Issue 9 Friday, 15 June, 2012

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Power Problems

Like many of you, we have had a very challenging week with the power problems resulting from the storms. My apologies for the inconvenience caused, particularly with the off again, on again situation for Wednesday. When we were advised to close the school it was made quite clear that the disruption was likely to be for up to three days. As a result of our communications it is timely to remind everyone to ensure that we have your contact details. If you have an email address which we don’t have or this has changed please let us know.

Tunes in June

Last week our bands performed at the annual ‘Tunes in June’ concert. Though the weather was rather chilly the children were fantastic. It is very satisfying to see so many of them having the opportunity to play an instrument and perform as they did. Over the years since we first introduced band we have had more than 1000 children learn an instrument. Some have gone on to big and better things in music.

Motivational Speaker Invitation

Next Wednesday afternoon (1.30 pm) we will have a guest motivational speaker address our students. Lorin Nicholson, a blind cyclist and musician, has a wonderful message of resilience to tell. Children in the bands and ensemble will also enjoy a music workshop after the talk. The cost, which comes from your pre-paid excursion funds, will be $2.00. Parents or carers who would like to attend may do so free of charge.

New Kitchen

We are pleased to inform everyone that the renovations for the new kitchen are now underway. It is hoped that all work will be completed by the end of the school holidays. Mr Johnson will now hold his classes in the Science room which up until now has been used for cooking.

Gifted and Talented Programs

At our recent School Council meeting I was asked to discuss with members how Rostrata caters for gifted and talented students. Most importantly over recent years the staff have engaged in very thorough professional learning in Higher Order Thinking Skills. The expectation is that these skills are emphasised in every classroom. You may have noticed this in some of the work the children bring home or have displayed in their classrooms. Our Science program is also another area where investigating and problem solving is a high priority. Children have many opportunities to engage in activities which stretch their thinking. Essentially then, aside from PEAC where children go to special out of school classes, gifted and talented students are catered for in their own classroom rather than in withdrawal groups. It is of interest to note that fifteen of our Year 7s from last year won places in the 2012 Gifted and Talented Secondary School program. Since 2007 we have been in the top 10 schools receiving these scholarships.

Australian Curriculum

From the beginning of next Semester our teachers will be implementing the Australian Curriculum in English, Mathematics and History. If you would like to know what the expectations are in the various learning areas visit the ACARA website http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/

Rostrata School Uniform Shop Opens on Wednesdays & Fridays between 8.00am-10.00am Phone: 9457 1837

Tuesday 19 June

• Senior Assembly C5, Year 6 / 7

Wednesday 20 June

• Toy Stall

Friday 22 June

• Dance Sport Year 6 / 7 • Winter Sports Carnival Years 6 / 7

Monday 25 June

• Winter Sports Carnival Contingency Day • PEAC Testing—Year 4’s(?)

Tuesday 26 June

• Junior Assembly D1/D2, Years 2 / 3 • Dental Catch-up • PEAC Testing

Thursday 28 June

• Year 7 String Students Workshop

Friday 29 June

• Dance Sport Year 6 / 7

Tuesday 3 July

• Whole School Assembly

Friday 6 July

Last day of Term 2

ROSTRATA AVENUE, WILLETTON 6155 EMAIL: admin@rostrata.wa.edu.au HOMEPAGE: www.rostrata.wa.edu.au TEL: 9457 9455 CANTEEN: 9354 3332 FAX: 9354 3922 SCHOOL SECURITY 1800 177 777

Please note that if your child is absent from school for any reason, you are required to write a note to the child's teacher explaining the absence. You are still required to write a note even if you have rung the school to advise your child/ren will not be attending that day. Thank you.

Due to the amazing weather we have experienced in the last few days the delivery of our Cadbury fundraising chocolates has been delayed. Families can now expect to receive their box of chocolates to sell on Thursday next week (21st June) and you will now have until Thursday 26th July to return your money to us. Don’t forget for every box you sell your child will receive a ‘free drink voucher’ from the Kids Cafe and will also be helping us raise valuable funds for our school! If you are able to sell more than one box or if you have any general queries please contact rostratafundraising@iinet.net.au.

Visit www.thefatheringproject.org

for fathering articles, tips for

busy fathers and interviews.

Number 3 of 3 simple tips I gained from the

Fathering Project for Dad’s to make an ef-

fective difference in their child’s life!

‘S’ stands for Special. Your children need to

feel that they are special! This happens

when they are treated as unique individuals;

e.g. helping them develop their own special gifts, enjoying their unique personality, and

remember their favourite things

A positive way to make this difference, (I

think I've mentioned before, but worth re-

peating), is to take the children out on Dad

dates, one child at a time. (Knowing their

turn is coming will build the anticipation for

children left behind.) If it is ‘a 1st time’, and

different to normal, its sure to be a memo-

rable new experience. Maybe it’s possible to

show them where you work?

Chaplain Paul Stokes

Paulst@youthcare.org.au

Enrolments for 2013 are now open. Stu-dents whose birthdates fall between 1 July 2008 and 30 June 2009 are eligi-ble to enrol in our Kindergarten pro-gram in 2013. Application for Enrol-ment forms can be obtained from the front office. Children whose birth dates fall between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2008 are eligible for our Pre-Primary program. Applications close Friday 3 August, 2012. Please note you must provide your child's birth certificate, immunisation records and proof of residence within Rostrata in-take area. Students currently enrolled in Kindy and Pre-Primary must complete an appli-cation for enrolment for 2013. These will be sent home in the near future. Once students have been enrolled into Year 1 they no longer need to complete applica-tions each year.

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To all parents with children graduating in 2013, please note that in term 3 we will start the process of ordering leavers shirts and jack-ets. Miss Cindy Wells from C5 will be co-ordinating the students in regards to the artwork for the back of the garments. Forms for sizing and ordering will be sent out in Term 3 with the an-ticipation of receiving the shirts with back orders at the beginning of 2013. The anticipated cost is approximately $28 for shirts and $35-$40 for jackets. Thank you. Melissa Giles…..Uniform shop Co-ordinator (along with… Jodie Davis / Dawn Griffiths / Donna Hardie / Lorna McLean)

By now parents of Year 5 and year 7 students will have received a

pamphlet on WAMSE Testing for 2012.

WAMSE Testing is similar to the NAPLAN testing years 3, 5 and 1

children took part in recently.

Our school will be involved in testing in the week beginning 6th

August. Parents who wish to withdraw their child from this test-

ing process must see their child’s teacher as soon as possible to

fill out the required form. Withdrawal forms

are available from Mr Proctor. Could parents

please return withdrawal forms to their

child’s teacher or Mr Proctor by the last day

of this term (Friday 6 July).

Andrew Proctor…..Deputy Principal

PARENT EVENING The Western Australian Primary Princi-

pals’ Association will be holding a par-

ent information evening at the upcom-

ing WAPPA Conference. Griffin Longley

will deliver a presentation on the grow-

ing body of research showing the critical

importance of nature play in children's

physical, emotional and cognitive devel-

opment and ways to make it part of our

busy family lives.

Parents as Partners Why free-play will make your child

happier and smarter!

Presented by:

Griffin Longley—Nature Play WA

Wednesday, 20 June at 7.30pm

The Grand Ballroom –

Burswood Entertainment Complex

Cost $18 per ticket

I have some fantastic news! Our New

Kitchen Classroom is going to be built

and finished by the beginning of Term

3. We have packed up the Kitchen

Classroom that we have been using for

the last two years and the science

department will be moving in this term.

Therefore we have cancelled cooking

cla s s e s f or no w b ut we will

recommence next term. A small

inconvenience for a fantastic outcome!!

Thank you to all my loyal and dedicated

volunteers we will not be needing your

help for the rest of the term but put

your name down for next term and be

part of a very exciting new chapter in

the Kitchen garden here at

Rostrata Primary.

A big thank you to the Gault

Family for donating lemons and limes.

Cant wait to see you all soon!

Vickie Richards.

Gardening Timetable

h t tp : / / r o s t r a t aga rden .weeb ly . co m/up loads /7 /0 /2 /9 /7029118 /timetable_for_newsletter.pdf Do you want to know when your son or daughter is in the garden? Use the link above to help you work out which week is gardening or cooking so that you can help out. Fresh vegetables and herbs for sale

Now that the new kitchen is underway there are no cooking classes. As a result we have spare fresh produce in the garden. Come on Tuesday or Thursday to the garden, check the list of available produce for sale and we will pick it as you wait. You can’t get fresher than this. All money raised goes toward more seedlings, seeds, etc for the garden. Next assembly there will be a ‘market day’ stall outside the library so if you don’t make it down to the garden it will still be fresh as it will all be harvested that morning. Garden classes

We are still gardening and planting so that a good range of produce will be available when the new kitchen is up and running. The year 4s have just

planted a full bed of broad beans and we have been donated some broc-colini seedlings which we will plant out shortly too. The chickens are very healthy and have withstood the storms nicely due to the great chicken coop that has stayed dry and warm (it’s all relative!). The fig tree

is trying to produce a second crop and the Cape Gooseberry bushes and pro-ducing an abundance of treats for the children. There is the occasional pea for prizes too. Thanks Thanks also the Quealy family and chicken whisperers who are looking af-ter the chickens when I’m not in the garden. Thanks too to the parents on class roster who stayed behind to help me put away all our potential flying objects before Tuesday night’s storm. Thanks to Mr Evans for using the whipper snipper so effectively in the garden—it looks great.

What you can do to help : ◊ Buy some produce from the assembly stall or directly from the garden on Tuesday or Thurs-

days. There will be a bigger than usual stall in front of the library next assembly ◊ Volunteer in the garden with your child’s class.

◊ Buy Worm Wiz from outside the front office. $1 for 2 litres. Instructions for how to use it

are on our webpage at http://rostratagarden.weebly.com/garden-hints.html

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From the President…

Save the Date!

Rostrata Primary School’s

30th Birthday Celebration

Twilight Movie Night

Saturday November 10

From The Fundraising Committee…

Due to the popularity and success

of the Earn & Learn program,

Woolworths have extended the

closing date to August 12th

giving us three extra weeks to

collect stickers for our school. So

don’t forget to pop into our

school office and collect extra sticker cards so you

can keep sticking right through the school

holidays!

The Entertainment Book sales

are coming to a close and we still

have people who are wanting to

buy them so if you have not

returned your unwanted book

could you please do so to the

school office as soon as

possible. If you are wanting to

keep it could you please make your

payment either online at

www.entertainmentbook.com.au/

orderbooks/842a43

or by placing your money in a sealed envelope

with your child’s name and class number on the

front and returning it to the P&C box in the front

office. If you or anyone you know still wishes to

purchase a book please send us an email.

Our fundraising chocolates will now

arrive on Thursday June 21st and for every

complete box of chocolates sold your child will

receive a ‘free drink voucher’ for our school

canteen. The more boxes your family sells the

more freebies you will receive! A big THANK YOU

to the families who have donated money to our

fundraising and your child’s free drink vouchers

will be issued over the following week.

If you have any queries or would like to contact

us you can do so at:

rostratafundraising@iinet.net.au

Thank you again for your continued support!

From the Canteen Committee…

Online ordering is still the preferred

method of placing a canteen order - we

love new faces! Thanks for your support.

Please make sure you have a copy of the new

menu - it can be downloaded from the Rostrata

School website. Thank you to our volunteers who

give a few hours of their time once a term to help

out. If you are on roster, and can't make it in to

help, please let us know so we can get a replace-

ment for that day. Your help is always appreci-

ated. Please phone the Canteen on 9354 3332.

Thank you also for your understanding whilst

Rostrata had no power - and a big thank you to

Willetton High Canteen who kindly let us use their

freezers while power was being restored!!

Scott Fallows from C3 was the lucky winner of the

Senior Hero Day prize - he has won a quelch stick

for all the members of his class. Well done Scott.

We also would like to thank Corrinne Hunter for

stepping in as Canteen Assistant in the first part of

this term to help our new Canteen Manager,

Melissa "find her feet". With Corrinne moving on,

we would now like to welcome Emma Bruce as our

new Canteen Assistant. Thanks for all your help

ladies.

From School Banking…

Express Banking Box - We have set up an Express

Banking Box for the students, so if they are run-

ning late for class or don't want to queue up they

can drop their banking wallet and money of in the

secure Express Banking Box, which will be on a ta-

ble next to the School Banking Team. The stu-

dents banking wallet will be returned to their

classroom the same day. Please ensure your de-

posit slips are correctly filled out and your class

number is marked clearly in your wallet.

Don't forget the Commonwealth Bank's competi-

tion. To be in the draw all you need to do is make

a minimum of 5 deposits into your account at

school banking between 16th April and 30th June,

then give the bank your best savings tips in 25

words or less at commbank.com.au/beadollarmite.

There are great prizes to be won for you, your

family, your class and for the school.

Congratulations to Jasmine of B6 who was the

banker of the month for May - well done Jasmine!

If you have any queries you can come and see us

at school banking on Wednesday morning in the

undercover area between 8am and 8.45am or

contact Natalie on 0418 928 867.

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The following items are mentioned as community news and are not school endorsed activities.

Aulberry Parade, Leeming Enrolments for 2013 are now open for Leeming Senior High School and need to be received by 1 August, 2012. Please contact us if you would like an Enrolment form posted.

Telephone 9310 1300 or email leeming.shs@education.wa.edu.au

JULY SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

KIDZ’N SPORT ONE WEEK ONLY

During the school holidays your child can learn to improve their skills in the following sports and games: basketball/soccer/footy/running/agility/minky/catching/throwing and netball. We also promote co-operation, listen-ing, teamwork and communication. Location: West Leeming Primary School Dates: Monday 16-Friday 20 July, 2012 Times: PreKindy & Kindy

Skill Development: 9.00am-10.30am

Pre-Primary, Years 1, 2, & 3 Multi-sport: 9.00am-12noon

(Bring a healthy, nut free snack for morning tea.)

12.30pm-2.00pm NEW Specialist Basketball Programme

(coached by State League and International Basketball player)

Fees:

Skill Development / Specialist Basketball 1-3 days $25 per day / 4 days $90/ 5 days $105

Multi Sport 1-3 days $40 per day / 4 days $150/ 5 days $180

Multi Sport + Specialist Basketball 1-3 days $60 per day / 4 days $225/ 5 days $270

Bookings: via www.kidznsport.com.au or contact James on 0447 416718 /

jamesh@kidznsport.com.au

GET ACTIVE SPORTS

SOCCER FOR JUNIORS—3-8 YEAR OLDS

Leeming Rec & Indoor Sports Centre, 55 Farrington Road, Leeming

Sunday 29 July 2012 To secure a place you MUST email:

rego@getactivesports.com.au or phone 1300 772 106 for more information.

Website www.getactivesports.com.au

WILLETTON BASKETBALL STADIUM July 2012 School Holiday Camps

9.00am till 3.30pm daily First Week:

Children 9 years and under Second Week:

Children 9 years and over Call today to register on 93103300

Parent Teen Connection Saturday 30th June 9.30-4.30 @

Lotteries House, Gosnells We have all come through adoles-cence – do we remember? It has always been a challenging, some-times frustrating period of life’s journey. Thankfully, today’s par-ents are usually more inclined to listen. Living with teenagers can be confusing and even worrying, but also rewarding. This course reduces stress and teaches par-ents to communicate, negotiate and minimise conflict. For further information please phone 9489 6322

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Holiday Fun at the RSPCA WA RSPCA WA has a huge range of holiday bore-dom busters that kick off this July. There are old favourites - Be a Volunteer, Talk to the Animals, Doggie Delights & Radical Reptiles. We have many new exciting ses-sions: Birds of Prey for all ages, Be an Inspec-tor, Be a Volunteer Junior and Intermediate and joint sessions with the Perth Zoo “Wild about Animals” and a new session with Lands-dale Animal Farm.

There’s something for all kids aged 4-17 years. All sessions involve ani-mal interaction, a shelter tour and are reasonably priced. Visit www.rspcawa.asn.au to find out more and call 9209 9325 for bookings. Bookings open 18th June 2012

KAYAK LESSONSKAYAK LESSONSKAYAK LESSONSKAYAK LESSONS Juniors (8-12 years) Choose from 10

and 12 July OR 17 and 19 July. (Choose 2 lessons in one week)

Cost $40 inc use of boat, paddle, life jacket

8.00-9.00am Note: It is a requirement of all participants that they must be able to swim at least 50metres.

Payment is due before 4 July Contact:

Robyn Brown on 0401 311 817 or robyn.l.brown@bigpond.com

Jungle Sports Its Fun to Play and we Play for Fun!

Jungle Sports is now Perth’s first

choice sports development program for

children 18 months to 7 y/o and is held

at ten indoor venues in Canning Vale,

Subiaco, Mt Lawley, Joondalup, Mel-

vi l le , Rockingham, Guildford,

Kingsway, Mandurah and Success.

Parents can choose from 18mth to 3yr

Jungle CUBS, 3yr to 7yr Soccer, Multi-

Sports or Rugby. Jungle Sports is

unique with parental involvement in

the sessions, giving them a fantastic

hour of structured fun with their child.

Every program is age specific and tai-

lored for maximum enjoyment and

learning. There is also no membership

fee for Jungle Sports. Check the web-

site www.junglesports.com.au or

phone 9499 1800 or emai l :

info@junglesports.com.au

OSHC phone: 0402 425 386

Coordinator: Deborah

REMINDERS

How to get started before using our programs you

must register online for an account. Registering is

quick and easy. Visit our website to begin

www.campaustralia.com.au.

Once registered, you can make cancellations,

view your statements and manage your details any-

time of the day online. Keep in mind we are able to

take bookings at short notice to help busy families.

Save on Care You can save 50% or more on Before

and After School Care fees with the non-means

tested Child Care Rebate. Almost all families are

eligible. To find out more call our Customer Ser-

vice Team on 1300 105 343 Monday to Friday.

OSHC NEWS

Hi and welcome to our newsletter,

Wow school holidays are only a few weeks away this term

has flown by.

At Camp Australia this week we have changed our theme

from Autumn to Winter and are learning about the wonders

of winter.

Here in Perth we have been experiencing them quite vigor-

ously!

The children have been giving us lots of feedback with what

they love to do in the afternoons at Camp Australia and

their results did not surprise Tega and myself as it is what

they are doing on a daily basis.

Anyway!

Here are our results:

• Playing outside

• Drawing

• Arts and crafts

• Reading

• Homework

We have also been having fun in the kitchen making

Marshmallows (I’m happy to give the recipe to anyone who

would like to try; it is very basic) and they tasted great.

MONDAY Today we are making snow

cones for the tree.

TUESDAY We will be cooking snowmen

macaroons.

WEDNESDAY Today we will be having a dis-

cussion about Mount Everest.

THURSDAY Children will be participating in a

10 minute workout.

FRIDAY Today children will enjoy quiet

games and puzzles.

WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK

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DID YOU KNOW THAT………….

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