Issue Ten

Term Four

The Community

October 2017 An Independent Public School:

40 Braemore Street, Armadale, Western Australia 6112 Phone: 9399 3255 Website: www.challiscommunityprimaryschool.wa.edu.au

INSIDE : BOOK FAIR, GIRLS ACADEMY OPENING,

WILDCATS BALL KID, WORKSHOPS.

MORNING TEA THURSDAY ALL WELCOME.

Held in Parenting Centre Thursday

Mornings.

MORNING TEA FOR THE WORLD FRIDAY 9-11 Parenting Centre

Please come along to our weekly

“parents group” to establish

relationships with other parents

from all over the world.

Challis Community Primary School values the contribution of all the parents, grandparents and other people in our community who generously give their time to assist our students.

Challis Angels

MESSAGES FROM MRS MUSUMECI Term 4 has started off in a very settled manner with very few orange/red cards issued in the first two weeks. Children are engaged in their learning, are being challenged and extended, providing very little time to be off task. Teachers are equally settled and focused with their eyes firmly on the end of year reading targets, supporting and extending everyone child to reach and exceed the targets. All staff spent time on the School Development day analyzing NAPLAN and off years NAPLAN along with school based assessments to develop action plans to improve academic outcomes between now and the end of this term.

BOOK AWARDS AND CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Due to the increasing size of the school, we have separated these two events. The Christmas Concert will be held at the Salvation Army Hall and the Book Awards assembly will be held at school in the final assembly of the year.

CLASS LISTS FOR 2018 Planning is underway for 2018 and in the next two weeks, proposed classes will be drafted. Parents are requested to inform the school office if your child/children will not be returning to Challis in 2018. With your assistance, we can ensure that we are using accurate

numbers to predict classes which means we start 2018 with no need to restructure classes part way through the term. This is very important to the overall smooth running of the school.

CHALLIS ANGELS

Our wonderful Challis Angels continue to volunteer their time to assist teachers by preparing booklets, photocopying, laminating etc. For the rest of this term, there will be an in-crease in the amount of tasks that teachers need assistance with as we prepare for the start of 2018. If any parents have time available, especially on Mondays, we would love you to join the Angels in the staffroom on Monday mornings to support the teachers by reducing their significant workload.

We very much appreciate all of the support that our parent community provides us.

SPARE UNIFORMS If you have any uniforms at home your children have outgrown we would appreciate any donations. Please bring them to the school office.

Thank You

KEY DATES FOR TERM 4 Schools are very busy places and Term 4 is particularly busy. Below are key dates for your reference:

School Photos (subject to change) Tuesday T2, T1, PreK 2, PreK 4, J10A, J9A, J11A, T3, T4, PreK 1, PreK 3 Wednesday J1, J2, J3, J4, J5, J8, M4, M5, M6, T5, M1, M2, M3 Thursday M10, M8, M11, M12, T6, K2, PreK 5, K4, K3, W5, W8, W1, W6 Friday, W2, W3, Pre K6, J9B J10B, J11B, W4

Interschool Athletics Carnival Friday 27th October

Senior Choir visit to WAPPA Thursday 2nd November

2018 Kindy Parent Information/Orientation Session (Staffroom) – Tuesday 15th Nov at 9am

2018 Pre Primary Parent Information/Orientation Session ( J1&J2) – Thursday 17th Nov at 9am

2018 Pre K Parent Information/Orientation Session (J7) – Wed 22nd Nov at 9:30am

Volunteer Thank You Morning Tea Staffroom - Wed 29th Nov at 11am

Christmas Concert/Assembly Friday 8th Dec – Salvation Army Hall – 1:30pm – 2:30pm

Wildcats Aspire Home Game End of Year Prize – Year 5’s – Friday 8th Dec– 4:30pm – 9pm

Year 6 Graduation Ceremony Tuesday 12th December – Salvation Army Hall – 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Book Awards Assembly Wednesday 13th December – 1:45pm-2:45pm

Last day for students Thursday 14th December

BOOKCLUB ISSUE SEVEN. Orders will be due back Wednesday 25 October. Orders

Donations required for our new Kindergarten Mud Kitchen We have a wonderful new mud kitchen in our kindergarten sand pit and would like to add in some pots, pans, cake tins, muffin tins and plastic mixing bowls. This is a good time to clear out your kitchen cupboards and donate any of these items you were planning to replace. Please bring any donations to the kindergarten classrooms J9, J10 and J11. Thank you.

BOOK FAIR Our Book Fair is on again. The Library is open Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week, before and after school to view and purchase books from our Book Fair. We have a wonderful range of books and small gifts for your children. Don’t forget your Christmas list too! All purchases earn points for our school which are used to add lovely new current books to our Library for students to borrow.

CASH AND EFTPOS ACCEPTED FOR PURCHASES

KAYA FROM KARTAJIN DANJOO TEAM (LEARNING TOGETHER TEAM) Launch of Girl’s Academy. (Extract from the Examiner Newspaper Thursday 19th October)

A program that supports and empowers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls launched at Challis Community Primary School this week. The Girls Academy is an Australia-wide program run largely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women at more than 30 schools. Girls Academy staff work with groups of children as mentors to engage them in sport, culture and empowerment activities. The program targets improving school attendance, academic and personal achievement and graduation rates among Indigenous girls. For high school students it also provides assistance with post-school transitioning into university, TAFE or work. Challis Community Primary School will be the first primary school to host the program and the Challis launch event included speeches by Challis Community Primary School principal Lee Musumeci, Member for Armadale Tony Buti, Armadale mayor Henry Zelones, and a traditional dance per-

formed by Kiara Girls Academy students. Mrs Musumeci said she was hopeful the program would have a big impact on the school’s indigenous girls and their families. “Together we can make sure you have a good experience when you get to school,” she said. “We’re here to support you and walk alongside you and your families to make sure you have excellent opportunities in your life. “Aim high, achieve well and think big.” The organisation currently supports 2000 Australian girls but hoped to increase that number to 3500 by 2019.

Challis Community Primary School had more than 120 Indigenous students in 2016 and Challis Girls Academy program manager Shantelle Cox said she was looking forward to her first experience supporting primary school students. “When Challis Community Primary School was chosen as a site for Girls Academy I saw much potential for it to be a strategy to engage and keep Aboriginal girls in school,” she said. “The motto for Girls Academy is Develop a Girl – Change the Community.” Challis student Breanna Avsar, 12, said one of her main motivations returning to school this term was to get involved with Girls Academy. “By being part of the Girls Academy family I have been able to participate in leadership training and lots of other exciting activities,” she said. The program officially launched at the school on October 16. A similar program will also launch at Cecil Andrews College this week.

PERTH WILDCATS BALL KID As part of our partnership with the Perth

Wildcats we have been offered the opportunity to select a child from our school who has shown the ‘Challis Way’ to be a ‘Ball Kid’. As a Ball Kid you will receive 4 tickets for family/friends to attend a Wildcats home game. The ‘Ball Kid’ receives a t shirt and presents the game ball to the referees and has a photo taken on court. Joshua Macneall from M5 was chosen by Mrs Musumeci to be Challis’s first Ball Kid on Saturday 7th October. Joshua had an amazing time and as a respected member of the Challis community and huge basketball fan he was a worthy representative of Challis Community Primary School. During the Wildcats 2017/2018 season we will be given more opportunities to select children to take part in the Ball Kid Program. Mrs Musumeci would like all children to strive to show the ‘Challis Way’ every day and she will be on the lookout for the next ball kid to represent Challis.

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BOOST – LITERACY WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS Do you want to help your child learn to read and spell? The Boost program provides the opportunity for parents of students in Kindy to Year 1 to learn about improving early literacy skill development through games and exciting activities. A two-part workshop will be held at Challis Community PS on Thursdays the 26th October & 2nd November, 2017. A crèche is available and morning tea will be provided. More information about Boost is available from Reception .

COMMUNITY ART PROJECT FOR PARENTS AND CARERS

In term 4 a visiting Perth artist named Charlotte O’Shea will be

working at our school to create a series of interactive murals.

Community members including parents, carers, grandparents,

extended family, brothers and sisters are invited to take part in this

exciting project. You do not need any particular skills to join in, just

bring your imagination and help us make a beautiful art work that

our children can enjoy.

When: Thursday afternoons in term 4, 1pm – 3pm

Project begins Thursday 26th October at 1:30pm

Where: - Meet at the Staffroom

Bring: Yourself and your imagination, expect to learn new art skills

and forge new friendships.

Join in, have fun, connect and make art!

T H R E E C H A L L I S W O R K S H O P S

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Week One 10 October 11 12 13

Week Two 16 17 18

Assembly W1 and W2

19 20 Inter School

Jumps

Week Three 23 PBS Assembly

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25

26 27 Inter School

Athletics

30 31 1 November

Assembly T6, M10,

M12

2 3

Week Five

6

PBS Assembly

7 8

Constable Care

9 10

Remembrance

Day 11/11

Week Six

13 14 PBS Assembly 15

Assembly J5, J8

9.00 Kindy Orientation

Day

16 17

9.00 Pre Primary

Orientation Day

Multi Sports Girls

Carnival

Week

Seven 20 PBS Assembly 21 Mathematics Day 22 23 24

2Week Eight

27 28 Spare Puppets 29 30 1 December

Cecil Andrews

Orientation Day

Nine 4 PBS Assembly 5 6

7 8 Christmas

Assembly

Week Ten 11 13 Book Assembly 14

Last day of Term Four

TERM PLANNER TERM FOUR 2017

12 Graduation

S C H O O L P H O T O G R A P H S

2017 SCHOOL PHOTOS INFORMATION Every Student will have their photo taken, whether they are purchasing photos or not, for the schools pictorial history.

The school has chosen to use the online ordering system. Your child will be given an online ordering instruction slip

and a unique student code for you to follow and place you order online via the internet.

The expiry date for online ordering is the 02.11.2017. Any orders received after this date are treated as re orders and will incur a $30.00

reorder charge on top of your order you wish to purchase. You can email your order request through to reorders.perth@msp.com.au or

call our office on 08 92408000

Family Photos: Envelopes can be obtained from

Administration.

Family photos are being taken each morning

before school. Please bring your children in on

the days listed above via your child’s surname

to avoid long queues. Please ensure that your

family envelope with enclosed payment is

handed to the Photographers on photo day.

Special/Sports Group Photos:

If your child is in a Special/Sports photo you will

receive a link and password to the online gallery

after photo day, where you can view and order

these photos if required. These photos will be

packed and delivered with the school’s bulk

order. Please Note: Class Groups, Individuals and

Family Photos are not available to view online

Tuesday 24th October - (Family Photo's by

Surname A-F), Wednesday 25th October - (Family

Photo's by Surname G-L) Thursday 26th October -

(Family Photo's by Surname Friday 27th of

October - (Remaining Family Photo's)

COMMUNITY NOTICES