Newsletter No.1 Term 4 Tuesday 10th October 2017

Tel: 9404 8373 – Fax 9404 7502 –www.hockingps.wa.edu.auHH SMS: 0417 942 643

FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Welcome back to term 4. I hope everyone had a good holiday. Term 4 will once again be a busy one so please be sure to look at the Term Planner in this newsletter. It is also the final term for our Year 6 students.

TERM 4 CALENDAR Please be sure to refer to the Term 4 Calendar at the end of this newsletter as there are some minor changes to the timing of end of year events.

10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ART PROJECT – MOSAIC MURAL At the end of this year Hocking Primary School will have been in operation for 10 years. To celebrate this event the school, led by our amazing Art Specialist teacher, Miss Sveinbjornsson, has commissioned a mosaic mural which will be completed by all students during this term. You may have noticed the wall of the Early Childhood Building has been covered in preparation for the installation. The mural has been designed to reflect, through the eyes of our students, what has been achieved at Hocking Primary over the last 10 years.

During last term all students, during their Art lessons, designed the mural and made the clay tiles which will be used. This term they will continue this work and then assist with the installation.

In addition to the mural we are also planning a low key unveiling to celebrate 10 years which will occur during week 9 of this term. We are planning to invite all current school community members and past students and parents to the unveiling. Details will be communicated soon.

HOCKING PRIMARY SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION Due to the workload involved with the working on the 10 Year Anniversary Mosaic the school will not be holding an Art Exhibition this year. We will however be holding an event to unveil the mosaic during week 9 which will be open to all.

2018 STUDENT CLASS PLACEMENTS Any parent who feels they have important information about their child’s development - academic, social, emotional or behavioural, is invited to formally write to me (email: Hhocking.ps@education.wa.edu.auH) with details they feel should be considered when making class placements for 2018. Requests for specific teachers and placement with friends cannot be accommodated and therefore will not be considered. Once placements are made to classes for 2018 they will not be changed.

STUDENTS NOT RETURNING FOR 2018 It would be appreciated if parents could advise the school in writing if their children will not be attending Hocking PS in 2018. This will assist us with planning for the 2018 school year.

DATES TO REMEMBER 11

th October

Canteen Closed 13

th October

Canteen Open Term 4 16

th – 20

th October

National Water Week 18

th October

Music Assembly

From the Principal Term 4 Calendar

10 Year Anniversary Art Project – Mosaic Mural

Hocking Primary School Art Exhibition

2018 Student Class Placements

Students Not Returning for 2018

Swooping Magpies

Dogs On School Grounds

City of Wanneroo Mayors Christmas Appeal 2017

Merit Winners Aussie of the Month I Think My Child Is Being Bullied Mental Maths Lexile Legends Loose Parts Play Program Sun Smart Buz Program Water Wise School Board Parents And Citizen (P&C) Hocking’s Healthy Harvest Mater Dei Orientation Day Community Advertisements Term 4 Planner

Hocking Primary School 50 Gungurru Avenue, Hocking WA 6065

SWOOPING MAGPIES Magpies swoop to protect eggs and young from attack during the nesting season August to October. The website below has great advice and information on how to stay safe during the swooping season. H http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/wildlife/livingwith/magpie_safe.html

DOGS ON SCHOOL GROUNDS For the safety of all concerned, dogs and humans, we ask that dogs not be brought onto the

school grounds. This means all dogs - big or small, on a lead or being carried, must not be brought onto school grounds. The school grounds includes the paths that surround the school; the southern boundary is Ranworth Rd. Children are attracted to dogs and may cause the dog to react in a way which is out of character. The school must report any incident to the

council for their follow up and action.

CITY OF WANNEROO MAYOR’S CHRISTMAS APPEAL 2017 Hocking Primary School is supporting the City of Wanneroo Mayor’s Christmas appeal. All donations received will be distributed to those less fortunate within our Community. Two bins will be located outside the Front Office from Week 2.

Donations can be toys (please ensure these are age appropriate) and non-perishable food items such as: Christmas cakes, fruit mince pies, biscuits, cakes, cake mixes, nuts, crackers, chips, pasta and sauce, tinned foods, jams, spreads, tea, coffee, sugar, cereal, rice, noodles, chocolates or muesli bars (Please check that these are not out of date). Please have donations to the school by Friday 17 November 2017. REMINDERS All skateboards, scooters and bikes are to be carried or wheeled to and from the bike racks where they must be secured for the day.

Protective safety equipment is encouraged at all times. Only use the designated Kiss ‘n Drive area to drop and collect students. School gates open at 8.15am. Students should arrive at 8.25am. If students arrive prior to this time they must sit outside the

Deputies’ Office. Four Square games are only to be played during recess and lunch time.

Drivers are responsible for safety on the roads and in car parks. Steve Dickson – Principal

MERIT WINNERS WEEK 10, TERM 3 Henrita LA03 (Yr 1) Jacob LA09 (Yr 2) Owen LA16 (Yr 4) Ashlee LA13 (Yr 6) Jayden LA03 (Yr 1) Emily LA10 (Yr 2) Renee LA17 (Yr 4) Zuki LA13 (Yr 6) Mekayla LA04 (Yr 1) Elaine LA10 (Yr 2) Ryan LA18 (Yr 4) Aimee LA14 (Yr 6) Syennah LA06 (Yr 1) Kailee LA20 (Yr 3) Millie LA19 (Yr 4) Logan LA15 (Yr 6) Evan LA07 (Yr 2) Finn LA27 (Yr 3) Jay LA01 (Yr 5) Chloe LA15 (Yr 6) Lucianna LA08 (Yr 2) Abigail LA27 (Yr 3) Rylee LA23 (Yr 5) Charli LA09 (Yr 2) Brooke LA16 (Yr 4) Kori LA23 (Yr 5)

Hocking Primary School 50 Gungurru Avenue, Hocking WA 6065

AUSSIE OF THE MONTH

Wayne (LA13) was selected by our Student Leaders to be the Senior Aussie of the Month for September. During 2017, Wayne has displayed the Pursuit of Personal Excellence value by working conscientiously towards personal goals with pride and perseverance. He respects everyone’s Individual Differences, readily accepting others as they are. These traits convey Wayne’s highly regarded reputation as a role model for many students in our school.

Don’t forget nomination forms are available from the front office or as a pdf from the school website http://hockingps.wa.edu.au/content/aussie-month

Steve Hardingham – Deputy Principal

I THINK MY CHILD IS BEING BULLIED Over the next few months we will be taking a closer look at what parents can do if they think their child is being bullied. Topics will include:

Possible signs of bullying

Talking with your children about being bullied

Things parents can do if they think their child is being bullied at school

Helpful parent responses

What can I tell my child to do if he or she is bullied?

At school, what are children learning to do if they are bullied?

How can parents talk to their children about dealing with arguments?

Helping your children establish a support group

How can I help my child be assertive?

Possible signs of bullying All parents hope that their child will tell them as soon as there is a problem. But unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. It may be because the child feels confused, they feel it is their own fault, or they are worried about how their parents will react.

The following list shows common signs of bullying: (Please note that many children may show these behaviours at times, but it may be a sign of bullying of you see these things happening often.)

Decreased interest in school;

Reluctance to go to school, absenteeism from school;

Poorer school performance;

Frequent complaints of headaches or stomach aches;

Wanting to be taken to and from school or to go a new route;

Frequent damage or loss of items such as clothing, property or school work;

Frequent injuries such as bruises or cuts;

Withdrawal and a reluctance to say why;

Difficulty sleeping, wetting the bed or having nightmares;

Coming home hungry;

Asking for extra lunch or pocket money and/or money missing from the house;

Appearing generally unhappy, miserable, moody and/or irritable;

Reluctance to eat or play properly;

Threats or attempts to harm-self;

Having no friends to share free time with; and

Rarely invited to parties or other social activities with peers

MENTAL MATHS MONU-Mental champions – LA 19 Yr 4 Develop-Mental champions – LA 7 Yr 2/3

Hocking Primary School 50 Gungurru Avenue, Hocking WA 6065

LEXILE LEGENDS With a focus on engaging more in our Literacy Pro program last term I’m very pleased to inform that up until the end of term 3 a total of 40 778 194 words have been read. This impressive effort makes our target of 55 million words by the end of the year very achievable.

Our current Lexile Legends are Yr 6, LA14. Congratulations and well done!

LOOSE PARTS PLAY PROGRAM As part of our new school initiative commencing early Term 4 any of the following items would be greatly appreciated. Thank you to those who have generously donated items for this program, your continued support is highly valued.

Only the materials listed are acceptable: o Bicycle tyres or Go Cart Wheels o Foam Pool Noodles o Old Fabric Lamp Shades o Vacuum or Creepy Crawley Hoses o Crutches, Walking Frames or Walking Sticks o Old Hairdryers and Straighteners o Keyboards and Home Phones (no mobiles) o Old Play Costumes

Please bring items to the front office where suitability will be determined.

Mark Pegoraro – Deputy Principal

SUN SMART TIPS A tan doesn’t last a lifetime, but skin damage does! Remember to Slip! Slop! Slap! Seek! Slide!

Graham Jones – PE Teacher

BUZ PROGRAMS Hocking Primary School is a “BUZ” (Build Up Zone) school across all years now and your kids will be seeing these posters in their classrooms and across the school. Please become aware of the tools that they are using to “Bully-proof” themselves, to “Hopscotch” problem solve and to manage their feelings through the “Feelings Management Creed”.

Another way we show that Phil Leenman – School Chaplain

Hocking Primary School 50 Gungurru Avenue, Hocking WA 6065

WATERWISE

Jane Squire – Water Wise Coordinator

SCHOOL BOARD

Your Hocking Primary School Board consists of 11 members who represent Parents/Caregivers, Staff and your P&C. All members are available should you have any concerns, questions or ideas about Hocking Primary School.

Your School Board would love to hear from all parent and community members. We are here for you, your children and your community. If you would like to know more about the School Board or you have something to say please contact us via email school.board@hockingps.wa.edu.au or write to the Chairperson, School Board C/- Hocking Primary School.

Grant Bowen– Chair Person Hocking Primary School Board

PARENT & CITIZENS (P&C)

P&C NEWS Family Portrait Day Saturday 21st October and Sunday the 22nd in the MPA Photo Hendricks will be taking family portraits this year. The fee for the session is $25 which covers the cost of the sitting and includes 20x25cm print of your choice. You will then be able to view the order to purchase, however there is no obligation to purchase more.

To book a spot follow the link http://www.photohendricks.com.au/family-fundraising-book-form/ or call Photo Hendricks on 9361 3206. Spaces will fill up quickly so book now!

Spare Change Challenge. The Spare change challenge (silver coins only ) will run from the 11th till the 25th of October each class room will be provided with a 2ltr bottle to fill! The winning class will receive a prize!

School Banking Congratulations to Boris from PP1 who won the school banking raffle, which was a $20 Kmart voucher, happy spending! Banking will be back on Wednesday the 11th first week back and the new term rewards should be in very soon!

Melissa Azzopardi – P&C President

CANTEEN NEWS Welcome back! Term 4 already, it's hard to believe that this term we go onto our summer menu! Please keep an eye out for new menu coming home this week. The canteen will re-open on Friday the 13th October all winter menu items are no longer available, so please disregard your old menus and have a look through the new menu and prices to find healthy options and stable favourites available every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Tammy Park – Canteen Manager

Hocking Primary School 50 Gungurru Avenue, Hocking WA 6065

HOCKING’S HEALTHY HARVEST As you may be aware, Hocking Primary School entered two displays in the 2017 IGA Perth Royal Show. Our first entry was 'Sally the Scarecrow' in the Sustainable Scarecrow competition and the second was a wheelbarrow of produce from our Hocking Healthy Harvest school garden in the School Grown Produce competition.

Our scarecrow was lovingly made by the students from LA7, Ms Squire and Mrs Kerry. The produce display was designed and created by students from LA15 with the creative help of Jacob, Jayden, Abbey, Mia, Mrs Janelle Perkins and Mr Bakreski. We are happy to report that the standard of both of our displays was very high, with 'Sally' receiving lots of positive feedback from the public and our produce display coming second overall. A big thank you must go out to everyone who supports the school garden by either volunteering their time or purchasing our produce. We look forward to your on-going support. Our sights are now set on the Wanneroo Agricultural Show where we will be once again entering the 'School Challenge'.

Toni Bakreski - School Garden Committee

MATER DEI ORIENTATION DAY Wednesday 25 October is Mater Dei College year 7, 2018 Orientation day. Students are to arrive at the school at 8.15am for an 8.30am start and will finish at 2.30pm.

COMMUNITY ADVERTISEMENTS

The following are paid advertisements.

Hocking PS in no way endorses any statements or claims made in these adverts

Keyed Up Music will be teaching group music

lessons after school. Keyboard lessons are on Monday. Guitar lessons are on Monday and

Tuesday. Lesson pricing starts from $16.95. To enrol your child please go to

www.keyedupmusic.com.au/enrolment-form if you require more information please contact Therese on

1300 366 243 or email us enquiry@keyedupmusic.com.au

Hocking Primary School 50 Gungurru Avenue, Hocking WA 6065

HOCKING PRIMARY SCHOOL TERM PLANNER

TERM 4 2017

WEEK

SUN MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT

1 8 9 Oct

School

Development Day

P&C Meeting

7pm

10 Students

Return Term 4

11

CANTEEN

CLOSED

12 13

Canteen

Opens Term

4

14

2 15 16

National Water

Week

17 18

Music

Assembly

19 20 21

3 22 23 24 25

Vision’s Art

Exhibition 5.30pm

Wanneroo Library

and Cultural

Centre

26 Yr 2 Excursion to

Cockman House

27 Yr 2 Excursion

to Cockman

House

28

4 29 30

Water Corp

Incursion PP

31 1 Nov

LA26 & 20

Assembly

2 3 4

5 5 6

PAT TESTING

7 8 9

10 11

6 12 13

PAT TESTING

P&C Meeting

7pm National Recycling

Week

14 15

LA8 & 4

Assembly

16

17

LA7 and 8

Tamala Park

Excursion

18

7 19 20

Last week for

borrowing Library

books

21

Personal Items

Lists Home

22 Yr5 Gnangara

Groundwater

Festival

23 Back up Yr5

Gnangara

Groundwater

Festival

24 2018 Kindy

Orientation

meeting 9-10am

LA9 and 10

Tamala Park

Excursion

25

8 26 27

Water Corp

Incursion Yr 6

28 Year 6

Transition day

WSC

29

Book Awards

Assembly

30

Values

Luncheon

1 Dec 2

9 3 4

Lexile

lunch

5 6

End of year

Concert Night

7 8 Reports go

home

Last Day of

Canteen

9

10 10 11

P&C Meeting

7pm

12 Yr 6 Graduation Assembly – Parent Morning Tea Yr6 Lunch and

Movie Excursion

13

Yr 6

Graduation

Outing

14

Last day Term

15

School

Development

Day

16

Newsletter Day