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From the Principal

Welcome to Week 3!

We are getting through the term with lots of enthusiasm as there has been some great things happening! A big thank you to our P&C who held a wonderful Mother’s Day stall. We hope all of our Waddington mums, aunts, sisters and caregivers had a fabulous day yesterday.

The students have been enjoying not having to wear masks, however some are still choosing to do so. As the cases continue, you may see relief teachers and support staff through the school as our staff and their families are affected by COVID.  

We have started our dancing lessons and the students are thoroughly enjoying learning their routines. Over the holidays, our 40 year old wet area flooring was replaced and the results are fabulous. Room 9 especially looks beautiful and it is such a positive step for Waddington PS. Over the next 6 weeks, we will be having further improvement works to the roof sections of our classrooms. This will cause some disruption, however we have tried to minimise this as much as possible. There will be a note going home in the coming week about these works.

As the colder weather arrives, I would encourage you and your family to get vaccinated against the flu. We have organised for RediMed to come and deliver FREE flu vaccinations at our school on the 31^st May 9am – 11am. If you do not have the note to sign up, please come to the office. This is also free for students so you are welcome to sign your child up also for this service (however, you will need to be with them when they receive the vaccination).

Our two Aboriginal artists, Loretta Egan and Noleen Brockman will be starting their new mural in the undercover area over the coming weeks with our students. This has been made possible by the grant from Lotterywest and the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. We feel so fortunate to have this opportunity.

NAPLAN will be starting this week for our Year 3 and Year 5 students. NAPLAN is a nationwide measure through which parents, teachers, schools, education authorities, governments and the broader community can determine how well young Australians are developing the literacy and numeracy skills that provide the critical foundation for other learning and for their productive and rewarding participation in the community. NAPLAN allows us as a school to make evidence based decisions around our school programs and to ensure that students are progressing. NAPLAN is not the only measure though, and as you know here at Waddington PS, our students social and emotional learning is just as important. If you wish to access some more information about NAPLAN, please go to Public demonstration site (nap.edu.au).

Kind regards

Jemima Tomlinson

Principal

From the Administration Office

Term 2 2022 Planner

The term planner is updated regularly and below are some important dates to be aware of for the next 3 weeks.

Please find a link to the updated Term 2 2022 planner below.

Term 2 2022 Parent Planner

Important Dates

9th May 2022 – Jumble sale starting 2.45pm

10th May 2022 – NAPLAN commences

11th May 2022 – Dance lessons (Rooms 1, 4 and 5)

16th May 2022 – NAPLAN continues

18th May 2022 – Assembly 9am – Deaf Awareness & Dance lessons (Rooms 1, 4 and 5)

20th May 2022 – Global Roaming – Room 5

Room 4 – Learning all about animals!

Room 4 have welcomed in Djeran by taking our learning to the bush walk and drawing our native plants and animals. We are finishing off contour (continuous) line drawings of the flora and fauna in our local community, whilst learning their Noongar names. This links into our theme of the term: Animals! We will be studying Animals across a range of learning areas and you may be lucky enough to see some of our animal work at the assembly in week 9!

Term 2 is always busy and we have started dance, which we have loved. We also regularly practice movement breaks and brain breaks to help us stay focussed! As a class we really enjoy our mindfulness sessions after lunch with Mrs Tomlinson and our stretches with Mr Whitely. 

Our maths sessions have been fabulous this term as we have started to delve into multiplication and problem solving. The students have even been able to show some of their amazing learning on Minecraft education, which has also given them the opportunity of working on conflict resolution and team work. 

We are excited for the busy term ahead and all the amazing learning that we are going to do!! 

Community Notices

Emergency Relief – Support during COVID isolation

Roseworth Child and Parent Centre have made us aware of a very useful resource which families can access if they require support during isolation or are generally experiencing difficulties. Please see the flyer below with the details of the Emergency Relief and Food Access Service which is a free, accessible and phone-based service.

Are you interested in becoming a foster carer?

Children require a safe place to live.  At times, for a variety of reasons, living with family is not the safest option for all children.  Department of Communities, Mirrabooka District, is seeking motivated, caring and nurturing adults who may be willing to attend a local information session to hear about becoming a foster carer.  Foster carers often tell us that making the decision to help vulnerable children and young people and providing them with a loving home has been one of the best decisions they have ever made.  There are a number of foster care options available.  Some are long term, full-time arrangements while other foster carers provide support for short term or short break placements.  Foster carers come from all walks of life.  You may be single, partnered or married, with or without your own children.  As a foster carer, you would be supported by a dedicated Placement Officer.

Interested applicants would need to attend a fostering information session.  We have sessions that will occur at the Mirrabooka District office and the Herb Graham Recreation Centre in Mirrabooka. Please see the flyers below for further information.

Morley Senior High School – Specialist testing for student starting Year 7 2023

Please see the flyer below for information on the next date for specialist testing for those students currently in year 6.

Hamersley Recreation Centre – New Junior Cricket Program

Please see the flyer below for the new program commencing Wednesdays in term 2.

From the Principal

Dear Waddington families,

What an eventful Term 1! I wanted to express my gratitude to all of you for the immense support you have given the school this term. I appreciate all the amazing communication from each of you and your support in keeping students’ home when they are unwell and when they are isolating. Our staff here have done a wonderful job in keeping classes running and keeping students learning, even when they are away. We are very lucky to have some of the most committed and positive staff here at Waddington PS. 

Over the holidays, if your child needs to isolate or gets COVID, you do not need to inform us. I will be sending through a survey at the end of the holidays which will allow you to let us know. 

Now to some staffing news! Our capable EA Ms Bonnie Smith was successful in gaining the Library Officer position so we are very grateful to have her join the team in this permanent role. Ms Smith has transformed the library space and has been busy getting lots of new books for the students. Ms Mel Hoff will be taking Term 2 off from Science, and we have a new teacher, Mr Seyhann Corr who has joined us. He has been busy getting to know the students and taking on lots of great Science activities. 

We are updating our uniforms as the current styles have been discontinued by our supplier. We have a new jumper coming out, which is a lot cheaper than the current jacket. We have also had to change our polo shirt slighlty as they are no longer available. Once our current stock runs out, we will have a red polo shirt with white piping. There will no longer be a grey polo shirt and students will all wear the red shirt, no matter what their faction. A reminder also with the cooler weather approaching, we are not allowing students to wear hoodies. 

Our wonderful P&C will be announcing the winners of their Easter raffle and “guess how many” jar at the end of the week so make sure you get your tickets and guesses in! 

Over the holidays, we are hoping that the murals in our undercover area will be painted over to create a blank canvas for our artists Loretta Egan and Noleen Brockman. They will be working with the students to create a beautiful mural. 

I would like to wish you all a very happy and safe holiday break and I look forward to seeing you all in Term 2!

Kind regards,

Jemima Tomlinson 

Principal

From the Administration Office

Just a reminder that the last day for students for term 1 is Friday 8th April. Term 2 commences on Tuesday 26th April.

Important dates

Term 1 2022

4th April 2022 – Newsletter 3 published

8th April 2022 – P&C Easter raffle and “Guess the number of eggs” will be drawn

Term 2 2022

26th April 2022 – Term commences for staff and students

27th April 2022 – ANZAC service (Choir and Student leaders)

27th April 2022 – Footsteps Dance Company Lessons (Room’s 1, 4 and 5)

6th May 2022 – Global Roaming sessions (Room 5)

Term 2 2022 Planner

The planner for term 2 has been created. Please find a link below to the term planner page.

Term 2 2022 Parent Planner

Footsteps Dance Company – Term 2 2022

Next term starting in week 1 on Wednesday afternoons students in Rooms 1, 4 and 5 will be having dance lessons with Footsteps Dance Company. These lessons run for 10 weeks with the last lesson being a presentation for our families to come and watch. The school was very fortunate to gain a grant from Lotterywest and the Department of Local Government Sport and Cultural Industries to assist us in reducing the cost for our families to just $15 per student.

Payments for the lessons were due in Wednesday 30th March, thank you to those families who have already made their payments. For those families who have not paid, it would be appreciated if permission slips could be returned and payments be made by no later than Friday 8th April. If families would like to set up a payment plan, please drop into the front office to arrange.

Room 1 – Learning all about the sea and much more!

WOW, we can’t believe it is nearly the end of Term One! And what a fabulous term it has been. Room One students have worked so hard and have demonstrated such resilience during this challenging term. They just keep going!

We started the year with our mini-theme ‘All About Me’. It was so much fun getting to know our students. Then our special visitor ‘Mr Shark’ came to stay with us as part of our Sea Theme and is helping us explore all the mysteries of the sea. Students have written fabulous narratives based on our Talk For Writing story ‘Sayeeda the Pirate Princess’. They are now investigating life under the sea and sea creatures. Did you know sharks never sleep!! Students will have the opportunity to write their own informational text based on their own fictional sea creature. They have also been working hard in rotational literacy groups. It has been such a pleasure listening to students read, discussing different texts, playing literacy games and even creating their own puppet show.

In Numeracy Year Ones and Twos have been such keen participants in our new mental maths program that has been implemented this year. Year Two’s are becoming experts at completing the tasks on iPads and Year Ones have been working so hard, completing their tasks in their special mental maths books. In Number and Measurement activities students have been exploring concepts through hands-on activities in rotation groups. It is so pleasing to see how much they are learning!

Tuesday is Art Day and students love art. They have gone on a real art journey from drawings, to collages to creating art pieces in clay. The students are so proud of their creations. They are budding artists in the making!

And to end the term on a high…Room One will have the chance to bring a toy to school on the last day of this term. It will be a BIG Show and Tell day for all and fits in perfectly with our History topic: Toys Now and Then. During this term, students have been investigating and comparing living in the past compared to now. Did you know the first box of crayons to be produced was in 1903?

We have loved the way you have worked so hard this term Room One….You are all Little Shining Stars!!!

Highway Heroes

Resilience and Mood Management

This term in Highway Heroes we commencing a new module called Managing Me: Mood Management & Resilience. Resilience is part of being able to bounce back from adversity. A child can be very resilient when they lose a game of sport, but they might have a difficult time bouncing back from friendship issues or not doing well in the classroom. Resilience is made up of many factors and we need to watch out for areas where children are being resilient and create more of those moments. Telling your child when you notice them being resilient – and how they’re being resilient – is very important. Simple comments such as they really help:

• “I noticed that you got a little upset today when you didn’t get the Merit Certificate at Assembly. It was very resilient to ‘High Five’ your friend who did get the Merit Certificate.”
• “When you missed that goal at soccer practise today, you didn’t give up. That’s very resilient to have another go.”
• “Even though Sam’s been excluding you at school this week, you’ve still managed to play with other kids. That shows resilience.

A Big Thank You!

We would like to acknowledge and sincerely thank three wonderful organisations who have been providing support to our Waddington students and families this term.

Oz Harvest, Woolworths Mirrabooka and GraceLife Church Malaga have been providing weekly food donations of pantry items, fresh fruit and vegetables and baked goods. These donations help with supplies for our daily breakfast club and excess items are offered to our families who require assistance.

It is so wonderful to see organisations paying it forward and making such a difference to families in our school community, especially given it has been a very difficult start to the year.

THANK YOU!!

Community Notices

Emergency Relief – Support during COVID isolation

Roseworth Child and Parent Centre have made us aware of a very useful resource which families can access if they require support during isolation or are generally experiencing difficulties. Please see the flyer below with the details of the Emergency Relief and Food Access Service which is a free, accessible and phone-based service.

Roseworth Child and Parent Centre

School Holiday Programs – ONLINE ONLY

Roseworth will not be offering face to face programs these school holidays, however each day on Facebook they will be posting ideas and suggestions for activities that you can do at home.  Staff will still be at the Centre during the holidays so we welcome you dropping by or calling us on 9342 6363. 

Parenting Programs Term 2 2022

Below are some flyers for upcoming parenting programs commencing in Term 2 2022.

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