Principal: Michelle Murray Deputy Principals: Adam Marchant and Lyn Fussell Manager Corporate Services: Olivia Wood 8 Bolero Road AVELEY WA 6069 Phone 6296 5466 Fax 6296 5439 Aveley.ps@education.wa.edu.au An Independent Primary School Volume 1 Issue 2 17 February 2017 In this edition From the Principal Bushland Art Incursion P & C News Community News FROM THE PRINCIPAL TALKING TO YOUR SCHOOL OL Thank you to Staff and families for taking the time to attend our Parent Information Evenings over the last couple of weeks. The ongoing collaboration between parents/ carers and teachers is crucial to ensuring the best possible educational and social outcomes are achieved for all of our students here at Aveley Primary School. Please make sure that you stay in regular contact with your child s classroom teacher/s. Teaching staff are only too happy to meet with you to discuss your child s progress. This can be done during school time in teachers DOTT (duties other than teaching) or by arranging an alternative time with the classroom teacher for a personal or telephone interview. An interview can be arranged by forwarding a note to the teacher or contacting/ phoning the front office. Upcoming Events UPDATE STUDENT RECORDS Thursday, 23 Feb Junior School Assembly Tuesday, 28 Feb Yr.6 Excursion Parliament House. FRIDAY, 3 MARCH School closed for students Monday, 13 March 6PM P&C Meeting It is imperative that contact details of all students are up to date. Please ensure that any changes in address details and phone numbers are given to the school office. Parents of students with medical action plans including asthma and bee stings MUST complete new forms each year. Please ask at the office for the new health forms. Thank you for your help in keeping us informed. CONTRIBUTIONS In order to enrich the educational opportunities available to your child, under the Education Act, the Department of Education regulations provide that a school may establish funds to assist in the purchase of library materials, sporting equipment, extra art/craft materials, stationery, learning aids and other incidental materials that render the school s learning program more efficient. As endorsed by our School Board, our school would appreciate the payment of these as soon as possible. These contributions are for the whole year and are set at $50 if your child is in Year PP - 6 and $60 if your child is in Kindergarten. They can be paid through our front office, EFTPOS facilities or bank transfer to Aveley Primary School BSB: 016-352 Account number 1839 11914. Please ensure you include your name in the description when using the internet banking option. Thank you to the families who have already paid their contributions for 2017. Please remember that we have an open door policy. Talking with my school, a guide to support communication between school and home is attached to this newsletter for your information. EARLY CLOSE EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 2.30PM
SCHOOL BOARD Honour Certificate Recipients Ella Wells H10 Jack Rakich H10 Ruby Hillman H10 Andrew Ta H11 Ruby Bond H11 Matthius Wilkin-Willmott H11 Olivia Tenter-Vallerine H11 Albert Cox H12 Austin Cox H12 Kaleb Nicotra H12 Bailey Brown H13 Isabelle Allen H13 Jessica Michalak H13 Ella-Louise Mrozewski T10 Phoebe Beedham-Giblin T10 Liana From T11 Shelby Sheather T11 Amber Morey T12 Jackson McIntosh T12 Jarome Long G6 Kayne Manning G6 Jed Spencer G7 Layla Hill G7 Benjamin Baillie G8 Capri Manning G8 Ben Mosley G9 Kristy Clohessy G9 Heath Anderson T9 Hudson Herbert T9 The fundamental purpose of a School Board is to enable parents and members of the school community to engage in activities that are in the best interests of the students and that will enhance the education provided by the school. Some of the functions include: The selection and approval of school priorities Input into school policies Approval of student personal item list (booklist etc.) Determining the amount of voluntary contributions parents are asked to pay. The Aveley Primary School Board had their first meeting for 2017 earlier this week. Discussions and decisions included an update of what was happening at school (buildings, staffing etc.), looking at our Delivery and Performance Agreement (DPA) and some discussion around the parking issues around our school site. Our School Board meets twice a term. If you would appreciate the opportunity to raise an agenda item for discussion at a School Board Meeting, please contact a member of the Board. Thank you to the following members for their ongoing support as School Board Members for 2016. Michelle Del Nero (Chair) Krysta Bingham Laura Lambert Kerry Smith TBA Chris Spencer Staff Representative Mitchell Harvie Staff Representative Michelle Murray Principal Due to a resignation, we are currently seeking an additional on our Board. If you are interested, please contact our front office for a Nomination Form. Nominations close Friday 9am Friday 24 February for this position. FITNESS TRACK Thank you to our Aveley Primary School P & C for their efforts to support the purchase and installation of the fitness track. The funding for the track ($26,000) was raised through the P & C s Maggie Dent fundraiser in 2015 and the successful Stronger Communities Program grant received in 2016. The fitness track is located near the cricket nets on Turkich Pde and is open to the wider community. School closed for Staff Development Day Friday, 3 March
BUSHLAND ART INCURSION TUESDAY, 7 MARCH Bringing drawings to life Ecologist Mandy Bamford (the flora and fauna expert!) will be visiting APS with natural bushland items and even some live animals. She will be inspiring students and demonstrating how to draw bushland scenes, animals and plants and bring these drawings to life. Mandy will also be talking about local threatened species, particularly the black cockatoo and Western Swamp Tortoise. Classes from PP to Year 5 will be participating in this free incursion. Students will also be creating an artwork over the next few weeks that will be displayed at The Gallery in Ellenbrook from 20 March to 25 April. Ms Tanya Solig - Art Specialist Teacher AVELEY PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTS AND CITIZENS ASSOCIATION Firstly to begin our 2017 year we would like to extend a huge Thank You to the 2016 Committee for all of their time and hard work throughout last year. On Monday, 6 February the 2017 AGM was held and a new committee was formed and saw 3 new positions added, being a Canteen Co-Ordinator, Fundraising Co-Ordinator and Volunteer Co-Ordinator. The members are: President Laura Lambert Vice President Renee Jones Treasurer Helen Robinson Secretary Renee Jones Canteen Co-Ordinator Emma Giblin Fundraising Co-Ordinator Helen Robinson Volunteer Co-Ordinator Andrea Stone Additional Executive Committee Members Kim Pieri, Helen Baker and Catherine Smithson Additional General Committee Members Kathleen Smith, Jillian Setchell, Julie Cooper We as a committee welcome all new members throughout the year and would appreciate any time you are able to offer with our future fundraisers whether it is 1 hour or 1 day. The Canteen volunteers have sent out their Term 1 menu and it looks fantastic with plenty of variety and healthy options. If you are available to help out cooking or serving lunches on a Thursday please contact Emma Giblin. There are new fundraising ideas in place this year with the very tasty Hot Cross Bun drive, Mothers Day and Fathers Day Stalls, possible Lapathon, a Free Dress Day, Halloween Disco and the ever popular Sausage Sizzles. We look forward to your support throughout the year. The next General meeting will be held on Monday, 13 March at 6.00pm in the Staff Room. We would love to see as many of you there as possible.
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