28 March 2019

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Families

What a fantastic event the Food Festival was last week. You, as parents and carers, really helped the event by sending delicious food to the school, which excited the children. There were many students who came to school in unique and colourful costumes that showed the true multicultural roots of Landsdale Primary School. Thank you for your consideration. Overall, the event raised $1,246.35 and the money was donated to UNICEF and the Starlight Foundation.

The P&C has allocated some funds to the school for this year. They have provided a $2,575 contribution to the Year 6 camp and $50 to the Graduation Award. $8,200 was allocated to the playground for a structural engineer to conduct a survey and satisfy the Department of Education standards. The school is grateful for this fund raising effort of which the funds go directly to students.

Next to Landsdale Primary is an enclosed estate that has a driveway leading onto The Broadview. I request that you not park in the estate’s grounds or block the entrance to their homes.

Regards

Dr Tony Beswick
Principal

Newsletter Articles

School Calendar

Contributions and Charges 2019

We really appreciate the parents who have paid their child’s contribution and charges for 2019. Monies collected from your contributions and charges go to specific learning programs by the purchase of additional resources.

For your convenience, payments can be made via Qkr!, EFTPOS, cash, cheque and Direct debit. The details are: BSB 066-132 Account 10249789 (Student’s Full Name must be included in the Reference).

If you have not yet registered for Qkr! please click on the link below for instructions.

NAPLAN Online

The date for Year 3 & 5 students’ NAPLAN Online testing is 14th-24th May. A parent information pamphlet will be sent home next week with details relating to the tests.

Student Achievement

We would like to congratulate one of our year 4 students, Maddie P (LA 17). Maddie competed in the State Athletics Championships last weekend and was lucky enough to win gold in the under 10 girls’ shot put. This was a back to back win for Maddie as she also won it last year in under 9’s. She also competed in high jump finishing fourth overall, discus, finishing 12th overall and qualified for the final in the 60 metres hurdles and finishing 7th overall.

Library News

WA YOUNG READERS’ BOOK AWARD 2019

The WA Young Readers’ Book Award is a state-wide event that operates on three levels: Younger Readers, Picture Books and Older Readers. Young readers are invited to nominate, through their libraries, books that they

have enjoyed. These nominations are then considered by the WAYRBA committee and the three lists are drawn up. Young people are asked to read titles on the lists and evaluate them as ‘Terrific’, ‘Good’, ‘Okay’ or ‘Not For Me.’

Currently, our Library has a display of all the shortlisted books. These are available for borrowing. Reservations can be placed on shortlisted books that are out on loan. Voting closes in September, so there is plenty of time for students to read and record their votes. Those who vote become eligible for a Scholastic Book Club voucher prize to the value of $25.

To view the WAYRBA shortlisted books:

End of Term

The closing date for the return of all library books this term is Friday 5th April, 2019 (Week 9).

Class book borrowing will finish in Week 9. Students will return their books in Week 10. Please assist us by ensuring that your child returns their library books by the due date.

On the Ball …. With Mr P

Faction Leaders 2019

Congratulations to all the successful vice-captain and captain nominees who were elected as faction leaders a couple of weeks ago. Well done to all students who nominated, the speeches were of a high quality and obviously a lot of thought had gone into them.

School Colour Fun Run

Our school Colour Fun Run is on tomorrow Friday, 29th March from 2pm! It promises to be a great event, so make sure you have;

• Created a login for your child
• Started fundraising for towards your goal
• A white t-shirt for your child to wear on the day
• Volunteered to help via the Just One Thing note

Remember, each child will receive a pair of coloured sunnies on the day to use and keep as a keepsake.

Interschool Tennis

Congratulations to all the girls and boys who represented Landsdale in the Academy Plate tennis competition last week. It was a number of students first time in an interschool tennis event and all participants should be very proud.

I must say a big THANK YOU to all the parents who assisted in transporting the students to the event (and helping with my child seat!) as well as acting as a ‘team manager’. These parents, in particular, were Tina Larner, Nicola Argent and Donna Reid. Without your assistance, the students could not participate in these events.

The girls participated at the State Tennis Centre last Thursday in very muggy conditions and finished 5th overall, being 1 game off the semi-finals. It was a fantastic effort and all the girls competed admirably for our school.

We had two boys’ teams compete in the Academy Plate last Friday at Belmont Park Tennis Club. Our Team B fought hard all day and was eventually beaten in the quarter finals by Landsdale A. Landsdale A won their way through to the reserve final. After losing 3 of the 4 singles matches, it came down to a nail-biting round of doubles. We had to win both matches to be in with a chance. Max and Kosta won 4-0 and Ruben and Cohen won 4-2 (it was 2-2 and they dug deep to win their match). After that it came down to games which Landsdale was in front 18-13. High fives all around!

The players were well rewarded and all students over both days should be proud of how they behaved, supported each other and represented LPS. This was mentioned by a number of other schools also.

Cross-Country Information

Our school cross-country, the ‘Legends of Landsdale’ will be held next term in week 2 on Friday, 10th May. It is being held earlier because swimming lessons are being held during the normal date of this event.

As this is nearly two months earlier than normal, Landsdale will compete in the interschool School Sport WA (SSWA) cross-country event held at McGillivray Oval on Friday, 9th August. This event is three months from our school cross-country, so we will enter this event in 2019, as opposed to our local one being held at Penistone in late October.

The nomination criteria for the SSWA event is the top 5 girls and boys in years 5 and 6, and the top 5 boys and girls from year 4 and under. As the selection will be based from our ‘Legends of Landsdale’ course, the year 4 and under competitors will be selected from the top 5 times in the year 3 and 4 events.

We will take a team of 30 students.

Runners Club

CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!

We have our first ‘milestone medal’ recipient of Runners Club! Congratulations to Zak D-M for achieving 25 kilometres – that’s 100 laps. An awesome effort Zak and well deserved. I look forward to presenting many more over the coming weeks!

Runners Club continues Monday and Friday mornings at 8.15am, students can join up at any time.

Canteen Messages

CANTEEN INFORMATION

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

End of Term Special Meal Deal

Friday 12th April - Sausage Sizzle,Sushi and Pasta

ONLINE ORDERS ONLY on Qkr!

All orders must be placed before 10.00am Wednesday 10th April, 2019. No other orders or late orders will be accepted.

P&C News

Colour Run is here!

PP- YR 6 March 29th @ 2pm.

Kindy A April 11th @ 2:00pm
Kindy B April 12 @ 2:00pm

If you haven’t already yet, please go online and create your child’s fundraising account at:

Check list!

• Clothing & shoes ready that you don’t mind getting coloured.
• Create your child’s account.
• Select your child’s prize prior to cash hand in day April 3rd
• Please hand in cash raised on 29th March to the front office.
• If you do not order your prize online by April 3rd a prize will be selected for your child.

If you need help with your account please call 1-800-FUN-RUN. To volunteer, please text Melissa George on 0423532229.

Jeanette “The Coffee Lady” is coming with her coffee, goodies and possibly slushies will be on site from 2pm.

Easter Raffle

On the same day as the Colour Run. Tickets are available outside the office the morning of or during the event. Winner to be drawn at the end of the run. Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5 ($5.50 Qkr)

Local businesses have donated the gifts to provide hampers as prizes this year! Thanks to our organiser Chelsea Macri for getting this one together! Watch our P&C facebook page for the donated items and thank yous!

Mother’s Day Stall 2019 – Term 2

This year’s Mother’s Day Stall will be held across TWO days to help incorporate the Kindy & Pre-Primary classes – Thursday 9th May & Friday 10th May. It’s so wonderful to witness just how much all the kids love coming to do a bit of ‘shopping’. We’ve also decided to try something a bit different this year in that we will not be needing donations. I hear you all sigh with relief. We have chosen to purchase all gifts from an external supplier rather than put pressure on the school community for donations. We are very excited about the Stall this year so make sure, kids, to bring along $5 to buy your Mum, Caregiver or special lady in your life a lovely gift for Mother’s Day.

Caitlin Sabatino
Mother’s Day Stall Organiser

Keep a check on all things P&C by following our Facebook page!

Uniform Shop News

Uniform Shop Hours

The Uniform Shop hours until the end of Term 1 are as follows:

As of Term 2 the Uniform Shop will be opening on Mondays. The first being:

Monday 29th April, 2019 - 8.15 - 9.00am

Any online orders placed over the closed weeks and school holidays will be ready for collection from reception 29/04.

Regards,

Sandra

School Banking at Landsdale Primary School!

School banking is on again, same place, same time! Every Thursday morning from 8-9am in the wet area between LA10 and LA12.

For new comers, please see link for information about the program or come and see us!

We look forward to welcoming new and old Dollarmites!

Thanks!

Rowena Casilli
School Banking Co-ordinator

LEAP Parenting Ideas

123 Magic and Emotion Coaching Parent Course

Curtin University Mathematics Enrichment Classes

AIM Occupational Therapy Holiday Groups

Below are details of our April School Holiday Groups. These groups focus on:

• Social Skills
• Handwriting
• Controlling Emotions
• Building Confidence
• Attention and Concentration
• Resilience
• Fine and Gross Motor Skills
• Literacy
• Vocabulary
• Phonological Awareness, and more!

For more information, please email:

• reception@aimot.com.au (OT)
• reception@smarttalk.net.au (SP)
• or call 6150 8339

Whitford Hockey Club Programs

Wanneroo Basketball Association