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THE LANDING POST

A Newsletter designed to inform our growing school community of

Anne Hamersley Primary School

ROD W. SIMEONS - PRINCIPAL

Volume 3—Issue 14

Dear Parents and Friends,

PROGRAMME MODIFICATION TO VALUE ADD I will be taking two Long Service Leave days each week till the end of the year. The days are Mondays and Fridays. Replacing me will be Mr Rob Guy who will be acting on my behalf as Associate Principal. His position will be filled by Mrs Claire Armstrong. Mrs Armstrong will not be assuming Deputy duties but will assist the school to value add to our programs. This will occur in the following way: Mrs Armstrong will teach Mrs Wu’s Year 2 class on Mondays. She will cover the normal time

table. Mrs Wu, will focus on our EALD children [ English as an Additional Language or Dialect] . Working with both students and teachers. Mrs Wu has had several years of experience and acquired the expertise to value add to our teaching.

Mrs Armstrong will teach Mrs Pegoraro’s Year 3 class on Fridays. She will cover the normal time table. On this day, Mrs Pegoraro will provide support and advice to staff in the Mathemat-ics area. Mrs Pegoraro is currently our mathematics resource manager and mentor in mathe-matics and this move will give staff time tabled access to her expertise.

I am confident that these changes should see continuing growth and development in the way we edu-cate your children.

OPEN NIGHT K-6 On Tuesday 21 August our school will be open from 5.00 PM to 7.00 PM to the public. The children have been preparing for this visit and are looking forward to showcasing their work in classrooms and also activities done with their specialist teachers. The school library will also be open and parents are welcome to visit and support our Book Fair. Mrs Bell will be available for book purchases and general assistance with items on display. We are looking to receive your donation of books to add to our ever expanding collection of books. In addition, a Mathletics demonstration will be held by some of our bud-ding mathematicians. This activity will be on display in the computer section of the school library. Families are encouraged to support our P&C which will be organising a sausage sizzle with drinks for sale. This will also be a great opportunity for parents and friends of our Kindergarten children attending in 2019 to be familiarised with the school layout and facilities. You are reminded that the evening has been organised for you to enjoy a special time with your children and not as an opportunity for a teach-er interview.

NAPLAN 2018 RESULTS - NOTE TO PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS

OF STUDENTS IN YR 3 AND 5. NAPLAN 2018 results will be provided to schools from mid-August to mid-September.

NAPLAN individual student reports provide information about what students know and have achieved in the areas of reading, writing, language conventions and numeracy. They also provide information on how students have performed in relation to other students in the same year group, and against the national average (over one million students participate in NAPLAN tests each year) and the national minimum standards. This year was the first of our NAPLAN Online testing.

16 August 2018

www.annehamersleyps.wa.edu.au

Thursday 16 August

Book Fair Opens

Friday 17 August

Kindy & PP Bunnings Incursion

Mon-Fri 20-24 August

BOOK WEEK

Tuesday 21 August

Open Night

Wednesday 22 August

Book Fair Closes

Thursday 30 August

Swimming Lessons Money due Fathers Day Stall

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SPEAK UP AWARDS Congratulation to our public speaking team who represented Anne Hamersley Primary School at the annual Speak Up Awards. The competition was between primary age children from several other public and private schools. Team mem-bers; Angel Dushime, Ria Goundar & Sofia Schiaffini presented their well-researched speeches with passion and clarity. The girls did themselves and the school proud and we congratulate them on their outstanding efforts. Our sincere thanks go to Mrs Narelle Salomon, our Year 6 teacher, event coordinator, coach and organiser of the event for our stu-dents. The event was also proudly supported by parents on the day, a big thank you to you all. We are delighted to announce that two of our contestants, Ria Goundar and Sofia Schiaffini were amongst the three students selected to progress to the semi-finals. We wish the girls the best of luck.

SCHOOL NUMBERS FOR 2018 Work has already commenced on class planning and new teacher appointments for 2019. As you can appreciate, pre-dicting numbers is difficult. You can assist by coming in and informing us if you will not be returning to AHPS in 2019. The more prepared we are the more we are likely to hold class numbers for as long as possible before a restructure oc-curs.

BALI VISITORS On Tuesday 21 August, we will be hosting visitors form Bali which will be sharing some cultural performances and activi-ties with our students. A special assembly has been organised and is set to start at 9:45 am to welcome our guests. Par-melia 5 will be performing a welcome song which will be followed by some traditional Balinese dancing. Traditional and cultural activities will be shared later in the day with designated classes. Thanks to Miss Danella Brown for her organisa-tion in this matter.

With best wishes

RW SIMEONS PRINCIPAL Phone: 9297 7000 E-Mail: [email protected]


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UPCOMING SPORTS EVENTS The Year 3-6 Jumps and Throws day will take place on Tuesday the 28th of August. The top 5 Year 3 and 4 students from each house will compete against one another in long jump, shotput and turbo javelin. The Year 5 and 6 students will be completing the same events and will also test their skills at triple jump. The House Athletics carnival will take place on Friday the 31st August, weather permitting. Students that excel will being invited to participate at the Interschool carnival on Friday the 14th of September at Swan Valley Anglican Community School. If you are available to help out in anyway on either of the days please email Mr Hall [email protected] Mr Hall P.E Specialist

SUSTAINABILITY Worm Whizz – Thank you to all the people supporting our worm whizz franchise. The students work hard to maintain our farm and harvest the whizz that is then sold to the public. All proceeds go to funding our gardening project, running healthy eating cooking classes and learning about sustainable practices. The Bush Tucker Garden – Mrs Burley has been hard at work orangising the new Parmelia Bush Tucker Garden. This wonderful new project will introduce our students to the native Australian plants that have provided food for indigenous people for thousands of years. The location is set to be next to the Parmelia block. Make sure you watch that space! Weekly Waste Warriors - In order to tackle the rubbish problem within our school as well as fostering pride and care for our environment, the Sustainability Team have created the “Weekly Waste Warriors”. A new class is chosen at each Monday Muster and are given special items to help keep our school clean for the week. Since the beginning of Term 2, we have noticed a great difference in the amount of rubbish left around the school. Students are starting to become more aware and taking responsibility not only for their rubbish but waste they see left around the school. Keep up the good work. Mrs Oliver Art Specialist & Sustainability Team Leader

SPECIALIST MUSIC PROGRAM 2019 Ellenbrook Secondary College is proud to be one of only a handful of schools in WA to offer a specialist music program to our students. The program is led by Mr. Stuart Rhine-Davis, who has over 40 years’ experience in public music education. We’re extremely lucky to have someone of his knowledge and expertise leading the

15 bands, ensembles and choirs currently on offer at our College. Since our inception in 2007, the College’s music stu-dents have performed to audiences both near and far. With tours to Canberra, Melbourne and New Zealand, in 2019 we will be adding Brisbane to this list with an invitation to attend the ASPIRE festival. Every ANZAC Day the local RSL asks that we play at Ellenbrook Dawn Service, which we consider an ongoing honour. We regularly attend a variety of compe-titions and most recently, our Contemporary Acoustic Quartet was chosen out of 400 schools to play at OPUS 2018, which was held last month at Perth Concert Hall. We are continuously impressed by the standard of our students’ abili-ties and their work ethic. Our aim for your child throughout the program is to assist in the development of their creativity and curiosity, striving for excellence through their continued participation in music. Ellenbrook Secondary College’s ATAR music students consistently achieve equal to or better than the state average every year, with multiple graduates of our College going on to earn competitive places at the WA Academy of Performing Arts and UWA. If your child is al-ready learning an instrument in primary school through Instrumental Music School Services (IMSS) and they wish to enrol at the College for 2019, then they are automatically placed into our program and will continue to receive lessons and participate in our ensembles (in addition to in-school music classes). If, however, you would like your child to be part of the Specialist Music Program and they are not yet learning an instrument, then they are invited to apply to audition at the College on Monday 13 August at 9:00am. All applicants will need to bring a pencil and an eraser. The audition will take no more than 30 minutes, after which your child can return to their primary school. Successful applicants will be notified at a later date. Any queries about our music program can be referred to [email protected] or by calling 9297 9700. The College looks forward to meeting all interested future music students soon!


mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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DESIGN AND CREATE YOUR OWN FAMILY "MONEY" Making money is usually not something that third graders should be worried about. But with this fun craft activity, your child can design and "make" his own money, for use as currency and math practice at home! Putting the faces of family members and pets on these bills makes for a fun reflection of your child's family. Here's how to get started "making mon-ey" at home! What You Need:

4 pieces of lightly coloured paper, one for each colour (for instance: yellow, pale green, pale blue, pink) Scissors Ruler Lead pencil Coloured pencils or pens

What You Do: 1. First, cut out your money. Divide each piece of paper into 7 segments along the long edge, and in half along the

short edge. This should give you a grid of 14 bill-shaped rectangles. 2. Cut out the rectangles and repeat with the other pieces of paper. 3. Decide what units of currency your family money should take. A good place to start is to make one set of coloured

bills be $1, the next $5, the next $10, and the last $20, so each colour represents its own denomination. For each denomination, you will need to choose a family member or pet to draw on the bills. For instance, Mum can repre-sent the $20 bill and her face will appear on each one, Dad can be on the $10 bills, and so on.

4. Take a look at a real dollar bill to figure out what you want to put on your bills. It should be clear what the bill is, so be sure to put the number "1" or "5" in various places. Draw the family member's head in the middle of one side of the bill. The rest of the decoration is up to you!

5. After you have drawn up all of your bills, you should have 14 $1 bills, 14 $5 bills, 14 $10 bills, and 14 $20 bills. Figure out how much money you have!

6. Once you've tallied up how much money is in the "bank," you can distribute some of your cash to family mem-bers. Use your family money as currency in negotiations over chores and treats, and be sure to give proper change!

MATHS MANIA

Mr Guy Deputy Principal


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LITERACY MATTERS

Important Information - On Monday we will be holding our first ‘Great Book Swap’. Please bring a book in good condition that you’d like to swap for another book. The book you bring in in will go home for another family to enjoy and you’ll have a new book to read. Book Fair - Opens Thursday 16th August until Tuesday 21st August. Last purchases will be during the OPEN NIGHT. Shop opens at 8.20-8.50am and 2.50-3.20pm.

Tuesday Night from 5pm-7pm, is the Open Night - Be prepared to get stuck in to some interactive activities in your child’s classroom, the science lab, the art room, the music room, the undercover area and the library. Don’t forget there’ll be a sausage sizzle and drinks available for dinner!

Lost Property-The lost property container is over-flowing! If you’ve lost something, come down to the undercover area and have a look for it. It’s amazing how many items have NO NAMES on them.

Swimming Fees-Swimming fees are due by 30th August. Don’t let your child miss out on the opportunity to improve their swimming skills. These lessons are really good value for money.

Call for HELP! - Can you cover books? If you love contact, come and see Vicki White in the Library Tues-Friday morn-ings. Triple P-School Psychologists, Sarah Mclean and Krista Bingham, will be conducting the Triple P Parenting courses in term 4, weeks 6, 7 and 8 for interested parents. Every Landing Post publication will also feature a parenting article-see page 6.


BOOK WEEK 2018 Week 6 - Monday 20-24 August

Monday * Lunch time reading sessions

* Book Fair in library

* The Great Book Swap

Tuesday * Lunch time reading sessions

* Book Fair

* Open Night

* Bali Cultural Presentation

Wednesday * Book Quiz

Thursday * Assembly-Parade

* Dress-up as Book Character

Friday * Whole School Oval Reading

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POSITIVE PARENTING BY PROFESSOR MATT SANDERS As a parent, you want to do the best for your child, but how do you know what’s right? What do you do when your child answers back? Or is being bullied at school? Or starts telling obvious lies? Over coming weeks in THE LANDING POST, I will share some of Triple P’s proven tips for the best ways to handle com-mon behavioural and developmental problems in children. From battling disobedience to encouraging homework rou-tines, I’ll cover those everyday issues to help you work out some strategies to suit your family. I’ll highlight common “parent traps” and hopefully make the very important job of raising kids as enjoyable and rewarding as possible. But remember, parenting is sometimes hard work and it may take time to tackle more difficult problems. The good news is that help is always at hand. Throughout Western Australia, schools together with school psychologists, are offering parenting support with Triple P, one of the world’s most highly-regarding parenting programs. Professor Matt Sanders is founder of the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program®. For more information go to www.triplep-parenting.net or [email protected] Mrs Bell Deputy Principal


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REMINDER: EARLY CLOSE EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 2.30PM

TERM 3—WEEK 4 ASSEMBLY AND AWARD WINNERS

Thank you to the parents and friends who attended our Assembly last Thursday. Please remember that Assemblies are held on Thursdays of Even Weeks commencing at 8.55.

Following some whole school singing, the following children were awarded Honour Certificates:

Bailee Eade Ava Simpson Mackenzie Bomford Merveille Dos-Reis

Rhys Gaden Jacob Fitzgerald Jessica Phillips Lucas Mackenzie

Navare Ironui Ryan Lithgow Aries Ekeroma Arnold Boundary

Caitlyn Raath Imogen Van Burgel Jayda Eades Kaziah Lee Wawatai

La’Shay Grace Nathaniel Gale Willy Ward Deshna VP Pradhanya

Harper Newton Kennedy Crafter Mirtel Jaas Sean Riley Palma

STUDENT PASSPORT PROGRAM

Congratulations to the following students that completed their Passports and earned their High Achiever Badges:

Aaron Kamara Aaliryah Quintanilla Tahnee Neesham Geva Drogemuller

Mackenzie Grant-Fala Emilia Van Burgel Cyrine Mangyan Brooklyn Pulsea

Julian Kahui Clifford Mangyan

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SCHOOL COMMUNITY NEWS Updates from your P&C Association School Disco Thank you to all the students that attended our annual Disco on Friday 10 August we had over half the school attend which was incredible. Whilst it was a bit chilly, the children had fun jumping and dancing to the music to keep themselves warm. Thank you to all the wonderful P&C volunteers for helping out on the night.

Open Night Tuesday 21 August The P&C will be running a Sausage Sizzle during the upcoming AHPS Open Night on Tuesday 21 August between 5-7pm. Grab a bite to eat as you take the time to peruse your children’s classrooms. Sausage sizzles $2.50, $1.50 can of soft drink and $1.00 juice boxes. Athletics Carnival Friday 31 August The Athletics Carnival is fast approaching on Friday 31 August and we will again be organising a sausage sizzle lunch for the chil-dren and spectators throughout the day, weather permitting. The children will be able to pre-order their sausage sizzle prior to the carnival and will be packed up ready for when the children break for lunch - please watch their bags in the coming days for order forms. This is a perfect opportunity to come along and share lunch with your children and cheer them on in their sporting events. We are also again seeking the support of our school community with the kind donation of baked goods for our cake stall which is always very popular, and volunteers that can please spare an hour or two to assist with the packing and distribution of the lunches. If you are able to contribute, could you please let us know through our Facebook page or email details as per below. Bunnings Ellenbrook Fundraiser 15 September On the subject of sausage sizzles, Saturday 15 September we will be at Bunnings in Ellenbrook holding a Sausage Sizzle fundrais-er. One of our main fundraising drives for this year is the provision of a shade sail for the new Early Childhood playground. We are eagerly looking for volunteers to assist throughout the day to keep things running smoothly – below is a guide of the times we will be operating. If you have a few hours to spare and are able to assist, please let us know via email, Facebook message or via the front office. Anne Hamersley Primary School P&C Association Bunnings Help Roster - Date: Saturday 15 September

Colour Explosion We are so excited to be bringing our first Colour Explosion Fun-Run to AHPS in the first week of Term 4 . There will be some amazing prizes that the students can win from their sponsorship efforts as well as the fun of the run! Information and Sponsorship instructions will be distributed to the students from Week 7 this Term so they have plenty of time to reach their personal sponsorship goals prior to the Colour Explosion Day! Please see attached flyer in the Newsletter for more information.

Ice-block Fridays Children can still purchase icy poles during the winter months on Friday lunchtimes for $1.00 full icy pole, 50c half and juice boxes are $1.00. We are often in need of additional volunteers on Fridays for 30-45 minutes during lunchtime in the school canteen. If you are able to assist, can you please let us know via the details below. Our details We welcome new members at any stage throughout the year and parent helpers at all of our events. If you have any suggestions or ideas you would like to share with us, please drop us a line in our new Suggestions Box in the front office. To stay up to date with events and requests for volunteers or to contact us at any time, please visit and like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Anne-Hamersley-Primary-School-PC-Association-Inc-1558093001148025/ or send us an email at [email protected]

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