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NEWS FROM THE PRINCIPAL Thank you to all the staff, students and parents for a great start to 2016! We had lots and lots of great things happening this term and it has been fantastic to see so many parents helping out in many ways. We wish you all a fantastic and safe school break. Hope you get time to recharge your batteries ready for another busy and exciting Term 2. Fete Thank You, thank you, thank you!! Wow what a wonderful and exhilarating day!! We need to give our awesome and amazing P & C and volunteers a huge thank your and congratulations! This was a massive event to organise and set up., and many hours were spent ensuring that the day was successful. The generosity of the P & C and the parent volunteers is very much appreciated and highly valued by all. From the look on the faces of the children, and the parents, a great day was had by all! Parent Survey At Yokine PS we are constantly reviewing our direction to ensure that we are fully supporting the academic and social emotional requirements of our students. We actively engage in processes that support the building of positive parent partnerships and ensuring that you are aware of our direction and have input into this. Parents have a number of avenues for this: School Board and P & C. To provide another avenue for this, we have developed a parent, student and staff survey. I encourage you to participate in the survey as your input is highly valued and respected and will help us continue to value add to our direction and consequently positive engagement with our parents. At the end of the survey, the results will be published.
The survey will close on the 13 May 2016.
Click on the link below:
https://www.schoolsurvey.edu.au/s/9s7bS76h Enter the Password: P9z8jSWQ Japanese Visitors We were privileged last Friday to have 20 students and their teachers come to YPS. The students are part of a cross cultural exchange with MLSHS. They brought Japanese games and activities with them and a number of our students took part in the activities.
Play after school
We had an incident yesterday where a student required stiches after a serious injury while playing on the oval playground after school. To ensure the safety of students all playground equipment is not to be used after school. Whilst I know some will not be happy with this decision I need to ensure that the risk of injury to students is reduced while on school grounds. Your cooperation with this is appreciated. Kim Fraser
Principal
Important Events
YOU CAN DO IT! The focus of the You Can Do It Education Program in Weeks 9 & 10 will be on the GREEN KEY for
GETTING ALONG
Thursday 7th April
Early Close 12pm
Thursday 7th April
Parent Teacher Meetings 12pm
Friday 8th April
Last Day of School
Monday 25th April
Anzac Day Public Holiday
Tuesday 26th April
Students Return to School
Thursday 28th April
Anzac Day Ceremony 10:30—10:50
Friday 20th May
World of Maths Incursion
HAVE YOU PAID YOUR VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBTUIONS?
Tel: 9242 2726 Fax: 9242 4142 39 Woodrow Avenue YOKINE WA 6060
www.yokineps.wa.edu.au
Newsletter No. 1.5 6 April 2016
www.yokineps.wa.edu.au
An Independent Public School
What’s Happening at YPS!
ANZAC DAY CEREMONY Once again we will be holding an Anzac Ceremony at school. The details are outlined below: Date: Thursday 28th April Time: 10.30 – 10.50am Location: At the flag pole. All parents, caregivers and community members are wel-come to attend. We are asking if students could please bring a flower to school on Thursday which can be placed on a wreathe. They should hand this to their teacher in the morning. Lorraine Manning Curriculum Manager
YPS CHOIR NEWS Our school has been selected to participate in the ‘One Big Voice Festival’ to be held at Perth Arena on Fri-day August the 12th, commencing at 6pm. This year, 4000 students from 74 schools will be involved in the festival and will perform 10 songs. The rehearsal for students will be at 2pm on the same day. Students will re-hearse and then have a break and something to eat at the venue and then perform. Tickets will be available to purchase online through Tick-etek or from a Ticketek agency at the Perth Arena closer to the time. Much more detailed information will follow. This is just to let you know broadly what our choir is preparing for and look-ing forward to this year! Ms. Justine Banning Music Teacher
MERIT AWARDS Room 2 Daisy Phillips, Akshath Poludasu Room 4 Romeo Lyszkowicz, Steven Sanouvong, Joshua Bonney Room 6 Sara Montach, Sahana Lankapothu, Grace Adwidi Room 7 April Healy, Harrison McCabe, Room 10 Lulu Taher, Abbey McFarlane, Matthew Kikiros, Room 11 Alex Cottle, Aoife Kelly Science Darryl Wasna Music Cameron Pickett LEXILE AWARDS Blue : Brendan Gannon, Areeb Nokhez, John Vu, Megan Phillips, Rafay Hamid, Sarah Davis Red: Areeb Nokhez, Megan Phillips, Lulu Taher Bronze: Hunter Seager, Megan Phillips
PARENT TEACHER MEETINGS Reminder that school closes at 12pm tomorrow.
Please collect your child at 12pm If you were unable to meet with your child's teacher, please contact them for an alternative time to meet.
IMPORTANT NOTICE WE ARE A NUT AWARE SCHOOL
Please be aware that some of our students have a SEVERE allergic reaction to peanuts / nuts and peanut / nut products. It would be appreciated if you could ensure that food brought to school for playtime and lunch does not contain any peanuts or peanut / nut products.
What’s Happening at YPS!
EASTER HAT PARADE This year’s Easter Hat Parade was a hugely successful event. All students put a lot of effort into creating wonderful hats. I was especially impressed with the senior Year 5/6 class with 100% participation and effort. They made some extraordinary hats and were very good role models and examples to the whole school. Thank you to all the enthusiastic parents and family who attended the event.
What’s Happening at YPS!
YPS FETE—WHAT A FANTASTIC DAY!!
The YPS Choir opened the fete and then the fun began! There was lots to see and do and things to buy and eat! There were stalls that sold plants, books, cakes, lollies, mystery jars, pictures, all sorts of goodies as well as fun to be had with the dunk machine, horse rides, Scout climbing frame, giant slide, animal farm, magician and game fun area. When you got hungry there were hamburgers, a café and slushies to wash it all down with.
What’s Happening at YPS!
Sports News 2016 Coolbinia Bombers JFC The Coolbinia Bombers JFC is the home of Girls football. They have three teams: Bomberettes – primary years to year 3, Junior Girls – Years 4-6 and Youth Girls – Years 7-9. The club seeks to develop girls football in a safe, fun and family friendly environment with the emphasis on skill de-velopment. Registration will be in February, 2016 with the season commencing in April. So come along and join in the fun! Visit http://www.bombersjfc.asn.au/ or email [email protected] to have any queries an-swered. School Sport Cricket Teams School Sport WA is sending a boys team and a girls crick-et team to the 2016 School Sport Australia 12 yrs and Un-der Cricket Championships. The Championships will be held in Canberra in January 2017. Last year close to 100 boys tried out for the team. The trials for both teams are being conducted much earlier this year – commencing in April. Please visit the following web site to nominate: http://www.schoolsportwa.com.au/interstate/cricket-2/cricket-12s/ Primary School Golf Championships The event Entry Form and Information Sheet for the 2016 School Sport WA / Golf WA Primary Schools Champion-ships is to be held on Monday 13th June 2016 at Cottesloe Golf Club. Please read the attached flyer at the end of this newsletter.
Tennis Parents Great to see some of our parents, Brad Gannon, Ian Phil-lips, and Alison Bettesworth, having a relaxing game of tennis one morning before school! Staff were very enter-tained and it made their morning. You are most welcome to make this a regular event.
Thank You We were spoilt by Max’s parents just before Easter, with some fresh out of the oven hot cross buns for morning Tea for the staff. They were delicious and enjoyed by all. Thank you so much Mr & Mrs Skerratt
Sharing our Past Annabel’s dad Andrew Grieve came in on Friday to talk to Room 6 about growing up in Australia and then moving back to Scotland where he was born. He always knew that he would return to Australia one day as he loved the weather and the beaches. The students got to see pictures of an old telephone, a television and a computer. The students in room 6 were very curious about the ‘olden day’ and had lots of questions. In the picture Annabel is holding her Dads fluffy toy from when he was a baby. Thank you Mr Grieve for sharing your memories with Room 6 .
Payments
Please be aware that we are an environmentally aware school and conscious of our carbon foot print. We will only be printing receipts for cash payments over $50.
If you require a receipt please see front office staff.
What’s Happening at YPS!
Japanese Visitors
Friday 8th April Lunch special:
Fish & Chips (oven cooked)
$3.50
IMPORTANT CANTEEN NEWS
Over the past 18 months, the canteen has been running at a loss. The P&C has tried different ways to keep the canteen afloat, with no success. Therefore, from the advice and guidance of the P&C auditor and the WA Canteen Association, the P&C has made the unfortunate decision to close the canteen 2 days a week. As Week 2 of next term, the canteen will only be open on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. If you have any questions for queries, please do not hesitate in contacting a member of the P&C or via email at [email protected] Thank you, Yokine Primary School P&C
Does your child love to dance?
Dancebox Studios offers classes in Ballet, Tap and Jazz/Hip Hop for girls and boys aged 3 - 15 in a fun, safe and positive environment. We aim to provide enjoyable dance classes for kids that nurture confidence and promote positive self-expression through dance. Classes run at Yokine Community Centre, 287 McDonald St. For more information and to enrol, please call Melinda on 0426814150 or visit www.danceboxstudios.com.au
Trial a class today !
School Sport WA
State School Girls
Netball Team Trials
Join us on the Netball Tour to Melbourne, Vic.
in August 2016!!!!
Who Girls 12 yrs born 2004 and 2005
When
Sunday 15th May 2016 North of River – Registration 8:00am Trial 9am-12:00pm South of River – Registration 1:00 pm Trial 1:30pm – 4:30pm
CRAIGIE LEISURE CENTRE
Call Back Monday 16th May
9:00am – 1:00pm
STATE NETBALL CENTRE
SELBY ST
JOLIMONT
Register online at
www.schoolsportwa.com.au/interstate/netball/
It is an exciting program that is not only fun for children, but extremely good for them. Our
program is for 6-12 year olds and focuses on giving kids as much sporting experience as
possible! Activities are structured so they are appropriate for each age group and are super-
vised by experienced and skilled staff.
Our next program will run during the April school holidays 11th-22nd.
For more details and enrolment options please visit our website
www.ecu.edu.au/sport/khp or call us on 6304 6700
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