EDITION 6 – 26 July 2018

PEG’S CREEK PRIMARY SCHOOL GALBRAITH ROAD, PEG’S CREEK WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6714 9144 4141 PEGSCREEK.PS@EDUCATION.WA.EDU.AU

PRINCIPALS REPORT – SHIONA HOBART LEADERSHIP

Thursday 26 July Saturday 28 July 40

th Anniversary Assembly 40

th Anniversary Fete 3-7pm

40th Sundowner 5-7pm

Thursday 2 August Friday 3 August Assembly TA3 Staff Development Day

Monday 6 August Tuesday 7 August FeNaCLING Public Holiday School Photos

Wednesday 8 August Open Night

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEG’S!

Today is a very special day at Peg's Creek Primary!

Our amazing school officially turned 40 years old

today!

The day began with a special assembly where we

heard from the founding Principal, Mr Bob Bader, Mr

Peter Martinson a former Deputy Principal, Mr Allan

Dunne a former teacher and Mrs Jenny Courthope-

Scott a former canteen manager.

The special guests recounted some very special

memories of their time at our school.

Mrs Danielle Watson, a former student, opened up

the Time Capsule that was buried in our Play Pod.

The P&C presented every student with a

commemorative medallion.

Mrs Werchon carefully baked and decorated

cupcakes for everyone!

There will be more celebrations tonight at the P&C's

Sundowner from 5-7pm.

THANK YOU

A huge thankyou to our amazing P&C organizing

committee for all they have done to ensure our 40th

Anniversary is a special event in the ongoing history

of Peg’s Creek. Special mention to Mrs Natalie

Richards. Nat has also been working hard to develop

a display of as much memorabilia as she could

access in our Library. Make sure you take a look!

We also look forward to the Twilight Fete on

Saturday from 3.00 – 7.00pm. Make sure you bring

your families along to celebrate what a wonderful

school community we have.

Shiona Hobart

Principal

STAFFING UPDATE

It was with great sadness that we farewelled Mrs

Janet Gethin at the end of last term. Janet leaves our

school to take on the position of Pilbara Engagement

Coach. She is very much looking forward to her new

challenge but is sad to leave Peg's Creek. Janet has

taught at Peg's Creek since the beginning of 2011. I

thank her for her ongoing involvement and

contribution in numerus roles within our school such

as: Board, Finance Committee, Curriculum Forum,

Cost Centre Management and English Leader. Janet

will certainly missed amongst the staff, students and

parents, and we all wish her all the very best and look

forward to hearing about her new role.

Sadly we also farewell our Chaplain, Mrs Janette

Cooke. Janette has built some strong relationships

with students, parents and staff and will be missed at

Peg’s Creek. We wish her and her family all the very

best. Her final day will be Friday 27th July.

We welcome Mr Wayne Ritzema to our staff to teach

in TA 11. Wayne has spent the first week at school

completing handover and Induction. He is looking

forward to getting to know his new students.

We also welcome Miss Jacqui Webster to Peg's

Creek. Jacqui has recently been appointed as an

Engagement Coach and will support our school plus

other schools in the Karratha and Karijini Networks.

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EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

LAPATHON

Our Lapathon raised an amazing $1283 this year! So

stay tuned for the painted games we plan to add to

our playground! Thank you to all parents for their

amazing contributions!

YEAR 6 BUSINESS EXPO

This term in business and economics, the Year 6

students have been learning about consumer

choices. With this information students created a

product which they sold to Peg’s Creek students.

The Year 6’s sold these products on Tuesday 24

July during recess. There was a range of different

items, including dream catchers, pet rocks, stress

balls, slime, bracelets, loom bands and oobleck.

Each group created a poster to advertise their

product and catch the eye of their target audience.

All monies raised are going towards the Leavers

Lunch in term 4.

SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM

From next Wednesday 1 August, we are introducing

'Wrap Free Wednesday' which is about reducing the

waste at Peg's Creek. We recently conducted an

experiment, collecting how much package waste

comes from children's lunch boxes at lunch time. We

collected 3 large rubbish bags. We would like to

reduce this by encouraging children to be active

participants by have less packaged waste products

in their lunch boxes and more reusable and

recyclable packages.

BURRUP BOUNCER UPDATE

Our Burrup Bouncers have been busy preparing for

their up coming performances.

On Saturday 4 August they will be performing at

11.00am on the main stage at the annual

FeNaCLING Festival. And on Tuesday 14 August we

see our Burrup Bouncers travel all over Karratha,

visiting schools, on their “Jump Off”.

These events highlight the importance of maintaining

physical fitness and promotes skipping as a part of a

healthy lifestyle. Remember our Burrup Bouncers

are sponsored by The National Heart Foundation.

We are very proud of our Bouncers, who have been

bouncing for 30 years this year. We would also like

to thank Mrs Newton Cearns, Miss Oakley and Miss

Munns for their dedication to prepare the team to the

highest standard.

CHOOSE MATHS Our school has been part of the CHOOSE Maths project for the last two years. Our teachers have been able to have work alongside Jacinta Blencowe who acts in a consultancy role. Jacinta visits our school twice a term and provides valuable support and ongoing advice to be able to raise confidence of our staff in teaching mathematics and to enrich the learning of students. An agreement linked to this partnership is that there is a small element of research which occurs in the Year 5/6 classes. A letter will be sent home with more information shortly.

SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

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SAFE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

NAIDOC

Our NAIDOC activities late last term were a huge

success. This Year’s theme, ‘Because of her We

Can” will be an ongoing focus in our school after the

development of the beautiful artwork now located

outside the front office. Every student contributed to

this piece of artwork.

Students were also able to learn about native dance

and hear stories from local elders as they rotated

around a range of different activities. A huge thank

you to the organising committee for ensuring that our

students are given opportunities to learn about the

history and culture of Aboriginal and Torres Straight

Islanders.

The free dress day also raised $90 which we will

proudly send to the Women’s Refuge on behalf of our

school community.

PERSISTENCE

Persistence is the ability to stick with something. If

you practice the violin for over a year in order to play

"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" perfectly, that's

persistence!

Persistence is one of the main keys to success at

Peg's Creek. From Kindy to Year 6, students are

taught about persistence as a lifelong learning tool.

Students around the school will use their persistence

key this term to keep trying in the classroom,

specialist classes and playground.

NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT

Last week there was much excitement as we

christened our new, long awaited playground for our

Year 3 - 6 students and our individual components of

Junior equipment in the Year 1 - 2 playground. A

huge thanks to our amazing P&C for their $35,000

contribution and Karratha Lions for their $10,000

contribution.

This project has taken 2 years of fundraising and

planning, with a total cost of $57,000.00

As you can see the students LOVE it!

PARTNERSHIPS

Attendance Token Winners!

Ethan Cook Zac Fraser Jojo Almonte Adalita Gould Gio Gabayron Kobe Cox Adam Halliwell Ferne Jenkins Lily Ihanimo

PARTNERSHIPS

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OPEN NIGHT

Our annual Open Night will be held on Wednesday 8

August from 5.30-7.00pm.

All classrooms will be open with an opportunity to see

how your children are progressing at school. Open

Night is a time to quickly touch base with staff, but if

you would like to meet for a more informative

conversation, we ask you to make an appointment

through the school. We look forward to seeing you

there!

Peg’s Creek Primary School will be introducing Connect, initially to the Year 5/6 students and families.

Connect is a secure online environment developed by the Department of Education for staff, students and parents in public schools. For you, Connect provides easy access to information relevant to your child’s classes and learning such as class calendars, teacher feedback and attendance data.

Schools can use Connect to keep you updated with important information. Things like up-coming events, excursions, classroom activities and school reports can be sent to you via email or, if you prefer, via a push notification on your phone. This can be done by downloading the Connect Now from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

How do I find out more? Check out the short video clip on Connect at https://vimeo.com/connectwa/welcome

MINISTER FOR EDUCATION VISIT

The Honourable Minister, Sue Ellery visited Peg’s

Creek last Thursday and was accompanied by our

local Member of Parliament Mr Kevin Michel and the

Regional Executive Director Mr Neil Darby.

The special visit was an opportunity to showcase a

few areas in our school and celebrate the last 40

years.

Our Burrup Bouncers presented their first public

performance for the year and once again did our

school proud.

The special guests then met with the Prefects and our

Board Chair, Mr Brad Goes and P&C President, Big

Adz Neilsen .

Our Kindergarten class then put on a wonderful

performance of their oral recount of Mrs Wishy

Washy.

ATTENDANCE We are celebrating are attendance rate for Semester

1 which has reached 70% regular attendance. It has

surpassed our Business Plan goal. This achievement

has also been recognised by our Pilbara Education

Regional Office.

To maintain this we ask parents to continue to notify

the school of the reasons for your child being absent

and planning holidays during the term breaks.