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THE LANDING POST

A Newsletter designed to inform our growing school community of

Anne Hamersley Primary School

ROB GUY- ACTING PRINCIPAL

Volume 5—Issue 8

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

COVID-19 RESEARCH STUDY AT AHPS – COMING SOON

Anne Hamersley Primary School will be one of the 80 public schools to be involved in the COVID-19

research study. Initial participation in the study was by invitation and will be for staff and students to opt-in

to participate.

We are expecting more information to be released this week (Week 5). Parents and caregivers will be in-

formed of further developments as information becomes available through our AHPS Website and our

AHPS Facebook Page.

More information can be found here:

INFORMATION LETTER COVID 19 RESEARCH 4 MAY 2020

COVID-19 Research Study List

Media Statement Government of WA: Research Study to track impact of COVID-19 in schools

DIGITAL ASSEMBLY

We had our first digital whole school assembly last Thursday, 21 May 2020. Our regular assembly template

was used to create a combination of video and Power Point Presentation segments to create an online

assembly that students can watch from their classrooms. Items included; singing the National Anthem,

saying of the School Creed, video message from the Principal, video recorded Honour Certificate recipi-

ents, student councillor skit recorded and community song with back track music sing along.

The new format assembly proved to be very successful. From all accounts our staff and students were very

appreciative of the new innovative technique. Access to the digital assembly was through a shared file on

our school computer network and viewed in classrooms on interactive panels.

SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAY – FRIDAY 29 MAY – TEACHERS IN ATTENDANCE

STUDENTS NOT AT SCHOOL

This is the fourth School Development Day for the year. There are six of these days in total each year. The

next Staff Development Day will be Monday 20 July. These days are set aside for teachers and Education

Assistants to engage in Professional Learning.

27 May 2020

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Friday 29 May

PUPIL FREE DAY - STUDENTS DO NOT ATTEND

Monday 1 June

WA Day

Public Holiday

Friday 5 June

Free Dress Day See page 3 For details

REMINDER: EARLY CLOSE EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 2.30PM

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WA DAY HOLIDAY – MONDAY 3 JUNE

Western Australia Day takes place on the first Monday in June each year. It's a day to celebrate all West-

ern Australians, recognising our Aboriginal history, early European settlers and the many people from all

over the world who have made, and continue to make, Western Australia their home. The day is a public

holiday celebration and several activities for children have been organised around the metropolitan area.

Teachers are focusing on our history in classes so the holiday has particular meaning for our children.

PARKING - DROPPING OFF AND COLLECTION

There are now 550 students enrolled at Anne Hamersley Primary School. Parents are requested to maintain patience while dropping off and collecting students from our carparks. There will be no change to our drop-off and collection pro-cesses set in place for Term 2. For detailed information please refer to our Landing Post—volume 5 issue 6. A timely reminder to all parents, as instructed by our State Government, parents and caregivers are not to enter the school grounds until further notice.

Please ensure safety rules are followed to keep our children safe in our carparks:

1. Travel through the car parks at WALKING PACE ONLY - 5 km/h.

2. Ensure that you park in designated bays only.

3. Do not call your child to your car, expecting them to dash across the car park to get to you.

4. Do not park on footpaths.

5. Ensure that DISABLED CAR PARKS are left free for the purpose they were designed.

6. Walking your child to school is the ideal healthy solution.

7. Maintain social distancing rules at our gates and please do not crowd the gate entrances.

8. Do not congregate or linger at the school gates before or after drop–off or collection.

ELECTRONIC REPORTING TO PARENTS SEMESTER 1, 2020

Semester 1 student reports will have some changes made to the regular end of semester reports you normally receive.

Due to the unforeseen circumstances and interruption of education related to COVID-19, students will not receive the

usual grade scaled, A to E reports. Parents and Caregivers will receive a generalised comment for English, Mathemat-

ics, specialist areas and a general comment from their class teachers in the standard student reports. In the interest of

becoming more environmentally aware and in response to Departmental requirements, we will be emailing your chil-

dren’s reports directly to you.

In preparation for this process, please contact the school office or email: annehamersley.ps@education.wa.edu.au if

there are any changes to your email address.

Student reports will be emailed on Tuesday 30 June, 2020.

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LUNCH TIME CLUBS RETURN

This week has seen the return of our lunch time clubs. With a maximum of 20 students per club. During Term Two

students will have a choice of the following clubs:

Guitar Club (Before school)

Art Club

Culture Club

Percussion Club

Jump Jam

Basketball Club

Worm Wizards

Chook Champs

Mathematics Club

Student Councillors

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NEW APP RELEASE AND SCHOOL WEBSITE

Thank you to the great number of parents and caregivers who have downloaded the new App.

All parents and caregivers are strongly encouraged to download the new Updat-Ed App. During the current climate we find ourselves in, quick and easy accessible information to our school community is of utmost importance. The new version of the App will ensure you are kept informed and will assist you in accessing a wide range of information through easy links provided to our school community. Follow a few simple steps to get you going! If you have previously down-loaded the App, you will have to delete and download the LATEST VERSION OF THE UPDAT-ED APP

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“No one is perfect – that’s why pencils have erasers”

Wolfgang Riebe

R GUY

ACTING PRINCIPAL

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2021 APPLICATIONS

In Western Australia, children can start their education in Kindergarten, however compulsory schooling starts the follow-

ing year in Pre-primary. All children of compulsory school age must be enrolled in school and attend every day—this is

the law.

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 on secondary school

Changing schools

The closing date for all Applications is Friday, 24 July 2020. Please note Applications for Enrolment are not to be

confused with Enrolments. All applicants will be contacted shortly after the closing date advising if their application has

been successful and invite them to return and complete enrolment forms.

WE ARE NOW TAKING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR CHILDREN STARTING KINDERGARTEN IN 2021

(CHILDREN BORN BETWEEN 1.7.2016 - 30.6.2017)

Consideration will be given to students living outside the local intake area. Acceptance of an application, however, does

not guarantee enrolment at the same school for the following compulsory year unless the child lives in that school’s local

intake area. For further queries, please phone 9297-7000 or visit us between 8.30am and 3.30pm. Application forms are

available from the School Office.

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FREE DRESS DAY— COME IN YOUR PYJAMA’S

Friday, 5 June is Dress in your PJ’s Day! Students are invited to wear their pyjama's to school for the day. A voluntary

gold coin donation would be appreciated by the Student Councillors who are fundraising for the Year 6 2021 camp.

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Can you help?

I am collecting empty plastic water bottles and small fizzy drink bottles with lids- around the 600ml size- slightly bigger or

smaller is also fine.

Please bring to the Science room before or after school.

Thank you.

KATE LAMASON

SCIENCE TEACHER

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PJ Day

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Please remember that Assemblies are held on Thursdays of Even Weeks

Following some whole school singing, the following children were awarded

Anne Hamersley Primary School

MARATHON IN MAY

I would like to give Jessie Williams a massive public acknowledgment for her dedication and commitment as she com-

pleted a marathon across the month of May. For those who don't know, a marathon run is 42.195km...and Jessie

finished it a week early!!! It is by no means an easy feat and I congratulate you, Jessie, on your outstanding achieve-

ment. Below are some photos documenting her journey.

MR HALL

PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER

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TERM 2—WEEK 4 HONOUR CERTIFICATE WINNERS

Brody Murray Nikylah Beaty Nyakuay Pech Lily Dodd

Kara Evans Olivia Ziarkievicz Elizabeth Lord Latia Farmer

Cruz Barker Sibel Yavuz Cruz Morgan Lilyana Hosking

Asha Chandra Clea Dunn Hunter Muir Kye Zoccoli

Teriina Moke-Brown Dakota Drew Perleen Mahal Shylah Barker

Quinn McGann Tiare Moke-Brown Isabella Harvey Tahnee Neesham

Noah Campo Rhylee Eade Levi Tawhai Tyra O’Carroll

NayKlo Shee Braydan Adams Lucy Trainor Rocco Koopman

Mirikael-Aleah Michon Mason O’Rourke Ella Bucchino Amelia Mohamed

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$1 for a full Icy pole and .50cents for a half, juice boxes $1.

Available for purchase at lunchtime on Fridays.

All students will have their orders delivered to the classrooms.

To stay up to date with events and requests for volunteers or to contact us at any

time, please visit and like our Facebook page https://

www.facebook.com/Anne-Hamersley-Primary-School-PC-

Association-Inc-1558093001148025/ or send us an email at

AHPS_pandc@hotmail.com

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The Canteen is back for lunch orders.

Online and email ordering only!

Canteen closed for over the counter purchases until further notice See Anne Hamersley Primary School Canteen Facebook page for details

https://www.facebook.com/annehamersley

Please see Menu on Facebook for what’s available on your order day

You can also order Ice Creams and Froyo’s both online and via email. (they will be collected by the lunch monitors)

Please order online via Flexischools: www.flexischools.com.au You can also order by email: sjfood4thought@bigpond.com Don't forget- Student name Day order is for Room number Food order and cost Mobile number Card Details Number Expiry date CCV $0.20 per transaction will be added to the order for bank charges

Thank you

Susan and Jo

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