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From the Principal

Dear Parents/Carers,

Welcome to the 2023 school year! Our academic year has started with a lot of smiles, enthusiasm and most importantly, learning. Equally as exciting is the fact that our numbers have now grown to 85 students. We have not had this many students for a number of years and is proof that Waddington PS is doing a superb job in educating students!

I would like to thank all of our parents and caregivers for ensuring students are coming to school every day and on time. Attendance in our classes has been excellent, and I ask that this continues as our students start to grow tired as the term goes on. It is vital that students attend every single day to get the most out of their schooling.

We have had a number of new staff join us this term and we would like to officially welcome Miss Bartley (Visual Arts Teacher), Miss Ciacnosci (PE and Science Specialist), Miss Jones (Rm 9 teacher Term 1) and Miss Middleton (Education Assistant). We also have Noongar teachers coming each week from Balga SHS to teach our students.

We will be making a slight change starting tomorrow to the gates that will be opened in the mornings and afternoons to the school. We will now only be opening 2 gates into the school, the Gratwick Way and Henniker Way gates. The gates on Binstead Crt and the alleyway next to the oval will now be permanently closed. This is to stop the amount of time it takes to open and close the gates by staff. We appreciate your understanding.

We sent a SMS last week to inform our Waddington community that we will have to cancel lunch orders from Roseworth PS. We had one parent volunteer to pick up the lunch orders for us, however we need one more parent to pick up the orders and drop them at Roseworth PS every Thursday. If you think you might be able to help us with this, please give us a call at the office.

12 Buckets have officially started in Waddy Hall and they have transformed the space. It looks fantastic! 12 Buckets works in collaboration with the school to design tailored mentoring to our students. They work on developing our students wellbeing, confidence, and decision making skills. To have access to this program is amazing for Waddington PS.

A reminder that our uniform shop is open every FRIDAY at 2.50pm – 3.30pm. Thank you for ensuring your children are in their uniforms, they look fantastic.

Kind regards

Jemima Tomlinson

Principal

From the Administration Team

The term planner is updated regularly and below are some important dates to be aware of for the next four weeks.

Please refer to the Term Planner page under the ‘Community’ tab for the most up-to-date events for this term (but this may be subject to change).

Important Dates

3rd March 2023 – Staff Development Day – Students do not attend

6th March 2023 – Labour Day Public Holiday – Students do not attend

Community Notices

Food Hampers – The Pantry

The Pantry offer food hampers each week for $10. These contain fresh produce, bread and sometimes cold produce as well.

These may be useful for families as they are available year round.

The Pantry is located at 5/25 Dellamarta Road, WANGARA.

CURRENT OPENING HOURS

Wednesday – 9:30am to 12:30pm

Friday – 12pm to 3pm

Note: Closed on all other days

Please phone for more information: 0492 955 712.

City of Stirling – Sport and Recreation Programs Term 1 2023

Please see below some flyer for fun activities for your children.

Better Health Program

In partnership with the Department of Health Western Australia, Better Health Company are delivering free, healthy lifestyle programs to families in Western Australia through to 2027.

Better Health Company are delivering two evidence-based programs:

Active8 for children aged 2-5 years
The Better Health Program for children aged 6-12 years

Both programs are designed to provide families with weekly support from qualified health professionals, practical resources to support healthy behaviour change at home, and interactive weekly sessions. The programs are free-of-charge for participating families.

Program delivery

To provide flexibility and accessibility for families, both Active8 and the Better Health Program are offered in two formats:

Group-based programs delivered in local communities for families to attend face-to-face
Online programs providing home e-learning modules and weekly personalised health coaching

Making referrals to the program

Eligible participants can be referred with the support of a health professional or self-refer, independently.

*Community Health Nurses may choose to refer families that would benefit from this program after their 2-year-old Universal Contact or School Entry Health Assessment.

Referral options

Eligible children and families can be referred to each program by:

Completing the digital referral forms available at:

Referrals

https://theactive8.org/referrals/

Calling: 1300 822 953
Faxing a referral form to: 1300 325 301
Emailing: info@betterhealthcompany.org

Term 1, 2023 programs

Better Health Program group-based delivery

Mode	Location	Venue	Commencement date	Weekly session days	Session time
Group-based (face-to-face)	Port Kennedy	Rebound Arena	02/02/2023	Thursday	4.00pm – 6.00pm
Group-based (face-to-face)	Canning	Bounce Cannington	31/01/2023	Tuesday	4.00pm – 6.00pm
Group-based (face-to-face)	Joondalup	Bounce Joondalup	01/02/2023	Wednesday	4.00pm – 6.00pm
Group-based (face-to-face)	North Perth	Loftus Recreation Centre	02/02/2023	Thursday	4.00pm – 6.00pm
Group-based (face-to-face)	Mirrabooka	Herb Graham	31/01/2023	Tuesday	4.00pm – 6.00pm
Group-based (face-to-face)	Cockburn	Beeliar Community Centre	31/01/2023	Tuesday	4.00pm – 6.00pm
Group-based (face-to-face)	Armadale	Frye Park Pavilion	01/02/2023	Wednesday	4.00pm – 6.00pm

Active8 group-based delivery

Mode	Location	Venue	Commencement date	Weekly session days	Session time
Group-based (face-to-face)	Port Kennedy	Port Kennedy Community Centre	16/02/2023	Thursday	1.30pm – 3.00pm
Group-based (face-to-face)	Westminster	Westminster Parent and Child Centre	08/02/2023	Wednesday	9.30am – 11.00am

Better Health Program online delivery

Mode	Commencement date	Weekly phone coaching session days	Time
Online	27/01/2023	Monday – Thursday	3.30pm – 9.00pm

Active8 program online delivery

Mode	Commencement date	Weekly session days (webinar and phone coaching sessions alternate fortnightly)	Time
Online	27/01/2023	Fortnightly webinar: Thursday (TBC) Flexible fortnightly coaching calls: Mon-Thurs	Fortnightly webinar: 8.00pm – 8.45pm Flexible fortnightly coaching calls: 3.30pm – 9.00pm

Athena Calisthenics Club

Please see below the flyer for the above club who are looking for new members for 2023.

From the Principal

Dear Parents/Guardians,

What an amazing year we have had! I love this time of year where we can stop and reflect on the progress we have made. As a school, we have had lots of changes. We have had staff leave and new people join the Waddington PS family. I would like to say thank you to Mrs Reeves, Mrs Preston and Miss Williamson who have been with us this year and made such a positive contribution to our students and school. We are hoping to have them back again for relief next year.

Our school has had lots of upgrades and new additions and I hope you agree that it is looking better than it ever has. Over the holidays we will be having further works so we can’t wait for you to notice the improvements. We have started new teaching practices with Explicit Direct Instruction now in every classroom. Student behaviour has improved and we are getting so much learning done, our teachers haven’t stopped even though its nearly the end of the year. We have high expectations of behaviour and progress for our students. No matter where they start from, it is expected that Waddington PS students will progress and always try their best. Our school review echoed this and we did a sensational job of displaying how well we do here at Waddington PS, and the Department of Education agreed.

2023 is going to be bigger and better. I am pleased to let you know that with the help of our Board, the staff have decided on a new vision for the next 3 years. It is “As a connected community, we strive to provide quality learning opportunities through evidence-based teaching, leading students to reach their highest potential in all they do” We have a new motto “Strive to succeed” and our values have increased to Persistence, Kindness, Courage, Respect and Responsibility. We feel ready as a school to take Waddington PS to the next level and provide even more opportunities and growth for our students.

None of this would be possible without the staff here. Every single person who works at Waddington PS makes this school what it is. Our staff are kind, dedicated and hard working. 2022 has been a tricky year with lots of changes and challenges. Our staff have continued to rise to every occasion, always putting our students needs first.

Speaking of staffing, I am pleased to be able to inform you of the classes and staff we have organised for 2023:

Room 9 K / PP: Mrs Ruthven and Miss Woodworth (TEACHERS). Miss Smith (EA) Mon, Tues and alternate Wed. For Term 1 only Miss Woodworth will be taking leave and we will have Miss Anya Jones covering Miss Woodworth’s Wed, Thurs and Fri classes. Mrs Ruthven will be taking Rm 9 on Mon and Tues. When Miss Woodworth returns in Term 2, she will teach Rm 9 on Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri with Mrs Ruthven taking the class on Wednesdays.

Room 1 Yr 1 / 2: Mrs Webster (TEACHER) and Ms Swaine (EA)

Room 8 Yr 3 / 4: Miss Hoff (TEACHER)

Room 5 Yr 5 / 6: Mr Greer (TEACHER)

SCIENCE and PE: Ms Alana Cianosci will be returning to Waddington PS to cover these specialist subjects

MUSIC: Mrs Ibbitson

NOONGAR: Ms Slater

ACTING DEPUTY/MATHS INTERVENTION AND EXTENSION: Ms Chivers

EAs: Mrs Nayler will be away for Term 1. Mrs Linda McKirdy will be covering her timetable for 2 days in Term 1. We are looking forward to welcoming Mrs McKirdy back to Waddington PS!

We are very excited to announce that we have 14 Kindergarten students enrolled to welcome to Waddington PS for 2023. We are also very pleased to let you know that we will be offering Maths Intervention for students who might be struggling with concepts and Maths Extension for our students who are showing high levels skills in the Maths area. This will be run by the very capable Mrs Chivers who has a wealth of experience. This is just another way that we are committed to student progress.

A reminder that school starts for Term 1 on WEDNESDAY 1^st February. Booklist items are available to order through Campion Education now. In order to take advantage of free home delivery orders need to be in by 15th December 2022. These orders will be dispatched no later than the week ending 20th January 2023. Any orders placed after this date will incur a late fee of $8.00. We ask that all items are ready for Day 1, and that parents organise the iMaths text as soon as possible as this year, there was a delay for the books, so the earlier it is organised the better.

We are very excited for 2023! I would like to thank all of our Waddington families for your continued support of your children and our school. We hope you have a wonderful and safe Christmas break.

Kind regards,

Jemima Tomlinson

Principal

From the Administration Team

The term planner is updated regularly and below are some important dates to be aware of for the last few weeks of school.

Please refer to the Term Planner page under the ‘Community’ tab for the most up-to-date events for this term and the planner for Term 4 (but this may be subject to change). The Term 1 2023 planner will be uploaded to the school website early next year.