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7 September 2018 Issue 3 Term 3
Affirmation: Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and enjoying it for
everything that is it. – Mandy Hale
Dear Parents and Care Givers,
Quiz Night
The Quiz Night presented by the P&C was a first for Caladenia.
The Night was a great success and I sincerely thank the P&C
Executive and parent supporters at the event.
These events bring our community together in a fun way. We
have a fantastic group of parents working the P&C this year and
their work has been nothing short of amazing.
Well done and a big thank you from staff and the community.
Fathers’ Day Stalls
Once again a brilliant activity by the P&C designed to help
students thank their dads on one special day each year. Thanks,
P&C – great effort.
Communication
I am pleased to see parents who have special issues or just want
to say thank you. I understand that my time is limited but the
Front Office staff are a lovely group of professionals who are
friendly and inviting. Make a time to talk if you required it and I
can assure everyone of a comfortable discussion no matter what
the issue at hand. Thank you.
Parking
I thank my staff and P&C members who have manned the Kiss
and Drop stations each day. It seems that most people
understand that danger of parking illegally on footpaths and
grassed areas as children walk on these areas. A child is likely to
be injured or worse if this continues so please observe the rules…
Drive anticlockwise entering Bushy Gardens and leaving via exits around that direction.
Do not park in the Kiss and Drop areas – these are drop off areas only – get in and out
immediately so other parents can access these areas
Do not park illegally on verges or footpaths or grassed areas – children can be hurt in doing so.
Never drop your children over the other side of the road from the school – the reason we want an
anticlockwise drive around the school is that you are always on the school side of the road in doing
so.
Upcoming Events
Thursday 6 September
Senior Assembly Yr 6 Rm 35
Friday 7 September
Year 3 Scitech Incursion
Thursday 13 September
Year 5 Scitech Excursion
Friday 14 September
Junior Assembly Year 2 Room 31
Monday 17 September
Year 2 Kalamunda History Village Excursion
Tuesday 18 September
Year 2 Kalamunda History Village Excursion
Thursday 20 September
Senior Assembly Year 4 Rm 17
Massed Choir Rehearsal 2
Friday 21 September
LAST DAY OF TERM 3
Massed Choir Performance
Monday 8 October
TERM 4 RESUMES
Tuesday 9 October
Jumps and Thows
Friday 12 October
Athletics Carnival
Tuesday 16-Thursday 18 October
Kindy Readiness Sessions
Friday 19 October
Junior Assembly Rooms 4 & 6
Colour Run
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Thank you all for making our school the best. We love what we have and are very protective of retaining
that beautiful culture we are developing in it. Be happy. Ted Nastasi Principal
School News
Honour Certificates - Junior Assembly Congratulations to the following students who received an Honour Certificate at the Junior Assembly on
Friday, 17 August 2018.
Honour Certificates - Senior Assembly Congratulations to the following students who received an Honour Certificate at the Senior Assembly on
Thursday, 23 August 2018.
Honour Certificates - Junior Assembly Congratulations to the following students who received an Honour Certificate at the Junior Assembly on
Friday, 31 August 2018.
Uday Ethan Oliver Jing Angad Cooper Alice Lauren
Thudeepaa Ryan Hasan Zarajit Yaalini Vidhee Austin Ailee
Ivan Smrithi Noah Zaria Nasheta Shuban Tamara Edward
Benjamin Sophia Ayva Esme Olivia Alexis Tehzeeb Music Room
30
Phys Ed
Room 28
Isaia Yi Heng Olivia Jake Tala Naomi Aaliyah Ada
Edna Rahi Krina Varad Anuji Yutong Caithlyn Yu-Tan
Mohammed Nimsith Ismaeel Jordan Jasleen Rithika Kahungunu Jesse
Joe Kulanijia Hudson Alicia Gary Piper Zanique Shay
Mjay Jayden PJ Predrag Emma Kenneth Japanese
Room 29
Music
Room 26den
Art
Room 19
Phys Ed
Room 25
Yevin Gurnoor William Isaac Jessica Qi Kushaal Saisha
Alan Safiyah Ashton Ethan Ivy Edward Sreyoshi Charita
Tharundee Amritleen Erena Kevin Zayan Paige Tariq Shravani
Tatum Mila Noah Danika Anjanaa Ethan Bruhathi Music
Room 11
Phys Ed
Room 11
Art
Room 30
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Interschool Cross Country On Friday 10 August, students from Caladenia participated in the annual Interschool Cross Country, held
at Homestead Park. 48 students from Years 3-6 endured the muddy conditions to achieve our best result
in the school’s history, second place overall. We congratulate our Year 3 students who won the shield for
their age group and our Year 5 boys who placed first, second, third, fifth and sixth. As always, our
students modelled the highest levels of sportsmanship and behaviour. We wish to thank Mr Hunt and the
teachers who supported the training of the students before school. We also appreciated the large number
of parents who gave up their time on the day to support the team. Please see results below:
Year 3 Results
Donald – Gold Medal
Grace – Bronze Medal
Logan – Silver Medal
Year 4 Results
Elysha – Silver Medal
Lewis – Silver Medal
Year 5 Results
Jordan – Gold Medal
Stephen – Silver Medal
Koby – Bronze Medal
Year 6 Results
Beau – Bronze Medal
Sporting Schools Program The after school sports program for Term 3 is well underway with all programs full to the brim. Ninety
students are taking part in Basketball, Hockey and Soccer hosted by school staff straight after school for
an hour. The program, which is through the ‘Sporting Schools’ grants, was very popular and unfortunately
some students were keen to take part who we could not accommodate, but we will do our best to get
more students in next term! Soccer and Hockey have had their first sessions while the Year 1s and 2s are
still waiting to get out there due to persistent rain. We hope our after school sport students enjoy the rest
of the term!
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Class News
What’s been happening in Visual Arts 2018- Senior
Year 5
Students in Year 5 have been working
exceptionally hard on a very cool 3D paper
Mache project.
Each student designed a unique owl
character on paper and are currently
bringing these wonderful designs to life,
with the use of mixed media.
Students have had the opportunity to fully
explore colour mixing through paint work
and have developed clear construction
techniques, to create facial features and
fine detail. They have problem solved with
the use of recycled materials and have
some very charming 3D owls emerging.
Stay tuned for the reveal in a few weeks.
Year 4
Year 4 have been looking at the work of
May Gibbs, a children’s book illustrator,
who focuses on Australian flora.
Students have developed some outstanding
observational drawings in a range of media
including, fine liner, biro, pencil and
watercolour crayon.
Students have focused on the use of
composition to create both interesting and
successful layouts of various Australian
flora images.
They are currently exploring their printing
knowledge to develop some reduction
prints, made up of 3 layers.
Well done, keep up the hard work Year 4.
Year 6
Students in year 6 have explored
mixed media painting, to develop
clear images of everyday objects
using realistic observational skills.
Students have experimented with
surface manipulation to create
interesting backdrops for their
observational paintings along with
textured surface detail.
Students are currently working with
wire to create linear 2D wire self-
portraits. Stay tuned to see their
marvellous outcomes on display this
term.
Keep up the hard work year 6.
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The MAC Class
Students in Room 19 have been investigating
musical compositions in a wide variety of
media. They have explored several different
materials to produce some exceptional
compositions. They have shown both quality
and refined skill in doing so.
Students started with a black and white fine
liner study, making use of a pen and wash
technique. They then developed a small
colour collage with acetate drawing on top.
Students are currently developing a strong
shade and tone composition with use of
dusters and erasers working in reverse and
will be moving on to a detailed batik painting
on fabric using the knowledge developed to
date. I look forward to revealing the stunning outcomes. Outstanding work Room 19
Naidoc week 2018-whole school collaboration
This was a most enjoyable whole school activity, in
celebration of Naidoc week. Students from all year
levels looked at the beautiful work of Aboriginal Artist,
Charmaine Cole. They were inspired to create a
colourful dot painting using the artists style of work,
on large canvas along with different sized dot tools.
Students worked in harmony with each other to move
around the canvas and complete all the super fine
detail. It was really lovely to see the canvas develop
over the weeks span in to the stunning piece it
became. I am very proud of the students work.
Year 6 Room 25 This term, Room 25 students have been busily putting together experiments for the Science Fair that
was held on the 17th of August. The Year 6 students were asked to devise and investigation that
answered a scientific question, such as “Which baby nappy holds the most liquid?”. Students were
required to write an investigation that tested their question, and then conduct the experiment. The
end result was a science board that detailed their report of their investigation. The students really had
a great time working in teams of 2-3 students and found themselves absolutely exhausted after a 2
hour session of teaching about their experiment to the multitude of students who visited the fair on
Friday afternoon. All in all it was a fantastic day with tonnes of smiles all around!
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MAC Class Western Power Project
Recently, our MAC Class was invited to participate, along with 19 other schools
across the state, in the Western Power Circuit Breakers and 3D Printing Project. The
selection process for participation in this project is highly competitive, and
therefore, represents a big achievement for Caladenia.
The project itself focuses students on examining a variety of aspects of the Western
Power network through a series of lessons, exploring what it takes to provide
electricity to our community that is safe and reliable, as well as investigating new
technologies, changing the way we look at electricity supply in the future.
During these lessons, the MAC students will work directly with a Western Power Engineer to explore these
concepts, asking questions and extending their thinking. They will also utilise 3D printing technology, to
design and create various components required to represent their own future electricity and energy
network.
The project will culminate in an interschool Science Fair hosted by Western Power and Scitech. At this
event our MAC students will present their ideas and findings for a future electricity and energy network to
peers, teachers and invited guests. They will showcase their 3D printed version of an electricity and
energy network!
On successful completion of all aspects of this project, Caladenia will also be eligible to keep both 3D
printers which we have been allocated for use throughout the duration of the project, and to integrate
them into our learning environment. This is a very exciting prospect for students’ learning with current
technologies and our MAC students are very much looking forward to sharing their newly acquired
knowledge of 3D printing with other students and teachers at our school!
Year 1 Room 27
In Science, not only do we get to learn fascinating facts and build our knowledge about the amazing
things that happen in our world and all around us, but we also get to conduct experiments. Last
week, Year 1, Room 27 did some research into clouds and the different types of clouds there are. We
then got to conduct an experiment called “Cloud In A Jar”. Like the real scientists we are, we
followed a procedure to complete the experiment. This included boiling water, ice cubes and even
using Miss Della’s and Mrs Hamilton’s hairspray! Putting these ingredients together into a jar, and
following a few other steps, we saw a cloud form inside the jar! We then had to fill out our reflection
sheet discussing what we had done, why it worked or didn’t work and what we could change next
time.
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LOTE
Why do we learn LOTE?
Language learning is an essential skill for life in the 21st century. It helps us to broaden personal, social,
cultural and employment opportunities. In Term 3 this year, Languages Week was held on 6-12 August.
More than 240 languages and dialects are spoken in Western Australia today and Languages Week
provides an opportunity to explore and celebrate language learning.
At Caladenia Primary School, a group of students took this opportunity to take part in a speech
competition ‘Side by Side’ and an annual calligraphy competition hosted by Japanese Language Teachers Association of Western Australia.The Winners will be announced in October 2018. Good luck everyone!
School Safety
As part of our regular security review there have been some changes to the opening and closing of gates.
Every morning the gates will open at 8am and they are locked again after the siren is sounded. All
classrooms are opened at 8.15am to begin morning work. If you need to drop your children off any earlier
than 8am, please contact Helping Hands to discuss before school care arrangements. In the afternoon the
gates will be opened at 2.15pm. These changes do not affect the parents using Helping Hands before or
after school or those students accessing after school music lessons.
The purpose of this is to enhance the protective processes for your children before and after school. If you
have any questions then please contact the office on 9456 1144.
We thank you for your support in keeping your children safe at all times at Caladenia.
School Board, P&C and Community News
School Board News As an Independent Public School, Caladenia operates as a collaborative team with members comprising of
the Principal, staff, parents, community members and representation from a member of the P&C. The
School Board in partnership with the P&C work hard together to help build a strong community that
responds to student needs.
The Board is responsible for setting priorities and reviewing of school targets and standards for each year.
The Board’s decisions are in relation to financial budgeting and controls, school performance reviews and
policy making which includes the Caladenia School Dress Code. School Board members wear their badges
whilst in the school community and would welcome the opportunity to introduce themselves and chat to
you about the functions of the School Board.
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School Banking
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As a member of the School Board, it is very interesting to learn about the expertise of our teachers and
the amazing work of the Administrative team who work together with the school community to support
the learning and achievements of all students. They are to be commended for the work that they do for
our school.
Carole Veneris School Board Chair
School Banking
School Banking is open for all students from Kindy to year 6. This is a great
way to start children learning about money and how to save. If you would
like further information, please see details below where you can visit
Catharine.
Location: Jacaranda Block
Day: Friday
Time: 8.00 – 8.30a
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