FROM THE PRINCIPALFROM THE PRINCIPAL

Welcome back to all members of our school community. I’m sure everyone enjoyed a restful break. Once again we head into another busy term with a range of activities noted on our calendar. These include incursions, excursions and a range of sporting

activities.

As a number of current staff are on leave, we would like to welcome the following

teaching staff to Aveley Primary School.

Rachael Rhodes: Pre Primary Rm 1.

Alison Tiekink: Year 1/2, Room 4.

Danielle Anderson: Music, Room 18.

Meisha Kirby: Pre Primary, T1 (Commencing 1 August).

Term 3 has commenced smoothly with students continuing to accept and respond effectively to the expectations of our school. I look forward to a positive school term for

all.

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DSCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAYS AYS –– TERM 3TERM 3

Monday and Tuesday of this week were set aside for all staff in our school to participate in a range of professional development and training. These included; Supporting Students with Anxiety, Accountable & Ethical Decision Making, Maths – Calculation Policy (to support our whole school Maths planning), Talk for Writing (to support our whole school English planning) and Chrome Books – Google Apps for Education (to support the integrated use of technology into our everyday teaching and learning

program).

This training was delivered by both external presenters and school based staff. We would like to sincerely thank the following Aveley Primary School staff for their knowledge, skills and time; Bradley Calamel (School Psychologist), Kylie Davis, Stephanie Dugdale, Bonnie Forbes, Kim Collins, Adam Marchant and Bee Yang. All

presentations were conveyed in a highly professional manner.

2016 WA EDUCATION AW2016 WA EDUCATION AWARDSARDS

The WA Education Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements and contributions of schools and staff through eleven award categories. The awards are an opportunity to nominate exemplary staff for their wonderful contribution to your students’ education. Nominations close Friday 5 August, 2016. Further information is available

from the front office or at

http://www.education.wa.edu.au/home/detcms/navigation/about -us/programs-and-

initiatives/wa-education-awards/

Principal: Michelle Murray

Deputy Principals: Helen Fiebig and Adam Marchant

Manager Corporate Services: Olivia Wood

8 Bolero Road AVELEY WA 6069

Phone 6296 5466 Fax 6296 5439

Aveley.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Volume 3 Issue 1 22 July 2016

EARLY CLOSE EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 2.30PM

In this edition

From the Principal

Certificate Recipients

Swimming Timetable

Capoeria Incursion

Water Conservation

P & C News

Camp Australia

Community News

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, 27 July Parent/teacher interviews.

Early close at 12.05pm

Thursday, 28 July

Assembly Wattle 16

Monday, 1 August Brazilian Capoeira

incursion

Monday, 1 August School

Board Meeting 3.15pm

Friday, 5 August

Interschool Cross Country

An Independent Primary School

WEDNESDAY 27 JULY WEDNESDAY 27 JULY –– HALF DAY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, 8.45 HALF DAY SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN, 8.45 –– 12.0512.05

PARENT INTERVIEWS 1PPARENT INTERVIEWS 1PM M –– 6PM6PM

With support from the School Board and approval from the Regional Executive Director, we will cease classes at 12.05pm on Wednesday, 27 July to enable the teachers to hold parent interviews for the afternoon and evening. A letter went home with every child on Thursday, 21 July explaining the process and with a booking

sheet attached for you to return to their teacher with your preferred appointment times.

Interviews for Mrs Griffiths and room 4 will be delayed until she returns to school midterm. Families of students in Room 4 should have received a letter outlining these

changes.

The parent interviews are scheduled at this time each year to allow you to discuss your

child’s report and progress so far this year.

The following specialist teachers are also available for meetings if you wish: Mr Harvie for Physical Education, Ms Solig for Art and Ms Yang for Indonesian. If you wish to book wi th these teachers p lease see them personal ly or emai l aveley.ps@education.wa.edu.au stating which teacher you wish to book with, how you

can be contacted and giving three preferred times.

Any child not collected by 12.05pm will be supervised until the end of the school day,

being 2.30pm early close, in the Library.

AV MONITORS: (NEW POAV MONITORS: (NEW POSITIONS) SITIONS)

Taking on leadership roles provides students with opportunities to acquire and practise new skills. With this in mind, we have introduced AV Monitors to assist with managing the Undercover Area Audio Visual responsibilities. Congratulations to Year 5 students, Joshua Naden and Cooper Avins, who were nominated by teaching staff to assume these responsibilities. With assistance from Mr Coci and Mr Longbottom,

Joshua and Cooper will be trained up to manage the AV requirements in the undercover area. They will become the experts who will then train up and

support new students to take on the role in 2017.

Students who accept these additional responsibilities at school agree to take on the role and ensure they complete and catch up on any

class work as required.

Honour Certificate Recipients

Nathan Clark B1

Amelia Trower B4

Liam Marais B4

Carrie Fisher B5

Ace Myintaye T1

Henry Weston T1

Destinee Kostka T2

Jayden Taylor T2

Hamish McGlinn W15

Madison Harris W15

Temily Willis H10

Will Bennett H10

Liam Hoskin H11

Thalia Dawson H11

Grace Vale H12

Jake Fitzgerald H13

Jaya Streat H13

Jasmin Anderson T3

Madeleine Bennett T3

Ben Mosley T5

Saksham Seth T5

Jade Chrulew T6

Joshua Saliacus T6

Kaitlyn Radaich G6

Sydney-Paige Behrends G6

Kevin Ngyuen G7

Layla Hill G7

Keria Horsten G8

Alan Gao G8

Ben Castle G9

Narlah Robertson G9

STUDENT ASSEMBLIES STUDENT ASSEMBLIES –– CHANGESCHANGES

Due to the significant increase in student numbers this year (we commenced this term with 591 students) which has led to insufficient space in the Undercover Area, Kindergarten students will not be attending assemblies this semester. We have also modified the format of assemblies and student’s birthdays will not be read out during this time. Recognition of student’s birthdays,

where appropriate, will take place in classrooms.

SWMMING TIMETABLESWMMING TIMETABLE

Please refer the table below for this times and dates for in-term swimming commencing Monday, 15 August, week 5 at Altone Leisure Centre, Beechboro. Buses will leave from school approximately 1/2 hr. before the scheduled lesson time. Swimming is

valuable life skill and we look forward to seeing your children flourish in this area.

SCHOOL ENROLMENTSSCHOOL ENROLMENTS

Friday 22 July is an important date in your child’s education

Families need to apply to enrol their children in a public school for 2017 if they are:

starting Pre-primary (first year of compulsory school) – 5 years old by 30 June 2017

starting Year 7 (first year of secondary school)

changing schools.

Families can also apply to enrol children in Kindergarten for 2017 if they are 4 years old by 30 June 2017.

CAPOEIRA INCURSIONCAPOEIRA INCURSION

On Monday, 1 August at 1pm there will be an interactive incursion in the undercover area for all students from Years 1-6. The incursion will be presented by Muzenza Capoeira and will introduce students to the Brazilian martial art of capoeira, an important part of the culture and history of Brazil, where this year’s Olympic

Games are being held.

Capoeira is a martial art that incorporates music and dance, and historically it was utilised by former slaves in Brazil to escape from slavery. Today it represents freedom of the mind and spirit, and freedom to express oneself. It is frequently played as a game, although it is a martial art and can certainly be used as a form of self defence. There are many documented health benefits that

arise from practising capoeira.

Following the incursion, students will have the opportunity to participate in a 6 week program as part of the Sport in Schools program, that gives them a basic introduction to the sport and culminates in an opportunity to participate in a performance at Aveley Primary School and at Muzenza Capoeira’s annual Batizado which occurs in the September school holidays. Many of the best capoeiristas in Australia and a special guest from Brazil, also a dual World Champion, will be present at this second

performance. More information on this will be forwarded to interested parents and students after this incursion.

Tanya Solig - Art specialist

Lesson time Week 5 and Week 6

Monday 15 August - Friday 26 August

Week 7 and Week 8

Monday 29 August - Friday 9 September

10.15 - 10.55 T2, G7 (yr5), W16 B4, G6(yr5), H13

11.05 - 11.45 B1, G7 (yr6), H12 T1, G6(yr6), H11

12.10 - 12.50 T6, W14, H10(yr3) T5, G9(yr4), W15

1.05 - 1.45 T3, G8, H10(yr2) T4, G9(yr5), B5

WATER CONSERVATION WATER CONSERVATION

Water is the planets most precious resource and without it no plant or animal can survive.

In Australia, the world's driest inhabited continent, it is especially important that we conserve our water. As WA continues to experience the effects of a drying climate and our population continues to increase, it is important that everyone reduces their

water consumption.

Traditionally, WA has been reliant on dams to provide the majority of our water supply. Over the course of time the amount of rainfall and water flowing into the dams in the south west of Western Australia has significantly reduced. This has meant

that we now source a large amount of our water from groundwater and sea water.

These changes mean that supplying water has become more complicated, costs more money and is more expensive. The

change in our water sources, coupled with our drying climate, means that the need to conserve water is extremely important.

Test your knowledge with our water conservation e-learning games!

Water conservation in the garden Water conservation - upper primary

Hello parents, carers and friends, thank you for your support.

Please be aware that our Quiz Night will be held on September 3 in the Aveley Community Building. If you know or have a business that would like to donate prizes for this event please get in touch. Remember that we have decided to keep it an ‘Adults only’ (16 and over) event because there will be alcohol consumed and some alcohol as prizes, plus it gives the parents a break and night out without the

children.

Our current fundraising will be used to provide a ‘loose parts’ shed for the school. The shed will cost around $5000 and house items and equipment that the children can use for play, sports and entertainment. Your P&C have already given more than $5000 to the

school this year and this has only been made possible with your support.

We still have socks for sale and will continue to sell them at our Thursday assemblies until further notice. We have white or grey socks (and a few grey tights) mostly small sizes with three pairs in a packet for $3. We still have ‘Hedgehog’ cakes for sale too. The cakes have an August use-by date so we need to move these on quickly, therefore we have reduced the price and will now sell

them for $1 each or 6 for $5.

Entertainment book sales have raised a substantial amount for the P&C and we thank those that have purchased so far. Get your copy via the link on the Aveley P&C Facebook page, or if you visit the Entertainment Book website just search for the Aveley Primary School selling page, or you can type in this link: https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/91183e Please check

the display in the school office for a sample book and order forms.

We have had some volunteers come forward to help with the School Banking but there can never be too many. If you can help out with school banking (Tuesday mornings in the undercover area) please see Helen Baker. Banking helps the children to practice

responsibility with money and helps them with goal setting, both very important, plus the school gets rewarded too!

The P&C plays a very important part in the school process and with the help of parents and friends we create an effective P&C. Any amount of your time or skills donated will be appreciated by the whole school community. If you have any feedback or fundraising

ideas for the P&C we would love to hear from you.

To contact the P&C or to keep up with what we are doing you can email us at aveleypandc@hotmail.com, find our facebook page,

see our news in the newsletter or approach any of our committee members. (President - Phil Bennett - 0408 207 192)

Thanks from your Aveley Primary P&C.

AVELEY PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION

About the program at Aveley Primary School

The Outside School Hours Care program at Aveley Primary School

provides time for homework, time to relax, educational activities and a

healthy snack. Best of all, our program makes time for kids to be kids - to

play and explore, share with friends and enjoy these precious school

years.

Contact Details

Phone:1300 105 343

Email: info@campaustralia.com.au

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