29 November 2018

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Families,

The parent representatives program has gone from strength to strength thanks to the dedication of parents. The school does listen to that parent group throughout the year. This has led to greater communication and ideas being used by the school. Thank you to all those parents who have contributed.

The painting inspirational quotes on senior students’ toilet doors have been a winner. The quotes were carefully chosen to encourage stronger beliefs in students. The school thanks the Year 6 students as they contributed to the buying of the materials as their parting gift to the school. It showed inspirational behaviour on their part.

Regards,

Dr Tony Beswick
Principal

Newsletter Articles

School Calendar

Information Required for Student Reports

We will be emailing student reports out to parents at the end of the term. If your email details have changed, please ensure you advise the office immediately.

If you require a hard copy of your child’s report, please advise the office.

Students Not Returning to Landsdale Primary School in 2019

If your child/ren are not returning to Landsdale Primary School for the 2019 school year, can you please advise the front office in person or by emailing jennifer.shepherd@education.wa.edu.au

New school details are required upon advisement.

1-1 Program 2019

Thank you to all the parents who attended our Parent Information and discussion forums. They were well attended and we had really productive discussions. If you still have questions please visit the Frequently Asked Questions page of our website.

Not long now until the start of the next program for the Year 4’s in 2019 and any new or existing students who join, it’s never too late!

Early Term One we will run parent workshops on MacBook basics and the use of the Parental Control feature to set time limits like bedtime for your child’s laptop use. If you want to learn now, the Apple website is a great resource: Get to know your Mac

We partner with Winthrop Australia to obtain the best educational prices and onsite technical support. They provide a convenient and easy online portal for you to order a device for your child. If you source a device elsewhere consider the portal information to compare accurately.

Once ordered the device will be delivered to your home over the holidays or to school during school terms. Students can bring them to school where our technicians will configure them for our network and additional software then return them to your child.

The Year 4 students will not require the device in the first week, their teachers will inform you when to bring them. In that week teachers begin setting acceptable use agreements and begin the focus on online safety.

Christmas Card Competition

A couple of weeks ago LA26 entered a competition organised by Dr Anne Aly MP to design a front cover for her yearly Christmas card. Jacob A, from LA26 was lucky enough to be one of the 3 winners! Congratulations Jacob for your beautiful Christmas drawing. These will be sent to residents all across Cowan to wish them a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Library News

LIBRARY BORROWING CLOSES

The Library will close for the 2018 school year, as of FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER. All library books borrowed by students, parents and staff are due back by FRIDAY 30th NOVEMBER. There will be no further borrowing after this date. Holiday loans are not available over the Christmas holiday break. Your local library is a great resource during this period. The final two weeks of term (Week 9 & 10) are very busy in the Library, as all library resources are being returned, scanned, checked off, accounted for, repaired and shelved. Please assist us by returning your library books on time. If you have lost a book, please pay for it at the Front Office before school closes on Friday 14th December. Year 6 students are required to return their library books before Graduation on Wednesday 12th December. Thank you for your assistance.

On the Ball …. With Mr P

Physical Education Events in the next week

Transition Games - Tomorrow, November 30

Year 6 students will participate in transition games @ Kingsway from 12.30pm to 2.30pm with Ashdale and Madeley primary schools. Students will be required to wear their normal green school shirt for this event and will only be able to order a cold lunch to be marked ‘early’ on the order. Students will have lunch at 12 noon and board the bus at 12.25pm.

Thursday, December 6

Year 3/4 Hot Shots Tennis tournament @ State Tennis Centre. Times and fixtures have been sent out with students. I have asked that students meet at 7.45am outside my office for an 8am departure to the State Tennis Centre.

Friday, December 7 Year 1-6 Tennis tournament @ Sorrento TC (4pm-6.30pm)

The Sorrento Tennis Club tennis tournament is a tournament held outside of school hours (4pm-6.30pm) for about 20 students. If your child is involved, they would have received a ‘blue’ note to confirm this. I will let reserves know if they need to attend as soon as I find out if there are any late withdrawals.

Sorrento Tennis Tournament

Canteen Messages

CANTEEN INFORMATION

Supervisor: Jo Gaugg/Lisa Innes
Phone: 0410 894 457
Opening hours: 8:30am to 1:45pm

With the end of the school year fast approaching the canteen will be running 2 ONLINE ONLY ordering days during the final week of term.

Wednesday 12th December - Graduation day

Online orders only, cut off 10.00am Monday 10/12/18.

Thursday 13th December - Final Day of Term Sausage sizzle and Sushi

Online orders only, cut off 10.00am Monday 10/12/18.

NO over the counter or basket orders will be accepted on these final two days.

Thank you,
Jo and Lisa

Uniform Shop News

The Uniform Shop will be open extra days/hours leading up to the end of the term so you can purchase items required for next year.

Online orders can be placed via Uniforms West website. These will be ready for collection from reception by Friday of each week.

Also Uniform Order forms are available from outside the uniform shop and reception, which can be completed and returned to reception. Please ensure all details are correctly completed.

Uniform Shop open day for 2019 will be Friday 1st February. Any online orders placed during school holidays will be ready for collection on this date.

Sandra

School Banking at Landsdale Primary School!

School banking is on every Thursday in the wet area between LA11 & 12 from 8am to 9am.

Rowena Casilli
School Banking Co-ordinator

LEAP Parenting Ideas

Come & Try Flippa Ball Sessions at Greenwood College

Stirling Raiders Water Polo Club, in partnership with Greenwood College, are going ahead with our next Come & Try Flippa Ball sessions at the Greenwood College pool on 30th November and 1st December. Please see the attached flyer.

January Head Start Program with Academic Task Force

Programs are available in NAPLAN Preparation, GATE and Scholarship Preparation, Foundation English and Maths, Learning Skills and Essay Writing. Each subject is six hours, over two days. 10% Early Bird Discount ends Monday December 17, 2018. Enrol now online at

. On the website, go to Our Programs – Year 7 & 8 – Head Start Program.

Call 9314 9500 or email learn@academicgroup.com.au .

Better Health Program Mirrabooka, Term 1 2019

Registrations are now open for the next Better Health Program running at the Herb Graham Recreation Centre in Mirrabooka, Term 1, 2019.

Funded by the Department of Health, The Better Health Program is a FREE healthy lifestyle program delivering fun, interactive sessions supporting children aged 7-13 years and families to adopt healthy attitudes to food and nutrition, to encourage regular exercise, make informed food choices and learn essential health skills and knowledge.

Children and their families become fitter, healthier and happier as they have fun, meet new friends and learn new skills to establish and maintain healthier lifestyles.

We would like to support local families by offering this valuable program, which is currently being offered free of charge in various areas across the Perth metropolitan area.