Student Cabinet 2021

Congratulations to our Student Cabinet and House Captains for 2021. We look forward to your contributions to our school. Student leadership opportunities are a strong feature in our school culture.

Introducing House Captains 2021

Hirst: Emma and Bodie
Lyons: Harlee and Chase
Bramich: Sophie and Charlie

Congratulations to:

Taylah, Nixon, Sienna, Jake, Liam, Charlotte, Cooper, Freya, Eljay, Gemma, Torbyn, Zaedyn, Skylar-Rose, Makayla, Indy, Zara, Will and Liam.

School Association AGM

March 2nd 2021

Our annual athletics carnival will be held on Friday 12th March. This year the carnival will be held on our School Oval. Carnivals are designed to encourage participation and teamwork in a friendly house competition. We aim for the day to provide a fun, positive environment that encourages aspiration, growth, perseverance and sportsmanship.

On the day, students will move down to the oval ready for an approximate 9.05am start and will move back to their classrooms at 2.45pm ready to be dismissed.

There will also be a BBQ for students to purchase lunch for the day run by are School Association.

More detailed information including order forms for the BBQ, will be sent home with students in the coming week.

Mel Fleming
PE Teacher

Ordering canteen is done online via our Qkr. Parents need to update their child/ren’s class every year. Please look further in the newsletter for instructions to download the Qkr app.

Plastic Free/Recycle

In our canteen we are trying our best to be as Plastic Free and recycle as much as possible.

1. We don’t use any plastic wrap anymore at all, we place our pre made toasted sandwiches into large Sistema tubs before they are toasted.
2. We use metal spoons for our frozen yoghurt
3. We use block cheese which we slice and grate which are placed in Sistema containers
4. We use reusable bowls for our popcorn and cheese and biscuits
5. Any items that can or need to be frozen (Ham, Chicken, Pineapple or Baked Beans) we freeze in Sistema reusable containers
6. Our Cheese and Biscuits and Popcorn are sold in reusable bowls which are returned to the canteen
7. We wash and dry yoghurt containers and lids to recycle
8. We only use paper bags for our lunch orders
9. We use a piece of foil to cover our pizza muffins before placing into a paper bag
10. We place 4 Black Tubs in our eating areas so all our return items, bowls, spoons, yoghurt containers. They are returned after lunch to the canteen washed and put in appropriate places
11. We have 4 Soft Plastic Bins around the eating areas, only soft plastic is placed in these bins. Our Waste Warriors empty the bins on Wednesdays and the soft plastic it taken to the appropriate deposit areas, Coles or Woolworths. The bins are washed and placed back in the playground eating areas
12. We recycle everything that are one use items in the correct way
13. We also compost our food waste in the school compost area
14. We only offer wholemeal bread, rolls and wraps also wholemeal fruit loaf when available

Hello! My name is Maddi and I am a speech and language pathologist who works in schools across the northern region of Tasmania. I’m originally from Queensland but have survived three Tasmanian winters! I’m an animal lover and in my spare time I like getting into the garden or getting out and out and exploring the beautiful places Tassie has to offer. I’m excited to jump into this year and get to know everyone in the Perth community a little bit better.

This will be my second year as the speech pathologist working at Perth Primary School. As a speech pathologist I have worked with a variety of people from toddlers all the way up to the elderly, as well as everyone in between. I appreciate the variety my position provides because every day is different and I get to work with so many amazing people.

Talk Time

What is a speech pathologist?

Speech Pathologists assess, diagnose and treat communication disorders. These can include difficulties with speaking, listening, understanding or using language, stuttering and vocal quality. They work with people who have difficulties communicating for a variety of reasons, such as developmental delays, learning disabilities, hearing loss, brain injuries, cerebral palsy, as well as many other problems that can affect a person’s communication. People who experience difficulties swallowing food and drink safely can also be helped by a speech pathologist. Keep an eye out for ‘Talk Time’ in the school newsletter for some tips and tricks about all things speech pathology.

Maddi
Maddisen Burke
Speech & Language Pathologist

Outside School Care Hours (OSHC)

Located in the Hall

Early Birds and After School Care
Early Birds 7:45am - 8:30am Monday – Friday
please contact the school office 6398 2302 ($3 per child)

Please Note: Payments and bookings can be made via cash or the Qkr app
(our preferred payment method).

Please Note: Parents are required to personally drop off children to BSC.

After School Care – Midlands Kids Club (Northern Midlands Council)
please contact Kate Lee – 0438 911 303

Get involved in the School Banking program

Perth Primary School is excited to offer the Commonwealth Bank School Banking program to all students.

School Banking is a fun, interactive and engaging way to help teach your child about money. Children who deposit money into their Youthsaver account through School Banking earn Dollarmites tokens, which they can save up and redeem for exciting rewards.

The rewards available during 2021 are:

School Banking is also a great fundraiser for our school. Our school receives a Regular Savers Contribution of $5 for every 10 deposits processed per student as well as an Annual Contribution which is based on the number of students who made at least one School Banking deposit in the prior year. For more information about contribution payments, visit the link below:

Getting involved in School Banking is easy!

All you need to get involved in the School Banking program is a Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account. You can open an account for your child in one of two ways:

1. Online
   Visit www.commbank.com.au/schoolbanking and click on the link to open a Youthsaver account.
2. In branch
   Visit a Commonwealth Bank branch with identification for yourself and your child, like a driver’s licence and birth certificate.

If your child has an existing Commonwealth Bank Youthsaver account they can start banking straight away. They just need to bring their deposit in every week on School Banking day using their Dollarmites deposit wallet.

School Banking day is Thursday.

If you would like to know more about School Banking, please ask for a 2021 School Banking program parent guide from the school office or visit the link below:

A reminder that student levies are now due. Please finalise your account or contact the office to organise a Levy Payment Plan.

Please return your child’s ICT Agreement to your child’s teacher.

Information from our School Psychologist

Monday 2:45pm – 3:00pm

Payments by cash, Qkr, or EFTPOS (at the office)
Hats are available from the office

Limited stock:

Boys bootleg trousers $10.00
Cargo shorts $12.00
Boys long cargo pants $17.00

Costumes for the Bicentenary Picnic

As the Bicentenary 2021 celebrates 200 years since Perth was named it was thought a simple way to be inclusive with the costuming was to highlight costumes in 100 year blocks.

I am happy to help with ideas and patterns and sewing advice.

If there are any people with sewing skills who are happy to help others please let me know and I can pass on that information.

I would suggest the holidays are a good time to start gathering ideas and materials and making or assembling costumes as the picnic will be early in the the first term and life can get fairly hectic around this time.

Please email or text me in the first instance.

Jo Saunderson. josaunderson@iinet.net.au
Mobile: 0400 239 104