Telephone: (08) 9291 2000 • Email: walliston.ps@education.wa.edu.au • www.wallistonprimaryschool.wa.edu.au

DJ MICKEY G IN DA HOUSE

Last Friday night our P&C hosted its annual Halloween Disco with the support of our very own international DJ MICKEY G. DJ MICKEY G rocked the undercover area with smoke machines, flashing lights, pump-in music and had the students dancing along with his ‘Just Dance’ video clips. I spoke to DJ MICKEY G and he commented that it was the best disco he has ever taken part in and that a large part of the success was the work completed by our school P&C, with their impressive decorations and their coordination of the event. We hope to see the return of DJ MICKEY G at our future events, with the hope that he can schedule our disco in, while he tours the globe. NEW PHONE NUMBER

Who ya gonna call? – Not Walliston Primary School on our old phone number. Last week our school was upgraded to the Department of Education’s new phone system, and with that we received a new phone number. Our old phone number will divert calls for a short period of time, before it will be disconnected. To contact our school, please dial 08 9291 2000. In reporting student absents from school, please remember that you can still notify our school through the school app or through our school website. INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE

This morning will see the beginning of our junior block toilets being dismantled. It is predicted to take about 4 weeks to complete, with majority of the disturbance to occur before and after school hours. Students in Room 1 will require to access their class via the side classroom door, and Room 3 and 6 will still have access through the front doors. CYBERSAFETY WORKSHOP FOR PARENTS

Last weekend, the Sunday Times published an article about social media and cyber safety and encouraging

parents to be aware of their children’s activities online. In partnership with our school P&C, Paul Litherland who is regarded as one of Australia’s leading keynote speakers on internet awareness will run a number of workshops next Tuesday 12th November. Our year 4, 5 and 6 students will participate in an internet awareness workshop with Paul, followed by a staff workshop after school. Paul will then provide a parent workshop for Walliston PS parents from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Further information about Paul Litherland’s workshops can be found at https://www.surfonlinesafe.com.au WHAT IS OUTDOOR CLASSROOM DAY?

Outdoor Classroom Day is a global campaign to celebrate and inspire outdoor learning and play. This Thursday 7th November, Walliston Primary School will take part in outdoor classroom day. Encouraging outdoor learning helps improve children’s behaviour, whole classes often become excited to learn, and individuals who feel inhibited by the curriculum often thrive in an outdoor environment. Not only does outdoor learning teach critical life skills such as resilience, teamwork and creativity, but is central to children’s enjoyment of childhood. 2019 YEARBOOK

Our Yearbook is currently being collated and will feature a page for each class as well as special pages for sport, chaplain, music, graduating students, school life, extension group, special days, art, Italian and many more. Many families have already purchased a book through their voluntary contributions, however if you have yet to order a book and would like to hold wonderful memories of 2019 for you and your family, please get in contact with the school to pre-order your book by Friday 30th November. Craig Mainard, Principal

From the Principal’s Desk

Issue 14 - Wednesday 6th November 2019

DJ Mickey G at Work!

Kitchen Garden News

The Room 11 students are busy gardening, weeding,

planting, cooking, problem solving and working together as

a team cooperatively in our Kitchen Garden. We made some

Vietnamese rice paper rolls from produce grown in our

garden. Thank you to Mr Gilders for donating a rustic

wheelbarrow, we are going to use it and then plant some

strawberries & flowers in it. We have also recently been

harvesting our first crop of potatoes which was really

exciting! Happy gardening from the Kitchen Garden Team.

Mrs Whitcombe

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden

Dates to Remember

November

7th Outdoor Class Room 8th Assembly - Pre Primary 11th Remembrance Day 12th Cyber Safety Staff and Parents - Evening 13th Dance 19th Yr 5 Zoo Sleepover 20th Dance School Council Meeting Newsletter 22nd Assembly - SIMS 25th Cup Cake Day 26th K/PP/Yr1 - Transition Day 27th Dance Social 28th Kindy Orientation Day - 9am 29th Kindy Orientation Day part 2

December

3rd P & C Meeting 7pm 4th Pre-Primary Santa Visit Newsletter 6th Assembly - WAMO rewards 11th Kindy Christmas Concert Volunteers Morning Tea 12th PP Christmas Class Party 13th Book Awards Sharing Hills Christmas 16th Colour Run 17th WAMO rewards-Water Slides 18th Graduation Night 7pm 19th Yr 6 Excursion / Bell Ringing Last Day of Term

School Banking: on every Thursday morning before school up in the Library. Uniform Shop: Open every Thursday 8.45 - 9.15am

Walliston Primary 50th Anniversary Update Brickpaver Order forms are well under way. If you have misplaced your order form and need an-

other copy, please contact WallistonPrimary50@gmail.com Make sure you stay up to date by liking, following, commenting and sharing our Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/Walliston-PS-50th-Anniversary-Celebrations-104134987598007/

50th Anniversary merchandise sales – Last call for first dibs on our Special edition Tote Bags!

Great size, great quality, great cause!

Walliston Primary School Community Brick Paving- make your mark in our Historical Community Path!

The Stirk Athletics Carnival was held last week at Gooseberry Hill Primary School under some trying weather conditions. Congratulations to the students who participated on the day and despite the occasional rain shower performed at their best in all events. The individual winners from Walliston Primary School were: Girl Year 5 Champion Isla – Rose Gray Boy Year 5 Runner Up Sam Deroost

Cyber Safety - with Paul Litherland Surf online Safe

All parents are welcomed to attend the Cyber Safety

Workshop which will be held on Tuesday 12th November at 6.30pm to 8pm in Room 8. This is a great opportunity to take up on, it offers parents a better understanding of

the networks and systems our teens are using and to help them grow online with their kids.

HALLOWEEN

DISCO!

Thank you to all who supported our Halloween Disco last Friday. We had a blast and hope you all did too! A huge THANK YOU to Nat Manganaro and her Team for making it such a great night! Thanks to our MC Mr Gilders, It was truly a team effort with our Year 6’s carving pumpkins, younger year groups decorating them, parent volunteers for the night, not to mention all the behind the scenes arrangements! A Business Shout-out of THANKS to Jimmy Garfield from Stoneville Fresh Supermarket – we had pumpkins for days and it looked amazing! All efforts paid off - The Assembly area was decked out, the Canteen was stocked and the kids AND Parents were up and dancing! Prizes, dance-offs and so much fun was had! Thank you for supporting us and for the Kids’ (and adults!) great costumes – everyone went to so much effort and everyone looked amazing!

A Big Thank you to the members of the Walliston P & C who kindly set a beautiful morning tea for all the hard

working teachers, support staff and Admin staff for Teachers Appreciation Day on Friday 25th October.

World Teachers’

Day Friday

25th October

Room Name

1 Jade Smith

6 Ruby-Jane Clarke

Joshua Hooper

Room Name

1 Talei McCauley

6 Audrey Haigh

Kaylea Quinn

Clara King

8 Jake Heald

Samuel Kennedy

11 Liam Cotter

Jack Della Franca

Room Name

6 Matthew Mainard

8 Ariana Dix

11 Aidan Gallager

Remember to :- Complete the permission form and return to

school ASAP. Sign up at schoolfundraising.com.au and

create your student profile page. GET DONATIONS!!!! Ask everyone you

know! Get your parent or guardian to share your fundraising link and use your sponsorship form booklet to collect cash donations. Donations will close Monday 11th November.

Choose your prize! Prizes must be ordered online after donations close between 11 & 17 November. Log into your student profile and click the “CLAIM YOUR PRIZE” button. (If you need help ordering, or don’t have online access please let us know.

On the day, bring a white shirt to change into (can buy from Kmart for approx $3 or any old shirt will do!) and an old pair of shorts/pants. Bring an old hat too please!

GET COLOURFUL AND HAVE FUN!!!!

Parents and guardians are invited to come along. Students will need to be collected from the school oval after the event at 3pm

Our P & C and school staff will require assistance on the day (setting up and running the colour run) to make this

event possible for all of our students. If you can lend a hand, please let us know on the permission form or leave

your details at the front office J

Walliston Primary School’s first COLOUR RUN is coming!

Monday, 16th December 2pm - School Oval

Entertainment Books

Give the gift of savings on all your favourite things this Christmas with a 2019/2020 Entertainment Book.

If you’re looking for the perfect gift to give we have 1 hardcopy Enter-tainment book available in the front office (Cash Only). Memberships

are only $70 with a portion going straight back to the P&C and towards our fundraising goals. Snap it up before someone else does.

To Purchase your 2019/2020 online membership, visit our fundraising page https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/874i63

Something super exciting is happening with Entertainment Book! As of next year’s memberships, Entertainment Books will be 100% digi-

tal! But there is even more, memberships will now be valid for 12 months from date of activation AND there are 3 new memberships to

choose from!! New digital memberships are due to launch in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for more information.

Chloe Basley for being an ‘enthusiastic’ learner.

Chloe is to be commended for her increased confidence and

participation in Italian.

Italian Award

MERIT AWARDS

Charlotte Della Franca Rm 1

Nate Kerr Rm 1

James Reed Rm 3

Isla Newland Rm 3

Ruby-Jane Clarke Rm 6

Oliver Reed Rm 6

Brad Della Franca Rm 8

Sam Campo Rm 8

Jade Mainard Rm 11

Corey Campbell Rm 11

Jensen Bay Rm 12

Isabelle van der Helder Rm 12

Jake Roper Rm 15

Chloe Wilson Rm 15

School Year 2020

If you know you are not going to be attending Walliston PS next year,

(besides the Yr 6’s), please inform the front desk as we are in the middle of setting up classrooms. Thank you