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Thursday 23rd November Term 4 Issue # 19

The Pearsall Post

Newsletter

Dates to Remember

Early Close Every Wed at 2.30pm

Wrapper Free

Wednesdays Assembly DM 3

Thursday 30 Nov School Fete

Friday 1 Dec 5-9pm

Board Meeting Monday 4 Dec

Yr 6 Graduation

Wednesday 6 Dec

Christmas Concert The Christmas Concert will take place on Thursday the 7th of December. This will be an evening event commencing at 5.00pm. Students will be required to be escorted to the covered assembly area where their teachers will be waiting. Friends of the school are welcome to attend this event. The concert will last approximately an hour and a half. Reports Reports this semester will be distributed via Connect in the last week of term. All parents are to be registered with Connect. Year 6 Graduation The Year 6 Graduation will take place on Wednesday the 6th of December in the covered assembly area. This is a very significant occasion for the passing of our students to a variety of secondary schools. It is a celebration of the years spent at Pearsall Primary School. Ms Froud is organising the activity. In Term Swimming 2018 In term swimming for students in 2018 will take place between weeks two and three of term one. Notes have already been distributed. This means that swimming will take place between the 5th of February and the 16th of February. The total cost per child will be $42.00. Term swimming is a part of the Phys Ed program and as such it is expected that all children attend.

Merit Award Certificates - Week 6

Excellence Every Day Charlotte DM 2

Finton DM 2 George DM 2 Michael DM 3

Jack Rm 3 Rihanna Rm 5

Ruby Rm 5 Ehan Rm 6 Aston Rm 8 Aston Rm 8

Tapiwa Rm 9 Jackson Rm 11 Angus Rm 12

Braithan Rm 13 Kane Rm 16

Leader In Me Brianna DM 1

Kobi Dm 1 Jayda DM 3

Maksim Rm 3 Noel Rm 4

Chelsi Rm 5 Diya Rm 5 Hazyl Rm 7

Carissa Rm 8 Jantia Rm 9

Chloe Rm 10 Emersen Rm 10 Laurenz Rm 10

Sunni Rm 10 Charli Rm 11

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Second Hand Uniform Shop

8:00-8:30am

Thursday mornings in the under covered

area. Run by the P&C Committee.

8.30am Classrooms

Open

8.40am Siren for start

of day

10.40am Recess

11.05am End of Recess

12.45pm Lunch

1.25 End of Lunch

3.00pm School Day

Ends

Please note:

2.30pm finish on

Wednesdays

Assemblies held

every 2nd

Thursday at

8.45am

Personal Accident Insurance A reminder for schools from the Department of Education and Training (DET) that they do not provide personal accident insurance or ambulance cover for students. Parents and guardians of students, who do not have student accident insurance/ ambulance cover, are responsible for paying the cost of medical treatment for injured students, including the cost of ambulance attendance/ transport and any other transport costs. Student accident insurance/ ambulance covers are available from some commercial insurers. Failure A leading Victorian independent school is actively encouraging its students to fail, which is an absolutely genius idea. As reported in The Age (28th August 2017), Ivanhoe Girls Grammar school is holding Failure Week to teach students that making mistakes is a crucial part of learning. Teachers are sharing their personal stories of failure and students from Kindy to Year 12 are learning challenging activities such as abstract painting, juggling, reciting poetry and dancing. At the end of the week they’ll be displaying their new skills in front of each other with the emphasis being on stuff ups rather than perfection. I suspect for many students making errors, stuffing up and struggling to get things right will feel uncomfortable. But that’s the whole point. Kids need to fail more if they are to succeed Traditionally, schools and, in recent years, parents have excelled at celebrating student success. “Top marks”, “Dux of the school” and “perfect score!” are the types of aspirations that teachers and parents have for kids. It’s been widely reported that Australian kids are anxious, perfectionistic and risk averse. They just don't feel comfortable with failure. And who could blame them? We’ve hidden failure and disappointment from them for far too long. In recent years there’s been a common perception that failure damages people. Unfortunately, this is to the detriment of young people’s future success. Failure is an integral part of learning anything significant, challenging or worthwhile. Resilient learners realise that they don’t always get things right the first or even second time but with effort and practice they will master skills, find solutions and gain the knowledge they need to succeed. As reported in The Age, failure, if handled properly, provides kids with the feedback they need to help them achieve excellence. Yes, kids need positive feedback too… but only when it’s deserved. When we tell a child everything is wonderful when, in fact, his work is mediocre at best, we give him a false sense of achievement.

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Payments

Please note that all payments to

the school can be made by EFTPOS in the front office or Direct Deposit:

Acc: Pearsall Primary School

BSB: 066040 Acc: 19904146 Put your child’s initial, surname and reason e.g,

J.Smith swimming.

You can combine the amount if you have more than

one child.

Please note, Eftpos and Direct Deposit are for school related

payment and not for P&C

payments.

Gifted and Talented Secondary Selective Entrance Programs Applications for Gifted and Talented Secondary Selective Entrance Programs are now open. For children with exceptional academic ability and creative talent, these academic, arts and languages programs are designed to challenge them to achieve at the highest level. If your child is going into Year 6 in 2018, applications are now open for entry into Year 7 in 2019. Limited places may also be available for children going into Years 9, 10 and 11 in 2019. Applications close Sunday, 11 February 2018. For more information and to apply visit: www.education.wa.edu.au/web/at-school/secondary-school/gifted-and-talented ‘Connect’ for Parents A big thank you to all parents who have checked their Connect registration email. We have been able to resolve all issues for parents who have told us that they did not receive the email. As advised, all future School Reports will be made available to parents via Connect only. If you are new to Connect you should have received an email with the website, username and password. Please call or pop into the front office if you require any assistance. If you already have a Connect account but can’t recall the username and password, please let us know so we can resend your login details. Please check your account to see that all your children are listed under the My Children tab. Rolling over from the school app to ‘Connect’ for Parents Use of the Pearsall Primary School smartphone application will be discontinued in 2018. Connect and the school website will be the main forms of communication. Please ensure your email addresses are correct with the front office to help with the process of moving from the app to connect. Student Enrolments 2018 If you are planning to enrol your children at another school for 2018 for Years Kindy to Year 6, kindly advise the front office or their class teacher to assist with future planning. This does not affect the student while they continue at Pearsall Primary, it is only for our Administration Team to determine our student numbers for the following year. Applications to enrol at Pearsall Primary are still being taken for new students starting or changing schools for 2017.

Administration Information ~ Mrs Froud Cyber Safety (“Don’t Be Mean Behind The Screen”) - Last Tuesday night, WA Child Safety Services ran a Cyber Safety parent workshop for parents and families of Pearsall PS. Mrs Kayelene Kerr, Child Safety Advocate and Trainer, delivered a powerful presentation on helping parents understand the apps, games and social medical platforms that children are using from an early age. Parent tips for encouraging children to be Cyber Smart were given with a focus on teaching children strategies of what to do if they encounter inappropriate content or cyberbullying. The key message from the evening was it is never too early to talk about cybersafety. Many thanks to Pearsall PS P&C for fully funding the evening. Look our for further parent information sessions next year. Afternoon Teas - Afternoon teas were organised for both our EALD and children with special needs’ parents. These were well received and provided opportunities for pastoral care in a collective sense for these parents. Chaplain - We will be aiming to have the Chaplain Lisa Ingham work three days a week from Term 2 in 2018. This will be partly funded by the Lapathon in Term 1.

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Important Contact Information Phone: 9405 7845 Fax: 9405 6952 Principal: Gary Payne Deputy Principal: Mandy Froud Manager Corporate Services: Val Cucuzza (term 4) School Officer: Trish Schofield & Sharee Feist P&C President: Renanka O’Shea Board Chair: Caroline De Haas Board Secretary: Claire Grasso P&C Email: pearsallpnc@yahoo. com.au School Email Address: pearsall.ps.contact@ education.wa.edu.au

School Security: 9264 4771

SMS Absences: 0437 482 159

School Board

Community events are so important in building a sense of belonging for the whole family. The P&C, staff and students are busy preparing a community event to remember. On 1 December, from 5.00pm - 9.00pm, the school fete will not only reach our school community but bring in the wider community. There are 3 ways to support: help with your child's class stall; make sure you come on the night; and bring family and friends with you. Finally, please come and say hi to the Board members running the Fairy Floss Stall.

Remembrance Day Pearsall Primary School commemorated Remembrance Day on Friday 10th November. The year 6 students spoke about what Remembrance Day is and the poppy, which was the first plant to grow back on the battlefield. The students delivered the ode and everyone stopped for one minute of silence. The entire student body behaved perfectly (it was like being at a real dawn service). The speakers were clear and respectful. Lest We Forget Madi – Year 6

Sleep Primary school age children will typically need about 10 to 11 hours of sleep each night. Some children fall asleep very quickly; others sleep lightly at first, moving and fidgeting before settling into a deep sleep. While every child is different and the way they sleep will be different as well, in most children the first half of the night is made up of deep sleep. This deep sleep is essential for early childhood

development http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/sleep_faqs.html/context/757 Attendance—Every Day Counts! Attending school every day is essential for students of all ages to maximise their learning potential and growth. Missing school can have a major impact on a child’s future—a student missing one day a fortnight will miss four full weeks by the end of the year. By Year 10 they’ll have missed more than a year of school. There is no safe number of days for missing school—each day a student misses puts them behind and can affect their educational outcomes. Remember, every day counts. If your child must miss school, speak with your classroom teacher as early as possible. Booklists Booklists were recently distributed. The delivery service is FREE for orders placed by the 24th November 2017. After this date a delivery charge of up to $8 will be charged. Copies of the 2018 booklist are available on our school website www.pearsallps.wa.edu.au