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Flinders Park Primary School
Yatana Road,
Bayonet Head, WA 6330
www.flindersparkps.wa.edu.au
Phone: (08) 9844 7200
Fax: (08) 9844 7617
PUPIL REQUIREMENTS Children need a healthy piece of food for morning break each day. This can be a choice of fruit, vegetables, dried fruit or cheese. Also a water bottle, taken home at the end of the day to clean and refill. The children will need to bring a nutritious lunch. Canteen lunches are available Monday to Friday. Lollies and chocolates in your child’s lunch are discouraged, as outlined in our school policy. Please refer to your child’s booklist for stationery requirements. CONTACT TIMES If you need to contact Pre-primary please call the school office on 9844 7200. They will pass on a message. You can also speak with the teacher if you would like to talk about your child’s pre-primary learning. Please see teachers to arrange a suitable time.
We look forward to a productive and happy year for you and your child in 2019.
A warm welcome is extended to you and your child
FLINDERS PARK PRE-PRIMARY
2019
An Independent Public School
PARENT INVOLVEMENT
Staff and children enjoy the benefits of having a parent or family member spend time at Pre-primary. Parents are welcome to come and help at the Centres when they can.
The Early Childhood Centre, comprised of the Kindergarten and Pre-primary, has a committee which is a Sub-Committee of the Parents and Citizens Association. This meets on a regular basis. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE
Children must be brought to the room each morning and picked up from the room each afternoon by an adult.
Please bring and pick up your child on time. If they arrive too early it feels as if no-one else is coming on the day, and if they are picked up late, they feel as if they have been forgotten!
If your child’s arrival or departure routine is changed for any reason, eg change of bus, different bus stop, he/she is being picked up by someone else, the school needs to be notified. A note to the teacher or a signed message in the communication book will be sufficient to ensure we know what is happening with your child. We must have written notification or a phone call to allow your child to go home with anyone else. If you need to pick your child up early, or drop them off late, please sign them in and out at the School Office. PARKING
There is parking available at the rear of the Early Learning Centre, accessible from the main school entry (off Yatana Road). This is a one way only traffic area with the exit down Bauer Street. There are also drop-off and pick-up bays at the front of the main school buildings. Please don’t park for extended periods of time in these bays.
Please use the designated parking bays and not the side of the roadway. We have had some incidences which have unsettled parents because cars are parked in non parking areas.
Our school is a change point for school buses and they need access to the school driveway in the morning and afternoon. Please keep this area clear for bus use from 8:00am to 8:30am, as well as from 3:20pm to 3:45pm.
DEAR PARENTS AND FAMILIES
Welcome to Flinders Park Primary School. Pre-primary is the beginning of your child’s fulltime formal education. Your child will be in an exciting and challenging environment that enables them to learn at his/her own pace.
Enrolment and attendance at pre-primary is COMPULSORY. Regular attendance helps with consistent reinforcement of social skills, behavior and learning. In saying this it is also important that in the case of sickness the child stays at home.
As parents we encourage you to support the program in a variety of ways as the learning program is very much a team approach between parents, children and staff. ATTENDANCE The full-time Pre-primary program commences for all students on Monday 4th February 2019. If your child needs a more gradual introduction to fulltime schooling, please discuss this with the Principal.
Hours of operation are from 8.50am to 3.00pm
Any absences from school requires a note, email, phone call or SMS with the reason to be provided to the school within 3 days of returning to school. SCHOOL VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS The School Contributions are set by the School Board and for 2019 will be $60 per student. For families of 3 or more children the contributions are set at $180. Funds collected benefit the school and contribute towards the purchase of valuable resources.
CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR It is suggested that you don’t send your child in ‘best’ clothes. Quite a lot of our activities are messy and although we do our best with aprons and so on, accidents do happen. Please include a spare set of underwear and pants, in the students school bag, in case of accidents. During the day children will be removing their shoes to play on equipment. This is to maintain safe practices and for optimal physical development. HATS As children are engaged in active outdoor play it is important for all children to bring a sun-safe hat every day. During Terms 1 and 4, we have a “NO HAT, NO FUN IN THE SUN” Policy at the school. Sun Safe hats are either legionnaire styled or broad brimmed. Baseball style caps are not suitable. BAGS Children will need a LARGE bag to hold their fruit, lunch box and to bring home their work. They will also need a library bag as we will go to the school library each week. Please ensure ALL children’s belongings are named. (lunch box, jumpers, hats etc.)