Rockingham Beach Primary School Aspire and Achieve Together

Term 2 Issue 2

28th May 2019

30 Bay View Street, Rockingham WA 6168 t: (08) 9591 6700 email rockinghambeach.ps@education.wa.edu.au website www.rockinghambeachprimarycampus.wa.edu.au

For your diary

29-31 May

Book Fair

31 May RASSA Interschool Carnival (selected students)

3 June WA Day Public Holiday

7 June School Photos

12 June School Photos

14 June Assembly Rm16

Pirate Day

National Buddy Day

26 June

1:30-

4:00

Learning Journey

28 June Assembly Rm 7

Red Shield Appeal P & C Disco—Winter Wonder-land

Dear Families,

Our Year 3 and 5 students have successfully finished our first year in completing the NAPLAN assessment online. Apart from a hiccup on the first day with the writing assessment, where there were a few connection issues, it went fairly smoothly. We decided not to complete the re-sit of the writing with Year 5 students as they were provided an additional 15 minutes on the day to offset any lost time with the internet dropping out. We are hoping to have the results back a little earlier than the end of September as the results are already submitted by completing online.

We celebrated National Simultaneous Storytime last Wednesday. This year’s book was ‘Alpacas with Maracas’ and our whole school joined together to share the reading, along with many schools around Australia. Our very talented Ms Idle, Mrs Weeks, Miss Cull, Mrs McNab, Ms Byrne and Mr Everett did a wonderful performance of the story for our children. Macca impressed with his flossing!

Congratulations to Room 3 and 4 on their assembly last Friday. The students persuaded us on why we all need an iguana as a pet, and some interesting facts about them! It was a fantastic item. Thank to Mrs Buchanan and Mrs Ebersohn!

Good luck to our students participating in the Year 4-6 Interschool Carnival on Friday. We know they will represent our school admirably! Thanks to Mr McCurrach for his organisation of the team.

Book Fair is on this week. It is not too late to pop in and pick up a book for your child to read over the weekend. There are lots of great bargains – the library is open at 8am. Thanks to Mrs Mickle for organising it once again. Enjoy the long week-end as we have WA Day public holiday on Monday. We look forward to seeing our students on Tuesday!

Triple-P Parent Workshop

Our school psychologist, Liz Alexander, held the final workshop in the Triple-P parenting course this Thursday morning. Thank you to all families who came along to find out important information and strategies for positive parenting, raising confident, competent children, and ‘raising resilient children. We hope you find them useful. If you missed out, there will be other sessions offered later in the year at other schools in our area. Watch our Facebook page for upcoming dates.

School Photos

Our school photos will be taken on Friday 7th and Wednesday 12th June. The timetable of when your child’s photos will be taken will be available in Parent Connect and teachers will send out through Seesaw. All orders are to be made online. The deadline for ordering sibling photos online is 12pm Wednesday 5th June. Sibling photos are taken during the lunch break.

Jump Rope for Heart

Our school is participating in Jump Rope for Heart, a fantastic physical activity and fundraising program by the Heart Foun-dation that has been running for over 35 years. Jump Rope for Heart is a great way for children to keep fit and learn new skills, but it also helps raise funds for vital heart research and education programs. To make fundraising fun and easy, you can create your own secure webpage at www.jumprope.org.au. Sign up to share your child’s progress and let the funds roll in. Your child can earn virtual badges along the way and your page will highlight the prizes up for grabs. Thank you for supporting the Jump Rope for Heart program!

Connect for Parents

Have you downloaded the app and started using Connect yet? Check your email for the login details. If you have missed the email, come in to the office or give us a ring and we will resend the email to you. On Connect, you will find all notices and newsletters. We will also be providing your child’s school report digitally this semester via Connect. As it is a trial, we will also be providing a paper copy of reports as well. We hope that you enjoy the Connect experience and see it as an exciting new way for you to stay in touch with your child’s school journey.

“Resourceful”

I embrace challenge

I am a flexible, critical and creative thinker

I know what to do when I’m stuck

Merit

Certificates

Lucas Cheng

Lilah East

Beau Gibbs

Rhiley Darwin

Style Trousselot

Zayne Bromage

Harry Coleman

Lilli Southwell

James Rawiri

Elizabeth Smith

Sonya Harries

Islal Heaney

Riley O’Brien

Ella Roberts

Alexa Deller

Elise Goldhahn

Lily Jones

Shimmah Ghatfy

Tilly Haselhurst

Ryan Weir

Isla McNeill

Shion Okada

Blake Hill

Shanaiya Hughes

Marelli Thaiday

Attendance

Under the law, you are responsible for making sure your child goes to school on ALL school days. You must not keep your child away from school for minor reasons. The School Education Act (1999), requires parents to send their children to school unless:

they are too unwell

they have an infectious disease

the principal is provided with a genuine and acceptable reason. You must let the school know within three days of returning from an absence why your child has not attended. Every day counts, so it is not okay to be away. Please support us to support your child’s learning by ensuring they attend every day.

Voluntary Contributions

Thank you to the families who have already paid their voluntary contribution for this year. Fees are $60 per child or $150 for three or more children. This assists us in providing additional materials and programs for students to maximise the quality of our teach-ing and learning programs. Contributions can be paid in full or instalments by EFTPOS at the school office, or by Direct Debit into our account:

Bank: ANZ

Account Name: Rockingham Beach Primary School Account Number: BSB: 016 440 A/C: 3409 05594

Please enter Student/Family name as a reference. Jacqui O’Donnell Principal

Woolworths Earn and Learn stickers are back again. Collect your stickers between the 1st May and 25th June. Bring them into school and put them in the collection box outside the office. We will then be able to redeem the stickers for school equipment supplied by Modern Teaching Aids.

Dogs on School Grounds

Just a reminder that dogs are not permitted on School grounds. We have some children (and adults) who are allergic to dogs or feel anxious around them. For the safety and wellbeing of our children, Please leave your dog tied up at the boundary fence whilst you pick up your children.

Thankyou for your cooperation and understanding.

With the Stickers we earn, there are over 10,000 educational resources for us to choose from.

School SMS Number

0419 963 145

Please assist us by sending an SMS to the number above

if your child is absent from school for any reason. You do not need to wait to receive notification they are absent.

Canteen Number

0403 852 407

EFTPOS available for transactions over $5.00

Thank you to all our Sponsors for supporting our school