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31 Kempeana Way
BALDIVIS WA 6171
Tel: 9523 0071
Email: [email protected]
22 April 2015 Volume 1 Issue 6
IN THIS ISSUE
Principal’s Report
Students versus teachers
basketball comp.
Creepy crawlies in R4
The Castaways of G4
UP COMING EVENTS
Friday 24th April
Monday 27th April
Thursday 7th May
ANZAC Service
ANZAC Day public holiday
Assembly R3
Bows on Bonnets
Our Early Childhood classes paraded their
Easter bonnets to families and friends at
our Easter parade during the last week of
term . Students showed off various designs
of hats that they had created in class.
Bright colours and even brighter smiles
were abundant. What a fantastic way to
end term one.
Principal’s Report
Welcome to Term 2
This looks like being another action packed term with many special activities occurring in and around our normal educational programs.
We begin with our ANZAC Day Ceremony. This will take place on Friday 24th April on the lawn in front of the undercover area. The ceremony is planned to begin at 8:45 am. We invite everyone to attend if you can and feel free to bring along any interested community members. This event will also be the first public per-formance of our senior choir. Please note that Monday 27th April is a public holiday.
In conjunction with Baldivis Events we will be having a Family Movie Night at the school on Friday 1st May. This is a great opportunity for some family time. The movie will be "How to Train Your Dragon 2". Tickets will be $10 per family and will go on sale from Friday, from school reception. There are only a limited num-ber of tickets available and these can only be pre-purchased. There will be no door sales on the night.
This is an outdoor event so you’ll need to bring blankets or folding chairs. There will be food vendors if you wish to buy food or you can chose to bring your own. Being a school event the consumption of alcohol and cigarette smoking will not be permitted. People who chose to ignore this will be asked to leave.
Entrance will be through the Chalice Way car park gate. I hope to see many of you there.
During the week commencing the 4th of May our year 3 and 5 students will be participating in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN).
From the 25th May for two weeks our pre-primary through to year 6 students will be travelling to Warnbro Aqua Jetty for swimming lessons.
Changes to Staff
Once again it is with a mixture of both sadness and excitement that I inform you of a change in teaching staff. As some of you may be aware Miss Hine, Deputy Principal and teacher in R3, has been successful in winning the position of Principal at Westminster Junior Primary School. She will commence in her new school on the 11th May.
Processes are underway to find a teacher for R3 and a deputy and I will continue to keep you informed of our progress in these areas.
Miss Hine has been an outstanding contributor in getting our school ready to open and in getting to where we are today. I wish her success and happiness in her new position.
Kindergarten 2016
We are now accepting applications for children wishing to attend our kindergarten program in 2016.
In order to apply you need to collect and complete an application to enrol form from the school office or you can request to have an electronic copy emailed to you. This needs to be returned with a copy of the child's birth certificate, immunisation history statement and proof of residence.
During third term people will be informed about the outcome of their application. We will be holding an informal information session at the school at 9:00 am on Wednesday the 20th of May.
Have a great week everyone.
Gary Crocetta
Tuart Rise Primary School Newsletter
Tuart Rise Primary School Newsletter
Tuart Rise Primary School—Sport update
Runners Club—The winning classes for Term one are (drum roll….)
Primary classes—G4 with 72 tokens
Early Childhood classes—EC1 with 18 tokens.
Runners club held on Monday and Wednesday morning from 7.45am till 8.15am. New runners
always welcome.
Soccer Club—Starts this Friday for years one to six. 7.30am till 8.15am on school oval.
Footy Focus—Held on Tuesdays from 7.30am till 8.15am on school oval.
Cross Country Event and Training
The first Tuart Rise Primary School Annual Cross Country Challenge will be held on Friday 3rd
July. Distances will be as follows:
Pre Primary—500metres Years one and two—1km
Years three and four—1.5km Years five and six—2km.
Why not start training for this event at our runners club. The runners club track is half a kilo-
metre in length and is the same pathway that will be used for the Cross Country.
Action on the court
During term one, students from year four, five and six were invited to join in the fun with a
basketball competition. Students selected their players for their teams and battled it out dur-
ing recess and lunch of week 9 to see which team would go head to head against the teachers
team. The winning team (consisting of year 5 and 6 students) played a fast and exciting game
during lunch on the last day of school. With plenty of thrills and a few spills, the teachers
were victorious— just. This term, similar competitions will
be run for years three to six in soccer and football.
Who’s been crawling around R4?
R4 was full of crawling critters in term one as
the students studied the life cycle of the Mealworm during science. Students were responsible
for feeding and watering the worms as they changed into Darkling Beetles. Students used tech-
nology to record and monitor the different stages the worms passed through. Students also
used clay to create 3D models.
Tu a r t R i s e P r i m a r y S c h o o l N e w s l e t t e r
Book Club
Orders need to be
placed online by
Wednesday 29th April
School Banking Day Reminder.
Don’t forget that Wednesday is School Banking day and students should bring in their weekly deposit.
For every deposit made at school, no matter how big or small, students will re-ceive a cool Dollarmites token. Once students have individually collected 10 to-kens they can redeem them for an exclusive School Banking reward item in recog-
nition of their continued savings behaviour.
Our next account opening day is 7th May. Alternatively, new school banking accounts can be opened at your local Commonwealth Bank. Thank you for supporting the School Banking program at Tuart Rise Primary School.
Tu a r t R i s e P r i m a r y S c h o o l N e w s l e t t e r
OFF THE SHELF
News from our Library
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, feel free to visit the
library and tell me all about it!
Don’t forget—you don't have to wait for your library day to
borrow and/or return your books. You are welcome to exchange
them on Tuesdays and Wednesdays before or after school.
Here is some more info on Gomph (Gom-ff)
Stephanie chose this name as Eucalyp-
tus gomphocephala is the scientific
name for the Tuart Tree.
Happy reading!
Castaways Art Exhibition
Students from G4 have started creating their sculpture for the Castaways Sculpture Exhibition. Their entry is made from recycled products including bottle tops and broken tiles. Students have created a design based on the school logo incorporating the Tuart Tree. G4 would like to thank all those who donated their bottle tops. Castaways Sculpture Awards 2015 is organised by the City Of Rockingham. You can visit the exhibition from Friday 8th May till Sunday 17 May at Rockingham Beach foreshore near Val Street . For more information, please call City of Rockingham on 9528 0333.
Swimming
Lessons Keep in mind that
swimming lessons for
years Pre Primary to
Year 6 will be held
from May 25th till June
5th. More information
will be sent home with
students soon.
Tuart Rise Primary School Newsletter
Tuart Rise Health Report
(World Asthma Day 5th May 2015)
Asthma - What are the main symptoms of asthma?
Wheezing - a high pitched raspy sound on breathing
Coughing
Shortness of breath
Tightness in the chest
These symptoms vary from person to person, and from time to time within the same person.
Some people have all the symptoms, while some may only have a cough or wheeze. Symp-
toms can also vary considerably in intensity.
For more information visit: http://www.asthmawa.org.au
We don’t really know why some people have extra sensitive airways and others don’t, but we
do know that many people are born with a tendency to develop asthma. There is often a his-
tory of asthma, eczema or hay fever in brothers, sisters and parents or close relatives. Asthma
can occur for the first time at any age.
There is evidence that contact with certain things, for example cigarette smoke during preg-
nancy and early childhood, increases the risk of developing asthma. For more information on
smoking, pregnancy and asthma visit www.smokefreebaby.org.au.
EASTER TREATS
G3 and G4 made nests for their Easter eggs.
They melted chocolate and mixed it with rice
bubbles and Weetbix. Smelt delicious and
tasted even better.
Family Movie Night
Don’t forget to purchase your tickets for Friday 1st May.
Gates open at 6.30pm with “How To Train Your Dragon 2”
starting at 7.00pm. Tickets available from school recep-
tion from Friday. $10.00 per family. Smoke and alcohol
free event. Tickets must be pre purchased.
