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75 Lymburner Drive, Hillarys 6025 | Ph: 9307 6365

www.hillarysps.wa.edu.au | email: [email protected]

HILLARYS PRIMARY SCHOOL

NEWSLETTER

Week 6 - TUESDAY, 2nd June 2020

Principal’s Pen I hope you were all able to enjoy some well-deserved family and leisure time over the

extra-long weekend.

It’s wonderful to see and feel a level or normality coming back to school, work, leisure and home.

Schooling is once again returning to normal and our students are engaging in the regular

curriculum, in their usual classroom environment. Those approved to learn from home are also

being supported.

I am pleased that together, we have been able to make the best of this situation and ensure your child’s safety and continuity of learning.

Student Independence Teachers and support staff recently shared how much student independence and student responsibility has grown over the past months. Our students have thrived with the extra responsibility of walking to class, unpacking their school bag and preparing for the day. Staff would like to see the continuation of the uninterrupted quality time with their students in the morning this has provided teachers and students with the time to connect, be organised, become mindful and be truly prepared for the lessons at 8:45am. Enhanced student independence has also seen a reduction in separation ‘bumps’ at the start of the day; allowing parents and carers to smoothly transition to work or home commitments.

Reporting

With the regular attendance of many students being lower over this time, the breadth and depth of the curriculum covered throughout Semester 1 may have been reduced. For this reason, schools are not required to include A to E grades on this year’s Semester 1 student reports. It also means that your child’s attendance may not be reported, and any written comments may provide less information on their progress than usual. We have extended our reporting timeline at a school level to assist students and teachers as much as we can with curriculum coverage and assessments for reporting purposes. Student reports will be available from Wednesday July 1, 2020. All going well, Semester 2 reports will provide the usual, more detailed information on your child’s progress and achievement. Thank you for your anticipated understanding.

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Parental Access to the School – Phase 3 COVID-19 Restrictions

Parents/guardians will be able to enter school grounds to drop off or pick up their children commencing Monday June 8. A further COVID-19 Update will be provided during the week once instructions are received from the Department of Education. This update will clarify what the COVID-19 Phase 3 Re-strictions will look like at Hillarys PS next week.

School Development Day Summary

On our School Development Day, staff affirmed their commitment to school collaborative

norms and engaged in a performance development and management reflection task.

We also reflected on and participated in sessions about sustainability, the zones of regulation,

writing moderation, workplace culture and leadership.

Duty Vests Making a Statement

Some of our staff members have set a challenge to colleagues to personalise their duty vests

by adding some sparkle and colour. We hope this trend catches on and I look forward to see-

ing how creative we can all be.

Duty vests are an important part of our school culture and risk management procedures, help-

ing students to easily identify a staff member if they need assistance or support in the play-

ground.

Staff Toilet Block

I sincerely thank the Department of Education for funding the installation of a new staff toilet block. The current staff toilets facilities were insufficient - catering for over seventy staff. There will be some interruptions to parking arrangement this week.

Gratitude

Gratitude is a quality of being thankful and appreciative; a response to something received, tangible or intangible. Positive psychology research has shown that gratitude has significant positive effects on the brain and body, and helps people feel more positive emotions. Teaching children and young people how to express gratitude can help them to identify the important things in life they are grateful for, both big and small. Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dBk-3SmoJ0 to view a videoclip, How to Talk with Kids about Gratitude by Greater Good Science Center, which demonstrates how to help chil-dren experience all facets of feeling grateful.



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Kindy Enrolments are now open for 2021.

If you child is born between 1st July 2016 and 30th June 2017, and you wish to

Enrol, please contact the front office for the correct Enrolment forms.

Building on Strength in Uncertain Times: In this together

Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLw0hGntWmk&feature=youtu.be to view a video narrated by the Department’s Elders in Residence and senior Aboriginal staff.

These messages are relevant to all school communities and highlight the 2020 National Rec-onciliation Week theme In This Together which resonates at this time, as it reminds us wheth-er in a crisis or in reconciliation, we are all “in this together”.

Well done and thank you for your continued support throughout this term.

Yours truly

Trevor Mitchell

Principal

Unwell Students

Please keep your children at home if they show signs of cold or

flu-like symptoms and or gastro. If children become unwell during the school day we will call parents to collect their child.

Call Education Security If You See Anything Suspicious In School Grounds After Hours

On weekends and holidays we sometimes have unwanted behaviour and vandalism on our school grounds. Please call Education Security on 9264 4632 or 9264 4771 if you

see anything suspicious.

Updating School Records

If your address, telephone number, email , child's health needs, or

court orders have changed, please contact the school office.

Arty Pants

Young Engineers, Zenshin Karate

Basketball, Netball, Tennis & Soccer

Will commence again in Term 3



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It s really important as part of our school identity that students wear the correct uni-

form to school. As we are now into winter, please ensure jumpers are labelled with

your child’s name so that if it is misplaced, the jumper can be returned easily. Please

avoid sending your child in non-uniform items. As a reminder, faction shirts can be

worn by years 3-6 on Friday (sport day) and for PP-2 on their Phys Ed day. All items are

available for purchase from Lowes Joondalup.

SCHOOL DRESS CODE

Shirts: Red polo shirt or T-shirt with school logo or approved current Graduation shirt

for Year 6 students.

Skirts: Black pleated sports skirt, black shorts or skorts.

Pants: Black pants or tracksuit pants.

Dress: Red dress with school logo

Jumper/Windcheater: School windcheater or zip jacket (with school logo), red winter

rain jacket.

Yr 6 students: Graduation shirt and jacket.

Hats: Official school hat – broad brimmed (black)

Footwear: Shoes or sneakers. Plain low sandals (must be strapped to the foot – no

thongs) may be worn in summer, however these cannot be worn for Phys Ed or sport.

Sports Uniform: Faction colour t-shirt (yellow, blue or green)

Thank you to the students in

C5 for raising the flag each

day to recognise National

Reconciliation Week.





C3, D2, A6





THE RAINBOW FISH

…………………….. A beautiful

fish who finds friendship and

happiness when he learns to

share.

By Year 1’s Batavia 5

Year 4 A1

Visual Art

“A snake in the Jungle”

Art Skill:

Development of artistic processes

and techniques to explore visual con-

ventions through use of shape, col-

our, line and mixing of shades to cre-

ate artwork

Publications Permission

Upon enrolment, parents decide whether to give consent for their child’s name, photo or work to be published in school newsletters, school related activities,

promotional material for the Department of Education and articles for the West Australian and community newspapers. This consent continues for your child

while enrolled at our school. If at any stage you want to change the permission status, then you will need to notify the office in writing of this request.





Term2, Week 5

With Winter upon us….

At Camp Australia, we’re experts at having fun, regardless of what’s happening with the weather. Rain, hail or shine we always have fun, with engaging and enriching activities on offer for all ages of children to participate in! If there is a loved activity that we have missed for some reason, please let us know.

Still in these difficult times…

Our OSHC service is open and operating for those that need our care. For families who require care, childcare will

be provided free of charge until 30th June as per the Federal Government's announcement on the 2nd April.

Whilst care is free, we still need to know if you are coming. We ask that you get your bookings in as soon as you

can. It’s first in, first served!

Outdoor Play:

Even though the season is turning, we are still requesting from parents and encouraging the children to wear a

wide brim hat while playing outside.

Reconciliation Week:

During this week, we will be continuing to focus on Reconciliation Week. We have created a very interesting and

engaging program. We will be looking in depth into the culture of our Native Australians and will cover activities

such as music, food, outdoor games and arts.

Drop Off / Pick Up:

We are still in the process in keeping parents/carers out of our front licensed space. For some it is an easy transi-

tion. For those not so easy, we understand and are there to provide extra support.

If you as parent have any input that you would like to share with us, please contact us at the service.

We look forward to seeing you and your family soon,  From the Team at Camp Australia  Anna, Cameron and Jessica



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