Principal: Mrs Helen Fiebig Phone: 9881 1581 Fax: 9881 1707 Deputy Principal: Mrs Joanna Hayes Email: EastNarrogin.PS@education.wa.edu.au Website: http://www.eastnarroginps.wa.edu.au

From the Principal

Coming Events

Please remember that we have early close at ENPS every Monday.

School closes at 2.30pm Kindy closes at 2.30pm

ENDEAVOUR ACHIEVEMENT SUSTAINABILITY THOUGHTFULNESS

Newsletter No: 14 Date: 18 September 2018

Established 1963

Dear Parents and Guardians I cannot thank the P&C enough for the support that they give to every aspect of the school. I take immense joy out of attending the P&C meetings and working with such a ‘can do’ group of parents and carers. I want to urge anyone considering joining the P&C to please come along to the next P&C Meeting on Monday 8 October at 7.00pm in the Staff Room. You can always contact the P&C via their Facebook page, through the canteen and uniform shop or directly to Marie Edgley who is the P&C President and Kate Furphy the P&C Vice President.

School Survey I have just emailed out a school survey to all the families that have provided us with an email address. The school survey is to get your opinion as to how well you think this school is catering to the needs of your child and there are three open ended questions at the conclusion which allow you to type a response. For families that do not have an email address registered with the school a paper copy of the survey will be posted out this week. The staff and the Year 5 and 6 students also complete a survey along with parents and carers so that we get a balanced view from all stakeholders in the education of children at East Narrogin Primary School. At the Learning Journey Monday evening there were paper copies of the Parent School Survey handed out and collected. If you filled one in then there is no need for you to complete another one. The survey is open until Friday 26 October. Then the data will be analysed and provided to the School Board and decisions will be made as to how the school can continue to improve the service we provide to children and families in this community.

Book Week Dress Up Day Last Tuesday was our Book Week celebration with staff and students dressing up as their favourite book characters. This day is always a lot of fun with children appearing to get as much joy out of their costumes as they do seeing the staff dressed up. Thank you to all the parents and carers who put together a costume for your little readers.

Book Fair A big thank you to the P&C who worked with Mrs Hoffman, our Library Officer, to set up a wide range of books which were for sale in the Library last week and which finished at the Learning Journey on Monday evening.

Interschool Athletics Carnival Wednesday 19 September

Support your Sport! Wear your team colours. Friday 21 September

Last Day of Term 3 Friday 21 September

Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday

Monday 24 September

First day of Term 4 Monday 8 October

P&C Meeting Monday 8 October

East Narrogin Primary School Banking details for Voluntary

Contributions:- Commonwealth Bank

BSB: 066040 Account No: 19901631

Enrol Now! If you know of anyone wishing to enrol their child/ren at East Narrogin Primary School next year, especially kindergarten aged children, now is the time to do so! Please call in to the front office and collect an enrolment form. The following are required for enrolments:

Birth certificate

Immunisation Records

From the Principal (Cont.)

Thank you to everyone who purchased books or posters and to those who then donated some of these back to the school to be used a book prizes at the end of year awards or to go in to the library for borrowing.

Learning Journey Thank you to everyone who attended the Learning Journey last night. Every classroom received lots of positive feedback about the work and how the evening went. Again thank you to the wonderful P&C who sold sweet and savoury platters of food, soup and bread and hot drinks. Their support makes the school a better place.

Thank You In every school you get families moving in to the area and some moving out. It is always hard to say goodbye and thank you sufficiently to some families who have given so much to the school. Today I am saying goodbye to Nathan Smith who has sat on the School Board this year. Nathan and his family are moving due to a work transfer. I want to thank him on behalf of the community and wish him all the best for the move and the pending arrival of a baby sister or brother for Eloise.

RECORD BREAKING Athletics Carnival last week The children and community enjoyed perfect weather for the school Athletics Carnival. The children ran and ran all day with energy levels I can only dream of having. The whole day ran like a well-oiled machine due to the expertise and efforts of Chris Pettit who is our PE Teacher, staff and volunteers. The P&C did a wonderful job again selling cakes, biscuits and hot drinks. Thank you to everyone who contributed. This was a record breaking day with the following 11 new school records being set.

Interschool The Interschool competitions are this week with the Jumps and Throws being held yesterday and the athletics carnival being held tomorrow. Children who have been selected for the Interschool would have had a note come home advising parents and carers of the details and would have to have returned permission slips to be allowed to attend.

Raffle Winners At the assembly on Friday the five following winners were drawn from all the families that have paid their Voluntary Contributions this year: Vause family won a $50 voucher to Yealering Hotel Gifford family won a voucher for 2 meals at the New Cornwall Hotel Bilman family won a $100 meal voucher at the Narrogin Motel Day family won $110 Swimming lessons at the YMCA Narrogin Donaldson family won a family pass to the Kulin Aquatic Park

Kindy Enrolment and information sessions It is great to see the kindy enrolments coming in for 2019, with the first class almost full. Once the class has 20 students it will be full and further new applications to enrol will be placed on a wait list until we have enough to set up a second class. Information will be being sent out in the near future advising parents of dates and times for transition days which is when parents, carers and children can come in to the kindy and meet the teacher to experience how fun kindy can be. Parents and carers will also be receiving notification of an information session on the processes at school, introduce you to staff and explain a range of services that are available. At this meeting you will be given an induction package for your child and notified of their class. The school will also be running a Super Starters group over a number of weeks in Term 4 with professionals from the Health Department to help children be ready for school.

End of Term Term 3 finishes on Friday 21 September and the children and families will have two weeks of the school holidays to relax. School will resume on Monday 8 October for Term 4.

Snakes and Magpie Swooping Season With Spring comes the magpie nesting season and snakes will be coming out of hibernation. I was swooped a few weeks ago on my ride along the railway line and on the news last week there was a snake bite victim reported. So now is the time to talk to your children about what to do if they come across a snake or get swooped by a magpie. Magpies swoop to protect eggs and young from potential predators. They do this by flying low and fast to intimidate which can be alarming. Advice from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions suggest:

Never deliberately provoke or harass a magpie. Throwing sticks or stones usually makes them more defensive. Magpies have good memories and they may continuously swoop a potential aggressor.

Avoid areas where magpies are known to swoop. Remember, magpie hostility lasts only a few weeks and they usually only defend a small area of about 100m radius around their nest.

Event Previous Record Holder Time (sec) New Record Holder Time (sec) Year 4 Flag race Amelia Corasaniti 28.58 Kayleigh Drage 28.55 Year 2 Girls 200m Ashanti Williams 46.30 Lily Crocker 38.71 Year 3 Girls Flags Chelsea Bradford 29.51 Alexis Edgley 29.42 Year 4 Boys Flags Jack Agnew 28.10 Martin Riley 27.76 Year 6 Girls 100m Aaliyah Ugle 14.20 Alma Blurton 14.19 Year 5 Boys 100m Wilson Dowling 15.20 Max Slawinski 14.97 Year 5 Girls 100m Alysha Ryder 15.87 Jai Harcourt 15.12 Year 2 Girls 50m Alexis Edgley 9.18 Lily Crocker 8.99 Year 5 Boys 200m Benji Millington 31.66 Max Slawinski 30.95 Year 4 Girls 20m Amelia Corasaniti 36.01 Kayleigh Drage 33.47 Year 3 Boys 200m Maurice Ugle 34.54 Xavier Symington 32.84

From the Deputy

The Great Vegie Crunch On Friday 7 September our school participated in The Great Vegie Crunch, joining with schools from across Western Australia to simultaneously crunch on fresh vegetables – and have fun doing it! Did you know that only 1 in 6 WA school aged children are eating the daily recommended intake of vegies? The Great Vegie Crunch aims to change that and educate students on the importance of eating more vegetables. Thanks to the Cancer Council for donating fruit and vegetables for this wonderful event.

Monday Assembly Draw Week 9 and Week 10, Term 3 Congratulations to the following students who had their names drawn at last week’s Monday assembly. These students each had the chance to spin the ENE BEE WHEEL for a reward.

Taya Garlett - sport with the whole class for 10 minutes Xavier Symington - sport with the whole class for 10 minutes Laetitia Symington - free dress with a friend Hayley Parks - 10 minutes music with the whole class Darin Turvey - sport with the whole class for 10 minutes

YEAR 6 GRADUATION TERM 4 This year the year 6 graduation will be at the Narrogin Reception Centre on Thursday 6 December, followed by a social at the same venue. The P&C will be catering for a shared sit down meal for the graduating class, with Year 5 volunteers helping on the night. Students are required to be dressed neatly in casual clothes. Thank you to Tenessa Presland for coordinating the decorations for this special event.

Kiss and Drop The kiss and drop zones are available at the front of the school and in the staff car park and are clearly marked in red writ ing “Kiss and Drop.”

How do you use the Kiss & Drop?

The Kiss & Drive works just the same as a taxi rank. Drive in from the top end of the Kiss & Drop and then drive forward ensuring that your vehicle is in the most forward available bay. The bays are clearly marked on the road.

DO NOT leave your vehicle and DO NOT turn off your motor as you will need to close up gaps as other students are collected and those vehicles move away from the area.

Students should enter/exit the vehicle from the LEFT side of the car, closest to the footpath. Students should wait until their pick up vehicle is in one of bays at the front of the rank. When they have safely entered/

exited the vehicle please proceed forward through vacant bays and indicate right before exiting; re-enter the traffic flow.

If you cannot see your child/ren waiting then you must move off and re-join the queue.

DO NOT DOUBLE PARK AT ANY TIME Dual Purpose Bus Bay: When the Kiss and Drop is not in operation, the bays are designated as normal car parking bays. Signage clearly indicates the hours of operation for Kiss and Drop and Bus Bay.

Locate the bird and keep watching it when entering its territory. If it swoops, don’t crouch in fear or stop, move on quickly but don’t run.

If you are riding a bike make sure you wear a helmet, and dismount and walk through nesting magpie territory.

Wear a hat and sunglasses or carry an umbrella for protection. Magpies initially attack from behind but can swoop back around.

Adopt a confident stance as this can have a strong deterrent effect.

If you find a sick or injured magpie contact the Wildcare Helpline on (08) 9474 9055 for information on registered wildlife rehabilitators and centres who can assist you with your enquiry.

At this time of the year snakes are looking for food and a mate and some say they are at their most aggressive. The advice from the RSPCA is to not try and catch or kill the snake. Walk away from it slowly and keep an eye on which direction it is travelling in. Keep your pets safely away from it. The snake will usually move on in its own time as they don’t like contact with humans. If the snake is staying around and it needs to be removed, contact a licensed snake handler to have it removed. Snakes play a very important role in the environment and are protected under environmental legislation, so do not attempt to harm or remove them yourself.

Donation to Cystic Fibrosis It was a pleasant surprise this week to find out that when the school purchased a flat screen LCD panel for the Art/Science room as a part of the recent upgrade that the company that we dealt with, Concept AV, donated $50 to Cystic Fibrosis WA on the school’s behalf. Donations to Cystic Fibrosis WA contribute to advance the understanding and treatment of CF and to provide better support for those with the disease.

Helen Fiebig, Principal

From the Principal (Cont.)

From the Deputy (Cont.)

P&C News

Learning Journey What a great night! Thank you so much to everyone for coming and supporting the evening and the P&C fundraiser. We are thrilled with the interest and response we received about the Sensory Garden, thanks to all who put their hands up and their details down! A special shout out to all those who donated food & drink for the night, and to our merry band of helpers who made it all come together - Marie, Kate, Nicole, Julia, Leah, Jonno, Sue & Lilly. We made $370 toward our Sensory Garden project, thanks everyone!

Busy Bee – Monday 15 October Save the Date! Our first busy bee for the Sensory Garden will be held on Monday 15 October, from 2.30pm. If you’re able to spare a few hours let us know via email (enpspandc@hotmail.com), or message Marie (0413 407 052). Thanks to those who have put their name down to help already!

Here are some of the jobs we’d like a hand to complete:

Installing the soak wells and baths

Donations of seedlings, plants etc.

Donations of compost/fertilizer etc.

Donation of items for sensory wall

Donation of bricks/paving for pathways

Donation &/or installation of archways

Installation of sensory wall & pathways

Painting of wall mural

Sensory Garden As you would have seen and heard, the School & P&C have commenced work on developing a Sensory Garden next to the Library. We’re very excited to watch this project grow, working with staff, students and families to help it take shape. The garden will enable a variety of experiences: Science - Planting & studying growth, changes. Literacy/Numeracy – write/read/calculate growth, income and product. Health – support healthy eating and cooking. Business/Endeavour – harvest & sell produce, understand costs/work associated with producing food. Special Needs – great resource for children, sensory breaks. Achievement – taking the process from beginning to end Sustainability – exploring ways to manage the garden more sustainably (ie pest control, different methods of growing etc.). To date we have raised $1,880 for equipment and supplies for this exciting project. Thank you for supporting our recent fundraisers.

Secretary Position This position is now vacant and we are keen to fill it quickly! This role is very straight forward: record minutes and distribute them, help prepare meeting agendas, be able to attend the two meetings a term (Monday @ 7.00pm), and complete a few other admin type duties throughout the year. If you can help us out, please contact Marie on 0413 407 052.

Next Meeting Our next meeting will be held on Monday 8 October, 7.00pm in the Staff Room (between the Library & Oval). Pop it in the diary and we look forward to seeing you there!

Thanks for your support.

The P&C Committee

Have Sum Fun Online Maths Term 4 Teams The following students (pictured) have been chosen to participate in the Talented and Gifted Maths Program in Term 4 - Justice Dale, Kevin Hough, Max Slawinski, Marjorie Ugle, Lauren Johnson, Lily Russell, Anelise Vause and Rohan Schmid (absent).

Gold Behaviour Awards Congratulations to Haven Budby and Summer-Rae Dale for achieving gold during class time for exceptional behaviour. They have won a Thing-a-me-bobs voucher.

Attendance Award for 95% and above for Term 3 Well done to Carly Thompson for achieving 95% regular attendance. She has won a family pool pass.

Room 5 Winner of highest Attendance Award Attendance Award for highest number of students attending school 90% or better Congratulations to Room 5 for winning the class attendance award. The class has 95% of students attending regularly.

Have a happy holiday! Warmest regards

Jo Hayes, Deputy Principal

Thank you We’d like to acknowledge and thank Lynne Dorset for filling in for Ros whilst she’s been on leave. Lynne has done an amazing job, keeping the Canteen running along seamlessly and we’re very grateful to her for putting her hand up for the job. Thanks to everyone who has pitched in and helped in the Canteen the last few weeks too, your support is very appreciated. We look forward to welcoming Ros back next term and can’t wait to hear about her travels!

Phys Ed News

Honour Certificates

Canteen News

Keeping your kids safe in traffic Over the last couple of weeks we have been focusing on how to keep safe around traffic in our community. Young children might try to make safe decisions and follow the road rules but because of their age they are often unable to identify dangers. That’s why it is extremely important for children under the age of 10 to hold an adults hand when crossing the road. As parents you can explain to your child that adults are more familiar with the road rules and can also decide when a situation is dangerous.

Stop, Look, Listen and Think Teach your child these simple steps to cross the road. STOP at least one step back from the kerb or edge of the road. LOOK in all directions for approaching traffic (left, right, front and back). LISTEN in all directions for sounds of approaching traffic. THINK before deciding if it is safe to cross. Tell your child to keep listening and looking for traffic while crossing the road. Thank you for playing a vital role in your child’s road safety education. Have a wonderful break and I will see you all next term.

Naomi Kittow, Health Teacher

Health News

Graduation and Book Awards 2018 We are seeking donations for our graduation and book awards for this year. If you would like to offer your support, please leave your donation at the front office.

Ham it up with a Burger! We still have a few hamburgers available so if you want to sink your teeth into a juicy burger order one before it’s too late!

Volunteers Many hands make light work! We’re always on the hunt for helpers in the Canteen, particularly Friday mornings. Please email us (enpspandc@hotmail.com) or pop into the Canteen if you can spare a few hours!

Lynne, Acting Canteen Manager

Faction Athletics Carnival Our jumps, throws and 800m events were held on the school oval on Tuesday 4 September. Students competed enthusiastically and 4 records were broken. The Faction Athletics Carnival was at Thomas Hogg on Thursday 6 September. It was a great day of athletic events with 11 records being broken from our competitors. Jarrah won the shield and Wandoo won the best team spirit award. Medals were awarded to individual champions and runner-ups.

Congratulations to all students for their efforts and sportsmanship shown during the carnival. Thank you to our parent helpers, staff and Little Athletics club for your support and assistance. The Interschool jumps, throws and 800m were held yesterday, Monday 17 September at Thomas Hogg oval. Our students competed well to earn some place ribbons in these events. The Interschool carnival is this Wednesday 19 September at Thomas Hogg oval, we look forward to seeing you there to support our students.

Support Your Sport Wear your favourite sports teams colours to school this Friday 21 September, the last day of term 3. There will be a staff vs students game at lunchtime.

Chris Pettit, Physical Education Teacher

Year Champion Boy Runner Up Champion Girl Runner Up

1 Darin Turvey-Fletcher Alexi Kulker Christine Drage Lucy Sands

2 Bryce Edgley Zander Rybarcyk Lily Crocker Emma Furphy

3 Xavier Symington Aden Chaplin Alexis Edgley Chelsea Ugle

4 Martin Riley Trevor Eastwood Kayleigh Drage Isabella Budby

5 Max Slawinski John Riley Jai Harcourt Marjorie Ugle

6 Maurice Ugle Mitchell Cotton Taya Garlett Alma Blurton

Congratulations to the following students who received Honour Certificates at the assembly on Friday 14 September 2018: Phil Turvey, Brendon Findlay, Kira Russell, Logan Bownds, Darin Turvey-Fletcher, Ruebyn Donaldson, Santana Williams, Lily Hams, Tarkyn Blurton, Trevor Eastwood, Shyla Rogers-Bouffler, Rohan Schmid, Aidan Holds, Chad Erkelens, Amelia Corasaniti, Asha Slawinski, Hollie Grzinic - PE, James Elliott - PE, Brendon Findlay - PE, Andi Wild - LOTE, Blake Harrington - Art, Aden Chaplin - Music.

Community Notices

Disclaimer This section is provided for general information only, and on the understanding that the Department of Education is not providing advice or a recommendation about any of the services referred to in this newsletter.

KindiLink KindiLink is a play and learn initiative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families with three-year-old children. The aim of this initiative is to enhance each child’s learning while building families’ capabilities and confidence as their child’s first educator, supporting our children for now, for school life and future success. When: Every Monday and Tuesday Time: 9.00am – 12.00pm Where: KindiLink building onsite at Narrogin Primary Morning tea is provided every session. All new registrations are welcome! Hope to see you there.

BRICKTOBER Perth's largest Exhibition of models built from LEGO® is returning, even bigger and better than it was last year!

DATE: Bricktober - Perth will be held over the weekend of 6 and 7 October 2018.

WHERE: Curtin Stadium, Curtin University, Bentley Campus

TIME: Commencing at 9.00am and finishing each day at 4.30pm.

TICKETS: To pre-purchase your ticket please go to http://www.bricktober.info/booking-2018/ . Nominate the day and time you would like to attend - get in early and choose the time you prefer. Individual tickets are $10 per person, a

Family of 4 ticket is $30. Children 2 years and under admitted free.

Livelighter 114th Annual Narrogin Agricultural Show Competition

Theme: Sculptures depicting farmyard animals using recycled materials or from the land

Categories: 5-6 years; Lower Primary; Upper Primary; High School & Open

Entries will Close Tuesday 16 October 2018 Prize vouchers to win

Entry Forms will be available from Thing-A-Me-Bobs & our website (www.narroginagsociety.com)

Events at Katanning Library LEGO CLUB

Join us every Monday 2.30pm - 3.30pm Over a series of sessions create your own stop motion

movie to share with your friends and family!

MINDFULNESS Join us on Thursdays between 3.30pm and 4.30pm for a peaceful afternoon of mindfulness, fun and learning. Each

session consists of a mindfulness exercise and a mindfulness arts activity. All ages welcome!

STORYTIME Children’s story time every Tuesday at 10.00am!

Gnarojin Skate Park Artwork From Monday 17 September to Friday 21 September.

Chris Nixon will be painting the skate park all week, come and check it out! For more information call 9890 0900.

Narrogin Little Athletics Registration Day 2018 / 2019 season Saturday 29 September 2018 Thomas Hogg Oval 10.00am – 1.00pm UNDER 6s TO UNDER 17s Enquiries to Claire 0448 338 640 OR Katrina 0400 698 785

Bush Baby Picnic Bring your soft toy to Lions Park Narrogin for

Mental Health Week Wednesday 10 October 2018 from 10.00am to 12.00pm

Morning tea provided Children's activities all morning and a raffle to be won!

Cuballing Kids Day 26 September 2018

9.30am to 12.30pm at the Cuballing Cricket Oval Food available for purchase.

Bouncy castle, popcorn machine, chair-o-plane swing, retro car ride, kindy gym play, obstacle course, NERF wars,

petting zoo and lots more!

Mazz's Music Ukulele group is held in the shop on Thursdays from 1.30pm - 2.30pm. All welcome, no charge and some

ukuleles are available. Lessons are available for guitar, uke, recorder, voice, piano, woodwind and percussion - any and all ages!

Instruments and accessories for sale. Mazz is teaching guitar in Boddington on Fridays.

10b Ensign St NARROGIN. Open Mon - Thurs 1.00pm - 6.00pm. Drop in and say hi!

Contact Mazz on 0427 388 861 for details.

Narrogin Farmers and Artisans Market 8.30am - 12.30pm Saturday 13 October at the Gnarojin

Community Garden on Hale St, Narrogin.

Strikers Basketball Club We are inviting kids to register to play this season.

Boy and Girls 2010 to 2001 email- strikersbasketballclub2015@gmail.com

or call Roxanne on 0429 813 215

NARROGIN JUNIOR BASKETBALL 2018 HOOPS PROGRAM

Commences Wednesday 24 October

Concludes Wednesday 12 December

4.00pm to 4.50pm At Narrogin Leisure Centre

Year 1 and up Cost $65.00 per participant

Please register online at https://membership.sportstg.com/regoform.cgi?formID=71189&programID=39029

For more info contact Rocket on 0409 625 428 OR rodrocket7@bigpond.com

Dryandra Archery Club Numbat Challenge

23 September 2018, 8.30am to 3.30pm At the Narrogin YMCA Recreational Centre

Both indoor and outdoor shooting from 18m to 70m Food and drink available

More information email: dryandra.archery@gmail.com or phone: 0437 370 068