2 June 2016

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Families,

Thanks to all the parents and caregivers that attended the parents' night on 26th May. It was great to see so many dads having fun with their children, and sometimes taking over the games! Linking your family with your child's learning is important as it shows that education and learning is very important.

On the night I asked many parents how they felt about the school and the answers show that people are proud of the school and how teachers care about each child. Certainly, the behaviour of students during the night was exemplary and a testament to how Landsdale parents have done a great job of bringing up their children.

The School Board met on the night also. They will be involved with creating the school direction with help from Landsdale Primary staff members and, subsequently, be involved in determining the school's level of success in following that direction.

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

LEAP

1. School Comprehension Priority Parent Information Note
2. School Fluency Priority Parent Information Note
3. The 5 Finger Rule For Choosing A Just Right Book
4. Questions for Home Reading

Parenting Ideas Magazine

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A Day Made Better

Our school is filled with amazing teachers, and we'd like your help to say thanks. Nominate them today at adaymadebetter.com.au and we could win a prize pack valued at $5,000!

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.

Library News

Hats On Day!

Our National Simultaneous Storytime "Hats On Day" was so much fun! Thanks to all our students and staff who participated. There were some amazing, creative hats on display.

Open Night Learning Journey

Thank you to all the families who visited the Library during our Open Night. It was wonderful to see so many people pass through and enjoy the activities and atmosphere.

Scholastic Book Club Closing Date

Issue 4 of Book Club is due back to school on Friday 10th June by 9am. Please complete your LOOP orders online or drop them into the front office by the due date. Sorry but we cannot accept late orders.

On the Ball With Mr P

Winter Sports

This term, students in Years 5 & 6 have been practising and competing in a number of winter sports on Friday afternoons. Tomorrow 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 beginning at 9.15am.

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

There has been a change to the initial fixture, with the Football A team playing at Ashdale Primary School and Soccer Girls playing at Ashdale Secondary College.

If you are able to assist in washing footy jumpers, soccer shirts and socks after the friendly that would be much appreciated as we need them ready for the Lightning Carnival on 21st June.

Friendly v Ashdale, Friday 3rd June

Please note some games are played at Ashdale Secondary College

Runners' Club

Runners' Club has again returned this year, so if you are interested in running, jogging, walking or strolling some laps meet me at the top oval at 8.15am on Monday & Thursday mornings. Everybody has the chance to receive a bronze, silver and gold certificate pending how many laps they achieve. Students, parents and teachers are all most welcome to come down and join in the fun!

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 running approximately 600m. 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.The distance for the Year 3-6 events is approximately 1500m. 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) who run 600m, Years 3/4 (intermediate) who run 1300m and Years 5 and 6's (seniors) who run 2000m. 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 the website below for more information.

P&C President's Report

Recently, I witnessed, first hand one of our traffic wardens being verbally abused by a parent wanting to pick their child up from school. This occurred near the service entry on Warradale Terrace. We all know parking isn't great around the school, however, this area is not a safe area to pick up and drop off kids at the school. The Kiss n' Drive at the front of the school is the safest place to pick up and drop off children. It is a controlled environment which is supposed to provide a smooth traffic flow for the community while ensuring your children are able to enter and exit a car safely. By following the directions of the traffic wardens your children's safety is ensured. In saying that, our traffic wardens at Kiss n' Drive are unpaid volunteers and should be treated with the utmost respect as their priority is your child's safety. This does not just refer to Kiss n' Drive volunteers but all volunteers. Our volunteers give up their personal time to aid the P&C so we can provide much needed resources for the school. Please respect all our volunteers.

On a better note, thank you to everyone who supported the lapathon. The money raised from this will go towards the school's wishlist items.

Also, a big thank you to the kids, parents and teachers for supporting us with the 5c fundraiser. I have never seen so many 5c pieces! Congratulations to the class who won the first week of the challenge and good luck to all classes for this week. I will keep you posted on how much money we raise from both of these fundraisers.

The P&C will be holding an election day sausage sizzle on 2nd July. If you have some spare time that day, we would love some help. If you would like to help out, even if it's for half an hour, please contact me at anferguson1977@gmail.com

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Our next meeting is being held on Tuesday 14th June at 7pm in the school staffroom. Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend. Hope to see you there.

Amanda Ferguson
P&C President

Fundraising News – Entertainment Books

The 2015 | 2016 Entertainmentâ„¢ Membership will expire on 1st June, 2016. Please continue to support Landsdale Primary School by buying a new Membership today!

Now is the time to purchase your NEW 2016 | 2017 Entertainment™ Book or Digital Membership. Enjoy over $20,000 worth of valuable up to 50% OFF and 2-for-1 offers for some of the best local restaurants, cafés, attractions, hotel accommodation, travel and more, valid immediately!

The more Entertainmentâ„¢ Memberships we sell, the more funds we raise to support our fundraising.

Please contact us for more information about our fundraising or how to get your Entertainmentâ„¢ Membership.

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

Canteen Reminders

CANTEEN INFORMATION

Manager: Alison Belstead
Phone: 9302 4582
Opening hours: 8:30am to 1:00pm

Our Canteen offers a variety of healthy lunch and recess options that you can order for your child. Each item that is offered on our menu is low in fat and sugar.

ONLINE ORDERING

Remember that the canteen now has an Online Ordering facility with the company OUR ONLINE Canteen.

Just go to the website www.ouronlinecanteen.com.au and follow the directions to set up an account with your child's details. Online ordering saves you time, eliminates the need to be scratching around for change. You do not have to purchase lunch bags, have a printed copy of the menu or the stress over whether your child has put in their lunch order.

Online Ordering Queries – if you have any issues with online ordering such as money transfers or slow response please contact Our Online Ordering directly on 1300116 637 where they have an help desk operator that can look at your registered account and try and fix your problem straight away or advise you on what to do.

LATE Lunch Orders and Lunches Left at Home

A reminder that if your child hands in their lunch order after 10:00am or at lunch time then they will only be offered a vegemite or cheese sandwich. This also applies to students who have left their lunches at home who will be required to pay for the sandwich the following day.

Uniform Shop News

NEW UNIFORM SHOP OPENING HOURS
TERM 2, 2016

FRIDAY 20TH MAY: 8am – 9:30am
FRIDAY 27TH MAY: 2pm – 3:30pm
FRIDAY 3RD JUNE: 8am – 9:30am
FRIDAY 10TH JUNE: 2pm – 3:30pm
FRIDAY 17TH JUNE: 8am – 9:30am
FRIDAY 24TH JUNE: 2pm – 3:30pm
FRIDAY 1ST JULY: 8am – 9:30am

These new hours are part of a TRIAL PERIOD ONLY for the remainder of Term 2. If these extra hours aren't viable, then the hours will revert back to opening once per fortnight in Term 3.

The price of faction shirts will increase to $20 as of 13th June.

At this stage, we have run out of size 6 Microfibre Trackjackets and are uncertain of when they will be back in stock.

Thank you.

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!

School Banking has started off very well this year with 23 new students signing up and quite a few more showing interest in the program.

I have been notified by the Commonwealth Bank that the flying snake trail is low on stock at the moment so is not available at this time.

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 .

At the moment, we have 5 volunteers for school banking so will be seeking more help in the near future.

Ashdale Secondary College - STEM Girls Day Camp

Calling all Year 5 Girls!

Ashdale Secondary College is hosting a STEM Girls Day Camp for all Year 5 Ashdale Cluster girls on Saturday 18th June from 8.30am-3.00pm. They will get to work with inspirational female mentors from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields in a hands-on, solution focused project. Girls can create, collaborate and contribute to the world, for a positive change. THE FIRST STEP IS STEM!

Please RSVP to ashdale.sc@education.wa.edu.au by Friday 3 June 2016. All enquiries can be directed to Deborah Yates at Deborah.yates@education.wa.edu.au or to 9302 7100.

Enrolment Expressions of Interest at Ashdale Secondary College are open!

Ashdale Secondary College is a distinctive, world class, educational community of excellence where all students are motivated to strive to achieve their best and to realise their potential in a values-rich environment. The focus of the College is on student engagement and wellbeing so that they feel valued at all times. The College measures its effectiveness through the achievement and character of our students and the integral part it plays in the community. A partnership founded on strong relationships between students, teachers, parents and the community is the enduring platform upon which the College is built.

Parents are encouraged to apply early to ensure they receive valuable information and updates in Terms 3 and 4 prior to their children starting at Ashdale Secondary College.

To submit an expression of interest, please visit the Main Administration Office at Ashdale SC or phone 9302 7100. More information can be found at;