TAKARI PRIMARY SCHOOL RICKMAN ST BALCATTA WA 6021

PH 9349 5607 FAX 9345 1660 www.takarips.wa.edu.au

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE: Last year, the school received a grant from the City of Stirling to develop a sustainable garden in the Kindergarten and Pre Primary area. The school held two enormously successful busy bees where parents assisted in removing grass, constructing vegetable beds, installing reticulation, filling beds with soil, mulching, constructing a garden shed and planting fruit trees. The project was a great success and, in the second half of last year, the students were able to plant, harvest and eat vegetables that they had cared for.

The school was a finalist in the recent City of Stirling’s Living Green Sustainability Awards, held last Wednesday. Miss Coad, Mr Corica and Mrs Furness (last year’s parent garden coordinator) represented the school at the awards dinner. The school was a winner in its category and received an impressive trophy. Congratulations to the Kindergarten and Pre Primary community for supporting the school in this project. Being a winner in the City of Stirling Living Green Sustainability Awards is recognition of a job well done!

David Tennant TAKARI POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT PROGRAM This year, Takari is implementing the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) program across the school. This program is supported by the Department of Education and has been used very successfully in many other schools across Western Australia and around the world. The program looks at key behaviour expectations and how these expectations are explicitly taught, modelled and recognised in all areas and aspects of the school. The first step in the program was to identify the school’s key behaviour expectations. Staff and parent input was sought. Thank you to the parents who took the time to complete the recent survey. Takari’s four behaviour expectations are:

RESPECT RESPONSIBILITY KINDNESS PERSONAL BEST Staff have formed a leadership team which meets every second Tuesday afternoon, 3:15pm to 4:00pm. The leadership team’s next step is to develop a matrix of what the four chosen behaviour expectations would look like, sound like and feel like in different areas and aspects of the school, which will then be explicitly taught in all classes. The leadership team would like to have parent representation in their group. If you think you would be interested in being a parent representative on the Takari Positive Behaviour Support program team please contact Mrs Luckhurst. YEAR 6 CAMP SAUSAGE SIZZLE: The Year 6 students ran a very successful sausage sizzle last week which raised another $315 towards this year’s camp. Thank you to Mrs Yost, Mr Buzza and Mrs Harper for assisting the students with their cooking, preparing and serving of the food. The next sausage sizzle is scheduled for week seven of this term. NAPLAN: Students in Years 3 and 5 completed National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assessments this week. Parents will receive NAPLAN reports in September. YEAR ONE ASSEMBLY: Thank you to all the parents for attending the fabulous Year One assembly this morning. We’re sure you will agree that they did an excellent job. We look forward to seeing you all at the Year 6 assembly on Thursday 7 June. BABY CARPENTER HAS ARRIVED: Congratulations to Mrs Carpenter, her husband and her family on the arrival of Charlotte Ava on May 10 2018 at 8.08pm. She weighed a hefty 3.6kg and was 53cm long. Mum and bub are doing well.

NEWSLETTER #8 Week 3 Term 2 Thursday 17 May 2018

Walk to School Day and Run Club Tomorrow is Walk to School Day. All students are encouraged to walk to school and join in Run Club. Run Club will operate as normal between 8.00am and 8.30am. Students who complete one lap of Run Club will be eligible for a special breakfast in the undercover area provided by the P&C. But we would like them to run as many laps as they can.

There will be extra recess and a newsletter photo for the classes that:

Have the most number of Run Club participants

Runs the most laps

Parents are also encouraged to run laps. If parents don’t want to run laps, the P&C would love to have your assistance with helping to prepare and serve the breakfast. Help is required from 8.00am. We hope to see you all at Run Club tomorrow

Honour Certificate Recipients Congratulations to the following students who received Honour Certificates at today’s assembly:

Class PP Amiira M Mila T

Class 1 Rm 10 Sarah B Hayley C Dimitrij N

Class 2 Rm 8 Isla F Zayne R Penelope T

Class 3 Rm 2 Gracie H Max R Charli P

Class 4/5 Rm 4 Jack B Ben D Ayden H

Class 5/6 Rm 5 Josh A Dhruti G Lilly W

Congratulations!

GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS: Congratulations to all of the students who received 25 and 50 Golden Tickets so far this year for showing the five school values of persistence, getting along, resilience, confidence and organisation. These students will receive extra play time on Friday. Congratulations to the six students whose names were drawn out of the Golden Ticket bins and will receive a special treat on Friday from Mr Tennant.

WEST COAST EAGLES VISIT TAKARI Fresh off their impressive win against Greater Western Sydney, West Coast Eagles players visited Takari to conduct a football clinic with the Year 4, 5 and 6 students and sign autographs for all the students. Everyone was very excited to meet Andrew Gaff, Luke Shuey, Nathan Vardy and Josh Rotham. We wish the Eagles all the best this weekend, when they take on Richmond, current ladder leaders and last year’s premiers. Go Eagles!

P&C Pen Mother's Day Stall Friday 11 May we ran our Mother’s Day Stall to much success. I want to extend a huge thanks to Sarah, Sarah, Michelle, Misty, Cat and Meaghan who all helped the children when they came through with their classes and again at recess for any of the kids that wanted to spend every single cent they were given. Hope you all enjoyed your presents on Sunday! We raised $357 for the school.

Entertainment Book is Back THEY'RE HERE! The new look 2018-19 Entertainment Books have arrived and are ready to be delivered! Packed full of fabulous money saving offers for your family, it's a great way to support our Takari kids fundraiser towards new playground equipment. Order your book or digital membership online, or pick up an order form from the hub on Tuesday mornings or near the P&C box. Alternatively you can order online: https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/8438c2 P&C Meeting We have had such a great start to the year and I really want to thank all the Takari parents for all their help with the P&C initiatives so far! I wanted to invite you all to our next P&C meeting in the library on the 22 May 2018. I will hold the same meeting at 9am – 10am OR 7pm – 8pm just to make it easier for you to attend if you wish! You can then be part of the planning for the year! Your kids would love your help as much as you are able to give! Yoga is Changing to a Friday Starting 18 May Sorry about the change of day but you will still get the same Zen if you can come along tomorrow. Please keep Friday mornings free from the 18 May. All you need is a yoga mat and $5 and Jiae will meet you at the library at 9am - 10am and take you through some yoga! Just what you need for a little me time! Walk to School Day Tomorrow 18 May The P&C is putting on breakfast tomorrow for “Walk to School Day”. If you are free and can come cut up fruit please meet us in the canteen at 7.45am and then stick around to hand out food to the children. If you love to bake we would love some donations of mini muffins too to give to the kids. Please bring them to the canteen by 8.30 so we can serve them with the other food we have purchased. Trish Burgess P&C President

RUN CLUB: Congratulations to the students who received Run Club awards at today’s assembly.

Division Bronze Silver Gold

Junior K & P

Xavier K

Intermediate Yr 1, 2 & 3

Layla B Samantha K Andrew B Jackson K Olivia B Alice H Eva J Charli P Sophie S Zayne RB Tylar P Oska B Kobe T Nikita TS

Charli P Jackson K Andrew B Sophie S

Charli P

Senior Yr 4, 5 & 6

Cerise N Jobama OC Calvin T Isaiah A Hayden B Matthew L Dylan R Dhruti G Faith P

Jobama OC Isaiah A Matthew L Faith P

Staff & Parents Mr Patterson Mr Tennant

My Mad Scientist Mummy

Parent and budding author, Rina Fu, is about to launch her first book, ‘My Mad Scientist Mummy’, which introduces young readers to the fascinating world of science and gives a taste of what it’s like to work as a scientist in a laboratory through the eyes of a mother-daughter pair. Rina is launching her book at Scitech on Sunday 24 June 5:30pm to 8:30pm.

Science activities Interactive puppet show Photo booth Book signing Access to selected Scitech exhibits and more! An invitation to the book launch has gone home to all families today. Or contact Rina at RinaFu.com for more details

Help keep our school safe and secure If you see or hear suspicious behaviour immediately contact School Watch Security or the Police. Thank you for your support. School Watch Security : 1800 177 777

2018 Term Planner Term 3 Wk Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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16/7 First day of Term 3 for students

17/7 School Banking

18/7 Uniform Shop

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20/7

Community Notices

2018 Term Planner Term 2 Wk Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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14/5 Parent Yoga 9.00am

15/5 School Banking NAPLAN

16/5 Uniform Shop Run Club 8.00am School Council meeting 3.15pm

17/5 Newsletter #8 Assembly Year 1 Jump Jam 12.30pm

18/5 Run Club 8.00am And Walk to School Day Breakfast

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21/5

22/5 School Banking After school Hockey program

23/5 Uniform Shop Run Club 8.00am

24/5 25/5 Run Club 8.00am Parent Yoga 9.00am

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28/5

29/5 School Banking After school Hockey program

30/5 Uniform Shop Run Club 8.00am

31/5 Newsletter #9

1/6 Run Club 8.00am Parent Yoga 9.00am

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4/6 Western Australia Day

5/6 SDD No students attend

6/6 Uniform Shop Run Club 8.00am

7/6 Assembly—Year 6

8/6 Run Club 8.00am Parent Yoga 9.00am Winter Sports Carnival— Balcatta PS

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11/6

12/6 School Banking After school Hockey program

13/6 Uniform Shop Run Club 8.00am

14/6 Newsletter #10 Year 6 Camp Sausage Sizzle

15/6 Parent Yoga 9.00am Faction Cross Country P&C Disco

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18/6

19/6 School Banking After school Hockey program

20/6 Uniform Shop Run Club 8.00am

21/6 22/6 Run Club 8.00am Parent Yoga 9.00am Interschool Cross Country

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25/6

26/6 School Banking After school Hockey program

27/6 Uniform Shop Run Club 8.00am

28/6 Newsletter #11 Assembly-Year 2

29/6 Parent Yoga 9.00am Last day of term Run Club 8.00am Reports Distributed

WEEKEND PIANO LESSONS AVAILABLE IN STIRLING. Interested? Please contact Kathy on 0403 652 469 or email kathy.kok@westnet.com.au for a copy of her studio handbook.

Maths Tutor required? Contact David Fong on 0414 644 952 or email david@financialmc.com.au for more details.

The Tiny Tots Toy Library is a not-for-profit community group run by a small group of volunteering parents with babies and young-children to keep this wonderful resource for families in the Stirling community. Our toy library opens every Saturday morning and contains over 2000+ toys for young children from 0 to 7 years old where parents, grandparents, carers, educators could borrow toys (small to large e.g. slides), games, puzzles, dress-ups for 2 weeks, then either renew or return and take other toys out (annual membership fee of $65 or pro rata). https://www.facebook.com/BalcattaTTTL It is a non-

profit organization run by a committee of volunteers who are parents/ current members. Tiny tots currently have 15 members, which is a low number compared to previous years. We have started to increase local advertising with signs, Facebook, flyers, posters at the local IGA, library as well as in infant packs through a child health nurse. Parents who come are very happy with the toys and the money / house space they can save, but many haven't heard of it before. We have also had comments like "Hi I'm looking for the toy library?" when they were actually standing inside the toy library. At the moment, it's really a toy-shed!