24 MARCH 2016 ISSUE 3

From the Principal

Partnerships: A focus for Ocean Road Primary School will be to build our partnerships with families and the wider community. The reason we believe this focus is important is

that by working on these partnerships student learning improves. Partnerships enable us to

tap into expertise beyond the school, they expose our students to a wide variety of

experiences and people and show students that significant adults value education and are

learners themselves. As the year progresses we will be looking at a variety of ways to

connect with our community. P&C and School Board both provide really valuable opportunities for our

parents to work with their school. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any ideas or queries

regarding building our partnerships.

P&C: Members of P&C decided last night to change the meeting time

for the regular twice a term meeting. The meetings will now be held

during the school day. P&C believe this will provide our families with

young children more opportunity to attend meetings. The next

meeting will be Wednesday 11 May at 1.30pm in the staffroom. Please

join us to find out more about the school.

Attendance: The Department of Education has a

significant focus on student attendance at school.

This is because there is a direct link between

student learning and attendance. As a school we

monitor student attendance and we are developing

some strategies to support an improvement in our

attendance rates. Attendance data will be

presented to School Board on a regular basis with

a view to monitoring our progress and to see if we

are meeting our targets for improvement. I have

included the table as it highlights the impact of

regular time away from school.

Nature Play: A discussion regarding the ORPS

Nature Play project was held at the P&C meeting.

P&C have committed $3,000 to improving the

Kindergarten outdoor space. This is a big

investment and provides us with the resources to

work on this important area. The school

successfully applied for a $50,000 grant from Medicare in 2014 for Nature Play. $34,566 was spent last

year in the following areas; PP for initiatives including the bike track and sensory garden; Year 1/2 for

initiatives including the vegetable garden and rainwater tank and Year 3/4 for initiatives including the

tropical garden, water tanks and musical pipes. The remaining funds from the grant are committed to

completing the projects with a water feature, Aboriginal meeting place and the sensory garden to be

completed. The Nature Play initiative has really enhanced the learning spaces our students engage

with. I plan to meet with a Grounds Committee early next term to look at our school’s overall Grounds

Plan with a view to including our keen gardeners in garden bed upgrades etc.

ANZAC Assembly: Our final assembly for the term will be the ANZAC assembly at 2pm on Friday 8th

April 2016. The ANZAC assembly is an opportunity for us to remember our serviceman, both past and

present.

The Principal’s Pen... Important Dates

Ocean Road Primary

Ocean Road, Dawesville, WA 6211

PH: 9582 2311 FAX: 9582 2355

http://www.oceanroadps.wa.edu.au

Friday

25th March

Good Friday

Public Holiday

School closed

Monday

28th March

Easter Monday

School closed

Tuesday

29th March

Easter Tuesday

School closed

Thursday

31st March

Literacy/Numeracy Stars

Friday

8th April

2.00pm

Anzac Assembly

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Last day of Term 1

Monday

25th April

Anzac Day

No School

Tuesday

26th April

Teachers commence Term 2

Wednesday 27th April

Students commence Term 2

School

Uniforms

Every Wednesday

9am - 2.30pm

School uniform shop Next to canteen

Student Leadership: I will be attending Parliament House with our Student Council today. It is a privilege for me to go to Parliament House with our young leaders. They are a fine group of students. I am looking

forward to talking to them on the train journey to and from Perth and discuss plans for their leadership

journey this year.

Visible Learning: I recently attended a Visible Learning symposium with a number of teachers from Ocean

Road Primary School. I am sure most of you are aware that ORPS is a Visible Learning school. Visible

Learning is a term coined by Professor John Hattie. Hattie’s ongoing research highlights the teaching and

learning strategies that have the highest impact on student learning. As a Visible Learning School ORPS

implements many of these strategies and is continually striving to improve the impact of teaching on student

learning. Professor Hattie was the key presenter and mentioned Ocean Road Primary School as a school

that has developed the capacity of teachers to improve teaching and learning. Our teachers are to be

commended for their hard work.

Regards,

Mrs Ashley Mottershead

Principal

Iternet payments to ORPS

To make payments to the school for items such as music

lessons, voluntary contributions, school camps, excursions

and the like can be made with the following information.

Account name: Ocean Road Primary School

BSB number: 066 516

Account number: 10201773

Please include a reference eg: CarlyleEmilyRm22

3 ways to stay

Informed

♦ Twitter a/c name @oceanroad_ps

♦ School Website

♦ Keep your email address updated with us to receive the school newsletter

Scholastic Book Fair

Thank you to all the wonderful families that supported our Monster Book Fair. Your patience at the busy times was very much appreciated.

It was a great success with the children getting excited about reading all the fabulous books we had on offer.

With your support, we raised $801 in Scholastic rewards to enhance our library resources.

Giving kids access to good books and the opportunity to choose their own books motivates them to read more, and like most acquired skills, the more children practice reading, the better they’ll achieve. Reading is vital to every child’s success, and raising children as readers opens them up to a world of opportunity and imagination. Denise Hobson Library Officer Book Fair Coordinator

Easter Break

Friday 25th March - Tuesday 29th March

Students commence school on Wednesday 30th March

In case of vandalism on weekends or school holidays, please phone Ed Security 9264 4771

School Banking Thursday mornings Thursday mornings Thursday mornings Thursday mornings

Please see Kerrie or Lee

next to the canteen and uniform shop in the undercover area.

Second Hand Second Hand Second Hand Second Hand

UniformsUniformsUniformsUniforms

If you have any pre-loved neat and tidy uniforms that you would like to donate, kindly drop them

into the office.

Your donations will be greatly appreciated.

Honour CertificatesHonour CertificatesHonour CertificatesHonour Certificates

Room 8 Phillip Kaydee

Room 9 Denham Jaiden

Room 10 Maryanne Casey

Room 11 Isabella Sonny

Room 12 Caitlyn Bodhi

Room 13 Elle Archer

Room 20 Conor Kiara

Room 21 Christian Riley

Room 14 Jack Matthew

Room 15 Jack Charlie

Room 16 Nikita Chloe

Room 17 Nikolas Saffron

Room 18 Matilda Harper

Room 19 Ryley Bella

Room 1 Taylor Ace

Room 6 Cameron Sophie

Room 7 Seth Kaitlin

Room 22 Abbi James

Room 23 Diva Tehani

Dental Van

8am - 4pm

Monday - Thursday

0427 045 691

Room 1 Corey

Room 6 Chloe

Room 7 Oscar

Room 8 Poppy

Room 9 Saphira

Room 13 Tzuriya

Room 14 Jaymz

Rooim 15 Gracie

Room 16 Jayde

Room 18 Mia

Room 19 Leilah

Room 23 Mickey

Literacy/Numeracy Literacy/Numeracy Literacy/Numeracy Literacy/Numeracy

StarsStarsStarsStars

Room K MacKenzie Narlah Hunter

Room KB Phoenix Oriana William

Room 2A Abby Dasha Gabrielle

Room 2B Kaden Sky Shyla

Room 1 Genevieve Taylor Skyla

Room 3 Santana Jett Reef

Room 4 Jackson Zarlee Gia

Room 5 Kalani Luke Luchia

Room 6 Gemma Tayte Max

Room 7 Jude Braidwood Isabella

Room 8 Kaylee Nichola Kaidance

Room 9 Patrick Saphira Mia

Room 10 Chevy Mitchell Claire

Room 11 May Ryan Mackenzie

Room 12 Isabelle Xavier Kaitlyn

Room 13 Jett Riley Daniel

Room 14 Samson Krystal Jack

Room 15 Charlotte Lochie Charlie

Room 16 Sophie Jade Caleb

Room 17 Amelie Cassidy Jessica

Room 18 Hunter Mia Aleisha

Room 19 Riley Jake Alyssa

Room 20 Amiee Ben Leroy

Room 21 Rhys Maverick Monty

Room 22 Rhys Ryan Jake

Room 23 Diva Tasmin Jasper

Thank you very much to parents who bought socks for the art room. We are now busy transforming

them into cute little char-acters.

Qing Zhu Art Teacher and students

Easter Raffle

Winners

Canteen NewsCanteen NewsCanteen NewsCanteen News Lunch orders

Please make sure that when your child places a lunch order that their name and classroom

number are included. This will elimate children getting worried about where there lunch is and

save any confusion.

There has been a number of foreign coins being used for lunch orders. Please check that

you use Australian money.

Canteen Volunteers

I would like to thank our wonderful parents, grandparents and helpers who volunteer in the canteen when they can. Any help is appreciated and makes such a big difference to the running

of the canteen.

Fundraising

Thank you to everyone who has donated teacups and saucers for our up and coming

Mothers day stall. We are very fortunate to have a crafty volunteer who would like to do

something special with them. If you have any spare, please drop them off to the canteen.

Jodie Richards Canteen Manager 0409 798 173

Easter RaffleEaster RaffleEaster RaffleEaster Raffle A big ‘THANKYOU’ to everyone who donated eggs and bought tickets in our Easter raffle. We were able to draw three prizes for each class.

The P&C made a profit of $1350.25 from the sale of raffle tickets.

Thanks to Lee, Pam and Jodie for their help in organising the raffle.

Narelle Williams P&C President

P & C News

The ’Classroom Cash’ competition has now finished. If anyone who has collected entry forms from the Saturday’s West, please drop them in the box at the front office by Wednesday 30th March. Thank you to everyone who has already dropped in forms for a chance to win a share of

Next P&C Meeting

In the staffroom

Wednesday 11th May

1.30pm

All Welcome

NEW

TIME

MOTHERS DAY STALL The P&C are currently organising the

Mother’s Day stall to be held early next term. If anyone is interested in volunteering to help with wrapping/setting up etc, please

email Narelle Williams on

orpspandc@yahoo.com.auorpspandc@yahoo.com.auorpspandc@yahoo.com.auorpspandc@yahoo.com.au

Positions Vacant

If you would be interested in

joining the P&C as:

♦ Secretary or,

♦ Fundraising Co-ordinator

Please email Narelle Williams on

orpspandc@yahoo.com.au