Principal: Rod Simeons

Deputy Principals: Helen Fiebig and Adam Marchant

Registrar: Olivia Wood

8 Bolero Road AVELEY WA 6069

Phone 6296 5466 Fax 6296 5439

Aveley.PS@education.wa.edu.au

Volume 3 Issue 5 19 September 2014

TERM 4 COMMENCES TUESDAY, 14 OCTOBER

Dear Parents and Friends,

RISKY BEHAVIOUR IN CRISKY BEHAVIOUR IN CARPARKSARPARKS AROUND THE SCHOOLAROUND THE SCHOOL

Parents and carers, please ensure that you park in designated parking bays and not in open spaces which are there to facilitate the flow of traffic. At present, a small number of people are blocking the car parking area when dropping off and picking up children in the carpark. This area clearly marked No Standing is blocking traffic on the road, particularly at the north end of the Egerton Road carpark on Egerton Road and coming out of Bolero Road attempting to turn left. The children who are exiting these illegally parked vehicles are being put at risk

by running or walking through moving traffic in the carpark.

Please note school carparks are bound by the same rules and regulations as all public parking areas in the City of Swan and at times parking inspectors do attend the school. Please note all vehicles parking in unauthorized areas are subject to

prosecution.

SNAKESSNAKES

As Spring has arrived, local snakes are coming out of hibernation. There have been a number of juvenile and adult snakes spotted in the park around the lake

off Egerton Road.

It is important that if a snake is spotted, that it is left alone and a professional called to relocate it. Snakes usually avoid contact with people and only bite when threatened. Please speak to your children about being vigilant when outdoors and about not interfering with a snake if spotted. It would also be timely to

discuss with your child what to do if bitten by a snake.

The following information is taken from the West Australian

Reptile Park website:

Stay calm and keep still

Do not wash the bitten area

Apply direct pressure over the bitten area

Apply a firm broad bandage over the bitten area first,

then bandage down the lib and continue to bandage up

the full length of the limb

Do not remove the bandage

Immobilse the limb with a splint

Do not elevate the limb

Call 000 for an ambulance

Some of the common snakes are coloured similar to wood and

thus not always noticed until they move. The most common

snakes in Perth are: Dugites, King Brown, Tiger and Western

Brown Snakes. For more information about snakes found in

Perth please visit the websites of The West Australian Reptile

Park or the Department of Environment and Conservation. If

you find a snake and want it removed, please contact the

Wildcare Helpline on 9474 9055, who will refer you to your

local Volunteer Reptile Remover.

HONOUR CERTIFICATES

Hannah Bunko

Jack Murray

Joshua McArthur

Jack Dews

Anais Docherty

Malia Fifita

Jake Spilcker

Mikayla Titheridge

Samantha Harper

Caitlyn Baker

Sophie Holmes

Emma Burgin

Angelina Gierczycki

Lana Vignjevic

Jack Rooney

Hayden Baker

Ryan McArthur

Faith Barlow

Ashton Kay

Liam Kay

Harper Willis

Tuesday, 23 September Wakakirri Finals

Wednesday, 24 September P&C Chocolate Fundraiser Due

Thursday, 25 September Assembly - Grevillea 9

Friday, 26 September End of Term 3

DATES TO REMEMBER

WE ARE A NUT AWARE SWE ARE A NUT AWARE SCHOOLCHOOL

This is a reminder that we have children across most grades at Aveley Primary School, who suffer from life threatening allergic reactions, which are described as anaphylaxis . We have children who suffer from anaphylaxis due to

allergens in foods, drugs and insect venom. Please be aware that a number of these children’s reactions are triggered by nuts and we ask that if your child brings food containing nuts to school that they do not share food, wash their hands thoroughly and dispose of their rubbish correctly. Likewise if you are providing any food to the school for sharing with students please give the teacher/s involved a list of ingredients so that we can identify any

possible triggers and prevent any allergic reactions.

CELEBRATING SWIMMINGCELEBRATING SWIMMING

Congratulations to all of those children who attended the in-school swimming over the past fortnight at Altone Park. It was wonderful to see how many children passed the swimming stage they were enrolled in. A “special mention” for those who passed up to three stages. The swimming supervisor and staff at Altone Park all praised the students on their behaviour and the parents and staff for the support that they provided. Thank you to all the

parents who went along to support their child/ren.

Swimming is an important skill for all children to learn as we are surrounded by water with back-yard pools, lakes and our beautiful beaches. There has been an alarming 60% increase in drownings in WA over 2013, as reported by the ABC news. We have already booked our lessons for 2015 and hope to have

100% of all students from Pre-primary to Year 6 attending.

PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENT HOUSE VISIT BY CAPTAINSHOUSE VISIT BY CAPTAINS AND AND

COUNCILLORSCOUNCILLORS

Our Captains and Councillors visited Parliament House last Tuesday 16 following an invitation by Mr Frank Alban MLA, Member for Swan Hills, to lunch with him in the Parliamentary Restaurant and to view Question time in the Lower House. The visit was most educational for the children and we have been mentioned in Hansard as a result of being seated in a privileged

position in the House.

Our sincere thanks to Mr Alban for his generosity and for being part of the learning process to make our children politically

aware.

The photograph below shows our children standing in front of the

Speaker’s Chair.

This Term has been highly successful both academically and socially. Your children have displayed exemplary behaviour, increasing resilience and a dedication to their studies. Thank you for your support and for communicating with us the moment you have concerns. Problems can be best dealt with closest to their source. In this you have been quick to contact your child’s class teacher in the first instance and then contacted either of our

Deputies or myself when matters are unresolved.

Aveley Primary School continues to grow and prosper. We are looking to increased growth in 2015 when we commence the

new school year as an Independent Primary School.

School recommences on Tuesday, 14 October. The Monday

prior to this will be dedicated to School Development.

Have a restful holiday.

Wise words for the fortnight……

“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more

that you learn, the more places you’ll go .” [Dr Seuss]

With best wishes

R W SIMEONS

PRINCIPAL

WAKAKIRRIWAKAKIRRI

After 4 months of rehearsals and dedication from our wonderful performers, we are almost at the end of our journey. Next Tuesday we travel to the Regal Theatre to perform in the State Final Awards Night. We have been so proud of all the children and we know that they will do a brilliant job on this special

occasion.

People who ordered tickets for this night need to collect them from the administration office as soon as possible. If you're keen

on coming, tickets are available from the Ticketek website.

Keep an eye out in the local papers also, as I organised for a reporter and photographer to come this week and do a little story

on our item...

Chris Spencer

Arts Specialist

AVELEY ACHIEVEMENT PASSPORTSAVELEY ACHIEVEMENT PASSPORTS

Congratulations to the following students who have been recipients of prizes from the Treasure Chest, for every 20 reward

stamps in their Aveley Achievement Passports.

Please note High Achiever Award Badges will be presented at Monday Muster .

AVELEY READING OLYMPAVELEY READING OLYMPICSICS

SISTER SCHOOL FUND RSISTER SCHOOL FUND RAISING LAPATHON 2014AISING LAPATHON 2014

The winners of the major prizes which were drawn on Thursday,

11 September at the school assembly are:

1st Highest Amount Raised:

Sophie Watson in Room 14 ($400.00)

2nd Highest Amount Raised:

Mason Thompson-Hitchcock in Room 3 ($340.00)

3rd Highest Amount Raised:

Angelina Gierczycki in Room 15 ($294.00)

The Highest Amount Raised by a class:

Grevillea Room 7 ($1059.50)

5 Lucky Draw were also drawn and all student winners were very pleased to receive gift card prizes. They were Lauren Digney Rm 3, Joshua Saliacus Rm 6, Alyssa Veenvliet Rm 8, Riley

Kriskovich Rm 9 and Oliver Cocliff Rm 11.

The Lapathon raised $8,349.00. A big thank you goes out to the

following who donated the prizes:

ROS Transport Services (Rodney & Denise Jordan)

Big W

Cheryl D’Souza

Well done and Terima Kasih!

BeeYuen Yang

Indonesian Teacher

THANK YOU FROM BANKSTHANK YOU FROM BANKSIA 1 AND 2IA 1 AND 2 We would like to thank the Cooper Family from Banksia 2 for

generously donating the sausages for our Father’s Day BBQ.

We would also like to thank the Wooller Family from Banksia 1 for donating six tickets to the Thomas The Tank Engine Day at Whiteman Park. The tickets were raffled amongst the Kindergarten and Pre-Primary children and the winners were all

very excited!

Sienna Ward

Zion Cedar

Yong Deng

Liana From

Ruby O’Shea

Glen Kennedy

Caitlin Baker

Jasmin Baker

Ella Barone

Nicholas Tulio

Rocco Tawhara

Kodi Feaver

Piper Taylor

Easton Cheung

Jesse King

Jaiden Horrigan

Troy Turner

Tyler Robertson

Taige Howell

Cadel Kay

Mariae Enad

Elena Crnkovich

Joshua Purwien

Ethan Psaila

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Hannah Bunko

Kaitlyn Wimsett

Geordano Cooper

Kostik Vercraeije

William Quain-Lumley

Harper Willis

Jaymie Nicol

Kristal Turner

Sariah Hulton

Riley Anderson

.Brenten Waddingham

Ashton Cheung

Samantha Harper

Anais Docherty

Jadyn Mianulli

Alkira Hansen

Levi Wilkin-Dunstan

Ashton Gericke

Natalija Dragicevich

Angelina Gierczycki

Gabrielle Rogers

Asharna Middleton

Sapphire Falconer

Chanelle Osborne

Jake Fitzgerald

Mason Thompson-Hitchcock

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HIGH ACHIEVER HIGH ACHIEVER

BADGESBADGES

Aidan Adams

Kendra Dobby

Piripi Walker

Jack Warner

Chloe Moso

Chelsie Moso

Caden Elmer

Carrigan Holst

Coen Hay

Jack Burgin

Harrison Cory

Jasper Mitchell

Mya Robertson

Hayden Gericke

Darcy Howe

Lachlan Urquhart

Maddison Munro

Arella Chong

Deegan Thomas

Patrick McEwen

Brodie Spilcker

Lilly McKeown

Shruti Bhatia

Knox Howard

Declan Beverley

Aidan McLaren

Luke Lassey

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Byron Hilton

BRONZEBRONZE

Imogen Handley

Alyssa Mactaggart

SILVERSILVER

Heath Paterson

CAMP REMINDERCAMP REMINDERCAMP REMINDER

A reminder for parents of Year 6 children, our annual camp at Fairbridge is approaching and

all payments are due in full by Tuesday, 23 September. Eftpos facilities are available at the

administration office.

AVELEY PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS &

CITIZENS ASSOCIATION

COMMUNITY NEWS

Hello Everyone!

Let me begin by extending a huge thank you to Dimitra Godfrey for the fantastic Father’s Day stall she organised for us this month, along with help from Krista Bingham, Carly Hearn, Joanne Needsham, Stephanie Ahlfeld,

Kristy Holmes, Jahna Cedar and Tania Edwards. The stall raised

over $1400, making it our most successful Father’s Day stall yet!

While on the subject of successes, school banking is going from strength to strength, with 4 new accounts opened this term and 417 deposits keeping Helen Baker, Tania Edwards and Katrina Tullio very busy. Thanks to our volunteers and to all the parents who participate each Tuesday morning. I know my children are always looking for extra jobs to do around the house for spare

change for their weekly banking. Win win!

A reminder that fundraising chocolate order forms are due back by next Wednesday, 24 September. It is great to see so many families willing to sell a box to family members, colleagues in the workplace, friends or neighbours to support our fundraising

efforts. Thank you!

There are still slots available for our family portrait days on Sunday, 26 October and Sunday, 9 November. If you’d like to get some lovely, natural family photos taken in the park across from the school for just $20, send an email with your preferred date

and time to aveleypandc@hotmail.com.

We are also gearing up for our huge fundraising Thermomix raffle. Tickets will be on sale in Term 4 for $20 each, giving you a 1 in 250 chance to win the brand new TM 5 model, worth $1989! The prize

draw will be happening at our final assembly in Week 10.

With all the fundraising going on it is a good opportunity to tell you where the money is going. So far this year the P&C have contributed to the cost of Wakkakiri transport and costume supplies. We have purchased Mathematics and Science resources for the school and books for the library and that is just

the beginning.

Our next big plan is to establish a nature playground for our school. This is a very exciting project, which promises to be a great place for our children to play, learn and grow and a magnificent addition to our school. If you want to be part of the planning for the new playground, please email aveleypandc@hotmail.com. It is a project for the entire school community that is only limited in size by our imaginations!

If you have any questions or want to be a part of the P&C then please don’t hesitate to contact me on 0439 917 163. Have a

safe and exciting holiday and see you all next term.

Until next time,

Your Aveley P&C Committee

NEW TO AVELEY COMMUNITY

AVELEY NETBALL CUB

Aveley Netball Club AGM

Place: Malvern Springs Community Centre

Date: Monday 13th October 2014

Time: 7pm

Children are welcome. We look forward

to meeting everyone.

For further queries please contact via

email at info@aveleynetball.com

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