UPCOMING EVENTS Mon 29th Oct - Thurs 1 Nov

Art Blast

Tuesday 30th October School Council meeting

Thursday 1st November

Assembly

Friday 2nd November Icy poles fundraiser

Mon 12-23 November

Swimming Lessons No early close

Next Newsletter Issue Friday 9th November

From the Principal - Fiona Kelly

Welcome back to term four. I hope you are feeling energised after the holidays because there are lots of amazing things on the go at our great little school this term. Today the students from years 4-7 competed in the interschool athletics carnival. As always, the children did us proud by putting their best foot forward and displaying exemplary sportsmanship. Thanks kids for representing North Fremantle Primary School in such a wonderful manner. On Tuesday night we had a meeting outlining our proposed school structure for 2013. In summary, our class structure next year will be:

K Mrs Miller PP Ms Lizzie

1 Ms Lane

2/3 TBA

4/5 Mr John

6/7 Mrs Parkes and TBA

Support Mrs Vinci/ Mrs Campbell

Newsletter Issue 16, October 26, 2012

Specialist Programs will be operating in the following learning areas: Visual art: Mrs Campbell Music: Mrs Branch Drama: Mrs Rickers Physical education: Mr John French: Mrs Crouch

Sadly (for us), Ms Henneberry has won a permanent position at another school. Thanks for a great year Claire. In semester 1 we will have 12 students from the Beiijing Huijia Primary School as full time international intensive English students enrolled at our school. These students will be working with their own ESL teacher in our Library and integrating into classrooms for various activities throughout the day. This will be a valuable learning experience for our students and financially beneficial to our school. Next week is Art Blast in the Fremantle town hall. This is a magnificent display of the artist talents in the schools of the Fremantle region and I hope you can find the time to go and have a look. Details regarding opening times are enclosed in this newsletter. Thank you Margie Campbell for once again arranging a magnificent display of our students artist work. It’s time to start practicing your cooking. The great North Fremantle PS cake bake is on again, Saturday the 24th of November. Details in the P&C corner. Our very own cook book and custom designed aprons and tote bags will be for sale by pre-order and on this day – great Christmas presents! On Tuesday the 6 th November at 9.15am there will be a tour of Shenton College conducted for the parents of North Fremantle Primary School. This is a great opportunity to make an informed decision about your child’s on-going education and parents from all year groups are encouraged to attend. Please RSVP by email to Fiona.Kelly@education.wa..edu.au During Week 5 and 6 all students from Pre Primary to Year 7 will be attending swimming lessons at Fremantle Leisure Centre. This year our lessons are being held at 2pm, allowing the students to have their lesson and return to school close to the end of the day.

Room 1 - Lisa Miller Welcome back everyone. From the stories we have been hearing in Kindy it sounds like a fantastic break was had by one and all! Today the children had a wonderful time over at the tuckshop. Thanks to all the parents for your help and support. It was a great success! This term we are learning all about the Sea. We will be exploring life under the sea and the children have already been busy sorting shells, coral and rocks, colouring and cutting out fish and even dissecting a real fish to investigate the parts. We are weaving some bright material to create wonderful fish for the Fremantle festival and improving our fine motor skills at the same time.

Room 2 - Liz Smith The children have welcomed Miss Bernie and this terms’ topic ‘Our Watery World’ with their customary enthusiasm. Miss Bernie is on her final school placement and will be with us until the end of week six. Reminders: Our school is a SunSmart school with the rule ‘no hat, no play’ enforced during Terms 1 and 4. Please also remember a water bottle every day and as it heats up to apply sunscreen liberally before school. I do have a bottle of sunblock for mid-way additional application. Library for our class is on a Wednesday. On a personal note. Thank you to the entire school community for your support during this most difficult of personal times.

Miss Bernie in a measuring height activity for a class display. Ella’s hermit crab, we made them from ‘nude’ playdough and real crab shells.

Room 3 - Bev Lane We have had a very busy week, learning about graphs, money and how to solve problems in maths and how tricky the letter K can be, sitting silently at the front of words just to trick us. We have made fabulous fish in art and learnt how to hold a ball correctly in cricket. We LOVED tuckshop which was made even better by all the delicious food the parents in class brought. Thank you.

Room 4 - Claire Henneberry Welcome back to term four! We have got lots of things planned this term. So far we have started cricket training on a Wednesday afternoon which has been lots of fun! This will continue for the next 2-3 weeks. In Society and environment we have been learning about our own beliefs and values and beginning to look at the beliefs and values of different cultures. On Wednesday Jimmy bought his didgeridoo in to play for us – he was amazing!

Room 5 - Monica Parkes/Leanne Vinci We have had a great start back to school and have been working hard in all our learning areas. Our picture books that we started last term are well under way with most of the class now working their published copy. It is good to see the students applying what they have learned about camera angle to their illustrations and also how they have taken their audience into account when writing and editing their stories! Room 5 have created some amazing models showing features of sustainable houses. We are very proud of our efforts and hope one day can put our ideas into practise.

Art - Margie Campbell Well here we are again, ARTBLAST, opening night is on the 29th October and the exhibition will be open Mon, Tues, Wed and Thurs. See poster in this newsletter for times In addition to this we have had Louise Snook in weaving and creating for the Festival Parade. Please make sure you leave Sunday November 11th from 3pm – 6pm. All the family are invited to attend and join in the parade. We still need as many parents for hands on deck on the following days. Wed 31st Oct 9.40 – 10.40 Kindy in the art room

11.00 - 12.30 Pre-Primary art room

1.30 – 3.00 Year ½ in the art room

Thurs 1st Nov 11.20 – 2.30 Year ¾ in art room

2.00 – 3.00 Year 4/5/6 in art room

Mon 5th Nov 1.20 - 2.30 Pre-Primary art room

Tues 6th Nov 1.20 – 3.00 Year ½ art room

Thurs 8th Nov 11.20 – 12.30 Year ¾ art room

Thurs 8th Nov 1.45 - 305 Year 5/7 art room.

Drama - Jill Rickers Room 3 are creating their own scripts to act: using beginning, middle and end. Room 4 have just completed script, costumes and props studying the Middle East and the era of Aladdin and the Magic carpet. Here are some photos of our performance. Room 5 are working on the genre of the Detective Play.

Councillors report This term we have had an icy pole sale to raise money for room fives class camp. So far it has been very successful we have raised $45 and we still have many more icy-pole sales to go! In week four we are having a cake stall to raise some more money for class camp we hope that everyone will buy a cake and enjoy it!

Icy poles for sale every Friday for 50c until 23rd November.

P&C The great North Fremantle Cake bake is on Saturday 24th November at NFPS

There are three delectable categories :

There will be tea, coffee, and home made lemonade for sale. As well as our very own cookbook, school merchandise and beautiful handmade ceramics for purchase. So please mark this date on your calendar.

City of Fremantle Initiative

It is now time to start saving all your unwanted cans, the school will receive 10 cents per uncrushed can which is around $70 per bin full. This is a great way to show our commitment to sustainability and raise some funds too. The trial will be running for two months from now. So please start collecting your uncrushed cans from today and place them in the bins provided near the gardeners shed. Thanks

Fremantle Festival 28 Oct – 11 Nov

Launch yourself into a joyous world of energy when Freo is immersed in the best food, music, theatre, art, dance, comedy, fashion, sport and design on offer.

Including annual events: Wardarnji Festival, Coffee Festival, Children’s Fiesta, Norfolk Lanes Youth Festival, Black Box Theatre, and the Street Parade. Visit www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/festivals or follow us on Facebook for more Information

Open Cake Any type of undecorated cake

Iced Cake Iced and decorated cakes

Short Cake Open to children aged 12 years and

under

Active after school sports Hi to all you Sports Superstars! Please see the below schedule for Term 4, 2012 - Active After School Sports 4 x Mon 2.45 – 3.45pm -22 Oct, 29 Oct, 4 Nov, 12 No v Futsal (Mini Soccer) - West Coast Futsal Association – Andre Servatius, Emmanuel 3 x Mon 2.45 – 3.45pm - 19 Nov, 26 Nov, 3 Dec Cricket - WACA - Ross McCaulay 4 x Thur 3.20-4.20pm - 25 Oct, 1 Nov, 7 Nov, 15 Nov Circuit Training/Boot Camp - Fitness Results - Brent Hall 3 x Thur 3.20 – 4.20pm - 22 Nov, 29 Nov, 6 D ec Handball - Denise Westhaeusler Hope you can make it along, keeping fit is great fun!

Chaplain’s Corner

A NEW SUPPORT CHAPLAIN IN OUR SCHOOL

Terri Emslie has been appointed as North Fremantle Primary School’s new Support Chaplain from this term onwards. Terri also works as the In-School Chaplain at Harmony Primary School in Atwell for 2 days a week. Terri initially worked as a Secondary School teacher for nine years, before moving into School and Educational Administration for twelve years. Her journey as a YouthCARE Chaplain began three years ago. Funded by the State Government, in partnership with YouthCARE and the W.A. Department of Education, a YouthCARE Support Chaplain is linked to a cluster of schools within a specific district– none of which currently have their own . The Support Chaplain is able to assist with the Pastoral Care already being offered on a regular basis within the School Community and can also provide additional support, consultation and appropriate referral to other agencies for the more serious or urgent pastoral needs of the staff, students and families. Access to the Support Chaplaincy Service will be mediated through our School Administration Team. We welcome Terri to North Fremantle Primary.

Cash For Cans