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Our Vision To celebrate the journey of learning by preparing s tudents for their future through a caring, nurturing learning culture, where all students have the opportunity to achieve personal and

academic success. FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Dear Parents, Carers, Community Members, Staff and Students

Last week the year 6 students were very lucky to visit Sculptures By The Sea in Cottesloe. It was a great opportunity for the students to see the work of National and International Artists and also to participate in an art workshop. Thanks to Alcoa for making a contribution towards this. Thanks to all who have supported our Easter fundraisers. Please continue to bring Easter raffle prizes and sell your raffle tickets. Hot cross bun orders are still being taken and there is prize, of a big Easter hamper, for the student who places the most orders. This year our year and 5 students will be completing their NAPLAN tests online. Parents of these students should have received an information leaflet which was sent home at the end of last week. The My School website has just updated the NAPLAN information from 2017. Please visit www.myschool.edu.au to see how Calista PS compares with other like schools and schools across Australia. This month we say goodbye to Andrea Folkard from the Child and Parent Centre. Andrea is moving on to undertake some new challenges, we appreciate all of the hard work that she has put in over the last few years and we wish her all the best in her future endeavours. We welcome Anne Nilsen, who is the new CPC Coordinator and Echo Yang who is the Program Support Officer. We look forward to working alongside them in the future. We remind the students of our four values: Respect, Resilience, Perseverance and Compassion on a regular basis. It has been great to see our students demonstrating these values in and around the school. This week’s assembly will be presented by Rooms 6 and 7. Please feel free to join us for a brief morning tea in the Child and Parent Centre afterwards. Craig Skinner PRINCIPAL

UPDATE INFORMATION Please remember to update your personal details through the office or via email (Calista.ps@det.wa.edu.au) or via skoolbag. Emergency phone numbers held on our school data base need to be updated regularly. EMAIL ADDRESSES should also be updated to enable us to send our newsletters electronically. This will help reduce the amount of paper being used.

Newsletter #3 1 5th March 2018

Up Coming Events

March 16th - Assembly Rooms 6 & 7 20th - School Board Meeting 23rd - School Banking 23rd - KSSA Cricket 27th - Hot X Bun Delivery 29th - Easter Bonnet Parade 29th - Easter Basket Raffle Draw 30th - Good Friday

April 2nd - Easter Monday 3rd - Easter Tuesday

40KM SPEED LIMIT All road users are reminded of the 40km speed limit around the school in the mornings and afternoons. Please slow down, nothing is so urgent that it justifies exceeding the speed limit as you drive past the school. Also a reminder, please DO NOT park in the Bus Zones, Kwinana Physiotherapy Centre car park (this is reserved for their customers), or on verges around the school as this is a fineable offence by the local Council.

LOST PROPERTY If a garment is named, we are able to return it to its rightful owner via the classroom. If your child has misplaced any uniform items, please call in and check the bin.

MOBILE PHONES FOR STUDENTS AT SCHOOL ARE NOT

ENCOURAGED.

IF THEY ARE REQUIRED TO CARRY A PHONE TO SCHOOL PLEASE

MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH YOUR CLASSROOM TEACHER OR THE

SCHOOL OFFICE FOR SAFE KEEPING DURING THE DAY.

WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST OR DAMAGED PHONES.

Students and staff of Calista Primary School would like to extend their best wishes to the following students whose birthday falls between 2nd – 15th March, please call into the office to collect your birthday pencil.

Kindy Year 3 Dylan R Hunter A Declan G Vaellin W

Madison M Mia C Cian O Jakob T

Pre Primary

Year 4 Lianne C Jax J Luis D Brydie L Eva R

Makayla T Dylan B Brooklyn C

Year 1

Year 5 Ruby W Lilly A Mikayla R

Cheena P Turanga P Angus J Zarlya Y Bellah-Jo W Heidi M

Year 2

Year 6 Ricson P Ashley C Kaama C

Seth B Connor T

BREAKFAST CLUB

Breakfast club is open Monday, Tuesday & Thursday mornings from 7.50 – 8.20am. A nutritious breakfast in a welcoming environment is available for all students at Calista at no cost.

Thank you for your continued support. Mrs Cook

SWIMMING TRAINING Swimming training is on for students from years 3 - 6 every Monday & Wednesday mornings. Students are to meet Mr Wall at the Kwinana Requatic Centre for a 7.15 start. Students will need to pay $3.20 to enter the pools. A healthy breakfast will be provided for swimmers when they return to school.

Honour Certificates Presented at the assembly on 2/3/18

PP Year 4 Sarah Allison Francesca Carino Aamani Bapat Jack Allie Evie Broughton Sam Bryant Riley Smith Niranjana

Arumugam Melody Watkins Emmanuel Gallanongo

Sebastian Fulton

Year 1

Year 5

Mason Harvey Ryan Rumble Charlotte Hammill Turanga Patea Jaida Appleton Patrica Kickett Jaycee Villas Joel Barwise Zynel Maramba Ryan Rumble Year 2

Year 6

Kahu Keelan Kotahi Dixon-Patea Christine Amper Joymiel Sumilang Logan Webb Cayden Norris Lily Matthews Liam Brazier Kahu Keelan Heather Whiskin Christine Amper

Year 3

Alix McWhirter

Steele Donnelly

Dominic Christie

Ashley Canlas

Claire Corbett

Cypress Hawker

Sienna Scopinich

Chayse Heggs

Uniform Shop School uniforms are sold from the office and we are open every day for new and 2nd uniforms.

College Tour – Thursday 29 March, 9:00–10:30am Our Principal Rohan Smith and members of the College Board personally welcome you to attend a Tour of the College held on Thursday 29 March, 9:00–10:30am . College Tours provide prospective and current families the opportunity to visit to visit the school during a normal day; take you to the places where learning and engagement take place and to provide you and your family with a true sense of Gilmore College. All members of the family are welcome to attend. Morning tea and a Question & Answer session will follow the tour in the College staff room. We will answer your questions honestly; explain our ethos and our passions. The student leaders in particular are a great source of authentic information about what it means to be a Gilmore College student day to day. RSVP Tour of the College essential before Monday 26 March to the Administration office on 9411 1811 or Gilmore.college@education.wa.edu.au.

ABORIGINAL SEASONS

Bunuru - Second summer (season of the adolescence) February - March

Bunuru is the hottest time of the year with little to no rain. Hot easterly winds continue with a cooling sea breeze most afternoons if you're close to the coast. Therefore, traditionally this was, and still is, a great time for living and fishing by the coast, rivers and estuaries. Because of this, freshwater foods and seafood made up major parts of the diet during this time of year.

Bunuru is also a time of the white flowers with lots of white flowering gums in full bloom, including Jarrah, Marri and Ghost Gums.

Another striking flower that is hard to go past is the female Zamia (Macrozamia riedlei). Being much larger than that of its male counterpart, the huge cones emerge from the centre of the plant with masses of a cotton wool like substance.

As the hot, dry weather continues the seed upon the cones change from green to bright red, indicating they're ripening and becoming more attractive to animals, particularly the emu, that will eat the toxic fleshy outer.

EASTER RAFFLE

We are currently accepting donations of Easter Eggs for an Easter Basket raffle. Please drop them at the office.

You should have received your raffle tickets by now, tickets are $1 each. Please place your child’s name and room number on each ticket and return to the office in the envelope provided for the daw which will be held on 29 th March.

EASTER RAFFLE Raffle tickets for Easter Baskets have been sent home with your child. Tickets are $1 each. Place your child’s name and room number on each ticket and place them together with payment in the envelope provided and hand in to the office. Your child could win a fantastic Easter Basket. We are hoping to draw 6 prizes per class.

Hot X Buns Order forms from Bakers Delight have been sent home. Every pack sold earns $2 for the school. There will be an Easter basket prize for the largest order received. Orders need to be returned to school by 27th March and these will be delivered to your child’s class on Thursday 29th March.

Displays Please take the time to have a look at our wonderful displays around the school. Thank you to year 4 and year 2 students who have on display some wonderful work in the office.

If you get a chance pop in to the library to have a look at the books on display for the Chinese New Year. Themes will be changed regularly and students are encouraged to vote for which theme they would like to see.

Hello, my name is Rebecca Birch. I am the new chaplain at Calista Primary School and I will be working every Monday and Tuesday. I have been a chaplain for 10 years, with most of my time previously spent at Kelmscott P.S. and Bramfield Park P.S.

Being a chaplain is all about supporting students socially and emotionally, with respect and compassion, so they feel settled and are better equipped to learn and achieve. There are many and varied reasons for a student wanting to see the school chaplain, from issues with friends or family, to bereavement or breakdown. All children will be heard, cared for and respected.

I am a support person in the school for staff, students and families when they need someone to chat with or require a listening ear. I do this through; social/emotional programmes in small groups, spending time in class, one-one chats and a variety of other ways. Discussions with students and families are kept confidential unless there is a welfare concern which will be directed to the school administration.

The first 6 weeks of term have been wonderful; it has been great meeting everyone and I am looking forward to a brilliant year. If you have any questions about what I do or you would like to have a chat, please leave a message (your name and a contact number) with the front office and I will call you back. Alternatively you can catch me at Breakfast Club or I will be around on the school quad at the end of the day.

On Thursday 8th March, the Year 6 students went on an excursion to Cottesloe Beach to view one of the world’s largest sculpture exhibitions – Sculptures By The Sea. This world-renowned exhibition featured incredible sculptures from over 73 artists from 18 different countries around the world. The students spent the whole day viewing the numerous sculptures that dotted the beach, sidewalk, jetty and ocean. A firm favourite was the inflatable “snorkelling head”!!

The 56 Calista students were then lucky enough to spend a few hours in the afternoon meeting and engaging with one of the featured artists who led the students in their own sculpture making. All in all, it was a fantastic day that was enjoyed by everyone.