12 December 2017

Newsletter Articles

Key Events

Principal’s Report

Students at Perth have been involved in a number of enriching school experiences over the past few weeks. Congratulations to the Triathlon team, the Northern Midlands swimming team and Country Gold cricket students who represented Perth so admirably recently. Their sportsmanship, determination and commitment was outstanding. A special mention to Isaac who was selected in the honorary Northern Midlands Swimming team, Thomas who captained the cricket, Jayden who captained the Primary Australian All Schools Championships and Caitlin who was a member of the Primary Australian All Schools Athletics team competing in Adelaide last week. Students have also been out at excursions, supporting Mark Shelton, MP as he walked to Hobart and our year 1 and 2 students were involved in the Water Orientation program last week. Thank you for the wonderful parent support at many of these events.

Class Structures for 2018

Decisions around the best class models and the best teachers for a class is a very lengthy and deliberated process. For 2018 our class structures and teachers will be:-

Student class transition for 2018 will be this Friday at 11:30am.

Long Service Leave

During first term 2018 Mr Johnson will be on leave from the Department. We wish Mr Johnson a very enjoyable time and the opportunity to appreciate many things away from school life. We look forward to welcoming his return at the beginning of Term 2. Whilst Mr Johnson is on leave we congratulate and welcome Mrs Adams into the AST role.

Staff Farewell

The end of the school year is always met with some sadness as we farewell several very valuable staff and friends from the Perth Community. This year we say goodbye and good luck to Mrs Legro, Miss Rodgers, Miss Green and our school Speech and Language Pathologist Rachael Zeeman. We thank them for the wonderful contribution they have made to student learning at Perth Primary School. We will miss you all next year and wish you a settled and enjoyable start in your new schools.

Canteen news

Thank you to Bonnie for her hours of work in ensuring students at Perth had the opportunity to purchase healthy food options throughout this year. Thank you also to Hannah for her wonderful support in the canteen. In 2018 our canteen day will be changing to Thursdays. We warmly invite parent volunteers to support in the canteen.

Student Reports

Student reports will be sent home with students this Friday. Each envelope will also contain information on class placement, book lists and levy information. It is a pleasure to have spent many hours reading student reports over the past weeks and to hear about individual levels of growth throughout the school year. Please enjoy and share this report with your child remembering the importance of the skills of effort, a positive attitude and engagement. Improved skills in these areas cannot always be measured with a rating.

Data Driven Results

Our work across the school is very transparent and data driven. Teachers using data and setting targets ensures learning is tailored, targeted and continually monitored; leading to improved student outcomes. Our end of year assessments in our priority areas show excellent gains and highlight the quality education our students are receiving.

LiL Celebration

Last Wednesday saw the culmination of a highly valuable year long experience for students involved in Launching into Learning at Perth. Students and parents enjoyed their final session together at the Bike Centre to celebrate this program for 2018. Throughout the year we have had over 50 students involved in LiL with three differentiated sessions provided throughout the week. Thank you to Mrs Adams for the wonderful varied and supportive program she has provided for students and parents. We look forward to welcoming many of these students into Kindergarten next year.

Year 1 /2 Water Orientation

Last week all year one and two students were involved in a water orientation program at the Glen Dhu pool. Students were highly engaged in this five day intensive water program, challenging themselves and learning lots of new skills. Thank you to Mr Johnson and teachers who worked with students during this time to enable them to have an additional water based program.

It is also an important time and reminder that in accordance with DoE requirements we must always be respectful to others when taking photos. It is not appropriate to post photographs of children in bathers. As previously mentioned parents must only post photographs of their own child(ren) on any social media sites.

Thursday 14th December

On Thursday parents of Foundation students in 2018 (current Kindergarten students) are invited to attend a short information session at 9:00am in the Library. Teachers of Foundation will be present to provide some information and answer questions during this time.

Important end of year dates

With the end of year rapidly approaching please remind yourself of some important dates. We hope that many parents, grandparents and community members may be able to join us for some of these.

Wednesday 13th December - Year 6 Assembly starting at 1.00pm
Thursday 14th December - Foundation parents for 2018 meeting in Library 9.00am
Thursday 14th December - Year 6 Leaver’s Dinner for students at UTAS stadium
Friday 15th December – Class Transitions 11:30am / Reports to go home to parents
Saturday 16th December - Choir to sing at Baptist Church Christmas Service at 7pm
Wednesday 20th December - Nativity Play - Foundation GC and Foundation/1 A at 11.30am
Thursday 21st December - End of year Assembly at 10.00am - Final day for students
Friday 22nd December - Final day for teachers.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all PPS families for their support over the year in ensuring their child(ren) come to school each day ready to learn and expand their thinking. We know that the character traits of enthusiasm, positivity, gratitude, perseverance, self- control and curiosity are so important for future success.

There will be a short newsletter on the last week of the school year. We look forward to welcoming you at many of the planned opportunities to join with students as the school year concludes.

Mrs Clements
Assistant Principal.

School Attendance Rate for the previous 2 weeks

Year 6 Leavers 2017

Orion, Orland, Jaide, Erica, Alexander, Miah, Thomas, Ashlee, Zacary, Ashtyn,
Melody, Jennifer, Teena, Jamie, Millie, Jack, Jorja, Thomas, Liana, Madeline,
Jayden, Tarni-May, Taylor, Poppy, Brayden, Alex, Kayla, Jeremy and Frejah.

Class Awards

Congratulations

Happy Birthday

Perth Primary End of Year Celebration

Final School Assembly

2018 Student Assistance Scheme Application (STAS)

Uniform Shop Hours

2018 Key Dates

Community News…..

2018 Bus Fares

PPS Support Staff

2017 Term Dates

Term 4 Finish: Thursday 21st December (students finish); Friday 22nd December (staff finish).

2018 Term Dates

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