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FromthePrincipal:

We have had another fantas�c fortnight at Scaddan Primary School. Everyone is

working hard and the Year 4-6 students are ge ng more and more excited about

Senior Camp in a few weeks.

Senior Camp

Our Year 4-6 students will be away on Monday 12 June through to Saturday 17

June. The final cost for each student is $350. Thank you to the P&C for

contribu�ng money towards the camp to ensure it is affordable and accessible

for everyone. Please have the final balance paid by Friday 2 June. We are happy

to accommodate any families that require a payment plan. If you need to access

this op�on, please contact me in the office.

The students are going to have a fantas�c �me par�cipa�ng in adventure

ac�vi�es, a8ending a metropolitan school, visi�ng the Fisheries and Marine

Research Laboratories and taking a look around Hillarys Marina.

The normal school program will run for the K-3 students during this week. As I

will be with the students at camp, Mrs Guest and Mrs Cleary will be a point of

contact for parents during this week.

Nature Play Area

We have a plan! The school has been working with the P&C to turn the idea of a

nature play area into reality. We have contracted the services of Nature Play

Solu�ons in Perth to draw a concept plan for our school. This plan is further on in

the newsle8er. The items included in the plan are based on sugges�ons from the

students and staff. To move forward with this project, we are seeking

expressions of interest from parents, families and community members who

would like to work closely with the school to help create this amazing space. If

you would like to be part of this process, please contact me at the school to

discuss further.

Week 4 Assembly

Even in the face of technical difficul�es our students were able to put on a

fantas�c performance at the assembly. Their respect rap was very entertaining

and had a great message. Well done to Mrs Cleary for 'dropping a beat' with the

students. Congratula�ons to the following award winners;

Merit Cer�ficates -Stella, Mitch, Lara, Braxton and Bridie

Aussie of the Month - Bevan

SCRIBIT Award—30 Reads

Thomas, Bridie, Alby, Kiana, Ethan, Lucy, Stella, Maggie, Ollie and Neela

SCRIBIT Award—60 Reads

Ethan , Kiana, Luca, Aidan, Braxton, Zain, Dus�n and Oskar

ImportantDates

THURSDAY 8 JUNE

Assembly @9am

Book Fair

All welcome to a8end

WEEK 8

MONDAY 12 JUNE—

SATURDAY 17 JUNE

Year 4-6 Senior Camp

FRIDAY 30 JUNE

Last day Term 2

MONDAY 17 JULY

Staff Development

Day—NO STUDENTS

TUESDAY 18 JULY

First Day Students

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Assembly and Book Fair

On Thursday 8 June (Week 7), we will have our final assembly for the term hosted by the Junior Room. Mrs

Wandel is also organising another fantas�c Book Fair that parents and students will be able to make

purchases from aOer the assembly. We will have our normal Tray Peek and shared morning tea. As always,

please make sure that you label the ingredients!

Humani�es and Social Sciences (HASS) Modera�on

Last Tuesday, we hosted the teaching staff from Salmon Gums Primary School to moderate student work

samples in the learning area of HASS. The purpose of this process is to ensure that teacher judgements of

student achievement are accurate and consistent across schools. The teachers found this beneficial and we

look forward to working with Salmon Gums in this capacity again.

DREAM Project

Throughout this term, Mrs Cleary has been collabora�ng with schools across the region as part of the

DREAM Project. Lead by Castletown Primary School, the purpose of this project is to empower teachers

with the knowledge and skills to effec�vely teach the Digital Technologies curriculum and integrate ICT into

the classroom. Mrs Cleary has been comple�ng an integrated program with our students using the coding

app ‘Scratch Junior’. Well done, Mrs Cleary!

ESHS Visit

On Monday 22 May, Mr Beau Scanlon from Esperance Senior High School visited Scaddan to talk with our

Year 6 students about high school and the program and courses offered. The Year 6 Transi�on Day at ESHS

will be in term 4.

Dental Van

Our annual visit from the Dental Van has started this week. Please be prompt with required notes and

paper work.

Kind regards,

Reece Smith l Principal

30 May 2017

VALUESSTAR

Braxton

Braxton always shows nurturing towards the Kindys

and other students. He greets you with a smile and a

cheery ‘Good Morning’ every day.

WHOHASRECEIVEDAVALUESTOKENTHISFORTNIGHT?

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This term has seen the students working very hard in the garden. They have been

preparing garden beds, planting, transplanting, weeding and painting! The crops are

starting to grow and we will be crossing our fingers for a bumper winter harvest.

A huge thank you to Mrs Naomi Hartley who comes and helps us every week, sharing

her huge amounts of gardening knowledge. Also a big thank you to Scott Wandel

for delivering a trailer full of cow manure!

Call out: We are chasing one or two bales of pea hay to keep our veggies warm. If

you have a spare bale lying around, please contact Mrs Guest.

In the kitchen, students

have been creating some

delicious food! They did a

wonderful job making

Vietnamese Rice Paper Rolls.

During cooking sessions,

students are required to

work in groups to read

through their recipe, read

amounts of ingredients

needed, times and follow the

steps sequentially. They also

develop their knowledge of

healthy eating and their

knife skills.

This term our seniors have been

working on our Dream Project.

Together with a network of schools in

the region we have been learning how

to use the app ‘Scratch Jr’. Students

have been inves�ga�ng how to code

and to create a film clip. This included

the crea�on of characters and

se ngs. We are excited to be almost

complete and ready to share our final

products with the rest of the school.

This term our juniors have been lucky enough

to have some Bee Bots visit. These special Bots

require a series of codes to be entered so that

they may move. We have been learning about

direc�on and maps. Crea�ng our own maps we

will code our li8le Bee Bots to reach their

des�na�ons!!!

Nature Play Area—Scaddan Primary School

SplashOutCrochetWorkshopsAll are welcome to join the weekly crochet workshops!

• Wednesdays 10am to 2pm

• $15 per person

• Morning Tea provided

• Held at Splash Out, 69 Demspter Street.

May 2017 Highlights

May highlights in the Esperance Arts Calendar include.

• Act-Belong-Commit Swing Dance Classes are starting on May 16th & May 18th at Esperance

Community Arts Space with professional instructor Jake Medley. Leading up to the Swing Dance Ball

on June 10th.

• Woodcut printmaking workshops with visiting artist Lizzy Robinson on 27th & 28th at Esperance

Community Arts Space as part of the 2017 Hard-Pressed project leading to a touring exhibition of

large community prints that will be shown at the Cannery Arts Centre in November. Jennell Reynolds

will lead design workshops in preparation on 25th & 26th May.

• Cannery Arts Centre - 5 week long Colour my Art classes, including Art Flow, Pottery, Printing,

Painting with Oils and Discovery Arts Kindy. All commencing at the beginning of May.

The Espernance Civic Centre is hosting Kasey Chambers and the Melbourne Int'l Comedy Festival.

Scroll to the end to find a list of regular group gatherings in Esperance - and please let us know if you

would like to add information about your group to our list.

If you would like to volunteer at Esperance Community Arts Space, please call in have a chat at 67

Dempster Street. We welcome you.

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