18 May 2017

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Families,

An exciting moment for our senior students last Friday week, as their new nature play space was officially opened. While the younger students looked on with disappointed faces, the Year 5 and 6 students were enjoying the new attractions, including climbing nets, a spinning machine and the most popular piece of equipment, the pod swing. The space will also be used during class time for daily fitness and circuit training.

Congratulations to the P and C on a very successful and well managed Mother’s Day stall last Friday. There were some amazing gifts bought for the bargain price of $3.00. Thank you to those families who contributed to the stall, and I hope all mums had a lovely Mother’s Day.

Kiss and Drive is running well at the moment, thanks to parents remembering that parking and prolonged stopping is not permitted. If you are collecting your children from Kiss and Drive, please remind them to be watching out for you, and if you intend to be there early, tell them to also be on time. To avoid waiting in the queue, the best time to arrive at Kiss and Drive is around 3.15-3.20pm. Most students have gone by then and cars are able to pull straight in.

Reading fluency assessments have been continuing again this year. The results over the past three years show that in each year level, students are showing increased fluency rates than the same year level did the previous year. If you have not received a note from your child’s teacher this year with a current rate of reading fluency for your child, please make contact with him or her. Reading fluency is directly related to reading comprehension which is why this is a school priority, and an important area of your child’s reading to develop.

Parents are encouraged to continue listening to and reading to, their children every school night. Don’t forget that our library has the best range of literature and picture books to read and enjoy with your children. Parent reading tip sheets and early reading research information are available in the LEAP section of this newsletter.

Wishing families all the best for Term 2.

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

School Board

Keera Bull - Chair
Aberline Attwood
Kahli Bourke
Kendra McDonald
Rohan Osment
Margaret Quirk MLA
Debbie Yates
Mimma Della Gatta
Tracey Higgins
Leanne White
Dr Tony Beswick - Principal

P&C Association

President: Amanda Ferguson
Vice President: Nat Herridge
Secretary: Melissa George
Treasurer: To be advised
Roadwise Co-ordinator: Nat Herridge

Dental Therapy Centre

Open Monday – Friday
Ph: (08) 9302 2969

LEAP – Parenting Ideas Magazine

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Kindergarten Enrolments for 2018

Kindy enrolments for Landsdale residents are now open for children born 1/7/2013 to 30/6/2014. The application period closes on Friday 28th July, 2017.

Application forms are available from our website or from the front office. Please note that your child’s birth certificate, immunisation schedule and “proof of address” (eg. electricity bill, rates notice, etc) need to be submitted at this time.

For our existing Kindy students going into Pre-primary 2018 no action needs to be taken – you will be contacted later in the year regarding placement.

If you have any questions regarding enrolment at Landsdale Primary, please contact the ladies in the front office.

On the Ball …. With Mr P

Just a reminder, that students are able to wear their faction shirts on Fridays, with the exception of year 3 and 4 students who can wear their faction shirt on Thursday, which is their nominated ‘Sport’ day from 2-3pm. Students can also wear their faction t-shirt on special sporting events days in which they are competing, such as the Faction Athletics Carnival.

Interschool Lightning Carnival

Don’t forget our Lighting Carnival will be played on Friday June 16, at Kingsway Sporting Complex. More details will be given out shortly. Some students will receive notes this week, please return as soon as possible with the $9 bus fee.

Other Physical Education events in Term 2

Some other important dates on the Phys Ed calendar are;

Thursday, 8th June – School Lap A Thon (Fun Run)
Friday, 23rd June 23 - Legends of Landsdale cross country event

Library News

National Simultaneous Storytime

National Simultaneous Storytime is back on Wednesday 24th May. Once again, our Library will be joining in to celebrate this fun and vibrant event. Throughout the week, the children’s picture book, “The Cow Tripped Over the Moon” by Tony Wilson, will be read in library and classroom sessions promoting the value of reading and literacy. We have twelve copies of this picture book in our Library for our students to enjoy.

Scholastic Book Club

Issue 3 of Book Club has now closed. All ordered items will be distributed to classrooms as soon as they arrive back at school.

Wheelers eBook Promotion

Remember that our Library has a wonderful eBook ePlatform that every student can access at home or anywhere they are, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on any mobile device! Students love reading eBooks, so if your child hasn’t done so already, we encourage them to discover the amazing world of eBooks.

We are running an eBook competition in the Library until the end of this term (Friday 30th June).

When your child borrows their first eBook, they are eligible to enter the competition by simply recording their name and title of the eBook they borrowed and read.

The prize is a Scholastic Book Club voucher to the value of $25.

Entry forms are available from the Library.

Chaplain’s Chat

Hi school,

I hope NAPLAN went well for everyone.

Being mindful of how someone else is possibly feeling and displaying compassion for them helps us in being friendly and working well together.

I love the new Buddy Bench, that was donated by Mrs Thompson, is such a great way for us to notice someone in need. I have seen how if someone goes and sits on the bench others are quick to go over and chat and most times go off to play together. Well done, I am so proud of you all.

In class or at home we need to see if someone is sad or feeling left out by their body language or words. Compassion is when we ask them if they’re okay, accept that they are having a bad day or moment and be there to help them, listen to them or play a game, hoping that they will be feeling better soon.

Let’s continue being compassionate and caring for others, seeing friendliness and working together being strong in our school.

Chat soon,
Natasha
(Mon & Tues)

EdConnect Australia Volunteers

Needed EdConnect Volunteers

If you, a friend or family member would love to offer an hour or more of your time a week to mentoring/supporting students within our school please have a look at the flyer attached and contact Natasha at school Mondays and Tuesdays or EdConnect directly to find out more information or to register.

Canteen Reminders

CANTEEN INFORMATION

Supervisor: Alison Belstead
Phone: 9302 4582
Opening hours: 8:30am to 1:45pm

PARENT REMINDERS

Online Ordering

Our canteen now has an Online Ordering facility with the company Quick Cliq.

This facility is easy to use and also very secure

How to get started:

In the TOP Lefthand corner of the screen is the option to SIGNUP
Sign in by completing the registration form
You will then receive a confirmation email
Then log into the website below

Then you will need to select your School and enter your child/children names
Classroom LA number and teachers name
Add credit to your account and start ordering your child/children’s lunches

NOTE: transfer of funds into your online account can take up to 2 days before they become available to use and it is from your online canteen account that money is used to pay for your online orders.

Benefits of using Online Ordering:

You do not need a menu
You do not need to buy lunch bags
You can order the night before or even 2 weeks in advance
You will not have to worry about your child forgetting to hand in their lunch orders to the canteen
You will not have to worry about finding cash for lunch orders first thing in the morning

If you have any queries about setting up an online ordering account please contact the Quick Cliq company on 1300 116 637 or by emailing info@ouronlinecanteen.com.au.

Please note we DO NOT utilise the online ordering system for Uniforms or Blooklists.

Did You Know

The canteen stocks the following STEGGLES items that are classified as a Halal Certified processor. Steggles Chicken Meat, Dinosaur Nuggets, Chicken Wedges and Chicken Burgers.

Volunteers

We are always needing volunteers to help in the canteen from 8:50am until 10:30am. If you have some free time first thing in the morning please come and see us and we can work out a day suitable for you. We have an online Volunteer Roster that shows the days that we need volunteers. We are also still looking for someone to pick up Sushi on a Friday at 11:00am every alternate week.

Uniform Shop News

P&C News

2017 Mother’s Day Stall

Thank you to everyone who supported our Mother’s Day Stall this year, albeit with donations of gifts, wrapping, ribbon or sending your children to school with $3 to purchase a gift, it was fantastic to see all the children so excited to buy something special for you. We hope you all had a fantastic day celebrating with your kids!

We couldn’t have done it without our stall organiser Caitlin and her team of volunteer help last Friday, a HUGE thank you to each of you for giving up your time the weeks prior to organise it and during the day at the stall.

Be Roadwise

Kiss & Drive is facilitated by your P&C and it’s fantastic to see Kiss & Drive running smoothly and we have our children on their way home most days by 3.15pm. Thank you to all the parents using this facility taking the time to do so correctly. It makes for a pleasant end to the school day.

I’d like to also thank our new parent volunteer to Kiss & Drive, Kendra who has recently volunteered to help on Monday’s roster.

Please also look out for the verge non-parking areas around the school. Whilst we are all busy and need to drop/pickup our children to/from school, there are several designated no parking areas in the immediate area of the school that you should be aware of. Rangers are out often and will take note of those parking illegally. Parking can be found at Warradale Hall and Landsdale Forum, if you’re not able to locate one around the school.

If you are a new family to school or need to brush up on Being Roadwise, please read the attached flyer. You can also find a hard copy in the foyer at the front office.

Nat Herridge
Road Wise Co-Ordinator

P&C – Landsdale Primary’s Fun-Run

The Landsdale Primary Fun-Run is only a few weeks away on Thursday 8th June! Students have received their sponsorship forms this week and we’re fundraising! For raising just $10 students will receive a reward and they’ll be helping us to purchase much needed items on our school wish list as well as materials for their classrooms, specialist classes, books for the library and sports equipment.

Students should sign up for a Student Profile Page at the link below. They’ll be able to access online fundraising and they can win a $30,000 Ultimate Family Experience just for doing it! If you have any questions please contact the P&C secretary Melissa on georgefamilyinaustralia@hotmail.com.

Visiting Bali?

Dear Parents and Community Members,

As many of you are aware, Landsdale Primary School has a sister school relationship with a school in Bali which was established almost 10 years ago. Over the years we have been involved in many different activities such as fund raising and penpal exchanges. By far the most rewarding part of this partnership for Landsdale students has been when their families have visited our sister school on their Bali holidays.

The school is called SD 2 Kaba Kaba and it is around 20 kilometres, or a 45 minute drive, from the heart of Kuta. It is found in the regency of Tabanan, one of Bali's main rice growing districts.

If you would like to pay them a visit and find out what a day (or even an hour or two) in the life of a Balinese child is like, feel free to contact me and I can help you arrange it. Alternatively you can contact the coordinator in Bali, Alit Widia at alitwidia@yahoo.com and he can help you sort it out. Pak Alit speaks English very well and some students might remember him from his visit to Landsdale Primary School a few years ago. Rest assured you will be made to feel very welcome.

Terima Kasih!

Belinda Scott
Italian Teacher
Landsdale Primary School

School Banking at Landsdale Primary School!

Get involved in the School Banking program.

Landsdale Primary School is excited to offer the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students.

School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way for young Australians to learn about money and develop good savings habits. Children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens, which they can save up and redeem for exciting rewards.

The rewards available during 2017 are:

• Cyber Handball
• Colour Change Markers
• 3D Chalk Set
• Tablet Case
• Smiley Emoji Keyring
• Volt Handball
• Pencil + Tech Case
• Epic Earphones

School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school receives $5 when a student makes their first ever School Banking deposit and 5% on every deposit made through the school (to a maximum of $10 per individual deposit).

Getting involved in School Banking is easy!

All you need to get involved in the School Banking program is a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account. You can open an account for your child in one of two ways:

1. Online
   Visit www.commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account.
2. In branch
   Visit a Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for yourself and your child, like a driver’s licence and birth certificate.

If your child has an existing Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account they can start banking straight away. They just need to bring their deposit in every week on School Banking day using their Dollarmites deposit wallet.

School Banking day is every Thursday morning from 8-9am. Each week, just bring your money and deposit book to the Junior Primary Block where LA11 and LA12 are located.

If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for a 2017 School Banking program information pack from the school office or visit the link below:

Rowena Casilli
School Banking Co-ordinator

City of Wanneroo – Artwork Exhibition

The City of Wanneroo Gallery in partnership with Fremantle Press is very excited to present the original drawings from acclaimed children’s book We All Sleep in an exciting exhibition for Children’s Book Week 2017. The exhibition will be hosted at the Wanneroo Library & Cultural Centre from 28th July to 26th August.

Behaviour Tonics – Parent Courses

1-2-3 Magic and Emotion Coaching Parent Course.

To help manage difficult behaviour in children 2 to 12yrs.
7 to 9.30pm.
$180pp or $340 per couple
Wed 17th, 24th & 31st May
Thurs 8th, 15th & 22nd June

Protective Behaviours

$65pp or $120 per couple
Tue 13th June, 6.30 to 9.30pm.

Engaging Adolescents (11 to 16yo)

$150pp or $270 per couple
Wed 14th & 21st June, 6.45 – 9.30pm.

Parenting Information Session (Including 10 take home tips)

This 2 hour seminar is designed to improve your knowledge and confidence as a parent. In House only.

All courses available In House.

Private Consultations Available.

To enquire/register call 9382 1182 or click the link below:

Free Parenting Workshop for Dads

1. Free Parenting Workshop for Dads – Raising emotionally resilient children

The City of Stirling invite you to our FREE parenting workshop for Dads. Registrations are essential. The details are as follows:

Date: Wednesday 24 May 2017
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Inglewood Civic Centre (Children’s Centre), Cnr Ninth Ave and Beaufort Street, Inglewood WA 6052

2. Free Parenting Workshop for Dads – Importance of positive early father-child interaction (0-5 years)

The City of Stirling invite you to our FREE parenting workshop for Dads. Registrations are essential. The details are as follows:

Date: Wednesday 31 May 2017
Time: 6.30-8.30pm
Venue: Inglewood Civic Centre (Children’s Centre), Cnr Ninth Ave and Beaufort Street, Inglewood WA 6052

For more information on the three facilitating organisations, please check out the following links;

Rotary Club Big Quiz Night – Saturday 20th May 2017

Please see the attached flyer for more information about the Rotary Club’s Big Quiz Night which is being held on Saturday 20th May, 2017. Go along and have a great night!

Landsdale Gardens Playgroup

Looking for a Playgroup?

Landsdale Gardens Playgroup is a community playgroup that is run by families for families. They are a non-profit organisation, and all fees paid by families go back into providing facilities, toys, arts, crafts and events for the families attending. Our playgroup is a great way to meet other families living in our local area, before children are of school age. Please see the attached flyer.

Girrawheen Hub – Open Day 2017

Everyone Welcome!

Come along to preview our new space, have your say on local priorities and help us to create a community resource for Girrawheen and surrounding areas.

Thursday 18 May 2017 / 10am-2pm
11 Patrick Court, Girrawheen (behind the Library)

Enjoy a coffee and light refreshments featuring native herbs and spices from Bindi Bindi Dreaming. A Welcome to Country and brief introduction to the hub will be starting from 10am. Attendees will be able to participate in activities until 2pm.

For enquiries please contact the Connected and Resilient Communities team on 9405 5916 or connectedcommunities@wanneroo.wa.gov.au