Friday 24 February 2017 Issue 2

Swimming Lessons Today (Friday) marks the end of our Swimming Lessons. Many students will have progressed to the next swimming level, and all will have learned valuable swimming and survival lessons. Australia has far too many pool, beach and river drowning's, so every chance you get to increase the swimming and survival skills of your children, you are doing the right thing. When it comes home, please keep your childs swimming certificate in a safe place, for reference next time.

IMPORTANT DATES

Tuesday 28 February: School Photo Day All students except Kindy Green.

Wednesday 01 March: Sunset Picnic 5-7pm Thursday 02 March: School Board meeting 7pm

Thursday 02 March: Photo Day Kindy Green only. Monday 06 March School closed Public Holiday

Wednesday 08 March: Parents and Citizens P&C Volunteer Workshop Library 7pm.

Everyone is welcome to attend the school‟s Welcome Sunset Picnic to be held on Wednesday 01 March from 5pm-7pm. Join us on the school oval and meet with staff and families from across the school community. Bring your chairs, rug, picnic food and listen to music from our DJ.

School photos Please remember that School Photo Day is on Tuesday 28 February. All students must bring their completed personalised envelope to school prior to photo day even if you have opted not to order photos. Please ensure your child looks their best and is dressed in correct school uniform for Photo Day. A Kindy Green photo day will be held on Thursday 02 March. On Line Canteen You can now order lunches on Fridays only via www.ouronlinecanteen.com.au Breakfast Club This has recommenced, conducted by Volunteers from Victory Life Church. It is Friday mornings in the Music Room, from 8.00am to 8.30am. Please note no one can go in after 8.30am. Playgroup – tell your neighbours! Parents and children (0-3years/under school age) are invited to attend every Wednesday from 22 February to 29 March, from 9.00am to 10.00am, in the school library. Our Early Childhood staff will provide activities and information regarding early development.

Please come along with your child and enjoy meeting other parents and children for a fun interactive session. Class Meetings All Class meetings have now been conducted, thank you to the many parents who attended, you will have learnt things which will help your child this year. Please remember, if you are worried about something, make an appointment to speak with your child‟s teacher to get it sorted out. We encourage parent/teacher communications. Why Sports Players Are Happier! After studying 459 athletes, researchers have found that people who play sport in a team not only score the benefits of exercise, they‟re more satisfied with life than solo exercisers. They say the social aspect of training and playing with a team as well relationships you build, boost happiness, while feelings of belonging to a group increase positivity. Registration for winter sports is happening now.

ThinkUKnow Presentation

Balcatta Senior High School will be hosting a ThinkUKnow presentation on: Date: Wednesday 15 March Time: 6.00pm Where: Balcatta SHS Library Parents, carers and teachers are encouraged to attend. This presentation is not for students.

ThinkUKnow Australia is a cyber-safety education program that educates parents, carers and teachers of how people are using technology, the challenges they may face online, and how to help them overcome these in a safe and ethical way. ThinkUKnow Australia is a partnership between the Australian Federal Police, Microsoft Australia, Datacom and the Commonwealth Bank. The program is delivered in collaboration with policing partners New South Wales Police Force, Northern Territory Police, Queensland Police, South Australia Police, Tasmania Police, Western Australia Police, as well as Neighbourhood Watch Australasia. The presentation will be delivered by a local law enforcement member and an industry volunteer. The presentation covers issues relating to children and young peoples‟ privacy and security online, their relationships with other users and their online reputation. It provides insight into the devices young people are using, as well as the popular websites, apps and social networking sites they‟re accessing. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to learn more about young people and the online environment, and how you can help them to be safe and responsible users of technology. To register to attend please email balcatta.shs@education.wa.edu.au or contact the school on 9345 8200 and advise the number of people attending with a contact name and contact number. For more information, you can visit www.thinkuknow.org.au or contact Tegan Walker, Student Services Manager on 9345 8200.

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School Captains and Councillors

Congratulations to our School Captains and Councillors for 2017. We wish you much success in fulfilling your roles and

responsibilities in the year ahead.

KINDY CLASS REPORT

The Kindy children are learning about how we need to be Sun Safe so we can play in the Sun. We have been dressing our Kindy

Teddy in a Sun shirt, a hat, and sunglasses as well as pretending to put sunscreen on him so that he can play with us in the Sun! We

are also drinking lots of water because we know we need this to be healthy and keep our bodies cool. A very busy saturday is about

to be had in our Kindy. This weekend lots of Mums, Dads and family members are coming to help us get some big jobs done in the

Kindy. Anyone else who wants to help out please see Ms Ballam.

Kindy Blue getting Teddy ready for the sun!

Kindy Busy Bee Saturday

25th Feb

9am at the Kindy House

We will be laying some new pavers, painting the pavers,

raking under the large trees and covering the nature

play area with woodchips. The more helpers we have the

quicker we will get it all done so please spare an hour if

you can! Many thanks

Rebecca Ballam

School Captains School Councillors Music Captains

Malisha Octian

Wesley Wang

Fahad Al Hassan, Farah Fazli

Sung La Hnim, Zainab Nejati

Amber Nguyen, Purva Patel

Zainab Nejati

Wesley Wang

PRE-PRIMARY REPORT

It has been an exciting couple of weeks in Pre-Primary. We have all enjoyed swimming lessons. We will continue with our Jolly Phonics program, this week we did pear stamping and made nests for the letter/sound „P‟ and „N‟. In Math we are learning to read, write and represent numbers in numeral and word form and by manipulating concrete materials. We will have a new member of our classroom next week, his name is Ollie and he is our classroom bear. He will take it in turns to come home with the children for a few nights at a time and then come back to school. He has a diary and the children are encouraged to record their adventures with Ollie with photos, drawings or pictures. In week 6, a parent help roster will be placed inside the classroom. Please feel free to write your name in one timeslot. The roster runs on Mondays and Fridays from 8.40 to 10.30am. We look forward to seeing you and your help is greatly appreciated.

YEAR 1 CLASS REPORT

Swimming is nearly over and the children will soon be back to a regular classroom routine. In the meantime, the main learning area for students has been English and Maths. In English, the students have covered three weeks of phonics studying “sh, ch and th” words. Grammar, the main focus is on “what makes a sentence?” In Maths the class has been revising Pre-primary concepts.

YEAR 2 CLASS REPORT

The Year two class have been very busy over the past fortnight. We have really enjoyed our swimming lessons although it has made many of us very tired! Last Monday we made Fairy Bread in the classroom and then wrote a recount of our experience. We had so much fun and there were Hundreds and Thousands all over the floor afterwards! We were allowed to eat of fairy bread afterwards and most of us thought it was delicious. In History we have been looking at our school and identifying parts of it that are old and new. Most of us were very surprised to learn that our school is 114 Years old! Even older than Mrs McAuliffe! We will continue to research the History of our school and Osborne Park over the next few weeks. In our reading programme we are currently looking at sequencing and have learnt about the life cycles of a butterfly and a frog. We have really found this interesting. Thank you to all the parents who came along to our parent meeting last week. If you were unable to and would like the handouts that were given out, please come and see us.

YEAR 3 CLASS REPORT

All the Year 3s have really enjoyed swimming these past two weeks. In class, we have been very busy. We have

been learning about worded problems in maths and the important information to look for to answer the

problem. We have been discussing the different language used in maths and can‟t believe there are so many different words for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We have also been working on adjectives

and trying to make our stories more descriptive and interesting. In our own fairy tales the generous and fearless

princes and princesses have been getting up to a lot of mischief in their magical and mysterious castles. Thank

you to everyone who came to our parent meeting last week. If you were unable to attend and didn‟t get the

handout that was given then please come and see me.

YEAR 4 CLASS REPORT

The Year 4‟s really enjoyed swimming for the past two weeks, but are looking forward to settling into a more structured routine. Thank you to all those parents who attended the year meeting last week. We are working on

large numbers and place value in maths, recognising and representing them in words and numbers, ordering

them from largest to smallest and applying place value to partition, rearrange and regroup them. We are also

expected to learn our tables every night for homework and their related division facts. In science we are looking

at different materials and their properties. Mel, the Chaplain, has begun the Buzz program for Health. This involves learning about how to work in a team and overall becoming more resilient. If your child has not

returned the Choir note or photo envelope can you please get them to return them ASAP.

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YEAR 5/6 CLASS REPORT

What an exciting start to the term! During these two weeks the students have been actively engaging in swimming lessons and each has been taking responsibility of a pre-primary student, making sure they have all their belongings and helping them to put on shoes and shirts during this time. It has been great to see how well they look after them and demonstrate the behaviour that is expected on the bus and at the swimming pool. Thank you to all those parents who attended the parent/teacher meeting; we hope to follow up with any parents that couldn't be there. If you have any queries or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us. We are noticing quite a few students forgetting things that are needed for the day. It would be of great help if parents could encourage their children to check their timetables daily to see what they need to pack in their bags (homework, hats, library books and bags seem to be the most common items that are forgotten). The students also have a diary they can use to remind themselves of scheduled events and what needs to brought to class on a particular day. It would be of great help if parents could remind their children to check their diaries on a regular basis. The students have made an excellent start to the term and settled in very quickly. They have already set some long and short term goals that they wish to achieve for this year. They are also finding out many interesting facts about each other and each of them will be presenting a speech about themselves. Well done to all the students who participated and put up their hands to be school captains and student councillors. The speeches given were very convincing and of high quality. Congratulations to those who were nominated. Other year 5/6s will also be given leadership role opportunities in which to participate throughout the year.

PARENTS AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION – P&C

Help Wanted. The Osborne Primary Parent & Citizen Association (P & C) is a group of parents who work together to raise money for events & experiences that help add to our children's school experience. The P &C contributes towards our wonderful School Chaplain and the BUZZ program, our end of year Edu Dance Whole School performance which is an integral component of the Sport Curriculum, as well as the installation of the Nature Play Space on our school grounds. Unfortunately, your school's P & C is in danger of folding. This is due to the natural ebb & flow of interested parents with the new school year. This is a wonderful and exciting time for you to offer some of your time and skills as there are Office Bearing positions available on the P & C as well as opportunities to join Project Teams throughout the year.

There is information about becoming a casual volunteer, and, our Projects on the notice board between Rooms 7 and 8, especially for you to learn more. You are invited to come to a Workshop on Wednesday 8th March 2017, 6pm, in the School Library. The topic of the workshop is Attracting Volunteers. If you have any questions about or ideas for our P & C, you would like to ask or share, please join us for a morning tea (there is no cost) after the next School Assembly on Wednesday 8th March in the Undercover Area. It will be wonderful to see you. Your school needs you. Thank you. Sarah Aitken - Acting President. 0424 480 400 osbornepandc@gmail.com

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MATHS QUIZ RESULTS

Math Quiz Welcome back! If you are years 3-6 and would like to be considered for the Australian Mathematics Competition in August then you need to show your interest by doing this quiz! Answers Quiz 1: 1. 16, 13, 10, 7, 4 or 1 chairs 2. Missing digit is 1 3. C: 8 faces 4. 32 5. C: 6 edges 6. 21 children Congratulations Winners! Please collect a prize from Ms Lane: 1 Correct: Ayah (yr 6) Maniha (yr 6) 2 Correct: Rogier (yr 1); Jot & Aarav (yr 2) 3 Correct: Sahuri (yr 3) 4 Correct: Arya (yr 4) 5 Correct: Man (yr 5), Gabriel & Karan (yr 4) & Achilles (yr 1) 6 Correct: Wesley & Malisha (yr 6)

COMMUNITY NEWS

1-2-3 Magic and Emotion Coaching Parent Course.

To help manage difficult behaviour in children 2 to 12yrs.

7 to 9.30pm. $180pp or $340 per couple

Tue 21st,28th Feb & 7th Mar

Protective Behaviours

$65pp or $120 per couple

Tue 28th Mar, 6.30 to 9.30pm. Engaging Adolescents (11 to 16yo)

$150pp or $270 per couple

Thurs 2nd & 9th Mar, 6.45 – 9.30pm.

Parenting Information Session (Including 10 take home tips)

This 2 hr seminar is designed to improve your knowledge

and confidence as a parent. In House only. All courses available In House.

Private Consultations Available.

To enquire/register call 9382 1182 or

www.behaviourtonics.com.au

New Netball Competition for adults

Netball Western Australia and the State Netball Centre will be running social netball competitions in March

and we are offering opportunities to local communities, schools and businesses to get on board with ladies,

mixed and men‟s teams.

For the first time, we will be offering a Fast5 social competition on Monday mornings and Thursday

evenings. This is a great way for parents, citizens and staff of the school to socialise, have fun and get fit.

From feedback we have received on our first pilot program in November, even those who have never played

netball before have had a great time.

What is Fast5?

Get ready to get moving in a whole new kind of netball! Think shorter quarters with rolling substitutions; five

players-a-side; shoot for one, two or three points and Power Plays to double your score.

It‟s social, it‟s fun and it‟s netball played in a brand new way! Check out playfast5.com.au for more details.

The best way to get in touch is to email socialcomps@netballwa.com.au or call Mhairi on 93803723. Please do

not hesitate to ask any questions you may have.