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OAKWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL | NEWS ISSUE 10 2019 FEATURED Monday 19 August Swimming Lessons Monday 26 August Swimming Lessons Wednesday 28 & 29 August Father’s Day Stall Monday 30 August Assembly 2.10pm Monday 2 September Book Week Wednesday 4 September Book Week Dress up Tuesday — Friday Week 8 Book Fair Friday 20 September Sport Carnival Throws and Jumps Monday 23 September Sports Carnival FROM THE PRINCIPAL Term 3 is rushing along and the events are coming thick and fast. I ’ ve really enjoyed seeing the science week acvies that have been happening this week and the excitement and learning that has accompanied this has been lovely to see. As part of Book Week, there will be a dress up day on 4 September, which we always look forward to. The theme this year is ‘Reading is my Secret’ and we have lots of excing acvies planned to com- memorate the week. We have been recruing teachers for next year to expand our team recently and I am delighted to say that we have some high quality candidates who will be joining our team in 2020. At the moment, it looks like we will have about 540 children at Oakwood next year as enrolments connue to grow. To help with planning, if you know you will be moving from our school next year, please let us know in the office. Swimming Lessons Swimming lessons commence on Monday for the next two weeks. We look forward to the children making the most of this opportunity. Whilst swimming does force us to make changes and be flexible, it is an important life skill and part of our curriculum. Thank you for supporng this im- portant as- pect of your child’s edu- caon. We love that people are posive about our school, but I want to discourage you from making negave comments about other schools on social media. “We don’t make our candle shine brighter by blowing other people’s candles out!’ If you do have some feedback for us, which is less posive, please email or call us rather than posng this on social media. That way we can respond to the feedback and work with families to move forwards posively. I thank you all for the support you give to our school and do appreciate when you share that posivity with your networks! Dates to Remember In the coming weeks, we will be creating a new Year 2/3 class to relieve the enrolment pressure in this area of the school. Whilst change is never easy, we will be working to minimise the disrupon to students and families. I think we all agree that classes of 20 are more desirable than classes of 26, which is the current situaon! All families of children moving will be consulted with personally and we will put things in place to make the transion smooth. We are in the closing stages of employing an amazing teacher for this new class and the class will be based in Room 13, which is a beauful space. A big thank you to Mrs Mathews who is giving up her Spanish room for this class – she is a valued member of the Oakwood team and has proved this with her flexibility and team focussed atude! Facebook Our school Facebook page is a posive page, aimed at highlighng the wonderful things that go on in our school and for keeping you up to date with events and informaon. We are very proud of our school and this page mirrors our posive school culture that is part of our school vision. Please be mindful of this when posng on the page and consider whether an email to the school may be a beer way to find the answer to your question. Recently, on a Facebook group not linked with the school, there were very positive comments made about our school, which is always nice. Some comments then went on to say negave things about other local schools and encouraged parents from other schools to enrol at Oakwood.
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OAKWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL | NEWS ISSUE 10 2019
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Monday 19 August Swimming Lessons
Monday 26 August Swimming Lessons
Wednesday 28 & 29 August
Father’s Day Stall
Monday 30 August Assembly 2.10pm
Monday 2 September
Book Week
Wednesday 4 September Book Week Dress up
Tuesday — Friday Week 8
Book Fair
Friday 20 September Sport Carnival
Throws and Jumps Monday 23 September
Sports Carnival
FROM THE PRINCIPAL Term 3 is rushing along and the events are coming thick and fast. I ’ve really enjoyed seeing the science week activities that have been happening this week and the excitement and learning that has accompanied this has been lovely to see. As part of Book Week, there will be a dress up day on 4 September, which we always look forward to. The theme this year is ‘Reading is my Secret’ and we have lots of exciting activities planned to com-memorate the week. We have been recruiting teachers for next year to expand our team recently and I am delighted to say that we have some high quality candidates who will be joining our team in 2020. At the moment, it looks like we will have about 540 children at Oakwood next year as enrolments continue to grow. To help with planning, if you know you will be moving from our school next year, please let us know in the office.
Swimming Lessons Swimming lessons commence on Monday for the next two weeks. We look forward to the children making the most of this opportunity. Whilst swimming does force us to make changes and be flexible, it is an important life skill and part of our curriculum. Thank you for supporting this im-portant as-pect of your child’s edu-cation.
We love that people are positive about our school, but I want to discourage you from making negative comments about other schools on social media. “We don’t make our candle shine brighter by blowing other people’s candles out!’ If you do have some feedback for us, which is less positive, please email or call us rather than posting this on social media. That way we can respond to the feedback and work with families to move forwards positively. I thank you all for the support you give to our school and do appreciate when you share that positivity with your networks!
Dates to Remember
In the coming weeks, we will be creating a new Year 2/3 class to relieve the enrolment pressure in this area of the school. Whilst change is never easy, we will be working to minimise the disruption to students and families. I think we all agree that classes of 20 are more desirable than classes of 26, which is the current situation! All families of children moving will be consulted with personally and we will put things in place to make the transition smooth. We are in the closing stages of employing an amazing teacher for this new class and the class will be based in Room 13, which is a beautiful space. A big thank you to Mrs Mathews who is giving up her Spanish room for this class – she is a valued member of the Oakwood team and has proved this with her flexibility and team focussed attitude!
Facebook Our school Facebook page is a positive page, aimed at highlighting the wonderful things that go on in our school and for keeping you up to date with events and information. We are very proud of our school and this page mirrors our positive school culture that is part of our school vision. Please be mindful of this when posting on the page and consider whether an email to the school may be a better way to find the answer to your question. Recently, on a Facebook group not linked with the school, there were very positive comments made about our school, which is always nice. Some comments then went on to say negative things about other local schools and encouraged parents from other schools to enrol at Oakwood.
OAKWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL | NEWS ISSUE 10 2019
Lost Property We have lots of lost property in the front office. If you think you have lost something please check the green Lost Property bin.
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OAKWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL | NEWS ISSUE 10 2019
School Disco Our second school disco for the year was well attended last Friday with approximately 260 students grooving to the beats of DJ Drew. Despite the chill in the air the atmosphere was warm, and the students had such great fun. Thank you to our event coordinators and all those who volunteered to make it an amazing event.
Fathers’ Day Stall A stall will be running in Week 6 for all the children to purchase a gift for their Dad, Granddad or special loved one in time for Fathers’ Day. Each class will visit the stall on either Wednesday 28 or Thursday 29 August. There will be an initial limit of one gift per student. Once all classes have had the opportunity to visit the stall, we will open it up to any students who wish to purchase additional gifts. Each gift costs $5 and we kindly ask that the money for any gifts be handed to the class teacher in an envelope or zip lock bag on Wednesday 28 August. We have plenty of gifts that don’t specify dad and that are non-gender specific for those wishing to purchase for other special loved ones.
Merit Certificates
Week 2
Layne Turner
Liam Cherry
Harrison Cordina
Willow Carpenter
Sofia De Villa
Braxton Masters
Corey Green
Masina Faafete
William Grantham
Evie White
Saoul Miliona
Rory Ewens
Harley Weeks
Tayla Oosthuis
Max Lowe
Indiana Ryan
Tyler Steenkamp
Archie Andrews
Avaline Kemp-McAulay
Jasmine Clark
Nancy Robinson
Shaelea Turner
Adele Howorth
Aleena Sinclair
Clair Forkin
Bogan Bingo
Bogan Bingo is coming, and about half of the tickets have sold already! It is being held on Friday 13th September at Oakwood Primary School in the undercover area from 7:10pm -late. Tickets are on sale now through Try Booking. $25.00 per ticket + booking/processing fee. There are only 120 seats in total, so get in quick. This is an 18+ event. BYO alcohol and nibbles (please be aware
no red wine is allowed).
There will be a DJ, raffles, prizes, silent auction, air guitar, games and more
Don’t forget to bring coins for t he games.
Donations for the auctions include items from the Western Force, Fremantle Dockers, West Coast Eagles, Wildcats, Emma Blythe, Lane Poole and many more! So, grab a flanno, pluggers and your mullet and come down and enjoy the fun of Bogan Bingo with your friends and family!! If there are any businesses that would like to make a donation, please contact [email protected]
