10 March 2022

From the Principal

Dear Parents and families,

COVID UPDATE

Increasing numbers of positive cases have been identified across the Ashdale Cluster of Schools. All schools are working very hard to manage this within their own communities and school-based teams have been working across the weekend and after hours to ensure this is done to the best of their ability. Please note that all schools are required to follow the directions given to it by both the Health Department and Education Department and wearing of mask mandate is not a school-based decision and applies to all indoor spaces in the general community. We should also see this limit the number of ‘close contacts’ being identified within the classroom thus limiting periods of isolation.

As you may also be aware, the State Government has announced that Western Australia will move to very high caseload settings from 12.01am Thursday, 10 March.

We continue to follow the latest WA Health advice.

Under very high caseload setting, students who are asymptomatic (No COVID symptoms) school based close contacts may now:

• continue attending school;
• attend before school care or after school care;
• attend school-based sporting or cultural training, practice, or events organised through the school and held immediately before or after school at their school; and
• travel between the student’s usual place of residence and their school.

When not at school all asymptomatic close contacts must quarantine for seven days and get tested. As with other close contacts, children who are identified as close contacts should be tested on Day 1 and Day 6 (if a PCR test) or 7 (if a RAT).

Those students who are currently isolating and fit the above criteria i.e. are a close contact to a classmate and are asymptomatic my return to school as of Thursday 10th March.

These arrangements will not apply to children who are ‘household close contacts’ or who are experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms.

Students are considered close contacts if they are:

• A household member of a person with COVID-19 who has had contact with them during their infectious period.

If a member of your household is COVID-19 positive, then the whole household are deemed household close contacts and the testing and isolation protocols apply. If your child is unwell, they should stay at home and get tested.

As always, our priority is to continue face-to-face learning. If your child is required to isolate, we will provide them with learning to do at home. If your child’s teacher is required to isolate, your child may have a different teacher for periods of time. In some cases, we may need to rearrange extra-curricular school activities to ensure our teachers are in classrooms teaching.

For more information on very high caseload protocols, visit wa.gov.au.

Thank you for your understanding as we take the necessary steps to keep our school safe and open for learning.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the school on 9408 3850

South Landsdale Primary School

The population of the suburbs of Darch and Landsdale continue to grow as people make a choice to join the two communities. As you would be aware, there is a new primary school being built in South Landsdale Primary School (planning name) to accommodate the population increase. The school will be located on Trentham Way, Landsdale.

This will have an effect upon the current “Local Intake Area” of Landsdale Primary School.

Landsdale Primary School will undertake the following policy regarding enrolments at Landsdale PS for the beginning of 2023.

• Existing Landsdale Primary School students, living in the new South Landsdale LIA, have two options
  1. continue to attend Landsdale Primary School until they complete Year Six.
  2. enrol at South Landsdale Primary School

• Younger siblings of existing students yet to enrol, living in the new South Landsdale LIA, have two options
  1. will be able to attend Landsdale Primary School (provided places are available)
  2. enrol at South Landsdale Primary School

Please note: the new Local Intake Area for South Landsdale Primary School below:

If you have any concerns or questions about present/future enrolments at Landsdale Primary School, please contact the school on 9408 3850 or email Landsdale.PS@education.wa.edu.au

Kind regards,

Josh Jashari
Principal

Newsletter Articles

Landsdale South Primary School Information Sessions

We are keen to work collaboratively with parents and the local community in planning for the establishment of our new state-of-the-art school in Landsdale South.

Please join us at one of these engagement sessions to have input into the planning for your new school.

Light food and refreshments will be provided.

Registrations are essential. Please register your attendance via the link below.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Natasha Doyle
Principal

School Calendar

1-1 Device Program 2022

Thank you to the parents who partner with us and support our program, by purchasing a device for your child you advantage your child, and assist other children, to have access to 1-1 devices. Our program is designed to address the digital divide in education, not all students have access to technology at home, not all schools can fund a device for each student. With a parent funded 1-1 device program, our school can partner with parents, so all students have access and can learn the skills and awareness required in an increasingly digital world. In 2022, we again have successfully achieved this and the Year Four students have begun learning about the ethical and safe use of their devices. The advantages of having a device allocated to each student instead of accessing a bank of shared machines are many:

• They engage students in new and exciting ways at point of need, which may be different times and purposes for each student.
• Collaborative activities are richer, combining online, face to face and group collaborations. It assists in gathering data and evidence of learning for each individual and provides shyer, quieter students a way to interact with others more comfortably.
• Teachers can provide differentiated instruction for students more easily and students can go at their own pace and direction in learning without worry or delays. They also don’t have to rush to finish an assignment so they can hand the device to another student.
• The demand for digital skills in all areas of society are increasing. Our program teaches essential skills to our students, which are an advantage when moving to secondary schooling and future careers. Our students are well prepared for extension and specialist programs in many different learning areas, all of which have a digital element (even sport!).
• The students’ use at school is monitored more easily and we explicitly teach responsibility for the device as well as an essential awareness of an online environment and how to stay safe and appropriate.
• The COVID-19 pandemic has put hygiene at the front of everyone’s mind. Shared devices increase the risk of transference of germs. All devices need to be cleaned regularly however with each student having a device allocated or belonging to them it reduces the concern.

While we use the devices at point of need, it doesn’t mean that they should, or are, used all the time. Many lessons are device free, and many combine the integration of strategies both non-digital and digital during the learning sequence.

With many competing needs during difficult times recently, it is understandable for parents to consider the costs involved. Our program recommends the Macbook for it’s longevity and robust design and is an investment for a minimum of 3 years with it usually being used through most of the students secondary schooling. The iPad is a less costly and effective choice for parents in our program, as the applications used in school are on both the iPad and the Macbook. We also ensure that all students will have a device either Macbook or iPad if they don’t have their own, through the school owned devices.

This year has been difficult to assist the parents of the Year 4 students who purchased a device with our usual Macbook Parent Workshop due to COVID-19 considerations. Please visit our website to find information about the program and the Apple Support site is very useful for how to use the basic functions of the Macbook.

As parents are our partners in this program, we need to know your thoughts and ideas regarding the program. Please use this link to take a short survey:

Music Notes … with Mr Ferrier

Kaya! My name is William Ferrier, and I am the Music Teacher for Semester 1 at Landsdale Primary School. My role is to pass on theoretical and performance-based musical skills aligned with the curriculum. The students are very keen to express themselves and I hope to guide their energy into knowledgeable music terms and performance. I look forward to continuing my teaching journey at Landsdale Primary School and instilling within the students an appreciation for music. If you have any questions, feel free to see me in the music room 8 am - 8:40 am each morning.

Chaplain’s Chat

I am the school Chaplain, and my role is to provide holistic pastoral care to students, school staff and members of the community, irrespective of faith or cultural backgrounds. The pastoral care provided includes one on one and group sessions addressing physical and mental health issues, social and values education, behaviour management, emotional support and professional referrals, where appropriate. Please know my door is always open and I am always happy to help.

If you would prefer that your child does not access my services, I would ask that you complete the attached ‘opt-out’ form.

My hours and days: 8:30-3:30 Tuesday - Friday
My email is: michelle.bispo@youthcare.org.au

EALD Family Resources Information

Welcome to Bilingual Families Perth

Bilingual Families Perth is a not-for-profit network of linguistically diverse people in Western Australia.

Our network connects over 500 families and individuals from more than 40 language backgrounds. In the past 10 years we have provided support for families who speak Afrikaans, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Gujarati, Greek, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Mandarin, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Spanish, Swahili, Swiss-German, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Turkish, Vietnamese besides various dialects of the relevant languages.

Most families have pre-school or school-aged children and we are experiencing similar issues while raising our children in more than one language. We also work together with professionals who share information on bilingualism and multilingualism. We can probably put you in touch with people who speak your language.

P&C News

We are so happy to announce that after our Special Meeting held last week that we are able to introduce your 2022 Committee (the full committee will be on our Facebook page soon). Please congratulate and welcome to the team:-

President: Karalee Roberts
Vice President: Amanda Harrison
Secretary: Michelle Wolski
Treasurer: Kellie Nanavati

The fundraising and events calendar for 2022 will be a tighter one this year. We’ve approved the usual events for students. Keep watch of our Fb page for all the updates to stay current.

We want to also send to all our families a collective get well soon and stay safe over the next few weeks and beyond. We have some possible rough times ahead, make sure you stay in contact with family and friends and reach out when in need. We are all a village at LPS, use the Facebook pages, reps and our P&C members to call on for info at any time. We will endeavour to keep a pinned post current also on our Fb page for school updates that can be used to reference back to.

Stay safe, Nat
Outgoing P&C President 2021

Roadwise News

Kiss & Drive Announcement

Last year we embarked on a new challenge and we nailed it! The new roster for the Kiss N Drive Program worked so amazingly well and we are continuing the program into 2022.

Each term has been designated year groups for parents to volunteer for a session to help Kiss N Drive on that afternoon. Parents are able to forward plan their session into the year and change as required. The roster updates in real time which makes changes immediate ultimately allowing for the roster to look after itself. A link to the roster is below. The Roadwise Committee will do the first week of each term as we return to school. It’s in this week each Thursday will double as a training session for those who wish to see how easy it is before you do your own.

As a thank you we will raffle the names on roster at the end of each term to win one of two $10 vouchers for the canteen and don’t forget you also have the use of a staff car park on the day you volunteer for Kiss N Drive. If you find it as easy as you thought it would be, roster in for a second or third session for more entries into the draw!!

This was Kiss N Drive’s first major change to how it’s been run in the school’s 24 year history. The committee was so excited to see this come to fruition after much planning and to have it be so successful was an extra win.

Now it’s over to the parents of 2022 to help even Just Once to make it a success.

Contact our Roadwise Coordinator for any questions on lpspandcroadwise@gmail.com

Now it’s up to all of us! Please help us to spread the word by sharing and talking to each other about the roster. Parent Link will help to remind year groups through the year to communicate this to all our families as well. Let’s get 2022 off to a great start with our year 2 & 6 parents up first for term 1.

Canteen Information

CANTEEN INFORMATION

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

Canteen Reminders

We ask all parents and school staff, to ensure we stay as covid free as possible and to continue to provide to the school, please DO NOT enter the canteen space. If you do need to discuss anything with the canteen team please knock on the outside door and someone will come to help you. Please remain outside unless asked in, as it’s a catering space we’d be most grateful.

Wednesday Specials are available to order via Qkr and advertised on the P&C FB page the Sunday prior, please watch out for these!

Mid-Term Sausage Sizzle is on for week 7, 16th March. Notes heading home & can order now on Qkr!

Emergency lunches happen from time to time and we will never let a student go hungry. If your child comes home with a note from the canteen, the amount can be paid cash the next day or on Qkr via the accounts to pay menu.

Thanks
Sue & the canteen team

Uniform Shop News

For all uniform requirements, please contact Tudor Uniforms on Tel. 9408 2666 or www.tudorschooluniforms.com.au. Their address is: Unit 1/75 Excellence Dr, Wangara.

LEAP Parenting Ideas

Parenting Ideas – Upcoming Webinar for Parents

Please find information on an upcoming webinar that all parents and staff in our school community can attend at no cost. Please click on the link for all the information:

If you have any questions or would like some extra assistance regarding this webinar, please feel free to call them on 0400 986 823 or email us at schools@parentingideas.com.au

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