From the Principal

Dear Parents and Caregivers, Welcome to Term 3: This term promises to be very busy. Staff and students have had a smooth start and over the past two days, have been enjoying the Scitech Shows. Incursions / Excursions: Please be mindful of the timelines we have in place for payment of incursions and excursions. If you have difficulty meeting the deadline, please contact us before the deadline to negotiate a payment plan. Senior Dalefest: This event is on Wednesday, 14 August, where our choir showcase their wonderful voices to you and the wider community. Swimming: In term swimming commences Monday, 2 September. Payments and paperwork MUST be submitted by 3.00 pm Friday, 23 August. The children will travel by bus to Thornlie Aquatic Centre for 10 days. Swimming lessons fees cover the cost of transport and pool entry. Book Week Parade: This will be held at 8.45 am on Wednesday, 21 August. The theme this year is, “Reading is My Secret Power”. To coincide with Book Week, we will be holding a Book Fair in the Library. The Book fair will open on Open Night for purchases. Open Night: As part of reporting to parents, our classrooms will be open from 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm on Thursday, 22 August. This is a time for you to visit your child’s / children’s classes and celebrate their learning. It is not a time for parent / teacher meetings. P&C Meeting: The next P&C meeting will be held in the staff room after the assembly on Friday, 9 August. Please come along as this is a great way to support your child/ children and the school. Building Resilient Children: The P&C is hosting a Parent Workshop on this important topic utilising the expertise of Claire Orange. The cost is $5:00, which includes light refreshments. So put Wednesday, 14 August, 6.30 pm—8.00 pm in your diary. Come along and find out how you can help build resiliency in your children. Tickets can be purchased through the P&C. You may like to visit Claire’s website:https://www.claireorange.com.au/ The Art Of Growing Up: John Marsden. Teacher and author John Marsden provides a unique insight into parenting in this book. He raises the concern of over parenting, where the parent resolves all problems. This doesn’t allow the child to develop coping skills or problem solving skills. Skills that are integral for coping with life in the real world. Some of the strategies he suggests to help build resiliency include:

Step back and let children set the pace.

Learn the skill of repairing relationships.

Be the adult in the relationship and say “no” to your child.

Tell the truth; many parents are “terrified of hurting their child’s feelings” but they are hurting them more by sheltering them. “A parent has no right to keep a child in ignorance. The child is absolutely entitled to knowledge – including knowledge of sex, drugs, technology, relationships, politics, religions, status, power. At, of course, appropriate levels of development”.

Encourage first-hand experiences, which are the most effective and powerful ways in which children can learn.

And finally

Promote a love of language –“The most important tool we can give children is language, and the more we encourage them to talk without interrupting or correcting them, the more powerful it becomes.”

We as a school community want to support and work with you so we build resilient, happy children who can contribute positively to society. We know you want that for your child too; attending the resiliency workshop or reading materials on what you can do is meant to help you on the journey. No one gives you a manual on parenting. We all learn together.

Mrs Patricia Joss Principal

Clifton Hills Primary School 1 Butler Pass, Kelmscott W.A 6111 T: (08) 9234 7800 W: Cliftonhillsps.wa.edu.au E: cliftonhills.ps@education.wa.edu.au

2 August 2019 Newsletter No. 10

Assembly: Friday 9 August Room 2

Clothing Pool: Tuesdays 8.10am—9.15am

School Banking: Fridays 8.10am—8.30am

School Times: 8. 30am—2.40pm Monday to Friday

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Our new phone number 9234 7800

Swimming $48.00 Due Friday 23 August

Senior Dale Fest $4.50 Due Monday 12 August

Faction Jumps and Distance events 27 August

Faction Carnival Running and Team events - 29 August

Term Dates 2019

Term 1 Mon 4 Feb - Fri 12 April

Term 2 Tues 30 April - Fri 5 July

Term 3 Mon 22 July - Fri 27 Sept

Term 4 Wed 16 Oct -Thurs 19 Dec

UPCOMING EVENTS

Week 3 Friday

9 Aug.

WA Language Week Assembly Room 2—School Banking Conference Room 8.10-8.20am

Week 4 Monday Wednesday Friday

12 Aug. 14 Aug. 16 Aug.

Last day for Senior Dale Fest payments Senior Dale Fest Newsletter—School Banking Conference Room 8.10-8.20am

Week 5 Wednesday Thursday Friday

21 Aug. 22 Aug. 23 Aug.

Book Week Book Week Parade 8.45 am Book Fair begins—Open Night 5.30 pm-7.00 pm Last day for Swimming payments—Assembly Room 4 -School Banking Conference Room 8.10-8.20am

Week 6 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

26 Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug.

AQWA Rooms 16 and 19 Faction Jumps and Distance events Father’s Day Stall Faction Carnival - Running and Team Game events Father’s Day Raffle—Newsletter—School Banking Conference Room 8.10-8.20am

ENROLMENTS for 2020

We are currently in the process of planning for 2020. If you are not returning to our school next year, please notify the office in writing, or via email: cliftonhills.ps@education.wa.edu.au as soon as possible. This applies only for students in Kindergarten to Year 5.

FROM THE DEPUTIES

Year 4 Parents - A FlexiBuzz went out yesterday with information regarding PEAC testing. If you have any queries, please contact the office. COUNCILLOR REPORT This week we have been practising long jump and triple jump for the Faction Sport Carnival. Everyone is really looking forward to it, and we hope everyone has lots of fun during the carnival! Knock, knock Who's there? Lettuce! Lettuce who? Lettuce in or I'll scream From The Best Councillors Linkin and Tristan

SPEECH SOUND DEVELOPMENT

Did you know that there are 44 different sounds in the English language? Most children should correctly pronounce these sounds at the following ages (see diagram). If you have any concerns or questions regarding your child's speech development, please make an appointment with your child's teacher.

Clifton Hills Primary School 1 Butler Pass, Kelmscott W.A 6111 T: (08) 9234 7800 W: Cliftonhillsps.wa.edu.au E: cliftonhills.ps@education.wa.edu.au

Faction Scores

ELLIS 173

LUCICH 180

DALE 163

MARTIN 202

SIZZLING SCIENCE SNIPPET

This term, Room 2 students are continuing to learn about how people, animals, toys and different objects move. We ventured out into the Nature Playground and experienced different ways people can move. We jumped, climbed, dug in the sand, balanced on one leg, and used our muscles to lift objects. After visiting the Nature Playground, we made cardboard skeletons to help us identify and describe some ways in which humans move and the body parts involved in human movement. Our skeletons can dance, jump, skip, run, and even floss!

P&C NEWS

The next general meeting of the P&C will be held on Friday, 9 August following Room 3’s assembly at approximately 9.30 am. Everyone is welcome to attend! READY 4 RESILIENCE Tickets are available for purchase at the Front Office or directly through the Clothing Pool. This Workshop will be presented by Claire Orange, on Wednesday, 14 August at 6.30 pm and is open to all parents and community members. For more information on Claire Orange, please visit Claire’s website: www.bestprogramsforkids.com CANTEEN The Canteen will be offering new reusable insulated lunch bags from Stickybeaks.com.au. Samples are available to look at in the Canteen and order forms will be sent home next week with students. These bags offer a zippered pocket to hold money and food order and can be clearly labelled with student’s name and classroom. They will be available for $12.50. CLOTHING POOL The Clothing Pool recommends the use of iron-on labels for all uniform items. www.brightstarkids.com.au offer a large range of labels that can be customised to suit your needs and best of all you are supporting the fundraising efforts of the P&C. FATHER’S DAY The Fundraising Committee are seeking donations of items for the Father’s Day stall and raffle (Some Barley Sugar would be great!). If you can help, donations can be left at the Canteen. The Father’s Day stall will be held on Wednesday, 28 August.

CHAMPS The fantastic ‘CHAMPS’ Dad’s put on an amazing ‘Kool Kite’ making day on Saturday, 29 June in the undercover area. A big thank you to all the adults who attended and helped the kids make kites. Lots of fun and memories were made! Our CHAMPS group is a sub-committee of the P&C and a chance for Dad’s (or any male figure) to get involved, with their children and other Dad’s. Should you wish to be involved you can leave your contact details at the Front Office or message the P&C Facebook page. We hope to have more community events like this in the future!

Clifton Hills Primary School 1 Butler Pass, Kelmscott W.A 6111 T: (08) 9234 7800 W: Cliftonhillsps.wa.edu.au E: cliftonhills.ps@education.wa.edu.au

NAIDOC– “Voice, Treaty, Truth. Let’s work together for a shard future.”

This year’s NAIDOC theme was, “Voice, Treaty, Truth. Let’s work together for a shared future”. As this falls during the school holidays, teachers and students participated in a range of activities and discussions in the last week of Term 2. Some activities included learning about the Noongar seasons, comparing remote communities to the city, learning some Noongar language, creating a classroom, ‘Acknowledgement of Country’, learning about the Aboriginal flag, investigating a range of Aboriginal artefacts in relation to their use in the past and in the present and reading some dreamtime stories. Students thoroughly enjoyed learning about the Indigenous culture through these learning experiences!

2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Language (IYIL). There are around 100 distinctly different Aboriginal languages, many with a range of dialects, spoken around Western Australia. In Australia at large, of the estimated original 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, only around 120 are still spoken. Of these approximately 90 per cent are endangered. The Wunanbal language group in the Kimberley, for example, has less than 10 known speakers. Language revival projects, such as the Noongar Place Names Project, are being undertaken around Australia to share and revitalise traditional languages. For further information on ‘IYIL2019’ visit www.arts.gov.au/iy2019. WA Languages Week is held from August 5 – 9 and is designed to raise awareness of the benefits of language learning, highlight the linguistic diversity in our community and celebrate the work of students and teachers in our schools. Around 18% of Western Australians speak a language other than English at home, the most common being Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Tagalog, Arabic, Afrikaans, Punjabi, Indonesian and Hindi. Learning a language helps us to make connections with people of various backgrounds through the sharing of culture, knowledge and stories, improving our health and wellbeing and helping us to understand different perspectives. Being bi- or plurilingual makes us smarter. Second language learning not only improves literacy in our first language but cognitive skills overall, even having protective benefits against diseases such as dementia. Learning a new language is not only fun but essential in today’s world. The Western Australian Curriculum states that, ‘Despite its status as a world language, a capability in English only is no longer sufficient. A bilingual or plurilingual capability is the norm in most parts of the world.’ Knowing another language enhances employment opportunities in Australia and abroad. Some ideas to celebrate languages week with your family:

Share a memory of a trip to another country where you picked up words in the language, maybe a funny anecdote about a misunderstanding or a word that you found funny.

Adopt a word from another language and use it all the time among members of your family as a code.

Download a language-learning app.

Start using text talk in another language when communicating with members of the family.

Watch a film in another language. Enjoy Languages Week minasan! Pitcher Sensei

Kanji writing practice for the Japanese Language Teachers’ Association Kanji Competition.

Gracie Tallon Dacyn Shalyn Maxi

Room 15 students with their Tanabata Festival wishes