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Remember to check your term planners and school calendars for upcoming events
12th February ASSEMBLY: School Council
15th February P&C Meeting 7pm
25th February FACTION SWIMMING CRNIVAL
26th February ASSEMBLY: ROOM 1
29th February School Council Meeting 7pm
7th March PUBLIC HOLIDAY Labour Day
8th March SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAY Students DO NOT attend
9th March H.E.C. Interschool Public Speaking Years 3-6
Dear Families
Welcome to our 2016 school year. Thank you to everyone – parents, staff and stu-dents, who contributed to such a smooth beginning yesterday. It was wonderful to see all our students and family members so excited as they embarked on the next stage of their respective learning journeys at Darlington Primary and to see all stu-dents happily engaged in a variety of learning experiences throughout Day 1. I have no doubt this is just the beginning of many more exciting adventures. I would like to extend a very warm welcome to our new kindergarten students and new students at other year levels. I am sure they and their families have experienced a friendly introduction to our community and I look forward to getting to know them better as the year progresses. We have commenced the year with an enrolment in excess of 400 students, which is wonderful but has resulted numbers being very tight in some classes. Staff met on Friday and agreed to maintain the current structure for the start of the school year, however if we have an influx of enrolments in certain year levels it could present some challenges. Staffing 2016 Attached to this newsletter is a list of the school staff for 2016. We welcome three new staff members: Ms Jacinta Bartrop, Miss Zoe Harper and Mrs Mandy Osenton in fixed term positions. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Trish Paice, Natalie Scott, Rebecca Preisig, Claire Jones and Brenda Cassin for the outstanding contribu-tions they have made to Darlington Primary during their time here. Some teachers have assumed slightly different roles for this year. Attached to this newsletter is the staffing arrangements for 2016. Student Requirements Please ensure that your children have all of the items that were listed on the Students Requirements Lists as well as Items for Students’ Personal Use information. This in-cludes both stationery and extra equipment such as art shirts, library bags, tissues and supplementary items specific to year levels. Thank you to all families who have finalised their Contributions Fees and Charges for 2016 as per the schedule. Payments are welcome at the office as soon as possible. EFTPOS facilities are available. Payments can also be made on flexischools. Please contact the school if payment presents a problem for your family.
DARLINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL Amherst Avenue, Darlington WA 6070 Telephone: 9299 6888 Fax: 9299 7545 www.darlingtonps.det.wa.edu.au Email: [email protected]
This school will be closed on days of forecast Catastrophic Fire Danger Rating
Newsletter No 1 – Week 1 TERM 1 Tuesday, 2nd of February 2016
SCHOOL HOURS
Start: 8.45 am Crunch and Sip: 10.45am - 10.50am Recess: 10.50 am - 11.10am Lunch: 1.10pm - 1.50pm Finish: 3.05 pm
OTHER SERVICES PROVIDEDOTHER SERVICES PROVIDED
NEXT SCHOOL P&C Meeting: 15th Feb 2016 7pm President: Anna McDonald [email protected]
SCHOOL BANKING Fridays in Library 8.15 -8.45am Janine Prince & Jodie Snow - [email protected]
SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUB CO-ORDINATOR Melinda Peters - [email protected]
UNIFORM SHOP - Fridays 8.30am - 9.00am Jasmine - [email protected]
CANTEEN DAYS - Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays Tracy Roache - [email protected]
LIBRARY DAYS - Monday, Tuesday & Wednesdays Library Officer; Mrs Karen Diaz
SCHOOL CHAPLAIN ONSITE - Thursdays and Fridays Chaplain; Tracey Buckley
SCHOOL DENTAL VAN - ph 0407 594 254 On site at Darlington Primary
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Parent Information Evenings These meetings provide an opportunity for teachers to inform families of the procedures and timetables of each class and are also a wonderful opportunity for new families to meet members of our school community. Rather than have one evening of meetings as was advertised on the Term Calendar, these meetings will be conducted over the course of the next three weeks. Parents are encouraged to make supervision arrangements for children as is not appropriate for them to attend such meetings. If you are unable to attend, please advise your child’s teacher. Thank you for your support. Times and dates are as follows:
Bushfire Preparedness The recent tragic bushfire in the Yarloop area and events near our quarry a couple of weeks ago served as a reminder for us to ready to respond effectively in such a situation. Our thoughts are with the families of Yarloop and surrounding areas who have lost their homes, and also to the staff and students of Yarloop Primary who have lost their wonderful school. We will be conducting a money chain on Friday 12th February to raise funds for those affected. Donations are most welcome. Darlington Primary has a well-developed Bushfire Response Plan that has been approved by both the Department of Education and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services. A copy of the plan accompanies this newsletter. Be sure to make yourselves familiar with the arrangements that it outlines. As part of the school’s planning, we will be practising a bushfire evacuation drill next week. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services’ website has a wealth of important information also http://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/alerts/Pages/default.aspx I look forward to working with you all throughout 2016 as we progress the education of our children. Maree James, Principal
Year Room Teacher Date & Time
K 1 & 2 K Ms Putchkuken & Mrs Parkin Wednesday 17th Feb 4.30
PP1 PP1 Mrs Barrow Wednesday 17th Feb 5.00
PP2 PP2 Mrs Swingler Wednesday 17th Feb 5.00
Yr 1 6 Mrs Woods Tuesday 16th Feb 6.00
Yr 1 7 Mrs Ryan-Gadsden Tuesday 16th Feb 6.00
Yr 1/2 8 Mrs Tester Tuesday 16th Feb Yr 1 6.00 Yr 2 6.45
Yr 2 9 Mrs Finch Thursday 4th Feb 3.30
Yr 2 10 Mrs Ferrari Thursday 4th Feb 3.30
Yr 3 11 Mr Sherpa Wednesday 17th Feb 6.00
Yr 3 12 Mrs Barley Wednesday 17th Feb 6.00
Yr 4 5 Mrs Spencer& Ms Bartrop Wednesday 17th Feb 5.00
Yr 4 4 Ms Mackay Tuesday 9th Feb 6.00
Yr 5 3 Mrs Sullivan & Ms Harper Wednesday 17th Feb 3.30
Yr 5/6 2 Mr Smith Tuesday 16th Feb 6.00
Yr 6 1 Mr Scott & Mrs Ostenton Tuesday 15th Feb 6.00
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School Staffing 2016
ADMINISTRATION
Principal Maree James
Deputy Matt Scott
Deputy Nicki Hill
Manager Corporate Services Naomi D’Arcy
School Officer Diane Walker
CLASS TEACHERS
K1 Claire Pustkuchen & Ash-Lee Parkin
K2 Claire Pustkuchen & Ash-Lee Parkin
PP1 Robin Barrow
PP2 Lorraine Swingler
1 Jennifer Woods
1 Melissa Ryan-Gadsden
1/2 Kath Tester
2 Lynne Finch
2 Christel Ferrari
3 Dawa Sherpa
3 Ronnie Barley
4 Julia Spencer/Jacinta Bartrop
4 Bonnie MacKay
5 Anne Sullivan & Zoe Harper
5/6 Michael Smith
6 Matt Scott & Mandy Osenton
SPECIALIST TEACHERS
Music Yr1-6 (Mon-Wed) Stewart Melrose
Visual Arts Yr 1-6 (Mon-Wed) Helen Bycroft
LOTE (French) Yr 3-6 (Thurs & Fri) Leanne Teti
Physical Education Yr 1-6 (Mon-Wed) Paula Adam
Science P-2 (Mon-Tues) Rona Holmes
PE & Music PP (Tues) Ash-Lee Parkin
SUPPORT STAFF
Education Assistants Zeta Adams
Kim Maxted
Jesinta Reeves
Lisa Thompson
Kym Banjac
Colleen Claybrook
Zdenka Hercik-Saul
Anthea McQuarrie
Fran Silvestro
Heather Thompson
Rachel Chittleborough
Library Officer (Mon-Wed) Karen Diaz
School Psychologist (Thurs) Priya Ramu
School Chaplain (Thurs & Fri) Tracey Buckley
School Cleaners Deborah Stubberfield
Relita Jackson
Arlene Jalipot
School Gardeners Rico Schmidiger
Philip Jackson
1. If a Watch and Act is issued by DFES, all children are to remain in the classrooms, with windows and doors
closed. Air conditioner fans should be turned off, but the pumps left running. School bags are to be taken in-
side classrooms. Student Attendance will be checked. Admin will ensure that staff in the Early Learning Centre are
aware of the situation. Deputy Principal (or representative) to be despatched to the Incident Support Group..
2. The School will liaise with the Police or Bushfire Control (DFES) regarding the location and direction of a fire
and/or will monitor the DFES website or ABC Radio 720 for updated details.
3. If it is deemed necessary, students and staff may be required to shelter in place. The Principal gives instructions,
through available channels, to evacuate all classrooms to the Covered Assembly Area.
4. Teachers take class list from Evacuation Pack (located next to the door and the evacuation map in all rooms) and
escort students to their normal assembly place via designed evacuation routes. Specialist teachers relieve the Deputies
of their classes once evacuated. Teachers should take classroom keys.
School Administration staff to carry out special duties as per the “Emergency Plan”.
6. Medical kits, including student medication, will be organised by the office staff. Drinking water is available in the
Covered Assembly Area and Canteen. A toilet is located in the Music Room.
7. Parents should not attempt to reach the school to collect children as roads will be blocked by Police for
use by fire fighting vehicles.
8. Off-site evacuation, if required, will be co-ordinated with the DFES Incident Management Group. Children and staff
will be taken to a safer location to be collected from there. Parent contacts listed in Integris will be notified by special
SMS message. The location of the evacuation area will be available from the DFES (Department of Fire and Emergen-
cy Services) information line on 1300657209 or www.dfes.wa.gov.au or via ABC Radio 720 on the quarter hour.
9. Parents SHOULD NOT PHONE THE SCHOOL as the lines must be open for communication with the relevant au-
thorities. The OOO phone number should only be used to report emergencies.
All gas cylinders are to be turned off at the beginning of Term 4 each year. Practice drills of the Bushfire Emergency Procedure will be carried out at least once
during the first two weeks of both Terms 1 & 4.
In the event that a day of Catastrophic Fire Danger, the school will be CLOSED.
Children must not attend school.
Prior to the day of closure, SMS Messages will be sent to all parents’ mobile phone numbers registered with the school and formal, written notification will be sent home to each family.
Announcements will also be made in the media.
School Closure signs and banners will be posted at all entrances to the school and on fences in Glen Road and Amherst Avenue.
DARLINGTON PRIMARY DRESS CODE POLICY Rationale Darlington Primary is a Sun Smart School. Our dress code is for all Kindergarten (optional) to Year 6 students. Our school dress code:
fosters and enhances the public image of the school assists in building school and team spirit ensures students are safely dressed for specific school activities encourages equity among students; and prepares students for work, as many work places have dress and safety codes
From 2007 the Department of Education and Training requires all schools to incorporate the exclusion of denim in all dress code policies. Therefore students are required to adhere to the ‘no denim’ policy at all times. On occasions for fund raising or social functions sanctioned by the school the wearing of denim will be acceptable. Families will be advised of these events through the normal communication procedures as appropriate. Guidelines and Strategies
Uniforms will include items on the attached list. These are available from the uniform shop. Items may be ordered via forms or through visiting the uniform shop at the advertised opening hours.
Appropriate footwear must be worn with white socks/sports socks. Students are expected to take part in regular physical activity so joggers and trainers are the most appropriate footwear. Thongs, sandals and heeled shoes are not suitable.
Faction shirts can be worn for physical education lessons and sports days/carnivals. As Darlington Primary is a SunSmart School, students will be required to wear the school’s wide
brimmed, bucket or legionnaire’s hat every term. Students without hats will be asked to sit in shad-ed areas/verandahs.
Hair past collar length needs to be tied up for health reasons. A wrist watch, studs/sleepers can be worn. For safety reasons, other items of jewellery may not be
worn. Exemptions will be granted if there are cultural/medical reasons for particular jewellery. Nail polish, make up and fake tattoos are not to be worn. Graduating Year 6 students will have the option to wear a Graduands polo shirt and/or a Leavers
Jacket. Parents will be informed of costs and designs.
If a student does not adhere to the requirements of the dress code these steps will be followed:
The class teacher will explain to the student the need to be in uniform. If the student is still out of uniform, the class teacher will contact parents and remind them
of the school dress code requirements. If the student is still out of uniform, the class teacher will inform Administration who will li-
aise with the parents.
Students may be granted an exemption from the dress code requirements on religious or health grounds, or at the Principal’s discretion. Exemptions must be applied for through the office.
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Gifted and Talented Visual Arts Program
All Year 6 students who wish to be considered for the Gifted and Talented Visual Arts program at Kalamunda Senior High
School need to have registered their application for the pro-gram by the 8th February (next week).
This can be done at www.det.wa.edu.au/giftedandtalented by clicking on the 'Apply now' tab. If you
have any further queries about your application please call the GATE office on 9264 5836.
There will be Yr 6 Visual Art workshops held at Kalamunda Senior High School which will run for 5 sessions, as a mini
preparation course for the April testing. They will be Thurs-day afternoons from the 2nd March through to the 30th
March between 3.30 and 5pm.
If you have registered your gifted and talented Visual Arts
application and your child is interested in enrolling for the short course, please contact Zoe Wittber (Gifted and Talent-
ed Visual Arts Coordinator) on 9293 6441 or by email [email protected]
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RED = Off the menu AMBER = Select Carefully
GREEN = Healthy Option
WELCOME BACK
Hope everyone had a restful holiday and ready for 2016 !
We had a slow, but not an 'out of the norm' start to canteen on Monday,
which allowed us to cook and restock for next few days ahead. It was so
lovely to once again see familiar faces come to the counter telling us all
about their holidays and of course ordering their favourite lunches,
snacks, etc.
Here's an update on Sushi for this week : We are currently outsourcing
our sushi through a company called Pink Rice in Fremantle and a mini-
mum of $50 in orders is required before delivery to Darlington. As we
have only one pre-order for this week, I have decided to temporarily take
Sushi off the menu and will reassess in Week 2 when canteen is a little
busier.
ALTERNATIVE PLAN : I'm not an expert at making sushi, so it would be
fantastic if there was a wonderful volunteer in our school community who
would like to come in and make sushi each Wednesday at canteen ?
Wouldn't that be better than outsourcing, plus keep the costs down ??
We would use only the best ingredients and of course be additive free. If
you are keen just let me know.
In the meantime while Sushi is out of stock, you can order my Rice Paper
Rolls which are additive and gluten free and pretty similar to sushi.
**** Always remember if you have any queries regarding canteen, whether it is ingredients in food, forgotten lunches, volunteering, etc. - please don’t hesitate to contact me and I will always try and help. **** The P&C Canteen thanks you for your continued support at Darlington Primary School. Regards, Canteen Lady :) Submitted by : Tracy Roache - Canteen Co-ordinator School Phone: 9299 6888 ~ a/h: mobile: 0412 800 985 Email Contact: [email protected]
CANTEEN NEWS
CANTEEN ROSTER – TERM 1
Wed, 3 Feb Mal O’Kane
Fri, 5 Feb Lindsey Lockwood Jody Oborne
Mon, 8 Feb Amy Tolley
Wed, 10 Feb Mal O’Kane Sue Wheeler
Fri, 12 Feb Michelle Terranova Erin Grey
Darlington Primary’s
Parents & Citizens
Association
$10 EACH
NEW HONEY AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICE
Unprocessed Hakea Honeybrush honey for sale