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A: Westall Terrace, Leeming, WA 6149 W: www.westleeming.wa.edu.au P: 9266 6000 E: westleeming.ps@education.wa.edu.au

NEWSLETTER

04 May2020

Dear Parents, Guardians, Community Members, Staff and Students,

Term 2 has commenced

students. Despite the challenges that our new school environment brings, I am pleased to share with you

students attending school, however, if the current situation in WA with COVID-19 continues, this number is expected to grow over the coming days.

Learning from Home For our students learning from home, the online Connect Classroom platform was launched, with families using this resource to support their child’s learning. Our teachers have appreciated the positive feedback from parents (and the students) as they engage in the learning activities provided. A reminder to parents

that queries should be directed to teachers as your first point of call. This can occur through Connect Classroom itself or using email. Some classes also use Dojo for home school messaging and therefore, please use the mechanism that works best for you.

I am also available to support parents and encourage you to ask the questions and we will do our best to find the answers.

New learning content in Connect Classroom will be released weekly (fortnightly for Kindergarten and Pre-primary). Class teachers will be given some additional time each week to assist them in managing the workload around preparing two forms of content delivery, however parents should be aware that the complexities around managing these requirements may mean that your child’s teacher may take some time to respond to your communication. Class teachers will also be communicating with families learning from home each week through a range of mechanisms including email and the Connect Classroom platform. They are also happy to speak with you on the phone, so please contact the teacher or school office if you would like this to occur.

Learning at School My sincere thank you to families for your support of the new procedures that are in place at West Leeming. These constraints are very different to the way this school currently operates and on behalf of the staff and the leadership team, thank you for ensuring the first few days of term 2 were as easy as they could be.

Start of day procedures All students will continue to enter from the administration entrance of the school only. Parents and carers are not permitted to enter the school grounds. Please deliver your children to the front of the school

through the Kiss and Drive facility or by walking them to the grassed area at the school’s entrance. Children who ride bikes to school will also enter through the administration and walk their bikes through the school to the

bike racks. The school gates (administration entrance only) will be opened for students to enter the school from the following times:

Years 1-6 8.20am -8.55am Pre-primary/Kindergarten 8.40am -8.55am

Gates are closed at 8.55am. If your child is late to school, please ring the school office if a staff member is not present to open the gates.

End of day procedures: Years 1-6 Three gates are opened at the end of the school day so that the congestion that occurs with students leaving at the same

time can be managed. The following three gates will be opened at 3.05pm:

Administration Oval Community Hall

Once again, parents and carers are not permitted to enter the school grounds.

End of day procedures: Kindergarten and Pre-primary Students in Pre-primary and Kindergarten will be dismissed from the grassed area at the front of the school by staff at the

following times: Kindergarten 2.50pm Pre-primary 3.05pm

Parents and carers are not permitted to enter the gates into the early childhood area.

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Additional school activities Most additional programs to the regular classroom programs remain suspended, however the following activities will be reopened:

Library access for student borrowing School of Instrumental Music (SIM) lessons will recommence. This will be for student tuition in school time only. Before

school activities including band, ensemble, percussion and choir will not be available at this stage. Uniform orders through QuickCliq will be processed; however the Uniform Shop remains closed for the moment.

Term 2 staff update S6 – Year 5

Best wishes to Mrs Victoria Foster who will commence her maternity leave at the end of this week. This is an exciting time for

replacement will be Mr Steven Styles. Mr Styles has taught at West Leeming in 2018 and 2019 and we are pleased to be able to welcome him back to West Leeming for the remainder of the year.

M3 – Year 4 Mrs Desley Delic is currently on leave for the start of this term. Mrs Nicole Fitzgerald will be teaching the class on a Friday until Mrs Delic returns. Mrs Fitzgerald has been a staff member at West Leeming for many years, both as an education assistant and more recently, a qualified teacher.

Education Assistant

in a range of schools both in Western Australia and Victoria.

In conclusion, enjoy the photographs included in this newsletter of some of our West Leeming students in their learning at home environments.

Happy Mother’s Day also to all the mums (and grandmothers), I hope you enjoy a lovely day on Sunday with your children.

Lisa Tucker Principal

My mother is a walking miracle. ~ Leonardo DiCaprio

LEARNING FROM HOME – CONNECT CLASSROOM We are aware that many parents are unsure what to expect when it comes to students learning from home. As a school, teachers have been working hard to establish their Connect classrooms and they are mindful that there will be varying circumstances in the home. So whilst they are planning, they are also keeping in mind:

Families may only have one electronic device Not all households have printers Some children will be working on tablets and others

computers A lot of parents will be working from home so lessons

should be directed at the students as much as possible.

Furthermore, we are cognisant that children will not get the same amount of work from home that they would in a school

our expectations for the approximate times of:

K/PP: 45 minutes a day of English and Mathematics activities and mini projects/activities across other learning areas that can be done over time;

Year 1-6: 1 hour a day of English and Mathematics activities and mini projects/activities across other learning areas that can be done over time.

resources provided or that you stick rigidly to the suggested times. The lessons will contain videos but not live streaming

at times which best suit them and where devices can be shared.

Kim Saw Deputy Principal

OFFSITE STUDENT SERVICES Message to Parents

level of support for learning and health & wellbeing during

and Judith Newton (Education Assistant).

Meredith will keep in touch with children she has already been working with, and with other children and families as the need arises. Meredith’s days are still Thursday and Friday and she is available for students both at school and for those learning from home. Please understand that there may be

a same day turn around. In busy times return calls will be prioritised as best as possible according to need. Please make use of this resource - sometimes it helps to have a chat.

Jon will also continue to work with families he has previously worked with. Additionally, he will be supporting the Deputies and Teachers in providing for the different learning needs of students.

In addition to other Education Assistant duties, Judith will

resources for specific student learning needs.

If you have concerns around your child’s learning or health and wellbeing, please let your class teacher know. Teachers will access the support of the Student Services Team as needed.

We look forward to continuing to work with you in Term 2.

Ingrid Jansen-Neeling Deputy Principal

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PHASE 2 HIGH PRIORITY MAINTENANCE AND MINOR WORKS FUNDING

As we detailed in our newsletter at the end of term 1, there has been a lot of progress made with works commencing at our school, which are summarised below:

Toilet Refurbishment As we will be having refreshment works carried out in all of

con-struction will be scheduled as a rolling program with kindy, pre-primary and staff toilets currently in progress. Junior block and Middle block will follow in a 3 week block thereafter.

Car Park Resurfacing As you will have seen work commenced during the holidays on the resurfacing of our visitor car park and will be open for use from Monday. Line markings will be applied in approximately 3 weeks.

Court Resurfacing New acrylic surface has been applied, which looks fantastic. Final line markings will be complete this week.

Administration Block Upgrade

commencement.

Classroom Refreshment

program to reduce disruption to learning areas.

Sara Willis Manager Corporate Services

COMMUNICATION AVENUES AT WEST LEEMING SMS 0438 942 201—to advise the school if your child will be absent from school and the reason for the absence. Please remember to include child’s name and class.

Email: westleeming.ps@education.wa.edu.au

School Website: http://www.westleeming.wa.edu.au/

School Stream App—Download and install the School Stream app from either the Apple App Store or Google Play Store; then search for our school. For more detailed instruc-tions, go to https://www.schoolstream.com.au/download/

If you don’t have access to a smartphone, you can access the app on your pc or laptop at this link: https://westleeming.myschoolstream.net/?style=embed

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MUSIC BUZZ WEEK 1 TERM 2

To all the wonderful students of West Leeming PS:

Connect this term so look for the MUSIC content button and keep up your musical learning. There will be songs, rhythm and beat activities, note name and value games, work to be done if possible, and wonderful websites to visit. There is a Whole of School song already on Connect that we would

together again. It’s When the Lights All Shine and we know that some of you have already been learning it.

At this stage, instrumental lessons will begin in Week 2 but not the ensembles, so students need to keep the practice up and be ready to go. Online sessions for those not at school will be arranged via the instrumental teacher. Choir, String Ensemble, Rhythm Percussion Group and Band students just need to practice singing, playing rhythm patterns and learning note names. We will let parents know when the ensembles will begin again.

Looking forward to a great term 2 in the music and remember-

Keep the music playing, Mrs Mathie and Ms Hall Music Specialists

2021 KINDERGARTEN ENROLMENTS West Leeming is now taking applications for enrolments for Kindergarten 2021.

If you are a parent, or know of a parent, with a child that was born between July 1 2016 and June 30 2017, please be aware that they are eligible to attend Kindergarten in 2021.

Application for Enrolment forms can be obtained from our school’s website or the School Office. When submitting your kindy application, you will have to present your child’s birth certificate, any visa documentation and a copy of their AIR (Australian Immunisation Register) History Statement. You can obtain a copy by phoning AIR on 1800 653 809, emailing acir@humanservices.gov.au, or from Medicare. We also require proof of your residential address.

Please enrol your child as soon as you can. Applications close on 24 July 2020 (the first Friday of Term 3). Enrolment packs will be sent to successful families before the end of Term 3. Please note that families are only permitted to apply to one WA government primary school.

CURRENT KINDY STUDENTS GOING INTO PRE-PRIMARY All students who are already attending our 2020 Kindy are required to re-apply for a place in Pre-primary 2021.

Applications for Enrolment forms for Pre-primary 2021 will soon be distributed to all our current Kindergarten students. We will require an up to date copy of their immunisation record. Please return the forms to the School Office, with the necessary documents, as soon as possible.

Week# Newsletter Date Deadline, 3.00pm

Wk 4 Mon, 18 May Thu, 14 May

Wk 6 Tue, 2 Jun Thu, 28 May

Wk 8 Mon, 15 Jun Thu, 11 Jun

Wk 10 Mon, 29 Jun Thu, 25 Jun

NEWSLETTER REMINDER The School Newsletter is produced once a fortnight, on the Monday of the even weeks of term. Please email notices that you would like to be included to wlpsnews@gmail.com

We also welcome any news regarding the achievement of any of our students (in sports, music, drama, etc). If you are submitting group photos, please make sure all students in the photos have permission to be published.

Any notices received after the deadline will be in the next newsletter.

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CONNECT CLASSROOM Here are some of our students learning from home.

Tong L.

Hannah and Ailie W.

Hannah W.

Andia E.

Abby K. & friend

Ariana E.

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PS students who graduated from Leeming Senior High School in 2019 and achieved an ATAR score of 80 or more: Alicia Sec 99.10 (second highest mark in the school

and places her in the top 1% in the country) Lachlan Bennett – 85.30 Bryony Whitwell – 92.10

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PARENTING IN A PANDEMIC - SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES Founder of the internationally acclaimed Triple P – Positive Parenting Program, Professor Matthew Sanders is a world-leading parenting expert.

In this podcast series, he’ll be answering your questions and providing real, actionable advice to help you steer your household through these uncharted waters.

It provides the following information for parents via podcasts from Triple P International: Introducing parenting in a pandemic (around 1.5 minutes) Episode 1: There’s no playbook for parenting in a pan-

demic (about 12 minutes) Episode 2: Creating routine and predictability in uncertain

times (about 12 minutes)

https://pfsc.psychology.uq.edu.au/parentinginapandemic

Every child will still have the opportunity to access their Book Club catalogue. The same carefully selected, best-value books will still be available, so the

enjoyment Book Club is known for will not change!

We ask that you continue to work with us to maintain our unique distribution

costs back into offering the best prices and the best selection of books!

In these unprecedented times we’re all being asked to change the way we work and live. Our tradition of putting books into the hands of kids isn’t going to change, but for Term 2, we're doing things a little differently.

Doing things differently does not change our goal, that goal is more important than ever!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: “The world has slowed down

so you can rediscover yourself” ~ Unknown

UNIFORM SHOP UPDATE Due to COVID-19, the Uniform Shop will remain closed until at least Week 4. You can still continue to place your orders via Quickcliq; these will be processed by the Uniform Shop ladies and the orders will then be given to the students to take home. Please note that only urgent orders should be

processed, until the Uniform Shop is re-opened.

The Uniform Shop is staffed by parent volunteers, this is not a paid position. As you can understand, this means we are

Shannon Rees WLPS Uniform Shop Coordinator

to all our wonderful mums, grandmas, aunts and special mums.

May your special day be special!

Sunday 10 May 2020

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