Issue 8 - Wednesday 26th June 2019

REPORTS HOME

Welcome to our final newsletter for term two. We are now halfway through the year and reports will be ready to be distributed on Tuesday 2nd July. Teachers have worked hard to ensure these repor ts are valid and represent the student’s progress for the first half of the year. Some teachers may have requested an interview on the reports, I urge parents to take up this offer to work together to achieve the best outcomes for the students.

GOLDEN JUBILEE

Many of you would be aware that Walliston Primary School is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2020. A team of volunteers are working hard to coordinate a number of events including unveiling part of the STW9 Communications Tower and finding out what is inside the time capsule. All this will occur on March 28th 2020 at our “Golden Jubilee Community Day”. You can find out more information throughout the year on our school website under our new “Golden Logo”.

STAFF CHANGES

Recently, Room 1 parents were informed that Mrs Thomson will be taking leave for Semester 2 of 2019, followed by announcing her retirement at the end of the year. Mrs Thompson is the heart of our school community for many years and more information about recognising Mrs Thomson’s commitment to educating our students will be communicated later in time. To keep the school community updated, I would like to inform parents that Melinda Field will be the new teacher for Room 8. Tracey Giglia will be the new teacher for Room 1 and Larissa Wake will be the new teacher to replace Mrs Giglia in Room 3. In our next newsletter we will introduce our new staff by sharing a little bit about them and welcome them to the Walliston community. I would also like to say farewell and a big thanks to Pieter our school gardener who is finishing up this week. Pieter has tackled our ovals, gardens, watering, handyman, repairs and other duties with a commitment to make our school grounds look at a high standard and we wish him all the best on his next adventure.

2020 ENROLMENTS

Enrolments are now open to enrol your child for 2020. If your child is 4 years old by 30 June 2020, then you can apply to enrol your child in Kindergarten. At Walliston Primary School we enrol families, not just students and we have a number of new enrolments already for 2020, which is great for the growth of our school.

HOT CHOCOLATE WAS A WINNER

Maybe not for the carpets, but a fun night was coordinated by our school captains and Mr Wilson in coordinating hot chocolate and popcorn for over 110 students, who were allowed to stay up late and watch a movie at school. A big thank you to our student leaders for organising the night and raising funds to go towards our Circus WAMO award day next week.

WINTER BREAK

Next term students will commence school on Tuesday 23rd July. Staff will be attending a planning day on Monday 22nd July, looking at school planning for the whole school. Enjoy the school holiday break, try and keep warm and we look forward to seeing everyone back at school with a clean bill of health. Regards,

Craig Mainard

From the Acting Principal’s Desk

A Farewell Choir Concert will be held on Friday 5th July 2.30 pm - (last day of term) for Mrs Levy and Mrs Thomson. All are invited to attend.

CHAPLAIN CHAT

A big THANK YOU to the Year 6 Leaders, parents, staff and students for

helping make the movie night a success. We raised over $400 for the WAMO reward day being organized for the end of term. We had over 100 students attend the movie night where we watched ‘Christopher Robin’ ate some movie snacks and had a good time. The Year 6 leaders

program plans, organizes and runs an event each term, next term we hope to offer a hot chocolate and cookie event as a fundraiser and hope to have a cupcake day in term 4. We look forward to an exciting semester 2. Thank you Adrian Wilson School chaplain

The purpose of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen/ Garden Foundation is to introduce pleasurable food education to children

during their learning years, in order to form positive food habits for life. As a qualified chef in my previous career I have enjoyed the opportunity to help in the kitchen as part of the program. Each week a small group of students take a turn in the kitchen learning safety, knife skills, hygiene and basic food preparation skills. Pleasurable food education emphasizes the flavours as well as the health benefits of fresh, seasonal, delicious foods grown at the school in our garden. This week the garden team presented us with some lovely fresh kale, both from the school garden and Mrs Pettitt’s garden at home. We washed, prepped, chopped and seasoned the kale on a tray, cooked for 10 minutes at 175 degrees and served up warm to the class as ‘kale chips’. The recipe we used was basic but tasty…..

Ingredients: 1 bunch of kale 1 tablespoon of olive oil 1 teaspoon of salt 1 teaspoon of ‘all purpose seasoning’

Method: Wash well and dry thoroughly the bunch of kale Remove the storks and cut into 3 cm length bits Dress with olive oil and seasoning Mix well Spread out on cooking trays Cook in the oven for 10 minutes at 175 degrees C Allow to cool for a few minutes and enjoy J

A simple and healthy snack that students can make at home, quite easily with one bunch of kale. The fun part is that students could use a variety of ingredients to make different flavoured chips each time.

Thank you Adrian Wilson School Chaplain

Dates to Remember

June

26th Stirk Cross Country Newsletter 28th Assembly - Italian

July

3rd Stirk Yr 3/4 Soccer/Netball 4th WAMO Reward Day 5th Choir Farewell 2.30pm 23rd Term 3 Starts School Banking: on every Monday morning before school up in the Library. Uniform Shop: open every Thursday morning 8.45 - 9.15am

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden

Room Name

1 Amy Stump

Rm Name

8 Bonnie Greenway

Byron Desouza

12 Will King

COME AND JOIN US AT THURSDAY PLAYGROUP!

We are so fortunate at Walliston PS to have a wonderful Playgroup program that has been running for over 10 years. This year it is being run by Laurien, a qualified Early Childhood teacher and Sarah Greenway. They provide interactive and fun experiences for children 0-4 years of age as well as lots of sensory activities and PLAY! They would love for more Walliston families to join them. Each session costs only $2 per family and you do not have to attend each week. Please contact Laurien (lgregor83@hotmail.com) if you would like further information and visit the'Walliston Primary School Playgroup' Facebook page to see some of the fabulous fun parents and children have on Thursday mornings.

Cricket Incursion On Wednesday 12th June a Cricket Development Officer visited the school and took each class for a skills session. The students really enjoyed the activities and are looking forward to a further visit next term when they will return to promote the local cricket club and give students the opportunity to further develop their cricket skills. Mr Levy Phys-Ed Specialist

Our band has taken off and all members

are displaying our school values while having fun at the same time. We can’t wait to show everyone what music we have been making when we perform at our music assembly in term 4. I have been so happy to see the dedication and commitment from students and members of our school community in making our school band successful.

‘Alone we are strong, together we are stronger’ Helen Keller

Room Name

1 Anna Breadsell

Charlie Thomas

Clara Hamill

3 Mia Speller

Dylan Pustkuchen

Blake Fields

Elise Mainard

6 Ruby Betts

Kaylea Quinn

8 Ariana Dix

Brad Della Franca

Ayana Olsen

11 Lani Heal

Liam Cotter

Yr 6 Girl Runner up Leike Breadsell

Yr 2 Boys Runner up Chalrie Thomas Yr 2 Girl Runner up Amy Stump

Yr 2 Girl 3rd place - Jestina Marinelli

Well done to the students who competed in todays interschool Cross Country. Wet Weather and all Walliston came 2nd in the Endeavour. Shield! Top Effort!

School Band

The pre-primary children have been talking about

reptiles and snakes in particular for over a term.

There were many whole class discussions and

viewings of snake videos. Children also had their

own snake discussions and poured over reptile

books from our wonderful library during

Investigation Time. They have had a Jungle

Dramatic Play area filled with (toy) reptiles that has

been very popular.

On Thursday the 20th, we finally had a reptile

incursion! Children were counting the “sleeps” and

the excitement level was extremely high! Lisa from

Perth Hills Reptile Removals brought in a collection

of reptiles to room 15 and answered many of the

children’s questions. Children who wanted to hold

the reptiles were able to do so! Children were able

to handle a Stimson Python, a Pygmy Python and a

Carpet Python as well as a bob tail and a blue

tongue lizard. Lisa also showed the class a frill

necked lizard. It was a wonderful experience and

generated much discussion and further interest!

Snakes in the Pre Primary

Walliston Primary P&C News

Grounds & Maintenance Did you Know? As part of our P&C Committee this year, Scott Parker has taken on the role for Grounds & Maintenance. Wherever possible, we try and assist the School in any odd jobs that the School may not have extra budget to tend to. For example, the beautiful new bike parking behind the Uniform shop is thanks to Scott, some Vinci gravel donations and a whole heap of extra hands to get it done.

Scott has also sourced extra garden beds for the school gardens, with two more on their way. A big thank you to Nutrarich for supplying a very generous amount of mature compost for the gardens.

Next on the list is moving some seating within the school to allow somewhere to sit between the netball court and playground.

CALL-OUT FOR HELPERS! There will be lots to be done to beautify the grounds before the 50th jubilee next year, so please give your name to the ladies in the front office if we can call on you for some help here and there. Thank you!

Woolworths Earn and Learn Now you’ve done the shopping – please remember to get your stickers into the box in the office

so they count!! Set yourself a calendar reminder to pop them in by Friday!

Uniform Shop Thank you to all the parents for supporting the P&C Uniform Shop. We have had many exciting changes this year already, with online ordering now available at www.wallistonuniformshop.ecwid.com and the Uniform Shop open every Thursday morning during Term from 8:45am – 9:15am.

The P&C is proud to keep our uniform prices low and supply high quality garments. To date this year, our profits have been $1185 which is currently re-invested back into the Uniform Shop stock.

Keep an eye out for more changes at the Uniform Shop in Term 3, including: SECOND-HAND UNIFORMS Will be available at the Uniform Shop and will be a reduced price, based on item and quality – essentially an Op Shop to browse through when you come to purchase uniforms. However, we are currently low on second-hand uniform items from our new uniform style, given such a recent change. If your child has outgrown their uniform or is leaving the school, it is greatly appreciated if you could donate the items to the Uniform Shop as the proceeds go back to helping our students.

UNIFORM SHOP RE-VAMP: Over the holidays we will be doing a clean-out of the P&C Shed (Uniform Shop) and organising our items. If you are free to help out, please keep an eye out on the P&C Facebook page for when we will be there. This will include putting in extra shelving / cupboards and sorting items into tubs. If you have any large plastic tubs (min 40L) not in use, and you would like to donate, please see Colby at the Uniform Shop on Thursday mornings.

Fundraising We have had a fantastic roller coaster ride of fundraisers this first half of the year and we would like to reassure you, that all the blood, sweat and tears, has been worth it!!!

So far, your baking, sausage sizzling, stall selling and buying, quizzing efforts has raised approximately $11,000!!!

These funds have contributed towards helping the School with our Chaplaincy program, Therapy Focus, Home Readers, bus expenses, the BUZ program, Community Kitchen Garden project, PLUS a myriad of other contributions yet to be paid during the remainder of the year.

We will have a fantastic Father’s Day Raffle coming out to you as soon as school is back for Term 3; Father’s Day stall scheduled for Wednesday, August 27

th and Book Fair in conjunction with Open Night on Wednesday September 4

th – Please mark it in your diaries!

We will need different people to help out with the Father’s Day Stall and Book Fair / Open night displays please! If you have, even an hour to spare, please email WallistonPS.Fundraising@outlook.com to let us know what you can do to help. Also we are collecting donations for the Fathers’ Day Stall, all donations much appreciated!

Thank You! From all at your P&C Committee, thank you once again for your support, wishing you happy and safe holidays and we look forward to seeing you for Term 3!

The Faction Cross Country took place on Thursday, 13th June. Congratulations to all students who practiced hard for the event to do well for their faction and the way you competed

on the day. Thank you to the numerous students who helped with setting up the course in between showers during the morning and those of our school community who helped pack up in the rain, at the end of the carnival. Mr Levy Phys-Ed Specialist

1st 2nd 3rd

Year 1 Girls Mia Speller Elise Mainard Akira Bentley

Year 1 Boys Wade O’Meagher Dylan Pustkuchen Blake Fields

Year 2 Girls Amy Stump Claudia Fields Jestina Marinelli

Year 2 Boys Charlie Thomas Nate Kerr Jack Keirle

Year 3 Girls Anna O’Meagher Olivia McGrath Ruby Betts

Year 3 Boys Matthew Deroost Jordyn Adams Nathan Hamill

Year 4 Girls Lani Heal Sammy Powell Addison Papamihail

Year 4 Boys Nathan Dix Aidan Gallagher Rhys Papamihail

Year 5 Girls Matilda Keirle Ashleigh Calvert Laura Kilpatrick

Year 5 Boys Sam Deroost Hayden Parker Ashton Landy

Year 6 Girls Leike Breadsell Bonnie Greenway Ariana Dix

Year 6 Boys Sam Campo Bob Keilty Ryley Heal

Kadina 695

Crystal 601

Bickley 490

Liam Cotter for being helpful and efficient computer technician during our Italian Assembly practice! Terrifico!

Italian Award

MERIT AWARDS

Chelsea Parker Rm 1

Jade Smith Rm 1

Isla Newland Rm 3

Sophie Calvert Rm 3

Audrey Haigh Rm 6

Ruby-Jane Clarke Rm 6

Cooper Campbell Rm 8

Freya Pivac Rm 8

Kobe Olsen Rm 11

Rhys Papamihail Rm 11

Room 12 Rm 12

Scarlett Courtenay Rm 12

Willow Watson Rm 15

Layla Rae Murphy Rm 15

School Holiday Program Running Clinic

Learn running technique for cross country, sprints & relays with coach from Let’s Run Perth. Payment by bank transfer to Let’s Run Perth. Suitable for Year 3 to 6.

Choose from 2 locations: Kostera Oval, Kalamunda Mon, 8 – Fri, 12 July 2019 9 – 10 am Fee: $15/day

Rushton Park, Kelmscott Mon, 15 – Fri, 19 July 2019 9 – 10 am Fee: $15/day

Book for 4 days, get the 5th day FREE!

To register, text “KALAMUNDA” OR “KELMSCOTT” to: 0402 784 225 For more info, contact: 0402 784 225 or Email: info@letsrunperth.com

Italian Award Addison Papamihail for her beauti-ful singing in Italian, as well as, her enthusiasm and participation in all language activities. Brava!