OAKWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL | NEWS ISSUE No 7 2018

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15 August 2018

Bunnings Sensory Garden Construction

16 August 2018

Science Week Activities and Community Lunch to

open Sensory Garden 11:15

22/23 August 2018

Book Week Dress Up

24 August 2018

Assembly 2:30pm

12 September 2018

Open Evening 6:00pm

Construction workers in Kindy!

FROM THE PRINCIPAL Term 3 is in full swing and the learning that has been going on in classes continues to amaze us! Every day we are greeted with smiling faces and children who are loving the activities and learning they are involved in. I want to acknowledge the wonderful staff we have that make this possible, they are so dedicated and go the extra mile for all our little Oakwooders! Last week, we were interviewing teachers for 2019 and I am pleased to say that we have recruited high quality teachers who understand the ‘Oakwood way’ and will fit in well as our school expands. I would like to thank all our families for your ongoing support, it is a privilege to work with you all for the benefit of your children.

Science Week We will be celebrating National Science Week on Thursday 16 August. Our children will be taking part in a range of activities which involve using their five senses. This will link nicely to the Bunnings Sensory Garden that will be unveiled on this day. Don’t forget to join us for a community lunch on this day at 11:15am!

P&C Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Our amazing P & C raised over $1800 at the Bunnings sausage sizzle on Saturday 21 July. Despite some cyclonic wind and rain, our volunteers were there in huge numbers to support with cooking and serving. We even had to send some volunteers home because we had such a good response from our community! Well done to everyone who helped or came along to buy a sausage. A big thank you to Amanda Wilmott and Ashleigh Walton for co-ordinating this event. It really was a team effort and a great advert for our wonderful school community!

OAKWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL | NEWS ISSUE No 7 2018

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Bunnings Sensory Garden Wednesday 15 August is a special day for us. We are very lucky to have staff from Bunnings Mandurah coming to school to construct a sensory garden. This garden will provide our students with a wider variety of play options and stimulate their senses too! Miss Del Fuoco and Mrs Starbuck have worked hard to arrange and co-ordinate this event and we thank them for this. We would like to acknowledge the community spirit shown by Bunnings - all materials and staff time is being donated to make this idea a reality. Thank you to those of you who have donated items for this project also.

Swimming in Term 4 The first two weeks of Term 4 will be when our Pre Primary students complete their in term swimming lessons at Mandurah Aquatic Centre. Full details will be provided later this term and we look forward to this being an enjoyable experience for the children.

Kindergarten Fridays Please be aware that in week 10 of this term (Friday 21 September), Kindy Groups 1 and 3 will be attending Kindy, NOT Groups 2 and 4. This is a catch up day to ensure the number of kindy days are equal for all groups across the year. This was detailed on the calendar at the start of the year. If you need a copy of the Kindy calendar, please pop in to the office and we will be glad to provide one.

New Housing You may be aware that there are some new houses being built in our local area. Peet have released 40 lots for sale on the land adjacent to Formby Rd and behind the Broadstone Vista shops. These houses are in the school’s local intake area and will boost our student numbers in the years ahead! If you want to know more about this development, you can contact Peet directly. We do have some information in our school office also.

Book Fair From 10—14 September, our school office will host a Scholastic Book Fair. This will be a great opportunity for our families to purchase quality books, whilst also supporting our Oakwood P & C with their fundraising efforts. The books will be on display throughout the week and details about when books can be purchased will be released shortly. We have our school open evening during that week on Wednesday 12 September from 6:00pm—7:30pm and the Book Fair will be open then also. If you are available to help with the book fair, a roster will be put up which you can add your name to. A big thank you to Tammy Atkinson, who co-ordinates our Scholastic book club and is organising this event, with the help of Rebecca Jolly.

OAKWOOD PRIMARY SCHOOL | NEWS ISSUE No 7 2018

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Growing Together

Mandurah Forum is proud to present the

Growing Together Initiative, helping local

schools build a brighter future for us all.

The Growing Together Initiative is giving

one local school the chance to win

$10,000 to fund a school project or

schooling need. By voting for our school,

you’ll be giving us a hand to fund a nature

playground. To support Oakwood Primary

School, all you need to do is:

1. Shop at Mandurah Forum

• For every $20 spent at any store at Man-

durah Forum you’ll receive your free

token.

• For every $20 spent at Woolworths,

Coles, Big W, Kmart, Target and David

Jones, customers will receive two tokens

(bonus tokens),

2. Cast your vote • Choose Oakwood

PS to win $10,000. Drop your token

into the entry barrel located near

Woolworths Mandurah Forum.

3. Go in the draw • You could win

$1,000 by filling out an entry card and

dropping it into the barrel located

near Woolworths.

4. Feel good • You helped, and even if

Oakwood PS doesn’t win, we could

still receive up to $2,000.

The winning school will be announced

at the live draw on Thursday, 13

September 2018 at Mandurah Forum.

Come on, parents! Get involved and

help us, help our kids!

Merit Certificates

Charlee Steele

Charlie Atkinson

Harry Collins

Madison Halford

Maya Pastorello-Kirby

Peyton Beets

Phoenix McDonald

Toby Bunton

Congratulations on

earning this recognition

by being wonderful

little Oakwooders!

Literacy and Numeracy Week

Between 20 and 24 August (Week 6), the

children will be commemorating Literacy

and Numeracy week. This will include a

variety of activities that utilise Literacy

and Numeracy skills and also provide

links to using these in real life. We will be

incorporating book week celebrations

into this week and will include dress up

days related to book characters on 22

and 23 August. The staff have some plans

for dress ups and we look forward to

seeing everyone enter into the spirit too!