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Contact us at Winterfold.PS@education.wa.edu.au Ph: 9337 2936 Fax: 9314 6028

www.winterfoldps.wa.edu.au

Term 2 Week 4, 18 May 2016 From the Admin Team

Dear Parents, Carers and Community Members,

Winterfold continues to be a strongly performing school in so many areas; and now our cricket teams have excelled! At a recent lightning carnival, all teams acquitted themselves well, but the Girls Red team were the overall winners and will now compete in the Regional finals. Congratulations to all involved!

May we just make a few safety reminders:

1. Students are not permitted to play on any equipment after school. We know this is somewhat of a pain, but the main reason is that students supervised by parents attract students who are NOT supervised at all. Often when asked where the “supervising” parent is located, students reply that they are “over there” (sometimes hundreds of metres away), or even at a parent/teacher meeting. In a perfect world, none of this would matter, but sadly it does – and the Principal carries the Duty of Care responsibility, not the parents…. 2. Students or parents in the staff car park are

at risk. It is a tight area with lots of traffic, and cars that park in the Undercover area pop out with no warning. This applies to parents picking students up from Horizons, who should park at the rear of the PAC.

3. The third reminder is a more positive one – a reminder to thank those proactive parents on the P&C and Roadwise committees for advocating for traffic calming in Annie Street – finally!! Parents still need to follow the road rules in order to keep our students (and their pockets) safe.

And finally….what a Mother’s Day Breakfast that was!! A restaurant quality meal, great vibe and hugely well attended. Thanks to Ben Green and his band of merry helpers (plus our fantastic staff) – you did an awesome job. Dads, grandads, uncles etc all around the suburbs are really looking forward to Father’s Day Brekky… Thanks The Admin Team

WHAT’S HAPPENING Friday 3 June Staff Professional Development Day - Students DO NOT attend Monday 6 June Public Holiday - Western Australia Day Students DO NOT attend Friday 10 June Room 3 Assembly Tuesday 14 June Kindy Starfish Group Photos* Wednesday 15 June School Photos* Thursday 16 June Kindy Seahorse Group Photos* * Photo information packs will be distributed as soon as they are to hand. Friday 24 June Room 11 Assembly Monday 27 June P&C Meeting in the Library, 6pm Wednesday 29 June Winter Carnival - Further details to follow Friday 1 July Last day of Term 2

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Drop Off and Pick Up - Parking of Cars Unfortunately there are not enough car bays for everyone to park directly outside the school, however there is plenty of parking available on adjacent streets. Please park safely within a 1- 2 minute walk away from the school if there are no car bays available.

Please be mindful not to park on resident’s verges or block their driveways.

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We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank our lovely Canteen Co-ordinator, Pip Slaughter, for the high standards and effort that she puts into making sure our Canteen is so well run and organised. Thank you also to all our parent helpers who give their time and assistance so freely to help make it such a successful canteen.

Rusting Ladder Rung in Kindy - Request for Repair

The last rung on the ladder of a much loved (and irreplaceable) piece of play equipment in the Kindy is rusting, and we’re calling out to see if there’s anyone who would be kind enough to offer their assistance and expertise in welding the rung to fix it.

If you can help or know someone who can, please contact the Winterfold office on 9337 2936 or e-mail us on winterfold.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Thank you!

Canteen News

Soup is flying out the door! Congratulations again to Ronan and Elise for sharing such tasty recipes with the school.

A special thanks to Paul Smith and Lise Reid who jumped in to help last Friday.

If the order line is really long, consider coming behind the counter to help at drop off for 15 minutes, it really does help!

Thanks again to Georgie Reppas and Lilli Merry who lend us their grandmothers every week.

Thank you to all our helpers in Kindy

Heidi's dad (Jamie) dug the manure into the veggie patch. Raphael's mum (Yulia) brought in a beautiful, painted tyre planter. Molly's mum (Emily) is washing the bean bag covers, while Eve's mum (Brooke) is refilling them for us. Our lovely canteen manager, Pip, has also donated seed potatoes and bean bag filling.

We are very grateful for everyone's help and support.

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P&C News

Mother’s Day Breakfast A BIG thank you to Ben Green and his wonderful Volunteers, for an outstanding Mother’s Day Breakfast. Well done! How wonderful was it to see so many Mothers enjoying themselves, sipping fresh plunger coffee, eating spanakopita and pannacotta. Congratulations to all raffle winners. We hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day.

To all that donated prizes, thank you so much. Without your donations the raffle would not have been possible: FRANK GOURMET MEATS MOMENTUM PHYSIOTHERAPY FLOWER HOUND WIDE BAKERY KATE AND ABLE located at MANY 6160 Shopping Mall HAIRSonFIRE located at MANY 6160 Shopping Mall CARLIE HINDLE GALATIS MICHELLE

If there is anyone one that I have missed out, my apologies and thank you!

A BIG thank you to the generous businesses who helped with this year’s Mother’s Day Breakfast: GALATIS - who donated the fruit SUGAR HOUND - helped create the pannacotta and granola KAKULAS SISTERS - donated the fresh coffee SCAVARCIS IGA - discounted the croissants

The P&C are happy to announce funds raised for this year’s Mother’s Day Breakfast were $869. WELL DONE!

Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Another BIG thank you to Bruce Phillips and Volunteers for spending Mother’s Day, Sunday, 8 May 2016, at Bunnings O’Connor, fundraising for the P&C by selling yummy BBQ sausages in buns. Funds raised for the day were $700. Well done, and thank you to the following volunteers, we couldn’t have done this without you all: Bruce Phillips, Trevor Teale, Amanda Phillips, Tiff Templeton, Joe Falkner-Maher, Connor Falkner-Maher, Nic, James Moncur, Sarah King, Kara Murray and Jill Craven.

Our next P&C Meeting will be held at the school’s library on Monday, 27 June 2016 at 6pm. Hope to see you there.

2016 Entertainment Books

Entertainment books are being sent home next week. If you want to opt-out, please submit your details in the box in the front office. Thanks to all families who have placed orders already. If you have questions about the book or the digital app, please see Pip Slaughter. If you'd like to place an order for additional Entertainment books, please visit www.entbook.com.au/87o112.

APPLICATIONS FOR ENROLMENT OF STUDENTS FOR 2017

Applications for enrolment for children entering Kindergarten and Pre Primary for the 2017 school year should be made by Friday, 22 July 2016. Please see separate articles below.

KINDY 2017 – If you know of any families in our area who will have a Kindy aged child next year, please advise them we are now taking Applications for Enrolment. These are available from the office or can be downloaded from our website www.winterfoldps.wa.edu.au/enrolments

Applications close Friday, 22 July 2016. Families will be contacted shortly after this date

regarding their application.

PRE PRIMARY 2017 – Students currently attending Kindy at Winterfold will be requested to sign their existing Kindy Application for Enrolment, which we will provide, to be considered for enrolment in Pre Primary for 2017. Please contact the office before Friday, 22 July 2016, if you haven’t had the opportunity to sign the Application for Enrolment.

YEAR 1 2017 - As Pre Primary is now compulsory, all existing Pre Primary 2016 students will be automatically enrolled into Year 1 2017 - no further enrolment action is necessary.

We have places available for all year groups. Please feel free to contact our Principal, Mr Steve Berry, to discuss and take a tour of our wonderful school.

South Fremantle Senior High School Enrolment and Specialist Program Applications

are now open! Enrolment Forms and Applications for the Specialist Programs at South Fremantle Senior High School, have been handed out to the Year 6’s today. Any Year 6 student interested in enrolling at South Fremantle Senior High School for 2017 should complete the enrolment form and return it to South Fremantle Senior High School by Monday, 30 May 2016. Specialist Programs include: Music Baseball Marine

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T20 Blast Interschool Carnival

After the success of the Winterfold Big Bash T20 Cricket Tournament in Term 1, Winterfold sent three boys teams and two girls teams to the District T20 Blast Interschool Carnival at Gilbert Fraser Reserve in North Fremantle on Thursday, 5 May 2016. It was a fantastic day enjoyed by all students with some smashing batting, quick and accurate bowling and terrific fielding displays from all sides.

There was even a "dance off" half way through the day where the students bust a move. One of Winterfold boys teams had some great success and finished in second place for the tournament. The highlight of the day was that one of our girls teams won the trophy and will now compete in the Regional Finals in October! If the girls team win the Regional Finals, they will progress to the State Finals at the WACA. If they win the State Finals they will travel all the way to the MCG to compete in the National Finals. What a fantastic incentive! We are all just glad that they enjoyed the games and are keen to keep playing the great game of cricket.

TRAVELSMART

Well done to our first raffle ticket winners for Term 2: Jonny Jones-Head Jesse Jones-Head Liam Mulchrone We had a special visit from RAC to teach each of our classes about Road Safety. Thank you very much to Prue who came in and ran some hands-on and very educational activities for us. Our school could win up to $5000 if we have the highest percentage of students join the Little Legends Club. Joining this club is free and you can get special discounts to fun things, such as the movies and zoo. You can send your form back to school or sign up at https://littlelegends.rac.com.au

FIRST AID

We have also been very lucky this term to have St John's Ambulance visit and run a First Aid session for each class. Basic First Aid skills ranging from Danger and Response knowledge through to student's learning the recovery position. Thanks so much to our local ambulance services.