5 May 2016

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Families,

Principal’s Perspective

I am well pleased to be at Landsdale Primary School. I have been a principal for many years in schools as far as the Gibson Desert, Laverton, goldfields, wheatbelt and in the metropolitan area. I applied for Landsdale Primary as it has a strong reputation for innovative programs that meet the needs of your children.

I have started listening to many people as I am interested in how people view the school. This will give me an understanding of the aspects that the community value about the school.

Soon, there will be only standing and no parking in the ‘Kiss and Drive’ bay at the school. Cars will be able to stay for a short amount of time, with the driver in the car, while you wait for your children. The City of Wanneroo Parking Compliance Officers will be in attendance to enforce the no parking provision from time to time.

Regards,

Tony Beswick
Principal

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School Contacts & Other Information

The Broadview
Landsdale WA 6065
Ph: (08) 9302 4100
Fax: (08) 9302 4363
SMS: 0417 912 795 (absentee messages only please)
Email: landsdale.ps@det.wa.edu.au
Website: www.landsdaleps.wa.edu.au

Principal: Tony Beswick
Deputy Principal: Leanne White
Deputy Principal: Cass Di-Sisto
Deputy Principal: Leonie Mattock
Deputy Principal: Natalie Bracegirdle
Business Manager: Jacqui Lyons
Administration & PR Officer: Tracy Howes
Ministerial Officers: Jenny Shepherd and Tania Burke

School Board

Aberline Attwood
Keera Bull – Chair
Kahli Bourke
Mimma Della Gatta
Kendra McDonald
Rohan Osment
Margaret Quirk MLA
Debbie Yates
Leanne White

P&C Association

President: Amanda Ferguson
Vice President: Olivia Osment
Secretary: Melissa George
Treasurer: Alysha Ferguson
Roadwise Co-ordinator: Olivia Osment
Safety House: Sally Pellegrini

Dental Therapy Centre

Open Monday – Friday
Ph: (08) 9302 2969

ANZAC Assembly

It was a very successful and moving ANZAC Assembly at the end of term and a wonderful first performance by our choir. I commend Miss Rogerson on her hard work organising the assembly and especially the preparation of the choir. It was lovely to have the guides and scouts in attendance again this year along with our special guests.

It was wonderful to be able to honour the New Zealand component of the ANZAC’s by our Prime Minister boy Jayden Paul delivering the Ode in Maori. We thank him and his family for their contribution and support. Once again Mrs Brotherton excelled as our bugler and we are so grateful for her continued participation.

Thank you for the contributions of flowers for the wreaths and the support from all the families who attended. A special thank you to Mrs Belstead in the canteen for the breakfast. It was nice to see all enjoying a family breakfast prior to the assembly.

School Learning Journey Open Night – Wednesday 25th May

Dear Parents,

Our School Learning Journey evening (Open Night) this year will be held on Wednesday 25th May, Week 5 of this term.

Times are: 4.30pm – 6.30pm (PP-6), and from 4.00pm – 6.00pm at the Trentham Road Annex (K). Please note for security reasons finishing times must be adhered to, especially at the offsite annex.

Classroom teachers will open their classrooms in a learning journey format, with activities and challenges for students to undertake with their parents. These activities reflect the learning that occurs in classrooms, and allows parents to experience current curriculum content and school priorities. Specialist staff will also be providing experiences at various locations around the school. Each parent will receive a passport to help them navigate their way around the activities. Please remember this is not a time for interviews with your child’s teacher, however friendly and courteous interaction is encouraged!

Classroom activities will take approximately 15mins to complete, and parents are encouraged to also visit:

• The basketball courts/under covered area for physical challenges with Mr P.
• The library with Mrs Murray, where there will be activities based around a picture book, which parents can borrow and read at home.
• The library to check out the huge range of parenting books available for borrowing.
• The Art Room with Mrs Nixon.
• The Music Room with Miss Rogerson.
• The Literacy Room with Mrs Della Gatta and Mrs Woods, if students attend classes in there. (This room won’t be open until around 5pm, due to DSF Literacy Classes until 4.30pm)
• The Library for an Italian display with Mrs Scott.
• The Science Room, LA 19 with Mr Cavallaro and Mrs Bell.

Parents will also be required to complete a parent survey while at school, either in the wet areas of the blocks or in the library.

We look forward to welcoming all parents to our open night.

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Mathematics Enrichment Classes

Please see the attached information about Mathematics Enrichment Classes for 2016 run by Curtin University.

Kindergarten Enrolments for 2017

Kindy enrolments for 2017 are now open and the application period closes on Friday 29th July, 2016. Application forms are available from our website or the front office. For existing Kindy students going into Pre-primary, no action needs to be taken – you will be contacted later in the year regarding a position.

Woolies Earn and Learn 2016

We have just received our fantastic rewards from the “Woolies Earn and Learn” programme. We have received a great selection of educational games, Lego, puzzles and play equipment for use throughout the school. A big thank you to all families who participated and we look forward to the next “Woolies Earn and Learn” sticker collection!

Library News

Term 2 Book Borrowing

Welcome back to all our students and parents! We look forward to seeing you all again in the library during second term. The final closing date for Term 2 loans is Friday 24th June. Please assist us by ensuring that your child returns their library books each week and brings their library bag. Library bags are available from the Uniform Shop.

Holiday Loans

There are still many outstanding holiday loans from last term. These books were due back on Tuesday 26th April. Students will not be able to borrow any more library books until their holiday loans are returned.

Scholastic Book Club

Order forms for Issue 3 of Book Club have now been distributed to classes. Orders are due back by 9am on Friday 13th May. You can place your orders online or drop them in the blue box at the front office. Sorry, but we cannot accept late orders.

Learning Journey Open Night

The library will be open from 4.30-6.30pm on Wednesday 25th May (Week 5) for the School Open Night. We look forward to seeing you on the night. The library will be open for book borrowing, eBook borrowing, audiobooks, iPad activities, and Parenting/Literacy/Maths information displays. The Parent Survey can also be filled out in the Library.

Happy Mother’s Day

We wish all our mums a very Happy Mother’s Day for Sunday 8th May. Have a relaxing day and enjoy some precious time with your family.

On the Ball …. With Mr P

Website

Please check out the latest Phys Ed news below.

Winter Sports

This term, students in years 5 & 6 have been practising and competing in a number of Winter Sports on Friday afternoons. On 3rd June we play a ‘friendly’ against Ashdale Primary School. The culmination of all this training will end with a Lightning Carnival to be held at Kingsway Sporting Complex on Tuesday, 21st June.

All students will participate in the friendly, with year 6’s given first preference to represent the school at the Lightning Carnival.

Friendly v Ashdale, Friday 3rd June

* Please note some games are played at Ashdale Secondary College

Lap-A-Thon

Our annual school Lap-A-Thon will take place on Thursday, 26th May from 2pm on the bottom oval. Years 1-3 students will run around an ‘inner circle’ whilst the years 4-6 students will run around an outer circle. This is a terrific fund raising activity so hopefully everyone can come on board and raise as much funds for the school as we can.

Legends Of Landsdale

Our school cross-country, the Legends of Landsdale, will take place on Friday, 24th June. This will be a busy week for students as the Lightning Carnival will take place on 21st June and the Cluster Muster on 23rd June. It will commence from 11.20am starting with the year 1’s followed by the year 2’s. The year 3’s will commence after lunch followed by the year 4’s, then the year 5’s will commence their race at 2pm followed by the year 6’s. I encourage all students to participate.

Again, we will participate in a local cross-country event at Penistone Reserve. We will be fielding the top 4 boy and girl students from years 1/2 (juniors), 3/4 (intermediate) and 5 and 6’s (seniors). Selections will be based on their time from the Legends of Landsdale event, so there may be three year 2 students and one year 1 student representing the school in the junior division. This is in line with how the other schools nominate their competitors. This event will take place on Friday, 19th August.

Parents can independently nominate their children in the annual School Sport WA cross-country interschool event, please visit:

Music Notes …. With Miss Rogerson

The Landsdale Primary school choir will be continuing this term each Tuesday at 8:30am in the Music Room.

The new Landsdale extension choir will be beginning in Week 2, students who have been notified of their acceptance into the choir do not need to attend LPS choir on Tuesday.

P&C President’s Report

The P&C is a voluntary committee that provides services to students and their families, supports the school staff, assists in fundraising for the school and contributes to building the school community. Any parent can join the P&C at any General Meeting. To have the right to vote on P&C decisions, members must be “financial”, which only costs $1 for the whole year. It is a great way of meeting new people and being kept up to date with P&C initiatives happening around our school. Meetings are held on Tuesday nights in week 3 and week 7 of each term in the school staffroom. The next meeting for the P&C is being held this Tuesday 10th May at 7:30pm. Everyone is welcome to attend so please come along.

KISS 'N' DRIVE

Kiss 'n' Drive seems to be going well at the moment and most parents using this service are doing the right thing and following the directions of the wardens. Thank you to those parents who do use Kiss 'n' Drive correctly. We are still in need for volunteers for this service to be able to run. A big thank you to all our current volunteers.

FUNDRAISING

Thank you to everyone who donated items for Mother’s Day. All items were greatly appreciated.

We are still looking for a fundraising coordinator if you or someone you know may be interested.

The Rotary Club of Ballajura - Malaga INC will be holding their annual quiz night on Saturday the 14th May. If you would like to attend, tickets are $15 per person and its 8 people to a table. When you book a table, please mention Landsdale Primary School as we are able to raise money for the school as 100% of what this Rotary Club raises goes back into the community so for every table booked, the school will benefit. It is a great night out so if you would like any more information or to make a booking, please contact quiz@rotaryballajuramalaga.info or phone Geoffrey Knight on 0419 199 981.

Entertainment Books are available now. Digital books are also available and those who purchased them last year are automatically receiving update emails. If you would like any further information, please contact Abby Atwood at the link below aberline.attwood@dpaw.wa.gov.au

Our schedule of events for 2016 are as follows:

WITHOUT THE HELP OF VOLUNTEERS, THESE EVENTS ARE UNABLE TO RUN so if you would like to volunteer for any of these events, or if you're interested in organising an event or if you would just like information regarding the P&C, please contact me at anferguson1977@gmail.com

You do not need to be a member of the P&C to volunteer. Everyone is welcome to help in any way they can and the P&C, Staff and especially the students, are very appreciative of all help that we do receive.

Amanda Ferguson
President

Fundraising News – Entertainment Books

Hi Everyone,

The Entertainment™ Memberships are almost here and will be available for collection in May. Pre-order today and help us raise funds to support our fundraising as 20% of the purchase price goes directly to us.

We’re really excited to be fundraising this year because the new 2016 | 2017 Entertainment™ Membership not only includes hundreds of local offers for dining, but now also features over 70 of the best restaurants, attractions and accommodation that Bali has to offer.

The money we raise this year will help support our fundraising so please share this email with family and friends because the more we sell, the more we raise!

For more information about our fundraising or how to get your Entertainment™ Membership please contact us.

Thank you for your kind support.

Aberline Attwood
Landsdale Primary School
0403129438
aberline.attwood@dpaw.wa.gov.au

Canteen Reminders

Canteen Operating Hours

The canteen’s operating hours are 8:30am to 1:00pm.

New Term 2 & 3 Menu

The canteen has sent home a new BLUE Canteen Menu for Term 2 and 3. This menu has had the following items added to the menu

SOUP & ½ bun - $2.70 (available everyday)
STUFFED POTATOES - $2.70 (available Monday and Wednesday)
LARGE PIZZA - $3.00 (available Monday and Wednesday

BBQ Sauce sachets .50c

If you did not receive one you can grab a new copy from the canteen.

Volunteers

The canteen desperately needs a volunteer to help out every TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY and FRIDAY. If you can help out for just one day or a couple of hours this term please see Alison in the canteen.

AMBER Menu Items

The canteen would also like to remind parents that we are not allowed to sell two AMBER food items. So please do not order pies or pizzas with nuggets. If your child is still hungry after eating a pizza, sausage roll or nugget then we suggest that they could order a fruit tub, corn cob, an apple slinky or a cheese stick.

Apple Slinkys

The canteen can make an Apple Slinky out of your child’s apple from home. They just need to put it into a zip lock plastic bag, put their name and LA on the front of the bag and put it into the class lunch basket first thing in the morning. We will make the apple into an Apple Slinky and your child can then pick it up from the canteen at RECESS time. We do not charge for this service.

Apple Slinky Machines

The canteen currently has 6 Apple Slinky Machines for sale. We are selling them at a cost of $30. If you would like one just come see us at the canteen.

Canteen Birthday Treat

If you would like to provide something for all the students in your child’s classroom on the day of their birthday, the canteen is able help you out with the sale of ice creams from our menu. Ice creams can be prepaid from the canteen in the morning. Ice cream tokens will be provided for you to pass out to the children in the class. The Tokens can then be taken to the canteen to be exchanged for an ice cream.

Uniform Shop News

The Uniform Shop will be open tomorrow (Friday 6th May) from 8.00am until 8.45am.

Interested in Becoming A Safety House?

Safety House is a community based "Good Neighbour" program of volunteer householders. It's easy to be a member of Safety House, it costs you absolutely nothing and you could be doing something important to help protect vulnerable young children. You can make a difference in your local community.

Who can be a Safety House?

• A Safety Householder must be a caring adult who is usually in or around their home during school travel time and be ready and willing to assist any child who might seek help at their door.
• Your house must have easy street access to the front door, no screening walls or trees and a Safety House sign easily visible from the street.
• Before you can be a Safety House, everyone living in the house aged 14 and over must consent to having a continuously monitored police check which is fully paid for by Safety House.

If you are interested or have any queries, please contact Sally Pellegrini, Landsdale Primary's Safety House Coordinator, at sally.pellegrini@gmail.com or leave a message at the school office on 9302 4100.

School Banking at Landsdale Primary School!

New School Banking rewards now available!

Exciting new Term 2 rewards with an Outback Savers theme are now available, while stocks last!

For every deposit made at school, no matter how big or small, students will receive a silver Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 tokens they can redeem them for exclusive school banking reward items in recognition of their regular savings habits. There are 2 new items released each term so be sure to keep an eye out for them!

Thank you for supporting the School Banking program and don’t forget that THURSDAY 8:00 – 8:45am is School Banking day!

If your children are not currently involved in the School Banking program and you would like to know more, please ask for a 2016 School Banking program information pack from the school banking ladies or alternatively, contact Amanda Ferguson at anferguson1977@gmail.com.

Ashdale Secondary College Tour

All prospective parents/guardians are invited to attend a tour of Ashdale Secondary College on Monday 16th May, commencing at 10.15am until 11.00am. Please see the attached flyers for details.

Rotary Club of Ballajura-Malaga – Annual Quiz Night

The Rotary Club of Ballajura-Malaga invites you to their annual quiz night with a silent auction, door prizes and more to raise funds for their local community projects. Maximum 8 people per table - tickets $15.00 per person. Saturday 14th May 2016 doors open at 6:00pm for a 7:00pm start. You can book tickets on the following websites www.trybooking.com/186376 or www.tinyurl.com/bigquiz2016. Don’t forget - when you book a table, please mention Landsdale Primary School as we are able to raise money for the school as 100% of what this Rotary Club raises goes back into the community so for every table booked, the school will benefit.

What to bring: A plate of nibbles, Gold coins for games, a sense of humour.

Details: Credit Card facilities are available.
Cash bar only - no BYO
Sausage sizzle and coffee available to purchase.
Venue: Ballajura Community College, Illawarra Crescent, (South) Ballajura. Hope to see you there.

Regards, Robert Doohan
President Rotary Club of Ballajura-Malaga

Bake Off Competition

Do you have what it takes to be the winner of Wanneroo’s inaugural Bake Off competition? Perhaps you have an old family favourite recipe or maybe you want to experiment with something more modern, here is your chance! Dust off your aprons, whip out your wooden spoons and get creative. With separate categories for both the young and the young at heart, there will be prizes for those who deliver the most delicious sweet treats to our judging panel. This is the perfect opportunity to get involved with your local community, bake something with your loved ones and visit Cockman House on Mother’s Day where there will also be an afternoon picnic.

Please deliver your goodies to Cockman House on Sunday 8th May between 11am and 1pm. This will allow time for judging before the winners are announced during the Mother’s Day Picnic at Cockman House that afternoon. More information and entry forms can be found here http://www.wanneroo.wa.gov.au/exhibitions. We encourage all to enter, the submission date has been extended and we look forward to hearing from you. Any questions please phone 94055920.

Ready Steady Go Kids – Term 2 Enrolments!

Enrolments are open for Term 2 with Ready Steady Go Kids, Australia's largest and most reputable multi-sport and exercise program for preschoolers (aged 2.5-6 years). With eight locations in Perth's northern suburbs, our high quality, physio-designed program teaches children the fundamentals of 10 different sports in a fun, non-competitive, team-based environment. Ready Steady Go Kids seeks to develop a lifelong passion for physical activity and sport, decrease childhood obesity, increase confidence and prepare children for participation in school and the broader community. We'd love to offer a free trial for your 2.5-6 year old child. Please visit the link below or call 1300 766 892 for more information.

Specialist Information Sessions at Kiara College for Parents of Year 5 & 6 Students

Please see the attached flyer regarding information sessions for parents of Year 5 and 6 students.

Kiara College, in partnership with tertiary education and industry sectors, supports students to follow their aspirations and pathways for a wide range of careers. This includes approved Specialist Programs in Agriculture and Basketball.

For further information please contact Richard Kardol, Associate Principal.