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Newsletter 4

May 29, 2023May 8, 2023

From the Principal

Dear Waddington community,

It is hard to believe that we are already in May! I hope all the mums, grandmothers and aunties have a beautiful Mother’s Day this Sunday. We have some very hardworking caregivers in our community and I hope you all get celebrated. A reminder that our P&C Mother’s Day stall will be running on Friday 12th May for Kindy B and Kindy A and Year 1 – 6 this Wednesday 10th May. Make sure you send your child with some money so that they can buy mum/grandma/aunty a gift. A number of our staff are also mums/grandmas, and they juggle the demands of work and parenting admirably.

I wanted to say a big thankyou to all of our caregivers as well for ensuring our students are in their school uniforms. We really appreciate the support.

School interviews are coming up on the 24^th May and I encourage you to book in to see your child’s teacher asap. You can book directly here https://www.schoolinterviews.com.au/code/rk99s.

Alternatively, your child would have brought a note home last week with instructions. If you are unable to make the interview in person, you can book a phone interview. Please remember, students will need to be picked up at 11am on this day and they are able to attend the interview if you wish. This is such a great opportunity to find out how your child is progressing and to set some goals.

Our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our students continues and this week our students will be having incursions all around Bullying, First Aid and Healthy Teeth. Please make sure you ask your child what they have learnt about when they get home!

On the 19^th May it is P&C Day. We will be acknowledging them at our Friday assembly, but I wanted to take this opportunity to thank them as well. We may have a small school, but our parent commitment is mighty. Our P&C has worked extremely hard this year already and they are trying to raise as many funds to ensure that as a school we have access to extra resources and that we can also make the costs for EduDance and Swimming lower this year. We are very appreciative of their dedication to Waddington PS and all of our students.

Chris Tait our gardener will be on leave for the next 2 months to welcome the arrival of his child. We wish him all the best and look forward to having him back with us.

We have already had a lot of students unwell from colds and tummy bugs. Please ensure your child is getting lots of rest and washing their hands and faces regularly to ensure we stop the spread of germs. I would encourage you to also book in for our free flu clinic on next Thursday 18th May. If you need the QR code, please come to the front office.

One last thing for our update, Pokemon cards are becoming a problem at school with students trading cards and then wanting them back. Please note we have banned Pokemon cards now at school so please support us in making sure that the cards do not come to school.

Kind regards,

Jemima Tomlinson

Principal

Friendly School Plus Program

In light of our Bullying incursion today, here is some helpful information for parents about what bullying and what it isn’t.

From the Administration Team

The term planner is updated regularly and below are some important dates to be aware of for this term

Please refer to the Term Planner page under the ‘Community’ tab for the most up-to-date events for term 2 (but this may be subject to change).

Important Dates

8th May 2023 – Bullying Zero Incursion

9th May 2023 – First Aid Training (Kindy – Year 6)

12th May 2023 – Healthy Mouths Incursion (Years 3 – 6)

18th May 2023 – Free Flu Vaccinations – Staff, Students and Parents/Carers

18th May 2023 – Walk Safely to School Day

18th May 2023 – Assembly – Leaders

23rd May 2023 – Parent 3-Way interviews (Students finish school at 11am)

26th May 2023 – Sorry Day

All about nutrition……

Please see below some great information from Foodbank about the importance of cooking at home.

Kindergarten Enrolments for 2024 now open!

We are now taking Kindergarten enrolments for 2024. If you have a child who was born between the 1st July 2019 and the 30th June 2020 they are now eligible to apply. If you know other families in the local area who have children born in this period please encourage them to enrol with Waddington!

You can drop into the front office and pick up an Application for Enrolment form or download one from the schools website. Please complete the form and return to the office along with the following supporting documents –

Your child’s birth certificate (or other identity documents)
Proof of address document (copy of a power/gas bill, drivers licence, rates notice, rental agreement with your residential address)
Copies of any Family Court orders or other court orders relating to the care of your child (if applicable)
Copies of information relating to any health or medical conditions, disabilities or additional needs your child may have (if applicable)
If your child is not a permanent resident of Australia, you must provide their current visa documents and any previous visa document where they are currently on a bridging visa (if applicable)

Applications need to be in by 22nd July 2023. Families will be advised if their Application for Enrolment has been accepted by the end of August 2023 and then a further detailed Enrolment document will need to be completed to secure their enrolment for 2024.

Room 8 – Our Fabulous Years Three and Four….

Welcome to Term Two, the Year 3 and 4’s have handled their teacher change over well. I’m very pleased to have the opportunity to meet and teach such a kind and energetic group of children. They are learning new routines well with minor bumps along the way. They are doing their best to remember to follow all teacher instructions and to put their hands up to speak, and lots of Dojo Points are being rewarded.

We have been studying Narratives in Literacy and regrouping in Numeracy. Miss D’Addario taught the children about ANZACs last week and she will be back in the classroom at the end of the month.

Most children are remembering to bring their library bags to school which is really good to see!

Well done to Anthony who is the Star Student of the Week, for treating others with kindness, persevering with challenging maths work and doing his best to remember using his inside voice in the classroom.

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.

Soccer X – Term 2 2023 at Waddington

Sports X is happy to announce we are offering the first week of our Soccer X program at Waddington Primary School as a free trial! In order to enrol please email zgibbs@sports-x.com.au to confirm your place.

Free Better Health Program Term 2 2023 – Mirrabooka

Better Health program is running in Term 2 in your area and we are wondering if you are able to distribute the attached information to your school community.

WA Health Department is supporting Better Health Company to provide FREE healthy lifestyle programs to the families of Mirrabooka who are above a healthy weight.

We are running the Better Health Program in Mirrabooka for Term 2, 2023.

Families need to sign up now!

Location: Herb Graham Centre

When: Tuesdays at 4pm for 10 weeks

Families can register here:

https://betterhealthprogram.org/wa/embed/#?secret=n1da7QZM1b#?secret=Jj9ZMTfdp6

Newsletter 3

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023

From the Principal

Dear Waddington community,

What an amazing first term we have had. It has been jam packed! Our students are ready for a relaxing break and we hope that you are all able to spend some quality time with each other over the holidays.

A couple of weeks ago we had Harmony Day which was such a lovely, heart-warming display of the strong community we have here at Waddington PS. This diversity was also portrayed on Friday by Room 8 who held our first assembly all around the Mem Fox book “I’m Australian Too.” Our students took the opportunity to speak in their home languages (of which there are many!) and we got the opportunity to appreciate our diversity. Well done to Miss Hoff and Room 8 for such a positive assembly.

I would like to extend our gratitude to our P&C who have worked very hard over the last couple of weeks to source donations for their fundraising activities. I encourage all our families to participate in the Guess the Eggs competition and the raffle. The money raised will go towards our school activities. The raffle will be drawn on the last day of school after our Easter Hat Parade! Remember to get those creative designs happening with your children for Thursday. We can’t wait to see all of the final products!

I wanted to let you know of some further staffing news. Miss Cianciosi has resigned from her Science and PE positions here at Waddington PS. We wish Miss Cianciosi the best of luck for her career. Ms Reeves will be taking on the Science role and we will advertise for this position in late Term 3. We are still in the process of looking for a PE teacher, and we hope to have the position filled when we return for Term 2. Miss Jones will be leaving us at the end of the term and is moving to London! Miss Woodworth will be returning to Room 9 as teacher for the remainder of the year. We have really enjoyed having Miss Jones with us, she has brought a happy energy and kind heart to her classroom and our school. We will hopefully see her when she comes back to live in Perth. Our numbers at Waddington have greatly increased this year. This is such a positive change for our school. Many of our new students are in our Early Childhood, and as you know, catering for our students and enabling them to “Strive to Succeed” is our number one priority. In light of this, we will be having Ms Chivers working with us full time again from Term 2 and she will be assisting Room 1 in the mornings 3 days a week. Ms Chivers will be teaching the Year 1 students’ literacy and numeracy, allowing the Year 2 students to work with Mrs Webster. This will allow us to better extend our students and cater for their learning needs. Ms Chivers will remain as Acting Deputy on her other days/times.

In other staffing news, Mr Greer (Room 5 teacher) will be getting married on Thursday! This is an exciting step for Mr Greer and we wish him all the best on this new chapter.

This week, we will be opening up our Uniform Shop on Thursday afternoon at 2:50pm – 3:20pm. We encourage parents/carers to ensure that they are ready for the change in weather which will be upon us in Term 2. We have ordered new red pants for our students and we are also getting a shipment of black leggings for our female students. A reminder that hoodies will not be allowed. Students are able to wear the Waddington jumper, jacket or a plain red/grey jumper.

Attendance has been strong this term, and I encourage all families to ensure this continues next term as it begins to get darker and colder. We pack a huge amount of content into our school days, and students need to be at school on time and every day to maximise their learning. Did you know that 10 mins late every day to school adds up? Have a look at the table below to see what it can mean:

Kind regards

Jemima Tomlinson

Principal

Friendly School Plus Program

The holidays are a wonderful time to re-connect and take some quality time with your child/ren. Friendly Schools Plus have some fantastic tips and ideas on how to make the most out of your conversations with your children. Remember, as parents you are your child’s greatest role model. How you communicate with them will be how they learn to communicate with others.

From the Administration Team

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

Please refer to the Term Planner page under the ‘Community’ tab for the most up-to-date events for term 2 (but this may be subject to change).

Wishing all our families a wonderful break and we look forward to seeing all your smiling faces on Monday 24th April!!

Important Dates

6th April 2023 – Telethon Institute of Science Incursion

6th April 2023 – Term 1 2023 ends

7th April 2023 – Public Holiday – Good Friday

24th April 2023 – Term 2 Commences – Students and Staff

25th April 2023 – Public Holiday – ANZAC Day

Online Consent Form for Third Party Services & Student IT User Account

Over the past few weeks reminders have been sent out to those families who have not completed their online Third-Party Services and student IT user account consent forms. Thank you to the families who have already returned theirs and for those who responded to the reminders. We have had 80% of families complete the online consent form which is fantastic, however we still have a few families who have not returned one for their child(ren).

Please see the QR Code and link below to get your forms in before the end of Term 1 (which is this week!!). It will take no more than 2-3 minutes per child. We will also send home this week a paper based version of the consent form to try and make sure we have 100% of families respond before we start Term 2 2023.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

https://forms.office.com/r/paYN0SuF6Q

All about nutrition……

Please see below some great information from Foodbank about the importance of having breakfast every day.

Room 1 – Our Fabulous Year Ones and Twos….

And just like that, Term One is nearly over! What a wonderful start to the year we have had. Students in Room One have worked so hard and have settled in so well to their new learning environment. We have welcomed new students into our classroom and it has been wonderful to see new friendships being made and students treating each other with kindness and respect.

Year Ones and Twos have settled well into classroom routines and have demonstrated how well they can work with each other during our English and Mathematics group rotations.

In Mathematics this term, students have been learning all about place value and counting sequences. They have investigated properties of 2-D shapes and have even made ‘shape pizzas’. In measurement, students have been investigating and measuring the lengths of objects. Year Ones have been using counters and blocks and Year Twos are measuring in metric units. Room One loved finding things that were one metre long!!

In Literacy Year Ones and Twos are working on writing persuasive texts. We are using our Talk For Writing program to help identify how to persuade our reader, so don’t be surprised when your child convinces you that a sugar glider would make the perfect pet!

This term, students have enjoyed our theme ‘Under the Sea’. They have loved listening to and responding to both fiction and non-fiction big books, and have enjoyed learning about sea creatures.

I wonder where Term Two will take us…?

Keep up the wonderful work Room One, you are all stars!