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Newsletter 17

Principal’s Message

Dear Parents and Carers

Changes to Fun Run

The day will commence with a book week parade by the Junior students on the tennis courts. Classes will parade around the fence line for parents to have a good view and I ask that parents remain outside the courts for Covid reasons.

Students will then return to class and prepare for the Fun Run which will now commence at 9:30am on the oval. This has been brought forward to the morning due to the forecast for hot weather later in the day. The theme for this year’s Fun Run is for students to come “dressed as your favourite character”. The sponsorship arrangements are a little different this year – please refer to the booklet that students would have brought home recently.

There will be two courses, an inner circle for junior students and an outer circle for senior students. Teachers will set up class stations around their respective course, where the students can stop for a drink or rest during the event.

Parents who would like to come and spectate, I ask that you remain on the outside of the school fence as the oval will be fully occupied and students will run as close to vantage points as possible.

This is a major fundraising event for the P&C in 2020 as many other events have not been able to occur. Recently our P&C have purchased outdoor furniture, iPads for the school, smart boards in classrooms and the redevelopment of the Kindergarten playground. Their support of our school has been invaluable in creating an inviting and educative learning environment for all students at Rostrata. Thank you to all parents for your ongoing support of the P&C.

New Appointment

I am delighted to announce that Mrs Sam Butler will join the staff as a Marketing and Media Officer, commencing on 9 November. The title is a little misleading as her key functions will be communication, events management, promoting our school to our community and developing new ways of forging closer school and community links. Mrs Butler has an extensive background in this field and is joining us from Kent Street SHS.

We are conducting interviews next week for the position of Deputy Principal and we will soon be concluding the selection process. The process for the Manager, Corporate Services will then commence.

I look forward to welcoming these new staff to Rostrata PS, working closely with them and introducing each new colleague to our school community.

Canteen – Trialling Five Days per Week

The P&C are currently trialling the viability of the canteen operating for five days per week, with the trial concluding on Friday 6 November. If this proves successful, the canteen’s operating days will be extended in 2021.

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World Teacher Day

Tomorrow we will be celebrating and thanking the teaching profession on World Teachers’ Day . Teachers, with support from parents and carers, have ensured education continues across the country this year, despite major challenges. It’s reinforced the significant role teachers play in the lives of children and students, their families and communities. On Friday 30 October, say a big thank you to teachers and celebrate the bright future of teaching.

School Satisfaction Survey

This was sent out last Friday and will close on Sunday 8 November. Please set aside some time to complete the survey, as the information we get back is valuable to us and is considered very carefully to help shape the directions of our school so that we can best meet the needs of our students, staff and school community. Thank you to those families who have already responded. A reminder that this is completely anonymous.

Dancesport

These lessons have commenced for Year 6 students as a lead up to the Year 6 Graduation Dinner Dance on Friday 11 December. The classes are being run by dance teachers from Humphrey’s Dance Studio.

Their final lesson will be on the evening of the dinner dance. The instructors will run this social part of the event and the Graduation Committee will run the food, photos and supervision with support from the school.

Bandanna Day

Tomorrow is National Bandanna Day as a fundraiser for Canteen which is an organisation set up to help young people impacted by cancer to gain access to programs, counselling and peer support.

Bandannas have been on sale at the canteen and students are asked to wear their bandanna tomorrow.

Coming Events

Senior Band Bash 1:30pm undercover area – Thursday 5 November Band Information session 7:00pm undercover area for Year 3 parents – Wednesday 4 November

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Assembly

The Senior choir and Ms Darby gave an outstanding performance at this morning’s assembly by singing;

Another Opening Show, All Swans are White and Pride.

The choral ability and technical work was really entertaining and the choir should be extremely proud of themselves!

Junior Sports Carnival Arriba! Thank you to everyone who helped at the recent Junior Carnival. Thank you to everyone who attended early to help set up the carnival and pack away after a long, tiring day. A massive mucho gracias to our brilliant Faction and School Captains who assisted staff and led their factions in this fabulose fiesta! The overall points for the carnival were 1st Mason 261 2nd Riley 194 3rd Willett 192 4th Collins 182

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Captain Cleanup

Kindergarten classes had an important message delivered to them this week from Captain Cleanup who spread the word about recycling, reusing and the new scheme for cash for certain types of containers. It seemed that the children enjoyed the show and also got to understand the importance of being sustainably aware.

Barry France Principal

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CARE TOKEN WINNERS

The following students were our CARE token winners. Bee – D6 Jordan – C2 Avan – A2 Maheban – D2 Wafa – C2 Belcim – B4 Evie – D7 Isaac – A8

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CLASS NEWS – A4

Last term in A4 we learnt about the weather we have in Perth and how the four seasons differ. We all have our favourite season. This term we are learning about the Aboriginal Noongar seasons and how they are similar and different. Did you know that they have 6 seasons? And that they can tell the change in season by looking at the plants? We drew the weather pictures to match what is happening in each season and related it to a colour. Next we will learn about the weather in other countries.

Kirsten Peel Class Teacher

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GARDEN NEWS

The garden has had a Spring clean and is looking fabulous. Classes have been busy preparing garden beds for our summer crops of tomatoes, pumpkins and zucchini. Our loquat trees have been producing large quantities of sweet fruit. The chickens have been busy eating the insects around the garden and laying jumbo sized free range eggs. The weather is starting to warm up so the shades will be constructed over the coming weeks to keep our vegetables healthy over summer.

Astrid King Garden Specialist

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KITCHEN NEWS

Students were introduced to a sweet and spice Indian Carrot Salad this week. It stimulated the tastebuds and evoked much debate about taste and texture.

Our delicious Cheesy Puff Pastry Straws were a great success. Testing all students on their concentration and fine motor skills, manipulating the pastry.

Indian Carrot Salad

5 medium carrot

1 ½ cups shredded coconut

2 cups sultanas

¼ cups white wine vinegar

2 Tablespoons curry powder

1/2 cup oil

pinch salt

½ cup brown sugar approx.

Method

1.Peel and grate carrot, place in large metal bowl.

2. Add coconut and sultanas

3. Make dressing in jar provided. Put vinegar, curry powder, oil, salt, and sugar in jar. Shake well till all is combined and sugar dissolved.

4. Add dressing to carrot [ Only add required amount DO NOT MAKE IT SOGGY]. Toss and serve.

Vicki Richards Kitchen Specialists

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CHAPLAIN NEWS

Children’s Week is a national celebration of children’s rights, talents and citizenship held on the fourth Wednesday

of October in Australia to coincide with Universal Children’s Day. Each year the theme of Children’s Week

highlights a particular Children’s Right.

The Theme for 2020 is Article 15 – ‘Children have the right to meet together and to join groups and

organisations, as long as this does not stop other people from enjoying their rights.”

When I read the articles contained in the United Nations Convention on

the Rights of the Child,

I am reminded to:

Express my gratitude at being born in Australia, living here, and

having my own children grow up here.

Appreciate my parents, teachers, family and other people who cared

for and encouraged me as I was growing up.

Do what I can to help those people or organisations that are seeking

change in Australia, and other parts of the world where children do

not yet have all of these rights.

Start a conversation with my own children, and other people that I

come into contact with this week about this topic.

Louise Lathbury Chaplain

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ART NEWS

The Year 5’s have been working very hard on their fish ‘Lino prints’, inspired by local Perth Artist Emma Lee. Students have been patiently carving intricate patterns into linoleum for the most part of Term 3. Then over the last couple of weeks they have been printing their beautiful fish designs onto paper.

Interesting Fact: Printmaking using the ‘woodcutting’ method is one of the oldest forms of art, dating back to the 10th century, in ancient China. European woodcut prints where invented in Germany in the late 1400’s.

Well done Year 5’s! You should all be very proud of all your hard work. Your effort and dedication in seeing your final prints come to life has most definitely paid off.

Chloe De Paoli Visual Art Specialist

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MUSIC – COUNT US IN 2020 CELEBRATION DAY

Due to the positive feedback from staff, parents and students regarding Rostrata’s participation in the annual national music initiative, Music: Count Us In, last year we have decided to be part of the program again this year. The program is organised by Music Australia. Four students from around Australia, who participated in the Music: Count Us In National Songwriting Competition, were chosen to collaborate with the program ambassador, John Foreman, and the 2020 mentor, Lior, to compose a song for students to sing. The program aims to promote, foster, support and celebrate the value and benefits of music education in schools. Research shows that music can assist students to develop team work skills, self-discipline, and self-confidence. It has also shown that there are strong links between music learning and academic skills in literacy and numeracy.

Music: Count Us In will be held on Thursday, 4th November, at 9:30am. All participating schools around Australia will sing the same song, ‘You Won’t Bring Us Down’, on the same day at the same time.

Look out for posters around the school promoting this event which will include a countdown………only 7 days to go!!!

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS FOR STUDENTS ONLY.

Leanne Darby Music Specialist

BAND NEWS

ATTENTION YEAR 3 AND 4 PARENTS Would you like your child to learn a musical instrument and join our magnificent Band program? We will be commencing a new Training Band in 2021. Instrumental lessons will begin in Week 2 Term 1 and the Band will commence in Week 6 Term 1. There will be a Parent Information Evening on Wednesday 4th November at 7.00pm in the school undercover area when our Band Director will explain about the program. Enrolment forms will be available and should be returned to the school office by Friday 13th November 2020. Instruments in the band are – flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone and drums/percussion. Students will need to have their own instrument. No music experience is required and there is no audition process. Any year 4 students who did not join the Band program this year are welcome. Annette de Hoog Band Director

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KINDY NEWS

Kindy Obstacle-a-thon Fun The children in Kindy enjoyed completing different gross motor challenges last week as part of the P & C Obstacle-a-thon event. The children dressed up in the their favourite book themed costumes and had lots of fun climbing, riding bikes, crawling through tunnels, sliding and throwing balls and beanbags to help raise money for our school. Thank you to the parents for your support in gaining sponsorship to help raise funds for the school.

The Kindy Team

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CULTURAL RESPONSIVENESS AT ROSTRATA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Cultural Responsiveness at Rostrata Primary

Throughout the Western Australian Curriculum students develop intercultural understandings as they learn to value their own cultures, languages and beliefs, and those of others.

Learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures allows students to develop respect for diversity and understanding of cultural difference. It also provides all students with a rich and well-rounded knowledge of Australia's history.

The Six Seasons - Nyungar Life on the Coastal Plain

The Nyungar year is divided into six seasons as can be seen in the calendar wheel. The seasons are not defined by strict dates, but by changes in temperature, wind, rain and food availability.

The Nyungar were not seafaring people, but used all the resources of the coast, the coastal plains and waterways, and the scarp.

In the warmer months they gathered and hunted plants and animals from the coast and coastal lakes and waterways. In the colder months they retreated from the coast to the hills for shelter.

Kambarang: Season of Birth

October - November

During the Kambarang season, we see an abundance of colours and flowers exploding all around us. The yellows of Acacias can be seen everywhere, along with Banksias and many other smaller delicate flowering plants including the Kangaroo Paws and Orchids.

One of the most striking displays of flowers to be seen during this season will be the "Mooja", or Australian Christmas Tree (Nuytsia). The bright orange/yellow flowers serve to signal the heat is on its way.

For the animals, October is also the most likely time of the year that you'll encounter a snake as the reptiles start to awaken from their hibernation and look to make the most of the warm weather, to assist them in getting enough energy to look for food. It's also a time that many young families of birds will be singing out for their parents to feed them. Koolbardies (Magpies) will be out, in abundance, protecting their nests and their babies.

As the weather warms the dry periods between rain lengthens.

David Meyer Year 5 Teacher, HaSS Coordinator

References:

Commonwealth of Australia 2014, Bureau of Meteorology, Indigenous Weather Knowledge, viewed 19/10/2020 http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/nyoongar/kambarang.shtml Indigenous Weather Knowledge, Commonwealth of Australia 2016, viewed 19/10/2020, http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/calendars/nyoongar.shtml

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SPORTS NEWS

SCISA INTERSCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL Students who performed exceptionally well at the Senior Athletics Carnival will represent Rostrata at the SCISA Interschool Athletics Carnival in Week 5. The dates for the SCISA carnival are:

Tuesday, 10th November – Day 1 (Jumps, Throws and 800m events) Thursday, 12th November – Day 2 (Sprint and Team Game events)

The list of competitors representing Rostrata is posted on the library windows facing C Block. Information regarding the carnival, including permission and payment, will be sent out to participating families over Consent 2 Go.

RUNNING CLUB – NOW ON THURSDAYS Running Club is held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings at 8am. New members are welcome any time. Please remember to bring your ID card to every session – laps will not be counted if the ID card is forgotten. Parents are encouraged to drop their children off at the gates. Younger siblings (Year 2 and below) may watch sitting from the logs. Runners who complete 100 laps will be awarded a certificate of achievement, while Runners who complete an accumulated 100km will receive a certificate and badge. These Runners have recently reached a Running Club milestone: Jaden, B7 – 100km Riley, B4 – 100 laps Oliver, B4 – 100 laps Aram, B5 – 100 laps Adon, C2 – 100 laps

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SPORTS CHALLENGE – JUMP ROPE B Block is currently participating in the Jump Rope for Heart fundraising event, which involves lots and lots of skipping. Skipping is a simple and inexpensive way to keep fit and healthy. The online Skipping Skills videos show lots of simple tricks to start you off.

SPORTS QUIZ The AFL and Rugby League grand finals were held last weekend.

What were the names of the competing teams? Which teams won?

Answers to last term’s quiz: ° AusKick – Aussie Rules ° Nippers – surf lifesaving ° NetSetGo - netball ° Little Kickers - soccer ° Junior and Master Blasters - cricket ° Aussie Hoops - basketball Linda Vedel, Brendan Burke and Sue Leach Physical Education Specialists

LEAVING EARLY / RETURNING LATE

This note is available at the front office for parents planning to leave early in 2020 and returning late in 2021.

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NAIDOC WEEK

NAIDOC WEEK 2020 8 November – 15 November 2020

Always Was, Always Will Be.

Always Was, Always Will Be. recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. We are spiritually and culturally connected to this country.

This country was criss-crossed by generations of brilliant Nations.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were Australia’s first explorers, first navigators, first engineers, first farmers, first botanists, first scientists, first diplomats, first astronomers and first artists. Australia has the world’s oldest oral stories. The First Peoples engraved the world’s first maps, made the earliest paintings of ceremony and invented unique technologies. We built and engineered structures - structures on Earth - predating well-known sites such as the Egyptian Pyramids and Stonehenge.

Our adaptation and intimate knowledge of Country enabled us to endure climate change, catastrophic droughts and rising sea levels.

Always Was, Always Will Be. acknowledges that hundreds of Nations and our cultures covered this continent. All were managing the land - the biggest estate on earth - to sustainably provide for their future. Through ingenious land management systems like fire stick farming we transformed the harshest habitable continent into a land of bounty.

NAIDOC Week 2020 acknowledges and celebrates that our nation’s story didn’t begin with documented European contact whether in 1770 or 1606 - with the arrival of the Dutch on the western coast of the Cape York Peninsula.

The very first footprints on this continent were those belonging to First Nations peoples.

Our coastal Nations watched and interacted with at least 36 contacts made by Europeans prior to 1770, many of them resulting in the charting of the northern, western and southern coastlines – of our lands and our waters.

For us, this nation’s story began at the dawn of time.

NAIDOC 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the true history of this country – a history which dates back thousands of generations.

It’s about seeing, hearing and learning the First Nations’ 65,000+ year history of this country - which is Australian history. We want all Australians to celebrate that we have the oldest continuing cultures on the planet and to recognise that our sovereignty was never ceded.

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Always Was, Always Will Be. (https://www.naidoc.org.au/get-involved/2020-theme) This year’s NAIDOC week will be celebrated from the 8th to the 15th of November. The students at Rostrata Primary will all take part in activities and lessons to raise awareness and teach them about the history and culture of Australia’s first people.

As a school, on Friday 13th November, we will ask the students to dress in either all black, all yellow, all red, or a combination of the three. These colours represent the Aboriginal flag. We will take photos either in year levels or as a school.

The students will learn about the history of the Aboriginal flag and what it symbolises.

The Australian Aboriginal Flag The Australian Aboriginal Flag was designed by artist Harold Thomas and first flown at Victoria Square in Adelaide, South Australia, on National Aborigines Day in July 1971. It became the official flag for the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra after it was first flown there in 1972. Since then, it has become a widely recognised symbol of the unity and identity of Aboriginal people. In view of the flag’s wide acceptance and importance in Australian society, the Commonwealth took steps in 1994 to give the flag legal recognition. After a period of public consultation, in July 1995 the Aboriginal flag was proclaimed a ‘Flag of Australia’ under the Flags Act 1953.

In 1997 the Federal Court recognised Harold Thomas as the author of the flag.

Form and symbolism

The Aboriginal flag is divided horizontally into halves. The top half is black and the lower half red. There is a yellow circle in the centre of the flag. The meanings of the three colours in the flag, as stated by Harold Thomas, are:

Black – represents the Aboriginal people of Australia. Yellow circle – represents the Sun, the giver of life and protector. Red – represents the red earth, the red ochre used in ceremonies and Aboriginal peoples’ spiritual relation to the land.

(https://www.naidoc.org.au/about/indigenous-australian-flags) Have a great NAIDOC WEEK! David Meyer Year 5 Teacher, HaSS Coordinator. References: Celebrating NAIDOC WEEK 2020, 2020, accessed 27/10/20 from, https://www.naidoc.org.au/about/indigenous-australian-flags Celebrating NAIDOC WEEK 2020, 2020, accessed 27/10/20 from, https://www.naidoc.org.au/get-involved/2020-theme

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CLASS NEWS

On Monday, 26th of October, 9 students from D1 were each awarded a finalist certificate and $20 cash prize at the annual Science Talent Search (STS) competition award ceremony held at Scitech.

Organised by the Science Teachers’ Association of Western Australia (STAWA), Dr Rod Thiele, Education Manager of CSIRO Education and Outreach presented the awards.

Kudos to Bo Kai, Joseph Chen, Raymond Hu, Charlotte Jansen, Declan Lee, Sally Li, Phoebe Wen, Miguel Tuazon and Ishin Lim for emerging finalists!

Congratulations to all D1 students who also received Certificates of Excellence and Commendation for their poster entries.

The theme for this year is Deep Blue: Innovations for the Future of Our Oceans.

We’d like to thank Claire Dawson, our Science Specialist, for highlighting the importance of sustaining our oceans and Mrs Gena Saunders, our Art Specialist, for teaching us how to oil pastels effectively when creating our posters.

Jes Devadas Class Teacher

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ROSTRATA P & C NEWS

Rostrata Dads

All Rostrata dads and kids are welcome to join our bike ride from school to the Canning River on Sunday, 1 November starting at 9 AM.

We have two meeting options - at Rostrata Primary or Riverton Bridge Park.

Our plan is:

· Meet at Rostrata Primary at 8.45 AM in the laneway on the north/D-block side of school

· Start the ride at 9.00 AM along the route shown on the map at the below link

· Meet any other Rostrata dads and kids at Riverton Bridge Park around 9.15AM

· Continue the ride along Canning River to Shelley Foreshore

· Picnic/hang out at Shelley Foreshore (The Tribute Coffee and Kitchen (600 m from foreshore) available)

· Ride back to Riverton Bridge Park and/or Rostrata Primary.

The map, as well as some tips, rules and COVID-19 guidelines are at the following link:

https://mcusercontent.com/91708967201af75c280182c0b/files/483f49b9-0a5d-4a48-a400-15dca7d76589/201011_Rostrata_Bike_Ride_2020.pdf

Let us know at mailto:dads@rostratapandc.org.auif you're coming.

Fathering tips of the week: new cyber safety app for parents - Beacon.

P &C Website

To keep up to date on all P&C related events and information, please check out our website: www.rostratapandc.org.au

Tristan Cameron P&C President

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