Nedlands Primary School

This week we have sent letters home to families to request updated contact information, as well as requesting confirmation of school enrolment for 2023. If you could please ensure that these are returned to school as soon as possible.

To our families that have made payment on the Voluntary Contributions and Charges, we thank you.

This is a gentle reminder to our families who have yet to do so payment can be made directly into the school’s bank account.

Nedlands Primary School BSB: 036 054 Acc No: 682507

Alternatively, you can make payment at the office with Credit Card.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us should you wish to discuss a payment plan.

Once again we thank you very much for investing in our school and our students, your children.

REMINDERS
Student movements / enrolments for 2023 - Let the school know if you are moving or have intentions we should be aware of.   This supports our classroom planning for 2023.  A matter of urgency at this point.

No Toys at School (pokemon cards, rocks, toys) - it creates unnecessary tension between students and often items get lost.

Just a reminder that with Plastic Free July ending,  we should be aware of every month being less plastic and rethink, what is going into the lunch boxes that could blow away in the wind, like wrappers, soy sauce fish containers and glad wrap, that ends up around the school yard and in the garden, as unwanted litter.

An excess of SUGAR has slowly crept back into the school.  Fresh food is best.  It's that simple.
When you send your child with sugary items to school, they invariably share and this does not support what the majority of our families are trying to achieve.  The school is developing a FOOD POLICY in consultation with 2 community members from the P&C (the community representative body), our leadership and teachers.  Our school board will also be consulted and ultimately ratify our policy.
Children share treats - this then automatically obsoletes what families are trying to achieve when they send their child to school with a healthy lunch.  It is very difficult for the school to monitor this at an individual level.
Please reflect on this in your home.  Clear directives regarding this will follow once the policy has been endorsed.
This will clearly explain how you can celebrate your child's birthday.  Until we have a clear policy  - I ask you not to send any birthday treats to school.  The school cannot guarantee the content of what is being sent to school and puts the child and the school in a position of risk regarding allergies etc.  

I ask you to consider philosophically why sugar is associated with 'feeling good' and 'being a reward'.  As a school and community we need to be proactive and not automatically accepting of what is being heavily marketed to our children as 'normal'.  Unless it's in nature's wrapping it's not normal.
Our next newsletter will have a major focus on SUGAR and our overall food policy.  In the meantime I encourage you to access the following documentary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uaWekLrilY
 

Kaya (Hello),

The weather held out for us, as we walked 450 students safely to and from the Swan River (Derbarl Yerrigan) on Tuesday 26^th July. A day in the history books for the school for the first time to gather PP-6 together by the river (bilya).

Elder Aunty Marie Taylor, who was named Noongar Elder of the Year at the recent NAIDOC Awards for her work within the community, was unfortunately unwell on the day and sent her daughter Chelsey and grandson Mark to join us for activities. Chelsey Welcomed us to Country and everyone walked past the Smoking Ceremony, wiping some vapour on their forehead and throwing sand into the river to introduce themselves and let the Rainbow Serpent (the Wagyl) keep us safe.

Chelsey talked about Aboriginal bush medicine, tools of use, eating kangaroo and showed a turtle shell and artefacts. Mark showed us how to throw a spear, Mrs Conroy taught the song Head Shoulders Knees and Toes in Noongar with Mme Chamberlain, Mrs Mendez showed us some of the collection of Noongar books from the School Library and read a story. Mr Glass and Mr Gan played some Deadly Indigenous Games and Ms D’Cruz and Mrs Spencer sprayed hand prints on canvas. All the teachers played Spotto with their students, using their senses to observe their surrounds, listen, feel and smell the Peppermint (Wanil) leaves. Mr Gould, Mr Browner and Mrs Parker helped set up the activities. Mrs Griffin took photos and rang the bell for the change of activities.

A big ‘Thank You’ goes to the Staff for enthusiastically taking on board this huge commitment of walking to the river and learning about Noongar culture. Thank You to all the amazing parents who assisted on the day. Thank You to the students who embedded themselves in the morning’s activities. Thank You to Mrs Holt who assisted me and Thank You once again to the community believing we could do this.

Yanga (Thank you) and Boordawan (Talk later),

Mrs Margaret Parker

On the 20^th of July 2022, Room 16 dressed up as famous influential Australians from history. Our task was to research them and learn about the contributions they made to Australia and our way of life.

Some famous Australians we met included the bushranger Ned Kelly, woman politician Edith Cowan, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, engineer CY O’Connor and famous cricketer Sir Don Bradman. Once we’d researched them, we had to be interviewed by another person.  Questions that were asked during the interview included “Why is this Australian famous?” and “How are you honoured?”

A shoutout to the best dressed would probably go to Emili Donovan who dressed up as Elizabeth Kenny and Ben Gregory as Arthur Affleck. Everyone’s costumes were very impressive.

The Famous Australian activity was very stimulating and enjoyable. We learnt about the various people and had to take notes during the presentations as we were tested on these historical figures. The test was designed to encourage us to study for a test to help us remember important contributions made by each famous person.

Everyone in Room 16 enjoyed learning about the famous Australians. It was a challenge to recall the important details. However, the next step is to see how good our note taking was, as we can complete the test using the notes we took during students’ presentations. It has been a fantastic learning experience, and everyone really enjoyed dressing up
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Isabella, Charlee and Rachel
Year 6, Room 16

On Friday 22 July, we thanked our outgoing Student Councillors for their efforts last term and welcomed our new Student Councillors into their positions.  Our Term Three Student Councillors are as follows.

Ethan A
Bartholomee B
Oscar D
Emili D
Heather G

Joe M
Eugene O
Brooklyn S

Levi Y

We also welcome Chheng and David to the role of Music Councillors for Semester Two. Best wishes to our new team!

Term 3 is always filled with several important music events as you will see from the dates listed below. Please mark them in your calendar. The students are very focused in their preparation for each of these events and they are sounding so good!

Massed Choir Festival Auditions

Hannu G and Olivia H have been selected to participate in the auditions for the Massed Choir Festival. Hannu is trying out for a vocal solo and Olivia will be auditioning for a compere role. The auditions are on Saturday 13^th August at the Instrumental School Music Services in Maylands.

We wish them luck!

Bonjour!
 
This term Year 3 students have started with a revision of numbers 1-39, how to say their age J’ai sept/huit ans. (I am seven/eight years old) and how to ask other people their age. Quel âge-as-tu? How old are you? Quel âge a-t- il/elle?  How old is he/she?

How to say where they live J’habite à Perth / I live in Perth and to ask other people Où habite-tu? Where do you live? Où habite ton ami(e)? Where does your friend live?etc.

Later this term we are going to learn the basic vocabulary for The Family:

 
Year 4 students are practising the vocabulary for DAILY ROUTINES at home and school.

The students create and perform short imaginative texts, using familiar expressions, simple statements and modelled language, ex. Muzzy mange des orloges. / Muzzy eats clocks, etc.
 
Year 5 students are learning the vocabulary for a neighbourhood and local community. Places in town: le marché, le parc, le café. La banque, le centre-ville, la gare, la poste, etc. Students locate and process most factual information in a range of texts related to the topic.
 
Year 6 students are demonstrating their French speaking and writing skills acquired during their learning French language at Nedlands PS by presenting their video or Power Point assignment in front of their classmates.
Here are some of the students’ comments about their work:
 
“I think that I have learnt a lot by doing it. I enjoyed making and listening to presentations” Hana R.
 
“I believe that my presentation helped me to use French in sentences and it makes me more fluent at using nouns and verbs.” David M.
 
“The benefit of doing French presentations is making me more confident in speaking French” Evan C.
 
“I think the time and effort I spent on my presentation helped me to absorb the information more. One thing I could have done better was use my French exercise book more and go over and edit to check for errors. Overall, it was a great experience, and I learnt a lot” Rachel L.
 
“I enjoyed doing the French presentation because I revised all my French I learnt in previous years.
It helped me to use French better in detail and depth.” Isabella H.
 
“The presentation raised my confidence not only in French, but also in English. I like watching other people present and learning how to improve my presentation. I also got to learn about my classmates better” Levi Y.
 
“I think the presentations are a good way for the whole class to learn more vocabulary and become more fluent with the language” Joe M.
 
A bientôt.
 
Mme Chamberlin.

Our school has been experiencing a shortage of cleaners. Like most challenges we naturally wallowed in it for a while and then realised we have many pairs of hands that can lighten the load. To this extent classes are beginning to use their initiative to follow the Japanese philosophy of cleaning their own spaces.

If you have any spare vacuum cleaners that would be easy for students to use and you'd like to donate one - we would be delighted. These actions in no way compromise students' learning, rather it adds to their sense of ownership over their environment and mateship.

One of our fundamental needs is to feel like we belong.  It doesn’t matter whether you’re a child or an adult, but the feeling is real and is crucial to our life satisfaction, happiness, mental and physical health and even longevity. 

There are a large number of new parents and children that have arrived at Nedlands PS recently; 13 new families (16 new children) since 30^th May to be precise!  Please make them feel welcome - you might just make their day!

A smile is free and makes you and the receiver feel good.
 
If you need to chat about anything please don’t hesitate to contact me philly.lumby@education.wa.edu.au 



Philly - I am in school every THURSDAY.

Our whole school participated in Peer Support last Friday. Our groups focused on skills and how to communicate our feelings and needs to others. We discussed skills we use when participating in a variety of activities. As Peer Leaders Year 6’s encouraged students to understand they already have many of the skills needed to succeed. When they realise this they can feel more confident when trying something new. Students were asked to identify events which trigger different feelings. Students were also asked how they would feel, what they would need and what they could say in different troubling situations. They learnt about communication, teamwork, problem solving and planning, as well as a quick refresh on empathy.
 
To review our Peer Support activities please encourage your child to remember the skills they have used in an activity when trying something new. Also encourage your child to communicate their feelings and needs.
 
The Student Expectation from Nedlands Primary School’s Essential Agreement we were looking for last week was students ‘lining up quietly’. The class who we saw doing this the best was Year 2, Room 5. We were very impressed with the effort students put into last week’s student expectation.
 
Thank you,
Evan, Emma and Zephan
Health and Wellbeing Councillors
 

This annual event was celebrated on Friday 29^th July for schools. Due to the wet weather some planting occurred around this date with various classes. The Year 4s in Room 10 with Ms da Luz, delayed their planting with the Nedlands Council Environmental Officer Vicki Shannon and Mrs Parker, at Pt Resolution until Friday 5^th August.

Mrs Margaret Parker

We are now in the Noongar Season of Djilba, August/ September. This is the season of the second rains. The rains fill lakes and waterholes. It is becoming warmer. There are lots of fish. The mallee fowl collect leaves off the ground to make their nests. Bobtails are looking for berries, snakes are under rocks and there are lots of birds nesting. It is bush food season.  With the waves currently pounding at the beach, I thought we could focus on maambakoort barna (ocean animals). There are some interesting Noongar names. 

bamba = stingray;   bambi = flounder;   bila = tailer;   biya- beda = sqiud;  djeli-djildjit = jellyfish;  kalkada = mullet;  djilba = bream;  djildjit = fish;  djinda djildjit = starfish;  karil= crab; koril = sea urchin;  kwila = shark;  kwilena =- dolphin;   maambakoort-ngort = sea horse: Maambakoort-noorn = sea snake;  maamoong = whale;   manyil = seal;   maral = mussel;  maron = crayfish;  mooridi = oyster;  ngari = salmon;  ngowil = groper;   nolka = flathead;   nyola = cobbler;   yala = prawn;  yelin = garfish;  yolka = snapper.

Mrs Margaret Parker 

Students enrolled in schools across Western Australia, have the ability to access cheaper 'Student' fares across the Transperth network of Public Transport. If you would like more information about a Student Smartrider, head over to transperth.wa.gov.au and click on 'Smartrider' at the top of the page. Forms are also available from the school office. As a community, we want to promote employee and student health and wellbeing through physical activity (walking or cycling to stops), making better use of travel time and reducing their travel costs.

Judo

We look forward to seeing previous students again as well as welcoming new prospective students with a free trial introductory class.
 
Classes will be run by our head coach, Kouta Sensei. Any contact required in regards to late pick ups from class should be made to Kouta's mobile: 0402 653 130. All other enquiries can be directed to this email address.
 
The fees are:
 
Term Tuition Fee:                          $150.00
Judo Suit hire (if applicable):            $ 20.00

Classes run 5 days a week (please check our website for training times:

Training Times

Students are welcome to train at any or all of the sessions. There is no extra cost for these sessions (it is included in your term tuition fee). Kouta Sensei takes these sessions and we look forward to welcoming you.