator

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