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TERM 2 WEEK 1 1 MAY 2020

Dear Parents and Caregivers

Welcome back to Term 2. It was wonderful seeing students return from their term break ready and excited to be back at school. Over the last few days our total number of students in attendance each day has hovered closed to 60%. Next week should see many more students coming back to school and enjoying the wonderful programs and activities offered at Lathlain Primary School.

I would like to thank all parents and caregivers for observing the regulations outlined by the Department of Education relating to adults being on the school grounds before and after school. All the children have been walking confidently onto the school grounds ready for the day and at the end of the day leaving the school grounds excited to see their parents.

We have been very thorough with our cleaning regime and we have employed a full time cleaner to walk through the grounds disinfecting high touch surfaces throughout the day. Areas and items being cleaned include:

Playground equipment – before school, after recess and after lunch

Student toilets – before school, after recess and after lunch

door frames

light switches

tables

desks

computer keyboards and many other high touch surfaces throughout

the school.

We will continue to perform this cleaning each day during the term.

I would like to thank all the teachers for their splendid work in creating and uploading student activities onto Connect for the start of Term 2. Although students returned to school during the week, there are students also working from home. Both groups of students have been completing activities created by their teachers either online, work packages or with face to face teaching in the classroom.

Work Package Drop Off – If you have school work to drop off we will have year level containers at the front of the school (Howick Street) each Wednesday. Just leave the work in the tub. Teachers will receive and assess the work.

I would like to welcome Ms Lauren Richards who will be teaching the Year 2 students in Room 2.

Mrs Dellaposta from Room 17 has taken leave for Term 2 and we will be filling this vacancy very soon. Ms Vodanovich will continue to be the classroom teacher on Friday.

IMPORTANT DATES

WEEK 1

Wednesday 29 April Term 2 Commenced

Friday 1 May

Newsletter & Term Planner

WEEK 5

Wednesday 13 May P&C Meeting 7pm

Online – Microsoft Teams

Friday 15 May

Newsletter (Rm1)

WEEKLY

Uniform Shop CLOSED

Orders can be made. Place completed forms in P&C box

Canteen REOPENING Week 3 Tues 12 May

Place orders via QuickCliq by 8:30am on the day

Pack a waste free lunch each Wednesday

The school accepts batteries and Nescafe pods for recycling

Keep informed and download the Skoolbag App

Lathlain Primary School 120 Howick Street Lathlain WA 6100

Phone: (08) 9224 9800 Email: lathlain.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Stay connected with the Skoolbag App

I would like to thank our wonderful gardener, Mr Des Morgan for the outstanding work in the school grounds. He has cleaned the untidy sections in the school gardens as well as extending some of the grassed area at the front of the school for children to access during recess and lunchtimes.

The School Canteen will be ready for Week 3 of this term. Further information about the canteen can be found in this newsletter.

The P&C have continued to be active during the school break. They have implemented an innovative Mother’s Day stall for this year by providing the opportunity to purchase a lucky dip gift for Mum for Mother’s Day. Thank you to the P&C for organising this event and continuing to be dynamic during these difficult times.

I would finally like to thank the school community for your support during this time as information from government authorities has been flowing quickly and changes have had to be made at short notice. We will continue to provide updated information via the school newsletter, the school website or Skoolbag.

Kind regards,

Ian Bersan

A/Principal

2021 ENROLMENTS

In Western Australia, children can start their education in Kindergarten, however compulsory schooling starts the following year in Pre-Primary.

Who needs to enrol?

You need to apply to enrol your children in school for 2021 if they are:

starting Kindergarten – 4 years old by 30 June 2021

starting Pre-Primary, the first year of compulsory school – 5 years old by 30 June 2021

starting Year 7, the first year of secondary school

All children of compulsory school age must be enrolled in school and attend every day – this is the law.

Every child from Pre-Primary to Year 12 is guaranteed a place at their local public school. Places in Kindergarten may be limited at your local school, so we encourage you to apply now.

Applying for Kindergarten – Immunisation Laws

Western Australia now has immunisation laws that will help to better protect our children and the wider community from vaccine-preventable diseases.

When you enrol your child in Kindergarten you will need to provide your child’s current Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement, which shows your child is ‘up-to-date’ with all the scheduled immunisations (according to the National Immunisation Program) for their age. This statement must be no more than two months old.

If you would like to know more about the immunisation requirements, obtaining an AIR Immunisation History Statement or how to access immunisation services go to HealthyWA.

Please submit your 2021 Kindy application by 30 July 2020.

SCHOOL WEBSITE

The new school website is live however we are still finalising all the information, it should be completed in

the coming weeks.

You can view the site at lathlainps.wa.edu.au.

BENEFITS OF GRATITUDE AND MINDFULNESS

- Enhances wellbeing - Better performance in schools

- Boosts resilience - Reduces stress

- Reduces anxiety - Improves sleep

- Reduces rumination - Improves emotion regulation

- Improves focus and attention - May reduce aggressive/violent behaviours

- Improves working memory

How to practise gratitude and mindfulness: - Keep a journal and write 3 things you are grateful for everyday (no matter how small they may seem)

- Create a gratitude jar by decorating a jar (or box) with your child and encourage them each day to write

down 1 thing they are grateful for (or something good that happened that day), and placing it into the

jar. At the end of each month you can empty the jar and reflect on all the things you have to be thankful

for.

- Mindfulness countdown – 5 things you can see, 4 things you can touch, 3 things you can hear, 2 things

you can smell, and 1 thing you can taste

- Cosmic Kids Yoga has some great mindfulness for kids videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

- Look for the ‘Stress Busters’ document found on the SkoolBag App under ‘Chaplain Information’.

If you need further support, feel free to contact me, I am available at School on Thursdays and Fridays. Alternatively you can call Lifeline 13 11 14 available 24/7, or chat online at https://www.lifeline.org.au/crisis-chat (7pm - midnight, 7 nights).

The School Chaplain

Briarna Popis

UNIFORM SHOP – ORDERS BEING PROCESSED

The Uniform Shop is closed until further notice however families are able to place orders. Completed order forms can be placed in the P&C Box in the school office or emailed to lathlainprimaryuniformshop@gmail.com.

Order Forms are available on Skoolbag or from the school office.

CANTEEN REOPENING IN WEEK 3

The Canteen will be reopening in Week 3, students will have the option to buy lunch on Tuesdays and Fridays. Make sure to place your orders through Quickcliq before 8:30am on the day.

P&C UPDATE

Welcome to Term 2

The P&C welcomed our teachers back to school on Tuesday with barista made coffee and freshly baked muffins. Cheers to baristas and bakers Max and Liz and to delivery driver Carla.

On behalf of our Lathlain community we send a huge thank you to our Lathlain Primary teachers for all they are doing for our kids during these times.

Celebrating Mother’s Day

We won’t be holding our annual Mother’s Day stall at school this year but we’ll still be rolling out the gifts.

You can order a $5 or $10 mystery gift bag for mum or granny or nanna and the P&C will send it home with your child or home deliver it to you before Sunday 10 May. Order online at

https://www.quickcliq.com.au/ under events.

Next P&C meeting is online

Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 13 May from 6.30pm for a 7pm start time. You can join us from your couch as we will be using Microsoft Teams for the online meeting. We will share the meeting link with you next week.

We are all doing the best we can in these unprecedented times and if you need help with anything at all please contact your P&C through your Class Rep, our Facebook page, or email president@lathlainps.org.au or secretary@lathlainps.org.au

Jenny Beer President Lathlain Primary P&C

SCHOOL BANKING

Message from Commonwealth Bank

The health, safety and wellbeing of our communities and our people remains our highest priority. Due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding coronavirus, the School Banking program will remain on hold. We will continue to monitor the situation and keep you informed with any updates including how we will be managing Dollarmite tokens for students.

In the meantime, here are some handy online resources for parents who wish to maintain momentum with their child’s financial education:

Start Smart: these resources have been created to improve children’s money

management skills, and is aligned to the Australian Curriculum and the National Consumer Financial

Literacy Framework.

The Beanstalk: offers videos and fun activities for children to learn about money.

BOOK CLUB NEWS

In these unprecedented times we’re all being asked to change the way we work and live. Our tradition of putting books into the hands of kids isn’t going to change, but

for Term 2, we're doing things a little differently.

***ISSUE 3 ORDERS CLOSE ON TUESDAY 12 MAY*** Click below to access the catalogue:

https://scholastic.com.au/book-club/virtual-catalogue-1/

COMMUNITY NEWS

Communicare are offering their FREE parenting workshops ONLINE in Term 2.

Please note; in light of the ongoing updates and coverage around coronavirus (COVID-19), we wanted to advise that all of our parenting workshops

will be delivered online via Zoom for the time being.

Please find the list of course on offer attached separately.

Note: SUBJECT TO CHANGE – dependant on Dept. Education directives

LATHLAIN PRIMARY SCHOOL

TERM PLANNER Term 2 2020

Week MON TUES WEDS THURS FRI

27 28 29 30 1

April/May Week 1

Anzac Day Holiday

School Development Day

Students Commence

Newsletter / Term Planner

4 5 6 7 8

May Week 2

11 12 13 14 15

May Week 3

P&C Meeting 7pm (online)

Newsletter (Rm 1)

18 19 20 21 22

May Week 4

Senior Assembly Rm 20

Be You Meeting 5pm

25 26 27 28 29

May Week 5

School Council 5:30pm TBC

Junior Assembly Rm 3

Dental Checks – PP, Yr3, Yr6 TBC

Newsletter (Rm 20)

1 2 3 4 5

June Week 6

Western Australia

Day

8 9 10 11 12

June Week 7

Kindy Photos TBC Kindy Photos TBC

Senior Assembly Rm 11

P&C Mtg 7pm

Japanese Cultural Day TBC

Newsletter (Rm 5)

15 16 17 18 19

June Week 8

Junior Assembly Rm 5

PP – Year 6 Photos TBC

Be You Meeting 5pm

PP – Year 6 Photos TBC

22 23 24 25 26

June Week 9

Swimming Lessons Junior (PP-Y2) TBC

Senior Assembly Newsletter (Rm 11)

Reports Issued

29 30 1 2 3

June / July Week 10

Swimming Lessons Junior (PP-Y2) TBC

Junior Assembly Rm 2 Senior Reward

Faction Reward

Last day of Term Junior Reward

Term planner as at 1/05/2020. Updates may occur.