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NEWSLETTER

18 Sep 2017

Dear Parents, Guardians, Community Members, Staff and Students,

On Wednesday evening I had the pleasure of attending the Massed Choir event at the Perth Concert Hall. I was very proud to be Principal of our school as our students sang beautifully, looked smart in their choir uniforms and were very well behaved. Two extra special Thank Yous to Tilly Bunnage who performed two solo parts and Mrs Rosemary Mathie for all her hard work and preparation for the event. You are a champion Rosemary!

I would also like to thank Mrs Helen Forbes for her 32 years of service at our school as Manager of Corporate Services and for all her contributions to our school community. Helen

retired on Thursday and the staff farewelled her with a lovely morning tea. We wish Helen all the best for the next stage in her life and a happy retirement. I would like to welcome Mrs Sara Willis to our school as our new Manager of Corporate Services.

Congratulations to Mrs Liz Bahar who has won the position of School Officer!

On Friday the 8th September, the Department informed us of funding information for schools. Please refer to the WA State Budget 2017-18 Factsheet for specific infor-mation. How does this impact on us at West Leeming PS? Firstly, the school will be completing an Expression of Interest regarding the Investing in Science at WA Schools program. Secondly, the introduction of direct to market maintenance and a minor capital works model will give us the authorisation and access to the funding pool to directly engage our own contractors for works up to the value of $20,000. This model will give us the flexibility and the assurance of an annual maintenance allocation, which has been a focus area this year. I look forward to finding more information about this program and the remainder of the funding programs.

In my last newsletter I informed you that planning is underway for 2018. (Please refer to the previous newsletter for more details.) I would like to remind you that I am now calling for parental requests for consideration regarding class placements, please email me directly at: Anne.Christodulou@education.wa.edu.au. Requests should focus on the student’s individual needs, whether they are academic, social or emotional. These are due by the end of the term, Friday 22nd September, 4:00pm. Late requests will not be considered.

I wish you a safe, happy and restful holiday and look forward to seeing you in Term 4.

Anne Christodulou Principal

A: Westall Terrace, Leeming, WA 6149 W: www.westleeming.wa.edu.au P: 92666000

WOOLWORTHS EARN AND LEARN The Earn and Learn promotion ends tomorrow, Tuesday, September 19. Please get all your stickers and sheets in by THURSDAY, September 21.

The boxes will be removed from the office, library and Woolworths store on this day, so if you have some, or have family and friends collecting them now is this time to return them! A huge thanks to everyone participating; we have 300 completed sheets so far!!

REMINDER: Our first newsletter for Term 4 will be out on Monday, Oct 16. Please

email any notices to wlpsnews@gmail.com by

Friday Oct 13, 12 noon.

A Note from the Editor As this is our last newsletter for the term, I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy term break. Please report any unusual activity around our school to the Police or Education Security on 1800 177 777.

BIKES IN SCHOOL Walk your bike through the school - DON’T RIDE Children who bring or ride bikes to school are not allowed to ride them in the school grounds for safety reasons. Please hop off your bike when nearing the school grounds and wheel it to the bike stand. This also applies to scooters and skateboards.

All bikes, scooters and skateboards brought to school must be stored in the bike racks, where they must be secured with an appropriate locking device for the day. Students riding bikes must wear a helmet.

DIARY DATES Sep 21, Thu Kindy/PreP Sports Carnival

Sep 22, Fri Last day of Term 3

Oct 10, Tue Students return to school

Faction Sports Carnival Oct 18, Wed 800m, jumps & throws

Oct 20, Fri Running & Team Games Book Fair

INTERESTING DATES

Sep 21 International Day of Peace

Oct 7-14 Mental Health Week

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IMPORTANT SPORTS DATES The WLPS Faction Athletics Carnival will be held on Wednesday, October 18 (800m, jumps and throws) and Friday, October 20 (running and team games). Please note that both junior and senior students will be participating in the carnival all day.

The Interschool Athletics Carnival be held on Wednesday, November 8 (jumps and throws) and Thursday, November 9 (running and team games) at Langford Oval.

WANTED!

Any news regarding the achievement of any of our students.

If you are submitting group photos, please make sure all students in the photos have

permission to be published. If you are unsure, please check with the class teacher.

Please email to wlpsnews@gmail.com

LEEMING DENTAL THERAPY CENTRE The Centre will be closed during the school holidays.

In a dental emergency ONLY, please phone the following clinics 8am to 4pm: Week 1: Tue, 26th Sep: Caralee DTC on 9337 6818 Wed, 27th Sep to Fri, 29th Sep : South Lake DTC on 9417 3242

Week 2: Mon, 2nd Oct to Friday, 6th Oct: Caralee DTC on 9337 6818

For afterhours Emergencies please phone 9325 3452, your local practitioner, or the Oral Health Centre of WA on 6457 4400. We will reopen Monday 9th October at 8:15am.

NOTIFICATION OF STUDENT MOVEMENT It would be appreciated if the parents/guardians of students from Pre Primary to Year 5 could notify the school, in writing, if their children will not be attending West Leeming Primary School in 2018. This will assist us with planning for the 2018 school year.

KINDY/ PRE-PRIMARY SPORTS DAY Our Kindy/Pre-Primary Sports Day is this Thursday, September 21, 2017. You should have received a note with all the details, if not please speak to your child's teacher. EC2 Kindy Blue

students can attend 8:50am - 12:00pm on this day. We are still needing assistance, if you are able to give a little of your time please write your name on the Volunteers List placed outside your child's classroom and/or hand the return slip from the Sports Day note. We look forward to seeing and hearing you cheer on the day!

Kindy/Pre-Primary staff

Coffee Van and Cake Stall

on site

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BOOK FAIR

It is that time of the year when our annual Book Fair is near-ly here. This year it is particularly EXCITING as money raised will go to the renovations of our school library. In the past, money raised has gone to the upgrade of the library’s circulation desk and the purchasing of readers for the school.

Our Book Fair – Reading Rainforest Go wild for books!

will be held on Friday, October 20

Sports Carnival Day near the Senior Block and

Monday, October 23 – Wednesday, October 25 In the Library

8.30 – 9.30am and 2.30 – 3.30pm

A Book Fair is like a mini-bookshop that contains the newest and most exciting books that can be purchased by parents, students, teachers’ friends and family. It offers affordable books at every reading level. It is, most of all, a fun way to encourage children to read and gives them the opportunity to choose their own books. It is also a good time to start your Christmas shopping.

Every sale at the Book Fair Reading Rainforest benefits West Leeming Primary School. So join the fun in making our fair a big success for our school.

HELP IS REQUIRED TO RUN THE FAIR SO IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GIVE SOME TIME PLEASE CONTACT CHRISTINE WILLIS ON 9266 6008.

to the following students:

Term 3 Week 7

PUPIL OF THE WEEK J1 - Declan H. M2 - Thomas N. S1 - Adam H. J2 - Emma J. M3 - Tanika H. S2 - Ella S. J3 - Emmet C. M4 - Lily C. & S3 - Sophie B. J4 - Max D. Max D. S4 - Gregor W.

M5 - Olivia P. S5 - Tom J. M6 - Eric H. S6 - Sophie D.

J1 - Zachary M. M2 - Amelie S. S1 - Harry L. J2 - Shreya J. M3 - Alexander B. S2 - Max M. & J3 - Jayce S. M4 - Jack R. Kira D. J4 - Lucas G. M5 - Chelsea M. S3 - Tamaryn M. M6 - Tabitha S. S4 - Lachlan M. S5 - Riley H.

S6 - Cameron H.

Term 3 Week 9

MERIT CERTIFICATE J2 - Callum P. M2 - Sandesh D. S2 - Brayden P. & J3 - Adam B. M3 - Aribella P. Oliver P. J4 - Ethan S. M4 - Brodie Y. S3- Tegan P. M5 - Rory C. S4 - Jordan O. M6 - Ananya B. S5 - Isaac R. S1 - Abbie G. & S6 - Oliver B. Kaiya M.

Mrs Mathie (Music) - Shreya J.

West Leeming Star - William F. Aussie of the Month - Skye Z.

SAFETY HOUSE On Friday, September 15, children from Kindy to Year 3 enjoyed the Safety House Show incursion at West Leeming Primary School. This entertaining and educational show is designed to promote the Safety House message and can help children become more aware of their personal safety and how to deal with difficult situations. The show can help children identify how a stranger might try to influence them. It also offers some strategies on how to deal with bullies and advises children on what to do if they ever get lost, scared or hurt.

The children really enjoyed interacting with the puppets, music and of course the life sized IMA, the Safety House.

Any families interested in getting involved in being a Safety House please contact the P&C.

Term 3 Week 8 PUPIL OF THE WEEK

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MUSIC NOTES CONGRATULATIONS to the wonderful school choir which

performed so magnificently last Wednesday night at the Massed Choir Festival. There were many excited students who experienced singing at the Perth Concert Hall in front of an audience of 1000 people. Parents, you should be bursting with pride at the way all of the students sang and behaved. What a joyous and colourful night! Well done to everyone!

CHRISTMAS CHOIR begins Monday, 18th September at 8.30am in the music room. This is for any Year Three to Six

students who would like to come and have a go at singing in choir. INSTRUMENTAL TESTING will be conducted throughout the final week of this term. Those students who are absent

during this testing week will be able to sit for the test early next term. THANK YOU to the fantastic Year Six students who took part in last Thursday’s lunchtime performance of the instru-

ments which are offered through the school’s music program. Hollie, Jaidyn, Tilly, Zoe, Alyssa, Matthew, Ryan, Russell and Max all demonstrated great leadership qualities. Interested Year Two to Four students were able to listen to the instruments in the area outside of the music room.

Rosemary Mathie Music Specialist Rosemary.Mathie@education.wa.edu.au

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COMMUNICATION AVENUES AT WEST LEEMING SMS 0438 942 201—to advise the school if your child will be absent from school and the reason for the absence.

School Email: Westleeming.PS@education.wa.edu.au

School Website: http://www.westleeming.wa.edu.au/

School Stream App—To install the app, just search for School Stream in either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. Download and install; then search for our school. Go to https://www.schoolstream.com.au/download/ for more detailed Instructions. If you don’t have access to a smartphone, you can access the app on your pc or laptop at this link: https://westleeming.myschoolstream.net/?style=embed

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Wild west café THANK YOU to last week's volunteers - Sue Walker & Barb Grice. Your help was greatly appreciated.

This week we have the following volunteers: Tues 19/9 NO VOLUNTEER - HELP REQUIRED!! Wed 20/9 NO VOLUNTEER - HELP REQUIRED!! Thu 21/9 Kirsten Sutton Fri 22/9 Barb Grice

Special Lunch Day this Friday, September 22nd Orders for the special lunch this Friday have now closed. If you have not placed an order, please ensure your child brings lunch as no other menu items will be available for purchase on this day. Recess and lunch treat sales are as normal

New Menu Term 4 2017 and Term 1 2018 We have a new menu starting at the beginning of next term. In line with our sustainability, the menu is now paperless but can easily be accessed via the school web-site (printable form), the school stream app and very soon Quickcliq. It will also be displayed at the canteen.

Online Ordering Online ordering through Quickcliq will be starting during Term 4. Normal cash sales and token purchases at the canteen will still be available. More information will be provided as soon as possible.

CAR BAY RAFFLE Term 4 2017

Tired of rushing to find a parking space at school???

Notes have been sent home about the West Leeming PS P&C Junior Car Park raffle for Term 4 2017 Tickets for a reserved car bay in the Junior Car Park will

be raffled each term. This term, as a special bonus, ANY student of West

Leeming Primary school is eligible to be in the draw for the reserved car bay.

Tickets are $5.00 each and will be drawn on Friday 22nd September 2017 @ 9.30am

Please send correct money together with completed tickets below in an envelope labelled:

P&C Car Park Bay Raffle – Term 4 2017 to the school office by 9.00am, Friday 22nd September 2017

More tickets are available from the school office

STUDENT SMARTRIDER The Student SmartRider is the cheapest and most convenient way for students to travel. You’ll get the student fare for any journey Monday – Friday during the school year and concession fares on the weekend and during the Christmas school holidays.

There are two ways to get a Student SmartRider. You can use a manual application form Application for

Student SmartRider form, have it authorised by the school administration, and mail it to the address shown on the form. The initial card is free if you use the manual appli-cation form.

Or order it online via Monitor WA website (West Leeming is registered to participate in the online ordering system )

More information can be found at http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/SmartRider/Types-of-SmartRider/Student-SmartRider

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2017 AWESOME Arts Festival Incite your curiosity, inspire creativity and intensify your connectivity with the world at the 2017 AWESOME Festival from 30 September - 9 October. The Perth Cultural Centre will come alive as the AWESOME International Arts Festival for Bright Young Things brings the best in theatre, dance, music, puppetry, visual arts and more, from around the world, right to your front doorstep. Ideal for children aged 0-12, the 2017 AWESOME Festival is open to the general public from 30 September to 9 October, and offering tailored school tours from 10 to 13 October. For the full program listing, including both free and ticketed events, head to awesomearts.com!

BRING HOME A BIG BROTHER OR SISTER AND BRING FRENCH, ITALIAN OR SPANISH CULTURE TO LIFE! Why not volunteer to host an international student from France, Italy or Spain next year? We have a small group of delightful students coming to Australia for 11 weeks to immerse in local Australian culture, experience our High schools, sports, environment and life-style. All these international students are around 15 or 16 years old, speak excellent English, have their own spending money, cover all school expenses, and we arrange all aspects of their program.

They are looking forward to joining an Australian family for a short term cultural immersion stay. It’s fun and interesting to help these young people achieve their Australian dream.

If you would like to know more, please email your interest to ICM on info@icm-education.com.au or call Georgie or Anja on 1800 500 501, or visit www.icm-education.com.

GOLF PROMOTION FOR JUNIORS IN WA As the largest junior golf coach in WA and located very near your school we have a 4th Term Promotion for students.

We would like to offer all WLPS students a Term of Golf for Half Price. That's right any student coming into our program in 4th term will pay half price fees. In order to keep growing this game and developing golfers for the WA Golf Associa-tion we need your school’s help.

Our Academy boast many pathways for golf - WA Golf Associations Squads ( State Teams) US College Golf Program Private Club pathways to Memebrship

but most of all a fun and safe environment to learn in.

Scott McLean Golf Academy all inquiries directed to Scott 0421 829 457

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CALL KIDS HELPLINE If you are aged 5 - 25, Kids Helpline

provides free and confidential online and phone counselling 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

What is Counselling? It’s chatting with someone who is trained to help you. You can trust that we will listen and

really do care about you.

CALL ANYTIME ON 1800 55 1800

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

“We must use time wisely and forever realise that the time is always ripe to do right.”

~ Nelson Mandela

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