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19 May SCHOOL COUNCIL MEETING 7pm ONLINE
25 May Swan View Senior High School Promotional Visit for Year 5 and 6 students 1.50pm in the Undercover Area.
TERM 2 UNIFORM SHOP - ONLINE ORDERS Online orders are available EVERY week through Flexischools, with the items delivered direct to your child’s classroom each Friday morning.
1 June WESTERN AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY
2 June SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT DAY Students do not attend
3 June 2021 Kindy and Pre-Primary Enrolments open
Enrolment forms can be found on our school website:
www.darlingtonps.wa.edu.au
Dear Parents and Care Givers,
Coronavirus The State Government recently announced that school attendance is now compulsory again. Over 90% of our students have returned to school. Stu-dents who remain at home for learning need to have exemptions in place. If this applies to you and I have not already contacted you, would you please send an email or give me a call. Please continue to keep your child at home if they are unwell. If your child is coughing or sneezing, they are better off at home in a warm bed! Unfortunately, parents are still banned from coming onto the school site. Par-ents have been doing a great job of adhering to this requirement. Thanks and well done. Our students are to be congratulated for coping really well with farewelling their parent at the school fence and walking to the classroom. (Thanks also to our staff who have been assisting some of our younger students with this daily!) Special Report from School TV: Wellbeing - Checklist for Primary During this time of Coronavirus, many of us have experienced a variety of emotions ranging from fear to anxiety. This is especially true for our young people, making it more important than ever for adult carers to remain vigilant for any signs of distress. Whilst most children are resilient and seem to be demonstrating a remarkable capacity to manage during this challenging time, others are not faring as well. Some are experiencing a variety of emotions ranging from fear to anxiety, all of which are considered normal or natural responses to this current situation. However despite this, it is still important for adult carers to remain vigilant for any signs of unusual distress or behaviour, even though your child may not have any prior history of a mental health disorder. In this Special Report, presented by Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, adult carers will be provided with a checklist that can be used as a guide in determining if there is any cause for concern. If you do have any concerns about the wellbe-ing of your child, please contact the school for further information or seek medical or professional help. Here is the link to the special 5 minute report: https://schooltv.me/wellbeing_news/special-report-wellbeing-checklist-primary Assemblies There are no assemblies planned until the ban is lifted. In the meantime, we
will continue with a Zoom assembly including announcements this Friday of
the Golden Broom Award, battery collection and Honour Certificates. These
announcements will be made via Zoom and delivered to classrooms. Mr
Sherpa’s class will be hosting this week’s Zoom assembly. The meeting
details will be published to parents at 2 pm on Thursday on Connect and
Skoolbag, ready for a 9am start on Friday.
DARLINGTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
2 - 14 Amherst Avenue, Darlington WA 6070 Telephone: 9257 4000
Website: www.darlingtonps.wa.edu.au Email: [email protected]
This school will be closed on days of forecast Catastrophic Fire Danger Rating
Newsletter No 6 – Week 4 - TERM 2 Tuesday 19 May, 2020
SCHOOL HOURS
School commences - 8.45 am
Crunch and Sip - 9.45 am Recess - 10.50 to 11.10 am
Lunch Eating time - 1.10 to 1.20 pm Play time - 1.20 to 1.50 pm
End of School - 3.00 pm
OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED
NEXT SCHOOL P&C Meeting: 7pm JUNE 8 President: Fiona Gordon New faces always welcome Email: [email protected]
SCHOLASTIC BOOKCLUB COORDINATOR Alison Scott - [email protected]
UNIFORM SHOP - ONLINE ORDERS ONLY Email - [email protected]
ORDER ANYTIME ON FLEXISCHOOLS FOR OFFICE DELIVERY: www.flexischools.com.au
CANTEEN DAYS - Monday, Wednesdays & Fridays Coordinator: Ros Tooth ph – 0425 807 166 / 9257 4008
LIBRARY DAYS - Monday, Tuesday & Wednesdays Library Officer: Mrs Karen Diaz
SCHOOL DENTAL VAN - ph 0407 594 254 at Helena Valley PS
STUDENT SERVICES
SCHOOL CHAPLAIN ONSITE - Monday, Thursday & Fridays Chaplain: Tracey Buckley
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST ONSITE - Every Monday Psychologist: Lucy Poli
Initiative, Trust, Tolerance
School Council Thank you parents and Carers for your prompt return of your ballot papers. 70 families chose to vote. The successful can-didates are Ian McCallum and Lindsay Earnshaw. The School Council members are as follows:
General Parent Representatives
Fiona Gordon, Ian McCallum and Lindsay Earnshaw
Early Childhood Parent Representative
Adrian Woodley
P&C Representative
Kylie Morrison
Staff Representatives
Naomi D’Arcy, Jessica Chitty, Zane Moran Your School Council meets tonight! Traffic Management Between 3 – 3:15pm, most parents are wanting to swiftly pick up their children and go home. This, like most schools, cre-ates significant congestion for 15 minutes per day. The most congestion occurs at the loop, with all drivers needing to call upon their reserve of patience and courtesy. Our situation is compounded by the fact that Amherst Ave is a no through road. A reduction is congestion can be achieved by more families walking or cycling to school, and by delaying picking up your child by 10 minutes. Another idea was shared at the last P&C meeting. This in-volves creating a longer loop by linking the ELC carpark with the loop. This of course would create more traffic through the ELC parking area. This could be managed by Kindergarten and Pre-primary commencing 10 minutes earlier and finish-ing 10 minutes earlier. As we consider several ways to improve this situation, par-ents and carers are invited to share your feedback regarding these ideas. Student Free Day For your planning, Tuesday 2 June is a student free day. Our staff will be using this day to complete Day 1 of 2 Talk for Writing training. Talk for Writing is a UK based program which will assist our students to improve in their writing skills.
Complaints and Suggestions From time to time issues arise of mistakes are made which
cause frustration or concern. It is always better to try to re-
solve the issue directly with the person involved. If the situa-
tion is not resolved, then you should find the line manager
of the person to make a complaint. Sometimes this means
having a conversation with the teacher or the Principal.
There have been a few situations in the last month that
could have easily been resolved with a conversation with
the right person rather than escalating the complaint.
Andrew Newhouse
Principal
UPCOMING EVENT
Swan View Senior High School staff and students will be visiting our school on Monday 25
th May at 1:50pm in the
covered assembly area to address our year 5-6 students.
Due to the ongoing restrictions of parents on school sites, this presentation will be given to students only.
Chaplain’s Chat I am just letting you know that what programs are on for the rest of the term.
Craft Group
Craft Group for this term is on Thursday during the second half of lunch. This is for students in Year 1 to 6. We will meet in the undercover area. There will be a selection of art and craft items for students to create a masterpiece.
Drumming Club Drumming Group will commence on Thursday 4 June. This is for students in Pre-primary to Year 6. We will meet in the un-dercover area at 3.00pm to 3.30pm. We have space for 24 students. Please see the permission form attached to the newsletter.
Girls’ Group
Girls’ Group will be starting on Monday June 8 and will con-
tinue to Monday 27 July. This is for girls in Year 3 to 6. We
will be working through our new journals. We will also be cre-
ating some craft projects. Permission forms are attached to
the newsletter.
Just a reminder that students attending Girls’ Group or Drum-ming Club need to be picked up by a parent/carer after the program has finished. If alternate arrangements are required, please see me. Thank you for your help with this. Please Note- Students attending Girl’s Group or Drum-
ming Club will need to be picked up at the loop as par-
ents are not permitted on school site.
My quote-
Tracey Buckley School Chaplain
* Permission forms attached to email
P&C News Thank you to everyone who came to the P&C Meeting last Monday. Hopefully it will be our last online and we will be able to return to the staff room for our next meeting. Kylie Morrison has been elected as our P&C Representative on the School Council, congratulations Kylie. Hopefully all our Mums had a lovely Mother’s Day and enjoyed your gifts from the P&C Mother’s Day stall. Thank you, Chaplain Tracey, for organising and running this under more difficult circumstances than normal. Fiona Gordon [email protected]
Head Lice Check Please be aware we have had some recent cases of head lice. Please check your children and treat if necessary. Children with head lice are required to have their hair cleared of lice before returning to school. This can be achieved by using an insecticide product purchased from the local pharmacy and used according to the manufacturer’s instruc-tion. This must be followed by physically removing the lice from the hair after the recommended time period using a special nit comb. Hair will need to be checked on a daily basis for the following 10 days to ensure that all lice and eggs have been removed from the hair. Refer to the Department of Health, head lice fact sheet at www.public.health.wa.gov.au
Thank you to all parents and carers that have returned their Student Up-date Forms. If you have not yet done this please do as soon as possible. RETURN OPTIONS FOR THE UPDATE FORMS You can drop into the box in the office Scan and email to [email protected] Correct and drop off into our school mailbox on Glen Road (Main En-trance/white picket fence) Or correct and post back to the school - Darlington Primary School, 2-14 Amherst Avenue, Darlington 6070
NEXT P&C Meeting 7pm June 8
Everyone is welcome
Darlington Primary’s - Parents & Citizens Association Email: [email protected]
P&C News
CANTEEN MENU
Apologies for the delay in getting this term’s canteen menu out to you! It has been a bit tricky trying to keep up with suppliers and menu changes but we seem to be settling in to our new routine. As you can see we have a few favourites returning to the menu, apple pies are back, and we have a few new items this term too, canteen made beef and bacon pies are now here and chilli dippers, a pot of beef chilli, all the usual hidden veggies, and a bag of corn chips to dip. These are both already proving to be very popular with the chil-dren. Friday Night Takeout will continue this term, meals are posted on the P&C Facebook page on a Tuesday and it is a first come first served system. Payment methods are via Flexischools as an IOU and paypass in canteen as well as good old cash! These meals continue to support families within our community with our pay it forward scheme. A HUGE thank you to everyone for your support through these challenging times. Our little canteen has survived and will continue to adapt and develop over the coming months. As always, if you would like to discuss anything about our canteen please don't hesi-tate to contact me during canteen hours. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 7.15-3.15. Our direct line is 9257 4008. Thanks again, Ros.
*new copy of menu can be found on our school website, skoolbag app or attached to this email
CANTEEN ASSISTANT
Darlington Primary School P&C Canteen is looking for a paid casual canteen assistant who would like to be trained up to cover Ros in the event of her absence. The role would involve food prep, serving staff and children, managing lunch orders, ordering supplies and updating the canteen manual. This position may lead to more hours in the future. If you are interested, please email Frankie Bell to discuss, obtain the job description or submit your CV to: [email protected]. Applications close on Wednesday 20th May (tomorrow).
NEXT P&C Meeting 7pm June 8
Everyone is welcome
Darlington Primary’s - Parents & Citizens Association Email: [email protected]
P&C News
Yummy beef and bacon pies
Apple pies are back!