FROM THE PRINCIPALFROM THE PRINCIPAL

YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATIYOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION …ON …

Young children learn many important things before they start school for the first time. They bring to the classroom all the learning they have done at home, with their families

and carers, from the time they were born.

Kindergarten is an important start to a child’s journey in school where children learn key skills that will help them throughout school and life. Pre-primary builds on the skills, processes and knowledge introduced in Kindergarten and this lays the foundations for

future years as they start to learn in more structured ways to prepare them for Year 1.

Experiences at school are about exciting, stimulating and inspiring children to learn. Our Department of Education provides a variety of resources to support families as their children commence in the early years of their education. Please visit the

YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION website for further information.

NAPLAN TESTINGNAPLAN TESTING

Our Year 3 and 5 students will be sitting for the National Assessment Program in Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests in Week 3 of Term 2 (week commencing 9 May). These assessments cover reading, writing, language conventions (spelling, grammar & punctuation) and numeracy. This is a one off test which provides information (what we do well and what we need to improve on) to our school (and system). This information is used, alongside other data, to guide future planning for the students in our

school.

I would like to advise parents to be cautious in their use of extra NAPLAN preparation style texts on top of homework already set for students. Increased pressure on some students will outweigh the positive affect. I would encourage you to discuss any issues/

ideas in regards to this testing with classroom teachers.

A parent information brochure has been forwarded home today to the parents of

students in years 3 and 5.

ANZAC SERVICEANZAC SERVICE

Aveley Primary School community members are invited to attend our 2016 ANZAC Day

Service. This service will be held on Thursday, 7 April commencing at 9am.

TRIPLE P TRIPLE P –– FREE PAREFREE PARENTING SEMINARSNTING SEMINARS

Triple P is designed to give parents the skills they need to raise confident, healthy children and teenagers and to build stronger family relationships. Triple P doesn’t tell people how to parent. Rather, it gives parents simple and practical strategies they can adapt to suit their own values, beliefs and needs.

Parents of children aged 3-8 years have been invited to attend these sessions at Arbor

Grove PS. Further information is available on the flier attached to this newsletter.

Principal: Michelle Murray

Deputy Principals: Helen Fiebig and Adam Marchant

Manager Corporate Services: Olivia Wood

8 Bolero Road AVELEY WA 6069

Phone 6296 5466 Fax 6296 5439

Aveley.PS@education.wa.edu.au

Volume 1 Issue 4 18 March 2016

EARLY CLOSE EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 2.30PM

In this edition

From the Principal

Certificate Recipients

School Photos

Harmony Day

Whole school Maths Challenge

ANZAC Day

P & C News

Community News

Camp Australia

Upcoming Events

Sunday, 20 March

Connect Community Event

Thursday, 24 March Harmony Day Assembly

T3/T4 - Cultural dress

School closed Easter

Tuesday, 29 March

An Independent Primary School

HONOUR CERTIFICATES/NEWSLETTER CELEBRATIHONOUR CERTIFICATES/NEWSLETTER CELEBRATIONSONS -- update

Due to the ongoing growth in student numbers at our school, we have made some minor changes to the presentation of honour certificates at our fortnightly assemblies. Our honour certificate recipients will have their name and year level read out and the certificate will be presented by a member of our Administration Team. Celebrating the reason/s why the certificate has been received will be followed up at classroom level. The Aveley Informer will now highlight the recipients of the Honour Certificates with celebration of achievements for Mathletics and Reading Olympics

taking place at Monday Muster and at classroom level.

SCHOOL PHOTOS SCHOOL PHOTOS

Our school photo day is coming! Today every student will receive a Kapture Photography order envelope. The recommended method of ordering your photos is online through Kapture’s website as your payment is secure and can be easily verified at any time. Alternatively you can pay by cash and return the provided envelope to the school on the photography day. If you place your order online please DO NOT return your envelope to school.

Any parent who forgets or is unable to supply their envelope on the photo day will have five (5) days to complete an order online. Late payment envelopes cannot be accepted

by the school office or by Kapture.

You also have the option to order a sibling photo package online, however please be aware there may be a limited number of sibling orders that can be placed due to time constraints on photo day. We suggest you place your online sibling order as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Sibling photos for those with Kindy students will be

taken on the day your child attends for Kindy.

All students will be photographed individually on photo day for school administration records AS WELL as included in their class group photo available for purchase to all families. Should there be any reason

why your child should NOT be included in the photo shoot –please contact the school office.

HARMONY DAY HARMONY DAY

Harmony Day is held each year in March. This year T3 and T4 will host a Harmony Day themed

assembly on Thursday, March 24.

This is a day to celebrate our cultural diversity. It’s about inclusiveness, respect and a sense of belonging for everyone. The message of Harmony Day is everyone belongs. We invite all students to come dressed up in a costume that reflects their family heritage

on Thursday, 24 March.

Honour Certificate Recipients

Aleeya Fitzgerald B1

Hailey Edward B4

Ocean Streat B4

Brodie Spilcker B5

Amarleen Kaur B5

Cooper Jordan T2

Jacob Pieri T2

Cameron Fischer G6

Jake Spilcker G6

Jack Beedham-Giblin G7

Jayden Noonan G7

Josh McArthur G8

Kaylee Good G8

Cooper Avins G9

Natalie Vega G9

Joshua Millson H10

Riley King H10

Ashton Kay H11

Mariae Enad H11

Caitlin Freestone H13

Isaac Arigore H13

Ava Smith T3

Harrison Cory T3

Brooke Elmer T4

Laylah Tope T4

Emma Clouston T5

Jack Johnson T5

Liana From T6

Oscar Bingham T6

Amalina Yusri W14

Taj Haupapa W14

Arella Chong W15

Chelsea Veenvliet W15

Samantha Harper W16

Please note sibling orders close @ midday Friday 1 April 2016

WHOLE SCHOOL MATHS CWHOLE SCHOOL MATHS CHALLENGE! Y1 HALLENGE! Y1 –– Y6 TUESDAYS 1:40 PM.Y6 TUESDAYS 1:40 PM.

Each Tuesday afternoon will see the whole school ‘battle it out’ against themselves, to achieve

their personal best score in a 4-minute basic multiplication fact challenge.

We are now into week 3 of the challenge and are already seeing students making wonderful progress! Having a solid understanding of the basic multiplication facts gives all students a strong basis of understanding on which to build more complex mathematical concepts later in the school

year as well as in the years to come.

Why not take some time to practice with your child at home using the ‘Times Table Toons’ on Mathletics? These funky songs

can be found by following this link, or scanning the QR code:

http://mzaue2.phoenix.mathletics.com/Timestable.aspx?authToken=K6pJ-6emc6i2l6zjlY2ukqX8rPOTle13fVXWlGTUaMQ

ANZAC SERVICEANZAC SERVICE

This year we will be holding our ANZAC service on Thursday, 7 April at 9:00am. All children from Pre Primary through to Year 6 will be involved in the service. The service will take place in the same time as assembly normally occurs, to try and maximise the opportunity for family members to attend. Nearer the date you will receive a letter asking for plants and flowers to be brought in the day before the service to enable us to build our wreaths, and of course a request for volunteers to help make them. We will also send out information for parents to the school asking them to send us information on family members who

may have served.

AVELEY PRIMARY SCHOOL EASTER RAFFLE!AVELEY PRIMARY SCHOOL EASTER RAFFLE!

Don't miss out on a ticket! Next week the Year 6 students will be selling raffle tickets outside the office Monday - Thursday morning before school. Tickets will cost $1 for 2 tickets and all money raised will go towards the Year 6 camp. The raffle will be drawn at our Week 8 assembly on Thursday, 24 March.

TERM DATES REMINDERTERM DATES REMINDER

A reminder that the whole school will be closed on Tuesday, 29 March. Please do not send students to school on this day. For those planning ahead with their term break, school finishes for Term 1 on Friday, 8 April. Term 2 commences for students on Wednesday, 27 April.

WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENINWHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING IN ROOM 8G IN ROOM 8

Year 5 students in Grevillea 8 completing a science experiment this week.

"The tissue doesn't get wet because of the air that is in there too! It's like magic!" Nitya Koradia

"We like this experiment because it proves that gases are all around us!" Ella Avins

AVELEY PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS & CITIZENS ASSOCIATION

We have had a very busy period recently with lots of things on the go. We can always use extra help so please let us know if you are able!

The Uniform Shop Clearance Sale was a great success with loads of bargain uniforms being snapped up. We will continue to sell from the shop on Wednesday mornings at the discounted prices for the remainder of Term 1 with plenty of winter items still available.

Hopefully you got your order in for Hot Cross Buns. You can pick up your order from the canteen on Tuesday afternoon 2:15pm-3:45pm or Wednesday 8:00-9:00am.

The Connect Event is on Sunday, 20 March and if you attend you can park safely in the school car park for just $2

with the proceeds going to the P&C.

Just a reminder we will be selling the Entertainment Book and you can support the school by getting your copy from us. It is filled with vouchers for excellent discounts from Hotels, Cinemas, Restaurants, Holidays and others. You will be able to pre-order the

2016/17 book soon.

Don’t forget there are fantastic rewards for savers with the school banking program. Get yours on Tuesday mornings

from 8.00AM in the undercover area. If you can help out with this, please see Helen Baker.

To contact the P&C or to keep up with what we are doing you can email us at aveleypandc@hotmail.com, find our Facebook page, see our news in the newsletter or approach any of

our committee members.

We are also running a quick raffle and have four Free Passes (Adult or Child) to The Maze/Outback

Splash up for grabs. The passes can be used any time until September with tickets for sale behind the Admin building before and

after school next week on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with last chance purchases on Thursday, 24 March before assembly.

The raffle will be drawn at this Assembly. Cost is 50c per ticket. Good Luck!

Our next meeting will be held in the library at 6:30pm on Monday, 16 May and everyone is welcome.

Happy Easter from your P&C

COMMUNITY NEWS

COMMUNITY NEWS

CAMP AUSTRALIA

CAMP AUSTRALIA