9 September 2021

From the Principal

Dear Parents and Families,

Class Placement Request 2022

The school is now planning for classes and class structure for the 2022 school year. As you would imagine it is very difficult to predict enrolment numbers this far out from the beginning of next year.

Landsdale Primary School ensures classes are formed in such a way as to best meet the needs of its students. The school spends a considerable amount of time creating its class lists which is based upon the professional judgements of staff with the aim of creating the best learning environment for each student. All factors are considered when making these judgements. The best interest of all students is paramount when making placement decisions.

Parents and carers may request a specific class placement through providing the school with educational reasoning behind this request. This may be in the form of specific information about their child’s learning needs that they believe the school may not be aware of. Such information would not include any requests regarding a particular individual teacher. Please be aware that these requests may be considered but not automatically accommodated. Please email Mrs Tania Burke (tania.burke@education.wa.edu.au) or send a letter marked ‘Private and Confidential’ to Mrs Burke by Friday 29th October 2021.

Class lists will be formed and then reviewed by all staff. They will then be submitted to the Executive Team for further review. Following this any change to class placement will only be made in exceptional circumstances, however this tends to be extremely rare.

Composite/Split Classes 2022

Over the last term we have been taking Kindergarten enrolments for 2022. I am pleased to say at this point we have one hundred students enrolled already. We have also been making predictions on the structure of classes across the rest of the school for 2022. We have no doubt, and as is the case in almost all schools, that we will have split or composite classes occurring. The number of these will be very reliant on the enrolment numbers gained during the first week of school. Until then we can only make predictions on what we think the numbers will be. We take into consideration the school’s past enrolment history, information supplied to us by 2021 families who may be leaving or entering the school, the number of building activity within the school’s intake area and information that is supplied to us through the Department of Education. This information is then assessed and we make predictions on the number of classes and class structure throughout the school. We develop three scenarios of these class structures. During Term 4 of this year we will be organising our staffing to ensure we have these scenarios catered for. This is not only for teaching staff but also non-teaching staff.

Last year I produced an information sheet for parents detailing research behind the benefits of composite/split classes. Please view this through the following link:

Kind regards,

Josh Jashari
Principal

Newsletter Articles

School Calendar

2022 PP-Year 6 Enrolments

If you are not planning on returning to Landsdale Primary for 2022, please email Mrs Jen Shepherd on Jennifer.Shepherd@education.wa.edu.au.

Hello High School

We are looking forward to welcoming Claire Eaton to Landsdale Primary School in Term 4!

Claire will be presenting ‘Hello High School’ to our Year 6 Graduating Class during school time, AND to parents, carers and grandparents that same evening, so everyone feels more ready to start high school in 2022.

This is a FREE event for Year 6’s and their families, courtesy of Landsdale Primary School.

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Library News

FATHER’S DAY STALL

Our students, staff and parents were delighted to visit the Father’s Day Stall that was held in the Library last week. Some very excited students purchased terrific gifts and cards for their dads. Thank you to Ms Mel Fuller and her wonderful team of hardworking parent volunteers who organised and operated the Father’s Day Stall. It was a huge success. $1,600 was raised on the day. Well done, everyone!

CLOSING DATE FOR LIBRARY BORROWING

Term 3 book borrowing closes on Friday 17th September (Week 9). Please ensure that your child’s library books are returned by the due date.

On the Ball …. With the PE Teachers

Canteen Messages

CANTEEN INFORMATION

Canteen Manager: Sue Uyen
Phone: 0410 894 457
Opening hours: 8:30am to 1:45pm

We have a few special menu items to round out this term. All will be on Qkr and advertised on the P&C Facebook page.

• Week 9 End of term Sausage Sizzle
• Week 10 Burrito bowls

Reminder to everyone for waste free Wednesday items to please bring in own forks.

Waste Free Wednesday is on again this term (please remember to send a fork with your child if ordering) will coincide with our Wednesday specials. We will post these specials every Sunday on Facebook so don’t forget to hop on and have a look.

Lunch orders are on Qkr every morning cut off for ordering is 8.45am. Please do not hesitate to call us if you have any issues.

We have a huge range of yummy homemade treats available for the kids to buy at recess time ranging from 50c to $2.50. We would love to hear from your children if they have any ideas on any healthy treats they might like.

P&C News

Colour Explosion is here! Student booklets have headed home for our students’ major fundraiser for the year. Not only is this a special event for us as we get to have fun but it’s our way of securing much needed funds to be able to give back to school. With the past COVID years and no fundraising we’d love to be able to help again our teachers with their wishes for 2022. Sign up your profile at the link below.

P&C – Bogan Bingo

Friday 17th September is just around the corner! There’s still a short window of time to get the mates together and buy a table of Qkr!

Would you like to help? We are seeking volunteers to help on the night with raffles, set up and the like. If you’re attending the night and don’t mind lending a hand check out the sign up zone link for where you can help.

If you haven’t yet, join the event!

Roadwise Committee

So close to the end of term and we’ve almost nailed the roster, only 2 Thursdays left for the end of the term. Massive thanks to everyone from years 1 & 2 who have volunteered for us this term. If you haven’t yet and would like to, check out the roster on the link below.

Term 4 we bring in Pre Primary! It’s your turn to learn the ropes! Backed up with years 1 through 4 we’re sure to have a full roster before the term even starts with so many families to choose from 

The weather is starting to clear up and the sun is out, it’s awesome to see more families walking and taking advantage of the sunny weather for exercise.

Please do remember, all school education department sites are dog free zones. Whilst it’s awesome to take the pup for a walk, they are not allowed inside the gate. Please respect the wishes of the department in keeping all of our families and children safe. We know it’s not all but some kids are not lovers of animals, it’s this and the cleaning up after them that are two of the number of reasons they aren’t allowed on school grounds.

Whilst we are on reminders, the Dental Car Park has seen a massive spike in use by non dental parents. Please do not use this as a drop off or pickup zone. Not only is it not allowed, it’s unsafe and accidents can and do happen. Please don’t let it be you.

Thanks, Nat

Uniform Shop News

For all uniform requirements, please contact Tudor Uniforms on Tel. 9408 2666 or the link below. Their address is: Unit 1/75 Excellence Dr, Wangara.

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