SHELLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL Our vision, as a community, is to inspire a passion for learning.

N E W S L E T T E R

WEBSITE: www.shelleyps.wa.edu.au 25 August 2015 Phone: 9354 5233

EMAILING: School Admin: shelley.ps@education.wa.edu.au Absences Only: admin@shelleyps.wa.edu.au

Principal Patter……. Hello Shelley Families Week 6 already! Term Three is such a busy term and both students and staff continue to put in 100% throughout each day. We have so many staff and students unwell with the dreaded flu at the moment and even I have not been immune to getting sick. I will be having surgery soon followed by a period of recovery. This means that I will unfortunately be away for the rest of this term but I will return to work at the start of Term four. In my absence Mrs Chandler has been appointed Principal. Please remember if your child is too unwell to come to school it is important that you notify the office either by phone or email to make them aware of your child‟s absence. If you are unable to do this on the day then a note to the classroom teacher on the day they return to school is acceptable.

Please do not send your children to school sick. Be sure to put aside the evening of Wednesday 2 September, 6.30pm - 7.30pm when we will be opening our classrooms to families and friends to give your child the opportunity to share his/her learning experiences. The emphasis is on your child sharing with you their learning over the year and so there will not be the opportunity for parent and teacher interviews on the night. If you would like an interview please make an appointment with the class teacher at another time. Strong literacy and numeracy skills lay the foundation for all students to succeed at school and in life. We are currently developing our whole school operational plan in English that links to the Australian Curriculum and that articulates a consistent and rigorous K-6 focus. We encourage you to read our newest addition to our newsletter, ‘Curriculum Capers’ to find out more about what is happening in our school. For staffing and planning purposes for 2016, if your child is not returning to Shelley Primary School next year please notify the school office at your earliest convenience. Please do not include Year 6 students going into Year 7. Parents who are aware of new families coming into the area are requested to assist us by asking them to contact the school with regards to enrolment. Parents we need your HELP!! It has become a real chore each week sorting out the overflowing lost property bins of school clothing. PLEASE PLEASE use a permanent laundry marker and put your child‟s name and room number on each piece of clothing to enable us to return it (and save you the cost of replacement). Kind regards Gillian Murgia (Principal)

BOOK WEEK DRESS UP - THURSDAY 27 AUGUST By popular request from the students we will be hosting a dress up parade on Thursday, 27 August at 8:45am. Students are invited to bring their favourite book and dress up as a character from a book. We hope that parents will be able to join us on this morning to celebrate and clap as the characters parade across the stage. Following our book parade students (from PP-year 6) will be participating in multi aged group activities with a staff member. Together they will read books and participate in activities lighting up our world with books!

Copies of excursion/incursion notes are on the website under newsletters and notes/student notes.

WHY NOT EMAIL YOUR ABSENCE?? CHANGE TO WEBSITE - ABSENCES You can now go to the website www.shelleyps.wa.edu.au on the left hand side and if you click on the email addresses as shown here it should automatically open up your email with the address inserted. This is such an easy way to send absences to the school. Don‟t forget to add your child‟s room number (if you don‟t know it then put in your child‟s teacher‟s name). This email address is not for general enquiries. Thank you.

ENROLMENTS FOR 2016 Planning for 2016 student enrolments has begun. It is important that we are informed as soon as possible if your child is not returning to Shelley Primary School in 2016. Please notify the office in writing of any children leaving from Kindergarten to Year 5 to assist with planning for next year.

STUDENT’S ACHIEVEMENTS

Congratulations to the following Year 6 students who have been selected for special placement at high school in 2016. We are very proud of our very talented students.

Michelle Perth Modern School Rossmoyne SHS

GATE Languages GATE

Manudi Perth Modern School GATE

Dylan Rossmoyne SHS Leeming SHS

Mathematics Specialist Academic Extension

Aaron Leeming SHS Academic and Science

Rachelle John Curtin College Rossmoyne SHS

Instrumental Flute Specialist Music

Paige Willetton SHS Basketball

Corban John Curtin College Musical Theatre

Kelly Rossmoyne SHS Languages GATE Mathematics Specialist

Isindu Perth Modern School GATE

Micah Perth Modern School GATE

Madelaine Perth Modern School GATE

DIARY DATES - TERM 3 2015 What’s on in the coming weeks?

Week 6

Tuesday 25 August Student leaders – Sausage sizzle ECE Stay and Play

Wednesday 26 August ECE Stay and Play

Thursday 27 August Book Week Dress up Parade at 8:45am ECE Stay and Play

Week

Wednesday 2 September Open Night 6:30 – 7:30pm

Friday 4 September Bookclub Issue 6 orders due today

Week 8

Tuesday 8 September School Jumps and Throws

Wednesday 9 September Maths Olympiad

Thursday 10 September Room 17 Assembly

Friday 11 September School Athletics

PARENT RESOURCES TO HELP YOUNG CHILDREN LEARN The Department of Education has many parent resources to help young children learn (including factsheets, booklets and videos). These are now online (http://www.education.wa.edu.au/home/detcms/portal/).

CHANGE OF DATES FOR ASSEMBLY Because of the open night on Wednesday 2 September the assembly planned for Thursday 3 September has been moved to Thursday 10 September. The assembly planned for 17 September has also been moved to 24 September. We apologise for any inconvenience as a result of these changes. Please note: Thursday 10 September Room 17 Thursday 24 September Room 1

SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUBS

ISSUE 6 ORDERS DUE BY: AM FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

LATE ORDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PAYMENTS Below are the only acceptable methods of payment:

1. Cash to school office. 2. Cheque made out to Shelley Primary School to school office. 3. On-line Loop payment by parents at www.scholastic.com.au (please do not send receipts to school office).

FACTION CARNIVAL All classes are now actively part of a daily fitness and skills schedule. I encourage all parents to continue this focus at home with throwing, catching and general fitness to ensure all students are fit and prepared for the different athletic events throughout second semester. Dates: Faction Athletics Jumps Throws, etc Tuesday 8 September Faction Athletics Carnival Friday 11 September

AFTER SCHOOL ATHLETICS TRAINING DETAILS Monday, 31 August will be the last session for after school athletics training for this term. Thank you to all the students who have participated in the after school training, your enthusiasm is appreciated. Thank you to the parents who have supported the students each week.

INTERSCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS

On Tuesday of last week, the Interschool Cross Country was held at Burrendah Reserve in Willetton. Thirty five Shelley runners from Years 2-6 competed with students from six other schools. The Juniors (Years 2-3) and Year 4s ran 1 500m whilst the Year 5-6s ran 2 000m. Congratulations to Ben (Year 4) and Joshua (Year 6) Robinson for being the Champion Boys in their event. Shelley came sixth Overall and fifth in the Handicap placings. Shelley must also be congratulated for the students‟ behaviour and well organised volunteer student marshals. Well done.

SHELLEY SENIOR CHOIR-WAGSM CONCERT AT CROWN TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER The choir will be performing a Disney Medley for their WAGSM performance on Tuesday, 22 September 2015. . Tickets are available for sale online from Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com.au and are also available by telephone on 136 100 (a booking fee of $7.95 will be charged for online and telephone sales). Tickets can also be purchased at the Box Office at Crown (with no booking fees). The ticket price for 2015 will be $23.00. There is no student or pensioner concession on the ticket price. If you have any questions, please see Mel Spence or Dee Donaldson.

FROM THE LIBRARY - SHELLEY PRIMARY BOOK EXCHANGE As part of our Book Week celebrations, we are pleased to announce a new initiative in encouraging children to read, and are launching the Shelley Primary Book Exchange. The rules are very simple. Each child may choose one book per week from the special Exchange Bookcase to take home to read. They can then bring it back to swap for another. If they love the book they may keep it, but it would be great if they could instead bring in something else from home they no longer want or need, (with their parents‟ permission). This is a great way to declutter books from home, knowing they will go to someone else to enjoy. The book exchange will operate Wednesday to Friday in the Library - Mrs Wynn will have a book exchange for Pre-Primary and Kindy (and some for adults too!) outside Room 14. All donations of suitable books will be gratefully received. Please direct any queries to Mrs Susan Sadler in the Library, Wednesday to Friday.

HAPPY READING!

CURRICULUM CAPERS

CURRICULUM CAPER iSTAR – TRY / TRANSFER „Try and Transfer‟ is the natural progression from „Show and Share‟ in the iSTAR process. The learning goals have been articulated during „Inform and Inspire‟, the learning has been demonstrated and shared during „Show and Share‟ and now it time for the students to have a go practising the learning and sharing together. This is the time where students try the new learning with support from teachers and peers. They need to have a go, make mistakes and learn from the feedback that is given. This stage may provide students with multiple ways of trying and transferring their learning. During this time students often work with peers gathering additional knowledge, problem solving, clarifying their learning as they transfer their knowledge within the tasks set. Through this section of learning where students are trying new skills, acquiring knowledge and understanding with support, their confidence and capacity to transfer their learning increases ready for the next stage of iSTAR – „Apply and Action‟. Reference: WAPPA (2013. iSTAR) – A Model for Connected Practice Within Classrooms.

OPEN NIGHT Wednesday 2 September

6:30 – 7:30pm

Classrooms will be open during this time for parents, students, grandparents and other family members to visit their child‟s room. Come along and see what

wonderful work has been produced by our students.

ARMISTICE DAY CONCERT The City of Canning has invited 20 students from Year 5 and 6 to sing at an Armistice Day Concert. Children from Shelley will be performing with students from other schools in the local area and Rossmoyne Community Singers. The children will be singing “The Green Hills of Albany”, “In Flanders Fields” and “Kyrie”. Over the last two weeks, students for Year 5 and 6 have been auditioning for this special choir. There was a lot of interest and talent and it proved to be a very difficult process, but we could only select 20 children for the Armistice Day Choir. Congratulations to the following successful students:

Year 5: Avelyne, Aden, Alannah, Ella, Harmony, Amy, Rebecca, Marco, Kavinraj, Chantel Year 6 Imogen, Bella, Gabrielle, Paige, Myka, Micah, Kusal, Lily, Madelaine, Kelly

AUSTRALIAN PROBLEM SOLVING MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIADS The Shelley Maths Olympiad Team sat the fourth completion last Wednesday, 19 August. Congratulations to the following students who are on the top of the table:

Name Year Scores

Micah 6 19

Dylan 6 17

Hao 5 16

Marco 5 14

The fifth and last completion will be held on the Wednesday, 9 September Please note: Monday morning Maths Olympiad lessons (8:00 – 8:30am will be cancelled for weeks 8, 9 and 10 as (Mrs Donaldson is on long service leave during this time).

Congratulat ions! The following students were presented with their Merit Certificates

at our Parent Assembly last Thursday, 13 August 2015.

Congratulations to our merit award winners!!

YEAR 7 ENROLMENT AT HIGH SCHOOL A reminder to parents of Year 6 students that enrolment of your child for Year 7 at high school should now be completed. If you haven‟t done so it is suggested that you contact the high school as soon as possible.

EDU DANCE CONCERT A reminder that the Edu Dance Concert will be held on the last day of term, Friday 25 September, commencing at 2:15pm. All parents are welcome to attend to see their children perform.

Year/Room Recipients Year 3 – Room 1 Ethan, Angad

Year 2 – Room 3 Heidi, Neil

Year 2 – Room 4 Thomas, Leon

Year 1 – Room 5 Annabel, Ella

Year 1 – Room 6 Tia, Freya

Year 3 – Room 7 Elodie, Jamie

Year 5 – Room 8 Amy, Michaela

Year 4 – Room 9 Ciara, Sarthak

Year 4 – Room 10 Megan

Year 5– Room 10 Jamie

Year 6 – Room 11 Lockie, Sean

Year 6 – Room 12 Matthew, Isindu

Year 3 – Room 17 Leela, Arnav

UNIFORM SHOP NEXT OPEN DAY

TERM 3 - Tuesday 1 September

8:30am – 9:00am

WOOLWORTH EARN AND LEARN! This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school – and all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths. At the end of the promotion, we‟ll be able to get some great new equipment. The range is extensive and offers lots of items ideal for our students – including resources for Maths, English, Science and some fantastic fun supplies for Arts & Craft, Sport and for our library. If you‟d like to know more visit https://www2.woolworthsonline.com.au TO GET INVOLVED, SIMPLY:

1. Shop at Woolworths and you‟ll get 1 Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 you spend.* 2. Stick them on a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet. You can pick one up from our school, Woolies store

or download. 3. Once you‟ve filled your Sticker Sheet, pop it into a Collection Box at our school outside of the Science Room

or in the office.

P & C NEWS

UNIFORM SHOP NEWS - UNIFORM SHOP (located next to the canteen)

The uniform shop will open as normal on Tuesdays during Term 3 from 8:30am – 9:00am on the following dates:

TUESDAYS Sept 1 and Sept 15

COMMONWEALTH BANK SCHOOL BANKING UPDATE – PLEASE READ Concerns have been raised regarding the „Cosmic Light Beam Torch‟ reward item due to the inclusion of four button batteries that can be accessed by unscrewing the back of the torch. Whilst this reward has been independently tested and deemed to meet relevant product standards the Commonwealth Bank have made the decision to proactively withdraw this item from the School Banking Rewards Program. Parents/Guardians are requested to dispose of any „Cosmic Light Beam Torches‟ their child may have already received as part of the Rewards Program. Students who have previously received a „Cosmic Light Beam Torch‟ are welcome to redeem an alternative reward item.

SUPPORT SHELLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL BUY AN ENTERTAINMENT™

MEMBERSHIP & TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE POSTAGE!

STUDENT SCHOOL BANKING DAY

TUESDAY BEFORE SCHOOL AT 8:30AM AT A BLOCK

Take advantage of free postage when you buy your Entertainment™ Book or Digital Membership from us before 31 August 2015 and you will automatically be in the draw to win a $1,000 Woolworths WISH eGift Card! Plus, if you are the lucky winner, we win a $1,000 WISH eGift Card too! If you have already purchased your Entertainment™ Membership this year – THANK YOU! Please feel free to forward this email to your friends and family. Every Membership sold helps our fundraising!

BUY ONLINE NOW

CANTEEN CORNER The canteen committee are continuing our preparations for Faction Carnival day on the 11 September and would ask you all to watch out for the volunteer roster posters which will be put up about the school. It would be great if you could volunteer just half an hour or so of your time. This way, everyone will get to watch their children race and also be able to enjoy some warm or cold food and a coffee, cool drink or ice cream. Please continue to support your School P and C canteen. We also ask that you donate some small cakes or a slice on the day (if at all possible, please), so we can sell it at our coffee and cake stall. Please include an ingredients list so we can be allergy aware. If you are unable to donate cake, perhaps you would be able to buy some instead. Thanks so much for your continued support, The Canteen Committee.

CANTEEN OPENING DAYS ARE MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS

CANTEEN ROSTER TERM THREE

WEEK MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY

6 26 August Emma Thomson, Nicki Jones

28 August Carolyn Daggers, Julie Cooper

7 31 August Yvonne Chen, Huelya Lusser

2 September Kym Dalton, Lou McCartin

4 Sept Bernie Hartley, Anne-Marie Parker

8 7 Sept Lindsay Garside, Susan Hughes

9 Sept Pamela Honeyford, Hannah Jefferson

11 Sept – FACTION CARNIVAL Volunteers are needed to help

COMMUNITY NEWS

Please watch the noticeboards outside the administration building and B Block for the latest community news.

YEAR 7 ENROLMENTS FOR 2016 AT ROSSMOYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Students entering Year 7 in 2016 at Rossmoyne SHS need to get their enrolments in as quickly as possible. If you are interested in further information on enrolment or wish to have an enrolment package sent to you, please contact our Enrolment Officer, Mrs Tracy Bruinsma on (08) 9259 2100 (ext 215) or email Tracy.Bruinsma@education.wa.edu.au

ROSSMOYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL - SECOND HAND UNIFORM SHOP The RSHS second hand uniform shop is located behind the staff carpark in Keith Road.

We are open on Fridays between 8:30 and 9:30. If you have a student starting at RSHS in 2016 please take the opportunity to come down early as we have limited stock in small sizes. We have sports, school and music uniforms available. All of our profits are returned to the school and benefit the music programme. Hope to see you soon!

HELLO SHELLEY FAMILIES, Our billy karts are taking form! The children are having a great time constructing their

karts. Last week they put on the back and sides, and this week they will be painting them before the wheels go on. They cannot wait to race them and one of the children are already ahead of the game This week on Science day, we are making lava lamps, so if you have a spare plastic bottle you do not want, please feel free to drop them into us, or even better, come and join in the fun!

We are also lending a helping hand in sticking the Earn and Learn stickers into the books. The children absolutely love helping out, so parents, keep bringing in those stickers! Last note: Please come and check out our lost property box, as it is overflowing with jackets. Feel free to come and have a look through it. It is located under our table outside the science room. Have a great week and we look forward to meeting you, Sarah and Hannah Helping Hands Network team Location: On school premises, in the undercover area next to the Science room Mobile: 0475 822 143 E-mail: shelley@helpinghandsnetwork.com.au Web: www.helpinghandsnetwork.com.au

CANNING AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURAL & RECREATIONAL SOCIETY INC CANNINGTON EXHIBITION CENTRE & SHOWGROUNDS Cnr Station Street/Albany Highway, CANNINGTON WA 6107 PO Box 331 CANNINGTON WA 6987 Phone: 08 9451 1820 Email: show@cahrs.com.au Website: www.cahrs.com.au