Dear Parents, Students and Community Members

WALK TO SCHOOL FRIDAY

On Friday 18 May seventy children from Kindergarten to Year 6 participated in the Pedestrian Council’s Walk to School Friday event. The weather was just perfect for this occasion. On arrival at school the participating children received a sticker and a piece of fruit. Thank you to Mr Justin Douglass for organising our involvement in this event.

RUNNING CLUB

On Wednesday 9 May, twenty seven children were at school bright and early (7:30am) to participate in the running club held on our school oval, under the direction of Mrs Lyn Foreman. The running club is on every Wednesday morning until Wednesday 13 June. If you are interested in your child/ren participating, please contact Mr Justin Douglass.

HOODED RAINCOATS/ RAIN JACKETS

(KINDERGARTEN – YEAR 6)

Winter’s arrival is imminent, with wet weather forecast for later in the week. It would be appreciated if parents could provide (to be kept in their child’s bag should it be needed) either a hooded raincoat or rain jacket with the child’s name on the item. This is needed should it be raining when the children go to and from the under cover area and the toilets. Please do not provide umbrellas for safety reasons.

P&C THANK YOU

The P&C very kindly agreed to support the school with $2000 at the last meeting for the Lexile reading program. The new collection of books is on the library shelves.

LAKE MONGER PRIMARY SCHOOL 26 Dodd Street, Wembley. Phone 9387 4536

Diane.Tomlinson@education.wa.edu.au www.lakemongerps.wa.edu.au

NEWSLETTER No 7 2018 22 May 2018

STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS – PIRATE DAY FRIDAY 1 JUNE

The student council will be holding a fundraiser for Kindergarten to Year 6 to support research into childhood brain cancer. Pirate Day was inspired by Conor, who was diagnosed with brain cancer at the age of five. As a result of his treatment, Conor lost the sight in his right eye and wore an eye patch for protection. By getting involved, you will be supporting research and helping children like Conor. To participate in this event, dress like a pirate and bring your gold coin donation to school on Friday 1 June.

This is also a reminder that Year 6 children need to enrol for secondary school at your local or chosen High School.

Have you enrolled for Kindergarten and Pre-Primary

2019?

Enrolments are now open for Kindergarten and Pre-Primary in 2019. Please call into the school office as soon as possible to complete enrolment forms. Closing date for applications is Friday 20 July 2018.

ASSEMBLY

Thank you very much to the Year 6 children and Mr Travis Taylor for hosting the assembly on Friday 11 May. Congratulations to the following children who received awards:

The next assembly (hosting) will be presented by Mr Dwayne Foster’s Year 4 class on Friday 25 May, commencing at 8:40am in the undercover area.

VALUES ICECREAM VOUCHER WINNERS

Derroll Nguru - Responsibility Year 4 Jurmed Tashi—Respect Year 4 Etsuo Namgay—Responsibility Year 2

LIBRARY MONITORS

Congratulations to the following Year 5 students who were announced as library monitors at the last assembly: Thomas Baker, Bailey Bruce, Alex Burns, Leo Ng, Kian Wilson, Namgyal Dolma, Ruby Driscoll, Yeezang Tshering, Olivia Rohani and Thi-Ana Aisbett.

WORK OF THE FORTNIGHT

DENTAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS

Through Terracycle, Lake Monger PS is recycling used dental hygiene products. This includes old toothbrushes, toothpaste boxes and empty toothpaste tubes. We know that this sounds disgusting and a little bit strange, however our aim is to reduce waste going into landfill and this is one way to help. The dental hygiene collection box is located in the undercover area.

As an added bonus, for every 2kg of recycled dental hygiene products we recycle, we enter a competition to win 3 x garden beds, 2 x custom-made benches , 1 x rubbish bin, 1 x sign and a $500 Bunnings voucher.

Speech and language disorders A speech disorder is when a child has difficulty pronouncing sounds correctly for their age. If it is not corrected, it can affect the ability to read and write. It may be necessary to seek help for your child if he or she:

has trouble moving or coordinating his or her mouth

is six months or more behind the approximate age range for speech sounds

speaks very immaturately compared to other children the same age

gets frustrated about speaking

has hearing loss, and/or

is poorly understood by people who don’t know your child.

A language disorder is characterised by delays in learning to talk and understand language. It is different to a speech disorder – a speech disorder is when children have difficulty pronouncing words correctly. It’s important to remember that children learn to speak at different rates, but if you do have concerns about your child’s speech and lanuguage development, talk to your local Community Health. Go to Raising Children Network and access information on Language Development.

Deb Aggett, Community Health Nurse, Mobile: 0417 851 497

Year Name For

PP Slok Raval Meet Patel

Holiday writing recount

1 Mason Williamson Tshering Choda

For his recount Maths

1/2 Namdrol Wangdi Spelling test

2 Maj Uludong Namgay Pelyang

Handwriting The Hare and the Tortoise

3 Sonam Denkar Tandin Zangmo

Koi Fish

4 David Stefkovski Wangchuk Gyeltshen

Crows in a Wheatfield

5 Hasit Patel Marley Labib-Histon

Narrative Writing

6 Leonard Chung Sherab Lhaden

Quiz

EAL/D Knorxom Lhamo Amazing holiday reading

PRE-PRIMARY Rudra Swani Alex Yee

YEAR 1 Molly Parker Tenzin Dorjee

YEAR 2 Maj Uludong Vrund Patel

YEAR 1/2 Aashvi Shah Sofia Bezzene

YEAR 3 Deeyang Deeyang Jigme Rinzin

YEAR 4 Jurmed Tashi Derroll Nguru

YEAR 5 Tiba Al-Bayati

EAL/D Heshaan Seth Shlok Patel

PLEASE RECYCLE

P&C NEWS

The next meeting of the P&C will be held on Monday 18 June commencing at 5:30pm in the conference room. We hope to see you there. (PLEASE NOTE: The change of time for the meeting). A P&C Parent Information file is available for parents to peruse in the front office.

SCHOOL BANKING

Calling for volunteers – we need your help! Our students really enjoy participating in the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program and to keep this program running we need your help. Due to unforeseen circumstances Mr Moein Izadi is no longer available to assist with the school banking program. We thank Mr Izadi for his work with this program over the past year. The program requires a volunteer School Banking Co-ordinator to facilitate the banking and distribution of School Banking rewards. This only takes a small amount of your time one day a week and the Commonwealth Bank will provide support in how to run the program. Your help with the program will greatly benefit students as they develop vital saving skills and also help our school with fundraising. Currently, School Banking day is on Thursday at 8.30am in the School Library. If you are interested in volunteering for this great program, please call in to the school front office to fill out a form. We thank Mrs Sonam Choden for her ongoing involvement with the school banking program.

SUNSMART

X marks the spot so check your skin reg-ularly to pick up any changes that might suggest a skin can-cer. Look for any crusty, non healing sores, small lumps that are red, pale or pearly in colour and new spots, freckles or any moles that change in colour,

thickness or shape over a period of weeks to months (especially those that are dark brown to black, red or blue – black).

COMING EVENTS

Wed 23 May 7:30am Running Club

8:10am Breakfast Club Canteen 11:00am National Simultaneous

Story Time 1:00pm Year 5 Wildcats basket

ball clinic Thurs 24 May Canteen 8:30am School Banking

9:40am Year 4 – 6 sport (Faction T shirt Thursday)

1:15pm Year 5 Woodside STEM project

Fri 25 May 8:40am Year 4 hosting assembly Mon 28 May Run, Jump, Throw Tues 29 May 8:15am Uniform Shop Wed 30 May 7:30am Running Club

Canteen 8:10 am Breakfast Club

Thurs 31 May Canteen 8:30am School Banking

9:40am Year 4 – 6 sport (Faction T shirt Thursday)

10:00am Year 3 Fire Brigade visit

Fri 1 June Pirate Day – Student Council Fundraiser Civics program incursion (no cost

to parents) for Years 1 – 5

MON 4 JUNE WESTERN AUSTRALIA DAY (PUBLIC HOLIDAY)

NO SCHOOL TODAY

Tues 5 June 8:15am Uniform Shop Life Ed Van NEWSLETTER

SCHOOL BOARD

The School Board information file is available to parents in the front office and on the school website. The next meeting of the school board is on Wednesday 20 June. The open meeting of the school board will be held on Wednesday 7 November commencing at 2:40pm.

STUDENT ATTENDANCE

Student absence at Lake Monger Primary School is mainly due to either children’s family’s taking vacations during school time and/ or children returning to school after the term has commenced. This trend is across the school. It is important that good attendance at school is established early. Children need to be at school every day to improve their learning in all aspects. Thank you to parents for providing notes regarding your child’s absence to their class room teacher.

PARENT PARKING

Thank you to parents for adhering to the parking signs.

WATERWISE MESSAGE

Your washing machine accounts for 7% of all water used inside the home.

COMMUNITY NEWS

WAAPA Winter School 2018

WAAPA at ECU is offering an exciting performing arts

program for children and young people these July school

holidays. For the first time, we are including courses for

students from Years 1 to 12. The Winter School includes

classes in drama, acting, screen acting, dance, musical theatre and RAP. For information

about the many courses on offer please visit Winter School or contact Gabrielle Metcalf at

g.metcalf@ecu.edu.au or 9370 6775.

DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

Please be advised that the mobile dental clinic is currently based at;

Floreat Park Primary School,

38 Chandler Ave West, Floreat 6014. They can be contacted on 0408 926 794.

Looking for work or a career change? Can you see yourself working in a school?

Schools are regularly hiring people for the following roles: Gardener, cleaner, administration, management, canteen or as education assistants.

Starting in July 2018, North Metropolitan TAFE are running a 1 semester course on the skills required to be a successful candidate for employment in a school. The course aids in preparation for entry into gardening, cleaning, administration, management, canteen and education assistant work. We have had success supporting people to find work and the chances of gaining employment are strong. This course is suitable for existing gardeners, cleaners, administrators etc., and people looking to change career or people looking for work. The course includes:

Training in skills specific to the role you are interested in e.g. gardening, cleaning and IT skills Work experience in a school or other organisation Help and support to find work Help accessing further training as required e.g. Certificate III in Education Support Development of your job application cover letter, resume and help with selection criteria

Entry requirements:

Strong work ethic Good oral and written communication Must be able to read procedures, safety sheets and chemical bottles Successful completion of an entry interview Working With Children Check and a Police Clearance

Course details: 3 days per week - Starts Wednesday 18th July finishes Friday 30th November (17 weeks) Days - Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9:15 until 2:45 Cost - $205 (total course fee for full 17 weeks) based in Leederville and on site

If you would be interested in this course then please email:

Chris Hodson chris.hodson@nmtafe.wa.edu.au