Edney Edition Term 4 Week 4 1 November 2018

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If you thought of the best school fair that you could possibly imagine and then multiplied that by 100, you would come somewhere near to the incredible display of our school spirit, community, ingenuity and sheer magic that went in to making Edney’s Magical Kingdom Fair an enormous success in every sense of the word. I am very proud to have shared the day with all of you, and particularly each student, parent and staff member who volunteered their time to make the day one to remember. I have experienced a few school fetes / fairs in my time, and this is without doubt the best that I have ever seen. The professionalism of the Fair Committee and P&C in organising this event is breathtaking, and, as well as bringing in a generous amount of funds for your children and our school, the Fair was most important in building community, and showcasing our students and school. Bravo, Edney. Have Your Say Edney Primary School is conducting the National School Opinion Survey and I invite all parents, staff and Year 4-6 students to have your voices heard. Staff and students will complete the survey in school, while parents and carers are invited to complete the survey online at https://www.schoolsurvey.edu.au/s/EdneyParents18 As a bonus, if you have a sweet tooth, members of the School Board are located around the school with iPads just prior to school closing. Take an iPad, complete the survey and a sweet treat will be all yours. Whether you complete the survey at school, or at home, rest assured that your responses are anonymous, but highly valued. This survey is only conducted once each two years, and it provides valuable feedback that is heard loud and clear, and, where possible, acted upon. In addition to the questions we are required to ask as part of a National agreement on education, we will be asking specific questions to enable the school to better understand, support and develop the health and wellbeing of all in our school community, particularly our students. Surveys have so far delivered: a music program, parking improvements (believe it or not, it was

From the Principal’s Desk

worse), curriculum and technology improvements, new programs, improved school communication and much more. If you only complete one survey, please make it this one. The survey closes on Thursday 15th November. Class Organisation Requests for consideration in class placement for 2019 will close in the next week. Any request for consideration must be made in writing, and detail the educational benefit that you believe such a request would achieve for your child. The school staff will be meeting in the following weeks to place students into classes. From Monday 19th November, student placements on provisional class lists can be viewed and discussed with the principal by appointment only, in person. To ensure the best possible planning for next year, please continue to inform the school in writing if your child/ren will no longer be attending in 2019. Booklists Student personal items lists (booklists) as well as a schedule of fees and charges for 2019 will be issued to all students on Friday 16th November. This early notice of fees and charges is to assist you in budgeting and planning for the 2019 school year. Please note that charges such as excursions, Edudance and swimming lessons are set at the maximum possible amount, with charges always lower than stated, and certainly will not exceed the maximum limits. We appreciate greatly the support shown for the school and our programs in the payment of voluntary contributions. We recommend that wherever possible, booklists are filled through our preferred supplier, Nextra Paperplace Forrestfield, as this will ensure that your child has the correct items for the year. Please place your order by returning the list to the school office no later than Friday 6th December, or, you can order online at your convenience. For orders placed through the office, delivery will be made to the school on Wednesday 30th January 2019. School Development Day Friday 9th November is a school development day at Edney Primary School, the staff will be hard at work, but students do not attend school on this day.

2nd Kindergarten 2019— Information Session 8.40am Room 1 & 2 Excursion Kindergarten— Red and Gold attends 5th Kindergarten Orientation 2019 — Red & Blue Groups 6th Kindergarten Orientation 2019 — Gold Group

8th Room 1 Assembly 9th School Development Day— Students do not attend 12th Kindergarten Orientation 2019 — Red & Blue Groups 13th Kindergarten Orientation 2019 — Gold Group 15th Newsletter Issued

Upcoming Events

November 2018

>>Faction points as of Term 4 Week 4, 2018<<

Term 4 Week 4 1 November 2018

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Honour Certificates for Term 4, Week 4. Well done, students!

Room Student Room Student

1 Ebony Groves Chayse Cunningham

16 Charlee Bennett Jana Kustra

2 Peter Hanna / Lleyton Mitchell Raureti Wade-Bell

17 Benjamin Fawcett Jordan Priest

3 Ryan Farrar Jemima Birks

EC1 Shelby O’Shea Emily Taipari-Boys

4 Savannah Friday EC2 Madison Jansen Kobie Booth

10 Savannah Infirri Michael Johnson

EC4 Seth Harvey / Xavier Yarran

11 Evan Manser Maddie Wolf

EC5 William Taylor / Lyrah Warner Indi Brown

12 Jaiden Perry Asha Wilmot

Italian Dean Harrison

13 Taj Leighton Music Savannah Julius Jorja Hammond

14 Max Wakeham Mitchell Grabski

Phys Ed Serena Camille

Breakfast Club News The Breakfast Club runs every Tuesday from 7.45am to 8.20am. Breakfast club cannot be supplied to students after 8.20am as this time is needed for clean up.

School Banking News You can deposit money every Tuesday morning from 8.20am till 8.40am in the library. Thank you from Banking Coordinators.

LET’S BRIGHTEN CHRISTMAS FOR OUR COMMUNITY

We’re proud to continue to support the Sharing a Hills Christmas where we

contribute what we’re able to ensure that all in the City Of Kalamunda share

the joy of Christmas.

Donations of non-perishable food, new toys etc are

being collected in the school library.

Donations are being collected until Friday 7th December 2018.

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Edney Edition Look what’s been happening!

EDNEY’S

MAGICAL

KINGDOM

FAIR

Meerilinga Family Centre — Early Learning Program Enrol now for 2019 early Learning Program Pre-kindy for 2 and a half to 4 years olds at Meerilinga Children and Family Centre 104 Edney Road High Wycombe. Let your child have fun learning through play in a quality program that is supportive and responsive to children’s ideas, interests, strengths and abilities. Child Care Subsidy available. Learn more at www.meerilinga.org.au or contact highwycombe@meerillinga.org.au or phone 9454 7198 Hills Spring Festival - Kalamunda Perth Hills Spring Festival is running until 11th of November. There are weekly events, for full event information and detailed listings go to experienceperthhills.com.au

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Edney Edition Term 4 Week 4 1 November 2018

All Things Vintage Car Boot Sale Will be held at the Maida Vale Reserve 22 Ridge Hill Road, Maida Vale from 9am to 1pm this Sunday the 4th of November, entry is a gold coin donation. A sustainable and family friendly, smoke free event with 70 plus Vintage Stalls, live DJ 9am-12pm, food and fun. Celebrate Christmas with a Japanese Student AIIU is conducting a program for a group of Japanese students to experience an Aussie Christmas. We are looking for host families with school age children to take one or two students into their home to share Christmas. Hosting days are from the 23rd to the 29th of December. Host families will receive $35 a day for six days to offset any hosting costs ($210 in total), plus $50 to buy a Christmas gift for the student. In turn we expect that the students will be included in your Christmas celebrations. If you are interested in helping a student experience an Aussie Christmas, please call Joanna on: 0414 406 959 or email: joanna.m.anderson86@gmail.com

Guildford and Kalamunda District Swimming Club New Learn to Swim lessons available at Darling Range Sports College. D.R. Swim provides a pathway from Learn to Swim, through to School Swimming / Squad, and on to competitive level swimming at a State and National level. Lessons available during each school term on Friday afternoons, Saturday and Sunday mornings. For more details check out our website: www.gkdsc.com

P&C News

Edney’s Magical Kingdom Fair What an incredible day the Fair was, from the perfect weather to the amazing stalls and family friendly atmosphere. We heard many positive comments about how well run the Fair was. I hope you will all take the opportunity to thank the three Fair coordinators, Valda Taipari, Bonnie Kelly and Shelley Wakeham, who undertook the mammoth task of bringing the fair together. There was a lot of behind the scenes work that occurred over many, many months and frantic activity in the recent weeks and days. Well done ladies, you make us proud to be Edney! The Fair sponsors were also essential to make this day happen and we would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following sponsors: Club HQ; Forrestfield & High Wycombe Bendigo Bank Branches; Friendlies Pharmacy; Stephen Price; Cooling Brothers Glass Company; High Wycombe Pharmacy; Midland Dental; Modern Motor Trimmers; Perth Airport; Perth Property Concierge; Winter Real Estate; Fennell Tyres and Primal Alternative. Also, a big thank you to everyone who volunteered their time preparing for the Fair, manning stalls on the day and packing up. Your efforts have not gone unnoticed nor unappreciated. We hope you were able to enjoy the day too. It is amazing what we can achieve, for the benefit of the children and school.

I am sure everyone is waiting in anticipation for the final amount raised, please be patient, final calculations need to be made (and some catching up on sleep and family time) before this amount can be shared. P&C Meeting The next P&C meeting will be held on Tuesday 4th December 2018, in the Staff Room. Light refreshments will be served at 6.45pm for a 7pm meeting start. All are welcome to attend. Meeting minutes are available on the Edney website. https://www.edneyps.wa.edu.au/our-community/pc/ Scholastic Order Scholastic Book Club Issue 7 order has been placed. The books will be taken to classrooms following delivery and book sorting. Your patience is appreciated. Fast Edney’s Canteen News Welcome back slushies! Now that the weather is heating up, slushies are again on offer at the canteen to purchase as a lunch time treat. We hope you don’t get brain freeze. Have you enjoyed the spring rolls from the recess menu yet? Delicious and filling and only a low fifty cents to purchase. Canteen volunteers are required. If you could help out by volunteering or encouraging others to volunteer, the P&C and Mrs Cresswell would be very grateful. Imagine how happy your children would be to see you helping in the canteen.

EDNEY PRIMARY SCHOOL 204 Newburn Road High Wycombe WA 6057 P: 9454 8377 Absentee SMS: 0437 807 250 E: edney.ps@education.wa.edu.au

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