Term 4 Week 2 - 24 October 2018

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Calendar of Key Events

2019 Kinder Enrolments, filling fast!

From the Principal………

Together We Inspire Award

On Friday evening it was an enormous honour to accept the Tasmanian Together We Inspire Award for Numeracy Champions on behalf of the Perth Primary team. The MAT.X journey at PPS has been both rewarding and stimulating has led to new learning for students and staff. We look forward to continuing to work in different and collaborative ways to enhance and benefit students and their thinking.

Respect, Aspiration, Courage and Growth

Last term in our newsletter we started to unpack the values in the DoE Strategic Plan 2018 – 2021 – Respect, Aspiration, Courage and Growth and to think about what values mean. Our focus started with Respect. We have continued with the value of Respect which is also prominent in our PPS Strategic Plan 2018 – 2021 – Respect, Aspiration, Courage, Creativity.

At PPS we have worked hard to build a school culture where every student is known by name and everyone is supported to learn to their best potential. The character qualities students bring to their learning such as Growth Mindset, positivity, enthusiasm and curiosity make a big difference in their success as learners. Respect underpins everything, and without the basics in place, all other efforts are less effective.

Uniform Policy

Starting this week we will be reminding every student about our school dress code and uniform policy which has a strong element of choice based on navy uniform options which are available from the uniform shop. Wearing uniform builds a sense of belonging and respect.

As the wearing of endorsed uniform strongly and clearly impacts behaviour choices, social connections and focus on learning, teachers will be instructing students to remove any items which are not part of our endorsed uniform. All teachers will have a special bag to keep non-uniform items of clothing/jewellery/hair accessories until the end of the day, when they will be passed back to students to take home.

We appreciate your support in encouraging your child to come to school in PPS uniform only as this will best support their learning, social connections and behaviour choices at school. Please contact me at school if you have further questions.

Infant Fun Day

On Friday this week hundreds of early childhood children from local schools will be visiting PPS to participate in the annual Infant Fun Day. Many thanks to Ben Johnson and our team of organising teachers and members of the School Association for their efforts to prepare for the big day. Much effort and planning goes into the preparation for such an event to ensure that everything goes smoothly. Congratulations to our senior students who have been nominated to lead activities on the day. This shows your leadership skills and responsibility. Fingers crossed that the weather is kind and everyone has a great day.

School Association Meeting

Our School Association met this week to discuss various matters including feedback to the revised school zones. Parents wanting to comment on the new Perth school zone are able to make contact with a School Association member.

The Open Air Cinema was also discussed as the main fundraiser organised by the fundraising subcommittee. Please spread the word and buy your tickets early to assist with organisation.

Safe and Ethical Behaviour Online

Last year we participated in online training on how to by cyber safe to help members of our school community to become safe online citizens. We have shared this information with senior students in class and with parents through the newsletter. Last year we conducted parent information sessions about safety online, attended by many parents. Encouraging all online users to think carefully about anything they post and the affects that messages will have on others will have is critical. Messages posted online are permanent. This means they are there forever and cannot be deleted – even if you remove the post it is still in cyberspace. Once you post, you lose control over where the information goes and who have access to your words and pictures. We will be reminding students about this message again in the weeks ahead and ask that all parents help to remind children about being cyber safe and ethical. A useful online resource can be found at:

Toys at School

Our key focus at school is learning, getting along with each other and having fun in a safe and respectful manner. We are well-supplied with a wide range of sports equipment and other games and indoor materials so that play times can be fun times when we share and take turns. We have been reminding students that ‘toys’ should be left at home as they distract children from their learning and interrupt others, including teachers. This particularly applies to small, collectable toys that are precious as they sometimes become the centre of a student’s world and interrupt their learning to such an extent that they cannot make sensible choices and they lose control. We appreciate you assisting your child to be a good learner by leaving toys at home so that they follow our Strive for Five:

I am a Learner
I am Responsible
I am Respectful
I am Safe
I am Resilient

Stop Work Action

You may be aware that there has been some industrial action today involving some members of the Education Union attending a Stop Work Rally in Launceston. To minimise the disruption to our school community we have taken steps to ensure our duty of care is maintained whilst allowing those staff members who wish, to attend the Stop Work Action.

Welcome and farewell

This week we welcome Mila who started in Kinder at the beginning of term. We farewell the Miller family who leave us heading to Melbourne. Farewell to Taylah, Isabelle and Hayley. We will miss you all very much and send best wishes for your new home and school.

Lee Craw
Principal

School Association Fundraising Committee

Can you help?

Congratulations to Jacqui Dalton for co-ordinating and planning for the Open-Air Cinema Night. During the past few years the School Association has donated money towards projects such as:

PPS Representative Tops
Dance Baby Dance
New Signage and Banners
Books for Grade 6 Leavers
Esk Band participation contribution
Girls Netball Skirts

More helpers are needed to make the School Association events a success. Contact Jacqui Dalton 0400 086 857 to volunteer one hour of your time.

Perth Primary School Attendance Data

School Health Nurse Information

Operation Christmas Child

Assembly Class Awards

Happy Birthday

Celebrating birthdays this newsletter are:

Evan, Reuben, Lacey, Scarlette, Nixon, Owen, Keelie, Beau, Erich, Isla, Ace, Mrs Pavia and Mr Dodd.

ACARA Update

MILKSHAKES

SCHOOL HATS

School Banking

Duty of Care Reminder To Parents

2019 Planning

Canteen News…..

MYTERN

Canteen War on Waste

Parent Communication

Launching into Learning

Pre-Kinder Sessions Wednesday’s July 9:00 – 9:45am

School Association Fundraising Committee

Tissues

Uniform Shop Hours

Outside School Care Hours (OSHC)

Community News……

Term Dates

Term dates for students in 2018 are:

Term 4: Monday 15th October - Thursday 20th December

Professional Learning Day: - students not at school

Friday 2nd November

PPS Support Staff

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