15 March 2018 THE LANDING POST - annehamersleyps.wa.edu.au

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THE LANDING POST

A Newsletter designed to inform our growing school community of

Anne Hamersley Primary School

ROD W. SIMEONS - PRINCIPAL

Volume 3—Issue 4

Dear Parents and Friends,

REVIEW OF OUR INDEPENDENT PUBLIC SCHOOL Every three years, all Independent Public schools are reviewed by independent reviewers. They spend two days at the school, examining the schools processes and policies and student results. Earli-er this week Mr David Carvosso and Mr Rod Baker visited the school to make this appraisal. During their visit they interviewed all major stakeholders. This included, the Board Chair and P&C President and committee, Board members and all staff teaching and non-teaching. Their preparation for the visit entailed a perusal of all our written documentation and evidence. A written report of their findings will be approved by the Director General and be on the school website and Schools Online when it is com-plete. Both the Board Chair and myself will have an opportunity to see the report in its draft form to check on the accurate reflection of facts.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF OUR P&C ASSOCIATION Elsewhere in the Landing Post is the P&C notice board. Please take particular note of the next meeting which is an Annual General Meeting. This will be held on Monday 19th March 2018 at 3.30pm in the Library. Several parents are unsure of just what a P&C Association does. To assist you, see below an extract from the Education Act of 1999 setting down their role: 143. Objects of and limits on associations (1) The objects of an association are to promote the interests of the school or group

of schools for which it is formed through — (a) cooperation between parents, teachers, students and members of the general

community; and (b) assisting in the provision of resources, facilities and amenities for the school or

schools; and (c) the fostering of community interest in educational matters. (2) An association cannot — (a) intervene in the control or management of a school; or (b) intervene in the educational instruction of students; or (c) exercise authority over teaching staff or other persons employed at the school. (3) An association is not to expend its funds that are in excess of administrative costs

otherwise than for the benefit of students at a government school. Our P&C Association continues to be a driving force in our school. Their fortnightly bulletin outlines their activities and requests for your support.

A REQUEST FOR PAYMENT Voluntary Contributions are now due. These charges are for the whole year and are used to purchase all the added extras that enable us to provide quality education for your children. You are reminded that we do have EFTPOS facilities available. The amounts are as follows:

Kindergarten $50.00 Pre Primary – Year 6 $60.00

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Friday 16 March

P & C Family Movie Night

Monday 19 March

P & C AGM 3.30pm

Thursday 22 March

Harmony Day

Friday 23 March

Summer Carnival

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ANZAC CEREMONY Our Anne Hamersley ANZAC Service will be held on Thursday 12 April 2018 at 9:00am. The Ser-vice will be held in the open space in front of our under cover area adjacent to our school flagpoles. Parents, guardians and friends are welcome to attend. Our guest list will include several community leaders taking part in the ceremony. Students will be more involved in the wreath making this year

and will be responsible for the creation of their own class wreaths together with their class teacher. Two class represent-atives will have the honour of laying their class wreath during the ceremonial proceedings. Teachers will communicate with parents if any assistance or donations are required for our ANZAC class wreath preparation. If there are any further enquiries please contact your child’s class teacher or Mr Rob Guy for information or assistance.

RECYCLABLE MATERIALS DONATIONS Staff would welcome the following recyclable items:

Cardboard tubes from kitchen towels (Amity 5) Empty milk bottles (Orelia 5 Demountable) Aluminium cans (Orelia 5 Demountable) Plastic bags (Orelia 5 Demountable)

If you are able to donate, please drop at the aforementioned classrooms, before Thursday 22nd March. Thanking you in anticipation, Mrs Williams [email protected] Year 5/6 Teacher

SUMMER CARNIVAL Next Friday 23 March 2018, our Tennis, League Tag, Cricket and T-Ball teams will be competing against other schools in the Ellenbrook District at the annual Summer Interschool Carnival. Tennis and League Tag will be played at Coolamon Oval and Cricket and T-Ball at Ellenbrook District Open Space. We are looking forward to a great day filled with sports-manship and hopefully a few wins under our belts. If you are free on the day we would love to have you come support our students. Canteen orders and permission slips are due by the 21st of March. Please ensure your child is equipped with a water bottle and lunch if not ordering from the canteen. Best of luck to all students involved. Mr Hall P.E Teacher

SPELLATHON We’ve made a fantastic start to our Spell-a-thon. Thank you for helping your children to cre-ate their ‘MyProfile’ page. Many students have already received generous online donations. It is great to see relatives from as far away as the UK and New Zealand getting involved and supporting our children in their spelling and fundraising efforts. Students are still able to cre-ate a ‘MyProfile’ page (https://myprofilepage.com.au/) and seek online donations. Simply

follow the steps in the sponsorship booklet. Of course, if you don’t want to do online sponsorship, you can collect old-fashioned cash money! This can be bought into school any time from now. Students just fill out their sponsorship form at the back of the booklet and put it in an envelope with the money they have raised. This can then be handed into the Office. Of course, the spell-a-thon is much more than just raising money. It is about learning wonderful new words! Please encourage your child to learn and practise their list words, so they can do well in their classroom Spelling Bee. Discussing the meaning of their words is also very important, and is a great way to increase your child’s vocabulary. Remember, the top two spellers from each classroom will get the chance to compete in our Junior and Senior Spelling Bee Championships. A reminder of the important dates:

Monday 26th March – Thursday 29th March (Week 9) - Spelling Bee heats to be held in classrooms Thursday 29th March (Week 9) - Sponsorship money due back to school Friday 6th April – 9am (Week 10) - Junior Spelling Bee Final (Years 1 – 2) Friday 13th April – 9am (Week 11) - Senior Spelling Bee Final (Years 3 – 6)


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HARMONY DAY - THURSDAY 22 MARCH 2018 On Thursday 22nd March, Anne Hamersley will be celebrating Harmony Day. The key message of Harmony Day is “Everyone Belongs”. To celebrate our cultural diversity children are encouraged to come dressed in cultural costumes, or wear orange. The day will kick off with a special assembly at 8.50am. Parents are invited to attend the assembly, then pack a picnic and come and join their children for a shared lunch at 12.40pm. After lunch, all students from Pre-primary to Year 6 will take part in an “Art Extravaganza”, by rotating through various activities in each teaching block. Harmony Day promises to be an exciting and fun filled day at Anne Hamersley, so come along and join in the celebrations!

CANTEEN NEWS - HARMONY DAY PICNIC PACK Our school Canteen will be offering a Harmony Day Picnic Bento Pack available to order for our all school Harmony Day picnic lunch on Thursday 22 March 2018. There will be 2 options available. Please ensure correct money is handed into the Canteen for Manual orders, no change will be given. EFPTOS is also available at the canteen. Manual orders will close off on 21st March 2018 at 10am. Online Orders through Flexi Schools are also available for families and can be placed with the eldest students name and room number. The close off Date for online is on the 21st March 2018 at 9.15am. Order Forms will be going home with students today, or you can cut out and return the form below:


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REMINDER: EARLY CLOSE EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 2.30PM

TERM 1—WEEK 4 ASSEMBLY AND AWARD WINNERS

Thank you to the parents and friends who attended our Assembly last Thursday. Please remember that Assemblies are held on Thursdays of Even Weeks commencing at 8.55.

Following some whole school singing, the following children were awarded Honour Certificates:

AJ Kerr Ava Hilton Sophie Taylor Austin Safet

Declan James Navnit Sran Clea Dunn James Amato

Shayla Magee-Harcourt Rocco Keen Kamil Lawal Georgina Ziarkievicz

Willem Naude Brooklyn Pulesea Shylah Barker Kaleb Pearse

Tiare Moke-Brown Fadalmula Mahamud Alexia Husk Brady Bennett

Noah Campo Angel Dushime Kamila Mudaly

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NETBALL UPDATE Our first PP-Year 1 training on Wednesday saw 16 children attend, including 3 boys. There were a couple missing so all in all there should be around 20 children. The feedback from the parents was awesome, and the kids enjoyed every moment. Based on what I saw we already have a couple of superstars in the making. The year 2– year 4 training seems to be a hit as well. We have 16 attendees making it great for scratch matches during training. After this season, these girls (and 1 boy) will be awesome. This year, only one team will attend the competition in Midvale but I’m expect-ing 2 or maybe 3 teams next year. I’m hoping not to loose a game this season but our team will consist of mostly Y2s, playing in the Y3-Y4 competition which will be testing, but great. We start compe-tition play on the 28th April in case anyone would like to see the game. We also lost a couple of players from last year ,so just to say thank you for their fundraising efforts, we are holding a team BBQ at An-nie’s Landing Park this Sunday Afternoon from 1pm. I’ll keep you updated of our progress during the season. Regards Will & Lani Patu

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SOLVE A GRAPH PUZZLE - Suitable for Year 5 or above. What You Need:

Graph paper Pencil Ruler

Coordinate planes? Four quadrants? Ordered pairs? These are terms that make students in the middle grades uneasy. However, with practice, graphing on the coordinate plane can be an enjoyable activity. By fifth grade, students understand positive and negative numbers so gra-phing on the four quadrants is a way to apply this knowledge to solve a problem. Using ordered pairs to create geometric figures is like solving a puzzle! By practicing graphing skills, students are increasing their visual thinking and problem solving skills. Here's a fun, geometric puzzle activity that will capture your child's interest and strength-en his number awareness. What You Do: (2,2), (2,4), (3,5), (4,4), (4,2) 1. Using graph paper, help your child draw a four quadrant plane. Label the x-axis (the horizontal line) and the y-

axis (the vertical line). Label the intersecting of both lines 0. Label each point to the right on the x-axis 1 to 7. La-bel each point to the left on the x-axis -1 to -7. On the y-axis label the points up with positive numbers, 1-7, and then label the points down with negative numbers, -1 to -7. If using the printable Coordinate Plane worksheet, print out and review the x-axis and y-axis

2. Give your child these ordered pairs and ask him to plot them on the coordinate plane: (0, -2), (1,-3), (2,-2), (2,-4), (1,-5), (-1,-5), (-2,-4), (-2,-2), (-1,-3)

3. Remind your child to plot the first number of the ordered pair on the x-axis and the second number of the ordered pair on the y-axis. 4. Next, have your child take a ruler and connect the 5 points. Ask him what geometric shape he created. 5. Give your child another set of ordered pairs to graph: (-2,3), (-3,5), (-4,6), (-5,5), (-6,3), (-4,4), (-2,5), (-6,5) 6. Have him connect the 9 points and describe the shape he has created.

MATHS MANIA

Mr Guy Deputy Principal


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SCHOOL COMMUNITY NEWS Reminder Notice of P&C Annual General Meeting Monday 19th March 2018 at 3.30pm in the Library The 2018 Anne Hamersley Primary School P&C Association Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 19th March in the school library commencing at 3.30pm.

Following acceptance of the minutes from the 2017 AGM, all current office bear-er roles will be declared vacant and nominations called for the following positions.

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer 3 x Executive Members

All current P&C members are encouraged to attend the AGM to vote and/or nominate for vacant positions. The AGM is open to all parents and carers who wish to attend, however only financial members are eligible to vote and/or nominate for vacant positions. Financial membership consists of a $1 annual fee payable on the night.

Family Movie Night – Friday 16th March 2018 Our Movie Night is almost upon us. After a slow start in ticket sales, we are pleased with our current num-bers. Thank you to everyone that purchased their tickets to this event and to those that have offered to volunteer on the night. Your help and support is much appreciated. For our ticketholders, the BBQ sausage sizzle will available to purchase from 5:30pm til 6:45pm on the grassed area in front of the Calista Block. Popcorn, Fairy floss, lollies and drinks will also be available to purchase. The movie will commence at 7pm sharp. Bring a blanket to the undercover area and enjoy our

screening of the movie BOSS BABY! PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A CASH ONLY EVENT Easter Raffle We are desperately seeking your support of donations for our Easter raffle again this year to create our amazing raffle prizes. Any donation big or small would be greatly appreciated. Next time you are shopping, please remember to drop an Easter egg, Easter toy or Easter craft into your trolley and bring it up to the front office for collection. Thank you in advance. Raffle tickets have gone home with the children this week and all prizes will be drawn on 26th March. Ice-block Fridays Children can purchase icy poles on Friday lunchtimes for $1.00 full icy pole, 50c half and juice boxes are $1.00. We are looking at increasing our offerings to include Slushies in the near future. We are often in need of additional volunteers on Fridays for 30-45 minutes during lunchtime in the school canteen. If you are able to assist, can you please let us know via the details below. Our details If you have any suggestions or ideas you would like to share with us, please keep your eyes peeled for our new Sug-gestions Box that will appear in the front office soon. To stay up to date with events and requests for volunteers or to contact us at any time, please visit and like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Anne-Hamersley-Primary-School-PC-Association-Inc-1558093001148025/ or send us an email at [email protected]

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With best wishes

RW SIMEONS PRINCIPAL Phone: 9297 7000 E-Mail: [email protected]


Wise words for the fortnight……

LIFE IS A GIFT Life is an opportunity, .... benefit from it. Life is beauty, .... admire it. Life is bliss, .... taste it. Life is a dream, .... realize it.

Life is a challenge, .... meet it. Life is a duty, .... complete it. Life is a game, .... play it. Life is a promise, .... fulfil it Life is sorrow, .... overcome it. Life is a song, .... sing it. Life is a struggle, .... accept it. Life is a tragedy.... confront it.

Life is an adventure, .... dare it. Life is luck, .... make it. Life is too precious, .... do not destroy it. Life is life, .... fight for it. [Mother Teresa]

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