IMPORTANT DATES

Thurs 03rd Aug: Robogirls Incursion, Years 4-6. Fri 04th Aug: PEAC Testing, Year 4.

Wed 09th Aug: Assembly hosted by Year 2.

Thu 10th Aug: School Board Meeting, Staff room, 7pm.

Friday 28th July 2017 Issue 11 Welcome to everyone returning to Osborne PS for Term 3 and in particular to the families who are new to our school. We are pleased to have with us, Ms Paola Vallesi who will teach the Year 5/6 class while Mrs Cashion is on Long Service Leave. The term has commenced smoothly, and we already have had a Basketball Clinic, a Football Clinic and a First Aid Incursion. The Pre Primary class even had a Waste Audit. We all celebrated 100 Days

of School this week. Students are very excited that we have commenced training for the Faction Athletics Carnival. They should wear appropriate footwear on their training days. Faction Captains Congratulations to the following Year 5 and 6 students who have been elected by their peers as Faction Captains and Vice Captains. They have an important role to play throughout the lead up to the Athletics Carnival, and on carnival day itself.

Board Meeting The next meeting of our School Board will be held on Thursday 10th August at 7.00pm. Don’t forget to discuss any matters of concern with a Board Member. Visit our School website for their details.

Parking around the School We need your assistance to make sure your children are safe. When people park facing the wrong way in Albert Street, it is very dangerous. This is a busy road. Just this week we had a near miss which could have had tragic consequences. So please, park correctly so your children stay safe. Totem Poles The Aboriginal Totem Poles completed by students in very colourful mosaics are now in place throughout the Nature Play Area and look very impressive. The six poles depict the six seasons of the Aboriginal calendar.

Captains Captains

Amber Nguyen and Maniha Tahir Wesley Wang and Zainab Nejati

Vice Captains Vice Captains

Sung La Hnim and Farah Fazli Malisha Octian and Tasman Mogridge

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New Front Entrance You will have noticed the new entrance statement at the front of the school on Albert Street. It incorporates two new brick walls that reflect the heritage significance of the school, a new school sign, and a much improved and enlarged step, making it much easier for prams and bikes. Shortly our gardener Conrad, will plant Kangaroo Paws along the front of the walls.

Woolworths Earn & Learn 2017 This year we will be participating in the Woolworths Earn & Learn program. Through this program we will be able to get new educational resources for our school and all we need you to do is shop for your groceries at Woolworths. From Wednesday 26th July to Tuesday 19th September or while stock lasts, we are collecting Woolworths Earn & Learn Stickers. You will get one Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker for every $10 spent (excluding liquor, tobacco and gift cards). Place the Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker onto a Woolworths Earn & Learn Sticker Sheet and when it’s complete, the Sticker Sheet can be dropped into the Collection Box here at the front office or at Woolworths in Innaloo. At the end of the promotion, we’ll be able to get some great new equipment. If you’d like to know more visit woolworths.com.au/earnandlearn

Enrol your children now in VacSwim swimming lessons during the October and December/January school holidays. With swimming pools and beaches a part of the Western Australian lifestyle, ensuring your children can swim competently and safely is a must for all families. Your children can join in the fun of learning to swim in lessons conducted at pools and open water venues across the State. VacSwim is for all children - from beginners through to advanced survival, rescue and resuscitation. Your children can learn to swim for just: $7.00 per child for a five day short program $13.00 per child for all other programs. It's even cheaper if you have three or more children: $18.00 a family for a five day short program $35.00 a family for all other programs. To find out more about VacSwim and to enrol online please visit education.wa.edu.au/swimming

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First Aid Focus St John Ambulance came out to our school this week to deliver some important first aid tips to all the classes. Each class was taught something different, so be sure to ask your child what they learned this week, as you never know, one day it may save your life!

Pre Primary Ibrahim and Saindavi K Ciaran S

Year 1 Isabelle S and Charmaine L Mazen E

Year 2 Makayla T and Aastik V Sidh R

Year 3 Promise L and Sahuri M Joshua S

Year 4 David L and Gabriel N Angelina B

Year 5/6 Zainab N and Amber N Krisha P

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KINDY CLASS REPORT

Welcome back to term 3! We have had an amazing start to the term. We have had a first aid person come and teach us about emergencies and the number we need to call when we need help: 000. We had our new Interactive Whiteboard installed and the Kindy’s have had so much fun using it. Ms Ballam is back next week. Ms Mathwin has really enjoyed working with your children and with you. Many thanks.

PRE PRIMARY CLASS REPORT

Welcome back to Term Three, it is a very busy and exciting time for Pre Primary. The children have had a wonderful start to the term and they have come back to school eager to learn. Pre Primary has been abuzz over the last fortnight with students participating in an array of interesting learning activities, we participated in a St John’s Ambulance incursion and celebrated 100 Days of School with a variety of special activities, such as, making ‘100’ glasses to wear, counting 100 stickers and writing about what we would like to do before we reach 100 years old, ending the day with popcorn and a movie. On Monday the children participated in a Waste Wise audit of the school and the amount of waste produced certainly was an eye opener for the students and teachers. Every Wednesday we will be participating in Waste Free Wednesday. Over the term the children will continue to develop their oral language and phonological awareness, writing and reading skills. The children will have ample opportunities to explore sounds through writing. Their writing will be purposeful and enjoyable. Each time the children write, their work will be conferenced and they will be encouraged to read their writing. Lastly a reminder that school starts at 8.40am daily. Children are required to be present for the start of the day as it sets the precedent for the remainder of the day.

YEAR 1 CLASS REPORT

Welcome back from holidays. They children have settled easily back into school routines. This two week back at school has been busy…… The Year One children have all been placed in a Sports Faction colour (red or yellow) for Sports Day this term. See your child’s name on the door of the classroom if you are unsure. The children have already been introduced to the team games of tunnel ball and bean bag relay. The children will increase their skills and knowledge of the rules in these games and go on to learn many more. The class celebrated 100 days of school on Tuesday 25th July. We counted by 10’s using beans, rice, popsticks and matchsticks all to well over 100. We did counting games and activities. Phew…maths was such fun! The Year One class is studying Aboriginal authors and illustrations as part of History and Geography and Literature studies. The children have also been studying art styles of paintings and illustrations and trying to paint/draw in similar styles. PLEASE NOTE-timetable change Library will be changed to Wednesday from next week. Bring books in on Wednesdays beginning 2nd of August.

YEAR 2 CLASS REPORT

Welcome back to all the Year 2 students, we hope you had a fantastic holiday and are well rested for the very busy term ahead. This term we have started reading George’s Marvellous Medicine during reading and have been very surprised at what ingredients George put into the medicine to give his Grandma. We have also been predicting what might happen to Grandma after she takes the medicine and we’ve been creating our own list of ingredients that we would use if we were to make our own Marvellous Medicine! We have started biological science this term and are studying the unit of Growth and Change. During our first lesson we discussed how humans change over time and then watched a clip on the life cycle of a meal worm which we found very interesting. Finally, it was the one hundredth day of school on Tuesday and we had a great time celebrating! Not

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only did we make “100” glasses to wear throughout the day, we got to see what 100 looks like with 100 balloons in the class and created mathematical equations using 100 Smarties. We also used our Smarties to make a picture, but the best part of all was gobbling up our Smarties after we had finished the lesson. Yum!

YEAR 3 CLASS REPORT

The term has started off well for the Year 3s and everyone has come back to school refreshed (including Miss Scott). We were lucky to go to the First Aid Focus incursion from St John Ambulance to teach us all about what to do in an emergency. We will now know what to do if we come across an unconscious person. It is very important to know your home address and home phone number in case of an emergency so Miss Scott has asked everyone to learn these details. We have started Biological Sciences this term and are studying the unit of Feathers, Furs and Leaves. We have already discussed what makes something living and have started grouping bugs and mini-beasts in different ways. In English we have been learning about synonyms and antonyms and sequences of stories. In maths we

have been practising written ways to work out addition and subtraction. We also celebrated our one hundredth day of school by using counters and pictures to investigate how many numbers 100 can be divided by. We are looking forward to another busy term!

YEAR 4 CLASS REPORT

The Year 4s have settled back into the term after two fantastic weeks of holidays. We are continuing to work on times tables, fractions and decimals in maths. Our new science topic is Biological Science which is all about what plants need to survive, the role of a flowering plant, pollination and seed dispersal. We all enjoyed the First Aid Focus incursion from the St John Ambulance and will know what to do if we ever come across an unconscious person. Our goal for Term 3 is to have parent signatures on 49 entries or books for home reading. It is so important your child reads aloud regularly to help develop fluency and comprehension of what’s been read.

YEAR 5/6 CLASS REPORT

It feels very good to be back at school even though we did enjoy the holidays! It’s great to see our friends back.

The Year 5 and 6s have been learning about the Western Australian Gold Rush and the history of the Swan River Colony in those days, in our HASS studies. We have also learned about the convict days and even had a visit from a “convict.” He come into our classroom and told us everything about convict life! His name was Hamish and he told us about the ‘ticket of leave’ and how some convicts worked chopping jarrah trees in Kings Park, back in the olden days. In Science, we have been learning about “micro-organisms” and examined different types of them under a microscope. They were bacteria, fungi and viruses. We also looked at various insects’ organs with the microscope. School’s 100th day! We celebrated the 100 days of school on Tuesday, 25th of July. We made some delicious “Hundreds and Thousands” biscuits and played dice games up to one hundred in maths. We are looking forward to a great term ahead. Written by Maniha, Year 6

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