eNews 14 June 2019 Week 8 17 - 21 June

17 Swimming Lessons Rooms 6, 7, 11, 12, 21 & 22 The Literature Centre Residency

18 Choir 8.00 – 8.30 am 19 Challenge Club 7.45 – 8.30 am Bush Tucker Trail Blazers 1.00 pm in Room 8 Staff Meeting 3 – 4.15 pm Board meeting 5.30 – 7.00 pm

20 Lunchtime Green Team

21 Maths Club 7.45–8.30 am

Week 9 24 - 28 June

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25 Choir 8.00 – 8.30 am Lightning Carnival

26 Challenge Club 7.45 – 8.30 am Bush Tucker Trail Blazers 1.00 pm in Room 8

27 Lunchtime Green Team

28 Maths Club 7.45–8.30 am Faction Cross Country

BIG NEWS - our new upgraded website is now LIVE – go check it out!!! Feedback welcome…..

https://tuarthillps.wa.edu.au

The Literature Centre is visiting our school!

Next week The Literature Centre, formerly known as The Fremantle Children’s Literature Centre, is attending our school for the whole week. The Literature Centre educators will set up their influential author and print displays in our library.

There are many benefits to a Literature Centre residency, not the least being inspiration to our students regarding authorship, engagement with literature and creative thinking. In addition to the benefits to students, our staff find working shoulder to shoulder with the exceptional Centre Educators an inspiration to their own teaching practice.

The Literature Centre Residency is highly subsidised by the School, however a low fee of $5.00 will be required for each student that attends. A timetable catering for all students from Kindergarten to Year Six has been constructed. I will send parents a separate email detailing how to pay this fee; in the meantime, please make it your business to visit our school Library next week and have a look at how the Literature Centre utilises original author drafts and illustrator pre-fits to create high quality published works that we love, read and re-read.

As usual, please email me beverly.innes@education.wa.edu.au or catch me for a chat if you have any queries at all.

We love Dusa – our first Guinea pig (not sure what he thinks of us though…) Therapy pets in schools can help reduce student stress, lower anxiety and improve school attendance.

Dusa is a ‘hit’ already. Thank you so much Anastasia for helping us find him!!

Dusa is a Czechoslovakian male name meaning ‘Spirit’ – we love it!!

Our next step will be to purchase some cuddle-sacks so that students can cuddle Dusa and his mates safely.

We are more than happy to have at least one but maybe even three more guinea pigs, if you have one that would like to be re-loved.

Please let Bev or Keira know – thank you!

Week 2 6 - 10 May

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7 CHOIR 8.00 – 8.30 am Kindy A and C Mother’s Day Morning

8 Challenge Club 7.45 – 8.30 am Staff Meeting 3 – 4.15 pm P&C meeting 5.45 – 7.00 pm

9 Lunchtime Art Club Kindy B Mother’s Day Morning

10 Maths Club 7.45–8.30 am Assembly Rm 5

Week 3 13 - 17 May

13 Year 6 Camp

14 NAPLAN Year 6 Camp K and PP Photos

15 NAPLAN Year 6 Camp Board meeting 5.30 -7.00 pm in the Staff Room

16 NAPLAN K and PP Photos

17 Maths Club 7.45–8.30 am NAPLAN Catch Up

Sports Notices

Fremantle Dockers Football Competitions – Years 4-6

Well done to those students in Years 4-6 who have participated in the Fremantle Dockers football competitions at lunchtime on Wednesday.

We would like to thank Miss Berry from Notre Dame University, for organising these competitions for our students.

Lightning Carnival – Years 4-6 – Tuesday 25 June

A reminder to every student that is attending the Lightning Carnival, please return your permission slip and bus money to the front office by Monday.

Faction Cross Country – Friday 28 June

Everyone in Years 3-6 will be participating in our annual Faction Cross Country in 2 weeks.

Everyone has signed up this week to either run in our fun run or faction event. This is the first event in our Athletics season for 2019.

Dates for the Diary:

Tuesday 30 July - Interschool Cross Country - Coolbinia Reserve - selected Years 3-6 students

Thursday 12 September - Faction Athletics Carnival - Tuart Hill Primary School - PP-Year 6 - all day

Tuesday 22 October - Interschool Athletics Carnival - Dianella Reserve No. 3 - Year 1-6 - all day - selected students

Please email me at catherine.connolly@education.wa.edu.au if you have any questions; thank you.

Bush Tucker Trail Blazers

Oscar, Grace, Cassidy & Zaine are seen here preparing to plant a jam wattle.

Jam wattles are both bush tucker and are excellent habitat trees for butterflies.

Rhonda Andrews Sustainability Educator

Earn and Learn – thanks, and lets keep going!!

The Year Six Student Leader Mentors have completed over 1265 sheets of Earn and Learn stickers, making the current total of stickers collected for our school over 15,540!!!

What a total!! THANK YOU!!

Let’s keep going – we have until 25 June to gather as many stickers as we can. We then submit our total, and our school can select much-needed sports, outdoor play, musical and fine motor development equipment to support our educational programs. Our students are the winners – and our whole school community appreciates the ‘bit’ that you do for us.

Collection boxes can be found in our front office, as well as down at Flinders Square.

Persuade your friends, relatives and neighbours --- even strangers!!! - to pop their stickers into the Tuart Hill Primary School box .

Thank you!!

Our Safer School Community

On behalf of the staff at our school thank you for insisting on safe, respectful behaviour at all time when on the school grounds, on please advising our students on better ways to use facilities because I have had no reports of accidents nor complaints regarding poor toilet behaviour, and also thank you for letting me know if unsupervised students are making poor choices, so that I can help them make better choices in the future.

We feel that after-school behaviour has improved, thanks to your supervision. We appreciate the support.

Parents will notice that the road alterations are coming to a close. The next steps in improving safety around our school is re-marking the parking bays and replacing the current (inaccurate) old, faded signage.

Parents may have noticed increases Ranger activity – there has certainly been an increase in police presence, using the radar to clock car speeds on Cape Street and Banksia Street – please be aware.

I am sorry to report that there was evidence of smash-and-grab activity (that was reported to Police) on Lawley Street. Please carry your bags with you and hide computers in the boot of your car.

Bold thieves have no trouble in smashing a car window to grab anything they think may hold cash or saleable items. Please be alert and forewarned; thank you.

It is critical that parents with their students use street parking and the open exterior gates to access the school. Staff car parks, including the Dental Car Park, must not be used for student and parent thoroughfare. Several recent close calls have occurred. Please note the open perimeter gates and use them; thank you.

Please email or catch me for a chat if you have any suggestions or advice regarding how to consistently encourage high standards of respect for our school at all times. Thank you in advance for your support.

2020 Kindergarten and Pre-Primary Enrolments

We are now taking enrolments for students entering Kindergarten and Pre-Primary in 2020. If your child was born within the date ranges shown below, they are eligible to enrol for 2020.

01 July 2015 to 30 June 2016 (Kindergarten) 01 July 2014 to 30 June 2015 (Pre-Primary)

To make an application, please come to the school office with original copies of your child’s birth certificate, immunisation record (AIR register only) and proof of your residential address. All documents must be current. Original documents are required and we will make the necessary copies.

PLEASE READ RE CHANGES TO IMMUNISATION RECORDS FOR 2019: Due to recent changed implemented by Department of Health we would like to inform you that we can no longer accept documentation that is captured in the ‘Purple Immunisation Book’. It is now a requirement that parent/guardians provide Australian Immunisation Record (AIR) for children.

Parent or guardians of children under 14 years of age can request an AIR history statement by:

By accessing your Medicare online account

Through the Express Plus Medicare mobile app

attending a Medicare Service Centre

by calling the AIR enquiries line. It can take up to 10 business days to get your statement in the post

by asking your doctor or immunisation provider to print a copy for you

Applications will be accepted between the hours of 10.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Applications close on Friday, 26 July 2019.

Do you currently have a child in Kindergarten at THPS?

Please note that parents/carers of current Tuart Hill PS Kindergarten students are required to complete an application form for Pre-Primary 2020. To enrol for Pre-Primary, please bring with you the following documents:

immunisation records (AIR record only)

proof of address

If your child was born overseas, please also bring your passport and visa information

All documents must be current. Original documents are required and we will make the necessary copies.

Tuart Hill Students Creating Bright Futures

Nadya competed recently in the Australian Gymnastics Championships in the Sub Junior International Level. She was up against 23 other amazingly talented children from all states of Australia.

We are delighted to advise that Nadya won the competition and is now crowned Australian National Champion for 2019!

Well done Nadya, what an amazing achievement - we are all so proud of you!

P&C News

Entertainment books!!! Extra value right now….

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Tuart Hill Primary School Tanya Woodard 0409901886 bigwoods@bigpond.net.au

FABULOUS, FUN, FRIENDLY FUNDRAISING EVENTS!!

The Secret Life of Pets 2

Tickets are being reserved quickly… get yours now!!

Everyone is welcome, so feel free to bring friends and family from outside of school. We will have a little something for the kids, and a couple of seat prizes.

By coming along, you help raise money for the P and C and the awesome kids at Tuart Hill Primary.

Tickets are $14.50 (same price for adults and children), children must be accompanied in the cinema by a parent / guardian.

Bookings via Event Brite HERE:

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/movie-day-secret-life-of-pets-tuart-hill-primary-p-and-c-fundraiser-tickets-61624126421?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR1PozbK3r3coaSGMQfEDL02cCZTE6ltP2afzTtgjX9uRxO2lgclWxyYxbE

Get Ready!!!! PJ Day Thursday 4 July 2019– Students, wear your PJ’s all day long, bring your comfy soft toy and a gold coin to finish Term Two with relaxing reading to your teddies and friends

And planning ahead, adults only …. Get your table of friends and family on board… Quiz Night! Saturday 26 October 2019

Halloween theme - plan your costume now…

CANTEEN

The School Canteen is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of every school week. The Canteen is by the Hall and next to the Community Hub, looking out onto the al fresco area. Come and place your order at the window before school or online at www.quickcliq.com.au .

Our Canteen Manager Jodie is always looking for willing volunteers to help in our Canteen. If you can spare an hour from 9.00am on any day, Jodie would love to hear from you – your kids love to see you at the school, Jodie promises endless cups of tea/coffee and cheerful conversation! Be sure to stay up to date with Canteen news on the Tuart Hill Primary School Community Face Book page .

Just in case you were wondering, all students will still be able to order their lunch from the canteen during both

swimming lesson weeks. A timetable has been arranged to allow lunch orders to continue as usual 🙂

Community Notices

School and Community Battery Collection

School and Community battery collection dates will be on Monday, 24 June 2019. What batteries can be collected? Dry cell batteries include AA, AAA (single use or rechargeable), C, D, button batteries, 9V, 6V and cordless power tools.

What batteries cannot be collected? Lead acid batteries, such as car batteries, cannot be collected. Please contact your local council for details of how to dispose of these batteries.