NEWSLETTER

ISSUE 1, FEBRUARY 2013

20-Feb Barbecue and Bush Dance

05-Mar Parent Seminar “Nature Play”

6:30pm to 8:00pm

Chapel

06-Mar Annual General Meeting at

7:00pm in the Library

Resource Centre

IMPORTANT DATES

FROM THE P&F ASSOCIATION

Parents & Friends Association Inc.

CORE VALUES:

We are a nurturing Christian community, basing all we do on the values of:

RESPECT for ourselves, for others and the environment. RESPONSIBILITY for our actions.

HONESTY in our interaction with others. COMMITMENT to achieve our best in all we do.

Welcome back to another school year. I hope you all had a great Christmas, New Year

and holiday.

The P&F Association would like to welcome all new families to John Wollaston and look

forward to meeting you all.

BUSH DANCE AND BARBECUE

Each year the P&F Association hosts a Bush Dance and Barbecue at the School to

welcome everyone back. It is a great opportunity for new families to John Wollaston to

meet other families, staff and teachers.

The P&F Association will supply hamburgers and a sausage sizzle. Iced water will be

available and the café will be open to purchase drinks and ice-creams. We will be

entertained by “The Mucky Duck Bush Band”. This event is always a great night so bring

along your chairs or picnic rug and join us for a fun evening.

You will soon receive an Invitation to the Bush Dance which will be held on Wednesday 20

February 2013. To help with catering please complete the RSVP and return it to school.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The AGM will be held in the Library on Wednesday 6 March 2013 at 7:00pm in the Library

Resource Centre. We would love to see some new faces at our AGM. The main aim of the

P&F Association is to help our children by organising Barbecues, Discos, Seminars and the

disbursement of the P&F Levy.

QUIZ NIGHT

In 2012 the P&F Association with the help of parents and businesses hosted a very

successful Quiz Night. This year we will be hosting a Quiz Night on 29 June 2013. Please

keep this date in mind as we would love some help and donations of prizes.

SEMINAR

In partnership with the Primary School, the P&F Association has organised a seminar for

parents presented by Mr Griffin Longley, the Chief Executive Officer of Nature Play WA.

Aside from his key role at Nature Play WA, Griffin Longley is an award-winning journalist, a

columnist with The West Australian and the Manager of the Midnight Basketball

programmes for at-risk youth in Midland. He will be speaking on the growing body of

evidence showing the importance of free-play outdoors (nature play) to children’s

cognitive and emotional development, capacity to learn and behavior.

“We are in the middle of the single biggest change in childhood in human history, and it

has never been more important to understand the impact that physical, unstructured,

outdoor play has on the way our kids develop, relate to the world around them and

learn”, says Mr Longley.

Date: Tuesday 5 March 2013

Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Location: The Chapel

The briefing promises to be highly informative and give parents insight into the significant

role outdoor activity plays in children’s development. I hope you will join us on the night. A

letter will be sent home soon to parents with RSVP details.

DEL NASH

On behalf of the P&F ASSOCIATION INC